2005–06 West Ham United F.C. season

Season summary

West Ham had barely scraped into the top six of the Championship the previous season before gaining promotion via the play-offs, so few gave the Hammers much hope of Premiership survival. However, West Ham surprised their naysayers to stand fourth at the end of October after 11 points from their opening six games. A run of mediocre form saw West Ham fall to tenth, before a run of five straight wins between January and February, including a 3–2 win at Arsenal, which saw the Hammers become the last side to beat Arsenal at Highbury, saw them rise to sixth. Alan Pardew won the Manager of the Month award for February. Several more good results, including a 2–1 home win over Tottenham Hotspur on the last day of the season that denied the North London side Champions League qualification, saw West Ham finish in ninth, above Everton, Middlesbrough and Manchester City.

West Ham's best form came in the FA Cup, where they overcame Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers and Middlesbrough to reach the FA Cup final – their first since 1980 – against a Liverpool side that were the reigning European champions and finished third in the Premiership. In spite of the odds, West Ham took a 2–0 lead within the first half-hour and also led 3–2 before a Steven Gerrard equalised at the end of normal time. Extra time proved goalless and a penalty shoot-out was required. Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina, who had made several errors in the match, saved from Bobby Zamora, Paul Konchesky and Anton Ferdinand to give Liverpool a 3–1 win. However, as Liverpool had already qualified for the Champions League, West Ham qualified for the UEFA Cup.

Final league table

Main article: 2005–06 FA Premier League

First-team squad

:Squad at end of season

Left club during season

Results

Premier League

Reo-Coker Etherington Dickov Campo Benayoun Warner Riggott Zenden O'Shea Harewood Kuqi Harewood Zamora Harewood Shearer Camara D. Bent Crespo Drogba Harewood Benayoun Pires Zamora Etherington Konchesky Ashton Ashton Beattie Speed Pedersen Benayoun Davis Mendes Todorov Reo-Coker Drogba Crespo Terry Gallas Maccarone Mullins García Benayoun

League Cup

Main article: 2005–06 Football League Cup

Graham Dailly Bellion

FA Cup

Main article: 2005-06 FA Cup

Zamora Etherington Khizanishvili Zamora Neill Replay Harewood Jihai Gerrard Ashton Konchesky Hyypiä Gerrard Riise Sheringham Konchesky Ferdinand

Statistics

Overview

Goalscorers

Appearances and goals

|- ! colspan=12 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers |- ! colspan=12 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders |- ! colspan=12 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders |- ! colspan=12 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards |}

Transfers

In

Out

Loan In

Loan Out

References

References

1. "West Ham United 2005-2006 Home - stattoo.com".
2. "FootballSquads - West Ham United - 2005/06".
3. Fletcher was born in [[Camberley]], [[England]], but also qualified to represent [[Wales]] internationally and made his full international debut for [[Wales national football team. Wales]] in 2004.
4. Hislop was born in [[London Borough of Hackney. Hackney]], [[London]], [[England]], and has represented [[England]] at [[England national under-21 football team. U-21]] level, but also qualified to represent [[Trinidad and Tobago]] internationally and made his international debut for [[Trinidad and Tobago national football team. Trinidad and Tobago]] in 1999.
5. Lomas was born in, [[Hanover]], [[West Germany]].
6. Ashikodi was born in [[Lagos]], [[Nigeria]], but also qualified to represent [[England]] and [[Antigua and Barbuda]] internationally. He represented [[England]] at youth level, but would later make his full international debut for [[Antigua and Barbuda national football team. Antigua and Barbuda]] in September 2012.
7. (5 July 2005). "Hammers swoop for defensive trio". BBC News.
8. (7 July 2005). "West Ham swoop for Czech striker". BBC News.
9. (19 July 2005). "West Ham complete Benayoun swoop". BBC News.
10. (29 July 2005). "Keeper Hislop signs for West Ham". BBC News.
11. (1 August 2005). "West Ham snap up Stoke's Clarke". BBC News.
12. (19 December 2005). "Hammers sign Israel striker Katan". BBC News.
13. (23 January 2006). "Hammers complete Ashton transfer". BBC News.
14. (7 June 2005). "Sheringham holds Queensland talks". BBC News.
15. (22 June 2005). "Argyle snap up defender Brevett". BBC News.
16. (22 June 2005). "Diamonds snap up Hammers striker". BBC Sport.
17. (11 July 2005). "Powell makes return to Charlton". BBC News.
18. (5 August 2005). "Millwall complete Hutchison deal". BBC Sport.
19. (19 August 2005). "Watford swoop to capture Mackay". BBC News.
20. (31 August 2005). "Langley and Lomas make QPR moves". BBC News.
21. (30 August 2005). "Hammers release striker Sofiane". BBC News.
22. (4 January 2006). "Chadwick to join Potters".
23. (17 August 2005). "West Ham clinch Bellion loan deal". BBC News.
24. (25 August 2005). "West Ham seal Aliadiere loan deal". BBC News.
25. (31 January 2006). "Wolves snap up Aliadiere on loan". BBC Sport.
26. (1 February 2006). "West Ham capture defender Scaloni". BBC News.
27. (3 August 2005). "Bywater seals Coventry loan move". BBC News.
28. (4 August 2005). "Stoke bring in Chadwick on loan". BBC News.
29. (15 August 2005). "Ashikodi completes Gills switch". BBC News.
30. (1 September 2005). "Reading snap up new West Ham star". BBC News.
31. (7 November 2005). "Glovers swoop for midfield cover". BBC News.
32. (8 November 2005). "Williams makes Ipswich loan move". BBC News.
33. (3 January 2006). "Dons extend McClenahan loan deal". BBC News.
34. (31 January 2006). "Mikolanda joins Rushden on loan". BBC News.