2006–07 Hull City A.F.C. season

During the 2006–07 English football season, Hull City competed in the Football League Championship.

Hull City

2006–07 season
Chairman	Adam Pearson
Manager	Phil Parkinson (until 4 December) Phil Brown (from 4 December)
Stadium	KC Stadium
Championship	21st
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	Windass (8)
Average home league attendance	18,845

Season summary

On 13 June 2006, Peter Taylor left Hull to take up the job vacated by Dowie at Crystal Palace, a club at which he had enjoyed considerable success as a player. Phil Parkinson was confirmed as his replacement on 29 June 2006, with Hull paying Colchester (with whom Parkinson was still under contract) £400,000 compensation. Phil Brown, who had recently departed his job as manager of Derby County, joined the club as Parkinson's assistant.

Defender Leon Cort became Hull's first million-pound player when he followed Peter Taylor to Crystal Palace for a fee of £1,250,000. Parkinson wasted no time in spending the majority of this money on strengthening the City squad in readiness for the 2006–07 season.

Chairman Adam Pearson stated his ambition to take Hull into the top flight for the first time in their history – and he believed Phil Parkinson was the manager to do it. However, their dismal start to the 2006–07 season was hardly the form of a team attempting to gain promotion, and on 4 December 2006 Parkinson was sacked as manager with Hull in the relegation zone, despite having spent over £2 million on players.

Phil Brown was appointed as caretaker manager and by 4 January 2007, Hull had moved out of the relegation zone and Brown was rewarded with a contract as their new manager until at least the end of the season.

Hull's Championship game against Sunderland on 17 March 2007 at the Stadium of Light saw an attendance of 38,448, a record to a Hull City game since they visited Stamford Bridge on 14 May 1977.

Hull City all but secured their place in the Championship next season with a 1–0 victory away at Cardiff City, on 28 April 2007. This left them 3 points clear of Leeds United, the only side with a chance of overtaking them, but with a vastly superior goal difference this was only a mathematical possibility. This crucial goal was scored by Dean Windass, who had rejoined his hometown club on loan from Bradford City. By 4 May, due to a lack of any realistic chance of them remaining in the Championship, Leeds went into administration and in doing so received the 10 point penalty such a move incurs. This deduction left Leeds at the bottom of the championship on 36 points, securing Hull's place in the Championship for the 2007–08 season.

Final league table

Main article: 2006–07 Football League

			P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
C	1	Sunderland	46	27	7	12	76	47	+29	88
P	2	Birmingham City	46	26	8	12	67	42	+25	86
P	3	Derby County	46	25	9	12	62	46	+16	84
	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	59	51	+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
R	22	Southend United	46	10	12	24	47	80	−33	42
R	23	Luton Town	46	10	10	26	53	81	−28	40
R	24	Leeds United	46	13	7	26	46	72	−26	36 A

A Deducted 10 points for administration entrance.

Results

Hull City's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
5 August 2006	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–2	20,682
8 August 2006	Barnsley	H	2–3	18,207	Parkin (2)
12 August 2006	Derby County	H	1–2	15,261	Parkin (pen)
19 August 2006	Ipswich Town	A	0–0	19,790
26 August 2006	Coventry City	H	0–1	16,145
9 September 2006	Birmingham City	A	1–2	19,228	Livermore
12 September 2006	Leicester City	A	1–0	18,677	Bridges
15 September 2006	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–1	17,685	Parkin (2)
23 September 2006	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–2	11,381
30 September 2006	Crystal Palace	H	1–1	18,099	Turner
14 October 2006	Burnley	A	0–2	11,530
17 October 2006	Luton Town	H	0–0	14,895
21 October 2006	Preston North End	A	1–2	13,728	Welsh
28 October 2006	Sunderland	H	0–1	25,512
31 October 2006	Southend United	A	3–2	10,234	Parkin, Elliott, Fagan
4 November 2006	Southampton	A	0–0	20,560
11 November 2006	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–0	16,962	Fagan, Elliott
18 November 2006	Stoke City	H	0–2	16,940
25 November 2006	Norwich City	A	1–1	24,129	Turner
28 November 2006	Colchester United	A	1–5	5,373	Forster
2 December 2006	Southampton	H	2–4	15,697	Barmby, Fagan
9 December 2006	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–1	12,101
16 December 2006	Cardiff City	H	4–1	23,089	Delaney, Marney, Fagan, Bridges
23 December 2006	Leeds United	A	0–0	22,578
26 December 2006	Leicester City	H	1–2	18,523	Fagan
30 December 2006	Burnley	H	2–0	17,731	Marney, Fagan (pen)
1 January 2007	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–1	28,600	Barmby (2)
13 January 2007	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–1	19,791	Elliott (2)
20 January 2007	Crystal Palace	A	1–1	17,012	Ashbee
30 January 2007	Leeds United	H	1–2	24,311	Forster
3 February 2007	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–1	18,005
10 February 2007	Derby County	A	2–2	28,140	Dawson, Livermore
20 February 2007	Barnsley	A	0–3	12,526
24 February 2007	Birmingham City	H	2–0	18,811	Windass (2, 1 pen)
3 March 2007	Coventry City	A	0–2	21,079
6 March 2007	Ipswich Town	H	2–5	18,056	Windass (2, 1 pen)
10 March 2007	Preston North End	H	2–0	17,118	Forster, Livermore
13 March 2007	Luton Town	A	2–1	7,777	Livermore, Turner
17 March 2007	Sunderland	A	0–2	38,448
31 March 2007	Southend United	H	4–0	19,629	Windass (3), Ricketts
6 April 2007	Norwich City	H	1–2	19,053	Dawson
9 April 2007	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–3	20,772	Forster
14 April 2007	Colchester United	H	1–1	20,887	Forster
21 April 2007	Stoke City	A	1–1	17,109	Barmby
28 April 2007	Cardiff City	A	1–0	12,421	Windass
6 May 2007	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–2	20,661	Elliott

FA Cup

Main article: 2006–07 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 2007	Middlesbrough	H	1–1	17,520	Forster
R3R	16 January 2007	Middlesbrough	A	3–4	16,702	Dawson (2), Parkin (pen)

League Cup

Main article: 2006–07 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	22 August 2006	Tranmere Rovers	H	2–1 (a.e.t.)	6,075	Burgess, Duffy
R2	19 September 2006	Hartlepool United	H	0–0	6,392
R3	24 October 2006	Watford	A	1–2	8,274	Barmby

Squad

[1] 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	WAL	Boaz Myhill
2	MF	ENG	Nathan Doyle
3	DF	ENG	Andy Dawson
4	MF	ENG	Ian Ashbee
5	DF	ENG	Danny Coles
6	DF	ENG	Michael Turner
7	MF	NIR	Stuart Elliott
8	MF	ENG	Nick Barmby
9	FW	ENG	Nicky Forster
10	FW	SCO	Stephen McPhee
11	FW	ENG	Jon Parkin
12	GK	ENG	Matt Duke
14	MF	ENG	Ray Parlour
15	FW	SCO	Darryl Duffy
16	MF	IRL	Damien Delaney
17	FW	ENG	Michael Bridges

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	ENG	John Welsh
20	FW	ENG	Dean Windass (on loan from Bradford City)
21	DF	WAL	Sam Ricketts
22	MF	ENG	Dean Marney
23	DF	ENG	Sam Collins
24	MF	ENG	David Livermore
27	MF	ENG	Lee Peltier (on loan from Liverpool)
28	MF	ENG	Russell Fry
29	MF	ENG	Ryan France
30	DF	ENG	Scott Wiseman
33	DF	ENG	Matty Plummer
34	FW	ENG	Nicky Featherstone
35	DF	ENG	Michael Byron
36	GK	ENG	Curtis Aspden
37	MF	ENG	Ben Wilkinson
38	DF	ENG	Tom Matthews

Left club during 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
17	MF	IRL	Keith Andrews (to Milton Keynes Dons)
9	FW	IRL	Ben Burgess (to Blackpool)
2	DF	ENG	Mark Lynch (to Yeovil Town)
14	MF	ENG	Stuart Green (to Crystal Palace)
25	DF	ENG	Danny Mills (on loan from Manchester City)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	ENG	Jason Jarrett (on loan from Preston North End)
20	DF	ENG	Alton Thelwell (to Leyton Orient)
18	MF	IRL	Mark Yeates (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
27	FW	ENG	Craig Fagan (to Derby County)
26	FW	POR	Ricardo Vaz Tê (on loan from Bolton Wanderers)