2005–06 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers

2005–06 season
Chairman	Gianni Paladini
Manager	Ian Holloway (until 2 February) Gary Waddock (from 6 February)
Stadium	Loftus Road
Football League Championship	21st
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	Nygaard/Ainsworth (9)
Average home league attendance	13,441
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

During the 2005–06 English football season, Queens Park Rangers F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.

Season summary

In the 2005–06 season, QPR struggled to build on the previous years' successes and on 6 February 2006, Holloway was suspended amidst rumours of his departure for Leicester City. He was replaced by a former player; the popular Gary Waddock. The 2005–06 season overall was difficult for QPR both on and off the pitch as financial troubles and boardroom issues combined with a series of poor performances and defeats. However, until the sacking of Ian Holloway, they had been secure in mid-table, it was only a winless run from the end of February to the end of the season, saw QPR drop to 21st.

Off the pitch there was a scandal involving the directors, shareholders and other interested parties which emerged during the 2005–06 season, following allegations of blackmail and threats of violence against the club's chairman Gianni Paladini, who was allegedly held at gunpoint during a match at Loftus Road by hired thugs at the instigation of rival directors. He was later reported to have received threats and was, for a time, wearing a bullet-proof vest. The chairman also launched a strong attack against some critics who he claimed were seeking to destroy the club.

In an unrelated incident youth team footballer Kiyan Prince was murdered on 18 May 2006.

Final league table

Main article: 2005–06 Football League

			P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
C	1	Reading	46	31	13	2	99	32	+67	106
P	2	Sheffield United	46	26	12	8	76	46	+30	90
P	3	Watford	46	22	15	9	77	53	+24	81
	4	Preston North End	46	20	20	6	59	30	+29	80
	5	Leeds United	46	21	15	10	57	38	+19	78
	6	Crystal Palace	46	21	12	13	67	48	+19	75
	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	16	19	11	50	42	+8	67
	8	Coventry City	46	16	15	15	62	65	−3	63
	9	Norwich City	46	18	8	20	56	65	−9	62
	10	Luton Town	46	17	10	19	66	67	−1	61
	11	Cardiff City	46	16	12	18	58	59	−1	60
	12	Southampton	46	13	19	14	49	50	−1	58
	13	Stoke City	46	17	7	22	54	63	−9	58
	14	Plymouth Argyle	46	13	17	16	39	46	−7	56
	15	Ipswich Town	46	14	14	18	53	66	−13	56
	16	Leicester City	46	13	15	18	51	59	−8	54
	17	Burnley	46	14	12	20	46	54	−8	54
	18	Hull City	46	12	16	18	49	55	−6	52
	19	Sheffield Wednesday	46	13	13	20	39	52	−13	52
	20	Derby County	46	10	20	16	53	67	−14	50
	21	Queens Park Rangers	46	12	14	20	50	65	−15	50
R	22	Crewe Alexandra	46	9	15	22	57	86	−29	42
R	23	Millwall	46	8	16	22	35	62	−27	40
R	24	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	7	17	22	39	71	−32	38

Results

Queens Park Rangers' score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
6 August 2005	Hull City	A	0-0	22,201
9 August 2005	Ipswich Town	H	2-1	14,632	Gallen, Rowlands
13 August 2005	Sheffield United	H	2-1	13,497	Bircham, Moore
20 August 2005	Coventry City	A	0-3	23,000
26 August 2005	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0-0	12,131
30 August 2005	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-3	22,426	Gallen
10 September 2005	Southampton	A	1-1	25,744	Shittu
13 September 2005	Luton Town	H	1-0	13,492	Cook
17 September 2005	Leeds United	H	0-1	15,523
24 September 2005	Leicester City	A	2-1	20,148	Nygaard, Furlong
27 September 2005	Millwall	A	1-1	10,322	Nygaard
3 October 2005	Crystal Palace	H	1-3	13,433	Ainsworth
15 October 2005	Preston North End	A	1-1	13,660	Shittu
18 October 2005	Plymouth Argyle	H	1-1	11,741	Gallen (pen)
22 October 2005	Norwich City	H	3-0	15,976	Nygaard, Furlong, Santos
29 October 2005	Derby County	A	2-1	24,447	Ainsworth, Gallen
1 November 2005	Watford	A	1-3	16,476	Shittu
5 November 2005	Reading	H	1-2	15,347	Cook
19 November 2005	Plymouth Argyle	A	1-3	13,213	Baidoo
22 November 2005	Preston North End	H	0-2	10,901
26 November 2005	Hull City	H	2-2	13,185	Ainsworth (2)
3 December 2005	Stoke City	A	2-1	15,367	Furlong, Langley (pen)
10 December 2005	Ipswich Town	A	2-2	24,628	Moore, Furlong
19 December 2005	Coventry City	H	0-1	13,556
26 December 2005	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0-1	7,341
28 December 2005	Cardiff City	H	1-0	12,329	Nygaard
31 December 2005	Crewe Alexandra	A	4-3	5,687	Cook, Baidoo, Rowlands, Langley
2 January 2006	Burnley	H	1-1	12,565	Ainsworth
14 January 2006	Southampton	H	1-0	15,494	Langley (pen)
21 January 2006	Luton Town	A	0-2	9,797
31 January 2006	Leicester City	H	2-3	11,785	Ainsworth, Shittu
4 February 2006	Leeds United	A	0-2	21,807
11 February 2006	Millwall	H	1-0	12,355	Nygaard
14 February 2006	Crystal Palace	A	1-2	17,550	Furlong
25 February 2006	Sheffield United	A	3-2	25,360	Nygaard, Morgan (own goal), Furlong
4 March 2006	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0-0	14,731
11 March 2006	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-1	22,788	Bircham
18 March 2006	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1-1	13,907	Ainsworth
25 March 2006	Cardiff City	A	0-0	14,271
29 March 2006	Stoke City	H	1-2	10,918	Nygaard
1 April 2006	Crewe Alexandra	H	1-2	12,877	Ainsworth
8 April 2006	Burnley	A	0-1	11,247
15 April 2006	Derby County	H	1-1	12,606	Nygaard
17 April 2006	Norwich City	A	2-3	24,126	Ainsworth, Cook
22 April 2006	Watford	H	1-2	16,152	Nygaard (pen)
30 April 2006	Reading	A	1-2	23,156	Furlong

FA Cup

Main article: 2005–06 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 2006	Blackburn Rovers	A	0-3	12,705

League Cup

Main article: 2005–06 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	23 August 2005	Northampton Town	A	0-3	4,537

Squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Simon Royce 2 DF Marcus Bignot 3 DF Mauro Milanese 4 DF Ian Evatt 5 DF Danny Shittu 6 MF Tommy Doherty 7 MF Matthew Rose 8 MF Marc Bircham 9 FW Dean Sturridge 10 FW Kevin Gallen 11 MF Gareth Ainsworth 12 GK Jake Cole 14 MF Martin Rowlands 15 MF Georges Santos 16 FW Sammy Youssouf

No. Position Player 17 MF Lee Cook 18 FW Stefan Moore 19 DF Marcin Kuś (on loan from Polonia Warsaw) 20 DF Dominic Shimmin 21 GK Paul Jones 22 DF Matthew Hislop 23 MF Stefan Bailey 27 FW Scott Donnelly 28 FW Shabazz Baidoo 29 FW Paul Furlong 30 FW Marc Nygaard 31 MF Steve Lomas 32 DF Ugo Ukah 36 FW Ray Jones 40 MF Richard Langley

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. Position Player 33 MF Lloyd Dyer (on loan from West Bromwich Albion) 19 FW Aaron Brown (to Swindon Town) 16 MF Marcus Bean (to Blackpool) 21 MF Adam Miller (to Stevenage Borough)

No. Position Player 21 GK Phil Barnes (on loan from Sheffield United) 33 DF Andy Taylor (on loan from Blackburn Rovers) 36 FW Leon Clarke (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers) 37 DF Keith Lowe (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)

Reserve squad

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

No. Position Player 24 DF Patrick Kanyuka 25 FW Luke Townsend 26 DF Ryan Johnson

No. Position Player 33 DF Jon Munday 34 DF Andrew Howell 35 GK Sean Thomas