2005–06 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season

Oldham Athletic

2005–06 season
Chairman	Simon Blitz
Manager	Ronnie Moore
Stadium	Boundary Park
Football League One	10th
FA Cup	Second round
League Cup	First round
Football League Trophy	First round
Top goalscorer	Beckett (18)
Highest home attendance	7,772 vs. Barnsley
Lowest home attendance	2,226 vs. Carlisle United
Home colours Away colours

During the 2005–06 English football season, Oldham Athletic competed in Football League One where they finished in 10th position with 65 points.^[1]

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Doncaster Rovers	46	20	9	17	55	51	+4	69
9	Bristol City	46	18	11	17	66	62	+4	65
10	Oldham Athletic	46	18	11	17	58	60	−2	65
11	Bradford City	46	14	19	13	51	49	+2	61
12	Scunthorpe United	46	15	15	16	68	73	−5	60

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results

Oldham Athletic's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League One

Main article: 2005–06 Football League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	6 August 2005	Yeovil Town	H	2–0	6,979	Porter, Warne
2	9 August 2005	Swindon Town	A	3–2	5,294	Scott, Liddell (2 - 1 pen)
3	12 August 2005	Tranmere Rovers	A	0–4	8,466
4	20 August 2005	Chesterfield	H	4–1	5,347	Liddell, Warne (2), Branston
5	27 August 2005	Colchester United	A	0–0	2,742
6	29 August 2005	Rotherham United	H	0–1	6,950
7	4 September 2005	Southend United	A	1–2	5,261	Bonner
8	10 September 2005	Huddersfield Town	H	0–3	6,803
9	17 September 2005	Gillingham	A	1–0	6,259	Killen
10	24 September 2005	Bournemouth	H	1–0	5,058	Liddell pen
11	28 September 2005	Port Vale	A	2–2	3,796	Killen, Beckett
12	1 October 2005	Barnsley	A	0–4	8,077
13	9 October 2005	Brentford	H	0–1	5,089
14	15 October 2005	Swansea City	A	0–0	14,029
15	22 October 2005	Bristol City	H	4–3	5,456	Liddell, Porter, Hughes, Wellens
16	29 October 2005	Scunthorpe United	A	2–4	5,055	Liddell (2)
17	13 November 2005	Doncaster Rovers	H	0–1	5,800
18	19 November 2005	Brentford	A	3–3	5,450	Porter (3)
19	26 November 2005	Yeovil Town	A	2–0	5,852	Warne (2)
20	6 December 2005	Walsall	H	2–1	3,878	Warne, Porter
21	10 December 2005	Swindon Town	H	2–2	5,354	Liddell, Wellens
22	17 December 2005	Chesterfield	A	1–1	4,304	Warne
23	26 December 2005	Bradford City	H	2–1	6,982	Beckett, Butcher
24	31 December 2005	Hartlepool United	H	2–1	5,047	Beckett, Liddell
25	2 January 2006	Milton Keynes Dons	A	1–0	5,082	Beckett
26	7 January 2006	Southend United	H	0–0	5,662
27	10 January 2006	Blackpool	A	0–1	5,977
28	14 January 2006	Nottingham Forest	A	0–3	17,807
29	21 January 2006	Gillingham	H	2–0	5,783	Beckett (2)
30	28 January 2006	Huddersfield Town	A	2–3	12,973	Beckett, Porter
31	4 February 2006	Port Vale	H	0–1	5,555
32	11 February 2006	Bournemouth	A	0–0	5,453
33	15 February 2006	Nottingham Forest	H	3–0	5,584	Beckett, Butcher, Wellens
34	18 February 2006	Walsall	A	2–0	5,816	Beckett, Warne
35	25 February 2006	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–0	5,281	Wellens
36	11 March 2006	Colchester United	H	1–0	5,822	Butcher
37	14 March 2006	Rotherham United	A	0–2	5,823
38	18 March 2006	Bradford City	A	4–1	7,959	Butcher, Beckett (2), Warne
39	25 March 2006	Blackpool	H	3–1	6,480	Beckett (3 - 1 pen)
40	31 March 2006	Hartlepool United	A	1–1	5,259	Beckett pen
41	8 April 2006	Milton Keynes Dons	H	1–2	5,919	Beckett pen
42	15 April 2006	Barnsley	H	0–3	7,772
43	17 April 2006	Bristol City	A	1–2	12,779	Beckett
44	22 April 2006	Swansea City	H	1–1	5,179	Beckett pen
45	29 April 2006	Doncaster Rovers	A	0–1	6,104
46	6 May 2006	Scunthorpe United	H	1–1	5,544	Eyres

FA Cup

Main article: 2005–06 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	6 November 2005	Chasetown	A	1–1	1,997	Eyres
R1 Replay	16 November 2005	Chasetown	H	4–0	7,235	Porter (2), Warne, Hall
R2	3 December 2005	Brentford	H	1–1	4,365	Liddell pen
R2 Replay	13 December 2005	Brentford	A	0–1	3,146

League Cup

Main article: 2005–06 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	23 August 2005	Leeds United	A	0–2	14,970

Football League Trophy

Main article: 2005–06 Football League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	18 October 2005	Carlisle United	H	1–1 (5–6 pens)	2,226	Liddell pen

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Lee Grant	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
1	GK	Les Pogliacomi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Terrell Forbes	33(6)	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	38(6)	0
3	DF	Adam Griffin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	MF	Mark Bonner	5(2)	1	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	5(2)	1
4	DF	Anthony Grant	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5	DF	Will Haining	13(2)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	14(2)	0
6	DF	Stefan Stam	9(4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9(4)	0
7	MF	Richie Wellens	45	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	51	4
8	MF	Mark Hughes	30(3)	1	4	0	1	0	1	0	36(3)	1
9	FW	Luke Beckett	27(7)	18	1(2)	0	0	0	1	0	29(9)	18
10	FW	Delroy Facey	0(3)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0(4)	0
11	MF	Paul Edwards	29(5)	0	2	0	0(1)	0	0	0	31(6)	0
12	FW	Chris Killen	10(2)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10(2)	2
13	GK	Chris Day	30	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	36	0
14	FW	Paul Warne	38(2)	9	4	1	1	0	1	0	44(2)	10
15	DF	Danny Hall	9(1)	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	12(1)	0
16	DF	Rob Scott	19(2)	1	2(1)	0	1	0	1	0	23(3)	1
17	MF	Richard Butcher	32(4)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	35(4)	4
18	DF	Guy Branston	38	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	41	1
19	DF	Marc Tierney	13(6)	0	2(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	15(7)	1
20	DF	Gareth Owen	17	0	2(1)	0	1	0	0	0	19(1)	0
21	FW	Chris Porter	18(13)	7	3	2	0	0	0(1)	0	21(14)	9
22	FW	Andy Liddell	29	9	4	1	1	0	1	1	35	10
23	DF	Chris Swailes	14(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14(1)	0
25	GK	Lance Cronin	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
28	MF	David Eyres	15(6)	4	1(1)	1	0	0	1	0	17(6)	5
30	FW	Chris Hall	3(14)	0	0(2)	1	0	0	0(1)	0	3(17)	1
31	FW	Matthew Wolfenden	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
35	FW	Chris Taylor	11(3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11(3)	0
43	DF	Neal Eardley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

References

General

Oldham Athletic 2005–06 at soccerbase.com (use drop down list to select relevant season)

Specific

1. "Oldham Athletic 2005/06". Statto. Retrieved 20 July 2016.