2006–07 Cardiff City F.C. season

During the 2006–07 season Cardiff City played in the Football League Championship. It was the team's fourth year in the Championship since being promoted from League One. The season also saw a change of chairman at the club when Sam Hammam handed over control to Peter Ridsdale.

Cardiff City

2006–07 season
Chairman	Sam Hammam (until December) Peter Ridsdale
Manager	Dave Jones
Championship	13th
FA Cup	Third Round
League Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Michael Chopra (22) All: Michael Chopra (22)
Highest home attendance	20,376 vs Tottenham Hotspur (7 January 2006)
Lowest home attendance	11,549 vs Barnsley (2 February 2006)
Average home league attendance	15,224
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

Season review

Kit

The kits were designed by Spanish company Joma. It was the first season they were sponsored by Communications Direct.

Events

• 31 May 2006 – Cardiff break their record for highest fee received for a player with the sale of Cameron Jerome to Birmingham City for £3 million.
• 22 December 2006 – Sam Hammam sells the club to Peter Ridsdale for £27 million.

League

The opening game saw Cardiff win 2–1 over Barnsley on 5 August 2006 before Cardiff fans saw Michael Chopra score his first competitive goal for Cardiff in a 1–0 win over Coventry City. City were undefeated through August four wins and one draw against West Bromwich Albion. Their first loss came at Deepdale in a 2–1 defeat against Preston North End where Chopra scored his second league goal. The side's next win did not come until two games later in a 4–1 win over Luton Town at Ninian Park, going on to win their next four games when Norwich City ended the winning streak. After a 1–0 win over Burnley, Cardiff went four games without scoring, drawing two of these and losing the other two.

On 9 December 2006 Darren Purse scored their first goal since the win over Burnley against Ipswich Town which ended in a 2–2 draw. On 20 January 2007 Cardiff broke their poor run of form after going eleven games without a win with a 2–1 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers. They then went undefeated until a month later on 20 February 2007 this time West Bromwich Albion ended Cardiff's run but the side were still mid-table. Even though they hit straight back with a win over Preston North End, another loss to Birmingham City then a 1–0 win over Norwich City was followed by a winless streak which lasted until the end of the season, finishing in 13th place.

FA Cup

Cardiff entered in the 3rd Round in a home game against Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur on 7 January 2007. A 0–0 draw at Ninian Park took the tie to a replay at White Hart Lane on 17 January which saw Cardiff lose 4–0.^[1]

League Cup

In the first round of the League Cup, Cardiff were drawn against League Two side Barnet but a team made up of reserve and youth players were beaten 2–0.^[2]

FAW Cup

Cardiff beat Carmarthen Town in the quarter-finals before being eliminated by The New Saints in the semi-finals.^[3]

First-team squad

No.	Name	Pos.	Nat.	Place of birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Ends
Goalkeepers
1	Neil Alexander	GK		Edinburgh	29	234	0	Livingston	28 May 2001	£200,000	2007
13	Mark Howard	GK		Southwark	20	2	0	Arsenal	1 June 2006	Free	2007
15	David Forde	GK		Galway	27	8	0	Derry City	5 December 2006	Free	2009
23	Martyn Margetson	GK		Neath	35	41	0	Huddersfield Town	3 August 2002	Free	2007
Defenders
2	Kerrea Gilbert	RB		Brent	20	27	0	Arsenal	21 July 2006	Loan	2007
3	Kevin McNaughton	RB		Dundee	24	44	0	Aberdeen	26 May 2006	Free	2009
5	Darren Purse	CB		Tower Hamlets	30	76	8	West Bromwich Albion	28 July 2005	£1,000,000	2009
6	Glenn Loovens	CB		Doetinchem	23	68	4	Feyenoord	9 May 2006	£250,000	2009
12	Roger Johnson	CB		Ashford	20	33	2	Wycombe Wanderers	4 July 2006	£275,000	2009
21	Chris Barker	LB		Sheffield	27	180	0	Barnsley	12 July 2002	£500,000	2007
44	Chris Gunter	RB		Newport	17	18	0	Academy	1 August 2006	Trainee	2008
Defenders
4	Jeff Whitley	CM		Ndola	28	39	1	Sunderland	1 July 2005	Free	2007
7	Peter Whittingham	LM		Nuneaton	22	19	4	Aston Villa	11 January 2007	£350,000	2009
10	Stephen McPhail	CM		Westminster	27	45	0	Barnsley	13 June 2006	Free	2008
11	Paul Parry	LM		Chepstow	26	118	12	Hereford United	9 January 2004	£75,000	2008
14	Willo Flood	CM		Dublin	22	30	1	Manchester City	2 August 2006	£200,000	2009
16	Joe Ledley	LM		Cardiff	20	126	10	Academy	1 September 2004	Trainee	2009
17	Kevin Cooper	LM		Derby	32	44	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26 July 2005	Free	2007
19	Riccardo Scimeca	CM		Leamington Spa	32	55	6	West Bromwich Albion	13 January 2006	Free	2008
26	Aaron Ramsey	LM		Caerphilly	16	1	0	Academy	1 June 2006	Trainee	2007
30	Curtis McDonald	LM		Cardiff	19	2	2	Academy	1 June 2006	Trainee	2007
35	Simon Walton	CM		Leeds	19	7	0	Charlton Athletic	January 2007	Loan	2007
40	Darcy Blake	DM		New Tredegar	18	13	0	Academy	1 July 2005	Trainee	2009
Forwards
8	Michael Chopra	CF		Newcastle upon Tyne	23	44	22	Newcastle United	14 June 2006	£500,000	2009
9	Steve Thompson	CF		Paisley	28	59	10	Rangers	10 January 2006	£250,000	2008
18	Luigi Glombard	CF		Montreuil-sous-Bois	22	7	0	Nantes	July 2006	Free	2007
20	Kevin Campbell	CF		Lambeth	37	21	1	West Bromwich Albion	2 August 2006	Free	2007
25	Iwan Redan	CF		Rotterdam	26	3	0	Willem II	January 2007	Loan	2007
26	Andrea Ferretti	CF		Parma	20	9	0	Parma	25 July 2005	Free	2007
27	Jason Byrne	CF		Dublin	29	11	1	Shelbuourne	17 January 2007	£75,000	2009
29	Jamal Easter	CF		Cardiff	19	0	0	Academy	1 June 2006	Free	2007
36	Matt Green	CF		Bath	20	6	0	Newport County	31 January 2007	£10,000	2009
37	Warren Feeney	CF		Belfast	26	6	0	Luton Town	March 2007	Loan	2007

Squad statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		FAW Premier Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Neil Alexander	41	0	39	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	ENG	Kerrea Gilbert	27	0	21+3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF	SCO	Kevin McNaughton	44	0	39+3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	MF	NIR	Jeff Whitley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	Darren Purse	33	4	31	4	2	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	NED	Glenn Loovens	32	2	30	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	ENG	Peter Whittingham	19	4	18+1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	FW	ENG	Michael Chopra	44	22	42	22	2	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	SCO	Steve Thompson	45	6	39+4	6	2	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	EIR	Stephen McPhail	45	0	43	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	WAL	Paul Parry	43	6	41+1	6	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
12	DF	ENG	Roger Johnson	33	2	26+6	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
13	GK	ENG	Mark Howard	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
14	MF	EIR	Willo Flood	30	1	5+20	1	2	0	1	0	2	0
15	GK	EIR	David Forde	8	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16	MF	WAL	Joe Ledley	49	3	46	3	2	0	0+1	0	0	0
17	MF	ENG	Kevin Cooper	7	0	0+4	0	0+1	0	1	0	1	0
18	FW	FRA	Luigi Glombard	7	0	1+5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
19	MF	ENG	Riccardo Scimeca	37	5	35	5	2	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	ENG	Kevin Campbell	21	1	4+15	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
22	DF	ENG	James Chambers	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	EIR	James Simmonds	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	DF	WAL	Rhys Weston	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
22	DF	ENG	Alan Wright	7	0	6+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	ENG	Malvin Kamara	16	1	3+12	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
25	FW	NED	Iwan Redan	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
26	FW	ITA	Andrea Ferretti	4	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	2	0
26	MF	WAL	Aaron Ramsey	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	EIR	Jason Byrne	11	1	2+8	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
28	DF	WAL	Joe Jacobson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
30	MF	WAL	Curtis McDonald	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
35	MF	ENG	Simon Walton	7	0	5+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
36	FW	ENG	Matt Green	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW	NIR	Warren Feeney	6	0	0+6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	MF	WAL	Darcy Blake	12	0	3+7	0	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
44	DF	WAL	Chris Gunter	18	0	9+6	0	0	0	1	0	2	0

Transfers

Summer transfer window ins

Date	#	Player	Club	Fee
27 April 2006	6	Glenn Loovens	Feyenoord	£250,000[4]
26 May 2006	3	Kevin McNaughton	Aberdeen	Free[5]
1 June 2006	13	Mark Howard	Arsenal	Free[6]
14 June 2006	8	Michael Chopra	Newcastle United	£500,000[7]
4 July 2006	12	Roger Johnson	Wycombe Wanderers	£275,000[8]
5 July 2006	25	Malvin Kamara	Milton Keynes Dons	Free[9]
5 July 2006	24	Nick McKoy	Milton Keynes Dons	Free[9]
21 July 2006	18	Luigi Glombard	Nantes	Free[10]
2 August 2006	20	Kevin Campbell	West Bromwich Albion	Free[11]
2 August 2006	14	Willo Flood	Manchester City	Undisclosed[12]

January transfer window ins

Player	Club	Fee
Jason Byrne	Shelbourne	£75,000
David Forde	Derry City	Free
Matt Green	Newport County	£10,000
Peter Whittingham	Aston Villa	£350,000

Loans in

Player	Club	Arrival date	Return date
Kerrea Gilbert	Arsenal	21 July[10]	End of season
James Chambers	Watford	13 October[13]	13 November
Alan Wright	Sheffield United	23 November	1 January
James Simmonds	Chelsea	16 January	End of season
Iwan Redan	Willem II	30 January	End of season
Simon Walton	Charlton Athletic	31 January	End of season
Warren Feeney	Luton Town	22 March	End of season

Summer transfer window outs

Player	Club	Fee
Neal Ardley	Millwall	Free
Willie Boland	Hartlepool United*	Free
Andy Campbell	Dunfermline Athletic	Undisclosed
Neil Cox	Crewe Alexandra*	Free
Jermaine Darlington	AFC Wimbledon*	Free
Nicky Fish	Released	–
Cameron Jerome	Birmingham City	£3m
Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu	Gillingham*	Free
Daniel Parslow	York City*	Free
Lee Worgan	Eastbourne Borough*	Free
Rhys Weston	Released	–

January transfer window outs

Player	Club	Fee
Malvin Kamara	Port Vale	Free
Philip Mulryne	Leyton Orient	Free

Loans out

Player	Club	Departure date	End date
Jeff Whitley	Stoke City	18 August	December
Joe Jacobson	Accrington Stanley	23 November	16 January
Mark Howard	Swansea City	January 2007	End of Season
Jamal Easter	Torquay United	5 January[14]	5 February
Nick McKoy	Torquay United	5 January[14]	End of season
Michael Corcoran	Oxford United	30 January	29 April
Luigi Glombard	Leicester City	31 January	11 February
Joe Jacobson	Bristol Rovers	15 February	End of season
Jeff Whitley	Wrexham	16 February	End of season
Luigi Glombard	Oldham Athletic	22 March	20 May
Gregg Coombes	Oxford United	March 2007	End of Season

Standings

Main article: 2006–07 Football League Championship

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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
15	Burnley	46	15	12	19	52	49	+3	57

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

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	D	L	D	D	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L
Position			4	2	1	1		1	1	1	1		1	1		1	1		1		3	3	5	6	5	8	8	8	6			6	7			7	6		7	8	9	10	11	11	11	13

Source: ^[15]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
5 August	Barnsley	A	W 2 – 1	12,082	Ledley, Thompson
8 August	West Bromwich Albion	H	D 1 – 1	18,506	Scimeca
12 August	Coventry City	H	W 1 – 0	13,965	Chopra
19 August	Leeds United	A	W 1 – 0	18,246	Flood
26 August	Birmingham City	H	W 2 – 0	20,109	Ledley, Parry
9 September	Preston North End	A	L 1 – 2	12,435	Chopra
12 September	Plymouth Argyle	A	D 3 – 3	11,655	Thompson, Chopra (2)
16 September	Luton Town	H	W 4 – 1	14,108	Purse, Parry, Chopra (2)
24 September	Southend United	A	W 3 – 0	7,901	Purse, Scimeca, Ledley
30 September	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	W 4 – 0	19,915	Scimeca, Craddock (OG), Kamara, Parry
14 October	Crystal Palace	A	W 2 – 1	18,876	Chopra, Scimeca
17 October	Southampton	H	W 1 – 0	19,345	Thompson
21 October	Norwich City	A	L 0 – 1	25,014
28 October	Derby County	H	D 2 – 2	17,371	Loovens, Chopra
31 October	Sunderland	A	W 2 – 1	26,528	Chopra (2)
4 November	Colchester United	A	L 1 – 3	5,393	Chopra
11 November	Burnley	H	W 1 – 0	15,744	Scimeca
17 November	Queens Park Rangers	H	L 0 – 1	13,250
25 November	Sheffield Wednesday	A	D 0 – 0	23,935
28 November	Stoke City	A	L 0 – 3	15,039
2 December	Colchester United	H	D 0 – 0	13,512
9 December	Ipswich Town	H	D 2 – 2	16,015	Purse (2)
16 December	Hull City	A	L 1 – 4	23,089	Chopra
23 December	Leicester City	A	D 0 – 0	22,274
26 December	Plymouth Argyle	H	D 2 – 2	17,299	Thompson (2)
30 December	Crystal Palace	H	D 0 – 0	13,704
1 January	Luton Town	A	D 0 – 0	8,004
13 January	Southend United	H	L 0 – 1	13,822
20 January	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	W 2 – 1	16,772	Chopra, Byrne
27 January	Leicester City	H	W 3 – 2	12,057	Chopra (3)
2 February	Barnsley	H	W 2 – 0	11,549	Whittingham, Chopra
10 February	Coventry City	A	D 2 – 2	17,107	Chopra, Whittingham
17 February	Leeds United	H	W 1 – 0	13,276	Chopra
20 February	West Bromwich Albion	A	L 0 – 1	18,802
23 February	Preston North End	H	W 4 – 1	12,889	Whittingham, Chopra (2), Johnson
4 March	Birmingham City	A	L 0 – 1	28,223
10 March	Norwich City	H	W 1 – 0	13,276	Parry
13 March	Southampton	A	D 2 – 2	20,383	Thompson, Whittingham
17 March	Derby County	A	L 1 – 3	27,689	Parry
31 March	Sunderland	H	L 0 – 1	19,353
7 April	Sheffield Wednesday	H	L 1 – 2	13,621	Johnson
9 April	Burnley	A	L 0 – 2	11,347
14 April	Stoke City	H	D 1 – 1	11,664	Chopra
21 April	Queens Park Rangers	A	L 0 – 1	12,710
28 April	Hull City	H	L 0 – 1	12,421
6 May	Ipswich Town	A	L 1 – 3	26,488	Parry

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 January	Three	Tottenham Hotspur	H	D 0 – 0	20,376
17 January	Replay	Tottenham Hotspur	A	L 0 – 4	27,641

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
22 August	One	Barnet	H	L 0 – 2	3,305

FAW Premier Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
13 February	Quarter-final	Carmarthen Town	A	W 3 – 2	550	Campbell, McDonald (2)
27 February	Semi-final	The New Saints	H	L 0 – 1

Awards

• Football League Championship Apprentice of the Year: Chris Gunter^[16]