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Into the second half of the Decade Of Kits first round, and there’s been some interesting results so far – all the polls are still open for you to post your votes, so if you haven’t done so yet, please feel free to do so. Into 2005-06 today, and once again we’ve got a nice selection of kits provided by John Devlin. Here’s a quick reminder of what happened this season to jog your memories…

Chelsea won their second consecutive title, while Liverpool and Manchester United made it a clean sweep for the big teams by winning the FA and League Cups respectively. At the bottom of the Premier League, Birmingham, Sunderland and West Brom went down, while Reading, Sheffield United and Watford were promoted – with Reading breaking the points record for the second tier.

The biggest transfer deals this season saw Shaun Wright-Phillips move from Manchester City to Chelsea for £21million, and Michael Owen move to Newcastle for £17million. Alan Shearer was forced to announce his retirement this year, but modern stars such as Theo Walcott and Micah Richards made their debuts – with Theo famously being chosen to travel to the World Cup.

England qualified for Germany 2006 relatively smoothly, despite a famous 1-0 defeat to Northern Ireland at Windsor Park. Travelling to Germany with high hopes, England once again battled through to the quarter-finals before losing on penalties. Again. To Portugal. Again. It would be their last appearance at a major tournament until now.