2005–06 Barnsley F.C. season

The 2005–06 season was the 97th season in the Football League played by Barnsley F.C., a professional football club based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England.

Barnsley
2005–2006 season
ManagerAndy Ritchie
StadiumOakwell
League One5th (promoted via play-offs)
FA Cup3rd round
League Cup2nd round
Football League Trophy1st round
Play-offsWinners
Biggest win4–0 vs Oldham Athletic (1 October 2005)

Season summary

Having appointed Andy Ritchie as manager after a successful spell as caretaker manager,[1] the Reds started the season in mixed form, picking up 14 points in their first 11 games.[2] A run of 10 games unbeaten followed, as Barnsley found themselves in 4th place and 3 points off the promotion places.[3] Barnsley continued their strong form into the second half of the season, finishing fifth in the league, on 72 points.[4] This meant Barnsley would face Yorkshire rivals Huddersfield Town in a play-off semi-final.

After losing the first leg at home 1–0 it appeared that Barnsley were resigned to another season in League One.[5] However, Barnsley took the lead in the away leg, with Paul Hayes scoring a penalty after being fouled by Danny Schofield. Huddersfield went on to equalise but goals from captain Paul Reid and a 77th-minute winner from Daniel Nardiello meant Barnsley would be playing in the play-off final against Swansea City who had beaten third placed Brentford. This was also the first time in the history of the playoffs in all three divisions that a side had overturned a first leg deficit after losing the first leg at home.

The final was played at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff on 27 May 2006 in front of a crowd of 55,419.[6] Barnsley took the lead through a Paul Hayes opener but Swansea replied with goals from ex-Red Rory Fallon and Andy Robinson following a blunder by keeper Nick Colgan.[6] A Barnsley equaliser came from a Daniel Nardiello free kick, but neither team could find a winner in either normal time or extra time, despite Swansea's Lee Trundle coming close late on.[6]

As the match was tied 2–2, it was decided on penalties, with Nick Colgan redeeming himself for his earlier mistake and saving Swansea's final penalty from Alan Tate, to give the Reds a 4–3 shootout victory and a place in the Championship.[7]

Competitions

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
3 Brentford 46 20 16 10 72 52 +20 76 Participated in play-offs
4 Huddersfield Town 46 19 16 11 72 59 +13 73
5 Barnsley 46 18 18 10 62 44 +18 72 Promoted through play-offs
6 Swansea City 46 18 17 11 78 55 +23 71 Participated in play-offs
7 Nottingham Forest 46 19 12 15 67 52 +15 69
Source:
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Play-offs
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Ref.
Semi-final first leg 11 May 2006 Huddersfield Town H L 0–1 16,127 [8]
Semi-final second leg 15 May 2006 Huddersfield Town A W 3–1 Hayes 58' (pen.), Reid 71', Nardiello 78' 19,223 [9]
Final 27 May 2006 Swansea N D 2–2 (a.e.t.)
4–3 pens.		 Hayes 19', Nardiello 62' 55,419 [10]

FA Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Ref.
First round 5 November 2005 Darlington H W 1–0 Hayes 5' 6,059 [11]
Second round 3 December 2005 Bradford City H D 1–1 Hayes 43' 7,051 [12]
Second round replay 13 December 2005 Bradford City A W 5–3 (a.e.t.) Hayes 51', 78', Reid 59', Devaney 96', 109' 4,738 [13]
Third round 7 January 2006 Walsall H D 1–1 Hayes 77' 6,884 [14]
Third round replay 17 January 2006 Walsall A L 0–2 4,074 [15]

League Cup
Main article: 2005–06 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Ref.
First round 23 August 2005 Preston North End A D 2–2 (a.e.t.)
5–4 pens.		 Burns 81', 108' 3,137 [16]
Second round 20 September 2005 Burnley A L 0–3 4,501 [17]

Football League Trophy
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Ref.
First round – northern section 18 October 2005 Doncaster Rovers H L 2–5 Foster 6' (og), Nardiello 90' 4,095 [18]

Players

[19][20]

No. Name Date of birth Signed from Nat Place of birth Note
Goalkeepers
1 Nick Colgan 19 September 1973 Hibernian Drogheda
22 Scott Flinders 12 June 1986 none Rotherham
30 David Scarsella 12 October 1982 Adelaide On loan at Tooting & Mitcham United
Defenders
2 Bobby Hassell 4 June 1980 Mansfield Town Derby
3 Steven Watt 1 May 1985 Chelsea Aberdeen On loan from Chelsea
3 Paul Heckingbottom 17 July 1977 Sheffield Wednesday Barnsley Signed from Sheffield Wednesday
4 Paul Reid 18 February 1982 Northampton Town Carlisle
5 Matt Carbon 8 June 1975 Walsall Nottingham
6 Tony Vaughan 11 October 1975 Mansfield Town Manchester On loan at Stockport County
14 Neil Austin 26 April 1983 none Barnsley
15 Antony Kay 21 October 1982 none Barnsley
20 Robbie Williams 2 October 1984 none Pontefract
31 Rob Atkinson 29 April 1987 none Barnsley
32 Ryan Laight 16 November 1985 none Barnsley
33 Thomas Harban 12 November 1985 none Barnsley
Midfielders
7 Jacob Burns 21 April 1978 Leeds United Sydney Signed for Wisla Krakow
10 Stephen McPhail 9 December 1979 Leeds United Westminster
11 Brian Howard 23 January 1983 Swindon Town Winchester
12 Anthony McParland 20 September 1982 Celtic Rutherglen
16 Richard Kell 15 September 1979 Scunthorpe United Bishop Auckland
17 Nicky Wroe 28 September 1985 none Sheffield
19 Dale Tonge 7 May 1985 none Barnsley
25 Martin Devaney 1 June 1980 Watford Cheltenham
26 Simon Heslop 1 May 1987 none York
34 Kyle Nix 21 January 1986 Sheffield United Sydney On loan from Sheffield United
Forwards
8 Paul Hayes 20 September 1983 Scunthorpe United Dagenham
9 Barry Conlon 1 October 1978 Darlington Drogheda
18 Chris Shuker 9 May 1982 Manchester City Huyton
21 Marc Richards 8 July 1982 Northampton Town Wolverhampton
23 Daniel Nardiello 22 October 1982 Manchester United Coventry
27 Nathan Jarman 19 September 1986 none Scunthorpe
28 Nathan Joynes 7 August 1985 none Barnsley
29 Tommy Wright 28 September 1984 Leicester City Kirby Muxloe

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