2006–07 Newcastle United F.C. season

Newcastle United

2006-07 season
Chairman	Freddy Shepherd
Manager	Glenn Roeder
Stadium	St. James' Park
FA Premier League	13th
FA Cup	Third round
Carling Cup	Quarter-finals
Intertoto Cup	Winners
UEFA Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Obafemi Martins (11) All: Obafemi Martins (17)
Highest home attendance	52,305 (vs. Liverpool)
Lowest home attendance	48,145 (vs. Bolton Wanderers)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

During the 2006-07 season, Newcastle United participated in the Premier League.

Season summary

The return of senior players saw the club fight back up the league, but an FA Cup hammering at home to Birmingham City left fans and players stunned. A UEFA Cup campaign had looked like the club's form of salvation but the team crashed out to an agonising defeat on away goals at AZ Alkmaar. Following that the team ran out of steam, and manager Glenn Roeder resigned the week before the end of the season with the team left in mid-table obscurity. Things however did seem to look up with new manager Sam Allardyce and wealthy new owners confirmed in the off season.

The summer transfer window saw Roeder sign Obafemi Martins from Inter Milan and Damien Duff from Chelsea, though he failed to follow up the club's interest in signing Sol Campbell, claiming he wanted younger players,^[1] and unsuccessful attempts were made to lure strikers Dirk Kuyt and Eiður Guðjohnsen to the club. As the transfer window closed Antoine Sibierski was signed from Manchester City, and young Manchester United striker Giuseppe Rossi was signed on a four month loan. Roeder controversially made a last-minute withdrawal from the sale of winger James Milner to Aston Villa, to the fury of Villa manager Martin O'Neill.^[2]

A poor opening run of only two wins in the opening thirteen league outings saw Newcastle in deep problems at the wrong end of the table, with the team suffering from the worst injury crisis in the club's history, forcing Roeder to recruit players from the youth academy, notably David Edgar and Matty Pattison. Fan protestations against the club's board came following a mid-November defeat against Sheffield United with the club staring relegation in the face.

The return of senior players saw the club fight back up the league, but a 5-1 FA Cup hammering at home to Championship side Birmingham City left fans and players stunned. A UEFA Cup campaign following success in the Intertoto Cup^[3] had looked like the club's form of salvation, but the team crashed out to an agonising defeat on away goals at AZ Alkmaar. Following that the team ran out of steam, and manager Glenn Roeder resigned the week before the end of the season^[4] with the team left in mid-table obscurity. Things, however, did seem to look up with new manager Sam Allardyce and wealthy new owners confirmed in the off season.

Newcastle United against Zulte Waregem, 22 February 2007.

New ownership and Sam Allardyce

Sam Allardyce

Billionaire businessman Mike Ashley began his quest to purchase Newcastle in the spring of 2007, successfully acquiring Sir John Hall's majority stakehold in the club.^[5] Chairman Freddie Shepherd remained defiant that he was not going to sell the club, and, despite a takeover being inevitable, appointed Sam Allardyce as manager following his departure from Bolton Wanderers in April.^[6] However, following Mike Ashley claiming a further majority stake hold, Shepherd was forced to sell his stake to Ashley and end his ten-year tenure as chairman.^[7] Ashley brought in lawyer Chris Mort as chairman, Tony Jimenez as vice-chairman and Derek Llambias as managing director.

Chronological list of events

• 14 June 2006: Scott Parker named as Newcastle United captain following the retirement of Alan Shearer.^[8]
• 23 June 2006: Damien Duff signed from Chelsea.^[9]
• 18 July 2006: Joe Joyce appointed new Academy Manager.^[10]
• 24 August 2006: Obafemi Martins signed from Inter Milan.^[11]
• 30 August 2006: Giuseppe Rossi signed on a four-month loan from Manchester United.^[12]
• 30 August 2006: Antoine Sibierski signed from Manchester City.^[13]
• 1 September 2006: Olivier Bernard signed after being released by Rangers earlier in the summer.^[14]
• 26 September 2006: Newcastle United terminate the contract of assistant manager Kevin Bond.^[15]
• 29 September 2006: Pavel Srníček signed after being released by Beira-Mar in the summer.^[16]
• 22 October 2006: Nigel Pearson appointed as assistant manager.^[17]
• 4 November 2006: A section of Newcastle supporters stage a protest after 1-0 defeat to Sheffield United. Many call for the resignation of chairman Freddy Shepherd and other members of the board.^[18]
• 14 November 2006: Paul Winsper resigns as fitness coach.^[19]
• 16 December 2006: Newcastle United named overall winners of the Intertoto Cup.^[20]
• 12 January 2007: Emre charged by the Football Association with using racially-aggravated abusive and/or insulting words during the match with Everton.^[21]
• 30 January 2007: Oguchi Onyewu signed on a four-month loan from Standard Liège.^[22]
• 19 March 2007: Allegations of Emre using racially-aggravated abusive and/or insulting words during the match with Everton are found not proven by the FA.^[23]
• 2 April 2007: Newcastle United unveil plans for a new £300 million development that would increase the capacity of the stadium to at least 60,000.^[24]
• 30 April 2007: Michael Owen appears in a match for Newcastle United following a 10 month absence through injury.^[25]
• 6 May 2007: Glenn Roeder resigns as manager.^[26]
• 6 May 2007: Nigel Pearson named as caretaked manager.^[26]
• 13 May 2007: Newcastle United's season came to an end following a 1-1 Premiership draw away to bottom-placed Watford.^[27]
• 15 May 2007: Sam Allardyce appointed as manager.^[28]
• 21 May 2007: Sam Allardyce releases six players from Newcastle United's squad, including Craig Moore, Titus Bramble and Antoine Sibierski.^[29]
• 23 May 2007: Businessman Mike Ashley becomes the largest shareholder in Newcastle United after buying Sir John Hall's 41.6% share for £55 million. He then launched a formal takeover bid.^[30]

Team kit

The team kit for the 2006-07 season was produced by Adidas and the main shirt sponsor was Northern Rock.

Transfers

In

Date Player Previous club Cost 23 June 2006 Damien Duff Chelsea £5 million[9] 24 August 2006 Obafemi Martins Internazionale £10.14 million[11] 31 August 2006 Giuseppe Rossi Manchester United Loan[12] 31 August 2006 Antoine Sibierski Manchester City Undisclosed[13] 1 September 2006 Olivier Bernard Rangers Free[14] 29 September 2006 Pavel Srníček Beira-Mar Free[16] 30 January 2007 Oguchi Onyewu Standard Liège Loan[22] Out Date Player New club Cost 1 June 2006 Daryl Smylie Livingston Free 8 June 2006 Lee Bowyer West Ham Undisclosed 14 June 2006 Michael Chopra Cardiff £500,000 8 July 2006 Robbie Elliott Sunderland Free 8 August 2006 Amdy Faye Charlton £2 million 22 August 2006 Jean-Alain Boumsong Juventus £3.3 million 18 January 2007 Liam Atkin Carlisle United Free 30 January 2007 Carl Finnigan Falkirk Free 21 May 2007 Titus Bramble Wigan Free 21 May 2007 Craig Moore Queensland Roar Free 21 May 2007 Olivier Bernard Retired Released 21 May 2007 Pavel Srníček Retired Released 21 May 2007 Antoine Sibierski Wigan Free 21 May 2007 Oguchi Onyewu Standard Liège Loan ended Squad list All players in the Newcastle United squad during the 2006-07 season Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 1 GK Shay Given 2 DF Stephen Carr 4 MF Nolberto Solano 5 MF Emre Belözoğlu 7 FW Albert Luque 8 MF Kieron Dyer 9 FW Obafemi Martins 10 FW Michael Owen 11 MF Damien Duff 12 GK Steve Harper 14 MF Charles N'Zogbia 15 DF Oguchi Onyewu 16 MF James Milner 17 MF Scott Parker 18 DF Craig Moore 19 DF Titus Bramble 20 FW Antoine Sibierski 21 MF Lee Clark No. Position Player 22 MF Nicky Butt 23 FW Shola Ameobi 24 GK Pavel Srníček 26 DF Peter Ramage 27 DF Steven Taylor 30 DF David Edgar 32 DF Paul Huntington 33 DF Celestine Babayaro 34 DF Olivier Bernard 35 MF Matty Pattison 36 DF Kris Gate 37 MF Alan O'Brien 39 FW Andrew Carroll 40 GK Tim Krul 42 MF James Troisi 43 MF Kazenga LuaLua 49 GK Fraser Forster Left club during season Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 6 DF Jean-Alain Boumsong No. Position Player 15 FW Giuseppe Rossi (on loan from Manchester United) Starting 11 GK: #1, Shay Given, 33 RB: #2, Stephen Carr, 32 CB: #29, Peter Ramage, 29 CB: #15, Titus Bramble, 31 LB: #27, Steven Taylor, 43 RM: #4, Nolberto Solano, 39 CM: #17, Scott Parker, 38 CM: #22, Nicky Butt, 41 CM: #5, Emre, 33 LM: #16, James Milner, 46 CF: #9, Obafemi Martins, 43 Match results Friendlies Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 26 July 2006 Norwich City Away Won 1-2 15,205 Ramage, N'Zogbia 29 July 2006 PSV Eindhoven Home Lost 2-3 20,185 Ameobi, Luque 5 August 2006 Villarreal Home Drew 3-3 20,144 Ameobi, Butt (2) Premier League Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 19 August 2006 Wigan Athletic Home 2-1 51,569 Parker (38), Ameobi (64) 27 August 2006 Aston Villa Away 2-0 35,141 9 September 2006 Fulham Home 1-2 50,365 Parker (54) 17 September 2006 West Ham United Away 0-2 34,938 Duff (50), Martins (75) 20 September 2006 Liverpool Away 2-0 43,754 24 September 2006 Everton Home 1-1 50,107 Ameobi (14) 1 September 2006 Manchester United Away 2-0 75,664 15 October 2006 Bolton Wanderers Home 1-2 48,145 Ameobi (19 pen.) 22 October 2006 Middlesbrough Away 1-0 30,060 28 October 2006 Charlton Athletic Home 0-0 48,642 4 November 2006 Sheffield United Home 0-1 50,188 11 November 2006 Manchester City Away 0-0 40,571 19 November 2006 Arsenal Away 1-1 60,058 Dyer (30) 26 November 2006 Portsmouth Home 1-0 48,743 Sibierski (69) 6 December 2006 Reading Home 3-2 48,182 Sibierski (23), Martins (57 pen.), Emre (84) 9 December 2006 Blackburn Rovers Away 1-3 19,225 Martins (31, 90), Taylor (35) 13 December 2006 Chelsea Away 1-0 41,945 16 December 2006 Watford Home 2-1 49,231 Martins (49, 85) 23 December 2006 Tottenham Hotspur Home 3-1 52,079 Dyer (3), Martins (7), Parker (34) 26 December 2006 Bolton Wanderers Away 2-1 26,437 Dyer (8) 30 December 2006 Everton Away 3-0 38,682 1 January 2007 Manchester United Home 2-2 52,302 Milner (33), Edgar (74) 14 January 2007 Tottenham Hotspur Away 2-3 35,942 Huntington (16), Martins (72), Butt (73) 20 January 2007 West Ham United Home 2-2 52,095 Milner (45), Solano (53 pen.) 31 January 2007 Aston Villa Home 3-1 49,201 Milner (5), Dyer (7), Sibierski (90) 3 February 2007 Fulham Away 2-1 24,340 Martins (90) 10 February 2007 Liverpool Home 2-1 52,305 Martins (26), Solano (70 pen.) 25 February 2007 Wigan Athletic Away 1-0 21,179 3 March 2007 Middlesbrough Home 0-0 52,303 27 January 2007 Charlton Athletic Away 2-0 27,028 31 March 2007 Manchester City Home 0-1 52,004 7 April 2007 Sheffield United Away 1-2 32,572 Martins (17), Taylor (80) 9 April 2007 Arsenal Home 0-0 52,293 14 April 2007 Portsmouth Away 2-1 20,165 Emre (69 pen.) 22 April 2007 Chelsea Home 0-0 52,056 30 April 2007 Reading Away 1-0 24,109 5 May 2007 Blackburn Rovers Home 0-2 51,226 13 May 2007 Watford Away 1-1 19,830 Dyer (29) Intertoto Cup Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers Third round 1st leg 15 July 2006 Lillestrøm Home Drew 1-1 31,059 Luque Third round 2nd leg 22 July 2006 Lillestrøm Away Won 0-3 8,742 Ameobi (2), Emre UEFA Cup Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers Second qualifying round, 1st leg 10 August 2006 FK Ventspils Away Won 0-1 6,000 Bramble Second qualifying round, 2nd leg 24 August 2006 FK Ventspils Home Drew 0-0 30,498 First round, 1st leg 14 September 2006 Levadia Tallinn Away Won 0-1 7,917 Sibierski First round, 2nd leg 28 September 2006 Levadia Tallinn Home Won 2-1 27,012 Martins (2) Group H 19 October 2006 Fenerbahçe Home Won 1-0 30,035 Sibierski Group H 2 November 2006 Palermo Away Won 0-1 16,904 Luque Group H 23 November 2006 Celta Vigo Home Won 2-1 25,079 Sibierski, Taylor Group H 30 November 2006 Eintracht Frankfurt Away Drew 0-0 47,000 Round of 32, 1st leg 15 February 2007 Zulte Waregem Away Won 1-3 8,015 Dindeleux (o.g.), Martins, Sibierski Round of 32, 2nd leg 22 February 2007 Zulte Waregem Home Won 1-0 30,083 Martins Round of 16, 1st leg 8 March 2007 AZ Alkmaar Home Won 4-2 28,452 Steinsson (o.g.), Dyer, Martins (2) Round of 16, 2nd leg 15 March 2007 AZ Alkmaar Away Lost 2-0 16,401 League Cup Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers Third Round 25 October 2006 Portsmouth Home Won 3-0 25,028 Rossi, Solano (2) Fourth Round 7 November 2006 Watford Away Won 2-2 (4-5 on penalties) 16,791 Sibierski, Parker Fifth Round 20 December 2006 Chelsea Home Lost 0-1 37,406 FA Cup Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers Third round 6 January 2007 Birmingham Away Drew 2-2 16,444 Taylor, Dyer Third round replay 17 January 2007 Birmingham Home Lost 1-5 26,099 Milner Player statistics Goalscorers Name League Other Total Obafemi Martins 11 6 17 Antoine Sibierski 3 5 8 Kieron Dyer 5 2 7 Shola Ameobi 3 2 5 James Milner 3 1 4 Scott Parker 3 1 4 Steven Taylor 2 2 4 Nolberto Solano 2 2 4 Emre 2 1 3 Albert Luque 0 2 2 Damien Duff 1 0 1 David Edgar 1 0 1 Paul Huntington 1 0 1 Titus Bramble 0 1 1 Giuseppe Rossi 0 1 1 Nicky Butt 1 0 1 Discipline Name Yellow cards Red cards Scott Parker 10 0 Nicky Butt 10 0 Nolberto Solano 8 0 Steven Taylor 6 1 Titus Bramble 6 1 Emre 7 0 Craig Moore 7 0 James Milner 5 0 Celestine Babayaro 5 0 Paul Huntington 4 0 Charles N'Zogbia 3 0 Shay Given 2 0 Peter Ramage 2 0 Obafemi Martins 2 0 Damien Duff 1 0 Shola Ameobi 1 0 Albert Luque 1 0 Kieron Dyer 1 0 Alan O'Brien 1 0 Giuseppe Rossi 1 0 Antoine Sibierski 1 0 Total: 86 2 In all competitions. Appearance data All players to have appeared in the matchday 16-man squad during the 2006-07 season. Substitute appearances in brackets. League FA Cup League Cup Other Total Player Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 23 Shola Ameobi 9 (3) 3 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (2) 2 11 (5) 5 33 Celestine Babayaro 12 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 20 (0) 0 15 Titus Bramble 17 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 13 (0) 1 31 (0) 1 22 Nicky Butt 27 (4) 1 2 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 10 (2) 0 41 (6) 1 2 Stephen Carr 23 (9) 2 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 8 (0) 0 32 (0) 0 39 Andy Carroll 0 (4) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (2) 0 0 (7) 0 11 Damien Duff 20 (2) 1 0 (0) 0 1 (1) 0 8 (1) 0 29 (4) 1 8 Kieron Dyer 20 (2) 5 2 (0) 1 1 (1) 0 4 (0) 1 27 (3) 7 30 David Edgar 2 (1) 1 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 3 (1) 1 5 Emre 21 (3) 2 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 10 (2) 1 33 (5) 3 49 Fraser Forster 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 Shay Given 22 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 8 (0) 0 33 (0) 0 12 Steve Harper 15 (3) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 22 (3) 0 32 Paul Huntington 10 (1) 1 2 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (1) 0 15 (2) 1 40 Tim Krul 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 43 Kazenga LuaLua 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 7 Albert Luque 0 (7) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 6 (3) 2 6 (10) 2 9 Obafemi Martins 32 (1) 11 2 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 7 (2) 6 43 (3) 17 16 James Milner 31 (4) 3 2 (0) 1 3 (0) 0 10 (3) 0 46 (7) 4 18 Craig Moore 17 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 21 (0) 0 14 Charles N'Zogbia 10 (12) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (1) 0 9 (2) 0 20 (15) 0 37 Alan O'Brien 1 (1) 0 0 (2) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (1) 0 1 (4) 0 15 Oguchi Onyewu 7 (3) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 7 (3) 0 10 Michael Owen 3 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 35 Matty Pattison 2 (5) 0 2 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (3) 0 4 (8) 0 17 Scott Parker 28 (1) 3 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 1 8 (2) 0 38 (3) 4 26 Peter Ramage 20 (1) 0 1 (0) 0 2 (1) 0 6 (1) 0 29 (3) 0 20 Antoine Sibierski 14 (12) 3 2 (0) 0 1 (1) 1 8 (1) 4 25 (14) 8 4 Nolberto Solano 25 (3) 2 2 (0) 0 2 (1) 2 10 (1) 0 39 (5) 4 24 Pavel Srníček 1 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (1) 0 27 Steven Taylor 26 (1) 2 2 (0) 1 3 (0) 0 12 (1) 0 43 (1) 4 42 James Troisi 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 References ^ http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-184440679.html ^ "O'Neill upset over Milner episode". 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