Premier League 2006-07
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The 2006-07 Premier League season, the fifteenth since its establishment, started on August 19, 2006. Reigning champions Chelsea have won two consecutive English top-flight titles, and are looking to become only the fifth side ever to win three years in a row, following in the footsteps of Huddersfield Town (1924-26), Arsenal (1933-35), Liverpool (1982-84) and Manchester United (1999-2001).
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[edit] League table
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Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
1. If both the winning and losing finalists of the FA Cup finish in the league between 1st and 6th place, then the 7th-positioned team will be awarded with entry to the 2007/2008 UEFA Cup with the 8th-positioned team being awarded entry to the Intertoto Cup. The arrangement is because Chelsea, the Carling Cup winner, are confirmed to qualify for the 2007-08 UEFA Champions League. If both FA Cup finalists and Carling Cup winner finish in the top 5, then the 6th and 7th-positioned teams will be awarded with entry to the 2007/2008 UEFA Cup with the 8th-positioned team being awarded entry to the Intertoto Cup. For further information on European qualification see Premier League - Competition The winners of the Premiership and the winners of the FA Cup will face each other for the Community Shield.
[edit] Results
[edit] Full table
The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
| ARS | AVI | BLA | BOL | CHA | CHE | EVE | FUL | LIV | MNC | MNU | MID | NEW | POR | REA | SFU | TOT | WAT | WHU | WIG | |
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| Arsenal | XXX | 1-1 | 6-2 | 4-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 0-1 | 2-1 | ||||
| Aston Villa | 0-1 | XXX | 2-0 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | ||||
| Blackburn Rovers | 0-2 | 1-2 | XXX | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | ||||
| Bolton Wanderers | 3-1 | 1-2 | XXX | 1-1 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 3-2 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 0-1 | |||
| Charlton Athletic | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | XXX | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0-3 | 1-0 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 1-0 | ||||
| Chelsea | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 2-1 | XXX | 2-2 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 4-0 | |||
| Everton | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-3 | XXX | 4-1 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-2 | |||
| Fulham | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 1-0 | XXX | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | |||
| Liverpool | 4-1 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 4-0 | XXX | 1-0 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | |||
| Manchester City | 1-0 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 3-1 | XXX | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-1 | |||
| Manchester United | 0-1 | 3-1 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 5-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | XXX | 2-0 | 3-0 | 3-2 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 3-1 | |||
| Middlesbrough | 1-1 | 0-1 | 5-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-2 | XXX | 1-0 | 0-4 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 4-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | |||
| Newcastle United | 3-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | XXX | 3-2 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 2-1 | ||
| Portsmouth | 2-2 | 3-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | XXX | 3-1 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | |||
| Reading | 0-4 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 0-0 | XXX | 3-1 | 3-1 | 6-0 | 3-2 | |||
| Sheffield United | 1-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 | XXX | 2-1 | |||
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2-1 | 4-1 | 5-1 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-4 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | XXX | 3-1 | 1-0 | 3-1 | |||
| Watford | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-3 | 3-3 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | XXX | 1-1 | 1-1 | ||||
| West Ham United | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 3-3 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 3-4 | 0-1 | XXX | 0-2 | |||
| Wigan Athletic | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 3-2 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 4-0 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | XXX |
[edit] Quick Stats
Both Chelsea and Liverpool hold 16 clean sheets, but both Manchester United and Arsenal have won all their games (12 and 9 respectively) in which they have kept clean sheets. Tottenham and Newcastle have the fewest with 4 each.
Both Chelsea and Manchester United have only failed to score twice, Arsenal only failing to score four times. Manchester City have failed to score 13 times with West Ham and Watford failing to score 15 times; this is at least half their games. In contrast Watford have scored six draws while failing to score, the most of any Premiership team.
Manchester United have the highest win sequence of seven games. The also have the largest undefeated sequence with twelve games joint with Chelsea. Fulham have the highest draw sequence at six games, every other Premiership team has no more than three games in this category. The largest loss sequence is held by Wigan Athletic with eight games. Largest winless sequence is at 11 games and is held by both Aston Villa and Watford.
Chelsea and Manchester United have scored first on 22 occasions. The only teams to have gone undefeated whilst scoring first are Bolton and Arsenal; Manchester City have won every game they have scored first in (8 times). Wigan Athletic have lost 5 times while scoring first.
Arsenal are the comeback kings scoring 18pts (4 wins and 6 draws) while they have conceded first. Chelsea have only conceded first 5 times, Manchester United six times, Liverpool and Everton nine times. All the other teams have conceded first at least eleven times.
Liverpool, Middlesbrough, and Manchester City have always lost when they have conceded at least two goals. In contrast Liverpool have won all their games when they have scored at least two goals.
Only three teams have played in a 3-3 game, Watford and West Ham against Fulham. Only West Ham have lost after scoring 3 goals or more.
As of 10:47 April 7 2007 only 3 hat-tricks have been scored, since the integration of the premier league at least 7 have been scored every season, ironically only the current top 3 teams have a Hat-Trick-Hero, Man Utd have Wayne Rooney (v. Bolton ), Chelsea have Didier Drogba (v. Watford) and Liverpool have Peter Crouch (v. Arsenal). Arsenal are the only team in the Top 4 to have a hat-trick scored against them.
[edit] Goals
[edit] Top goalscorers
| Scorer | Goals | Team |
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 Didier Drogba |
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 Cristiano Ronaldo |
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 Benni McCarthy |
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 Wayne Rooney |
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 Yakubu Aiyegbeni |
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| Frank Lampard |
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| Obafemi Martins |
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 Robin van Persie |
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[edit] Historic Goals
[edit] 15,000th Goal
The Premier League expected to have the league's 15,000th goal scored at some point in the period between Christmas and New Year. The target was reached on December 30 when Moritz Volz scored for Fulham against Chelsea. Barclays, the Premiership's sponsor, donated £15,000 to the Fulham Community Sports Trust in Volz' name. Additionally, a fan who correctly predicted that Volz would score the historic goal in a contest presented the player with a special award prior to Fulham's game against Watford at Craven Cottage on January 1. The honour of scoring the 15,000th goal has led to Volz being nicknamed "15,000 Volz".
[edit] Paul Robinson scores
On March 17, Tottenham Hotspur goalie Paul Robinson scored a goal against Watford from an 83-yard free kick, which bounced over his England team mate Ben Foster, who was in goal for the Hornets, leading Spurs to a 3-1 win at White Hart Lane. This was the third goal scored by a goalkeeper in Premiership history. The other two were scored by Peter Schmeichel, for Aston Villa against Everton on October 21 2001, and Brad Friedel, for Blackburn Rovers against Charlton Athletic on February 21 2004. In those two cases, the teams they played for lost. Robinson became the first keeper to score for the winning team in a Premiership match.
[edit] Monthly awards
[edit] Notable changes
[edit] Managers
- Aston Villa sacked manager David O'Leary during the pre-season campaign. He was replaced by former Leicester City and Celtic manager Martin O'Neill.
- Charlton Athletic appointed former Crystal Palace manager Iain Dowie to follow Alan Curbishley's 15 year reign. After a string of poor results, Dowie was sacked in November and replaced by assistant Les Reed. Reed only lasted a month before being replaced by Alan Pardew, who had departed West Ham two weeks earlier.
- Middlesbrough appointed club captain Gareth Southgate as the new manager, after Steve McClaren had left to become England Head Coach.
- West Ham United sacked manager Alan Pardew in early December and replaced him with former Charlton boss Alan Curbishley.
[edit] Sponsors
Online gambling sites have joined the traditional industries of automakers, breweries, electronics and financial institutions as team sponsors. For the 2006-07 season, there are no fewer than three internet betting sites as new kit sponsors, joining Middlesbrough with 888.com. Here are the current lists (as of June 12, 2006) of changes:
- Arsenal reverted back to their traditional red and white home kit, but with gold side striping on the shirt, and with Dubai-based Emirates (who are sponsoring their new stadium) as their new shirt sponsor replacing mobile phone service provider O2.
- Aston Villa have a new shirt sponsor, internet betting site 32Red replacing DWS Investments of Germany. Many internet posters and fans thought that the company logo for DWS actually said "COWS" because of the hexagon's placement in front of the initials.[citation needed] Also, white has replaced yellow as the colour of the new alternate kit.
- Blackburn Rovers will also have a new shirt sponsor, with internet betting site Bet24 taking over on the front of the shirt while Lonsdale, who served as the shirt sponsor in 2005-06, remains their kit provider.
- Bolton Wanderers stick with last seasons home strip, but will wear an all claret away kit.
- Charlton Athletic are currently into their first full season of shirt sponsorship with the Spanish construction firm Llanera, who came on board mid-season in 2005-06 after previous sponsors all:sports went into administration. The home shirt features a white shoulder panel and the away kit is all black.
- Chelsea have switched from Britain's Umbro to German company adidas after they made an eleventh-hour bid that was higher than Nike's. Electronics maker Samsung will retain sponsorship on the front of the shirt. The current Champions have also reverted to their traditional away colours: a white shirt with blue lining. Their third choice kit is all black with silver pinstripes.
- Everton have a new home kit made by Umbro featuring the classic diamonds down one shoulder, and will retain their sponsor, the Thai-based brewer Chang.
- Fulham have a new home kit, with Germany's Puma being replaced by French-based Airness, and their long-sleeve shirts will feature thumb holes. British internet provider Pipex will stay as the team's shirt sponsor with their new insignia.
- Liverpool have changed from Reebok to adidas as a result of the merger of the two companies, as Danish brewers Carlsberg stays on the front of the shirts.
- Manchester City are wearing a new all sky blue strip.
- Manchester United also have a new Nike home and away kit as US-based AIG, a secondary sponsor last season, becomes the new shirt sponsor after mobile phone providers Vodafone stepped down. The new home kit commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Busby Babes' 1956 league title and first foray into European competition, and hence there will be a new home kit for the 2007-2008 season.
- Middlesbrough have a new away strip of white shirts with royal blue shorts .
- Newcastle United retain the same home strip but have new away and 3rd strips, claret shirts with royal blue sleeves as an away kit and black & sky blue as the alternate colours.
- Portsmouth have a new design for their home strip by German-based Jako despite last seasons stating on the label its expiry date was 2007, the away shirt is white and a new third kit is all black.
- Reading are in Puma kits with blue and white hoops at home and sponsorship on the front of the shirt from copying titan Kyocera. They will wear a maroon and amber alternate kit.
- Sheffield United are wearing le coq sportif kits with the famous red and white stripes on the shirt, and US-based credit card bankers Capital One as sponsor in the front. The alternate is black and white stripes.
- Tottenham Hotspur have switched their kit provider from Kappa to Puma and features a new shirt sponsor, internet-based betting site Mansion Casinos replacing Thomson Holidays. They will also have a light blue alternate and a chocolate and gold third kit this season as part of their 125th anniversary celebrations.
- Watford are in yellow with Diadora kits and internet financiers Loans.co.uk as the team's shirt sponsors. They have an all black away strip.
- West Ham United have a new away strip in navy blue replacing the white and claret shirt. The new strip includes the new Reebok logo (RBK). The club are sticking with Job Hunter website JobServe
- Wigan Athletic now have an all-royal blue primary and an all-black secondary for the 2006-07 campaign, made and sponsored by JJB Sports.
[edit] Stadia
- Arsenal moved to the larger 60,000-seat Emirates Stadium after 93 years at Highbury. The first game was a testimonial match for Dennis Bergkamp, who retired following the 2005-06 season as Arsenal took on Ajax (which they won 2-1), the club where Bergkamp began his career, on July 22. Highbury will be converted to luxury apartments as both the East and West stands are being retro-fitted and the newer North and South (Clock) ends have been razed to build apartments from the ground up, while the pitch will become a communal garden. The clock from South end has been placed in the Southwest end in the new facility. The first Premiership match at the Emirates Stadium was August 19 against Aston Villa, which finished in a 1-1 draw.
- Manchester United now has Old Trafford as a fully completed 76,000 seater stadium, making it the largest club stadium in the UK with its debut a friendly against La Liga team Sevilla in August. Fulham served as the first Premiership visitors on August 20, losing 5-1 in front of a Premiership-record 75,511.
- Reading's Madejski Stadium made its debut in the Premiership this season. In the stadium's first match, Reading came from a two goal defecit in the first twenty minutes to clinch a thrilling 3-2 comeback victory over Middlesbrough.
- Sheffield United's Bramall Lane is the oldest currently used professional sports stadium in the world, first opening in 1855.
| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
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| Manchester United | Old Trafford | 76,212 |
| Arsenal | Emirates Stadium | 60,432 |
| Newcastle United | St James' Park | 52,387 |
| Manchester City | City of Manchester Stadium | 48,000 |
| Liverpool | Anfield | 45,362 |
| Aston Villa | Villa Park | 42,553 |
| Chelsea | Stamford Bridge | 42,360 |
| Everton | Goodison Park | 40,569 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | White Hart Lane | 36,240 |
| West Ham United | Upton Park | 35,647 |
| Middlesbrough | Riverside Stadium | 35,049 |
| Sheffield United | Bramall Lane | 33,000 |
| Blackburn Rovers | Ewood Park | 31,367 |
| Bolton Wanderers | Reebok Stadium | 28,723 |
| Charlton Athletic | The Valley | 27,111 |
| Wigan Athletic | JJB Stadium | 25,138 |
| Fulham | Craven Cottage | 24,600 |
| Reading | Madejski Stadium | 24,250 |
| Portsmouth | Fratton Park | 20,220 |
| Watford | Vicarage Road | 19,920 |
[edit] Ownership
- American entrepreneur and the owner of the NFL's Cleveland Browns Randy Lerner completed the purchase of Aston Villa from "Deadly" Doug Ellis in August, to the delight of Villa's fans.
- Rumours of a possible takeover of West Ham abounded following the unexpected acquisition of Carlos Tévez and Javier Mascherano shortly before the closure of the summer transfer window. On 21 November, West Ham agreed an £85 million takeover of the club from Icelandic businnessman Eggert Magnússon.[1]
- Liverpool announced on 6 February that chairman David Moores accepted a £219m takeover bid from American businessmen George N. Gillett Jr. and Tom Hicks.[2] Gillett, the owner of the Montreal Canadiens hockey team, and Hicks, the owner of the Dallas Stars hockey team and Texas Rangers baseball team, will be co-chairmen, while Moores remains an honorary life president. Previously, the club had entered into takeover talks with Dubai International Capital (DIC)[3] but that takeover bid collapsed in late January. DIC has now been rumoured to be interested in a takeover of Newcastle United.
- Stan Kroenke, who owns the Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche and Colorado Rapids, bought the 10% share of Arsenal from ITV. The Rapids and Arsenal already had a agreement in place to exchange ideas.
[edit] Rebranding
On February 12, 2007, the FA Premier League renamed itself simply the Premier League, complete with a new logo. The sponsored name remains the Barclays Premiership.
[edit] Promoted teams
These three teams were promoted from Football League Championship at the start of the season:
- Reading (first time in the top flight)
- Sheffield United
- Watford
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ "West Ham accept £85m takeover bid", BBC. Retrieved on November 22, 2006.
- ^ "US pair agree Liverpool takeover", BBC. Retrieved on February 6, 2007.
- ^ "Reds revel in £450m takeover talk", BBC. Retrieved on December 4, 2006.
[edit] External links
- Premier League 2006-07 on BBC Sport: News - Recent results - Upcoming fixtures - Live Scores - Current standings
- Official Premier League site
