2005–06 Portsmouth F.C. season


During the 2005–06 season, Portsmouth competed in the FA Premier League. It was Portsmouth's third consecutive season in English football's top-flight.

Season summary

Manager Alain Perrin was sacked in November with Portsmouth struggling in the relegation zone. Joe Jordan was appointed caretaker manager after the sacking of Perrin. He was replaced by Harry Redknapp, who had walked out of arch-rivals Southampton after being refused permission by the club to talk to Portsmouth about the managerial vacancy. For a while it looked as if Redknapp's efforts were in vain, with Portsmouth eight points adrift of safety at the end of February. However, by the end of March that had been cut to just three and eventually Portsmouth managed to secure survival with a 2-1 win at Wigan Athletic to send West Brom and Birmingham City down.

Kit

Portsmouth signed a deal with Jako to produce the club's kit. Oki became the kit sponsors. The strip was manufactured by Pompey Sport, but after the kit deal with Jako, they were rebadged with its logo. The home shirt was atypical for Portsmouth, as it had a large white space under the collar on the rear where players' names were printed. The away was red and gold, whilst the third was white and navy. The white strip was only worn three times, away at Manchester United, Aston Villa and West Ham United respectively.

Final league table

Results

Portsmouth's score comes first

Legend

FA Premier League

Results summary

Results per matchday

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
13 August 2005Tottenham HotspurH20,215
20 August 2005West Bromwich AlbionA24,404Robert
23 August 2005Aston VillaH19,778LuaLua
27 August 2005Manchester CityA41,022Viáfara
10 September 2005EvertonA36,831Ferguson
17 September 2005Birmingham CityH19,319LuaLua
24 September 2005Bolton WanderersA23,134
1 October 2005Newcastle UnitedH20,220
15 October 2005MiddlesbroughA26,551O'Neil
22 October 2005Charlton AthleticH19,030Silva
29 October 2005SunderlandA34,926Vukić, Taylor, Silva
5 November 2005Wigan AthleticH19,102
19 November 2005LiverpoolA44,394
26 November 2005ChelseaH20,182
3 December 2005Manchester UnitedA67,684
12 December 2005Tottenham HotspurA36,141LuaLua
17 December 2005West Bromwich AlbionH20,052Todorov
26 December 2005West Ham UnitedH20,168O'Neil
28 December 2005ArsenalA38,223
31 December 2005FulhamH19,101O'Neil
2 January 2006Blackburn RoversA19,521Taylor
14 January 2006EvertonH20,094
21 January 2006Birmingham CityA29,138
1 February 2006Bolton WanderersH19,128Karadas
4 February 2006Newcastle UnitedA51,627
11 February 2006Manchester UnitedH20,206Taylor
25 February 2006ChelseaA42,254
4 March 2006Aston VillaA30,194
11 March 2006Manchester CityH19,556Mendes
18 March 2006West Ham UnitedA34,837LuaLua, Davis, Mendes, Todorov
1 April 2006FulhamA22,322O'Neil, LuaLua
8 April 2006Blackburn RoversH20,048LuaLua, Todorov
12 April 2006ArsenalH20,230LuaLua
15 April 2006MiddlesbroughH20,204O'Neil
17 April 2006Charlton AthleticA25,419D'Alessandro
22 April 2006SunderlandH20,078Todorov, Taylor
29 April 2006Wigan AthleticA21,126Mwaruwari, Taylor
7 May 2006LiverpoolH20,240Koroman

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R37 January 2006Ipswich TownA15,593Silva
R429 January 2006LiverpoolH17,247Davis

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R220 September 2005GillinghamA 4,903O'Neil, Taylor

First-team squad

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Statistics

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