2005–06 Football League Championship

The 2005–06 Football League Championship (known as the Coca-Cola Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the second season of the league under its current title and fourteenth season under its current league division format.

Football League Championship
Season2005–06
ChampionsReading
PromotedReading
Sheffield United
Watford
RelegatedCrewe Alexandra
Millwall
Brighton & Hove Albion
Matches played557
Goals scored1,341 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorerMarlon King (Watford), 21[1]

Reading dominated the Championship, setting a new league record of 33 league games unbeaten between the opening day defeat by Plymouth Argyle and the loss at Luton Town in February; these were the only league defeats the team would suffer that season. On 25 March 2006 they clinched promotion to the top flight for the first time in their 135-year history thanks to a 1–1 draw away to Leicester City.[2] Coppell's team secured the league title in the following week, with a 5–0 drubbing of Derby County, and they would go on to set a new English league record for the number of points won in a season, with 106.[3]

Changes from last season

From Championship

Promoted to Premier League

Relegated to League One

To Championship

Promoted from League One

Relegated from Premier League

Team overview

Stadia and locations
Locations of the Football League Championship 2005–2006 teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity
BurnleyBurnleyTurf Moor22,546
Brighton & Hove AlbionBrighton & HoveWithdean Stadium8,850
Cardiff CityCardiffNinian Park21,508
Coventry CityCoventryRicoh Arena32,602
Crewe AlexandraCreweAlexandra Stadium10,153
Crystal PalaceLondonSelhurst Park26,309
Derby CountyDerbyPride Park Stadium33,597
Hull CityHullKC Stadium25,586
Ipswich TownIpswichPortman Road30,311
Leeds UnitedLeedsElland Road39,460
Leicester CityLeicesterWalkers Stadium32,500
Luton TownLutonKenilworth Road10,226
MillwallLondonThe Den20,146
Norwich CityNorwichCarrow Road26,018
Plymouth ArgylePlymouthHome Park18,000
Preston North EndPrestonDeepdale23,408
Queens Park RangersLondonLoftus Road18,360
ReadingReadingMadejski Stadium24,161
Sheffield UnitedSheffieldBramall Lane32,702
Sheffield WednesdaySheffieldHillsborough Stadium39,812
SouthamptonSouthamptonSt Mary's Stadium32,690
Stoke CityStokeBritannia Stadium27,740
WatfordWatfordVicarage Road17,504
Wolverhampton WanderersWolverhamptonMolineux27,828

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Reading (C, P) 46 31 13 2 99 32 +67 106 Promotion to the FA Premier League
2 Sheffield United (P) 46 26 12 8 76 46 +30 90
3 Watford (O, P) 46 22 15 9 77 53 +24 81 Qualification for Championship play-offs
4 Preston North End 46 20 20 6 59 30 +29 80
5 Leeds United 46 21 15 10 57 38 +19 78
6 Crystal Palace 46 21 12 13 67 48 +19 75
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 16 19 11 50 42 +8 67
8 Coventry City 46 16 15 15 62 65 −3 63
9 Norwich City 46 18 8 20 56 65 −9 62
10 Luton Town 46 17 10 19 66 67 −1 61
11 Cardiff City 46 16 12 18 58 59 −1 60
12 Southampton 46 13 19 14 49 50 −1 58
13 Stoke City 46 17 7 22 54 63 −9 58
14 Plymouth Argyle 46 13 17 16 39 46 −7 56
15 Ipswich Town 46 14 14 18 53 66 −13 56
16 Leicester City 46 13 15 18 51 59 −8 54
17 Burnley 46 14 12 20 46 54 −8 54
18 Hull City 46 12 16 18 49 55 −6 52
19 Sheffield Wednesday 46 13 13 20 39 52 −13 52
20 Derby County 46 10 20 16 53 67 −14 50
21 Queens Park Rangers 46 12 14 20 50 65 −15 50
22 Crewe Alexandra (R) 46 9 15 22 57 86 −29 42 Relegation to Football League One
23 Millwall (R) 46 8 16 22 35 62 −27 40
24 Brighton & Hove Albion (R) 46 7 17 22 39 71 −32 38
Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2011. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

First leg
Leeds United1 – 1Preston North End
Lewis  74' Statistics Nugent  48'
Referee: P Crossley
Crystal Palace0 – 3Watford
Statistics King  46'
Young  67'
Spring  85'
Referee: M J Jones

Second leg
Preston North End0 – 2Leeds United
Statistics Hulse  56'
Richardson  61'
Crainey  68' 
Cresswell  90' 
Referee: Mike Thorpe
  • Leeds United win 3–1 on aggregate.
Watford0 – 0Crystal Palace
Statistics
Referee: Steve Tanner
  • Watford win 3–0 on aggregate.

Final
Main article: 2006 Football League Championship play-off Final
Leeds United0 – 3Watford
(Details) DeMerit  25'
Sullivan  57' (o.g.)
Henderson  84' (pen.)
Attendance: 64,736
Referee: Mike Dean

Results
Home \ Away BHA BUR CAR COV CRE CRY DER HUL IPS LEE LEI LUT MIL NWC PLY PNE QPR REA SHE SHW SOU STK WAT WOL
Brighton & Hove Albion 0–0 1–2 2–2 2–2 2–3 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–3 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–5 0–1 1–1
Burnley 1–0 3–3 4–0 3–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 4–1 0–1
Cardiff City 1–1 3–0 0–0 6–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–2 0–0 2–5 0–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–3 2–2
Coventry City 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–4 6–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 3–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–0
Crewe Alexandra 2–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 2–2 3–1 4–2 1–2 1–2 0–2 3–4 3–4 1–3 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–4
Crystal Palace 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 4–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 1–1
Derby County 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 5–1 2–1 1–1 3–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 0–1 0–2 2–2 2–1 1–2 0–3
Hull City 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–3
Ipswich Town 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 0–4 2–2 0–3 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–4 0–1 1–1
Leeds United 3–3 2–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 0–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–0
Leicester City 0–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 3–2 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 4–2 2–0 0–0 4–2 2–2 1–0
Luton Town 3–0 2–3 3–3 1–2 4–1 2–0 1–0 2–3 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 4–2 1–1 3–0 2–0 3–2 1–1 2–2 3–2 2–3 1–2 1–1
Millwall 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 0–4 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–0
Norwich City 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–3 3–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 3–1 2–1 2–3 1–2
Plymouth Argyle 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–3 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–3 2–0
Preston North End 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 5–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–3 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–0
Queens Park Rangers 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–3 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 2–3 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–0
Reading 5–1 2–1 5–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 5–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 5–0 4–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–0
Sheffield United 3–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–2 2–0 1–0 4–1 4–0 2–2 1–3 2–0 2–1 2–3 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–4 1–0
Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 0–0 1–3 3–2 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–2
Southampton 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 3–4 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 2–0 1–3 0–0
Stoke City 3–0 1–0 0–3 0–1 2–0 1–3 1–2 0–3 2–2 0–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–3 1–3
Watford 1–1 3–1 2–1 4–0 4–1 1–2 2–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 0–0 2–3 2–1 3–0 1–0 3–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–2 0–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 10 September 2020. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References
  1. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  2. "Leicester 1-1 Reading". BBC Sports. 25 March 2006. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  3. "Reading 5-0 Derby". BBC Sport. 1 April 2006. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
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