2006–07 Hibernian F.C. season

October 2020 Hibernian 2006–07 Rod Petrie Tony Mowbray John Collins SPL 6th Scottish Cup Semi CIS Cup Winners Intertoto Cup R3 Killen, 13 Killen, 15 2005–06 2007–08 16747 10674 14488http://www.fitbastats.com/hibs/club_records_league_attendance.php Average Home League Game Attendances fitbastats.com 4 November 2013 (up 670) Season 2006–07 was a mixed season for Hibernian; their league form suffered from extended cup runs, and they eventually finished sixth. The reward for their cup form was a first trophy in 16 years, thrashing Kilmarnock 5–1 in the final to lift the CIS Cup. Hibs were knocked out of the Scottish Cup in a semi-final replay by Dunfermline. The season was also notable for the departure of manager Tony Mowbray, the appointment of John Collins as his replacement and a players' revolt that quickly followed the CIS Cup triumph. Pre-season The competitive football started early in 2006–07 for Hibs due to their qualification for the Intertoto Cup. They were given a bye to the second round, where they comfortably beat their first opponents Dinaburg (Latvia) 8–0 on aggregate. Hibs were eliminated from European competition on the away goals rule by Danish team OB in the third and final Intertoto Cup round. Hibs only played one friendly match in the 2006 pre-season, a 3–2 win at Easter Road against Premier League side Charlton Athletic. Results W 2 July 2006 Intertoto Cup 5–0 Hibernian Killen 38 Brown 49 Sproule 72 Murphy 75 Fletcher 85 Dinaburg Easter Road, Edinburgh 11,731 Sinisa Zrnic W 8 July 2006 Intertoto Cup 0–3 Dinaburg Hibernian Konte 18 56 Sproule 75 Celtnieks Stadium, Daugavpils 350 Petteri Kari L 15 July 2006 Intertoto Cup 1–0 Odense Sorensen 33 pen. Hibernian Fionia Park, Odense 2,341 Philippe Kalt W 22 July 2006 Intertoto Cup 2–1 Hibernian Jones 55 Dalglish 80 Odense Grahn 51 Easter Road, Edinburgh 10,640 Matteo Trefoloni W 25 July 2006 Friendly match 3–2 Hibernian Brown Brown Campbell Charlton Athletic Hasselbaink Walker Easter Road, Edinburgh Calum Murray League season thumb|right|John Collins is introduced as the new Hibs manager by Hibs chairman Rod Petrie at a news conference on 31 October 2006. Hibs got off to a slow start in the new league season, taking eleven points from the first nine matches. The highlight of the early part of the league season was a 2–1 win over Rangers on 17 September, but this was then followed with two disappointing losses against Falkirk and St Mirren, both by 1–0. On 7 September 2006, the management team of Tony Mowbray and Mark Venus signed new 12-month rolling contracts that were due to come into force in July 2007. A month later, however, Mowbray left the club to become manager of West Bromwich Albion. Venus took charge of the team for their next game, an Edinburgh derby, but followed Mowbray to West Bromwich in the following week. John Park and Mark Proctor took charge of two games on a caretaker basis,Park wants to stay at Hibernian, BBC Sport, 23 October 2006. before John Collins was appointed as manager, with Tommy Craig as his assistant. Mark Proctor became the reserve team coach before taking the manager's job at Livingston,Proctor takes over at Livingston, BBC Sport, 22 May 2007. while John Park returned to his "behind the scenes" role before taking a similar post at Celtic.Hibs lose youth chief to Celtic, BBC Sport, 23 January 2007. Before Collins took over as manager, Hibs had gone through a particularly inconsistent start to the league campaign. They were capable of beating Rangers and causing problems for every team in the league, but were also capable of losing to "lesser" sides, including St Mirren and Falkirk. In the period immediately after Collins took over, Hibs' league form improved somewhat, meaning that they clinched a place in the "top six" of the SPL with three games to spare. After that, however, Hibs didn't win another game until they beat a shadow Celtic side on the final day. During this winless run, reports emerged in the media of a dispute between Collins and many of the Hibs players.Hibs Revolt http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/tm_headline=hibs-revolt%26method=full%26objectid=18879262%26siteid=66633-name_page.html Trinity Mirror Daily Record 2007-04-09 2007-06-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20070425042126/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/tm_headline%3Dhibs-revolt%26method%3Dfull%26objectid%3D18879262%26siteid%3D66633-name_page.html 25 April 2007 live The players strongly criticised the manager for constantly chopping and changing the team and formation. Reports claimed that almost all of the first team players went to chairman Rod Petrie hoping to get Collins replaced. Col: I won't walk away http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/tm_headline=col--i-won-t-walk-away%26method=full%26objectid=18892539%26siteid=66633-name_page.html Trinity Mirror Daily Record 2007-04-12 2007-06-05 The period of unrest was apparently quelled when club captain Rob Jones made a statement on behalf of the squad apologising "to the management, supporters and board of the club for any distress or embarrassment that has been caused". Hibs players apologise to Collins https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/6560587.stm BBC BBC Sport 2007-04-16 2007-06-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20070525193726/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/6560587.stm 25 May 2007 live Results D 29 July 2006 SPL 1–1 Hibernian Shiels 31 Aberdeen Crawford 19 Easter Road, Edinburgh 15,046 Stuart Dougal L 5 August 2006 SPL 2–1 Kilmarnock Nish 48 Naismith 72 Hibernian Shiels 31 Rugby Park, Kilmarnock 6,299 Mike McCurry D 12 August 2006 SPL 0–0 Inverness CT Hibernian Caledonian Stadium, Inverness 4,623 Iain Brines W 19 August 2006 SPL 3–1 Hibernian Benjelloun 30 Brown 65 Jones 82 Motherwell McDonald 90 Easter Road, Edinburgh 13,274 Dougie McDonald L 26 August 2006 SPL 2–1 Celtic Zurawski 62 Vennegoor of Hesselink 66 Hibernian Brown 8 Celtic Park, Glasgow 58,078 Charlie Richmond W 10 September 2006 SPL 0–3 Dundee United Hibernian Killen 52 Shiels 81 Sproule 90 Tannadice Park, Dundee 6,387 Craig Thomson W 17 September 2006 SPL 2–1 Hibernian Killen 8 81 Rangers Sebo 65 Easter Road, Edinburgh 16,450 John Underhill L 23 September 2006 SPL 0–1 Hibernian Falkirk Milne 9 Easter Road, Edinburgh 14,828 Alan Freeland L 30 September 2006 SPL 1–0 St Mirren van Zanten 39 Hibernian Love Street, Paisley 6,008 Stuart Dougal D 15 October 2006 SPL 2–2 Hibernian Zemmama 5 Killen 16 Heart of Midlothian Velicka 28 72 Easter Road, Edinburgh 16,623 Charlie Richmond W 23 October 2006 SPL 0–4 Dunfermline Athletic Hibernian Sproule 44 Killen 62 90 Benjelloun 89 East End Park, Dunfermline 6,057 Mike McCurry L 30 October 2006 SPL 2–1 Aberdeen Miller 56 Severin 90 Hibernian Killen 47 Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen 11,179 Kenny Clark D 4 November 2006 SPL 2–2 Hibernian Stewart 53 Fletcher 57 Kilmarnock Martis 48 o.g. Naismith 65 Easter Road, Edinburgh 13,510 Charlie Richmond W 11 November 2006 SPL 2–0 Hibernian Fletcher 65 Killen 83 pen. Inverness CT Easter Road, Edinburgh 12,868 John Underhill W 18 November 2006 SPL 1–6 Motherwell McGarry 83 Hibernian Brown 10 Killen 25 Sproule 29 40 Jones 73 Shiels 90 Fir Park, Motherwell 6,190 Iain Brines D 26 November 2006 SPL 2–2 Hibernian Sproule 12 Thomson 63 Celtic Sno 70 McGeady 74 Easter Road, Edinburgh 16,747 Mike McCurry W 2 December 2006 SPL 2–1 Hibernian Jones 45 Fletcher 73 Dundee United Martis 24 o.g. Easter Road, Edinburgh 14,032 Steve Conroy L 9 December 2006 SPL 3–0 Rangers Prso 16 Sionko 32 Ferguson 36 Hibernian Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow 49,708 Iain Brines L 16 December 2006 SPL 2–1 Falkirk Martis 14 o.g. Craig 21 Hibernian Fletcher 56 Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk 6,142 Charlie Richmond W 23 December 2006 SPL 5–1 Hibernian Beuzelin 21 Killen 32 Shiels 58 Zemmama 65 Benjelloun 74 St Mirren Sutton 41 Easter Road, Edinburgh 13,053 Craig Thomson L 26 December 2006 SPL 3–2 Heart of Midlothian Hartley 2 Jankauskas 49 Mikoliunas 70 Hibernian Killen 55 Shiels 61 pen. Tynecastle, Edinburgh 17,369 Mike McCurry W 30 December 2006 SPL 2–0 Hibernian Killen 63 72 pen. Dunfermline Athletic Easter Road, Edinburgh 14,061 Iain Brines D 2 January 2007 SPL 0–0 Hibernian Aberdeen Easter Road, Edinburgh 16,278 Brian Winter W 15 January 2007 SPL 0–2 Kilmarnock Hibernian Sproule 51 Fletcher 87 Rugby Park, Kilmarnock 4,963 Charlie Richmond L 21 January 2007 SPL 3–0 Inverness CT Dargo 20 McBain 30 Wilson 42 Hibernian Caledonian Stadium, Inverness 4,577 William Collum W 27 January 2007 SPL 2–0 Hibernian Brown 66 Benjelloun 90 Motherwell Easter Road, Edinburgh 14,280 Mike McCurry L 10 February 2007 SPL 1–0 Celtic Beattie 54 Hibernian Celtic Park, Glasgow 59,659 Stuart Dougal D 18 February 2007 SPL 0–0 Dundee United Hibernian Tannadice Park, Dundee 6,453 Kenny Clark L 4 March 2007 SPL 0–2 Hibernian Rangers Adam 4 60 Easter Road, Edinburgh 16,265 Charlie Richmond W 10 March 2007 SPL 2–0 Hibernian Benjelloun 52 74 Falkirk Easter Road, Edinburgh 12,572 Craig Thomson L 1 April 2007 SPL 0–1 Hibernian Heart of Midlothian Zaliukas 81 Easter Road, Edinburgh 15,953 Kenny Clark D 4 April 2007 SPL 1–1 St Mirren Sutton 89 Hibernian Jones 20 Love Street, Paisley 4,031 Iain Brines L 7 April 2007 SPL 1–0 Dunfermline Athletic McGuire 84 Hibernian East End Park, Dunfermline 6,001 Craig Mackay D 21 April 2007 SPL 2–2 Aberdeen Anderson 25 Foster 80 Hibernian Gray 19 Shiels 44 Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen 9,753 Stuart Dougal D 28 April 2007 SPL 3–3 Hibernian Fletcher 20 McCann 45 Whittaker 62 Rangers Adam 24 78 Hutton 54 Easter Road, Edinburgh 16,747 Charlie Richmond L 5 May 2007 SPL 0–1 Hibernian Kilmarnock Nish 49 Easter Road, Edinburgh 10,674 David Somers L 12 May 2007 SPL 2–0 Heart of Midlothian Pospisil 1 Driver 23 Hibernian Tynecastle, Edinburgh 17,349 Stuart Dougal W 20 May 2007 SPL 2–1 Hibernian Brown 60 Sproule 90 Celtic Riordan 56 Easter Road, Edinburgh 13,885 Iain Brines Final table HIB Scottish League Cup 2007 Scottish League Cup Final right|thumb|The CIS Cup is paraded. 18 March 2007 Hibs advanced to the League Cup quarter finals under Tony Mowbray due to two straightforward wins over lower division opposition (4–0 v Peterhead and 6–0 v Gretna). Following John Collins' appointment as manager, the team defeated Hearts 1–0 in the quarter-final and St Johnstone 3–1 after extra time in the semi-final at Tynecastle. On 18 March 2007, Hibs beat Kilmarnock 5–1 at Hampden Park to win the League Cup for the third time in their history. This was the first major trophy that Hibs had won in 16 years; the previous trophy win being the 1991–92 League Cup competition. Results W 22 August 2006 Scottish League Cup 4–0 Hibernian Good 7 o.g. Benjelloun 32 Brown 52 McCluskey 66 pen. Peterhead Easter Road, Edinburgh 5,500 Chris Boyle W 20 September 2006 Scottish League Cup 6–0 Hibernian Fletcher 11 Brown 18 Jones 20 Shiels 24 63 Benjelloun 72 Gretna Easter Road, Edinburgh 11,075 Craig Thomson W 8 November 2006 Scottish League Cup 1–0 Hibernian Jones 32 Heart of Midlothian Easter Road, Edinburgh 15,825 Calum Murray W 31 January 2007 Scottish League Cup 1–3 y St Johnstone Scotland 76 Hibernian Fletcher 3 Murphy 92 Benjelloun 120 Tynecastle, Edinburgh 16,112 Craig Thomson W 18 March 2007 Scottish League Cup 1–5 Kilmarnock Greer 77 Hibernian Jones 28 Benjelloun 59 85 Fletcher 66 87 Hampden Park, Glasgow 52,000 Dougie McDonald Scottish Cup thumb|Hibs faced Queen of the South in the 2007 Scottish Cup quarter-final. Hibs started their Scottish Cup campaign with a difficult tie away to Aberdeen, where they drew 2–2. In the replay, Hibs produced one of their best performances of the season to win 4–1 despite conceding the first goal of the game. In the next round Hibs comfortably beat Gretna, who they had already hammered in the Scottish League Cup, by 3–1. Hibs were then drawn away to Queen of the South, where they won 2–1 thanks to a free kick by David Murphy. The semi-final with Dunfermline Athletic on 15 April was overshadowed by the player revolt which had immediately preceded it. The match was drawn 0–0 and the tie was replayed on 24 April. Hibs lost the replay 1–0 to a late Panenka penalty by Jim McIntyre. Results D 10 January 2007 Scottish Cup 2–2 Aberdeen Brewster 58 Nicholson 89 Hibernian Sproule 43 Killen 73 Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen 7,905 Craig Thomson W 18 January 2007 Scottish Cup 4–1 Hibernian Fletcher 13 Stewart 45 Benjelloun 47 56 Aberdeen Nicholson 10 Easter Road, Edinburgh 11,375 Craig Thomson W 3 February 2007 Scottish Cup 3–1 Hibernian Jones 28 Fleming 54 o.g. Benjelloun 59 Gretna Berkeley 80 Easter Road, Edinburgh 14,075 Iain Brines W 24 February 2007 Scottish Cup 1–2 Queen of the South O'Neill 48 Hibernian Murphy 45 Sowunmi 51 Palmerston Park, Dumfries 6,400 Stuart Dougal D 15 April 2007 Scottish Cup 0–0 Hibernian Dunfermline Athletic Hampden Park, Glasgow 25,336 Craig Thomson L 24 April 2007 Scottish Cup 1–0 Dunfermline Athletic McIntyre 88 pen. Hibernian Hampden Park, Glasgow 8,536 Craig Thomson Transfers left FFFFFF 1A732F FFFFFF 1A732F 1A732F Hibernian home kit (2006–07) right 1A732F 1A732F 1A732F 1A732F 1A732F Hibernian away kit (2006–07) Before the season started, Tony Mowbray made some significant changes to the Hibs squad. He brought in two new central defenders (Rob Jones and Shelton Martis) to replace the departing Gary Smith and Gary Caldwell. Derek Riordan had also left the club, but Merouane Zemmama was brought in to provide more creativity. Top goalscorer Chris Killen had a prolific season for the Hibees, but it was cut short by an Achilles injury suffered while playing Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup. With Killen out for the rest of the season, John Collins signed Thomas Sowunmi, a 28-year-old Hungarian international striker, on a six-month contract as cover. Former Hibs striker Tam McManus, released by Falkirk in the January transfer window, was offered a trial period but did not earn a full contract and later signed for Dunfermline Athletic. The most high-profile transfer activity during the season involved Kevin Thomson and Scott Brown. Speculation persisted that both would be sold during the January transfer window, despite Collins' insistence otherwise. Thomson eventually departed to Rangers, for a reported fee of £2M, on the transfer window's final day. Brown was eventually sold to Celtic at the end of the season for a record transfer fee between Scottish clubs of £4.4 million. Players in PlayerFromFeeNetherlands Antilles Shelton Martis Darlington FreeHungary Thomas Sowunmi Ferencváros FreeEngland Rob Jones Grimsby Town £100,000Morocco Merouane Zemmama Raja Casablanca Free Players out PlayerToFeeSCO Gary Smith Cowdenbeath FreeSCO Paul Dalglish Houston Dynamo FreeEngland Antonio Murray Histon FreeMali Amadou Konte Messiniakos FreeSCO Derek Riordan Celtic £150,000SCO Gary Caldwell Celtic FreeSCO Kevin Thomson Rangers £2,000,000 Loans in Loans out PlayerToPoland Zbigniew Małkowski GretnaENG Kevin McDonald Airdrie UnitedSCO Alistair Brown Ayr UnitedSCO Jay Shields DundeeSCO Stephen Glass Dunfermline AthleticNorthern Ireland Sam Morrow Partick Thistle Young players Some younger players in the Hibs squad developed significantly during the season, particularly Abdessalam Benjelloun. 'Benji' gained a reputation as a 'supersub', scoring important goals in the Scottish Cup ties against Aberdeen and Gretna, the CIS Cup Semi Final against St Johnstone, and two goals in the CIS Cup Final victory. Steven Fletcher also scored two goals in the CIS Cup Final and one goal in the CIS Cup Semi Final. Several youngsters were given their first opportunities in the Hibs first team by John Collins. These included 20-year-old goalkeeper Andrew McNeil, 19-year-old right back Kevin McCann and 18-year-old left back / midfielder Lewis Stevenson. Midfielder Sean Lynch made his debut aged 20 against Gretna and then followed that up by keeping his place in the starting line up against Celtic at Parkhead.http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/football_player_profile.cfm?page=456&playerID=33126&squadID=7 Sean Lynch - U20 Squad Scottish Football Association 23 January 2011 Ross Campbell, Dermot McCaffrey, Ross Chisholm and Damon Gray (who scored on his league debut at Pittodrie) also featured. Some of these opportunities were because Collins has had to balance a relatively small squad with a heavy workload due to the two extended cup runs, but most of the young players performed creditably. Player stats During the 2007–08 season, Hibs used 32 different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.http://www.soccerbase.com/squad_season.sd?teamid=1227 Hibernian 2006–07 player appearances Soccerbase 2008-11-24 SPL Scottish Cup League Cup Intertoto Cup Simon Brown GK England 4 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 Zibi Malkowski GK Poland 19 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 Andrew McNeil GK Scotland 15 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 Chris Hogg DF England 15 0 4 0 1 0 4 0 Rob Jones DF England 34 4 6 1 5 3 4 1 Oumar Kondé DF Switzerland 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shelton Martis DF Netherlands Antilles 27 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 Dermot McCaffrey DF Northern Ireland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kevin McCann DF Scotland 8 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 David Murphy DF England 33 0 5 1 5 1 4 1 Jay Shields DF Scotland 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Steven Whittaker DF Scotland 35 1 6 0 4 0 4 0 Guillaume Beuzelin MF France 25 1 6 0 3 0 0 0 Scott Brown MF Scotland 30 5 5 0 5 2 2 1 Ross Chisholm MF Scotland 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Stephen Glass MF Scotland 10 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 Sean Lynch MF Scotland 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Jamie McCluskey MF Scotland 5 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 Dean Shiels MF Northern Ireland 23 7 4 0 3 2 3 0 Ivan Sproule MF Northern Ireland 32 7 6 1 4 0 4 2 Lewis Stevenson MF Scotland 16 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 Michael Stewart MF Scotland 29 1 3 1 3 0 4 0 Kevin Thomson MF Scotland 23 1 1 0 3 0 4 0 Merouane Zemmama MF Morocco 23 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 Abdessalam Benjelloun FW Morocco 33 6 6 3 5 5 1 0 Ross Campbell FW Scotland 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Paul Dalglish FW Scotland 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 Steven Fletcher FW Scotland 31 6 5 1 5 4 3 1 Damon Gray FW England 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Chris Killen FW New Zealand 18 13 1 1 2 0 3 1 Amadou Konte FW Mali 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 Thomas Sowunmi FW Hungary 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 |} See also List of Hibernian F.C. seasons Notes 30em External links First Team Fixtures 2006–07, Hibernian official site Hibernian 2006–07 results and fixtures, Soccerbase Category:Hibernian F.C. seasons Hibernian