Portsmouth continued to struggle in the 2005–06 season, winning just two games between August and November, a 1–0 victory over Everton at Goodison Park (courtesy of an own goal by Everton's Duncan Ferguson) and a 4–1 away win over Sunderland at the Stadium of Light. During a hard-fought 1–0 defeat to Bolton at Reebok Stadium in early October, Alain Perrin's continual harassment of the match officials saw him ordered away from the pitchside by the referee, an incident that landed Perrin in hot water with The Football Association (FA) and also led many pundits to believe his demise was now only a matter of time. The club's series of poor results (that set a record low number of points for a Portsmouth manager) continued into December 2005, at which time Milan Mandarić finally reached the end of his tether, sacking Perrin.