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2005–06 Crystal Palace F.C. season

English football club season

Field	Value
club	Crystal Palace
season	2005–06
manager	NIR Iain Dowie
chairman	ENG Simon Jordan
stadium	Selhurst Park
league	Championship
league result	6th (qualified for play-offs)
cup1	Play-offs
cup1 result	Semi-finals
cup2	FA Cup
cup2 result	Fourth round
cup3	League Cup
cup3 result	Fourth round
league topscorer
Andrew Johnson (15)
season topscorer
Andrew Johnson (17)
highest attendance	23,843 (vs. Leeds United, 4 March 2006)
lowest attendance	17,291 (vs. Preston North End, 24 September 2005)
average attendance	19,457
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prevseason	2004–05
nextseason	2006–07

Andrew Johnson (15) Andrew Johnson (17) During the 2005–06 English football season, Crystal Palace F.C. competed in the Football League Championship, following relegation from the FA Premier League the previous season.

Season summary

Crystal Palace had been boosted by the decision by the Premiership's top English goalscorer of the previous season, Andrew Johnson, to remain with the Londoners to fire their bid for a return to the top flight. Although Johnson was less prolific this season, scoring only 15 goals, Palace reached the play-offs in sixth place – the position they had finished in the promotion season of 2004. Palace faced third-placed Watford in the semi-finals – they were comprehensively beaten 3–0 in the first leg, and were only able to draw the second leg 0–0, consigning Palace to another season in the Championship. Manager Iain Dowie was soon on his way out, leaving by mutual consent on 22 May. Dowie claimed he wanted to be closer to his family in the north; he would take up the vacancy at London rivals Charlton Athletic a mere eight days later. He was followed out of Selhurst Park by Johnson, who snubbed Wigan Athletic and Bolton Wanderers to join Everton for £8.6 million.

In June, Palace appointed Hull City manager (and former Palace winger) Peter Taylor as Dowie's successor.

Kit

Italian company Diadora remained Palace's kit manufacturers, and introduced a new home kit for the season. Unlike the previous season's kit, which was mainly red, the new kit was predominantly blue, complemented by a single thick red stripe down the centre of the shirt. For the club's centenary the club wore a commemorative kit on 27 July, 27 September and 22 October: the kit recalled one worn by the club in the 1970s, which featured white shorts and socks and a white shirt with two stripes of sky blue and claret (the club's original colours) in the centre.

Churchill Insurance remained kit sponsors for the sixth consecutive season.

Final league table

Main article: 2005–06 Football League Championship

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

:Players with no appearances not included in the list |- |} Source:

Results

Crystal Palace's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
6 August 2005	Luton Town	H	1–2	21,166	Johnson
9 August 2005	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–2	24,745	McAnuff
13 August 2005	Norwich City	A	1–1	25,102	Johnson
20 August 2005	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–0	18,781	Ward
27 August 2005	Stoke City	H	2–0	17,637	Johnson (2)
10 September 2005	Hull City	H	2–0	18,630	Morrison, Johnson
13 September 2005	Reading	A	2–3	17,562	Johnson, Morrison
17 September 2005	Cardiff City	A	0–1	11,647
24 September 2005	Preston North End	H	1–1	17,291	Morrison
27 September 2005	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–0	17,413	Morrison, Whelan (own goal)
3 October 2005	Queens Park Rangers	A	3–1	13,433	Reich (2), Soares
15 October 2005	Coventry City	A	4–1	24,438	Ward, Morrison, Watson, Macken
18 October 2005	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	0–1	22,400
22 October 2005	Burnley	H	2–0	20,127	Morrison, Freedman
29 October 2005	Crewe Alexandra	A	2–2	6,766	Freedman, Morrison
5 November 2005	Sheffield United	H	2–3	20,344	Hughes, Freedman (pen)
20 November 2005	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	3–2	7,067	Freedman (2), McAnuff
22 November 2005	Coventry City	H	2–0	17,343	Andrews, Boyce
26 November 2005	Luton Town	A	0–2	10,248
3 December 2005	Millwall	H	1–1	19,571	Watson
10 December 2005	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–1	19,385	Johnson
17 December 2005	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–2	14,582
26 December 2005	Ipswich Town	A	2–0	27,392	Macken, Hughes
28 December 2005	Derby County	H	2–0	18,978	Morrison, Ward
31 December 2005	Watford	A	2–1	15,856	Ward, Johnson (pen)
2 January 2006	Leicester City	H	2–0	20,089	McAnuff, Johnson
14 January 2006	Hull City	A	2–1	18,886	Ward, Cort (own goal)
20 January 2006	Reading	H	1–1	19,888	Johnson (pen)
25 January 2006	Southampton	A	0–0	24,651
31 January 2006	Preston North End	A	0–2	13,867
4 February 2006	Cardiff City	H	1–0	17,962	Riihilahti
11 February 2006	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–0	24,784
14 February 2006	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–1	17,550	Morrison, McAnuff
18 February 2006	Millwall	A	1–1	12,296	Watson
25 February 2006	Norwich City	H	4–1	19,066	Johnson, Watson, Morrison, Hall
4 March 2006	Leeds United	H	1–2	23,843	McAnuff
13 March 2006	Stoke City	A	3–1	10,121	Sidibe (own goal), McAnuff, Johnson
18 March 2006	Ipswich Town	H	2–2	22,076	Riihilahti, Morrison
21 March 2006	Leeds United	A	1–0	24,507	McAnuff
25 March 2006	Derby County	A	1–2	24,857	Morrison
31 March 2006	Watford	H	3–1	18,619	Freedman, Stewart (own goal), DeMerit (own goal)
7 April 2006	Leicester City	A	0–2	23,211
15 April 2006	Crewe Alexandra	H	2–2	18,358	Johnson (2)
17 April 2006	Burnley	A	0–0	11,449
22 April 2006	Southampton	H	2–1	20,995	Johnson, Morrison
30 April 2006	Sheffield United	A	0–1	27,120

Championship play-offs

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
	SF 1st Leg	6 May 2006	Watford	H	0–3	22,880
	SF 2nd Leg	9 May 2006	Watford	A	0–0 (lost 0–3 on agg)	19,041

FA Cup

Main article: 2005–06 FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 2006	Northampton Town	H	4–1	10,391	Hughes, McAnuff, Johnson (pen), Freedman (pen)
R4	28 January 2006	Preston North End	A	1–1	9,489	Johnson
R4R	7 February 2006	Preston North End	H	1–2	7,356	Ward

League Cup

Main article: 2005–06 Football League Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	23 August 2005	Walsall	H	3–0	5,508	Popovic (pen), Granville, Hughes
R2	20 September 2005	Coventry City	H	1–0	5,341	Reich
R3	25 October 2005	Liverpool	H	2–1	19,673	Freedman, Reich
R4	30 November 2005	Middlesbrough	A	1–2	10,791	Queudrue (own goal)

First-team squad

Left club during season

Transfers

In

JAM Jobi McAnuff – WAL Cardiff City, £600,000, 31 May 2005
ENG Darren Ward – ENG Millwall, £1,100,000,
IRL Jonathan Macken – ENG Manchester City
GER Marco Reich – ENG Derby County

Out

ENG Wayne Routledge – ENG Tottenham Hotspur
ENG Darren Powell - ENG Southampton, free, 1 July 2005
HUN Sándor Torghelle – GRE Panathinaikos, season loan

References

Notes

References

[http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/Goalscorers/0,,10794~200510323~7,00.html Goal scorers] Football League {{dead link. (December 2022)
[http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/Attendance/0,,10794~200510323~7,00.html Attendance] Football League {{dead link. (December 2022)
(22 May 2006). "Boss Dowie leaves post at Palace". BBC Sport.
(30 May 2006). "Palace take action against Dowie". BBC Sport.
(13 June 2006). "Taylor named new Palace manager". BBC Sport.
"Crystal Palace Squad Stats – 2005/2006". 11v11.
"Crystal Palace 2005-2006 Home - statto.com".
(2005-05-31). "McAnuff completes Palace switch". BBC Sport.
(2005-07-01). "Saints swoop for defender Powell". BBC Sport.

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