2005–06 West Ham United F.C. season

West Ham United
2005–06 season
ChairmanTerry Brown
ManagerAlan Pardew
StadiumBoleyn Ground
Premiership9th
FA CupRunners-up
(Lost final to Liverpool)
League CupThird round
(knocked out by Bolton Wanderers)
Top goalscorerLeague:
Marlon Harewood (14)

All:
Marlon Harewood (16)
Average home league attendance33,743

During the 2005–06 season, West Ham United competed in the FA Premier League, following promotion from the Football League Championship the previous season.

Season summary

West Ham had barely scraped into the top six of the Championship the previous season before gaining promotion via the play-offs, so few[who?] gave the Hammers much hope of Premiership survival. However, West Ham surprised their naysayers to stand fourth at the end of October after 11 points from their opening six games. A run of mediocre form saw West Ham fall to tenth, before a run of five straight wins between January and February, including a 3–2 win at Arsenal, which saw the Hammers become the last side to beat Arsenal at Highbury, saw them rise to sixth. Alan Pardew won the Manager of the Month award for February. Several more good results, including a 2–1 home win over Tottenham Hotspur on the last day of the season that denied the North London side Champions League qualification, saw West Ham finish in ninth, above Everton, Middlesbrough and Manchester City.

West Ham's best form came in the FA Cup, where they overcame Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers and Middlesbrough to reach the FA Cup final – their first since 1980 – against a Liverpool side that were the reigning European champions and finished third in the Premiership. In spite of the odds, West Ham took a 2–0 lead within the first half-hour and also led 3–2 before a Steven Gerrard equalised at the end of normal time. Extra time proved goalless and a penalty shoot-out was required. Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina, who had made several errors in the match, saved from Bobby Zamora, Paul Konchesky and Anton Ferdinand to give Liverpool a 3–1 win. However, as Liverpool had already qualified for the Champions League, West Ham qualified for the UEFA Cup.

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 Newcastle United 38 17 7 14 47 42 +5 58 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
8 Bolton Wanderers 38 15 11 12 49 41 +8 56
9 West Ham United 38 16 7 15 52 55 −3 55 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
10 Wigan Athletic 38 15 6 17 45 52 −7 51
11 Everton 38 14 8 16 34 49 −15 50
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Since Liverpool had already qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup berth as the FA Cup winners went to West Ham, who were the FA Cup runners-up.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Northern Ireland NIR Roy Carroll
2 DF Argentina ARG Lionel Scaloni (on loan from Deportivo La Coruña)
3 DF England ENG Paul Konchesky
4 DF Wales WAL Danny Gabbidon
5 DF England ENG Anton Ferdinand
6 MF Wales WAL Carl Fletcher
7 DF Scotland SCO Christian Dailly
8 FW England ENG Teddy Sheringham
9 FW England ENG Dean Ashton
10 FW England ENG Marlon Harewood
11 MF England ENG Matthew Etherington
13 GK England ENG Stephen Bywater
15 MF Israel ISR Yossi Benayoun
17 MF England ENG Hayden Mullins
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW Israel ISR Yaniv Katan
19 DF Wales WAL James Collins
20 MF England ENG Nigel Reo-Coker (captain)
22 DF England ENG Elliott Ward
23 GK England ENG Jimmy Walker
24 MF England ENG Mark Noble
25 FW England ENG Bobby Zamora
26 MF England ENG Shaun Newton
29 MF England ENG Hogan Ephraim
30 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Clive Clarke
32 DF England ENG Darren Blewitt
34 GK Trinidad and Tobago TRI Shaka Hislop
35 MF England ENG Kyel Reid
41 GK England ENG Matthew Reed

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Czech Republic CZE Tomáš Řepka (to Sparta Prague)
12 MF Northern Ireland NIR Steve Lomas (to Queens Park Rangers)
14 MF England ENG Chris Cohen (on loan to Yeovil Town)
16 MF Wales WAL Gavin Williams (to Ipswich Town)
18 FW France FRA Youssef Sofiane (to Coventry City)
21 DF Scotland SCO Malky Mackay (to Watford)
21 FW France FRA David Bellion (on loan from Manchester United)
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 FW Czech Republic CZE Petr Mikolanda (on loan to Rushden and Diamonds)
28 MF Australia AUS Trent McClenahan (on loan to Milton Keynes Dons)
31 MF England ENG Tony Stokes (on loan to Rushden & Diamonds)
33 FW England ENG Moses Ashikodi (to Rangers)
36 MF England ENG Luke Chadwick (to Stoke City)
39 FW France FRA Jérémie Aliadière (on loan from Arsenal)

Results

Premier League

13 August 2005 1 West Ham United 3–1 Blackburn Rovers London
Sheringham 46'
Reo-Coker 62'
Etherington 80'
Report Todd 18'
Dickov Red card 81'
Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 33,305
Referee: Alan Wiley
27 August 2005 3 West Ham United 1–2 Bolton Wanderers London
Sheringham 90' (pen.) Report Nolan 59'
Campo 85'
Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 31,629
Referee: Phil Dowd
12 September 2005 4 West Ham United 4–0 Aston Villa London
Harewood 25', 29', 50'
Benayoun 89'
Report Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 29,582
Referee: Rob Styles
17 September 2005 5 Fulham 1–2 West Ham United London
Boa Morte 66' Report Harewood 46'
Warner 52' (o.g.)
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 21,907
Referee: Graham Poll
24 September 2005 6 West Ham United 0–0 Arsenal London
Report Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 34,742
Referee: Mike Dean
23 October 2005 9 West Ham United 2–1 Middlesbrough London
Sheringham 66'
Riggott 74' (o.g.)
Report Queudrue 87' Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 34,612
Referee: Steve Bennett
29 October 2005 10 Liverpool 2–0 West Ham United Liverpool
Alonso 18'
Zenden 82'
Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 44,537
Referee: Uriah Rennie
5 November 2005 11 West Ham United 1–0 West Bromwich Albion London
Sheringham 57' Report Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 34,325
Referee: Peter Walton
20 November 2005 12 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 West Ham United London
Mido 16' Report Ferdinand 90' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,154
Referee: Alan Wiley
27 November 2005 13 West Ham United 1–2 Manchester United London
Harewood 2' Report Rooney 47'
O'Shea 56'
Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 34,755
Referee: Steve Bennett
5 December 2005 14 Birmingham City 1–2 West Ham United Birmingham
Heskey 11' Report Zamora 36'
Harewood 45'
Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 24,010
Referee: Martin Atkinson
10 December 2005 15 Blackburn Rovers 3–2 West Ham United Blackburn
Dickov 56' (pen.)
Kuqi 76'
Report Zamora 45'
Harewood 63'
Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 20,370
Referee: Mike Riley
14 December 2005 16 Everton 1–2 West Ham United Liverpool
Beattie 9' Report Weir 19' (o.g.)
Zamora 67'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 35,704
Referee: Peter Walton
17 December 2005 17 West Ham United 2–4 Newcastle United London
Solano 20' (o.g.)
Harewood 73' (pen.)
Report Owen 5', 43', 90'
Shearer 66'
Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 34,836
Referee: Phil Dowd
26 December 2005 18 Portsmouth 1–1 West Ham United Portsmouth
O'Neil 17' Report Collins 56' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,168
Referee: Alan Wiley
28 December 2005 19 West Ham United 0–2 Wigan Athletic London
Report Roberts 43'
Camara 45'
Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 34,131
Referee: Steve Bennett
31 December 2005 20 Charlton Athletic 2–0 West Ham United London
Bartlett 21'
D. Bent 63'
Report Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 25,952
Referee: Graham Poll
2 January 2006 21 West Ham United 1–3 Chelsea London
Harewood 46' Report Lampard 25'
Crespo 61'
Drogba 80'
Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 34,758
Referee: Howard Webb
14 January 2005 22 Aston Villa 1–2 West Ham United Birmingham
Hendrie 27' Report Zamora 51'
Harewood 60'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 36,700
Referee: Phil Dowd
23 January 2006 23 West Ham United 2–1 Fulham London
Ferdinand 17'
Benayoun 28'
Report Helguson 52' Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 29,812
Referee: Uriah Rennie
1 February 2006 24 Arsenal 2–3 West Ham United London
Henry 45'
Pires 89'
Report Reo-Coker 25'
Zamora 32'
Etherington 80'
Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 38,216
Referee: Mark Halsey
4 February 2006 25 West Ham United 2–0 Sunderland London
Ashton 81'
Konchesky 87'
Report Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 34,745
Referee: Rob Styles
13 February 2006 26 West Ham United 3–0 Birmingham City London
Harewood 11', 63'
Ashton 65'
Report Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 31,294
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
4 March 2006 27 West Ham United 2–2 Everton London
Harewood 10'
Ashton 23'
Report Osman 18'
Beattie 71'
Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 34,866
Referee: Mike Riley
11 March 2006 28 Bolton Wanderers 4–1 West Ham United Bolton
Giannakopoulos 12', 33'
Speed 45'
Pedersen 81'
Report Sheringham 79' Stadium: Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 24,461
Referee: Mike Dean
18 March 2006 29 West Ham United 2–4 Portsmouth London
Sheringham 69'
Benayoun 90'
Report LuaLua 19'
Davis 25'
Mendes 42'
Todorov 77'
Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 34,837
Referee: Alan Wiley
2 April 2006 32 West Ham United 0–0 Charlton Athletic London
Report Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 34,753
Referee: Rob Styles
9 April 2006 33 Chelsea 4–1 West Ham United London
Maniche Red card 17'
Drogba 28'
Crespo 31'
Terry 54'
Gallas 69'
Report Collins 10' Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 41,919
Referee: Chris Foy
15 April 2006 34 West Ham United 1–0 Manchester City London
Newton 15' Report Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 34,305
Referee: Steve Bennett
26 April 2006 36 West Ham United 1–2 Liverpool London
Reo-Coker 46'
Mullins Red card 82'
Report Cissé 19', 54'
García Red card 82'
Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 34,852
Referee: Howard Webb
7 May 2006 38 West Ham United 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur London
Fletcher 10'
Benayoun 80'
Report Defoe 35' Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 34,970
Referee: Chris Foy

League Cup

20 September 2005 Second round Sheffield Wednesday 2–4 West Ham United Sheffield
Coughlan 76'
Graham 77'
Report Zamora 2', 63'
Dailly 54'
Bellion 84'
Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 14,976
Referee: Steve Tanner
26 October 2005 Third round Bolton Wanderers 1–0 West Ham United Bolton
Borghetti 64' Report Stadium: Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 10,927
Referee: Andre Marriner

FA Cup

7 January 2006 Third round Norwich City 1–2 West Ham United Norwich
McVeigh 72' (pen.) Report Mullins 6'
Zamora 57'
Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 23,968
Referee: Mike Riley
28 January 2006 Fourth round West Ham United 4–2 Blackburn Rovers London
Sheringham 33' (pen.)
Etherington 39'
Khizanishvili 59' (o.g.)
Zamora 73'
Report Bentley 1'
Neill 65'
Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 23,700
Referee: Martin Atkinson
18 February 2006 Fifth round Bolton Wanderers 0–0 West Ham United Bolton
Report Stadium: Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 17,120
Referee: Chris Foy
15 March 2006 Fifth round
Replay
West Ham United 2–1 (a.e.t.) Bolton Wanderers London
Jääskeläinen 10' (o.g.)
Harewood 96'
Report K. Davies 31' Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 24,685
Referee: Rob Styles
20 March 2006 Sixth round Manchester City 1–2 West Ham United Manchester
Musampa 85'
Jihai Red card
Report Ashton 41', 69' Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 39,357
Referee: Howard Webb
23 April 2006 Semi-final Middlesbrough 0–1 West Ham United Birmingham
Report Harewood 78' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 39,148
Referee: Mike Riley

Statistics

Overview

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premier League 38 16 7 15 52 55 −3 042.11
FA Cup 7 5 1 1 14 8 +6 071.43
League Cup 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 050.00
Total 47 22 8 17 70 66 +4 046.81

Goalscorers

Rank Pos No. Nat Name Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total
1 ST 10 England Marlon Harewood 14 2 0 16
2 ST 25 England Bobby Zamora 6 2 2 10
3 ST 8 England Teddy Sheringham 6 1 0 7
Own goals 4 0 0 4
5 ST 9 England Dean Ashton 3 3 0 6
6 MF 15 Israel Yossi Benayoun 5 0 0 5
MF 20 England Nigel Reo-Coker 5 0 0 5
8 MF 11 England Matthew Etherington 2 1 0 3
9 DF 3 England Paul Konchesky 1 1 0 2
DF 5 England Anton Ferdinand 2 0 0 2
DF 19 Wales James Collins 2 0 0 2
12 MF 6 Wales Carl Fletcher 1 0 0 1
DF 7 Scotland Christian Dailly 0 0 1 1
MF 17 England Hayden Mullins 0 1 0 1
ST 20 France David Bellion 0 0 1 1
MF 26 England Shaun Newton 1 0 0 1
Totals 52 14 4 66

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Northern Ireland NIR Roy Carroll 19 0 19 0 0 0 0 0
13 GK England ENG Stephen Bywater 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
23 GK England ENG Jimmy Walker 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
34 GK Trinidad and Tobago TRI Shaka Hislop 25 0 16 0 7 0 2 0
Defenders
2 DF Czech Republic CZE Tomáš Řepka 22 0 19 0 1 0 2 0
2 DF Argentina ARG Lionel Scaloni 17 0 13 0 3+1 0 0 0
3 DF England ENG Paul Konchesky 45 2 36+1 1 7 1 1 0
4 DF Wales WAL Daniel Gabbidon 39 0 31+1 0 7 0 0 0
5 DF England ENG Anton Ferdinand 38 2 32+1 2 5 0 0 0
7 DF Scotland SCO Christian Dailly 30 1 6+16 0 2+4 0 2 1
14 DF England ENG Chris Cohen 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
19 DF Wales WAL James Collins 19 2 13+1 2 3 0 2 0
22 DF England ENG Elliott Ward 6 0 3+1 0 0 0 2 0
30 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Clive Clarke 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
Midfielders
6 MF Wales WAL Carl Fletcher 17 1 6+6 1 1+3 0 0+1 0
11 MF England ENG Matthew Etherington 40 3 33 2 7 1 0 0
15 MF Israel ISR Yossi Benayoun 40 5 30+4 5 6 0 0 0
16 MF Wales WAL Gavin Williams 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17 MF England ENG Hayden Mullins 42 1 35 0 6 1 1 0
20 MF England ENG Nigel Reo-Coker 38 5 31 5 7 0 0 0
24 MF England ENG Mark Noble 6 0 4+1 0 0 0 1 0
26 MF England ENG Shaun Newton 30 1 8+18 1 1+1 0 1+1 0
31 MF England ENG Tony Stokes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
35 MF England ENG Kyel Reid 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
8 FW England ENG Teddy Sheringham 31 7 15+11 6 1+3 1 1 0
9 FW England ENG Dean Ashton 16 6 9+2 3 5 3 0 0
10 FW England ENG Marlon Harewood 46 16 31+6 14 6+1 2 2 0
18 FW Israel ISR Yaniv Katan 8 0 2+4 0 0+2 0 0 0
21 FW France FRA David Bellion 10 1 2+6 0 0 0 1+1 1
25 FW England ENG Bobby Zamora 42 10 17+17 6 2+5 2 1 2
29 FW England ENG Hogan Ephraim 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
39 FW France FRA Jérémie Aliadière 8 0 1+6 0 0 0 0+1 0

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Name From Fee
5 July 2005 DF England Paul Konchesky England Charlton Athletic £2m
5 July 2005 DF Wales Danny Gabbidon Wales Cardiff City £4.5m
DF Wales James Collins
7 July 2005 ST Czech Republic Petr Mikolanda Czech Republic Viktoria Žižkov Undisclosed
19 July 2005 MF Israel Yossi Benayoun Spain Racing Santander £2.5M
29 July 2005 GK Trinidad and Tobago Shaka Hislop England Portsmouth Free
1 August 2005 DF Republic of Ireland Clive Clarke England Stoke City £275,000
17 August 2005 ST France David Bellion England Manchester United Loan
25 August 2005 ST France Jérémie Aliadière England Arsenal Loan
31 August 2005 MF France Sekou Baradji France Lens Undisclosed
1 January 2006 ST Israel Yaniv Katan Israel Maccabi Haifa Undisclosed
23 January 2006 ST England Dean Ashton England Norwich City £7.25m
1 February 2006 DF Argentina Lionel Scaloni Spain Deportivo La Coruña Loan
  1. ^ The £4.5m to Cardiff City was a joint fee for both Daniel Gabbidon and James Collins

Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee
1 June 2005 DF Wales Andy Melville Retired
7 June 2005 ST Ukraine Serhii Rebrov Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv Free
22 June 2005 DF England Rufus Brevett England Plymouth Argyle Free
22 June 2005 ST England Greg Pearson England Rushden & Diamonds Undisclosed
11 July 2005 DF England Chris Powell England Charlton Athletic Free
5 August 2005 MF Scotland Don Hutchison England Millwall Free
3 August 2005 GK England Stephen Bywater England Coventry City Loan
4 August 2005 MF England Luke Chadwick England Stoke City Loan
15 August 2005 ST Antigua and Barbuda Moses Ashikodi England Gillingham Loan
19 August 2005 DF Scotland Malky Mackay England Watford Free
31 August 2005 MF Northern Ireland Steve Lomas England Queens Park Rangers Free
31 August 2005 MF France Sekou Baradji England Reading Loan
14 October 2005 ST France Youssef Sofiane England Coventry City Free
7 November 2005 DF England Chris Cohen England Yeovil Town Loan
8 November 2005 MF Wales Gavin Williams England Ipswich Town Loan
3 January 2006 DF Australia Trent McClenahan England MK Dons Loan
11 January 2006 ST Antigua and Barbuda Moses Ashikodi Scotland Rangers Free
23 January 2006 DF Czech Republic Tomáš Řepka Czech Republic Sparta Prague Free
31 January 2006 ST Czech Republic Petr Mikolanda England Rushden & Diamonds Loan

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