2005–06 Coventry City F.C. season

Coventry City F.C.
Season 2005–06

Final league table

			P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
C	1	Reading	46	31	13	2	99	32	+67	106
P	2	Sheffield United	46	26	12	8	76	46	+30	90
P	3	Watford	46	22	15	9	77	53	+24	81
	4	Preston North End	46	20	20	6	59	30	+29	80
	5	Leeds United	46	21	15	10	57	38	+19	78
	6	Crystal Palace	46	21	12	13	67	48	+19	75
	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	16	19	11	50	42	+8	67
	8	Coventry City	46	16	15	15	62	65	-3	63
	9	Norwich City	46	18	8	20	56	65	-9	62
	10	Luton Town	46	17	10	19	66	67	-1	61
	11	Cardiff City	46	16	12	18	58	59	-1	60
	12	Southampton	46	13	19	14	49	50	-1	58
	13	Stoke City	46	17	7	22	54	63	-9	58
	14	Plymouth Argyle	46	13	17	16	39	46	-7	56
	15	Ipswich Town	46	14	14	18	53	66	-13	56
	16	Leicester City	46	13	15	18	51	59	-8	54
	17	Burnley	46	14	12	20	46	54	-8	54
	18	Sheffield Wednesday	46	13	13	20	39	52	-13	52
	19	Hull City	46	12	16	18	49	55	-6	51
	20	Derby County	46	10	20	16	53	67	-14	50
	21	Queens Park Rangers	46	12	14	20	50	65	-15	50
R	22	Crewe Alexandra	46	9	15	22	57	86	-29	42
R	23	Millwall	46	8	16	22	35	62	-27	40
R	24	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	7	17	22	39	71	-32	38

Results

Coventry City's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
6 August 2005	Norwich City	A	1-1	25,355	Adebola
9 August 2005	Millwall	A	0-0	8,344
13 August 2005	Burnley	A	0-4	11,683
20 August 2005	Queens Park Rangers	H	3-0	23,000	Jørgensen, Adebola (2)
27 August 2005	Sheffield United	A	1-2	17,739	Scowcroft
29 August 2005	Southampton	H	1-1	23,000	Scowcroft
10 September 2005	Reading	H	1-1	22,074	Page
14 September 2005	Derby County	A	1-1	21,840	Adebola
17 September 2005	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	2-2	6,529	McShane (own goal), Jørgensen
24 September 2005	Hull City	H	0-2	21,161
28 September 2005	Watford	H	3-1	16,978	Adebola, Flood, McSheffrey
1 October 2005	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2-3	22,732	McSheffrey, Morrell
15 October 2005	Crystal Palace	H	1-4	24,438	Heath
18 October 2005	Ipswich Town	A	2-2	22,656	McSheffrey, Nalis
23 October 2005	Leicester City	A	1-2	22,991	McSheffrey
29 October 2005	Luton Town	H	1-0	22,228	Adebola
2 November 2005	Stoke City	H	1-2	16,617	Nalis
6 November 2005	Cardiff City	A	0-0	11,424
19 November 2005	Ipswich Town	H	1-1	18,316	McSheffrey
22 November 2005	Crystal Palace	A	0-2	17,343
26 November 2005	Norwich City	H	2-2	20,433	McSheffrey, Adebola
3 December 2005	Plymouth Argyle	H	3-1	18,796	Morrell, Hutchison, McSheffrey
10 December 2005	Millwall	H	1-0	16,156	Jørgensen
19 December 2005	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-0	13,556	McSheffrey (pen)
26 December 2005	Leeds United	A	1-3	24,291	Hutchison
28 December 2005	Crewe Alexandra	H	1-1	19,045	Hutchison
31 December 2005	Preston North End	A	1-3	12,936	John
2 January 2006	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2-0	26,851	Scowcroft, Lescott (own goal)
14 January 2006	Reading	A	0-2	22,813
21 January 2006	Derby County	H	6-1	20,267	John (2), Wise, Adebola, McSheffrey (2, 1 pen)
31 January 2006	Hull City	A	2-1	18,381	Wise, John
4 February 2006	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	2-0	20,541	Wise (2)
11 February 2006	Watford	A	0-4	19,842
15 February 2006	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2-1	20,021	John, McSheffrey
18 February 2006	Plymouth Argyle	A	1-3	8,705	Wise
25 February 2006	Burnley	H	1-0	19,641	Adebola
4 March 2006	Southampton	A	1-1	21,980	Hutchison (pen)
11 March 2006	Sheffield United	H	2-0	23,506	McSheffrey, Adebola
18 March 2006	Leeds United	H	1-1	26,643	McSheffrey
25 March 2006	Crewe Alexandra	A	1-4	6,444	John
1 April 2006	Preston North End	H	0-1	21,023
8 April 2006	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2-2	23,702	John, McSheffrey
15 April 2006	Luton Town	A	2-1	8,752	John, McSheffrey
17 April 2006	Leicester City	H	1-1	26,672	John
22 April 2006	Stoke City	A	1-0	13,385	Adebola
30 April 2006	Cardiff City	H	3-1	22,536	John, Adebola, Wise

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	24 August 2005	Rushden & Diamonds	A	3-0	3,240	McSheffrey, Heath, Morrell
R2	20 September 2005	Crystal Palace	A	0-1	5,341

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 2006	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1-0	6,734	McSheffrey
R4	28 January 2006	Middlesbrough	H	1-1	28,120	John
R4R	8 February 2006	Middlesbrough	A	0-1	14,131

Season Statistics

Starts & Goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		League Cup		FA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Stephen Bywater (on loan from West Ham United)	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0
1	GK		Márton Fülöp (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)	33	0	31	0	0	0	2	0
2	DF		Andrew Whing	27	0	24	0	2	0	1	0
3	DF		Marcus Hall	42	0	38	0	1	0	3	0
4	DF		Rob Page	34	1	32	1	1	0	1	0
5	DF		Adrian Williams (on loan to Millwall)	16	0	12	0	1	0	3	0
6	MF		Stephen Hughes	20	0	18	0	1	0	1	0
7	DF		Richard Duffy (on loan from Portsmouth)	32	0	30	0	0	0	2	0
8	MF		Michael Doyle	49	0	44	0	2	0	3	0
9	FW		Dele Adebola	42	12	39	12	0	0	3	0
10	FW		Gary McSheffrey	50	17	45	15	2	1	3	1
11	FW		James Scowcroft	40	3	37	3	0	0	3	0
12	FW		Andy Morrell	12	3	10	2	2	1	0	0
13	GK		Clayton Ince	4	0	1	0	2	0	1	0
14	FW		Stern John (on loan to Derby County)	25	11	21	10	1	0	3	1
15	MF		Claus Bech Jørgensen	17	3	15	3	2	0	0	0
16	MF		Isaac Osbourne	9	0	7	0	2	0	0	0
17	DF		Matt Heath	24	1	23	1	0	0	1	0
18	MF		Neil Wood	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Stuart Giddings	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF		Richard Shaw	26	0	24	0	0	0	2	0
21	MF		Don Hutchison (on loan from Millwall)	12	4	10	4	0	0	2	0
22	DF		Paul Watson	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
24	DF		Andy Impey	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
25	FW		Youssef Sofiane	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Lilian Nalis (on loan from Sheffield United)	5	2	5	2	0	0	0	0
28	DF		Willo Flood (on loan from Manchester City)	7	1	7	1	0	0	0	0
29	MF		Kevin Thornton	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW		Craig Reid (on loan to Tamworth)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF		Luke Webb	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK		Jonathan Tuffey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF		Liam Davis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	DF		Ryan Lynch	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF		Ben Turner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Notes:

• Player substitutions are not included.

Goalscorers

• 12 players have scored for the Coventry City first team during the 2005-06 season.
• 65 goals were scored in total during the 2005-06 season.
  • 60 in the Championship
  • 3 in the League Cup
  • 2 in the FA Cup
• The top goalscorer was Gary McSheffrey with 17 goals.

Name	Championship	League Cup	FA Cup	Total
McSheffrey, GaryGary McSheffrey	15	1	1	17
Adebola, DeleDele Adebola	12	0	0	12
John, SternStern John	10	0	1	011
Wise, DennisDennis Wise	6	0	0	06
Hutchison, DonDon Hutchison	4	0	0	04
Bech Jørgensen, ClausClaus Bech Jørgensen	3	0	0	03
Morrell, AndyAndy Morrell	2	1	0	03
Scowcroft, JamesJames Scowcroft	3	0	0	03
Nalis, LilianLilian Nalis	2	0	0	02
Heath, MattMatt Heath	1	1	0	02
Page, RobRob Page	1	0	0	01
Flood, WilloWillo Flood	1	0	0	01

Yellow Cards

• 19 players have been booked for the Coventry City first team during the 2005-06 season.
• 90 bookings were received in total during the 2005-06 season.
  • 81 in the Championship
  • 4 in the League Cup
  • 5 in the FA Cup
• The most booked player was Gary McSheffrey with 11 cards.

Name	Championship	League Cup	FA Cup	Total
McSheffrey, GaryGary McSheffrey	10	1	0	11
Doyle, MichaelMichael Doyle	9	0	0	9
Duffy, RichardRichard Duffy	7	0	1	8
Page, RobRob Page	8	0	0	8
Wise, DennisDennis Wise	7	0	0	7
Adebola, DeleDele Adebola	4	0	1	5
Hutchison, DonDon Hutchison	4	0	1	5
John, SternStern John	4	1	0	5
Hall, MarcusMarcus Hall	3	1	0	4
Heath, MattMatt Heath	4	0	0	4
Scowcroft, JamesJames Scowcroft	3	0	1	4
Williams, AdrianAdrian Williams	4	0	0	4
Hughes, StephenStephen Hughes	2	0	1	3
Shaw, RichardRichard Shaw	3	0	0	3
Flood, WilloWillo Flood	2	0	0	2
Bech Jørgensen, ClausClaus Bech Jørgensen	2	0	0	2
Osbourne, IsaacIsaac Osbourne	1	1	0	2
Thornton, KevinKevin Thornton	2	0	0	2
Whing, AndrewAndrew Whing	2	0	0	2

Red Cards

• 4 players were sent off for the Coventry City first team during the 2005-06 season.
• 4 players were sent off in total during the 2005-06 season.
  • 4 in the Championship
  • 0 in the League Cup
  • 0 in the FA Cup
• The most sent off players were Michael Doyle, Matt Heath, Stephen Hughes and Claus Bech Jørgensen all with one sending off.

Name	Championship	League Cup	FA Cup	Total
Doyle, MichaelMichael Doyle	1	0	0	1
Heath, MattMatt Heath	1	0	0	1
Hughes, StephenStephen Hughes	1	0	0	1
Bech Jørgensen, ClausClaus Bech Jørgensen	1	0	0	1

Transfers

Transfers In

Player	From	Date	Fee
James Scowcroft	Ipswich Town	1 July 2005	Free[2]
Clayton Ince	Crewe Alexandra	1 July 2005	Free[3]
Matt Heath	Leicester City	8 July 2005	Undisclosed[4]
Andy Impey	Nottingham Forest	16 September 2005	Free[5]
Paul Watson	Brighton and Hove Albion	16 September 2005	Free[6]
Youssef Sofiane	West Ham United	14 October 2005	Free[7]
Don Hutchison	Millwall	13 January 2006	Free[8]
Dennis Wise	Southampton	19 January 2006	Free[9]

Transfers Out

Player	To	Date	Fee
Craig Pead	Walsall	27 May 2005	Free[10]
Kevin Pressman	Mansfield Town	1 July 2005	Free[11]
Trevor Benjamin	Peterborough United	8 July 2005	Free[12]
Scott Shearer	Bristol Rovers	27 July 2005	Free[13]
Steve Staunton	Walsall	2 August 2005	Free[14]
Paul Watson	Woking	24 November 2005	Free[15]
Richard Brush	Shrewsbury Town	23 December 2005	Free[16]
Youssef Sofiane	La Louvière	5 January 2005	Free[17]

Loans In

Player	From	Date From	Date Till
Richard Duffy	Portsmouth	1 July 2005	1 May 2006[18]
Stephen Bywater	West Ham United	3 August 2005	20 October 2005[19]
Willo Flood	Manchester City	18 August 2005	18 November 2005[20]
Lilian Nalis	Sheffield United	14 October 2005	14 November 2005[21]
Márton Fülöp	Tottenham Hotspur	28 October 2005	1 May 2006[22]
Don Hutchison	Millwall	24 November 2005	12 January 2006[23]

Loans Out

Player	To	Date From	Date Till
Graham Barrett	Livingston	31 August 2005	1 January 2006[24]
Adrian Williams	Millwall	12 September 2005	4 December 2005[25]
Stern John	Derby County	16 September 2005	16 November 2005[26]
Craig Reid	Tamworth	17 March 2006	17 April 2006[27]

player profile for danile sturidge www.ccfc.co.uk/

Kit Profile

Supplier: Puma
Sponsor(s): Cassidy Group

Home Strip

Away Strip

References

1. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/coventry-city/2005-2006
2. "City swoop for Scowcroft". CCFC Official Site. 2005-06-01.
3. "Ince signs on for City". CCFC Official Site. 2005-07-01.
4. "Coventry swoop for defender Heath". BBC Sport. 2005-07-08.
5. "Coventry recruit Watson and Impey". BBC Sport. 2005-09-16.
6. "Coventry recruit Watson and Impey". BBC Sport. 2005-09-16.
7. "Nalis swaps Blades for Sky Blues". BBC Sport. 2005-10-14.
8. "Hutchison makes Coventry switch". BBC Sport. 2006-01-24.
9. "Veteran Wise seals Coventry move". BBC Sport. 2006-01-19.
10. "Defender Pead seals Walsall move". BBC Sport. 2005-05-27.
11. "Stags offer contract to Pressman". BBC Sport. 2005-07-18.
12. "Benjamin snubs Coventry for Posh". BBC Sport. 2005-07-08.
13. "Rovers complete Shearer signing". BBC Sport. 2005-07-27.
14. "Saddlers complete Staunton swoop". BBC Sport. 2005-08-02.
15. "Watson joins Woking". CCFC Official Site. 2005-08-31.
16. "Brush released by Sky Blues". CCFC Official Site. 2005-08-31.
17. "Sofiane leaves City". CCFC Official Site. 2006-01-05.
18. "Duffy joins Coventry for season". BBC Sport. 2005-07-07.
19. "Bywater seals Coventry loan move". BBC Sport. 2005-08-03.
20. "Coventry sign Flood in loan deal". BBC Sport. 2005-08-18.
21. "Nalis swaps Blades for Sky Blues". BBC Sport. 2005-08-14.
22. "Sky Blues make Fulop loan swoop". BBC Sport. 2005-08-28.
23. "Hutchison signs on for City". CCFC Official Site. 2005-11-24.
24. "Livingston land striker Barrett". BBC Sport. 2005-08-31.
25. "Williams joins Lions in loan move". BBC Sport. 2005-09-12.
26. "Rams complete loan deal for John". BBC Sport. 2005-09-16.
27. "Tamworth swoop for striker Reid". BBC Sport. 2006-03-17.

External links

• Official Site: 2006/2007 Fixtures & Results
• BBC Sport - Club Stats
• Soccerbase - Results | Squad Stats | Transfers