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
Football League 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
	← 2005–06 2007–08 →

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.^[1] On 20 September 2006, after a poor set of results had left QPR bottom of the table, Waddock was replaced by John Gregory.^[2] 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

Pos	Team v t e	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^[3]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Coca-Cola Championship

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Position
5 August 2006	Burnley	A	0–2		12,190	24
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	12
19 August 2006	Preston North End	A	1–1	Ainsworth	11,879	14
25 August 2006	Ipswich Town	H	1–3	Gallen	10,918	20
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	19
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	15
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	14
25 November 2006	Coventry City	H	0–1		12,840	15
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	21
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

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
R3	6 January 2007	Luton Town (Championship)	H	2–2	Blackstock, Baidoo	10,064
R3R	23 January 2007	Luton Town (Championship)	A	0–1		7,494

Carling Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
R1	22 August 2006	Northampton Town (League One)	H	3–2	Cook, Gallen, R Jones	4,569
R2	19 September 2006	Port Vale (League One)	A	2–3	Nygaard, Stewart	3,550

Squad

Position	Nationality	Name	Coca-Cola Championship Appearances	Coca-Cola Championship Goals	Cup Appearances	Carling 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^{[notes 1]} (released)

Transfers Out

Name	Date	From	Fee	Date	To	Fee
Georges Santos	Ipswich	July 30,2004	Free	July 06	Brighton	Free
Luke Townsend	Scholar	Apr5		July 06	Crawley Town	Free
Richard Langley	Cardiff	Aug 31,2005	Free	July 06	Luton	Free
Danny Shittu	Charlton	Oct 23,2001	£350,000	Aug 06	Watford	£2,000,000
Ian Evatt	Chesterfield	June 2,2005	£150,000	August 2006	Blackpool	loan
Tommy Doherty	Bristol City	June 2005		September 2006	Wycombe Wanderers	Loan
Adam Czerkas	Korona Kielce (Pol)	July 18,2006	Loan	Dec 06	Korona Kielce (Pol)	Loan
Matthew Rose	Arsenal	May 19,1997	£500,000	January 2007	Yeovil Town	Free
Nick Ward	Perth Glory	July 2006		January 2007	Brighton & Hove Albion	Loan
Zesh Rehman	Fulham	August 2006	£500,000	March 2007	Brighton & Hove Albion	Loan
Sammy Youssouf	Maritimo (Por)	Jan 27,2006	Free	July 2007	Viborg (Den)	Free
Egutu Oliseh	La Louvière (Bel)	July 17,2006	Free	Jan 07	Montpellier (Fra)	Free
Ian Evatt	Chesterfield	June 2,2005	£150,000	Jan 07	Blackpool	Free
Jon Munday		Apr 18,2006		Jan 07	Hayes	Free
Matthew Hislop	Arsenal	Mar 7,2005	Free	Jan 07	Hayes & Yeading U	Free
Scott Donnelly		Feb 24,2006		Jan 07	Wealdstone	Free
Ugo Ukah	Nourese (Ita)	Nov 2006	Free	Jan 07	Giulianova (Ita)	Free
Taku Watanabe	Crystal P	July 2006	Free	Feb 07		Free
Michael Standing	Chesterfield	Jan 31,2007	Non-contract	Mar 07	Bournemouth	Free
Inigo Idiakez	Southampton	Mar 9,2007	Loan	Apr 07	Southampton	Loan
Lee Camp	Derby	Feb 12,2007	Loan	Apr 07	Derby	Loan
Jimmy Smith	Chelsea	Sep 27,2006	Loan	May 07	Chelsea	Loan
Michael Mancienne	Chelsea	Oct 16,2006	Loan	May 07	Chelsea	Loan
Rohan Ricketts	Wolverhampton	Mar 22,2007	Loan	May 07	Wolverhampton	Loan

In

Name	From	Date	Fee
Taku Watanabe	Crystal P	July 2006	Free
Nick Ward	Perth Glory (Aus)	July 7,2006	Free
Egutu Oliseh	La Louvière (Bel)	July 17,2006	Free
Adam Czerkas	Korona Kielce (Pol)	July 18,2006	Loan
Andrew Howell	Scholar	August 2006
Adam Czerkas	Odra Wodzisław	August 2006	Loan
Zesh Rehman	Fulham	Aug 8,2006	£250,000
Dexter Blackstock	Southampton	Aug 9,2006	£500,000
Jimmy Smith	Chelsea	Sep 27,2006	Loan
Michael Mancienne	Chelsea	Oct 16,2006	Loan
Ugo Ukah	Nourese (Ita)	Nov 2006	Free
Sampsa Timoska	MyPa (Fin)	Jan 3,2007	Free
Ray Jones		Jan 5,2007
Adam Bolder	Derby	Jan 27,2007	Free
Michael Standing	Chesterfield	Jan 31,2007	Non-contract
Danny Cullip	Nottingham	Jan 31,2007	Free
Lee Camp	Derby	Feb 12,2007	Loan
Inigo Idiakez	Southampton	Mar 9,2007	Loan
Rohan Ricketts	Wolverhampton	Mar 22,2007	Loan
Kieron St.Aimie		May 17,2007
Chris Barker	Cardiff City	5 June 2007	Free
Daniel Nardiello	Barnsley	27 June 2007	Free
John Curtis	Nottingham Forest	30 June 2007	Free
Aaron Goode		June 1,2007
Andrew Howell		June 1,2007

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	Total
1	Lee Camp	GK	4	4
2	Simon Royce	GK	3	3
3	Paul Jones	GK	1	1
=	Jake Cole	GK	1	1

References

^ "Waddock appointed as QPR manager". BBC Sport. 28 June 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2008.
^ "Gregory appointed as new QPR boss". BBC Sport. 20 September 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2008.
^ "Queens Park Rangers 2006-2007 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.

Notes

^ Ukah was born in Parma, Italy, but also qualifies to represent Nigeria internationally and would make his international debut for Nigeria in 2011.

[1] "Waddock appointed as QPR manager". BBC Sport. 28 June 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2008.

[2] "Gregory appointed as new QPR boss". BBC Sport. 20 September 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2008.

[3] "Queens Park Rangers 2006-2007 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.

[4] Ukah was born in Parma, Italy, but also qualifies to represent Nigeria internationally and would make his international debut for Nigeria in 2011.

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