2006–07 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season
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The 2006–07 season was the 109th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...

. They played the season in the 2nd tier of the English football system, the Football League Championship
Football League Championship
The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...

.

The season was the first under new manager Mick McCarthy
Mick McCarthy
Michael Joseph "Mick" McCarthy is an English-born former Irish international footballer who is currently the manager of Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers, where he has been in charge since July 2006....

 who replaced Glenn Hoddle
Glenn Hoddle
Glenn Hoddle is an English former footballer and manager who played as an attacking midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur, AS Monaco, Chelsea and Swindon Town and at international level for England....

 after the latter resigned suddenly in July 2006. McCarthy's appointment coincided with a new approach by the club after their parachute payments stemming from their Premier League relegation two years earlier ceased. After numerous senior players departed under these new financial conditions, a fresh ethos of recruiting younger players from lower league sides emerged.

The team finished fifth, qualifying for the play-offs. Their promotion hopes were ended by local rivals
Black Country derby
The Black Country derby is most commonly the local derby between the English football teams West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers. The term 'Black Country derby' can also be given to a match between either of these teams and Walsall F.C., though such matches are less common as a result...

 West Bromwich Albion
West Bromwich Albion F.C.
West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands...

 - who they met a record five times during the campaign - who beat them in both legs of the play-off semi finals to win 4–2 on aggregate.

Pre season








Football League Championship

A total of 24 teams competed in the Championship during the 2006–07 season. Each team would play every other team twice, once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. The provisional fixture list was released on 22 June 2006, but was subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage or police concerns.
Whaley
Simon Whaley
Simon Whaley is an English footballer who now plays for Chorley after a short spell on non-contract terms with Burton Albion. He plays as a winger...

 
|stadium=Molineux
Molineux stadium
Molineux Stadium is a Premier League football stadium situated in Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton, England. It has been the home ground of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club since 1889, and has a long and illustrious history as the first 'new build' stadium in Football League history, one of the...


|location=Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...


|attendance=17,410
|referee=Uriah Rennie
Uriah Rennie
Uriah D. Rennie is a retired English football referee.-Career:He began refereeing in 1979 in local leagues, then operated in the Northern Premier League until 1994, at which time he was appointed to the Football League List of referees.He was given his first Premiership appointment on 23 August...


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|stadium=Molineux
Molineux stadium
Molineux Stadium is a Premier League football stadium situated in Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton, England. It has been the home ground of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club since 1889, and has a long and illustrious history as the first 'new build' stadium in Football League history, one of the...


|location=Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...


|attendance=19,489
|referee=Mike Dean
Mike Dean (referee)
-Coin-throwing incident:On 5 April 2009 in the South Wales derby between Cardiff City and Swansea City, Dean suffered a cut to the forehead resulting from what appeared to be a coin thrown by a Cardiff supporter. He later awarded Cardiff a debatable penalty, which was converted to earn a draw for...


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Craddock
Jody Craddock
Jody Darryl Craddock is an English football defender signed to Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers.Craddock broke into league football at Cambridge United in the mid 1990s before spending six years at Sunderland, with whom he won promotion to the Premier League...

 
Kamara
Malvin Kamara
Malvin Ginah Kamara is an English-born Sierra Leonean international football midfielder who plays for Lewes in the Isthmian League....

 
Parry
Paul Parry
Paul Ian Parry is a Welsh professional footballer and former Wales international who currently plays for Football League One side Preston North End...

 
|stadium=Ninian Park
Ninian Park
Ninian Park was a football stadium in Leckwith, Cardiff, Wales. Until 2009, it was the home ground of Cardiff City F.C., who compete in the English Football League Championship...


|location=Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...


|attendance=19,915
|referee=Pat Miller
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Kamara
Diomansy Kamara
Diomansy Mehdi Moustapha Kamara is a professional football striker, currently playing for Eskişehirspor...

 
Hartson
John Hartson
John Hartson is a former Welsh international footballer who played as a striker, best known for his spells with West Ham and Celtic. Hartson also featured prominently for Wales, earning 51 caps until his international retirement in 2006...

 
|stadium=The Hawthorns
The Hawthorns
The Hawthorns is an all-seater football stadium in West Bromwich, Sandwell, England, with a capacity of 26,484. It has been the home of West Bromwich Albion F.C. since 1900, when it became the sixth ground to be used by the club. The ground was the last Football League ground to be built in the...


|location=West Bromwich
West Bromwich
West Bromwich is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, in the West Midlands, England. It is north west of Birmingham lying on the A41 London-to-Birkenhead road. West Bromwich is part of the Black Country...


|attendance=26,606
|referee=Howard Webb
Howard Webb
Howard Melton Webb, MBE, is an English professional football referee who officiates primarily in the Premier League and has been a FIFA-listed referee since 2005....


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Brunt
Chris Brunt
Christopher Brunt is a Northern Irish footballer who plays for English Premier League side West Bromwich Albion. He plays as a left winger and more recently an attacking midfield position. He is also the Albion captain....

 
|stadium=Molineux
Molineux stadium
Molineux Stadium is a Premier League football stadium situated in Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton, England. It has been the home ground of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club since 1889, and has a long and illustrious history as the first 'new build' stadium in Football League history, one of the...


|location=Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...


|attendance=20,637
|referee=Rob Lewis
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Jones
Kenwyne Jones
Kenwyne Joel Jones is a Trinidadian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Stoke City and the Trinidad and Tobago national team. He previously played for Sunderland, Southampton, Stoke City, Sheffield Wednesday, W Connection and Joe Public.He began his football...

 
|stadium=St Mary's Stadium
St Mary's Stadium
St Mary's Stadium is the home of Southampton F.C., in the city of Southampton. It is a UEFA 4-star rated stadium and with a capacity of 32,689 is the largest football stadium in the south of England, outside of London.-History:...


|location=Southampton
Southampton
Southampton is the largest city in the county of Hampshire on the south coast of England, and is situated south-west of London and north-west of Portsmouth. Southampton is a major port and the closest city to the New Forest...


|attendance=18,979
|referee=Mike Thorpe
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Craddock
Jody Craddock
Jody Darryl Craddock is an English football defender signed to Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers.Craddock broke into league football at Cambridge United in the mid 1990s before spending six years at Sunderland, with whom he won promotion to the Premier League...

 
|goals2=Harrold
Matt Harrold
Matthew James "Matt" Harrold is an English footballer who plays for Bristol Rovers. Harrold has had numerous previous clubs including Wycombe Wanderers, Southend United, Grays Athletic, Harlow Town, Brentford, Yeovil Town, Shrewsbury Town as well as loan spells at Grimsby Town and Dagenham &...

 
|stadium=Molineux
Molineux stadium
Molineux Stadium is a Premier League football stadium situated in Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton, England. It has been the home ground of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club since 1889, and has a long and illustrious history as the first 'new build' stadium in Football League history, one of the...


|location=Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...


|attendance=17,904
|referee=Steve Tanner
Steve Tanner (referee)
Stephen J. Tanner is an English association football referee who operates in The Football League. He was a FIFA listed referee between 2008-2009.-Career:...


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Elliott 
|stadium=KC Stadium
KC Stadium
The KC Stadium, often shortened to the KC, is a multi-purpose facility in the city of Kingston upon Hull , England. Conceived as early as the late 1990s, it was completed in 2002 at a cost of approximately £44 million. It is named after the stadium's sponsors, telecommunications provider KC,...


|location=Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...


|attendance=16,962
|referee=Uriah Rennie
Uriah Rennie
Uriah D. Rennie is a retired English football referee.-Career:He began refereeing in 1979 in local leagues, then operated in the Northern Premier League until 1994, at which time he was appointed to the Football League List of referees.He was given his first Premiership appointment on 23 August...


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Porter
Levi Porter
Levi Roger Porter is an English footballer currently playing for Hinckley United in the Conference North. Porter is a product of the Leicester City.youth system.-Career:...

 
|stadium=Molineux
Molineux stadium
Molineux Stadium is a Premier League football stadium situated in Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton, England. It has been the home ground of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club since 1889, and has a long and illustrious history as the first 'new build' stadium in Football League history, one of the...


|location=Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...


|attendance=18,600
|referee=Phil Dowd
Phil Dowd
Philip Dowd is an English professional football referee who officiates primarily in the Premier League. He is based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire....


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Craddock
Jody Craddock
Jody Darryl Craddock is an English football defender signed to Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers.Craddock broke into league football at Cambridge United in the mid 1990s before spending six years at Sunderland, with whom he won promotion to the Premier League...

 
|goals2=Earnshaw
Robert Earnshaw
Robert Earnshaw is a Welsh footballer who plays for Cardiff City and Wales. He is the only player to have scored a hat-trick in the English Premier League, Championship, League One, League Two , the League Cup, the FA Cup and for his country at International level.Earnshaw was born in Mufulira,...

 
|stadium=Molineux
Molineux stadium
Molineux Stadium is a Premier League football stadium situated in Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton, England. It has been the home ground of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club since 1889, and has a long and illustrious history as the first 'new build' stadium in Football League history, one of the...


|location=Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...


|attendance=22,910
|referee=Phil Joslin
Phil Joslin (referee)
Philip J. Joslin is an English association football referee who operates in the Football League...


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Kightly
Michael Kightly
Michael John Kightly is an English footballer who plays as a winger. He is on loan at Championship side Watford from Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers....

 
|stadium=Pride Park
Pride Park Stadium
Pride Park Stadium is an all-seater football stadium located on the Pride Park business park on the outskirts of Derby, England. It is the current home of Football League Championship club Derby County, who moved to the stadium from the Baseball Ground upon its opening in 1997...


|location=Derby
Derby
Derby , is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands region of England. It lies upon the banks of the River Derwent and is located in the south of the ceremonial county of Derbyshire. In the 2001 census, the population of the city was 233,700, whilst that of the Derby Urban Area was 229,407...


|attendance=31,920
|referee=Trevor Kettle
|result=W
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Iwelumo
Chris Iwelumo
Christopher Robert "Chris" Iwelumo is a Scottish footballer who plays for Watford as a striker.Iwelumo started his career with St Mirren before moving to Danish club Aarhus Fremad for two years. A move to Stoke City in 2000 saw him sent out on loan to several teams before a short-lived spell with...

 
|goals2=Collins
Neill Collins
Neill William Collins is a Scottish footballer defender who currently plays for Championship side Sheffield United. He is a former Scotland U21 international and has also represented Scotland B side.-Career:...

 
|stadium=Layer Road
Layer Road
Layer Road was a Football League stadium in Colchester, England. It was only used for football matches and was the home ground of Colchester United before being replaced by the Weston Homes Community Stadium. The stadium held spectators and was built in 1907, originally for use by Colchester Town...


|location=Colchester
Colchester
Colchester is an historic town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester in Essex, England.At the time of the census in 2001, it had a population of 104,390. However, the population is rapidly increasing, and has been named as one of Britain's fastest growing towns. As the...


|attendance=5,893
|referee=Richard Beeby
Richard Beeby
Richard J. Beeby is an English association football referee who operates in the Football League, and has also previously handled Premier League games.-Career:...


|result=L
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Olofinjana 
|stadium=Molineux
Molineux stadium
Molineux Stadium is a Premier League football stadium situated in Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton, England. It has been the home ground of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club since 1889, and has a long and illustrious history as the first 'new build' stadium in Football League history, one of the...


|location=Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...


|attendance=20,064
|referee=Andy Woolmer
|result=W
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Byrne
Jason Byrne (footballer)
Jason Byrne is an Irish football player, currently playing for Dundalk in the League of Ireland.-Bray Wanderers:...

 
|stadium=Molineux
Molineux stadium
Molineux Stadium is a Premier League football stadium situated in Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton, England. It has been the home ground of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club since 1889, and has a long and illustrious history as the first 'new build' stadium in Football League history, one of the...


|location=Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...


|attendance=16,772
|referee=Jon Moss
|result=L
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Olofinjana 
|goals2=Sinclair
Scott Sinclair
Scott Andrew Sinclair is an English footballer who plays for Premier League club Swansea City as a winger, having previously played for Bristol Rovers, Chelsea, Plymouth Argyle, Queens Park Rangers, Charlton Athletic, Crystal Palace, Birmingham City and Wigan Athletic...

 
Timár
Krisztián Timár
Krisztián Tímár is a Hungarian footballer who plays as a centre back. He has represented Hungary at international level, gaining four caps.-Playing career:...

 
|stadium=Molineux
Molineux stadium
Molineux Stadium is a Premier League football stadium situated in Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton, England. It has been the home ground of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club since 1889, and has a long and illustrious history as the first 'new build' stadium in Football League history, one of the...


|location=Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...


|attendance=19,082
|referee=Steve Bennett
Steve Bennett (referee)
Stephen Graham Bennett is a former English football referee who operated in the Premier League, and previously for FIFA as an assistant referee and then referee.-Career:...


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Ward
Stephen Ward (footballer)
Stephen Robert Ward is an Irish footballer who plays for English Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Republic of Ireland national football team...

 
|goals2=McCann
Chris McCann (footballer)
Christopher John "Chris" McCann is an Irish footballer currently playing for Burnley.- Burnley :Brought over to Lancashire from the Irish club Home Farm, Chris progressed through the youth system at Burnley, and made his senior debut in the 2005–06 season, coming onto the pitch as an early...

 
|stadium=Molineux
Molineux stadium
Molineux Stadium is a Premier League football stadium situated in Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton, England. It has been the home ground of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club since 1889, and has a long and illustrious history as the first 'new build' stadium in Football League history, one of the...


|location=Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...


|attendance=19,521
|referee=Kevin Friend
Kevin Friend
Kevin Friend is an English professional football referee, based in Leicestershire, who officiates primarily in the Premier League.-Career:Friend started refereeing at the age of 13 in his home county of Leicestershire...


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Barnett
Leon Barnett
Leon Peter Barnett is an English professional footballer who currently plays for Norwich City. Although primarily a central defender, he has also played at left back, right back, central midfield and up front...

 
|goals2=Breen
Gary Breen
Gary Patrick Breen is an Irish footballer who made more than 500 appearances in the Football League and Premier League. He played for numerous clubs over a 20-year career, including more than 100 appearances each for Coventry City and Sunderland...

 
Keogh
Andy Keogh
Andrew Declan "Andy" Keogh is a Republic of Ireland International footballer who plays as a striker. He can also play as a winger. He is currently on loan at Championship side Leeds United from Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers...

 
Henry
Karl Henry
Karl Levi Daniel Henry is an English footballer of Jamaican descent who played as a midfielder and captained his hometown Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers....

 
|stadium=Kenilworth Road
Kenilworth Road
Kenilworth Road Stadium is a football stadium in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. It has been home to Luton Town Football Club since 1905, when financial complications forced the club to leave its previous location at Dunstable Road...


|location=Luton
Luton
Luton is a large town and unitary authority of Bedfordshire, England, 30 miles north of London. Luton and its near neighbours, Dunstable and Houghton Regis, form the Luton/Dunstable Urban Area with a population of about 250,000....


|attendance=10,002
|referee=Paul Taylor
Paul Taylor (referee)
Paul Taylor is an English football referee, who previously took charge of Premier League matches for just one season, and now officiates in the Football League. He has also officiated for UEFA and FIFA in the past...


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Ward
Elliott Ward
Elliott Leslie Ward is an English professional footballer currently playing for Norwich City. He signed for the Canaries on a free transfer from Coventry City in May 2010; officially joining them on 1 July....

 
|goals2=Kightly
Michael Kightly
Michael John Kightly is an English footballer who plays as a winger. He is on loan at Championship side Watford from Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers....

 
|stadium=Ricoh Arena
Ricoh Arena
The Ricoh Arena , home to Coventry City F.C., is a stadium complex situated in the Rowleys Green district of the city of Coventry, England containing a 32,609 seater football stadium, a 6,000 square-metre exhibition hall, a hotel, a leisure club, and a casino...


|location=Coventry
Coventry
Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...


|attendance=22,099
|referee=Peter Walton
Peter Walton (referee)
Peter Walton , is an English professional football referee who officiates primarily in the Premier League, and former player in the United Counties League. He is based in Long Buckby, Northamptonshire, the town which he played his football for...


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MacLean
Steve MacLean (footballer)
Steven George "Steve" MacLean is a Scottish footballer who plays as a striker for Football League One side Yeovil Town.-Early Days:...

 
|goals2=McIndoe
Michael McIndoe
Michael McIndoe is a Scottish professional footballer who is currently a free agent after he was released by Coventry City in June 2011 His position is left midfield.-Club career:...

 
Keogh
Andy Keogh
Andrew Declan "Andy" Keogh is a Republic of Ireland International footballer who plays as a striker. He can also play as a winger. He is currently on loan at Championship side Leeds United from Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers...

 
|stadium=Hillsborough
Hillsborough Stadium
Hillsborough Stadium is the home of Sheffield Wednesday football club, Sheffield, England. Football has been played at the ground since it was opened on 2 September 1899, when Wednesday moved from their original ground at Olive Grove. Today it is a 39,812 capacity all-seater stadium, making it the...


|location=Sheffield
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...


|attendance=24,181
|referee=Jon Moss
|result=D
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Breen
Gary Breen
Gary Patrick Breen is an Irish footballer who made more than 500 appearances in the Football League and Premier League. He played for numerous clubs over a 20-year career, including more than 100 appearances each for Coventry City and Sunderland...

 
Best
Leon Best
Leon Julian Brendan Best is an English-born Irish footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League team Newcastle United and the Republic of Ireland national football team. Best represented Ireland at under-21 level and won his first full international cap against Nigeria on 29 May 2009.Best...

 
Surman
Andrew Surman
Andrew Ronald Edward Surman is a South African-born English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Norwich City. He spent the first five years of his career with Southampton where he played more than 100 games and has also played for Wolverhampton Wanderers and loan spells at Walsall and...

 
|stadium=Molineux
Molineux stadium
Molineux Stadium is a Premier League football stadium situated in Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton, England. It has been the home ground of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club since 1889, and has a long and illustrious history as the first 'new build' stadium in Football League history, one of the...


|location=Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...


|attendance=24,804
|referee=Graham Salisbury
|result=L
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Wallace
Ross Wallace
Ross Wallace is a Scottish footballer who plays for Burnley as a winger.-Celtic:Wallace was born in Dundee, Scotland and started his career with Celtic where he played as a left midfielder but under his former manager Gordon Strachan he played at left back for the reserves and eventually the first...

 
|goals2=Keogh
Andy Keogh
Andrew Declan "Andy" Keogh is a Republic of Ireland International footballer who plays as a striker. He can also play as a winger. He is currently on loan at Championship side Leeds United from Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers...

 
|stadium=Stadium of Light
Stadium of Light
The Stadium of Light is an all-seater football stadium in Sunderland, England. With space for 49,000 spectators, the Stadium of Light has the fifth-largest capacity of any English football stadium. The stadium primarily hosts Sunderland A.F.C. matches...


|location=Sunderland
|attendance=40,748
|referee=Neil Swarbrick
Neil Swarbrick
Neil Swarbrick is an English professional football referee who generally officiates in the Premier League after being promoted to the Select Group of Referees in 2011. He is based in Preston, Lancashire.-Career:...


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Olofinjana 
|goals2=Forster
Nicky Forster
Nicholas Michael "Nicky" Forster is a former professional footballer who has also been player-manager at Brentford, and is now manager of Dover Athletic...

 
|stadium=Molineux
Molineux stadium
Molineux Stadium is a Premier League football stadium situated in Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton, England. It has been the home ground of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club since 1889, and has a long and illustrious history as the first 'new build' stadium in Football League history, one of the...


|location=Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...


|attendance=20,772
|referee=Phil Joslin
Phil Joslin (referee)
Philip J. Joslin is an English association football referee who operates in the Football League...


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McAnuff
Jobi McAnuff
Joel Joshua Frederick Dave "Jobi" McAnuff is a professional footballer who plays for and captains Reading F.C.. He is a midfielder and has played for Jamaica.-Early career:...

 
|goals2=Bothroyd
Jay Bothroyd
Jay Bothroyd is an English footballer who plays for Queens Park Rangers as a striker. He has also played for the England national team. He was a product of the Arsenal Academy and came to prominence during the 1999–2000 FA Youth Cup Final win against Coventry City...

 
|stadium=Selhurst Park
Selhurst Park
Selhurst Park is an English football stadium located in the London suburb of South Norwood in the Borough of Croydon. It is the current home ground of Crystal Palace Football Club. Its present capacity is 26,309.-History:...


|location=London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...


|attendance =17,981
|referee=Mike Thorpe
|result=D
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Bendtner
Nicklas Bendtner
Nicklas Bendtner , is a Danish international footballer who plays for Sunderland on loan from Arsenal as a striker...

 
Jerome
Cameron Jerome
Cameron Zishan Rana-Jerome is an English footballer who plays for Stoke City as a striker. He also played for Cardiff City in the Football League, and for Birmingham City in the Football League and Premier League, and at international level has several caps for the England under-21 team.-Early...

 
|stadium=Molineux
Molineux stadium
Molineux Stadium is a Premier League football stadium situated in Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton, England. It has been the home ground of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club since 1889, and has a long and illustrious history as the first 'new build' stadium in Football League history, one of the...


|location=Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...


|attendance=22,754
|referee=Graham Laws
Graham Laws
Graham Laws is an English association football referee who operates in the Football League, and has previously been a fourth official in the Premier League...


|result=L
}}
Kightly
Michael Kightly
Michael John Kightly is an English footballer who plays as a winger. He is on loan at Championship side Watford from Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers....

 
|stadium=Molineux
Molineux stadium
Molineux Stadium is a Premier League football stadium situated in Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton, England. It has been the home ground of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club since 1889, and has a long and illustrious history as the first 'new build' stadium in Football League history, one of the...


|location=Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...


|attendance=24,931
|referee=Mike Pike
Mike Pike (referee)
Michael S. Pike is an English football referee who officiates in the Football League.-Career:...


|result=W
}}
Kightly
Michael Kightly
Michael John Kightly is an English footballer who plays as a winger. He is on loan at Championship side Watford from Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers....

 
McAuley
Gareth McAuley
Gareth Gerald McAuley is a Northern Ireland footballer who plays for West Bromwich Albion as a defender.-Early career:...

 
Keogh
Andy Keogh
Andrew Declan "Andy" Keogh is a Republic of Ireland International footballer who plays as a striker. He can also play as a winger. He is currently on loan at Championship side Leeds United from Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers...

 
|stadium=Walkers Stadium
Walkers Stadium
The King Power Stadium is a football stadium which hosts home matches of English football club Leicester City. The all-seater stadium, inaugurated in July 2002, holds 32,500 and has the 19th largest stadium capacity in England. The stadium is named after King Power, a company owned by club owner...


|location=Leicester
Leicester
Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...


|attendance=30,282
|referee=Mike Dean
Mike Dean (referee)
-Coin-throwing incident:On 5 April 2009 in the South Wales derby between Cardiff City and Swansea City, Dean suffered a cut to the forehead resulting from what appeared to be a coin thrown by a Cardiff supporter. He later awarded Cardiff a debatable penalty, which was converted to earn a draw for...


|result=W
}}

Final table
Team
1 Sunderland
Sunderland A.F.C.
Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League...

46 27 7 12 76 47 +29 88
2 Birmingham City
Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...

46 26 8 12 67 42 +25 86
3 Derby County
Derby County F.C.
Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...

46 25 9 12 62 46 +16 84
4 West Bromwich Albion
West Bromwich Albion F.C.
West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands...

46 22 10 14 81 55 +26 76
5 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 22 10 14 59 56 +3 76
6 Southampton
Southampton F.C.
Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club...

46 21 12 13 77 53 +24 75
7 Preston North End
Preston North End F.C.
Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire, currently playing in the third tier of English league football, League One...

46 22 8 16 64 53 +11 74

Results by round
|}

Play-offs

Olofinjana 
|goals2=Phillips
Kevin Phillips (footballer)
Kevin Mark Phillips is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Blackpool.Phillips was the Premier League top scorer in the 1999–2000 season with 30 goals for Sunderland, a tally which won him the European Golden Shoe. He remains the only Englishman to win the trophy...

 
Kamara
Diomansy Kamara
Diomansy Mehdi Moustapha Kamara is a professional football striker, currently playing for Eskişehirspor...

 
|stadium=Molineux
Molineux stadium
Molineux Stadium is a Premier League football stadium situated in Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton, England. It has been the home ground of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club since 1889, and has a long and illustrious history as the first 'new build' stadium in Football League history, one of the...


|location=Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...


|attendance=27,750
|referee=Steve Tanner
Steve Tanner (referee)
Stephen J. Tanner is an English association football referee who operates in The Football League. He was a FIFA listed referee between 2008-2009.-Career:...


|result=L
}}

West Bromwich Albion won 4–2 on aggregate

FA Cup

Davies 
|goals2=Warne
Paul Warne
Paul Warne is an English professional footballer playing in his second spell at Rotherham United and is well known for his hard working style....

 
Hall
Chris Hall (footballer)
Christopher Michael "Chris" Hall is an ex English footballer and television actor. As a footballer, he played striker for Oldham Athletic along with Bradford Park Avenue having spent the previous year at Conference North outfit Stalybridge Celtic...

 
|stadium=Molineux
Molineux stadium
Molineux Stadium is a Premier League football stadium situated in Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton, England. It has been the home ground of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club since 1889, and has a long and illustrious history as the first 'new build' stadium in Football League history, one of the...


|location=Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...


|attendance=14,524
|referee=Phil Crossley
|result=D
}}
Davies 
|stadium=Boundary Park
Boundary Park
Boundary Park is the main sports stadium of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies at the northwestern extremity of Oldham, with the towns of Royton and Chadderton lying immediately north and west respectively, giving rise to the name Boundary Park....


|location=Oldham
Oldham
Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amid the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers Irk and Medlock, south-southeast of Rochdale, and northeast of the city of Manchester...


|attendance=9,628
|referee=Kevin Wright
|result=W
}}
Phillips
Kevin Phillips (footballer)
Kevin Mark Phillips is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Blackpool.Phillips was the Premier League top scorer in the 1999–2000 season with 30 goals for Sunderland, a tally which won him the European Golden Shoe. He remains the only Englishman to win the trophy...

 
Gera
Zoltán Gera
Zoltán Gera is a Hungarian footballer who currently plays for West Bromwich Albion. He usually plays as an attacking midfielder, though he has also played on both the right and left wings throughout his career...

 
|stadium=Molineux
Molineux stadium
Molineux Stadium is a Premier League football stadium situated in Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton, England. It has been the home ground of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club since 1889, and has a long and illustrious history as the first 'new build' stadium in Football League history, one of the...


|location=Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...


|attendance=28,107
|referee=Uriah Rennie
Uriah Rennie
Uriah D. Rennie is a retired English football referee.-Career:He began refereeing in 1979 in local leagues, then operated in the Northern Premier League until 1994, at which time he was appointed to the Football League List of referees.He was given his first Premiership appointment on 23 August...


|result=L
}}

League Cup

Picken
Phil Picken
Philip James "Phil" Picken is an English football player. He is a defender and midfielder, and he joined Manchester United as a junior...

 
Bailey
Alex Bailey
Alex Bailey is a professional footballer.A right-back, Bailey began as an Arsenal trainee, winning the FA Youth Cup in 2001, but was released by the Gunners and signed by Chesterfield prior to the start of the 2004–05 season...

 
Allison
Wayne Allison
Wayne Anthony Allison is an English former footballer and coach. In a career spanning over 20 years; he has previously played for eight clubs and scored more than 200 goals. He is a centre forward and is nicknamed the "Chief"...

 
Niven
Derek Niven
Derek Niven is a professional footballer who plays for Northampton Town, on loan from Chesterfield. He previously played for Stenhousemuir, Raith Rovers and Bolton Wanderers.-Playing career:...

 
Folan
Caleb Folan
Caleb Colman Folan is an Irish footballer who plays for Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer as a striker. He qualifies to play for the Republic of Ireland through his grandfather, who was from Inis Mór, and his grandmother, from Galway.-Early career:Born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, Folan started...

 
Allott
Mark Allott
Mark Stephen Allott is an English football midfielder who currently plays for Chesterfield in League one.- Tranmere Rovers :...

 
|penaltyscore=6 - 5
|penalties2= Johnson
Jemal Johnson
Jemal Jermaine Johnson is an Anglo-American soccer player who plays for English side Southend United in League Two.He started his career at Premier League Blackburn Rovers, making several appearances for the club between 2004 and 2006, having graduated through the club's academy. After a season at...


Ricketts
Rohan Ricketts
Rohan Anthony Ricketts is an English footballer, who currently plays for League of Ireland club Shamrock Rovers. Ricketts has played for clubs in countries including England, Canada, Hungary, Moldova, and Germany...


Potter
Darren Potter
Darren Michael Potter is an English-born Irish footballer who is currently signed to Milton Keynes Dons.He is a former Liverpool schoolboy captain who hails from the Scotland Road area of the city and is a full Irish international....


Clapham
Jamie Clapham
James Richard "Jamie" Clapham is an English footballer who plays as a left-back, most recently for Conference National side Kettering Town....


Henry
Karl Henry
Karl Levi Daniel Henry is an English footballer of Jamaican descent who played as a midfielder and captained his hometown Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers....


Clarke
Craddock
Jody Craddock
Jody Darryl Craddock is an English football defender signed to Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers.Craddock broke into league football at Cambridge United in the mid 1990s before spending six years at Sunderland, with whom he won promotion to the Premier League...


|result= L
}}

Statistics

|-
|align="left"|||align="left"|||align="left"| England
|0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||
|-
|align="left"|||align="left"|||align="left"| Northern Ireland
|||0||0||0||0||0||||0||0||0||
|-
|align="left"|||align="left"|||align="left"| England
|||0||0||0||0||0||||0||0||0||
|-
|align="left"|||align="left"|||style="background:#faecc8" align="left"| Scotland
|||2||3||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|||2||3||0||Loanee who was signed permanently during the season.
|-
|align="left"|||align="left"|||align="left"| Nigeria
|||9||3||1||1||0||||10||7||0||
|-
|align="left"|||align="left"|||align="left"| Republic of Ireland
|42||1||3||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|45||1||7||2||
|-
|align="left"|||align="left"|||align="left"| England (c)
|||5||0||0||1||0||||5||4||0||
|-
|align="left"|||align="left"|||align="left"| Scotland
|21||0||2||0||0||0||23||0||5||2||
|-
|align="left"|||align="left"|||align="left"| England
|34||3||3||0||||0||style="background:#98FB98"|||3||6||0||
|-
|align="left"|||align="left"|FW||align="left"| England
|||0||0||0||0||0||||0||0||1||
|-
|align="left"|10||align="left"|FW||align="left"| England
|||9||0||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|||9||4||0||
|-
|align="left"|11||align="left"|||align="left"| England
|||0||1||0||1||0||style="background:#98FB98"|||0||2||0||
|-
|align="left"|12||align="left"|||align="left"| Wales
|||0||||0||1||0||||0||6||0||
|-
|align="left"|13||align="left"|FW||align="left"| United States ¤
|||3||||0||||0||style="background:#98FB98"|||3||2||0||
|-
|align="left"|14||align="left"|||style="background:#faecc8" align="left"| Republic of Ireland
|||0||3||1||1||0||style="background:#98FB98"|||1||7||0||Loanee who was signed permanently during the season.
|-
|align="left"|15||align="left"|||align="left"| Hungary ¤
|0||0||0||0||1||0||1||0||0||0||
|-
|align="left"|16||align="left"|||align="left"| England
|||0||||0||0||0||||0||0||0||
|-
|align="left"|17||align="left"|FW||align="left"| England
|||5||0||0||||0||||5||2||0||
|-
|align="left"|17||align="left"|FW||align="left"| Republic of Ireland
|||3||||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|||3||0||0||
|-
|align="left"|18||align="left"|FW||style="background:#faecc8" align="left"| Wales
|||0||3||2||1||0||style="background:#98FB98"|||2||0||0||
|-
|align="left"|19||align="left"|||style="background:#faecc8" align="left"| Brazil
|0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||
|-
|align="left"|20||align="left"|||align="left"| England
|44||0||3||0||0||0||47||0||0||0||
|-
|align="left"|21||align="left"|FW||align="left"| Poland ¤
|0||0||0||0||1||0||1||0||0||0||
|-
|align="left"|22||align="left"|||align="left"| England
|||2||0||0||0||0||||2||0||0||
|-
|align="left"|23||align="left"|||align="left"| England ¤
|0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||
|-
|align="left"|24||align="left"|||align="left"| Hungary
|0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||Contract terminated by mutual consent to allow injury rehabilitation back in his homeland.
|-
|align="left"|25||align="left"|||align="left"| England
|||0||0||0||0||0||||0||1||0||
|-
|align="left"|26||align="left"|||align="left"| England
|||0||3||0||1||0||style="background:#98FB98"|||0||4||1||
|-
|align="left"|27||align="left"|||align="left"| Scotland
|||0||0||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|||0||0||0||
|-
|align="left"|28||align="left"|||align="left"| England ¤
|||0||3||0||1||0||||0||2||0||
|-
|align="left"|29||align="left"|||align="left"| Republic of Ireland
|||0||0||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|||0||0||0||
|-
|align="left"|30||align="left"|||align="left"| Nigeria
|||0||0||0||1||0||||0||0||0||
|-
|align="left"|31||align="left"|||align="left"| Wales ¤
|||0||0||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|||0||0||0||
|-
|align="left"|32||align="left"|||style="background:#faecc8" align="left"| England
|||0||0||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|||0||0||0||
|-
|align="left"|32||align="left"|||style="background:#faecc8" align="left"| Scotland
|||3||3||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|||3||1||0||Loanee who was signed permanently during the season.
|-
|align="left"|33||align="left"|||align="left"| England
|0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||
|-
|align="left"|34||align="left"|||align="left"| Republic of Ireland ¤
|||0||0||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|||0||0||0||
|-
|align="left"|35||align="left"|||align="left"| England
|0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||
|-
|align="left"|36||align="left"|||align="left"| England
|0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||
|-
|align="left"|37||align="left"|||align="left"| England
|0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||Contract terminated having earlier tested positive for cocaine use.
|-
|align="left"|37||align="left"|||style="background:#faecc8" align="left"| England
|26||8||0||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|26||8||4||0||Loanee who was signed permanently during the season.
|-
|align="left"|38||align="left"|||style="background:#faecc8" align="left"| England
|||0||0||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|||0||0||0||
|-
|align="left"|39||align="left"|FW||align="left"| Republic of Ireland
|19||5||0||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|19||5||2||0||
|-
|align="left"|40||align="left"|||style="background:#faecc8" align="left"| Denmark
|||0||0||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|||0||0||0||
|}

Awards

Award Winner
Fans' Player of the Season Matt Murray
Matt Murray
Matthew William "Matt" Murray is an English former football goalkeeper who spent his entire career at Wolverhampton Wanderers. His career was plagued by injuries which eventually forced him to retire aged 29.-Career:...

Players' Player of the Season Matt Murray
Matt Murray
Matthew William "Matt" Murray is an English former football goalkeeper who spent his entire career at Wolverhampton Wanderers. His career was plagued by injuries which eventually forced him to retire aged 29.-Career:...

Young Player of the Season Michael Kightly
Michael Kightly
Michael John Kightly is an English footballer who plays as a winger. He is on loan at Championship side Watford from Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers....

Academy Player of the Season Lee Collins
Lee Collins (footballer born 1988)
Lee Harvey Collins is an English footballer who plays for League Two side Port Vale. He is a defender who can play as either a centre-back or as a full-back....

Goal of the Season Jay Bothroyd
Jay Bothroyd
Jay Bothroyd is an English footballer who plays for Queens Park Rangers as a striker. He has also played for the England national team. He was a product of the Arsenal Academy and came to prominence during the 1999–2000 FA Youth Cup Final win against Coventry City...


(vs Leeds United
Leeds United A.F.C.
Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...

, 10 September 2006)


In

Date Player From Fee
20 July 2006   Gary Breen
Gary Breen
Gary Patrick Breen is an Irish footballer who made more than 500 appearances in the Football League and Premier League. He played for numerous clubs over a 20-year career, including more than 100 appearances each for Coventry City and Sunderland...

Unattached Free
27 July 2006   Jay Bothroyd
Jay Bothroyd
Jay Bothroyd is an English footballer who plays for Queens Park Rangers as a striker. He has also played for the England national team. He was a product of the Arsenal Academy and came to prominence during the 1999–2000 FA Youth Cup Final win against Coventry City...

Unattached Free
2 August 2006   Jamie Clapham
Jamie Clapham
James Richard "Jamie" Clapham is an English footballer who plays as a left-back, most recently for Conference National side Kettering Town....

Unattached Free
3 August 2006   Karl Henry
Karl Henry
Karl Levi Daniel Henry is an English footballer of Jamaican descent who played as a midfielder and captained his hometown Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers....

Stoke City
Stoke City F.C.
Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...

£175,000
17 August 2006   Jemal Johnson
Jemal Johnson
Jemal Jermaine Johnson is an Anglo-American soccer player who plays for English side Southend United in League Two.He started his career at Premier League Blackburn Rovers, making several appearances for the club between 2004 and 2006, having graduated through the club's academy. After a season at...

 
Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....

Undisclosed
24 August 2006   Charlie Mulgrew Celtic
Celtic F.C.
Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...

Part exchange
1 January 2007   Michael McIndoe
Michael McIndoe
Michael McIndoe is a Scottish professional footballer who is currently a free agent after he was released by Coventry City in June 2011 His position is left midfield.-Club career:...

Barnsley
Barnsley F.C.
Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's...

£250,000
1 January 2007   Michael Kightly
Michael Kightly
Michael John Kightly is an English footballer who plays as a winger. He is on loan at Championship side Watford from Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers....

Grays Athletic
Grays Athletic F.C.
Grays Athletic Football Club is an English football club currently based in Corringham, Essex after leaving the New Recreation Ground in Grays at the end of the 2009–10 season...

£25,000
5 January 2007   Neill Collins
Neill Collins
Neill William Collins is a Scottish footballer defender who currently plays for Championship side Sheffield United. He is a former Scotland U21 international and has also represented Scotland B side.-Career:...

Sunderland
Sunderland A.F.C.
Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League...

£150,000
16 January 2007   Stephen Ward
Stephen Ward (footballer)
Stephen Robert Ward is an Irish footballer who plays for English Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Republic of Ireland national football team...

Bohemians
Bohemian F.C.
Bohemian F.C. , more commonly referred to as Bohemians, is a professional football club from Dublin, Ireland. Bohemians compete in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland and are the third most successful club in League of Ireland football history, having won the League of Ireland title 11...

£100,000
18 January 2007   Darren Potter
Darren Potter
Darren Michael Potter is an English-born Irish footballer who is currently signed to Milton Keynes Dons.He is a former Liverpool schoolboy captain who hails from the Scotland Road area of the city and is a full Irish international....

Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...

£250,000
23 January 2007   Andy Keogh
Andy Keogh
Andrew Declan "Andy" Keogh is a Republic of Ireland International footballer who plays as a striker. He can also play as a winger. He is currently on loan at Championship side Leeds United from Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers...

Scunthorpe United
Scunthorpe United F.C.
Scunthorpe United Football Club is an English association football team based in the town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, who play in the Football League One....

£600,000

Out

Date Player To Fee
June 2006   Kenny Miller
Kenny Miller
Kenneth "Kenny" Miller is a Scottish footballer who plays as a striker for Cardiff City and the Scotland national football team...

Celtic
Celtic F.C.
Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...

Free
June 2006   Darren Anderton
Darren Anderton
Darren Robert Anderton is a retired English footballer who spent most of his career with Tottenham Hotspur as a midfielder. He played 30 times for the England national football team, scoring 7 goals.-Career:...

Released Free
June 2006   Colin Cameron Released Free
June 2006   Vio Ganea
Ionel Ganea
Ioan Viorel Ganea is a Romanian former footballer who played as a striker.-Playing career:Ganea debuted in Liga I with FC Braşov in 1994. He went on to play for a number of clubs in Romanian football over the next five years...

Released Free
June 2006   Paul Ince
Paul Ince
Paul Emerson Carlyle Ince is an English football manager and a former professional player. He has managed Blackburn Rovers, Milton Keynes Dons and Macclesfield Town...

Released Free
June 2006   Mark Kennedy Released Free
June 2006   Stefan Postma
Stefan Postma
Stefan Postma is a Dutch footballer who plays for AGOVV Apeldoorn as a goalkeeper.-Career:He started his professional career at FC Utrecht before moving to De Graafschap. He was signed by Aston Villa from De Graafschap on May 14, 2002 for 1.5 million pounds, upon Peter Schmeichel's transfer to...

Released Free
June 2006   Maurice Ross
Maurice Ross
Maurice Ross is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Livingston in the Scottish First Division. Ross made his first senior appearance in professional football in February 2000 and has played for 10 different clubs: Rangers, Sheffield Wednesday, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Millwall,...

Released Free
June 2006   Silas
Silas (Portuguese footballer)
Jorge Manuel Rebelo Fernandes, aka Silas , is a Portuguese footballer who plays for AEL Limassol in Cyprus, as a midfielder.-Football career:...

Released Free
14 June 2006   Joleon Lescott
Joleon Lescott
Joleon Patrick Lescott is an English footballer who currently plays for Manchester City. He plays as a centre-back, though he has played in various other positions across the defensive line, in particular left-back....

Everton
Everton F.C.
Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...

£5 million
11 July 2006   Seol Ki-Hyeon
Seol Ki-Hyeon
Seol Ki-Hyeon or Seol Ki-Hyun |Gangwon]]) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays for Ulsan Hyundai as a winger or striker. He is also the first South Korean footballer to score in the history of the UEFA Champions League, during his time at RSC Anderlecht.-Early career:At the end of...

Reading
Reading F.C.
Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship...

 
£1.5 million
24 August 2006   Lee Naylor Celtic
Celtic F.C.
Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...

£600,000
28 September 2006   Chris Cornes Released Free
15 January 2007   Leon Clarke Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday F.C.
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the...

Undisclosed
9 February 2007   Mark Clyde
Mark Clyde
Mark Clyde is a Northern Irish former professional footballer, who played for Wolverhampton Wanderers and represented Northern Ireland...

Retired
20 April 2007   Gábor Gyepes
Gábor Gyepes
Gábor Gyepes is a Hungarian professional footballer, currently playing for Football League Championship side Cardiff City and the Hungary national team.-Ferencváros:Gyepes began his career at Ferencváros in his home country...

Released Free

Loans in

Date Player From End date
25 July 2006   Guilherme Finkler
Guilherme Finkler
Guilherme Ozelame "Gui" Finkler is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Criciúma.-Career:Finkler had a spell in Europe during the 2006–07 season, when he had a trial at English Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers...

Juventude
Juventude
Juventude can refer to various organisations:*In association football:**Esporte Clube Juventude - a Brazilian football team; Juventude most commonly refers to this team in football terms...

31 January 2007
4 August 2006   Craig Davies Verona
Hellas Verona F.C.
Hellas Verona Football Club is a professional Italian association football team, based in Verona, Veneto. The team's colours are yellow and blue and gialloblu is the team's most widely used nickname...

End of season
17 August 2006   Darren Potter
Darren Potter
Darren Michael Potter is an English-born Irish footballer who is currently signed to Milton Keynes Dons.He is a former Liverpool schoolboy captain who hails from the Scotland Road area of the city and is a full Irish international....

Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...

18 January 2007
26 September 2006   David Wheater
David Wheater
David James Wheater is an English footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers. He is a centre back, although he is capable of playing at right back as well.-Middlesbrough:...

Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough F.C.
Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...

15 November 2006
2 November 2006   Neill Collins
Neill Collins
Neill William Collins is a Scottish footballer defender who currently plays for Championship side Sheffield United. He is a former Scotland U21 international and has also represented Scotland B side.-Career:...

Sunderland
Sunderland A.F.C.
Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League...

2 January 2007
17 November 2006   Michael Kightly
Michael Kightly
Michael John Kightly is an English footballer who plays as a winger. He is on loan at Championship side Watford from Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers....

Grays Athletic
Grays Athletic F.C.
Grays Athletic Football Club is an English football club currently based in Corringham, Essex after leaving the New Recreation Ground in Grays at the end of the 2009–10 season...

1 January 2007
23 November 2006   Michael McIndoe
Michael McIndoe
Michael McIndoe is a Scottish professional footballer who is currently a free agent after he was released by Coventry City in June 2011 His position is left midfield.-Club career:...

Barnsley
Barnsley F.C.
Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's...

1 January 2007
19 January 2007   Craig Fleming
Craig Fleming
Craig Fleming is a former footballer. He was a defender.-Football career:Fleming began his professional career with his hometown club Halifax Town where he made his debut aged 16. He also picked up the Barclays Player of the Month award at the same age...

Norwich City
Norwich City F.C.
Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The...

15 February 2007
25 January 2007   Jan Budtz
Jan Budtz
Jan Budtz is a Danish footballer, who plays as a goalkeeper for Stalybridge Celtic after leaving Eastwood Town...

Doncaster Rovers
Doncaster Rovers F.C.
Doncaster Rovers Football Club is an English football club, based at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The team currently competes in the Football League Championship, after being promoted via the League One play-offs in 2008, and have remained there since.The club was founded in...

23 April 2007

Loans out

Date Player To End date
31 July 2006   Keith Lowe
Keith Lowe (footballer)
Keith Stephen Lowe is an English football defender who plays for Cheltenham Town.A Wolverhampton Wanderers academy graduate, between 2005 and 2008 he was loaned out a total of seven times: Burnley, Queens Park Rangers, Swansea City, Brighton & Hove Albion, Cheltenham Town , and Port Vale...

Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club are an English association football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. They currently play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system....

28 August 2006
11 August 2006   Wayne Hennessey
Wayne Hennessey
Wayne Robert Hennessey is a Welsh international footballer who plays for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers as a goalkeeper.-Early career:...

Bristol City
Bristol City F.C.
Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City...

8 September 2006
26 August 2006   Tomasz Frankowski
Tomasz Frankowski
Tomasz Frankowski is a Polish footballer who plays for Jagiellonia Białystok.Frankowski achieved his greatest success at Wisła Kraków of Poland, where he helped fire them to a collection of domestic honours...

 
Tenerife
CD Tenerife
Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, in Tenerife . Founded in 1922, it currently plays in Segunda División B, holding home matches at Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López, with a 24,000-seat capacity.-History:Club Deportivo Tenerife was founded in...

End of season
8 September 2006   Keith Lowe
Keith Lowe (footballer)
Keith Stephen Lowe is an English football defender who plays for Cheltenham Town.A Wolverhampton Wanderers academy graduate, between 2005 and 2008 he was loaned out a total of seven times: Burnley, Queens Park Rangers, Swansea City, Brighton & Hove Albion, Cheltenham Town , and Port Vale...

Cheltenham Town
Cheltenham Town F.C.
Cheltenham Town Football Club is an English football club playing in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. Founded in 1887, the team has played at four different grounds, namely Agg-Gardner's Recreation Ground, Carter's Field and now the Abbey Business Stadium, although it is more...

10 October 2006
26 October 2006   Keith Lowe
Keith Lowe (footballer)
Keith Stephen Lowe is an English football defender who plays for Cheltenham Town.A Wolverhampton Wanderers academy graduate, between 2005 and 2008 he was loaned out a total of seven times: Burnley, Queens Park Rangers, Swansea City, Brighton & Hove Albion, Cheltenham Town , and Port Vale...

Cheltenham Town
Cheltenham Town F.C.
Cheltenham Town Football Club is an English football club playing in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. Founded in 1887, the team has played at four different grounds, namely Agg-Gardner's Recreation Ground, Carter's Field and now the Abbey Business Stadium, although it is more...

22 November 2006
3 November 2006   Stephen Gleeson
Stephen Gleeson
Stephen Gleeson is an Irish international footballer, signed to League One side Milton Keynes Dons.-Club career:Born in Dublin, Gleeson played for Cherry Orchard before moving to England where he received a three-year contract at the start of May 2006 having come up through the Wolves Academy.In...

Stockport County
Stockport County F.C.
Stockport County Football Club is an English football club based in Stockport, Greater Manchester. The club formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, shortly afterwards merging with Heaton Norris F.C., and adopted the current name on 24 May 1890 on the creation of the County Borough of Stockport...

3 February 2007
4 January 2007   Keith Lowe
Keith Lowe (footballer)
Keith Stephen Lowe is an English football defender who plays for Cheltenham Town.A Wolverhampton Wanderers academy graduate, between 2005 and 2008 he was loaned out a total of seven times: Burnley, Queens Park Rangers, Swansea City, Brighton & Hove Albion, Cheltenham Town , and Port Vale...

Cheltenham Town
Cheltenham Town F.C.
Cheltenham Town Football Club is an English football club playing in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. Founded in 1887, the team has played at four different grounds, namely Agg-Gardner's Recreation Ground, Carter's Field and now the Abbey Business Stadium, although it is more...

End of season
11 January 2007   Wayne Hennessey
Wayne Hennessey
Wayne Robert Hennessey is a Welsh international footballer who plays for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers as a goalkeeper.-Early career:...

Stockport County
Stockport County F.C.
Stockport County Football Club is an English football club based in Stockport, Greater Manchester. The club formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, shortly afterwards merging with Heaton Norris F.C., and adopted the current name on 24 May 1890 on the creation of the County Borough of Stockport...

10 April 2007
19 February 2007   Jemal Johnson
Jemal Johnson
Jemal Jermaine Johnson is an Anglo-American soccer player who plays for English side Southend United in League Two.He started his career at Premier League Blackburn Rovers, making several appearances for the club between 2004 and 2006, having graduated through the club's academy. After a season at...

Leeds United
Leeds United A.F.C.
Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...

End of season
9 March 2007   Dénes Rósa
Dénes Rósa
Dénes Rósa is a Hungarian international footballer, who is currently playing for Hungarian First League club Ferencváros.- Playing career :...

Cheltenham Town
Cheltenham Town F.C.
Cheltenham Town Football Club is an English football club playing in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. Founded in 1887, the team has played at four different grounds, namely Agg-Gardner's Recreation Ground, Carter's Field and now the Abbey Business Stadium, although it is more...

9 April 2007
22 March 2007   Rohan Ricketts
Rohan Ricketts
Rohan Anthony Ricketts is an English footballer, who currently plays for League of Ireland club Shamrock Rovers. Ricketts has played for clubs in countries including England, Canada, Hungary, Moldova, and Germany...

Queens Park Rangers
Queens Park Rangers F.C.
Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...

End of season

Kit

The season saw new home and away kits, both manufactured by Le Coq Sportif
Le Coq Sportif
Le Coq Sportif is a French company producing sports equipment such as shoes, shorts, and T-shirts. It was founded in 1882 by Émile Camuset, but the first clothing items branded with the rooster appeared in 1948...

. The away kit was an all-white design. Chaucer Consulting sponsored the club for a third season.

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