2006–07 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers
2006–07 season
Chairman	Gianni Paladini
Manager	Gary Waddock (until 19 September); John Gregory (from 20 September)
Stadium	Loftus Road
Championship	18th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Blackstock (13); All: Blackstock (14)
Average home league attendance	12,936

During the 2006–07 English football season, Queens Park Rangers F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.

Season summary

On 28 June 2006, Holloway was put on Gardening leave and eventually left for Plymouth Argyle and Gary Waddock was appointed full-time manager.[1] On 20 September 2006, after a poor set of results had left QPR bottom of the table, Waddock was replaced by John Gregory.[2] Waddock did, however, stay at the club as assistant manager. Gregory's appointment caused a schism among QPR fans, some of whom saw Gregory's friendship with controversial chairman Gianni Paladini as a conflict of interest. After a decent start with successive victories over Hull City and Southampton, Rangers form dipped before winning three on the bounce (including a victory at (then) league leaders Cardiff City). Unfortunately, results did not continue to improve, and relegation looked a distinct possibility for Gregory's men. However, following a fine late season run, QPR beat Cardiff 1–0 at Loftus Road on 21 April 2007 to secure their Championship status for another year.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Results

Queens Park Rangers' score comes first[3]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
5 August 2006	Burnley	A	0-2	12,190
8 August 2006	Leeds United	H	2-2	13,996	Rowlands (pen), Baidoo
12 August 2006	Southend United	H	2-0	12,368	Rowlands, Ward
19 August 2006	Preston North End	A	1-1	11,879	Ainsworth
25 August 2006	Ipswich Town	H	1-3	10,918	Gallen
9 September 2006	Plymouth Argyle	A	1-1	12,138	Blackstock
12 September 2006	Birmingham City	H	0-2	10,936
16 September 2006	Colchester United	A	1-2	5,246	Brown (own goal)
23 September 2006	Hull City	H	2-0	11,381	R Jones, Blackstock
30 September 2006	Southampton	A	2-1	25,185	Blackstock, R Jones
14 October 2006	Norwich City	H	3-3	14,793	Smith, Rowlands (2)
17 October 2006	Derby County	H	1-2	10,882	Smith
21 October 2006	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2-3	23,813	Blackstock (2)
28 October 2006	Leicester City	H	1-1	12,430	Rowlands (pen)
31 October 2006	West Bromwich Albion	A	3-3	17,417	Stewart, Gallen, Nygaard
4 November 2006	Crystal Palace	H	4-2	13,989	Smith (2), Lomas, Gallen (pen)
11 November 2006	Luton Town	A	3-2	9,007	Smith, Heikkinen (own goal), Blackstock
17 November 2006	Cardiff City	A	1-0	13,250	R Jones
25 November 2006	Coventry City	H	0-1	12,840
28 November 2006	Sunderland	H	1-2	13,108	R Jones
2 December 2006	Crystal Palace	A	0-3	17,017
9 December 2006	Stoke City	A	0-1	16,487
16 December 2006	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0-1	12,323
23 December 2006	Barnsley	H	1-0	11,307	Rowlands
26 December 2006	Birmingham City	A	1-2	29,431	Cook
30 December 2006	Norwich City	A	0-1	25,113
1 January 2007	Colchester United	H	1-0	11,319	R Jones
13 January 2007	Hull City	A	1-2	19,791	Blackstock
20 January 2007	Southampton	H	0-2	14,686
30 January 2007	Barnsley	A	0-2	9,890
3 February 2007	Burnley	H	3-1	10,811	Cook, Blackstock, Lomas
9 February 2007	Southend United	A	0-5	10,217
20 February 2007	Leeds United	A	0-0	29,593
24 February 2007	Plymouth Argyle	H	1-1	13,757	Cook
3 March 2007	Ipswich Town	A	1-2	21,412	Furlong
10 March 2007	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-1	15,188	Rowlands (pen)
13 March 2007	Derby County	A	1-1	27,567	Rowlands
17 March 2007	Leicester City	A	3-1	24,558	Idiakez, Nygaard (2, 1 pen)
31 March 2007	West Bromwich Albion	H	1-2	14,784	Blackstock
3 April 2007	Preston North End	H	1-0	11,910	Blackstock
7 April 2007	Coventry City	A	1-0	22,850	Smith
9 April 2007	Luton Town	H	3-2	14,360	Blackstock (2, 1 pen), Furlong
14 April 2007	Sunderland	A	1-2	39,206	Rowlands (pen)
21 April 2007	Cardiff City	H	1-0	12,710	Blackstock
28 April 2007	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-2	24,931
6 May 2007	Stoke City	H	1-1	16,741	Rowlands

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 2007	Luton Town	H	2-2	10,064	Blackstock, Baidoo
R3R	23 January 2007	Luton Town	A	0-1	7,494

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	22 August 2006	Northampton Town	H	3-2	4,569	Cook, Gallen, R Jones
R2	19 September 2006	Port Vale	A	2-3	3,550	Nygaard, Stewart

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[4]

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	Simon Royce
2	DF	Marcus Bignot
3	DF	Mauro Milanese
4	DF	Danny Cullip
5	DF	Zesh Rehman[notes 1]
6	MF	Tommy Doherty[notes 2]
7	MF	Adam Bolder
8	MF	Marc Bircham[notes 3]
9	MF	Nick Ward
10	FW	Kevin Gallen
11	MF	Gareth Ainsworth
12	GK	Jake Cole
14	MF	Martin Rowlands[notes 4]
15	DF	Dominic Shimmin
16	MF	Steve Lomas[notes 5]
17	MF	Lee Cook
18	FW	Stefan Moore
19	MF	Armel Tchakounte

No.	Position	Player
21	GK	Paul Jones
22	FW	Shabazz Baidoo
23	MF	Stefan Bailey
24	DF	Patrick Kanyuka
25	DF	Damion Stewart
26	GK	Sean Thomas
27	DF	Sampsa Timoska
29	FW	Paul Furlong
30	FW	Marc Nygaard
31	FW	Ray Jones
32	FW	Dexter Blackstock[notes 6]
33	DF	Andrew Howell
34	MF	Rohan Ricketts (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)
37	MF	Jimmy Smith (on loan from Chelsea)
38	DF	Michael Mancienne (on loan from Chelsea)
39	MF	Kieron St Aimie

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
4	DF	Ian Evatt (to Blackpool)
5	DF	Danny Shittu (to Watford)
7	DF	Matthew Rose (to Yeovil Town)
20	MF	Scott Donnelly (to Wealdstone)
20	GK	Lee Camp (on loan from Derby County)
27	FW	Adam Czerkas (on loan from Korona Kielce)

No.	Position	Player
28	MF	Egutu Oliseh (to Montpelier)
28	MF	Iñigo Idiakez (on loan from Southampton)
34	DF	Matthew Hislop (to Lewes)
35	DF	Jonathan Munday (to Hayes)
40	DF	Ugo Ukah[notes 7] (released)

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Position	Championship	League Cup	FA Cup	Total
1	Dexter Blackstock	FW	12	0	1	13
2	Martin Rowlands	MF	10	0	0	10
3	Jimmy Smith	MF	6	0	0	6
=	Ray Jones	FW	5	1	0	6
5	Lee Cook	MF	3	1	0	4
=	Kevin Gallen	FW	3	1	0	4
=	Marc Nygaard	FW	3	1	0	4
8	Steve Lomas	MF	2	0	0	2
=	Paul Furlong	FW	2	0	0	2
=	Damion Stewart	FW	1	1	0	2
=	Shabazz Baidoo	FW	1	0	1	2
12	Nick Ward	MF	1	0	0	1
=	Gareth Ainsworth	MF	1	0	0	1
=	Iñigo Idiakez	MF	1	0	0	1
=	Adam Bolder	MF	2	0	0	2
11	Stefan Moore	FW	1	0	0	1
TOTAL			60	1	0	61

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Position	Championship	Total
1	Lee Camp	GK	4	4
2	Simon Royce	GK	3	3
3	Paul Jones	GK	1	1
=	Jake Cole	GK	1	1

References

"Waddock appointed as QPR manager". BBC Sport. 28 June 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2008.
"Gregory appointed as new QPR boss". BBC Sport. 20 September 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2008.
http://www.statto.com/football/teams/queens-park-rangers/2006-2007/results
http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2006-2007/flcham/qpr.htm

Notes

Rehman was born in Birmingham, England, and represented them at U-18, U-19, and U-20 level, but also qualifies to represent Pakistan internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Pakistan in December 2005.
Doherty was born in Bristol, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally through his grandfather and represented the Northern Ireland B team before making his international debut for Northern Ireland in June 2003.
Bircham was born in Brent, England, but also qualified to represent Canada internationally through his grandfather and made his international debut for Canada in April 1999.
Rowlands was born in Hammersmith and Fulham, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 2004.
Lomas was born in Hanover, West Germany (now Germany), but was raised in Northern Ireland from the age of 2 and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1994.
Blackstock was born in Oxford, England, and represented them at U-18, U-19, and U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Antigua and Barbuda internationally and would make his international debut for Antigua and Barbuda in February 2012.
Ukah was born in Parma, Italy, but also qualifies to represent Nigeria internationally and would make his international debut for Nigeria in 2011.

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[1] "Waddock appointed as QPR manager". BBC Sport. 28 June 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2008.

[2] "Gregory appointed as new QPR boss". BBC Sport. 20 September 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2008.

[3] ttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/queens-park-rangers/2006-2007/results

[4] ttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2006-2007/flcham/qpr.htm

[5] Rehman was born in Birmingham, England, and represented them at U-18, U-19, and U-20 level, but also qualifies to represent Pakistan internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Pakistan in December 2005.

[6] Doherty was born in Bristol, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally through his grandfather and represented the Northern Ireland B team before making his international debut for Northern Ireland in June 2003.

[7] Bircham was born in Brent, England, but also qualified to represent Canada internationally through his grandfather and made his international debut for Canada in April 1999.

[8] Rowlands was born in Hammersmith and Fulham, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 2004.

[9] Lomas was born in Hanover, West Germany (now Germany), but was raised in Northern Ireland from the age of 2 and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1994.

[10] Blackstock was born in Oxford, England, and represented them at U-18, U-19, and U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Antigua and Barbuda internationally and would make his international debut for Antigua and Barbuda in February 2012.

[11] Ukah was born in Parma, Italy, but also qualifies to represent Nigeria internationally and would make his international debut for Nigeria in 2011.