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2006–07 Wigan Athletic F.C. season

The 2006–07 Wigan Athletic F.C. season was the club's 29th season in the Football League and their second season in the Premier League.

Wigan Athletic
2006–07 season
ChairmanDave Whelan
ManagerPaul Jewell
FA Premier League17th
FA CupThird Round
League CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerHeskey (9)
Highest home attendance24,726 (v West Ham United, FA Premier League, 28 April 2007)
Lowest home attendance14,636 (v Reading, FA Premier League, 26 August 2006)

Season summary edit

The club struggled to repeat the successes of its previous season and fell victim to "second season syndrome". They were knocked out of both domestic cups at the first round of entry, and finished 17th in the league after securing Premier League survival on the last day of the season in an away win against Sheffield United, who were relegated instead on goal difference.

A day after the end of the season, manager Paul Jewell resigned after six years in charge of the club. His assistant manager Chris Hutchings was appointed as his replacement. Summer signing Emile Heskey (signed for a record fee of £5.5 million) finished the season as the club's top goalscorer with a total of nine goals, and left-back Leighton Baines won the Supporters' Player of the Year award, and the Players' Player award.[1]

Final league table edit

Main article: 2006–07 FA Premier League
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
15 West Ham United 38 12 5 21 35 59 −24 41
16 Fulham 38 8 15 15 38 60 −22 39
17 Wigan Athletic 38 10 8 20 37 59 −22 38
18 Sheffield United (R) 38 10 8 20 32 55 −23 38 Relegation to Football League Championship
19 Charlton Athletic (R) 38 8 10 20 34 60 −26 34
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results edit

Wigan Athletic's score comes first[2]

Legend edit

Win Draw Loss

FA Premier League edit

Results by matchday edit

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAAHAHHAAHHAHAAHHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHA
ResultLWLDDLLWWWWDLLWDLLLLLLLLWLDWWDLLDDLLLW
Position15121415141517151411891113111112131415161717171717171615151516161516171817
Source: WorldFootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
19 August 2006 Newcastle United A 1–2 51,569 McCulloch
26 August 2006 Reading H 1–0 14,636 Heskey
9 September 2006 Portsmouth A 0–1 19,508
16 September 2006 Everton A 2–2 37,117 Scharner (2)
23 September 2006 Watford H 1–1 16,359 Camara
1 October 2006 Blackburn Rovers A 1–2 17,859 Heskey
14 October 2006 Manchester United H 1–3 20,631 Baines
21 October 2006 Manchester City H 4–0 16,235 Heskey, Dunne (own goal), Camara, Valencia
28 October 2006 Fulham A 1–0 22,882 Camara
4 November 2006 Bolton Wanderers A 1–0 21,255 McCulloch
11 November 2006 Charlton Athletic H 3–2 16,572 McCulloch, Camara, Jackson
19 November 2006 Aston Villa H 0–0 18,455
26 November 2006 Tottenham Hotspur A 1–3 35,205 Camara
2 December 2006 Liverpool H 0–4 22,089
6 December 2006 West Ham United A 2–0 33,805 Cotterill, Spector (own goal)
9 December 2006 Middlesbrough A 1–1 23,638 Camara (pen)
13 December 2006 Arsenal H 0–1 15,311
16 December 2006 Sheffield United H 0–1 16,322
23 December 2006 Chelsea H 2–3 22,077 Heskey (2)
26 December 2006 Manchester United A 1–3 76,018 Baines (pen)
1 January 2007 Blackburn Rovers H 0–3 14,864
13 January 2007 Chelsea A 0–4 40,846
21 January 2007 Everton H 0–2 18,149
30 January 2007 Reading A 2–3 21,954 Heskey, Landzaat
3 February 2007 Portsmouth H 1–0 15,093 McCulloch
11 February 2007 Arsenal A 1–2 60,049 Landzaat
21 February 2007 Watford A 1–1 18,338 Folan
25 February 2007 Newcastle United H 1–0 21,179 Taylor
3 March 2007 Manchester City A 1–0 39,923 Folan
17 March 2007 Fulham H 0–0 16,001
31 March 2007 Charlton Athletic A 0–1 26,500
7 April 2007 Bolton Wanderers H 1–3 18,610 Heskey
9 April 2007 Aston Villa A 1–1 31,920 Heskey
15 April 2007 Tottenham Hotspur H 3–3 16,506 Heskey, Baines, Kilbane
21 April 2007 Liverpool A 0–2 44,003
28 April 2007 West Ham United H 0–3 24,726
5 May 2007 Middlesbrough H 0–1 21,204
13 May 2007 Sheffield United A 2–1 32,604 Scharner, Unsworth

FA Cup edit

Main article: 2006–07 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 6 January 2007 Portsmouth A 1–2 14,336 (477 away) McCulloch

League Cup edit

Main article: 2006–07 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R2 19 September 2006 Crewe Alexandra A 0–2 3,907 (815 away)

Squad edit

[1] 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   AUS John Filan
2 DF   SWE Andreas Granqvist (on loan from Helsingborg)
4 DF   ENG Matt Jackson
5 DF   ENG Fitz Hall
6 DF   NED Arjan de Zeeuw (captain)
7 FW   SEN Henri Camara
8 MF   IRL Kevin Kilbane[3]
9 FW   ENG Emile Heskey
10 MF   SCO Lee McCulloch
11 MF   SWE Andreas Johansson
12 GK   ENG Mike Pollitt
13 GK   ENG Chris Kirkland
14 MF   NED Denny Landzaat
15 FW   NGA Julius Aghahowa
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF   ECU Antonio Valencia (on loan from Villarreal)
17 DF   BRB Emmerson Boyce[4]
18 DF   AUT Paul Scharner
19 DF   ENG Ryan Taylor
20 FW   IRL Caleb Folan[5]
21 FW   POL Tomasz Cywka
22 MF   WAL David Cotterill
24 MF   AUS Josip Skoko
25 DF   ENG David Unsworth
26 DF   ENG Leighton Baines
28 GK   ENG Carlo Nash (on loan from Preston North End)
31 MF   ENG Lewis Montrose
32 MF   ENG David Owens
36 DF   ENG Joey Waterhouse

Left club during season edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF   FRA Pascal Chimbonda (to Tottenham Hotspur)
3 DF   SCO Stephen McMillan (retired)
8 MF   IRL Graham Kavanagh (to Sunderland)
15 DF   ENG David Wright (to Ipswich Town)
20 MF   SCO Gary Teale (to Derby County)
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 FW   IRL David Connolly[6] (to Sunderland)
23 DF   SCO Andy Webster (on loan to Rangers)
25 MF   BUL Svetoslav Todorov (on loan from Portsmouth)
27 MF   NOR Kristofer Hæstad (on loan from Start)

Transfers edit

In edit

Player From Fee Date Notes
  Fitz Hall   Crystal Palace £3,000,000 26 June 2006 [7]
  Tomasz Cywka   Gwarek Zabrze Undisclosed 5 July 2006 [8]
  Emile Heskey   Birmingham City £5,500,000 8 July 2006 [9]
  Denny Landzaat   AZ Alkmaar £2,500,000 18 July 2006 [10]
  Emmerson Boyce   Crystal Palace £1,000,000 1 August 2006 [11]
  Kevin Kilbane   Everton £2,000,000 31 August 2006 [12]
  David Cotterill   Bristol City £2,000,000 31 August 2006 [13]
  Andy Webster   Hearts Free[A] 4 September 2006 [14]
  Chris Kirkland   Liverpool Undisclosed 27 October 2006 [15]
  David Unsworth   Sheffield United Free 7 January 2007 [16]
  Caleb Folan   Chesterfield £500,000 26 January 2007 [17]
  Julius Aghahowa   Shakhtar Donetsk Undisclosed 30 January 2007 [18]

Out edit

Player To Fee Date Notes
  Jason Roberts   Blackburn Rovers £3,000,000 4 July 2006 [19]
  Damien Francis   Watford £1,500,000 14 July 2006 [20]
  Pascal Chimbonda   Tottenham Hotspur Undisclosed 31 August 2006 [21]
  Graham Kavanagh   Sunderland £500,000 31 August 2006 [22]
  David Connolly   Sunderland £1,400,000 31 August 2006 [22]
  David Wright   Ipswich Town Undisclosed 11 January 2007 [23]
  Gary Teale   Derby County £600,000 11 January 2007 [24]
  Matt Jackson   Watford Free End of season [25]

Released edit

Player Date Notes
  Steve McMillan 4 March 2007 [26]
  Arjan de Zeeuw End of season [27]
  David Unsworth End of season [27]

Loans in edit

Player From Start Date End Date Notes
  Chris Kirkland   Liverpool 12 July 2006 27 October 2006[B] [28]
  Antonio Valencia   Villarreal 11 August 2006 End of season [29]
  Svetoslav Todorov   Portsmouth 31 August 2006 31 December 2006 [30]
  Kristofer Hæstad   Start 1 January 2007 31 March 2007[C] [31]
  Andreas Granqvist   Helsingborg 1 January 2007 End of season [32]
  Carlo Nash   Preston North End 19 February 2007 18 March 2007 [33]

Loans out edit

Player To Start Date End Date Notes
  John Filan   Doncaster Rovers 6 October 2006 5 November 2006 [34]
  Tomasz Cywka   Oldham Athletic 1 November 2006 20 December 2006[D] [35]
  Mike Pollitt   Ipswich Town 15 November 2006 23 November 2006[E] [36]
  Andy Webster   Rangers 5 January 2007 End of season [37]
  Mike Pollitt   Burnley 11 January 2007 10 February 2007 [38]

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

Up to end of season[39]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   AUS John Filan 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
12 GK   ENG Mike Pollitt 7 0 4+1 0 1 0 1 0
13 GK   ENG Chris Kirkland 26 0 26 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF   SWE Andreas Granqvist 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
4 DF   ENG Matt Jackson 23 1 17+4 1 0+1 0 1 0
5 DF   ENG Fitz Hall 26 0 22+2 0 1 0 1 0
6 DF   NED Arjan De Zeeuw 23 0 21+1 0 0 0 0+1 0
17 DF   BRB Emmerson Boyce 35 0 34 0 1 0 0 0
19 DF   ENG Ryan Taylor 16 1 12+4 1 0 0 0 0
25 DF   ENG David Unsworth 10 1 6+4 1 0 0 0 0
26 DF   ENG Leighton Baines 37 3 35 3 1 0 1 0
Midfielders
8 MF   IRL Kevin Kilbane 33 1 26+5 1 1 0 1 0
10 MF   SCO Lee McCulloch 30 6 25+4 5 1 1 0 0
11 MF   SWE Andreas Johansson 14 0 4+8 0 1 0 1 0
14 MF   NED Denny Landzaat 35 2 29+4 2 1 0 1 0
16 MF   ECU Antonio Valencia 22 1 17+5 1 0 0 0 0
18 MF   AUT Paul Scharner 26 3 22+3 3 0 0 1 0
21 MF   POL Tomasz Cywka 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
22 MF   WAL David Cotterill 17 1 5+11 1 1 0 0 0
24 MF   AUS Josip Skoko 28 0 24+4 0 0 0 0 0
31 MF   ENG Lewis Montrose 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0
Forwards
7 FW   SEN Henri Camara 23 6 18+5 6 0 0 0 0
9 FW   ENG Emile Heskey 37 8 33+2 8 1 0 0+1 0
15 FW   NGA Julius Aghahowa 6 0 3+3 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW   IRL Caleb Folan 13 2 8+5 2 0 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
2 DF   FRA Pascal Chimbonda 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF   IRL Graham Kavanagh 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF   ENG David Wright 13 0 6+6 0 0 0 1 0
20 MF   SCO Gary Teale 15 0 7+6 0 0+1 0 1 0
22 FW   IRL David Connolly 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF   SCO Andy Webster 4 0 3+1 0 0 0 0 0
25 FW   BUL Svetoslav Todorov 5 0 2+3 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF   NOR Kristofer Hæstad 4 0 1+2 0 0+1 0 0 0

Notes edit

A. ^ For more information about this transfer, see Webster ruling.
B. ^ Kirkland initially signed on a six-month loan, but the deal was made permanent on 27 October 2006.
C. ^ Haestad initially signed on loan until the end of the season, but the deal was ended early.
D. ^ Cywka was initially loaned out for a month, but the deal was later extended.
E. ^ Pollitt was initially loaned out for a month, but was recalled early by Wigan

See also edit

References edit

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  2. ^ "Wigan Athletic 2006-2007 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  3. ^ Kilbane was born in Preston, England.
  4. ^ Boyce was born in Aylesbury, England, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally through his parents and would make his full international debut for Barbados in March 2008.
  5. ^ Folan was born in Leeds, England.
  6. ^ Connolly was born in Willesden, London, England.
  7. ^ "Wigan sign Palace defender Hall". BBC Sport. 26 June 2006. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
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  26. ^ "Mac to call it a day". 4 March 2007. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  27. ^ a b "Arry and Unsy leave club". 19 May 2007. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
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  34. ^ "Donny Oz Man". 6 October 2006. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  35. ^ "Poles Apart". Wigan Athletic F.C. 1 November 2006. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
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