During the 2006–07 English football season, Sheffield United competed in the FA Premier League, after being promoted from the Football League Championship the previous season.
Kit The kit was manufactured by French company Le Coq Sportif and sponsored by American bank Capital One.
Season summary Several good results, including a home draw against Liverpool on the first day of the season and wins over Arsenal and Newcastle United saw Sheffield United keep ahead of the relegation zone for much of the season. However, West Ham United's late run of good form, combined with a broken leg suffered by top scorer Rob Hulse against Chelsea that left the Blades lacking firepower up front, saw Sheffield United sucked into the relegation battle and they were relegated on the final day of the season on goal difference after losing at home to Wigan Athletic; a draw would have been good enough to keep United up. Wigan Athletic's win kept them up at United's expense and in a twist of fate, David Unsworth, who had started the season at Sheffield United and had been let go in January 2007 on a free transfer, scored the goal that sent down former club Sheffield United, whilst simultaneously saving Wigan Athletic from relegation, 3 minutes after arriving on the pitch as substitute.
Players First-team squad Squad at end of season
Left club during season
Reserve squad The following players did not appear for the first-team this season.
Transfers
In David Sommeil - Manchester City, free transfer, 24 May 2006 Claude Davis - Preston North End, £3,000,000, 14 June 2006 Christian Nadé - Troyes, 27 June 2006 Mikele Leigertwood - Crystal Palace, £600,000 (compensation), 4 July 2006 Li Tie - Everton, free transfer, 6 July 2006 Rob Hulse - Leeds United, £2,200,000 rising to £3,000,000, 24 July 2006 Ian Bennett - Leeds United, undisclosed, 27 July 2006 Colin Kazim-Richards - Brighton & Hove Albion, £150,000, 31 August 2006 Paul Gerrard - Nottingham Forest, free transfer, 27 September 2006 Matthew Kilgallon - Leeds United, £1,750,000 rising to £2,000,000, 8 January 2007 Jon Stead - Sunderland, £750,000 rising to £1,250,000, 11 January 2007 Mamadou Seck - Le Havre, free, 15 January 2007 Luton Shelton - Helsingborg, £2,000,000, 15 January 2007 Ahmed Fathy - Ismaily SC, £700,000, 24 January 2007
Out Brian Deane - retired, 2006 Garry Flitcroft - retired, 2006 Kyle NixNix was born in Sydney, Australia, but was raised in England and represented them at U-16, U-18, U-20, and C level. - released Gary Mulligan - Gillingham, 12 May 2006 Bruce Dyer - released (later joined Doncaster Rovers on 2 June 2006) Simon Francis - Southend United, undisclosed, 13 June 2006 Phil Barnes - Grimsby Town, undisclosed, 29 June 2006 Luke Beckett - Huddersfield Town, £85,000, 3 July 2006 Ade Akinbiyi - Burnley, £650,000 rising to £750,000, 1 January 2007 David Unsworth - Wigan Athletic, free transfer, 5 January 2007 Paul Ifill - Crystal Palace, £800,000, 8 January 2007 Neil Shipperley - released (later joined Brentford), 15 January 2007 Steve Kabba - Watford, £500,000, 26 January 2007
Final league table
Results Sheffield United's score comes first
Legend WinDrawLoss
FA Premier League
Results summary
Results per matchday
DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 19 August 2006 LiverpoolH1–131,726Hulse 22 August 2006 Tottenham HotspurA0–235,287 26 August 2006 FulhamA0–118,362 9 September 2006 Blackburn RoversH0–029,876 16 September 2006 ReadingH1–228,288Hulse 23 September 2006 ArsenalA0–359,912 30 September 2006 MiddlesbroughH2–127,483Hulse, Jagielka 14 October 2006 Manchester CityA0–042,192 21 October 2006 EvertonA0–237,900 28 October 2006 ChelseaH0–232,321 4 November 2006 Newcastle UnitedA1–050,188Webber 11 November 2006 Bolton WanderersH2–228,294Hulse, Kazim-Richards 18 November 2006 Manchester UnitedH1–232,584Gillespie 25 November 2006 West Ham UnitedA0–134,454 28 November 2006 WatfordA1–018,887Webber 2 December 2006 Charlton AthleticH2–127,368Morgan, Gillespie 11 December 2006 Aston VillaH2–230,957Quinn, Webber 16 December 2006 Wigan AthleticA1–016,322Hulse 23 December 2006 PortsmouthA1–320,164Hulse 26 December 2006 Manchester CityH0–132,591 30 December 2006 ArsenalH1–032,086Nadé 1 January 2007 MiddlesbroughA1–327,963Jagielka (pen) 13 January 2007 PortsmouthH1–130,269Quinn 20 January 2007 ReadingA1–323,956Nadé 30 January 2007 FulhamH2–027,540Stead, Tonge 3 February 2007 Blackburn RoversA1–220,917Stead 10 February 2007 Tottenham HotspurH2–132,144Hulse, Jagielka (pen) 24 February 2007 LiverpoolA0–444,198 3 March 2007 EvertonH1–132,019Hulse 17 March 2007 ChelseaA0–341,897 31 March 2007 Bolton WanderersA0–124,312 7 April 2007 Newcastle UnitedH1–232,572Nadé 14 April 2007 West Ham UnitedH3–031,593Tonge, Jagielka, Stead 17 April 2007 Manchester UnitedA0–275,540 21 April 2007 Charlton AthleticA1–127,111Stead 28 April 2007 WatfordH1–030,690Powell (own goal) 5 May 2007 Aston VillaA0–342,551 13 May 2007 Wigan AthleticH1–232,604Stead
FA Cup
+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR36 January 2007 Swansea CityH0–315,896
League Cup
+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR219 September 2006 BuryH1–06,273NadéR324 October 2006 Birmingham CityH2–410,584Akinbiyi, Montgomery
Statistics Appearances and goals
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! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season
Notes
References