2005–06 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season

During the 2005–06 English football season, Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.

Brighton & Hove Albion

2005–06 season
Chairman	Dick Knight
Manager	Mark McGhee
Stadium	Withdean Stadium
Football League Championship	24th (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	Kazim-Richards (6)
Average home league attendance	6,793
Home colours
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Season summary

After survival the previous season, Brighton endured a poor 2005–06 Championship campaign and were relegated two games before the end of the season by losing 2–0 to Sheffield Wednesday which also sent Crewe Alexandra and Millwall down with them.^[1]

Final league table

Main article: 2005–06 Football League Championship

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
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.
(R) Relegated

Results

Brighton & Hove Albion's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
6 August 2005	Derby County	A	1–1	25,292	Hammond
9 August 2005	Reading	H	0–2	6,676
13 August 2005	Crewe Alexandra	H	2–2	6,132	Knight, Hammond
20 August 2005	Hull City	A	0–2	18,648
27 August 2005	Preston North End	A	0–0	12,461
29 August 2005	Plymouth Argyle	H	2–0	6,238	Robinson, Carpenter
10 September 2005	Leeds United	A	3–3	21,212	Knight, Carole, Gregan (own goal)
13 September 2005	Sheffield United	H	0–1	6,553
17 September 2005	Coventry City	H	2–2	6,529	Knight, Kazim-Richards
24 September 2005	Burnley	A	1–1	11,112	McShane
27 September 2005	Leicester City	A	0–0	20,296
1 October 2005	Norwich City	H	1–3	6,624	Frutos
15 October 2005	Cardiff City	H	1–2	6,485	McShane
18 October 2005	Crystal Palace	A	1–0	22,400	McShane
24 October 2005	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–1	21,787	Kazim-Richards
29 October 2005	Ipswich Town	H	1–1	6,867	Hammond
1 November 2005	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–1	6,642	Frutos
5 November 2005	Stoke City	A	0–3	15,274
20 November 2005	Crystal Palace	H	2–3	7,067	Knight (2, 1 pen)
22 November 2005	Cardiff City	A	1–1	9,595	Kazim-Richards
26 November 2005	Derby County	H	0–0	6,855
3 December 2005	Watford	A	1–1	14,455	Butters
10 December 2005	Reading	A	1–5	18,546	Kazim-Richards
16 December 2005	Hull City	H	2–1	6,929	Carole, Oatway
26 December 2005	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–0	7,341	Butters
28 December 2005	Luton Town	A	0–3	9,429
31 December 2005	Millwall	H	1–2	6,847	Hammond
2 January 2006	Southampton	A	1–2	24,630	Mayo
14 January 2006	Leeds United	H	2–1	7,415	Reid, Hart
21 January 2006	Sheffield United	A	1–3	27,514	Kazim-Richards
31 January 2006	Burnley	H	0–0	6,267
4 February 2006	Coventry City	A	0–2	20,541
11 February 2006	Leicester City	H	1–2	7,187	Frutos
14 February 2006	Norwich City	A	0–3	23,246
18 February 2006	Watford	H	0–1	6,658
25 February 2006	Crewe Alexandra	A	1–2	5,925	Kazim-Richards
4 March 2006	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–1	13,650
11 March 2006	Preston North End	H	0–0	6,361
18 March 2006	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–1	13,907	Bignot (own goal)
25 March 2006	Luton Town	H	1–1	7,139	Noel-Williams
1 April 2006	Millwall	A	2–0	13,209	Reid, McShane
8 April 2006	Southampton	H	0–2	7,999
15 April 2006	Ipswich Town	A	2–1	23,964	Noel-Williams, Lynch
17 April 2006	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–2	7,573
22 April 2006	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–1	22,555
30 April 2006	Stoke City	H	1–5	5,859	Loft

FA Cup

Main article: 2005–06 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 2006	Coventry City	H	0–1	6,734

League Cup

Main article: 2005–06 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	23 August 2005	Shrewsbury Town	A	2–3	2,141	McCammon, Robinson

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  NED Michel Kuipers 2 DF  AUS Paul Reid 3 DF  ENG Kerry Mayo 4 DF  ENG Adam Hinshelwood 5 DF  ENG Jason Dodd 6 MF  ENG Alexis Nicolas 7 FW  ENG Gifton Noel-Williams (on loan from Burnley) 8 FW  ARG Federico Turienzo 9 FW  ENG Gary Hart 10 MF  ENG Charlie Oatway 11 MF  ENG Dean Hammond 12 MF  ENG Richard Carpenter 13 GK  ENG Richard Martin 14 DF  ENG Guy Butters 15 FW  ENG Mark McCammon 16 FW  ENG Chris McPhee

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  FRA Sébastien Carole 18 FW  SLE Albert Jarrett 19 MF  FRA Alexandre Frutos 20 DF  ENG Adam El-Abd 21 FW  ENG Jake Robinson 22 MF  ENG Colin Kazim-Richards 23 MF  ENG Doug Loft 24 DF  IRL Paul McShane (on loan from Manchester United) 26 DF  ENG Chris Breach 28 GK  IRL Wayne Henderson 29 MF  ENG Dean Cox 30 DF  ENG Tommy Elphick 31 GK  ENG John Sullivan 33 FW  ENG Joe Gatting 34 DF  ENG Joel Lynch 40 GK  FRA Florent Chaigneau (on loan from Rennes)

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 GK  NIR Alan Blayney (on loan from Southampton) 7 FW  ENG Leon Knight (to Swansea City)

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 DF  ENG Gary Elphick (to St Albans City)