Huddersfield Town F.C. season 2005-06

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Main article: Huddersfield Town F.C.

1 Review
2 Results
3 References

[edit] Review

Controversial 'Young Guns' campaign

Before the start of the season 2005-06, the club launched the controversial 'Young Guns' campaign. The players, manager Peter Jackson, assistant manager Terry Yorath, and coach Martyn Booty posed for the 2006 calendar in cowboy outfits.^[1] Six of the younger players featured on the cover of the corporate hospitality brochure. Basing the cover around the 'Young Guns' theme was widely considered to be a mistake and caused the booklet to be adversely linked with the Brokeback Mountain film.

Despite losing to Nottingham Forest on the opening day of the season, Huddersfield started the 2005-06 season brightly and were top of the table by mid-October. During the season they got the chance to show their pedigree by playing at Blackburn Rovers in the Carling Cup, which they lost 3-1.

Then they had a big money-spinning FA Cup match at Chelsea in January. They showed superb spirit to only lose 2-1, but many predicted it could be the turning point in Town's season, as they hadn't won a game since being drawn against them, a month earlier.

Gerry Murphy won the Football League's Contribution to Football award on 5 March 2006 selected by listeners of BBC Radio Five Live's Sport on Five.^[2]^[3]

With the season heading towards its climax, Town had to prepare for the play-offs after a disappointing April, which saw them lose out on automatic promotion to the Championship. The goals of Pawel Abbott, Gary Taylor-Fletcher, Andy Booth, Danny Schofield and Sheffield Wednesday loan signing David Graham helped Town to have the joint-second best scoring record in the division behind Swansea City.

Huddersfield beat Barnsley 1-0 at Barnsley in the playoff semi-final first leg but lost 1-3 (2-3 on aggregate) in the return.

[edit] Results

[edit] League One

Date	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F - A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
6 Aug 2005	Nottingham Forest	A	1 - 2	Abbott [64 (pen)]	24,042	16th
9 Aug 2005	Bristol City	H	1 - 0	Abbott [89]	11,138	12th
13 Aug 2005	Swansea City	H	3 - 1	Booth [27], Abbott [41], Schofield [76]	10,304	3rd
20 Aug 2005	Southend United	A	1 - 1	Abbott [45]	5,567	5th
27 Aug 2005	Hartlepool United	H	2 - 1	Abbott [12], Schofield [17]	11,241	2nd
29 Aug 2005	Doncaster Rovers	A	2 - 1	Brandon [2], Worthington [40]	7,222	1st
2 Sep 2005	Scunthorpe United	H	1 - 4	Abbott [66 (pen)]	14,112	2nd
10 Sep 2005	Oldham Athletic	A	3 - 0	Schofield [27], Taylor-Fletcher [37,72]	8,803	3rd
17 Sep 2005	Brentford	H	3 - 2	Abbott [34], Schofield [90], Booth [90]	11,622	2nd
24 Sep 2005	Colchester United	A	1 - 1	Taylor-Fletcher [65]	3,415	3rd
27 Sep 2005	Tranmere Rovers	H	1 - 0	Schofield [87]	10,640	3rd
1 Oct 2005	Bournemouth	H	2 - 2	Schofield [14], Taylor-Fletcher [21]	13,522	3rd
10 Oct 2005	Bradford City	A	2 - 1	Hudson [21], Booth [79]	12,285	2nd
15 Oct 2005	Walsall	H	3 - 1	Booth [15], Abbott [34,78]	11,642	1st
22 Oct 2005	Chesterfield	A	3 - 4	Hudson [80], Worthington [87], Holdsworth [90]	6,206	2nd
29 Oct 2005	Swindon Town	H	1 - 1	Brandon [54]	11,352	3rd
12 Nov 2005	Yeovil Town	A	2 - 1	Booth [11], Hudson [39]	6,742	2nd
19 Nov 2005	Bradford City	H	0 - 0		17,331	2nd
26 Nov 2005	Nottingham Forest	H	2 - 1	Schofield [21], Booth [26]	17,370	2nd
6 Dec 2005	Milton Keynes Dons	A	2 - 2	Abbott [7], Booth [64]	4,832	2nd
10 Dec 2005	Bristol City	A	0 - 2		9,949	2nd
17 Dec 2005	Southend United	H	0 - 0		11,223	3rd
26 Dec 2005	Rotherham United	A	1 - 1	Taylor-Fletcher [90]	7,380	3rd
28 Dec 2005	Port Vale	H	0 - 3		10,824	3rd
31 Dec 2005	Barnsley	A	2 - 2	Booth [76], Taylor-Fletcher [90]	13,063	4th
2 Jan 2006	Gillingham	H	0 - 0		11,483	5th
10 Jan 2006	Scunthorpe United	A	2 - 2	Schofield [44], McIntosh [90]	4,450	4th
14 Jan 2006	Blackpool	H	2 - 0	T Clarke [9], Schofield [73]	11,977	3rd
21 Jan 2006	Brentford	A	0 - 2		7,636	5th
28 Jan 2006	Oldham Athletic	H	3 - 2	Branston [45(og)], Abbott [48], Graham [59]	14,973	3rd
3 Feb 2006	Tranmere Rovers	A	1 - 2	Graham [48]	8,300	4th
11 Feb 2006	Colchester United	H	2 - 0	Worthington [14], Graham [68]	13,515	5th
14 Feb 2006	Blackpool	A	1 - 0	Brandon [43 (pen)]	6,004	5th
18 Feb 2006	Milton Keynes Dons	H	5 - 0	McIntosh [19], Taylor-Fletcher [24], Worthington [36], Mirfin [77], Collins [90]	11,423	3rd
24 Feb 2006	Swansea City	A	2 - 2	McIntosh [70], Graham [82]	13,110	2nd
4 Mar 2006	Doncaster Rovers	H	2 - 2	McIntosh [8], Graham [40]	14,490	2nd
10 Mar 2006	Hartlepool United	A	1 - 3	Graham [22]	5,648	3rd
18 Mar 2006	Rotherham United	H	4 - 1	Booth [32,39,82], Taylor-Fletcher [83]	15,264	3rd
25 Mar 2006	Port Vale	A	1 - 1	Booth [81]	5,664	2nd
1 Apr 2006	Barnsley	H	1 - 0	Taylor-Fletcher [55]	19,052	3rd
8 Apr 2006	Gillingham	A	0 - 2		7,014	3rd
15 Apr 2006	Bournemouth	A	1 - 1	Taylor-Fletcher [71]	7,406	3rd
18 Apr 2006	Chesterfield	H	1 - 2	Graham [13]	13,368	4th
22 Apr 2006	Walsall	A	3 - 1	Graham [25], Abbott [83], Booth [90]	5,554	4th
29 Apr 2006	Yeovil Town	H	1 - 2	Graham [8]	14,473	4th
6 May 2006	Swindon Town	A	0 - 0		6,353	4th

[edit] League One play-offs

Date	Round	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F - A	Scorers	Attendance
11 May 2006	Semi-Final 1st Leg	Barnsley	A	1 - 0	Taylor-Fletcher [85]	16,127
15 May 2006	Semi-Final 2nd Leg	Barnsley	H	1 - 3	Worthington [65]	19,223 Huddersfield lost 3-2 on aggregate.

[edit] FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F - A	Scorers	Attendance
6 Nov 2005	Round 1	Welling United	H	4 - 1	Booth [27, 69], Schofield [50 (pen)], Holdsworth [81]	5,518
4 Dec 2005	Round 2	Worcester City	A	1 - 0	Brandon [61]	4,163
7 Jan 2006	Round 3	Chelsea	A	1 - 2	Taylor-Fletcher [74]	41,650