During the 2005–06 season , Aston Villa competed in the FA Premier League .
After the previous seasons tenth placed finish Villa never recovered from a poor start which left them at times close to the bottom 3 and despite some impressive wins which ultimately kept Villa in the league discontent among the fans at an uncomfortable relegation battle grew and lead to manager David O'Leary being sacked after the end of the season.
There were debut appearances for Gabriel Agbonlahor (341), James Milner (100), Wilfred Bouma (83), Craig Gardner (59), Aaron Hughes (54), Milan Baroš (42), Patrik Berger (29), Gary Cahill (28), Kevin Phillips (23), Eirik Bakke (14), and Stuart Taylor (12).[ 1]
Date
Pos
Player
From
Fee
20 May 2005
RB Aaron Hughes Fulham £1,000,000
27 June 2005
GK Stuart Taylor Arsenal £1,000,000
29 June 2005
CF Kevin Phillips Southampton £1,000,000
1 July 2005
LM Patrik Berger Portsmouth Free transfer
23 August 2005
CF Milan Baroš Liverpool £6,500,000
30 August 2005
LB Wilfred Bouma PSV Eindhoven £3,500,000
£13,000,000
Overall transfer activity
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Source:
Premier League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Aston Villa's score comes first [ 2]
Overall
Home
Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38
10
12
16
42
55
−13
42
6
6
7
20
20
0
4
6
9
22
35
−13
Last updated: 8 October 2021.11v11
Results per matchday
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Matchday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Ground H A A H A H A H A H A H A H A A H H A H A H A H A H A H A A H A H H A H A H Result D L D W D L L L W L L L W W D D L W D D W L D D W L D W L L D L D W L L L W Position 5 12 13 8 14 11 15 16 14 15 16 16 15 14 15 14 15 14 13 13 12 15 15 14 12 15 15 14 14 14 15 16 15 15 15 16 16 16
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2006. Source:
WorldFootball.net A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
13 August 2005
Bolton Wanderers H
2–2 38,026
Phillips , Davis
20 August 2005
Manchester United A
0–1 67,934
23 August 2005
Portsmouth A
1–1 19,778
Hughes (own goal)
27 August 2005
Blackburn Rovers H
1–0 31,010
Baroš
12 September 2005
West Ham United A
0–4 29,582
17 September 2005
Tottenham Hotspur H
1–1 33,686
Milner
24 September 2005
Chelsea A
1–2 42,146
Moore
2 October 2005
Middlesbrough H
2–3 29,719
Moore , Davis
16 October 2005
Birmingham City A
1–0 29,312
Phillips
22 October 2005
Wigan Athletic H
0–2 32,294
31 October 2005
Manchester City A
1–3 42,069
Ridgewell
5 November 2005
Liverpool H
0–2 42,551
19 November 2005
Sunderland A
3–1 39,707
Phillips , Barry , Baroš
26 November 2005
Charlton Athletic H
1–0 30,023
Davis
3 December 2005
Newcastle United A
1–1 18,255
McCann
10 December 2005
Bolton Wanderers A
1–1 23,646
Angel
17 December 2005
Manchester United H
0–2 37,128
26 December 2005
Everton H
4–0 32,432
Baroš (2), Delaney , Angel
28 December 2005
Fulham A
3–3 20,446
Moore , Ridgewell (2)
31 December 2005
Arsenal H
0–0 37,114
2 January 2006
West Bromwich Albion A
2–1 27,073
Davis , Baroš (pen)
14 January 2006
West Ham United H
1–2 36,700
Hendrie
21 January 2006
Tottenham Hotspur A
0–0 36,243
1 February 2006
Chelsea H
1–1 38,562
Moore
4 February 2006
Middlesbrough A
4–0 27,299
Moore (3), Phillips
11 February 2006
Newcastle United H
1–2 37,140
Moore
25 February 2006
Charlton Athletic A
0–0 26,594
4 March 2006
Portsmouth H
1–0 30,194
Baroš
11 March 2006
Blackburn Rovers A
0–2 21,932
18 March 2006
Everton A
1–4 36,507
Agbonlahor
25 March 2006
Fulham H
0–0 32,605
1 April 2006
Arsenal A
0–5 38,183
9 April 2006
West Bromwich Albion H
0–0 33,303
16 April 2006
Birmingham City H
3–1 40,158
Baroš (2), Cahill
18 April 2006
Wigan Athletic A
2–3 17,330
Angel , Ridgewell
25 April 2006
Manchester City H
0–1 26,422
29 April 2006
Liverpool A
1–3 44,479
Barry
7 May 2006
Sunderland H
2–1 33,820
Barry , Ridgewell
Squad at end of season [ 3] [ 4] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
The following players did not play for any Aston Villa team this season. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Appearances and goals
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As of end of season [ 6]
^ Kabeya was born in Kinshasa , Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo ), but also qualifies to represent Belgium internationally and represented them at U-16, U-17, U-18 and U-19 level.
^ Ward was born in Birmingham , England , but also qualifies to represent Northern Ireland internationally through his grandfather and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Northern Ireland in August 2011.
^ Clark was born in Harrow , England , and represented them at U-17, U-18, U-19, and U-20 level, but also qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and would make his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in February 2011.
^ Lowry was born in Perth , Australia , but also qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and represented them at U-17, U-19, and U-21 level before switching his international allegiance to Australia.
Aaron Hughes
Patrik Berger
Wilfred Bouma
Eirik Bakke
Thomas Hitzlsperger
Nolberto Solano
Wayne Henderson
Mathieu Berson
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