2006–07 Football League
Season | 2006–07 |
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Champions | Sunderland |
Promoted | Sunderland Birmingham City Derby County |
Relegated | Boston United Torquay United |
New Clubs in League | Accrington Stanley Hereford United |
← 2005–06 2007–08 → |
The 2006–07 Football League (known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 108th completed season of The Football League.
The Football League was contested through three Divisions in England and Wales. The divisions were the Football League Championship, Football League One and Football League Two. The winner and the runner-up of the Championship were automatically promoted to the Premier League and they were joined by the winner of the Championship play-offs. The bottom two teams in League Two were relegated to the Conference Premier.
Promotion and relegation from 2005–06
[edit]Promoted from Conference National
[edit]- Accrington Stanley (champions)
- Hereford United (playoff winners)
Relegated from the Premier League
[edit]- Birmingham City (18th)
- West Bromwich Albion (19th)
- Sunderland (20th)
Final league tables and results
[edit]The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website,[1] with home and away statistics separated. Play-off results are from the same website.
Championship
[edit]Season | 2006–07 |
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Champions | Sunderland (5th second tier title) |
Direct promotion to FA Premier League | Sunderland, Birmingham City |
Promoted to FA Premier League through play-offs | Derby County |
Relegated | Leeds United, Luton Town, Southend United |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1,439 (2.61 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Jamie Cureton (Colchester United), 23[2] |
← 2005–06 2007–08 → |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sunderland (C, P) | 46 | 27 | 7 | 12 | 76 | 47 | +29 | 88 | Promotion to the Premier League |
2 | Birmingham City (P) | 46 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 67 | 42 | +25 | 86 | |
3 | Derby County (O, P) | 46 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 62 | 46 | +16 | 84 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
4 | West Bromwich Albion | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 81 | 55 | +26 | 76 | |
5 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 59 | 56 | +3 | 76 | |
6 | Southampton | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 77 | 53 | +24 | 75 | |
7 | Preston North End | 46 | 22 | 8 | 16 | 64 | 53 | +11 | 74 | |
8 | Stoke City | 46 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 62 | 41 | +21 | 73 | |
9 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 70 | 66 | +4 | 71 | |
10 | Colchester United | 46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 70 | 56 | +14 | 69 | |
11 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 63 | 62 | +1 | 67 | |
12 | Crystal Palace | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 65 | |
13 | Cardiff City | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 57 | 53 | +4 | 64 | |
14 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 18 | 8 | 20 | 64 | 59 | +5 | 62 | |
15 | Burnley | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 52 | 49 | +3 | 57 | |
16 | Norwich City | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 56 | 71 | −15 | 57 | |
17 | Coventry City | 46 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 47 | 62 | −15 | 56 | |
18 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 54 | 68 | −14 | 53 | |
19 | Leicester City | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 49 | 64 | −15 | 53 | |
20 | Barnsley | 46 | 15 | 5 | 26 | 53 | 85 | −32 | 50 | |
21 | Hull City | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 51 | 67 | −16 | 49 | |
22 | Southend United (R) | 46 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 47 | 80 | −33 | 42 | Relegation to Football League One |
23 | Luton Town (R) | 46 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 53 | 81 | −28 | 40 | |
24 | Leeds United (R) | 46 | 13 | 7 | 26 | 46 | 72 | −26 | 36[a] |
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Leeds United had 10 points deducted for entering financial administration.
Play-offs
[edit]Semifinals 1st leg – 12/13 May; 2nd leg – 15/16 May 2007 | Final at Wembley Stadium 28 May 2007 | ||||||||||
3rd | Derby County (pen.) | 2 | 2 | 4 (4) | |||||||
6th | Southampton | 1 | 3 | 4 (3) | |||||||
3rd | Derby County | 1 | |||||||||
4th | West Bromwich Albion | 0 | |||||||||
4th | West Bromwich Albion | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
5th | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Top scorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Jamie Cureton | Colchester United | 23 |
2 | Michael Chopra | Cardiff City | 22 |
3 | Diomansy Kamara | West Bromwich Albion | 21 |
4 | Robert Earnshaw | Norwich City | 19 |
5 | Chris Iwelumo | Colchester United | 18 |
= | Grzegorz Rasiak | Southampton | 18 |
7 | Steve Howard | Derby County | 16 |
= | Alan Lee | Ipswich Town | 16 |
= | Kevin Phillips | West Bromwich Albion | 16 |
10 | David Nugent | Preston North End | 15 |
League One
[edit]Season | 2006–07 |
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Champions | Scunthorpe United (1st third tier title) |
Direct promotion | Scunthorpe United, Bristol City |
Promoted through play-offs | Blackpool |
Relegated | Bradford City, Brentford, Chesterfield, Rotherham United |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1,386 (2.51 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Billy Sharp (Scunthorpe United), 30[2] |
Highest scoring | Swansea city 3–6 Blackpool (5 May 2007) |
Longest winning run | 7 matches (Blackpool: 31 March – 5 May 2007); Scunthorpe United (27 January – 3 March 2007) |
Longest unbeaten run | 19 matches (Scunthorpe: 22 December 2006 – 5 May 2007) |
Longest losing run | 5 matches (Brentford: 28 October – 5 December 2006 and 21 March – 21 April 2007) |
Highest attendance | 27,875 (Nottingham Forest 1–1 Rotherham United; 9 April 2007) |
Lowest attendance | 3,341 (Chesterfield 0–0 Northampton Town; 6 December 2006) |
Average attendance | 7,490 |
← 2005–06 2007–08 → |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Scunthorpe United (C, P) | 46 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 73 | 35 | +38 | 91 | Promotion to Football League Championship |
2 | Bristol City (P) | 46 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 63 | 39 | +24 | 85 | |
3 | Blackpool (O, P) | 46 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 76 | 49 | +27 | 83 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
4 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 65 | 41 | +24 | 82 | |
5 | Yeovil Town | 46 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 79 | |
6 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 69 | 47 | +22 | 75 | |
7 | Swansea City | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 69 | 53 | +16 | 72 | |
8 | Carlisle United | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 54 | 55 | −1 | 68 | |
9 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 58 | 53 | +5 | 67 | |
10 | Millwall | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 59 | 62 | −3 | 66 | |
11 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 63 | |
12 | Port Vale | 46 | 18 | 6 | 22 | 64 | 65 | −1 | 60 | |
13 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 66 | 72 | −6 | 60 | |
14 | Northampton Town | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 59 | |
15 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 60 | 69 | −9 | 59 | |
16 | Gillingham | 46 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 56 | 77 | −21 | 59 | |
17 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 49 | 61 | −12 | 54 | |
18 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 49 | 58 | −9 | 53 | |
19 | Bournemouth | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 50 | 64 | −14 | 52 | |
20 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 61 | 77 | −16 | 51 | |
21 | Chesterfield (R) | 46 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 47 | Relegation to Football League Two |
22 | Bradford City (R) | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 47 | 65 | −18 | 47 | |
23 | Rotherham United (R) | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 58 | 75 | −17 | 38[a] | |
24 | Brentford (R) | 46 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 40 | 79 | −39 | 37 |
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Rotherham United had 10 points deducted for entering financial administration.
Play-offs
[edit]Semifinals 1st leg – 11/13 May; 2nd leg – 18/19 May 2007 | Final at Wembley Stadium, London[4] 27 May 2007 | ||||||||||
3rd | Blackpool | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||
6th | Oldham Athletic | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
3rd | Blackpool | 2 | |||||||||
5th | Yeovil Town | 0 | |||||||||
4th | Nottingham Forest | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
5th | Yeovil Town (a.e.t.) | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Top scorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Billy Sharp | Scunthorpe United | 30 |
2 | Leon Constantine | Port Vale | 22 |
3 | Chris Porter | Oldham | 21 |
4 | Lee Trundle | Swansea City | 19 |
5 | Chris Greenacre | Tranmere Rovers | 17 |
= | Luke Varney | Crewe Alexandra | 17 |
7 | Darren Byfield | Millwall | 16 |
= | Nicky Maynard | Crewe Alexandra | 16 |
= | Andy Morrell | Blackpool | 16 |
10 | Luke Beckett | Huddersfield Town | 15 |
= | Will Hoskins | Rotherham United | 15 |
Results
[edit]League Two
[edit]Season | 2006–07 |
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Champions | Walsall (2nd fourth tier title) |
Direct promotion | Walsall, Hartlepool United, Swindon Town |
Promoted through play-offs | Bristol Rovers |
Relegated to Conference | Boston United, Torquay United |
New clubs in the league | Accrington Stanley, Hereford United |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1,372 (2.49 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Richard Barker (Hartlepool United), 21 Izale McLeod (Milton Keynes Dons), 21[2] |
← 2005–06 2007–08 → |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Walsall (C, P) | 46 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 66 | 34 | +32 | 89 | Promotion to Football League One |
2 | Hartlepool United (P) | 46 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 65 | 40 | +25 | 88 | |
3 | Swindon Town (P) | 46 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 58 | 38 | +20 | 85 | |
4 | Milton Keynes Dons | 46 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 76 | 58 | +18 | 84 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
5 | Lincoln City | 46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 70 | 59 | +11 | 74 | |
6 | Bristol Rovers (O, P) | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 49 | 42 | +7 | 72 | |
7 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 68 | 46 | +22 | 71 | |
8 | Stockport County | 46 | 21 | 8 | 17 | 65 | 54 | +11 | 71 | |
9 | Rochdale | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 70 | 50 | +20 | 66 | |
10 | Peterborough United | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 70 | 61 | +9 | 65 | |
11 | Darlington | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 52 | 56 | −4 | 65 | |
12 | Wycombe Wanderers | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 62 | |
13 | Notts County | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 55 | 53 | +2 | 62 | |
14 | Barnet | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 55 | 70 | −15 | 59 | |
15 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 57 | 73 | −16 | 59 | |
16 | Hereford United[a] | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 55 | |
17 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 58 | 63 | −5 | 54 | |
18 | Chester City | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 53 | |
19 | Wrexham | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 43 | 65 | −22 | 51 | |
20 | Accrington Stanley[a] | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 70 | 81 | −11 | 50 | |
21 | Bury | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 46 | 61 | −15 | 50 | |
22 | Macclesfield Town | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 55 | 77 | −22 | 48 | |
23 | Boston United (R) | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 51 | 80 | −29 | 36[b] | Relegation to Conference North |
24 | Torquay United (R) | 46 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 36 | 63 | −27 | 35 | Relegation to Football Conference |
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ a b New club in the league
- ^ Boston United had 10 points deducted for entering a Company Voluntary Arrangement. They were relegated directly to the Conference North for not paying their footballing creditors.
Play-offs
[edit]Semifinals 1st leg – 12/14 May; 2nd leg – 17/18 May 2007 | Final at Wembley Stadium 26 May 2007 | ||||||||||
4th | Milton Keynes Dons | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
7th | Shrewsbury | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
6th | Bristol Rovers | 3 | |||||||||
7th | Shrewsbury | 1 | |||||||||
5th | Lincoln City | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
6th | Bristol Rovers | 2 | 5 | 7 |
Top scorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Richard Barker | Mansfield Town Hartlepool United | 21 |
= | Izale McLeod | Milton Keynes Dons | 21 |
3 | Glenn Murray | Stockport / Rochdale | 19 |
4 | Jamie Forrester | Lincoln City | 18 |
= | Clive Platt | Milton Keynes Dons | 18 |
6 | Chris Dagnall | Rochdale | 17 |
= | Jermaine Easter | Wycombe Wanderers | 17 |
8 | Anthony Elding | Boston United Stockport County | 16 |
= | Mark Stallard | Lincoln City | 16 |
= | Andy Bishop | Bury | 16 |
= | Richard Walker | Bristol Rovers | 16 |
See also
[edit]- The Football League
- 2006–07 in English football
- 2006 in association football
- 2007 in association football
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "England 2006–07". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 27 January 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
- ^ a b c "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ^ soccernet.espn.go.com
- ^ Ornstein, David (27 May 2007). "League One play-off final: Yeovil 0 – 2 Blackpool". The Guardian. London.
- ^ soccernet.espn.go.com
- ^ soccernet.espn.go.com