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Coventry City
2006–07 season
ManagerMicky Adams
Adrian Heath (caretaker)
Iain Dowie
StadiumRicoh Arena
Championship17th
FA CupThird Round
League CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Dele Adebola (8)
All: Dele Adebola (9)

The 2006–07 season was Coventry City's 87th season in The Football League and their 6th consecutive season in the Football League Championship. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and Football League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007.

Matches

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Pre-season friendlies

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8 July 2006 Portland Timbers 1 – 1
(4 – 3 p)		 Coventry City PGE Park, Portland, Oregon
12 July 2006 BYU Cougars 0–3 Coventry City South Field, Provo, Utah
21 July 2006 Nuneaton Borough 3–2 Coventry City Liberty Way, Nuneaton
23 July 2006 Notts County 0–2 Coventry City Meadow Lane, Nottingham
25 July 2006 Banbury United 1–2 Coventry City Spencer Stadium, Banbury
27 July 2006 Tranmere Rovers 0–0 Coventry City Prenton Park, Tranmere
29 July 2006 Coventry City 1–2 Boavista Ricoh Arena, Coventry

Championship

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6 August 2006 (2006-08-06) Coventry City 2–1 Sunderland Ricoh Arena, Coventry
9 August 2006 (2006-08-09) Southampton 2–0 Coventry City St Mary's Stadium, Southampton
12 August 2006 (2006-08-12) Cardiff City 1–0 Coventry City Ninian Park, Cardiff
18 August 2006 (2006-08-18) Coventry City 0–0 Leicester City Ricoh Arena, Coventry
26 August 2006 (2006-08-26) Hull City 0–1 Coventry City KC Stadium, Hull
9 September 2006 (2006-09-09) Coventry City 3–0 Norwich City Ricoh Arena, Coventry
12 September 2006 (2006-09-12) Ipswich Town 2–1 Coventry City Portman Road, Ipswich
16 September 2006 (2006-09-16) Coventry City 1–0 Leeds United Ricoh Arena, Coventry
23 September 2006 (2006-09-23) Crystal Palace 1–0 Coventry City Selhurst Park, London
30 September 2006 (2006-09-30) Coventry City 0–1 Plymouth Argyle Ricoh Arena, Coventry
13 October 2006 (2006-10-13) Southend United 2–3 Coventry City Roots Hall, Southend
17 October 2006 (2006-10-17) Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 Coventry City Molineux, Wolverhampton
23 October 2006 (2006-10-23) Coventry City 2–1 Colchester United Ricoh Arena, Coventry
28 October 2006 (2006-10-28) Barnsley 0–1 Coventry City Oakwell, Barnsley
31 October 2006 (2006-10-31) Coventry City 0–1 Birmingham City Ricoh Arena, Coventry
6 November 2006 (2006-11-06) Stoke City 1–0 Coventry City Britannia Stadium, Stoke-On-Trent
11 November 2006 (2006-11-11) Coventry City 1–2 Derby County Ricoh Arena, Coventry
18 November 2006 (2006-11-18) Coventry City 3–1 Sheffield Wednesday Ricoh Arena, Coventry
25 November 2006 (2006-11-25) Queens Park Rangers 0–1 Coventry City Loftus Road, London
28 November 2006 (2006-11-28) Preston North End 1–1 Coventry City Deepdale, Preston
2 December 2006 (2006-12-02) Coventry City 0–0 Stoke City Ricoh Arena, Coventry
9 December 2006 (2006-12-09) Coventry City 1–0 Burnley Ricoh Arena, Coventry
16 December 2006 (2006-12-16) West Bromwich Albion 5–0 Coventry City The Hawthorns, West Bromwich
23 December 2006 (2006-12-23) Luton Town 3–1 Coventry City Kenilworth Road, Luton
26 December 2006 (2006-12-26) Coventry City 1–2 Ipswich Town Ricoh Arena, Coventry
30 December 2006 (2006-12-30) Coventry City 1–1 Southend United Ricoh Arena, Coventry
1 January 2007 (2007-01-01) Leeds United 2–1 Coventry City Elland Road, Leeds
13 January 2007 (2007-01-13) Coventry City 2–4 Crystal Palace Ricoh Arena, Coventry
22 January 2007 (2007-01-22) Plymouth Argyle 3–2 Coventry City Home Park, Plymouth
30 January 2007 (2007-01-30) Coventry City 1–0 Luton Town Ricoh Arena, Coventry
3 February 2007 (2007-02-03) Sunderland 2–0 Coventry City Stadium of Light, Sunderland
10 February 2007 (2007-02-10) Coventry City 2–2 Cardiff City Ricoh Arena, Coventry
17 February 2007 (2007-02-17) Leicester City 3–0 Coventry City Walkers Stadium, Leicester
20 February 2007 (2007-02-20) Coventry City 2–1 Southampton Ricoh Arena, Coventry
24 February 2007 (2007-02-24) Norwich City 1–1 Coventry City Carrow Road, Norwich
3 March 2007 (2007-03-03) Coventry City 2–0 Hull City Ricoh Arena, Coventry
10 March 2007 (2007-03-10) Colchester United 0–0 Coventry City Layer Road, Colchester
13 March 2007 (2007-03-13) Coventry City 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Ricoh Arena, Coventry
17 March 2007 (2007-03-17) Coventry City 4–1 Barnsley Ricoh Arena, Coventry
1 April 2007 (2007-04-01) Birmingham City 3–0 Coventry City St Andrew's, Birmingham
7 April 2007 (2007-04-07) Coventry City 0–1 Queens Park Rangers Ricoh Arena, Coventry
9 April 2007 (2007-04-09) Derby County 1–1 Coventry City Pride Park, Derby
14 April 2007 (2007-04-14) Coventry City 0–4 Preston North End Ricoh Arena, Coventry
21 April 2007 (2007-04-21) Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 Coventry City Hillsborough, Sheffield
28 April 2007 (2007-04-28) Coventry City 0–1 West Bromwich Albion Ricoh Arena, Coventry
6 May 2007 (2007-05-06) Burnley 1–2 Coventry City Turf Moor, Burnley

League Cup

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22 August 2006 Hereford United 3–1 Coventry City Edgar Street, Hereford

FA Cup

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6 January 2007 Bristol City 3–3 Coventry City Ashton Gate, Bristol
16 January 2007 Coventry City 0–2 Bristol City Ricoh Arena, Coventry

Season statistics

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Starts and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship League Cup FA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England ENG Luke Steele (on loan from West Bromwich Albion) 7 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
2 DF England ENG Andy Whing (on loan to Brighton & Hove Albion) 19 0 15+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF England ENG Marcus Hall 42 0 38+2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
4 DF Wales WAL Rob Page 31 0 28+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
5 DF England ENG Elliott Ward 40 3 39+0 3 1+0 0 0+0 0
6 MF England ENG Stephen Hughes 38 1 36+1 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
6 MF England ENG Wayne Andrews (on loan to Sheffield Wednesday and Bristol City) 3 1 0+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Michael Doyle 42 3 40+0 3 0+0 0 2+0 0
9 FW Nigeria NGA Dele Adebola 42 9 28+12 8 1 1 1 0
10 FW England ENG Gary McSheffrey 3 1 3+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 FW Scotland SCO Kevin Kyle 33 3 18+13 3 0+0 0 2+0 0
11 MF Trinidad and Tobago TRI Chris Birchall 30 1 17+11 1 1+1 0 0+0 0
13 GK Spain ESP Rafael González-Robles 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 GK England ENG Arran Lee-Barrett (on loan from Weymouth) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 FW Trinidad and Tobago TRI Stern John 25 6 19+4 5 1 0 1 1
14 MF Senegal SEN Khalilou Fadiga 6 0 1+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 MF Faroe Islands FRO Claus Bech Jørgensen 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 FW England ENG Leon McKenzie 33 8 23+8 7 0+0 0 2+0 1
16 MF England ENG Isaac Osbourne (on loan to Crewe Alexandra) 21 0 16+3 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
17 DF England ENG Matt Heath (on loan to Leeds United) 8 0 7+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
17 FW Malta MLT Michael Mifsud 19 4 12+7 4 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 DF Scotland SCO David McNamee 16 0 16+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 DF England ENG Stuart Giddings 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 DF Denmark DEN Mikkel Bischoff 3 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 DF Ireland EIR Colin Hawkins 13 0 13+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF Ireland EIR Jay Tabb 32 3 22+9 3 0+0 0 1+0 0
22 MF Scotland SCO Don Hutchison 14 0 3+11 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 MF Scotland SCO Colin Cameron 26 3 16+8 2 1+0 0 1+0 1
24 DF New Zealand NZL Che Bunce 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 DF Wales WAL Richard Duffy (on loan from Portsmouth) 13 0 13+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 MF England ENG Adam Virgo (on loan from Celtic) 16 1 10+5 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
26 MF Morocco MAR Faysal El Idrissi 2 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Clive Clarke (on loan from Sunderland) 12 0 12+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 MF England ENG Darren Currie (on loan from Ipswich Town) 8 0 6+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 MF Ireland EIR Kevin Thornton 11 1 5+6 1 0 0 0 0
30 MF England ENG Liam Davis (on loan to Peterborough United) 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 MF England ENG Andrew Gooding 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 GK England ENG Andy Marshall 42 0 41+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
34 DF England ENG Ben Turner (on loan to Peterborough United and Oldham Athletic) 3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
35 MF England ENG Lee Hildreth 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Notes:

  • Player substitutions are not included.

Goalscorers

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15 players scored for Coventry City during the 2006–07 season.

49 goals were scored in total during the 2006–07 season:

The top goalscorer was Dele Adebola with 9 goals.

Name Championship League Cup FA Cup Total
Dele Adebola 8 1 0 09
Leon McKenzie 7 0 1 08
Stern John 5 0 1 06
Michael Mifsud 4 0 0 04
Michael Doyle 3 0 0 03
Kevin Kyle 3 0 0 03
Jay Tabb 3 0 0 03
Elliott Ward 3 0 0 03
Colin Cameron 2 0 1 03
Chris Birchall 2 0 0 02
Wayne Andrews 1 0 0 01
Stephen Hughes 1 0 0 01
Gary McSheffrey 1 0 0 01
Kevin Thornton 1 0 0 01
Adam Virgo 1 0 0 01

Discipline

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Yellow cards

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18 players were booked for Coventry City during the 2006–07 season.

87 bookings were received in total during the 2006–07 season:

The most booked player was Kevin Kyle with 12 cards.

Name Championship League Cup FA Cup Total
Kevin Kyle 11 0 1 Yellow card 12
Rob Page 10 0 0 Yellow card 10
Michael Doyle 8 0 2 Yellow card 10
Andy Whing 6 1 0 Yellow card 7
David McNamee 6 0 0 Yellow card 6
Marcus Hall 5 0 0 Yellow card 5
Leon McKenzie 5 0 0 Yellow card 5
Jay Tabb 5 0 0 Yellow card 5
Elliott Ward 5 0 0 Yellow card 5
Richard Duffy 4 0 0 Yellow card 4
Stephen Hughes 3 1 0 Yellow card 3
Dele Adebola 3 0 0 Yellow card 3
Isaac Osbourne 3 0 0 Yellow card 3
Kevin Thornton 3 0 0 Yellow card 3
Adam Virgo 2 0 1 Yellow card 3
Colin Cameron 1 0 0 Yellow card 1
Colin Hawkins 1 0 0 Yellow card 1
Stern John 1 0 0 Yellow card 1

Red Cards

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1 player was sent off for Coventry City during the 2006–07 season.

1 player was sent off in total during the 2006–07 season.

Name Championship League Cup FA Cup Total
David McNamee 1 0 0 Red card 1

Transfers

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In

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Player From Date Fee
Scotland David McNamee Scotland Livingston 2 June 2006 £100,000[1]
England Wayne Andrews Crystal Palace 3 June 2006 Free[2]
Denmark Mikkel Bischoff Manchester City 12 June 2006 Free[3]
England Elliott Ward West Ham United 16 June 2006 £1,000,000
Scotland Colin Cameron Wolverhampton Wanderers 29 June 2006 Free[4]
England Andy Marshall Millwall 30 June 2006 Free[5]
Republic of Ireland Jay Tabb Brentford 1 July 2006 Undisclosed[6]
Trinidad and Tobago Chris Birchall Port Vale 5 August 2006 £300,000[7]
Morocco Faysal El Idrissi United Arab Emirates Al-Nasr 17 August 2006 Free
Scotland Kevin Kyle Sunderland 25 August 2006 £600,000[8]
England Leon McKenzie Norwich City 31 August 2006 £1,000,000[9]
Spain Rafael González-Robles Spain Real Oviedo 14 September 2006 Free[10]
Malta Michael Mifsud Norway Lillestrøm 10 January 2007 Free[11]
Republic of Ireland Colin Hawkins Republic of Ireland Shelbourne 30 January 2007 Free[12]
New Zealand Che Bunce New Zealand New Zealand Knights 31 January 2007 Free[13]
England Arran Lee-Barrett Weymouth 31 January 2007 Free[14]

Out

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Player To Date Fee
England Dennis Wise Released 30 May 2006 Free
England Andrew Impey Released 30 May 2006 Free[15]
England Luke Webb Hereford United 30 May 2006 Free
Northern Ireland Jonathan Tuffey Scotland Partick Thistle 30 May 2006 Free[16]
England Rikki Bains Accrington Stanley 31 May 2006 Free
England Richard Shaw Millwall 29 June 2006 Free[17]
Wales Ady Williams Swindon Town 30 June 2006 Free[18]
Trinidad and Tobago Clayton Ince Walsall 8 July 2006 Free[19]
England James Scowcroft Crystal Palace 25 July 2006 £500,000[20]
England Andy Morrell Blackpool 15 August 2006 Free[21]
England Gary McSheffrey Birmingham City 16 August 2006 £4,000,000[22]
Republic of Ireland Graham Barrett Scotland Falkirk 1 August 2006 Free[23]
Faroe Islands Claus Bech Jørgensen Blackpool 8 September 2006 Free
France Faysal El Idrissi Released 1 November 2006 Free
Spain Rafael González-Robles Released 13 December 2006 Free
Denmark Mikkel Bischoff Denmark Brøndby 2 January 2007 Free[24]
England Matt Heath Leeds United 2 January 2007 Free[25]
England Craig Reid Cheltenham Town 12 January 2007 Free
Trinidad and Tobago Stern John Sunderland 29 January 2007 Undisclosed[26]

Loans in

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Player From Date From Date Till
England Adam Virgo Scotland Celtic 7 August 2006 15 August 2006[27]
England Luke Steele Manchester United 3 August 2006 10 August 2006
Republic of Ireland Clive Clarke Sunderland 23 August 2006 10 January 2007[28]
Wales Richard Duffy Portsmouth 23 August 2006 27 December 2006
England Darren Currie Ipswich Town 23 November 2006 2 January 2007[29]
England Luke Steele West Bromwich Albion 23 December 2006 7 May 2007[30]
England Arran Lee-Barrett Weymouth 12 January 2007 30 January 2007

Loans out

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Player To Date From Date Till
England Liam Davis Peterborough United 14 September 2006 17 December 2006
England Ben Turner Peterborough United 14 September 2006 14 December 2006
England Andy Whing Brighton and Hove Albion 6 October 2006 28 December 2006
England Isaac Osbourne Crewe Alexandra 20 October 2006 1 November 2006[31]
England Matt Heath Leeds United 10 November 2006 1 January 2007
England Wayne Andrews Sheffield Wednesday 23 November 2006 2 January 2007
England Cameron Belford Tamworth 26 December 2006 31 December 2006
England Wayne Andrews Bristol City 19 January 2007 19 March 2007[32]
England Ben Turner Oldham Athletic 23 February 2007 23 March 2007[33]
England Ryan Lynch Tamworth 22 March 2007 28 April 2007[34]

Kit Profile

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Supplier: Puma
Sponsor(s): Cassidy Group

Home Strip
Away Strip

References

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  1. ^ "Coventry seal McNamee signature". BBC Sport. 2 June 2006.
  2. ^ "Striker Andrews joins Sky Blues". BBC Sport. 3 June 2006.
  3. ^ "Sky Blues sign defender Bischoff". BBC Sport. 12 June 2006.
  4. ^ "Coventry sign midfielder Cameron". BBC Sport. 29 June 2006.
  5. ^ "Coventry sign goalkeeper Marshall". BBC Sport. 30 June 2006.
  6. ^ "Coventry pick up midfielder Tabb". BBC Sport. 1 July 2006.
  7. ^ "Coventry bring in Vale's Birchall". BBC Sport. 5 July 2006.
  8. ^ "Sky Blues sign Sunderland's Kyle". BBC Sport. 25 July 2006.
  9. ^ "Norwich's McKenzie joins Coventry". BBC Sport. 31 July 2006.
  10. ^ "Coventry recruit Spanish keeper". BBC Sport. 14 September 2006.
  11. ^ "Sky Blues snap up Malta striker". BBC Sport. 10 January 2007.
  12. ^ "Coventry recruit defender Hawkins". BBC Sport. 30 January 2007.
  13. ^ "Coventry complete Bunce signing". BBC Sport. 31 January 2007.
  14. ^ "Coventry tie up Lee-Barrett deal". BBC Sport. 31 January 2007.
  15. ^ "Impey reveals plan for retirement". BBC Sport. 8 December 2005.
  16. ^ "Partick land Coventry goalkeeper". BBC Sport. 30 May 2006.
  17. ^ "Pair complete moves to Millwall". BBC Sport. 29 June 2006.
  18. ^ "Swindon sign Coventry's Williams". BBC Sport. 30 June 2006.
  19. ^ "Ince leaves Coventry for Walsall". BBC Sport. 8 July 2006.
  20. ^ "Palace complete Scowcroft signing". BBC Sport. 25 July 2006.
  21. ^ "Morrell makes move to Blackpool". BBC Sport. 15 August 2006.
  22. ^ "Birmingham capture £4m McSheffrey". BBC Sport. 16 August 2006.
  23. ^ "Barrett completes Falkirk signing". BBC Sport. 1 August 2006.
  24. ^ "Defender Bischoff joins Brondby". BBC Sport. 2 January 2007.
  25. ^ "Leeds ready to make double swoop". BBC Sport. 2 January 2007.
  26. ^ "Sunderland complete John signing". BBC Sport. 29 January 2007.
  27. ^ "Virgo makes Coventry loan switch". BBC Sport. 7 August 2006.
  28. ^ "Coventry sign Sunderland's Clarke". BBC Sport. 23 August 2006.
  29. ^ "Currie makes Coventry loan switch". BBC Sport. 23 November 2006.
  30. ^ "Coventry seal Steele loan switch". BBC Sport. 23 December 2006.
  31. ^ "Coventry's Osbourne joins Crewe". BBC Sport. 20 October 2006.
  32. ^ "City get Coventry striker on loan". BBC Sport. 19 January 2007.
  33. ^ "Turner agrees Oldham loan switch". BBC Sport. 23 February 2007.
  34. ^ "Lynch makes Tamworth loan switch". BBC Sport. 22 March 2007.
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