Season summary
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On 28 June 2006, Holloway was put on Gardening leave and eventually left for Plymouth Argyle and Gary Waddock was appointed full-time manager.[1] On 20 September 2006, after a poor set of results had left QPR bottom of the table, Waddock was replaced by John Gregory .[2] Waddock did, however, stay at the club as assistant manager. Gregory's appointment caused a schism among QPR fans, some of whom saw Gregory's friendship with controversial chairman Gianni Paladini as a conflict of interest . After a decent start with successive victories over Hull City and Southampton , Rangers form dipped before winning three on the bounce (including a victory at (then) league leaders Cardiff City ). Unfortunately, results did not continue to improve, and relegation looked a distinct possibility for Gregory's men. However, following a fine late season run, QPR beat Cardiff 1–0 at Loftus Road on 21 April 2007 to secure their Championship status for another year.
Final league table
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Source:
RSSSF Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
Queens Park Rangers' score comes first [3]
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
Position
5 August 2006
Burnley
A
0–2
12,190
22
8 August 2006
Leeds United
H
2–2
Rowlands (pen), Baidoo
13,996
18
12 August 2006
Southend United
H
2–0
Rowlands , Ward
12,368
14
19 August 2006
Preston North End
A
1–1
Ainsworth
11,879
14
25 August 2006
Ipswich Town
H
1–3
Gallen
10,918
17
9 September 2006
Plymouth Argyle
A
1–1
Blackstock
12,138
22
12 September 2006
Birmingham City
H
0–2
10,936
23
16 September 2006
Colchester United
A
1–2
Brown (own goal)
5,246
24
23 September 2006
Hull City
H
2–0
R Jones , Blackstock
11,381
20
30 September 2006
Southampton
A
2–1
Blackstock , R Jones
25,185
16
14 October 2006
Norwich City
H
3–3
Smith , Rowlands (2)
14,793
16
17 October 2006
Derby County
H
1–2
Smith
10,882
19
21 October 2006
Sheffield Wednesday
A
2–3
Blackstock (2)
23,813
19
28 October 2006
Leicester City
H
1–1
Rowlands (pen)
12,430
19
31 October 2006
West Bromwich Albion
A
3–3
Stewart , Gallen , Nygaard
17,417
20
4 November 2006
Crystal Palace
H
4–2
Smith (2), Lomas , Gallen (pen)
13,989
19
11 November 2006
Luton Town
A
3–2
Smith , Heikkinen (own goal), Blackstock
9,007
18
17 November 2006
Cardiff City
A
1–0
R Jones
13,250
13
25 November 2006
Coventry City
H
0–1
12,840
16
28 November 2006
Sunderland
H
1–2
R Jones
13,108
17
2 December 2006
Crystal Palace
A
0–3
17,017
19
9 December 2006
Stoke City
A
0–1
16,487
20
16 December 2006
Wolverhampton Wanderers
H
0–1
12,323
20
23 December 2006
Barnsley
H
1–0
Rowlands
11,307
20
26 December 2006
Birmingham City
A
1–2
Cook
29,431
20
30 December 2006
Norwich City
A
0–1
25,113
20
1 January 2007
Colchester United
H
1–0
R Jones
11,319
20
13 January 2007
Hull City
A
1–2
Blackstock
19,791
20
20 January 2007
Southampton
H
0–2
14,686
21
30 January 2007
Barnsley
A
0–2
9,890
22
3 February 2007
Burnley
H
3–1
Cook , Blackstock , Lomas
10,811
19
9 February 2007
Southend United
A
0–5
10,217
19
20 February 2007
Leeds United
A
0–0
29,593
21
24 February 2007
Plymouth Argyle
H
1–1
Cook
13,757
21
3 March 2007
Ipswich Town
A
1–2
Furlong
21,412
22
10 March 2007
Sheffield Wednesday
H
1–1
Rowlands (pen)
15,188
21
13 March 2007
Derby County
A
1–1
Rowlands
27,567
22
17 March 2007
Leicester City
A
3–1
Idiakez , Nygaard (2, 1 pen)
24,558
21
31 March 2007
West Bromwich Albion
H
1–2
Blackstock
14,784
21
3 April 2007
Preston North End
H
1–0
Blackstock
11,910
20
7 April 2007
Coventry City
A
1–0
Smith
22,850
19
9 April 2007
Luton Town
H
3–2
Blackstock (2, 1 pen), Furlong
14,360
18
14 April 2007
Sunderland
A
1–2
Rowlands (pen)
39,206
18
21 April 2007
Cardiff City
H
1–0
Blackstock
12,710
18
28 April 2007
Wolverhampton Wanderers
A
0–2
24,931
19
6 May 2007
Stoke City
H
1–1
Rowlands
16,741
18
League Cup
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Left club during season
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Statistics
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References
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^ Ukah was born in Parma , Italy , but also qualifies to represent Nigeria internationally and would make his international debut for Nigeria in 2011.