2006–07 Newcastle United F.C. season

During the 2006–07 season, Newcastle United participated in the Premier League, finishing 13th, and also competed in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup.

Newcastle United

2006–07 season
Chairman	Freddy Shepherd
Manager	Glenn Roeder (until 6 May 2007) Nigel Pearson (6–15 May 2007) Sam Allardyce (from 15 May 2007)
Stadium	St. James' Park
FA Premier League	13th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Quarter-finals
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Winners
UEFA Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Obafemi Martins (11) All: Obafemi Martins (17)
Highest home attendance	52,305 (vs. Liverpool)
Lowest home attendance	48,145 (vs. Bolton Wanderers)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Season summary

Newcastle United against Zulte Waregem, 22 February 2007.

The summer transfer window saw Roeder sign Obafemi Martins from Inter Milan and Damien Duff from Chelsea, though he failed to follow up the club's interest in signing Sol Campbell, claiming he wanted younger players,^[1] and unsuccessful attempts were made to lure strikers Dirk Kuyt and Eiður Guðjohnsen to the club. As the transfer window closed Antoine Sibierski was signed from Manchester City, and young Manchester United striker Giuseppe Rossi was signed on a four-month loan. Roeder controversially made a last-minute withdrawal from the sale of winger James Milner to Aston Villa, to the fury of Villa manager Martin O'Neill.^[2]

A poor opening run of only two wins in the opening thirteen league outings saw Newcastle in deep problems at the wrong end of the table, with the team suffering from the worst injury crisis in the club's history, forcing Roeder to recruit players from the youth academy, notably David Edgar and Matty Pattison. Fan protestations against the club's board came following a mid-November defeat against Sheffield United with the club staring relegation in the face.

The return of senior players saw the club fight back up the league, but a 5–1 FA Cup hammering at home to Championship side Birmingham City left fans and players stunned. A UEFA Cup campaign following success in the Intertoto Cup^[3] had looked like the club's form of salvation, but the team crashed out to an agonising defeat on away goals at AZ Alkmaar. Following that the team ran out of steam, and manager Glenn Roeder resigned the week before the end of the season^[4] with the team left in mid-table obscurity. Things, however, did seem to look up with new manager Sam Allardyce and wealthy new owners confirmed in the off season.

New ownership and Sam Allardyce

Sam Allardyce

Billionaire businessman Mike Ashley began his quest to purchase Newcastle in the spring of 2007, successfully acquiring Sir John Hall's majority stake in the club.^[5] Chairman Freddie Shepherd remained defiant that he was not going to sell the club, and, despite a takeover being inevitable, appointed Sam Allardyce as manager following his departure from Bolton Wanderers in April.^[6] However, following Mike Ashley claiming a further majority stake hold, Shepherd was forced to sell his stake to Ashley and end his ten-year tenure as chairman.^[7] Ashley brought in lawyer Chris Mort as chairman, Tony Jimenez as vice-chairman and Derek Llambias as managing director.

Final league table

Main article: 2006–07 FA Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Aston Villa	38	11	17	10	43	41	+2	50
12	Middlesbrough	38	12	10	16	44	49	−5	46
13	Newcastle United	38	11	10	17	38	47	−9	43
14	Manchester City	38	11	9	18	29	44	−15	42
15	West Ham United	38	12	5	21	35	59	−24	41

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Chronological list of events

• 14 June 2006: Scott Parker named as Newcastle United captain following the retirement of Alan Shearer.^[8]
• 23 June 2006: Damien Duff signed from Chelsea.^[9]
• 18 July 2006: Joe Joyce appointed new Academy Manager.^[10]
• 24 August 2006: Obafemi Martins signed from Inter Milan.^[11]
• 30 August 2006: Giuseppe Rossi signed on a four-month loan from Manchester United.^[12]
• 30 August 2006: Antoine Sibierski signed from Manchester City.^[13]
• 1 September 2006: Olivier Bernard signed after being released by Rangers earlier in the summer.^[14]
• 26 September 2006: Newcastle United terminate the contract of assistant manager Kevin Bond.^[15]
• 29 September 2006: Pavel Srníček signed after being released by Beira-Mar in the summer.^[16]
• 22 October 2006: Nigel Pearson appointed as assistant manager.^[17]
• 4 November 2006: A section of Newcastle supporters stage a protest after 1–0 defeat to Sheffield United. Many call for the resignation of chairman Freddy Shepherd and other members of the board.^[18]
• 14 November 2006: Paul Winsper resigns as fitness coach.^[19]
• 16 December 2006: Newcastle United named overall winners of the Intertoto Cup.^[20]
• 12 January 2007: Emre charged by The Football Association with using racially aggravated abusive and/or insulting words during the match with Everton.^[21]
• 30 January 2007: Oguchi Onyewu signed on a four-month loan from Standard Liège.^[22]

• 19 March 2007: Allegations of Emre using racially aggravated abusive and/or insulting words during the match with Everton are found not proven by the FA.^[23]
• 2 April 2007: Newcastle United unveil plans for a new £300 million development that would increase the capacity of the stadium to at least 60,000.^[24]
• 30 April 2007: Michael Owen appears in a match for Newcastle United following a 10-month absence through injury.^[25]
• 6 May 2007: Glenn Roeder resigns as manager.^[26]
• 6 May 2007: Nigel Pearson named as caretaker manager.^[26]
• 13 May 2007: Newcastle United's season came to an end following a 1–1 Premiership draw away to bottom-placed Watford.^[27]
• 15 May 2007: Sam Allardyce appointed as manager.^[28]
• 21 May 2007: Sam Allardyce releases six players from Newcastle United's squad, including Craig Moore, Titus Bramble and Antoine Sibierski.^[29]
• 23 May 2007: Businessman Mike Ashley becomes the largest shareholder in Newcastle United after buying Sir John Hall's 41.6% share for £55 million. He then launched a formal takeover bid.^[30]

Team kit

The team kit for the 2006–07 season was produced by Adidas and the main shirt sponsor was Northern Rock.

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Previous club	Cost
23 June 2006	Damien Duff	Chelsea	£5 million[9]
24 August 2006	Obafemi Martins	Internazionale	£10.14 million[11]
31 August 2006	Giuseppe Rossi	Manchester United	Loan[12]
31 August 2006	Antoine Sibierski	Manchester City	Undisclosed[13]
1 September 2006	Olivier Bernard	Rangers	Free[14]
29 September 2006	Pavel Srníček	Beira-Mar	Free[16]
30 January 2007	Oguchi Onyewu	Standard Liège	Loan[22]

Out

Date	Player	New club	Cost
1 June 2006	Daryl Smylie	Livingston	Free
8 June 2006	Lee Bowyer	West Ham United	Undisclosed
14 June 2006	Michael Chopra	Cardiff City	£500,000
8 July 2006	Robbie Elliott	Sunderland	Free
8 August 2006	Amdy Faye	Charlton Athletic	£2,000,000
22 August 2006	Jean-Alain Boumsong	Juventus	£3,300,000
18 January 2007	Liam Atkin	Carlisle United	Free
30 January 2007	Carl Finnigan	Falkirk	Free

Players

First-team squad

All players in the Newcastle United squad during the 2006–07 season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  IRL Shay Given 2 DF  IRL Stephen Carr 4 MF  PER Nolberto Solano 5 MF  TUR Emre Belözoğlu 7 FW  ESP Albert Luque 8 MF  ENG Kieron Dyer 9 FW  NGA Obafemi Martins 10 FW  ENG Michael Owen 11 MF  IRL Damien Duff 12 GK  ENG Steve Harper 14 MF  FRA Charles N'Zogbia 15 DF  USA Oguchi Onyewu 16 MF  ENG James Milner 17 MF  ENG Scott Parker 18 DF  AUS Craig Moore 19 DF  ENG Titus Bramble 20 FW  FRA Antoine Sibierski

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  ENG Lee Clark 22 MF  ENG Nicky Butt 23 FW  ENG Shola Ameobi[31] 24 GK  CZE Pavel Srníček 26 DF  ENG Peter Ramage 27 DF  ENG Steven Taylor 30 DF  CAN David Edgar 32 DF  ENG Paul Huntington 33 DF  NGA Celestine Babayaro 34 DF  FRA Olivier Bernard 35 MF  RSA Matty Pattison 37 MF  IRL Alan O'Brien 39 FW  ENG Andy Carroll 40 GK  NED Tim Krul 42 MF  AUS James Troisi 43 MF  COD Kazenga LuaLua 49 GK  ENG Fraser Forster

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 6 DF  FRA Jean-Alain Boumsong[32] (to Juventus)

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 FW  ITA Giuseppe Rossi (on loan from Manchester United)

Reserve squad

The following players made most of their appearances for the reserve team this season, and did not appear in a first-team squad this season.^[33]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 36 DF  ENG Kris Gate — DF  ENG Phil Cave — DF  ENG Chris Shanks

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Kieran Wrightson — FW  ENG Carl Finnigan

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ENG Liam Atkin (to Carlisle United)

Under-18 squad

The following players made most of their appearances for the under-18 team this season, but may have also appeared for the reserves.^[34]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ENG Mark Cook — DF  ENG Paul Dummett — DF  ENG Matthew Grieve — DF  ENG Daniel Leadbitter — DF  ENG Darren Lough — DF  ENG James Tavernier — DF  ENG James Taylor — DF  IRL Callum Morris — MF  ENG Stewart Bath — MF  ENG Mark Bertram — MF  ENG Rob Cavener — MF  ENG Dean Critchlow — MF  ENG Mark Doninger — MF  ENG Alex Francis — MF  ENG Jonny Godsmark — MF  ENG Callum Little

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Greg McDermott — MF  ENG Alex Patterson — MF  ENG Glenn Reay — FW  ENG Phil Airey — FW  ENG Campbell Bell — FW  ENG Ryan Donaldson — FW  ENG James Marwood — FW  NED Frank Wiafe Danquah — GK   Tom Kindley — DF   Ross Cowan —   Liam Davidson —   James Debbage —   Tom Kilton —   Lewis Marr —   Ben Williamson

Trialists

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ENG Michael Morrison (on trial from Cambridge United) — DF  TUR Erol Bulut (on trial from Olympiacos) — DF  EGY Wael Gomaa (on trial from Al Ahly) — MF  SCO David Templeton (on trial from Stenhousemuir)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  ENG Lee Kerr (on trial from Whitley Bay) — FW  FRA Garra Dembélé — FW  CMR Pierre Boya (on trial from Partizan)

Match results

Friendlies

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
26 July 2006	Norwich City	Away	Won 1–2	15,205	Ramage, N'Zogbia
29 July 2006	PSV Eindhoven	Home	Lost 2–3	20,185	Ameobi, Luque
5 August 2006	Villarreal	Home	Drew 3–3	20,144	Ameobi, Butt (2)

Premier League

Results by round

Round	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	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	D	L	L	D
Position	8	13	16	17	11	12	13	15	16	17	19	18	17	16	14	15	14	13	11	11	13	14	11	12	10	11	9	11	11	11	11	10	10	12	12	12	13	13

Source: World Football: Premier League 2006/2007 results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 August 2006	Wigan Athletic	Home	2–1	51,569	Parker (38), Ameobi (64)
27 August 2006	Aston Villa	Away	2–0	35,141
9 September 2006	Fulham	Home	1–2	50,365	Parker (54)
17 September 2006	West Ham United	Away	0–2	34,938	Duff (50), Martins (75)
20 September 2006	Liverpool	Away	2–0	43,754
24 September 2006	Everton	Home	1–1	50,107	Ameobi (14)
1 October 2006	Manchester United	Away	2–0	75,664
15 October 2006	Bolton Wanderers	Home	1–2	48,145	Ameobi (19 pen.)
22 October 2006	Middlesbrough	Away	1–0	30,060
28 October 2006	Charlton Athletic	Home	0–0	48,642
4 November 2006	Sheffield United	Home	0–1	50,188
11 November 2006	Manchester City	Away	0–0	40,571
18 November 2006	Arsenal	Away	1–1	60,058	Dyer (30)
26 November 2006	Portsmouth	Home	1–0	48,743	Sibierski (69)
6 December 2006	Reading	Home	3–2	48,182	Sibierski (23), Martins (57 pen.), Emre (84)
9 December 2006	Blackburn Rovers	Away	1–3	19,225	Martins (31, 90), Taylor (35)
13 December 2006	Chelsea	Away	1–0	41,945
16 December 2006	Watford	Home	2–1	49,231	Martins (49, 85)
23 December 2006	Tottenham Hotspur	Home	3–1	52,079	Dyer (3), Martins (7), Parker (34)
26 December 2006	Bolton Wanderers	Away	2–1	26,437	Dyer (8)
30 December 2006	Everton	Away	3–0	38,682
1 January 2007	Manchester United	Home	2–2	52,302	Milner (33), Edgar (74)
14 January 2007	Tottenham Hotspur	Away	2–3	35,942	Huntington (16), Martins (72), Butt (73)
20 January 2007	West Ham United	Home	2–2	52,095	Milner (45), Solano (53 pen.)
31 January 2007	Aston Villa	Home	3–1	49,201	Milner (5), Dyer (7), Sibierski (90)
3 February 2007	Fulham	Away	2–1	24,340	Martins (90)
10 February 2007	Liverpool	Home	2–1	52,305	Martins (26), Solano (70 pen.)
25 February 2007	Wigan Athletic	Away	1–0	21,179
3 March 2007	Middlesbrough	Home	0–0	52,303
27 January 2007	Charlton Athletic	Away	2–0	27,028
31 March 2007	Manchester City	Home	0–1	52,004
7 April 2007	Sheffield United	Away	1–2	32,572	Martins (17), Taylor (80)
9 April 2007	Arsenal	Home	0–0	52,293
14 April 2007	Portsmouth	Away	2–1	20,165	Emre (69 pen.)
22 April 2007	Chelsea	Home	0–0	52,056
30 April 2007	Reading	Away	1–0	24,109
5 May 2007	Blackburn Rovers	Home	0–2	51,226
13 May 2007	Watford	Away	1–1	19,830	Dyer (29)

Intertoto Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
Third round 1st leg	15 July 2006	Lillestrøm	Home	1–1	31,059	Luque
Third round 2nd leg	22 July 2006	Lillestrøm	Away	0–3	8,742	Ameobi (2), Emre

UEFA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
Second qualifying round, 1st leg	10 August 2006	FK Ventspils	Away	0–1	6,000	Bramble
Second qualifying round, 2nd leg	24 August 2006	FK Ventspils	Home	0–0	30,498
First round, 1st leg	14 September 2006	Levadia Tallinn	Away	0–1	7,917	Sibierski
First round, 2nd leg	28 September 2006	Levadia Tallinn	Home	2–1	27,012	Martins (2)
Group H	19 October 2006	Fenerbahçe	Home	1–0	30,035	Sibierski
Group H	2 November 2006	Palermo	Away	0–1	16,904	Luque
Group H	23 November 2006	Celta Vigo	Home	2–1	25,079	Sibierski, Taylor
Group H	30 November 2006	Eintracht Frankfurt	Away	0–0	47,000
Round of 32, 1st leg	15 February 2007	Zulte Waregem	Away	1–3	8,015	Dindeleux (o.g.), Martins, Sibierski
Round of 32, 2nd leg	22 February 2007	Zulte Waregem	Home	1–0	30,083	Martins
Round of 16, 1st leg	8 March 2007	AZ Alkmaar	Home	4–2	28,452	Steinsson (o.g.), Dyer, Martins (2)
Round of 16, 2nd leg	15 March 2007	AZ Alkmaar	Away	2–0	16,401

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
Third round	25 October 2006	Portsmouth	Home	3–0	25,028	Rossi, Solano (2)
Fourth round	7 November 2006	Watford	Away	2–2 (4–5 on penalties)	16,791	Sibierski, Parker
Fifth round	20 December 2006	Chelsea	Home	0–1	37,406

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
Third round	6 January 2007	Birmingham	Away	2–2	16,444	Taylor, Dyer
Third round replay	17 January 2007	Birmingham	Home	1–5	26,099	Milner

Player statistics

Goalscorers

Name	League	Other	Total
Obafemi Martins	11	6	17
Antoine Sibierski	3	5	8
Kieron Dyer	5	2	7
Shola Ameobi	3	2	5
James Milner	3	1	4
Scott Parker	3	1	4
Steven Taylor	2	2	4
Nolberto Solano	2	2	4
Emre	2	1	3
Albert Luque	0	2	2
Damien Duff	1	0	1
David Edgar	1	0	1
Paul Huntington	1	0	1
Titus Bramble	0	1	1
Giuseppe Rossi	0	1	1
Nicky Butt	1	0	1
Total	38	25	63

Discipline

Name	Yellow cards	Red cards
Scott Parker	10	0
Nicky Butt	10	0
Nolberto Solano	8	0
Steven Taylor	6	1
Titus Bramble	6	1
Emre	7	0
Craig Moore	7	0
James Milner	5	0
Celestine Babayaro	5	0
Paul Huntington	4	0
Charles N'Zogbia	3	0
Shay Given	2	0
Peter Ramage	2	0
Obafemi Martins	2	0
Damien Duff	1	0
Shola Ameobi	1	0
Albert Luque	1	0
Kieron Dyer	1	0
Alan O'Brien	1	0
Giuseppe Rossi	1	0
Antoine Sibierski	1	0
Total:	86	2

In all competitions.

Appearances and goals

All players to have appeared in the matchday squad during the 2006–07 season.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		Intertoto Cup		UEFA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	IRL	Shay Given	33	0	22	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	6	0
12	GK	ENG	Steve Harper	25	0	15+3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0
24	GK	CZE	Pavel Srníček	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	NED	Tim Krul	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
49	GK	ENG	Fraser Forster	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	IRL	Stephen Carr	32	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	6	0
4	DF	PER	Nolberto Solano	44	4	25+3	2	2	0	2+1	2	2	0	8+1	0
15	DF	USA	Oguchi Onyewu	11	0	7+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	AUS	Craig Moore	22	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0+1	0	3	0
19	DF	ENG	Titus Bramble	31	1	17	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	11	1
26	DF	ENG	Peter Ramage	32	0	20+1	0	1	0	2+1	0	0	0	6+1	0
27	DF	ENG	Steven Taylor	44	4	26+1	2	2	1	3	0	2	0	10	1
30	DF	CAN	David Edgar	4	1	2+1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF	ENG	Paul Huntington	16	1	10+1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1+1	0
33	DF	NGA	Celestine Babayaro	20	0	12	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	4	0
Midfielders
5	MF	TUR	Emre Belözoğlu	38	3	21+3	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	8+2	0
8	MF	ENG	Kieron Dyer	30	7	20+2	5	2	1	1+1	0	0	0	4	1
11	MF	IRL	Damien Duff	33	1	20+2	1	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	8+1	0
14	MF	FRA	Charles N'Zogbia	35	0	10+12	0	0	0	1+1	0	2	0	7+2	0
16	MF	ENG	James Milner	53	4	31+4	3	2	1	3	0	2	0	8+3	0
17	MF	ENG	Scott Parker	41	4	28+1	3	0	0	2	1	2	0	6+2	0
22	MF	ENG	Nicky Butt	47	1	27+4	1	2	0	2	0	0+1	0	9+2	0
35	MF	RSA	Matty Pattison	12	0	2+5	0	2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+2	0
37	MF	IRL	Alan O'Brien	5	0	1+1	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
42	MF	AUS	James Troisi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	MF	COD	Kazenga LuaLua	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	ESP	Albert Luque	16	2	0+7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5+3	1
9	FW	NGA	Obafemi Martins	46	17	32+1	11	2	0	2	0	0	0	7+2	6
10	FW	ENG	Michael Owen	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	FRA	Antoine Sibierski	39	8	14+12	3	2	0	1+1	1	0	0	8+1	4
23	FW	ENG	Shola Ameobi	16	5	9+3	3	0	0	0	0	1+1	2	1+1	0
39	FW	ENG	Andy Carroll	7	0	0+4	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
Players transferred out during the season
15	FW	ITA	Giuseppe Rossi	13	1	3+8	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 31 May 2007
Source: Competitions

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Glenn Roeder
Assistant Manager	Lee Clark
First Team coach	Kevin Keegan
Goalkeeping Coach	Andy Woodman
Development Coach	Terry McDermott
Reserve Team Coach	David Ginola
Chief scout	Steve Clarke

Last updated: 3 May 2011
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