2005–06 Gateshead F.C. season

Gateshead

2005–06 season
Chairman	Derek Bell
Manager	Colin Richardson
Northern Premier League Premier Division	17th
FA Cup	Second Qualifying Round
FA Trophy	Second Qualifying Round (removed for fielding an illegible player)
League Challenge Cup	Second Round
President's Cup	First Round
Durham Challenge Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Adam Johnston (16) All: Adam Johnston (18)
Highest home attendance	715 vs Blyth Spartans (14 April 2006)
Lowest home attendance	66 vs Guiseley (12 December 2005)
Average home league attendance	176
Home colours Away colours
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The 2005–06 season was Gateshead's second consecutive season in the Northern Premier League Premier Division and their 17th season in total since their reformation in 1977.

Gateshead ended the season in 17th position, four points above the relegation places.

Gateshead were removed from the FA Trophy after they played James Curtis, who was supposed to be serving a suspension, in their Second Qualifying Round match against Kidsgrove Athletic. Gateshead had won the match 1–0.

Squad statistics

(Substitute appearances in brackets)

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		FA Trophy		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
DF	Liam Bell	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
DF	Paul Buzzeo	1 (5)	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	2 (6)	0
DF	Stephen Buzzeo	17 (13)	0	2	0	1 (2)	0	2	0	22 (15)	0
MF	Liam Charlton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF	Dave Colvin	11 (1)	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	14 (1)	1
DF	James Curtis	39	2	2	0	3	0	4	0	48	2
GK	Glen Darrell	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
DF	Sean Davies	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
??	Joel Errington	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF	Chris Feasey	12 (2)	1	2	1	1 (1)	0	2 (1)	0	17 (4)	2
MF	Niall Flynn	5 (1)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	7 (1)	1
DF	Richard Flynn	34	1	1	0	3	0	3	0	41	1
MF	Paul Gardiner	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (2)	0
MF	Lee George	1 (6)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (7)	0
??	Luke Gilhespy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF	Keith Graydon	21	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	24	1
MF	Wayne Harratt	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
DF	Steve Harrison	14 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14 (1)	0
FW	Kevin Henderson	8 (1)	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	10 (1)	6
MF	James Huntley	2 (10)	0	0 (2)	0	0	0	1	0	3 (12)	0
MF	Robert Huntley	10 (2)	0	2	1	0 (1)	0	1	0	13 (3)	1
FW	Adam Johnston	25	16	0	0	2	1	3	1	30	18
GK	Peter Keen	32	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	40	0
DF	Adam Laidlaw	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
??	Jonathon Larkin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0
FW	Chris Laws	10 (3)	1	0 (2)	0	3	1	2 (1)	0	15 (6)	2
DF	Michael Laws	19 (1)	0	1	0	3	0	4	0	27 (1)	0
MF	Gareth McAlindon	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
DF	Chris Miller	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0
MF	Chris Neil	1 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (2)	0
??	Rudi Nellis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0
FW	Kesandu Okike	10 (3)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	10 (3)	4
DF	Sonny Parker	11 (1)	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	16 (1)	1
DF	Gary Pearson	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
??	Alan Radford	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
FW	Liam Radford	1 (4)	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2 (4)	2
FW	Simon Reay	0 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	1
FW	Steven Richardson	12 (1)	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	14 (1)	1
MF	Liam Robertson	5 (2)	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	10 (2)	0
MF	Craig Robinson	5 (5)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	5 (6)	0
MF	Leon Ryan	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
FW	Callum Selby	2 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 (1)	1
MF	John Sherlock	1 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (2)	0
FW	Adam Smith	0 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0
DF	Luke Smith	11 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13 (4)	0
MF	Tony Stephenson	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
GK	Richard Swann	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF	Paul Talbot	13 (2)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14 (2)	0
FW	Paul Taylor	5	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	7	3
MF	Terry Taylor	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	1
GK	Neil Thompson	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
FW	Paul Thompson	33 (2)	7	1	0	3	2	4	2	41 (2)	11
FW	Craig Trodden	3 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4 (1)	0
MF	Phil Turnbull	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
MF	Stephen Turnbull	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
DF	Darren Utley	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
GK	Jak Wells	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
MF	Ryan White	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	1
GK	James Winter	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Pre-season friendlies

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
20 July 2005	Ashington	Portland Park	2–1	Colvin, Henderson
26 July 2005	South Shields	Filtrona Park	0–0
31 July 2005	West Allotment Celtic	Whitley Park	1–0	Henderson
2 August 2005	Whitley Bay	Hillheads Park	1–0	Bell
4 August 2005	Whitley Bay	Gateshead International Stadium	1–1	Henderson

Northern Premier League Premier Division

Main article: 2005–06 Northern Premier League

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
20 August 2005	Lincoln United	Gateshead International Stadium	1–1	Henderson	136
23 August 2005	Guiseley	Nethermoor Park	0–1		231
27 August 2005	Marine	Rossett Park	0–0		267
29 August 2005	Frickley Athletic	Gateshead International Stadium	2–2	Thompson, Curtis	201
3 September 2005	Witton Albion	Wincham Park	2–2	Colvin, Thompson	214
7 September 2005	Wakefield-Emley	Gateshead International Stadium	3–2	R. Flynn, Richardson, Feasey	121
13 September 2005	Farsley Celtic	Throstle Nest	2–4	C. Laws, Pemberton (o.g.)	178
17 September 2005	A.F.C. Telford United	Gateshead International Stadium	1–1	Henderson	289
20 September 2005	Wakefield-Emley	Belle Vue	0–1		115
28 September 2005	Ossett Town	Gateshead International Stadium	2–1	Henderson (2)	118
1 October 2005	North Ferriby United	Church Road	0–1		262
5 October 2005	Guiseley	Gateshead International Stadium	0–2		137
8 October 2005	Prescot Cables	Gateshead International Stadium	0–3		126
10 October 2005	Ashton United	Hurst Cross	1–3	Thompson	214
22 October 2005	Ashton United	Gateshead International Stadium	3–2	Thompson, P. Taylor, Parker	144
29 October 2005	Leek Town	Gateshead International Stadium	2–0	Johnston, Reay	153
5 November 2005	Ilkeston Town	New Manor Ground	1–3	P. Taylor	368
19 November 2005	Runcorn F.C. Halton	Valerie Park	1–2	Johnston	73
3 December 2005	Runcorn F.C. Halton	Gateshead International Stadium	2–4	N. Flynn, Radford	113
10 December 2005	Matlock Town	Causeway Lane	2–1	Johnston (2)	215
17 December 2005	Radcliffe Borough	Gateshead International Stadium	0–0		130
26 December 2005	Blyth Spartans	Croft Park	1–1	Johnston	767
2 January 2006	Whitby Town	Gateshead International Stadium	3–2	Johnston, Thompson (2)	194
14 January 2006	Bradford Park Avenue	Gateshead International Stadium	2–1	Thompson, T. Taylor	200
21 January 2006	Burscough	Victoria Park	3–2	Johnston (2), Curtis	252
28 January 2006	A.F.C. Telford United	New Bucks Head	1–1	Johnston	1,601
4 February 2006	Matlock Town	Gateshead International Stadium	1–5	Selby	184
11 February 2006	Prescot Cables	Valerie Park	1–2	Johnston	132
18 February 2006	Leek Town	Harrison Park	0–0		253
11 March 2006	North Ferriby United	Gateshead International Stadium	2–3	Harratt, White	126
15 March 2006	Farsley Celtic	Gateshead International Stadium	0–5		87
21 January 2006	Frickley Athletic	Westfield Lane	2–1	Graydon, Okike	251
15 March 2006	Whitby Town	Turnbull Ground	0–2		262
29 March 2006	Bradford Park Avenue	Horsfall Stadium	1–0	Okike	177
1 April 2006	Burscough	Gateshead International Stadium	2–0	Okike, Johnston	120
4 April 2006	Radcliffe Borough	Stainton Park	0–4		123
14 April 2006	Blyth Spartans	Gateshead International Stadium	1–2	Johnston	715
17 April 2006	Ossett Town	Ingfield	1–3	Briggs (o.g.)	114
22 April 2006	Lincoln United	Ashby Avenue	2–2	Johnston (2)	15
24 April 2006	Witton Albion	Gateshead International Stadium	3–2	Johnston (2), Curtis	103
26 April 2006	Marine	Gateshead International Stadium	0–1		102
29 April 2006	Ilkeston Town	Gateshead International Stadium	1–2	Okike	194

FA Cup

Main article: 2005–06 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1Q	11 September 2005	Warrington Town	Gateshead International Stadium	4–0	Henderson (2), Feasey, R. Huntley	235
2Q	24 September 2005	Salford City	Moor Lane	0–1		213

FA Trophy

Main article: 2005–06 FA Trophy

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1Q	15 October 2005	Bradford Park Avenue	Horsfall Stadium	1–1	C. Laws	191
1Qr	19 October 2005	Bradford Park Avenue	Gateshead International Stadium	4–3	Johnston, P. Taylor, Thompson, Walsh (og)	130
2Q	12 November 2005	Kidsgrove Athletic	Gateshead International Stadium	1–0	Thompson	127

• Gateshead removed from the FA Trophy for fielding an illegible player. Kidsgrove Athletic advanced to the 3rd Qualifying Round.

League Challenge Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	22 November 2005	Ossett Town	Ingfield	1–0	Thompson	30
2	12 December 2005	Guiseley	Gateshead International Stadium	2–4	Johnston, Radford	66

President's Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	7 January 2006	Brigg Town	The Hawthorns	0–2		150

Durham Challenge Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	26 October 2005	Billingham Synthonia	Gateshead International Stadium	2–3	Thompson, Hope (og)	111

External links

• Gateshead FC Fixtures/Results from archive.org (dated 27 April 2006)
• Unofficial Gateshead Football Club Statistics Database – 2005/06 season (Archived by WebCite on 18 January 2010 at http://www.webcitation.org/5mstv6oaJ)
• Northern Premier League Premier Division Season 2005–06 Results