2005–06 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

The 2005–06 season was the 107th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played the season in the 2nd tier of the English football system, the Football League Championship.

The team finished in seventh place, falling nine points short of a place in the promotion play-offs. Following this season, a summer of changes occurred with manager Glenn Hoddle resigning and many of the club's first team players departing.

Results

Preseason Pre season began on 27 June with a week training at the National Sports Centre at Lilleshall. The squad then spent a week in Montecastillo, Spain during 4–10 July.

Football League Championship

A total of 24 teams competed in the Championship during the 2005–06 season. Each team would play every other team twice, once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. The provisional fixture list was released on 23 June 2005, but was subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage or police concerns.

Cort Edwards

League table

Results summary

Results by round

FA Cup

League Cup

Players

Statistics

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Awards AwardWinner Fans' Player of the Season Kenny Miller Academy Player of the Season Daniel Jones

Transfers

In DatePlayerFromFee23 May 2005 Rohan RickettsTottenham HotspurFree14 June 2005 Jackie McNamara CelticFree22 August 2005 Darren AndertonBirmingham CityFree4 November 2005 Paul HarrisonUnattachedFree1 January 2006 Gábor Gyepes Ferencváros£400,0001 January 2006 Dénes Rósa FerencvárosUndisclosed6 January 2006 Stefan PostmaAston VillaUndisclosed25 January 2006 Tomasz Frankowski Elche£1.4 million25 January 2006 Maurice RossSheffield WednesdayFree

Out DatePlayerToFee11 May 2005 Gary MulliganReleasedFree25 May 2005 Keith AndrewsHull CityFreeJune 2005 Joachim BjörklundRetired–June 2005 Patrick FlynnReleasedFree28 July 2005 Kevin Cooper Cardiff CityUndisclosed6 August 2005 Henri CamaraWigan Athletic £3 million23 January 2006 Sammy Clingan Nottingham ForestUndisclosed24 January 2006 Paul Harrison ReleasedFree31 January 2006 Paul JonesReleasedFree28 April 2006 George NdahRetired–

Loans in DatePlayerFromEnd date28 July 2005 Gábor Gyepes Ferencváros1 January 200619 August 2005 Stefan PostmaAston Villa21 January 200625 October 2005 Tom HuddlestoneTottenham Hotspur21 January 200626 October 2005 Maurice RossSheffield Wednesday25 January 200631 January 2006 Jérémie AliadièreArsenalEnd of season

Loans out DatePlayerToEnd date2 June 2005 Silas BelenensesEnd of season22 August 2005 Paul JonesMillwall22 November 200526 August 2005 Keith LoweBurnley13 December 200527 August 2005 Chris CornesPort Vale26 November 200531 August 2005 Sammy ClinganChesterfield14 January 200631 August 2005 Carl IkemeStockport County14 January 200624 November 2005 Lewis GobernBlackpool2 January 200631 January 2006 Keith LoweQueens Park Rangers13 February 200631 January 2006 Leon ClarkeQueens Park Rangers13 February 20063 March 2006 Colin CameronMillwall7 April 200610 March 2006 Keith Lowe Swansea City13 April 200621 March 2006 Matt MurrayTranmere Rovers28 April 200623 March 2006 Lewis GobernBuryEnd of season

Kit The previous season's home kit was retained, featuring the club's traditional gold and black colours. The season however saw a new away kit introduced that was an all-black design, with gold piping on the shirt. Last season's navy blue and white away kit was also retained for this season. The kits were manufactured by Le Coq Sportif and featured Chaucer Consulting as sponsor for a second season.

References

External links 2005–06 season at wolves-stats.co.uk