The rebuilt Wembley Stadium was due to open in time for the FA Cup final in May. However, in August 2005, The Football Association reserved the Millennium Stadium as a backup, as there was some doubt whether Wembley would be ready. The doubts were confirmed on 21 February 2006 , when The FA announced that the final would indeed be held at Millennium Stadium. On 31 March 2006 The FA confirmed that the new Wembley would not be opened until 2007.
Two clubs opened new stadiums this season:
F.C. United Of Manchester , formed by disgruntled Manchester United fans played their first competitive season, competing in the North West Counties Football League Division Two (level 10 of the English Football League System ), from which they gained promotion at the first time of asking. BBC .
Wigan Athletic , who earned Promotion to the Premiership by finishing second in the Football League Championship , played their first ever season in the top division of English football and stayed up, staying clear from relegation all season.
- August 7 2005 - Chelsea claim the first silverware of the season when they beat Arsenal 2-1 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff to win the FA Community Shield .
- October 8 2005 - The England National Team defeat Austria 1-0 at Old Trafford . Combined with the Netherlands ' defeat of the Czech Republic the same night, this assures England automatic qualification for the 2006 World Cup , either as the top team in their qualifying group or one of the top two second-placed European teams.
- October 12 2005 - England defeat Poland 2-1 at Old Trafford to finish top of their World Cup qualifying group.
- October 17 , 2005 - Middlesbrough defender Abel Xavier is banned from all football for failing a drugs test.
- October 28 , 2005 - Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott gives final approval for Brighton & Hove Albion to build Falmer Stadium , now scheduled to open in 2008.
- October 29 , 2005 - Manchester United become the first team to score 1000 goals since the start of the Premiership in 1992-93.
- November 6 , 2005 - Manchester United are the first team to beat Chelsea in 41 Premiership matches, with a 1-0 victory at Old Trafford.
- November 18 , 2005 - Roy Keane leaves Manchester United by mutual consent, ending his 12-year association with the club.
- November 24 , 2005 - Alain Perrin is sacked as manager of Portsmouth .
- December 3 , 2005 - Harry Redknapp walks out of Southampton after being refused permission to discuss terms with Portsmouth over returning as manager.
- December 7 , 2005 - Harry Redknapp is appointed manager of Portsmouth for the second time with a contract until the end of the season.
- December 22 , 2005 - George Burley is appointed Harry Redknapp's replacement at Southampton.
- January 4 , 2006 - Alexandre Gaydamak takes a 50% stake in Portsmouth alongside Milan Mandaric .
- January 20 , 2006 - The Premiership formally charges Portsmouth with "tapping up" Harry Redknapp.
- January 23 , 2006 - The FA announces that Sven-Göran Eriksson will leave his post as England national coach after the .
- January 25 , 2006 - Craig Levein is sacked as manager of Leicester City .
- January 30 , 2006 - Phil Brown is sacked as manager of Derby County . Academy boss Terry Westley is appointed interim manager the next day, with player Paul Peschisolido acting as his assistant.
- February 2 , 2006 - Graeme Souness is sacked as manager of Newcastle United , and Glenn Roeder was made caretaker manager with Alan Shearer his assistant manager.
- February 4 , 2006 - Alan Shearer becomes Newcastle United's top goalscorer of all time, scoring his 201st goal for the club, against Portsmouth at St. James' Park, beating Jackie Milburn 's 200 goal tally which had stood for 49 years.
- February 11 , 2006 - Middlesbrough comfortably defeat reigning premiership champions Chelsea 3-0 at the Riverside Stadium - the first time ever José Mourinho's Chelsea have lost by more than a single goal.
- February 21 , 2006 - The FA announce that the 2006 FA Cup final, set for May 13 , will be held at Millennium Stadium, as the builders of the new Wembley Stadium are unable to assure that it will be ready for the match. They also announce that the National Team's pre-World Cup friendlies originally scheduled for Wembley will instead be held at Old Trafford.
- February 21 , 2006 - A Football League Under-21 team, composed of players from the Football League's three divisions, beats a Lega Nazionale Professionisti Under 21 team, composed of players from Serie B , 1-0 at the KC Stadium .
- February 26 , 2006 - Manchester United defeat Wigan Athletic 4-0 at the Millennium Stadium to win the Carling Cup .
- March 6 , 2006 - Mick McCarthy is sacked as manager of Sunderland after his team accumulated just 10 points in 28 matches, with Kevin Ball made caretaker manager for the remainder of the season.
- March 25 , 2006 - Reading became the first side to be Promoted to the 2006-07 FA Premier League campaign after drawing 1-1 at Leicester . It will be The Royals' first ever season in England's top flight.
- April 1 , 2006 - Reading win The Football League after the combination of Reading defeating Derby County and Sheffield United being held to a draw means that Reading can not be overtaken.
- April 14 , 2006 - Sunderland were Relegated from the Premiership after a 0-0 draw with Manchester United at Old Trafford . This is the first relegation in the league.
- April 15 , 2006 - Sheffield United became the second side to secure promotion to the Premiership after they beat Cardiff City while Watford and Leeds United only drew with Wolves and champions Reading respectively.
- April 15 , 2006 - Accrington Stanley regained their Football League status 44 years after losing it due to bankruptcy after they beat Woking to win the Conference title.
- April 17 , 2006 - Sheffield Wednesday 's 2-0 win at Brighton & Hove Albion ensured that the trio of Brighton, Crewe Alexandra and Millwall are all relegated from the Championship .
- April 20 , 2006 - Altrincham of the Conference had 18 points deducted for fielding an ineligible player thirteen times. This points deduction relegates the club to the Conference North .
- April 22 , 2006 - Carlisle United secured promotion to League One after a 1-1 draw at Mansfield while Leyton Orient were also held to a draw by the same scoreline at Lincoln City .
- April 22 , 2006 - Walsall were relegated to League Two after losing 1-3 at home to Huddersfield Town and Rotherham United drew with Scunthorpe United .
- April 29 , 2006 - Chelsea successfully retained their Premiership title after they beat Manchester United 3-0.
- April 29 , 2006 - West Bromwich Albion are relegated from the Premiership after Portsmouth won 2-1 away at Wigan Athletic . Birmingham City are also relegated after Portsmouth's victory combined with their 0-0 draw with Newcastle United .
- April 29 , 2006 - Charlton Athletic manager Alan Curbishley announces that he will resign at the end of the season, ending a 15-year long tenure as manager at The Valley .
- April 29 , 2006 - Southend United secured promotion from League One after they drew 2-2 at Swansea City while Brentford also drew against Hartlepool United . Also in League One, Swindon Town are relegated to League Two after they could only draw 1-1 against Bristol City .
- April 29 , 2006 - Northampton Town secured promotion from League Two after beating Chester City 1-0. Rushden & Diamonds were relegated to the Conference when they lost 2-0 away to Boston United and other results went against them.
- April 30 , 2006 - Reading broke Sunderland's record for most points in any professional English league, beating Queens Park Rangers 2-1 to finish on 106 points.
England have qualified for the Football World Cup 2006 , after finishing top of European Qualifying Group 6 .
# England score given first
;Key
- H = Home match
- A = Away match
- N = Neutral site match
- F = Friendly
- WCQ = FIFA World Cup 2006 Qualifying, European Zone Group 6
- WCF = FIFA World Cup 2006 Finals
See Also: FA Premier League 2005-06
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The summer transfer window runs from the end of the previous season until 31 August.
- 16 May 2005 - Paul Stalteri from Werder Bremen to Spurs , free
- 17 May 2005 - Patrik Berger from Portsmouth to Aston Villa , free
- 20 May 2005 - Aaron Hughes from Newcastle United to Aston Villa , £1m
- 26 May 2005 - Simon Davies from Tottenham Hotspur to Everton , £4m
- 30 May 2005 - Edu from Arsenal to Valencia , free
- 1 June 2005 - Darren Bent from Ipswich to Charlton , £2.5m
- 3 June 2005 - Patrick Kluivert from Newcastle United to Valencia , free (finalized on 20 June )
- 5 June 2005 - Edwin Van Der Sar from Fulham to Man United , undisclosed fee
- 7 June 2005 - Kevin Doyle from Cork City to Reading , €117,000 ( C. £78,000)
- 10 June 2005 - Mikael Forssell from Chelsea to Birmingham City , £3m
- 13 June 2005 - Andy O'Brien from Newcastle United to Portsmouth , £2m
- 13 June 2005 - Vladimír Šmicer from Liverpool to Bordeaux , free
- 13 June 2005 - Jonathan Stead from Blackburn to Sunderland , £1.8m
- 14 June 2005 - Kelvin Davis from Ipswich to Sunderland , £1.25m
- 14 June 2005 - Laurent Robert from Newcastle United to Portsmouth , loan
- 15 June 2005 - Scott Parker from Chelsea to Newcastle United , £6.5m
- 16 June 2005 - El Hadji Diouf from Liverpool to Bolton , undisclosed fee (making a previous loan deal permanent)
- 21 June 2005 - Asier Del Horno from Athletic Bilbao to Chelsea , £8m
- 22 June 2005 - Park Ji-Sung from PSV Eindhoven to Man United , £4m
- 27 June 2005 - Alexander Hleb from VfB Stuttgart to Arsenal , £6m
- 27 June 2005 - Heiðar Helguson from Watford to Fulham , £1.3m
- 27 June 2005 - Per Krøldrup from Udinese to Everton , £5m
- 28 June 2005 - Emanuel Pogatetz from Bayer Leverkusen to Middlesbrough , £1.8m
- 29 June 2005 - Mateja Kežman from Chelsea to Atlético Madrid , £5.3m
- 29 June 2005 - Kevin Phillips from Southampton to Aston Villa , £1m
- 4 July 2004 - Darren Carter from Birmingham City to West Brom , £1.5m
- 4 July 2004 - Boudewijn Zenden from Middlesbrough to Liverpool , free
- 5 July 2005 - Paul Konchesky from Charlton to West Ham , undisclosed fee
- 7 July 2005 - Craig Bellamy from Newcastle United to Blackburn , £5m
- 7 July 2005 - John Viafara from Once Caldas to Portsmouth , £1.6m
- 7 July 2005 - Aiyegbeni Yakubu from Portsmouth to Middlesbrough , £7.5m
- 14 July 2005 - Emre Belözoğlu from Inter Milan to Newcastle United , £4m
- 14 July 2005 - Patrick Vieira from Arsenal to Juventus , £13.7m
- 14 July 2005 - Leroy Lita from Bristol City to Reading , £1m
- 15 July 2005 - Jared Borgetti from CF Pachuca to Bolton , £1.5m
- 16 July 2005 - Yossi Benayoun from Racing Santander to West Ham , £2.5m
- 18 July 2005 - Shaun Wright-Phillips from Man City to Chelsea , £21m
- 20 July 2005 - Andy Cole from Fulham to Man City , free
- 20 July 2005 - Peter Crouch from Southampton to Liverpool , £7m
- 22 July 2005 - Sander Westerveld from Mallorca to Portsmouth , free
- 26 July 2005 - Diomansy Kamara from Modena to West Brom , £1.5m
- 27 July 2005 - Darius Vassell from Aston Villa to Manchester City , £2m
- 3 August 2005 - Edgar Davids from Inter Milan to Spurs , free
- 4 August 2005 - Philip Neville from Man United to Everton , undisclosed fee (over £3m; some reports say over £5m)
- 5 August 2005 - Damien Francis from Norwich to Wigan , undisclosed fee
- 5 August 2005 - Walter Pandiani from Deportivo to Birmingham City , £3m (making a previous loan deal permanent)
- 6 August 2005 - Henri Camara from Wolves to Wigan , £3m
- 8 August 2005 - Kleberson from Man United to Beşiktaş , £2.5m
- 11 August 2005 - Andy Gray from Sheffield United to Sunderland , £1.1m
- 15 August 2005 - Nathan Ellington from Wigan to West Brom , £3m
- 16 August 2005 - Hidetoshi Nakata from Fiorentina to Bolton , season-long loan
- 17 August 2005 - Fredi Kanouté from Spurs to Sevilla , £4.4m
- 17 August 2005 - David Bellion from Man United to West Ham , season-long loan
- 19 August 2005 - Michael Essien from Lyon to Chelsea , £24.4m
- 22 August 2005 - Brian Priske from Genk to Portsmouth , undisclosed fee
- 22 August 2005 - Jiri Jarosik from Chelsea to Birmingham City , season-long loan
- 23 August 2005 - Milan Baroš from Liverpool to Aston Villa , £6.5m
- 25 August 2005 - Clinton Morrison from Birmingham City to Crystal Palace , £2m
- 26 August 2005 - Albert Luque from Deportivo La Coruña to Newcastle United , £9.5m
- 27 August 2005 - Tiago from Chelsea to Lyon , £6.5m
- 28 August 2005 - Nuno Valente from Porto to Everton , £1.5m
- 30 August 2005 - Wilfred Bouma from PSV to Aston Villa , £3.5m
- 31 August 2005 - David Connolly from Leicester City to Wigan Athletic , £2m
- 31 August 2005 - Curtis Davies from Luton to West Brom , £3m
- 31 August 2005 - Salif Diao from Liverpool to Portsmouth , season-long loan
- 31 August 2005 - Francis Jeffers from Charlton Athletic to Rangers , six-month loan
- 31 August 2005 - Jermaine Jenas from Newcastle United to Spurs , £7m
- 31 August 2005 - Lee Yong-Pyo from PSV to Spurs , undisclosed fee
- 31 August 2005 - Michael Owen from Real Madrid to Newcastle United , £17m
- 31 August 2005 - Mart Poom from Sunderland to Arsenal , six-month loan
- 31 August 2005 - Michael Reiziger from Middlesbrough to PSV , free
- 31 August 2005 - Nolberto Solano from Aston Villa to Newcastle United , £1.5m
- 31 August 2005 - James Milner from Newcastle United to Aston Villa , season-long loan
- 31 August 2005 - Andy Van Der Meyde from Inter Milan to Everton , undisclosed fee
The mid-season transfer window runs from 1 to 31 January 2006.
- 1 January 2006 - Tony Warner from Cardiff City to Fulham , nominal fee (making a previous loan deal permanent)
- 1 January 2006 - John Obi Mikel from Lyn to Manchester United , undisclosed fee
- 3 January 2006 - Yaniv Katan from Maccabi Haifa to West Ham United , £100K
- 4 January 2006 - Josemi from Liverpool to Villarreal , trade for Jan Kromkamp
- 4 January 2006 - Jan Kromkamp from Villarreal to Liverpool , trade for Josemi
- 4 January 2006 - Laurent Robert from Portsmouth to Newcastle United , loan cancelled
- 4 January 2006 - Laurent Robert from Newcastle United to Benfica , free
- 4 January 2006 - Maniche from Dynamo Moscow to Chelsea , 6-month loan
- 4 January 2006 - Emmanuel Olisadebe from Panathinaikos to Portsmouth , 6-month loan
- 5 January 2006 - Chris Sutton from Celtic to Birmingham City , free
- 5 January 2006 - Nemanja Vidić from Spartak Moscow to Manchester United , £7m
- 5 January 2006 - Albert Riera from Espanyol to Manchester City , 6-month loan
- 6 January 2006 - Simon Elliott from Major League Soccer ( Columbus Crew ) to Fulham , free
- 6 January 2006 - Ali Al Habsi from Lyn to Bolton Wanderers
- 6 January 2006 - Benjani Mwaruwari from Auxerre to Portsmouth , £4.1m
- 9 January 2006 - David Bellion from Manchester United to Nice , 6-month loan
- 9 January 2006 - Paul Scharner from Brann to Wigan Athletic , £2.5m
- 10 January 2006 - Patrice Evra from Monaco to Manchester United , £5.5m
- 10 January 2006 - Antti Niemi from Southampton to Fulham , £1m
- 12 January 2006 - Sean Davis from Tottenham Hotspur to Portsmouth , undisclosed fee
- 12 January 2006 - Pedro Mendes from Tottenham Hotspur to Portsmouth , undisclosed fee
- 12 January 2006 - Noe Pamarot from Tottenham Hotspur to Portsmouth , undisclosed fee
- 12 January 2006 - Daniel Agger from Brøndby to Liverpool , £5.8m
- 12 January 2006 - Abou Diaby from Auxerre to Arsenal , £2m
- 12 January 2006 - Walter Pandiani from Birmingham City to Espanyol , £1m
- 13 January 2006 - Garry Flitcroft from Blackburn Rovers to Sheffield United , free
- 13 January 2006 - Emmanuel Adebayor from Monaco to Arsenal , undisclosed fee
- 17 January 2006 - Marcus Bent from Everton to Charlton Athletic , £2m
- 17 January 2006 - Riccardo Scimeca from West Bromwich Albion to Cardiff City , free
- 19 January 2006 - Neil Mellor from Liverpool to Wigan Athletic , 6-month loan
- 19 January 2006 - David Thompson from Blackburn Rovers to Wigan Athletic free
- 19 January 2006 - Wayne Bridge from Chelsea to Fulham , 6-month loan
- 20 January 2006 - Alan Stubbs from Sunderland to Everton , free
- 20 January 2006 - Theo Walcott from Southampton to Arsenal , £5m (Could rise to £12m)
- 23 January 2006 - Dean Ashton from Norwich City to West Ham , £7.25m
- 23 January 2006 - Mart Poom from Sunderland to Arsenal , undisclosed fee (making a loan deal permanent)
- 24 January 2006 - Alexey Smertin from Chelsea to Dynamo Moscow , £1m
- 25 January 2006 - Tomasz Frankowski from Elche to Wolves , £1.4m
- 25 January 2006 - Dean Kiely from Charlton Athletic to Portsmouth , undisclosed fee
- 25 January 2006 - Szilárd Németh from Middlesbrough to Strasbourg , nominal fee
- 26 January 2006 - Ade Akinbiyi from Burnley to Sheffield United , £1.75m
- 27 January 2006 - Robbie Fowler from Manchester City to Liverpool , free
- 30 January 2006 - Georgios Samaras from Heerenveen to Manchester City , £6m
- 31 January 2006 - David Bentley from Arsenal to Blackburn Rovers , undisclosed fee
- 31 January 2006 - Andrés D'Alessandro from Wolfsburg to Portsmouth , 6-month loan
- 31 January 2006 - Rory Delap from Southampton to Sunderland , free
- 31 January 2006 - Robert Earnshaw from West Brom to Norwich City , £3.5m
- 31 January 2006 - Hossam Ghaly from Feyenoord to Tottenham Hotspur , undisclosed fee
- 31 January 2006 - Danny Murphy from Charlton Athletic to Tottenham Hotspur , £2m
- 31 January 2006 - Quincy Owusu-Abeyie from Arsenal to Spartak Moscow , undisclosed fee
- 31 January 2006 - Nigel Quashie from Southampton to West Brom , £1.2m
- 31 January 2006 - Zesh Rehman from Fulham to Norwich City , 6-month loan
- 31 January 2006 - Lionel Scaloni from Deportivo De La Coruña to West Ham United , 6-month loan
- 31 January 2006 - Florent Sinama-Pongolle from Liverpool to Blackburn Rovers , 6-month loan
- 8 September 2005 , Noel Cantwell , 72, former Ireland , West Ham and Manchester United player.
- 18 October 2005 , Johnny Haynes , 71, former England and Fulham player.
- 27 October 2005 , George Swindin , 90, former Arsenal player and manager.
- 25 November 2005 , George Best , 59, former Northern Ireland and Manchester United player.
- 28 December 2005 , Ted Ditchburn , former England and Tottenham goalkeeper.
- 14 January 2006 , Mark Philo , 21, Wycombe winger.
- 9 February 2006 , Ron Greenwood , 84, former West Ham and England manager.
- 1 March 2006 , Peter Osgood , 59, former England , Chelsea and Southampton player.
- 18 April 2006 , John Lyall , 66, former West Ham United and Ipswich Town manager.
- 25 April 2006 , Brian Labone , 66, former Everton captain.
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