2006–07 Milton Keynes Dons F.C. season

The 2006–2007 season was Milton Keynes Dons' third season in their existence as a professional association football club. This season was their first season competing in League Two, the fourth tier of English football, following their relegation from League One at the conclusion of the 2005–06 season.

Milton Keynes Dons

2006–07 season
Chairman	Pete Winkelman
Manager	Martin Allen
Stadium	National Hockey Stadium
League Two	4th (qualified for play-offs)
FA Cup	Second round
League Cup	Third round
League Trophy	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Izale McLeod (21) All: Izale McLeod (24)
Highest home attendance	8,306 (vs Tottenham Hotspur) 25 October 2006, League Cup R3
Lowest home attendance	2,676 (vs Farsley Celtic) 21 November 2006, FA Cup R1
Average home league attendance	5,990 [1]
Biggest win	3–4 (vs Accrington Stanley) 9 December 2006, League Two
Biggest defeat	5–0 (vs Rochdale) 27 January 2007, League Two 0–5 (vs Tottenham Hotspur) 25 October 2006, League Cup R3
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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As well as competing in League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007.

Competitions

League Two

Main article: 2006–07 Football League Two

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Swindon Town (P)	46	25	10	11	58	38	+20	85
4	Milton Keynes Dons	46	25	9	12	76	58	+18	84
5	Lincoln City	46	21	11	14	70	59	+11	74
6	Bristol Rovers	46	20	12	14	49	42	+7	72
7	Shrewsbury Town (P)	46	18	17	11	68	46	+22	71

Source: Sky Sports

Matches

Win

Draw

Loss

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
5 August 2006 – 15:00	Bury	Home	2–1	McLeod (2)	5,329	[2]
8 August 2006 – 19:45	Mansfield Town	Away	1–2	Wilbraham	4,033	[3]
12 August 2006 – 15:00	Macclesfield Town	Away	2–1	Platt, Swailes (o.g.)	1,711	[4]
19 August 2006 – 15:00	Bristol Rovers	Home	2–0	Dyer, Platt	5,125	[5]
26 August 2006 – 15:00	Boston United	Away	1–0	Platt	2,032	[6]
2 September 2006 – 15:00	Notts County	Home	3–2	Dyer (2), Taylor	6,323	[7]
9 September 2006 – 15:00	Hartlepool United	Home	0–0		5,630	[8]
12 September 2006 – 19:45	Swindon Town	Away	1–2	McGovern	8,304	[9]
16 September 2006 – 15:00	Lincoln City	Away	3–2	McLeod, Wilbraham, Platt	5,310	[10]
23 September 2006 – 15:00	Chester City	Home	1–2	Platt	5,476	[11]
26 September 2006 – 19:45	Torquay United	Home	3–2	McLeod (2), Wilbraham	5,378	[12]
30 September 2006 – 15:00	Barnet	Away	3–3	O'Hanlon, Chorley, Dyer	2,819	[13]
6 October 2006 – 19:45	Peterborough United	Home	0–2		6,647	[14]
14 October 2006 – 15:00	Wrexham	Away	2–1	O'Hanlon, McLeod	3,828	[15]
21 October 2006 – 15:00	Hereford United	Home	1–3	McLeod	5,609
28 October 2006 – 15:00	Walsall	Away	0–0		6,275	[16]
4 November 2006 – 15:00	Grimsby Town	Away	3–1	McLeod, Wilbraham (2)	3,268	[17]
18 November 2006 – 15:00	Shrewsbury Town	Home	2–0	Edds, Platt	5,830	[18]
25 November 2006 – 15:00	Darlington	Away	0–1		4,017	[19]
5 December 2006 – 19:45	Stockport County	Home	2–0	McLeod (2)	4,564	[20]
9 December 2006 – 15:00	Accrington Stanley	Away	4–3	McLeod, Wilbraham (2), O'Hanlon	1,384
16 December 2006 – 15:00	Wycombe Wanderers	Home	3–1	Andrews, McLeod (2)	5,977	[21]
23 December 2006 – 15:00	Rochdale	Home	2–1	McLeod, Standon (o.g.)	5,459	[22]
26 December 2006 – 15:00	Torquay United	Away	2–0	Platt, McLeod	2,715	[23]
30 December 2006 – 15:00	Chester City	Away	3–0	Platt, McLeod, McGovern	2,211	[24]
1 January 2007 – 15:00	Swindon Town	Home	0–1		6,797	[25]
8 January 2007 – 19:45	Lincoln City	Home	2–2	McLeod, Edds	7,140	[26]
13 January 2007 – 15:00	Hartlepool United	Away	0–1		6,797
20 January 2007 – 15:00	Barnet	Home	3–1	Platt (3)	6,447	[27]
27 January 2007 – 15:00	Rochdale	Away	0–5		2,493	[28]
3 February 2007 – 15:00	Bury	Away	2–0	Knight, Andrews	2,325	[29]
17 February 2007 – 15:00	Bristol Rovers	Away	1–1	McGovern	5,489	[30]
20 February 2007 – 19:45	Mansfield Town	Home	1–1	Taylor	5,070	[31]
24 February 2007 – 15:00	Notts County	Away	2–2	Dyer, Lewington	4,031	[32]
3 March 2007 – 15:00	Boston United	Home	3–2	Platt (2), McLeod	6,605	[33]
10 March 2007 – 15:00	Peterborough United	Away	0–4		5,880	[34]
13 March 2007 – 19:45	Macclesfield Town	Home	3–0	McLeod, Platt, Lee (o.g.)	5,681	[35]
17 March 2007 – 15:00	Wrexham	Home	2–1	Andrews, Platt	5,712	[36]
25 March 2007 – 16:00	Walsall	Home	1–1	McLeod	8,044	[37]
31 March 2007 – 15:00	Hereford United	Away	0–0		2,715	[38]
7 April 2007 – 15:00	Shrewsbury Town	Away	1–2	Platt	5,238	[39]
14 April 2007 – 15:00	Darlington	Home	1–0	Platt	5,730	[40]
23 April 2007 – 15:00	Stockport County	Away	2–1	Platt, Andrews	5,681	[41]
28 April 2007 – 15:00	Wycombe Wanderers	Away	2–0	Smith, McLeod	7,150	[42]
5 May 2007 – 15:00	Accrington Stanley	Home	3–1	Andrews, O'Hanlon, Stirling	8,102	[43]

Play-offs

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
14 May 2007 – 19:45	Shrewsbury Town	Away	0–0		7,126	[44]
18 May 2007 – 19:45	Shrewsbury Town	Home	1–2	Andrews	8,212	[45]

FA Cup

Main article: 2006–07 FA Cup

Matches

Win

Draw

Loss

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
12 November 2006 – 15:00	First round	Farsley Celtic	Away	0–0		2,200	[46]
21 November 2006 – 19:45	First round (replay)	Farsley Celtic	Home	2–0	McLeod (2)	2,676	[47]
2 December 2006 – 15:00	Second round	Blackpool	Home	0–2		3,837	[48]

League Cup

Main article: 2006–07 Football League Cup

Matches

Win

Draw

Loss

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
22 August 2006 – 19:45	First round	Colchester United	Home	1–0[a]	McLeod	2,747	[49]
19 September 2006 – 19:45	Second round	Barnsley	Away	2–1	Wilbraham (2)	4,411	[50]
25 October 2006 – 19:45	Third round	Tottenham Hotspur	Home	0–5		8,306	[51]

1. After extra-time. 0–0 at the conclusion of 90 minutes.

League Trophy

Main article: 2006–07 Football League Trophy

Matches

Win

Draw

Loss

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
1 November 2006 – 19:45	Second round	Brighton & Hove Albion	Away	1–4	Page	2,774	[52]

Player details

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition.

Players with squad numbers struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		League Cup		Other[a]
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NGA	Ademola Bankole	9	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
2	DF	ENG	Jamie Smith	20	0	17	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF	ENG	Dean Lewington	52	1	45	1	3	0	2	0	2	0
4	DF	GUI	Drissa Diallo	46	0	40	0	2	0	2	0	2	0
5	MF	ENG	Dominic Blizzard	10	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
6	DF	ENG	Sean O'Hanlon	43	4	38	4	2	0	2	0	1	0
7	MF	SCO	Jon-Paul McGovern	52	3	44	3	3	0	3	0	2	0
8	MF	ENG	Paul Mitchell	24	0	20	0	1	0	2	0	1	0
9	FW	ENG	Clive Platt	48	18	43	18	3	0	2	0	0	0
10	FW	ENG	Izale McLeod	41	24	34	21	2	2	2	1	3	0
11	FW	AUS	Nick Rizzo	5	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
12	DF	ENG	Jude Stirling	46	1	44	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
13	MF	IRL	Keith Andrews	40	8	34	7	3	0	1	0	2	1
14	MF	ENG	Gary Smith	23	1	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF	AUS	Gareth Edds	43	2	35	2	3	0	3	0	2	0
16	FW	ENG	Leon Knight	18	1	16	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
17	DF	ENG	Ben Chorley	15	1	13	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
18	MF	ENG	Ben Harding	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
19	FW	ENG	Scott Taylor	42	2	34	2	3	0	3	0	2	0
20	FW	ENG	Aaron Wilbraham	36	9	32	7	2	0	2	2	0	0
21 †	GK	ENG	Matt Baker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW	ENG	John Hastings	12	0	7	0	2	0	2	0	1	0
23	FW	ENG	Lloyd Dyer	47	5	41	5	2	0	2	0	2	0
24	MF	ENG	Junior Lewis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25 †	GK	THA	Jamie Waite	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26 †	DF	IRL	Paul Butler	18	0	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	ENG	Adam Watts	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK	ESP	Adolfo Baines	23	0	19	0	1	0	2	0	1	0
35	DF	ENG	Sam Page	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
36	DF	ENG	Kieran Murphy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37 †	DF	ENG	Joe Howe	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
38	FW	ENG	Sam Baldock	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
39	FW	ENG	Sam Collins	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
40	DF	ENG	Oliver Thorne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41 †	GK	ENG	Rob Webb	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42 †	DF	ENG	James Nash	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1. Includes Football League Trophy and 2006–07 Football League Two play-offs.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2006	GK	Jamie Waite	Sudbury	Free transfer
3 July 2006	DF	Drissa Diallo	Free agent[a]		[53]
	DF	Sean O'Hanlon	Free agent[b]	Compensation	[53]
4 July 2006	MF	Jon-Paul McGovern	Free agent[c]	Free transfer	[54]
14 July 2006	MF	John Hastings	Tooting & Mitcham United	Undisclosed	[54]
1 August 2006	FW	Lloyd Dyer	Free agent[d]	Free transfer	[55]
30 August 2006	MF	Keith Andrews	Free agent[e]		[54]
4 January 2007	GK	Lee Harper	Northampton Town	Undisclosed	[56]
23 January 2007	FW	Leon Knight	Swansea City		[56]
21 May 2007	MF	Dominic Blizzard	Watford	Free transfer	[57]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2006	MF	Nick McKoy	Released[f]		[54]
1 January 2007	GK	Jamie Waite	Released[g]
2 January 2007	DF	Craig Morgan	Peterborough United	Undisclosed	[58]
5 January 2007	DF	Leon Crooks	Wycombe Wanderers		[58]
17 January 2007	DF	Joe Howe	Released[h]		[59]
	FW	Joe Tillen	Released[i]		[59]
	GK	Rob Webb	Released[j]		[59]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Name	From	End date	Ref.
27 October 2006	GK	Lee Harper	Northampton Town	27 January 2007[k]	[60]
22 November 2006	DF	Paul Butler	Leeds United	2 January 2007	[61]
10 January 2007	FW	Jonny Hayes	Reading	End of season	[58]
March 2007	MF	Dominic Blizzard	Watford
22 March 2007	FW	Albert Jarrett			[62]
23 March 2007	DF	Adam Watts	Fulham		[63]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Name	To	End date	Ref.
31 August 2006	MF	Ben Harding	Aldershot	January 2007	[64]
16 October 2006	DF	Craig Morgan	Wrexham	16 November 2006	[65]
26 October 2006	DF	Ben Chorley	Gillingham	26 January 2006	[66]
23 November 2006	DF	Craig Morgan	Peterborough United	2 January 2007	[67]
3 January 2007	MF	Ben Harding	Grays Athletic	End of season	[68]
4 January 2007	FW	Nick Rizzo	Grimsby Town	Unknown	[69]
12 January 2007	MF	Paul Mitchell	Wrexham	12 April 2007	[70]
9 February 2007	DF	Sam Page	Cambridge United	End of season	[71]
8 March 2007	FW	Scott Taylor	Brentford	8 April 2007	[72]
22 March 2007	FW	Nick Rizzo	Chesterfield	End of season	[73]

1. Previous club: Sheffield Wednesday.
2. Previous club: Swindon Town.
3. Previous club: Sheffield Wednesday.
4. Previous club: Millwall.
5. Previous club: Hull City.
6. Joined Cardiff City on 5 July 2006.
7. Joined St Albans City in August 2007.
8. Joined Northampton Town on 27 July 2007.
9. Joined Thatcham Town on 12 December 2007.
10. Joined Cardiff City on 5 July 2006.
11. On 4 January 2007, Harper's loan deal became a permanent deal.

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External links

• Official website
• Official Supporters Association website
• MK Dons news on MKWeb