2006-07 in English football
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The 2006-2007 season will be the 127th season of competitive football in England.
Overview
The number of divisions at Level 8 of the
English football league system will increase from four to five. Level 9 will decrease from fifteen divisions to fourteen.
Wembley Stadium should be completed and host the FA Cup Final, however it is not expected to be ready for the national team's first two 2008 European Championship qualifiers - these matches will now be played at Old Trafford in Manchester.
Arsenal will move into their new home, the 60,000-capacity Emirates Stadium. Emirates will also become the club's shirt sponsor.
Following promotion from the Championship, Reading will play in the Premiership and the top flight for the first time in their 135-year history.
Accrington Stanley will be playing in the Football League for the first time - the previous club of the same name dissolved with massive debts and in 1962 became the first club to leave the Football League mid-season.
Events
National team
England will begin their qualifying campaign for
Euro 2008. The next England coach,
Steve McClaren, will be in charge for his first game.
| Date
| Venue
| Opponents
| Score[England's score given first]
| Competition
| England scorers
| Match Report
|
| August 16, 2006
| Old Trafford (H)
|
Greece
|
| F
|
|
|
| September 2, 2006
| Old Trafford (H)
|
Andorra
|
| ECQ
|
|
|
| September 6, 2006
| (A)
|
Republic of Macedonia
|
| ECQ
|
|
|
| October 7, 2006
| Old Trafford (H)
|
Republic of Macedonia
|
| ECQ
|
|
|
| October 11, 2006
| (A)
|
Croatia
|
| ECQ
|
|
|
| November 15, 2006
| Amsterdam Arena (A)
|
Netherlands
|
| F
|
|
|
| March 24, 2007
| Ramat Gan Stadium,
Ramat Gan (A)
|
Israel
|
| ECQ
|
|
|
| March 28, 2007
| (A)
|
Andorra
|
| ECQ
|
|
|
| June 6, 2007
| (A)
|
Estonia
|
| ECQ
|
|
|
- Key
- H = Home match
- A = Away match
- F = Friendly
- ECQ = European Championship Qualifier
Honours
Transfer Deals
Summer transfer window
The summer
transfer window runs from the end of the previous season until 31 August.
- 2 May 2006
8 May 2006
Jimmy Bullard from Wigan Athletic to Fulham, £2.5m15 May 2006
Michael Ballack from Bayern Munich to Chelsea, free23 May 2006
Tomas Rosicky from Borussia Dortmund to Arsenal, £6.8m24 May 2006
David Sommeil from Manchester City to Sheffield United, free25 May 2006
Robert Pires from Arsenal to Villarreal, free26 May 2006
Paul Dickov from Blackburn Rovers to Manchester City, free30 May 2006
Andy Johnson from Crystal Palace to Everton, £8.6mSalomon Kalou from Feyenoord to Chelsea, Undisclosed31 May 2006
Andriy Shevchenko from A.C. Milan to Chelsea, £30mCameron Jerome from Cardiff City to Birmingham City, £3m1 June 2006
Henrique Hilário from Nacional Madeira to Chelsea, freeAndy Gray from Sunderland to Burnley, £750k2 June 2006
John Obi Mikel from Manchester United to Chelsea, £16m [£12m paid to Manchester United, £4m to Lyn Oslo]6 June 2006
Juan Sebastián Verón from Chelsea to Estudiantes La Plata, Undisclosed8 June 2006
Lee Bowyer from Newcastle United to West Ham United, UndisclosedAlan Mahon from Wigan Athletic to Burnley, £200k14 June 2006
Michael Chopra from Newcastle United to Cardiff City, £500kJoleon Lescott from Wolverhampton Wanderers to Everton, £5mEidur Gudjohnsen from Chelsea to Barcelona, £8m15 June 2006
Jonathan Spector from Manchester United to West Ham United, £500k19 June 2006
Jiří Jarošík from Chelsea to Celtic, Undisclosed21 June 2006
Ousmane Dabo from Lazio to Manchester City, free22 June 2006
Craig Bellamy from Blackburn Rovers to Liverpool, £6m26 June 2006
Danny Pugh from Leeds United to Preston North End, £250kJason Brown from Gillingham to Blackburn Rovers, freeFitz Hall from Crystal Palace to Wigan Athletic, £3mJohn Hartson from Celtic to West Bromwich Albion, Undisclosed28 June 2006
Stephen Kelly from Tottenham Hotspur to Birmingham City, £750kGlen Johnson from Chelsea to Portsmouth, season-long loan29 June 2006
Colin Cameron from Wolverhampton Wanderers to Coventry City, free30 June 2006
Bruno Cheyrou from Liverpool to Rennes, UndisclosedAndy Marshall from Millwall to Coventry City, freeChris Powell from Charlton Athletic to Watford, freeMichael Ricketts from Leeds United to Southend United, freeDidier Zokora from Saint-Étienne to Tottenham Hotspur, £8.2m1 July 2006
Gabriel Paletta from Banfield to Liverpool, UndisclosedDavid Bellion from Manchester United to Nice, UndisclosedKenny Miller from Wolverhampton Wanderers to Celtic, freeTim Howard from Manchester United to Everton, season-long loanDimitar Berbatov from Bayer Leverkusen to Tottenham Hotspur, £10.9m3 July 2006
Francis Jeffers from Charlton Athletic to Blackburn Rovers, freeJason Roberts from Wigan Athletic to Blackburn Rovers, Undsiclosed4 July 2006
Chris Perry from Charlton Athletic to West Bromwich Albion, freeMikele Leigertwood from Crystal Palace to Sheffield United, £600k5 July 2006
Shaka Hislop from West Ham United to Major League Soccer (FC Dallas), freeBradley Wright-Phillips from Manchester City to Southampton, UndisclosedStan Lazaridis from Birmingham City to Perth Glory, freeFabio Aurelio from Valencia to Liverpool, freeFernando Morientes from Liverpool to Valencia, £3mCarlton Cole from Chelsea to West Ham United, Undisclosed6 July 2006
Tyrone Mears from Preston North End to West Ham United, £1mBruno N'Gotty from Bolton Wanderers to Birmingham City, free7 July 2006
Emile Heskey from Birmingham City to Wigan Athletic, £5.5m11 July 2006
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink from Middlesbrough to Charlton Athletic, freeChris Kirkland from Liverpool to Wigan Athletic, six month loan dealSeol Ki-Hyeon from Wolverhampton Wanderers to Reading, £1.5mGabriel Zakuani from Leyton Orient to Fulham, £1.5mPaul Smith from Southampton to Nottingham Forest, £500kDietmar Hamann from Liverpool to Bolton Wanderers, free12 July 2006
Dietmar Hamann from Bolton Wanderers to Manchester City, free [Hamann signed a pre-contract agreement with Bolton before quickly changing his mind, and joined Manchester City the next day. Bolton received £400,000 from Man. City in compensation.]Djibril Cisse from Liverpool to Olympique Marseille, season-long loanDamien Francis from Wigan Athletic to Watford, £1.5mYoann Folly from Southampton to Sheffield Wednesday, UndisclosedBjörn Runström from Hammarby IF to Fulham, Undisclosed13 July 2006
Scott Flinders from Barnsley to Crystal Palace, £1m14 July 2006
Pascal Zuberbuhler from FC Basel to West Bromwich Albion, freeSam Sodje from Brentford to Reading, £350kAbdoulaye Meite from Olympique Marseille to Bolton Wanderers, UndisclosedDean Marney to Tottenham Hotspur to Hull City, Undisclosed15 July 2006
Dean Leacock from Fulham to Swansea City, £375kSam Ricketts from Swansea City to Hull City, £300k18 July 2006
Denny Landzaat from AZ Alkmaar to Wigan Athletic, Undisclosed
Notes
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