2006–07 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season

Sheffield Wednesday
2006–07 season
Chairman	Dave Allen
Manager	Paul Sturrock (until 19 October); Brian Laws (from 6 November)
Stadium	Hillsborough
Championship	9th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Burton (13); All: Burton/MacLean (13)
Average home league attendance	23,638

During the 2006–07 English football season, Sheffield Wednesday F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.

Season summary

In the 2006-07 season, manager Paul Sturrock was sacked after Sheffield Wednesday's slow start.^[1] He was replaced by former Scunthorpe United boss Brian Laws.^[2] They finished ninth in the Championship that season, just four points short of the play-offs.

Final league table

			P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
C	1	Sunderland	46	27	7	12	76	47	+29	88
P	2	Birmingham City	46	26	8	12	67	42	+25	86
P	3	Derby County	46	25	9	12	62	46	+16	84
	4	West Bromwich Albion	46	22	10	14	81	55	+26	76
	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	22	10	14	59	56	+3	76
	6	Southampton	46	21	12	13	77	53	+24	75
	7	Preston North End	46	22	8	16	64	53	+11	74
	8	Stoke City	46	19	16	11	62	41	+21	73
	9	Sheffield Wednesday	46	20	11	15	70	66	+4	71
	10	Colchester United	46	20	9	17	70	56	+14	69
	11	Plymouth Argyle	46	17	16	13	63	62	+1	67
	12	Crystal Palace	46	18	11	17	59	51	+8	65
	13	Cardiff City	46	17	13	16	57	53	+4	64
	14	Ipswich Town	46	18	8	20	64	59	+5	62
	15	Burnley	46	15	12	19	52	49	+3	57
	16	Norwich City	46	16	9	21	56	71	-15	57
	17	Coventry City	46	16	8	22	47	62	-15	56
	18	Queens Park Rangers	46	14	11	21	54	68	-14	53
	19	Leicester City	46	13	14	19	49	64	-15	53
	20	Barnsley	46	15	5	26	53	85	-32	50
	21	Hull City	46	13	10	23	51	67	-16	49
R	22	Southend United	46	10	12	24	47	80	-33	42
R	23	Luton Town	46	10	10	26	53	81	-28	40
R	24	Leeds United	46	13	7	26	46	72	-26	36 ^A

A Deducted 10 points for administration entrance.

Results

Sheffield Wednesday's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
5 August 2006	Preston North End	A	0-0	15,650
8 August 2006	Luton Town	H	0-1	22,613
12 August 2006	Burnley	H	1-1	22,425	MacLean (pen)
19 August 2006	Plymouth Argyle	A	2-1	14,507	McAllister, O'Brien
27 August 2006	Leeds United	H	0-1	23,792
9 September 2006	Southend United	A	0-0	9,639
12 September 2006	Stoke City	H	1-1	19,966	Brunt (pen)
15 September 2006	Hull City	A	1-2	17,685	Burton (pen)
23 September 2006	Derby County	H	1-2	23,659	Brunt
30 September 2006	Sunderland	A	0-1	36,764
14 October 2006	Barnsley	H	2-1	28,687	Whelan, Brunt
18 October 2006	Colchester United	A	0-4	5,097
21 October 2006	Queens Park Rangers	H	3-2	23,813	Tudgay (2), MacLean (pen)
28 October 2006	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2-2	20,637	Small, Brunt
31 October 2006	Crystal Palace	H	3-2	19,034	Tudgay, Coughlan, MacLean
4 November 2006	Leicester City	H	2-1	22,451	Tudgay (2)
11 November 2006	Ipswich Town	A	2-0	21,830	Tudgay, Bougherra
18 November 2006	Coventry City	A	1-3	19,489	Brunt
25 November 2006	Cardiff City	H	0-0	23,935
28 November 2006	West Bromwich Albion	H	3-1	21,695	Whelan, Bougherra, MacLean (pen)
2 December 2006	Leicester City	A	4-1	22,693	Brunt (2, 1 pen), Whelan, Tudgay
9 December 2006	Norwich City	A	2-1	24,816	Camp (own goal), Burton
16 December 2006	Birmingham City	H	0-3	26,083
23 December 2006	Southampton	H	3-3	23,739	Whelan (2), Crossley
26 December 2006	Stoke City	A	2-1	23,003	MacLean, Burton
30 December 2006	Barnsley	A	3-0	21,253	Andrews, Brunt, MacLean
1 January 2007	Hull City	H	1-2	28,600	Burton
13 January 2007	Derby County	A	0-1	28,936
20 January 2007	Sunderland	H	2-4	29,103	Brunt, Small
31 January 2007	Southampton	A	1-2	20,230	MacLean
3 February 2007	Preston North End	H	1-3	22,441	Burton
10 February 2007	Burnley	A	1-1	12,745	Burton
20 February 2007	Luton Town	A	2-3	8,011	Burton, Whelan
24 February 2007	Southend United	H	3-2	24,116	Tudgay, Prior (own goal), MacLean (pen)
3 March 2007	Leeds United	A	3-2	25,297	Tudgay, Brunt, Johnson
6 March 2007	Plymouth Argyle	H	1-1	19,449	MacLean
10 March 2007	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-1	15,188	Brunt
13 March 2007	Colchester United	H	2-0	18,752	Simek, Mills (own goal)
17 March 2007	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2-2	24,181	Burton, MacLean
31 March 2007	Crystal Palace	A	2-1	21,523	Burton, Tudgay
7 April 2007	Cardiff City	A	2-1	13,621	Clarke, Burton
9 April 2007	Ipswich Town	H	2-0	23,232	Whelan, MacLean
13 April 2007	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-0	20,415	Burton
21 April 2007	Coventry City	H	2-1	23,632	Tudgay, MacLean
28 April 2007	Birmingham City	A	0-2	29,317
6 May 2007	Norwich City	H	3-2	28,287	Johnson, Burton, Etuhu (own goal)

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 2007	Manchester City	H	1-1	28,487	MacLean
R3R	16 January 2007	Manchester City	A	1-2	25,621	Bullen

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	23 August 2006	Wrexham	H	1-4	8,047	Whelan

Squad

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Mark Crossley (on loan from Fulham)
2	DF	Lee Bullen
3	DF	Peter Gilbert
4	MF	Kenny Lunt
5	DF	Graham Coughlan
6	MF	Glenn Whelan
7	MF	Marcus Tudgay
8	MF	Burton O'Brien
9	FW	Steve MacLean
10	FW	Deon Burton
11	MF	Chris Brunt
12	MF	Steve Adams
14	DF	John Hills
15	MF	Wade Small
16	DF	Richard Wood
18	FW	Leon Clarke

No.	Position	Player
20	DF	Frank Simek
22	GK	Chris Adamson
23	MF	Jermaine Johnson
24	DF	Mark Beevers
25	MF	Rocky Lekaj
26	FW	Barry Corr
27	MF	Luke Boden
28	MF	Dave McClements
29	GK	Richard O'Donnell
30	FW	David Graham
31	MF	Yoann Folly
32	DF	Tommy Spurr
33	MF	Sean McAllister
34	FW	Matt Bowman
35	DF	Liam McMenamin

Left club during season

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Brad Jones (on loan from Middlesbrough)
17	MF	Lloyd Sam (on loan from Charlton Athletic)
17	FW	Wayne Andrews (on loan from Coventry City)
17	DF	Steve Watson (on loan from West Bromwich Albion)
19	GK	Shwan Jalal (on loan from Woking)

No.	Position	Player
19	GK	Iain Turner (on loan from Everton)
21	DF	Madjid Bougherra (to Charlton Athletic)
23	DF	Rory McArdle (to Rochdale)
25	FW	Drew Talbot (to Luton Town)

Transfers

In

Yoann Folly - Southampton
Leon Clarke - Wolves, nominal
Jermaine Johnson - Bradford City, £500,000

Out

Patrick Collins - Darlington, free
Drissa Diallo - MK Dons, free
Craig Rocastle - Oldham Athletic, free
Jon-Paul McGovern - MK Dons, free
Ben Kirby - Boston United, free
Rory McArdle - Rochdale, nominal
Drew Talbot - Luton Town, £250,000
Madjid Bougherra - Charlton Athletic, £2,500,000

References

↑ "Wednesday sack manager Sturrock". BBC Sport. 19 October 2006. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
↑ "Laws takes over as Sheff Wed boss". BBC Sport. 6 November 2006. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/sheffield-wednesday/2006-2007/results

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[1] "Wednesday sack manager Sturrock". BBC Sport. 19 October 2006. Retrieved 7 November 2013.

[2] "Laws takes over as Sheff Wed boss". BBC Sport. 6 November 2006. Retrieved 7 November 2013.

[3] ttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/sheffield-wednesday/2006-2007/results

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