2005–06 Cardiff City F.C. season

During the 2005–06 season Cardiff City played in the Football League Championship. It was the club's third year in the Championship since being promoted from League One.

Cardiff City

2005–06 season
Chairman	Sam Hammam
Manager	Dave Jones
Championship	11th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
FAW Premier Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Cameron Jerome (18) All: Cameron Jerome (20)
Highest home attendance	16,403 vs Plymouth Argyle (26 December 2005)
Lowest home attendance	8,724 vs Ipswich Town (26 November 2005)
Average home league attendance	11,802
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Season review

Kit

Cardiff ended a 3-year deal with Puma and changed to Spanish company Joma. Housing firm Redrow continued as the main shirt sponsor.

League

Cardiff began their season with 1–0 loss to Ipswich Town but bounced back with a win at Leeds United before going four games without a win, breaking the streak with consecutive wins over Leicester City and Crystal Palace. On 22 October Cardiff recorded their biggest win of the season with a 6–1 victory over Crewe Alexandra but this was followed by two draws and a loss and by Christmas the sides form had seen them win just three out of thirteen games since the end of October.

The new year saw a continuation of Cardiff's poor form with a 5–1 defeat against Reading. Six wins from the final eighteen games of the season left Cardiff with a 12th-place finish.

League Cup

Cardiff entered in round one, beating Colchester United 2–0 at the Colchester Community Stadium.^[1] They claimed a victory in the second round over Macclesfield Town before being eliminated by Leicester City in the third round.^[2]

FA Cup

Cardiff were drawn against Premier League side Arsenal after entering the competition in the third round, suffering a 2–1 defeat at the Arsenal Stadium on 7 January.^[3]

Squad statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		FAW Premier Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Neil Alexander	48	0	46	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
2	DF	ENG	Jermaine Darlington	10	0	7+2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF	ENG	Chris Barker	45	0	41	0	1	0	3	0	0	0
4	MF	NIR	Jeff Whitley	38	0	32+2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	Darren Purse	43	6	39	5	1	0	3	1	0	0
6	DF	ENG	Neil Cox	29	2	21+6	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
7	MF	ENG	Neal Ardley	33	0	22+8	0	1	0	1+1	0	0	0
8	MF	WAL	Jason Koumas	47	13	42+2	12	0	0	2+1	1	0	0
9	FW	IRL	Alan Lee	29	2	6+19	2	0+1	0	3	0	0	0
9	FW	SCO	Steve Thompson	14	4	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	ENG	Cameron Jerome	47	20	44	18	1	1	2	1	0	0
11	MF	WAL	Paul Parry	30	1	11+16	1	0	0	2+1	0	0	0
12	DF	WAL	Rhys Weston	33	1	26+4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0
13	GK	ENG	Tony Warner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	IRL	Willie Boland	16	0	11+4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
15	DF	NED	Glenn Loovens	36	2	32+1	2	1	0	2	0	0	0
16	MF	WAL	Joe Ledley	45	4	42	3	1	0	2	1	0	0
17	MF	ENG	Kevin Cooper	38	2	31+5	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
18	MF	NIR	Phil Mulryne	5	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19	MF	FIN	Toni Koskela	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	ENG	Riccardo Scimeca	18	1	17+1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF	WAL	Byron Anthony	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
21	DF	WAL	Daniel Parslow	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	FW	WAL	Stuart Fleetwood	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
23	GK	WAL	Martyn Margetson	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
24	MF	JAM	Richard Langley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW	ENG	Michael Ricketts	17	5	17	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW	COD	Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu	12	0	4+7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25	FW	ENG	Andy Campbell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	FW	ITA	Andrea Ferretti	7	0	0+4	0	0	0	0+3	0	0	0
27	MF	WAL	Nicky Fish	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	WAL	Jon Kift	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	WAL	Anthony Taylor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	WAL	Lee Worgan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
31	MF	WAL	Darcy Blake	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	DF	WAL	Joe Jacobson	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
49	MF	WAL	Curtis McDonald	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Transfers

Summer transfers in

Player	Club	Fee
Kevin Cooper	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Undisclosed
Neil Cox	Watford	Free
Andrea Ferretti	Parma	Undisclosed
Philip Mulryne	Unattached	Free
Darren Purse	West Bromwich Albion	Undisclosed
Jeff Whitley	Sunderland	Free
Lee Worgan	Unattached	Free

Summer transfers out

• * Indicates player joined club after being released by Cardiff

Player	Club	Fee
Lee Bullock	Hartlepool United	Free
James Collins	West Ham United	£3.5 m (combined)
Danny Gabbidon
Gary Croft	Grimsby Town*	Free
Graham Kavanagh	Wigan Athletic	£400,000
Richard Langley	Queens Park Rangers	Free
Arran Lee-Barrett	Weymouth*	Free
Jobi McAnuff	Crystal Palace	£600,000
Rob Page	Coventry City	Free
John Robinson	Crawley Town*	Free
Danny Thomas	Carmarthen Town	Free
Peter Thorne	Norwich City	Free
Tony Vidmar	NAC Breda	Undisclosed
Darren Williams	Hartlepool United*	Free

Loans in

Player	Club	Arrival Date	Return Date
Glenn Loovens	Feyenoord	August 2005	End of Season
Jason Koumas	Wigan Athletic	August 2005	End of Season
Michael Ricketts	Leeds United	August 2005	January 2006

Loans out

Player	Club	Arrival Date	Return Date
Byron Anthony	Forest Green Rovers	February 2006	March 2006

January transfers in

Player	Club	Fee
Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu	Darlington	Undisclosed
Riccardo Scimeca	West Bromwich Albion	Undisclosed
Steve Thompson	Rangers	£250,000

January transfers out

Player	Club	Fee
Stuart Fleetwood	Hereford United	Undisclosed
Tony Warner	Fulham	Free

Standings

Main article: 2005–06 Football League Championship

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2011. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	L	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	L
Position				21	19	21		12	14		11	9		7	9		11		10			10	5	7	10	11	8	10	8	7		7	7		7	8	7	8	8	8	8	8		8	9	11

Source: ^[4]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
6 Aug	Ipswich Town	A	L 0 – 1	24,292
9 Aug	Leeds United	H	W 2 – 1	15,231	Koumas, Purse
12 Aug	Watford	H	L 1 – 3	9,256	Jerome
20 Aug	Derby County	A	L 1 – 2	23,153	Jerome
27 Aug	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	D 2 – 2	11,502	Jerome (2)
10 Sep	Burnley	A	D 3 – 3	10,431	Jerome, Loovens, Purse
13 Sep	Leicester City	H	W 1 – 0	9,196	Ricketts
17 Sep	Crystal Palace	H	W 1 – 0	11,647	Ricketts
24 Sep	Millwall	A	D 0 – 0	9,254
27 Sep	Stoke City	A	W 3 – 0	12,240	Jerome (2), Purse
1 Oct	Luton Town	H	L 1 – 2	14,657	Ricketts
15 Oct	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	W 2 – 1	6,485	Koumas, Lee
18 Oct	Preston North End	H	D 2 – 2	9,574	Ledley, Koumas
22 Oct	Crewe Alexandra	H	W 6 – 1	10,815	Ricketts, Ledley, Cooper, Purse, Jerome, Koumas
29 Oct	Sheffield United	A	D 0 – 0	25,311
1 Nov	Norwich City	A	L 0 – 1	23,838
6 Nov	Coventry City	H	D 0 – 0	11,424
9 Nov	Sheffield Wednesday	A	W 3 – 1	20,324	Koumas, Jerome (2)
19 Nov	Preston North End	A	L 1 – 2	13,904	Loovens
22 Nov	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	D 1 – 1	9,595	Lee
28 Nov	Ipswich Town	H	W 2 – 1	8,724	Ricketts, Koumas
3 Dec	Hull City	A	L 0 – 2	18,364
10 Dec	Leeds United	A	W 1 – 0	20,597	Koumas
17 Dec	Derby County	H	D 0 – 0	12,500
26 Dec	Plymouth Argyle	H	L 0 – 2	16,403
28 Dec	Queens Park Rangers	A	L 0 – 1	12,329
31 Dec	Southampton	H	W 2 – 1	13,377	Ledley, Jerome
2 Jan	Reading	A	L 1 – 5	22,668	Jerome
14 Jan	Burnley	H	W 3 – 0	10,872	Thompson (2), Koumas
21 Jan	Leicester City	A	W 2 – 1	20,140	Jerome, Koumas
31 Jan	Millwall	H	D 1 – 1	12,738	Jerome
4 Feb	Crystal Palace	A	L 0 – 1	17,962
11 Feb	Stoke City	H	W 3 – 0	10,780	Cooper, Cox (2)
14 Feb	Luton Town	A	D 3 – 3	7,826	Koumas (2), Scimeca
18 Feb	Hull City	H	W 1 – 0	11,047	Jerome
25 Feb	Watford	A	L 1 – 2	17,419	Whitley
4 Mar	Sheffield Wednesday	H	W 1 – 0	11,851	Jerome
11 Mar	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	L 0 – 2	23,996
18 Mar	Plymouth Argyle	A	W 1 – 0	13,494	Thompson
25 Mar	Queens Park Rangers	H	D 0 – 0	14,271
1 Apr	Southampton	A	L 2 – 3	22,388	Jerome, Purse
8 Apr	Reading	H	L 2 – 5	11,866	Jerome, Parry
14 Apr	Sheffield United	H	L 0 – 1	11,006
17 Apr	Crewe Alexandra	A	D 1 – 1	5,865	Koumas
22 Apr	Norwich City	H	L 0 – 1	11,590
30 Apr	Coventry City	A	L 1 – 3	22,536	Thompson

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
24 Aug	One	Colchester United	A	W 2 – 0	1,904	Purse, Jerome
20 Sep	Two	Macclesfield Town	H	W 2 – 1	3,849	Ledley, Koumas
26 Oct	Three	Leicester City	H	L 0 – 1	8,727

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 Jan	Three	Arsenal	A	L 1 – 2	36,552	Jerome

FAW Premier Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
10 Jan	Quarter-final	Carmarthen Town	A	L 1 – 2	900	Anthony