# 2005–06 Arsenal L.F.C. season

The 2005–06 season was Arsenal Ladies Football Club's 19th season since forming in 1987. The club participated in the National Division of the FA Women's Premier League, winning the title for a 3rd consecutive season. They won the FA Women's Cup by defeating Leeds United 5-0 in the Final, but were unable to retain the Premier League Cup, losing to Charlton Athletic 2-1 in a repeat of the previous season's final. Arsenal also lost to Charlton Athletic in the London County Cup Final as well, but did triumph over them to win the FA Women's Community Shield. In Europe, Arsenal reached the quarterfinals of the UEFA Women's Cup, where they were defeated 4-2 on aggregate by eventual winners Frankfurt.

## Squad Statistics
### First team squad

Squad statistics correct as of May 2006
| Squad No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Since | Signed From |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Emma Byrne | (1979-06-14) 14 June 1979 (age 45) | 2000 | Fortuna Hjørring |
| 13 | Lauren Wells | (1988-07-03) 3 July 1988 (age 36) | 2004 | Homegrown |
| 24 | Rebecca Spencer | (1991-02-22) 22 February 1991 (age 34) | 2006 | Homegrown |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Kirsty Pealling | (1975-04-14) 14 April 1975 (age 49) | 1987 | Homegrown |
| 3 | Yvonne Tracy | (1981-02-27) 27 February 1981 (age 44) | 2000 | St Patrick's Athletic |
| 5 | Leanne Champ | (1983-08-10) 10 August 1983 (age 41) | 2001 | Millwall Lionesses |
| 6 | Faye White (captain) | (1978-02-02) 2 February 1978 (age 47) | 1996 | Horsham Ladies |
| 12 | Alex Scott | (1984-10-14) 14 October 1984 (age 40) | 2005 | Birmingham City |
| 15 | Cori Daniels | (1986-06-04) 4 June 1986 (age 38) | | Homegrown |
| 17 | Hayley Kemp | (1987-06-23) 23 June 1987 (age 37) | | Homegrown |
| 18 | Anita Asante | (1985-04-27) 27 April 1985 (age 39) | 1998 | Homegrown |
| 23 | Mary Phillip | (1977-03-14) 14 March 1977 (age 48) | 2004 | Fulham |
| | Vaila Barsley | (1987-09-15) 15 September 1987 (age 37) | 2005 | Homegrown |
| | Ashley Hutton | (1987-11-02) 2 November 1987 (age 37) | | |
| Midfielders |||||
| 4 | Jayne Ludlow | (1979-01-07) 7 January 1979 (age 46) | 2000 | Southampton Saints |
| 7 | Ciara Grant | (1978-05-17) 17 May 1978 (age 46) | 1998 | St Patrick's Athletic |
| 8 | Kelly Smith | (1978-10-29) 29 October 1978 (age 46) | 2005 | New Jersey Wildcats |
| 11 | Rachel McArthur | (1977-07-27) 27 July 1977 (age 47) | 2005 | Bristol City |
| 16 | Sian Larkin | (1988-08-10) 10 August 1988 (age 36) | 2003 | Homegrown |
| 21 | Lisa Burrows | (1985-08-01) 1 August 1985 (age 39) | 2002 | Homegrown |
| | Charlotte Gurr | (1989-08-16) 16 August 1989 (age 35) | 2004 | Homegrown |
| | Danielle Buet | (1988-10-31) 31 October 1988 (age 36) | | Homegrown |
| | Danielle Saulter | | | |
| | Karen Ray | | | Homegrown |
| Forwards |||||
| 9 | Lianne Sanderson | (1988-02-03) 3 February 1988 (age 37) | 2003 | Homegrown |
| 10 | Julie Fleeting | (1980-12-18) 18 December 1980 (age 44) | 2004 | Ross County |
| 14 | Rachel Yankey | (1979-11-01) 1 November 1979 (age 45) | 2005 | New Jersey Wildcats |
| 20 | Gemma Davison | (1987-04-17) 17 April 1987 (age 37) | 2001 | Watford |
| | Sarah McGrath | (1987-10-05) 5 October 1987 (age 37) | 2004 | Peamount United |
| Unknown |||||
| | Beth Lloyd | | | Homegrown |
| | Karen Marsh | | | Homegrown |

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Name | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | PL Cup | PL Cup | LC Cup | LC Cup | Comm Shield | Comm Shield | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Emma Byrne | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| 13 | Lauren Wells | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Rebecca Spencer | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Kirsty Pealling | 4+4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13+8 | 0 |
| 3 | Yvonne Tracy | 13+1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25+1 | 2 |
| 5 | Leanne Champ | 10+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17+3 | 0 |
| 6 | Faye White (captain) | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
| 12 | Alex Scott | 8+4 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 19+6 | 2 |
| 15 | Cori Daniels | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 |
| 17 | Hayley Kemp | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 18 | Anita Asante | 14+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 24+2 | 1 |
| 23 | Mary Phillip | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| | Vaila Barsley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Ashley Hutton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Jayne Ludlow | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3+2 | 2 | 30+2 | 24 |
| 7 | Ciara Grant | 14+1 | 4 | 2+3 | 1 | 2+2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 26+6 | 15 |
| 8 | Kelly Smith | 14+2 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 28+2 | 27 |
| 11 | Rachel McArthur | 10+5 | 6 | 1+3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 22+8 | 11 |
| 16 | Sian Larkin | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+7 | 1 |
| 21 | Lisa Burrows | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Charlotte Gurr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| | Danielle Buet | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+4 | 1 |
| | Danielle Saulter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Karen Ray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Lianne Sanderson | 17+1 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 4+1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 33+2 | 25 |
| 10 | Julie Fleeting | 8+1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15+1 | 17 |
| 14 | Rachel Yankey | 15+1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 30+1 | 10 |
| 20 | Gemma Davison | 1+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+9 | 3 |
| | Sarah McGrath | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Unknown ||||||||||||||||
| | Beth Lloyd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| | Karen Marsh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Position | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | PL Cup | LC Cup | Comm Shield | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | 8 | MF | Kelly Smith | 19 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | Lianne Sanderson | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 4 | MF | Jayne Ludlow | 12 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 25 |
| 3 | 10 | FW | Julie Fleeting | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 4 | 7 | MF | Ciara Grant | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | 11 | MF | Rachel McArthur | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | | FW | Rachel Yankey | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | Own Goal | Own Goal | Own Goal | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | 20 | FW | Gemma Davison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | DF | Yvonne Tracy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 6 | DF | Faye White | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | | DF | Alex Scott | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | | MF | Charlotte Gurr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | | FW | Sarah McGrath | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 18 | DF | Anita Asante | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 16 | MF | Sian Larkin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | MF | Danielle Buet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | MF | Karen Ray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 81 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 150 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | PL Cup | LC Cup | Comm Shield | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | Emma Byrne | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| 2 | 24 | Rebecca Spencer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 |

## Transfers, loans and other signings
### Transfers in

| Announcement date | No. | Position | Player | From club |
| 2005 | 12 | DF | Alex Scott | Birmingham City |
| 2005 | 11 | MF | Rachel McArthur | Bristol City |
| 2005 | 14 | FW | Rachel Yankey | New Jersey Wildcats |

### Transfers out

| Announcement date | No. | Position | Player | To club |
| 2005 | 8 | FW | Angela Banks | Whitehawk |
| 2005 | | FW | Amber Hearn | Doncaster Rovers Belles |
| 2005 | 13 | GK | Caroline Collie | |
| August 2005 | | DF | Kelly Lawrence | Fulham |
| 2005 | | FW | Mikaela Howell | Fulham |
| 2005 | 14 | FW | Justine Lorton | Fulham |
| 2005 | | MF | Kirsty McBride | Hibernian |
| 2005 | 22 | FW | Dunia Susi | Fulham |
| 2005 | 16 | MF | Emma Thomas | Fulham |
| 2005 | | DF | Yuki Tozaki | |
| 2005 | 11 | DF | Clare Wheatley | Retired |

## Club
### Kit

Supplier: Nike / Sponsor: O2.
| Home | Away | Third |

## Competitions
### FA Women's Premier League
#### Partial league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Arsenal (C) | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 83 | 20 | +63 | 50 | Qualification for the European Cup |
| 2 | Everton | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 20 | +26 | 44 | |
| 3 | Charlton Athletic | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 13 | +28 | 39 | |
| 4 | Doncaster Rovers Belles | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 34 | −2 | 23 | |
| 5 | Bristol Academy | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 29 | −10 | 20 | |

#### Results Summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | H | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### UEFA Women's Cup
#### Group Stage
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Brøndby | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 |
| 2 | Arsenal Ladies | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 |
| 3 | Lada Togliatti | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
| 4 | AZS Wrocław | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 1 |