- 2005–06 New Zealand Knights season
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New Zealand Knights FC 2005-06 season Chairman 
Brian KatzenManager John AdsheadA-League 8th Top goalscorer J. Brockie - 4
S. Yeo - 4Highest home attendance 9,827 v Sydney FC
2 September 2005Lowest home attendance 1,922 v Melbourne Victory
26 November 20052006–07 → The 2005-06 season was the first for both the New Zealand Knights and the A-League. Picking up just one win and three draws out of the 21 regular season matches, the Knights finished at the bottom of the table, 20 points behind 7th placed Melbourne Victory.
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Season summary
In their debut season, the Knights scored only 15 goals in their 21 fixtures. Their joint leading scorers were Englishman Simon Yeo and teenage whizkid Jeremy Brockie, with four apiece. Sean Devine scored three goals, while Joshua Rose, Jeremy Christie, Neil Emblen and Xiaobin Zhang all managed to find the back of the net once. Former Walsall FC right-back Darren Bazeley was the only Knight to start in all 21 of their games.
The club was plunged into turmoil in late 2005, as club captain Danny Hay apparently fell out with Knights bosses and coach John Adshead, and was released just before Christmas. This followed the departures of UK signings Ronnie Bull and former Lincoln City striker Simon Yeo.
The Knights may have had poor crowds in their inaugural A-League season but they did have loyal support from their supporters group, Bloc-5. Supporters who formerly supported the now-defunct Football Kingz franchise, are known for dressing up in the team's colours, chanting loudly and attending all home fixtures.
Immediately after the season, the Knights fired assistant coach Tommy Mason. Former Fulham FC reserve team and academy head coach Paul Nevin was named head coach to assist current manager John Adshead as Mason's replacement.
One positive to come out of the Knights' horrific debut season was 17 year old New Zealander Jeremy Brockie. The dreadlocked midfielder/striker was originally selected as one of the Knights three under-20 players in their squad. By the end of the season though, he had become a regular starter, scoring a brilliant double at home against the Newcastle Jets. This was followed up by a fantastic strike to earn a draw with Sydney FC, and a goal in the Knights' final game of the season, versus Melbourne Victory.
Players
First team squad
No. Name Nationality Position Date Of Birth (Age) Signed From Notes Goalkeepers 1 Danny Milosevic 
GK June 26, 1978 Celtic FC 20 Glen Moss GK January 19, 1983 Dinamo Bucharest 27 Roy Bell GK Short-term Injury cover Defenders 2 Darren Bazeley DF October 5, 1972 Walsall FC 3 Ronnie Bull LB December 26, 1980 Grimsby Town F.C. 4 John Tambouras DF January 30, 1979 Football Kingz 5 Danny Hay DF May 15, 1975 Walsall FC Captain 7 Steve Fitzsimmons RF September 7, 1976 Brisbane Strikers 12 Cole Tinkler DF May 5, 1986 Free Agent Youth 15 Joshua Rose LB December 16, 1981 Brisbane Strikers 17 Frank van Eijs 
DF November 2, 1971 LG-ACB Hanoi Midfielders 6 Neil Emblen MF June 19, 1971 Walsall F.C. 8 Ben Collett CF September 11, 1984 Manchester United 11 Zenon Caravella CM March 17, 1983 Sydney Olympic 14 Josh Maguire MF September 22, 1980 Blacktown City Demons 16 Noah Hickey MF June 9, 1978 Waitakere United Vice-Captain 21 Jeremy Christie CDM May 22, 1983 Waitakere United 22 Sam Jasper MF February 6, 1986 Waitakere United Youth Strikers 9 Simon Yeo ST October 10, 1973 Lincoln City F.C. 10 Sean Devine 
ST September 6, 1972 Exeter City F.C. 13 Jeremy Brockie ST October 7, 1987 Canterbury United Youth 18 Xiaobin Zhang 
ST February 14, 1985 Puerto Rico Islanders Youth 19 Naoki Imaya 
FW June 18, 1980 Blacktown City 24 Kris Bright ST September 5, 1986 Waitakere United Youth Transfers
Out
No. Name Nationality Position Leaving To League Transfer Fee 3 Ronnie Bull LB Released 5 Danny Hay CB Released 9 Simon Yeo ST Released Matches
2005-06 Hyundai A-League fixtures
Round 1 28 August 2005 Queensland Roar 
2 : 0 
New Zealand KnightsSuncorp Stadium, Brisbane R. Brownlie 
15'
K. Dodd 33'
A. Brosque
80'
M. Baird 86' 87'
W. Moon 90'(0:0)
SummaryD. Bazeley 65'Attendance: 20,725
Referee: Matthew BreezeRound 2 2 September 2005 New Zealand Knights 1 : 3 
Sydney FCNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland S. Devine 21'
J. Rose 69'
J. Christie 72'
N. Emblen 90+1'(0:1)
SummaryM. Rudan 25'
M. Bingley 73'
T. McFlynn 87'
R. Middleby 90+4'Attendance: 9,827
Referee: Peter O'LearyRound 3 10 September 2005 Central Coast Mariners 
0 : 2 New Zealand KnightsBluetongue Stadium, Gosford A. Kwasnik 12'
A. Clark 42'(0:0)
SummaryD. Hay 12'
R. Bull 16'
S. Yeo 69'
S. Devine 80'Attendance: 5,261
Referee: Ben WilliamsRound 4 18 September 2005 Newcastle Jets 
4 : 0 New Zealand KnightsEnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle L. Haliti 12'
M. Thompson 26'
S. Musialik 37'
N. Carle 70' (pen.)(3:0)
SummaryJ. Tambouras 68'
R. Bull 70'Attendance: 7,495
Referee: Simon PrzydaczRound 5 22 September 2005 New Zealand Knights 0 : 1 
Perth GloryNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland N. Emblen 52'(0:0)
SummaryJ. Harnwell 68' 79'
N. Ward 90'Attendance: 4,138
Referee: Neil FoxRound 6 2 October 2005 New Zealand Knights 1 : 2 
Adelaide UnitedNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland S. Yeo 44' 
64'(1:1)
SummaryT. Dodd 34'
K. Rees 69'
S. Qu 81' 82'Attendance: 3,558
Referee: Peter O'LearyRound 7 10 October 2005 Melbourne Victory 
3 : 0 New Zealand KnightsOlympic Park Stadium, Melbourne R. Kitzbichler 23'
G. Claeys 25'
K. Muscat 62'
R. Diaco 64'(1:0)
SummaryS. Devine 77'
D. Bazeley 88'Attendance: 11,010
Referee: Peter GreenRound 8 16 October 2005 New Zealand Knights 0 : 2 Queensland RoarNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland D. Bazeley 42'
J. Christie 90+3'(0:1)
SummaryH. Seo 8' 89'
M. Baird 57'Attendance: 4,182
Referee: Simon PrzydaczRound 9 21 October 2005 Sydney FC 2 : 0 New Zealand KnightsAussie Stadium, Sydney S. Petrovski 10' 58'
D. Carney 30'(2:0)
SummaryJ. Maguire 44'
S. Devine 56'Attendance: 11,836
Referee: Ben WilliamsRound 10 29 October 2005 New Zealand Knights 1 : 3 Central Coast MarinersNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland Summary Attendance: 2,583
Referee:
Round 11 4 November 2005 New Zealand Knights 2 : 4 Newcastle JetsNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland Summary Attendance: 2,561
Referee:Round 12 11 November 2005 Perth Glory 3 : 0 New Zealand KnightsMembers Equity Stadium, Perth Summary Attendance: 9,676
Referee:Round 13 20 November 2005 Adelaide United 1 : 0 New Zealand KnightsHindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Summary Attendance: 1,922
Referee:Round 14 26 November 2005 New Zealand Knights 2 : 3 Melbourne VictoryNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland Summary Attendance: 8,607
Referee:Round 15 1 December 2005 Queensland Roar 1 : 1 New Zealand KnightsSuncorp Stadium, Brisbane Summary Attendance: 4,212
Referee:Round 16 30 December 2005 New Zealand Knights 2 : 2 Sydney FCNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland Summary Attendance: 7,257
Referee:Round 17 8 January 2006 Central Coast Mariners 1 : 0 New Zealand KnightsCentral Coast Stadium, Gosford Summary Attendance: 6,862
Referee:Round 18 13 January 2006 Newcastle Jets 3 : 0 New Zealand KnightsEnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle Summary Attendance: 3,024
Referee:Round 19 19 January 2006 New Zealand Knights 1 : 4 Perth GloryNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland Summary Attendance: 3,079
Referee:Round 20 28 January 2006 New Zealand Knights 1 : 1 Adelaide UnitedNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland Summary Attendance: 10,078
Referee:Round 21 4 February 2006 Melbourne Victory 2 : 1 New Zealand KnightsOlympic Park Stadium, Melbourne Summary Referee: Ladder
# Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Adelaide United 21 13 4 4 35 25 +10 43 2 Sydney FC 21 10 6 5 35 28 +7 36 3 Central Coast Mariners 21 8 8 5 33 28 +5 32 4 Newcastle Jets 21 9 4 8 27 29 -2 31 5 Perth Glory 21 8 5 8 34 29 +5 29 6 Queensland Roar 21 7 7 7 27 22 +5 28 7 Melbourne Victory 21 7 5 9 26 24 +2 26 8 New Zealand Knights 21 1 3 17 15 47 -32 6 Statistics
Goalscorers
- Jeremy Brockie - 4
- Simon Yeo - 4
- Sean Devine - 3
Assists
- Sean Devine - 3
- Ben Collett - 2
Player of the Year
See also
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