2006–07 Leicester City F.C. season

Leicester City

2006–07 season
Chairman	Andrew Taylor (until 1 February) Milan Mandarić (from 8 March)
Manager	Rob Kelly (until 11 April) Nigel Worthington (caretaker)
Stadium	Walkers Stadium
Championship	19th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Player of the Year	Iain Hume
Top goalscorer	League: Hume (13) All: Hume (14)
Highest home attendance	30,457 vs Barnsley (16 Dec 2006, Championship)
Lowest home attendance	6,298 vs Macclesfield Town (22 Aug 2005, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	23,206
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

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

Season summary

Another poor season saw Leicester struggle near the foot of the Championship table. Manager Rob Kelly was sacked after a 3-0 defeat at Plymouth Argyle and replaced by former Norwich City boss Nigel Worthington, who steered the Foxes to safety. Worthington expressed an interest in becoming permanent manager, but instead the club appointed Milton Keynes Dons manager Martin Allen as manager.

Kit

Leicester City's kit was manufactured by English sports retailer JJB Sports and sponsored by Narborough-based bank Alliance & Leicester.

Final league table

Main article: 2006–07 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GD		Pts
1	Sunderland	46		15	4	4	38	18		12	3	8	38	29		76	47	+ 29		88
2	Birmingham City	46		15	5	3	37	18		11	3	9	30	24		67	42	+ 25		86
3	Derby County	46		13	6	4	33	19		12	3	8	29	27		62	46	+ 16		84
4	West Bromwich Albion	46		14	4	5	51	24		8	6	9	30	31		81	55	+ 26		76
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46		12	5	6	33	28		10	5	8	26	28		59	56	+ 3		76
6	Southampton	46		13	6	4	36	20		8	6	9	41	33		77	53	+ 24		75
7	Preston North End	46		15	4	4	38	17		7	4	12	26	36		64	53	+ 11		74
8	Stoke City	46		12	8	3	35	16		7	8	8	27	25		62	41	+ 21		73
9	Sheffield Wednesday	46		10	6	7	38	36		10	5	8	32	30		70	66	+ 4		71
10	Colchester United	46		15	4	4	46	19		5	5	13	24	37		70	56	+ 14		69
11	Plymouth Argyle	46		10	8	5	36	26		7	8	8	27	36		63	62	+ 1		67
12	Crystal Palace	46		12	3	8	33	22		6	8	9	26	29		59	51	+ 8		65
13	Cardiff City	46		11	7	5	33	18		6	6	11	24	35		57	53	+ 4		64
14	Ipswich Town	46		13	2	8	40	29		5	6	12	24	30		64	59	+ 5		62
15	Burnley	46		10	6	7	35	23		5	6	12	17	26		52	49	+ 3		57
16	Norwich City	46		10	5	8	29	25		6	4	13	27	46		56	71	– 15		57
17	Coventry City	46		11	4	8	30	25		5	4	14	17	37		47	62	– 15		56
18	Queens Park Rangers	46		9	6	8	31	29		5	5	13	23	39		54	68	– 14		53
19	Leicester City	46		6	8	9	26	31		7	6	10	23	33		49	64	– 15		53
20	Barnsley	46		9	4	10	27	29		6	1	16	26	56		53	85	– 32		50
21	Hull City	46		8	3	12	33	32		5	7	11	18	35		51	67	– 16		49
22	Southend United	46		6	6	11	29	38		4	6	13	18	42		47	80	– 33		42
23	Luton Town	46		7	5	11	33	40		3	5	15	20	41		53	81	– 28		40
24	Leeds United	46		10	4	9	27	30		3	3	17	19	42		46	72	– 26		36

• Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
• NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League
	Promoted to FA Premier League
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted to Premier League through play-offs
	Relegated

Results

Leicester City's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
5 August 2006	Luton Town	A	0-2	8,131
8 August 2006	Burnley	H	0-1	19,035
12 August 2006	Ipswich Town	H	3-1	18,820	Kisnorbo, Hughes, Hume
18 August 2006	Coventry City	A	0-0	20,061
26 August 2006	Southend United	H	1-0	19,427	Kisnorbo
9 September 2006	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-2	19,322
12 September 2006	Hull City	H	0-1	18,677
16 September 2006	Sunderland	A	1-1	35,104	Fryatt
23 September 2006	Colchester United	H	0-0	22,449
30 September 2006	Birmingham City	A	1-1	18,002	Hammond
14 October 2006	Southampton	H	3-2	21,347	Hume (2), Stearman
17 October 2006	Leeds United	A	2-1	16,477	Tiatto, Hume
21 October 2006	Crystal Palace	H	1-1	28,762	Hume (pen)
28 October 2006	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-1	12,430	Kisnorbo
31 October 2006	Stoke City	H	2-1	21,107	Hume, Hughes
4 November 2006	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-2	22,451	Fryatt
11 November 2006	Plymouth Argyle	H	2-2	21,703	Hume, Porter
18 November 2006	Preston North End	H	0-1	22,721
25 November 2006	Derby County	A	0-1	28,315
28 November 2006	Norwich City	A	1-3	23,896	McCarthy
2 December 2006	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-4	22,693	Hughes
9 December 2006	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2-1	18,600	Hammond, Porter
16 December 2006	Barnsley	H	2-0	30,457	Hammond, Porter
23 December 2006	Cardiff City	H	0-0	22,274
26 December 2006	Hull City	A	2-1	18,523	Kisnorbo, Williams
30 December 2006	Southampton	A	0-2	24,447
1 January 2007	Sunderland	H	0-2	21,975
13 January 2007	Colchester United	A	1-1	5,915	Hume
27 January 2007	Cardiff City	A	2-3	12,057	Kisnorbo, Hammond
3 February 2007	Luton Town	H	1-1	20,410	Yeates
10 February 2007	Ipswich Town	A	2-0	21,221	McAuley (2)
17 February 2007	Coventry City	H	3-0	25,816	Horsfield (2), Johnson
20 February 2007	Burnley	A	1-0	10,274	McGreal (own goal)
24 February 2007	West Bromwich Albion	H	1-1	25,581	McAuley
3 March 2007	Southend United	A	2-2	10,528	Hume (2)
10 March 2007	Crystal Palace	A	0-2	16,969
13 March 2007	Leeds United	H	1-1	25,165	Hume
17 March 2007	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-3	24,558	Hume (pen)
31 March 2007	Stoke City	A	2-4	13,303	Kenton, Hammond
6 April 2007	Derby County	H	1-1	24,704	Fryatt
9 April 2007	Plymouth Argyle	A	0-3	10,900
14 April 2007	Norwich City	H	1-2	21,483	Kenton
17 April 2007	Birmingham City	H	1-2	24,290	Newton
21 April 2007	Preston North End	A	1-0	14,725	Johansson
28 April 2007	Barnsley	A	1-0	20,012	Austin (own goal)
6 May 2007	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-4	30,282	Hume

FA Cup

Main article: 2006–07 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 2007	Fulham	H	2-2	15,499	Kisnorbo, Cadamarteri
R3R	17 January 2007	Fulham	A	3-4	11,222	Fryatt, McAuley, Wesolowski

League Cup

Main article: 2006–07 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	22 August 2006	Macclesfield Town	H	2-0	6,298	O'Grady, McCarthy
R2	19 September 2006	Hereford United	A	3-1	7,386	Hammond, Stearman, Hume (pen)
R3	24 October 2006	Aston Villa	H	2-3	27,288	Stearman, Kisnorbo

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Rab Douglas 2 DF Alan Maybury 3 DF Patrick Kisnorbo 4 DF Darren Kenton 5 DF Paddy McCarthy 6 MF Stephen Hughes 7 FW Iain Hume 8 MF Mark Yeates (on loan Tottenham Hotspur) 9 FW Geoff Horsfield (on loan Sheffield United) 10 MF Andy Johnson 11 MF Danny Tiatto 12 FW Matty Fryatt 13 GK Paul Henderson 14 DF Gareth McAuley 15 DF Nils-Eric Johansson

No. Position Player 16 MF Shaun Newton (on loan from West Ham United) 17 DF Richard Stearman 18 FW Elvis Hammond 20 MF James Wesolowski 21 DF Alan Sheehan 23 MF Jason Jarrett (on loan from Preston North End) 24 FW Danny Cadamarteri 25 GK Conrad Logan 26 FW Louis Dodds 27 MF Levi Porter 28 MF Max Gradel 29 DF Scott Lycett 30 DF Joe Mattock 32 MF Andy King 33 FW Eric Odhiambo

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 8 MF Gareth Williams (to Watford) 9 FW Mark de Vries (on loan to ADO Den Haag) 16 MF Josh Low (to Peterborough United) 16 FW Luigi Glombard (on loan from Cardiff City)

No. Position Player 19 FW Chris O'Grady (to Rotherham United) 22 MF Mohammed Sylla (to Kilmarnock) 23 MF Andy Welsh (on loan from Sunderland)

Transfers

In

• Gareth McAuley: from Lincoln City, Free
• Andy Johnson: from West Bromwich Albion, Free
• Josh Low: from Northampton Town, Free

Out

• Chris O'Grady: to Rotherham United, £65,000
• Mohammed Sylla: to Kilmarnock, Free