Sheffield United 2006–07 football season
During the 2006–07 English football season, Sheffield United competed in the FA Premier League , after being promoted from the Football League Championship the previous season .
The kit was manufactured by French company Le Coq Sportif and sponsored by American bank Capital One .
Several good results, including a home draw against Liverpool on the first day of the season and wins over Arsenal and Newcastle United saw Sheffield United keep ahead of the relegation zone for much of the season. However, West Ham United 's late run of good form, combined with a broken leg suffered by top scorer Rob Hulse against Chelsea that left the Blades lacking firepower up front, saw Sheffield United sucked into the relegation battle and they were relegated on the final day of the season on goal difference after losing at home to Wigan Athletic; a draw would have been good enough to keep United up. Wigan Athletic's win kept them up at United's expense and in a twist of fate, David Unsworth , who had started the season at Sheffield United and had been let go in January 2007 on a free transfer, scored the goal that sent down former club Sheffield United, whilst simultaneously saving Wigan Athletic from relegation, 3 minutes after arriving on the pitch as substitute.[3]
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.
Left club during season [ edit ] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
The following players did not appear for the first-team this season. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
David Sommeil - Manchester City , free transfer, 24 May 2006 Claude Davis - Preston North End , £3,000,000, 14 June 2006[5] Christian Nadé - Troyes , 27 June 2006[6] Mikele Leigertwood - Crystal Palace , £600,000 (compensation), 4 July 2006[7] Li Tie - Everton , free transfer, 6 July 2006 [8] Rob Hulse - Leeds United , £2,200,000 rising to £3,000,000, 24 July 2006[9] Ian Bennett - Leeds United , undisclosed, 27 July 2006[10] Colin Kazim-Richards - Brighton & Hove Albion , £150,000, 31 August 2006 Paul Gerrard - Nottingham Forest , free transfer, 27 September 2006 Matthew Kilgallon - Leeds United , £1,750,000 rising to £2,000,000, 8 January 2007[11] Jon Stead - Sunderland , £750,000 rising to £1,250,000, 11 January 2007[12] Mamadou Seck - Le Havre , free, 15 January 2007[13] Luton Shelton - Helsingborg , £2,000,000, 15 January 2007[13] Ahmed Fathy - Ismaily SC , £700,000, 24 January 2007[14] Brian Deane - retired, 2006 Garry Flitcroft - retired, 2006 Kyle Nix [notes 8] - released Gary Mulligan - Gillingham , 12 May 2006[15] Bruce Dyer - released (later joined Doncaster Rovers on 2 June 2006)[16] Simon Francis - Southend United , undisclosed, 13 June 2006[17] Phil Barnes - Grimsby Town , undisclosed, 29 June 2006[18] Luke Beckett - Huddersfield Town , £85,000, 3 July 2006 David Unsworth - Wigan Athletic , free transfer, 5 January 2007 Neil Shipperley - released (later joined Brentford ), 15 January 2007 Paul Ifill - Crystal Palace , £800,000, January 2007[19] Steve Kabba - Watford , £500,000, 26 January 2007[20] Ade Akinbiyi - Burnley , £650,000 rising to £750,000, January 2007 Source:
Premier League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Sheffield United's score comes first [21]
Overall Home Away Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD 38 10 8 20 32 55 −23 38 7 6 6 24 21 +3 3 2 14 8 34 −26
Last updated: 25 January 2019. Source: 11v11
Results per matchday [ edit ] Matchday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Ground H A A H H A H A A H A H H A A H H A A H H A H A H A H A H A A H H A A H A H Result D L L D L L W D L L W D L L W W D W L L W L D L W L W L D L L L W L D W L L Position 10 14 20 18 19 20 17 16 17 18 17 17 18 18 18 16 16 14 16 17 15 16 16 16 16 16 15 16 16 17 17 18 17 17 17 15 16 18
Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2007. Source:
Statto.com A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 19 August 2006 Liverpool H 1–1 31,726 Hulse 22 August 2006 Tottenham Hotspur A 0–2 35,287 26 August 2006 Fulham A 0–1 18,362 9 September 2006 Blackburn Rovers H 0–0 29,876 16 September 2006 Reading H 1–2 28,288 Hulse 23 September 2006 Arsenal A 0–3 59,912 30 September 2006 Middlesbrough H 2–1 27,483 Hulse , Jagielka 14 October 2006 Manchester City A 0–0 42,192 21 October 2006 Everton A 0–2 37,900 28 October 2006 Chelsea H 0–2 32,321 4 November 2006 Newcastle United A 1–0 50,188 Webber 11 November 2006 Bolton Wanderers H 2–2 28,294 Hulse , Kazim-Richards 18 November 2006 Manchester United H 1–2 32,584 Gillespie 25 November 2006 West Ham United A 0–1 34,454 28 November 2006 Watford A 1–0 18,887 Webber 2 December 2006 Charlton Athletic H 2–1 27,368 Morgan , Gillespie 11 December 2006 Aston Villa H 2–2 30,957 Quinn , Webber 16 December 2006 Wigan Athletic A 1–0 16,322 Hulse 23 December 2006 Portsmouth A 1–3 20,164 Hulse 26 December 2006 Manchester City H 0–1 32,591 30 December 2006 Arsenal H 1–0 32,086 Nadé 1 January 2007 Middlesbrough A 1–3 27,963 Jagielka (pen) 13 January 2007 Portsmouth H 1–1 30,269 Quinn 20 January 2007 Reading A 1–3 23,956 Nadé 30 January 2007 Fulham H 2–0 27,540 Stead , Tonge 3 February 2007 Blackburn Rovers A 1–2 20,917 Stead 10 February 2007 Tottenham Hotspur H 2–1 32,144 Hulse , Jagielka (pen) 24 February 2007 Liverpool A 0–4 44,198 3 March 2007 Everton H 1–1 32,019 Hulse 17 March 2007 Chelsea A 0–3 41,897 31 March 2007 Bolton Wanderers A 0–1 24,312 7 April 2007 Newcastle United H 1–2 32,572 Nadé 14 April 2007 West Ham United H 3–0 31,593 Tonge , Jagielka , Stead 17 April 2007 Manchester United A 0–2 75,540 21 April 2007 Charlton Athletic A 1–1 27,111 Stead 28 April 2007 Watford H 1–0 30,690 Powell (own goal) 5 May 2007 Aston Villa A 0–3 42,551 13 May 2007 Wigan Athletic H 1–2 32,604 Stead
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers R3 6 January 2007 Swansea City H 0–3 15,896
Appearances and goals [ edit ] ^ Kenny was born in Halifax , England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in June 2004. ^ Montgomery was born in Leeds , England , but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-21 level. ^ Leigertwood was born in Enfield , England , but also qualified to represent Antigua and Barbuda internationally and would make his international debut for Antigua and Barbuda in November 2008. ^ Kazim-Richards was born in Waltham Forest , England , but also qualified to represent Antigua and Barbuda through his father and Turkey through his mother and made his international debut for Turkey in March 2007. ^ Naraji was born in Bolton , England , but was raised in Iran and represented them at U-20 level. ^ Ifill was born in Brighton , England , but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Barbados in June 2004. ^ Akinbiyi was born in Hackney , England , but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Nigeria in 1999. ^ Nix was born in Sydney , Australia , but was raised in England and represented them at U-16 , U-18 , U-20 , and C level.
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