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Leeds United
2006–07 season
ChairmanKen Bates
ManagerKevin Blackwell
(until 20 September)[1]
John Carver
(until 23 October)[2]
David Geddis
(caretaker, until 24 Oct)[3]
Dennis Wise
(from 24 October)
StadiumElland Road
Championship24th (relegated)
FA CupThird round
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
David Healy (10)
All:
David Healy (10)
Highest home attendance31,269 vs Ipswich Town
(28 April 2007, Championship)
Lowest home attendance7,220 vs Barnet
(19 September 2006, League Cup)
Average home league attendance21,613

The 2006–07 season was Leeds United’s third consecutive season in the Football League Championship.

Season summary

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The 2006–07 season started badly with Leeds conceding late goals in several matches, and in September 2006 Blackwell's contract as manager of Leeds United was terminated. Leeds hired John Carver as caretaker manager but his spell was not a success. Carver was relieved of his duties and Dennis Wise was eventually installed as his replacement after a month without a permanent manager. Defender Matthew Kilgallon left in January to join Sheffield United, and the team never succeeded in escaping the relegation zone after a 5–1 thumping by Luton Town in late October, despite Wise bringing a number of experienced loan players and free transfers on short-term deals into the squad. Results did begin to improve as the season drew to an end, but relegation rivals Hull City and Queens Park Rangers went on even better runs at the same time, and this combined with Leeds's awful goal difference made survival all but impossible. With relegation virtually assured, Leeds entered a Company Voluntary Arrangement (administration) on 4 May 2007, thus incurring a league imposed 10-point deduction which officially relegated the club to the third tier of English football.[4][5]

Final league table

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Main article: 2006–07 Football League Championship
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
20 Barnsley 46 15 5 26 53 85 −32 50
21 Hull City 46 13 10 23 51 67 −16 49
22 Southend United (R) 46 10 12 24 47 80 −33 42 Relegation to Football League One
23 Luton Town (R) 46 10 10 26 53 81 −28 40
24 Leeds United (R) 46 13 7 26 46 72 −26 36[a]
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Leeds United had 10 points deducted for entering financial administration.

Results

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Leeds United's score comes first

Legend

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Win Draw Loss

Football League Championship

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
5 August 2006 Norwich City H 1–0 22,417 Healy (pen)
8 August 2006 Queens Park Rangers A 2–2 13,966 Lewis, Horsfield
13 August 2006 Crystal Palace A 0–1 17,218
19 August 2006 Cardiff City H 0–1 18,246
27 August 2006 Sheffield Wednesday A 1–0 23,792 Healy (pen)
10 September 2006 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 0–1 16,268
13 September 2006 Sunderland H 0–3 23,037
16 September 2006 Coventry City A 0–1 22,146
23 September 2006 Birmingham City H 3–2 18,898 Healy (2, 1 pen), Tébily (own goal)
30 September 2006 West Bromwich Albion A 2–4 21,435 Horsfield, Stone
14 October 2006 Stoke City H 0–4 18,173
17 October 2006 Leicester City H 1–2 16,477 Butler
21 October 2006 Luton Town A 1–5 10,260 Foxe
28 October 2006 Southend United H 2–0 19,528 Thomas-Moore, Blake
31 October 2006 Preston North End A 1–4 16,168 Healy
4 November 2006 Barnsley A 2–3 16,943 Derry, Blake
11 November 2006 Colchester United H 3–0 17,678 Blake (2), Cresswell
18 November 2006 Southampton H 0–3 19,647
25 November 2006 Plymouth Argyle A 2–1 17,088 Blake, Lewis
28 November 2006 Burnley A 1–2 15,061 Healy
2 December 2006 Barnsley H 2–2 21,378 Kandol, Ehiogu
9 December 2006 Derby County H 0–1 20,087
16 December 2006 Ipswich Town A 0–1 23,661
23 December 2006 Hull City H 0–0 22,578
26 December 2006 Sunderland A 0–2 40,116
30 December 2006 Stoke City A 1–3 18,128 Thomas-Moore
1 January 2007 Coventry City H 2–1 18,158 Healy, Douglas
20 January 2007 West Bromwich Albion H 2–3 20,019 Flo, Thompson
30 January 2007 Hull City A 2–1 24,311 Heath, Thompson
3 February 2007 Norwich City A 1–2 25,018 Howson
10 February 2007 Crystal Palace H 2–1 19,228 Heath, Blake
17 February 2007 Cardiff City A 0–1 16,644
20 February 2007 Queens Park Rangers H 0–0 29,593
24 February 2007 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0–1 24,314
27 February 2007 Birmingham City A 0–1 18,363
3 March 2007 Sheffield Wednesday H 2–3 25,297 Bullen (own goal), Cresswell
10 March 2007 Luton Town H 1–0 27,138 Cresswell
13 March 2007 Leicester City A 1–1 25,165 Blake
17 March 2007 Southend United A 1–1 11,274 Healy
31 March 2007 Preston North End H 2–1 18,433 Blake, Healy
7 April 2007 Plymouth Argyle H 2–1 30,034 Healy, Michalík
9 April 2007 Colchester United A 1–2 5,916 Lewis
14 April 2007 Burnley H 1–0 23,528 Heath
21 April 2007 Southampton A 0–1 29,012
28 April 2007 Ipswich Town H 1–1 31,269 Cresswell
6 May 2007 Derby County A 0–2 31,183

FA Cup

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Main article: 2006–07 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 6 January 2007 West Bromwich Albion A 1–3 16,957 Robinson (own goal)

League Cup

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Main article: 2006–07 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R1 22 August 2006 Chester City H 1–0 10,013 Bakke
R2 19 September 2006 Barnet H 3–1 7,220 Blake, Thomas-Moore (2)
R3 24 October 2006 Southend United H 1–3 10,449 Thomas-Moore

Transfers

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In

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Date Position Name From† Fee Ref.
26 July 2006 MF Kevin Nicholls Luton Town £700,000 [6]
31 August 2006 MF Jonathan Douglas Blackburn Rovers Undisclosed [7]
3 January 2007 FW Tore André Flo (Vålerenga) Free transfer [8]
4 January 2007 FW Trésor Kandol Barnet £200,000 [9][10]
† Brackets around club names denote the player's contract with that club had expired before he joined Leeds.

Loans in

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Date from Position Name From Date until Ref.
23 November 2006 FW Trésor Kandol Barnet 1 January 2007 [11][12]
23 November 2006 DF Ugo Ehiogu Middlesbrough 1 January 2007 [11][12]
12 January 2007 MF Alan Thompson Celtic End of season [13]
31 January 2007 GK Casper Ankergren Brøndby IF End of season [14]
19 February 2007 MF Jemal Johnson Wolverhampton Wanderers End of season [15][16]
9 March 2007 DF Ľubomír Michalík Bolton Wanderers 19 April 2007 [17][18][19]
22 March 2007 DF Michael Gray Blackburn Rovers End of season [20][21]

Out

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Date Position Name To† Fee Ref.
5 January 2007 MF Sean Gregan (Oldham Athletic) Mutual consent [10][22]
8 January 2007 DF Matthew Kilgallon Sheffield United £1,750,000 [23]
† Brackets around club names denote the player joined that club after his Leeds contract expired.

Loans out

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Date from Position Name To Date until Ref.
5 October 2006 FW Jermaine Beckford Carlisle United 5 November 2006 [24]
8 November 2006 MF Sean Gregan Oldham Athletic 1 January 2007 [25][26]
23 November 2006 GK Neil Sullivan Doncaster Rovers 21 December 2006 [27][28]
19 January 2007 FW Jermaine Beckford Scunthorpe United End of season [29]
9 February 2007 MF Sam Hird Doncaster Rovers 9 May 2007 [30]
19 February 2007 GK Neil Sullivan Doncaster Rovers 24 April 2007 [31][32]

First-team squad

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Squad at end of season[33]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Scotland SCO Neil Sullivan
2 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Gary Kelly
3 DF Scotland SCO Stephen Crainey
4 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Jonathan Douglas
5 DF Bulgaria BUL Radostin Kishishev (on loan from Charlton Athletic)
6 DF England ENG Alan Thompson (on loan from Celtic)
7 MF England ENG Ian Westlake
8 FW Norway NOR Tore André Flo
9 FW Northern Ireland NIR David Healy
10 DF England ENG Michael Gray (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
11 MF United States USA Eddie Lewis
12 DF England ENG Robbie Elliott
14 FW United States USA Jemal Johnson (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)
15 DF England ENG Frazer Richardson
16 MF Iceland ISL Gylfi Einarsson
17 MF France FRA Sébastien Carole
18 MF England ENG Kevin Nicholls
19 DF England ENG Matt Heath
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF Australia AUS Hayden Foxe
21 MF England ENG Shaun Derry
22 FW England ENG Ian Thomas-Moore
23 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Graham Stack (on loan from Reading)
24 DF Angola ANG Rui Marques
25 FW England ENG Richard Cresswell
27 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Tresor Kandol
28 FW England ENG Robbie Blake
31 DF Mozambique MOZ Armando Sá (on loan from Espanyol)
32 FW England ENG Jermaine Beckford
33 MF England ENG Jonny Howson
34 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Robert Bayly
35 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Simon Madden
37 FW England ENG Tom Elliott
39 MF England ENG Fabian Delph
40 GK Denmark DEN Casper Ankergren
42 MF England ENG Danny Rose

Left club during season

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
5 DF England ENG Alan Wright (on loan from Sheffield United)
5 DF England ENG Ugo Ehiogu (on loan from Middlesbrough)
6 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Paul Butler (to Milton Keynes Dons)
8 DF England ENG Sean Gregan (to Oldham Athletic)
10 FW England ENG Geoff Horsfield (on loan from Sheffield United)
12 MF England ENG Adam Johnson (on loan from Middlesbrough)
14 MF England ENG Steve Stone (retired)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Norway NOR Eirik Bakke (to Brann)
26 DF England ENG Matthew Kilgallon (to Sheffield United)
26 DF Slovakia SVK Ľubomír Michalík (on loan from Bolton Wanderers)
29 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Ian Morris (to Scunthorpe United)
31 GK Trinidad and Tobago TRI Tony Warner (on loan from Fulham)
36 GK England ENG Mark Wilberforce (to Scarborough)

Reserve squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
30 DF England ENG Ben Parker
No. Pos. Nation Player
36 GK England ENG Jonny Lund

References

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  7. ^ "Rovers' Douglas signs for Leeds". BBC Sport. 31 August 2006. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
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  14. ^ "Ankergren completes move to Leeds". BBC Sport. 31 January 2007. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
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  29. ^ "Scunthorpe land striker Beckford". BBC Sport. 19 January 2007. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  30. ^ "Doncaster capture Hird from Leeds". BBC Sport. 9 February 2007. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  31. ^ O'Rourke, Peter (19 February 2007). "Rovers re-sign Sullivan". Sky Sports. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
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