FA Premier League 2006-07

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The 2006-07 FA Premier League season, the fifteenth since its establishment, started on August 19, 2006. Reigning champions Chelsea have won two consecutive English top-flight titles, and are looking to become only the fifth side ever to win three years in a row, following in the footsteps of the following teams: Huddersfield Town 1924-26, Arsenal 1933-35, Liverpool 1982-84 and Manchester United 1999-2001.

1 League table
2 Top goalscorers
3 Results
- 3.1 Full table
4 Notable changes
5 Promoted teams
6 See also
7 Notes
8 External links

[edit] League table

Last updated December 3, 2006

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts	Comments
1	Manchester United	<center>16	<center>13	<center>2	<center>1	<center>35	<center>8	<center>+27	<center>41	<center>Champions League
<center>2	Chelsea	<center>15	<center>11	<center>2	<center>2	<center>25	<center>8	<center>+17	<center>35	<center>Champions League
<center>3	Arsenal	<center>15	<center>7	<center>4	<center>4	<center>25	<center>12	<center>+13	<center>25	<center>Champions League Qual
<center>4	Portsmouth	<center>16	<center>7	<center>4	<center>5	<center>21	<center>14	<center>+7	<center>25	<center>Champions League Qual
<center>5	Liverpool	<center>16	<center>7	<center>4	<center>5	<center>19	<center>15	<center>+4	<center>25	<center>UEFA Cup
<center>6	Reading	<center>15	<center>8	<center>1	<center>6	<center>17	<center>18	<center>-1	<center>25	<center>UEFA Cup
<center>7	Everton	<center>16	<center>6	<center>6	<center>4	<center>20	<center>15	<center>+5	<center>24	<center>Intertoto Cup
<center>8	Aston Villa	<center>16	<center>5	<center>9	<center>2	<center>19	<center>15	<center>+4	<center>24
<center>9	Bolton Wanderers	<center>16	<center>7	<center>3	<center>6	<center>15	<center>15	<center>0	<center>24
<center>10	Fulham	<center>16	<center>5	<center>5	<center>6	<center>16	<center>23	<center>-7	<center>20
<center>11	Manchester City	<center>15	<center>5	<center>4	<center>6	<center>13	<center>17	<center>-4	<center>19
<center>12	Tottenham Hotspur	<center>15	<center>5	<center>4	<center>6	<center>13	<center>19	<center>-6	<center>19
<center>13	Wigan Athletic	<center>14	<center>5	<center>3	<center>6	<center>17	<center>20	<center>-3	<center>18
<center>14	Blackburn Rovers	<center>14	<center>4	<center>4	<center>6	<center>13	<center>17	<center>-4	<center>16
<center>15	Middlesbrough	<center>15	<center>4	<center>4	<center>7	<center>12	<center>19	<center>-7	<center>16
<center>16	Sheffield United	<center>16	<center>4	<center>4	<center>8	<center>11	<center>20	<center>-9	<center>16
<center>17	West Ham United	<center>15	<center>4	<center>2	<center>9	<center>10	<center>18	<center>-8	<center>14
<center>18	Newcastle United	<center>14	<center>3	<center>4	<center>7	<center>9	<center>15	<center>-6	<center>13	<center>Relegation to League Championship
<center>19	Watford	<center>14	<center>1	<center>6	<center>7	<center>10	<center>20	<center>-10	<center>9
<center>20	Charlton Athletic	<center>15	<center>2	<center>3	<center>10	<center>11	<center>23	<center>-12	<center>9

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

For further information on European qualification see FA Premier League - Competition

[edit] Top goalscorers

Main article: FA Premier League 2006-07 goalscorers

Pos	Scorer	Goals	Team
<center>1	<center>Didier Drogba	<center>8	<center>Chelsea
<center>	<center>Nwankwo Kanu	<center>8	<center>Portsmouth
<center>	<center>Kevin Doyle	<center>8	<center>Reading
<center>4	<center>Wayne Rooney	<center>7	<center>Manchester United
<center>	<center>Louis Saha	<center>7	<center>Manchester United
<center>6	<center>Darren Bent	<center>6	<center>Charlton Athletic
<center>	<center>Thierry Henry	<center>6	<center>Arsenal
<center>	<center>Andrew Johnson	<center>6	<center>Everton
<center>	<center>Dirk Kuyt	<center>6	<center>Liverpool
<center>	<center>Gareth Barry	<center>6	<center>Aston Villa
<center>11	<center>Juan Pablo Angel	<center>5	<center>Aston Villa
<center>	<center>Frank Lampard	<center>5	<center>Chelsea
<center>	<center>Tim Cahill	<center>5	<center>Everton
<center>	<center>Bobby Zamora	<center>5	<center>West Ham United
<center>	<center>Henri Camara	<center>5	<center>Wigan Athletic
<center>	<center>Robin van Persie	<center>5	<center>Arsenal
<center>	<center>Cristiano Ronaldo	<center>5	<center>Manchester United

Last updated November 29, 2006

[edit] Results

[edit] Full table

To read this table, the home team is listed in the left-hand column.

	ARS	AVI	BLA	BOL	CHA	CHE	EVE	FUL	LIV	MNC	MNU	MID	NEW	POR	REA	SFU	TOT	WAT	WHA	WIG
Arsenal	XXX	1-1					1-1		3-0			1-1	1-1			3-0	3-0	3-0
Aston Villa		XXX	2-0		2-0			1-1		1-3			2-0	1-1	2-1		1-1
Blackburn Rovers			XXX	0-1		0-2	1-1	2-0		4-2	0-1						1-1		1-2	2-1
Bolton Wanderers	3-1			XXX		0-1			2-0		0-4	0-0					2-0	1-0		0-1
Charlton Athletic	1-2			2-0	XXX		1-1			1-0	0-3			0-1				0-0
Chelsea		1-1			2-1	XXX			1-0	3-0				2-1				4-0	1-0
Everton		0-1		1-0			XXX		3-0	1-1						2-0		2-1		2-2
Fulham	2-1			1-1	2-1	0-2	1-0	XXX							0-1	1-0				0-1
Liverpool		3-1	1-1						XXX	1-0			2-0	0-0	2-0		3-0		2-1
Manchester City	1-0							3-1		XXX		1-0	0-0	0-0		0-0			2-0
Manchester United	0-1					1-1	3-0	5-1	2-0		XXX		2-0	3-0			1-0
Middlesbrough			0-1			2-1	2-1		0-0		1-2	XXX	1-0	0-4					1-0
Newcastle United				1-2	0-0		1-1	1-2					XXX	1-0		0-1				2-1
Portsmouth		2-2	3-0	0-1				1-1						XXX	3-1			2-1	2-0	1-0
Reading	0-4			1-0	2-0	0-1				1-0	1-1	3-2			XXX		3-1
Sheffield United			0-0	2-2	2-1	0-2			1-1		1-2	2-1			1-2	XXX
Tottenham Hotspur						2-1	0-2	0-0						2-1		2-0	XXX		1-0	3-1
Watford		0-0						3-3			1-2	2-0				0-1	0-0	XXX	1-1
West Ham United	1-0	1-1	2-1		3-1								0-2		0-1	1-0			XXX
Wigan Athletic		0-0			3-2				0-4	4-0	1-3				1-0			1-1		XXX

[edit] Notable changes

[edit] Sponsors

Online gambling sites are joining the traditional industries of automakers, breweries, electronics and financial institutions as team sponsors. For the 2006-07 season, there are no fewer than three internet wagering sites as new kit sponsors, joining Middlesbrough with 888.com. Here are the current lists (as of June 12, 2006) of changes:

Arsenal will revert back to their traditional red and white home kit, but now with gold side striping on the shirt, and with Dubai-based Emirates, who also will sponsor their new stadium, as their new shirt sponsor replacing cellular provider O₂. Arsenal are also moving into the new Emirates stadium.
Aston Villa will have a new shirt sponsor, with internet betting site 32Red replacing German-based DWS Investments. Many internet posters and fans thought that the company logo for DWS actually said "COWS" because of the hexagon's placement in front of the initials. Also, white replaces yellow as the new alternate kit. Aston Villa have also had Martin O'Neill take over as manager.
Blackburn Rovers will also have a new shirt sponsor, with internet betting site Bet24 taking over on the front of the shirt while Lonsdale, who served as the uniform sponsor in 2005-06, remains their kit provider.
Charlton Athletic will go into their first full season of shirt sponsorship with the Spanish construction firm Llanera, who came on board at mid-season after previous sponsors allsports went into administration.
Chelsea have switched from Britain's Umbro to German company Adidas after the adidas-Group made an eleventh-hour bid that was higher than American-based powerhouse Nike. Electronic maker Samsung will retain sponsorship on the front of the shirt. The current Champions will also revert to their traditional away clours; a white shirt with blue lining. The retain their silver and black third choice kit for the third season running.
Everton have a new home kit made by Umbro featuring the classic diamonds down one shoulder, and will retain their sponsor, the Thai based brewer Chang.
Fulham will have a new home kit, with Germany's Puma being replaced by French-based Airness, and their long-sleeve shirts will feature thumb holes. British internet provider Pipex will stay as the team's shirt sponsor with their new insignia.
Liverpool will change from Reebok to adidas as a result of their merger, as Danish brewers Carlsberg stays on the front of the shirts.
Manchester United will have a new home kit as US-based AIG, a secondary sponsor last season, becomes the new shirt sponsor after mobile phone providers Vodafone stepped down.This turned out to be good news as AIG offered more money to sponsor Manchester United than Vodafone did.
Reading will be in Puma kits with blue and white hoops at home and sponsorship on the front of the shirt from copying titan Kyocera. They will wear a red alternate as well.
Sheffield United will wear le coq sportif kits with the famous red and white stripes on the shirt, and US-based credit card bankers Capital One as sponsor in the front. The alternate is black and white stripes.
Tottenham Hotspur have switched their kit provider from Kappa to Puma and will feature a new shirt sponsor, internet based betting site mansioncasino.com replacing Thomson Holidays. They will also have a light blue alternate and a brown second alternate this season.
Watford will be in yellow with Diadora kits and internet financiers Loans.co.uk as the team's shirt sponsors. They have a new away strip in midnight blue replacing last season's red strip.
West Ham United have a new away strip in navy blue replacing the white and claret shirt. The new strip includes the new Reebok logo (RBK). The club are sticking with Job Hunter website Jobserve.com
Wigan Athletic will have an all-royal blue primary and an all-black secondary for the 2006-07 campaign, made and sponsored by JJB Sports.

[edit] Stadiums

Arsenal moved to the larger 60,000-seat Emirates Stadium after 93 years at Highbury. The first game was a testimonial match for Dennis Bergkamp, who retired following the 2005-06 season as Arsenal took on Ajax (which they won 2-1), the club where Bergkamp began his career, on July 22. Highbury will be converted to luxury apartments as both the East and West stands will be retro-fitted and the newer North and South (Clock) ends will be razed to build apartments from the ground up, while the pitch will become a garden. The clock from South end will be placed in the new facility. The first Premiership match at Emirates Stadium was against Aston Villa, the match finished 1-1.
Manchester United now has Old Trafford as a fully completed 76,000 seater stadium, making it the largest stadium in the UK, with its debut a friendly against La Liga team Sevilla in August. Fulham served as the first Premiership visitors on August 20, losing 5-1 in front of a Premiership-record 75,511.
Reading's Madejski Stadium made its debut in the Premiership this season. In the stadium's first match, Reading came from 0-2 down to clinch a thrilling 3-2 comeback victory over Middlesbrough.

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Manchester United	Old Trafford	76,004
Arsenal	Emirates Stadium	60,432
Newcastle United	St James' Park	52,218
Manchester City	City of Manchester Stadium	48,000
Liverpool	Anfield	45,521
Aston Villa	Villa Park	42,584
Chelsea	Stamford Bridge	42,420
Everton	Goodison Park	40,260
Tottenham Hotspur	White Hart Lane	36,240
West Ham United	Upton Park	35,647
Middlesbrough	Riverside Stadium	35,049
Sheffield United	Bramall Lane	33,000
Blackburn Rovers	Ewood Park	31,367
Bolton Wanderers	Reebok Stadium	27,879
Charlton Athletic	The Valley	27,111
Wigan Athletic	JJB Stadium	25,138
Reading	Madejski Stadium	24,225
Fulham	Craven Cottage	24,600
Portsmouth	Fratton Park	20,072
Watford	Vicarage Road	19,920

[edit] Managers

Newcastle United was the first to make a change as they will begin the campaign with Glenn Roeder, who ended last season as Newcastle's caretaker manager, as their permanent manager after being named on May 16, despite not holding the required UEFA Pro Licence.<ref>"Roeder named as Newcastle manager", BBC. Retrieved on 2006-05-16.</ref>
Charlton Athletic started the season with Iain Dowie as their manager after his appointment on May 30. His first league game in charge was away at West Ham United on August 19. Charlton lost 3-1. He was sacked on November 13, six months after he was appointed, after Charlton won only two of their first 12 games and sitting bottom of the table. <ref>"Charlton part company with Dowie", BBC. Retrieved on 2006-11-13.</ref> Les Reed, Dowie's assistant, is currently now in charge of The Addicks.
Another person not holding a required UEFA Pro Licence is Middlesbrough's Gareth Southgate who was named as manager (and subsequently retired from playing) for the 2005-06 UEFA Cup runners-up on June 7, replacing the new England manager Steve McClaren. He made his FA Premier League managing debut away at newly-promoted Reading on August 19. Despite leading by two goals after 20 minutes, Middlesbrough lost the match 3-2. F.A. Premier League Board meet on 22 November, has allowed him to continue as manager for the rest of the season as he is in the process of acquiring UEFA Pro License. <ref>"Southgate wins coaching reprieve", BBC. Retrieved on 2006-11-22.</ref>
Martin O'Neill was announced as the new manager of Aston Villa on August 4, replacing David O'Leary, who left the club in June due to "mutual consent" <ref>"O'Neill named Aston Villa manager", BBC. Retrieved on 2006-08-04.</ref>. O'Neill's first game in charge was Aston Villa's 1-1 draw against Arsenal at the latter's new Emirates Stadium.
Sir Alex Ferguson completed his 20th year in charge of Manchester United on November 4.
Arsène Wenger celebrated ten years in charge of Arsenal this season.

[edit] Ownership

American entrepreneur and NFL franchise owner Randy Lerner completed the purchase from "Deadly" Doug Ellis of Aston Villa in August, to the delight of Villa's fans.
Rumours of a possible takeover of West Ham United abounded following the unexpected acquisition of Carlos Tévez and Javier Mascherano shortly before the closure of the summer transfer window. On 21 November, West Ham agreed an £85 million takeover of the club from Icelandic businnessman Eggert Magnusson <ref>"West Ham accept £85m takeover bid", BBC. Retrieved on 2006-11-22.</ref>.

[edit] Promoted teams

These three teams were promoted from The Championship at the start of the season:

Reading Champions
Sheffield United Runners-up
Watford Play-off

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

FA Premier League 2006-07 on BBC Sport: News - Recent results - Upcoming fixtures - Live Scores - Current standings
Official FA Premier League Site

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