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2006–07 Football League
108th season of the Football League
108th season of the Football League
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | The Football League |
| season | [2006–07](2006-07-in-english-football) |
| winners | Sunderland A.F.C. |
| promoted | Sunderland A.F.C. |
| Birmingham City F.C. | |
| Derby County F.C. | |
| relegated | Boston United |
| Torquay United | |
| continentalcup1 | New Clubs in League |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | Accrington Stanley |
| Hereford United | |
| prevseason | [2005–06](2005-06-football-league) |
| nextseason | [2007–08](2007-08-football-league) |
Birmingham City F.C. Derby County F.C. Torquay United Hereford United 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
Promoted from Conference National
- Accrington Stanley (champions)
- Hereford United (playoff winners)
Relegated from the Premier League
- Birmingham City (18th)
- West Bromwich Albion (19th)
- Sunderland (20th)
Final league tables and results
The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website, with home and away statistics separated. Play-off results are from the same website.
Championship
Main article: 2006–07 Football League Championship
Birmingham City Luton Town, Southend United
Birmingham Barnsley Burnley Cardiff City Coventry Colchester Crystal Palace Derby County Hull Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester C. Luton Town Norwich C. Plymouth Argyle Preston North End QPR Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Southend Stoke Sunderland West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers
Play-offs
Main article: 2007 Football League play-offs#Championship
1st leg – 12/13 May; 2nd leg – 15/16 May 2007 28 May 2007 | RD1-seed1=3rd | RD1-team1=Derby County (pen.) | RD1-score1-1=2 | RD1-score1-2=2 | RD1-score1-agg=4 (4) | RD1-seed2=6th | RD1-team2=Southampton | RD1-score2-1=1 | RD1-score2-2=3 | RD1-score2-agg=4 (3) | RD1-seed3=4th | RD1-team3=West Bromwich Albion | RD1-score3-1=3 | RD1-score3-2=1 | RD1-score3-agg=4 | RD1-seed4=5th | RD1-team4= Wolverhampton Wanderers | RD1-score4-1=2 | RD1-score4-2=0 | RD1-score4-agg=2 | RD2-seed1=3rd | RD2-team1=Derby County | RD2-score1=1 | RD2-seed2=4th | RD2-team2=West Bromwich Albion | RD2-score2=0
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| **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
Bristol City Brentford, Chesterfield, Rotherham United Scunthorpe United (27 January – 3 March 2007)
|win_B&HA=14|draw_B&HA=11|loss_B&HA=21|gf_B&HA=49|ga_B&HA=58
AFC Bournemouth Blackpool Bradford City Brentford Brighton & Hove Bristol City Carlisle United Cheltenham Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Gillingham Huddersfield Leyton Orient Millwall Northampton Town Nottingham Forest Oldham Port Vale Rotherham Scunthorpe United Swansea City Tranmere Yeovil Town
Play-offs
Main article: 2007 Football League play-offs#League One
1st leg – 11/13 May; 2nd leg – 18/19 May 2007 27 May 2007 | RD1-seed1=3rd | RD1-team1=**Blackpool ** | RD1-score1-1=2 | RD1-score1-2=3 | RD1-score1-agg=5 | RD1-seed2=6th | RD1-team2=Oldham Athletic | RD1-score2-1=1 | RD1-score2-2=1 | RD1-score2-agg=2 | RD1-seed3=4th | RD1-team3=Nottingham Forest | RD1-score3-1=2 | RD1-score3-2=2 | RD1-score3-agg=4 | RD1-seed4=5th | RD1-team4=**Yeovil Town ** | RD1-score4-1=0 | RD1-score4-2=5 | RD1-score4-agg=5 | RD2-seed1=3rd | RD2-team1=**Blackpool ** | RD2-score1=2 | RD2-seed2=5th | RD2-team2=Yeovil Town | RD2-score2=0
Top scorers
| 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
|match_BOU_B&HA=1–0 |match_BLP_B&HA=0–0
|match_BRA_B&HA=2–3
|match_BRE_B&HA=1–0
|name_B&HA=Brighton & Hove Albion |match_B&HA_BLP=0–3 |match_B&HA_BOU=2–2 |match_B&HA_BRA=0–1 |match_B&HA_BRE=2–2 |match_B&HA_BRI=0–2 |match_B&HA_CRL=1–2 |match_B&HA_CHL=2–1 |match_B&HA_CHF=1–2 |match_B&HA_CRE=1–4 |match_B&HA_DON=0–2 |match_B&HA_GIL=1–0 |match_B&HA_HUD=0–0 |match_B&HA_LEY=4–1 |match_B&HA_MIL=0–1 |match_B&HA_NOR=1–1 |match_B&HA_NOT=2–1 |match_B&HA_OLD=1–2 |match_B&HA_PTV=0–0 |match_B&HA_ROT=0–0 |match_B&HA_SCU=1–1 |match_B&HA_SWA=3–2 |match_B&HA_TRA=0–1 |match_B&HA_YEO=1–3
|match_BRI_B&HA=1–0
|match_CRL_B&HA=3–1
|match_CHL_B&HA=1–1
|match_CHF_B&HA=0–1
|match_CRE_B&HA=1–1
|match_DON_B&HA=1–0
|match_GIL_B&HA=0–1
|match_HUD_B&HA=0–3
|match_LEY_B&HA=1–4
|match_MIL_B&HA=0–1
|match_NOR_B&HA=0–2
|match_NOT_B&HA=2–1
|match_OLD_B&HA=1–1
|match_PTV_B&HA=2–1
|match_ROT_B&HA=0–1
|match_SCU_B&HA=1–2
|match_SWA_B&HA=2–1
|match_TRA_B&HA=2–1
|match_YEO_B&HA=2–0
League Two
Hartlepool United, Swindon Town Torquay United Hereford United Izale McLeod (Milton Keynes Dons), 21
Accrington Stanley Barnet Boston United Bristol Rovers Bury Chester City Darlington Grimsby Town Hartlepool Hereford United Lincoln City Macclesfield Mansfield Milton Keynes Notts County Peterborough Rochdale Shrewsbury Stockport Swindon Torquay Walsall Wrexham Wycombe
Play-offs
Main article: 2007 Football League play-offs#League Two
1st leg – 12/14 May; 2nd leg – 17/18 May 2007 26 May 2007 | RD1-seed1=4th | RD1-team1= Milton Keynes Dons | RD1-score1-1=0 | RD1-score1-2=1 | RD1-score1-agg=1 | RD1-seed2=7th | RD1-team2=**Shrewsbury ** | RD1-score2-1=0 | RD1-score2-2=2 | RD1-score2-agg=2 | RD1-seed3=5th | RD1-team3=Lincoln City | RD1-score3-1=1 | RD1-score3-2=3 | RD1-score3-agg=4 | RD1-seed4=6th | RD1-team4=**Bristol Rovers ** | RD1-score4-1=2 | RD1-score4-2=5 | RD1-score4-agg=7 | RD2-seed1=6th | RD2-team1=**Bristol Rovers ** | RD2-score1=3 | RD2-seed2=7th | RD2-team2=Shrewsbury | RD2-score2=1
Top scorers
| 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 |
References
References
- "England 2006–07".
- "English League Leading Goalscorers".
- [https://archive.today/20120715180256/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/scorers/_/league/eng.2/year/2006/english-league-championshipcc=5739 soccernet.espn.go.com]
- Ornstein, David. (27 May 2007). "League One play-off final: Yeovil 0 – 2 Blackpool". The Guardian.
- [https://archive.today/20120714133300/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/scorers/_/league/eng.3/year/2006/english-league-onecc=5739 soccernet.espn.go.com]
- [https://archive.today/20120722225053/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/scorers/_/league/ENG.4/year/2006/english-league-twocc=5739 soccernet.espn.go.com]
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