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2006–07 Hull City A.F.C. season

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Hull City
2006–07 season
ChairmanAdam Pearson
ManagerPhil Parkinson (until 4 December)
Phil Brown (from 4 December)
StadiumKC Stadium
Championship21st
FA CupThird round
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerWindass (8)
Average home league attendance18,845

During the 2006–07 English football season, Hull City competed in the Football League Championship.

Season summary

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On 13 June 2006, Peter Taylor left Hull to take up the job vacated by Dowie at Crystal Palace, a club at which he had enjoyed considerable success as a player. Phil Parkinson was confirmed as his replacement on 29 June 2006, with Hull paying Colchester (with whom Parkinson was still under contract) £400,000 compensation. Phil Brown, who had recently departed his job as manager of Derby County, joined the club as Parkinson's assistant.

Defender Leon Cort became Hull's first million-pound player when he followed Peter Taylor to Crystal Palace for a fee of £1,250,000. Parkinson wasted no time in spending the majority of this money on strengthening the City squad in readiness for the 2006–07 season.

Chairman Adam Pearson stated his ambition to take Hull into the top flight for the first time in their history[1] – and he believed Phil Parkinson was the manager to do it.[2] However, their dismal start to the 2006–07 season was hardly the form of a team attempting to gain promotion, and on 4 December 2006 Parkinson was sacked as manager with Hull in the relegation zone, despite having spent over £2 million on players.

Phil Brown was appointed as caretaker manager and by 4 January 2007, Hull had moved out of the relegation zone and Brown was rewarded with a contract as their new manager until at least the end of the season.

Hull's Championship game against Sunderland on 17 March 2007 at the Stadium of Light saw an attendance of 38,448, a record to a Hull City game since they visited Stamford Bridge on 14 May 1977.[3]

Hull City all but secured their place in the Championship next season with a 1–0 victory away at Cardiff City, on 28 April 2007. This left them 3 points clear of Leeds United, the only side with a chance of overtaking them, but with a vastly superior goal difference this was only a mathematical possibility. This crucial goal was scored by Dean Windass, who had rejoined his hometown club on loan from Bradford City. By 4 May, due to a lack of any realistic chance of them remaining in the Championship, Leeds went into administration[4] and in doing so received the 10 point penalty such a move incurs. This deduction left Leeds at the bottom of the championship on 36 points, securing Hull's place in the Championship for the 2007–08 season.

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
19 Leicester City 46 13 14 19 49 64 −15 53
20 Barnsley 46 15 5 26 53 85 −32 50
21 Hull City 46 13 10 23 51 67 −16 49
22 Southend United (R) 46 10 12 24 47 80 −33 42 Relegation to Football League One
23 Luton Town (R) 46 10 10 26 53 81 −28 40
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(R) Relegated

Results

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Hull City's score comes first[5]

Legend

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Win Draw Loss

Football League Championship

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
5 August 2006 West Bromwich Albion A 0–2 20,682
8 August 2006 Barnsley H 2–3 18,207 Parkin (2)
12 August 2006 Derby County H 1–2 15,261 Parkin (pen)
19 August 2006 Ipswich Town A 0–0 19,790
26 August 2006 Coventry City H 0–1 16,145
9 September 2006 Birmingham City A 1–2 19,228 Livermore
12 September 2006 Leicester City A 1–0 18,677 Bridges
15 September 2006 Sheffield Wednesday H 2–1 17,685 Parkin (2)
23 September 2006 Queens Park Rangers A 0–2 11,381
30 September 2006 Crystal Palace H 1–1 18,099 Turner
14 October 2006 Burnley A 0–2 11,530
17 October 2006 Luton Town H 0–0 14,895
21 October 2006 Preston North End A 1–2 13,728 Welsh
28 October 2006 Sunderland H 0–1 25,512
31 October 2006 Southend United A 3–2 10,234 Parkin, Elliott, Fagan
4 November 2006 Southampton A 0–0 20,560
11 November 2006 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 2–0 16,962 Fagan, Elliott
18 November 2006 Stoke City H 0–2 16,940
25 November 2006 Norwich City A 1–1 24,129 Turner
28 November 2006 Colchester United A 1–5 5,373 Forster
2 December 2006 Southampton H 2–4 15,697 Barmby, Fagan
9 December 2006 Plymouth Argyle A 0–1 12,101
16 December 2006 Cardiff City H 4–1 23,089 Delaney, Marney, Fagan, Bridges
23 December 2006 Leeds United A 0–0 22,578
26 December 2006 Leicester City H 1–2 18,523 Fagan
30 December 2006 Burnley H 2–0 17,731 Marney, Fagan (pen)
1 January 2007 Sheffield Wednesday A 2–1 28,600 Barmby (2)
13 January 2007 Queens Park Rangers H 2–1 19,791 Elliott (2)
20 January 2007 Crystal Palace A 1–1 17,012 Ashbee
30 January 2007 Leeds United H 1–2 24,311 Forster
3 February 2007 West Bromwich Albion H 0–1 18,005
10 February 2007 Derby County A 2–2 28,140 Dawson, Livermore
20 February 2007 Barnsley A 0–3 12,526
24 February 2007 Birmingham City H 2–0 18,811 Windass (2, 1 pen)
3 March 2007 Coventry City A 0–2 21,079
6 March 2007 Ipswich Town H 2–5 18,056 Windass (2, 1 pen)
10 March 2007 Preston North End H 2–0 17,118 Forster, Livermore
13 March 2007 Luton Town A 2–1 7,777 Livermore, Turner
17 March 2007 Sunderland A 0–2 38,448
31 March 2007 Southend United H 4–0 19,629 Windass (3), Ricketts
6 April 2007 Norwich City H 1–2 19,053 Dawson
9 April 2007 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1–3 20,772 Forster
14 April 2007 Colchester United H 1–1 20,887 Forster
21 April 2007 Stoke City A 1–1 17,109 Barmby
28 April 2007 Cardiff City A 1–0 12,421 Windass
6 May 2007 Plymouth Argyle H 1–2 20,661 Elliott

FA Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 6 January 2007 Middlesbrough H 1–1 17,520 Forster
R3R 16 January 2007 Middlesbrough A 3–4 16,702 Dawson (2), Parkin (pen)

League Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R1 22 August 2006 Tranmere Rovers H 2–1 (a.e.t.) 6,075 Burgess, Duffy
R2 19 September 2006 Hartlepool United H 0–0 6,392
R3 24 October 2006 Watford A 1–2 8,274 Barmby

Squad

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[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 Wales WAL Boaz Myhill
2 MF England ENG Nathan Doyle
3 DF England ENG Andy Dawson
4 MF England ENG Ian Ashbee
5 DF England ENG Danny Coles
6 DF England ENG Michael Turner
7 MF Northern Ireland NIR Stuart Elliott
8 MF England ENG Nick Barmby
9 FW England ENG Nicky Forster
10 FW Scotland SCO Stephen McPhee
11 FW England ENG Jon Parkin
12 GK England ENG Matt Duke
14 MF England ENG Ray Parlour
15 FW Scotland SCO Darryl Duffy
16 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Damien Delaney
17 FW England ENG Michael Bridges
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF England ENG John Welsh
20 FW England ENG Dean Windass (on loan from Bradford City)
21 DF Wales WAL Sam Ricketts
22 MF England ENG Dean Marney
23 DF England ENG Sam Collins
24 MF England ENG David Livermore
27 MF England ENG Lee Peltier (on loan from Liverpool)
28 MF England ENG Russell Fry
29 MF England ENG Ryan France
30 DF England ENG Scott Wiseman
33 DF England ENG Matty Plummer
34 FW England ENG Nicky Featherstone
35 DF England ENG Michael Byron
36 GK England ENG Curtis Aspden
37 MF England ENG Ben Wilkinson
38 DF England ENG Tom Matthews

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Keith Andrews (to Milton Keynes Dons)
9 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Ben Burgess (to Blackpool)
2 DF England ENG Mark Lynch (to Yeovil Town)
14 MF England ENG Stuart Green (to Crystal Palace)
25 DF England ENG Danny Mills (on loan from Manchester City)
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF England ENG Jason Jarrett (on loan from Preston North End)
20 DF England ENG Alton Thelwell (to Leyton Orient)
18 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Mark Yeates (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
27 FW England ENG Craig Fagan (to Derby County)
26 FW Portugal POR Ricardo Vaz Tê (on loan from Bolton Wanderers)

References

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  1. ^ "Hull in print". Retrieved 26 September 2006.
  2. ^ "thepfa.co.uk". Archived from the original on 8 October 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2006.
  3. ^ "Hull versus Sunderland: Match Report". Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2007.
  4. ^ "Relegated Leeds in administration". BBC News. BBC. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2007.
  5. ^ "Hull City 2006-2007 : Results". Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2013.