2006–07 Football League

108th season of the Football League March 2013 June 2022 The Football League 2006–07 Sunderland SunderlandBirmingham CityDerby County Boston UnitedTorquay United New clubs in league Accrington StanleyHereford United 2005–06 2007–08 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,https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/2006-07.html England 2006–07 2010-02-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20100127093941/http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/FLA/2006-07.html 27 January 2010 RSSSF live with home and away statistics separated. Play-off results are from the same website. Championship 2006–07 Football League Championship Football League Championship 2006–07 Sunderland (5th second tier title) Direct promotion to FA Premier League Sunderland,Birmingham City Promoted to FA Premier League through play-offs Derby County Relegated Leeds United,Luton Town,Southend United Jamie Cureton (Colchester United), 23https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF 2010-10-31 552 1439 2005–06 2007–08 y England right 400 Locations of the Football League Championship 2006–2007 teams England 53.55 -1.48 right England 52.48 -1.89 right England 53.79 -2.25 right England 51.47 -3.20 right England 51.89 0.90 right England 52.41 -1.51 right England 51.398 -0.085 right England 52.92 -1.476 right England 53.74 -0.33 right England 52.06 1.14 right England 53.78 -1.57 right England 52.62 -1.14 right England 51.9 -0.433 right England 52.63 1.30 right England 50.39 -4.15 right England 53.75 -2.7 right England 51.53 -0.232 right England 53.41 -1.50 right England 50.91 -1.39 right England 51.55 0.70 right England 53.00 -2.18 right England 54.91 -1.39 right England 52.52 -1.97 right England 52.59 -2.13 right 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 2007 Football League play-offs#Championship 2/1 y y Semifinals1st leg – 12/13 May; 2nd leg – 15/16 May 2007 Final at Wembley Stadium 28 May 2007 3rd Derby County (pen.) 2 2 4 (4) 6th Southampton 1 3 4 (3) 4th West Bromwich Albion 3 1 4 5th Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 0 2 3rd Derby County 1 4th West Bromwich Albion 0 Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals1ENG Jamie Cureton Colchester United 232ENG Michael Chopra Cardiff City 223SEN Diomansy Kamara West Bromwich Albion 214WAL Robert Earnshaw Norwich City 195SCO Chris Iwelumo Colchester United 18=POL Grzegorz Rasiak Southampton 187SCO Steve Howard Derby County 16=IRL Alan Lee Ipswich Town 16=ENG Kevin Phillips West Bromwich Albion 1610ENG David Nugent Preston North End 15 https://archive.today/20120715180256/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/scorers/_/league/eng.2/year/2006/english-league-championshipcc=5739 soccernet.espn.go.com League One Football League One 2006–07 Scunthorpe United (1st third tier title) Direct promotion Scunthorpe United,Bristol City Promoted through play-offs Blackpool Relegated Bradford City,Brentford,Chesterfield,Rotherham United Billy Sharp (Scunthorpe United), 30 Swansea city 3–6 Blackpool (5 May 2007) 552 1386 7 matches (Blackpool: 31 March – 5 May 2007);Scunthorpe United (27 January – 3 March 2007) 19 matches (Scunthorpe: 22 December 2006 – 5 May 2007) 5 matches (Brentford: 28 October – 5 December 2006 and 21 March – 21 April 2007) 27,875 (Nottingham Forest 1–1 Rotherham United; 9 April 2007) 3,341 (Chesterfield 0–0 Northampton Town; 6 December 2006) 7,490 2005–06 2007–08 main WDL PQR Football League One 5 SCU Scunthorpe United BRI Bristol City BLP Blackpool NOT Nottingham Forest YEO Yeovil Town OLD Oldham Athletic SWA Swansea City CRL Carlisle United TRA Tranmere Rovers MIL Millwall DON Doncaster Rovers PTV Port Vale CRE Crewe Alexandra NOR Northampton Town HUD Huddersfield Town GIL Gillingham CHL Cheltenham Town B&HA Brighton & Hove Albion BOU Bournemouth LEY Leyton Orient CHF Chesterfield BRA Bradford City ROT Rotherham United BRE Brentford 26 13 7 73 35 CP 25 10 11 63 39 P 24 11 11 76 49 OP 23 13 10 65 41 23 10 13 55 39 21 12 13 69 47 20 12 14 69 53 19 11 16 54 55 18 13 15 58 53 19 9 18 59 62 16 15 15 52 47 18 6 22 64 65 17 9 20 66 72 15 14 17 48 51 14 17 15 60 69 17 8 21 56 77 15 9 22 49 61 14 11 21 49 58 13 13 20 50 64 12 15 19 61 77 12 11 23 45 53 R 11 14 21 47 65 R 13 9 24 58 75 -10 R 8 13 25 40 79 R Rotherham United had 10 points deducted for entering financial administration. green1 Promotion to Football League Championship P P yellow1 Qualification for League One play-offs QP QP QP QP red1 Relegation to Football League Two R R R R In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD). complete England right 400 Locations of the Football League One 2006–2007 teams England 50.73 -1.84 right England 53.81 -3.05 right England 53.82 -1.73 right England 51.486 -0.32 right England 50.83 -0.15 right England 51.42 -2.59 right England 54.90 -2.91 right England 51.91 -2.06 right England 53.24 -1.43 right England 53.10 -2.44 right England 53.52 -1.133 right England 51.38 0.55 right England 53.64 -1.78 right England 51.57 -0.01 right England 51.48 -0.048 right England 52.24 -0.90 right England 53.01 -1.137 right England 53.54 -2.12 right England 53.06 -2.21 right England 53.43 -1.36 right England 53.58 -0.65 right England 51.62 -3.95 right England 53.37 -3.04 right England 50.95 -2.67 right 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 2007 Football League play-offs#League One 2/1 y y Semifinals1st leg – 11/13 May; 2nd leg – 18/19 May 2007 Final at Wembley Stadium, Londonhttps://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/may/28/match.blackpool London The Guardian David Ornstein League One play-off final: Yeovil 0 – 2 Blackpool 27 May 2007 27 May 2007 3rd Blackpool 2 3 5 6th Oldham Athletic 1 1 2 4th Nottingham Forest 2 2 4 5th Yeovil Town 0 5 5 3rd Blackpool 2 5th Yeovil Town 0 Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals1ENG Billy Sharp Scunthorpe United 302ENG Leon Constantine Port Vale 223ENG Chris Porter Oldham 214ENG Lee Trundle Swansea City 195ENG Chris Greenacre Tranmere Rovers 17=ENG Luke Varney Crewe Alexandra 177JAM Darren Byfield Millwall 16=ENG Nicky Maynard Crewe Alexandra 16=ENG Andy Morrell Blackpool 1610ENG Luke Beckett Huddersfield Town 15=ENG Will Hoskins Rotherham United 15 https://archive.today/20120714133300/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/scorers/_/league/eng.3/year/2006/english-league-onecc=5739 soccernet.espn.go.com Results main FBR grey BOU BLP BRA BRE B&HA BRI CRL CHL CHF CRE DON GIL HUD LEY MIL NOR NOT OLD PTV ROT SCU SWA TRA YEO AFC Bournemouth 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 5–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 3–2 0–4 1–3 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–2 Blackpool 2–0 4–1 1–3 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 3–0 0–1 4–1 0–2 2–2 2–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 Bradford City 1–3 0–0 1–1 2–3 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 4–2 0–1 0–2 2–2 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–0 0–2 Brentford 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 2–1 0–4 0–4 2–2 2–2 2–2 1–4 0–1 2–4 2–2 4–3 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–2 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–3 2–2 0–1 2–2 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–4 0–2 1–0 0–0 4–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–2 0–1 1–3 Bristol City 2–4 2–2 2–3 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 3–2 2–0 Carlisle United 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–3 2–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 5–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–4 Cheltenham Town 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–2 0–2 0–2 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 Chesterfield 2–0 0–1 3–0 3–1 0–1 1–3 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 5–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 0–1 2–3 0–2 1–1 Crewe Alexandra 1–2 2–0 0–3 3–1 1–1 0–1 5–1 3–1 2–2 2–1 4–3 2–0 0–4 1–0 2–2 1–4 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–3 1–3 1–1 2–3 Doncaster Rovers 0–0 1–1 3–3 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–0 3–1 1–2 3–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 2–2 2–2 0–0 0–0 Gillingham 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–3 3–2 1–0 0–2 3–1 2–0 0–2 Huddersfield Town 0–2 2–2 2–0 0–2 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 3–1 3–1 4–2 1–1 1–1 0–3 2–2 3–0 1–1 3–2 2–2 2–3 Leyton Orient 0–1 3–2 1–2 1–1 1–4 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–3 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–3 2–2 2–1 2–3 2–2 0–1 3–1 0–0 Millwall 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–2 4–1 0–0 2–5 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–0 0–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 Northampton Town 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–3 3–2 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 0–1 2–3 0–2 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–3 1–1 Nottingham Forest 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 4–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 5–1 1–3 3–1 1–0 0–2 3–0 1–1 0–4 3–1 1–1 1–0 Oldham Athletic 0–1 1–2 2–0 3–0 1–1 0–3 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 4–0 4–1 1–1 3–3 1–2 3–0 5–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 Port Vale 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 3–2 3–0 1–2 2–0 1–2 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–3 0–0 0–2 2–3 4–2 Rotherham United 1–0 0–2 4–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–4 0–1 5–1 0–0 3–2 2–3 2–2 2–3 1–2 1–1 2–3 1–5 2–1 1–2 2–1 3–2 Scunthorpe United 1–3 3–2 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 3–1 2–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 Swansea City 3–6 4–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 5–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 Tranmere Rovers 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–3 2–2 3–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–2 0–2 2–1 Yeovil Town 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–2 5 May 2007 English Football League Two Football League Two 2006–07 Walsall (2nd fourth tier title) Direct promotion Walsall,Hartlepool United,Swindon Town Promoted through play-offs Bristol Rovers Relegated to Conference Boston United,Torquay United New clubs in the league Accrington Stanley,Hereford United Richard Barker (Hartlepool United), 21Izale McLeod (Milton Keynes Dons), 21 552 1372 2005–06 2007–08 main WDL Football League Two PQR 5 WAL Walsall HAR Hartlepool United SWI Swindon Town MKD Milton Keynes Dons LIN Lincoln City BRR Bristol Rovers SHR Shrewsbury Town STP Stockport County ROC Rochdale PET Peterborough United DAR Darlington WYC Wycombe Wanderers NTC Notts County BAR Barnet GRI Grimsby Town HER Hereford United MAN Mansfield Town CHE Chester City WRE Wrexham ACC Accrington Stanley BRY Bury MAC Macclesfield Town BOS Boston United TOR Torquay United 25 14 7 66 34 CP 26 10 10 65 40 P 25 10 11 58 38 P 25 9 12 76 58 21 11 14 70 59 20 12 14 49 42 OP 18 17 11 68 46 21 8 17 65 54 18 12 16 70 50 18 11 17 70 61 17 14 15 52 56 16 14 16 52 47 16 14 16 55 53 16 11 19 55 70 17 8 21 57 73 14 13 19 45 53 14 12 20 58 63 13 14 19 40 48 13 12 21 43 65 13 11 22 70 81 13 11 22 46 61 12 12 22 55 77 12 10 24 51 80 -10 R 7 14 25 36 63 R Boston United had 10 points deducted for entering a Company Voluntary Arrangement. They were relegated directly to the Conference North for not paying their footballing creditors. green1 Promotion to Football League One P P P yellow1 Qualification for League Two play-offs PP PP PP PP red1 Relegation to Football Conference R red1 Relegation to Conference North R1 In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD). complete England right 400 Locations of the Football League Two teams 2006–2007 England 53.75 -2.36 right England 51.65 -0.19 right England 52.98 -0.02 right England 51.47 -2.53 right England 53.58 -2.295 right England 53.19 -2.89 right England 54.53 -1.55 right England 53.56 -0.068 right England 54.69 -1.21 right England 52.06 -2.72 right England 53.23 -0.54 right England 53.24 -2.13 right England 53.14 -1.20 right England 52.01 -0.73 right England 52.94 -1.137 right England 52.58 -0.25 right England 53.61 -2.16 right England 52.71 -2.75 right England 53.41 -2.16 right England 51.56 -1.77 right England 50.48 -3.52 right England 52.58 -1.98 right England 53.03 -2.98 right England 51.63 -0.80 right 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 2007 Football League play-offs#League Two 2/1 y y Semifinals1st leg – 12/14 May; 2nd leg – 17/18 May 2007 Final at Wembley Stadium26 May 2007 4th Milton Keynes Dons 0 1 1 7th Shrewsbury 0 2 2 5th Lincoln City 1 3 4 6th Bristol Rovers 2 5 7 6th Bristol Rovers 3 7th Shrewsbury 1 Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals1ENG Richard Barker Mansfield Town Hartlepool United 21=ENG Izale McLeod Milton Keynes Dons 213ENG Glenn Murray Stockport / Rochdale 194ENG Jamie Forrester Lincoln City 18=ENG Clive Platt Milton Keynes Dons 186ENG Chris Dagnall Rochdale 17=WAL Jermaine Easter Wycombe Wanderers 178ENG Anthony Elding Boston UnitedStockport County 16=ENG Mark Stallard Lincoln City 16=ENG Andy Bishop Bury 16=ENG Richard Walker Bristol Rovers 16 https://archive.today/20120722225053/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/scorers/_/league/ENG.4/year/2006/english-league-twocc=5739 soccernet.espn.go.com See also The Football League 2006–07 in English football 2006 in association football 2007 in association football References External links The Football League 2006–07 2–4