2005–06 Portsmouth F.C. season

Season summary

Manager Alain Perrin was sacked in November with Portsmouth struggling in the relegation zone. Joe Jordan was appointed caretaker manager after the sacking of Perrin. He was replaced by Harry Redknapp, who had walked out of arch-rivals Southampton after being refused permission by the club to talk to Portsmouth about the managerial vacancy. For a while it looked as if Redknapp's efforts were in vain, with Portsmouth eight points adrift of safety at the end of February. However, by the end of March that had been cut to just three (with a game in hand over seventeenth-placed West Bromwich Albion) and eventually Portsmouth managed to secure survival with a 2–1 win at Wigan Athletic to send West Brom and Birmingham City down.

Kit

Portsmouth signed a deal with Jako to produce the club's kit. Oki became the kit sponsors. The strip was manufactured by Pompey Sport, but after the kit deal with Jako, they were rebadged with its logo. The home shirt was atypical for Portsmouth, as it had a large white space under the collar on the rear where players' names were printed. The away was red and gold, whilst the third was white and navy. The white strip was only worn three times, away at Manchester United, Aston Villa and West Ham United respectively.

Final league table

Main article: 2005–06 FA Premier League

Results

Portsmouth's score comes first

Legend

FA Premier League

Results summary

Results per matchday

FA Cup

Main article: 2005–06 FA Cup

League Cup

Main article: 2005–06 Football League Cup

First-team squad

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Statistics

Starting 11

:Considering starts in all competitions

• GK: #15, ENG Jamie Ashdown, 18
• RB: #2, ENG Linvoy Primus, 21
• CB: #5, IRL Andy O'Brien, 32
• CB: #3, Serbia and Montenegro Dejan Stefanović, 30
• LB: #6, DEN Brian Priske, 28
• RM: #26, ENG Gary O'Neil, 39
• CM: #22, SCO Richard Hughes, 24
• CM: #28, ENG Sean Davis, 17
• LM: #14, ENG Matthew Taylor, 35
• CF: #25, ZIM Benjani Mwaruwari, 16
• CF: #32, COD, Lomana LuaLua, 25

Transfers

In

• IRL Andy O'Brien - ENG Newcastle United, £2,000,000, 13 June
• FRA Laurent Robert - ENG Newcastle United, undisclosed, 19 June
• COL Jhon Viáfara - COL Once Caldas, £1,600,000, 7 July
• FRA Grégory Vignal - ENG Liverpool, free, 12 July
• Zambia Collins Mbesuma - RSA Kaizer Chiefs, undisclosed, 12 July
• NED Sander Westerveld - ESP Real Sociedad, free, 22 July
• NOR Azar Karadas - POR Benfica, loan, 22 July
• DEN Brian Priske - BEL Genk, undisclosed, 22 August
• Serbia and Montenegro Zvonimir Vukić - UKR Shakhtar Donetsk, undisclosed, 29 August
• URU Darío Silva - ESP Sevilla FC, free, 31 August
• CMR Franck Songo'o - ESP Barcelona, £205,000, 31 August
• SEN Salif Diao - ENG Liverpool, season loan, 31 August
• POL Emmanuel Olisadebe - GRE Panathinaikos, undisclosed, 4 January
• ZIM Benjani Mwaruwari - FRA Auxerre, £4,100,000, 5 January
• FRA Noé Pamarot, POR Pedro Mendes, ENG Sean Davis - ENG Tottenham Hotspur, £7,500,000 combined, 12 January
• IRL Dean Kiely - ENG Charlton Athletic, undisclosed, 25 January
• ENG Wayne Routledge - ENG Tottenham Hotspur, season loan, 30 January
• Serbia and Montenegro Ognjen Koroman - RUS Terek Grozny, loan, 30 January
• ARG Andrés D'Alessandro - GER VfL Wolfsburg, season loan, 31 January

Out

• CZE Patrik Berger - ENG Aston Villa, free, 17 May
• NGA Yakubu - ENG Middlesbrough, £7,500,000, 23 May
• WAL Richard Duffy - ENG Coventry City, season loan, 7 June
• ENG Rowan Vine - ENG Luton Town, £250,000, 4 July
• ENG Steve Stone - ENG Leeds United, free, 29 June
• SEN Diomansy Kamara - ENG West Bromwich Albion, £1,500,000, 26 July
• JAM Ricardo Fuller - ENG Southampton, £90,000 (rising to £340,000 if Southampton gain promotion), 28 July
• TRI Shaka Hislop - ENG West Ham United, free, 29 July
• NED Arjan de Zeeuw - ENG Wigan Athletic, £90,000, 11 August
• ENG David Unsworth - ENG Sheffield United, free,A clause was included in Unsworth's transfer that United would only pay a fee to Portsmouth if they gained promotion; they did, but the fee paid is undisclosed. 22 August
• GRE Kostas Chalkias - released (later joined ESP Real Murcia), 19 January
• COL Jhon Viáfara - ESP Real Sociedad, loan, January
• URU Darío Silva - released, 13 February
• NED Sander Westerveld - ENG Everton, 28-day loan, 24 February
• ENG James Keene - SWE GAIS, loan, March
• AUS Hayden Foxe - released
• SLO Aleksander Rodić - TUR Kayserispor, loan
• GRE Giannis Skopelitis - GRE Egaleo, loan
• ENG Gary Silk - ENG Boston United :Transfers in: £16,250,000 :Transfers out: £9,450,000 :Total spending: £6,800,000

Notes

References

References

1. (24 November 2005). "Portsmouth dismiss manager Perrin". BBC Sport.
2. (7 December 2005). "Redknapp goes back to Portsmouth". BBC Sport.
3. "Portsmouth 2005-2006 Results - statto.com".
4. O'Brien was born in [[Harrogate]], [[England]].
5. Péricard was born in Efok, [[Cameroon]].
6. Songo'o was born in [[Yaoundé]], [[Cameroon]], but also qualified to represent [[France]] internationally and has represented them at youth level. However, he later chose to represent the country of his birth and made his full international debut for [[Cameroon national football team. Cameroon]] in September 2008.
7. Olisadebe was born in [[Warri]], [[Nigeria]]. but gained [[Poland. Polish]] citizenship and made his international debut for [[Poland national football team. Poland]] in 2000.
8. Kiely was born in [[City of Salford. Salford]], [[England]].
9. Rodić was born in [[Dubica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Kozarska Dubica]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. SFR Yugoslavia]] (now [[Bosnia-Herzegovina]]).
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11. "Portsmouth in FA Premier League 2005/2006 fixture".
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13. (19 June 2005). "Pompey say Robert deal permanent". BBC News.
14. (7 July 2005). "Pompey complete Viafara signing". BBC News.
15. (12 July 2005). "Portsmouth clinch deal for Vignal". BBC News.
16. (12 July 2005). "Portsmouth sign striker Mbesuma". BBC News.
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18. (22 July 2005). "Pompey snap up Benfica's Karadas". BBC News.
19. (22 August 2005). "Pompey sign Denmark star Priske". BBC News.
20. (29 August 2005). "Portsmouth sign midfielder Vukic". BBC News.
21. (31 August 2005). "Pompey add striker Silva to ranks". BBC News.
22. (31 August 2005). "Portsmouth clinch Songo'o signing". BBC News.
23. (31 August 2005). "Diao becomes third Pompey signing". BBC News.
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28. (30 January 2006). "Pompey sign Routledge & Koroman". BBC News.
29. (31 January 2006). "Portsmouth snap up d'Alessandro". BBC News.
30. Staff. (2005-05-17). "Villa serve up Berger deal". The Guardian.
31. (2005-05-23). "Middlesbrough agree Yakubu deal".
32. (7 June 2005). "Duffy joins Coventry for season". BBC News.
33. (4 July 2005). "Hatters seal permanent Vine deal". BBC News.
34. (29 June 2005). "Leeds complete signing of Stone". BBC News.
35. (26 July 2005). "Kamara seals £1.5m West Brom deal". BBC News.
36. (28 July 2005). "Saints snap up Fuller and Hajto". BBC News.
37. (29 July 2005). "Keeper Hislop signs for West Ham". BBC News.
38. (11 August 2005). "De Zeeuw makes move back to Wigan". BBC News.
39. (22 August 2005). "Blades complete deal for Unsworth". BBC News.
40. (19 January 2006). "Goalkeeper Chalkias leaves Pompey". BBC News.
41. (13 February 2006). "Redknapp lets Silva leave Pompey". BBC News.
42. (24 February 2006). "Everton sign Westerveld on loan". BBC News.