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2005–06 Manchester City F.C. season
English football club season
English football club season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| club | Manchester City |
| season | 2005–06 |
| owner | Publicly traded company |
| chairman | John Wardle |
| manager | Stuart Pearce |
| stadium | City of Manchester Stadium |
| (a.k.a. Eastlands and CoMS) | |
| league | [Premier League](2005-06-fa-premier-league) |
| league result | 15th |
| cup1 | [FA Cup](2005-06-fa-cup) |
| cup1 result | Quarter-final |
| cup2 | [League Cup](2005-06-football-league-cup) |
| cup2 result | Second round |
| league topscorer | Andy Cole (9) |
| season topscorer | Andy Cole and Darius Vassell (10 each) |
| average attendance | 42,856 – over 19 PL home games |
| ([4th highest in Premier League](https://web.archive.org/web/20101228020418/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/attendance/_/league/eng.1/year/2005/barclays-premier-league)) | |
| highest attendance | 47,192 v Manchester United |
| 14 January 2006 | |
| lowest attendance | 27,779 v Scunthorpe United |
| 7 January 2006 | |
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| prevseason | [2004–05](2004-05-manchester-city-f-c-season) |
| nextseason | [2006–07](2006-07-manchester-city-f-c-season) |
(a.k.a. Eastlands and CoMS) (4th highest in Premier League) 14 January 2006 7 January 2006
| Wins | Draws | Losses | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|
| **Home** | 12 | 2 | 9 |
| **Away** | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| **Both** | 16 | 6 | 22 |
| Wins | Draws | Losses | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|
| **Home** | 9 | 2 | 8 |
| **Away** | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| **Both** | 13 | 4 | 21 |
The 2005–06 season was '''Manchester City Football Club''''s fourth consecutive season playing in the Premier League, the top division of English football, and its ninth season since the Premier League was first created with Manchester City as one of its original 22 founding member clubs. Overall, it was the team's 114th season playing in a division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight.
Season review
The 2005–06 season proved tough for the club finishing 15th in the Premier League after a turbulent end to the season. The season began with last season's top goalscorer Shaun Wright-Phillips joining Premier League champions Chelsea for a fee of £21 million. Wright-Phillips was a fan favourite having made over 150 appearances for the club and winning Manchester City's Young Player of the Year award four times in succession.
In the following week, Manchester City announced the signings of Andy Cole from Fulham and Darius Vassell from Aston Villa. The Blues ended their preseason with a 3–1 victory against Greek champions Olympiacos in the Thomas Cook Trophy. In this match, City fans were given their first introduction to Yaya Touré who put the visitors ahead.
The club started the season unbeaten in their first five matches, taking 10 points from 12 matches. Manchester City manager Stuart Pearce was subsequently awarded the Barclays Manager of the Month award for August. City then went on to suffer three successive defeats in September, including a 3–0 defeat on penalties to League 1 side Doncaster, which saw them exit the Carling Cup in the Second Round.
The following months saw City's form continue to fluctuate. On December 4, Manchester City beat Charlton Athletic 5-2 at The Valley, setting a then-club record for their largest away win in the Premier League. Going into 2006, Manchester City were placed 9th in the League.
Robbie Fowler started off the new year with a hat-trick in the Third Round of the FA Cup against Scunthorpe. The following weekend, Manchester City won the Manchester Derby 3-1 at home, in a match that saw Cristiano Ronaldo receive a straight red card for a reckless lunge on Andy Cole midway through the second half.
The January Transfer Window saw Robbie Fowler return to Liverpool, Joey Barton hand-in a transfer request and Stuart Pearce splashing out £6 million on Heerenveen striker Georgios Samaras.
Manchester City's final hope of silverware was put to an end after a Dean Ashton brace led West Ham into the semi-finals of the FA Cup, eliminating City in the quarter-finals.
The season ended on disappointing form with losses in 9 of their 10 final matches in the Premier League. A winless City steadily drifted down the league from mid-table to 15th position before the season culminated.
Team kit
For this season the shirt sponsor for all of the club's kits continued to be the previous season's sponsor, Thomas Cook, while the team kits were produced by the previous season's supplier, Reebok.
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Friendly games
Pre-season
Manchester Evening News report M.E.N. report
[[2005 FA Premier League Asia Trophy|Premier League Asia Trophy]]
14:45 BST
M.E.N. report
Diouf
Vaz Tê
Fadiga
Campo
Flood
Sun
Bermingham
B. Wright-Phillips
10:45 BST
M.E.N. report
Ferguson
Bent
Kilbane
Mills
Thatcher
Flood
M.E.N. report
Dyer 68' (pen.)
Cole
B. Wright-Phillips
Thomas Cook Trophy
M.E.N. report B. Wright-Phillips
Competitive games
Premier League
Main article: 2005–06 FA Premier League
Position in final standings
Results summary
Points breakdown
Points at home: 29
Points away from home: 14
Points against "Big Four" teams: 4
Points against promoted teams: 9 :6 points: Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Charlton Athletic, Sunderland :4 points: Manchester United :3 points: Everton, Newcastle United, Portsmouth, West Ham United :1 point: Blackburn Rovers, Middlesbrough, West Bromwich Albion :0 points: Arsenal, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, Fulham, Liverpool,
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