2006–07 Crystal Palace F.C. season

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

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

Season summary

Peter Taylor took the job at Crystal Palace after Hull City paid a compensation package of £300,000 to chairman Simon Jordan. For this Jordan received praise from Hull chairman Adam Pearson for his conduct in the process of appointing Taylor.[1]

Most Palace fans were very pleased with this appointment, and were looking forward to an exciting 2006–07 season.

Taylor made a whole host of summer signings, and despite a superb 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 finally disappointingly 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
DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
5 August 2006Ipswich TownA2–125,413McAnuff, Scowcroft
8 August 2006Southend UnitedH3–118,072Cort, Freedman, Hudson
13 August 2006Leeds UnitedH1–017,218Morrison
19 August 2006Birmingham CityA1–220,223McAnuff
26 August 2006BurnleyH2–216,396Cort, Scowcroft
9 September 2006Luton TownA1–29,187Scowcroft
12 September 2006SouthamptonH0–217,084
16 September 2006Norwich CityA1–024,618Kuqi
23 September 2006Coventry CityH1–016,093Morrison
30 September 2006Hull CityA1–118,099Cort
14 October 2006Cardiff CityH1–218,876Green
17 October 2006West Bromwich AlbionH0–216,105
21 October 2006Leicester CityA1–128,762Soares
28 October 2006Plymouth ArgyleH0–117,084
31 October 2006Sheffield WednesdayA2–319,034Kuqi, Soares
4 November 2006Queens Park RangersA2–413,989Soares, Morrison
11 November 2006Stoke CityH0–118,868
18 November 2006BarnsleyH2–020,159Scowcroft, Morrison
25 November 2006Preston North EndA0–014,202
28 November 2006Wolverhampton WanderersA1–117,806Freedman
2 December 2006Queens Park RangersH3–017,017Freedman, Kuqi, Morrison
9 December 2006Colchester UnitedH1–316,762Morrison
16 December 2006Derby CountyA0–123,875
22 December 2006SunderlandH1–017,439Hudson
26 December 2006SouthamptonA1–130,548McAnuff
30 December 2006Cardiff CityA0–013,704
1 January 2007Norwich CityH3–116,765Hudson, Kuqi, Green
13 January 2007Coventry CityA4–216,582Fletcher, Kuqi, Cort, McAnuff
20 January 2007Hull CityH1–117,012Fletcher
30 January 2007SunderlandA0–026,958
3 February 2007Ipswich TownH2–017,090Cort, Ifill
10 February 2007Leeds UnitedA1–219,228Cort
17 February 2007Birmingham CityH0–117,233
20 February 2007Southend UnitedA1–010,419Ifill
24 February 2007Luton TownH2–116,177Morrison (2)
3 March 2007BurnleyA1–110,659Morrison
10 March 2007Leicester CityH2–016,969Fletcher, Watson (pen)
14 March 2007West Bromwich AlbionA3–217,960Morrison, Watson (pen), Grabban
17 March 2007Plymouth ArgyleA0–111,239
31 March 2007Sheffield WednesdayA1–221,523Morrison
7 April 2007Preston North EndH3–015,985Kuqi (2), Cort
9 April 2007Stoke CityA1–213,616Zakuani (own goal)
14 April 2007Wolverhampton WanderersH2–217,981Hudson, McAnuff
21 April 2007BarnsleyA0–210,277
29 April 2007Derby CountyH2–019,545Morrison, Kennedy
6 May 2007Colchester UnitedA2–05,857Scowcroft, Watson

FA Cup
Main article: 2006–07 FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R36 January 2007Swindon TownH2–110,238Kuqi, McAnuff
R427 January 2007Preston North EndH0–28,422

League Cup
Main article: 2006–07 Football League Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R122 August 2006Notts CountyH1–24,481Hughes

Players

First-team squad
Squad at end of season[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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. 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

Out

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. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/crystal-palace/2006-2007/results
  4. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2006-2007/flcham/cpalace.htm

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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