2006–07 Luton Town F.C. season

Luton Town

2006–07 season

Chairman

Bill Tomlins (until 11 April)
David Pinkney (from 13 April)

Manager

Mike Newell (until 15 March)
Brian Stein (caretaker)
Kevin Blackwell (from 2 April)

Stadium

23rd (relegated)

Top goalscorer

League: Vine (12)
All: Vine (14)

Average home league attendance

8,580

Home colours

Away colours

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During the 2006–07 English football season, Luton Town competed in the Football League Championship.

Season summary

A successful start to the season saw Luton fifth after thirteen games, sparking hopes that Luton could challenge for a return to the top flight. However, defender Sol Davis suffered a stroke on the team bus on the way to play Ipswich Town.^[1] The event clearly shook the Luton side, who lost 5-0 at Portman Road.^[2] Six straight losses after the match at Ipswich dragged Luton down to 20th, and by the end of February, Luton, by now a shadow of the side that had won promotion to the Championship only two years before, were hovering perilously close to the relegation zone.^[3]

Newell was sacked on 15 March 2007, and two directors, Martin King and Liam Day, resigned from the board as a result.^[4]^[5] Brian Stein lasted just one game as caretaker boss before Kevin Blackwell was announced as Luton's new manager.^[6]^[7] 11 April saw chairman Bill Tomlins resign his position following an investigation by the Football Association into irregular payments made by the Football Club's parent company, and confirm that illegal payments had been made to incoming players' agents.^[8]^[9] David Pinkney was confirmed as new Chairman two days later, also acquiring a controlling interest in the club's holding company.^[10] Luton's relegation was confirmed a week later in a 1-0 defeat away to Derby County.^[3]^[11]^[12]^[13]

Kit

Diadora became Luton's new kit manufacturers after the club chose not to extend the previous deal with Xara. Electrolux became the new kit sponsors.

Final league table

Main article: 2006–07 Football League

			P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
C	1	Sunderland	46	27	7	12	76	47	+29	88
P	2	Birmingham City	46	26	8	12	67	42	+25	86
P	3	Derby County	46	25	9	12	62	46	+16	84
	4	West Bromwich Albion	46	22	10	14	81	55	+26	76
	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	22	10	14	59	56	+3	76
	6	Southampton	46	21	12	13	77	53	+24	75
	7	Preston North End	46	22	8	16	64	53	+11	74
	8	Stoke City	46	19	16	11	62	41	+21	73
	9	Sheffield Wednesday	46	20	11	15	70	66	+4	71
	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	59	51	+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
	16	Norwich City	46	16	9	21	56	71	-15	57
	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
R	22	Southend United	46	10	12	24	47	80	-33	42
R	23	Luton Town	46	10	10	26	53	81	-28	40
R	24	Leeds United	46	13	7	26	46	72	-26	36 ^A

A Deducted 10 points for administration entrance.

Results

Luton Town's score comes first^[14]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
5 August 2006	Leicester City	H	2-0	8,131	Barnett, Edwards
8 August 2006	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-0	22,613	Emanuel
12 August 2006	Norwich City	A	2-3	23,863	Vine, Morgan
19 August 2006	Stoke City	H	2-2	7,727	Barnett, Langley (pen)
26 August 2006	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-1	19,378
9 September 2006	Crystal Palace	H	2-1	9,187	Edwards, Vine
12 September 2006	Colchester United	H	1-1	7,609	Parkin
16 September 2006	Cardiff City	A	1-4	14,108	Vine
23 September 2006	West Bromwich Albion	H	2-2	9,332	Vine (2)
30 September 2006	Barnsley	A	2-1	10,175	Edwards, Brković
14 October 2006	Birmingham City	H	3-2	9,275	Vine (2, 1 pen), Bell
17 October 2006	Hull City	A	0-0	14,895
21 October 2006	Leeds United	H	5-1	10,260	Edwards (2), Vine, Bell, Heikkinen
29 October 2006	Ipswich Town	A	0-5	20,975
31 October 2006	Burnley	H	0-2	7,664
4 November 2006	Preston North End	A	0-3	13,094
11 November 2006	Queens Park Rangers	H	2-3	9,007	Brković, Boyd
18 November 2006	Derby County	H	0-2	9,708
25 November 2006	Southampton	A	1-2	20,482	Perrett
28 November 2006	Plymouth Argyle	A	0-1	9,965
2 December 2006	Preston North End	H	2-0	7,665	Vine, Edwards
9 December 2006	Sunderland	A	1-2	30,445	Morgan
15 December 2006	Southend United	H	0-0	7,468
23 December 2006	Coventry City	H	3-1	8,299	Brković, Vine, Morgan
26 December 2006	Colchester United	A	1-4	5,427	Vine (pen)
29 December 2006	Birmingham City	A	2-2	24,642	Vine, Feeney
1 January 2007	Cardiff City	H	0-0	8,004
12 January 2007	West Bromwich Albion	A	2-3	19,927	Keane, Feeney
20 January 2007	Barnsley	H	0-2	7,441
30 January 2007	Coventry City	A	0-1	18,781
3 February 2007	Leicester City	A	1-1	20,410	Morgan
17 February 2007	Stoke City	A	0-0	12,375
20 February 2007	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3-2	8,011	Runström, Spurr (own goal), Talbot
24 February 2007	Crystal Palace	A	1-2	16,177	Hudson (own goal)
27 February 2007	Norwich City	H	2-3	8,868	Runström, Talbot
3 March 2007	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2-3	10,002	Emanuel, Barnett
10 March 2007	Leeds United	A	0-1	27,138
13 March 2007	Hull City	H	1-2	7,777	Talbot
17 March 2007	Ipswich Town	H	0-2	8,880
31 March 2007	Burnley	A	0-0	11,088
7 April 2007	Southampton	H	0-2	9,171
9 April 2007	Queens Park Rangers	A	2-3	14,360	Coyne, Bell (pen)
14 April 2007	Plymouth Argyle	H	1-2	7,601	O'Leary
20 April 2007	Derby County	A	0-1	28,499
28 April 2007	Southend United	A	3-1	10,276	Andrew, Spring, Idrizaj
6 May 2007	Sunderland	H	0-5	10,260

FA Cup

Main article: 2006–07 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 2007	Queens Park Rangers	A	2-2	10,064	Vine, Feeney
R3R	23 January 2007	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-0	7,494	Rehman (own goal)
R4	27 January 2007	Blackburn Rovers	H	0-4	5,887

League Cup

Main article: 2006–07 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	22 August 2006	Bristol Rovers	A	1-1 (won 5-3 on pens)	2,882	Boyd
R2	19 September 2006	Brentford	A	3-0	3,005	Morgan, Feeney, Vine
R3	24 October 2006	Everton	A	0-4	27,149

Squad

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Marlon Beresford
2	DF	Kevin Foley
3	DF	Sol Davis
4	DF	Chris Coyne
5	DF	Russell Perrett
6	DF	Paul Underwood
7	MF	Matthew Spring
8	MF	Steve Robinson
9	FW	Björn Runström (on loan from Fulham)
10	FW	Warren Feeney
11	FW	Dean Morgan
14	MF	Michael Leary
15	MF	Stephen O'Leary
16	DF	Lewis Emanuel
17	MF	Richard Langley
18	MF	Ahmet Brković

No.	Position	Player
19	FW	Sam Parkin
20	FW	Adam Boyd
21	MF	Keith Keane^[15]
22	FW	Danny Stevens
23	FW	Besian Idrizaj (on loan from Liverpool)
24	DF	Shaun Ross
25	DF	Leon Barnett
26	DF	Markus Heikkinen
27	MF	Peter Holmes
28	MF	David Bell^[16]
29	FW	Calvin Andrew
30	FW	Drew Talbot
32	DF	Ed Asafu-Adjaye
33	GK	Dean Brill
34	GK	Zac Barrett
35	DF	Chris Pendleton

Left club during season

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

No.		Position	Player
7		MF	Carlos Edwards (to Sunderland)
9		FW	Rowan Vine (to Birmingham City)

No.		Position	Player
23		GK	Dean Kiely (on loan from Portsmouth)
31		DF	Clarke Carlisle (on loan from Watford)

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[17]

No.	Pos	Name	MS
1	GK	Marlon Beresford	31
2	RB	Kevin Foley	41
25	CB	Leon Barnett	43
26	CB	Markus Heikkinen	37
3	LB	Sol Davis	25
7	RM	Carlos Edwards	28
8	CM	Steve Robinson	41
28	CM	David Bell	33
16	LM	Lewis Emanuel	41
11	CF	Dean Morgan	25
9	CF	Rowan Vine	28

References

↑ "Round-up: Davis suffers stroke". The Daily Telegraph (London: Telegraph Media Group). 2006-11-01. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
↑ "Ipswich 5-0 Luton". BBC. 2006-10-29. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
1 2 "Luton Town 2006-2007 : Results". Statto. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
↑ "Mike Newell leaves Luton". Luton Town F.C. 2007-03-16. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
↑ "Director resigns". Luton Town F.C. 2007-03-16. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
↑ "Luton Town appoint new manager". BBC. 2007-04-02. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
↑ "Kevin Blackwell's managerial career". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
↑ "Financial Statement". Luton Town F.C. 2007-03-19. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
↑ "Tomlins Resigns". BBC. 2007-04-11. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
↑ "Pinkney named new Luton chairman". BBC. 2007-04-13. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
↑ Rundle, Richard. "Football Club History Database – Luton Town". Football Club History Database. Archived from the original on 29 May 2008. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
↑ James, Stuart (2007-04-21). "Nyatanga sends Luton down and lifts Derby into second place". The Guardian (London: Guardian News and Media). Retrieved 2009-05-22.
↑ "Press Release". Luton Town F.C. 2007-04-13. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/luton-town/2006-2007/results
↑ Keane was born in Luton, England, but qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally.
↑ Bell was born in Kettering, England, but qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally.
↑ http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=1628&teamTabs=stats&season_id=135

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