During the 2005–06 season,

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participated in the Premier League.

Season summary

In July 2005 rumours circulated that Newcastle was being stalked with a new buyer, but this later emerged to be the Shepherds consolidating their interests. On the pitch, Newcastle were eliminated from the Intertoto Cup after a 4–2 aggregate loss to

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in the semi-final, eliminating the club from European competition for the season. Upon Craig Bellamy's return from his loan to

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, it was reported that he had not resolved his differences with Souness or Shearer, and was sold to Blackburn Rovers for £5 million. During the summer transfer window, Patrick Kluivert, Jermaine Jenas,

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and Andy O'Brien were sold by Souness.

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and James Milner were loaned out, to Portsmouth and

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respectively (Robert would be transferred to Benfica in January). The club signed

Emre Emre * Emre Altuğ (born 1970), Turkish musician * * Emre Aracı (born 1968), Turkish music historian, conductor, composer * Emre Aydın (born 1981), Turkish rock singer * Emre Aşık (born 1973), Turkish footballer * Emre Zafer Barnes (born 19 ...

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, Craig Moore and

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. In August, the club signed Michael Owen from

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, despite strong interest from Owen's former club Liverpool. The fee, £17 million, surpassed Newcastle's previous record of £15 million for

Alan Shearer Alan Shearer CBE DL (born 13 August 1970) is an English football pundit and retired football player and manager who played as a striker. Widely regarded as one of the best strikers of his generation and one of the greatest players in Premie ...

from Blackburn in 1996. In the closing hours of the transfer window, the club re-signed

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from Aston Villa. Souness's decision to pair Shearer and Owen together up front proved to be lethal, but Owen broke his fourth metatarsal bone in his foot after a clash with Paul Robinson in a match against Tottenham Hotspur, keeping him out for the rest of the season. With Owen injured the team's form dipped. Souness was sacked as manager following a 3–0 defeat to

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in early February. Shay Given,

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and

have since stated that the fans never really took to him, with his favouritism of players damaging morale and a series of injuries leading to poor form. United's youth academy director, former West Ham United manager Glenn Roeder, was put in charge as caretaker manager. Upon Roeder's first game in charge, against Portsmouth,

scored his 201st goal for the club, breaking Jackie Milburn's record of 200 goals for the club and becoming the club's highest ever goalscorer. Despite speculation that

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manager Sam Allardyce was interested in taking charge, Roeder guided Newcastle from 15th place to 7th place by the end of the season, winning 9 out of their remaining 14 Premier League games to see the club qualify for the

UEFA Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup (from la, Inter, 'between' + german: toto, 'betting pool'),Most precisely, from (football pool); cf. often abbreviated and more known in the German-speaking world as UI Cup and originally called the International Foot ...

- a great way for club legend Alan Shearer to end his playing career. Despite the exit from the FA Cup at the hands of Chelsea, Roeder was praised for amazingly achieving a European spot, having seen the prospect of a relegation battle when he joined. At the end of the season he was given a two-year contract by chairman Freddie Shepherd.

Final league table

Kit

Newcastle's kit for the 2005–06 season was produced by German company

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. The main shirt sponsor was British bank Northern Rock.

Transfers

In

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, , Chelsea, , £6,500,000 , - , 19 July 2005 , , Emre Belözoğlu, , Internazionale, , £3,800,000 , - , 19 July 2005 , , Tim Krul, ,

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, , Undisclosed , - , 29 July 2005 , , Craig Moore, ,

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, , Free , - , 2 August 2005 , , Lee Clark, ,

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, , Free , - , 26 August 2005 , ,

, , Deportivo de La Coruña, , £9,500,000 , - , 31 August 2005 , , Michael Owen, ,

, , £17,000,000 , - , 31 August 2005 , ,

, ,

, , £1,500,000

Out

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, , Portsmouth, , Loan , - , 7 July 2005 , , Craig Bellamy, , Blackburn Rovers, , £4,900,000 , - , 8 July 2005 , , Darren Ambrose, , Charlton Athletic, , Undisclosed , - , 3 August 2005 , , Nicky Butt, , Birmingham City, , Loan , - , 23 August 2005 , , Hugo Viana, , Valencia, , Loan , - , 31 August 2005 , , Jermaine Jenas, , Tottenham Hotspur, , £7,000,000 , - , 31 August 2005 , , James Milner, ,

, , Loan , - , 31 August 2005 , ,

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, ,

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, , Loan , - , 16 February 2006 , , Daryl Smylie, , Stockport County, , Loan , - , 1 March 2006 , , Hugo Viana, , Valencia, , £1,700,000

First-team squad

:''The following players made appearances for the first-team squad this season.''

Left club during season

Coaching staff

Reserve squad

:''The following players spent most of the season playing for the reserves, and did not appear for the first team this season.''

Trialists

Match results

Pre-season

UEFA Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup (from la, Inter, 'between' + german: toto, 'betting pool'),Most precisely, from (football pool); cf. often abbreviated and more known in the German-speaking world as UI Cup and originally called the International Foot ...

Premier League

FA Cup

League Cup

Alan Shearer testimonial

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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References

External links

FootballSquads - Newcastle United - 2005/06
{{DEFAULTSORT:2005-06 Newcastle United F.C. season Newcastle United F.C. seasons