2005–06 West Ham United F.C. season

During the 2005–06 season, West Ham United competed in the FA Premier League, following promotion from the Football League Championship the previous season.

West Ham United
2005–06 season
ChairmanTerry Brown
ManagerAlan Pardew
StadiumBoleyn Ground
Premiership9th
FA CupRunners-up
(knocked out by Liverpool)
League CupThird round
(knocked out by Bolton Wanderers)
Top goalscorerLeague:
Marlon Harewood (14)

All:
Marlon Harewood (16)
Average home league attendance33,743

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.[1]

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 Newcastle United 38 17 7 14 47 42 +5 58 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
8 Bolton Wanderers 38 15 11 12 49 41 +8 56
9 West Ham United 38 16 7 15 52 55 3 55 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
10 Wigan Athletic 38 15 6 17 45 52 7 51
11 Everton 38 14 8 16 34 49 15 50
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Since Liverpool had already qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup berth as the FA Cup winners went to West Ham, who were the FA Cup runners-up.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  NIR Roy Carroll
2 DF  ARG Lionel Scaloni (on loan from Deportivo La Coruña)
3 DF  ENG Paul Konchesky
4 DF  WAL Danny Gabbidon
5 DF  ENG Anton Ferdinand
6 MF  WAL Carl Fletcher[3]
7 DF  SCO Christian Dailly
8 FW  ENG Teddy Sheringham
9 FW  ENG Dean Ashton
10 FW  ENG Marlon Harewood
11 MF  ENG Matthew Etherington
13 GK  ENG Stephen Bywater
15 MF  ISR Yossi Benayoun
17 MF  ENG Hayden Mullins
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW  ISR Yaniv Katan
19 DF  WAL James Collins
20 MF  ENG Nigel Reo-Coker (captain)
22 DF  ENG Elliott Ward
23 GK  ENG Jimmy Walker
24 MF  ENG Mark Noble
25 FW  ENG Bobby Zamora
26 MF  ENG Shaun Newton
29 MF  ENG Hogan Ephraim
30 DF  IRL Clive Clarke
32 DF  ENG Darren Blewitt
34 GK  TRI Shaka Hislop[4]
35 MF  ENG Kyel Reid
41 GK  ENG Matthew Reed

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  CZE Tomáš Řepka (to Sparta Prague)
12 MF  NIR Steve Lomas[5] (to Queens Park Rangers)
14 MF  ENG Chris Cohen (on loan to Yeovil Town)
16 MF  WAL Gavin Williams (to Ipswich Town)
18 FW  FRA Youssef Sofiane (to Coventry City)
21 DF  SCO Malky Mackay (to Watford)
21 FW  FRA David Bellion (on loan from Manchester United)
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 FW  CZE Petr Mikolanda (on loan to Rushden and Diamonds)
28 MF  AUS Trent McClenahan (on loan to Milton Keynes Dons)
31 MF  ENG Tony Stokes (on loan to Rushden & Diamonds)
33 FW  ENG Moses Ashikodi[6] (to Rangers)
36 MF  ENG Luke Chadwick (to Stoke City)
39 FW  FRA Jérémie Aliadière (on loan from Arsenal)

Results

Premier League

13 August 2005 1 West Ham United 3–1 Blackburn Rovers London
Sheringham  46'
Reo-Coker  62'
Etherington  80'
Report Todd  18'
Dickov  81'
Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 33,305
Referee: Alan Wiley
27 August 2005 3 West Ham United 1–2 Bolton Wanderers London
Sheringham  90' (pen.) Report Nolan  59'
Campo  85'
Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 31,629
Referee: Phil Dowd
12 September 2005 4 West Ham United 4–0 Aston Villa London
Harewood  25', 29', 50'
Benayoun  89'
Report Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 29,582
Referee: Rob Styles
17 September 2005 5 Fulham 1–2 West Ham United London
Boa Morte  66' Report Harewood  46'
Warner  52' (o.g.)
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 21,907
Referee: Graham Poll
24 September 2005 6 West Ham United 0–0 Arsenal London
Report Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 34,742
Referee: Mike Dean
16 October 2005 8 Manchester City 2–1 West Ham United Manchester
A. Cole  18', 56' Report Zamora  90' Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 43,647
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
23 October 2005 9 West Ham United 2–1 Middlesbrough London
Sheringham  66'
Riggott  74' (o.g.)
Report Queudrue  87' Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 34,612
Referee: Steve Bennett
29 October 2005 10 Liverpool 2–0 West Ham United Liverpool
Alonso  18'
Zenden  82'
Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 44,537
Referee: Uriah Rennie
5 November 2005 11 West Ham United 1–0 West Bromwich Albion London
Sheringham  57' Report Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 34,325
Referee: Peter Walton
20 November 2005 12 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 West Ham United London
Mido  16' Report Ferdinand  90' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,154
Referee: Alan Wiley
27 November 2005 13 West Ham United 1–2 Manchester United London
Harewood  2' Report Rooney  47'
O'Shea  56'
Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 34,755
Referee: Steve Bennett
5 December 2005 14 Birmingham City 1–2 West Ham United Birmingham
Heskey  11' Report Zamora  36'
Harewood  45'
Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 24,010
Referee: Martin Atkinson
10 December 2005 15 Blackburn Rovers 3–2 West Ham United Blackburn
Dickov  56' (pen.)
Kuqi  76'
Report Zamora  45'
Harewood  63'
Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 20,370
Referee: Mike Riley
14 December 2005 16 Everton 1–2 West Ham United Liverpool
Beattie  9' Report Weir  19' (o.g.)
Zamora  67'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 35,704
Referee: Peter Walton
17 December 2005 17 West Ham United 2–4 Newcastle United London
Solano  20' (o.g.)
Harewood  73' (pen.)
Report Owen  5', 43', 90'
Shearer  66'
Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 34,836
Referee: Phil Dowd
26 December 2005 18 Portsmouth 1–1 West Ham United Portsmouth
O'Neil  17' Report Collins  56' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,168
Referee: Alan Wiley
28 December 2005 19 West Ham United 0–2 Wigan Athletic London
Report Roberts  43'
Camara  45'
Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 34,131
Referee: Steve Bennett
31 December 2005 20 Charlton Athletic 2–0 West Ham United London
Bartlett  21'
D. Bent  63'
Report Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 25,952
Referee: Graham Poll
2 January 2006 21 West Ham United 1–3 Chelsea London
Harewood  46' Report Lampard  25'
Crespo  61'
Drogba  80'
Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 34,758
Referee: Howard Webb
14 January 2005 22 Aston Villa 1–2 West Ham United Birmingham
Hendrie  27' Report Zamora  51'
Harewood  60'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 36,700
Referee: Phil Dowd
23 January 2006 23 West Ham United 2–1 Fulham London
Ferdinand  17'
Benayoun  28'
Report Helguson  52' Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 29,812
Referee: Uriah Rennie
1 February 2006 24 Arsenal 2–3 West Ham United London
Henry  45'
Pires  89'
Report Reo-Coker  25'
Zamora  32'
Etherington  80'
Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 38,216
Referee: Mark Halsey
4 February 2006 25 West Ham United 2–0 Sunderland London
Ashton  81'
Konchesky  87'
Report Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 34,745
Referee: Rob Styles
13 February 2006 26 West Ham United 3–0 Birmingham City London
Harewood  11', 63'
Ashton  65'
Report Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 31,294
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
4 March 2006 27 West Ham United 2–2 Everton London
Harewood  10'
Ashton  23'
Report Osman  18'
Beattie  71'
Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 34,866
Referee: Mike Riley
11 March 2006 28 Bolton Wanderers 4–1 West Ham United Bolton
Giannakopoulos  12', 33'
Speed  45'
Pedersen  81'
Report Sheringham  79' Stadium: Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 24,461
Referee: Mike Dean
18 March 2006 29 West Ham United 2–4 Portsmouth London
Sheringham  69'
Benayoun  90'
Report LuaLua  19'
Davis  25'
Mendes  42'
Todorov  77'
Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 34,837
Referee: Alan Wiley
25 March 2006 30 Wigan Athletic 1–2 West Ham United Wigan
McCulloch  45' Report Harewood  52'
Reo-Coker  90'
Stadium: JJB Stadium
Attendance: 18,736
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
2 April 2006 32 West Ham United 0–0 Charlton Athletic London
Report Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 34,753
Referee: Rob Styles
9 April 2006 33 Chelsea 4–1 West Ham United London
Maniche  17'
Drogba  28'
Crespo  31'
Terry  54'
Gallas  69'
Report Collins  10' Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 41,919
Referee: Chris Foy
15 April 2006 34 West Ham United 1–0 Manchester City London
Newton  15' Report Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 34,305
Referee: Steve Bennett
26 April 2006 36 West Ham United 1–2 Liverpool London
Reo-Coker  46'
Mullins  82'
Report Cissé  19', 54'
García  82'
Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 34,852
Referee: Howard Webb
7 May 2006 38 West Ham United 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur London
Fletcher  10'
Benayoun  80'
Report Defoe  35' Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 34,970
Referee: Chris Foy

League Cup

20 September 2005 Second round Sheffield Wednesday 2–4 West Ham United Sheffield
Coughlan  76'
Graham  77'
Report Zamora  2', 63'
Dailly  54'
Bellion  84'
Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 14,976
Referee: Steve Tanner
26 October 2005 Third round Bolton Wanderers 1–0 West Ham United Bolton
Borghetti  64' Report Stadium: Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 10,927
Referee: Andre Marriner

FA Cup

7 January 2006 Third round Norwich City 1–2 West Ham United Norwich
McVeigh  72' (pen.) Report Mullins  6'
Zamora  57'
Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 23,968
Referee: Mike Riley
28 January 2006 Fourth round West Ham United 4–2 Blackburn Rovers London
Sheringham  33' (pen.)
Etherington  39'
Khizanishvili  59' (o.g.)
Zamora  73'
Report Bentley  1'
Neill  65'
Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 23,700
Referee: Martin Atkinson
18 February 2006 Fifth round Bolton Wanderers 0–0 West Ham United Bolton
Report Stadium: Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 17,120
Referee: Chris Foy
15 March 2006 Fifth round
Replay
West Ham United 2–1 (a.e.t.) Bolton Wanderers London
Jääskeläinen  10' (o.g.)
Harewood  96'
Report K. Davies  31' Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 24,685
Referee: Rob Styles
20 March 2006 Sixth round Manchester City 1–2 West Ham United Manchester
Musampa  85'
Jihai
Report Ashton  41', 69' Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 39,357
Referee: Howard Webb
23 April 2006 Semi-final Middlesbrough 0–1 West Ham United Birmingham
Report Harewood  78' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 39,148
Referee: Mike Riley

Statistics

Overview

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premier League 38 16 7 15 52 55 −3 042.11
FA Cup 7 5 1 1 14 8 +6 071.43
League Cup 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 050.00
Total 47 22 8 17 70 66 +4 046.81

Goalscorers

Rank Pos No. Nat Name Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total
1ST10Marlon Harewood142016
2ST25Bobby Zamora62210
3ST8Teddy Sheringham6107
Own goals4004
5ST9Dean Ashton3306
6MF15Yossi Benayoun5005
MF20Nigel Reo-Coker5005
8MF11Matthew Etherington2103
9DF3Paul Konchesky1102
DF5Anton Ferdinand2002
DF19James Collins2002
12MF6Carl Fletcher1001
DF7Christian Dailly0011
MF17Hayden Mullins0101
ST20David Bellion0011
MF26Shaun Newton1001
Totals 52 14 4 66

League position by matchday

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHHAHAAHAHAHAAAHAHAHAHAHHHAHAAHAHAHAH
ResultWDLWWDDLWLWDLWLWLDLLLWWWWWDLLWLDLWLLWW
Position2497446999889997999101010998689109989791099
Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremier LeagueFA CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Roy Carroll 1901900000
13 GK Stephen Bywater 100+100000
23 GK Jimmy Walker 30300000
34 GK Shaka Hislop 2501607020
Defenders
2 DF Tomáš Řepka 2201901020
2 DF Lionel Scaloni 1701303+1000
3 DF Paul Konchesky 45236+117110
4 DF Daniel Gabbidon 39031+107000
5 DF Anton Ferdinand 38232+125000
7 DF Christian Dailly 3016+1602+4021
14 DF Chris Cohen 10000010
19 DF James Collins 19213+123020
22 DF Elliott Ward 603+100020
30 DF Clive Clarke 30200010
Midfielders
6 MF Carl Fletcher 1716+611+300+10
11 MF Matthew Etherington 4033327100
15 MF Yossi Benayoun 40530+456000
16 MF Gavin Williams 10000010
17 MF Hayden Mullins 4213506110
20 MF Nigel Reo-Coker 3853157000
24 MF Mark Noble 604+100010
26 MF Shaun Newton 3018+1811+101+10
31 MF Tony Stokes 1000000+10
35 MF Kyel Reid 201+100000
Forwards
8 FW Teddy Sheringham 31715+1161+3110
9 FW Dean Ashton 1669+235300
10 FW Marlon Harewood 461631+6146+1220
18 FW Yaniv Katan 802+400+2000
21 FW David Bellion 1012+60001+11
25 FW Bobby Zamora 421017+1762+5212
29 FW Hogan Ephraim 1000000+10
39 FW Jérémie Aliadière 801+60000+10

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Name From Fee
5 July 2005 DF Paul Konchesky Charlton Athletic £2m
5 July 2005 DF Daniel Gabbidon Cardiff City £4.5m[7][lower-alpha 1]
DF James Collins
7 July 2005 ST Petr Mikolanda Viktoria Žižkov Undisclosed[8]
19 July 2005 MF Yossi Benayoun Racing Santander £2.5M[9]
29 July 2005 GK Shaka Hislop Portsmouth Free[10]
1 August 2005 DF Clive Clarke Stoke City £275,000[11]
17 August 2005 ST David Bellion Manchester United Loan[12]
25 August 2005 ST Jérémie Aliadière Arsenal Loan[13]
31 August 2005 MF Sekou Baradji Lens Undisclosed
1 January 2006 ST Yaniv Katan Maccabi Haifa Undisclosed[14]
23 January 2006 ST Dean Ashton Norwich City £7.25m[15]
1 February 2006 DF Lionel Scaloni Deportivo La Coruña Loan[16]
  1. The £4.5m to Cardiff City was a joint fee for both Daniel Gabbidon and James Collins

Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee
1 June 2005 DF Andy Melville Retired
7 June 2005 ST Serhiy Rebrov Dynamo Kyiv Free[17]
22 June 2005 DF Rufus Brevett Plymouth Argyle Free[18]
22 June 2005 ST Greg Pearson Rushden & Diamonds Undisclosed[19]
11 July 2005 DF Chris Powell Charlton Athletic Free[20]
5 August 2005 MF Don Hutchison Millwall Free[21]
3 August 2005 GK Stephen Bywater Coventry City Loan[22]
4 August 2005 MF Luke Chadwick Stoke City Loan[23]
15 August 2005 ST Moses Ashikodi Gillingham Loan[24]
19 August 2005 DF Malky Mackay Watford Free[25]
31 August 2005 MF Steve Lomas Queens Park Rangers Free[26]
31 August 2005 MF Sekou Baradji Reading Loan[27]
14 October 2005 ST Youssef Sofiane Coventry City Free[28]
7 November 2005 DF Chris Cohen Yeovil Town Loan[29]
8 November 2005 MF Gavin Williams Ipswich Town Loan[30]
3 January 2006 DF Trent McClenahan MK Dons Loan[31]
11 January 2006 ST Moses Ashikodi Rangers Free
23 January 2006 DF Tomáš Řepka Sparta Prague Free
31 January 2006 ST Petr Mikolanda Rushden & Diamonds Loan[32]

References

  1. "West Ham United 2005-2006 Home - stattoo.com". Archived from the original on 30 March 2010.
  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 in 2004.
  4. Hislop was born in Hackney, London, England, and has represented England at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Trinidad and Tobago internationally and made his international debut for 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 in September 2012.
  7. "Hammers swoop for defensive trio". BBC News. 5 July 2005.
  8. "West Ham swoop for Czech striker". BBC News. 7 July 2005.
  9. "West Ham complete Benayoun swoop". BBC News. 19 July 2005.
  10. "Keeper Hislop signs for West Ham". BBC News. 29 July 2005.
  11. "West Ham snap up Stoke's Clarke". BBC News. 1 August 2005.
  12. "West Ham clinch Bellion loan deal". BBC News. 17 August 2005.
  13. "West Ham seal Aliadiere loan deal". BBC News. 25 August 2005.
  14. "Hammers sign Israel striker Katan". BBC News. 19 December 2005.
  15. "Hammers complete Ashton transfer". BBC News. 23 January 2006.
  16. "West Ham capture defender Scaloni". BBC News. 1 February 2006.
  17. "Sheringham holds Queensland talks". BBC News. 7 June 2005.
  18. "Argyle snap up defender Brevett". BBC News. 22 June 2005.
  19. "Diamonds snap up Hammers striker". BBC Sport. 22 June 2005. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  20. "Powell makes return to Charlton". BBC News. 11 July 2005.
  21. "Millwall complete Hutchison deal". BBC Sport. 5 August 2005. Retrieved 7 March 2008.
  22. "Bywater seals Coventry loan move". BBC News. 3 August 2005.
  23. "Stoke bring in Chadwick on loan". BBC News. 4 August 2005.
  24. "Ashikodi completes Gills switch". BBC News. 15 August 2005.
  25. "Watford swoop to capture Mackay". BBC News. 19 August 2005.
  26. "Langley and Lomas make QPR moves". BBC News. 31 August 2005.
  27. "Reading snap up new West Ham star". BBC News. 1 September 2005.
  28. "Hammers release striker Sofiane". BBC News. 30 August 2005.
  29. "Glovers swoop for midfield cover". BBC News. 7 November 2005.
  30. "Williams makes Ipswich loan move". BBC News. 8 November 2005.
  31. "Dons extend McClenahan loan deal". BBC News. 3 January 2006.
  32. "Mikolanda joins Rushden on loan". BBC News. 31 January 2006.
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