# 2005–06 England Hockey League season

The 2005–06 English Hockey League season took place from September 2005 until June 2006.
The men's title was won by Cannock for the fourth consecutive year with the women's title going to Leicester. There were no playoffs to determine champions after the regular season but there was a competition for the top four clubs called the Super Cup which was held at Cannock Hockey Club from June 16–18.
The Men's Cup was won by Reading and the Women's Cup was won by Bowdon Hightown.

## Men's Premier Division League standings

| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Cannock | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 86 | 22 | 64 | 52 |
| 2 | Surbiton | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 74 | 40 | 34 | 43 |
| 3 | Reading | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 50 | 28 | 22 | 38 |
| 4 | Loughborough Students | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 62 | 42 | 20 | 35 |
| 5 | Hampstead and Westminster | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 39 | 52 | -13 | 22 |
| 6 | East Grinstead | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 41 | 63 | -22 | 21 |
| 7 | Guildford | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 41 | 50 | -19 | 15 |
| 8 | Canterbury | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 42 | 57 | -15 | 13 |
| 9 | Old Loughtonians | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 48 | 68 | -20 | 12 |
| 10 | Chelmsford | 18 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 39 | 100 | -61 | 4 |
* = Champions
* = Qualified for Super Cup
* = Relegated

### Results

| Home \ Away | Can | Can | Che | EG | Gui | HW | Lou | Olo | Rea | Sub |
| Cannock | — | 3–1 | 11–0 | 7–2 | 3–2 | 8–0 | 4–0 | 6–5 | 4–2 | 5–0 |
| Canterbury | 2–3 | — | 2–2 | 4–4 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 4–4 | 1–3 | 4–6 |
| Chelmsford | 1–7 | 2–6 | — | 4–5 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 3–7 | 5–5 | 1–8 | 0–5 |
| East Grinstead | 0–4 | 0–3 | 6–5 | — | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–4 |
| Guildford | 2–4 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | — | 1–4 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 |
| Hampstead and Westminster | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 1–3 | 3–3 | — | 2–3 | 3–3 | 5–4 | 1–4 |
| Loughborough Students | 2–5 | 3–2 | 9–1 | 6–2 | 5–3 | 2–2 | — | 5–3 | 1–2 | 3–3 |
| Old Loughtonians | 0–4 | 3–3 | 5–3 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 1–3 | — | 0–2 | 3–7 |
| Reading | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 | — | 1–2 |
| Surbiton | 1–4 | 6–1 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 9–4 | 1–2 | — |

## Women's Premier Division League standings

| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1 | Leicester | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 43 | 16 | 41 |
| 2 | Canterbury | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 23 | 35 |
| 3 | Olton & West Warwicks | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 54 | 39 | 34 |
| 4 | Bowdon Hightown | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 50 | 37 | 32 |
| 5 | Slough | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 51 | 36 | 30 |
| 6 | Ipswich | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 48 | 38 | 30 |
| 7 | Chelmsford | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 35 | 26 |
| 8 | Doncaster | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 34 | 66 | 10 |
| 9 | Old Loughtonians | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 30 | 54 | 9 |
| 10 | Clifton | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 24 | 67 | 8 |
* = Champions
* = Qualified for Super Cup
* = Relegated

## Men's Super Cup standings

| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1 | Reading | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 6 |
| 2 | Surbiton | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 5 |
| 3 | Loughborough Students | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| 4 | Cannock | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 |
* = Winners

## Women's Super Cup standings

| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1 | Leicester | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Canterbury | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | Olton & West Warwicks | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
| 4 | Bowdon Hightown | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 0 |
* = Winners

## Men's Cup
### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
| Univ of Birmingham | East Grinstead | 2-4 |
| Beeston | Guildford | 1-1 (3-0 p) |
| Hampstead & Westminster | Reading | 0-2 |
| Southgate | Cannock | 4-3 |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
| Beeston | Reading | 1-3 |
| East Grinstead | Southgate | 6-2 |

### Final

(Held at the Reading on 2 April)
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
| Reading | East Grinstead | 5-2 |

## Women's Cup
### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
| Slough | Canterbury | 2-0 |
| Doncaster | Ipswich | |
| Bowdon Hightown | Trojans | 5-1 |
| Chelmsford | Horsham | 5-0 |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
| Bowdon Hightown | Slough | 3-3 (4-2 p) |
| Doncaster | Chelmsford | 1-1 (1-3 p) |

### Final

(Held at Reading on 2 April)
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
| Bowdon Hightown | Chelmsford | 5-0 |