2006–07 Coventry City F.C. season

August 2020 February 2015 Coventry City 2006–07 Micky AdamsAdrian Heath (caretaker)Iain Dowie Ricoh Arena Championship 17th FA Cup Third Round League Cup First Round Dele Adebola (8) Dele Adebola (9) _coventry0607h _coventry0607h _coventry0607h _coventry0607h _coventry0607hl _coventry0607a _coventry0607a _coventry0607a _coventry0607a _coventry0607al 2005–06 2007–08The 2006–07 season was Coventry City's 87th season in the Football League and their 6th consecutive season in the Football League Championship. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and Football League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007. Matches Pre-season friendlies D 8 July 2006 Portland Timbers 1–1 4–3 Coventry City PGE Park, Portland, Oregon W 12 July 2006 BYU Cougars 0–3 Coventry City South Field, Provo, Utah L 21 July 2006 Nuneaton Borough 3–2 Coventry City Liberty Way, Nuneaton W 23 July 2006 Notts County 0–2 Coventry City Meadow Lane, Nottingham W 25 July 2006 Banbury United 1–2 Coventry City Spencer Stadium, Banbury D 27 July 2006 Tranmere Rovers 0–0 Coventry City Prenton Park, Tranmere L 29 July 2006 Coventry City 1–2 Boavista Ricoh Arena, Coventry Championship W 2006 08 06 y Coventry City 2–1 Sunderland Ricoh Arena, Coventry L 2006 08 09 y Southampton 2–0 Coventry City St Mary's Stadium, Southampton L 2006 08 12 y Cardiff City 1–0 Coventry City Ninian Park, Cardiff D 2006 08 18 y Coventry City 0–0 Leicester City Ricoh Arena, Coventry W 2006 08 26 y Hull City 0–1 Coventry City KC Stadium, Hull W 2006 09 09 y Coventry City 3–0 Norwich City Ricoh Arena, Coventry L 2006 09 12 y Ipswich Town 2–1 Coventry City Portman Road, Ipswich W 2006 09 16 y Coventry City 1–0 Leeds United Ricoh Arena, Coventry L 2006 09 23 y Crystal Palace 1–0 Coventry City Selhurst Park, London L 2006 09 30 y Coventry City 0–1 Plymouth Argyle Ricoh Arena, Coventry W 2006 10 13 y Southend United 2–3 Coventry City Roots Hall, Southend L 2006 10 17 y Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 Coventry City Molineux, Wolverhampton W 2006 10 23 y Coventry City 2–1 Colchester United Ricoh Arena, Coventry W 2006 10 28 y Barnsley 0–1 Coventry City Oakwell, Barnsley L 2006 10 31 y Coventry City 0–1 Birmingham City Ricoh Arena, Coventry L 2006 11 06 y Stoke City 1–0 Coventry City Britannia Stadium, Stoke-On-Trent L 2006 11 11 y Coventry City 1–2 Derby County Ricoh Arena, Coventry W 2006 11 18 y Coventry City 3–1 Sheffield Wednesday Ricoh Arena, Coventry W 2006 11 25 y Queens Park Rangers 0–1 Coventry City Loftus Road, London D 2006 11 28 y Preston North End 1–1 Coventry City Deepdale, Preston D 2006 12 02 y Coventry City 0–0 Stoke City Ricoh Arena, Coventry W 2006 12 09 y Coventry City 1–0 Burnley Ricoh Arena, Coventry L 2006 12 16 y West Bromwich Albion 5–0 Coventry City The Hawthorns, West Bromwich L 2006 12 23 y Luton Town 3–1 Coventry City Kenilworth Road, Luton L 2006 12 26 y Coventry City 1–2 Ipswich Town Ricoh Arena, Coventry D 2006 12 30 y Coventry City 1–1 Southend United Ricoh Arena, Coventry L 2007 1 01 y Leeds United 2–1 Coventry City Elland Road, Leeds L 2007 1 13 y Coventry City 2–4 Crystal Palace Ricoh Arena, Coventry L 2007 1 22 y Plymouth Argyle 3–2 Coventry City Home Park, Plymouth W 2007 1 30 y Coventry City 1–0 Luton Town Ricoh Arena, Coventry L 2007 02 03 y Sunderland 2–0 Coventry City Stadium of Light, Sunderland D 2007 02 10 y Coventry City 2–2 Cardiff City Ricoh Arena, Coventry L 2007 02 17 y Leicester City 3–0 Coventry City Walkers Stadium, Leicester W 2007 02 20 y Coventry City 2–1 Southampton Ricoh Arena, Coventry D 2007 02 24 y Norwich City 1–1 Coventry City Carrow Road, Norwich W 2007 03 03 y Coventry City 2–0 Hull City Ricoh Arena, Coventry D 2007 03 10 y Colchester United 0–0 Coventry City Layer Road, Colchester W 2007 03 13 y Coventry City 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Ricoh Arena, Coventry W 2007 03 17 y Coventry City 4–1 Barnsley Ricoh Arena, Coventry L 2007 04 01 y Birmingham City 3–0 Coventry City St Andrew's, Birmingham L 2007 04 07 y Coventry City 0–1 Queens Park Rangers Ricoh Arena, Coventry D 2007 04 09 y Derby County 1–1 Coventry City Pride Park, Derby L 2007 04 14 y Coventry City 0–4 Preston North End Ricoh Arena, Coventry L 2007 04 21 y Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 Coventry City Hillsborough, Sheffield L 2007 04 28 y Coventry City 0–1 West Bromwich Albion Ricoh Arena, Coventry W 2007 05 06 y Burnley 1–2 Coventry City Turf Moor, Burnley League Cup L 22 August 2006 Hereford United 3–1 Coventry City Edgar Street, Hereford FA Cup D 6 January 2007 Bristol City 3–3 Coventry City Ashton Gate, Bristol L 16 January 2007 Coventry City 0–2 Bristol City Ricoh Arena, Coventry Season statistics Starts and goals Championship League Cup FA Cup Luke Steele (on loan from West Bromwich Albion) GK England 1 5+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 Andy Whing (on loan to Brighton & Hove Albion) DF ENG 2 15+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 Marcus Hall DF England 3 38+2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 Rob Page DF WAL 4 28+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 Elliott Ward DF England 5 39+0 3 1+0 0 0+0 0 Stephen Hughes MF ENG 6 36+1 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 Wayne Andrews (on loan to Sheffield Wednesday and Bristol City) MF England 6 0+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 Michael Doyle MF IRL 8 40+0 3 0+0 0 2+0 0 Dele Adebola FW Nigeria 9 28+12 8 1 1 1 0 Gary McSheffrey FW England 10 3+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 Kevin Kyle FW Scotland 10 18+13 3 0+0 0 2+0 0 Chris Birchall MF Trinidad and Tobago 11 17+11 2 1+1 0 0+0 0 Rafael González-Robles GK Spain 13 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Arran Lee-Barrett (on loan from Weymouth) GK ENG 13 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Stern John FW TRI 14 19+4 5 1 0 1 1 Khalilou Fadiga MF Senegal 14 1+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Claus Bech Jørgensen MF Faroe Islands 15 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Leon McKenzie FW England 15 23+8 7 0+0 0 2+0 1 Isaac Osbourne (on loan to Crewe Alexandra) MF ENG 16 16+3 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 Matt Heath (on loan to Leeds United) DF ENG 17 7+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 Michael Mifsud FW Malta 17 12+7 4 0+0 0 0+0 0 David McNamee DF Scotland 18 16+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Stuart Giddings DF England 19 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Mikkel Bischoff DF Denmark 20 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Colin Hawkins DF Republic of Ireland 20 13+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Jay Tabb MF Republic of Ireland 21 22+9 3 0+0 0 1+0 0 Don Hutchison MF Scotland 22 3+11 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Colin Cameron MF SCO 23 16+8 2 1+0 0 1+0 1 Che Bunce DF New Zealand 24 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Richard Duffy (on loan from Portsmouth) DF WAL 25 13+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Adam Virgo (on loan from Celtic) MF ENG 25 10+5 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 Faysal El Idrissi MF MAR 26 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 Clive Clarke (on loan from Sunderland) DF IRL 26 12+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Darren Currie (on loan from Ipswich Town) MF ENG 26 6+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Kevin Thornton MF Republic of Ireland 29 5+6 1 0 0 0 0 Liam Davis (on loan to Peterborough United) MF ENG 30 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Andrew Gooding MF England 32 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Andy Marshall GK England 33 41+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 Ben Turner (on loan to Peterborough United and Oldham Athletic) DF England 34 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 Lee Hildreth MF England 35 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Notes: Player substitutions are not included. Goalscorers 15 players scored for Coventry City during the 2006–07 season. 49 goals were scored in total during the 2006–07 season: 45 in the Championship 1 in the League Cup 3 in the FA Cup The top goalscorer was Dele Adebola with 9 goals. NameChampionshipLeague CupFA CupTotalDele Adebola810 9Leon McKenzie701 8Stern John501 6Michael Mifsud400 4Michael Doyle Michael Doyle (Irish footballer)300 3Kevin Kyle300 3Jay Tabb300 3Elliott Ward300 3Colin Cameron Colin Cameron (footballer)201 3Chris Birchall200 2Wayne Andrews Wayne Andrews (footballer)100 1Stephen Hughes Stephen Hughes (footballer born 1976)100 1Gary McSheffrey100 1Kevin Thornton Kevin Thornton (footballer)100 1Adam Virgo100 1 Discipline Yellow cards 18 players were booked for Coventry City during the 2006–07 season. 87 bookings were received in total during the 2006–07 season: 81 in the Championship 2 in the League Cup 4 in the FA Cup The most booked player was Kevin Kyle with 12 cards. NameChampionshipLeague CupFA CupTotalKevin Kyle1101 12Rob Page1000 10Michael Doyle Michael Doyle (Irish footballer)802 10Andy Whing610 7David McNamee600 6Marcus Hall500 5Leon McKenzie500 5Jay Tabb500 5Elliott Ward500 5Richard Duffy400 4Stephen Hughes Stephen Hughes (English footballer)310 3Dele Adebola300 3Isaac Osbourne300 3Kevin Thornton Kevin Thornton (footballer)300 3Adam Virgo201 3Colin Cameron Colin Cameron (footballer)100 1Colin Hawkins100 1Stern John100 1 Red Cards 1 player was sent off for Coventry City during the 2006–07 season. 1 player was sent off in total during the 2006–07 season. 1 in the Championship The most sent off player was David McNamee with 1 sending off. NameChampionshipLeague CupFA CupTotalDavid McNamee100 1 Transfers In PlayerFromDateFeeScotland David McNamee SCO Livingston 2 June 2006 £100,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/5040908.stm Coventry seal McNamee signature BBC Sport 2 June 2006England Wayne Andrews Crystal Palace 3 June 2006 Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/5043708.stm Striker Andrews joins Sky Blues BBC Sport 3 June 2006Denmark Mikkel Bischoff Manchester City 12 June 2006 Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/5072794.stm Sky Blues sign defender Bischoff BBC Sport 12 June 2006England Elliott Ward West Ham United 16 June 2006 £1,000,000Scotland Colin Cameron Wolverhampton Wanderers 29 June 2006 Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/5130258.stm Coventry sign midfielder Cameron BBC Sport 29 June 2006England Andy Marshall Millwall 30 June 2006 Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/5132436.stm Coventry sign goalkeeper Marshall BBC Sport 30 June 2006Ireland Jay Tabb Brentford 1 July 2006 Undisclosedhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/5136304.stm Coventry pick up midfielder Tabb BBC Sport 1 July 2006Trinidad and Tobago Chris Birchall Port Vale 5 August 2006 £300,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/5249340.stm Coventry bring in Vale's Birchall BBC Sport 5 July 2006MAR Faysal El Idrissi United Arab Emirates Al-Nasr 17 August 2006 FreeScotland Kevin Kyle Sunderland 25 August 2006 £600,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/5286038.stm Sky Blues sign Sunderland's Kyle BBC Sport 25 July 2006England Leon McKenzie Norwich City 31 August 2006 £1,000,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/5303578.stm Norwich's McKenzie joins Coventry BBC Sport 31 July 2006Spain Rafael González-Robles ESP Real Oviedo 14 September 2006 Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/5344886.stm Coventry recruit Spanish keeper BBC Sport 14 September 2006Malta Michael Mifsud NOR Lillestrøm 10 January 2007 Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/6247905.stm Sky Blues snap up Malta striker BBC Sport 10 January 2007Ireland Colin Hawkins IRE Shelbourne 30 January 2007 Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/6312659.stm Coventry recruit defender Hawkins BBC Sport 30 January 2007NZL Che Bunce NZL New Zealand Knights 31 January 2007 Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/6295877.stm Coventry complete Bunce signing BBC Sport 31 January 2007England Arran Lee-Barrett Weymouth 31 January 2007 Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/6319207.stm Coventry tie up Lee-Barrett deal BBC Sport 31 January 2007 Out PlayerToDateFeeEngland Dennis Wise Released 30 May 2006 FreeEngland Andrew Impey Released 30 May 2006 Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/4511828.stm Impey reveals plan for retirement BBC Sport 8 December 2005England Luke Webb Hereford United 30 May 2006 FreeNorthern Ireland Jonathan Tuffey SCO Partick Thistle 30 May 2006 Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/partick_thistle/5031908.stm Partick land Coventry goalkeeper BBC Sport 30 May 2006England Rikki Bains Accrington Stanley 31 May 2006 FreeEngland Richard Shaw Millwall 29 June 2006 Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/millwall/5129542.stm Pair complete moves to Millwall BBC Sport 29 June 2006Wales Ady Williams Swindon Town 30 June 2006 Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/5133134.stm Swindon sign Coventry's Williams BBC Sport 30 June 2006Trinidad and Tobago Clayton Ince Walsall 8 July 2006 Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/walsall/5160658.stm Ince leaves Coventry for Walsall BBC Sport 8 July 2006England James Scowcroft Crystal Palace 25 July 2006 £500,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/crystal_palace/5210006.stm Palace complete Scowcroft signing BBC Sport 25 July 2006England Andy Morrell Blackpool 15 August 2006 Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/blackpool/4796329.stm Morrell makes move to Blackpool BBC Sport 15 August 2006England Gary McSheffrey Birmingham City 16 August 2006 £4,000,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/birmingham_city/5194578.stm Birmingham capture £4m McSheffrey BBC Sport 16 August 2006Ireland Graham Barrett SCO Falkirk 1 August 2006 Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/f/falkirk/5235952.stm Barrett completes Falkirk signing BBC Sport 1 August 2006Faroe Islands Claus Bech Jørgensen Blackpool 8 September 2006 FreeFrance Faysal El Idrissi Released 1 November 2006 FreeSpain Rafael González-Robles Released 13 December 2006 FreeDenmark Mikkel Bischoff DEN Brøndby 2 January 2007 Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/6226463.stm Defender Bischoff joins Brondby BBC Sport 2 January 2007England Matt Heath Leeds United 2 January 2007 Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leeds_united/6221741.stm Leeds ready to make double swoop BBC Sport 2 January 2007England Craig Reid Cheltenham Town 12 January 2007 FreeTrinidad and Tobago Stern John Sunderland 29 January 2007 Undisclosedhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/6309469.stm Sunderland complete John signing BBC Sport 29 January 2007 Loans in PlayerFromDate FromDate TillEngland Adam Virgo SCO Celtic 7 August 2006 15 August 2006https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/5254312.stm Virgo makes Coventry loan switch BBC Sport 7 August 2006England Luke Steele Manchester United 3 August 2006 10 August 2006Ireland Clive Clarke Sunderland 23 August 2006 10 January 2007https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/6077170.stm Coventry sign Sunderland's Clarke BBC Sport 23 August 2006Wales Richard Duffy Portsmouth 23 August 2006 27 December 2006England Darren Currie Ipswich Town 23 November 2006 2 January 2007https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/6154644.stm Currie makes Coventry loan switch BBC Sport 23 November 2006England Luke Steele West Bromwich Albion 23 December 2006 7 May 2007https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/6206193.stm Coventry seal Steele loan switch BBC Sport 23 December 2006England Arran Lee-Barrett Weymouth 12 January 2007 30 January 2007 Loans out PlayerToDate FromDate TillEngland Liam Davis Peterborough United 14 September 2006 17 December 2006England Ben Turner Peterborough United 14 September 2006 14 December 2006England Andy Whing Brighton and Hove Albion 6 October 2006 28 December 2006England Isaac Osbourne Crewe Alexandra 20 October 2006 1 November 2006https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crewe_alexandra/6070224.stm Coventry's Osbourne joins Crewe BBC Sport 20 October 2006England Matt Heath Leeds United 10 November 2006 1 January 2007England Wayne Andrews Sheffield Wednesday 23 November 2006 2 January 2007England Cameron Belford Tamworth 26 December 2006 31 December 2006England Wayne Andrews Bristol City 19 January 2007 19 March 2007https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bristol_city/6278879.stm City get Coventry striker on loan BBC Sport 19 January 2007England Ben Turner Oldham Athletic 23 February 2007 23 March 2007https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/o/oldham_athletic/6389261.stm Turner agrees Oldham loan switch BBC Sport 23 February 2007England Ryan Lynch Tamworth 22 March 2007 28 April 2007https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/6482251.stm Lynch makes Tamworth loan switch BBC Sport 22 March 2007 Kit Profile Puma Cassidy Group | _whitestripes 3BB9FF 3BB9FF 3BB9FF 3BB9FF 3BB9FF Home Strip | _thinblacksides _blackshoulders C50C14 C50C14 C50C14 C50C14 000 Away 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