Huddersfield Town F.C. season 2005-06

Infobox Football club season
club = Huddersfield Town

season = 2005–06
manager = flagicon|ENG Peter Jackson
chairman = flagicon|ENG Ken Davy
league = League One
league result = 4th
cup1 = FA Cup
cup1 result = Third Round
cup2 = Carling Cup
cup2 result = Second Round
cup3 = LDV Vans Trophy
cup3 result = First Round
league topscorer =
Andy Booth (13)
season topscorer =
Andy Booth
Gary Taylor-Fletcher (15)
highest attendance = 19,223 vs Barnsley (16 May 2006)
lowest attendance = 5,518 vs Welling United (6 November 2005)

quad at the start of the season

Review

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. [ [http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/view.php?id=559 Club ridiculed over Brokeback Mountain calendar] , Marc Shoffman, Pink News, 22 February 2006] 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". [ [http://www.fourfourtwo.premiumtv.co.uk/page/FootballLeagueAwards/0,,11442~798064,00.html "Football League Awards - Jagielka Named Championship Player Of The Year"] , Tony Leighton, FourFourTwo] [ [http://www.football-league.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10794~779327,00.html "Shortlists Announced For Football League Awards"] , The Football League]

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 Paweł 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 play-off semi-final first leg but lost 1–3 (2–3 on aggregate) in the return.

quad at the end of the season

Results

Football League One

= League Cup =

= LDV Vans Trophy =

References