2006–07 Barnsley F.C. season

During the 2006–07 English football season, Barnsley F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.

Barnsley

2006–07 season
Chairman	Gordon Shepherd
Manager	Andy Ritchie (until 21 November)[1] Simon Davey (from 21 November)
Stadium	Oakwell
Championship	20th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	Nardiello (9)
Average home league attendance	12,733
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Season summary

During the early stages of the season, Ritchie was approached by Sheffield Wednesday about their vacant manager's position, following the sacking of Paul Sturrock in October 2006. However, the request was turned down by the club.^[2] Ritchie was sacked by Barnsley on 21 November 2006, with the team in the relegation zone of the League Championship.^[3]

Simon Davey was then appointed caretaker manager following Ritchie's dismissal. After a successful start he was given the job on a permanent basis at the end of the year,^[4] and later led the club to a successful fight against relegation at the end of the season.

Final league table

Main article: 2006–07 Football League Championship

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
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
22	Southend United (R)	46	10	12	24	47	80	−33	42	Relegation to Football League One

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

Results

Football League Championship

Championship match details

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
5 August 2006	Cardiff City	H	L	1–2	Howard	12,082
8 August 2006	Hull City	A	W	3–2	McIndoe, Richards, Hayes	18,207
12 August 2006	Colchester United	A	W	2–1	Richards, Howard	4,249
19 August 2006	Southampton	H	D	2–2	Richards, Hayes (pen)	11,306
26 August 2006	Norwich City	A	L	1–5	Hayes	24,876
9 September 2006	Stoke City	H	D	2–2	Wright, Hayes	10,464
12 September 2006	Burnley	A	L	2–4	McIndoe (2)	10,304
16 September 2006	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	W	1–0	Richards	11,350
22 September 2006	Preston North End	A	L	0–1		11,728
30 September 2006	Luton Town	H	L	1–2	Howard	10,175
14 October 2006	Sheffield Wednesday	A	L	1–2	Howard	28,687
17 October 2006	Plymouth Argyle	H	D	2–2	Kay, Richards	9,479
21 October 2006	Sunderland	A	L	0–2		27,918
28 October 2006	Coventry City	H	L	0–1		10,470
1 November 2006	Derby County	A	L	1–2	Hassell	21,295
4 November 2006	Leeds United	H	W	3–2	Devaney, McIndoe, Howard	16,943
11 November 2006	Birmingham City	A	L	0–2		19,344
18 November 2006	Crystal Palace	A	L	0–2		20,159
25 November 2006	Ipswich Town	H	W	1–0	McCann	10,556
28 November 2006	Southend United	H	W	2–0	Howard, Reid	9,588
2 December 2006	Leeds United	A	D	2–2	Nardiello (2)	21,378
10 December 2006	West Bromwich Albion	H	D	1–1	Hayes	9,512
16 December 2006	Leicester City	A	L	0–2		30,457
23 December 2006	Queens Park Rangers	A	L	0–1		11,307
26 December 2006	Burnley	H	W	1–0	Devaney	12,842
30 December 2006	Sheffield Wednesday	H	L	0–3		21,253
1 January 2007	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	L	0–2		20,064
13 January 2007	Preston North End	H	L	0–1		10,810
20 January 2007	Luton Town	A	W	2–0	Howard, Devaney	7,441
30 January 2007	Queens Park Rangers	H	W	2–0	Richards, Howard	9,890
2 February 2007	Cardiff City	A	L	0–2		11,549
10 February 2007	Colchester United	H	L	0–3		11,192
17 February 2007	Southampton	A	L	2–5	Nardiello, Ferenczi	22,460
20 February 2007	Hull City	H	W	3–0	Ferenczi (2), Rajczi	12,526
26 February 2007	Stoke City	A	W	1–0	Ferenczi	13,114
3 March 2007	Norwich City	H	L	1–3	Ferenczi	11,010
10 March 2007	Sunderland	H	L	0–2		18,207
14 March 2007	Plymouth Argyle	A	W	4–2	Nyatanga, Devaney (2), Ferenczi	10,265
17 March 2007	Coventry City	A	L	1–4	Hassell	21,609
31 March 2007	Derby County	H	L	1–2	Togwell	17,059
7 April 2007	Ipswich Town	A	L	1–5	Nardiello	20,585
9 April 2007	Birmingham City	H	W	1–0	Nardiello	15,857
14 April 2007	Southend United	A	W	3–1	Nardiello (2), Reid	10,089
21 April 2007	Crystal Palace	H	W	2–0	Nardiello (2, 1 pen)	10,277
28 April 2007	Leicester City	H	L	0–1		20,012
6 May 2007	West Bromwich Albion	A	L	0–7		23,568

FA Cup

Main article: 2006–07 FA Cup

FA Cup match details

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
Third round	6 January 2007	Southend United	A	D	1–1	Coulson	5,485
Third round replay	16 January 2007	Southend United	H	L	0–2		4,944

League Cup

Main article: 2006–07 Football League Cup

League Cup match details

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
First round	22 August 2006	Blackpool	A	D	2–2 (4–2 p)	Williams, Devaney	3,938
Second round	19 September 2006	Milton Keynes Dons	H	L	1–2	McIndoe	4,411

Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  IRL Nick Colgan 2 DF  ENG Bobby Hassell 3 DF  ENG Paul Heckingbottom 4 DF  ENG Paul Reid 7 DF  ENG Sam Togwell 8 FW  ENG Paul Hayes 9 FW  HUN István Ferenczi 10 MF  ENG Ritchie Jones (on loan from Manchester United) 11 MF  ENG Brian Howard 13 FW  HUN Péter Rajczi (on loan from Újpest) 14 DF  ENG Neil Austin 15 DF  ENG Antony Kay 16 DF  ENG Adam Eckersley (on loan from Manchester United) 17 MF  ENG Nicky Wroe 18 MF  ENG Kyel Reid (on loan from West Ham United) 19 MF  ENG Dale Tonge 20 DF  ENG Robbie Williams

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 FW  ENG Marc Richards 22 GK  WAL Kyle Letheren 23 FW  WAL Daniel Nardiello 24 FW  ENG Michael Coulson 25 MF  ENG Martin Devaney 26 MF  ENG Simon Heslop 27 FW  ENG Nathan Jarman 28 FW  ENG Nathan Joynes 30 MF  NIR Grant McCann 31 DF  ENG Rob Atkinson 32 DF  ENG Ryan Laight 33 DF  ENG Thomas Harban 34 FW  SCO Scott McGrory 35 DF  ENG Rhys Meynell 36 GK  ENG David Lucas 37 MF  ENG Dwayne Mattis 38 DF  ENG Luke Potter

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 5 DF  ENG Ronnie Wallwork (on loan from West Bromwich Albion) 5 DF  WAL Lewin Nyatanga (on loan from Derby County) 6 MF  IRL Colin Healy (to Cork City) 9 FW  ENG Leon Knight (on loan from Swansea City) 10 MF  SCO Michael McIndoe (to Wolverhampton Wanderers)

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 DF  SCO Anthony McParland (to Wycombe Wanderers) 16 MF  ENG Richard Kell (to Lincoln City) 18 GK  ITA Vito Mannone (on loan from Arsenal) 29 FW  ENG Tommy Wright (to Darlington)