The 2005–06 Football League (known as the
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Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 107th completed season of
The Football League
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.
This season saw
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promoted to the top flight for the first time in their history, after winning the
Championship
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Championship systems
Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship.
Title match system
In this system ...
with 106 points – a
record for a 46-match season with three points for a win.
Southend United were the champions of
League One, while
Carlisle United
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, having played in the Conference in
2004–05, completed a double promotion by winning
League Two
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.
Promotion and Relegation
These are the changes that happened last season.
From Premier League
Relegated to Championship
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Norwich City
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Crystal Palace
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Southampton
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From Championship
Promoted to Premier League
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Sunderland
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Wigan Athletic
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West Ham United
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Relegated to League 1
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Gillingham
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Nottingham Forest
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Rotherham United
From Football League One
Promoted to Championship
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Luton Town
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*
Hull City
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Sheffield Wednesday
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Relegated to League 2
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Peterborough United
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Stockport County
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Torquay United
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*
Wrexham
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From Football League Two
Promoted to League 1
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Yeovil Town
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Scunthorpe United
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*
Swansea City
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Southend United
Relegated to Conference National
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Cambridge United
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Kidderminster Harriers
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From Conference National
Promoted to League 2
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Chester City
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Shrewsbury Town
Final league tables and results
The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found a
The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundationwebsite,
with home and away statistics separated. Play-off results are from the same website.
Championship
Play-offs
Top scorers
League One
Play-offs
Top scorers
League Two
Play-offs
Top scorers
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See also
*English Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engl ...
* 2005–06 in English football
*2005 in association football
The following are the association football events of the year 2005 throughout the world.
Events
*January 21 – German referee Robert Hoyzer admits to having accepted large sums of money from a gambling syndicate to fix matches. The resulting ...
* 2006 in association football
References
External links
Football League Tables
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