2006–07 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers

2006–07 season
Chairman	Gianni Paladini
Manager	Gary Waddock (until 19 September) John Gregory (from 20 September)
Stadium	Loftus Road
Championship	18th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Blackstock (13) All: Blackstock (14)
Highest home attendance	16,741 6 May 2007 Stoke City
Lowest home attendance	4,569 22 August 2006 Northampton Town
Average home league attendance	12,936
Biggest win	4-2 Vs Crystal Palace (4 November 2006)
Biggest defeat	0-5 Vs Southend United (9 February 2007)
Home colours Away colours

During the 2006–07 English football season, Queens Park Rangers F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.

Season summary

On 28 June 2006, Holloway was put on Gardening leave and eventually left for Plymouth Argyle and Gary Waddock was appointed full-time manager. On 20 September 2006, after a poor set of results had left QPR bottom of the table, Waddock was replaced by John Gregory. Waddock did, however, stay at the club as assistant manager. Gregory's appointment caused a schism among QPR fans, some of whom saw Gregory's friendship with controversial chairman Gianni Paladini as a conflict of interest. After a decent start with successive victories over Hull City and Southampton, Rangers form dipped before winning three on the bounce (including a victory at (then) league leaders Cardiff City). Unfortunately, results did not continue to improve, and relegation looked a distinct possibility for Gregory's men. However, following a fine late season run, QPR beat Cardiff 1–0 at Loftus Road on 21 April 2007 to secure their Championship status for another year.

Kit

Le Coq Sportif continued as QPR's kit manufacturers. Retailer Cargiant became kit sponsors.

Final league table

Main article: 2006–07 Football League Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

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

Results

Queens Park Rangers' score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Position
5 August 2006	Burnley	A	0–2		12,190	22
8 August 2006	Leeds United	H	2–2	Rowlands (pen), Baidoo	13,996	18
12 August 2006	Southend United	H	2–0	Rowlands, Ward	12,368	14
19 August 2006	Preston North End	A	1–1	Ainsworth	11,879	14
25 August 2006	Ipswich Town	H	1–3	Gallen	10,918	17
9 September 2006	Plymouth Argyle	A	1–1	Blackstock	12,138	22
12 September 2006	Birmingham City	H	0–2		10,936	23
16 September 2006	Colchester United	A	1–2	Brown (own goal)	5,246	24
23 September 2006	Hull City	H	2–0	R Jones, Blackstock	11,381	20
30 September 2006	Southampton	A	2–1	Blackstock, R Jones	25,185	16
14 October 2006	Norwich City	H	3–3	Smith, Rowlands (2)	14,793	16
17 October 2006	Derby County	H	1–2	Smith	10,882	19
21 October 2006	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–3	Blackstock (2)	23,813	19
28 October 2006	Leicester City	H	1–1	Rowlands (pen)	12,430	19
31 October 2006	West Bromwich Albion	A	3–3	Stewart, Gallen, Nygaard	17,417	20
4 November 2006	Crystal Palace	H	4–2	Smith (2), Lomas, Gallen (pen)	13,989	19
11 November 2006	Luton Town	A	3–2	Smith, Heikkinen (own goal), Blackstock	9,007	18
17 November 2006	Cardiff City	A	1–0	R Jones	13,250	13
25 November 2006	Coventry City	H	0–1		12,840	16
28 November 2006	Sunderland	H	1–2	R Jones	13,108	17
2 December 2006	Crystal Palace	A	0–3		17,017	19
9 December 2006	Stoke City	A	0–1		16,487	20
16 December 2006	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–1		12,323	20
23 December 2006	Barnsley	H	1–0	Rowlands	11,307	20
26 December 2006	Birmingham City	A	1–2	Cook	29,431	20
30 December 2006	Norwich City	A	0–1		25,113	20
1 January 2007	Colchester United	H	1–0	R Jones	11,319	20
13 January 2007	Hull City	A	1–2	Blackstock	19,791	20
20 January 2007	Southampton	H	0–2		14,686	21
30 January 2007	Barnsley	A	0–2		9,890	22
3 February 2007	Burnley	H	3–1	Cook, Blackstock, Lomas	10,811	19
9 February 2007	Southend United	A	0–5		10,217	19
20 February 2007	Leeds United	A	0–0		29,593	21
24 February 2007	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–1	Cook	13,757	21
3 March 2007	Ipswich Town	A	1–2	Furlong	21,412	22
10 March 2007	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–1	Rowlands (pen)	15,188	21
13 March 2007	Derby County	A	1–1	Rowlands	27,567	22
17 March 2007	Leicester City	A	3–1	Idiakez, Nygaard (2, 1 pen)	24,558	21
31 March 2007	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–2	Blackstock	14,784	21
3 April 2007	Preston North End	H	1–0	Blackstock	11,910	20
7 April 2007	Coventry City	A	1–0	Smith	22,850	19
9 April 2007	Luton Town	H	3–2	Blackstock (2, 1 pen), Furlong	14,360	18
14 April 2007	Sunderland	A	1–2	Rowlands (pen)	39,206	18
21 April 2007	Cardiff City	H	1–0	Blackstock	12,710	18
28 April 2007	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–2		24,931	19
6 May 2007	Stoke City	H	1–1	Rowlands	16,741	18

FA Cup

Main article: 2006–07 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 2007	Luton Town	H	2–2	10,064	Blackstock, Baidoo
R3R	23 January 2007	Luton Town	A	0–1	7,494

League Cup

Main article: 2006–07 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	22 August 2006	Northampton Town	H	3–2	4,569	Cook, Gallen, R Jones
R2	19 September 2006	Port Vale	A	2–3	3,550	Nygaard, Stewart

Squad

Position	Nationality	Name	League Appearances	League Goals	Cup Appearances	League.Cup Goals	F.A.Cup Goals	Total Appearances	Total Goals
GK	ENG	Simon Royce	20		2			22
GK	WAL	Paul Jones	12					12
GK	ENG	Lee Camp	11					11
GK	ENG	Jake Cole	3		2			5
DF	ENG	Rohan Ricketts						2
DF	ENG	Michael Mancienne	26		2			30
DF	FIN	Sampsa Timoska	11					14
DF	ENG	Matthew Rose	10					14
DF	ENG	Marcus Bignot	32		3			35
DF	ENG	Dominic Shimmin	1					1
DF	ITA	Mauro Milanese	14					16
DF	ENG	Andrew Howell			1			1
DF	JAM	Damion Stewart	45	1	4	1		49	2
DF	DRC	Pat Kanyuka	7		2			13
DF	ENG	Danny Cullip	13					13
DF	PAK	Zesh Rehman	23		2			27
MF	ESP	Inigo Idiakez	4					5
MF	ENG	Adam Bolder	17					17
MF	AUS	Nick Ward	11	1	2			21	1
MF	ENG	Martin Rowlands	27	10				29	10
MF	ENG	Marc Bircham	12		2			20
MF	NIR	Steve Lomas	26	1	2			36	1
MF	ENG	Scott Donnelly						3
MF	ENG	Gareth Ainsworth	18	1				23	1
MF	ENG	Lee Cook	37	3	4	1		41	3
MF	ENG	Stefan Bailey	7		3			13
MF	NIG	Egutu Oliseh	2					3
FW	ENG	Paul Furlong	9	2				23	2
FW	ENG	Stefan Moore	3					3
FW	ENG	Ray Jones	17	5	1	1		33	6
FW	DEN	Marc Nygaard	17	3	2	1		25	4
FW	ENG	Shabazz Baidoo	2	1	1		1	12	2
FW	ENG	Jimmy Smith	22	6	2			31	6
FW	ENG	Dexter Blackstock	36	14	3		1	41	15
FW	POL	Adam Czerkas	2		1			4
FW	ENG	Kevin Gallen	9	3	1	1		19	4

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
4	DF	ENG	Ian Evatt (to Blackpool)
5	DF	NGA	Danny Shittu (to Watford)
7	DF	ENG	Matthew Rose (to Yeovil Town)
20	MF	ENG	Scott Donnelly (to Wealdstone)
20	GK	ENG	Lee Camp (on loan from Derby County)
27	FW	POL	Adam Czerkas (on loan from Korona Kielce)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
28	MF	NGA	Egutu Oliseh (to Montpelier)
28	MF	ESP	Iñigo Idiakez (on loan from Southampton)
34	DF	ENG	Matthew Hislop (to Lewes)
35	DF	ENG	Jonathan Munday (to Hayes)
40	DF	ITA	Ugo Ukah (released)

Transfers Out

Name	from	Date	Fee	Date	Club	Fee
Ian Evatt	Chesterfield	June 2005	£150,000	August 2006	Blackpool	loan
Danny Shittu	Charlton	January 2002	£350,000	August 2006	Watford	£1,600,000
Tommy Doherty	Bristol City	June 2005		September 2006	Wycombe Wanderers	Loan
Ian Evatt	Chesterfield	June 2005	£150,000	January 2007	Blackpool
Matthew Hislop	Arsenal	March 2005		January 2007
Ugo Ukah	Pro Vasto	August 2005		January 2007	Giulianova Calcio
Nick Ward	Perth Glory	July 2006		January 2007	Brighton & Hove Albion	Loan
Egutu Oliseh	La Louviere	August 2006		January 2007	Montpellier
Scott Donnelly	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	July 2004		January 2007
Matthew Rose	Arsenal	July 1997	£500,000	January 2007	Yeovil Town
Zesh Rehman	Fulham	August 2006	£500,000	March 2007	Brighton & Hove Albion	Loan
Sammy Youssouf	Marítimo	January 2006		July 2007	Viborg FF

Transfers In

Name	from	Date	Fee
Zesh Rehman	Fulham	August 2006	£500,000
Egutu Oliseh	La Louviere	August 2006
Dexter Blackstock	Southampton	August 2006	£500,000
Adam Czerkas	Odra Wodzisław	August 2006	Loan
Jimmy Smith	Chelsea	September 2006	Loan
Michael Mancienne	Chelsea	October 2006	Loan
Lee Camp	Derby County	February 2007	Loan
Sampsa Timoska	MyPa 47	January 2007
Danny Cullip	Nottingham Forest	January 2007
Adam Bolder	Derby County	January 2007
Rohan Ricketts	Wolverhampton Wanderers	March 2007	Loan
Iñigo Idiakez	Southampton	March 2007	Loan
Lee Camp	Derby County	July 2007	£300,000

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Position	Championship	League Cup	FA Cup	Total
1	Dexter Blackstock	FW	12	0	1	13
2	Martin Rowlands	MF	10	0	0	10
3	Jimmy Smith	MF	6	0	0	6
=	Ray Jones	FW	5	1	0	6
5	Lee Cook	MF	3	1	0	4
=	Kevin Gallen	FW	3	1	0	4
=	Marc Nygaard	FW	3	1	0	4
8	Steve Lomas	MF	2	0	0	2
=	Paul Furlong	FW	2	0	0	2
=	Damion Stewart	FW	1	1	0	2
=	Shabazz Baidoo	FW	1	0	1	2
12	Nick Ward	MF	1	0	0	1
=	Gareth Ainsworth	MF	1	0	0	1
=	Iñigo Idiakez	MF	1	0	0	1
=	Adam Bolder	MF	2	0	0	2
11	Stefan Moore	FW	1	0	0	1
TOTAL			60	1	0	61

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Position	Championship	League Cup	FA Cup	Total
1	Lee Camp	GK	4	0	0	4
2	Simon Royce	GK	3	0	0	3
3	Paul Jones	GK	1	0	0	1
=	Jake Cole	GK	1	0	0	1