The 2006–07 Football League (known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 108th completed season of The Football League.
Season | 2006–07 |
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Champions | Sunderland |
Promoted | Sunderland Birmingham City Derby County |
Relegated | Boston United Torquay United |
New Clubs in League | Accrington Stanley Hereford United |
← 2005–06 2007–08 → |
The Football League was contested through three Divisions in England and Wales. The divisions were the Football League Championship, Football League One and Football League Two. The winner and the runner-up of the Championship were automatically promoted to the Premier League and they were joined by the winner of the Championship play-offs. The bottom two teams in League Two were relegated to the Conference Premier.
Promotion and relegation from 2005–06
Promoted from Conference National
- Accrington Stanley (champions)
- Hereford United (playoff winners)
Relegated from the Premier League
- Birmingham City (18th)
- West Bromwich Albion (19th)
- Sunderland (20th)
Final league tables and results
The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website,[1] with home and away statistics separated. Play-off results are from the same website.
Championship
Season | 2006–07 |
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Champions | Sunderland (5th second tier title) |
Direct promotion to FA Premier League | Sunderland, Birmingham City |
Promoted to FA Premier League through play-offs | Derby County |
Relegated | Leeds United, Luton Town, Southend United |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1,439 (2.61 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Jamie Cureton (Colchester United), 23[2] |
← 2005–06 2007–08 → |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Sunderland (C, P) | 46 | 27 | 7 | 12 | 76 | 47 | +29 | 88 | Promotion to the Premier League |
2 | Birmingham City (P) | 46 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 67 | 42 | +25 | 86 | |
3 | Derby County (O, P) | 46 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 62 | 46 | +16 | 84 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
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 | |
8 | Stoke City | 46 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 62 | 41 | +21 | 73 | |
9 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 70 | 66 | +4 | 71 | |
10 | Colchester United | 46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 70 | 56 | +14 | 69 | |
11 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 63 | 62 | +1 | 67 | |
12 | Crystal Palace | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 65 | |
13 | Cardiff City | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 57 | 53 | +4 | 64 | |
14 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 18 | 8 | 20 | 64 | 59 | +5 | 62 | |
15 | Burnley | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 52 | 49 | +3 | 57 | |
16 | Norwich City | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 56 | 71 | −15 | 57 | |
17 | Coventry City | 46 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 47 | 62 | −15 | 56 | |
18 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 54 | 68 | −14 | 53 | |
19 | Leicester City | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 49 | 64 | −15 | 53 | |
20 | Barnsley | 46 | 15 | 5 | 26 | 53 | 85 | −32 | 50 | |
21 | Hull City | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 51 | 67 | −16 | 49 | |
22 | Southend United (R) | 46 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 47 | 80 | −33 | 42 | Relegation to Football League One |
23 | Luton Town (R) | 46 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 53 | 81 | −28 | 40 | |
24 | Leeds United (R) | 46 | 13 | 7 | 26 | 46 | 72 | −26 | 36[a] |
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Play-offs
Semifinals 1st leg – 12/13 May; 2nd leg – 15/16 May 2007 | Final at Wembley Stadium 28 May 2007 | ||||||||||
3rd | Derby County (pen.) | 2 | 2 | 4 (4) | |||||||
6th | Southampton | 1 | 3 | 4 (3) | |||||||
3rd | Derby County | 1 | |||||||||
4th | West Bromwich Albion | 0 | |||||||||
4th | West Bromwich Albion | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
5th | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Top scorers
League One
Season | 2006–07 |
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Champions | Scunthorpe United (1st third tier title) |
Direct promotion | Scunthorpe United, Bristol City |
Promoted through play-offs | Blackpool |
Relegated | Bradford City, Brentford, Chesterfield, Rotherham United |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1,386 (2.51 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Billy Sharp (Scunthorpe United), 30[2] |
Highest scoring | Swansea city 3–6 Blackpool (5 May 2007) |
Longest winning run | 7 matches (Blackpool: 31 March – 5 May 2007); Scunthorpe United (27 January – 3 March 2007) |
Longest unbeaten run | 19 matches (Scunthorpe: 22 December 2006 – 5 May 2007) |
Longest losing run | 5 matches (Brentford: 28 October – 5 December 2006 and 21 March – 21 April 2007) |
Highest attendance | 27,875 (Nottingham Forest 1–1 Rotherham United; 9 April 2007) |
Lowest attendance | 3,341 (Chesterfield 0–0 Northampton Town; 6 December 2006) |
Average attendance | 7,490 |
← 2005–06 2007–08 → |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Scunthorpe United (C, P) | 46 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 73 | 35 | +38 | 91 | Promotion to Football League Championship |
2 | Bristol City (P) | 46 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 63 | 39 | +24 | 85 | |
3 | Blackpool (O, P) | 46 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 76 | 49 | +27 | 83 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
4 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 65 | 41 | +24 | 82 | |
5 | Yeovil Town | 46 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 79 | |
6 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 69 | 47 | +22 | 75 | |
7 | Swansea City | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 69 | 53 | +16 | 72 | |
8 | Carlisle United | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 54 | 55 | −1 | 68 | |
9 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 58 | 53 | +5 | 67 | |
10 | Millwall | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 59 | 62 | −3 | 66 | |
11 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 63 | |
12 | Port Vale | 46 | 18 | 6 | 22 | 64 | 65 | −1 | 60 | |
13 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 66 | 72 | −6 | 60 | |
14 | Northampton Town | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 59 | |
15 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 60 | 69 | −9 | 59 | |
16 | Gillingham | 46 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 56 | 77 | −21 | 59 | |
17 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 49 | 61 | −12 | 54 | |
18 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 49 | 58 | −9 | 53 | |
19 | Bournemouth | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 50 | 64 | −14 | 52 | |
20 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 61 | 77 | −16 | 51 | |
21 | Chesterfield (R) | 46 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 47 | Relegation to Football League Two |
22 | Bradford City (R) | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 47 | 65 | −18 | 47 | |
23 | Rotherham United (R) | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 58 | 75 | −17 | 38[a] | |
24 | Brentford (R) | 46 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 40 | 79 | −39 | 37 |
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Play-offs
Semifinals 1st leg – 11/13 May; 2nd leg – 18/19 May 2007 | Final at Wembley Stadium, London[4] 27 May 2007 | ||||||||||
3rd | Blackpool | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||
6th | Oldham Athletic | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
3rd | Blackpool | 2 | |||||||||
5th | Yeovil Town | 0 | |||||||||
4th | Nottingham Forest | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
5th | Yeovil Town (a.e.t.) | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Top scorers
Results
League Two
Season | 2006–07 |
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Champions | Walsall (2nd fourth tier title) |
Direct promotion | Walsall, Hartlepool United, Swindon Town |
Promoted through play-offs | Bristol Rovers |
Relegated to Conference | Boston United, Torquay United |
New clubs in the league | Accrington Stanley, Hereford United |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1,372 (2.49 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Richard Barker (Hartlepool United), 21 Izale McLeod (Milton Keynes Dons), 21[2] |
← 2005–06 2007–08 → |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Walsall (C, P) | 46 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 66 | 34 | +32 | 89 | Promotion to Football League One |
2 | Hartlepool United (P) | 46 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 65 | 40 | +25 | 88 | |
3 | Swindon Town (P) | 46 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 58 | 38 | +20 | 85 | |
4 | Milton Keynes Dons | 46 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 76 | 58 | +18 | 84 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
5 | Lincoln City | 46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 70 | 59 | +11 | 74 | |
6 | Bristol Rovers (O, P) | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 49 | 42 | +7 | 72 | |
7 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 68 | 46 | +22 | 71 | |
8 | Stockport County | 46 | 21 | 8 | 17 | 65 | 54 | +11 | 71 | |
9 | Rochdale | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 70 | 50 | +20 | 66 | |
10 | Peterborough United | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 70 | 61 | +9 | 65 | |
11 | Darlington | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 52 | 56 | −4 | 65 | |
12 | Wycombe Wanderers | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 62 | |
13 | Notts County | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 55 | 53 | +2 | 62 | |
14 | Barnet | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 55 | 70 | −15 | 59 | |
15 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 57 | 73 | −16 | 59 | |
16 | Hereford United[a] | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 55 | |
17 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 58 | 63 | −5 | 54 | |
18 | Chester City | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 53 | |
19 | Wrexham | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 43 | 65 | −22 | 51 | |
20 | Accrington Stanley[a] | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 70 | 81 | −11 | 50 | |
21 | Bury | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 46 | 61 | −15 | 50 | |
22 | Macclesfield Town | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 55 | 77 | −22 | 48 | |
23 | Boston United (R) | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 51 | 80 | −29 | 36[b] | Relegation to Conference North |
24 | Torquay United (R) | 46 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 36 | 63 | −27 | 35 | Relegation to Football Conference |
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Play-offs
Semifinals 1st leg – 12/14 May; 2nd leg – 17/18 May 2007 | Final at Wembley Stadium 26 May 2007 | ||||||||||
4th | Milton Keynes Dons | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
7th | Shrewsbury | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
6th | Bristol Rovers | 3 | |||||||||
7th | Shrewsbury | 1 | |||||||||
5th | Lincoln City | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
6th | Bristol Rovers | 2 | 5 | 7 |