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Wigan Athletic 2006β07 football season
The 2006β07 Wigan Athletic F.C. season was the club's 29th season in the Football League and their second season in the Premier League.
Season summary
The club struggled to repeat the successes of its previous season and fell victim to "
second season syndrome ". They were knocked out of both domestic cups at the first round of entry, and finished 17th in the league after securing
Premier League survival on the last day of the season in an away win against
Sheffield United , who were relegated instead on goal difference.
A day after the end of the season, manager
Paul Jewell resigned after six years in charge of the club. His assistant manager
Chris Hutchings was appointed as his replacement. Summer signing
Emile Heskey (signed for a record fee of Β£5.5 million) finished the season as the club's top goalscorer with a total of nine goals, and left-back
Leighton Baines won the Supporters' Player of the Year award, and the Players' Player award.
[1]
Final league table
Source:
Premier League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Results
Wigan Athletic's score comes first
[2]
Legend
FA Premier League
Results by matchday
Matchday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Ground A H A A H A H H A A H H A H A A H H H A H A H A H A A H A H A H A H A H H A Result L W L D D L L W W W W D L L W D L L L L L L L L W L D W W D L L D D L L L W Position 15 12 14 15 14 15 17 15 14 11 8 9 11 13 11 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 15 15 15 16 16 15 16 17 18 17
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
19 August 2006
Newcastle United
A
1β2
51,569
McCulloch
26 August 2006
Reading
H
1β0
14,636
Heskey
9 September 2006
Portsmouth
A
0β1
19,508
16 September 2006
Everton
A
2β2
37,117
Scharner (2)
23 September 2006
Watford
H
1β1
16,359
Camara
1 October 2006
Blackburn Rovers
A
1β2
17,859
Heskey
14 October 2006
Manchester United
H
1β3
20,631
Baines
21 October 2006
Manchester City
H
4β0
16,235
Heskey ,
Dunne (own goal),
Camara ,
Valencia
28 October 2006
Fulham
A
1β0
22,882
Camara
4 November 2006
Bolton Wanderers
A
1β0
21,255
McCulloch
11 November 2006
Charlton Athletic
H
3β2
16,572
McCulloch ,
Camara ,
Jackson
19 November 2006
Aston Villa
H
0β0
18,455
26 November 2006
Tottenham Hotspur
A
1β3
35,205
Camara
2 December 2006
Liverpool
H
0β4
22,089
6 December 2006
West Ham United
A
2β0
33,805
Cotterill ,
Spector (own goal)
9 December 2006
Middlesbrough
A
1β1
23,638
Camara (pen)
13 December 2006
Arsenal
H
0β1
15,311
16 December 2006
Sheffield United
H
0β1
16,322
23 December 2006
Chelsea
H
2β3
22,077
Heskey (2)
26 December 2006
Manchester United
A
1β3
76,018
Baines (pen)
1 January 2007
Blackburn Rovers
H
0β3
14,864
13 January 2007
Chelsea
A
0β4
40,846
21 January 2007
Everton
H
0β2
18,149
30 January 2007
Reading
A
2β3
21,954
Heskey ,
Landzaat
3 February 2007
Portsmouth
H
1β0
15,093
McCulloch
11 February 2007
Arsenal
A
1β2
60,049
Landzaat
21 February 2007
Watford
A
1β1
18,338
Folan
25 February 2007
Newcastle United
H
1β0
21,179
Taylor
3 March 2007
Manchester City
A
1β0
39,923
Folan
17 March 2007
Fulham
H
0β0
16,001
31 March 2007
Charlton Athletic
A
0β1
26,500
7 April 2007
Bolton Wanderers
H
1β3
18,610
Heskey
9 April 2007
Aston Villa
A
1β1
31,920
Heskey
15 April 2007
Tottenham Hotspur
H
3β3
16,506
Heskey ,
Baines ,
Kilbane
21 April 2007
Liverpool
A
0β2
44,003
28 April 2007
West Ham United
H
0β3
24,726
5 May 2007
Middlesbrough
H
0β1
21,204
13 May 2007
Sheffield United
A
2β1
32,604
Scharner ,
Unsworth
FA Cup
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R3
6 January 2007
Portsmouth
A
1β2
14,336 (477 away)
McCulloch
League Cup
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R2
19 September 2006
Crewe Alexandra
A
0β2
3,907 (815 away)
Squad
[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under
FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under
FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers
In
Player
From
Fee
Date
Notes
Fitz Hall
Crystal Palace
Β£3,000,000
26 June 2006
[7]
Tomasz Cywka
Gwarek Zabrze
Undisclosed
5 July 2006
[8]
Emile Heskey
Birmingham City
Β£5,500,000
8 July 2006
[9]
Denny Landzaat
AZ Alkmaar
Β£2,500,000
18 July 2006
[10]
Emmerson Boyce
Crystal Palace
Β£1,000,000
1 August 2006
[11]
Kevin Kilbane
Everton
Β£2,000,000
31 August 2006
[12]
David Cotterill
Bristol City
Β£2,000,000
31 August 2006
[13]
Andy Webster
Hearts
Free
[A]
4 September 2006
[14]
Chris Kirkland
Liverpool
Undisclosed
27 October 2006
[15]
David Unsworth
Sheffield United
Free
7 January 2007
[16]
Caleb Folan
Chesterfield
Β£500,000
26 January 2007
[17]
Julius Aghahowa
Shakhtar Donetsk
Undisclosed
30 January 2007
[18]
Out
Released
Loans in
Loans out
Statistics
Appearances and goals
Up to end of season
[39]
Notes
A.
^ For more information about this transfer, see
Webster ruling .
B.
^ Kirkland initially signed on a six-month loan, but the deal was made permanent on 27 October 2006.
C.
^ Haestad initially signed on loan until the end of the season, but the deal was ended early.
D.
^ Cywka was initially loaned out for a month, but the deal was later extended.
E.
^ Pollitt was initially loaned out for a month, but was recalled early by Wigan
See also
References
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