2006–07_Crystal_Palace_F.C._season

2006–07 Crystal Palace F.C. season

2006–07 Crystal Palace F.C. season

2006–07 season of Crystal Palace

During the 2006–07 English football season, Crystal Palace competed in the Football League Championship.

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Season summary

Peter Taylor was appointed as manager at Crystal Palace after the club paid Hull City a compensation package of £250,000. Chairman Simon Jordan received praise from Hull chairman Adam Pearson for his conduct in the process of appointing Taylor.[1] Most Palace fans were pleased with this appointment, and were looking forward to an exciting 2006–07 season.

Taylor made a host of summer signings, and despite a start which saw Palace at the top of the table after three games, a terrible run of form saw the Eagles slip down the order, falling to 20th at one stage. Despite this, Jordan was content to leave Taylor in charge of first-team affairs, and his faith was rewarded as Palace picked up their form in the post-Christmas period.

After being unbeaten in eight games, the Eagles lost to Dennis Wise's struggling Leeds United side. Controversy followed the game as Wise revealed an unnamed Leeds player had shared information about the Leeds teamsheet to Taylor's side before the game. Many Palace and Leeds fans believed that former Eagle Shaun Derry might have been the player who shared the information, and though Derry's agent played down these reports, it is notable that Derry rejoined Palace in the following season.

After a season of ups and downs, Palace eventually finished in 12th position.

In June 2007 Jordan succeeded in his High Court battle against Coventry City boss Iain Dowie, with The Hon. Mr Justice Tugendhat ruling that Dowie had lied when negotiating his way out of his contract at Palace. Dowie won the right to appeal and thus the case dragged on, finally being settled out of court the following April for an unknown fee.[2]

Final league table

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Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Results

Crystal Palace's score comes first[3]

Legend

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Football League Championship

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FA Cup

Main article: 2006–07 FA Cup
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League Cup

Main article: 2006–07 Football League Cup
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Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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Left club during season

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Transfers

In

Out

References

  1. [1]
    "Taylor named new Palace manager". BBC Sport. 13 June 2006. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  2. [2]
    "Palace chief wins £1m court case". BBC News. 14 June 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  3. [3]
    "Crystal Palace results for the 2006-2007 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  4. [4]
    "FootballSquads - Crystal Palace - 2006/07".
  5. [5]
    "Palace snap up Hull defender Cort". BBC Sport. 30 June 2006. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  6. [6]
    "Palace land Wolves winger Kennedy". BBC Sport. 11 July 2006. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  7. [7]
    Live, Coventry (25 July 2006). "Scowcroft set for Palace switch". CoventryLive. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  8. [8]
    "Palace sign Millwall's Lawrence". BBC Sport. 2 August 2006. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  9. [9]
    "Ifill ties up Palace move". Sky Sports. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  10. [10]
    "Everton complete £8.6m Johnson signing". The Irish Times. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  11. [11]
    "Wigan sign Palace defender Hall". BBC Sport. 26 June 2006. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  12. [12]
    "Blades complete Leigertwood deal". BBC Sport. 4 July 2006. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  13. [13]
    "Popovic leaves Palace for Qatar". BBC Sport. 19 July 2006. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  14. [14]
    "Wigan sign Palace defender Boyce". 1 August 2006. pp. BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 March 2023.

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Cort was born in Southwark, England, but also qualified to represent Guyana internationally and would make his international debut for Guyana in October 2011.
  2. [N 2]
    McAnuff was born in Enfield, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his father and made his international debut for Jamaica in May 2002.
  3. [N 3]
    Morrison was born in Wandsworth, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in August 2001.
  4. [N 4]
    Fletcher was born in Camberley, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 2004.
  5. [N 5]
    Ifill was born in Brighton, England, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Barbados in June 2004.
  6. [N 6]
    Kuqi was born in Vučitrn, Yugoslavia (part of Serbia in 2007, but now part of Kosovo), but was raised in Finland and made his international debut for Finland in August 1999.
  7. [N 7]
    Wiggins was born in Hillingdon, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and has represented them at U-17, U-19, and U-21 level.
  8. [N 8]
    Macken was born in Blackley, England, and represented them at U-20 level, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in August 2004.
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