2005–06 Sunderland A.F.C. season

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
3 June 2005	FW	Daryl Murphy	Waterford United	£100,000^[1]
10 June 2005	DF	Nyron Nosworthy	Gillingham	Free^[2]
13 June 2005	FW	Jonathan Stead	Blackburn Rovers	£1,800,000^[3]
14 June 2005	GK	Kelvin Davis	Ipswich Town	£1,250,000^[4]
22 June 2005	MF	Tommy Miller	Ipswich Town	Free^[5]
6 July 2005	MF	Martin Woods	Leeds United	Free^[6]
2 August 2005	DF	Alan Stubbs	Everton	Free^[7]
2 August 2005	FW	Anthony Le Tallec	Liverpool	Season-long loan^[8]
9 August 2005	GK	Joe Murphy	West Bromwich Albion	Free^[9]
10 August 2005	FW	Andy Gray	Sheffield United	£1,100,000^[10]
24 August 2005	MF	Christian Bassila	Strasbourg	Free^[11]
31 August 2005	DF	Justin Hoyte	Arsenal	Season-long loan^[12]
25 January 2006	FW	Kevin Smith	Leeds United	Free^[13]
31 January 2006	MF	Rory Delap	Southampton	Free^[14]

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
14 June 2005	DF	Mark Lynch	Hull City	Free^[15]
1 July 2005	MF	Jeff Whitley	Cardiff City	Free^[16]
1 July 2005	FW	Marcus Stewart	Bristol City	Free^[17]
1 July 2005	FW	Brian Deane	Perth Glory	Free
11 July 2005	MF	Sean Thornton	Doncaster Rovers	£175,000^[18]
25 July 2005	GK	Thomas Myhre	Fredrikstad	Free
25 July 2005	FW	Michael Bridges	Bristol City	Free^[19]
12 August 2005	DF	Neill Collins	Hartlepool United	Loan^[20]
31 August 2005	GK	Mart Poom	Arsenal	Loan
8 September 2005	FW	Chris Brown	Hull City	Loan^[21]
23 September 2005	MF	Grant Leadbitter	Rotherham United	Loan^[22]
21 October 2005	GK	Joe Murphy	Walsall	Loan
24 November 2005	MF	Carl Robinson	Norwich City	Loan
24 November 2005	FW	Daryl Murphy	Sheffield Wednesday	Loan
12 January 2006	DF	Daniel Smith	Huddersfield Town	Loan
17 January 2006	MF	Carl Robinson	Norwich City	£50,000
20 January 2006	DF	Alan Stubbs	Everton	Free
23 January 2006	GK	Mart Poom	Arsenal	Free
17 February 2006	DF	Neill Collins	Sheffield United	Loan
1 March 2006	MF	Andy Welsh	Leicester City	Loan
16 March 2006	FW	Andy Gray	Burnley	Loan

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[23]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Kelvin Davis
2	DF	Stephen Wright
3	DF	George McCartney
4	MF	Rory Delap^[24]
5	DF	Gary Breen (captain)
6	DF	Steven Caldwell (vice-captain)
7	MF	Liam Lawrence
8	MF	Dean Whitehead
9	FW	Jon Stead
10	FW	Stephen Elliott
11	MF	Andy Welsh^[25]
12	DF	Nyron Nosworthy^[26]
13	GK	Ben Alnwick
14	MF	Tommy Miller

No.	Position	Player
15	DF	Danny Collins^[27]
16	FW	Kevin Kyle
17	FW	Anthony Le Tallec (on loan from Liverpool)
18	FW	Andy Gray^[28]
19	MF	Martin Woods
20	FW	Chris Brown
23	MF	Grant Leadbitter
25	DF	Neill Collins
26	FW	Daryl Murphy
28	DF	Dan Smith
30	GK	Joe Murphy
31	MF	Christian Bassila
32	DF	Justin Hoyte (on loan from Arsenal)
33	MF	Julio Arca

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
4	MF	Carl Robinson (to Norwich City)
21	MF	Matt Piper (released)
22	DF	Alan Stubbs (to Everton)

No.		Position	Player
24		GK	Mart Poom (to Arsenal)
		MF	Colin Healy (to Livingston)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
21		FW	Kevin Smith
24		GK	Trevor Carson

No.		Position	Player
27		DF	Ben Christensen
29		DF	Sean Taylor

Results

Sunderland's score comes first.

Win	Draw	Loss

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
2nd	20 September 2005	Cheltenham Town	Stadium of Light	1–0 (after extra time)	11,969	Le Tallec
3rd	25 October 2005	Arsenal	Stadium of Light	0–3	47,366

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
3rd	8 January 2006	Northwich Victoria	Stadium of Light	3–0	19,323	N. Collins, Whitehead, Le Tallec
4th	28 January 2006	Brentford	Griffin Park	1–2	11,698	Arca

Premier League

2005-06 FA Premier League


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chelsea !Chelsea (C)	38	29	4	5	72	22	+50	91	2006–07 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Manchester United !Manchester United	38	25	8	5	72	34	+38	83	2006–07 UEFA Champions League Group stage
3	Liverpool !Liverpool	38	25	7	6	57	25	+32	82	2006–07 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Arsenal !Arsenal	38	20	7	11	68	31	+37	67	2006–07 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
5	Tottenham Hotspur !Tottenham Hotspur	38	18	11	9	53	38	+15	65	2006–07 UEFA Cup First round
6	Blackburn Rovers !Blackburn Rovers	38	19	6	13	51	42	+9	63	2006–07 UEFA Cup First round
7	Newcastle United !Newcastle United	38	17	7	14	47	42	+5	58	2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
8	Bolton Wanderers !Bolton Wanderers	38	15	11	12	49	41	+8	56
9	West Ham United !West Ham United	38	16	7	15	52	55	−3	55	2006–07 UEFA Cup First round ¹
10	Wigan Athletic !Wigan Athletic	38	15	6	17	45	52	−7	51
11	Everton !Everton	38	14	8	16	34	49	−15	50
12	Fulham !Fulham	38	14	6	18	48	58	−10	48
13	Charlton Athletic !Charlton Athletic	38	13	8	17	41	55	−14	47
14	Middlesbrough !Middlesbrough	38	12	9	17	48	58	−10	45
15	Manchester City !Manchester City	38	13	4	21	43	48	−5	43
16	Aston Villa !Aston Villa	38	10	12	16	42	55	−13	42
17	Portsmouth !Portsmouth	38	10	8	20	37	62	−25	38
18	Birmingham City (R)	38	8	10	20	28	50	−22	34	Relegation to the 2006–07 Football League Championship
19	West Bromwich Albion (R)	38	7	9	22	31	58	−27	30
20	Sunderland (R)	38	3	6	29	26	69	−43	15

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Result	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	W	L
Position	18	20	20	20	20	20	19	17	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
13 August 2005	Charlton Athletic	Stadium of Light	1–3	34,446	Gray
20 August 2005	Liverpool	Anfield	0–1	44,913
23 August 2005	Manchester City	Stadium of Light	1–2	33,357	Le Tallec
27 August 2005	Wigan Athletic	JJB Stadium	0–1	17,223
10 September 2005	Chelsea	Stamford Bridge	0–2	41,969
17 September 2005	West Bromwich Albion	Stadium of Light	1–1	31,657	Breen
25 September 2005	Middlesbrough	Riverside Stadium	2–0	29,583	Miller, Arca
1 October 2005	West Ham United	Stadium of Light	1–1	31,212	Miller
15 October 2005	Manchester United	Stadium of Light	1–3	39,085	Elliott
23 October 2005	Newcastle United	St James' Park	2–3	52,302	Lawrence, Elliott
29 October 2005	Portsmouth	Stadium of Light	1–4	34,926	Whitehead (pen)
5 November 2005	Arsenal	Highbury	1–3	38,210	Stubbs
19 November 2005	Aston Villa	Stadium of Light	1–3	39,707	Whitehead (pen)
26 November 2005	Birmingham City	Stadium of Light	0–1	32,442
30 November 2005	Liverpool	Stadium of Light	0–2	32,697
3 December 2005	Tottenham Hotspur	White Hart Lane	2–3	36,244	Whitehead, Le Tallec
10 December 2005	Charlton Athletic	The Valley	0–2	26,065
26 December 2005	Bolton Wanderers	Stadium of Light	0–0	32,232
31 December 2005	Everton	Stadium of Light	0–1	30,567
2 January 2006	Fulham	Craven Cottage	1–2	19,372	Lawrence
15 January 2006	Chelsea	Stadium of Light	1–2	32,420	Lawrence
21 January 2006	West Bromwich Albion	The Hawthorns	1–0	26,464	Watson (own goal)
31 January 2006	Middlesbrough	Stadium of Light	0–3	31,675
4 February 2006	West Ham United	Boleyn Ground	0–2	34,745
12 February 2006	Tottenham Hotspur	Stadium of Light	1–1	34,700	Murphy
15 February 2006	Blackburn Rovers	Ewood Park	0–2	18,220
25 February 2006	Birmingham City	St. Andrew's	0–1	29,257
3 March 2006	Manchester City	City of Manchester Stadium	1–2	42,200	Kyle
11 March 2006	Wigan Athletic	Stadium of Light	0–1	31,194
18 March 2006	Bolton Wanderers	Reebok Stadium	0–2	23,568
25 March 2006	Blackburn Rovers	Stadium of Light	0–1	29,593
1 April 2006	Everton	Goodison Park	2–2	38,093	Stead, Delap
14 April 2006	Manchester United	Old Trafford	0–0	72,519
17 April 2006	Newcastle United	Stadium of Light	1–4	40,032	Hoyte
22 April 2006	Portsmouth	Fratton Park	1–2	20,078	Miller
1 May 2006	Arsenal	Stadium of Light	0–3	44,003
4 May 2006	Fulham	Stadium of Light	2–1	28,226	Le Tallec, Brown
7 May 2006	Aston Villa	Villa Park	1–2	33,820	D. Collins

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Kelvin Davis	35	0	33	0	2	0	0	0
13	GK		Ben Alnwick	7	0	5	0	0	0	2	0
Defenders
2	DF		Stephen Wright	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		George McCartney	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Gary Breen	36	1	33+2	1	1	0	0	0
6	DF		Steven Caldwell	25	1	23	1	0	0	2	0
12	DF		Nyron Nosworthy	32	0	24+6	0	0	0	2	0
15	DF		Danny Collins	27	1	22+1	1	2	0	2	0
28	DF		Dan Smith	5	0	1+2	0	0	0	1+1	0
32	DF		Justin Hoyte	30	1	27	1	2	0	1	0
33	DF		Julio Arca	26	2	22+2	1	2	1	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF		Rory Delap	6	1	5+1	1	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Liam Lawrence	33	3	19+10	3	2	0	2	0
8	MF		Dean Whitehead	41	4	37	3	2	1	0+2	0
11	MF		Andy Welsh	16	0	11+2	0	0+1	0	1+1	0
14	MF		Tommy Miller	31	3	27+2	3	2	0	0	0
19	MF		Martin Woods	8	0	1+6	0	0	0	1	0
23	MF		Grant Leadbitter	12	0	8+4	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF		Christian Bassila	14	0	12+1	0	0	0	1	0
Forwards
9	FW		Jon Stead	34	1	21+9	1	2	0	2	0
10	FW		Stephen Elliott	16	2	11+4	2	0	0	0+1	0
16	FW		Kevin Kyle	14	1	9+4	1	1	0	0	0
17	FW		Anthony Le Tallec	31	5	12+15	3	1+1	1	2	1
18	FW		Andy Gray	22	1	13+8	1	0+1	0	0	0
20	FW		Chris Brown	13	1	10+3	1	0	0	0	0
26	FW		Daryl Murphy	20	1	5+13	1	0+1	0	0+1	0
Players transferred out during the season
4	MF		Carl Robinson	7	0	3+2	0	0	0	2	0
21	MF		Matt Piper	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	DF		Alan Stubbs	11	1	8+2	1	1	0	0	0

References

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↑ Delap was born in Sutton Coldfield, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his full international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 1998.
↑ Welsh was born in Manchester, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and has represented Scotland at youth level.
↑ Nosworthy was born in Brixton, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica and Guyana internationally through his father and mother, respectively, and would make his full international debut for Jamaica in May 2012.
↑ Collins was born in Chester, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his full international debut for Wales in February 2005.
↑ Gray was born in Harrogate, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and made his full international debut for Scotland in April 2003.

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