2006–07 Newcastle United F.C. season

Newcastle United
File:Newcastle United crest.png
Season 2006-07
League	Premier League
Manager	Glenn Roeder
Chairman	Freddy Shepherd
League position	13th
Top goalscorer	League: Obafemi Martins (11) All: Obafemi Martins (17)
Highest attendance	52,305 v Liverpool
Lowest attendance	48,145 v Bolton Wanderers
UEFA Cup	Round of 16
FA Cup	3rd round
League Cup	5th round

During the 2006-07 season, Newcastle United participated in the Premier League.

Team kit

The team kit for the 2006-07 season was produced by Adidas and the main shirt sponsor was Northern Rock.

Home colours

Away colours

Chronological list of events

23 June 2006: Damien Duff was signed by Newcastle United from Chelsea.^[1]
24 August 2006: Obafemi Martins was signed by Newcastle United from Inter Milan.^[2]
30 August 2006: Giuseppe Rossi joined Newcastle United from Manchester United on a 4 month loan period.^[3]
30 August 2006: Antoine Sibierski was signed by Newcastle United from Manchester City.^[4]
1 September 2006: Olivier Bernard was signed by Newcastle United after being released by Rangers earlier in the summer.^[5]
26 September 2006: Newcastle United terminate the contract of assistant manager Kevin Bond.^[6]
29 September 2006: Pavel Srníček was signed by Newcastle United after being released by Beira-Mar in the summer.^[7]
22 October 2006: Nigel Pearson was appointed as assistant manager of Newcastle United.^[8]
4 November 2006: A section of Newcastle supporters staged a protest after 1-0 defeat to Sheffield United. Many called for the resignation of chairman Freddy Shepherd as well as other members of the board.^[9]
16 December 2006: Newcastle United named overall winners of the Intertoto Cup.^[10]
12 January 2007: Emre charged by The Football Association with using racially-aggravated abusive and/or insulting words during match with Everton.^[11]
30 January 2007: Oguchi Onyewu joined Newcastle United from Standard Liège on a 4 month loan period.^[12]
19 March 2007: Allegations of Emre using racially-aggravated abusive and/or insulting words during the match with Everton were found not proven by the FA.^[13]
30 April 2007: Michael Owen appeared in a match for Newcastle United following a 10 month absence through injury.^[14]
6 May 2007: Glenn Roeder resigned as manager of Newcastle United.^[15]
6 May 2007: Nigel Pearson named as caretaked manager.^[15]
13 May 2007: Newcastle United's season came to an end following a 1-1 Premiership draw away to Watford.^[16]
15 May 2007: Sam Allardyce appointed as manager of Newcastle United.^[17]
21 May 2007: Sam Allardyce released six players from Newcastle United's squad including Craig Moore, Titus Bramble and Antoine Sibierski.^[18]
23 May 2007: Businessman Mike Ashley became the largest shareholder in Newcastle United after buying Sir John Hall's 41.6% share for £55 million. He then launched a formal takeover bid.^[19]

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Previous Club	Cost
23 June 2006	Damien Duff	Chelsea	£5 million
24 August 2006	Obafemi Martins	Internazionale	£10.14 million
31 August 2006	Giuseppe Rossi	Manchester United	Loan
31 August 2006	Antoine Sibierski	Manchester City	Undisclosed
1 September 2006	Olivier Bernard	Rangers	Free
29 September 2006	Pavel Srníček	Beira-Mar	Free
30 January 2007	Oguchi Onyewu	Standard Liège	Loan

Out

Date	Player	New Club	Cost
8 July 2006	Robbie Elliott	Sunderland	Free
8 August 2006	Amady Faye	Charlton	£2 million
22 August 2006	Jean-Alain Boumsong	Juventus	£3.3 million
18 January 2007	Liam Atkin	Carlisle United	Free
30 January 2007	Carl Finnigan	Falkirk	Free
21 May 2007	Titus Bramble	Wigan	Free
21 May 2007	Craig Moore		Released
21 May 2007	Olivier Bernard		Released
21 May 2007	Pavel Srníček		Released
21 May 2007	Antoine Sibierski	Wigan	Free
21 May 2007	Oguchi Onyewu	Standard Liège	Loan ended

Squad list

All players in the Newcastle United squad during the 2006-07 season 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	IRL	Shay Given
2	DF	IRL	Stephen Carr
4	MF	PER	Nolberto Solano
5	MF	TUR	Emre Belözoğlu
6	DF	FRA	Jean-Alain Boumsong
7	FW	ESP	Albert Luque
8	MF	ENG	Kieron Dyer
9	FW	NGA	Obafemi Martins
10	FW	ENG	Michael Owen
11	MF	IRL	Damien Duff
12	GK	ENG	Steve Harper
14	MF	FRA	Charles N'Zogbia
15	FW	ENG	Giuseppe Rossi
15	DF	USA	Oguchi Onyewu
16	MF	ENG	James Milner
17	MF	ENG	Scott Parker
18	DF	AUS	Craig Moore
19	DF	ENG	Titus Bramble
20	FW	FRA	Antoine Sibierski


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	ENG	Lee Clark
22	MF	ENG	Nicky Butt
23	FW	ENG	Shola Ameobi
24	GK	CZE	Pavel Srníček
26	DF	ENG	Peter Ramage
27	DF	ENG	Steven Taylor
30	DF	CAN	David Edgar
31	DF	ENG	Phil Cave
32	DF	ENG	Paul Huntington
33	DF	NGA	Celestine Babayaro
34	DF	FRA	Olivier Bernard
35	MF	RSA	Matty Pattison
36	DF	ENG	Kris Gate
37	MF	IRL	Alan O'Brien
39	FW	ENG	Andrew Carroll
40	GK	NED	Tim Krul
41	FW	ENG	Carl Finnigan
42	MF	AUS	James Troisi
49	GK	ENG	Fraser Forster

Match results

Friendlies


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
26 July 2006	Norwich City	Away	Won 1-2	15,305	Ramage, N'Zogbia
29 July 2006	PSV Eindhoven	Home	Lost 2-3	20,175	Ameobi, Luque
5 August 2006	Villarreal	Home	Drew 3-3	20,144	Ameobi, Butt (2)

Premier League


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 August 2006	Wigan Athletic	Home	Won 2-1	51,569	Parker, Ameobi
27 August 2006	Aston Villa	Away	Lost 2-0	35,141
9 September 2006	Fulham	Home	Lost 1-2	50,365	Parker
17 September 2006	West Ham	Away	Won 0-2	34,938	Duff, Martins
20 September 2006	Liverpool	Away	Lost 2-0	43,754
24 September 2006	Everton	Home	Drew 1-1	50,107	Ameobi
1 September 2006	Manchester United	Away	Lost 2-0	75,664
15 October 2006	Bolton	Home	Lost 1-2	48,145	Ameobi
22 October 2006	Middlesbrough	Away	Lost 1-0	30,060
28 October 2006	Charlton	Home	Drew 0-0	48,642
4 November 2006	Sheffield United	Home	Lost 0-1	50,188
11 November 2006	Manchester City	Away	Drew 0-0	40,571
19 November 2006	Arsenal	Away	Drew 1-1	60,058	Dyer
26 November 2006	Portsmouth	Home	Won 1-0	48,743	Sibierski
6 December 2006	Reading	Home	Won 3-2	48,182	Sibierski, Martins, Emre
9 December 2006	Blackburn	Away	Won 1-3	19,225	Martins (2), Taylor
13 December 2006	Chelsea	Away	Lost 1-0	41,945
16 December 2006	Watford	Home	Won 2-1	49,231	Martins (2)
23 December 2006	Tottenham	Home	Won 3-1	52,079	Dyer, Martins, Parker
26 December 2006	Bolton	Away	Lost 2-1	26,437	Dyer
30 December 2006	Everton	Away	Lost 3-0	38,682
1 January 2007	Manchester United	Home	Drew 2-2	52,302	Milner, Edgar
14 January 2007	Tottenham	Away	Won 2-3	35,942	Huntington, Martins, Butt
20 January 2007	West Ham	Home	Drew 2-2	52,095	Milner, Solano
31 January 2007	Aston Villa	Home	Won 3-1	49,201	Milner, Dyer, Sibierski
3 February 2007	Fulham	Away	Lost 2-1	24,340	Martins
6 January 2007	Liverpool	Home	Won 2-1	52,305	Martins, Solano
25 February 2007	Wigan	Away	Lost 1-0	21,179
3 March 2007	Middlesbrough	Home	Drew 0-0	52,303
27 January 2007	Charlton	Away	Lost 2-0	27,028
31 March 2007	Manchester City	Home	Lost 0-1	52,004
7 April 2007	Sheffield United	Away	Won 1-2	32,572	Martins, Taylor
9 April 2007	Arsenal	Home	Drew 0-0	52,293
14 April 2007	Portsmouth	Away	Lost 2-1	20,165	Emre
22 April 2007	Chelsea	Home	Drew 0-0	52,056
30 April 2007	Reading	Away	Lost 1-0	24,109
5 May 2007	Blackburn	Home	Lost 0-2	51,226
13 May 2007	Watford	Away	Drew 1-1	19,830	Dyer

Intertoto Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
Third round 1^st leg	15 July 2006	Lillestrøm	Home	Drew 1-1	31,059	Luque
Third round 2^nd leg	22 July 2006	Lillestrøm	Away	Won 0-3	8,742	Ameobi (2), Emre

UEFA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
Second qualifying round, 1^st leg	10 August 2006	FK Ventspils	Away	Won 0-1	6,000	Bramble
Second qualifying round, 2^nd leg	24 August 2006	FK Ventspils	Home	Drew 0-0	30,498
First round, 1^st leg	14 September 2006	Levadia Tallinn	Away	Won 0-1	7,917	Sibierski
First round, 2^nd leg	28 September 2006	Levadia Tallinn	Home	Won 2-1	27,012	Martins (2)
Group H	19 October 2006	Fenerbahçe	Home	Won 1-0	30,035	Sibierski
Group H	2 November 2006	Palermo	Away	Won 0-1	16,904	Luque
Group H	23 November 2006	Celta Vigo	Home	Won 2-1	25,079	Sibierski, Taylor
Group H	23 November 2006	Eintracht Frankfurt	Away	Drew 0-0	47,000
Round of 32, 1^st leg	15 February 2007	Zulte Waregem	Away	Won 1-3	8,015	Dindeleux (o.g.), Martins, Sibierski
Round of 32, 2^nd leg	22 February 2007	Zulte Waregem	Home	Won 1-0	30,083	Martins
Round of 16, 1^st leg	8 March 2007	AZ Alkmaar	Home	Won 4-2	28,452	Steinsson (o.g.), Dyer, Martins (2)
Round of 16, 2^nd leg	8 March 2007	AZ Alkmaar	Away	Lost 2-0	16,401

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
Third Round	25 October 2006	Portsmouth	Home	Won 3-0	25,028	Rossi, Solano (2)
Fourth Round	7 November 2006	Watford	Away	Won 2-2 (4-5 on penalties)	16,791	Sibierski, Parker
Fifth Round	20 December 2006	Chelsea	Home	Lost 0-1	37,406

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
Third round	6 January 2007	Birmingham	Away	Drew 2-2	16,444	Taylor, Dyer
Third round replay	17 January 2007	Birmingham	Home	Lost 1-5	26,099	Milner

Player statistics

Goalscorers


Name	League	Other	Total
Obafemi Martins	11	6	17
Antoine Sibierski	3	5	8
Kieron Dyer	5	2	7
Shola Ameobi	3	2	5
James Milner	3	1	4
Scott Parker	3	1	4
Steven Taylor	2	2	4
Nolberto Solano	2	2	4
Emre	2	1	3
Albert Luque	0	2	2
Damien Duff	1	0	1
David Edgar	1	0	1
Paul Huntington	1	0	1
Titus Bramble	0	1	1
Guiseppe Rossi	0	1	1

Discipline


Name	Yellow cards	Red cards
Scott Parker	9	0
Titus Bramble	5	1
Steven Taylor	5	1
Nicky Butt	7	0
Emre	7	0
Nolberto Solano	7	0
Celestine Babayaro	6	0
Craig Moore	5	0
Paul Huntington	4	0
James Milner	3	0
Charles N'Zogbia	3	0
Peter Ramage	2	0
Shola Ameobi	1	0
Damien Duff	1	0
Kieron Dyer	1	0
Shay Given	1	0
Albert Luque	1	0
Obafemi Martins	1	0
Alan O'Brien	1	0
Giuseppe Rossi	1	0
Antoine Sibierski	1	0
Total:	72	2

Appearance data

All players to have appeared in the matchday 16-man squad during the 2006-07 season. Substitute appearances in brackets.


	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Shola Ameobi	9 (3)	3	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	2 (2)	2	11 (5)	5
Celestine Babayaro	12 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	6 (0)	0	20 (0)	0
Titus Bramble	17 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	13 (0)	1	31 (0)	1
Nicky Butt	27 (4)	1	2 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	10 (2)	0	41 (6)	1
Stephen Carr	23 (9)	2	0 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	8 (0)	0	32 (0)	0
Andrew Carroll	0 (4)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (2)	0	0 (7)	0
Damien Duff	20 (2)	1	0 (0)	0	1 (1)	0	8 (1)	0	29 (4)	1
Kieron Dyer	20 (2)	5	2 (0)	1	1 (1)	0	4 (0)	1	27 (3)	7
David Edgar	2 (1)	1	1 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	3 (1)	1
Emre	21 (3)	2	0 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	10 (2)	1	33 (5)	3
Fraser Forster	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0
Shay Given	22 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	8 (0)	0	33 (0)	0
Steve Harper	15 (3)	0	0 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	5 (0)	0	22 (3)	0
Paul Huntington	10 (1)	1	2 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	1 (1)	0	15 (2)	1
Tim Krul	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	1 (0)	0
Kazenga LuaLua	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0
Albert Luque	0 (7)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	6 (3)	2	6 (10)	2
Obafemi Martins	32 (1)	11	2 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	7 (2)	6	43 (3)	17
James Milner	31 (4)	3	2 (0)	1	3 (0)	0	10 (3)	0	46 (7)	4
Craig Moore	5 (4)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	5 (5)	0
Charles N'Zogbia	1 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (2)	0
Alan O'Brien	38 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	3 (0)	0	41 (0)	0
Oguchi Onyewu	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0
Michael Owen	8 (11)	1	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	9 (11)	1
Matty Pattison	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0
Scott Parker	42 (2)	3	1 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	3 (0)	0	46 (2)	3
Peter Ramage	21 (3)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	23 (3)	0
Antoine Sibierski	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0
Nolberto Solano	22 (3)	2	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (1)	0	23 (4)	2
Pavel Srníček	0 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (2)	0
Steven Taylor	7 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	7 (1)	0
James Troisi	1 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (1)	0

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