2006–07 Manchester City F.C. season

English football club season March 2012 September 2020 Manchester City 2006–07 Publicly traded company John Wardle Stuart Pearce City of Manchester Stadium FA Premier League 14th FA Cup Quarter-final League Cup Second round Joey Barton (6 goals) Joey Barton (7 goals) 47,244 (vs. Manchester United, 5 May 2007) 25,621 (vs. Sheffield Wednesday, 16 January 2007) 39,997 _mcfc_home_2006-07 _mcfc_home_2006-07 _mcfc_home_2006-07 _mcfc_home_2006-07 _mcfc_home_2006-07 _mcfc_away_2006-07 _mcfc_away_2006-07 _mcfc_away_2006-07 _mcfc_away_2006-07 _mcfc_away_2006-07 _mancity30506 _mancity30506 _mancity30506 _mcfc_third_2006-07 _mcfc_third_2006-07 f7fc1b f7fc1b f7fc1b 000000 000000 2005–06 2007–08 + Results summary – all competitions WinsDrawsLossesWin %Home7 6 8 33.3%Away7 4 1230.4%Both14102031.8% + Results summary – Premier League WinsDrawsLossesWin %Home5 6 8 26.3%Away6 3 1031.6%Both119 1828.9% The 2006–07 season was Manchester City Football Club's fifth consecutive season playing in the FA Premier League, the top division of English football, and its tenth season since the Premier League was first created with Manchester City as one of its original 22 founding member clubs. Overall, it was the team's 115th season playing in a division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight. The season was an upset in the premier league seeing as they finished 14th (as seen in the chart below). Season review The 2006–07 season proved tough for club which skirmished with relegation from the Premier League and ended up finishing in 14th position.Hughes defends under-fire Pearce http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/6441009.stm BBC Sport 12 March 2007 23 February 2008 The club were again eliminated from the League Cup by a League One team, this time by Chesterfield early on in the season.The failure of Manchester City FC https://linkdabet.com/ Ben Thatcher's elbow challenge on Pedro Mendes whilst playing Portsmouth shocked many – a challenge which prompted City to take unprecedented action and banned Thatcher for six matches by the club and a six weeks fine. Pearce called the challenge "indefensible"Mendes shocked by Thatcher foul http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/5284422.stm BBC Sport 25 August 2006 23 October 2010 and the Football Association banned Thatcher for a further eight matches. The side also scored just ten goals at home in the league, and none after New Years Day in 2007, a record low in top-flight English football.Man City sacking https://web.archive.org/web/20070516040516/http://www.football365.com/story/0%2C17033%2C8652_2126758%2C00.html 16 May 2007 : Football365.com website. Retrieved 14 May 2007 In December 2006, the club issued a statement regarding a possible takeover,Manchester City plc – Statement re Possible Offer PLUS Markets Group http://www.plusmarketsgroup.com/story.shtml?ISIN=GB0005599336&NewsID=23836 30 April 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070522215827/http://www.plusmarketsgroup.com/story.shtml?ISIN=GB0005599336&NewsID=23836 22 May 2007 dead and on 21 June, the Manchester City board accepted an £81.6 million offer for the club from former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6277502.stm Thaksin completes Man City buyout BBC Sport 6 July 2007 6 July 2007 One of his first moves was to schedule a press conference to announce former-England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson as his new manager – Eriksson's first job since leaving international duty.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/6241052.stm Eriksson named as Man City boss BBC Sport 6 July 2007 6 July 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070709191704/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/6241052.stm 9 July 2007 live Team kit For this season, the shirt sponsor for all of the club's kits continued to be the previous season's sponsor, Thomas Cook, while the team kits were produced by the previous season's supplier, Reebok. none center _mcfc_home_2006-07 _mcfc_home_2006-07 _mcfc_home_2006-07 _mcfc_home_2006-07 _mcfc_home_2006-07 Home none center _mcfc_away_2006-07 _mcfc_away_2006-07 _mcfc_away_2006-07 _mcfc_away_2006-07 _mcfc_away_2006-07 Away none center _mcfc_away_2006-07 _mcfc_away_2006-07 _mcfc_away_2006-07 _band_black 000000 000000 000000 FFFFFF FFFFFF Away alternate _mancity30506 _mancity30506 _mancity30506 _mcfc_third_2006-07 _mcfc_third_2006-07 f7fc1b f7fc1b f7fc1b 000000 000000 Third none center _blackshoulders _blackshoulders dcdcdc 000000 dcdcdc dcdcdc 000000 Goalkeeper strip 1 (v1) none center _blackshoulders _blackshoulders dcdcdc 000000 dcdcdc 2e2e2e ffffff Goalkeeper strip 1 (v2) none center _blackshoulders _blackshoulders dcdcdc 000000 dcdcdc dcdcdc ffffff Goalkeeper strip 1 (v3) none center _blacklower _blackcollar _blacklower dcdcdc dcdcdc dcdcdc 000000 dcdcdc Goalkeeper strip 2 none center _blacklower _whitecollar _blacklower 7fff00 7fff00 7fff00 7fff00 7fff00 Goalkeeper strip 3 (v1) none center _blacklower _whitecollar _blacklower 7fff00 7fff00 7fff00 ffffff 7fff00 Goalkeeper strip 3 (v2) none center _blacklower _whitecollar _blacklower 7fff00 7fff00 7fff00 ffffff ffffff Goalkeeper strip 3 (v3) November 2010 Historical league performance Prior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart – which commences with the last season (1991–92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed). Friendly games This season not all of the team's friendly games were played during the preparatory run-in to the official start of the new league campaign, with a couple of friendly games taking place during the course of the active season. The first of these games was perhaps just a "belated pre-season friendly" that was played with the season still only nine days old, while the other one against Blackpool in February was more of a mutually arranged scrimmage behind closed doors, with one of its intended purposes being to provide a "friendly competitive" tryout for the 28-year-old Belgian international striker, Émile Mpenza, who at the time the Manchester club was considering signing. This impromptu scrimmage served as a key part of Mpenza's brief trial with City and saw him perform well enough, with his scoring of the second goal in the 3–0 win, that he was subsequently signed by City two days later (his unattached free agent status permitting him to be signed outside of the January transfer window). The extemporaneous Valentine's Day friendly also gave some City players in need of match fitness, such as Didi Hamann and Stephen Jordan, a chance to get a full 90 minutes of play under their belts. Pre-season T f7f7f7 19 July 2006 19:45 BST Wrexham WAL 3–3 MCFC report ENG Manchester City Llewellyn 35 Done 59 Distin 82 o.g. 6 Miller 52, 65 Samaras Wrexham, Wales Racecourse Ground 3,588 Mike Jones W f7f7f7 22 July 2006 15:00 BST Rochdale ENG 2–3 MCFC report ENG Manchester City Lambert 4 Brown 12 43 Samaras 60 pen. Barton 64 pen. Dickov Rochdale, England Spotland 5,963 W f7f7f7 26 July 2006 19:45 BST Port Vale ENG 0–3 MCFC report ENG Manchester City 8 31 40 Barton Burslem, England Vale Park 3,769 W f7f7f7 29 July 2006 15:00 BST Bradford City ENG 0–1 MCFC report ENG Manchester City 7 Reyna Bradford, England Valley Parade 3,172 Anthony Taylor W f7f7f7 4 August 2006 20:30 BST Shanghai Shenhua China 0–1 MCFC report ENG Manchester City Du Wei 18 Barton 35 Samaras 53 2 78 Thatcher Shanghai, China Hongkou Stadium L f7f7f7 6 August 2006 11:15 BST Kashima Antlers Japan 4–3 MCFC report ENG Manchester City Iwamasa 10 Motoyama 39 Chumbinho 61 Pashiro 68 30 Sibierski 64 Samaras 72 Barton Shanghai, China Hongkou Stadium Thomas Cook Trophy L f7f7f7 12 August 2006 15:00 BST Manchester City ENG 0–1 MCFC report M.E.N. report Portugal Porto 43 Adriano Manchester, England City of Manchester Stadium 20,375 Andre Marriner (England) Mid-season W f7f7f7 29 August 2006 19:45 BST Ballymena United NIR 1–3 BUFC report ENG Manchester City Haveron 40 14 Sibierski 83 Corradi 90 D. Mills Ballymena, Northern Ireland The Showgrounds 5,000 Michael Ross (Carrickfergus) W f7f7f7 14 February 2007 19:45 GMT Blackpool ENG 0–3 Report (404 error) ENG Manchester City 40 Sturridge 48 Mpenza 75 Johnson Blackpool, England Bloomfield Road Competitive games Premier League 2006–07 FA Premier League Position in final standings MCI Results summary 5 6 8 10 16 6 3 10 19 28 13 May 2007 (end of season) Premier League results 2006–07 November 2010 Points breakdown Points at home: 21 Points away from home: 21 Points against "Big Four" teams: 4 Points against promoted teams: 6 6 points: Fulham, Middlesbrough, West Ham United 4 points: Everton, Newcastle United, Sheffield United 3 points: Arsenal, Aston Villa 2 points: Watford 1 point: Bolton Wanderers, Charlton Athletic, Liverpool, Portsmouth 0 points: Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Manchester United, Reading, Tottenham Hotspur, Wigan Athletic Biggest & smallest Biggest home wins: 3–1 vs. Fulham, 18 November 2006 000000000000000002–0 vs. West Ham United, 23 September 2006 Biggest home defeat: 0–3 vs. Blackburn Rovers, 20 January 2007 Biggest away wins: 1–3 vs. Aston Villa, 29 November 2006 & vs. Fulham, 9 April 2007 0000000000000000 0–2 vs. Middlesbrough, 17 March 2007 Biggest away defeat: 4–0 vs. Wigan Athletic, 21 October 2006 Biggest home attendance: 47,244 vs. Manchester United, 5 May 2007 Smallest home attendance: 35,776 vs. Fulham, 18 November 2006 Biggest away attendance: 75,858 vs. Manchester United, 9 December 2006 Smallest away attendance: 16,235 vs. Wigan Athletic, 21 October 2006 Results by round table b Round Ground A /H /H /A /A /H /A /H /A /H /A /H /H /A /A /H /A /H /H /A /A /H /A /H /H /A /H /H /A /A /H /A /H /A /A /H /H /A Result L /D /W /L /L /W /D /D /L /W /L /D /W /L /W /D /L /L /L /W /W /W /D /L /L /L /L /L /W /W /D /W /D /L /D /L /L /L Position 19/17/8/11/17/12/11/11/12/13/14/14/12/14/12/10/12/13/15/13/10/10/10/13/15/16/17/17/15/13/12/12/12/12/12/13/14/14 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd green1 blue1 red1 13 May 2007 (end of season) 2006–07 Premier League results November 2010 Individual match reports L 20 August 2006 16:00 Chelsea 3–0 Report Manchester City Terry 11Lampard 26Essien 63Drogba 78 Dabo 15Corradi 2 49 63Dickov 71 Stamford BridgeLondon 41,953 Steve Bennett D 23 August 2006 19:45 Manchester City 0–0 Report Portsmouth City of Manchester StadiumManchester 37,214 Dermot Gallagher W 26 August 2006 17:15 Manchester City 1–0 Report Arsenal Barton 41 City of Manchester StadiumManchester 40,699 Uriah Rennie L 11 September 2006 20:00 Reading 1–0 Report Manchester City Ingimarsson 23 Distin 22Reyna 52Sinclair 54Dabo 0 80Barton 90+1 Madejski StadiumReading 24,092 Howard Webb L 17 September 2006 15:00 Blackburn Rovers 4–2 Report Manchester City Sinclair 18 o.g.Pedersen 43McCarthy 66Gallagher 89 Barton 38Ooijer 44 o.g. Ewood ParkBlackburn 18,403 Martin Atkinson W 23 September 2006 15:00 Manchester City 2–0 Report West Ham United Samaras 50 63 City of Manchester StadiumManchester 41,073 Chris Foy D 30 September 2006 15:00 Everton 1–1 Report Manchester City Johnson 44 Richards 90+4 Goodison ParkLiverpool 38,250 Andre Marriner D 14 October 2006 15:00 Manchester City 0–0 Report Sheffield United City of Manchester StadiumManchester 42,192 Mike Dean L 21 October 2006 12:45 Wigan Athletic 4–0 Report Manchester City Heskey 1Dunne 3 o.g.Camara 65Valencia 67 JJB StadiumWigan 16,235 Phil Dowd W 30 October 2006 20:00 GMT Manchester City 1–0 Report Middlesbrough Dunne 23 City of Manchester StadiumManchester 36,720 Howard Webb L 4 November 2006 15:00 Charlton Athletic 1–0 BBC Sport report Manchester City Bent 28 The ValleyLondon 26,011 Chris Foy D 11 November 2006 12:45 Manchester City 0–0 Report Newcastle United City of Manchester StadiumManchester 40,571 Graham Poll W 18 November 2006 12:45 Manchester City 3–1 Report Fulham Corradi 12 32Barton 45 John 62 City of Manchester StadiumManchester 35,776 Alan Wiley L 25 November 2006 15:00 Liverpool 1–0 Report Manchester City Gerrard 67 AnfieldLiverpool 44,061 Rob Styles W 29 November 2006 19:45 Aston Villa 1–3 Report Manchester City McCann 65 Vassell 19Barton 32Distin 75 Villa ParkBirmingham 30,124 Mike Dean D 4 December 2006 20:00 Manchester City 0–0 Report Watford City of Manchester StadiumManchester 35,915 Mark Clattenburg L 9 December 2006 12:45 Manchester United 3–1 Report Manchester City Rooney 6Saha 45Ronaldo 85 Trabelsi 72Corradi 2 61 90 Old TraffordManchester 75,858 Graham Poll L 17 December 2006 15:00 Manchester City 1–2 Report Tottenham Hotspur Barton 63 Davenport 16Huddlestone 24 City of Manchester StadiumManchester 39,285 Rob Styles L 23 December 2006 15:00 Manchester City 0–2 Report Bolton Wanderers Barton 0 87 Anelka 8 25 City of Manchester StadiumManchester 40,157 Mike Riley W 26 December 2006 15:00 Sheffield United 0–1 Report Manchester City Ireland 77 Bramall LaneSheffield 32,591 Mark Clattenburg W 30 December 2006 15:00 West Ham United 0–1 Report Manchester City Beasley 82 Boleyn GroundUpton Park 34,574 Steve Bennett W 1 January 2007 15:00 Manchester City 2–1 Report Everton Samaras 50 72 Osman 84 City of Manchester StadiumManchester 39,836 Uriah Rennie D 13 January 2007 15:00 Bolton Wanderers 0–0 Report Manchester City Reebok StadiumHorwich 22,334 Andre Marriner L 20 January 2007 17:15 Manchester City 0–3 Report Blackburn Rovers Pedersen 44 62Derbyshire 90 City of Manchester StadiumManchester 36,950 Phil Dowd L 3 February 2007 15:00 Manchester City 0–2 BBC Sport report Reading Lita 79 89 City of Manchester StadiumManchester 38,676 Howard Webb L 10 February 2007 17:15 Portsmouth 2–1 Report Manchester City Mendes 4Kanu 80 Corradi 62 Fratton ParkPortsmouth 19,244 Mike Dean L 3 March 2007 15:00 Manchester City 0–1 Report Wigan Athletic Folan 18 City of Manchester StadiumManchester 39,923 Howard Webb L 14 March 2007 20:00 Manchester City 0–1 BBC Sport report Chelsea Lampard 28 pen. City of Manchester StadiumManchester 39,429 Alan Wiley W 17 March 2007 15:00 Middlesbrough 0–2 Report Manchester City Distin 64Mpenza 74 Riverside StadiumMiddlesbrough 26,427 Keith Stroud W 31 March 2007 15:00 Newcastle United 0–1 Report Manchester City Mpenza 80 St James' ParkNewcastle 52,004 Graham Poll D 6 April 2007 17:15 Manchester City 0–0 Report Charlton Athletic City of Manchester StadiumManchester 41,424 Alan Wiley W 9 April 2007 15:00 Fulham 1–3 Report Manchester City Bocanegra 74 Barton 20Beasley 36Vassell 59 Craven CottageLondon 22,435 Steve Bennett D 14 April 2007 15:00 Manchester City 0–0 Report Liverpool City of Manchester StadiumManchester 45,883 Uriah Rennie L 17 April 2007 19:45 Arsenal 3–1 Report Manchester City Rosický 12Fàbregas 73Baptista 80 Beasley 40 Emirates StadiumLondon 59,913 Mark Halsey D 21 April 2007 15:00 Watford 1–1 Report Manchester City Priskin 75 Vassell 53 Vicarage RoadWatford 18,537 Rob Styles L 28 April 2007 15:00 Manchester City 0–2 Report Aston Villa Carew 24Maloney 75 City of Manchester StadiumManchester 40,799 Mark Halsey L 5 May 2007 12:45 Manchester City 0–1 Report Manchester United Ronaldo 33 pen. City of Manchester StadiumManchester 47,244 Rob Styles L 13 May 2007 15:00 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Report Manchester City Keane 10Berbatov 32 Mpenza 40 White Hart LaneTottenham 35,426 Steve Bennett League Cup f7f7f7 Second Round 20 September 2006 19:45 BST Chesterfield 2–1 MCFC report Manchester City Folan 51Niven 67 Samaras 40 Chesterfield, England Saltergate 7,960 Kevin Wright L FA Cup f7f7f7 Third Round 7 January 2007 15:00 GMT Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 MCFC report Manchester City MacLean 78 Samaras 77 pen. Sheffield, England Hillsborough Stadium 28,847 Graham Poll D f7f7f7 Third Round Replay 16 January 2007 19:45 GMT Manchester City 2–1 MCFC report Sheffield Wednesday Ireland 44 Vassell 56 Bullen 51 Manchester, England City of Manchester Stadium 25,621 Mike Dean W f7f7f7 Fourth Round 28 January 2007 15:00 GMT Manchester City 3–1 MCFC report Southampton Vassell 26 Barton 45 Beasley 70 Jones 23 Manchester, England City of Manchester Stadium 26,496 Mark Clattenburg W f7f7f7 Fifth Round 18 February 2007 13:10 GMT Preston North End 1–3 MCFC report Manchester City Nugent 8 Ball 35 Hill 84 o.g. Ireland 90 Preston, England Deepdale 18,890 Mike Riley W f7f7f7 Sixth Round 11 March 2007 16:00 GMT Blackburn Rovers 2–0 MCFC report Manchester City Mokoena 27 Derbyshire 90 Blackburn, England Ewood Park 27,743 Mike Dean L First-team squad 1 SWE Andreas Isaksson GK 2 ENG Micah Richards DF 3 ENG Michael Ball DF 4 ENG Stephen Jordan DF 5 FRA Ousmane Dabo MF 7 IRL Stephen Ireland MF 8 ENG Joey Barton MF 9 BEL Émile Mpenza FW 10 FRA Djamel AbdounAbdoun was born in Montreuil, France, and has represented France at youth level, but also qualified to represent Algeria internationally through his parents and would make his full international debut for Algeria in January 2010. MF on loan from Ajaccio 11 ENG Darius Vassell FW 12 ENG Nicky Weaver GK 14 SCO Paul Dickov FW 15 FRA Sylvain Distin DF 16 ENG Nedum OnuohaOnuoha was born in Warri, Nigeria. DF 17 PRC Sun Jihai DF 18 ENG Danny Mills DF 20 GRE Georgios Samaras FW 21 GER Dietmar Hamann MF 22 IRL Richard Dunne DF 24 USA DaMarcus Beasley MF on loan from PSV 25 ENG Joe Hart GK 26 ENG Matt Mills DF 27 TUN Hatem Trabelsi DF 28 ENG Trevor Sinclair MF 30 ITA Bernardo Corradi FW 33 ENG Michael Johnson MF 36 ENG Daniel Sturridge FW 43 ENG Ishmael Miller FW Left club during season 3 WAL Ben ThatcherThatcher was born in Swindon, England, and has represented England at level, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his grandmother and made his full international debut for Wales in March 2004. DF to Charlton Athletic 6 USA Claudio Reyna MF to New York Red Bulls 9 ENG Andrew Cole FW to Portsmouth 10 FRA Antoine Sibierski MF to Newcastle United Reserve squad 19 DEN Kasper Schmeichel GK 31 ENG Laurence Matthewson GK 32 ENG Nathan D'Laryea DF 34 ENG Sam Williamson DF 35 ENG Ashley Williams MF 37 ENG Kelvin EtuhuEtuhu was born in Kano, Nigeria, and would later declare his intention to represent Nigeria internationally. MF 38 ENG Shaleum Logan DF 39 SCO Marc Laird MF 41 ENG Ashley Grimes MF IRL Garry Breen DF WAL Scott Evans MF IRL Karl Moore MF WAL Ched Evans FW Statistics Appearances and goals Premier League FA Cup League Cup |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers 1 Andreas Isaksson GK SWE 12+2 0 0 0 0 0 12 Nicky Weaver GK ENG 25 0 5 0 1 0 25 Joe Hart GK ENG 1 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders 2 Micah Richards DF ENG 28 1 5 0 1 0 3 Michael Ball DF ENG 12 0 2 1 0 0 4 Stephen Jordan DF ENG 12 0 2 0 1 0 15 Sylvain Distin DF FRA 37 2 5 0 1 0 16 Nedum Onuoha DF ENG 15+3 0 1 0 0 0 17 Sun Jihai DF PRC 10+3 0 1 0 0 0 18 Danny Mills DF ENG 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 22 Richard Dunne DF IRL 38 1 5 0 1 0 26 Matt Mills DF ENG 1 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders 5 Ousmane Dabo MF FRA 10+3 0 4 0 0 0 7 Stephen Ireland MF IRL 14+10 1 4 2 0+1 0 8 Joey Barton MF ENG 33 6 4 1 1 0 10 Djamel Abdoun MF FRA 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 21 Dietmar Hamann MF GER 12+4 0 1+1 0 1 0 24 DaMarcus Beasley MF USA 11+7 3 0 0 0 0 27 Hatem Trabelsi MF TUN 16+4 1 2+2 1 0 0 28 Trevor Sinclair MF ENG 14+4 0 1+1 0 1 0 33 Michael Johnson MF ENG 10 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards 9 Émile Mpenza FW BEL 9+1 3 0+1 0 0 0 11 Darius Vassell FW ENG 28+4 3 4 2 0 0 14 Paul Dickov FW SCO 9+7 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 20 Georgios Samaras FW GRE 16+20 4 3+2 1 1 1 30 Bernardo Corradi FW ITA 19+6 3 3 0 1 0 36 Daniel Sturridge FW ENG 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 43 Ishmael Miller FW ENG 3+13 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season 3 Ben Thatcher DF WAL 11 0 0 0 0 0 6 Claudio Reyna MF USA 12+3 0 0 0 1 0 |- 31 May 2007 Competitions August 2018 Goal scorers 18em start All competitions ScorerGoalsENG Joey Barton7GRE Georgios Samaras6ENG Darius Vassell5USA DaMarcus Beasley4ITA Bernardo Corradi3IRE Stephen IrelandBEL Émile MpenzaFRA Sylvain Distin2ENG Michael Ball1IRE Richard DunneENG Micah RichardsTUN Hatem Trabelsi 18em break Premier League ScorerGoalsENG Joey Barton6GRE Georgios Samaras4USA DaMarcus Beasley3ITA Bernardo CorradiBEL Émile MpenzaENG Darius VassellFRA Sylvain Distin2IRE Richard Dunne1IRE Stephen IrelandENG Micah RichardsTUN Hatem Trabelsi 18em break League Cup ScorerGoalsGRE Georgios Samaras1 18em break FA Cup ScorerGoalsIRE Stephen Ireland2ENG Darius VassellENG Michael Ball1ENG Joey BartonUSA DaMarcus BeasleyGRE Georgios Samaras end Information current as of 13 May 2007 (end of season) Transfers and loans Transfers in Date Pos. Player From club Transfer fee 22 May 2006 GK ENG Joe Hart ENG Shrewsbury Town £1,500,000http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/5006544.stm Man City complete Hart signature 24 May 2006 27 November 2010 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporationhttp://www.shropshirestar.com/latest/2008/07/01/town-in-wait-for-extra-hart-money/ Town in wait for extra Hart money 1 July 2008 27 November 2010 shropshirestar.com Midland News Association 25 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110525211454/http://www.shropshirestar.com/latest/2008/07/01/town-in-wait-for-extra-hart-money/ deadhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/shrewsbury/8972252.stm Graham Turner welcomes Shrewsbury Town Joe Hart cash 6 September 2010 27 November 2010 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 26 May 2006 FW Scotland Paul Dickov ENG Blackburn Rovers Freehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/5020550.stm Man City snap up striker Dickov 26 May 2006 27 November 2010 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 20 June 2006 MF France Ousmane Dabo Italy Lazio Freehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/5100914.stm Dabo quits Lazio to join Man City 21 June 2006 27 November 2010 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 12 July 2006 MF Germany Dietmar Hamann England Liverpool Freehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/5173608.stm Hamann makes switch to Man City 12 July 2006 27 November 2010 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 20 July 2006 FW Italy Bernardo Corradi Spain Valencia Undisclosedhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/5190610.stm Man City complete Corradi signing 20 July 2006 27 November 2010 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 10 August 2006 DF Tunisia Hatem Trabelsi Netherlands Ajax Bosman rulinghttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/4779143.stm Trabelsi completes Man City move 10 August 2006 27 November 2010 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 15 August 2006 GK Sweden Andreas Isaksson France Rennes £2,000,000http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/4787101.stm Isaksson completes Man City move 15 August 2006 27 November 2010 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 31 January 2007 DF England Michael Ball Netherlands PSV Undisclosedhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/6317819.stm Man City seal deal for PSV's Ball 31 January 2007 27 November 2010 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 16 February 2007 FW Belgium Émile Mpenza Unattached free agenthttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/6365365.stm Man City complete Mpenza signing 16 February 2007 27 November 2010 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation Transfers out Exit date Pos. Player To club Transfer fee 24 May 6 DF FRA David Sommeil ENG Sheffield United Freehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/4761285.stm Sommeil heads Man City clear-out 11 May 2006 21 January 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_utd/5014110.stm Sheff Utd sign defender Sommeil 24 May 2006 21 January 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 12 June 6 DF DEN Mikkel Bischoff ENG Coventry City Freehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/5072794.stm Sky Blues sign defender Bischoff 12 June 2006 21 January 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 14 June 6 GK BEL Geert De Vlieger BEL Zulte Waregem Freehttps://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/01b6-0f848ad27e04-4eb70f2e43b5-1000--zulte-waregem-snare-de-vlieger/ Zulte-Waregem snare De Vlieger 14 June 2006 21 January 2011 UEFA 5 July 6 FW ENG Bradley Wright-Phillips ENG Southampton £500,000http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/5151656.stm Saints snap up Man City youngster 5 July 2006 28 November 2010 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 31 July 6 MF ENG Lee Croft ENG Norwich City £600,000http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/5219044.stm Croft completes Norwich transfer 31 July 2006 28 November 2010 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 2 August 6 MF IRE Willo Flood WAL Cardiff City £200,000http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/5235828.stm Flood completes move to Cardiff 2 August 2006 28 November 2010 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 14 August 6 GK ENG David James ENG Portsmouth £1,200,000http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/4779001.stm James completes Portsmouth move 11 August 2006 28 November 2010 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 31 August 6 FW ENG Andy Cole ENG Portsmouth £500,000http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/5300176.stm Portsmouth complete Cole signing 31 August 2006 28 November 2010 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 31 August 6 MF FRA Antoine Sibierski ENG Newcastle United Undisc.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/5304190.stm Magpies snap up City's Sibierski 31 August 2006 28 November 2010 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 11 January 7 DF WAL Ben Thatcher ENG Charlton Athletic £500,000http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/charlton_athletic/6251225.stm Thatcher completes Charlton move 11 January 2007 28 November 2010 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 23 January 7 MF USA Claudio Reyna USA Red Bull New York Freehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/6290317.stm Man City agree to release Reyna 23 January 2007 28 November 2010 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporationhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/6295765.stm Reyna signs for New York MLS team 24 January 2007 28 November 2010 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation Loans in Start date End date Pos. Player From club 31 August 2006 15 May 2007 MF USA DaMarcus Beasley Netherlands PSVhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/5304228.stm Man City move for Beasley on loan 31 August 2006 27 November 2010 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporationhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/6659429.stm Man City release winger Beasley 15 May 2007 27 November 2010 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 11 January 2007 15 May 2007 MF France Djamel Abdoun France Ajacciohttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/6262497.stm Dickov set for two-month lay-off 15 January 2007 28 November 2010 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation Loans out Start date End date Pos. Player To club 25 August 2006 2 December 2006 GK Denmark Kasper Schmeichel England Bury 15 September 2006 18 November 2006 DF England Danny Mills England Hull City 1 January 2007 29 January 2007 GK England Joe Hart England Tranmere Rovers 5 January 2007 5 February 2007 FW Nigeria Kelvin Etuhu England Rochdale 11 January 2007 21 May 2007 GK Denmark Kasper Schmeichel Scotland Falkirk 20 January 2007 17 February 2007 DF England Nathan D'Laryea England Macclesfield Town 25 January 2007 24 February 2007 MF Scotland Marc Laird England Northampton Town 25 January 2007 19 March 2007 DF England Matthew Mills England Colchester United 22 March 2007 7 May 2007 MF England Ashley Grimes England Swindon Town 7 April 2007 7 May 2007 GK England Joe Hart England Blackpool References 30em Category:Manchester City F.C. seasons Manchester City Category:Articles which contain graphical timelines Category:2006 in sport in Manchester Category:2007 in sport in Manchester