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2005–06 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

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Tottenham Hotspur
2005–06 season
ChairmanDaniel Levy
ManagerMartin Jol
Premier League5th
FA CupThird round
League CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Robbie Keane (16)
All: Robbie Keane (16)

The 2005–06 season was Tottenham Hotspur's 14th season in the Premier League and 28th successive season in the top division of the English football league system.

Season summary

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During the 2005–06 English football season, Tottenham Hotspur participated in the English Premier League. The club had a mixed, short season, securing what was their highest place finish in the Premier league at the time,[a] but exiting both cup competitions at the earliest possible stage against lower league opposition, therefore playing just 40 games.

In September Tottenham faced Grimsby Town in the League Cup, losing 1–0 at Blundell Park.[1] Their FA cup draw pitted the team against Leicester City, but the side let a two-goal lead slip, and an injury time goal saw them defeated 3–2 at Walkers Stadium.[2]

In the league Tottenham had occupied the crucial fourth place in the table for much of the latter half of the season.[3] Their win in their penultimate game of the season against Bolton Wanderers on 30 April meant they were seven points ahead of their nearest rivals Arsenal in the race for possible Champions League qualification.[4] Despite Arsenal winning their two games in hand, Tottenham only had to match their result in the final game of the season in order to secure fourth spot.

On the morning of the decisive match against West Ham United a number of Tottenham players were taken ill with suspected food poisoning, the players having stayed the night at the Marriott Hotel in Canary Wharf and eaten lasagne. The club appealed for the Premier League to delay the kick off, but the police would not allow a kick off any later than 5pm, due to crowd control concerns, so the club decided to play at the scheduled time.[5] Despite the scoreline being 1–1 for much of the game, Tottenham looked set to clinch fourth spot due to Arsenal trailing 2–1 at Highbury against Wigan Athletic. But Arsenal went on to win their fixture 4–2, with a Thierry Henry hat-trick, meaning Tottenham also required a win. Their fate was sealed when Yossi Benayoun scored a winner for West Ham, meaning Tottenham fell to fifth place and therefore would only play in the following season's UEFA Cup.[6]

Tottenham appealed to the Premier League to have the match against West Ham replayed, but this was rejected as no grounds were found for accepting the request.[7][8] Club chairman Daniel Levy called in the police to investigate the Marriott Hotel and threatened to sue the hotel chain and Premier League over the incident, having wrongly suspected foul play.[9][10] Tests by the Health Protection Agency on the food at the hotel soon proved to be negative for sources of food poisoning and instead players were identified as having norovirus.[11]

First-team squad

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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 England ENG Paul Robinson
2 DF Morocco MAR Noureddine Naybet
3 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Stephen Kelly
5 MF Netherlands NED Edgar Davids
6 MF Finland FIN Teemu Tainio
7 DF Canada CAN Paul Stalteri
8 MF England ENG Danny Murphy
9 FW Poland POL Grzegorz Rasiak
10 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Robbie Keane
12 GK Czech Republic CZE Radek Černý (on loan from Slavia Prague)
15 FW Egypt EGY Mido (on loan from Roma)
16 DF South Korea KOR Lee Young-Pyo
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW England ENG Jermain Defoe
19 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Andy Reid
20 DF England ENG Michael Dawson
22 MF England ENG Tom Huddlestone
23 MF England ENG Michael Carrick
25 MF England ENG Aaron Lennon
26 DF England ENG Ledley King (captain)
27 DF England ENG Calum Davenport
28 MF England ENG Jermaine Jenas
30 DF England ENG Anthony Gardner
32 MF England ENG Johnnie Jackson
37 FW England ENG Lee Barnard

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 MF England ENG Sean Davis (to Portsmouth)
8 MF Portugal POR Pedro Mendes (to Portsmouth)
9 FW Mali MLI Frédéric Kanouté (to Sevilla)
11 MF England ENG Michael Brown (to Fulham)
13 GK Hungary HUN Márton Fülöp (on loan to Coventry City)
14 DF Sweden SWE Erik Edman (to Rennes)
16 DF Switzerland SUI Reto Ziegler (on loan to Wigan Athletic)
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF France FRA Noé Pamarot (to Portsmouth)
21 MF England ENG Wayne Routledge (on loan to Portsmouth)
29 DF England ENG Philip Ifil (on loan to Millwall)
36 FW Morocco MAR Mounir El Hamdaoui (on loan to Derby County)
MF Iceland ISL Emil Hallfreðsson (on loan to Malmö)
DF Brazil BRA Rodrigo Defendi (on loan to Udinese)

Reserve squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Egypt EGY Hossam Ghaly
24 DF Serbia and Montenegro SCG Goran Bunjevčević
31 MF England ENG Dean Marney
35 GK England ENG Robert Burch
FW England ENG Andy Barcham
DF England ENG Charlie Daniels
FW England ENG Simon Dawkins
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF England ENG Charlie Lee
MF England ENG Stuart Lewis
MF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Jacques Maghoma
DF England ENG Marcel McKie
DF England ENG Leigh Mills
MF England ENG Jamie O'Hara

Transfers

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In

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Out

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Transfers in: Decrease £15,100,000
Transfers out: Increase £12,575,000
Total spending: Decrease £2,525,000

Loans out

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Competitions Overview

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Competition Record
P W D L GF GA Win %
Premier League 38 18 11 9 53 38 047.37
FA Cup 1 0 0 1 2 3 000.00
League Cup 1 0 0 1 0 1 000.00
Total 40 18 11 11 55 42 045.00

Results

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Premier League

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13 August 2005 1 Portsmouth 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur Portsmouth, Hampshire
Report Griffin 45' (o.g.)
Defoe 64'
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,215
Referee: Barry Knight
27 August 2005 4 Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 Chelsea Haringey, London
Mido Red card 25' Report Del Horno 39'
Duff 71'
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,077
Referee: Rob Styles
10 September 2005 5 Tottenham Hotspur 0–0 Liverpool Haringey, London
Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,148
Referee: Howard Webb
17 September 2005 6 Aston Villa 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Birmingham, West Midlands
Milner 4' Report Keane 78' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 33,686
Referee: Steve Bennett
26 September 2005 7 Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Fulham Haringey, London
Defoe 8' Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,427
Referee: Alan Wiley
1 October 2005 8 Charlton Athletic 2–3 Tottenham Hotspur Greenwich, London
Bent 25', 48' Report King 51'
Mido 64'
Keane 80'
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 27,111
Referee: Phil Dowd
15 October 2005 9 Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Everton Haringey, London
Mido 58'
Jenas 63'
Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,247
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
29 October 2005 11 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Arsenal Haringey, London
King 17' Report Pires 77' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,154
Referee: Steve Bennett
20 November 2005 13 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 West Ham United Haringey, London
Mido 16' Report Ferdinand 90' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,154
Referee: Alan Wiley
3 December 2005 15 Tottenham Hotspur 3–2 Sunderland Haringey, London
Mido 37'
Keane 51'
Carrick 77'
Report Whitehead 16'
Le Tallec 60'
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,244
Referee: Peter Walton
12 December 2005 16 Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 Portsmouth Haringey, London
King 57'
Mido 85' (pen.)
Defoe 90'
Report LuaLua 24' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,141
Referee: Uriah Rennie
26 December 2005 18 Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Birmingham City Haringey, London
Keane 58' (pen.)
Defoe 90'
Report Muzzy Izzet Red card 65' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,045
Referee: Phil Dowd
14 January 2006 22 Liverpool 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool, Merseyside
Kewell 59' Report Stalteri Red card 87' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 44,983
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
21 January 2006 23 Tottenham Hotspur 0–0 Aston Villa Haringey, London
Report Gareth Barry Red card 83' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,243
Referee: Graham Poll
31 January 2006 24 Fulham 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Fulham, London
Bocanegra 90' Report Dawson Red card 72' Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 21,081
Referee: Howard Webb
19 February 2006 27 Tottenham Hotspur 2–2 Wigan Athletic Haringey, London
Mido 23'
Defoe 68'
Report Johansson 10', 67' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,676
Referee: Uriah Rennie
11 March 2006 29 Chelsea 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur Fulham, London
Essien 11'
Gallas 90'
Report Jenas 45' Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 42,243
Referee: Graham Poll
15 April 2006 34 Everton 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool, Merseyside
Report Keane 33' (pen.) Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 39,856
Referee: Howard Webb
22 April 2006 36 Arsenal 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Islington, London
Henry 84' Report Keane 66'
Davids Red card 85'
Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 38,326
Referee: Steve Bennett

FA Cup

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8 January 2006 (2006-01-08) 3rd round Leicester City 3-2 Tottenham Hotspur Leicester
Hammond 44'
Hughes 57'
de Vries 90'
Report Jenas 20'
Stalteri 41'
Stadium: Walkers Stadium
Attendance: 19,844
Referee: Steve Bennett

League Cup

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20 September 2005 (2005-09-20) 2nd round Grimsby Town 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur Grimsby
Kalala 89' Report Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 8,206
Referee: Graham Laws

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Liverpool 38 25 7 6 57 25 +32 82 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Arsenal 38 20 7 11 68 31 +37 67
5 Tottenham Hotspur 38 18 11 9 53 38 +15 65 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6 Blackburn Rovers 38 19 6 13 51 42 +9 63
7 Newcastle United 38 17 7 14 47 42 +5 58 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK England ENG Paul Robinson 40 0 38 0 1 0 1 0
Defenders
2 DF Morocco MAR Noureddine Naybet 4 0 2+1 0 0 0 1 0
3 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Stephen Kelly 10 0 9 0 1 0 0 0
7 DF Canada CAN Paul Stalteri 35 2 33 1 1 1 1 0
16 DF South Korea KOR Lee Young-Pyo 31 0 31 0 0 0 0 0
20 DF England ENG Michael Dawson 33 0 31+1 0 1 0 0 0
26 DF England ENG Ledley King 27 3 26 3 0 0 1 0
27 DF England ENG Calum Davenport 4 0 1+3 0 0 0 0 0
30 DF England ENG Anthony Gardner 18 0 16+1 0 1 0 0 0
Midfielders
5 MF Netherlands NED Edgar Davids 31 1 28+3 1 0 0 0 0
6 MF Finland FIN Teemu Tainio 25 1 22+2 1 0+1 0 0 0
8 MF England ENG Danny Murphy 10 0 2+8 0 0 0 0 0
19 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Andy Reid 14 0 7+6 0 0 0 1 0
22 MF England ENG Tom Huddlestone 4 0 0+4 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF England ENG Michael Carrick 37 2 35 2 1 0 1 0
25 MF England ENG Aaron Lennon 29 2 21+6 2 1 0 0+1 0
28 MF England ENG Jermaine Jenas 32 7 30 6 1 1 1 0
32 MF England ENG Johnnie Jackson 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW Poland POL Grzegorz Rasiak 9 0 4+4 0 1 0 0 0
10 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Robbie Keane 38 16 25+11 16 1 0 1 0
15 FW Egypt EGY Mido 27 11 24+3 11 0 0 0 0
18 FW England ENG Jermain Defoe 38 9 23+13 9 0+1 0 1 0
37 FW England ENG Lee Barnard 3 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
4 MF England ENG Sean Davis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
8 MF Portugal POR Pedro Mendes 6 0 3+3 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW Mali MLI Frédéric Kanouté 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
11 MF England ENG Michael Brown 11 0 2+7 0 1 0 1 0
14 DF Sweden SWE Erik Edman 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
17 DF France FRA Noé Pamarot 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
21 MF England ENG Wayne Routledge 3 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0

Goal scorers

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Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk Pos No. Player Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Total
1 FW 10 Republic of Ireland Robbie Keane 16 0 0 16
2 FW 15 Egypt Mido 11 0 0 11
3 FW 18 England Jermain Defoe 9 0 0 9
4 MF 28 England Jermaine Jenas 6 1 0 7
5 DF 26 England Ledley King 3 0 0 3
6 DF 7 Canada Paul Stalteri 1 1 0 2
MF 23 England Michael Carrick 2 0 0 2
MF 25 England Aaron Lennon 2 0 0 2
9 MF 5 Netherlands Edgar Davids 1 0 0 1
MF 6 Finland Teemu Tainio 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 52 2 0 54

Clean sheets

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Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

Rnk No. Player Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Total
1 1 England Paul Robinson 13 0 0 13
TOTALS 13 0 0 13

Notes

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  1. ^ Tottenham's last highest finish was a 3rd place finish in the 1989–90 season of the Football League First Division.

References

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  1. ^ "Grimsby 1-0 Tottenham". BBC News. 20 September 2005.
  2. ^ "Leicester 3-2 Tottenham". BBC News. 8 January 2006.
  3. ^ Hunter, Andy (5 January 2006). "Manchester City 0 Tottenham Hotspur 2: Jol plays down Spurs' challenge to established order – Premier League, Football – The Independent". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022.[dead link]
  4. ^ "Jol makes Champions League plea". BBC News. 30 April 2006.
  5. ^ Bose, Mihir (8 May 2006). "Spurs dealt devastating blow by food poisoning". The Daily Telegraph. London.
  6. ^ "Premiership finale clockwatch". BBC News. 7 May 2006.
  7. ^ "Spurs' replay request rejected". Television New Zealand. 11 May 2006. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Spurs' replay request rejected". Television New Zealand. 11 May 2006. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  9. ^ "Poisoned soccer stars,a dodgy lasagne and cries of foul play".
  10. ^ "Spurs Food Bug – Foul Play Suspected". Sky News.
  11. ^ "RTÉ Sport: Tests clear hotel in Spurs food poisoning incident". RTÉ News. Archived from the original on 4 May 2007.
  12. ^ "Spurs agree deal for Huddlestone". BBC News. 1 February 2005.
  13. ^ "Spurs snap up defender Stalteri". BBC Sport.
  14. ^ "Tainio to join Spurs next season". BBC Sport.
  15. ^ "Tottenham agree deal on Routledge". BBC News. 17 June 2005.
  16. ^ "Tottenham complete Davids signing". BBC News. 3 August 2005.
  17. ^ "Lee completes move to Tottenham". BBC Sport.
  18. ^ "Jenas completes £7m Spurs switch". BBC News. 31 August 2005.
  19. ^ "Spurs agree Rasiak deal with Rams". BBC News. 1 September 2005.
  20. ^ "Tottenham sign midfielder Ghaly". BBC Sport.
  21. ^ "Tottenham clinch late Murphy deal". BBC Sport.
  22. ^ "Kanoute completes Sevilla switch". BBC Sport.
  23. ^ "Rennes complete signing of Edman". BBC Sport.
  24. ^ "Portsmouth swoop for Spurs trio". BBC Sport.
  25. ^ "Fulham seal move for Spurs' Brown". BBC Sport.
  26. ^ "Lions net Ifil and Wright on loan". BBC Sport.
  27. ^ a b "Derby sign Tottenham duo on loan". BBC Sport.
  28. ^ "Sky Blues make Fulop loan swoop". BBC Sport.
  29. ^ "Ifil returns to Millwall on loan". BBC Sport.
  30. ^ "Ziegler switches to Wigan on loan". BBC Sport.
  31. ^ "Pompey sign Routledge & Koroman". BBC Sport.