2006–07 Aston Villa F.C. season

During the 2006–07 English football season, Aston Villa F.C. competed in the FA Premier League. It was Villa's first season under the management of Northern Irishman Martin O'Neill, who was appointed as manager following the sacking of David O'Leary at the end of the previous season.

Aston Villa
2006–07 season
ChairmanRandy Lerner
ManagerMartin O'Neill
FA Premier League11th
FA CupThird round
League CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Gabriel Agbonlahor (9)
All: Gareth Barry
Gabriel Agbonlahor (10)
Highest home attendance42,551 (vs. Tottenham, Man Utd, Liverpool, Sheff Utd)
Lowest home attendance27,450 (vs. Bolton)
Average home league attendance36,214
Second City Derby
50--36--28

In August 2006, it was confirmed Randy Lerner had reached a £62.6m agreement with Aston Villa to take over the club. The statement to the London Stock Exchange confirmed that 60% of the club's shares, including the 39% stake of Doug Ellis had been sold to Lerner, beating competition from consortia led by Michael Neville, Nicholas Padfield QC, and Athole Still. Eleven days after the announcement, the LSE confirmed that Lerner had secured 59.69% of Villa shares, making him the majority shareholder. Lerner appointed himself Chairman of the Board of the club. The BBC reported in September 2006 that Lerner had moved closer to taking full control of the club, after increasing his share to 85.5%.[1]

By the time that the deadline passed in September 2006, Lerner had secured the acceptance of 89.69% of the shareholders. Due to the acceptance only being 0.31% below the conditional limit, Lerner accepted it and made the bid unconditional. On September 19, 2006, Aston Villa PLC executive chairman Doug Ellis and his board resigned, and were replaced by Randy Lerner as chairman with General Charles C. Krulak, Bob Kain and Michael Martin serving as non-executive directors. At the close of the deal in 2006, Lerner became only the second American owner of a Premiership club. Ellis became a President Emeritus (Life President) of the club.[2]

Villa started life under Martin O'Neill strongly and were the last team in the Premier League to be beaten, going nine matches without defeat and taking points against the likes of Arsenal and Chelsea away before a 3–1 loss at Liverpool. A run of 11 games without victory during the middle of the season dragged Villa down to 14th place, putting paid to their early-season hopes of Champions League qualification, but Villa rallied and only lost 3 of their last 15 games to finish comfortably in 11th.

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Transfers

Transferred in

Date Pos Player From Fee
30 August 2006CMBulgaria Stiliyan PetrovScotland Celtic£6,500,000
12 September 2006RMRéunion Didier AgatheScotland CelticFree transfer
3 October 2006CFChris SuttonBirmingham CityFree transfer
22 January 2007CFNorway John CarewFrance Olympique Lyon£5,000,000
(P/EX)
23 January 2007LWAshley YoungWatford£9,650,000
31 January 2007AMScotland Shaun MaloneyScotland Celtic£1,000,000
£22,150,000

  Record

Loaned in

Date Pos Player From Loan End
13 December 2006GKHungary Gábor KirályCrystal Palace8 January 2007
8 January 2007RBScotland Phil BardsleyManchester United29 April 2007

Transferred out

Date Pos Player To Fee
1 July 2006RBEcuador Ulises de la CruzReadingFree transfer
1 August 2006CMFrance Mathieu BersonSpain Levante£500,000
22 August 2006CFKevin PhillipsWest Bromwich Albion£700,000
11 January 2007LMPeter WhittinghamWales Cardiff City£350,000
11 January 2007RMRéunion Didier Agathe-Released
22 January 2007CFCzech Republic Milan BarošFrance Olympique Lyon£5,000,000
(P/EX)
17 April 2007CFColombia Juan Pablo ÁngelUnited States New York Red BullsFree transfer
£6,550,000

Loaned out

Date Pos Player To Loan End
29 September 2006RMLee HendrieStoke City1 January 2007
29 September 2006CFSam WilliamsBrighton & Hove Albion29 October 2006
20 October 2006LBRepublic of Ireland Stephen O'HalloranWycombe Wanderers21 January 2007
23 November 2006AMCzech Republic Patrik BergerStoke City1 January 2007
12 January 2007DMCameroon Eric Djemba-DjembaBurnley31 May 2007
30 January 2007RMLee HendrieStoke City31 May 2007
8 March 2007GKAustria Bobby OlejnikLincoln City29 April 2007

Overall transfer activity

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
9 Portsmouth 38 14 12 12 45 42 +3 54
10 Blackburn Rovers 38 15 7 16 52 54 2 52 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round[lower-alpha 1]
11 Aston Villa 38 11 17 10 43 41 +2 50
12 Middlesbrough 38 12 10 16 44 49 5 46
13 Newcastle United 38 11 10 17 38 47 9 43
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. The highest-placed team who applied for the Intertoto Cup and not in an automatic UEFA Cup spot was awarded with a place in that competition. Blackburn Rovers occupied the Intertoto place, because Portsmouth and Reading did not apply.[3] A further place in the UEFA Cup was up for grabs via the Premiership Fair Play League. The winner is placed into a draw with the winners of Fair Play leagues in other countries. The representatives from the two countries that come out of the hat first are given a place in the UEFA Cup first qualifying round. Since the winners of the Premiership Fair Play League, Tottenham Hotspur, had already qualified for the UEFA Cup by virtue of their league position, their place in the Fair Play draw was given to Aston Villa. However, the places in the UEFA Cup were awarded to the representatives from Finland and Norway.

Results

Pre-season

Date Opponents Home/
Away
Result
F–A
Scorers Competition
21 July 2006 Walsall A 5–0 Agbonlahor (2), Moore (2), Whittingham Friendly
25 July 2006 Hull City A 2–0 Davis, Gardner Friendly
26 July 2006 Chesterfield A 2–0 Bridges (2) Friendly
29 July 2006 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 3–0 Ridgewell, Barry, Agbonlahor Friendly
5 August 2006 Hannover Germany A 0–0 Friendly
8 August 2006 NEC Nijmegen Netherlands A 1–2 Agbonlahor Friendly
11 August 2006 Groningen Netherlands A 2–2 Moore, Ridgewell Friendly

Results by matchday

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHHAAHAHHAHAAHHAAHHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
ResultDWWDDWDDDLWWDDLDDLLLLDLWLWLLDDDWDWDWWD
Position10635557677645668891010121315141413131313131413141111111111
Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
19 August 2006 1 Arsenal 1–1 Aston Villa Islington, London
15:00 Gilberto 84' Report Mellberg 53' Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 60,023
Referee: Graham Poll
23 August 2006 2 Aston Villa 2–1 Reading Birmingham, West Midlands
Ángel 34' (pen.)
Barry 61'
Report Doyle 4'
Sonko Red card 34'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 37,329
Referee: Lee Mason
27 August 2006 3 Aston Villa 2–0 Newcastle United Birmingham, West Midlands
Moore 3'
Ángel 38'
Report Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 35,141
Referee: Howard Webb
10 September 2006 4 West Ham United 1–1 Aston Villa Newham, London
16:00 Mullins Yellow card 45'
Zamora 52'
Zamora Yellow card 58'
Report Ridgewell 4'
Barry Yellow card 26'
McCann Yellow card 55'
Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 34,576
Referee: Steve Bennett
16 September 2006 5 Watford 0–0 Aston Villa Watford, Hertfordshire
Report Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 18,620
Referee: Mike Dean
23 September 2006 6 Aston Villa 2–0 Charlton Athletic Birmingham, West Midlands
Agbonlahor 35'
Moore 62'
Report Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 35,513
Referee: Mike Riley
30 September 2006 7 Chelsea 1–1 Aston Villa Fulham, London
Drogba 3' Report Agbonlahor 45' Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 41,951
Referee: Graham Poll
14 October 2006 8 Aston Villa 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Birmingham, West Midlands
Barry 81' Report Davenport Red card 73'
Ángel 76' (o.g.)
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 42,551
Referee: Martin Atkinson
21 October 2006 9 Aston Villa 1–1 Fulham Birmingham, West Midlands
Barry 26' (pen.) Report Volz 45' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 30,919
Referee: Chris Foy
28 October 2006 10 Liverpool 3–1 Aston Villa Liverpool, Merseyside
Kuyt 31'
Crouch 38'
Luis García 44'
Report Agbonlahor 56' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 44,117
Referee: Steve Bennett
5 November 2006 11 Aston Villa 2–0 Blackburn Rovers Birmingham, West Midlands
Barry 41' (pen.)
Ángel 50'
Report Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 30,089
Referee: Howard Webb
11 November 2006 12 Everton 0–1 Aston Villa Liverpool, Merseyside
Report Sutton 42' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 36,376
Referee: Phil Dowd
19 November 2006 13 Wigan Athletic 0–0 Aston Villa Wigan, Greater Manchester
Report Stadium: JJB Stadium
Attendance: 18,455
Referee: Steve Bennett
25 November 2006 14 Aston Villa 1–1 Middlesbrough Birmingham, West Midlands
Barry 45' (pen.) Report Christie 43' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 33,162
Referee: Peter Walton
29 November 2006 15 Aston Villa 1–3 Manchester City Birmingham, West Midlands
McCann 66' Report Vassell 18'
Barton 32'
Distin 75'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 30,124
Referee: Mike Dean
2 December 2006 16 Portsmouth 2–2 Aston Villa Portsmouth, Hampshire
Taylor 52', 80'
Pedro Mendes Red card 86'
Report Barry 37' (pen.)
Ángel 82'
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,042
Referee: Uriah Rennie
11 December 2006 17 Sheffield United 2–2 Aston Villa Sheffield, Yorkshire
Quinn 50'
Webber 64'
Report Petrov 2'
Baroš 65'
Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 30,957
Referee: Mark Halsey
16 December 2006 18 Aston Villa 0–1 Bolton Wanderers Birmingham, West Midlands
Report Speed 75' (pen.) Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 27,450
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
23 December 2006 19 Aston Villa 0–3 Manchester United Birmingham, West Midlands
Report Ronaldo 58', 85'
Scholes 64'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 42,551
Referee: Steve Bennett
26 December 2006 20 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Aston Villa Haringey, London
Defoe 67', 77' Report Barry 81' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,293
Referee: Uriah Rennie
30 December 2006 21 Charlton Athletic 2–1 Aston Villa Greenwich, London
D. Bent 57'
Hughes 90'
Report Barry 40' (pen.) Red card 61' Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 26,699
Referee: Rob Styles
2 January 2007 22 Aston Villa 0–0 Chelsea Birmingham, West Midlands
Report Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 41,006
Referee: Phil Dowd
20 January 2007 24 Aston Villa 2–0 Watford Birmingham, West Midlands
Mahon 86' (o.g.)
Agbonlahor 90'
Report Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 35,892
Referee: Peter Walton
3 February 2007 26 Aston Villa 1–0 West Ham United Birmingham, West Midlands
Carew 36' Report Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 41,202
Referee: Chris Foy
10 February 2007 27 Reading 2–0 Aston Villa Reading, Berkshire
Sidwell 16', 90' Report Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 24,122
3 March 2007 28 Fulham 1–1 Aston Villa Fulham
Bocanegra 23' Report Carew 21' Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 24,552
Referee: Lee Mason
14 March 2007 29 Aston Villa 0–1 Arsenal Birmingham, West Midlands
Report Diaby 10' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 39,968
Referee: Martin Atkinson
18 March 2007 30 Aston Villa 0–0 Liverpool Birmingham, West Midlands
Report Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 42,551
Referee: Lee Mason
2 April 2007 31 Aston Villa 1–1 Everton Birmingham, West Midlands
Agbonlahor 83' Report Lescott 15' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 36,407
Referee: Howard Webb
9 April 2007 33 Aston Villa 1–1 Wigan Athletic Birmingham, West Midlands
Agbonlahor 50' Report Heskey 21'
Valencia Red card 34'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 31,920
Referee: Mark Halsey
22 April 2007 35 Aston Villa 0–0 Portsmouth Birmingham, West Midlands
16:00 Report Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 31,745
Referee: Martin Atkinson

FA Cup

League Cup

20 September 2006 R2 Scunthorpe United 1–2 Aston Villa Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
Sharp 73' Report Ángel 42', 64' Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 6,502
Referee: Trevor Kettle
8 November 2006 R4 Chelsea 4–0 Aston Villa Fulham, London
Lampard 32'
Shevchenko 65'
Essien 82'
Drogba 84'
Report Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 41,156
Referee: Mark Halsey

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[4][5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Denmark DEN Thomas Sørensen
2 DF Wales WAL Mark Delaney
3 DF England ENG Jlloyd Samuel[notes 1]
4 DF Sweden SWE Olof Mellberg
5 DF Denmark DEN Martin Laursen
6 MF England ENG Gareth Barry
8 MF England ENG Gavin McCann
10 FW Norway NOR John Carew
11 MF Bulgaria BUL Stiliyan Petrov
12 MF Northern Ireland NIR Steven Davis
13 GK England ENG Stuart Taylor
15 FW England ENG Gabriel Agbonlahor
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF Netherlands NED Wilfred Bouma
17 FW England ENG Ashley Young
18 DF Northern Ireland NIR Aaron Hughes
19 DF England ENG Liam Ridgewell
20 FW England ENG Chris Sutton
21 DF England ENG Gary Cahill
22 FW England ENG Luke Moore
23 MF Czech Republic CZE Patrik Berger
24 DF England ENG Phil Bardsley[notes 2] (on loan from Manchester United)
26 MF England ENG Craig Gardner
27 MF England ENG Isaiah Osbourne
28 MF Scotland SCO Shaun Maloney[notes 3]

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. Pos. Nation Player
7 MF England ENG Lee Hendrie (on loan to Stoke City)
9 FW Colombia COL Juan Pablo Ángel (to New York Red Bulls)
10 FW Czech Republic CZE Milan Baroš (to Lyon)
14 MF Cameroon CMR Eric Djemba-Djemba (on loan to Burnley)
17 MF England ENG Peter Whittingham (to Cardiff City)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW England ENG Kevin Phillips (to West Bromwich Albion)
24 MF France FRA Mathieu Berson (to Levante)
28 GK Hungary HUN Gabor Király (on loan from Crystal Palace)
31 DF Réunion REU Didier Agathe (released)

Reserve squad

The following players spent most of the season playing for the reserve team, and did not appear for the first team.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
25 GK Austria AUT Bobby Olejnik
29 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Stephen O'Halloran
DF England ENG Paul Green
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Belgium BEL Christian Tshimanga Kabeya[notes 4] (sacked)
FW England ENG Scott Bridges
FW England ENG Sam Williams

Youth squad

The following players spent most of the season playing for the youth team, and did not appear for the first team, but may have appeared for the reserve team.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK England ENG Elliot Parish
GK Republic of Ireland IRL David Bevan (on loan to Hull City)
GK Republic of Ireland IRL Lee Boyle (on loan to Bohemians)
GK Republic of Ireland IRL Stephen Henderson
DF England ENG Daniel Bradley
DF England ENG Ciaran Clark[notes 5]
DF England ENG Jordan Collins
DF England ENG Ben Love
DF England ENG Will Ricketts
DF England ENG Matthew Roome
DF England ENG Sam Simmonds
DF Republic of Ireland IRL Danny Earls
DF Republic of Ireland IRL Shane Lowry[notes 6]
DF Sweden SWE Erik Lund
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Australia AUS Chris Herd
MF England ENG Marc Albrighton
MF England ENG Jonathan Hogg
MF Scotland SCO Barry Bannan
MF Switzerland SUI Damian Bellón
MF Switzerland SUI Yagó Bellón
MF Hungary HUN Zoltán Stieber
FW England ENG Nathan Delfouneso
FW Northern Ireland NIR Adam McGurk
FW Sweden SWE Tobias Mikaelsson (on loan to Ljungskile SK)
MF England ENG Josh Burge (on trial from Grimsby Town)
DF   Steven Clancy
MF   Aaron Griffiths
MF   Danny MacDonald (contract terminated by mutual consent)

Other players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Norway NOR Lasse Staw (on trial from Fredrikstad)
MF Cyprus CYP Stefanos Georgiou (on trial from Olympiakos Nicosia)
MF Cyprus CYP Feidos Panagiotiu (on trial from Olympiakos Nicosia)
FW Sweden SWE Jacob Flingmark (on trial from Ljungskile SK)
FW Sweden SWE Robin Söder (on trial from Stenungsunds IF)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF England ENG Phil Green
DF Republic of Ireland IRL Mark Power
DF   Seyi Morgan (contracted cancelled)
MF   Morgan Evans

Squad statistics

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Sorensen 29 0 0 0 2 0 31 0
3 DF Samuel 2+2 0 0+1 0 0 0 2+3 0
4 DF Mellberg 38 1 0 0 3 0 41 1
5 DF Laursen 12+2 0 0 0 1 0 13+2 0
6 MD Barry 35 8 1 0 3 1 39 9
8 MF McCann 28+2 1 1 0 2 0 31+2 1
9 FW Angel 18+5 4 1 0 3 3 22+5 7
10 FW Baroš 10+7 1 0+1 1 1+2 0 11+10 2
10 FW Carew 11 3 0 0 0 0 11 3
11 MF Petrov 30 2 1 0 3 0 34 2
12 MF Davis 17+11 0 0 0 3 0 20+11 0
13 GK Taylor 4+2 0 0 0 1 0 5+2 0
14 MF Djemba-Djemba 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
15 FW Agbonlahor 37+1 9 1 0 0 0 41+1 10
16 DF Bouma 23+2 0 1 0 1+1 0 25+3 0
17 FW Young 11+2 2 0 0 0+1 0 11+2 2
17 MF Whittingham 2+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 2+2 0
18 DF Hughes 15+4 0 1 0 3 0 19+4 0
19 DF Ridgewell 19+2 1 1 0 2+1 0 22+3 1
20 FW Sutton 6+2 1 0 0 0+1 0 6+3 1
21 DF Cahill 19+1 1 1 0 0 0 20+1 0
22 FW Moore 7+6 4 0 0 1 0 8+6 4
23 MF Berger 5+8 2 0 0 0+1 0 5+9 2
24 DF Bardsley 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
26 MF Gardner 11+2 2 0 0 0 0 11+2 2
27 MF Osbourne 6+5 0 1 0 1 0 8+5 0
28 GK Kiraly 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
28 MF Maloney 5+3 1 0 0 0 0 5+3 1
31 DF Agathe 0+5 0 0 0 0+1 0 0+6 0

[6]

References

  1. "Lerner closer to control of Villa". Article on BBC Sport. 5 September 2006. Retrieved 5 September 2006.
  2. "RIP Sir Doug Ellis". Aston Villa F.C. 11 October 2018.
  3. Spurs win may harm Rovers' Intertoto chances
  4. "FootballSquads - Aston Villa - 2006/07".
  5. "Aston Villa Player Database".
  6. "Villa matches 2006-07" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 February 2012.

Notes

  1. Samuel was born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, but also qualified to represent England internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his full international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in September 2009.
  2. Bardsley was born in Salford, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his father and would make his international debut for Scotland in October 2010.
  3. Maloney was born in Miri, Malaysia, but was raised in Scotland from the age of 5 and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Scotland in October 2005.
  4. Kabeya was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), but also qualifies to represent Belgium internationally and has represented them at U-16, U-17, U-18 and U-19 level.
  5. Clark was born in Harrow, England, and represented them at U-17, U-18, U-19, and U-20 level, but also qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and would make his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in February 2011.
  6. Lowry was born in Perth, Australia, but also qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and represented them at U-17, U-19, and U-21 level before switching his international allegiance to Australia.
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