2005–06 New Zealand Knights FC season

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New Zealand Knights
2005-06 season
Chairman Brian Katzen
Manager John Adshead
A-League 8th
Top goalscorer League: Jeremy Brockie (4)
Simon Yeo (4)
All: Jeremy Brockie (4)
Simon Yeo (4)
Highest home attendance 9,827 v Sydney FC
2 September 2005
Lowest home attendance 1,922 v Melbourne Victory
26 November 2005
Home colours
Away colours
2006–07 →

The 2005–06 New Zealand Knights FC season was the clubs inaugural season in the Australian A-League. Picking up just one win and three draws out of the 21 regular season matches, the Knights finished at the bottom of the table, 20 points behind 7th placed Melbourne Victory.

Season overview

In their debut season, the Knights scored only 15 goals in their 21 fixtures. Their joint leading scorers were Englishman Simon Yeo and teenage whizkid Jeremy Brockie, with four apiece. Sean Devine scored three goals, while Joshua Rose, Jeremy Christie, Neil Emblen and Xiaobin Zhang all managed to find the back of the net once. Former Walsall FC right-back Darren Bazeley was the only Knight to start in all 21 of their games.

The club was plunged into turmoil in late 2005, as club captain Danny Hay apparently fell out with Knights bosses and coach John Adshead, and was released just before Christmas. This followed the departures of UK signings Ronnie Bull and former Lincoln City striker Simon Yeo.

The Knights may have had poor crowds in their inaugural A-League season but they did have loyal support from their supporters group, Bloc-5. Supporters who formerly supported the now-defunct Football Kingz franchise, are known for dressing up in the team's colours, chanting loudly and attending all home fixtures.

Immediately after the season, the Knights fired assistant coach Tommy Mason. Former Fulham FC reserve team and academy head coach Paul Nevin was named head coach to assist current manager John Adshead as Mason's replacement.

One positive to come out of the Knights' horrific debut season was 17-year-old New Zealander Jeremy Brockie. The dreadlocked midfielder/striker was originally selected as one of the Knights three under-20 players in their squad. By the end of the season though, he had become a regular starter, scoring a brilliant double at home against the Newcastle Jets. This was followed up by a fantastic strike to earn a draw with Sydney FC, and a goal in the Knights' final game of the season, versus Melbourne Victory.

Players

Transfers in

Date Pos. Name From
7 March 2005 DF Netherlands Frank van Eijs Vietnam LG-ACB Ha Noi
7 March 2005 DF Australia John Tambouras Free agent
14 April 2005 FW Republic of Ireland Sean Devine England Exeter City FC[1]
14 April 2005 MF England Neil Emblen England Walsall FC[1]
14 April 2005 MF Australia Steve Fitzsimmons Free agent[1]
14 April 2005 FW Japan Naoki Imaya Australia Blacktown City Demons[1]
14 April 2005 MF Australia Josh Maguire Australia Blacktown City Demons[1]
14 April 2005 GK New Zealand Glen Moss Australia Bonnyrigg White Eagles[1]
5 May 2005 MF Australia Zenon Caravella Australia Sydney Olympic[2]
27 May 2005 FW New Zealand Jeremy Brockie New Zealand Canterbury United[3]
27 May 2005 DF New Zealand Cole Tinkler Free agent[3]
1 June 2005 MF England Ben Collett England Manchester United[4]
1 June 2005 FW England Simon Yeo England Lincoln City FC[4]
1 June 2005 FW China Xiaobin Zhang Free agent[4]
21 June 2005 FW New Zealand Kris Bright Waitakere City FC[5]
21 June 2005 DF England Ronnie Bull England Grimsby Town FC[5]
21 June 2005 MF New Zealand Jeremy Christie Free agent[5]
21 June 2005 MF New Zealand Sam Jasper New Zealand North Shore United[5]
21 June 2005 DF Australia Joshua Rose Free agent[5]

Transfers out

Date Pos. Name To
6 November 2005 DF England Ronnie Bull Released[6]
17 December 2005 FW England Simon Yeo England Lincoln City FC[7]
23 December 2006 DF New Zealand Danny Hay Released[8]
25 January 2006 MF Australia Steve Fitzsimmons Released[9]

Squad statistics

No. Pos Nat Player Total A-League Pre-Season Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia Danny Milosevic 16 0 14 + 0 0 2 + 0 0
2 DF England Darren Bazeley 21 0 21 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
3 DF England Ronnie Bull 10 0 7 + 0 0 3 + 0 0
4 DF Australia John Tambouras 21 0 15 + 3 0 3 + 0 0
5 DF New Zealand Danny Hay 11 0 9 + 0 0 2 + 0 0
6 MF England Neil Emblen 16 1 11 + 2 1 3 + 0 0
7 MF Australia Steve Fitzsimmons 14 1 8 + 3 0 3 + 0 1
8 MF England Ben Collett 21 0 15 + 3 0 3 + 0 0
9 FW England Simon Yeo 12 5 10 + 1 4 1 + 0 1
10 FW Republic of Ireland Sean Devine 20 3 13 + 4 3 3 + 0 0
11 MF Australia Zenon Caravella 21 0 20 + 1 0 0 + 0 0
12 DF New Zealand Cole Tinkler 13 0 9 + 2 0 2 + 0 0
13 FW New Zealand Jeremy Brockie 14 4 9 + 3 4 0 + 2 0
14 MF Australia Josh Maguire 14 0 7 + 6 0 1 + 0 0
15 DF Australia Joshua Rose 15 1 10 + 2 1 2 + 1 0
16 MF New Zealand Noah Hickey 19 0 12 + 5 0 1 + 1 0
17 DF Netherlands Frank van Eijs 9 0 8 + 0 0 1 + 0 0
18 FW China Xiaobin Zhang 15 1 2 + 10 1 2 + 1 0
19 FW Japan Naoki Imaya 10 0 6 + 4 0 0 + 0 0
20 GK New Zealand Glen Moss 10 0 7 + 2 0 1 + 0 0
21 MF New Zealand Jeremy Christie 10 1 8 + 2 1 0 + 0 0
22 MF New Zealand Sam Jasper 2 0 1 + 1 0 0 + 0 0
24 FW New Zealand Kris Bright 12 0 9 + 3 0 0 + 0 0
30 GK New Zealand Roy Bell 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0

Competitions

Pre-season

Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
24 July 2005 Sydney FC Away 1-3 Fitzsimmons 8,714
30 July 2005 Queensland Roar Home 0-5 3,397
6 August 2005 Central Coast Mariners Home 0-1 2,269

A-League

Pos
 Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Qualification or relegation
1 Adelaide United 21 13 4 4 33 25 +8 43 2007 AFC Champions League Group stage
2 Sydney FC (C) 21 10 6 5 35 28 +7 36
3 Central Coast Mariners 21 8 8 5 35 28 +7 32 2006 A-League Finals Series
4 Newcastle Jets 21 9 4 8 27 29 −2 31
5 Perth Glory 21 8 5 8 34 29 +5 29
6 Queensland Roar 21 7 7 7 27 22 +5 28
7 Melbourne Victory 21 7 5 9 26 24 +2 26
8 New Zealand Knights 21 1 3 17 15 47 −32 6

Updated to games played on 5 February 2006
Source: theworldgame.sbs.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1First place through to fourth place qualify for the 2006 A-League Finals Series.
2First place qualifies for the 2007 AFC Champions League Group stage.
3Winning the 2006 A-League Grand Final earns qualification for the 2007 AFC Champions League Group stage, unless the Grand Final winners are also first place, in which case the Grand Final runner up qualifies.
4New Zealand Knights cannot qualify for the 2007 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance Position
28 August 2005 Queensland Roar Away 0-2 20,725 8
2 September 2005 Sydney FC Home 1-3 Rose 9,827 8
10 September 2005 Central Coast Mariners Away 2-0 Yeo, Devine 5,261 7
18 September 2005 Newcastle Jets Away 0-4 7,495 8
22 September 2005 Perth Glory Home 0-1 4,138 8
2 October 2005 Adelaide United Home 1-2 Yeo 3,558 8
10 October 2005 Melbourne Victory Away 0-3 11,010 8
16 October 2005 Queensland Roar Home 0-2 4,182 8
21 October 2005 Sydney FC Away 0-2 11,836 8
29 October 2005 Central Coast Mariners Home 1-3 Yeo 2,583 8
4 November 2005 Newcastle Jets Home 2-4 Brockie (2) 2,561 8
11 November 2005 Perth Glory Away 0-3 9,667 8
20 November 2005 Adelaide United Away 0-1 9,676 8
26 November 2005 Melbourne Victory Home 2-3 Christie, Devine 1,922 8
1 December 2005 Queensland Roar Away 1-1 Yeo 8,607 8
30 December 2005 Sydney FC Home 2-2 Devine, Brockie 4,212 8
8 January 2006 Central Coast Mariners Away 0-1 7,257 8
13 January 2006 Newcastle Jets Away 0-3 6,862 8
19 January 2006 Perth Glory Home 1-4 Emblen 3,024 8
28 January 2006 Adelaide United Home 1-1 Zhang 3,079 8
4 February 2006 Melbourne Victory Away 1-2 Brockie 10,078 8

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