2005–06 Barnsley F.C. season

Barnsley

2005–2006 season
Manager	Andy Ritchie
Stadium	Oakwell
League One	5th (qualified for play-offs)
Play-offs	Winners
FA Cup	Third round (eliminated by Walsall)
League Cup	Second round (eliminated by Burnley)
Football League Trophy	First round (eliminated by Doncaster Rovers)
Biggest win	4–0 vs Oldham Athletic (1 October 2005)

The 2005–06 season was the 97th season in the Football League played by Barnsley F.C., a professional football club based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England.

Season summary

Having appointed Andy Ritchie as manager after a successful spell as caretaker manager,^[1] the Reds started the season in mixed form, picking up 14 points in their first 11 games.^[2] A run of 10 games unbeaten followed, as Barnsley found themselves in 4th place and 3 points off the promotion places.^[3] Barnsley continued their strong form into the second half of the season, finishing fifth in the league, on 72 points.^[4] This meant Barnsley would face Yorkshire rivals Huddersfield Town in a play-off semi-final.

After losing the first leg at home 1–0 it appeared that Barnsley were resigned to another season in League One.^[5] However, Barnsley took the lead in the away leg, with Paul Hayes scoring a penalty after being fouled by Danny Schofield. Huddersfield went on to equalise but goals from captain Paul Reid and a 77th-minute winner from Daniel Nardiello meant Barnsley would be playing in the play-off final against Swansea City who had beaten third placed Brentford. This was also the first time in the history of the playoffs in all three divisions that a side had overturned a first leg deficit after losing the first leg at home.

The final was played at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff on 27 May 2006 in front of a crowd of 55,419.^[6] Barnsley took the lead through a Paul Hayes opener but Swansea replied with goals from ex-Red Rory Fallon and Andy Robinson following a blunder by keeper Nick Colgan.^[6] A Barnsley equaliser came from a Daniel Nardiello free kick, but neither team could find a winner in either normal time or extra time, despite Swansea's Lee Trundle coming close late on.^[6]

As the match was tied 2–2, it was decided on penalties, with Nick Colgan redeeming himself for his earlier mistake and saving Swansea's final penalty from Alan Tate, to give the Reds a 4–3 shootout victory and a place in the Championship.^[7]

Competitions

League One

Main article: 2005–06 Football League One

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Brentford	46	20	16	10	72	52	+20	76	Qualification for the League One play-offs
4	Huddersfield Town	46	19	16	11	72	59	+13	73
5	Barnsley (O, P)	46	18	18	10	62	44	+18	72
6	Swansea City	46	18	17	11	78	55	+23	71
7	Nottingham Forest	46	19	12	15	67	52	+15	69

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Match details

League One match details

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
6 August 2005	Swindon Town	H	W	2–0	Hayes 11', Shuker 47'	9,358	[8]
9 August 2005	Scunthorpe United	A	L	1–2	Hayes 16'	7,152	[9]
13 August 2005	Colchester United	A	L	0–1		2,721	[10]
20 August 2005	Yeovil Town	H	W	1–0	Williams 79' (pen.)	8,153	[11]
27 August 2005	Brentford	H	D	1–1	Turner 24' (o.g.)	7,462	[12]
29 August 2005	Swansea City	A	L	1–3	Burns 35'	12,554	[13]
10 September 2005	Nottingham Forest	H	W	2–0	Conlon 41', Shuker 45'	10,080	[14]
13 September 2005	Gillingham	A	W	3–0	Shuker 40', Hayes 43', Nardiello 85'	5,283	[15]
17 September 2005	Milton Keynes Dons	A	D	0–0		4,620	[16]
24 September 2005	Doncaster Rovers	H	L	0–2		12,002	[17]
27 September 2005	Bristol City	A	L	0–3		10,771	[18]
1 October 2005	Oldham Athletic	H	W	4–0	Nardiello 8', Devaney 12', Shuker 14', 54'	8,077	[19]
15 October 2005	Blackpool	H	D	2–2	Richards 81', Howard 84'	7,945	[20]
22 October 2005	Southend United	A	D	1–1	Richards 61'	6,986	[21]
25 October 2005	Rotherham United	A	W	1–0	Devaney 73'	5,401	[22]
29 October 2005	Walsall	H	W	2–1	Hayes 13', Howard 66'	8,145	[23]
12 November 2005	Bradford City	A	D	0–0		9,486	[24]
19 November 2005	Rotherham United	H	D	1–1	Watt 90'	9,894	[25]
26 November 2005	Swindon Town	A	W	3–0	Devaney 8', Shuker 51', 69'	5,422	[26]
6 December 2005	Tranmere Rovers	H	W	2–1	Devaney 58', Richards 77' (pen.)	6,996	[27]
10 December 2005	Scunthorpe United	H	W	5–2	Devaney 2', Hassell 7', Richards 33', Shuker 71', Hayes 90'	8,197	[28]
17 December 2005	Yeovil Town	A	L	1–2	Williams 15'	5,620	[29]
26 December 2005	Hartlepool United	H	D	1–1	Richards 28' (pen.)	9,715	[30]
31 December 2005	Huddersfield Town	H	D	2–2	Burns 42', Nardiello 81'	13,063	[31]
2 January 2006	Chesterfield	A	D	0–0		6,046	[32]
10 January 2006	Gillingham	H	W	1–0	Shuker 15'	7,090	[33]
14 January 2006	Port Vale	A	L	2–3	Burns 56', Carbon 67'	4,468	[34]
21 January 2006	Milton Keynes Dons	H	W	2–0	Richards 77', Hassell 79'	7,588	[35]
27 January 2006	Nottingham Forest	A	W	2–0	Richards 15', 31'	16,237	[36]
4 February 2006	Bristol City	H	W	2–0	Richards 27', 81' (pen.)	8,092	[37]
11 February 2006	Doncaster Rovers	A	L	0–2		8,144	[38]
14 February 2006	Port Vale	H	D	1–1	Hayes 56'	7,709	[39]
18 February 2006	Tranmere Rovers	A	W	1–0	Heckingbottom 16'	6,802	[40]
25 February 2006	Colchester United	H	W	1–0	Howard 72'	9,411	[41]
28 February 2006	Bournemouth	A	D	1–1	McPhail 21'	5,191	[42]
4 March 2006	Swansea City	H	D	2–2	Nardiello 56', Richards 61' (pen.)	9,743	[43]
11 March 2006	Brentford	A	L	1–3	Wright 68'	7,352	[44]
18 March 2006	Hartlepool United	A	D	1–1	Kay 36'	5,122	[45]
25 March 2006	Bournemouth	H	D	0–0		9,180	[46]
1 April 2006	Huddersfield Town	A	L	0–1		19,052	[47]
8 April 2006	Chesterfield	H	D	1–1	Howard 31'	8,303	[48]
15 April 2006	Oldham Athletic	A	W	3–0	Shuker 49', McPhail 62', Devaney 79'	7,772	[49]
17 April 2006	Southend United	H	D	2–2	Hunt 18' (o.g.), Maher 45' (o.g.)	10,663	[50]
22 April 2006	Blackpool	A	D	1–1	Howard 53'	6,912	[51]
29 April 2006	Bradford City	H	D	0–0		11,178	[52]
6 May 2006	Walsall	A	W	2–1	Richards 31', Nardiello 83' (pen.)	7,195	[53]

Play-offs

League One play-offs match details

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
Semi-final first leg	11 May 2006	Huddersfield Town	H	L	0–1		16,127	[54]
Semi-final second leg	15 May 2006	Huddersfield Town	A	W	3–1	Hayes 58' (pen.), Reid 71', Nardiello 78'	19,223	[55]
final	27 May 2006	Swansea City	N	D	2–2 (a.e.t.) 4–3 pens.	Hayes 19', Nardiello 62'	55,419	[56]

FA Cup

FA Cup match details

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
First round	5 November 2005	Darlington	H	W	1–0	Hayes 5'	6,059	[57]
Second round	3 December 2005	Bradford City	H	D	1–1	Hayes 43'	7,051	[58]
Second round replay	13 December 2005	Bradford City	A	W	5–3 (a.e.t.)	Hayes 51', 78', Reid 59', Devaney 96', 109'	4,738	[59]
Third round	7 January 2006	Walsall	H	D	1–1	Hayes 77'	6,884	[60]
Third round replay	17 January 2006	Walsall	A	L	0–2		4,074	[61]

League Cup

Main article: 2005–06 Football League Cup

League Cup match details

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
First round	23 August 2005	Preston North End	A	D	2–2 (a.e.t.) 5–4 pens.	Burns 81', 108'	3,137	[62]
Second round	20 September 2005	Burnley	A	L	0–3		4,501	[63]

Football League Trophy

Football League Trophy match details

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
First round – northern section	18 October 2005	Doncaster Rovers	H	L	2–5	Foster 6' (o.g.), Nardiello 90'	4,095	[64]

Players

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No.	Name	Date of birth	Signed from	Nat	Place of birth	Note
Goalkeepers
1	Nick Colgan	19 September 1973	Hibernian		Drogheda
22	Scott Flinders	12 June 1986	none		Rotherham
30	David Scarsella	12 October 1982			Adelaide	On loan at Tooting & Mitcham United
Defenders
2	Bobby Hassell	4 June 1980	Mansfield Town		Derby
3	Steven Watt	1 May 1985	Chelsea		Aberdeen	On loan from Chelsea
3	Paul Heckingbottom	17 July 1977	Sheffield Wednesday		Barnsley	Signed from Sheffield Wednesday
4	Paul Reid	18 February 1982	Northampton Town		Carlisle
5	Matt Carbon	8 June 1975	Walsall		Nottingham
6	Tony Vaughan	11 October 1975	Mansfield Town		Manchester	On loan at Stockport County
14	Neil Austin	26 April 1983	none		Barnsley
15	Antony Kay	21 October 1982	none		Barnsley
20	Robbie Williams	2 October 1984	none		Pontefract
31	Rob Atkinson	29 April 1987	none		Barnsley
32	Ryan Laight	16 November 1985	none		Barnsley
33	Thomas Harban	12 November 1985	none		Barnsley
Midfielders
7	Jacob Burns	21 April 1978	Leeds United		Sydney	Signed for Wisla Krakow
10	Stephen McPhail	9 December 1979	Leeds United		Westminster
11	Brian Howard	23 January 1983	Swindon Town		Winchester
12	Anthony McParland	20 September 1982	Celtic		Rutherglen
16	Richard Kell	15 September 1979	Scunthorpe United		Bishop Auckland
17	Nicky Wroe	28 September 1985	none		Sheffield
19	Dale Tonge	7 May 1985	none		Barnsley
25	Martin Devaney	1 June 1980	Watford		Cheltenham
26	Simon Heslop	1 May 1987	none		York
34	Kyle Nix	21 January 1986	Sheffield United		Sydney	On loan from Sheffield United
Forwards
8	Paul Hayes	20 September 1983	Scunthorpe United		Dagenham
9	Barry Conlon	1 October 1978	Darlington		Drogheda
18	Chris Shuker	9 May 1982	Manchester City		Huyton
21	Marc Richards	8 July 1982	Northampton Town		Wolverhampton
23	Daniel Nardiello	22 October 1982	Manchester United		Coventry
27	Nathan Jarman	19 September 1986	none		Scunthorpe
28	Nathan Joynes	7 August 1985	none		Barnsley
29	Tommy Wright	28 September 1984	Leicester City		Kirby Muxloe

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