2006–07 Crystal Palace F.C. season

Crystal Palace
2006–07 season
Chairman	Simon Jordan
Manager	Peter Taylor
Stadium	Selhurst Park
Championship	12th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	Morrison (12)
Average home league attendance	17,481
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During the 2006–07 English football season, Crystal Palace competed in the Football League Championship.

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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	58	50	+8	65
13	Cardiff City	46	17	13	16	57	53	+4	64
14	Ipswich Town	46	18	8	20	64	59	+5	62

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

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
5 August 2006	Ipswich Town	A	2–1	25,413	McAnuff, Scowcroft
8 August 2006	Southend United	H	3–1	18,072	Cort, Freedman, Hudson
13 August 2006	Leeds United	H	1–0	17,218	Morrison
19 August 2006	Birmingham City	A	1–2	20,223	McAnuff
26 August 2006	Burnley	H	2–2	16,396	Cort, Scowcroft
9 September 2006	Luton Town	A	1–2	9,187	Scowcroft
12 September 2006	Southampton	H	0–2	17,084
16 September 2006	Norwich City	A	1–0	24,618	Kuqi
23 September 2006	Coventry City	H	1–0	16,093	Morrison
30 September 2006	Hull City	A	1–1	18,099	Cort
14 October 2006	Cardiff City	H	1–2	18,876	Green
17 October 2006	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–2	16,105
21 October 2006	Leicester City	A	1–1	28,762	Soares
28 October 2006	Plymouth Argyle	H	0–1	17,084
31 October 2006	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–3	19,034	Kuqi, Soares
4 November 2006	Queens Park Rangers	A	2–4	13,989	Soares, Morrison
11 November 2006	Stoke City	H	0–1	18,868
18 November 2006	Barnsley	H	2–0	20,159	Scowcroft, Morrison
25 November 2006	Preston North End	A	0–0	14,202
28 November 2006	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–1	17,806	Freedman
2 December 2006	Queens Park Rangers	H	3–0	17,017	Freedman, Kuqi, Morrison
9 December 2006	Colchester United	H	1–3	16,762	Morrison
16 December 2006	Derby County	A	0–1	23,875
22 December 2006	Sunderland	H	1–0	17,439	Hudson
26 December 2006	Southampton	A	1–1	30,548	McAnuff
30 December 2006	Cardiff City	A	0–0	13,704
1 January 2007	Norwich City	H	3–1	16,765	Hudson, Kuqi, Green
13 January 2007	Coventry City	A	4–2	16,582	Fletcher, Kuqi, Cort, McAnuff
20 January 2007	Hull City	H	1–1	17,012	Fletcher
30 January 2007	Sunderland	A	0–0	26,958
3 February 2007	Ipswich Town	H	2–0	17,090	Cort, Ifill
10 February 2007	Leeds United	A	1–2	19,228	Cort
17 February 2007	Birmingham City	H	0–1	17,233
20 February 2007	Southend United	A	1–0	10,419	Ifill
24 February 2007	Luton Town	H	2–1	16,177	Morrison (2)
3 March 2007	Burnley	A	1–1	10,659	Morrison
10 March 2007	Leicester City	H	2–0	16,969	Fletcher, Watson (pen)
14 March 2007	West Bromwich Albion	A	3–2	17,960	Morrison, Watson (pen), Grabban
17 March 2007	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–1	11,239
31 March 2007	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–2	21,523	Morrison
7 April 2007	Preston North End	H	3–0	15,985	Kuqi (2), Cort
9 April 2007	Stoke City	A	1–2	13,616	Zakuani (own goal)
14 April 2007	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–2	17,981	Hudson, McAnuff
21 April 2007	Barnsley	A	0–2	10,277
29 April 2007	Derby County	H	2–0	19,545	Morrison, Kennedy
6 May 2007	Colchester United	A	2–0	5,857	Scowcroft, Watson

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 2007	Swindon Town	H	2–1	10,238	Kuqi, McAnuff
R4	27 January 2007	Preston North End	H	0–2	8,422

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	22 August 2006	Notts County	H	1–2	4,481	Hughes

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.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	ENG	Tom Soares
20	DF	ENG	Danny Butterfield
21	MF	ENG	Dave Martin
23	MF	WAL	Carl Fletcher^{[notes 4]}
25	MF	ENG	Stuart Green
27	MF	BRB	Paul Ifill^{[notes 5]}
28	GK	HUN	Gábor Király
31	DF	ENG	Arron Fray
32	FW	FIN	Shefki Kuqi^{[notes 6]}
33	FW	ENG	Lewis Grabban
34	MF	ENG	Phil Starkey
35	DF	WAL	Rhoys Wiggins^{[notes 7]}
36	MF	ENG	Lewwis Spence
37	FW	ENG	Charlie Sheringham
38	GK	ENG	David Wilkinson
40	MF	ENG	Ryan Hall