2006–07 Crystal Palace F.C. season

Crystal Palace
2006–07 season
ChairmanSimon Jordan
ManagerPeter Taylor
StadiumSelhurst Park
Championship12th
FA CupFourth round
League CupFirst round
Top goalscorerMorrison (12)
Average home league attendance17,481

During the 2006–07 English football season, Crystal Palace competed in the Football League Championship.

Season summary

Peter Taylor was appointed as manager at Crystal Palace after the club paid Hull City a compensation package of £250,000. Chairman Simon Jordan received praise from Hull chairman Adam Pearson for his conduct in the process of appointing Taylor.[1] Most Palace fans were pleased with this appointment, and were looking forward to an exciting 2006–07 season.

Taylor made a host of summer signings, and despite a start which saw Palace at the top of the table after three games, a terrible run of form saw the Eagles slip down the order, falling to 20th at one stage. Despite this, Jordan was content to leave Taylor in charge of first-team affairs, and his faith was rewarded as Palace picked up their form in the post-Christmas period.

After being unbeaten in eight games, the Eagles lost to Dennis Wise's struggling Leeds United side. Controversy followed the game as Wise revealed an unnamed Leeds player had shared information about the Leeds teamsheet to Taylor's side before the game. Many Palace and Leeds fans believed that former Eagle Shaun Derry might have been the player who shared the information, and though Derry's agent played down these reports, it is notable that Derry rejoined Palace in the following season.

After a season of ups and downs, Palace eventually finished in 12th position.

In June 2007 Jordan succeeded in his High Court battle against Coventry City boss Iain Dowie, with The Hon. Mr Justice Tugendhat ruling that Dowie had lied when negotiating his way out of his contract at Palace. Dowie won the right to appeal and thus the case dragged on, finally being settled out of court the following April for an unknown fee.[2]

Final league table

Main article: 2006–07 Football League Championship
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
10 Colchester United 46 20 9 17 70 56 +14 69
11 Plymouth Argyle 46 17 16 13 63 62 +1 67
12 Crystal Palace 46 18 11 17 58 50 +8 65
13 Cardiff City 46 17 13 16 57 53 +4 64
14 Ipswich Town 46 18 8 20 64 59 +5 62
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Results

Crystal Palace's score comes first[3]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League Championship

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
5 August 2006 Ipswich Town A 2–1 25,413 McAnuff, Scowcroft
8 August 2006 Southend United H 3–1 18,072 Cort, Freedman, Hudson
13 August 2006 Leeds United H 1–0 17,218 Morrison
19 August 2006 Birmingham City A 1–2 20,223 McAnuff
26 August 2006 Burnley H 2–2 16,396 Cort, Scowcroft
9 September 2006 Luton Town A 1–2 9,187 Scowcroft
12 September 2006 Southampton H 0–2 17,084
16 September 2006 Norwich City A 1–0 24,618 Kuqi
23 September 2006 Coventry City H 1–0 16,093 Morrison
30 September 2006 Hull City A 1–1 18,099 Cort
14 October 2006 Cardiff City H 1–2 18,876 Green
17 October 2006 West Bromwich Albion H 0–2 16,105
21 October 2006 Leicester City A 1–1 28,762 Soares
28 October 2006 Plymouth Argyle H 0–1 17,084
31 October 2006 Sheffield Wednesday A 2–3 19,034 Kuqi, Soares
4 November 2006 Queens Park Rangers A 2–4 13,989 Soares, Morrison
11 November 2006 Stoke City H 0–1 18,868
18 November 2006 Barnsley H 2–0 20,159 Scowcroft, Morrison
25 November 2006 Preston North End A 0–0 14,202
28 November 2006 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1–1 17,806 Freedman
2 December 2006 Queens Park Rangers H 3–0 17,017 Freedman, Kuqi, Morrison
9 December 2006 Colchester United H 1–3 16,762 Morrison
16 December 2006 Derby County A 0–1 23,875
22 December 2006 Sunderland H 1–0 17,439 Hudson
26 December 2006 Southampton A 1–1 30,548 McAnuff
30 December 2006 Cardiff City A 0–0 13,704
1 January 2007 Norwich City H 3–1 16,765 Hudson, Kuqi, Green
13 January 2007 Coventry City A 4–2 16,582 Fletcher, Kuqi, Cort, McAnuff
20 January 2007 Hull City H 1–1 17,012 Fletcher
30 January 2007 Sunderland A 0–0 26,958
3 February 2007 Ipswich Town H 2–0 17,090 Cort, Ifill
10 February 2007 Leeds United A 1–2 19,228 Cort
17 February 2007 Birmingham City H 0–1 17,233
20 February 2007 Southend United A 1–0 10,419 Ifill
24 February 2007 Luton Town H 2–1 16,177 Morrison (2)
3 March 2007 Burnley A 1–1 10,659 Morrison
10 March 2007 Leicester City H 2–0 16,969 Fletcher, Watson (pen)
14 March 2007 West Bromwich Albion A 3–2 17,960 Morrison, Watson (pen), Grabban
17 March 2007 Plymouth Argyle A 0–1 11,239
31 March 2007 Sheffield Wednesday A 1–2 21,523 Morrison
7 April 2007 Preston North End H 3–0 15,985 Kuqi (2), Cort
9 April 2007 Stoke City A 1–2 13,616 Zakuani (own goal)
14 April 2007 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 2–2 17,981 Hudson, McAnuff
21 April 2007 Barnsley A 0–2 10,277
29 April 2007 Derby County H 2–0 19,545 Morrison, Kennedy
6 May 2007 Colchester United A 2–0 5,857 Scowcroft, Watson

FA Cup

Main article: 2006–07 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 6 January 2007 Swindon Town H 2–1 10,238 Kuqi, McAnuff
R4 27 January 2007 Preston North End H 0–2 8,422

League Cup

Main article: 2006–07 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R1 22 August 2006 Notts County H 1–2 4,481 Hughes

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[4]

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  ENG Scott Flinders
2 DF  ENG Matthew Lawrence
3 DF  ENG Danny Granville
4 DF  ENG Darren Ward
5 DF  ENG Mark Hudson
6 DF  ENG Leon Cort[notes 1]
7 MF  JAM Jobi McAnuff[notes 2]
8 FW  ENG James Scowcroft
9 FW  SCO Dougie Freedman
11 FW  IRL Clinton Morrison[notes 3]
12 GK  ARG Julián Speroni
14 MF  ENG Ben Watson
15 MF  IRL Mark Kennedy
16 MF  ENG Tommy Black
17 MF  NIR Michael Hughes
18 DF  ENG Gary Borrowdale
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF  ENG Tom Soares
20 DF  ENG Danny Butterfield
21 MF  ENG Dave Martin
23 MF  WAL Carl Fletcher[notes 4]
25 MF  ENG Stuart Green
27 MF  BRB Paul Ifill[notes 5]
28 GK  HUN Gábor Király
31 DF  ENG Arron Fray
32 FW  FIN Shefki Kuqi[notes 6]
33 FW  ENG Lewis Grabban
34 MF  ENG Phil Starkey
35 DF  WAL Rhoys Wiggins[notes 7]
36 MF  ENG Lewwis Spence
37 FW  ENG Charlie Sheringham
38 GK  ENG David Wilkinson
40 MF  ENG Ryan Hall

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
10 FW  IRL Jon Macken[notes 8] (to Derby County)
22 FW  GER Marco Reich (to Kickers Offenbach)
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 GK  SCO Iain Turner (on loan from Everton)
30 FW  HUN Sándor Torghelle (to Panathinaikos)

Transfers

In

Date Nation Position Name Club From Transfer Fee
30 June 2006 DF Leon Cort Hull City £1.000.000[5]
11 July 2006 MF Mark Kennedy Wolverhampton Wanderers Free[6]
13 July 2006 GK Scott Flinders Barnsley £1,000,000[7]
25 July 2006 FW James Scowcroft Coventry City £500,000[8]
29 July 2006 MF Carl Fletcher West Ham United £400,000[9]
2 August 2006 MF Matthew Lawrence Millwall Undisclosed[10]
31 August 2006 MF Stuart Green Hull City £75,000[11]
31 August 2006 FW Shefki Kuqi Blackburn Rovers £2,500,000[12]
8 January 2007 MF Paul Ifill Sheffield United £750,000[13]
23 January 2007 MF Dave Martin Dartford £25,000[14]

Out

Date Nation Position Name Club To Transfer Fee
30 May 2006 FW Andrew Johnson Everton £8.600.000[15]
26 June 2006 DF Fitz Hall Wigan Athletic £3.000.000[16]
4 July 2006 MF Mikele Leigertwood Sheffield United £600,000[17]
12 July 2006 MF Sam Togwell Barnsley Undisclosed[18]
19 July 2006 DF Tony Popovic Al-Arabi Free[19]
1 August 2006 DF Emmerson Boyce Wigan Athletic £1,000,000[20]
31 January 2007 FW Jon Macken Derby County Free[21]
31 January 2007 FW Marco Reich Kickers Offenbach Free[22]

References

  1. ^ "Taylor named new Palace manager". BBC Sport. 13 June 2006. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Palace chief wins £1m court case". BBC News. 14 June 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Crystal Palace results for the 2006-2007 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  4. ^ "FootballSquads - Crystal Palace - 2006/07".
  5. ^ "Palace snap up Hull defender Cort". BBC Sport. 30 June 2006. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Palace land Wolves winger Kennedy". BBC Sport. 11 July 2006. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Barnsley keeper seals Palace move". BBC Sport. 13 July 2006. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  8. ^ Live, Coventry (25 July 2006). "Scowcroft set for Palace switch". CoventryLive. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Palace sign West Ham's Fletcher". BBC Sport. 29 July 2006. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  10. ^ "Palace sign Millwall's Lawrence". BBC Sport. 2 August 2006. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  11. ^ "Hull complete signing of Bridges". BBC Sport. 31 August 2006. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  12. ^ "Striker Kuqi makes move to Palace". BBC Sport. 1 September 2006. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  13. ^ "Ifill ties up Palace move". Sky Sports. 8 January 2007. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  14. ^ "Palace sign Dartford star Martin". BBC Sport. 23 January 2007. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  15. ^ "Everton complete £8.6m Johnson signing". The Irish Times. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  16. ^ "Wigan sign Palace defender Hall". BBC Sport. 26 June 2006. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  17. ^ "Blades complete Leigertwood deal". BBC Sport. 4 July 2006. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  18. ^ "Togwell signs two-year Tykes deal". BBC Sport. 12 July 2006. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  19. ^ "Popovic leaves Palace for Qatar". BBC Sport. 19 July 2006. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  20. ^ "Wigan sign Palace defender Boyce". 1 August 2006. pp. BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  21. ^ "Derby draft in Macken on a free". BBC Sport. 31 January 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  22. ^ "Palace release Reich to Kickers". BBC Sport. 31 January 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2025.

Notes

  1. ^ Cort was born in Southwark, England, but also qualified to represent Guyana internationally and would make his international debut for Guyana in October 2011.
  2. ^ McAnuff was born in Enfield, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his father and made his international debut for Jamaica in May 2002.
  3. ^ Morrison was born in Wandsworth, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in August 2001.
  4. ^ Fletcher was born in Camberley, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 2004.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Kuqi was born in Vučitrn, Yugoslavia (part of Serbia in 2007, but now part of Kosovo), but was raised in Finland and made his international debut for Finland in August 1999.
  7. ^ Wiggins was born in Hillingdon, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and has represented them at U-17, U-19, and U-21 level.
  8. ^ Macken was born in Blackley, England, and represented them at U-20 level, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in August 2004.
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