# 2005–06 Mansfield Town F.C. season

During the 2005–06 English football season, Mansfield Town Football Club competed in Football League Two where they finished in 16th position with 54 points.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 14 | Rochdale | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 66 | 69 | −3 | 56 |
| 15 | Chester City | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 53 | 59 | −6 | 54 |
| 16 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 59 | 66 | −7 | 54 |
| 17 | Macclesfield Town | 46 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 60 | 71 | −11 | 54 |
| 18 | Barnet | 46 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 54 |

## Results

Mansfield Town's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Football League Two

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 6 August 2005 | Stockport County | A | 2–2 | 4,970 | Dawson, Birchall |
| 2 | 9 August 2005 | Rushden & Diamonds | H | 0–1 | 3,402 | |
| 3 | 13 August 2005 | Torquay United | H | 3–0 | 2,632 | Rundle, Peers, Brown |
| 4 | 20 August 2005 | Peterborough United | A | 0–2 | 4,056 | |
| 5 | 27 August 2005 | Boston United | A | 2–2 | 2,848 | Barker, Brown |
| 6 | 29 August 2005 | Notts County | H | 2–3 | 6,444 | Barker, Jelleyman |
| 7 | 2 September 2005 | Chester City | A | 1–3 | 3,079 | Baptiste |
| 8 | 10 September 2005 | Darlington | H | 2–2 | 2,803 | Brown (2) |
| 9 | 17 September 2005 | Rochdale | A | 0–2 | 2,965 | |
| 10 | 24 September 2005 | Wycombe Wanderers | H | 2–3 | 3,237 | Brown, Barker |
| 11 | 27 September 2005 | Macclesfield Town | H | 1–1 | 1,576 | Birchall |
| 12 | 1 October 2005 | Leyton Orient | A | 1–3 | 4,164 | Coke |
| 13 | 7 October 2005 | Shrewsbury Town | H | 4–0 | 3,334 | Coke, Barker, Rundle, Uhlenbeek |
| 14 | 15 October 2005 | Carlisle United | A | 0–1 | 5,293 | |
| 15 | 22 October 2005 | Barnet | H | 4–0 | 2,809 | Barker (2), Brown, Rundle |
| 16 | 29 October 2005 | Cheltenham Town | A | 2–0 | 3,033 | Barker, Brown |
| 17 | 11 November 2005 | Bury | H | 0–3 | 4,147 | |
| 18 | 26 November 2005 | Stockport County | H | 2–1 | 2,994 | Barker, Peers |
| 19 | 6 December 2005 | Wrexham | A | 1–4 | 3,421 | Barker |
| 20 | 10 December 2005 | Rushden & Diamonds | A | 2–1 | 2,477 | Brown, Coke |
| 21 | 17 December 2005 | Peterborough United | H | 0–0 | 3,891 | |
| 22 | 26 December 2005 | Northampton Town | A | 0–1 | 6,112 | |
| 23 | 28 December 2005 | Bristol Rovers | H | 3–3 | 2,357 | Russell, Rundle, Arnold |
| 24 | 31 December 2005 | Oxford United | A | 2–1 | 4,005 | Day (2) |
| 25 | 2 January 2006 | Lincoln City | H | 0–0 | 4,946 | |
| 26 | 14 January 2006 | Grimsby Town | A | 1–2 | 4,506 | Barker |
| 27 | 17 January 2006 | Shrewsbury Town | A | 0–0 | 3,747 | |
| 28 | 21 January 2006 | Rochdale | H | 1–0 | 3,018 | Reet |
| 29 | 24 January 2006 | Chester City | H | 1–2 | 3,219 | Reet |
| 30 | 28 January 2006 | Darlington | A | 0–4 | 4,282 | |
| 31 | 4 February 2006 | Macclesfield Town | H | 1–1 | 2,901 | Rundle |
| 32 | 11 February 2006 | Wycombe Wanderers | A | 2–2 | 5,041 | Barker, Hjelde |
| 33 | 14 February 2006 | Grimsby Town | H | 2–1 | 3,053 | Barker, Coke |
| 34 | 18 February 2006 | Wrexham | H | 2–2 | 3,129 | Barker (2) |
| 35 | 25 February 2006 | Torquay United | A | 2–0 | 2,494 | Reet, Brown |
| 36 | 4 March 2006 | Notts County | A | 2–2 | 9,779 | Barker, Wilson |
| 37 | 11 March 2006 | Boston United | H | 5–0 | 3,121 | Barker, Brown, Uhlenbeek, Reet, Greaves (o.g.) |
| 38 | 18 March 2006 | Northampton Town | H | 1–0 | 3,121 | Barker |
| 39 | 25 March 2006 | Bristol Rovers | A | 0–2 | 5,253 | |
| 40 | 1 April 2006 | Oxford United | H | 1–0 | 3,480 | Reet |
| 41 | 8 April 2006 | Lincoln City | A | 1–1 | 6,062 | Russell |
| 42 | 15 April 2006 | Leyton Orient | H | 0–1 | 4,793 | |
| 43 | 17 April 2006 | Barnet | A | 0–1 | 2,784 | |
| 44 | 22 April 2006 | Carlisle United | H | 1–1 | 4,488 | Barker |
| 45 | 29 April 2006 | Bury | A | 0–0 | 3,105 | |
| 46 | 6 May 2006 | Cheltenham Town | H | 0–5 | 3,728 | |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 5 November 2005 | Rotherham United | A | 4–3 | 4,089 | Barker (2), Brown, Coke |
| R2 | 2 December 2005 | Grays Athletic | H | 3–0 | 2,992 | Barker (2), Birchall |
| R3 | 7 January 2006 | Newcastle United | A | 0–1 | 41,459 | |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 23 August 2005 | Stoke City | H | 1–1 (3–0 pens) | 2,799 | Jelleyman |
| R2 | 20 September 2005 | Southampton | H | 1–0 | 3,739 | Coke |
| R3 | 25 October 2005 | Millwall | H | 2–3 | 4,133 | Barker, Brown |

### Football League Trophy

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 18 October 2005 | Hereford United | H | 0–1 | 1,393 | |

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Kevin Pressman | 41 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Gavin Peers | 12(1) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14(1) | 2 |
| 3 | DF | Gareth Jelleyman | 33(1) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 38(2) | 2 |
| 4 | DF | Jonathan D'Laryea | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Carlton Palmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Rhys Day | 21 | 2 | 1(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25(1) | 2 |
| 6 | DF | Alex Baptiste | 40(1) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47(1) | 1 |
| 7 | DF | Stephen Dawson | 31(1) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36(1) | 1 |
| 8 | DF | Gus Uhlenbeek | 28(12) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32(12) | 2 |
| 9 | FW | Richie Barker | 41(2) | 18 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47(2) | 23 |
| 10 | FW | Matthew Tipton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Adam Birchall | 15(16) | 2 | 1(2) | 1 | 1(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18(19) | 3 |
| 12 | DF | Jake Buxton | 36(3) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41(3) | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Jason White | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Jason Talbot | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Giles Coke | 33(7) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 39(8) | 6 |
| 16 | MF | Fraser McLachlan | 7(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9(1) | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Callum Lloyd | 3(9) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4(9) | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Adam Rundle | 27(8) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31(8) | 5 |
| 19 | MF | Chris Beardsley | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Simon Brown | 15(14) | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18(15) | 12 |
| 21 | MF | Kyle Jacobs | 4(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5(1) | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Jon Olav Hjelde | 30(1) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32(1) | 1 |
| 23 | MF | Allan Russell | 7(11) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9(11) | 2 |
| 24 | MF | Nathan Arnold | 5(3) | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6(4) | 1 |
| 25 | MF | Adrian Littlejohn | 0(7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1(7) | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Laurence Wilson | 14(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14(1) | 1 |
| 31 | FW | Danny Reet | 16(2) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16(2) | 5 |
| 48 | DF | R Clarke | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |