During the 2005–06 season, West Ham United competed in the FA Premier League, following promotion from the Football League Championship the previous season.
2005–06 season | |
---|---|
Chairman | Terry Brown |
Manager | Alan Pardew |
Stadium | Boleyn Ground |
Premiership | 9th |
FA Cup | Runners-up (Lost final to Liverpool) |
League Cup | Third round (knocked out by Bolton Wanderers) |
Top goalscorer | League: Marlon Harewood (14) All: Marlon Harewood (16) |
Average home league attendance | 33,743 |
Season summary
West Ham had barely scraped into the top six of the Championship the previous season before gaining promotion via the play-offs, so few gave the Hammers much hope of Premiership survival. However, West Ham surprised their naysayers to stand fourth at the end of October after 11 points from their opening six games. A run of mediocre form saw West Ham fall to tenth, before a run of five straight wins between January and February, including a 3–2 win at Arsenal, which saw the Hammers become the last side to beat Arsenal at Highbury, saw them rise to sixth. Alan Pardew won the Manager of the Month award for February. Several more good results, including a 2–1 home win over Tottenham Hotspur on the last day of the season that denied the North London side Champions League qualification, saw West Ham finish in ninth, above Everton, Middlesbrough and Manchester City.[1]
West Ham's best form came in the FA Cup, where they overcame Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers and Middlesbrough to reach the FA Cup final – their first since 1980 – against a Liverpool side that were the reigning European champions and finished third in the Premiership. In spite of the odds, West Ham took a 2–0 lead within the first half-hour and also led 3–2 before a Steven Gerrard equalised at the end of normal time. Extra time proved goalless and a penalty shoot-out was required. Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina, who had made several errors in the match, saved from Bobby Zamora, Paul Konchesky and Anton Ferdinand to give Liverpool a 3–1 win. However, as Liverpool had already qualified for the Champions League, West Ham qualified for the UEFA Cup.
Final league table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7 | Newcastle United | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 58 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round |
8 | Bolton Wanderers | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 49 | 41 | +8 | 56 | |
9 | West Ham United | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 52 | 55 | −3 | 55 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a] |
10 | Wigan Athletic | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 51 | |
11 | Everton | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 34 | 49 | −15 | 50 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
First-team squad
- Squad at end of season[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
---|---|---|---|
18 | FW | ![]() | Yaniv Katan |
19 | DF | ![]() | James Collins |
20 | MF | ![]() | Nigel Reo-Coker (captain) |
22 | DF | ![]() | Elliott Ward |
23 | GK | ![]() | Jimmy Walker |
24 | MF | ![]() | Mark Noble |
25 | FW | ![]() | Bobby Zamora |
26 | MF | ![]() | Shaun Newton |
29 | MF | ![]() | Hogan Ephraim |
30 | DF | ![]() | Clive Clarke |
32 | DF | ![]() | Darren Blewitt |
34 | GK | ![]() | Shaka Hislop[4] |
35 | MF | ![]() | Kyel Reid |
41 | GK | ![]() | Matthew Reed |
Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
---|---|---|---|
27 | FW | ![]() | Petr Mikolanda (on loan to Rushden and Diamonds) |
28 | MF | ![]() | Trent McClenahan (on loan to Milton Keynes Dons) |
31 | MF | ![]() | Tony Stokes (on loan to Rushden & Diamonds) |
33 | FW | ![]() | Moses Ashikodi[6] (to Rangers) |
36 | MF | ![]() | Luke Chadwick (to Stoke City) |
39 | FW | ![]() | Jérémie Aliadière (on loan from Arsenal) |
Results
Premier League
13 August 2005 1 | West Ham United | 3–1 | Blackburn Rovers | London |
Sheringham ![]() Reo-Coker ![]() Etherington ![]() | Report | Todd ![]() Dickov ![]() | Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 33,305 Referee: Alan Wiley |
20 August 2005 2 | Newcastle United | 0–0 | West Ham United | Newcastle upon Tyne |
Report | Konchesky ![]() | Stadium: St. James' Park Attendance: 51,620 Referee: Dermot Gallagher |
27 August 2005 3 | West Ham United | 1–2 | Bolton Wanderers | London |
Sheringham ![]() | Report | Nolan ![]() Campo ![]() | Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 31,629 Referee: Phil Dowd |
12 September 2005 4 | West Ham United | 4–0 | Aston Villa | London |
Harewood ![]() Benayoun ![]() | Report | Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 29,582 Referee: Rob Styles |
17 September 2005 5 | Fulham | 1–2 | West Ham United | London |
Boa Morte ![]() | Report | Harewood ![]() Warner ![]() | Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 21,907 Referee: Graham Poll |
24 September 2005 6 | West Ham United | 0–0 | Arsenal | London |
Report | Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 34,742 Referee: Mike Dean |
1 October 2005 7 | Sunderland | 1–1 | West Ham United | Sunderland |
Miller ![]() | Report | Benayoun ![]() | Stadium: Stadium of Light |
16 October 2005 8 | Manchester City | 2–1 | West Ham United | Manchester |
A. Cole ![]() | Report | Zamora ![]() | Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 43,647 Referee: Mark Clattenburg |
23 October 2005 9 | West Ham United | 2–1 | Middlesbrough | London |
Sheringham ![]() Riggott ![]() | Report | Queudrue ![]() | Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 34,612 Referee: Steve Bennett |
29 October 2005 10 | Liverpool | 2–0 | West Ham United | Liverpool |
Alonso ![]() Zenden ![]() | Report | Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,537 Referee: Uriah Rennie |
5 November 2005 11 | West Ham United | 1–0 | West Bromwich Albion | London |
Sheringham ![]() | Report | Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 34,325 Referee: Peter Walton |
20 November 2005 12 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1–1 | West Ham United | London |
Mido ![]() | Report | Ferdinand ![]() | Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,154 Referee: Alan Wiley |
27 November 2005 13 | West Ham United | 1–2 | Manchester United | London |
Harewood ![]() | Report | Rooney ![]() O'Shea ![]() | Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 34,755 Referee: Steve Bennett |
5 December 2005 14 | Birmingham City | 1–2 | West Ham United | Birmingham |
Heskey ![]() | Report | Zamora ![]() Harewood ![]() | Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 24,010 Referee: Martin Atkinson |
10 December 2005 15 | Blackburn Rovers | 3–2 | West Ham United | Blackburn |
Dickov ![]() Kuqi ![]() | Report | Zamora ![]() Harewood ![]() | Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 20,370 Referee: Mike Riley |
14 December 2005 16 | Everton | 1–2 | West Ham United | Liverpool |
Beattie ![]() | Report | Weir ![]() Zamora ![]() | Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 35,704 Referee: Peter Walton |
17 December 2005 17 | West Ham United | 2–4 | Newcastle United | London |
Solano ![]() Harewood ![]() | Report | Owen ![]() Shearer ![]() | Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 34,836 Referee: Phil Dowd |
26 December 2005 18 | Portsmouth | 1–1 | West Ham United | Portsmouth |
O'Neil ![]() | Report | Collins ![]() | Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 20,168 Referee: Alan Wiley |
28 December 2005 19 | West Ham United | 0–2 | Wigan Athletic | London |
Report | Roberts ![]() Camara ![]() | Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 34,131 Referee: Steve Bennett |
31 December 2005 20 | Charlton Athletic | 2–0 | West Ham United | London |
Bartlett ![]() D. Bent ![]() | Report | Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 25,952 Referee: Graham Poll |
2 January 2006 21 | West Ham United | 1–3 | Chelsea | London |
Harewood ![]() | Report | Lampard ![]() Crespo ![]() Drogba ![]() | Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 34,758 Referee: Howard Webb |
14 January 2005 22 | Aston Villa | 1–2 | West Ham United | Birmingham |
Hendrie ![]() | Report | Zamora ![]() Harewood ![]() | Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 36,700 Referee: Phil Dowd |
23 January 2006 23 | West Ham United | 2–1 | Fulham | London |
Ferdinand ![]() Benayoun ![]() | Report | Helguson ![]() | Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 29,812 Referee: Uriah Rennie |
1 February 2006 24 | Arsenal | 2–3 | West Ham United | London |
Henry ![]() Pires ![]() | Report | Reo-Coker ![]() Zamora ![]() Etherington ![]() | Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,216 Referee: Mark Halsey |
4 February 2006 25 | West Ham United | 2–0 | Sunderland | London |
Ashton ![]() Konchesky ![]() | Report | Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 34,745 Referee: Rob Styles |
13 February 2006 26 | West Ham United | 3–0 | Birmingham City | London |
Harewood ![]() Ashton ![]() | Report | Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 31,294 Referee: Dermot Gallagher |
4 March 2006 27 | West Ham United | 2–2 | Everton | London |
Harewood ![]() Ashton ![]() | Report | Osman ![]() Beattie ![]() | Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 34,866 Referee: Mike Riley |
11 March 2006 28 | Bolton Wanderers | 4–1 | West Ham United | Bolton |
Giannakopoulos ![]() Speed ![]() Pedersen ![]() | Report | Sheringham ![]() | Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 24,461 Referee: Mike Dean |
18 March 2006 29 | West Ham United | 2–4 | Portsmouth | London |
Sheringham ![]() Benayoun ![]() | Report | LuaLua ![]() Davis ![]() Mendes ![]() Todorov ![]() | Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 34,837 Referee: Alan Wiley |
25 March 2006 30 | Wigan Athletic | 1–2 | West Ham United | Wigan |
McCulloch ![]() | Report | Harewood ![]() Reo-Coker ![]() | Stadium: JJB Stadium Attendance: 18,736 Referee: Dermot Gallagher |
29 March 2006 31 | Manchester United | 1–0 | West Ham United | Trafford |
Van Nistelrooy ![]() | Report | Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 69,522 Referee: Graham Poll |
2 April 2006 32 | West Ham United | 0–0 | Charlton Athletic | London |
Report | Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 34,753 Referee: Rob Styles |
9 April 2006 33 | Chelsea | 4–1 | West Ham United | London |
Maniche ![]() Drogba ![]() Crespo ![]() Terry ![]() Gallas ![]() | Report | Collins ![]() | Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,919 Referee: Chris Foy |
15 April 2006 34 | West Ham United | 1–0 | Manchester City | London |
Newton ![]() | Report | Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 34,305 Referee: Steve Bennett |
17 April 2006 35 | Middlesbrough | 2–0 | West Ham United | Middlesbrough |
Hasselbaink ![]() Maccarone ![]() | Report | Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 27,658 Referee: Martin Atkinson |
26 April 2006 36 | West Ham United | 1–2 | Liverpool | London |
Reo-Coker ![]() Mullins ![]() | Report | Cissé ![]() García ![]() | Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 34,852 Referee: Howard Webb |
1 May 2006 37 | West Bromwich Albion | 0–1 | West Ham United | West Bromwich |
Report | Reo-Coker ![]() | Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 24,462 Referee: Graham Poll |
7 May 2006 38 | West Ham United | 2–1 | Tottenham Hotspur | London |
Fletcher ![]() Benayoun ![]() | Report | Defoe ![]() | Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 34,970 Referee: Chris Foy |
League Cup
20 September 2005 Second round | Sheffield Wednesday | 2–4 | West Ham United | Sheffield |
Coughlan ![]() Graham ![]() | Report | Zamora ![]() Dailly ![]() Bellion ![]() | Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 14,976 Referee: Steve Tanner |
26 October 2005 Third round | Bolton Wanderers | 1–0 | West Ham United | Bolton |
Borghetti ![]() | Report | Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 10,927 Referee: Andre Marriner |
FA Cup
7 January 2006 Third round | Norwich City | 1–2 | West Ham United | Norwich |
McVeigh ![]() | Report | Mullins ![]() Zamora ![]() | Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 23,968 Referee: Mike Riley |
28 January 2006 Fourth round | West Ham United | 4–2 | Blackburn Rovers | London |
Sheringham ![]() Etherington ![]() Khizanishvili ![]() Zamora ![]() | Report | Bentley ![]() Neill ![]() | Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 23,700 Referee: Martin Atkinson |
18 February 2006 Fifth round | Bolton Wanderers | 0–0 | West Ham United | Bolton |
Report | Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 17,120 Referee: Chris Foy |
15 March 2006 Fifth round Replay | West Ham United | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Bolton Wanderers | London |
Jääskeläinen ![]() Harewood ![]() | Report | K. Davies ![]() | Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 24,685 Referee: Rob Styles |
20 March 2006 Sixth round | Manchester City | 1–2 | West Ham United | Manchester |
Musampa ![]() Jihai ![]() | Report | Ashton ![]() | Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 39,357 Referee: Howard Webb |
23 April 2006 Semi-final | Middlesbrough | 0–1 | West Ham United | Birmingham |
Report | Harewood ![]() | Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 39,148 Referee: Mike Riley |
Statistics
Overview
Competition | Record | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |
Premier League | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 52 | 55 | −3 | 42.11 |
FA Cup | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 71.43 |
League Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 50.00 |
Total | 47 | 22 | 8 | 17 | 70 | 66 | +4 | 46.81 |
Goalscorers
Rank | Pos | No. | Nat | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ST | 10 | ![]() | Marlon Harewood | 14 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
2 | ST | 25 | ![]() | Bobby Zamora | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
3 | ST | 8 | ![]() | Teddy Sheringham | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Own goals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
5 | ST | 9 | ![]() | Dean Ashton | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
6 | MF | 15 | ![]() | Yossi Benayoun | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
MF | 20 | ![]() | Nigel Reo-Coker | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
8 | MF | 11 | ![]() | Matthew Etherington | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
9 | DF | 3 | ![]() | Paul Konchesky | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
DF | 5 | ![]() | Anton Ferdinand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
DF | 19 | ![]() | James Collins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
12 | MF | 6 | ![]() | Carl Fletcher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
DF | 7 | ![]() | Christian Dailly | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
MF | 17 | ![]() | Hayden Mullins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
ST | 20 | ![]() | David Bellion | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
MF | 26 | ![]() | Shaun Newton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals | 52 | 14 | 4 | 66 |
Appearances and goals
Transfers
In
Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
---|---|---|---|---|
5 July 2005 | DF | ![]() | ![]() | £2m |
5 July 2005 | DF | ![]() | ![]() | £4.5m[7][a] |
DF | ![]() | |||
7 July 2005 | ST | ![]() | ![]() | Undisclosed[8] |
19 July 2005 | MF | ![]() | ![]() | £2.5M[9] |
29 July 2005 | GK | ![]() | ![]() | Free[10] |
1 August 2005 | DF | ![]() | ![]() | £275,000[11] |
17 August 2005 | ST | ![]() | ![]() | Loan[12] |
25 August 2005 | ST | ![]() | ![]() | Loan[13] |
31 August 2005 | MF | ![]() | ![]() | Undisclosed |
1 January 2006 | ST | ![]() | ![]() | Undisclosed[14] |
23 January 2006 | ST | ![]() | ![]() | £7.25m[15] |
1 February 2006 | DF | ![]() | ![]() | Loan[16] |
Out
Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 June 2005 | DF | ![]() | Retired | |
7 June 2005 | ST | ![]() | ![]() | Free[17] |
22 June 2005 | DF | ![]() | ![]() | Free[18] |
22 June 2005 | ST | ![]() | ![]() | Undisclosed[19] |
11 July 2005 | DF | ![]() | ![]() | Free[20] |
5 August 2005 | MF | ![]() | ![]() | Free[21] |
3 August 2005 | GK | ![]() | ![]() | Loan[22] |
4 August 2005 | MF | ![]() | ![]() | Loan[23] |
15 August 2005 | ST | ![]() | ![]() | Loan[24] |
19 August 2005 | DF | ![]() | ![]() | Free[25] |
31 August 2005 | MF | ![]() | ![]() | Free[26] |
31 August 2005 | MF | ![]() | ![]() | Loan[27] |
14 October 2005 | ST | ![]() | ![]() | Free[28] |
7 November 2005 | DF | ![]() | ![]() | Loan[29] |
8 November 2005 | MF | ![]() | ![]() | Loan[30] |
3 January 2006 | DF | ![]() | ![]() | Loan[31] |
11 January 2006 | ST | ![]() | ![]() | Free |
23 January 2006 | DF | ![]() | ![]() | Free |
31 January 2006 | ST | ![]() | ![]() | Loan[32] |