2005–06 Newcastle United F.C. season

2005–06 Newcastle United F.C. season
Newcastle United
2005-06 season
Chairman England Freddy Shepherd
Manager Scotland Graeme Souness
England 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

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

Contents

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 Blacburn 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 Elliot 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 Parker England Chelsea £6.5 million
19 July 2005 Turkey Emre Belözoğlu Italy Internazionale £3.8 million
19 July 2005 Netherlands Tim Krul Netherlands ADO Den Haag Undisclosed
29 July 2005 Australia Craig Moore Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach Free
2 August 2005 England Lee Clark England Fulham Free
26 August 2005 Spain Albert Luque Spain Deportivo de La Coruña £9.5 million
31 August 2005 England Michael Owen Spain Real Madrid £17 million
31 August 2005 Peru Nolberto Solano England Aston Villa £1.5 million

Out

Date Player Next Club Cost
13 June 2005 Republic of Ireland Andrew O'Brien England Portsmouth £2 million
15 June 2005 France Laurent Robert England Portsmouth Loan
7 July 2005 Wales Craig Bellamy England Blackburn £4.9 million
8 July 2005 England Darren Ambrose England Charlton Undisclosed
3 August 2005 England Nicky Butt England Birmingham Loan
23 August 2005 Portugal Hugo Viana Spain Valencia Loan
31 August 2005 England Jermaine Jenas England Tottenham £9 million
31 August 2005 England James Milner England Aston Villa Loan
31 August 2005 Republic of Ireland Alan O'Brien England Carlisle Loan
16 February 2006 Northern Ireland Daryl Smylie England Stockport Loan
1 March 2006 Portugal Hugo Viana Spain Valencia £1.7 million

Squad list

All players in the Newcastle United squad during the 2005-06 season Note: Flags indicate national team as has been 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
7 England MF Jermaine Jenas
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
16 England MF James Milner
17 England MF Scott Parker
18 Australia DF Craig Moore
No. Position Player
19 England DF Titus Bramble
20 Portugal MF Hugo Viana
20 Spain MF Albert Luque
21 England MF Lee Clark
23 England FW Shola Ameobi
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 Republic of Ireland MF Daryl Smylie
39 England MF Martin Brittain
40 England GK Ben Smith
54 England DF Paul Huntington

Starting 11

Only considering Premiership starts

Match results

Pre-season

Intertoto Cup

Premier League

FA Cup

League Cup

Alan Shearer Testimonial

Player statistics

No. Player Apps[2] Goals YC Yellow card.svg RC Red card.svg
1 Shay Given 47 0 2 0
2 Stephen Carr 24 0 7 1
3 Robbie Elliott 22 0 4 1
4 Nicky Butt 2 0 0 0
4 Nolberto Solano 35 6 2 0
5 Emre 25 2 5 0
6 Jean-Alain Boumsong 41 0 2 1
7 Jermaine Jenas 5 0 2 0
8 Kieron Dyer 13 1 1 0
9 Alan Shearer 41 14 5 0
10 Michael Owen 11 7 0 0
11 Lee Bowyer 34 2 2 1
12 Steve Harper 1 0 0 0
14 Charles N'Zogbia 41 5 3 0
15 Amady Faye 28 0 2 0
17 Scott Parker 32 2 9 1
18 Craig Moore 9 0 5 0
19 Titus Bramble 28 2 4 0
20 Albert Luque 18 1 1 0
21 Lee Clark 25 1 5 0
23 Shola Ameobi 34 9 5 0
26 Peter Ramage 29 0 4 0
27 Steven Taylor 17 0 7 1
28 Michael Chopra 20 3 0 0
33 Celestine Babayaro 35 0 3 1
35 Matty Pattison 3 0 0 0
37 Alan O'Brien 4 0 0 0
39 Martin Brittain 6 0 0 0

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