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2005–06 Watford F.C. season

English football team season

Field	Value
club	Watford F.C.
season	2005–06
manager	Aidy Boothroyd
chairman	Graham Simpson
stadium	Vicarage Road
league	Championship
league result	[3rd](2005-06-football-league-football-league-championship) (qualified for play-offs)
cup1	Play-offs
cup1 result	[Winners](2006-football-league-championship-play-off-final)
cup2	FA Cup
cup2 result	[Third round](2005-06-fa-cup-third-round-proper)
cup3	League Cup
cup3 result	[Third round](2005-06-football-league-cup-third-round)
league topscorer	Marlon King (21)
season topscorer	Marlon King (22)
highest attendance	19,842 vs Coventry City
(11 Feb 2006, Championship)
lowest attendance	7,011 vs Notts County
(23 Aug 2005, League Cup)
average attendance	15,415
prevseason	[2004–05](2004-05-watford-f-c-season)
nextseason	[2006–07](2006-07-watford-f-c-season)

(11 Feb 2006, Championship) (23 Aug 2005, League Cup) During the 2005–06 English football season, Watford competed in the Football League Championship.

Season summary

Against the odds, Watford managed to gain promotion to the Premier League through the play-offs, defeating Leeds United 3–0 in the play-off final to return to the top flight after an absence of six years. Crucial to Watford's promotion was striker Marlon King, who was the Championship's top scorer. Striker Darius Henderson and young winger Ashley Young also chipped in with 15 and 14 league goals respectively; between them, the three scored 51 of the club's 77 goals scored in the league.

Final league table

Main article: 2005–06 Football League Championship

Results

Watford's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
6 August 2005	Preston North End	H	1–2	12,597	Henderson
9 August 2005	Plymouth Argyle	A	3–3	13,813	King, Young (2)
12 August 2005	Cardiff City	A	3–1	10,102	King (2), Henderson
20 August 2005	Burnley	H	3–1	16,802	King, Mahon, Spring
27 August 2005	Reading	H	0–0	12,152
29 August 2005	Derby County	A	2–1	23,664	Spring, Carlisle
10 September 2005	Stoke City	A	3–0	14,565	Devlin, Young, King (pen)
13 September 2005	Norwich City	H	2–1	13,502	King, Young
17 September 2005	Sheffield United	H	2–3	15,399	Henderson (2)
24 September 2005	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–0	6,258
28 September 2005	Coventry City	A	1–3	16,978	Young
1 October 2005	Leeds United	H	0–0	16,050
15 October 2005	Leicester City	H	1–2	16,224	Young
18 October 2005	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–1	21,187	Young
22 October 2005	Ipswich Town	A	1–0	24,069	Young
29 October 2005	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3–1	14,561	DeMerit, King, Devlin
1 November 2005	Queens Park Rangers	H	3–1	16,476	Spring, McNamee, Young
5 November 2005	Hull City	A	2–1	18,444	Mahon, Spring
19 November 2005	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–1	16,988	Carlisle, King
22 November 2005	Leicester City	A	2–2	18,856	King, Mackay
26 November 2005	Preston North End	A	1–1	14,638	Spring
3 December 2005	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1–1	14,455	King
10 December 2005	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–1	12,884	King
17 December 2005	Burnley	A	1–4	13,815	King
26 December 2005	Southampton	H	3–0	16,972	Henderson, Carlisle, Hajto (own goal)
28 December 2005	Millwall	A	0–0	8,450
31 December 2005	Crystal Palace	H	1–2	15,856	Henderson
2 January 2006	Luton Town	A	2–1	10,248	Henderson, Mackay
14 January 2006	Stoke City	H	1–0	12,247	Eagles
21 January 2006	Norwich City	A	3–2	25,384	Henderson (2), Spring
28 January 2006	Crewe Alexandra	H	4–1	11,722	Spring (2), King, Young
6 February 2006	Sheffield United	A	4–1	20,791	Eagles, King (2), Bouazza
11 February 2006	Coventry City	H	4–0	19,842	Young, King, Henderson, DeMerit
14 February 2006	Leeds United	A	1–2	22,007	Young
18 February 2006	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1–0	6,658	Eagles
25 February 2006	Cardiff City	H	2–1	17,419	Mackay, King
4 March 2006	Derby County	H	2–2	16,769	King, Bangura
11 March 2006	Reading	A	0–0	23,724
20 March 2006	Southampton	A	3–1	19,202	Mahon, Henderson (2)
25 March 2006	Millwall	H	0–2	16,654
31 March 2006	Crystal Palace	A	1–3	18,619	King
9 April 2006	Luton Town	H	1–1	15,922	King
14 April 2006	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–1	22,584	King
17 April 2006	Ipswich Town	H	2–1	16,721	Henderson (2)
22 April 2006	Queens Park Rangers	A	2–1	16,152	Young, Santos (own goal)
30 April 2006	Hull City	H	0–0	19,041

Championship play-offs

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
SF 1st Leg	6 May 2006	Crystal Palace	A	3–0	22,880	King, Young, Spring
SF 2nd Leg	9 May 2006	Crystal Palace	H	0–0 (won 3–0 on agg)	19,041
F	21 May 2006	Leeds United	N	3–0	64,736	DeMerit, Sullivan (own goal), Henderson (pen)

FA Cup

Main article: 2005–06 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
	R3	7 January 2006	Bolton Wanderers	H	0–3	13,239

League Cup

Main article: 2005–06 Football League Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	23 August 2005	Notts County	H	3–1	7,011	Young, Bouazza (pen), Blizzard
R2	20 September 2005	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–1	9,296	Carlisle (2)
R3	25 October 2005	Wigan Athletic	A	0–3	4,531

Players

First-team squad

:Squad at end of season

Left club during season

Statistics

Appearances, goals and cards

:(Starting appearances + substitute appearances)

No.	Pos.	Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total	Discipline	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps
1	GK	ENG Alec Chamberlain	2+1	0	0	3	0	0	0	5+1	0	0	0
2	DF	ENG James Chambers		26+12	0	0	2+1	0	3	0	31+13	0	7	0
3	DF	ENG Jordan Stewart	29+6	0	1	2	0	3	0	35+6	0	4	0
4	DF	SCO Malky Mackay	35+3	3	1	1	0	3	0	40+3	3	4	1
5	DF	ENG Clarke Carlisle	30+2	3	1	2	2	0	0	33+2	5	5	1
6	DF	USA Jay DeMerit	27+5	2	0	2	0	3	1	32+5	3	4	0
7	MF	ENG Chris Eagles	16+1	3	1	0	0	0+1	0	17+2	3	1	0
7	MF	WAL Carl Fletcher	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0
8	MF	ENG Gavin Mahon	35+3	3	1	1	0	3	0	40+3	3	5	0
9	FW	JAM Marlon King	40+1	21	1	0	0	3	1	44+1	22	2	1
10	MF	SCO Paul Devlin	21+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	21+2	2	2	0
12	DF	ENG Lloyd Doyley	40+4	0	1	2	0	3	0	46+4	0	3	0
14	MF	ENG Dominic Blizzard	9+1	0	0	1	1	0	0	10+1	1	0	0
15	MF	ENG Ashley Young	38+1	13	0	1	1	3	1	42+1	15	3	1
18	FW	FRA Hameur Bouazza	3+11	1	0	2	1	0+1	0	5+12	2	0	0
19	DF	ENG Anthony McNamee	26+12	1	1	3	0	0	0	30+12	1	1	0
20	MF	SLE Al Bangura	11+24	1	0	3	0	1+2	0	15+26	1	6	0
21	MF	FRA Toumani Diagouraga	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
22	DF	ENG Junior Osborne	1	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	1+1	0	1	0
23	DF	ENG Adrian Mariappa	1+2	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	2+3	0	0	0
25	MF	ENG Matthew Spring	36+3	8	0	2	0	3	1	41+3	9	8	0
26	GK	ENG Ben Foster	44	0	1	0	0	3	0	48	0	3	1
27	FW	ENG Joel Grant	2+5	0	0	1+2	0	0	0	3+7	0	1	0
28	FW	JAM Francino Francis	0+1	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	1+2	0	0	0
29	FW	ENG Darius Henderson	27+3	14	1	1	0	2+1	1	31+4	15	6	1
31	MF	ENG Alex Campana	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
33	FW	JAM Trevor Benjamin	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
34	MF	ENG Ben Gill	0	0	0+1	0+2	0	0	0	0+3	0	0	0
36	FW	ENG Gabriel Agbonlahor	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
37	FW	ENG Theo Robinson	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0

References

Notes

References

(21 May 2006). "Leeds 0–3 Watford". BBC Sport.
"Watford results for the 2005-2006 season - Statto.com".
"FootballSquads - Watford - 2005/06".
"All Watford players: 2006".

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