2006–07 Leicester City F.C. season

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

Leicester City

2006–07 season
Chairman	Andrew Taylor (until 1 February) Milan Mandarić (from 8 March)
Manager	Rob Kelly (until 11 April) Nigel Worthington (caretaker)
Stadium	Walkers Stadium
Championship	19th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Player of the Year	Iain Hume
Top goalscorer	League: Hume (13) All: Hume (14)
Highest home attendance	30,457 vs Barnsley (16 Dec 2006, Championship)
Lowest home attendance	6,298 vs Macclesfield Town (22 Aug 2006, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	23,206
Home colours Away colours
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Season summary

Another poor season saw Leicester struggle near the foot of the Championship table. Manager Rob Kelly was sacked after a 3–0 defeat at Plymouth Argyle and replaced by former Norwich City boss Nigel Worthington, who steered the Foxes to safety. Worthington expressed an interest in becoming permanent manager, but instead the club appointed Milton Keynes Dons manager Martin Allen as manager.

Kit

Leicester retained the previous season's kit, manufactured by British company JJB Sports and sponsored by Narborough-based bank Alliance & Leicester.

Final league table

Main article: 2006–07 Football League Championship

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
17	Coventry City	46	16	8	22	47	62	−15	56
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

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

Results

Leicester City's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
5 August 2006	Luton Town	A	0–2	8,131
8 August 2006	Burnley	H	0–1	19,035
12 August 2006	Ipswich Town	H	3–1	18,820	Kisnorbo, Hughes, Hume
18 August 2006	Coventry City	A	0–0	20,061
26 August 2006	Southend United	H	1–0	19,427	Kisnorbo
9 September 2006	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–2	19,322
12 September 2006	Hull City	H	0–1	18,677
16 September 2006	Sunderland	A	1–1	35,104	Fryatt
23 September 2006	Colchester United	H	0–0	22,449
30 September 2006	Birmingham City	A	1–1	18,002	Hammond
14 October 2006	Southampton	H	3–2	21,347	Hume (2), Stearman
17 October 2006	Leeds United	A	2–1	16,477	Tiatto, Hume
21 October 2006	Crystal Palace	H	1–1	28,762	Hume (pen)
28 October 2006	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–1	12,430	Kisnorbo
31 October 2006	Stoke City	H	2–1	21,107	Hume, Hughes
4 November 2006	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–2	22,451	Fryatt
11 November 2006	Plymouth Argyle	H	2–2	21,703	Hume, Porter
18 November 2006	Preston North End	H	0–1	22,721
25 November 2006	Derby County	A	0–1	28,315
28 November 2006	Norwich City	A	1–3	23,896	McCarthy
2 December 2006	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–4	22,693	Hughes
9 December 2006	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–1	18,600	Hammond, Porter
16 December 2006	Barnsley	H	2–0	30,457	Hammond, Porter
23 December 2006	Cardiff City	H	0–0	22,274
26 December 2006	Hull City	A	2–1	18,523	Kisnorbo, Williams
30 December 2006	Southampton	A	0–2	24,447
1 January 2007	Sunderland	H	0–2	21,975
13 January 2007	Colchester United	A	1–1	5,915	Hume
27 January 2007	Cardiff City	A	2–3	12,057	Kisnorbo, Hammond
3 February 2007	Luton Town	H	1–1	20,410	Yeates
10 February 2007	Ipswich Town	A	2–0	21,221	McAuley (2)
17 February 2007	Coventry City	H	3–0	25,816	Horsfield (2), Johnson
20 February 2007	Burnley	A	1–0	10,274	McGreal (own goal)
24 February 2007	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–1	25,581	McAuley
3 March 2007	Southend United	A	2–2	10,528	Hume (2)
10 March 2007	Crystal Palace	A	0–2	16,969
13 March 2007	Leeds United	H	1–1	25,165	Hume
17 March 2007	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–3	24,558	Hume (pen)
31 March 2007	Stoke City	A	2–4	13,303	Kenton, Hammond
6 April 2007	Derby County	H	1–1	24,704	Fryatt
9 April 2007	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–3	10,900
14 April 2007	Norwich City	H	1–2	21,483	Kenton
17 April 2007	Birmingham City	H	1–2	24,290	Newton
21 April 2007	Preston North End	A	1–0	14,725	Johansson
28 April 2007	Barnsley	A	1–0	20,012	Austin (own goal)
6 May 2007	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–4	30,282	Hume

FA Cup

Main article: 2006–07 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 2007	Fulham	H	2–2	15,499	Kisnorbo, Cadamarteri
R3R	17 January 2007	Fulham	A	3–4	11,222	Fryatt, McAuley, Wesolowski

League Cup

Main article: 2006–07 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	22 August 2006	Macclesfield Town	H	2–0	6,298	O'Grady, McCarthy
R2	19 September 2006	Hereford United	A	3–1	7,386	Hammond, Stearman, Hume (pen)
R3	24 October 2006	Aston Villa	H	2–3	27,288	Stearman, Kisnorbo

Squad

^[2][3] 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  SCO Rab Douglas 2 DF  IRL Alan Maybury 3 DF  AUS Patrick Kisnorbo 4 DF  ENG Darren Kenton 5 DF  IRL Paddy McCarthy 6 MF  SCO Stephen Hughes 7 FW  CAN Iain Hume 8 MF  IRL Mark Yeates (on loan Tottenham Hotspur) 9 FW  ENG Geoff Horsfield (on loan Sheffield United) 10 MF  WAL Andy Johnson 11 MF  AUS Danny Tiatto 12 FW  ENG Matty Fryatt 13 GK  AUS Paul Henderson 14 DF  NIR Gareth McAuley 15 DF  SWE Nils-Eric Johansson

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  ENG Shaun Newton (on loan from West Ham United) 17 DF  ENG Richard Stearman 18 FW  GHA Elvis Hammond 20 MF  AUS James Wesolowski 21 DF  IRL Alan Sheehan 23 MF  ENG Jason Jarrett (on loan from Preston North End) 24 FW  ENG Danny Cadamarteri 25 GK  IRL Conrad Logan 26 FW  ENG Louis Dodds 27 MF  ENG Levi Porter 28 MF  CIV Max Gradel 29 DF  ENG Scott Lycett 30 DF  ENG Joe Mattock 32 MF  WAL Andy King 33 FW  ENG Eric Odhiambo

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 8 MF  SCO Gareth Williams (to Watford) 9 FW  SUR Mark de Vries (on loan to ADO Den Haag) 16 MF  WAL Josh Low (to Peterborough United) 16 FW  FRA Luigi Glombard (on loan from Cardiff City)

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  ENG Chris O'Grady (to Rotherham United) 22 MF  GUI Mohammed Sylla (to Kilmarnock) 23 MF  SCO Andy Welsh (on loan from Sunderland)

Transfers

In

Date	Nation	Position	Name	Team From	Fee	Source
5 June 2006		DF	Gareth McAuley	Lincoln City	Free	[4]
22 June 2006		MF	Andy Johnson	West Bromwich Albion	Free	[5]
22 June 2006		MF	Josh Low	Northampton Town	Free	[5]
27 June 2006		DF	Darren Kenton	Southamption	Free	[6]
31 January 2007		FW	Geoff Horsfield	Sheffield United	Loan until end of Season	[7]
31 January 2007		MF	Mark Yeates	Tottenham Hotspur	Loan until end of Season	[7]
31 January 2007		FW	Luigi Glombard	Cardiff City	One-Month Loan	[7]
8 February 2007		MF	Jason Jarrett	Preston North End	One-Month Loan (extended 23 February[8])	[9]
10 March 2007		MF	Shaun Newton	West Ham United	Loan until end of Season	[10]

Out

• Chris O'Grady: to Rotherham United, £65,000
• Mohammed Sylla: to Kilmarnock, Free