Misplaced Pages

2005–06 Milton Keynes Dons F.C. season

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

Milton Keynes Dons 2005–06 football season
Milton Keynes Dons
2005–06 season
ChairmanPete Winkelman
ManagerDanny Wilson
StadiumNational Hockey Stadium
League One22nd (relegated to League Two)
FA CupThird round
League CupFirst round
League TrophyQuarter-final
Top goalscorerLeague: Izale McLeod (17)
All: Izale McLeod (18)
Highest home attendance8,426 (vs Bradford City)
26 February 2006, League One
Lowest home attendance2,649 (vs Colchester United)
20 December 2005, League Trophy QF
Average home league attendance5,776
Biggest win0–3 (vs Barnet)
22 November 2005, League Trophy R2
3–0 (vs Blackpool)
11 February 2006, League One
Biggest defeat5–0 (vs Huddersfield Town)
18 February 2006, League One
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2004–052006–07 →

The 2005–06 season was Milton Keynes Dons' second season in their existence as a professional association football club, and their second consecutive season competing in League One.

As well as competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006.

Competitions

League One

Main article: 2005–06 Football League

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
20 Rotherham United 46 12 16 18 52 62 –10 52
21 Hartlepool United 46 11 17 18 44 59 –15 50
22 Milton Keynes Dons 46 12 14 20 45 66 –21 50
23 Swindon Town 46 11 15 20 46 65 –19 48
24 Walsall 46 11 14 21 47 70 –23 47

Source: Sky Sports

Matches

Win Draw Loss
Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance Ref
6 August 2005 – 15:00 Bournemouth Home 2–2 McLeod (2) 5,163
9 August 2005 – 19:45 Doncaster Rovers Away 1–1 McLeod 5,232
13 August 2005 – 15:00 Bradford City Away 0–2   7,315
20 August 2005 – 15:00 Colchester United Home 1–1 Wilbraham 4,423
27 August 2005 – 15:00 Bristol City Away 2–2 Platt (2) 10,011
29 August 2005 – 15:00 Port Vale Home 0–0   4,592
10 September 2005 – 15:00 Brentford Away 0–1   5,862
13 September 2005 – 19:45 Swansea City Home 1–3 Mills 4,798
17 September 2005 – 15:00 Barnsley Home 0–0   4,620
24 September 2005 – 15:00 Blackpool Away 2–3 Rizzo, Small 4,723
27 September 2005 – 19:45 Scunthorpe United Home 1–0 Platt 4,682
1 October 2005 – 15:00 Swindon Town Home 3–1 Kamara, Edds, McLeod 5,536
8 October 2005 – 15:00 Walsall Away 1–1 Edds 5,041
15 October 2005 – 15:00 Chesterfield Home 0–0   5,642
21 October 2005 – 19:45 Hartlepool United Away 1–2 McLeod 4,337
29 October 2005 – 15:00 Rotherham United Home 1–1 Kamara 5,096
12 November 2005 – 15:00 Tranmere Rovers Away 2–1 McLeod (2) 6,611
19 November 2005 – 15:00 Walsall Home 2–1 McLeod, Wilbraham 5,506
26 November 2005 – 15:00 Bournemouth Away 0–2   5,485
6 December 2005 – 19:45 Huddersfield Town Home 2–2 Rizzo, McLeod 4,832
10 December 2005 – 15:00 Doncaster Rovers Home 2–3 Smith, Wilbraham 5,351
17 December 2005 – 15:00 Colchester United Away 0–2   3,400
26 December 2005 – 15:00 Southend United Home 0–0   7,452
31 December 2005 – 15:00 Gillingham Away 0–3   6,012
2 January 2006 – 15:00 Oldham Athletic Home 0–1   5,082
10 January 2006 – 19:45 Swansea City Away 1–3 McLeod 11,922
14 January 2006 – 15:00 Yeovil Town Home 1–1 McLeod 5,548
21 January 2006 – 15:00 Barnsley Away 0–2   7,588
31 January 2006 – 19:45 Nottingham Forest Home 1–0 McLeod 7,670
4 February 2006 – 15:00 Scunthorpe United Away 0–2   4,631
11 February 2006 – 15:00 Blackpool Home 3–0 McLeod (2), Taylor 5,691
14 February 2006 – 19:45 Yeovil Town Away 1–1 Harding 5,048
18 February 2006 – 15:00 Huddersfield Town Away 0–5   11,423
25 February 2006 – 15:00 Bradford City Home 2–1 Harding, Lewington 8,426
10 March 2006 – 19:45 Bristol City Home 0–1   6,855
18 March 2006 – 15:00 Southend United Home 2–1 Smith, Taylor 7,071
25 March 2006 – 15:00 Nottingham Forest Away 0–3   18,214
28 March 2006 – 19:45 Brentford Home 0–1   5,592
1 April 2006 – 15:00 Gillingham Home 1–2 Smith 6,432
4 April 2006 – 19:45 Port Vale Away 3–1 Platt 3,452
8 April 2006 – 15:00 Oldham Athletic Away 2–1 McLeod (2) 5,919
15 April 2006 – 15:00 Swindon Town Away 1–0 Platt 7,273
17 April 2006 – 15:00 Hartlepool United Home 2–1 Wilbraham, Taylor 6,472
22 April 2006 – 15:00 Chesterfield Away 2–1 Platt, Edds 3,965
29 April 2006 – 15:00 Tranmere Rovers Home 1–2 McLeod 7,777
6 May 2006 – 15:00 Rotherham United Away 0–0   7,625

FA Cup

Main article: 2005–06 FA Cup

Matches

Win Draw Loss
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance Ref
5 November 2005 – 15:00 First round Lincoln City Away 1–1 Edds 3,508
15 November 2005 – 19:45 First round (replay) Lincoln City Home 2–1 Platt (2) 4,029
3 December 2005 – 15:00 Second round Southend United Away 2–1 McLeod, Smith 5,267
7 January 2006 – 15:00 Third round Southampton Away 3–4 Lundekvam (o.g.), Rizzo, Edds 15,908

League Cup

Main article: 2005–06 Football League Cup

Matches

Win Draw Loss
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance Ref
23 August 2005 – 19:45 First round Norwich City Home 0–1   4,777
  1. After extra-time. 0–0 at the conclusion of 90 minutes.

League Trophy

Main article: 2005–06 Football League Trophy

Matches

Win Draw Loss
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance Ref
18 October 2005 – 19:45 First round Exeter City Home 3–2 Smith (2), Wilbraham 2,745
22 November 2005 – 19:45 Second round Barnet Away 3–0 Wilbraham, Small, Smith 991
20 December 2005 – 19:45 Quarter-final (South) Colchester United Home 1–2 Mills 2,649

Player details

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition.
Players with squad numbers struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
No. Pos Nat Player Total League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England ENG Matt Baker 42 0 37 0 4 0 1 0 0 0
2 DF Australia AUS Trent McClenahan 34 0 29 0 4 0 1 0 0 0
3 DF England ENG Dean Lewington 51 1 44 1 3 0 1 0 3 0
4 MF England ENG Ben Harding 11 2 10 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
5 DF Wales WAL Craig Morgan 47 0 40 0 4 0 1 0 2 0
6 DF England ENG Ben Chorley 29 0 26 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
7 MF England ENG Wade Small 35 2 28 1 4 0 1 0 2 1
8 MF England ENG Paul Mitchell 43 0 39 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW England ENG Clive Platt 45 8 40 6 4 2 1 0 0 0
10 FW England ENG Izale McLeod 46 18 39 17 4 1 1 0 2 0
11 MF England ENG Gary Smith 29 7 25 3 2 1 0 0 2 3
12 FW Portugal POR Filipe Morais 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 MF Australia AUS Gareth Edds 49 5 41 3 4 2 1 0 3 0
14 MF Sierra Leone SLE Malvin Kamara 30 2 23 2 3 0 1 0 3 0
15 FW Australia AUS Nick Rizzo 35 3 29 2 3 1 0 0 3 0
16 DF Nigeria NGA Shola Oyedele 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 † MF England ENG Jason Puncheon 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
18 † DF Jamaica JAM Nathan Koo-Boothe 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
19 DF England ENG Leon Crooks 29 0 23 0 3 0 0 0 3 0
20 FW England ENG Scott Taylor 17 3 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 FW England ENG Aaron Wilbraham 37 6 31 4 2 0 1 0 3 2
22 MF England ENG Nick McKoy 22 0 16 0 2 0 1 0 3 0
23 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Serge Makofo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 † DF Netherlands NED Mirano Carrilho 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
24 DF Wales WAL David Partridge 18 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF England ENG Alex Tapp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 † DF England ENG Pablo Mills 19 2 16 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
27 † GK England ENG Scott Bevan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 † FW France FRA Julien Hornuss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 † MF Republic of Ireland IRL Stephen Quinn 19 0 15 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
30 † MF England ENG Mark Ricketts 7 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
31 FW England ENG Sam Baldock 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
32 GK Portugal POR Ricardo Batista 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2005 MF England Paul Mitchell Wigan Athletic Free transfer
4 July 2005 DF Wales Craig Morgan Wales Wrexham Undisclosed
6 July 2005 FW England Aaron Wilbraham Free agent Free transfer
22 August 2005 DF Netherlands Mirano Carrilho Free agent
17 January 2006 FW England Scott Taylor Plymouth Argyle £100,000

Transfers out

Date from Position Name To Fee Ref.
October 2005 DF England Steve Palmer Retired
January 2006 GK England Scott Bevan
DF Netherlands Mirano Carrilho Released
FW England Jason Puncheon Released
GK England David Martin Liverpool Undisclosed
February 2006 DF Jamaica Nathan Koo-Boothe Released
15 May 2006 FW England Wade Small Sheffield Wednesday Undisclosed

Loans in

Start date Position Name From End date Ref.
16 August 2005 DF Australia Trent McClenahan West Ham United End of season
31 August 2005 MF England Pablo Mills Derby County 1 January 2006
22 September 2005 MF Republic of Ireland Stephen Quinn Sheffield United January 2006
4 November 2005 DF England Mark Ricketts Charlton Athletic February 2006
13 January 2006 GK Portugal Ricardo Batista Fulham End of season
19 January 2006 DF England David Partridge Bristol City
27 January 2006 FW Portugal Filipe Morais Chelsea

Loans out

Start date Position Name To End date Ref.
10 February 2006 DF Nigeria Shola Oyedele Woking End of season
  1. Previous club: Hull City.
  2. Previous club: FC Dordrecht.
  3. Joined AGOVV Apeldoorn on 12 January 2006.
  4. Joined Fisher Athletic in January 2006.
  5. Joined Kettering Town in January 2006.

References

  1. "Football League Attendances". East Midlands Football. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  2. "MK Dons 2-2 Bournemouth". BBC Sport. 6 August 2005. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  3. "Milton Keynes Dons football club: record v Doncaster". 11v11. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  4. "Milton Keynes Dons football club: record v Colchester United". 11v11. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  5. "MK Dons 2-2 Bournemouth". BBC Sport. 6 August 2005. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  6. "Bristol City 2-2 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 20 August 2005. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  7. "MK Dons 0-0 Port Vale". BBC Sport. 20 August 2005. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  8. "Brentford 1-0 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 10 September 2005. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  9. "MK Dons 1-3 Swansea". BBC Sport. 13 September 2005. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  10. "MK Dons 0-0 Barnsley". BBC Sport. 17 September 2005. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  11. "Blackpool 3-2 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 24 September 2005. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  12. "MK Dons 1-0 Scunthorpe". BBC Sport. 27 September 2005. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  13. "Milton Keynes Dons football club: record v Swindon Town". 11v11. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  14. "Milton Keynes Dons football club: record v Walsall". 11v11. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  15. "MK Dons 0-0 Chesterfield". BBC Sport. 15 October 2005. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  16. "Hartlepool 2-1 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 21 October 2005. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  17. "Milton Keynes Dons football club: record v Rotherham". 11v11. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  18. "Tranmere 1-2 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 12 November 2005. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  19. "Milton Keynes Dons football club: record v Walsall". 11v11. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  20. "Milton Keynes Dons football club: record v Bournemouth". 11v11. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  21. "MK Dons 2-2 Huddersfield". BBC Sport. 6 December 2005. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  22. "MK Dons 2-3 Doncaster". 11v11. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  23. "Colchester 2-0 MK Dons". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  24. "Milton Keynes Dons football club: record v Southend". 11v11. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  25. "Milton Keynes Dons football club: record v Gillingham". 11v11. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  26. "MK Dons 0-1 Oldham". BBC Sport. 2 January 2006. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  27. "Swansea 3-1 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 10 January 2006. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  28. "Milton Keynes Dons football club: record v Yeovil". 11v11. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  29. "Barnsley 2-0 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 21 January 2006. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  30. "MK Dons 1-0 Nottingham Forest". BBC Sport. 31 January 2006. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  31. "Scunthorpe 2-0 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 4 February 2006. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  32. "Milton Keynes Dons football club: record v Yeovil". 11v11. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  33. "Huddersfield 5-0 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 18 February 2006. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  34. "MK Dons 2-1 Bradford". BBC Sport. 25 February 2006. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  35. "MK Dons 0-1 Bristol City". BBC Sport. 10 March 2006. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  36. "MK Dons 2-1 Southend". BBC Sport. 18 March 2006. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  37. "Nottingham Forest 3-0 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 25 March 2006. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  38. "MK Dons 0-1 Brentford". BBC Sport. 28 March 2006. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  39. "Milton Keynes Dons v Gillingham, 01 April 2006". 11v11. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  40. "Port Vale 3-1 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 4 April 2006. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  41. "Oldham 1-2 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 8 April 2006. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  42. "Swindon Town v Milton Keynes Dons, 15 April 2006". 11v11. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  43. "MK Dons 2-1 Hartlepool". Sky Sports. 17 April 2006. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  44. "Chesterfield 1-2 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 22 April 2006. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  45. "MK Dons 1-2 Tranmere". BBC Sport. 29 April 2006. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  46. "Rotherham 0-0 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 6 May 2006. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  47. "Lincoln City v Milton Keynes Dons, 05 November 2005". 11v11. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  48. "MK Dons 2-1 Lincoln City:FA Cup first round replay". BBC. 15 November 2005. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  49. "Southend 1-2 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 3 December 2005. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  50. "Southampton 4-3 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 7 January 2006. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  51. "Milton Keynes Dons v Norwich City, 23 August 2005". 11v11. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  52. "MK Dons 3-2 Exeter". BBC Sport. 18 October 2005. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  53. "Barnet 0-3 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 22 November 2005. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  54. "MK Dons 1-2 Colchester". BBC Sport. 20 December 2005. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  55. "Transfers - June 2005". BBC Sport. 30 June 2005. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  56. "Wrexham lose Llewellyn and Morgan". BBC Sport. 4 July 2005. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  57. "Transfers - July 2005". BBC Sport. 2 August 2005. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  58. "Carrilho pens Milton Keynes deal". BBC Sport. 22 August 2005. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  59. "Transfers January 2006". BBC Sport. 1 February 2006. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  60. "Harriers sign Sturridge and Bevan". BBC Sport. 26 June 2006. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  61. "Carrilho leaves MK Dons". Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  62. ^ "Transfers - January 2006". BBC Sport. 1 February 2006. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  63. "February 2006". ESPN. 28 February 2006. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  64. "Transfers - May 2006". BBC Sport. 1 June 2006. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  65. "All the deadline-day transfers". The Guardian. 1 September 2005. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  66. "Dons complete Quinn loan capture". BBC Sport. 22 September 2005. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  67. "Milton Keynes seal Ricketts loan". BBC Sport. 4 November 2005. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  68. "Partridge joins MK Dons on loan". BBC Sport. 19 January 2006. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  69. "Chelsea Football Club". Bounder Friardale. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  70. "Transfers - February 2006". BBC Sport. 2 March 2006. Retrieved 27 January 2017.

External links

Milton Keynes Dons Football Club
History
Home stadium
Matches2008 Football League Trophy final
Rivalries
See also
Milton Keynes Dons F.C. seasons
Milton Keynes Dons F.C. Player of the Year
2005–06 in English football
« 2004–05 2006–07 »
National teams
League
competitions
Level 1
Levels 2–4
Levels 5–6
Levels 7–8
Levels 9–10
Cup
competitions
FA cups
Football League cups
Other events
Club seasons
FA Premier League
Championship
League One
League Two
Categories: