2006–07 Middlesbrough F.C. season

Middlesbrough
2006-07 season
Chairman Steve Gibson
Manager Gareth Southgate
FA Premier League 12th
FA Cup 6th Round
League Cup 2nd Round
Top goalscorer League: Mark Viduka (14)
All: Mark Viduka (19)
Highest home attendance 33,308 v Man Utd
Away: 75,967 v Man Utd
Lowest home attendance 16,702 v Hull City
Away: 17,520 v Hull City

During the 2006-07 season, Middlesbrough participated in the Premier League.

Team kit and sponsors

Middlesbrough's kits were once again produced by Errea, and sponsored by 888.com for the third season running. The club retained the white band of the previous two seasons.

Home colours

Away colours

Search for a new manager

On 4 May 2006, Steve McClaren was chosen to take over as the manager of the England national team after the 2006 FIFA World Cup.[1] Managers linked to take over as new Boro boss included Terry Venables,[2] Martin O'Neill, Tony Mowbray and Alan Curbishley,[3] with Steve Gibson expecting whoever took over to achieve a Champions League place in the near future.[4] Venables declined the job offer citing an unwillingness to return to full-time management.[5] Venables subsequently joined McClaren as England's assistant coach.[6]

Gibson then looked within his own club and decided to name club captain Gareth Southgate as manager. Southgate signed a five-year contract and decided to finish his playing career, at the age of 35, to focus entirely on his new job. His appointment was controversial as he did not possess the coaching qualifications required to manage a Premier League football club.[7] However, at a Premier League meeting on 22 November 2006, Southgate was granted a dispensation to continue in his role until the end of the season, during which time it was announced that he will study for the Uefa Pro A Licence.[8]

Transfers

Summer transfer window

Several players, including Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink[9] and Doriva[10] left the club at the end of the previous season, and Franck Queudrue was sold to Fulham for £3 million.[11] Argentinian left-back Julio Arca was signed from local rivals Sunderland for a fee of £1.75m,[12] and young Frenchman Herold Goulon was signed from Olympique Lyonnais on a three-year deal.[13]

Southgate signed two international defenders to strengthen up his backline following the second game of the season. England international Jonathan Woodgate joined his home-town team on loan from Real Madrid, while Chelsea's German international centreback Robert Huth signed for a fee of £6 million.[14] Charlton Athletic's Jamaican international striker Jason Euell was signed on the final day of the transfer window.[15]

January transfer window

Lee Dong-Gook arrived from Pohang Steelers in the January transfer window, while Ray Parlour,[16] Ugo Ehiogu[17] and Massimo Maccarone[18] all left the club for free.

Summary

In

Date Player Previous Club Fee Ref
12 July 2006 France Herold GoulonFrance Olympique LyonnaisUndisclosed[13]
26 July 2006 Argentina Julio ArcaSunderland£1.75 million[12]
30 August 2006 Germany Robert HuthChelsea£6 million[14]
31 August 2006 Jamaica Jason EuellCharlton Athletic£300,000[15]
31 January 2007 South Korea Lee Dong-GookSouth Korea Pohang SteelersFree[19]

Loans in

Date Player Club from Period Ref
30 August 2006 England Jonathan WoodgateSpain Real MadridFull season[14]

Out

For departures of players out of contract at the end of 2005-06 see Middlesbrough F.C. season 2005-06.

Date Player New club Fee Ref
27 July 2006France Franck QueudrueFulham£3 million[11]
5 January 2007England Kevin BurgessDarlingtonFree[20]
25 January 2007England Ugo EhioguScotland RangersFree[17]
30 January 2007Italy Massimo MaccaroneItaly SienaFree[18]
9 February 2007England Ray ParlourHull CityFree[16]
14 May 2007England Malcolm Christie-Out of contract[21]
15 May 2007Portugal Abel XavierUnited States Los Angeles GalaxyOut of contract[22]
1 June 2007England Stuart ParnabyBirmingham CityOut of contract[23]
6 June 2007England Danny GrahamCarlisle UnitedOut of contract[24]
7 June 2007Australia Mark VidukaNewcastleOut of contract[25]
3 July 2007 England Daryl RobsonRepublic of Ireland Galway UnitedFree[26]

Loans out

Date Player Club at Period Ref
2 August 2006England Danny GrahamBlackpool1 month[27]
4 August 2006Australia Brad JonesSheffield Wednesday3 months[28]
25 August 2006England David KnightOldham Athletic1 month[29]
28 September 2006England David WheaterWolverhampton WanderersTo 16 November 2006[A][30][31]
16 October 2006England Adam JohnsonLeeds United1 month[32]
27 October 2006England Tom CraddockWales Wrexham3 days[B][33]
3 November 2006England Jason KennedyBoston United3 months
13 November 2006England Matthew BatesIpswich1 month
23 November 2006England Ugo EhioguLeeds UnitedTo 2007-01-01
1 January 2007England Danny GrahamCarlisle UnitedTo 2007-04-22
8 January 2007England David WheaterDarlington3 months
2 March 2007England Jason KennedyBury3 months
9 March 2007England Josh WalkerBournemouth1 month

Notes

A Wheater's loan was initially intended to last three months, but he was returned to Middlesbrough after making only one appearance.
B Craddock's loan was initially intended to last one month, but he was injured in his first game and returned to Middlesbrough.

Squad

Senior squad

Appearances and goals

Appearance and goalscoring records for all the players who were in the Middlesbrough F.C. first team squad during the 2006-07 season.[34]

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremier League FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia Mark Schwarzer 42 0 36 0 6 0 0 0
2 DF England Stuart Parnaby 21 0 9+9 0 1+1 0 1 0
3 MF Argentina Julio Arca 28 3 18+3 2 7 1 0 0
4 DF England Ugo Ehiogu 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
5 DF England Chris Riggott 7 0 5+1 0 1 0 0 0
6 MF Spain Gaizka Mendieta 8 0 4+3 0 0 0 1 0
7 MF Netherlands George Boateng 41 2 35 1 6 1 0 0
8 DF England Jonathan Woodgate 36 0 30 0 6 0 0 0
9 FW Australia Mark Viduka 37 19 22+7 14 6+1 5 1 0
10 MF Brazil Fábio Rochemback 22 2 17+3 2 1+1 0 0 0
11 FW England Malcolm Christie 17 2 4+9 1 2+2 1 0 0
12 DF Austria Emanuel Pogatetz 42 2 35 2 7 0 0 0
14 DF Germany Robert Huth 14 1 8+4 1 0+1 0 1 0
16 FW Jamaica Jason Euell 20 0 9+8 0 0+2 0 0+1 0
17 DF Portugal Abel Xavier 20 1 14 1 6 0 0 0
18 FW South Korea Lee Dong-Gook 11 0 3+6 0 0+2 0 0 0
19 MF England Stewart Downing 42 2 34 2 8 0 0 0
20 FW Nigeria Yakubu Aiyegbeni 45 16 36+1 12 8 4 0 0
21 GK England Ross Turnbull 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 GK Australia Brad Jones 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
23 FW Italy Massimo Maccarone 8 1 1+6 1 0 0 1 0
24 DF England Andrew Davies 21+2 0 3 0 2+1 0 0 0
25 MF England James Morrison 15+13 2 8 2 2+5 0 0+1 0
26 DF England Matthew Bates 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0
27 MF England Lee Cattermole 39 2 22+9 1 7 1 1 0
28 MF England Adam Johnson 16 0 3+9 0 1+2 0 1 0
29 DF England Anthony McMahon 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
30 FW England Danny Graham 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
31 DF England David Wheater 2 1 1+1 1 0 0 0 0
33 DF England Andrew Taylor 42 0 34 0 7 0 1 0
38 DF England Seb Hines 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0

Discipline

Disciplinary records for 2006-07 league and cup matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.[34]

No. Nat. Player Yellow cards Red cards
1 Australia Mark Schwarzer 10
2 England Stuart Parnaby 20
3 Argentina Julio Arca 30
5 England Chris Riggott 10
7 Netherlands George Boateng 82
8 England Jonathan Woodgate 50
9 Australia Mark Viduka 20
10Brazil Fábio Rochemback 60
11England Malcolm Christie 10
12Austria Emanuel Pogatetz 120
14Germany Robert Huth 30
16Jamaica Jason Euell 30
17Portugal Abel Xavier 30
19England Stewart Downing 40
20Nigeria Yakubu Aiyegbeni 20
23Italy Massimo Maccarone 20
24England Andrew Davies 30
25England James Morrison 01
27England Lee Cattermole 120
28England Adam Johnson 10
33England Andrew Taylor 30

Academy squad

Academy players for 2006-07 season.[35]

Nat. Position Player Academy year
England GK Atkinson, MatthewMatthew Atkinson 1
England DF Bennett, JoeJoe Bennett 1
England FW Franks, JonathanJonathan Franks 1
England MF Hillerby, DavidDavid Hillerby 1
England DF McCardle, LewisLewis McCardle 1
England DF Walsh, GavinGavin Walsh1
England FW Porritt, NathanNathan Porritt 1
Canada MF Saiko, ShaunShaun Saiko 1
England GK Steele, JasonJason Steele 1
England DF Walker, LewisLewis Walker 1
England FW Fisher, NathanNathan Fisher 2
England DF Honeyman, JasonJason Honeyman 2
England DF Johnson, JohnJohn Johnson 2
England DF Langthorne, RichardRichard Langthorne 2
England MF Robson, DarylDaryl Robson 2
England FW Thompson, StephenStephen Thompson 2
England MF Walker, JoshJosh Walker 2
England FW Watling, PeterPeter Watling 2
England DF Burgess, KevinKevin Burgess 3
England MF Cattermole, LeeLee Cattermole 3
France MF Goulon, HéroldHérold Goulon 3
England DF Hines, SebSeb Hines 3
England FW Hutchinson, BenBen Hutchinson 3
England MF Owens, GraemeGraeme Owens 3
Wales DF Williams, RhysRhys Williams 3

Pre-season

Results

      Win       Draw       Loss

Note: Results are given with Middlesbrough score listed first.

Game Date Venue Opponent Result
FA
Attendance Boro Goalscorers Report
122 July 2006AScotland Rangers0131,544 Report
222 July 2006AEngland Darlington01 Report
325 July 2006AEngland Barnsley313,971Yakubu (2), MaccaroneReport
425 July 2006AEngland York City101,342Morrison 55'Report
528 July 2006AEngland Doncaster Rovers023,452 Report
629 July 2006AEngland Sheffield Wednesday215,684Christie, YakubuReport
73 August 2006NSpain Athletic Bilbao01 Report
83 August 2006AGermany FC Cologne02 Report
96 August 2006ANetherlands Feyenoord02 Report
108 August 2006ANetherlands Heerenveen04 Report
1112 August 2006HItaly Chievo008,647 Report

Premier League

Further information: 2006-07 FA Premier League

Southgate's managerial reign started with a 32 defeat at newly promoted Reading,[36] but was followed up by a 21 win home victory over reigning Premier League champions Chelsea.[37] Boro were brought crashing down to Earth straight afterwards though with a 40 home defeat to Portsmouth.[38]

Overall, Middlesbrough's form in 200607 was indifferent. Promising results such as the surprising home victory over Chelsea were coupled with the team losing away from home to all three newly promoted Premiership sides.[36][39][40] It took until mid-January for Boro to register their first away win of the season, at struggling Charlton Athletic, their first away win since April of the year before.[41] They comprehensively beat Bolton Wanderers 5-1 at home in January, their biggest victory of the season.[42]

Middlesbrough ultimately finished 12th in the table with 46 points, winning twelve, drawing ten and losing sixteen matches - slightly better than last season, but their dismal form in the early and late part of the season prevented them from attaining an even higher position and at one time put them in danger of being relegated. The fact that they were 8 points away from a UEFA Cup spot and 8 points away from getting relegated neatly summed up their season.[43]

Results

      Win       Draw       Loss

Note: Results are given with Middlesbrough score listed first. Man of the Match is according to mfc.co.uk.

Game Date Venue Opponent Result
FA
Attendance Boro Goalscorers Man of the Match Report
119 August 2006AReading2323,855Downing 11', Yakubu 21'VidukaReport
223 August 2006HChelsea2129,198Pogatetz 80', Viduka 90'PogatetzReport
328 August 2006HPortsmouth0424,834 DowningReport
49 September 2006AArsenal1160,007Morrison 22'WoodgateReport
516 September 2006ABolton Wanderers0021,164 PogatetzReport
623 September 2006HBlackburn Rovers0124,959 PogatetzReport
730 September 2006ASheffield United1227,483Yakubu 49'SchwarzerReport
814 October 2006HEverton2127,156Yakubu 27' (pen.), Viduka 71'HuthReport
922 October 2006HNewcastle United1030,060Yakubu 85'DowningReport
1030 October 2006, 20:00AManchester City0136,720 MaccaroneReport
114 November 2006AWatford0218,951 DowningReport
1211 November 2006HWest Ham United1025,898Maccarone 74'DowningReport
1318 November 2006HLiverpool0031,424 WoodgateReport
1425 November 2006AAston Villa1133,162Christie 43'ChristieReport
152 December 2006HManchester United1231,238Morrison 66'HuthReport
165 December 2006ATottenham Hotspur1234,154Huth 80'HuthReport
179 December 2006HWigan Athletic1123,638Yakubu 67'VidukaReport
1818 December 2006AFulham1216,891Viduka 74'YakubuReport
1923 December 2006HCharlton2032,013Yakubu 29', Arca 52'ArcaReport
2026 December 2006AEverton0038,126 WoodgateReport
2130 December 2006ABlackburn Rovers1222,653Yakubu 61' (pen.)CattermoleReport
221 January 2007HSheffield United3127,963Viduka 36', Yakubu (2) 69', 76' (pen.)YakubuReport
2313 January 2007ACharlton Athletic3126,384Cattermole 45', Arca 63', Yakubu 68'VidukaReport
2420 January 2007HBolton Wanderers5124,614Speed 6' (o.g.), Xavier 10',
Viduka (2) 23', 84', Downing 43'
VidukaReport
2530 January 2007APortsmouth0019,820 WoodgateReport
263 February 2007HArsenal1131,122Yakubu 63' (pen.)ArcaReport
2710 February 2007AChelsea0341,699 DaviesReport
2824 February 2007HReading2126,412Viduka 7', Yakubu 69'VidukaReport
293 March 2007ANewcastle United0052,303 WoodgateReport
3017 March 2007HManchester City0226,427 DowningReport
3131 March 2007AWest Ham United0234,977 XavierReport
327 April 2007HWatford4125,534Viduka (2) 5', 75', Boateng 27',
Rochemback 79'
JohnsonReport
3314 April 2007HAston Villa1326,959Rochemback 13'TaylorReport
3418 April 2007ALiverpool0241,458 PogatetzReport
3521 April 2007AManchester United1175,967Viduka 45+1'PogatetzReport
3628 April 2007HTottenham Hotspur2327,861Viduka 66', Pogatetz 89'RochembackReport
375 May 2007AWigan Athletic1021,204Viduka 29'PogatetzReport
3813 May 2007HFulham3129,556Viduka (2) 34', 47', Wheater 45+3'VidukaReport

League progress

This chart shows the league position of Middlesbrough F.C. over the course of the season. The green area represents the UEFA Champions League positions (positions 1 to 4), the yellow area represents what turned out to be the UEFA Cup positions (positions 5 to 7) and the red area represents the relegation places (positions 18 to 20). The lowest position in the league that Middlesbrough reached during the course of the season was 18th, prior to the home game versus Charlton Athletic on 23 December 2006 (an early kick-off result had knocked them down from 17th), and their highest placing was 9th, after the second game.

League Cup

Further information: Football League Cup 2006-07

Boro suffered an embarrassing home defeat in the League Cup to Football League Two side Notts County in the second round, losing 0-1 with a weakened team - albeit one featuring debutant Robert Huth.[44]

Results

      Win       Draw       Loss

Note: Results are given with Middlesbrough score listed first. Man of the Match is according to mfc.co.uk.

RoundDateOpponentVenueResult
FA
AttendanceGoalscorers
220 September 2006Notts CountyH0111,148

FA Cup

Further information: FA Cup 2006-07

Middlesbrough's FA Cup run was significantly longer than their League Cup run - partly due to them being taken to a replay in every round they played. They drew 11 at Hull in the FA Cup, with the replay resulting in an exciting 43 win. A 22 draw with Bristol City followed, setting up another replay. It was a nerve-wrecking 22 draw, with Boro winning 54 on penalties, presenting them with a tie at the Riverside with former player Tony Mowbray's West Brom. That game also ended 22, and the replay resulted in a Middlesbrough victory via penalties, after a 11 draw in normal time. Middlesbrough were eventually knocked out by champions-elect and eventual FA Cup runners-up Manchester United at Old Trafford in the quarter finals. The 22 result at the Riverside set up another replay, as Middlesbrough came from behind to lead 21, before George Boateng conceded a penalty for handball. Cristiano Ronaldo struck from the spot to force a replay, won by Manchester United 10 and ending Boro's run.

Due to every possible match going to a replay, Middlesbrough actually played more FA Cup games than Liverpool had in the competition the previous season, when they emerged as winners.[45]

Results

      Win       Draw       Loss

Note: Results are given with Middlesbrough score listed first. Man of the Match is according to mfc.co.uk.

RoundDateOpponentVenueResult
FA
AttendanceGoalscorers
38 January 2007Hull CityA1117,520Viduka 73'
3R16 January 2007Hull CityH4316,702Hines 32', Viduka (2) 49', 64', Yakubu 57' (pen.)
427 January 2007Bristol CityA2219,008Yakubu 4', Christie 23'
4R13 February 2007Bristol CityH22
(54p)
26,328Viduka 69', Yakubu 102'
517 February 2007West Bromwich AlbionH2231,491Arca 29', Yakubu 45+1' (pen.)
5R27 February 2007West Bromwich AlbionA11
(54p)
24,925Viduka 63'
610 March 2007Manchester UnitedH2233,308Cattermole 45', Boateng 47'
6R19 March 2007Manchester UnitedA0161,325

Off the pitch

Staff changes

First team coach Steve Round left the club on 15 December 2006 following a "difference in philosophy and ideas" with Gareth Southgate, and was replaced by Colin Cooper.[46] Chief European Scout Don Mackay left the team at the end of the year moving to Leicester City as part of their new management team.[47]

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