2005–06 Newcastle United F.C. season

Newcastle United
2005-06 season
Chairman Freddy Shepherd
Manager Graeme Souness
Glenn Roeder
Stadium St. James' Park
FA Premier League 7th
FA Cup Sixth round
League Cup Fourth round
Intertoto Cup Semi-finals
Top goalscorer League:
Alan Shearer (10)
All:
Alan Shearer (14)
Highest home attendance 52,327 (vs. Manchester United)
Lowest home attendance 50,451 (vs. Charlton Athletic)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

During the 2005-06 season, Newcastle United participated in the Premier League.

Season summary

In July 2005 rumours circulated that Newcastle was being stalked with a new buyer, but this later emerged to be the Shepherds consolidating their interests. On the pitch, Newcastle were eliminated from the Intertoto Cup after a 4-2 aggregate loss to Deportivo La Coruna in the semi-final, eliminating the club from European competition for the season.

Upon Craig Bellamy's return from his loan to Celtic, it was reported that he had not resolved his differences with Souness or Shearer, and was sold to Blackburn Rovers for £5 million. During the summer transfer window, Patrick Kluivert, Jermaine Jenas, Aaron Hughes and Andy O'Brien were sold by Souness. Laurent Robert and James Milner were loaned out, to Portsmouth and Aston Villa respectively (Robert would be transferred to Benfica in January). The club signed Emre, Scott Parker, Craig Moore and Albert Luque.

In August, the club signed Michael Owen from Real Madrid, despite strong interest from Owen's former club Liverpool. The fee, £17 million, surpassed Newcastle's previous record of £15 million for Alan Shearer from Blackburn in 1996. In the closing hours of the transfer window, the club re-signed Nolberto Solano from Aston Villa.

Souness's decision to pair Shearer and Owen together up front proved to be lethal, but Owen broke his fourth metatarsal bone in his foot after a clash with Paul Robinson in a match against Tottenham Hotspur, keeping him out for the rest of the season. With Owen injured the team's form dipped.

Souness was sacked as manager following a 3-0 defeat to Manchester City in early February.[1] Shay Given, Robbie Elliott and Alan Shearer have since stated that the fans never really took to him, with his favouritism of players damaging morale and a series of injuries leading to poor form.

United's youth academy director, former West Ham United manager Glenn Roeder, was put in charge as caretaker manager. Upon Roeder's first game in charge, against Portsmouth, Alan Shearer scored his 201st goal for the club, breaking Jackie Milburn's record of 200 goals for the club and becoming the club's highest ever goalscorer.

Despite speculation that Bolton Wanderers manager Sam Allardyce was interested in taking charge, Roeder guided Newcastle from 15th place to 7th place by the end of the season, winning 9 out of their remaining 14 Premier League games to see the club qualify for the Intertoto Cup - a great way for club legend Alan Shearer to end his playing career. Despite the exit from the FA Cup at the hands of Chelsea, Roeder was praised for amazingly achieving a European spot, having seen the prospect of a relegation battle when he joined. At the end of the season he was given a two-year contract by chairman Freddie Shepherd.

Kit

Newcastle's kit for the 2005-06 season was produced by German company Adidas. The main shirt sponsor was British bank Northern Rock.

Transfers

In

Date Player Previous club Cost
15 June 2005 England Scott ParkerEngland Chelsea£6,500,000[2]
19 July 2005 Turkey Emre BelözoğluItaly Internazionale£3,800,000[3]
19 July 2005 Netherlands Tim KrulNetherlands ADO Den HaagUndisclosed
29 July 2005 Australia Craig MooreGermany Borussia MönchengladbachFree[4]
2 August 2005 England Lee ClarkEngland FulhamFree[5]
26 August 2005 Spain Albert LuqueSpain Deportivo de La Coruña£9,500,000[6]
31 August 2005 England Michael OwenSpain Real Madrid£17,000,000[7]
31 August 2005 Peru Nolberto SolanoEngland Aston Villa£1,500,000[8]

Out

Date Player Buying club Cost
13 June 2005 Republic of Ireland Andrew O'BrienEngland Portsmouth£2,000,000[9]
15 June 2005 France Laurent RobertEngland PortsmouthLoan[10]
7 July 2005 Wales Craig BellamyEngland Blackburn Rovers£4,900,000[11]
8 July 2005 England Darren AmbroseEngland Charlton AthleticUndisclosed[12]
3 August 2005 England Nicky ButtEngland Birmingham CityLoan[13]
23 August 2005 Portugal Hugo VianaSpain ValenciaLoan[14]
31 August 2005 England Jermaine JenasEngland Tottenham Hotspur£7,000,000[15]
31 August 2005 England James MilnerEngland Aston VillaLoan
31 August 2005 Republic of Ireland Alan O'BrienEngland Carlisle UnitedLoan
16 February 2006 Northern Ireland Daryl SmylieEngland Stockport CountyLoan
1 March 2006 Portugal Hugo VianaSpain Valencia£1,700,000

Squad list

All players in the Newcastle United squad during the 2005-06 season Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Republic of Ireland GK Shay Given
2 Republic of Ireland DF Stephen Carr
3 England DF Robbie Elliott
4 Peru MF Nolberto Solano
5 Turkey MF Emre Belözoğlu
6 France DF Jean-Alain Boumsong[16]
8 England MF Kieron Dyer
9 England FW Alan Shearer
10 England FW Michael Owen
11 England MF Lee Bowyer
12 England GK Steve Harper
14 France MF Charles N'Zogbia
15 Senegal MF Amdy Faye
17 England MF Scott Parker
18 Australia DF Craig Moore
No. Position Player
19 England DF Titus Bramble
20 Spain MF Albert Luque
21 England MF Lee Clark
23 England FW Shola Ameobi[17]
24 England GK Tony Caig
26 England DF Peter Ramage
27 England DF Steven Taylor
28 England FW Michael Chopra
33 Nigeria DF Celestine Babayaro
35 South Africa MF Matty Pattison
36 England DF Kris Gate
37 Republic of Ireland MF Alan O'Brien
38 Northern Ireland MF Daryl Smylie
39 England MF Martin Brittain
54 England DF Paul Huntington

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. Position Player
7 England MF Jermaine Jenas (to Tottenham Hotspur)
16 England MF James Milner (on loan to Aston Villa)
20 Portugal MF Hugo Viana (on loan to Valencia)
No. Position Player
40 England GK Ben Smith (to Stockport County)
France MF Laurent Robert (to Benfica)
England MF Nicky Butt (on loan to Birmingham City)

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Manager England Glenn Roeder
Assistant Manager England Lee Clark
First Team coach England Nigel Pearson
Goalkeeping Coach England Andy Woodman
Development Coach England Arthur Cox
Reserve Team Coach France David Ginola
Chief scout Scotland Steve Clarke

Last updated: 3 May 2011
Source:

Match results

Pre-season

Intertoto Cup

Premier League

FA Cup

League Cup

Alan Shearer testimonial

Player statistics

No. Player Apps[18] Goals YC RC
1 Shay Given 47 0 2 0
2 Stephen Carr 24 0 7 1
3 Robbie Elliott 19+3 0 4 1
4 Nicky Butt 2 0 0 0
4 Nolberto Solano 33+2 6 2 0
5 Emre 22+3 2 5 0
6 Jean-Alain Boumsong 38+3 0 2 1
7 Jermaine Jenas 4+1 0 2 0
8 Kieron Dyer 6+7 1 1 0
9 Alan Shearer 40+1 14 5 0
10 Michael Owen 10+1 7 0 0
11 Lee Bowyer 23+11 2 2 1
12 Steve Harper 1 0 0 0
14 Charles N'Zogbia 34+7 5 3 0
15 Amady Faye 19+9 0 2 0
17 Scott Parker 32 2 9 1
18 Craig Moore 8+1 0 5 0
19 Titus Bramble 25+3 2 4 0
20 Albert Luque 8+10 1 1 0
21 Lee Clark 10+15 1 5 0
23 Shola Ameobi 28+6 9 5 0
26 Peter Ramage 28+1 0 4 0
27 Steven Taylor 17 0 7 1
28 Michael Chopra 9+11 3 0 0
33 Celestine Babayaro 33+2 0 3 1
35 Matty Pattison 2+1 0 0 0
37 Alan O'Brien 0+4 0 0 0
39 Martin Brittain 1+5 0 0 0

References

  1. ↑ "Newcastle dismiss manager Souness". BBC News. 2 February 2006.
  2. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Newcastle United | Newcastle seal £6.5m Parker deal". BBC News. 2005-06-15. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  3. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Newcastle United | Newcastle finalise Emre transfer". BBC News. 2005-07-19. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  4. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Newcastle United | Moore signs deal with Newcastle". BBC News. 2005-07-29. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  5. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Newcastle United | Clark makes return to Newcastle". BBC News. 2005-08-02. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  6. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Newcastle United | Luque finalises move to Newcastle". BBC News. 2005-08-26. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  7. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Newcastle United | Owen completes move to Newcastle". BBC News. 2005-08-31. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  8. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Newcastle United | Solano makes return to Newcastle". BBC News. 2005-08-31. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  9. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Portsmouth | Pompey complete deal for O'Brien". BBC News. 2005-06-13. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  10. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Portsmouth | Pompey say Robert deal permanent". BBC News. 2005-06-19. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  11. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Blackburn Rovers | Bellamy makes switch to Blackburn". BBC News. 2005-07-07. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  12. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Charlton Athletic | Charlton sign Newcastle's Ambrose". BBC News. 2005-07-08. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  13. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Birmingham City | Birmingham wrap up Butt loan deal". BBC News. 2005-08-03. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  14. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Newcastle United | Viana agrees Valencia loan move". BBC News. 2005-08-23. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  15. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Tottenham Hotspur | Jenas completes £7m Spurs switch". BBC News. 2005-08-31. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  16. ↑ Boumsong was born in Douala, Cameroon, but also qualified to represent France internationally and made his full international debut for France in June 2003.
  17. ↑ Ameobi was born in Zaria, Nigeria, but also qualified to represent England internationally and has represented them on U-21 level. However, he later opted to represent the country of his birth and made his full international debut for Nigeria in November 2012.
  18. ↑ Includes substitute appearances.

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