2006–07 Coventry City F.C. season

The 2006–07 season was Coventry City's 87th season in The Football League and their 6th consecutive season in the Football League Championship. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and Football League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007.

Coventry City
2006–07 season
ManagerMicky Adams
Adrian Heath (caretaker)
Iain Dowie
StadiumRicoh Arena
Championship17th
FA CupThird Round
League CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Dele Adebola (8)
All: Dele Adebola (9)

Matches edit

Pre-season friendlies edit

25 July 2006 Banbury United 1–2 Coventry City Spencer Stadium, Banbury

Championship edit

6 August 2006 (2006-08-06) Coventry City 2–1 Sunderland Ricoh Arena, Coventry
26 August 2006 (2006-08-26) Hull City 0–1 Coventry City KC Stadium, Hull
9 September 2006 (2006-09-09) Coventry City 3–0 Norwich City Ricoh Arena, Coventry
12 September 2006 (2006-09-12) Ipswich Town 2–1 Coventry City Portman Road, Ipswich
16 September 2006 (2006-09-16) Coventry City 1–0 Leeds United Ricoh Arena, Coventry
28 October 2006 (2006-10-28) Barnsley 0–1 Coventry City Oakwell, Barnsley
11 November 2006 (2006-11-11) Coventry City 1–2 Derby County Ricoh Arena, Coventry
2 December 2006 (2006-12-02) Coventry City 0–0 Stoke City Ricoh Arena, Coventry
9 December 2006 (2006-12-09) Coventry City 1–0 Burnley Ricoh Arena, Coventry
23 December 2006 (2006-12-23) Luton Town 3–1 Coventry City Kenilworth Road, Luton
26 December 2006 (2006-12-26) Coventry City 1–2 Ipswich Town Ricoh Arena, Coventry
1 January 2007 (2007-01-01) Leeds United 2–1 Coventry City Elland Road, Leeds
30 January 2007 (2007-01-30) Coventry City 1–0 Luton Town Ricoh Arena, Coventry
10 February 2007 (2007-02-10) Coventry City 2–2 Cardiff City Ricoh Arena, Coventry
20 February 2007 (2007-02-20) Coventry City 2–1 Southampton Ricoh Arena, Coventry
24 February 2007 (2007-02-24) Norwich City 1–1 Coventry City Carrow Road, Norwich
3 March 2007 (2007-03-03) Coventry City 2–0 Hull City Ricoh Arena, Coventry
17 March 2007 (2007-03-17) Coventry City 4–1 Barnsley Ricoh Arena, Coventry
6 May 2007 (2007-05-06) Burnley 1–2 Coventry City Turf Moor, Burnley

League Cup edit

FA Cup edit

Season statistics edit

Starts and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship League Cup FA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   ENG Luke Steele (on loan from West Bromwich Albion) 7 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
2 DF   ENG Andy Whing (on loan to Brighton & Hove Albion) 19 0 15+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF   ENG Marcus Hall 42 0 38+2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
4 DF   WAL Rob Page 31 0 28+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
5 DF   ENG Elliott Ward 40 3 39+0 3 1+0 0 0+0 0
6 MF   ENG Stephen Hughes 38 1 36+1 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
6 MF   ENG Wayne Andrews (on loan to Sheffield Wednesday and Bristol City) 3 1 0+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF   IRL Michael Doyle 42 3 40+0 3 0+0 0 2+0 0
9 FW   NGA Dele Adebola 42 9 28+12 8 1 1 1 0
10 FW   ENG Gary McSheffrey 3 1 3+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 FW   SCO Kevin Kyle 33 3 18+13 3 0+0 0 2+0 0
11 MF   TRI Chris Birchall 30 1 17+11 1 1+1 0 0+0 0
13 GK   ESP Rafael González-Robles 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 GK   ENG Arran Lee-Barrett (on loan from Weymouth) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 FW   TRI Stern John 25 6 19+4 5 1 0 1 1
14 MF   SEN Khalilou Fadiga 6 0 1+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 MF   FRO Claus Bech Jørgensen 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 FW   ENG Leon McKenzie 33 8 23+8 7 0+0 0 2+0 1
16 MF   ENG Isaac Osbourne (on loan to Crewe Alexandra) 21 0 16+3 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
17 DF   ENG Matt Heath (on loan to Leeds United) 8 0 7+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
17 FW   MLT Michael Mifsud 19 4 12+7 4 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 DF   SCO David McNamee 16 0 16+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 DF   ENG Stuart Giddings 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 DF   DEN Mikkel Bischoff 3 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 DF   EIR Colin Hawkins 13 0 13+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF   EIR Jay Tabb 32 3 22+9 3 0+0 0 1+0 0
22 MF   SCO Don Hutchison 14 0 3+11 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 MF   SCO Colin Cameron 26 3 16+8 2 1+0 0 1+0 1
24 DF   NZL Che Bunce 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 DF   WAL Richard Duffy (on loan from Portsmouth) 13 0 13+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 MF   ENG Adam Virgo (on loan from Celtic) 16 1 10+5 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
26 MF   MAR Faysal El Idrissi 2 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF   IRL Clive Clarke (on loan from Sunderland) 12 0 12+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 MF   ENG Darren Currie (on loan from Ipswich Town) 8 0 6+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 MF   EIR Kevin Thornton 11 1 5+6 1 0 0 0 0
30 MF   ENG Liam Davis (on loan to Peterborough United) 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 MF   ENG Andrew Gooding 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 GK   ENG Andy Marshall 42 0 41+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
34 DF   ENG Ben Turner (on loan to Peterborough United and Oldham Athletic) 3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
35 MF   ENG Lee Hildreth 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Notes:

  • Player substitutions are not included.

Goalscorers edit

15 players scored for Coventry City during the 2006–07 season.

49 goals were scored in total during the 2006–07 season:

The top goalscorer was Dele Adebola with 9 goals.

Name Championship League Cup FA Cup Total
Dele Adebola 8 1 0   09
Leon McKenzie 7 0 1   08
Stern John 5 0 1   06
Michael Mifsud 4 0 0   04
Michael Doyle 3 0 0   03
Kevin Kyle 3 0 0   03
Jay Tabb 3 0 0   03
Elliott Ward 3 0 0   03
Colin Cameron 2 0 1   03
Chris Birchall 2 0 0   02
Wayne Andrews 1 0 0   01
Stephen Hughes 1 0 0   01
Gary McSheffrey 1 0 0   01
Kevin Thornton 1 0 0   01
Adam Virgo 1 0 0   01

Discipline edit

Yellow cards edit

18 players were booked for Coventry City during the 2006–07 season.

87 bookings were received in total during the 2006–07 season:

The most booked player was Kevin Kyle with 12 cards.

Name Championship League Cup FA Cup Total
Kevin Kyle 11 0 1   12
Rob Page 10 0 0   10
Michael Doyle 8 0 2   10
Andy Whing 6 1 0   7
David McNamee 6 0 0   6
Marcus Hall 5 0 0   5
Leon McKenzie 5 0 0   5
Jay Tabb 5 0 0   5
Elliott Ward 5 0 0   5
Richard Duffy 4 0 0   4
Stephen Hughes 3 1 0   3
Dele Adebola 3 0 0   3
Isaac Osbourne 3 0 0   3
Kevin Thornton 3 0 0   3
Adam Virgo 2 0 1   3
Colin Cameron 1 0 0   1
Colin Hawkins 1 0 0   1
Stern John 1 0 0   1

Red Cards edit

1 player was sent off for Coventry City during the 2006–07 season.

1 player was sent off in total during the 2006–07 season.

Name Championship League Cup FA Cup Total
David McNamee 1 0 0   1

Transfers edit

In edit

Player From Date Fee
  David McNamee   Livingston 2 June 2006 £100,000[1]
  Wayne Andrews Crystal Palace 3 June 2006 Free[2]
  Mikkel Bischoff Manchester City 12 June 2006 Free[3]
  Elliott Ward West Ham United 16 June 2006 £1,000,000
  Colin Cameron Wolverhampton Wanderers 29 June 2006 Free[4]
  Andy Marshall Millwall 30 June 2006 Free[5]
  Jay Tabb Brentford 1 July 2006 Undisclosed[6]
  Chris Birchall Port Vale 5 August 2006 £300,000[7]
  Faysal El Idrissi   Al-Nasr 17 August 2006 Free
  Kevin Kyle Sunderland 25 August 2006 £600,000[8]
  Leon McKenzie Norwich City 31 August 2006 £1,000,000[9]
  Rafael González-Robles   Real Oviedo 14 September 2006 Free[10]
  Michael Mifsud   Lillestrøm 10 January 2007 Free[11]
  Colin Hawkins   Shelbourne 30 January 2007 Free[12]
  Che Bunce   New Zealand Knights 31 January 2007 Free[13]
  Arran Lee-Barrett Weymouth 31 January 2007 Free[14]

Out edit

Player To Date Fee
  Dennis Wise Released 30 May 2006 Free
  Andrew Impey Released 30 May 2006 Free[15]
  Luke Webb Hereford United 30 May 2006 Free
  Jonathan Tuffey   Partick Thistle 30 May 2006 Free[16]
  Rikki Bains Accrington Stanley 31 May 2006 Free
  Richard Shaw Millwall 29 June 2006 Free[17]
  Ady Williams Swindon Town 30 June 2006 Free[18]
  Clayton Ince Walsall 8 July 2006 Free[19]
  James Scowcroft Crystal Palace 25 July 2006 £500,000[20]
  Andy Morrell Blackpool 15 August 2006 Free[21]
  Gary McSheffrey Birmingham City 16 August 2006 £4,000,000[22]
  Graham Barrett   Falkirk 1 August 2006 Free[23]
  Claus Bech Jørgensen Blackpool 8 September 2006 Free
  Faysal El Idrissi Released 1 November 2006 Free
  Rafael González-Robles Released 13 December 2006 Free
  Mikkel Bischoff   Brøndby 2 January 2007 Free[24]
  Matt Heath Leeds United 2 January 2007 Free[25]
  Craig Reid Cheltenham Town 12 January 2007 Free
  Stern John Sunderland 29 January 2007 Undisclosed[26]

Loans in edit

Player From Date From Date Till
  Adam Virgo   Celtic 7 August 2006 15 August 2006[27]
  Luke Steele Manchester United 3 August 2006 10 August 2006
  Clive Clarke Sunderland 23 August 2006 10 January 2007[28]
  Richard Duffy Portsmouth 23 August 2006 27 December 2006
  Darren Currie Ipswich Town 23 November 2006 2 January 2007[29]
  Luke Steele West Bromwich Albion 23 December 2006 7 May 2007[30]
  Arran Lee-Barrett Weymouth 12 January 2007 30 January 2007

Loans out edit

Player To Date From Date Till
  Liam Davis Peterborough United 14 September 2006 17 December 2006
  Ben Turner Peterborough United 14 September 2006 14 December 2006
  Andy Whing Brighton and Hove Albion 6 October 2006 28 December 2006
  Isaac Osbourne Crewe Alexandra 20 October 2006 1 November 2006[31]
  Matt Heath Leeds United 10 November 2006 1 January 2007
  Wayne Andrews Sheffield Wednesday 23 November 2006 2 January 2007
  Cameron Belford Tamworth 26 December 2006 31 December 2006
  Wayne Andrews Bristol City 19 January 2007 19 March 2007[32]
  Ben Turner Oldham Athletic 23 February 2007 23 March 2007[33]
  Ryan Lynch Tamworth 22 March 2007 28 April 2007[34]

Kit Profile edit

Supplier: Puma
Sponsor(s): Cassidy Group

 
 
 
 
 
 
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References edit

  1. ^ "Coventry seal McNamee signature". BBC Sport. 2 June 2006.
  2. ^ "Striker Andrews joins Sky Blues". BBC Sport. 3 June 2006.
  3. ^ "Sky Blues sign defender Bischoff". BBC Sport. 12 June 2006.
  4. ^ "Coventry sign midfielder Cameron". BBC Sport. 29 June 2006.
  5. ^ "Coventry sign goalkeeper Marshall". BBC Sport. 30 June 2006.
  6. ^ "Coventry pick up midfielder Tabb". BBC Sport. 1 July 2006.
  7. ^ "Coventry bring in Vale's Birchall". BBC Sport. 5 July 2006.
  8. ^ "Sky Blues sign Sunderland's Kyle". BBC Sport. 25 July 2006.
  9. ^ "Norwich's McKenzie joins Coventry". BBC Sport. 31 July 2006.
  10. ^ "Coventry recruit Spanish keeper". BBC Sport. 14 September 2006.
  11. ^ "Sky Blues snap up Malta striker". BBC Sport. 10 January 2007.
  12. ^ "Coventry recruit defender Hawkins". BBC Sport. 30 January 2007.
  13. ^ "Coventry complete Bunce signing". BBC Sport. 31 January 2007.
  14. ^ "Coventry tie up Lee-Barrett deal". BBC Sport. 31 January 2007.
  15. ^ "Impey reveals plan for retirement". BBC Sport. 8 December 2005.
  16. ^ "Partick land Coventry goalkeeper". BBC Sport. 30 May 2006.
  17. ^ "Pair complete moves to Millwall". BBC Sport. 29 June 2006.
  18. ^ "Swindon sign Coventry's Williams". BBC Sport. 30 June 2006.
  19. ^ "Ince leaves Coventry for Walsall". BBC Sport. 8 July 2006.
  20. ^ "Palace complete Scowcroft signing". BBC Sport. 25 July 2006.
  21. ^ "Morrell makes move to Blackpool". BBC Sport. 15 August 2006.
  22. ^ "Birmingham capture £4m McSheffrey". BBC Sport. 16 August 2006.
  23. ^ "Barrett completes Falkirk signing". BBC Sport. 1 August 2006.
  24. ^ "Defender Bischoff joins Brondby". BBC Sport. 2 January 2007.
  25. ^ "Leeds ready to make double swoop". BBC Sport. 2 January 2007.
  26. ^ "Sunderland complete John signing". BBC Sport. 29 January 2007.
  27. ^ "Virgo makes Coventry loan switch". BBC Sport. 7 August 2006.
  28. ^ "Coventry sign Sunderland's Clarke". BBC Sport. 23 August 2006.
  29. ^ "Currie makes Coventry loan switch". BBC Sport. 23 November 2006.
  30. ^ "Coventry seal Steele loan switch". BBC Sport. 23 December 2006.
  31. ^ "Coventry's Osbourne joins Crewe". BBC Sport. 20 October 2006.
  32. ^ "City get Coventry striker on loan". BBC Sport. 19 January 2007.
  33. ^ "Turner agrees Oldham loan switch". BBC Sport. 23 February 2007.
  34. ^ "Lynch makes Tamworth loan switch". BBC Sport. 22 March 2007.

External links edit