# 2005–06 Ipswich Town F.C. season

During the 2005–06 English football season, Ipswich Town competed in the Football League Championship.

## Season summary

Although Ipswich had been pre-season promotion favourites for the 2005–06 season, they finished 15th, the club's lowest finish in the English football pyramid since 1966, and Joe Royle resigned on 11 May 2006.

## First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | NED | Fabian Wilnis |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Matt Richards |
| 4 | DF | CAN | Jason de Vos |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Jay McEveley (on loan from Blackburn Rovers) |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Richard Naylor |
| 7 | MF | NIR | Jim Magilton (captain) |
| 8 | FW | ENG | Nicky Forster |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Sam Parkin |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Darren Currie |
| 11 | MF | NIR | Kevin Horlock |
| 12 | MF | CAN | Jaime Peters |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Dean McDonald |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Sito |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Dean Bowditch |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Jimmy Juan (on loan from Monaco) |
| 23 | MF | IRL | Owen Garvan |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Scott Barron |
| 27 | FW | NOR | Vemund Brekke Skard |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Danny Haynes |
| 30 | MF | WAL | Gavin Williams |
| 31 | GK | IRL | Shane Supple |
| 32 | FW | IRL | Alan Lee |
| 33 | MF | ENG | Ian Westlake |
| 34 | GK | WAL | Lewis Price |
| 35 | FW | JAM | Ricardo Fuller (on loan from Southampton) |

### 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 |
| 18 | DF | RSA | Mark Fish (on loan from Charlton Athletic) |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Adam Proudlock (released) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | FW | IRL | Billy Clarke (on loan to Colchester United) |

### Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | NIR | Chris Casement |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Aidan Collins |
| 21 | DF | ENG | Scott Mitchell |
| 22 | FW | ENG | Darryl Knights |
| 25 | GK | ENG | Andy Rhodes |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | DF | IRL | Gerard Nash |
| 35 | DF | ENG | James Krause |
| 36 | MF | ENG | Liam Trotter |
| — | FW | ENG | Charlie Sheringham |

## Pre-season

Ipswich spent time on a pre-season tour of Hungary in July 2005 as part of preparations for the 2005–06 season.

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 13 July 2005 | Cambridge United | A | 3–0 | Unknown | Forster, Bowditch (2) |
| 16 July 2005 | Boston United | A | 5–2 | Unknown | Forster (2), Garvan, Magilton, White (o.g.) |
| 19 July 2005 | Rangers | H | 0–2 | 17,202 | |
| 22 July 2005 | Újpest | A | 2–3 | Unknown | Currie (pen), Bowditch |
| 24 July 2005 | Diósgyőri | A | 0–1 | Unknown | |
| 29 July 2005 | Atlético Madrid | H | 1–2 | 9,305 | Westlake |
| 3 August 2005 | Colchester United | A | 3–1 | 3,186 | McDonald (2), Currie |

## Competitions
### Football League Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 13 | Stoke City | 46 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 54 | 63 | −9 | 58 |
| 14 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 56 |
| 15 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 53 | 66 | −13 | 56 |
| 16 | Leicester City | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 51 | 59 | −8 | 54 |
| 17 | Burnley | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 46 | 54 | −8 | 54 |

#### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |
Ipswich Town's score comes first

#### Matches

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 6 August 2005 | Cardiff City | H | 1–0 | 24,292 | Forster |
| 9 August 2005 | Queens Park Rangers | A | 1–2 | 14,632 | Parkin |
| 13 August 2005 | Leicester City | A | 0–0 | 21,879 | |
| 20 August 2005 | Sheffield Wednesday | H | 2–1 | 24,238 | Naylor, Westlake |
| 27 August 2005 | Millwall | A | 2–1 | 8,277 | Currie, Parkin |
| 29 August 2005 | Preston North End | H | 0–4 | 22,551 | |
| 10 September 2005 | Sheffield United | A | 0–2 | 21,054 | |
| 13 September 2005 | Southampton | H | 2–2 | 22,997 | Naylor, Garvan |
| 18 September 2005 | Norwich City | H | 0–1 | 29,184 | |
| 24 September 2005 | Leeds United | A | 2–0 | 21,626 | Parkin (2) |
| 27 September 2005 | Burnley | A | 0–3 | 10,496 | |
| 1 October 2005 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 2–1 | 23,145 | Currie, Forster |
| 16 October 2005 | Reading | A | 0–2 | 17,581 | |
| 18 October 2005 | Coventry City | H | 2–2 | 22,656 | Currie, Juan |
| 22 October 2005 | Watford | H | 0–1 | 24,069 | |
| 29 October 2005 | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | 1–1 | 6,867 | Parkin |
| 2 November 2005 | Derby County | A | 3–3 | 21,598 | Naylor, Magilton, Richards |
| 5 November 2005 | Plymouth Argyle | H | 3–1 | 23,083 | McEveley, Juan, Richards (pen) |
| 19 November 2005 | Coventry City | A | 1–1 | 18,316 | Williams |
| 22 November 2005 | Reading | H | 0–3 | 22,621 | |
| 28 November 2005 | Cardiff City | A | 1–2 | 8,724 | Juan |
| 3 December 2005 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H | 1–1 | 23,563 | Richards (pen) |
| 10 December 2005 | Queens Park Rangers | H | 2–2 | 24,628 | de Vos, Haynes |
| 17 December 2005 | Sheffield Wednesday | A | 1–0 | 21,716 | Forster |
| 26 December 2005 | Crystal Palace | H | 0–2 | 27,392 | |
| 28 December 2005 | Hull City | A | 0–2 | 20,124 | |
| 31 December 2005 | Luton Town | H | 1–0 | 23,957 | Westlake |
| 2 January 2006 | Stoke City | A | 2–2 | 14,493 | de Vos, Wilnis |
| 14 January 2006 | Sheffield United | H | 1–1 | 23,794 | Juan |
| 21 January 2006 | Southampton | A | 2–0 | 22,250 | Lee |
| 31 January 2006 | Leeds United | H | 1–1 | 25,845 | Haynes |
| 4 February 2006 | Norwich City | A | 2–1 | 21,385 | Juan, Doherty (own goal) |
| 11 February 2006 | Burnley | H | 2–1 | 24,482 | Lee, Richards (pen) |
| 14 February 2006 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 2–1 | 5,686 | Lee, McDonald |
| 18 February 2006 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A | 0–1 | 23,561 | |
| 25 February 2006 | Leicester City | H | 2–0 | 24,861 | Garvan, Fuller |
| 11 March 2006 | Millwall | H | 1–1 | 24,864 | Garvan |
| 14 March 2006 | Preston North End | A | 1–3 | 14,507 | de Vos |
| 18 March 2006 | Crystal Palace | A | 2–2 | 22,076 | Soares (own goal), Fuller |
| 25 March 2006 | Hull City | H | 1–1 | 23,968 | Currie |
| 1 April 2006 | Luton Town | A | 0–1 | 9,820 | |
| 8 April 2006 | Stoke City | H | 1–4 | 23,592 | Haynes |
| 15 April 2006 | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | 1–2 | 21,865 | Forster |
| 17 April 2006 | Watford | A | 1–2 | 16,721 | Forster |
| 22 April 2006 | Derby County | H | 2–0 | 24,067 | Forster, Currie |
| 30 April 2006 | Plymouth Argyle | A | 1–2 | 15,921 | Forster |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| R3 | 8 January 2006 | Portsmouth | H | 0–1 | 15,593 | |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| R1 | 23 August 2005 | Yeovil Town | H | 0–2 | 11,299 | |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Pos | Name | From | Fee |
| 22 June 2005 | FW | Nicky Forster | Reading | Free transfer |
| 23 June 2005 | FW | Sam Parkin | Swindon Town | £550,000 |
| 1 July 2005 | DF | Sito | Racing de Ferrol | Free transfer |
| 2 August 2005 | DF | Jaime Peters | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Free transfer |
| 3 January 2006 | MF | Gavin Williams | West Ham United | £300,000 |
| 3 January 2006 | FW | Adam Proudlock | Sheffield Wednesday | Undisclosed |
| 6 January 2006 | FW | Vemund Brekke Skard | Brumunddal | Free transfer |
| 10 January 2006 | FW | Alan Lee | Cardiff City | £100,000 |

### Loans in

| Date from | Pos | Name | From | Date until |
| 1 July 2005 | MF | Jimmy Juan | Monaco | 30 June 2006 |
| 8 August 2005 | DF | Mark Fish | Charlton Athletic | 23 August 2005 |
| 29 August 2005 | DF | Jay McEveley | Blackburn Rovers | 30 June 2006 |
| 10 November 2005 | MF | Gavin Wiliams | West Ham United | 3 January 2006 |
| 16 October 2005 | FW | Adam Proudlock | Sheffield Wednesday | 3 January 2006 |
| 16 February 2006 | FW | Ricardo Fuller | Southampton | 30 June 2006 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Pos | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2005 | DF | Jerrome Sobers | Chelmsford City | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2005 | DF | Ben Patten | Chelmsford City | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2005 | MF | Adem Atay | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2005 | MF | Liam Manning | Bishop's Stortford | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2005 | MF | Fraser Beveridge | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2005 | DF | Daniel Flack | Whitton United | Free transfer |
| 23 June 2005 | MF | Tommy Miller | Sunderland | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2005 | DF | Drissa Diallo | Sheffield Wednesday | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2005 | FW | Darren Bent | Charlton Athletic | £2,500,000 |
| 1 July 2005 | FW | Shefki Kuqi | Blackburn Rovers | Free transfer |
| 28 July 2005 | GK | Kelvin Davis | Sunderland | £1,250,000 |
| 20 August 2005 | FW | Pablo Couñago | Málaga | Undisclosed |
| 17 January 2006 | MF | Liam Craig | Falkirk | Free transfer |
| 24 March 2005 | FW | Adam Proudlock | Free agent | Released |

### Loans out

| Date from | Pos | Name | From | Date until |
| 16 November 2005 | MF | Dean McDonald | Hartlepool United | 18 December 2005 |
| 10 January 2006 | DF | Gerard Nash | Hartlepool United | 30 January 2006 |
| 13 January 2006 | DF | Aidan Collins | Wycombe Wanderers | 13 March 2006 |
| 26 January 2006 | FW | Dean Bowditch | Wycombe Wanderers | 31 March 2006 |
| 10 February 2006 | MF | Kevin Horlock | Doncaster Rovers | 16 April 2006 |
| 22 March 2006 | FW | Billy Clarke | Colchester United | 7 May 2006 |
| 23 March 2006 | DF | Gerard Nash | Southend United | 7 May 2006 |

## Squad statistics

All statistics updated as of end of season

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 31 | GK | IRL | Shane Supple | 23 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | WAL | Lewis Price | 26 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | NED | Fabian Wilnis | 37 | 1 | 33+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Matt Richards | 40 | 4 | 31+7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | CAN | Jason de Vos | 42 | 3 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Jay McEveley | 19 | 1 | 17+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Richard Naylor | 44 | 3 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Sito | 40 | 0 | 31+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | NIR | Chris Casement | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Aidan Collins | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Scott Barron | 16 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | NIR | Jim Magilton | 35 | 1 | 25+9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Darren Currie | 48 | 5 | 39+7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | NIR | Kevin Horlock | 18 | 0 | 13+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | CAN | Jamie Peters | 14 | 0 | 4+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Dean McDonald | 15 | 1 | 4+10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Jimmy Juan | 36 | 5 | 24+10 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | IRL | Owen Garvan | 33 | 3 | 29+2 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | WAL | Gavin Williams | 13 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ENG | Ian Westlake | 28 | 2 | 19+7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | ENG | Liam Trotter | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 8 | FW | ENG | Nicky Forster | 20 | 7 | 17+3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Sam Parkin | 20 | 5 | 17+3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Dean Bowditch | 22 | 0 | 14+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | NOR | Vemund Brekke Skard | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Danny Haynes | 20 | 4 | 6+13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | IRL | Alan Lee | 14 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | JAM | Ricardo Fuller | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 18 | DF | RSA | Mark Fish | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Adam Proudlock | 9 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | IRL | Billy Clarke | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: end of season Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 8 | FW | | Nicky Forster | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | FW | | Sam Parkin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | MF | | Darren Currie | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 19 | MF | | Jimmy Juan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | DF | | Matt Richards | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 29 | FW | | Danny Haynes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 32 | FW | | Alan Lee | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | DF | | Jason de Vos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | | Richard Naylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 23 | MF | | Owen Garvan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 33 | MF | | Ian Westlake | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | FW | | Ricardo Fuller | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | DF | | Fabian Wilnis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | | Jay McEveley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | Jim Magilton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | | Dean McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | MF | | Gavin Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 54 | 0 | 0 | 54 |

### Clean sheets

| No. | Nat | Player | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 31 | | Shane Supple | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 34 | | Lewis Price | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | Total | Total | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Name | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Fabian Wilnis | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Matt Richards | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Jason de Vos | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Jay McEveley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Richard Naylor | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | Jim Magilton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Nicky Forster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Sam Parkin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Kevin Horlock | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Sito | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | Dean Bowditch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Jimmy Juan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Owen Garvan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Scott Barron | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Danny Haynes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Gavin Williams | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | Alan Lee | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Ian Westlake | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | Lewis Price | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | Ricardo Fuller | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 59 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 5 |

### Starting 11

    Considering starts in all competitions
| No. | Pos. | Name | MS | Notes |
| 34 | GK | Lewis Price | 26 | Shane Supple has 22 starts |
| 2 | RB | Fabian Wilnis | 34 | |
| 4 | CB | Jason de Vos | 42 | |
| 6 | CB | Richard Naylor | 44 | |
| 15 | LB | Sito | 32 | |
| 10 | RM | Darren Currie | 41 | |
| 23 | CM | Owen Garvan | 29 | |
| 7 | CM | Jim Magilton | 26 | Jimmy Juan has 25 starts |
| 3 | LM | Matt Richards | 33 | |
| 8 | CF | Nicky Forster | 11 | Dean Bowditch has 15 starts |
| 9 | CF | Sam Parkin | 17 | Alan Lee has 14 starts |
* 4–4–2 Formation
* Price
* Wilnis
* de Vos
* Naylor
* Sito
* Garvan
* Richards
* Magilton(C)
* Currie
* Forster
* Parkin

## Awards
### Player awards

| Award | Player |
| Player of the Year | Fabian Wilnis |
| Players' Player of the Year | Jason de Vos |
| Young Player of the Year | Chris Casement |
| Goal of the Season | Sam Parkin |