2006–07 FA Premier League
| Season | 2006–07 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 19 August 2006 – 13 May 2007 |
| Champions | Manchester United 9th Premier League title 16th English title |
| Relegated | Sheffield United Charlton Athletic Watford |
| Champions League | Manchester United Chelsea Liverpool Arsenal |
| UEFA Cup | Tottenham Hotspur Everton Bolton Wanderers |
| Intertoto Cup | Blackburn Rovers |
| Matches | 380 |
| Goals | 931 (2.45 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Didier Drogba (20 goals) |
| Best goalkeeper | Pepe Reina (19 clean sheets) |
| Biggest home win | Reading 6–0 West Ham United (1 January 2007) |
| Biggest away win | Middlesbrough 0–4 Portsmouth (28 August 2006) Reading 0–4 Arsenal (22 October 2006) Bolton Wanderers 0–4 Manchester United (28 October 2006) Wigan Athletic 0–4 Liverpool (2 December 2006) Tottenham Hotspur 0–4 Manchester United (4 February 2007) |
| Highest scoring | Arsenal 6–2 Blackburn Rovers (23 December 2006) |
| Longest winning run | 9 games[1] Chelsea |
| Longest unbeaten run | 14 games[1] Chelsea |
| Longest winless run | 11 games[1] Aston Villa Watford West Ham United |
| Longest losing run | 8 games[1] Wigan Athletic |
| Highest attendance | 76,098 Manchester United 4–1 Blackburn Rovers (31 March 2007) |
| Lowest attendance | 13,760 Watford 2–1 Blackburn Rovers (23 January 2007) |
| Total attendance | 13,058,755 |
| Average attendance | 34,365 |
← 2005–06 2007–08 → | |
The 2006–07 FA Premier League (known as the FA Barclays Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th season of the FA Premier League since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 19 August 2006 and concluded on 13 May 2007. Chelsea were the two-time defending champions.
On 12 February 2007, the FA Premier League renamed itself simply to the Premier League. The change introduced a new logo, sleeve patches and typeface. The sponsored name remains the Barclays Premier League.
The 2006–07 season was the lowest-scoring season in Premier League history, with only 931 goals (with a 2.45 goals per match ratio, the poorest in the history of Premier League).[citation needed]
Manchester United won their first Premiership title since 2003, following Chelsea's 1–1 draw with Arsenal on 6 May 2007. The result left the defending champions seven points behind United with two games left. It was their ninth title in fifteen seasons.
The three relegation spots were occupied by Watford and Sheffield United who each lasted one season in the league, along with Charlton Athletic who went down after seven seasons.
Teams
[edit]Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Championship. The promoted teams were Reading (playing in the top flight for the first time ever), Sheffield United (playing top flight football for the first time in twelve years) and Watford (returning to the Premier League after a six-year absence). They replaced Birmingham City, West Bromwich Albion and Sunderland, who were relegated to the Championship after their top flight spells of four, two and one year respectively.
Stadiums and locations
[edit]- ↑ Arsenal moved to the larger 60,000-seat Emirates Stadium after 93 years at Arsenal Stadium.
- ↑ Old Trafford is now a fully completed 76,000-seater stadium, making it the largest club stadium in the UK.
- ↑ The Madejski Stadium was a new Premier League ground for this season, Reading's first in the competition.
Personnel and kits
[edit](as of 13 May 2007)
Managerial changes
[edit]| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlton Athletic | End of contract | 24 April 2006[2] | Pre-season | 27 May 2006 | ||
| Middlesbrough | Signed by England | 4 May 2006[3] | 7 June 2006[4] | |||
| Aston Villa | Sacked | 19 July 2006 | 4 August 2006[5] | |||
| Charlton Athletic | 13 November 2006[6] | 20th | 13 November 2006 | |||
| West Ham United | 11 December 2006[7] | 18th | 13 December 2006[8] | |||
| Charlton Athletic | 20 December 2006 | 19th | 24 December 2006[9] | |||
| Fulham | 10 April 2007[10] | 15th | 10 April 2007 | |||
| Bolton Wanderers | Resigned | 29 April 2007[11] | 5th | 30 April 2007[12] | ||
| Newcastle United | 6 May 2007[13] | 13th | 6 May 2007 |
League table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester United (C) | 38 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 83 | 27 | +56 | 89 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Chelsea | 38 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 64 | 24 | +40 | 83 | |
| 3 | Liverpool | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 57 | 27 | +30 | 68 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Arsenal | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 63 | 35 | +28 | 68 | |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 57 | 54 | +3 | 60 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a] |
| 6 | Everton | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 52 | 36 | +16 | 58 | |
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 47 | 52 | −5 | 56 | |
| 8 | Reading | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 55 | |
| 9 | Portsmouth | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 54 | |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 52 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round[b] |
| 11 | Aston Villa | 38 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 50 | |
| 12 | Middlesbrough | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 46 | |
| 13 | Newcastle United | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 43 | |
| 14 | Manchester City | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 44 | −15 | 42 | |
| 15 | West Ham United | 38 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 35 | 59 | −24 | 41 | |
| 16 | Fulham | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 38 | 60 | −22 | 39 | |
| 17 | Wigan Athletic | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 37 | 59 | −22 | 38 | |
| 18 | Sheffield United (R) | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 55 | −23 | 38 | Relegation to Football League Championship |
| 19 | Charlton Athletic (R) | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 34 | 60 | −26 | 34 | |
| 20 | Watford (R) | 38 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 29 | 59 | −30 | 28 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ↑ Since both finalists of the FA Cup (Manchester United and Chelsea) and the League Cup winners (Chelsea) were qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup spots were given to the 6th- and 7th-placed Premier League teams.
- ↑ The highest-placed team who applied for the Intertoto Cup and not in an automatic UEFA Cup spot was awarded with a place in that competition. Blackburn Rovers occupied the Intertoto place, because Portsmouth and Reading did not apply.[14] A further place in the UEFA Cup was up for grabs via the Premiership Fair Play League. The winner is placed into a draw with the winners of Fair Play leagues in other countries. The representatives from the two countries that come out of the hat first are given a place in the UEFA Cup first qualifying round. Since the winners of the Premiership Fair Play League, Tottenham Hotspur, had already qualified for the UEFA Cup by virtue of their league position, their place in the Fair Play draw was given to Aston Villa. However, the places in the UEFA Cup were awarded to the representatives from Finland and Norway.
Results
[edit]Season statistics
[edit]Scoring
[edit]- Biggest win: 6 goals – Reading 6–0 West Ham United (1 January 2007)
- Highest scoring match: 8 goals – Arsenal 6–2 Blackburn Rovers
- First goal: Rob Hulse for Sheffield United against Liverpool (19 August 2006)
- Last goal: Harry Kewell (pen.) for Liverpool against Charlton Athletic (13 May 2007)
Overall
[edit]- Most wins: 28 – Manchester United
- Fewest wins: 5 – Watford
- Most losses: 21 – West Ham United
- Fewest losses: 3 – Chelsea
- Most goals scored: 83 – Manchester United
- Fewest goals scored: 29 – Manchester City and Watford
- Most goals conceded: 60 – Fulham and Charlton Athletic
- Fewest goals conceded: 24 – Chelsea
Home
[edit]- Most wins: 15 – Manchester United
- Fewest wins: 3 – Watford
- Most losses: 10 – Wigan Athletic
- Fewest losses: 0 – Chelsea
- Most goals scored: 46 – Manchester United
- Fewest goals scored: 10 – Manchester City
- Most goals conceded: 30 – Wigan Athletic
- Fewest goals conceded: 7 – Liverpool
Away
[edit]- Most wins: 13 – Manchester United
- Fewest wins: 1 – Fulham and Charlton Athletic
- Most losses: 14 – Sheffield United
- Fewest losses: 3 – Manchester United and Chelsea
- Most goals scored: 37 – Manchester United
- Fewest goals scored: 8 – Sheffield United
- Most goals conceded: 42 – Fulham
- Fewest goals conceded: 13 – Chelsea
Top scorers
[edit]| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chelsea | 20 | |
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | |
| 3 | Manchester United | 17 | |
| 4 | Manchester United | 14 | |
| Middlesbrough | |||
| 6 | Charlton Athletic | 13 | |
| Reading | |||
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 12 | |
| Liverpool | |||
| Middlesbrough | |||
Historic goals
[edit]15,000th goal
[edit]The Premier League expected to have the league's 15,000th goal scored at some point in the period between Christmas and New Year. The target was reached on 30 December when Moritz Volz scored for Fulham against Chelsea. Barclays, the Premiership's sponsor, donated £15,000 to the Fulham Community Sports Trust in Volz' name. Additionally, a fan who correctly predicted that Volz would score the historic goal in a contest presented the player with a special award prior to Fulham's game against Watford at Craven Cottage on 1 January.[15] The honour of scoring the 15,000th goal led to Volz being nicknamed "15,000 Volz".[citation needed]
Goalkeeper scores
[edit]On 17 March 2007, Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Paul Robinson scored against Watford from an 83-yard free kick, which bounced over his England teammate Ben Foster, who was in goal for the Hornets, leading Spurs to a 3–1 win at White Hart Lane.[16] This was the third goal scored by a goalkeeper in Premiership history. The other two were scored by Peter Schmeichel, for Aston Villa against Everton on 21 October 2001,[17] and Brad Friedel, for Blackburn Rovers against Charlton Athletic on 21 February 2004.[18] In those two cases, the teams they played for lost. Robinson became the first keeper to score for the winning team in a Premiership match.
Relegation controversy
[edit]West Ham escaped relegation on the final day of the season with a 1–0 win over Manchester United, with Carlos Tevez scoring the winner.[19] Sheffield United were relegated, along with Charlton and Watford. Tevez was subsequently found to have been ineligible to play, as he was not owned by West Ham, but by a third party. Sheffield United sued to keep their Premier League status and, when that failed, went to an FA arbitration panel seeking up to £30m compensation. The arbitration panel found in favour of Sheffield United.[20] The two clubs subsequently settled out of court for an undisclosed sum,[21] while West Ham were fined £5.5 million by the Premier League.
Awards
[edit]Monthly awards
[edit]| Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Club | Player | Club | ||
| August | Manchester United | Manchester United | [22] | ||
| September | Reading | Everton | [23] | ||
| October | Manchester United | Manchester United | [24] | ||
| November | Reading | Manchester United | [25] | ||
| December | Bolton Wanderers | Manchester United | [26] | ||
| January | Liverpool | Arsenal | [27] | ||
| February | Manchester United | Manchester United | [28] | ||
| March | Chelsea | Chelsea | [29] | ||
| April | Aston Villa | Tottenham Hotspur | [30] | ||
Annual awards
[edit]| PFA Team of the Year[31] | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||
| Defence | ||||||||||||
| Midfield | ||||||||||||
| Attack | ||||||||||||
Attendances
[edit]| # | Football club | Home games | Average attendance[32] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester United | 19 | 75,826 |
| 2 | Arsenal FC | 19 | 60,045 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 19 | 50,686 |
| 4 | Liverpool FC | 19 | 43,561 |
| 5 | Chelsea FC | 19 | 41,542 |
| 6 | Manchester City | 19 | 39,997 |
| 7 | Everton FC | 19 | 36,739 |
| 8 | Aston Villa | 19 | 36,214 |
| 9 | Tottenham Hotspur | 19 | 35,739 |
| 10 | West Ham United | 19 | 34,719 |
| 11 | Sheffield United | 19 | 30,512 |
| 12 | Middlesbrough FC | 19 | 27,730 |
| 13 | Charlton Athletic | 19 | 26,195 |
| 14 | Reading FC | 19 | 23,829 |
| 15 | Bolton Wanderers | 19 | 23,606 |
| 16 | Fulham FC | 19 | 22,279 |
| 17 | Blackburn Rovers | 19 | 21,275 |
| 18 | Portsmouth FC | 19 | 19,862 |
| 19 | Watford FC | 19 | 18,751 |
| 20 | Wigan Athletic | 19 | 18,159 |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "English Premier League 2006–07". statto.com. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ↑ "Curbishley to leave Charlton job". BBC Sport. 24 April 2006. Retrieved 1 July 2006.
- ↑ "McClaren named as England manager". BBC Sport. 4 May 2006. Retrieved 4 May 2006.
- ↑ "Southgate appointed as Boro boss". BBC Sport. 7 June 2006. Retrieved 7 June 2006.
- ↑ "O'Neill named Aston Villa manager". BBC Sport. 4 August 2006. Retrieved 4 August 2006.
- ↑ "Charlton part company with Dowie". BBC Sport. 13 November 2006. Retrieved 13 November 2006.
- ↑ "Pardew sacked as West Ham manager". BBC Sport. 11 December 2006. Retrieved 11 December 2006.
- ↑ "Curbishley named West Ham manager". BBC Sport. 13 December 2006. Retrieved 13 December 2006.
- ↑ "Pardew replaces Reed at Charlton". BBC Sport. 24 December 2006. Retrieved 24 December 2006.
- ↑ "Coleman out as Sanchez takes over Charlton". BBC Sport. 10 April 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2007.
- ↑ "Allardyce resigns as Bolton boss". BBC Sport. 29 April 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2007.
- ↑ "Lee appointed manager of Bolton". BBC Sport. 30 April 2007. Retrieved 30 April 2007.
- ↑ "Roeder resigns as Newcastle boss". BBC Sport. 6 May 2007. Retrieved 6 May 2007.
- ↑ "Spurs win may harm Rovers' Intertoto chances". Archived from the original on 20 January 2008. Retrieved 13 May 2007.
- ↑ "VOLZ SCORES 15,000TH PREMIER LEAGUE GOAL". premierleague.com. 30 December 2006. Archived from the original on 23 January 2007. Retrieved 17 May 2007.
- ↑ Lyon, Sam (17 March 2007). "Tottenham 3–1 Watford". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 May 2007.
- ↑ "Schmeichel strike in vain". BBC Sport. 20 October 2001. Retrieved 17 May 2007.
- ↑ "Charlton 3–2 Blackburn". BBC Sport. 21 February 2004. Retrieved 17 May 2007.
- ↑ Nurse, Howard (13 May 2007). "Man Utd 0-1 West Ham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ↑ Dollard, Rory (23 September 2008). "Sheffield Utd win ruling against West Ham over Tevez". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ↑ Kelso, Paul (13 March 2009). "West Ham and Sheffield United reach out-of-court settlement over Carlos Tevez affair". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ↑ "Man Utd pair win monthly awards". BBC Sport. 1 September 2026. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
- ↑ "Coppell wins manager of the month". BBC Sport. 2 October 2006. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
- ↑ "Ferguson and Scholes win awards". BBC Sport. 10 November 2006. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
- ↑ "Ronaldo is handed November award". BBC Sport. 7 December 2006. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
- ↑ "Ronaldo claims second successive award". BBC Sport. 12 January 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
- ↑ "Fabregas wins January award". BBC Sport. 9 February 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
- ↑ "Man Utd pair win February awards". BBC Sport. 2 March 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
- ↑ "Cech and Mourinho land awards". FOX Sports. 6 April 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
- ↑ "Keane & Berbatov win April award". BBC Sport. 7 May 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
- ↑ "2006–07 FA Premier League PFA Team of the Year". The Guardian. 23 April 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
- ↑ "Attendances – Archive England". european-football-statistics.co.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
External links
[edit]- 2006–07 Premier League Season at RSSSF
- Premier League 2006–07 on BBC Sport: News – Recent results Archived 13 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine – Upcoming fixtures Archived 8 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine – Live Scores – Current standings Archived 9 September 2010 at Archive-It
- Official Premier League site