2006–07 in English football

history

was completed in time for the 2006-07 season's FA Cup Final.]] The 2006–07 season was the 127th season of competitive football in England.

Overview

Diary of the season

»England take the trophy TheFA.com. Retrieved on 31 January 2007

Managerial changes

{| class="wikitable" |- ! Name !! Club !! Date of departure !! Replacement !! Date of appointment |- | Glenn Hoddle || Wolverhampton Wanderers || 1 July 2006»Hoddle resigns as boss of Wolves BBC Sport. Retrieved on January 2, 2007 || Mick McCarthy || 21 July 2006»McCarthy named new Wolves manager BBC Sport. Retrieved on January 2, 2007 |- | David O'Leary || Aston Villa || 19 July 2006»O'Leary parts company with Villa BBC Sport. Retrieved on January 2, 2007 || Martin O'Neill || 4 August 2006»O'Neill named Aston Villa manager BBC Sport. Retrieved on January 2, 2007 |- | Niall Quinn || Sunderland || 28 August 2006»Sunderland upbeat on new manager BBC Sport. Retrieved on January 2, 2007 || Roy Keane || 28 August 2006»Keane becomes new Sunderland boss BBC Sport. Retrieved on January 2, 2007 |- | Dave Penney || Doncaster Rovers || 30 August 2006»Penney and Doncaster part company BBC Sport. Retrieved on January 2, 2007 || Sean O'Driscoll || 8 September 2006»O'Driscoll named Doncaster boss BBC Sport. Retrieved on January 2, 2007 |- | Mark McGhee || Brighton & Hove Albion || 8 September 2006»Brighton boss McGhee leaves club BBC Sport. Retrieved on January 2, 2007 || Dean Wilkins || 29 September 2006»Brighton confirm Wilkins as boss BBC Sport. Retrieved on January 2, 2007 |- | Sean O'Driscoll || Bournemouth || 8 September 2006 || Kevin Bond || 13 October 2006»Bond unveiled as Bournemouth boss BBC Sport. Retrieved on January 2, 2007 |- | Bryan Robson || West Bromwich Albion || 18 September 2006»Robson and West Brom part company BBC Sport. Retrieved on January 2, 2007 || Tony Mowbray || 13 October 2006»Mowbray leaves Hibs for West Brom BBC Sport. Retrieved on January 2, 2007 |- | Gary Waddock || Queens Park Rangers || 20 September 2006»Gregory appointed as new QPR boss BBC Sport. Retrieved on January 2, 2007 || John Gregory || 20 September 2006 |- | Kevin Blackwell || Leeds United || 20 September 2006»Manager Blackwell sacked by Leeds BBC Sport. Retrieved on November 14, 2006 || Dennis Wise || 24 October 2006»Wise takes over as Leeds manager BBC Sport. Retrieved on November 14, 2006 |- | Nigel Spackman || Millwall || 25 September 2006»Spackman & Millwall part company BBC Sport. Retrieved on January 2, 2007 || Willie Donachie || 22 November 2006»Donachie gets permanent Lions job BBC Sport. Retrieved on December 21, 2006 |- | Nigel Worthington || Norwich City || 1 October 2006»Norwich sack manager Worthington BBC Sport. Retrieved on January 2, 2007 || Peter Grant || 13 October 2006 »Grant appointed as Norwich boss BBC Norfolk - Sport. Retrieved on January 2, 2007 |- | Brian Horton || Macclesfield Town || 1 October 2006»Macclesfield sack manager Horton BBC Sport. Retrieved on January 2, 2007 || Paul Ince ||23 October 2006»Macclesfield appoint Ince as boss BBC Sport. Retrieved on December 31, 2006 |- | David Hodgson || Darlington || 4 October 2006»Darlington Manager David Hodgson Sacked BBC Tees - Sport. Retrieved on December 30, 2006 || Dave Penney || 30 October 2006»Qaukers pick up a Penney BBC Tees - Sport. URL accessed on December 30, 2006 |- | Paul Sturrock || Sheffield Wednesday || 19 October 2006»Wednesday sack manager Sturrock BBC Sport. Retrieved on November 14, 2006 || Brian Laws || 6 November 2006»Laws takes over as Sheff Wed boss BBC Sport. Retrieved on December 31, 2006 |- | Dennis Wise || Swindon Town || 24 October 2006 || Paul Sturrock || 7 November 2006»Sturrock takes charge at Swindon BBC Sport. Retrieved on November 23, 2006 |- | Graham Rodger || Grimsby Town || 6 November 2006»Grimsby Town sack manager Rodger BBC Sport. Retrieved on December 21, 2006 || Alan Buckley || 9 November 2006»Buckley back in Town Football.co.uk Retrieved on November 23, 2006 |- | Brian Laws || Scunthorpe United || 6 November 2006 || Nigel Adkins || 7 December 2006»Scunthorpe appoint Adkins as boss BBC Sport. Retrieved on December 21, 2006 |- | Iain Dowie || Charlton Athletic || 13 November 2006»Charlton part company with Dowie BBC Sport. Retrieved on November 14, 2006 || Les Reed || 14 November 2006»Charlton appoint Reed as new boss BBC Sport. Retrieved on November 14, 2006 |- | Leroy Rosenior || Brentford || 18 November 2006»Rosenior sacked as Brentford boss BBC Sport. Retrieved on November 23, 2006 || Scott Fitzgerald || 21 December 2006»Brentford name Fitzgerald as boss BBC Sport. Retrieved on January 2, 2007 |- | Andy Ritchie || Barnsley || 21 November 2006»Barnsley dismiss manager Ritchie BBC Sport. Retrieved on November 23, 2006 || Simon Davey || 31 December 2006»Davey appointed boss of Barnsley BBC Sport. Retrieved on January 1, 2007 |- | Ian Atkins || Torquay United || 27 November 2006»Atkins leaves Torquay SkySports.com. Retrieved on January 2, 2007 || LuboÅ¡ Kubík || 27 November 2006»Czech star Kubik named Gulls boss BBC Sport. Retrieved on December 21, 2006 |- | Phil Parkinson || Hull City || 4 December 2006»Hull part company with Parkinson BBC Sport. Retrieved on December 4, 2006 || Phil Brown || 4 January 2007»Hull unveil Brown as new manager BBC Sport. Retrieved on December 21, 2006 |- | Alan Pardew || West Ham United || 11 December 2006»Pardew sacked as West Ham manager BBC Sport. Retrieved on December 11, 2006 ,|| Alan Curbishley || 13 December 2006»Curbishley named West Ham manager BBC Sport. Retrieved on December 13, 2006 |- | Steve Parkin || Rochdale || 17 December 2006»Rochdale boss Parkin leaves club BBC Sport. Retrieved on January 2, 2007 || Keith Hill || 3 January 2007 »Rochdale name Hill as new manager BBC Sport. Retrieved on January 3, 2007 |- | Peter Shirtliff || Mansfield Town || 19 December 2006»Stags part company with Shirtliff BBC Sport. Retrieved on January 2, 2007 || Billy Dearden || 28 December 2006»Dearden named Mansfield manager BBC Sport. Retrieved on January 2, 2007 |- | John Gorman || Northampton Town || 20 December 2006»Gorman exits as Northampton boss BBC Sport. Retrieved on 20 November, 2006 || Stuart Gray || 2 January 2007»Northampton name Gray as manager BBC Sport. Retrieved on January 2, 2007 |- | Les Reed || Charlton Athletic || 24 December 2006»Pardew replaces Reed at Charlton BBC Sport. Retrieved on December 24, 2006 || Alan Pardew || 24 December 2006 |- | Denis Smith || Wrexham || 11 January 2007»Smith and Russell depart Wrexham BBC Sport. Retrieved on January 11, 2007 || Brian Carey || 12 January 2007»Carey to lead Dragons for season BBC Sport. Retrieved on January 12, 2007 |- | Keith Alexander || Peterborough United || 15 January 2007»Posh part company with Alexander BBC Sport. Retrieved on January 16, 2007 || Darren Ferguson || 20 January, 2007»Ferguson named Peterborough boss BBC Sport. Retrieved on January 20, 2007 |- | Micky Adams || Coventry City || 17 January 2007»Coventry part company with Adams BBC Sport. Retrieved on January 17, 2007 || Iain Dowie || 19 January 2007»Dowie takes over as Coventry boss BBC Sport. Retrieved on February 22, 2007 |- | LuboÅ¡ Kubík || Torquay United || 5 February 2007»Lee given Torquay caretaker role BBC Sport. Retrieved on February 24, 2007 || Keith Curle || 8 February 2007 |- | Colin Todd || Bradford City || 12 February 2007»Bradford part company with Todd BBC Sport. Retrieved on February 12, 2007 || Stuart McCall || 22 May 2007»BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Bradford City | McCall named new Bradford manager |- | Kenny Jackett || Swansea City || 15 February 2007»Swansea part company with Jackett BBC Sport. Retrieved on February 15, 2007 || Roberto Martínez || 24 February 2007 |- | Alan Knill || Rotherham United || 1 March 2007»Knill sacked as Rotherham manager BBC Sport. Retrieved on March 1, 2007 || Mark Robins || 6 April 2007 |- | Peter Jackson || Huddersfield Town || 6 March 2007 || Andy Ritchie || 11 April 2007 |- | Roy McFarland || Chesterfield || 12 March 2007 || Lee Richardson || 26 April 2007»Richardson takes Chesterfield job BBC Sport. Retrieved on April 26, 2007 |- | Mike Newell || Luton Town || 15 March 2007 || Kevin Blackwell || 27 March 2007 |- | Scott Fitzgerald || Brentford || 10 April 2007 || Terry Butcher || 24 April 2007 |- | Chris Coleman || Fulham || 10 April 2007 || Lawrie Sanchez || 11 May 2007»BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Fulham | Sanchez quits NI for Fulham post |- | Rob Kelly || Leicester City || 11 April 2007 || Martin Allen || 25 May 2007 |- | Sam Allardyce || Bolton Wanderers || 29 April 2007 || Sammy Lee || 30 April 2007 |- | Mark Wright || Chester City || 30 April 2007 || Bobby Williamson || 11 May 2007 |- | Glenn Roeder || Newcastle United || 6 May 2007 || Sam Allardyce || 15 May 2007 |- | Paul Jewell || Wigan Athletic || 14 May 2007 || Chris Hutchings || 14 May 2007»BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Wigan Athletic | Wigan name Hutchings as new boss |- | Stuart Pearce || Manchester City || 14 May 2007»BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Man City | Pearce sacked as Man City manager || Sven-Göran Eriksson || 6 July 2007 |- | Neil Warnock || Sheffield United || 16 May 2007 || Bryan Robson || 22 May 2007 |- | Martin Allen || Milton Keynes Dons || 25 May 2007 || Paul Ince || 25 June 2007 |- | Paul Ince || Macclesfield Town || 24 June 2007 || Ian Brightwell || 29 June 2007 |}

National team

England began their qualifying campaign for Euro 2008 in September, beating Andorra 5-0.»England 5-0 Andorra BBC Sport. Retrieved on January 25, 2007 Steve McClaren began his reign as head coach against Greece.»England 4-0 Greece BBC Sport. Retrieved on January 2, 2007

{| class="wikitable" !Date !Venue !Opponents !ScoreEngland's score given first !Competition !England scorers !Match report |- |16 August 2006 |Old Trafford (H) | |4-0 |F |John Terry
Frank Lampard
Peter Crouch (2) |»BBC |- |2 September 2006 |Old Trafford (H) | |5-0 |ECQ |Peter Crouch (2)
Steven Gerrard
Jermain Defoe (2) |»BBC |- |6 September 2006 |Skopje City Stadium (A) | |1-0 |ECQ |Peter Crouch |»BBC |- |7 October 2006 |Old Trafford (H) | |0-0 |ECQ | |»BBC |- |11 October 2006 |Maksimir Stadium,
Zagreb (A) | |0-2 |ECQ | |»BBC |- |15 November 2006 |Amsterdam ArenA (A) | |1-1 |F |Wayne Rooney |»BBC |- |7 February 2007 |Old Trafford (H) | |0-1 |F |  |»BBC |- |24 March 2007 |Ramat Gan Stadium,
Ramat Gan (A)»UEFA decision on Israel, UEFA, 7 August 2006.
Due to the then ongoing Israel-Lebanon conflict, UEFA ruled that no matches in competitions it controls could be held in Israel until further notice.
»UEFA lifts Israel match ban, UEFA, 15 September 2006.
UEFA later lifted its ban on matches in Israel after a cease-fire in the conflict. Matches may only be played in the Tel Aviv area, which includes the national stadium in Ramat Gan.
| |0-0 |ECQ | |»BBC |- |28 March 2007 |Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys,
Barcelona, Spain (A)»Espanyol to host Andorra-England, BBC Sport, Retrieved 24 January 2007.
As Andorra's national stadium only holds 1,800 fans, UEFA agreed for the England's Euro 2008 qualifier there to be switched to Espanyol's Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, which has a much higher capacity of 55,926, as to avoid major security issues.
| |3-0 |ECQ |Steven Gerrard (2)
David Nugent |»BBC |- |1 June 2007 |Wembley Stadium (H) | |1-1 |F |John Terry |»BBC |- |6 June 2007 |A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn (A) | |3-0 |ECQ | Joe Cole
Peter Crouch
Michael Owen |»BBC |}

Honours

League football

{| class="wikitable" |- !Competition !Winner !Details !Match report |- |Premier League |Manchester United |Premier League 2006-07 |[http">Key
  • H = Home match
  • A = Away match
  • F = Friendly
  • ECQ = European Championship qualifier
  • Honours

    League football

    {| class="wikitable" |- !Competition !Winner !Details !Match report |- |Premier League |Manchester United |Premier League 2006-07 |[http
    //news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/6630511.stm BBC] |- |FA Cup |Chelsea |FA Cup 2006-07
    beat Manchester United 1-0 in final |»BBC |- |Carling Cup |Chelsea |Carling Cup 2006-07
    beat Arsenal 2-1 in final |»BBC |- |Football League Championship |Sunderland |The Football League 2006-07 |»BBC |- |Football League One |Scunthorpe United |The Football League 2006-07 |»BBC |- |Football League Two |Walsall |The Football League 2006-07 |»BBC |- |Johnstone's Paint Trophy |Doncaster Rovers |beat Bristol Rovers 3-2 in final |»BBC |- |FA Community Shield |Liverpool |2006 FA Community Shield
    beat Chelsea 2-1 |»BBC |- |}

    Non-League football

    {| class="wikitable" |- !Competition !Winners !Details |- |Conference National winners |Dagenham & Redbridge»BBC SPORT | Football | Non League | Dag & Red 2-1 Aldershot | |- |Conference National playoff winners |Morecambe»BBC SPORT | Football | Non League | Exeter 1-2 Morecambe | |- |Conference North winners |Droylsden | |- |Conference North playoff winners |Farsley Celtic | |- |Conference South winners |Histon»BBC SPORT | Football | Non League | Histon are promoted to Conference | |- |Conference South playoff winners |Salisbury City | |- |FA Trophy |Stevenage Borough»BBC SPORT | Football | Kidderminster 2-3 Stevenage |beat Kidderminster 3-2 in final |- |FA Vase |Truro City»BBC SPORT | Football | Non League | Truro storm back to lift FA Vase |beat A.F.C. Totton 3-1 in final |- |}

    European qualification

    {| class="wikitable" |- !Competition !Qualifiers !Reason for Qualification |- |rowspan="2"|UEFA Champions League |Manchester United |1st in FA Premier League |- |Chelsea |2nd in FA Premier League |- |rowspan="2"|UEFA Champions League Third Qualifying Round |Liverpool |3rd in FA Premier League |- |Arsenal |4th in FA Premier League |- |rowspan="3"|UEFA Cup |Tottenham Hotspur |5th in FA Premier League |- |Everton |In lieu of League Cup winners
    (qualification awarded as next-highest (6th) Premier League finishers to have not qualified for Europe because League Cup winners Chelsea had already qualified for the Champions League) |- |Bolton Wanderers |In lieu of FA Cup winners
    (qualification awarded as next-highest (7th) Premier League finishers to have not qualified for Europe because FA Cup winners Chelsea and Runners Up Manchester United had already qualified for the Champions League) |- |UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round |Blackburn Rovers |Highest Premier League finishers (10th) to have entered and not qualified for any other European competition |}

    League tables

    Premier League

    {| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: right;" ! !! !! !!P!!W!!D!!L!!F!!A!!GD!!Pts |-align="right" style="background:#f0bf3f;" |C||1||align="left"|Manchester United||38||28||5||5||83||27||+56||89 |- | ||2||align="left"|Chelsea||38||24||11||3||64||24||+40||83 |- | ||3||align="left"|Liverpool||38||20||8||10||57||27||+30||68 |- | ||4||align="left"|Arsenal||38||19||11||8||63||35||+28||68 |- | ||5||align="left"|Tottenham Hotspur||38||17||9||12||57||54||+3||60 |- | ||6||align="left"|Everton||38||15||13||10||52||36||+16||58 |- | ||7||align="left"|Bolton Wanderers||38||16||8||14||47||52||-5||56 |- | ||8||align="left"|Reading||38||16||7||15||52||47||+5||55 |- | ||9||align="left"|Portsmouth||38||14||12||12||45||42||+3||54 |- | ||10||align="left"|Blackburn Rovers||38||15||7||16||52||54||-2||52 |- | ||11||align="left"|Aston Villa||38||11||17||10||43||41||+2||50 |- | ||12||align="left"|Middlesbrough||38||12||10||16||44||49||-5||46 |- | ||13||align="left"|Newcastle United||38||11||10||17||38||47||-9||43 |- | ||14||align="left"|Manchester City||38||11||9||18||29||44||-15||42 |- | ||15||align="left"|West Ham United||38||12||5||21||35||59||-24||41 |- | ||16||align="left"|Fulham||38||8||15||15||38||60||-22||39 |- | ||17||align="left"|Wigan Athletic||38||10||8||20||37||59||-22||38 |- style="background:#ffcccc;" |R||18||align="left"|Sheffield United||38||10||8||20||32||55||-23||38 |- style="background:#ffcccc;" |R||19||align="left"|Charlton Athletic||38||8||10||20||34||60||-26||34 |- style="background:#ffcccc;" |R||20||align="left"|Watford||38||5||13||20||29||59||-30||28 |}

    Football League Championship

    Sunderland won the division under new manager Roy Keane. The club had lost their first five games, and looked ominous for a second relegation but Keane's surprise appointment by rookie chairman Niall Quinn paid off and they surged up the table, losing just one of their final 20 games.

    Keane's former Manchester United colleague, Steve Bruce also took Birmingham back into the Premier League, ensuring that they only remained in the Championship for one season.

    Derby County spent half the season in the top 2 but fell away in the final weeks to slip into the play-off places. Nonetheless, they won promotion by beating West Bromwich Albion 1-0 in the final at the recently-opened new Wembley Stadium. This denied the Baggies an immediate return to the Premier League, which would have meant all 3 relegated clubs from the previous season were promoted.

    Preston were perhaps the biggest chokers as they lost 5 of their final 7 games to slump out of the play-off places they had occupied through the bulk of the season, missing out on a third successive play-off finish. Cardiff City had been the early pace-setters, leading the table until almost the midway point but their form tailed off badly in the second half.

    After a play-off final appearance the previous year, Leeds finished bottom amidst yet more financial worries and acrimony. Their placing at the foot of the table was due to a 10 point deduction they suffered after going into voluntary administration after their relegation was all but confirmed on the penultimate weekend.

    Luton sold some of their best players and were relegated, while Southend lasted only a single season in the Championship after their two successive promotions. Colchester fared best of the newly-promoted clubs, comfortably finishing in 10th, largely on the back of their strong home form at the division's smallest stadium, Layer Road.

    {| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" ! !! !! !!P!!W!!D!!L!!F!!A!!GD!!Pts |- align="right" style="background:#f0bf3f;" |C||1||align="left"|Sunderland||46||27||7||12||76||47||+29||88 |- align="right" style="background:#f0bf3f;" |P||2||align="left"|Birmingham City||46||26||8||12||67||42||+25||86 |- align="right" style="background:#ccccff;" |P||3||align="left"|Derby County||46||25||9||12||62||46||+16||84 |- align="right" style="background:#ccccff;" | ||4||align="left"|West Bromwich Albion||46||22||10||14||81||55||+26||76 |- align="right" style="background:#ccccff;" | ||5||align="left"|Wolverhampton Wanderers||46||22||10||14||59||56||+3||76 |- align="right" style="background:#ccccff;" | ||6||align="left"|Southampton||46||21||12||13||77||53||+24||75 |- align="right" | ||7||align="left"|Preston North End||46||22||8||16||64||53||+11||74 |- align="right" | ||8||align="left"|Stoke City||46||19||16||11||62||41||+21||73 |- align="right" | ||9||align="left"|Sheffield Wednesday||46||20||11||15||70||66||+4||71 |- align="right" | ||10||align="left"|Colchester United||46||20||9||17||70||56||+14||69 |- align="right" | ||11||align="left"|Plymouth Argyle||46||17||16||13||63||62||+1||67 |- align="right" | ||12||align="left"|Crystal Palace||46||18||11||17||59||51||+8||65 |- align="right" | ||13||align="left"|Cardiff City||46||17||13||16||57||53||+4||64 |- align="right" | ||14||align="left"|Ipswich Town||46||18||8||20||64||59||+5||62 |- align="right" | ||15||align="left"|Burnley||46||15||12||19||52||49||+3||57 |- align="right" | ||16||align="left"|Norwich City||46||16||9||21||56||71||-15||57 |- align="right" | ||17||align="left"|Coventry City||46||16||8||22||47||62||-15||56 |- align="right" | ||18||align="left"|Queens Park Rangers||46||14||11||21||54||68||-14||53 |- align="right" | ||19||align="left"|Leicester City||46||13||14||19||49||64||-15||53 |- align="right" | ||20||align="left"|Barnsley||46||15||5||26||53||85||-32||50 |- align="right" | ||21||align="left"|Hull City||46||13||10||23||51||67||-16||49 |- align="right" style="background:#ffcccc;" |R||22||align="left"|Southend United||46||10||12||24||47||80||-33||42 |- align="right" style="background:#ffcccc;" |R||23||align="left"|Luton Town||46||10||10||26||53||81||-28||40 |- align="right" style="background:#ffcccc;" |R||24||align="left"|Leeds United||46||13||7||26||46||72||-26||36* |} * Deducted 10 points for going into administration

    Leading goalscorer: Jamie Cureton (Colchester United) - 23

    See also: Play-off results

    Football League One

    Scunthorpe returned to the Championship, having been in the bottom two divisions since the early 1960s. Bristol City got back into the Championship after nearly a decade of near-misses, and play-off winners Blackpool got out of the bottom two divisions after nearly three decades.

    Brentford, who lost their manager Martin Allen just before the start of the season, finished bottom. Rotherham won their first few games, wiping out their ten-point deduction early in the season; they ended up finishing thirteen points adrift however, and were relegated. Having started the decade in the Premier League, Bradford City fell into the bottom division for the first time in twenty-five years, with Chesterfield occupying the final relegation spot.

    {| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" ! !! !! !!P!!W!!D!!L!!F!!A!!GD!!Pts |- align="right" style="background:#f0bf3f;" |C||1||align="left"|Scunthorpe United||46||26||13||7||73||35||+38||91 |- align="right" style="background:#f0bf3f;" |P||2||align="left"|Bristol City||46||25||10||11||63||39||+24||85 |- align="right" style="background:#ccccff;" |P||3||align="left"|Blackpool||46||24||11||11||76||49||+27||83 |- align="right" style="background:#ccccff;" | ||4||align="left"|Nottingham Forest||46||23||13||10||65||41||+24||82 |- align="right" style="background:#ccccff;" | ||5||align="left"|Yeovil Town||46||23||10||13||55||39||+16||79 |- align="right" style="background:#ccccff;" | ||6||align="left"|Oldham Athletic||46||21||12||13||69||47||+22||75 |- align="right" | ||7||align="left"|Swansea City||46||20||12||14||69||53||+16||72 |- align="right" | ||8||align="left"|Carlisle United||46||19||11||16||54||55||-1||68 |- align="right" | ||9||align="left"|Tranmere Rovers||46||18||13||15||58||53||+5||67 |- align="right" | ||10||align="left"|Millwall||46||19||9||18||59||62||-3||66 |- align="right" | ||11||align="left"|Doncaster Rovers||46||16||15||15||52||47||+5||63 |- align="right" | ||12||align="left"|Port Vale||46||18||6||22||64||65||-1||60 |- align="right" | ||13||align="left"|Crewe Alexandra||46||17||9||20||66||72||-6||60 |- align="right" | ||14||align="left"|Northampton Town||46||15||14||17||48||51||-3||59 |- align="right" | ||15||align="left"|Huddersfield Town||46||14||17||15||60||69||-9||59 |- align="right" | ||16||align="left"|Gillingham||46||17||8||21||56||77||-21||59 |- align="right" | ||17||align="left"|Cheltenham Town||46||15||9||22||49||61||-12||54 |- align="right" | ||18||align="left"|Brighton and Hove Albion||46||14||11||21||49||58||-9||53 |- align="right" | ||19||align="left"|Bournemouth||46||13||13||20||50||64||-14||52 |- align="right" | ||20||align="left"|Leyton Orient||46||12||15||19||61||77||-16||51 |- align="right" style="background:#ffcccc;" |R||21||align="left"|Chesterfield||46||12||11||23||45||53||-8||47 |- align="right" style="background:#ffcccc;" |R||22||align="left"|Bradford City||46||11||14||21||47||65||-18||47 |- align="right" style="background:#ffcccc;" |R||23||align="left"|Rotherham United||46||13||9||24||58||75||-17||38* |- align="right" style="background:#ffcccc;" |R||24||align="left"|Brentford||46||8||13||25||40||79||-39||37 |} * Deducted 10 points for going into administration

    Football League Two

    The four teams relegated from League One in 2005-06 would occupy the top four this season, sending Walsall, Hartlepool and Swindon back up. Bristol Rovers won the play-offs however, returning to League One after six years.

    Torquay United had been both the last team to finish bottom under the old election system, and the last team to finish bottom of the League and survive due to the Conference champions not having a good enough ground. However, this season they finished bottom and dropped out of the League. They were joined by Boston United, who went into administration in the 87th minute of the season's final game (but would still have been relegated even without the 10-point administration penalty).

    {| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" ! !! !! !!P!!W!!D!!L!!F!!A!!GD!!Pts |- align="right" style="background:#f0bf3f;" |C||1||align="left"|Walsall||46||25||14||7||66||34||+32||89 |- align="right" style="background:#f0bf3f;" |P||2||align="left"|Hartlepool United||46||26||10||10||65||40||+25||88 |- align="right" style="background:#f0bf3f;" |P||3||align="left"|Swindon Town||46||25||10||11||58||38||+20||85 |- align="right" style="background:#ccccff;" | ||4||align="left"|Milton Keynes Dons||46||25||9||12||76||58||+18||84 |- align="right" style="background:#ccccff;" | ||5||align="left"|Lincoln City||46||21||11||14||70||59||+11||74 |- align="right" style="background:#ccccff;" |P||6||align="left"|Bristol Rovers||46||20||12||14||49||42||+7||72 |- align="right" style="background:#ccccff;" | ||7||align="left"|Shrewsbury Town||46||18||17||11||68||46||+22||71 |- align="right" | ||8||align="left"|Stockport County||46||21||8||17||65||54||+11||71 |- align="right" | ||9||align="left"|Rochdale||46||18||12||16||70||50||+20||66 |- align="right" | ||10||align="left"|Peterborough United||46||18||11||17||70||61||+9||65 |- align="right" | ||11||align="left"|Darlington||46||17||14||15||52||56||-4||65 |- align="right" | ||12||align="left"|Wycombe Wanderers||46||16||14||16||52||47||+5||62 |- align="right" | ||13||align="left"|Notts County||46||16||14||16||55||53||+2||62 |- align="right" | ||14||align="left"|Barnet||46||16||11||19||55||70||-15||59 |- align="right" | ||15||align="left"|Grimsby Town||46||17||8||21||57||73||-16||59 |- align="right" | ||16||align="left"|Hereford United||46||14||13||19||45||53||-8||55 |- align="right" | ||17||align="left"|Mansfield Town||46||14||12||20||58||63||-5||54 |- align="right" | ||18||align="left"|Chester City||46||13||14||19||40||48||-8||53 |- align="right" | ||19||align="left"|Wrexham||46||13||12||21||43||65||-22||51 |- align="right" | ||20||align="left"|Accrington Stanley||46||13||11||22||70||81||-11||50 |- align="right" | ||21||align="left"|Bury||46||13||11||22||46||61||-15||50 |- align="right" | ||22||align="left"|Macclesfield Town||46||12||12||22||55||77||-22||48 |- align="right" style="background:#ffcccc;" |R||23||align="left"|Boston United||46||12||10||24||51||80||-29||36* |- align="right" style="background:#ffcccc;" |R||24||align="left"|Torquay United||46||7||14||25||36||63||-27||35 |} * Deducted 10 points for entering a Company Voluntary Arrangement

    Monthly awards

    {| class="wikitable" |- ! Month ! colspan="2" | Premiership ! colspan="2" | Championship ! colspan="2" | League One ! colspan="2" | League Two |- ! !Manager !Player !Manager !Player !Manager !Player !Manager !Player |- | August || Alex Ferguson
    Manchester United»http://www.premierleague.com/fapl.rac?command=setSelectedId&nextPage=enNewsLatest&id=1397056&type=com.fapl.website.news.NewsItem&categoryCode=NewsSpecialFeatures Premier League.com. Retrieved on March 24, 2007 || Ryan Giggs
    Manchester United || Dave Jones
    Cardiff City[http://www.football-league.premiumtv.co.uk/page/AwardsDetail/0,,10794~907257,00.html COCO-COLA MANAGERS OF THE MONTH 2006-07] Football League.co.uk. Retrieved on March 24, 2007 || Gareth Bale
    Southampton[http://www.football-league.premiumtv.co.uk/page/AwardsDetail/0,,10794~907259,00.html POWERADE PLAYERS OF THE MONTH 2006-07] Football League.co.uk. Retrieved on March 24, 2007 || Colin Calderwood
    Nottingham Forest || Leon Constantine
    Port Vale || Dennis Wise
    Swindon Town || Christian Roberts
    Swindon Town |- | September || Steve Coppell
    Reading»Coppell is manager of the month BBC Sport. Retrieved on March 24, 2007 || Andy Johnson
    Everton || Geraint Williams
    Colchester United || Michael Chopra
    Cardiff City || Brian Laws
    Scunthorpe United || Nicky Maynard
    Crewe Alexandra || Danny Wilson
    Hartlepool United || Mark Stallard
    Lincoln City |- | October || Alex Ferguson
    Manchester United || Paul Scholes
    Manchester United || Steve Cotterill
    Burnley || Diomansy Kamara
    West Bromwich Albion || Alan Knill
    Rotherham United || Billy Sharp
    Scunthorpe United || John Schofield
    Lincoln City || Jamie Forrester
    Lincoln City |- | November || Steve Coppell
    Reading»Coppell wins manager of the month BBC Sport. Retrieved on March 24, 2007 || Cristiano Ronaldo
    Manchester United»Ronaldo is handed November award BBC Sport. Retrieved on March 24, 2007 || Billy Davies
    Derby County»Rams manager earns November prize BBC Sport. Retrieved on March 24, 2007 || Darel Russell
    Stoke City || John Sheridan
    Oldham Athletic»Sheridan honoured in League One BBC Sport. Retrieved on March 24, 2007 || Kris Commons
    Nottingham Forest || Richard Money
    Walsall»Saddlers boss lands manager award BBC Sport. Retrieved on March 24, 2007 || Steve Phillips
    Bristol Rovers |- | December || Sam Allardyce
    Bolton Wanderers || Cristiano Ronaldo
    Manchester United || Steve Bruce
    Birmingham City»Boss Bruce scoops monthly prize BBC Sport. Retrieved on March 24, 2007 || Jason Koumas
    West Bromwich Albion || Simon Grayson
    Blackpool»Grayson collects monthly accolade BBC Sport. Retrieved on March 24, 2007 || Paul Heffernan
    Doncaster Rovers || Paul Ince
    Macclesfield Town»Ince captures award for December BBC Sport. Retrieved on March 24, 2007 || Dimitrios Konstantopoulos
    Hartlepool United |- | January || Rafael Benitez
    Liverpool»http://www.premierleague.com/monthlyaward/vote.html Premier League.com. Retrieved on March 24, 2007|| Cesc Fabregas
    Arsenal || Billy Davies
    Derby County || David Nugent
    Preston North End»Nugent lands monthly award Yahoo.com. Retrieved on March 24, 2007 || Sean O'Driscoll
    Doncaster Rovers || Enoch Showunmi
    Bristol City[http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0,16368,1817_1913053,00.html Showunmi was January's best] Teamtalk.com. Retrieved on March 24, 2007 || Paul Sturrock
    Swindon Town || Michael Nelson
    Hartlepool United[http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0,16368,1821_1913065,00.html Monthly gong goes to Nelson] Teamtalk.com. Retrieved on March 24, 2007 |- | February || Alex Ferguson
    Manchester United»Man Utd pair win February awards BBC Sport. Retrieved on March 24, 2007|| Ryan Giggs
    Manchester United|| Roy Keane
    Sunderland»Keane earns Championship honour BBC Sport. Retrieved on March 24, 2007|| Stephen Ward
    Wolverhampton Wanderers»Wolves star earns February honour BBC Sport. Retrieved on March 24, 2007|| Nigel Adkins
    Scunthorpe United»Adkins secures League One prize BBC Sport. Retrieved on March 24, 2007|| Joe Murphy
    Scunthorpe United»Murphy is handed League One prize BBC Sport. Retrieved on March 24, 2007|| Danny Wilson
    Hartlepool United»Wilson handed award for February BBC Sport. Retrieved on March 24, 2007|| Wayne Hennessey
    Stockport County »Hennessey's heroics secure award BBC Sport. Retrieved on March 24, 2007 |- | March || José Mourinho
    Chelsea»Cech and Mourinho land awards FOX Sports. Retrieved on April 15, 2007 || Petr ÄŒech
    Chelsea || Roy Keane
    Sunderland»Keane picks up monthly accolade BBC Sport. Retrieved on April 5, 2007|| || Gary Johnson
    Bristol City»Boss Johnson scoops monthly prize BBC Sport. Retrieved on April 5, 2007|| || Danny Wilson
    Hartlepool United»Wilson collects award for March BBC Sport. Retrieved on April 5, 2007|| |- | April || Martin O'Neill
    Aston Villa»O'Neill scoops managerial honour BBC Sport. Retrieved on May 7, 2007 || Dimitar Berbatov & Robbie Keane
    Tottenham Hotspur»Keane & Berbatov win April award BBC Sport. Retrieved on May 7, 2007 || Tony Pulis
    Stoke City»Pulis receives Championship award BBC Sport. Retrieved on May 3, 2007|| || Simon Grayson
    Blackpool»Blackpool boss lands April prize BBC Sport. Retrieved on May 3, 2007|| || Paul Trollope
    Bristol Rovers»Trollope earns managerial honour BBC Sport. Retrieved on May 3, 2007|| |- |}

    Transfer deals

    The summer transfer window saw many high profile moves. These included Andriy Shevchenko and Michael Ballack joining Chelsea,»Chelsea complete Shevchenko deal BBC Sport. Retrieved on January 6 2007»Chelsea announce Ballack capture BBC Sport Retrieved on January 6, 2007 and Ruud van Nistelrooy leaving Manchester United to join Real Madrid.»Van Nistelrooy signs with Real Madrid ABC Sport. Retrieved on January 6, 2007 West Ham United secured the surprise double signing of Javier Mascherano and Carlos Tévez from Corinthians,»Tevez and Mascherano join West Ham CNN.com. Retrieved February 24, 2007 and Dietmar Hamann's transfer to Bolton Wanderers became the shortest in English footballing history.»Transfer Shorts Football Transfers.co.uk. Retrieved on January 6, 2007

    The January transfer window was quieter than the summer, with Ashley Young's £9.65m move to Aston Villa»Young completes £9.65m Villa move BBC Sport. Retrieved on February 24, 2007 and Matthew Upson's £6m move to West Ham United»West Ham capture Upson from Blues BBC Sport. Retrieved on February 24, 2007 the window's most expensive.

    In total, Premiership clubs spent the highest amount on transfers in the summer since the transfer window system was introduced.»Premier clubs enjoy summer spree BBC News. Retrieved on January 9, 2007

    Retirements