Sunderland A.F.C. season 2006-07
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| Season 2006-07 | ||
| League | Football League Championship | |
| Manager |  Roy Keane |
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| Chairman | Niall Quinn |
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| League position | 1st, 88pts | |
| Win-Loss-Draw | League: 27-7-12 Cup: 0-0-2 |
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| Top goalscorer | League: David Connolly (13) Cup: N/A |
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| FA Cup | 3rd round vs Preston | |
| Carling Cup | 1st round vs Bury | |
The 2006-07 season is the 106th full season of league football for Sunderland A.F.C.. In this season they played in the Football League Championship, and were successfully promoted as champions.
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[edit] Overview
After finishing the previous season on a particularly low ebb, changes at Sunderland were inevitable. Rumours of a takeover from former fan's favourite Niall Quinn had been circulating since the spring,[1] and towards the end of the 05/06 season the rumours were confirmed.[2] Quinn's Drumaville Consortium agreed a fee with the club, spending £10m and buying out majority shareholder and club chairman Bob Murray.[3]
Quinn became club chairman, and, with coach Kevin Richardson taking charge of the club's pre-season fixtures, immediately began searching for a new manager to replace former boss Mick McCarthy. After being heavily linked with Martin O'Neill[4] and Bolton boss Sam Allardyce,[5] Quinn decided to take the reins himself, although was keen to stress that he would step aside as soon as a top class manager became available.[6]
Sunderland began the new season with 5 straight defeats, including an embarrassing 2-0 loss to Football League Two side Bury in the Carling Cup. In his post match interview, Niall Quinn announced that the club were close to attracting a "world class manager" to replace him,[7] with Sky Sports claiming the following evening that former Manchester United midfielder Roy Keane was lined up to take charge.[8] Indeed, Keane agreed terms with the club on August 27,[9] and signed a 3 year contract on August 28.[10] Sunderland also recorded their first victory of the campaign that day, beating West Brom 2-0 at the Stadium of Light.
Keane wasted no time in bring in new additions to the squad, with a total of 6 players signing on the final day of the August transfer window. Incoming were Keane's former Manchester United team-mates Dwight Yorke[11] and Liam Miller,[12] former Celtic colleagues Ross Wallace and Stanislav Varga,[13] with the latter playing for Sunderland between July 2000 and January 2002, as well as Wigan pair Graham Kavanagh and David Connolly.[14]
The new signings paid off, with Keane winning his first two games as manager, including an impressive 3-0 victory over Leeds United at Elland Road. However, a disappointing 1-1 draw against Leicester was followed up by defeat to Ipswich Town, with Sunderland winning just one game in five following Keane's initial honeymoon period.
Sunderland soon got back to winning ways however, defeating Barnsley 2-0 at the Stadium of Light on October 21 and Hull City A.F.C 1-0 at the KC Stadium on October 28.
On December 7, 2006, tabloid newspaper The Sun reported Sunderland stars Chris Brown, Ben Alnwick and Liam Lawrence had filmed themselves in an orgy. On December 8, The Sun reported that the girl in the video was just 16 years old, with the girl claiming she had no idea she was being filmed.[15] An official investigation was launched by the club into the events. All three players were sold when the transfer window re-opened in January.
2007 proved extremely successful for the team with an unbeaten run that stretched from January 1st to April 21st. The side steadily worked its way to the top of the league into the automatic promotion places.
It was later confirmed after Derby County who were 4 points behind lost 2-0 to Crystal Palace that Sunderland were promoted and no matter what happened would return to the Premier league in either first or second place alongside Birmingham City.
Sunderland later finished in the league as Champions as they beat Luton Town 5-0 away as Birmingham City suffered a shock 1-0 loss to Preston North End on the last game of the season.
[edit] Events
- July 3 - The Drumaville Consortium have their £10m offer accepted by the club and Niall Quinn becomes chairman.
- July 25 - Following failure to attract a big-name to a Championship club, Niall Quinn appoints himself as manager.
- July 27 - Drumaville Ltd complete their takeover of the club.
- August 6 - Sunderland kick off the new season with a 2-1 defeat to Coventry at the Ricoh Arena.
- August 28 - Roy Keane is appointed as permanent manager of the club, replacing Niall Quinn, who reverts back to his role as chairman. The announcement is made following the clubs first victory of the season - a 2-0 win over West Bromwich Albion at the Stadium of Light.
- September 9 - Keane wins his first game in management with a 2-1 win at Derby in front of over 5,000 travelling Sunderland fans.
- December 7 - The Sun reports that three Sunderland players had filmed themselves during an orgy with a 16 year old girl.
- April 10 - Keane takes his Sunderland side from bottom to top of the league in just 37 matches as he saw his side defeat Southampton 2-1, a win which took their tally of unbeaten games to 17 in 2007.
- April 29 - Sunderland are promoted to the Premiership following Derby County's loss to Crystal Palace
- May 6 - Sunderland crowned champions on the last day of the season.
[edit] Players
[edit] Squad information
| EU |
Country |
N |
P |
Name |
Cap |
Age |
Since |
App (GS/Sub) |
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Ends |
Transfer fee |
Notes |
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 WAL |
13 | GK | Ward | 34 | 2006 | 31 (31/0) | 0 | 2008 | Free | ||
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 NIR |
24 | GK | Carson | 20 | 2006 | 0 (0/0) | 0 | Youth system | |||
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 HUN |
32 | GK | Fülöp | 25 | 2007  |
5 (5/0) | 0 | 2010 | £ 0.5m | ||
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 ENG |
2 | RB | Wright | 28 | 2002 | 105 (99/6) | 2 | 2008 | £ 3m | ||
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ENG |
3 | LB | Simpson | 11 | 2007 |
14 (13/1) | 0 | 2007 | Loan | ||
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NIR |
4 | CB | Evans | 20 | 2008 |
19 (19/0) | 1 | 2008 | Loan | ||
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IRE |
5 | CB | Cunningham | 36 | 2007 | 11 (11/0) | 0 | 2007 | Free | ||
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ENG |
12 | CB | Nosworthy | 27 | 2005 | 62 (54/8) | 0 | 2010 | Free | ||
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WAL |
15 | CB | Collins | 27 | 2004 | 83 (69/14) | 1 | 2010 | £ 0.4m | ||
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 SVK |
27 | CB | Varga | 35 | 2006 | 54 (49/5) | 2 | 2008 | Undisclosed | ||
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ENG |
29 | CB | Hartley | 20 | 2006 | 1 (0/1) | 0 | Youth system | |||
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IRE |
22 | LB | Clarke | 28 | 2006 | 4 (2/2) | 0 | £ 0.4m | |||
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 TRI |
34 | DM | Yorke | 36 | 2006 | 35 (34/1) | 5 | 2008 | £ 0.2m | ||
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ENG |
8 | MF | Whitehead | Cap | 26 | 2004 | 134 (126/8) | 13 | 2012 | £ 0.15m | |
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 SCO |
14 | MF | T. Miller | 29 | 2005 | 35 (32/3) | 3 | 2007 | Free | ||
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 ESP |
20 | MF | Arnau | 26 | 2006 | 2 (1/1) | 0 | 2009 | Free | ||
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ENG |
23 | MF | Leadbitter | 22 | 2003 | 60 (35/25) | 7 | 2009 | Youth system | ||
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IRE |
28 | MF | Kavanagh | 34 | 2006 | 14 (10/4) | 1 | 2009 | £ 0.5m | ||
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ENG |
30 | MF | J.Richardson | 20 | 2006 | 0 (0/0) | 0 | Youth system | |||
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IRE |
36 | MF | L. Miller | 27 | 2006 | 33 (25/8) | 2 | 2009 | Free | ||
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TRI |
7 | WI | Edwards | 29 | 2007 |
16 (15/1) | 5 | 2010 | £ 1.5m | ||
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 SWE |
16 | WI | Hysén | 26 | 2006 | 27 (16/11) | 4 | 2009 | £ 1.7m | ||
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 FRA |
18 | WI | Mocquet | 25 | 2007 | 0 (0/0) | 0 | 2007 | Undisclosed | ||
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SCO |
33 | WI | Wallace | 23 | 2006 | 34 (22/12) | 6 | 2009 | Undisclosed | ||
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IRE |
9 | CF | Stokes | 19 | 2007 |
15 (8/7) | 2 | 2010 | £ 2m | ||
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IRE |
10 | CF | Elliott | 24 | 2004 | 88 (59/29) | 23 | 2008 | £ 0.19m | ||
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IRE |
11 | CF | Murphy | 25 | 2005 | 61 (35/26) | 11 | 2011 | £ 0.1m | ||
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TRI |
14 | CF | John | 31 | 2007 |
15 (10/5) | 4 | 2009 | Undisclosed | ||
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SCO |
21 | CF | Smith | 21 | 2006 |
0 (0/0) | 0 | 2007 | Free | ||
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IRE |
31 | CF | Connolly | 23 | 2006 | 37 (31/6) | 13 | 2009 | £ 1.9m |
Last updated: 26 August 2007
Source: safc.com, players' Wikipedia articles
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).
Player must own an EU passport or be a full, current, 'A' international to legally play in English football. (Source)
Squad size is unlimited.
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Cap: Cap = captain, VC = vice-captain; Age = current age or age on the end of the season; Since = when the player started to be a permanent part of the squad (no icon for summer transfer; for winter transfer); App and = only competitive appearances and goals. See source for more detail; GS = games started; Sub = appearances as substitute; Ends = when the player's contract ends; 
= undisclosed.
[edit] Transfer deals
[edit] In
[edit] Out
Last updated: 29 Aug 2007
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; = Undisclosed; 
= Summer transfer window; = Winter transfer window; n/a = Not applicable.
[edit] Estimated transfer totals
Does not take into account undisclosed fees.
Total transfer fees paid:
£8.9m
Total transfer fees received:
£6.825m
Total loss or profit:
-£2.075m
[edit] Cup competitions
Sources: BBC Football, SAFC.com
[edit] FA Cup
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[edit] League Cup
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[edit] League results
Sources: BBC Football, SAFC.com
