2006–07 Football League

Football League One
Season	2006–07
Champions	Scunthorpe United (1st third tier title)
Direct promotion	Scunthorpe United,; Bristol City
Promoted through play-offs	Blackpool
Relegated	Bradford City,; Brentford,; Chesterfield,; Rotherham United
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,386 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorer	Billy Sharp (Scunthorpe United), 30
Highest scoring	Swansea city 3–6 Blackpool (5 May 2007)
Longest winning run	7 matches (Blackpool: 31 March – 5 May 2007); Scunthorpe United (27 January – 3 March 2007)
Longest unbeaten run	19 matches (Scunthorpe: 22 December 2006 – 5 May 2007)
Longest losing run	5 matches (Brentford: 28 October – 5 December 2006 and 21 March – 21 April 2007)
Highest attendance	27,875 (Nottingham Forest 1–1 Rotherham United; 9 April 2007)
Lowest attendance	3,341 (Chesterfield 0–0 Northampton Town; 6 December 2006)
Average attendance	7,490
	← 2005–06 2007–08 →

Football League Championship
Season	2006–07
Champions	Sunderland (5th second tier title)
Direct promotion to FA Premier League	Sunderland,; Birmingham City
Promoted to FA Premier League through play-offs	Derby County
Relegated	Leeds United,; Luton Town,; Southend United
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,439 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jamie Cureton (Colchester United), 23
	← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The Football League
Season	2006–07
Champions	Sunderland
Promoted	Sunderland; Birmingham City; Derby County
Relegated	Boston United; Torquay United
	← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The 2006–07 Football League (known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 108th completed season of The Football League.

The Football League was contested through three Divisions in England and Wales. The divisions were the Football League Championship, Football League One and Football League Two. The winner and the runner up of the Championship were automatically promoted to the Premiership and they were joined by the winner of the Championship play-offs. The bottom two teams in League Two were relegated to the Conference Premier.

Promotion and Relegation from 2005–06

Promoted from Conference National

Accrington Stanley (champions)
Hereford United (playoff winners)

Relegated from the Premier League

Final league tables and results

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website,^[1] with home and away statistics separated. Play-off results are from the same website.

Football League Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Sunderland	46	15	4	4	38	18	12	3	8	38	29	76	47	+29	88
2	Birmingham City	46	15	5	3	37	18	11	3	9	30	24	67	42	+25	86
3	Derby County	46	13	6	4	33	19	12	3	8	29	27	62	46	+16	84
4	West Bromwich Albion	46	14	4	5	51	24	8	6	9	30	31	81	55	+26	76
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	12	5	6	33	28	10	5	8	26	28	59	56	+3	76
6	Southampton	46	13	6	4	36	20	8	6	9	41	33	77	53	+24	75
7	Preston North End	46	15	4	4	38	17	7	4	12	26	36	64	53	+11	74
8	Stoke City	46	12	8	3	35	16	7	8	8	27	25	62	41	+21	73
9	Sheffield Wednesday	46	10	6	7	38	36	10	5	8	32	30	70	66	+4	71
10	Colchester United	46	15	4	4	46	19	5	5	13	24	37	70	56	+14	69
11	Plymouth Argyle	46	10	8	5	36	26	7	8	8	27	36	63	62	+1	67
12	Crystal Palace	46	12	3	8	33	22	6	8	9	26	29	59	51	+8	65
13	Cardiff City	46	11	7	5	33	18	6	6	11	24	35	57	53	+4	64
14	Ipswich Town	46	13	2	8	40	29	5	6	12	24	30	64	59	+5	62
15	Burnley	46	10	6	7	35	23	5	6	12	17	26	52	49	+3	57
16	Norwich City	46	10	5	8	29	25	6	4	13	27	46	56	71	–15	57
17	Coventry City	46	11	4	8	30	25	5	4	14	17	37	47	62	–15	56
18	Queens Park Rangers	46	9	6	8	31	29	5	5	13	23	39	54	68	–14	53
19	Leicester City	46	6	8	9	26	31	7	6	10	23	33	49	64	–15	53
20	Barnsley	46	9	4	10	27	29	6	1	16	26	56	53	85	–32	50
21	Hull City	46	8	3	12	33	32	5	7	11	18	35	51	67	–16	49
22	Southend United	46	6	6	11	29	38	4	6	13	18	42	47	80	–33	42
23	Luton Town	46	7	5	11	33	40	3	5	15	20	41	53	81	–28	40
24	Leeds United	46	10	4	9	27	30	3	3	17	19	42	46	72	–26	36	^{[notes 1]}

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

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

Key
	Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League
	Promoted to FA Premier League
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted to Premier League through play-offs
	Relegated

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Locations of the Football League Championship 2006–2007 teams

Play-offs

Semifinals 1st leg – 12/13 May; 2nd leg – 15/16 May 2007			Final at Wembley Stadium 28 May 2007

3rd	Derby County (pen.)	2

6th	Southampton	1
			3rd	Derby County	1

			4th	West Bromwich Albion	0
4th	West Bromwich Albion	3

5th	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2

^[1]

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jamie Cureton	Colchester United	23
2	Michael Chopra	Cardiff City	22
3	Diomansy Kamara	West Bromwich Albion	21
4	Robert Earnshaw	Norwich City	19
5	Chris Iwelumo	Colchester United	18
=	Grzegorz Rasiak	Southampton	18
7	Steve Howard	Derby County	16
=	Alan Lee	Ipswich Town	16
=	Kevin Phillips	West Bromwich Albion	16
10	David Nugent	Preston North End	15

^[3]

Football League One

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Scunthorpe United	46	15	6	2	40	17	11	7	5	33	18	73	35	+38	91
2	Bristol City	46	15	5	3	35	20	10	5	8	28	19	63	39	+24	85
3	Blackpool	46	12	6	5	40	25	12	5	6	36	24	76	49	+27	83
4	Nottingham Forest	46	14	5	4	37	17	9	8	6	28	24	65	41	+24	82
5	Yeovil Town	46	14	3	6	22	12	9	7	7	33	27	55	39	+16	79
6	Oldham Athletic	46	13	4	6	36	18	8	8	7	33	29	69	47	+22	75
7	Swansea City	46	12	6	5	36	20	8	6	9	33	33	69	53	+16	72
8	Carlisle United	46	12	5	6	35	24	7	6	10	19	31	54	55	–1	68
9	Tranmere Rovers	46	13	5	5	33	22	5	8	10	25	31	58	53	+5	67
10	Millwall	46	11	8	4	33	19	8	1	14	26	43	59	62	–3	66
11	Doncaster Rovers	46	8	10	5	30	23	8	5	10	22	24	52	47	+5	63
12	Port Vale	46	12	3	8	35	26	6	3	14	29	39	64	65	–1	60
13	Crewe Alexandra	46	11	4	8	39	38	6	5	12	27	34	66	72	–6	60
14	Northampton Town	46	8	5	10	27	28	7	9	7	21	23	48	51	–3	59
15	Huddersfield Town	46	9	8	6	37	33	5	9	9	23	36	60	69	–9	59
16	Gillingham	46	14	2	7	29	24	3	6	14	27	53	56	77	–21	59
17	Cheltenham Town	46	8	6	9	25	27	7	3	13	24	34	49	61	–12	54
18	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	5	7	11	23	34	9	4	10	26	24	49	58	–9	53
19	Bournemouth	46	10	5	8	28	27	3	8	12	22	37	50	64	–14	52
20	Leyton Orient	46	6	10	7	30	32	6	5	12	31	45	61	77	–16	51
21	Chesterfield	46	9	5	9	29	22	3	6	14	16	31	45	53	–8	47
22	Bradford City	46	5	9	9	27	31	6	5	12	20	34	47	65	–18	47
23	Rotherham United	46	8	4	11	37	39	5	5	13	21	36	58	75	–17	38	^{[notes2 1]}
24	Brentford	46	5	8	10	24	41	3	5	15	16	38	40	79	–39	37

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

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

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted through play-offs
	Relegated

Locations of the Football League One 2006–2007 teams

Play-offs

Semifinals 1st leg – 11/13 May; 2nd leg – 18/19 May 2007			Final at Wembley Stadium, London^[4] 27 May 2007

3rd	Blackpool	2

6th	Oldham Athletic	1
			3rd	Blackpool	2

			5th	Yeovil Town	0
4th	Nottingham Forest	2

5th	Yeovil Town (a.e.t.)	0

^[1]

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Billy Sharp	Scunthorpe United	30
2	Leon Constantine	Port Vale	22
3	Chris Porter	Oldham	21
4	Lee Trundle	Swansea City	19
5	Chris Greenacre	Tranmere Rovers	17
=	Luke Varney	Crewe Alexandra	17
7	Darren Byfield	Millwall	16
=	Nicky Maynard	Crewe Alexandra	16
=	Andy Morrell	Blackpool	16
10	Luke Beckett	Huddersfield Town	15
=	Will Hoskins	Rotherham United	15

^[5]

Results

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Walsall	46	16	4	3	39	13	9	10	4	27	21	66	34	+32	89
2	Hartlepool United	46	14	5	4	34	17	12	5	6	31	23	65	40	+25	88
3	Swindon Town	46	15	4	4	34	17	10	6	7	24	21	58	38	+20	85
4	Milton Keynes Dons	46	14	4	5	41	26	11	5	7	35	32	76	58	+18	84
5	Lincoln City	46	12	4	7	36	28	9	7	7	34	31	70	59	+11	74
6	Bristol Rovers	46	13	5	5	27	14	7	7	9	22	28	49	42	+7	72
7	Shrewsbury	46	11	7	5	38	23	7	10	6	30	23	68	46	+22	71
8	Stockport County	46	14	4	5	41	25	7	4	12	24	29	65	54	+11	71
9	Rochdale	46	9	6	8	33	20	9	6	8	37	30	70	50	+20	66
10	Peterborough United	46	10	6	7	48	36	8	5	10	22	25	70	61	+9	65
11	Darlington	46	10	6	7	28	30	7	8	8	24	26	52	56	–4	65
12	Wycombe Wanderers	46	8	11	4	23	14	8	3	12	29	33	52	47	+5	62
13	Notts County	46	8	6	9	29	25	8	8	7	26	28	55	53	+2	62
14	Barnet	46	12	5	6	35	30	4	6	13	20	40	55	70	–15	59
15	Grimsby Town	46	11	4	8	33	32	6	4	13	24	41	57	73	–16	59
16	Hereford United	46	9	7	7	23	17	5	6	12	22	36	45	53	–8	55
17	Mansfield Town	46	10	4	9	38	31	4	8	11	20	32	58	63	–5	54
18	Chester City	46	7	9	7	23	23	6	5	12	17	25	40	48	–8	53
19	Wrexham	46	8	8	7	23	21	5	4	14	20	44	43	65	–22	51
20	Accrington Stanley	46	10	6	7	42	33	3	5	15	28	48	70	81	–11	50
21	Bury	46	4	7	12	22	35	9	4	10	24	26	46	61	–15	50
22	Macclesfield Town	46	8	7	8	36	34	4	5	14	19	43	55	77	–22	48
23	Boston United	46	9	5	9	29	32	3	5	15	22	48	51	80	–29	36	^{[notes3 1]}
24	Torquay United	46	5	8	10	19	22	2	6	15	17	41	36	63	–27	35

Promotion and Relegation from 2005–06

Promoted from Conference National

Relegated from the Premier League

Final league tables and results

Football League Championship

Play-offs

Top scorers

Football League One

Play-offs

Top scorers

Results

Football League Two

Play-offs

Top scorers

See also

References

External links