2006–07 Watford F.C. season

During the 2006–07 English football season, Watford competed in the FA Premier League, after being promoted from the Football League Championship last season.

Watford

2006–07 season
Chairman	Graham Simpson
Manager	Aidy Boothroyd
Stadium	Vicarage Road
FA Premier League	20th (relegated)
FA Cup	Semi-finals
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Bouazza (7) All: Bouazza (8)
Average home league attendance	18,750
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

Season summary

Watford were involved in the setting of several Premier League records during the season: when Tottenham Hotspur keeper Paul Robinson accidentally scored for Spurs from a long free-kick that bounced over Ben Foster's head, he became only the third keeper to score in the Premier League (the other two being Peter Schmeichel and Brad Friedel); and when Alec Chamberlain (born in 1964) came on a substitute in a Premier League match, he became the oldest player to appear in the Premier League. Watford were relegated after only one season in the top-flight.

Final league table

Main article: 2006–07 FA Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Fulham	38	8	15	15	38	60	−22	39
17	Wigan Athletic	38	10	8	20	37	59	−22	38
18	Sheffield United (R)	38	10	8	20	32	55	−23	38	Relegation to Football League Championship
19	Charlton Athletic (R)	38	8	10	20	34	60	−26	34
20	Watford (R)	38	5	13	20	29	59	−30	28

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results

Watford's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 August 2006	Everton	A	1–2	39,691	Francis
22 August 2006	West Ham United	H	1–1	18,344	King
26 August 2006	Manchester United	H	1–2	19,453	Francis
9 September 2006	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–1	21,140
16 September 2006	Aston Villa	H	0–0	18,620
23 September 2006	Wigan Athletic	A	1–1	16,359	Bouazza
2 October 2006	Fulham	H	3–3	17,982	King, Young (2)
14 October 2006	Arsenal	A	0–3	60,018
21 October 2006	Charlton Athletic	A	0–0	27,011
28 October 2006	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–0	19,660
4 November 2006	Middlesbrough	H	2–0	18,951	Woodgate (own goal), Young
11 November 2006	Chelsea	A	0–4	41,936
18 November 2006	Portsmouth	A	1–2	19,738	DeMerit
28 November 2006	Sheffield United	H	0–1	18,887
4 December 2006	Manchester City	A	0–0	35,915
9 December 2006	Reading	H	0–0	19,223
16 December 2006	Newcastle United	A	1–2	49,231	Bouazza
23 December 2006	Liverpool	A	0–2	42,807
26 December 2006	Arsenal	H	1–2	19,750	Smith
1 January 2007	Fulham	A	0–0	19,698
13 January 2007	Liverpool	H	0–3	19,746
20 January 2007	Aston Villa	A	0–2	35,892
23 January 2007	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–1	16,455	Emerton (own goal), DeMerit
31 January 2007	Manchester United	A	0–4	76,032
3 February 2007	Bolton Wanderers	H	0–1	18,722
10 February 2007	West Ham United	A	1–0	34,625	Henderson (pen)
21 February 2007	Wigan Athletic	H	1–1	18,338	Henderson
24 February 2007	Everton	H	0–3	18,761
3 March 2007	Charlton Athletic	H	2–2	19,782	Bouazza, Francis
17 March 2007	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–3	36,051	Henderson
31 March 2007	Chelsea	H	0–1	19,793
7 April 2007	Middlesbrough	A	1–4	25,534	Francis
9 April 2007	Portsmouth	H	4–2	18,119	Bouazza (2, 1 pen), Mahon, Priskin
18 April 2007	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–3	16,035	Rinaldi
21 April 2007	Manchester City	H	1–1	18,537	Priskin
28 April 2007	Sheffield United	A	0–1	30,690
5 May 2007	Reading	A	2–0	23,294	Shittu, King
13 May 2007	Newcastle United	H	1–1	19,830	King (pen)

FA Cup

Main article: 2006–07 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 2007	Stockport County	H	4–1	11,745	Mackay (2), Smith, Ashikodi
R4	27 January 2007	West Ham United	A	1–0	31,168	McNamee
R5	17 February 2007	Ipswich Town	H	1–0	17,016	Francis
QF	11 March 2007	Plymouth Argyle	A	1–0	20,652	Bouazza
SF	14 April 2007	Manchester United	N	1–4	37,425	Bouazza

League Cup

Main article: 2006–07 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	19 September 2006	Accrington Stanley	H	0–0 (won 6–5 on pens)	8,368
R3	24 October 2006	Hull City	H	2–1	8,274	Young, Priskin
R4	7 November 2006	Newcastle United	H	2–2 (lost 4–5 on pens)	16,791	Francis, Shittu

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[2]

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  ENG Alec Chamberlain 2 DF  ENG James Chambers 3 DF  ENG Jordan Stewart 4 DF  SCO Malky Mackay 5 DF  ENG Clarke Carlisle 6 DF  USA Jay DeMerit 7 MF  JAM Damien Francis[notes 1] 8 MF  ENG Gavin Mahon (captain) 9 FW  JAM Marlon King[notes 2] 10 FW  ENG Darius Henderson 11 DF  ENG Chris Powell 12 DF  ENG Lloyd Doyley[notes 3] 14 MF  ENG Dominic Blizzard 15 FW  ENG Steve Kabba 16 GK  ENG Richard Lee 17 DF  NGA Danny Shittu 18 FW  ALG Hameur Bouazza[notes 4] 19 MF  ENG Anthony McNamee 20 MF  SLE Alhassan Bangura 21 MF  FRA Toumani Diagouraga

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF  ENG Junior Osborne 23 DF  ENG Adrian Mariappa[notes 5] 24 FW  HUN Tamás Priskin[notes 6] 25 MF  SCO Gareth Williams 26 GK  ENG Ben Foster (on loan from Manchester United) 27 FW  JAM Joel Grant[notes 7] 28 MF  SLE Albert Jarrett 29 FW  ENG Tommy Smith 30 MF  ENG Jordan Parkes 31 MF  BRA Douglas Rinaldi (on loan from Veranópolis) 32 DF  FRA Cédric Avinel[notes 8] 33 GK  ENG Scott Loach 34 MF  ENG Ben Gill 35 MF  ENG Alex Campana 36 FW  ENG Moses Ashikodi[notes 9] 37 FW  ENG Will Hoskins 38 MF  ENG Lee Williamson[notes 10] 40 FW  ENG Theo Robinson[notes 11] 41 MF  FRA Johan Cavalli

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 15 MF  ENG Ashley Young (to Aston Villa) 25 MF  ENG Matthew Spring (to Luton Town)

No. Pos. Nation Player 31 FW  CIV Claude Seanla (to Kettering Town) 32 DF  ENG Sheku Kamara (released)

Transfers

In

Date	Postion	Name	Club From	Transfer Fee
30 June 2006[3]	DF	Chris Powell	Charlton Athletic	Free
12 July 2006[4]	MF	Damien Francis	Wigan Athletic	£1,500,000
6 August 2006[5]	DF	Danny Shittu	Queens Park Rangers	£1,600,000 (rising to £3,000,000)
9 August 2006[6]	MF	Tamás Priskin	Győr	Undisclosed
10 August 2006[7]	GK	Ben Foster	Manchester United	Season-long loan
16 August 2006[8]	MF	Albert Jarrett	Brighton & Hove Albion	Free
30 August 2006[9]	FW	Tommy Smith	Derby County	£500,000
1 January 2007[10]	MF	Moses Ashikodi	Rangers	Nominal
5 January 2007[11]	FW	Will Hoskins	Rotherham United	£1,000,000
	MF	Lee Williamson
26 January 2007[12]	FW	Steve Kabba	Sheffield United	£500,000
31 January 2007[13]	MF	Gareth Williams	Leicester City	£600,000
31 January 2007[14]	MF	Johan Cavalli	Istres	Free
31 January 2007[14]	MF	Douglas Rinaldi	Veranópolis	Six-month loan
31 January 2007[14]	DF	Cédric Avinel	Créteil	Free

Out

Date	Postion	Name	Club To	Transfer Fee
18 January 2007[15]	MF	Matthew Spring	Luton Town	£200,000 (rising to £300,000)
23 January 2007[16]	MF	Ashley Young	Aston Villa	£8,000,000 (rising to £9,650,000)

• Claude Seanla – Kettering Town
• Sheku Kamara – released
• Francino Francis – Redditch United, free
• Les Ferdinand – retired
• Joe O'Cearuill – Arsenal, free

Transfers in: >£5,700,000 (rising to >£7,100,000)

Transfers out: >£8,200,000 (rising to >£9,950,000)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ENG	Alec Chamberlain	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
16	GK	ENG	Richard Lee	14	0	9+1	0	2	0	2	0
26	GK	ENG	Ben Foster	33	0	29	0	3	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF	ENG	James Chambers	15	0	8+4	0	1+1	0	1	0
3	DF	ENG	Jordan Stewart	36	0	30+1	0	3	0	2	0
4	DF	SCO	Malky Mackay	17	2	13+1	0	2	2	0+1	0
5	DF	ENG	Clarke Carlisle	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
6	DF	USA	Jay DeMerit	39	2	29+3	2	5	0	2	0
11	DF	ENG	Chris Powell	18	0	9+6	0	2+1	0	0	0
12	DF	ENG	Lloyd Doyley	25	0	17+4	0	0+2	0	2	0
17	DF	NGA	Danny Shittu	34	2	27+3	1	2	0	2	1
23	DF	ENG	Adrian Mariappa	25	0	17+2	0	5	0	1	0
30	DF	ENG	Jordan Parkes	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
32	DF	FRA	Cédric Avinel	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF	JAM	Damien Francis	39	5	28+4	3	5	1	2	1
8	MF	ENG	Gavin Mahon	38	1	33+1	1	3	0	1	0
14	MF	ENG	Dominic Blizzard	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19	MF	ENG	Anthony McNamee	10	1	4+3	0	2	1	1	0
20	MF	SLE	Al Bangura	20	0	12+4	0	2	0	1+1	0
21	MF	FRA	Toumani Diagouraga	2	0	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
25	MF	SCO	Gareth Williams	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	SLE	Albert Jarrett	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
31	MF	BRA	Douglas Rinaldi	7	1	6+1	1	0	0	0	0
38	MF	ENG	Lee Williamson	5	0	4+1	0	0	0	0	0
41	MF	FRA	Johan Cavalli	4	0	2+1	0	1	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	JAM	Marlon King	14	4	12+1	4	0+1	0	0	0
10	MF	ENG	Darius Henderson	41	3	24+11	3	3+1	0	2	0
15	FW	ENG	Steve Kabba	14	0	6+5	0	2+1	0	0	0
18	FW	ALG	Hameur Bouazza	38	8	27+5	6	3+1	2	2	0
24	FW	HUN	Tamás Priskin	22	3	7+9	2	2+1	0	3	1
29	FW	ENG	Tommy Smith	37	2	32	1	5	1	0	0
36	FW	ENG	Moses Ashikodi	3	1	0+2	0	1	1	0	0
37	FW	ENG	Will Hoskins	9	0	4+5	0	0	0	0	0
40	FW	ENG	Theo Robinson	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
15	MF	ENG	Ashley Young	23	4	20	3	0+1	0	2	1
25	MF	ENG	Matthew Spring	9	0	2+4	0	0	0	2+1	0
31	FW	CIV	Claude Stephane Seanla	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
32	DF	ENG	Sheku Kamara	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0

Last updated: 15 May 2007
Source: Competitions