Newcastle United F.C. season 2006-07

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Newcastle United
Season 2006-07
League	Premier League
Manager	Glenn Roeder
Chairman	Freddy Shepherd
League position	13th
Top goalscorer	League: Obafemi Martins (11) All: Obafemi Martins (17)
Highest attendance	52,305 v Liverpool
Lowest attendance	48,145 v Bolton Wanderers
UEFA Cup	Round of 16
FA Cup	3rd round
League Cup	5th round

During the 2006-07 season, Newcastle United participated in the Premier League.

Contents 1 Team kit 2 Chronological list of events 3 Transfers 3.1 In 3.2 Out 4 Squad list 5 Match results 5.1 Friendlies 5.2 Premier League 5.3 Intertoto Cup 5.4 UEFA Cup 5.5 League Cup 5.6 FA Cup 6 Player statistics 6.1 Goalscorers 6.2 Discipline 6.3 Appearance data 7 References

[edit] Team kit

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

Home colours

Away colours

European away colours

[edit] Chronological list of events

• 14 June 2006: Scott Parker named as Newcastle United captain following the retirement of Alan Shearer.^[1]
• 23 June 2006: Damien Duff was signed by Newcastle United from Chelsea.^[2]
• 24 August 2006: Obafemi Martins was signed by Newcastle United from Inter Milan.^[3]
• 30 August 2006: Giuseppe Rossi joined Newcastle United from Manchester United on a 4 month loan period.^[4]
• 30 August 2006: Antoine Sibierski was signed by Newcastle United from Manchester City.^[5]
• 1 September 2006: Olivier Bernard was signed by Newcastle United after being released by Rangers earlier in the summer.^[6]
• 26 September 2006: Newcastle United terminated the contract of assistant manager Kevin Bond.^[7]
• 29 September 2006: Pavel Srníček was signed by Newcastle United after being released by Beira-Mar in the summer.^[8]
• 22 October 2006: Nigel Pearson was appointed as assistant manager of Newcastle United.^[9]
• 4 November 2006: A section of Newcastle supporters staged a protest after 1-0 defeat to Sheffield United. Many called for the resignation of chairman Freddy Shepherd as well as other members of the board.^[10]
• 16 December 2006: Newcastle United named overall winners of the Intertoto Cup.^[11]
• 12 January 2007: Emre charged by The Football Association with using racially-aggravated abusive and/or insulting words during match with Everton.^[12]
• 30 January 2007: Oguchi Onyewu joined Newcastle United from Standard Liège on a 4 month loan period.^[13]

• 19 March 2007: Allegations of Emre using racially-aggravated abusive and/or insulting words during the match with Everton were found not proven by the FA.^[14]
• 2 April 2007: Newcastle United unveiled plans for a new £300 million development that would increase the capacity of the stadium to at least 60,000.^[15]
• 30 April 2007: Michael Owen appeared in a match for Newcastle United following a 10 month absence through injury.^[16]
• 6 May 2007: Glenn Roeder resigned as manager of Newcastle United.^[17]
• 6 May 2007: Nigel Pearson named as caretaked manager.^[17]
• 13 May 2007: Newcastle United's season came to an end following a 1-1 Premiership draw away to Watford.^[18]
• 15 May 2007: Sam Allardyce appointed as manager of Newcastle United.^[19]
• 21 May 2007: Sam Allardyce released six players from Newcastle United's squad including Craig Moore, Titus Bramble and Antoine Sibierski.^[20]
• 23 May 2007: Businessman Mike Ashley became 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.^[21]

[edit] Transfers

[edit] In

Date Player Previous Club Cost 23 June 2006 Damien Duff Chelsea £5 million[2] 24 August 2006 Obafemi Martins Internazionale £10.14 million[3] 31 August 2006 Giuseppe Rossi Manchester United Loan[4] 31 August 2006 Antoine Sibierski Manchester City Undisclosed[5] 1 September 2006 Olivier Bernard Rangers Free[6] 29 September 2006 Pavel Srníček Beira-Mar Free[8] 30 January 2007 Oguchi Onyewu Standard Liège Loan[13] [edit] Out Date Player New Club Cost 1 June 2006 Daryl Smylie Livingston Free 8 June 2006 Lee Bowyer West Ham Undisclosed 14 June 2006 Michael Chopra Cardiff £500,000 8 July 2006 Robbie Elliott Sunderland Free 8 August 2006 Amady Faye Charlton £2 million 22 August 2006 Jean-Alain Boumsong Juventus £3.3 million 18 January 2007 Liam Atkin Carlisle United Free 30 January 2007 Carl Finnigan Falkirk Free 21 May 2007 Titus Bramble Wigan Free 21 May 2007 Craig Moore Queensland Roar Free 21 May 2007 Olivier Bernard Released 21 May 2007 Pavel Srníček Released 21 May 2007 Antoine Sibierski Wigan Free 21 May 2007 Oguchi Onyewu Standard Liège Loan ended [edit] Squad list All players in the Newcastle United squad during the 2006-07 season No. Position Player 1 GK Shay Given 2 DF Stephen Carr 4 MF Nolberto Solano 5 MF Emre Belözoğlu 6 DF Jean-Alain Boumsong 7 FW Albert Luque 8 MF Kieron Dyer 9 FW Obafemi Martins 10 FW Michael Owen 11 MF Damien Duff 12 GK Steve Harper 14 MF Charles N'Zogbia 15 FW Giuseppe Rossi 15 DF Oguchi Onyewu 16 MF James Milner 17 MF Scott Parker 18 DF Craig Moore 19 DF Titus Bramble 20 FW Antoine Sibierski No. Position Player 21 MF Lee Clark 22 MF Nicky Butt 23 FW Shola Ameobi 24 GK Pavel Srníček 26 DF Peter Ramage 27 DF Steven Taylor 30 DF David Edgar 31 DF Phil Cave 32 DF Paul Huntington 33 DF Celestine Babayaro 34 DF Olivier Bernard 35 MF Matty Pattison 36 DF Kris Gate 37 MF Alan O'Brien 39 FW Andrew Carroll 40 GK Tim Krul 41 FW Carl Finnigan 42 MF James Troisi 49 GK Fraser Forster [edit] Match results [edit] Friendlies Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 26 July 2006 Norwich City Away Won 1-2 15,305 Ramage, N'Zogbia 29 July 2006 PSV Eindhoven Home Lost 2-3 20,175 Ameobi, Luque 5 August 2006 Villarreal Home Drew 3-3 20,144 Ameobi, Butt (2) [edit] Premier League Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 19 August 2006 Wigan Athletic Home Won 2-1 51,569 Parker, Ameobi 27 August 2006 Aston Villa Away Lost 2-0 35,141 9 September 2006 Fulham Home Lost 1-2 50,365 Parker 17 September 2006 West Ham Away Won 0-2 34,938 Duff, Martins 20 September 2006 Liverpool Away Lost 2-0 43,754 24 September 2006 Everton Home Drew 1-1 50,107 Ameobi 1 September 2006 Manchester United Away Lost 2-0 75,664 15 October 2006 Bolton Home Lost 1-2 48,145 Ameobi 22 October 2006 Middlesbrough Away Lost 1-0 30,060 28 October 2006 Charlton Home Drew 0-0 48,642 4 November 2006 Sheffield United Home Lost 0-1 50,188 11 November 2006 Manchester City Away Drew 0-0 40,571 19 November 2006 Arsenal Away Drew 1-1 60,058 Dyer 26 November 2006 Portsmouth Home Won 1-0 48,743 Sibierski 6 December 2006 Reading Home Won 3-2 48,182 Sibierski, Martins, Emre 9 December 2006 Blackburn Away Won 1-3 19,225 Martins (2), Taylor 13 December 2006 Chelsea Away Lost 1-0 41,945 16 December 2006 Watford Home Won 2-1 49,231 Martins (2) 23 December 2006 Tottenham Home Won 3-1 52,079 Dyer, Martins, Parker 26 December 2006 Bolton Away Lost 2-1 26,437 Dyer 30 December 2006 Everton Away Lost 3-0 38,682 1 January 2007 Manchester United Home Drew 2-2 52,302 Milner, Edgar 14 January 2007 Tottenham Away Won 2-3 35,942 Huntington, Martins, Butt 20 January 2007 West Ham Home Drew 2-2 52,095 Milner, Solano 31 January 2007 Aston Villa Home Won 3-1 49,201 Milner, Dyer, Sibierski 3 February 2007 Fulham Away Lost 2-1 24,340 Martins 6 January 2007 Liverpool Home Won 2-1 52,305 Martins, Solano 25 February 2007 Wigan Away Lost 1-0 21,179 3 March 2007 Middlesbrough Home Drew 0-0 52,303 27 January 2007 Charlton Away Lost 2-0 27,028 31 March 2007 Manchester City Home Lost 0-1 52,004 7 April 2007 Sheffield United Away Won 1-2 32,572 Martins, Taylor 9 April 2007 Arsenal Home Drew 0-0 52,293 14 April 2007 Portsmouth Away Lost 2-1 20,165 Emre 22 April 2007 Chelsea Home Drew 0-0 52,056 30 April 2007 Reading Away Lost 1-0 24,109 5 May 2007 Blackburn Home Lost 0-2 51,226 13 May 2007 Watford Away Drew 1-1 19,830 Dyer [edit] Intertoto Cup Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers Third round 1st leg 15 July 2006 Lillestrøm Home Drew 1-1 31,059 Luque Third round 2nd leg 22 July 2006 Lillestrøm Away Won 0-3 8,742 Ameobi (2), Emre [edit] UEFA Cup Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers Second qualifying round, 1st leg 10 August 2006 FK Ventspils Away Won 0-1 6,000 Bramble Second qualifying round, 2nd leg 24 August 2006 FK Ventspils Home Drew 0-0 30,498 First round, 1st leg 14 September 2006 Levadia Tallinn Away Won 0-1 7,917 Sibierski First round, 2nd leg 28 September 2006 Levadia Tallinn Home Won 2-1 27,012 Martins (2) Group H 19 October 2006 Fenerbahçe Home Won 1-0 30,035 Sibierski Group H 2 November 2006 Palermo Away Won 0-1 16,904 Luque Group H 23 November 2006 Celta Vigo Home Won 2-1 25,079 Sibierski, Taylor Group H 23 November 2006 Eintracht Frankfurt Away Drew 0-0 47,000 Round of 32, 1st leg 15 February 2007 Zulte Waregem Away Won 1-3 8,015 Dindeleux (o.g.), Martins, Sibierski Round of 32, 2nd leg 22 February 2007 Zulte Waregem Home Won 1-0 30,083 Martins Round of 16, 1st leg 8 March 2007 AZ Alkmaar Home Won 4-2 28,452 Steinsson (o.g.), Dyer, Martins (2) Round of 16, 2nd leg 8 March 2007 AZ Alkmaar Away Lost 2-0 16,401 [edit] League Cup Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers Third Round 25 October 2006 Portsmouth Home Won 3-0 25,028 Rossi, Solano (2) Fourth Round 7 November 2006 Watford Away Won 2-2 (4-5 on penalties) 16,791 Sibierski, Parker Fifth Round 20 December 2006 Chelsea Home Lost 0-1 37,406 [edit] FA Cup Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers Third round 6 January 2007 Birmingham Away Drew 2-2 16,444 Taylor, Dyer Third round replay 17 January 2007 Birmingham Home Lost 1-5 26,099 Milner [edit] Player statistics [edit] 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 Guiseppe Rossi 0 1 1 [edit] Discipline Name Yellow cards Red cards Scott Parker 9 0 Titus Bramble 5 1 Steven Taylor 5 1 Nicky Butt 7 0 Emre 7 0 Nolberto Solano 7 0 Celestine Babayaro 6 0 Craig Moore 5 0 Paul Huntington 4 0 James Milner 3 0 Charles N'Zogbia 3 0 Peter Ramage 2 0 Shola Ameobi 1 0 Damien Duff 1 0 Kieron Dyer 1 0 Shay Given 1 0 Albert Luque 1 0 Obafemi Martins 1 0 Alan O'Brien 1 0 Giuseppe Rossi 1 0 Antoine Sibierski 1 0 Total: 72 2 [edit] Appearance data All players to have appeared in the matchday 16-man squad during the 2006-07 season. Substitute appearances in brackets. League FA Cup League Cup Other Total Player Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Shola Ameobi 9 (3) 3 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (2) 2 11 (5) 5 Celestine Babayaro 12 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 20 (0) 0 Titus Bramble 17 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 13 (0) 1 31 (0) 1 Nicky Butt 27 (4) 1 2 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 10 (2) 0 41 (6) 1 Stephen Carr 23 (9) 2 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 8 (0) 0 32 (0) 0 Andrew Carroll 0 (4) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (2) 0 0 (7) 0 Damien Duff 20 (2) 1 0 (0) 0 1 (1) 0 8 (1) 0 29 (4) 1 Kieron Dyer 20 (2) 5 2 (0) 1 1 (1) 0 4 (0) 1 27 (3) 7 David Edgar 2 (1) 1 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 3 (1) 1 Emre 21 (3) 2 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 10 (2) 1 33 (5) 3 Fraser Forster 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 Shay Given 22 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 8 (0) 0 33 (0) 0 Steve Harper 15 (3) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 22 (3) 0 Paul Huntington 10 (1) 1 2 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (1) 0 15 (2) 1 Tim Krul 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 Kazenga LuaLua 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 Albert Luque 0 (7) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 6 (3) 2 6 (10) 2 Obafemi Martins 32 (1) 11 2 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 7 (2) 6 43 (3) 17 James Milner 31 (4) 3 2 (0) 1 3 (0) 0 10 (3) 0 46 (7) 4 Craig Moore 17 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 21 (0) 0 Charles N'Zogbia 10 (12) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (1) 0 9 (2) 0 20 (15) 0 Alan O'Brien 1 (1) 0 0 (2) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (1) 0 1 (4) 0 Oguchi Onyewu 7 (3) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 7 (3) 0 Michael Owen 3 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 Matty Pattison 2 (5) 0 2 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (3) 0 4 (8) 0 Scott Parker 28 (1) 3 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 1 8 (2) 0 38 (3) 4 Peter Ramage 20 (1) 0 1 (0) 0 2 (1) 0 6 (1) 0 29 (3) 0 Antoine Sibierski 14 (12) 3 2 (0) 0 1 (1) 1 8 (1) 4 25 (14) 8 Nolberto Solano 25 (3) 2 2 (0) 0 2 (1) 2 10 (1) 0 39 (5) 4 Pavel Srníček 1 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (1) 0 Steven Taylor 26 (1) 2 2 (0) 1 3 (0) 0 12 (1) 0 43 (1) 4 James Troisi 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 [edit] References Wikinews has related news: Newcastle United appoint Sam Allardyce Wikinews has related news: Ashley gives Newcastle £133m buyout offer ^ "Parker named as Newcastle captain", BBC Sport, 2006-06-14. 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