# 2005–06 Chester City F.C. season

The 2005–06 season was the 64th season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester City, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.
Also, it was the second season spent in the Football League Two, after the promotion from the Football Conference in 2004. Alongside competing in the Football League the club also participated in the FA Cup, the Football League Cup and the Football League Trophy.

## Football League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 13 | Wrexham | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 61 | 54 | +7 | 59 |
| 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 |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: rsssf.com

### Results by matchday

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

### Matches

| Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
| 6 August | Peterborough United | A | W | 1–0 | Drummond | 4,980 |
| 9 August | Lincoln City | H | D | 2–2 | Davies, Branch (pen) | 2,637 |
| 20 August | Rushden & Diamonds | A | D | 1–1 | Lowe | 2,682 |
| 27 August | Darlington | H | D | 4–4 | Richardson (2), Blundell (2) | 2,469 |
| 29 August | Torquay United | A | W | 1–0 | Lowe | 2,245 |
| 2 September | Mansfield Town | H | W | 3–1 | Blundell (2), Lowe | 3,079 |
| 6 September | Grimsby Town | H | L | 1–2 | Lowe | 3,095 |
| 10 September | Notts County | A | D | 1–1 | Davies | 5,404 |
| 17 September | Bristol Rovers | H | W | 4–0 | Lowe, Artell, Richardson, Blundell | 2,874 |
| 24 September | Stockport County | A | D | 0–0 | | 4,873 |
| 27 September | Carlisle United | H | W | 2–0 | Artell, Blundell | 3,394 |
| 1 October | Wycombe Wanderers | A | D | 3–3 | Drummond, Branch (2) | 5,145 |
| 7 October | Rochdale | H | L | 2–3 | Drummond, Davies | 4,327 |
| 15 October | Barnet | A | W | 3–1 | Branch, Lowe, Curtis | 2,206 |
| 22 October | Bury | H | D | 1–1 | Lowe (pen) | 3,471 |
| 29 October | Shrewsbury Town | A | L | 1–3 | Lowe | 5,430 |
| 12 November | Northampton Town | H | D | 0–0 | | 3,295 |
| 19 November | Rochdale | A | D | 2–2 | Bolland, Davies | 3,618 |
| 26 November | Peterborough United | H | W | 3–1 | Branch (pen), Drummond, Lowe | 2,701 |
| 6 December | Leyton Orient | A | W | 1–0 | Drummond | 3,463 |
| 10 December | Lincoln City | A | L | 1–3 | Richardson | 3,563 |
| 17 December | Rushden & Diamonds | H | L | 1–2 | Davies (pen) | 2,265 |
| 26 December | Cheltenham Town | A | L | 0–1 | | 3,819 |
| 31 December | Macclesfield Town | A | L | 0–1 | | 2,910 |
| 2 January | Oxford United | H | L | 0–1 | | 2,624 |
| 14 January | Boston United | H | L | 0–1 | | 2,956 |
| 21 January | Bristol Rovers | A | L | 1–2 | Davies | 6,310 |
| 24 January | Mansfield Town | A | W | 2–1 | McNiven, Asamoah | 3,219 |
| 28 January | Notts County | H | L | 0–2 | | 2,599 |
| 4 February | Carlisle United | A | L | 0–5 | | 6,561 |
| 11 February | Stockport County | H | L | 1–2 | Lowe | 3,446 |
| 18 February | Leyton Orient | H | L | 0–2 | | 2,210 |
| 25 February | Grimsby Town | A | L | 0–1 | | 4,058 |
| 7 March | Torquay United | H | D | 1–1 | Blundell | 1,806 |
| 11 March | Darlington | A | L | 0–1 | | 3,593 |
| 18 March | Cheltenham Town | H | L | 0–1 | | 2,281 |
| 26 March | Wrexham | A | L | 1–2 | Edwards | 7,240 |
| 29 March | Boston United | A | W | 3–1 | Asamoah (3) | 1,651 |
| 1 April | Macclesfield Town | H | W | 2–1 | Asamoah (2) | 2,939 |
| 8 April | Oxford United | A | W | 1–0 | Asamoah | 5,754 |
| 12 April | Wrexham | H | W | 2–1 | Davies (pen), Asamoah | 4,801 |
| 15 April | Wycombe Wanderers | H | W | 1–0 | Drummond | 2,797 |
| 17 April | Bury | A | D | 0–0 | | 3,421 |
| 22 April | Barnet | H | D | 0–0 | | 2,367 |
| 29 April | Northampton Town | A | L | 0–1 | | 7,114 |
| 6 May | Shrewsbury Town | H | L | 0–1 | | 3,744 |

## FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
| First round | 5 November | Folkestone Invicta (7) | H | W | 2–1 | Branch (pen), Lowe | 2,503 |
| Second round | 3 December | Nottingham Forest (3) | H | W | 3–0 | Lowe (2, 1 pen), Richardson | 4,732 |
| Third round | 7 January | Cheltenham Town (4) | A | D | 2–2 | Richardson, Drummond | 4,741 |
| Third round replay | 17 January | Cheltenham Town (4) | H | L | 0–1 | | 5,096 |

## League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
| First round | 23 August | Wolverhampton Wanderers (2) | A | L | 1–5 | Davies | 9,518 |

## Football League Trophy

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
| First round | 18 October | Cambridge United (5) | A | L | 0–3 | | 1,224 |

## Season statistics

| Nat | Player | Total | Total | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | FL Trophy |
| Nat | Player | A | G | A | G | A | G | A | G | A | G |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| | Ryan Brookfield | 0+1 | – | 0+1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Stéphane Gillet | 10 | – | 8 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Paul Harrison | 4 | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Chris Mackenzie | 34 | – | 30 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| | John Ruddy | 4 | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Field players ||||||||||||
| | Mark Albrighton | 9 | – | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| | David Artell | 38+3 | 2 | 34+3 | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Derek Asamoah | 14+3 | 8 | 14+3 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Leo Bertos | 3+4 | – | 2+3 | – | – | – | 0+1 | – | 1 | – |
| | Gregg Blundell | 25+8 | 7 | 23+7 | 7 | 2 | – | 0+1 | – | – | – |
| | Phil Bolland | 14+5 | 1 | 12+4 | 1 | 0+1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| | Michael Branch | 26+4 | 6 | 23+4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| | Wayne Corden | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Tom Curle | 1+2 | – | 0+2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| | Tom Curtis | 39+6 | 1 | 34+6 | 1 | 4 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| | Ben Davies | 47+4 | 8 | 42+3 | 7 | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | – |
| | Luke Dimech | 32+3 | – | 27+3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| | Craig Dove | 3+4 | – | 2+3 | – | – | – | 0+1 | – | 1 | – |
| | Stewart Drummond | 46+1 | 7 | 41+1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| | Jake Edwards | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Abdou El-Kholti | 8+19 | – | 7+15 | – | 0+4 | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| | Paul Ellender | 5 | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Sean Hessey | 19+2 | – | 17+2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| | Evan Horwood | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Ryan Lowe | 30+4 | 13 | 28+4 | 10 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| | Scott McNiven | 46+1 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0+1 | – |
| | Carl Regan | 44+2 | – | 39+2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| | Marcus Richardson | 26+13 | 6 | 22+12 | 4 | 3+1 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – |
| | Mark Roberts | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Chris Robertson | 0+1 | – | 0+1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Paul Rutherford | 2+5 | – | 1+5 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| | Paul Tait | 3+6 | – | 3+6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Stephen Vaughan | 8+14 | – | 7+10 | – | 0+3 | – | 0+1 | – | 1 | – |
| | Justin Walker | 18+8 | – | 13+8 | – | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| | Total | 52 | 61 | 46 | 53 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – |