2006–07 Preston North End F.C. season

The 2006–07 season started well under Simpson, seeing Preston rise to the top of the Championship in December, the highest league place the team has reached in 55 years. Despite much interest in striker David Nugent, Simpson was able to hold on to the player throughout the January transfer window. On 28 March, Nugent went on to get his full international debut for England, and even managed to score his first international goal in the 90th minute of the match against Andorra. This was the first time a Preston player received a full international cap for England since Tom Finney. It was around this time that Preston went into a decline, which in the end meant the team missing out on a playoff spot in the final few weeks of the season.

Final league table

			P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
C	1	Sunderland	46	27	7	12	76	47	+29	88
P	2	Birmingham City	46	26	8	12	67	42	+25	86
P	3	Derby County	46	25	9	12	62	46	+16	84
	4	West Bromwich Albion	46	22	10	14	81	55	+26	76
	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	22	10	14	59	56	+3	76
	6	Southampton	46	21	12	13	77	53	+24	75
	7	Preston North End	46	22	8	16	64	53	+11	74
	8	Stoke City	46	19	16	11	62	41	+21	73
	9	Sheffield Wednesday	46	20	11	15	70	66	+4	71
	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	59	51	+8	65
	13	Cardiff City	46	17	13	16	57	53	+4	64
	14	Ipswich Town	46	18	8	20	64	59	+5	62
	15	Burnley	46	15	12	19	52	49	+3	57
	16	Norwich City	46	16	9	21	56	71	-15	57
	17	Coventry City	46	16	8	22	47	62	-15	56
	18	Queens Park Rangers	46	14	11	21	54	68	-14	53
	19	Leicester City	46	13	14	19	49	64	-15	53
	20	Barnsley	46	15	5	26	53	85	-32	50
	21	Hull City	46	13	10	23	51	67	-16	49
R	22	Southend United	46	10	12	24	47	80	-33	42
R	23	Luton Town	46	10	10	26	53	81	-28	40
R	24	Leeds United	46	13	7	26	46	72	-26	36 ^A

A Deducted 10 points for administration entrance.

Results

Preston North End's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
5 August 2006	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0-0	15,650
8 August 2006	Norwich City	A	0-2	24,676
11 August 2006	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	3-1	17,410	Nugent (2), Whaley
19 August 2006	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-1	11,879	McKenna
26 August 2006	Southampton	A	1-1	20,712	Whaley
9 September 2006	Cardiff City	H	2-1	12,435	Agyemang, Pugh
12 September 2006	West Bromwich Albion	H	1-0	12,119	Agyemang
16 September 2006	Derby County	A	1-1	22,220	Pugh
22 September 2006	Barnsley	H	1-0	11,728	Agyemang
30 September 2006	Stoke City	A	1-1	14,342	Agyemang
14 October 2006	Sunderland	H	4-1	19,603	Dichio, Alexander (pen), Whitehead (own goal), Whaley
17 October 2006	Ipswich Town	A	3-2	19,377	Nugent, Chilvers, Whaley
21 October 2006	Hull City	H	2-1	13,728	Dichio (2)
27 October 2006	Burnley	A	2-3	14,871	Whaley, Ormerod
31 October 2006	Leeds United	H	4-1	16,168	Dichio, Pugh, Nugent, L Neal
4 November 2006	Luton Town	H	3-0	13,094	Alexander (pen), Agyemang, Ormerod
11 November 2006	Southend United	A	0-0	9,263
18 November 2006	Leicester City	A	1-0	22,721	Agyemang
25 November 2006	Crystal Palace	H	0-0	14,202
28 November 2006	Coventry City	H	1-1	13,104	Nugent
2 December 2006	Luton Town	A	0-2	7,665
9 December 2006	Birmingham City	A	1-3	23,159	Ormerod
16 December 2006	Plymouth Argyle	H	3-0	13,171	Pugh, Ormerod, Alexander (pen)
23 December 2006	Colchester United	H	1-0	14,225	Nugent
26 December 2006	West Bromwich Albion	A	2-4	22,905	Alexander (pen), Nugent
30 December 2006	Sunderland	A	1-0	30,460	Nugent
1 January 2007	Derby County	H	1-2	19,204	Nugent
13 January 2007	Barnsley	A	1-0	10,810	Chilvers
20 January 2007	Stoke City	H	3-2	15,151	McKenna, Nugent, Wilson
30 January 2007	Colchester United	A	0-1	5,085
3 February 2007	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3-1	22,441	Ormerod, Nugent (2)
10 February 2007	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0-1	15,748
20 February 2007	Norwich City	H	2-1	11,601	Pergl, Dichio
23 February 2007	Cardiff City	A	1-4	12,889	Alexander (pen)
5 March 2007	Southampton	H	3-1	13,060	Mellor, Nugent, Baird (own goal)
10 March 2007	Hull City	A	0-2	17,118
13 March 2007	Ipswich Town	H	1-0	12,925	Ricketts
17 March 2007	Burnley	H	2-0	17,666	Nugent, Agyemang
30 March 2007	Leeds United	A	1-2	18,433	Ormerod
3 April 2007	Queens Park Rangers	A	0-1	11,910
7 April 2007	Crystal Palace	A	0-3	15,985
9 April 2007	Southend United	H	2-3	13,684	St Ledger, Alexander (pen)
14 April 2007	Coventry City	H	4-0	21,117	Sedgwick, Nugent, Ormerod (2)
21 April 2007	Leicester City	H	0-1	14,725
28 April 2007	Plymouth Argyle	A	0-2	13,813
6 May 2007	Birmingham City	H	1-0	16,387	Whaley

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 2007	Sunderland	H	1-0	10,318	Ormerod
R4	17 January 2007	Crystal Palace	A	2-0	8,422	Nugent, Wilson
R5	18 February 2007	Manchester City	H	1-3	18,890	Nugent

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	23 August 2006	Port Vale	A	1-2	3,522	Whaley

Squad

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Andy Lonergan
2	DF	Graham Alexander
3	DF	Callum Davidson
4	MF	Danny Pugh
5	DF	Youl Mawéné
6	MF	Jason Jarrett
7	MF	Chris Sedgwick
8	FW	Michael Ricketts
9	FW	Patrick Agyemang
10	FW	David Nugent
12	DF	Sean St Ledger
13	GK	Wayne Henderson
14	DF	Liam Chilvers
15	MF	Simon Whaley
16	DF	Paul McKenna
17	FW	Brett Ormerod

No.	Position	Player
18	DF	Matthew Hill
20	DF	Pavel Pergl
21	FW	Dave Hibbert
22	GK	Carlo Nash
23	MF	Lewis Neal
24	FW	Joe Anyinsah
25	MF	Adam Nowland
26	MF	Franck Songo'o (on loan from Portsmouth)
27	DF	Seyfo Soley
28	DF	Kelvin Wilson
29	GK	Ben Hinchcliffe
30	GK	Chris Neal
31	MF	Warren Beattie
32	MF	Ashley Parillon
33	FW	Neil Mellor
34	FW	Chris McGrail

Left club during season

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

No.	Position	Player
8	MF	Brian O'Neil (retired)
27	MF	Alan McCormack (to Southend United)
20	MF	Tommy Miller (on loan from Sunderland)

No.	Position	Player
26	MF	Brian Stock (to Doncaster Rovers)
19	FW	Andy Smith (to Bristol City)
11	FW	Danny Dichio (to Toronto FC)

Transfers

In

Sean St Ledger - Peterborough United, £225,000
Liam Chilvers - Colchester United, free
Neil Mellor - Liverpool
Michael Ricketts - Southend United, free
Pavel Pergl - Sparta Prague, free
Seyfo Soley - Genk, free
Wayne Henderson - Brighton & Hove Albion, £200,000

Out

Tyrone Mears - West Ham United, £1,000,000
Mark Jackson - Southport, free
Alan McCormack - Southend United, free
Brian Stock - Doncaster Rovers, £150,000
Andy Smith - Bristol City, free
Danny Dichio - Toronto FC, free

References

Preston North End Football Club
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Rivalries	West Lancashire derby League record by opponent Burial of the Coffin

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2006 English football corruption investigation

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