2005–06 Aston Villa F.C. season explained

See main article: History of Aston Villa F.C. (1961–present).

Season:	2005–06
League Topscorer:	Milan Baroš and Luke Moore (8)
Average Attendance:	34,059
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Nextseason:	2006–07

League Result:	48--36--28
Nextseason:	2006–07

During the 2005–06 season, Aston Villa competed in the FA Premier League.

After the previous seasons tenth placed finish Villa never recovered from a poor start which left them at times close to the bottom 3 and despite some impressive wins which ultimately kept Villa in the league discontent among the fans at an uncomfortable relegation battle grew and lead to manager David O'Leary being sacked after the end of the season.

There were debut appearances for Gabriel Agbonlahor (341), James Milner (100), Wilfred Bouma (83), Craig Gardner (59), Aaron Hughes (54), Milan Baroš (42), Patrik Berger (29), Gary Cahill (28), Kevin Phillips (23), Eirik Bakke (14), and Stuart Taylor (12).^[1]

Transfers

Transferred in

Date	Pos	Player	From	Fee
20 May 2005				£1,000,000
27 June 2005				£1,000,000
29 June 2005				£1,000,000
1 July 2005				Free transfer
23 August 2005				£6,500,000
30 August 2005				£3,500,000
				£13,000,000

Loaned in

Date	Pos	Player	From	Loan End
31 August 2005				31 May 2006
31 August 2005				17 January 2006

Transferred out

Date	Pos	Player	To	Fee
1 July 2005				Free transfer
1 July 2005				Free transfer
1 July 2005				Free transfer
27 July 2005				£2,000,000
31 August 2005				£1,500,000
6 January 2006				£500,000
20 January 2006				£60,000
31 August 2005				£20,000
				£4,080,000

Loaned out

Date	Pos	Player	To	Loan End
19 August 2005				5 January 2006
25 August 2005				31 May 2006
14 September 2005				19 November 2005
22 September 2005				22 October 2005
28 October 2005				28 december 2005
20 January 2006				31 May 2006

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

£13,000,000

Income

£4,080,000

Balance

£8,920,000

Final league table

See main article: 2005–06 FA Premier League.

Pre-season

Date	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F – A	Scorers	Competition
18 July 2005	Wycombe Wanderers	A	2 – 0		Friendly
20 July 2005	Gallstad FK	A	14 – 0		Friendly
23 July 2005	Jonkopings Sodra	A	1 – 1		Friendly
26 July 2005	GAIS	A	3 – 3		Friendly
30 July 2005	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1 – 2		Friendly
2 August 2005	Walsall	A	3 – 0		Friendly
5 August 2005		A	2 – 1		Friendly

Results

Aston Villa's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Results per matchday

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
13 August 2005	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–2	38,026	Phillips, Davis
20 August 2005	Manchester United	A	0–1	67,934
23 August 2005	Portsmouth	A	1–1	19,778	Hughes (own goal)
27 August 2005	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–0	31,010	Baroš
12 September 2005	West Ham United	A	0–4	29,582
17 September 2005	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–1	33,686	Milner
24 September 2005	Chelsea	A	1–2	42,146	Moore
2 October 2005	Middlesbrough	H	2–3	29,719	Moore, Davis
16 October 2005	Birmingham City	A	1–0	29,312	Phillips
22 October 2005	Wigan Athletic	H	0–2	32,294
31 October 2005	Manchester City	A	1–3	42,069	Ridgewell
5 November 2005	Liverpool	H	0–2	42,551
19 November 2005	Sunderland	A	3–1	39,707	Phillips, Barry, Baroš
26 November 2005	Charlton Athletic	H	1–0	30,023	Davis
3 December 2005	Newcastle United	A	1–1	18,255	McCann
10 December 2005	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–1	23,646	Angel
17 December 2005	Manchester United	H	0–2	37,128
26 December 2005	Everton	H	4–0	32,432	Baroš (2), Delaney, Angel
28 December 2005	Fulham	A	3–3	20,446	Moore, Ridgewell (2)
31 December 2005	Arsenal	H	0–0	37,114
2 January 2006	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–1	27,073	Davis, Baroš (pen)
14 January 2006	West Ham United	H	1–2	36,700	Hendrie
21 January 2006	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–0	36,243
1 February 2006	Chelsea	H	1–1	38,562	Moore
4 February 2006	Middlesbrough	A	4–0	27,299	Moore (3), Phillips
11 February 2006	Newcastle United	H	1–2	37,140	Moore
25 February 2006	Charlton Athletic	A	0–0	26,594
4 March 2006	Portsmouth	H	1–0	30,194	Baroš
11 March 2006	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–2	21,932
18 March 2006	Everton	A	1–4	36,507	Agbonlahor
25 March 2006	Fulham	H	0–0	32,605
1 April 2006	Arsenal	A	0–5	38,183
9 April 2006	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–0	33,303
16 April 2006	Birmingham City	H	3–1	40,158	Baroš (2), Cahill
18 April 2006	Wigan Athletic	A	2–3	17,330	Angel, Ridgewell
25 April 2006	Manchester City	H	0–1	26,422
29 April 2006	Liverpool	A	1–3	44,479	Barry
7 May 2006	Sunderland	H	2–1	33,820	Barry, Ridgewell

FA Cup

See main article: 2005–06 FA Cup.

!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers

R3	7 January 2006	Hull City	A	1–0	17,051	Barry
R4	28 January 2006	Port Vale	H	3–1	30,434	Baroš (2), Davis
R5	19 February 2006	Manchester City	H	1–1	23,847	Baroš
R5R	14 March 2006	Manchester City	A	1–2	33,006	Davis

League Cup

See main article: 2005–06 Football League Cup.

!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers

R2	20 September 2005	Wycombe Wanderers	A	8–3	5,365	Davis (2), Baroš, Milner (2), Easton (own goal), Barry (2, 1 pen)
R3	22 October 2005	Burnley	H	1–0	26,872	Phillips
R4	29 November 2005	Doncaster Rovers	A	0–3	10,590

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^{[3] [4]}

Other players

The following players did not play for any Aston Villa team this season.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of end of season^[5] |-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players who left club during season|-

External links

• Aston Villa official website
• avfchistory.co.uk 2005–06 season

Notes and References

1. Web site: Aston Villa's Seasons. AVFC History.
2. Web site: Aston Villa 2005-2006 Results - statto.com . 5 February 2012 . 23 March 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130323013619/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/aston-villa/2005-2006/results . dead .
3. Web site: FootballSquads - Aston Villa - 2005/06.
4. Web site: Aston Villa Player Database.
5. Web site: Aston Villa players: Premier League 2006.