2006–07 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

The 2006–07 season was the 108th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played the season in the second tier of the English football system, the Football League Championship.

Season summary The season was the first under new manager Mick McCarthy who replaced Glenn Hoddle 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 West Bromwich Albion - whom 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.

Results

Preseason

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.

Final table Team 1 Sunderland 46 27 7 12 76 47 +29 88 2 Birmingham City 46 26 8 12 67 42 +25 86 3 Derby County 46 25 9 12 62 46 +16 84 4 West Bromwich Albion 46 22 10 14 81 55 +26 76 5 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 22 10 14 59 56 +3 76 6 Southampton 46 21 12 13 77 53 +24 75 7 Preston North End 46 22 8 16 64 53 +11 74 Results summary

Results by round

Play-offs

FA Cup

League Cup

Players

Statistics

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Awards AwardWinner Fans' Player of the Season Matt Murray Players' Player of the Season Matt Murray Young Player of the Season Michael Kightly Academy Player of the Season Lee Collins Goal of the Season Jay Bothroyd(vs Leeds United, 10 September 2006)

Transfers

In DatePlayerFromFee20 July 2006 Gary BreenUnattachedFree27 July 2006 Jay BothroydUnattachedFree2 August 2006 Jamie ClaphamUnattachedFree3 August 2006 Karl HenryStoke City£175,00017 August 2006 Jemal Johnson Blackburn Rovers Undisclosed24 August 2006 Charlie Mulgrew CelticPart exchange1 January 2007 Michael McIndoeBarnsley£250,000 1 January 2007 Michael KightlyGrays Athletic£25,000 5 January 2007 Neill CollinsSunderland£150,000 16 January 2007 Stephen Ward Bohemians£100,000 18 January 2007 Darren PotterLiverpool£250,000 23 January 2007 Andy KeoghScunthorpe United£600,000

Out DatePlayerToFeeJune 2006 Kenny Miller CelticFree June 2006 Darren AndertonReleasedFreeJune 2006 Colin CameronReleasedFree June 2006 Vio Ganea ReleasedFreeJune 2006 Paul InceReleasedFree June 2006 Stefan PostmaReleasedFreeJune 2006 Maurice RossReleasedFreeJune 2006 Silas ReleasedFree14 June 2006 Joleon LescottEverton£5 million 11 July 2006 Mark Kennedy Crystal PalaceFree11 July 2006 Seol Ki-HyeonReading £1.5 million 24 August 2006 Lee Naylor Celtic£600,00028 September 2006 Chris CornesReleasedFree 15 January 2007 Leon ClarkeSheffield WednesdayUndisclosed9 February 2007 Mark Clyde Retired – 20 April 2007 Gábor Gyepes ReleasedFree

Loans in DatePlayerFromEnd date25 July 2006 Guilherme Finkler Juventude31 January 20074 August 2006 Craig Davies VeronaEnd of season 17 August 2006 Darren PotterLiverpool18 January 2007 26 September 2006 David WheaterMiddlesbrough15 November 2006 2 November 2006 Neill CollinsSunderland2 January 2007 17 November 2006 Michael KightlyGrays Athletic1 January 2007 23 November 2006 Michael McIndoeBarnsley1 January 2007 19 January 2007 Craig FlemingNorwich City15 February 200725 January 2007 Jan BudtzDoncaster Rovers23 April 2007

Loans out DatePlayerToEnd date31 July 2006 Keith LoweBrighton & Hove Albion28 August 2006 11 August 2006 Wayne HennesseyBristol City8 September 200626 August 2006 Tomasz Frankowski Tenerife End of season 8 September 2006 Keith LoweCheltenham Town10 October 2006 26 October 2006 Keith LoweCheltenham Town22 November 2006 3 November 2006 Stephen GleesonStockport County3 February 2007 4 January 2007 Keith LoweCheltenham TownEnd of season11 January 2007 Wayne HennesseyStockport County 10 April 200719 February 2007 Jemal JohnsonLeeds UnitedEnd of season 9 March 2007 Dénes RósaCheltenham Town9 April 200722 March 2007 Rohan RickettsQueens Park RangersEnd of season

Kit The season saw new home and away kits, both manufactured by Le Coq Sportif. The away kit was an all-white design. Chaucer Consulting sponsored the club for a third season.

References