2006–07 Sheffield United F.C. season

Sheffield United
2006–07 season
Chairman	Terry Robinson
Manager	Neil Warnock
Stadium	Bramall Lane
FA Premier League	18th (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	Hulse (8)
Highest home attendance	32,604; (vs. Wigan Athletic)
Lowest home attendance	27,368; (vs. Charlton Athletic)
Average home league attendance	30,684
	← 2005–06 2007–08 →

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.

Kit

The kit was manufactured by French company Le Coq Sportif and sponsored by American bank Capital One.

Season summary

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. Manager Neil Warnock resigned just days after their relegation was confirmed, ending a seven-year spell at the club he grew up supporting.

Squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	IRL	Paddy Kenny
2	DF	ENG	Leigh Bromby
4	DF	JAM	Claude Davis
5	DF	ENG	Chris Morgan (captain)
6	MF	ENG	Phil Jagielka (vice captain)
7	FW	JAM	Luton Shelton
8	FW	ENG	Jon Stead
9	FW	ENG	Rob Hulse
10	FW	ENG	Danny Webber
12	MF	IRL	Alan Quinn
13	GK	ENG	Ian Bennett
14	DF	GLP	David Sommeil
15	DF	ENG	Rob Kozluk
16	DF	ENG	Matthew Kilgallon
17	MF	SCO	Nick Montgomery
18	MF	ENG	Michael Tonge
19	MF	NIR	Keith Gillespie
20	DF	ENG	Chris Armstrong


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	ENG	Mikele Leigertwood
22	DF	ENG	Chris Lucketti
23	MF	EGY	Ahmed Fathy
24	DF	ENG	Craig Short
25	DF	ENG	Alan Wright
26	DF	IRL	Derek Geary
27	FW	FRA	Christian Nadé
28	MF	IRL	Stephen Quinn
29	GK	ENG	Paul Gerrard
30	MF	CHN	Li Tie
31	MF	ENG	Nicky Law
32	FW	TUR	Colin Kazim-Richards
33	GK	ENG	Jamie Annerson
34	MF	ENG	James Ashmore
37	FW	ENG	Colin Marrison
38	MF	ENG	Kevan Hurst
39	DF	SEN	Mamadou Seck
44	MF	IRN	Sharu Naraji

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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	ENG	David Unsworth
7	MF	BRB	Paul Ifill
8	FW	NGA	Ade Akinbiyi
11	FW	ENG	Steve Kabba


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	FW	ENG	Neil Shipperley
—	MF	ENG	Ian Ross
—	FW	ENG	Geoff Horsfield

Transfers

In

Mikele Leigertwood - Crystal Palace, £600,000 (compensation), May 2006
David Sommeil - Manchester City, free transfer, 24 May 2006
Claude Davis - Preston North End, £3,000,000, 14 June 2006^[3]
Christian Nadé - Troyes, 27 June 2006
Li Tie - Everton, free transfer, July 2006 ^[4]
Rob Hulse - Leeds United, £2,200,000 rising to £3,000,000, 24 July 2006^[5]
Ian Bennett - Leeds United, undisclosed, 27 July 2006^[6]
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^[7]
Jon Stead - Sunderland, £750,000 rising to £1,250,000, 11 January 2007^[8]
Mamadou Seck - Le Havre, free, 15 January 2007
Luton Shelton - Helsingborg, £2,000,000, 15 January 2007^[9]
Ahmed Fathy - Ismaily SC, £700,000, 24 January 2007

Out

Brian Deane - retired, 2006
Garry Flitcroft - retired, 2006
Kyle Nix - released
Gary Mulligan - Gillingham, 12 May 2006^[10]
Bruce Dyer - released (later joined Doncaster Rovers on 2 June 2006)^[11]
Simon Francis - Southend United, undisclosed, 13 June 2006^[12]
Phil Barnes - Grimsby Town, undisclosed, 29 June 2006^[13]
Luke Beckett - Huddersfield Town, £85,000, 3 July 2006
Neil Shipperley - released (later joined Brentford), 15 January 2007
Paul Ifill - Crystal Palace, £800,000, January 2007
Ade Akinbiyi - Burnley, £650,000 rising to £750,000, January 2007

Final league table

^1. Since the finalists of the 2006–07 FA Cup (Manchester United and Chelsea) and the League Cup winners (Chelsea) had already qualified for the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League through their Premier League positions, their 2007–08 UEFA Cup places were given to the 6th- and 7th-placed Premier League teams.

^2.The highest-placed team who applied for the Intertoto Cup and not in an automatic UEFA Cup spot was awarded with a place in that competition. Blackburn Rovers occupied the Intertoto place, because Portsmouth and Reading did not apply.^[14] A further place in the UEFA Cup was up for grabs via the Premiership Fair Play League. The winner is placed into a draw with the winners of Fair Play leagues in other countries. The representatives from the two countries that come out of the hat first are given a place in the UEFA Cup first qualifying round. Since the winners of the Premiership Fair Play League, Tottenham Hotspur, had already qualified for the UEFA Cup by virtue of their league position, their place in the Fair Play draw was given to Aston Villa. However, the places in the UEFA Cup were awarded to the representatives from Finland and Norway.

For further information on European qualification see Premier League – Competition.

Results

Sheffield United's score comes first^[15]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

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

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 2007	Swansea City	H	0-3	15,896

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	19 September 2006	Bury	H	1-0	6,273	Nadé
R3	24 October 2006	Birmingham City	H	2-4	10,584	Akinbiyi, Montgomery

References

[1] ttp://www.sufc.co.uk/page/Goalscorers/0,,10418~200610418,00.html

[2] ttp://www.sufc.co.uk/page/Attendance/0,,10418~200610418,00.html

[3] ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/lancashire/content/articles/2006/06/14/pne_claude_moves_sheffield.shtml

[4] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_utd/5154304.stm

[5] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_utd/5211716.stm

[6] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_utd/5218338.stm

[7] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_utd/6242557.stm

[8] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_utd/6247957.stm

[9] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_utd/6264815.stm

[10] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/g/gillingham/4900876.stm

[11] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/d/doncaster/5041766.stm

[12] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/southend_utd/5078866.stm

[13] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/g/grimsby_town/5128714.stm

[14] Spurs win may harm Rovers' Intertoto chances

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

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