2006–07 Aston Villa F.C. season

English football club season December 2020 December 2014 Recent history of Aston Villa Aston Villa records and statistics Aston Villa 2006–07 Martin O'Neill Randy Lerner FA Premier League 11th FA Cup Third round League Cup Fourth round Gabriel Agbonlahor (9) Gareth BarryGabriel Agbonlahor (10) 42,551 (vs. Tottenham, Man Utd, Liverpool, Sheff Utd) 27,450 (vs. Bolton) 36,214 _astonvilla0607h _astonvilla0607h _astonvilla0607h _astonvilla0607h _astonvilla0607hl 88A7E0 970045 88A7E0 FFFFFF 88A7E0 _astonvilla0607a _astonvilla0607a _astonvilla0607a _astonvilla0607a _astonvilla0607al FFFFFF 970045 FFFFFF 88A7E0 FFFFFF 2005–06 2007–08 Second City Derby 50--36--28 2005–06 2007–08 The 2006–07 English football season was Aston Villa's 15th season in the Premier League. It was Villa's first season under the management of Northern Irishman Martin O'Neill, who was appointed as manager following the sacking of David O'Leary at the end of the previous season. Villa started life under Martin O'Neill strongly and were the last team in the Premier League to be beaten, going nine matches without defeat and taking points against the likes of Arsenal and Chelsea away before a 3–1 loss at Liverpool. A run of 11 games without victory during the middle of the season dragged Villa down to 14th place, putting paid to their early-season hopes of Champions League qualification, but Villa rallied and only lost 3 of their last 15 games to finish comfortably in 11th. There were debuts for Ashley Young (210), Stiliyan Petrov (185), John Carew (113), Shaun Maloney (30), Isaiah Osbourne (19), Phil Bardsley (13), Chris Sutton (8), Didier Agathe (5), and Gábor Király (5).https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/villa-seasons Aston Villa's Seasons AVFC History Kit Supplier Sponsor Hummel 32Red.com Boardroom In August 2006, it was confirmed Randy Lerner had reached a £62.6m agreement with Aston Villa to take over the club. The statement to the London Stock Exchange confirmed that 60% of the club's shares, including the 39% stake of Doug Ellis had been sold to Lerner, beating competition from consortia led by Michael Neville, Nicholas Padfield QC, and Athole Still. Eleven days after the announcement, the LSE confirmed that Lerner had secured 59.69% of Villa shares, making him the majority shareholder. Lerner appointed himself Chairman of the Board of the club. The BBC reported in September 2006 that Lerner had moved closer to taking full control of the club, after increasing his share to 85.5%.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/5316052.stm Lerner closer to control of Villa Article on BBC Sport September 5, 2006 September 5, 2006 By the time that the deadline passed in September 2006, Lerner had secured the acceptance of 89.69% of the shareholders. Due to the acceptance only being 0.31% below the conditional limit, Lerner accepted it and made the bid unconditional. On September 19, 2006, Aston Villa PLC executive chairman Doug Ellis and his board resigned, and were replaced by Randy Lerner as chairman with General Charles C. Krulak, Bob Kain and Michael Martin serving as non-executive directors. At the close of the deal in 2006, Lerner became only the second American owner of a Premiership club. Ellis became a President Emeritus (Life President) of the club.https://www.avfc.co.uk/News/2018/10/11/rip-sir-doug-ellis Aston Villa F.C. 11 October 2018 RIP Sir Doug Ellis Premier League 2006–07 FA Premier League AST Matches table b Matchday Ground A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A Result D/W/W/D/D/W/D/D/D/L/W/W/D/D/L/D/D/L/L/L/L/D/L/W/L/W/L/L/D/D/D/W/D/W/D/W/W/D Position 10/6/3/5/5/5/7/6/7/7/6/4/5/6/6/8/8/9/10/10/12/13/15/14/14/13/13/13/13/13/14/13/14/11/11/11/11/11 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd green1 blue1 red1 worldfootball.net 26 January 2020 1 19 August 2006 15:00 Arsenal 1–1 Report Aston Villa Gilberto 84 Mellberg 53 Islington, London Emirates Stadium 60,023 Graham Poll D 2 23 August 2006 Aston Villa 2–1 Report Reading Ángel 34 pen.Barry 61 Doyle 4Sonko 0 34 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 37,329 Lee Mason W 3 27 August 2006 Aston Villa 2–0 Report Newcastle United Moore 3Ángel 38 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 35,141 Howard Webb W 4 10 September 2006 16:00 West Ham United 1–1 Report Aston Villa Mullins 45Zamora 52Zamora 58 Ridgewell 4Barry 26McCann 55 Newham, London Boleyn Ground 34,576 Steve Bennett D 5 16 September 2006 Watford 0–0 Report Aston Villa Watford, Hertfordshire Vicarage Road 18,620 Mike Dean D 6 23 September 2006 Aston Villa 2–0 Report Charlton Athletic Agbonlahor 35Moore 62 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 35,513 Mike Riley W 7 30 September 2006 Chelsea 1–1 Report Aston Villa Drogba 3 Agbonlahor 45 Fulham, London Stamford Bridge 41,951 Graham Poll D 8 14 October 2006 Aston Villa 1–1 Report Tottenham Hotspur Barry 81 Davenport 0 73Ángel 76 o.g. Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 42,551 Martin Atkinson D 9 21 October 2006 Aston Villa 1–1 Report Fulham Barry 26 pen. Volz 45 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 30,919 Chris Foy D 10 28 October 2006 Liverpool 3–1 Report Aston Villa Kuyt 31Crouch 38Luis García 44 Agbonlahor 56 Liverpool, Merseyside Anfield 44,117 Steve Bennett L 11 5 November 2006 Aston Villa 2–0 Report Blackburn Rovers Barry 41 pen.Ángel 50 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 30,089 Howard Webb W 12 11 November 2006 Everton 0–1 Report Aston Villa Sutton 42 Liverpool, Merseyside Goodison Park 36,376 Phil Dowd W 13 19 November 2006 Wigan Athletic 0–0 Report Aston Villa Wigan, Greater Manchester JJB Stadium 18,455 Steve Bennett D 14 25 November 2006 Aston Villa 1–1 Report Middlesbrough Barry 45 pen. Christie 43 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 33,162 Peter Walton D 15 29 November 2006 Aston Villa 1–3 Report Manchester City McCann 66 Vassell 18Barton 32Distin 75 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 30,124 Mike Dean L 16 2 December 2006 Portsmouth 2–2 Report Aston Villa Taylor 52 80Pedro Mendes 0 86 Barry 37 pen.Ángel 82 Portsmouth, Hampshire Fratton Park 20,042 Uriah Rennie D 17 11 December 2006 Sheffield United 2–2 Report Aston Villa Quinn 50Webber 64 Petrov 2Baroš 65 Sheffield, Yorkshire Bramall Lane 30,957 Mark Halsey D 18 16 December 2006 Aston Villa 0–1 Report Bolton Wanderers Speed 75 pen. Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 27,450 Mark Clattenburg L 19 23 December 2006 Aston Villa 0–3 Report Manchester United Ronaldo 58 85Scholes 64 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 42,551 Steve Bennett L 20 26 December 2006 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Report Aston Villa Defoe 67 77 Barry 81 Haringey, London White Hart Lane 35,293 Uriah Rennie L 21 30 December 2006 Charlton Athletic 2–1 Report Aston Villa D. Bent 57Hughes 90 Barry 40 pen. 0 61 Greenwich, London The Valley 26,699 Rob Styles L 22 2 January 2007 Aston Villa 0–0 Report Chelsea Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 41,006 Phil Dowd D 23 13 January 2007 Manchester United 3–1 Report Aston Villa Park 11Carrick 13Ronaldo 35 Agbonlahor 52 Trafford, Greater Manchester Old Trafford 76,073 Howard Webb L 24 20 January 2007 Aston Villa 2–0 Report Watford Mahon 86 o.g.Agbonlahor 90 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 35,892 Peter Walton W 25 31 January 2007 Newcastle United 3–1 Report Aston Villa Milner 5Dyer 7Sibierski 90 Young 25 Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyneside St. James' Park 49,201 Howard Webb L 26 3 February 2007 Aston Villa 1–0 Report West Ham United Carew 36 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 41,202 Chris Foy W 27 10 February 2007 Reading 2–0 Report Aston Villa Sidwell 16 90 Reading, Berkshire Madejski Stadium 24,122 L 28 3 March 2007 Fulham 1–1 Report Aston Villa Bocanegra 23 Carew 21 Fulham Craven Cottage 24,552 Lee Mason D 29 14 March 2007 Aston Villa 0–1 Report Arsenal Diaby 10 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 39,968 Martin Atkinson L 30 18 March 2007 Aston Villa 0–0 Report Liverpool Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 42,551 Lee Mason D 31 2 April 2007 Aston Villa 1–1 Report Everton Agbonlahor 83 Lescott 15 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 36,407 Howard Webb D 32 7 April 2007 Blackburn Rovers 1–2 Report Aston Villa McCarthy 24 pen. Berger 34Agbonlahor 73 Blackburn, Lancashire Ewood Park 24,211 Martin Atkinson W 33 9 April 2007 Aston Villa 1–1 Report Wigan Athletic Agbonlahor 50 Heskey 21Valencia 0 34 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 31,920 Mark Halsey D 34 14 April 2007 Middlesbrough 1–3 Report Aston Villa Rochemback 13 Gardner 45Moore 70Petrov 77 Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire Riverside Stadium 26,959 Dermot Gallagher W 35 22 April 2007 16:00 Aston Villa 0–0 Report Portsmouth Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 31,745 Martin Atkinson D 36 28 April 2007 Manchester City 0–2 Report Aston Villa Carew 24Maloney 75 Manchester City of Manchester Stadium 40,799 Mark Halsey W 37 5 May 2007 Aston Villa 3–0 Report Sheffield United Agbonlahor 25Young 42Berger 55 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 42,551 Peter Walton W 38 13 May 2007 Bolton Wanderers 2–2 Report Aston Villa Speed 32Davies 58 Gardner 37Moore 81 Bolton, Greater Manchester Reebok Stadium 26,255 Mark Clattenburg D FA Cup R3 7 January 2007 Manchester United 2–1 Report Aston Villa Larsson 55Solskjær 90 Baroš 74 Trafford, Greater Manchester Old Trafford 74,924 Martin Atkinson L League Cup R2 20 September 2006 Scunthorpe United 1–2 Report Aston Villa Sharp 73 Ángel 42 64 Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire Glanford Park 6,502 Trevor Kettle W R3 24 October 2006 Leicester City 2–3 Report Aston Villa Stearman 42Kisnorbo 85 Ángel 5Barry 45 pen.Agbonlahor 119 Leicester, East Midlands Walkers Stadium 27,288 Mark Clattenburg W R4 8 November 2006 Chelsea 4–0 Report Aston Villa Lampard 32Shevchenko 65Essien 82Drogba 84 Fulham, London Stamford Bridge 41,156 Mark Halsey L Players Squad at end of seasonhttps://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2006-2007/faprem/avilla.htm FootballSquads - Aston Villa - 2006/07http://www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/2006-07.html Aston Villa Player Database 1 Denmark GK Thomas Sørensen 2 Wales DF Mark Delaney 3 England DF Jlloyd SamuelSamuel was born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, but also qualified to represent England internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his full international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in September 2009. 4 Sweden DF Olof Mellberg 5 Denmark DF Martin Laursen 6 England MF Gareth Barry 8 England MF Gavin McCann 10 Norway FW John Carew 11 Bulgaria MF Stiliyan Petrov 12 NIR MF Steven Davis 13 England GK Stuart Taylor 15 England FW Gabriel Agbonlahor 16 Holland DF Wilfred Bouma 17 England FW Ashley Young 18 NIR DF Aaron Hughes 19 England DF Liam Ridgewell 20 England FW Chris Sutton 21 England DF Gary Cahill 22 England FW Luke Moore 23 CZE MF Patrik Berger 24 England DF Phil BardsleyBardsley was born in Salford, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his father and would make his international debut for Scotland in October 2010. on loan from Manchester United 26 England MF Craig Gardner 27 England MF Isaiah Osbourne 28 Scotland MF Shaun MaloneyMaloney was born in Miri, Malaysia, but was raised in Scotland from the age of 5 and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Scotland in October 2005. Goals & appearancss No.Pos.Name LeagueFA CupLeague CupTotal Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 1 GK Sorensen 29 0 0 0 2 0 31 0 3 DF Samuel 2+2 0 0+1 0 0 0 2+3 0 4 DF Mellberg 38 1 0 0 3 0 41 1 5 DF Laursen 12+2 0 0 0 1 0 13+2 0 6 MD Barry 35 8 1 0 3 1 39 9 8 MF McCann 28+2 1 1 0 2 0 31+2 1 9 FW Angel 18+5 4 1 0 3 3 22+5 7 10 FW Baroš 10+7 1 0+1 1 1+2 0 11+10 2 10 FW Carew 11 3 0 0 0 0 11 3 11 MF Petrov 30 2 1 0 3 0 34 2 12 MF Davis 17+11 0 0 0 3 0 20+11 0 13 GK Taylor 4+2 0 0 0 1 0 5+2 0 14 MF Djemba-Djemba 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 15 FW Agbonlahor 37+1 9 1 0 0 0 41+1 10 16 DF Bouma 23+2 0 1 0 1+1 0 25+3 0 17 FW Young 11+2 2 0 0 0+1 0 11+2 2 17 MF Whittingham 2+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 2+2 0 18 DF Hughes 15+4 0 1 0 3 0 19+4 0 19 DF Ridgewell 19+2 1 1 0 2+1 0 22+3 1 20 FW Sutton 6+2 1 0 0 0+1 0 6+3 1 21 DF Cahill 19+1 1 1 0 0 0 20+1 0 22 FW Moore 7+6 4 0 0 1 0 8+6 4 23 MF Berger 5+8 2 0 0 0+1 0 5+9 2 24 DF Bardsley 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 26 MF Gardner 11+2 2 0 0 0 0 11+2 2 27 MF Osbourne 6+5 0 1 0 1 0 8+5 0 28 GK Kiraly 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 28 MF Maloney 5+3 1 0 0 0 0 5+3 1 31 DF Agathe 0+5 0 0 0 0+1 0 0+6 0Villa matches 2006-07 http://home.aland.net/bolin.jakobsson/villamatches/2006-07.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20120224135608/http://home.aland.net/bolin.jakobsson/villamatches/2006-07.pdf 24 February 2012 live Loans & transfers Transferred in DatePosPlayerFromFee 30 August 2006 CM BUL Stiliyan Petrov SCO Celtic £6,500,000 12 September 2006 RM REU Didier Agathe SCO Celtic Free transfer 3 October 2006 CF Chris Sutton Birmingham City Free transfer 22 January 2007 CF NOR John Carew FRA Olympique Lyon £5,000,000 (P/EX) 23 January 2007 LW Ashley Young Watford £9,650,000 31 January 2007 AM SCO Shaun Maloney SCO Celtic £1,000,000£22,150,000 #D4AF37 Record 1px solid #AAAAAA Loaned in DatePosPlayerFromLoan End 13 December 2006 GK HUN Gábor Király Crystal Palace 8 January 2007 8 January 2007 RB SCO Phil Bardsley Manchester United 29 April 2007 Transferred out DatePosPlayerToFee 1 July 2006 RB ECU Ulises de la Cruz Reading Free transfer 1 August 2006 CM FRA Mathieu Berson ESP Levante £500,000 22 August 2006 CF Kevin Phillips West Bromwich Albion £700,000 11 January 2007 LM Peter Whittingham WAL Cardiff City £350,000 11 January 2007 RM REU Didier Agathe - Released 22 January 2007 CF CZE Milan Baroš FRA Olympique Lyon £5,000,000 (P/EX) 17 April 2007 CF COL Juan Pablo Ángel USA New York Red Bulls Free transfer£6,550,000 Loaned out DatePosPlayerToLoan End 29 September 2006 RM Lee Hendrie Stoke City 1 January 2007 29 September 2006CF Sam Williams Brighton & Hove Albion 29 October 2006 20 October 2006 LB IRL Stephen O'Halloran Wycombe Wanderers 21 January 2007 23 November 2006 AM CZE Patrik Berger Stoke City 1 January 2007 12 January 2007 DM CMR Eric Djemba-Djemba Burnley 31 May 2007 30 January 2007 RM Lee Hendrie Stoke City 31 May 2007 8 March 2007 GK AUT Bobby Olejnik Lincoln City 29 April 2007 Overall transfer activity Expenditure £22,150,000 Income £6,550,000 Balance £15,600,000 Pre-season DateOpponentsHome/AwayResultF–AScorersCompetition21 July 2006WalsallA5–0Agbonlahor (2), Moore (2), WhittinghamFriendly25 July 2006Hull CityA2–0August 2026 InternetArchiveBot Davis, GardnerFriendly26 July 2006ChesterfieldA2–0August 2026 InternetArchiveBot Bridges (2)Friendly29 July 2006Wolverhampton WanderersA3–0August 2026 InternetArchiveBot Ridgewell, Barry, AgbonlahorFriendly5 August 2006Hannover GERA0–0August 2026 InternetArchiveBot Friendly8 August 2006NEC Nijmegen NEDA1–2August 2026 InternetArchiveBot AgbonlahorFriendly11 August 2006Groningen NEDA2–2August 2026 InternetArchiveBot Moore, RidgewellFriendly Reserve & youth squad The following players spent most of the season playing for the reserve team, and did not appear for the first team. 25 Austria GK Bobby Olejnik 29 IRL DF Stephen O'Halloran ENG DF Paul Green BEL MF Christian Tshimanga KabeyaKabeya was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), but also qualifies to represent Belgium internationally and has represented them at U-16, U-17, U-18 and U-19 level. sacked ENG FW Scott Bridges ENG FW Sam Williams Youth squad The following players spent most of the season playing for the youth team, and did not appear for the first team, but may have appeared for the reserve team. ENG GK Elliot Parish IRL GK David Bevan on loan to Hull City IRL GK Lee Boyle on loan to Bohemians IRL GK Stephen Henderson ENG DF Daniel Bradley ENG DF Ciaran ClarkClark was born in Harrow, England, and represented them at U-17, U-18, U-19, and U-20 level, but also qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and would make his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in February 2011. ENG DF Jordan Collins ENG DF Ben Love ENG DF Will Ricketts ENG DF Matthew Roome ENG DF Sam Simmonds IRL DF Danny Earls IRL DF Shane LowryLowry was born in Perth, Australia, but also qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and represented them at U-17, U-19, and U-21 level before switching his international allegiance to Australia. SWE DF Erik Lund AUS DF Chris Herd ENG MF Marc Albrighton ENG MF Jonathan Hogg SCO MF Barry Bannan SUI MF Damian Bellón SUI MF Yagó Bellón HUN MF Zoltán Stieber ENG FW Nathan Delfouneso NIR FW Adam McGurk SWE FW Tobias Mikaelsson on loan to Ljungskile SK ENG MF Josh Burge on trial from Grimsby Town DF Steven Clancy MF Aaron Griffiths MF Danny MacDonald contract terminated by mutual consent Other players NOR GK Lasse Staw on trial from Fredrikstad CYP MF Stefanos Georgiou on trial from Olympiakos Nicosia CYP MF Feidos Panagiotiu on trial from Olympiakos Nicosia SWE FW Jacob Flingmark on trial from Ljungskile SK SWE FW Robin Söder on trial from Stenungsunds IF ENG MF Phil Green IRL DF Mark Power DF Seyi Morgan contracted cancelled MF Morgan Evans References Notes notes External links Aston Villa official website avfchistory.co.uk 2006–07 season Category:Aston Villa F.C. seasons Aston Villa F.C.