# 2005–06 Norwich City F.C. season

The 2005–06 season was Norwich City's first year back in the Football League Championship after being relegated from the Premier League in the previous season. This article shows statistics and lists all matches that Norwich City played in the season.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 46 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 50 | 42 | +8 | 67 |
| 8 | Coventry City | 46 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 62 | 65 | −3 | 63 |
| 9 | Norwich City | 46 | 18 | 8 | 20 | 56 | 65 | −9 | 62 |
| 10 | Luton Town | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 66 | 67 | −1 | 61 |
| 11 | Cardiff City | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 58 | 59 | −1 | 60 |

## Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### League

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| Result | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Position | 10 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 16 |
| Round | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Result | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Position | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 |

#### April
### League Cup
### FA Cup
## Transfers
### Summer
#### In

| | Name | Price | From |
| 22 June 2005 | Jason Jarrett | Free | Wigan Athletic |
| 27 June 2005 | Matthieu Louis-Jean | Free | Nottingham Forest |
| | Peter Thorne | Free | Cardiff City |
| | Andrew Hughes | Undisclosed | Reading |
| 21 July 2005 | Jürgen Colin | £263,000 | PSV Eindhoven |
| 1 August 2005 | Dean Marney | Loan | Tottenham Hotspur |
| | Kevin Lisbie | Loan | Charlton Athletic |
| | Calum Davenport | Loan | Tottenham Hotspur |

#### Out

| Date | Name | Price | To |
| 27 June 2005 | Gary Holt | Free | Nottingham Forest |
| 28 June 2005 | Thomas Helveg | £135,000 | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| | Mathias Svensson | £100,000 | IF Elfsborg |
| 6 July 2005 | Marc Edworthy | Free | Derby County |
| | Philip Mulryne | Undisclosed | Cardiff City |
| | Damien Francis | Undisclosed | Wigan Athletic |

### Winter
#### In

| Date | Name | Price | From |
| 3 January 2006 | Dickson Etuhu | £450,000 | Preston North End |
| | Carl Robinson | £50,000 | Sunderland |
| | Zesh Rehman | Loan | Fulham |
| | Jonatan Johansson | Loan | Charlton Athletic |
| | Robert Earnshaw | £3,500,000 | West Bromwich Albion |

#### Out

| Date | Name | Price | To |
| 23 January 2006 | Dean Ashton | £7,250,000 | West Ham United |
| 27 January 2006 | Jim Brennan | Free | Southampton |

## Players
### First team squad

    Squad at end of season.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Robert Green |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Matthieu Louis-Jean |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Adam Drury |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Jason Shackell |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Craig Fleming |
| 6 | FW | ENG | Darren Huckerby |
| 8 | FW | ENG | Peter Thorne |
| 10 | FW | WAL | Robert Earnshaw |
| 11 | FW | FIN | Jonatan Johansson (on loan from Charlton Athletic) |
| 12 | GK | WAL | Darren Ward |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Leon McKenzie |
| 15 | MF | MAR | Youssef Safri |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Simon Charlton |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Andrew Hughes |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | NIR | Paul McVeigh |
| 19 | DF | PAK | Zesh Rehman (on loan from Fulham) |
| 20 | MF | NGA | Dickson Etuhu |
| 21 | GK | SCO | Paul Gallacher |
| 22 | FW | ENG | Ian Henderson |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Ryan Jarvis |
| 24 | DF | NED | Jürgen Colin |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Rossi Jarvis |
| 27 | DF | IRL | Gary Doherty |
| 28 | MF | IRL | Michael Spillane |
| 30 | GK | ENG | Joe Lewis |
| 31 | DF | SCO | Andrew Cave-Brown |
| 33 | MF | WAL | Carl Robinson |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | MF | ENG | Dean Marney (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Dean Ashton (to West Ham United) |
| 11 | DF | CAN | Jim Brennan (to Southampton) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | JAM | Kevin Lisbie (on loan from Charlton Athletic) |
| 19 | DF | ENG | David Wright (on loan from Wigan Athletic) |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Calum Davenport (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) |

## Board and staff members
### Board members

| Position | Name | Nationality |
| Chairman | Roger Munby | England |
| Vice Chairman | Barry Skipper | England |
| Joint Majority Shareholder | Delia Smith | England |
| Joint Majority Shareholder | Michael Wynn-Jones | Wales |
| Director | Michael Foulger | England |
| Chief Executive | Neil Doncaster | England |

### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Nigel Worthington |
| Assistant manager | Doug Livermore |
| First team coach | Steve Foley |
| Goalkeeping coach | James Hollman |
| Youth coach | Ricky Martin |
| Physiotherapist | Neal Reynolds |
| Sports Science | Dave Carolan |
| Sponsorship Sales Manager | Bryan Gunn |
Last updated: 3 May 2006 Source: Norwich City FC