2006–07 Leeds United A.F.C. season

Leeds United
2006–07 season
Chairman	Ken Bates
Manager	Kevin Blackwell ; (until 20 September) ; John Carver ; (until 23 October) ; David Geddis ; (caretaker, until 24 Oct) ; Dennis Wise; (from 24 October)
Stadium	Elland Road
Championship	24th (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; David Healy (10); All: ; David Healy (10)
Highest home attendance	31,269 vs Ipswich Town ; (28 April 2007, Championship)
Lowest home attendance	7,220 vs Barnet ; (19 September 2006, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	21,613
	← 2005–06 2007–08 →

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

Season summary

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

Pos	Team v t e	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:

^ Leeds United had 10 points deducted for entering financial administration.

Results

Leeds United's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Championship

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


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 2007	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–3	16,957	Robinson (own goal)

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

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
26 July 2006	MF	Kevin Nicholls	Luton Town	£700,000	^[6]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
19 February 2007	MF	Jemal Johnson	Wolverhampton Wanderers	End of season	^[7]^[8]
9 March 2007	DF	Ľubomír Michalík	Bolton Wanderers	19 April 2007	^[9]^[10]^[11]
22 March 2007	DF	Michael Gray	Blackburn Rovers	End of season	^[12]^[13]

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
8 January 2007	DF	Matthew Kilgallon	Sheffield United	£1,750,000	^[14]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
23 November 2006	GK	Neil Sullivan	Doncaster Rovers	21 December 2006	^[15]^[16]

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[17]

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	SCO	Neil Sullivan
2	DF	IRL	Gary Kelly
3	DF	SCO	Stephen Crainey
4	MF	IRL	Jonathan Douglas
5	DF	BUL	Radostin Kishishev (on loan from Charlton Athletic)
6	DF	ENG	Alan Thompson (on loan from Celtic)
7	MF	ENG	Ian Westlake
8	FW	NOR	Tore André Flo
9	FW	NIR	David Healy
10	DF	ENG	Michael Gray (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
11	MF	USA	Eddie Lewis
12	DF	ENG	Robbie Elliott
14	FW	USA	Jemal Johnson (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)
15	DF	ENG	Frazer Richardson
16	MF	ISL	Gylfi Einarsson
17	MF	FRA	Sébastien Carole
18	MF	ENG	Kevin Nicholls
19	DF	ENG	Matt Heath


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	AUS	Hayden Foxe
21	MF	ENG	Shaun Derry
22	FW	ENG	Ian Thomas-Moore
23	GK	IRL	Graham Stack (on loan from Reading)
24	DF	ANG	Rui Marques
25	FW	ENG	Richard Cresswell
27	MF	COD	Tresor Kandol
28	FW	ENG	Robbie Blake
31	DF	MOZ	Armando Sá (on loan from Espanyol)
32	FW	ENG	Jermaine Beckford
33	MF	ENG	Jonny Howson
34	MF	IRL	Robert Bayly
35	DF	IRL	Simon Madden
37	FW	ENG	Tom Elliott
39	MF	ENG	Fabian Delph
40	GK	DEN	Casper Ankergren
42	MF	ENG	Danny Rose

Left club during season

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	ENG	Alan Wright (on loan from Sheffield United)
5	DF	ENG	Ugo Ehiogu (on loan from Middlesbrough)
6	DF	IRL	Paul Butler (to Milton Keynes Dons)
8	DF	ENG	Sean Gregan (to Oldham Athletic)
10	FW	ENG	Geoff Horsfield (on loan from Sheffield United)
12	MF	ENG	Adam Johnson (on loan from Middlesbrough)
14	MF	ENG	Steve Stone (retired)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	NOR	Eirik Bakke (to Brann)
26	DF	ENG	Matthew Kilgallon (to Sheffield United)
26	DF	SVK	Ľubomír Michalík (on loan from Bolton Wanderers)
29	MF	IRL	Ian Morris (to Scunthorpe United)
31	GK	TRI	Tony Warner (on loan from Fulham)
36	GK	ENG	Mark Wilberforce (to Scarborough)

Reserve squad

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	ENG	Ben Parker


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
36	GK	ENG	Jonny Lund

References

^ "Manager Blackwell sacked by Leeds". BBC News. 20 September 2006.
^ "Leeds Manager History | Past & Present". Soccer Base.
^ "Leeds United | Match | Fixtures and results | Match report | 24 October 2006, Leeds 1 - 3 Southend". Archived from the original on 26 December 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
^ "Leeds Utd calls in administrators". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 May 2007. Archived from the original on 10 May 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2007.
^ "Relegated Leeds in administration". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 May 2007. Archived from the original on 15 May 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2007.
^ "Nicholls joins Leeds from Luton". BBC Sport. 26 July 2006. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
^ "Johnson heads for Leeds". Express & Star. 19 February 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
^ "Wolves let Johnson stay at Leeds". Birmingham Mail. 22 March 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
^ "Leeds snap up Bolton's Michalik". BBC Sport. 9 March 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
^ "Michalik extends loan with Leeds". BBC Sport. 9 April 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
^ Sharrock, Gordon (20 April 2007). "Michalik's shock recall". The Bolton News. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
^ "Wise brings in Blackburn defender". BBC Sport. 22 March 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
^ "Gray extends loan spell at Leeds". BBC Sport. 23 April 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
^ "Blades sign Kilgallon from Leeds". BBC Sport. 8 January 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
^ "Doncaster sign Sullivan on loan". BBC Sport. 23 November 2006. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
^ "Leeds recall Sullivan from loan". BBC Sport. 21 December 2006. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
^ "Leeds United – 2006/07". FootballSquads. Retrieved 18 April 2011.

[table_hth_LEE0.66627033598082-6] Leeds United had 10 points deducted for entering financial administration.

[1] "Manager Blackwell sacked by Leeds". BBC News. 20 September 2006.

[2] "Leeds Manager History | Past & Present". Soccer Base.

[3] "Leeds United | Match | Fixtures and results | Match report | 24 October 2006, Leeds 1 - 3 Southend". Archived from the original on 26 December 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2012.

[4] "Leeds Utd calls in administrators". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 May 2007. Archived from the original on 10 May 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2007.

[5] "Relegated Leeds in administration". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 May 2007. Archived from the original on 15 May 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2007.

[7] "Nicholls joins Leeds from Luton". BBC Sport. 26 July 2006. Retrieved 28 December 2024.

[8] "Johnson heads for Leeds". Express & Star. 19 February 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2024.

[9] "Wolves let Johnson stay at Leeds". Birmingham Mail. 22 March 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2024.

[10] "Leeds snap up Bolton's Michalik". BBC Sport. 9 March 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2024.

[11] "Michalik extends loan with Leeds". BBC Sport. 9 April 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2024.

[12] Sharrock, Gordon (20 April 2007). "Michalik's shock recall". The Bolton News. Retrieved 27 December 2024.

[13] "Wise brings in Blackburn defender". BBC Sport. 22 March 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2024.

[14] "Gray extends loan spell at Leeds". BBC Sport. 23 April 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2024.

[15] "Blades sign Kilgallon from Leeds". BBC Sport. 8 January 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2024.

[16] "Doncaster sign Sullivan on loan". BBC Sport. 23 November 2006. Retrieved 28 December 2024.

[17] "Leeds recall Sullivan from loan". BBC Sport. 21 December 2006. Retrieved 28 December 2024.

[18] "Leeds United – 2006/07". FootballSquads. Retrieved 18 April 2011.

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