2006–07 Accrington Stanley F.C. season

Accrington Stanley
2006–07 season
ManagerJohn Coleman
StadiumCrown Ground
League Two20th
FA CupFirst round
League CupSecond round
Football League TrophyQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerPaul Mullin (13)
Average home league attendance2,260

During the 2006–07 English football season, Accrington Stanley competed in Football League Two.

Season summary

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Stanley scored 70 league goals during which they were involved in a relegation battle for most of the season, but a run of 5 wins in their last 9 games allowed them to secure safety in 20th place, their highlight of the season being a 5–0 thumping of then-promotion-favourites Wrexham. More success came in the cups. In Stanley's first ever game in the Football League Cup, third-tier Nottingham Forest were beaten 1–0. This set an away tie to Premier League team Watford, who needed a penalty shootout to eliminate the Lancashire club. The club also performed well in the Football League trophy, reaching the area quarter-finals before being eliminated by Doncaster Rovers.

First-team squad

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Squad at end of season[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF England ENG Peter Cavanagh
3 DF England ENG Leam Richardson
4 DF England ENG Robbie Williams
5 DF England ENG Michael Welch
6 MF England ENG Andrew Procter
7 MF England ENG Sean Doherty
9 FW England ENG Andy Mangan
10 FW England ENG Paul Mullin
12 DF England ENG Phil Edwards
14 MF Benin BEN Romuald Boco[notes 1]
15 MF England ENG Danny Ventre
17 MF England ENG Andy Todd
18 FW England ENG David Brown
20 MF England ENG Jay Harris
25 GK England ENG Ian Dunbavin
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 MF England ENG Shaun Whalley
27 FW England ENG Leighton McGivern
32 FW England ENG Andrew Smith
33 FW England ENG Jimmy Bell
34 DF England ENG Peter Murphy
35 GK England ENG Martin Fearon
36 DF England ENG Alan Rogers
38 DF Portugal POR Mauro Almeida
39 FW Wales WAL Stuart Fleetwood[notes 2] (on loan from Hereford United)
40 MF England ENG Tony Grant
41 GK Poland POL Przemysław Kazimierczak (on loan from Bolton Wanderers)
41 GK England ENG David Martin (on loan from Liverpool)
41 DF Spain ESP Godwin Antwi[notes 3] (on loan from Liverpool)
41 MF England ENG Bobby Grant

Left club during season

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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 Republic of Ireland IRL Rob Elliot[notes 4] (on loan from Charlton Athletic)
8 MF England ENG Ian Craney (to Swansea City)
11 MF England ENG Gary Roberts (to Ipswich Town)
16 DF France FRA Julien N'Da (released)
19 DF England ENG Andrew Tretton (retired)
21 DF England ENG Ashley Foyle (to Belper Town)
22 MF England ENG Joel Byrom (released)
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 GK France FRA François Dubourdeau (released)
24 DF England ENG Rikki Bains (to Tamworth)
28 DF Wales WAL Joe Jacobson (on loan from Cardiff City)
29 MF England ENG David Mannix (on loan from Liverpool)
30 DF Wales WAL Curtis McDonald (on loan from Cardiff City)
31 DF England ENG Adam Dugdale (on loan from Crewe Alexandra)
37 DF England ENG Chris McGrail (on loan from Preston North End)

Results

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League Two

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5 August 2006 1 Chester City 2–0 Accrington Stanley Deva Stadium
15:00 Broughton 15'
Blundell 86'
Report Attendance: 3,779
8 August 2006 2 Accrington Stanley 0–2 Darlington Crown Ground
19:45 Report Cummins 33'
Smith 43'
Attendance: 2,667
12 August 2006 3 Accrington Stanley 2–1 Barnet Crown Ground
15:00 Boco 35', 53' Report King 89' Attendance: 1,639
18 August 2006 4 Stockport County 1–1 Accrington Stanley Edgeley Park
19:45 Murray 12' Report Welch 78' Attendance: 5,291
26 August 2006 5 Accrington Stanley 1–1 Rochdale Crown Ground
15:00 Roberts 76' (pen.) Report Dagnall 20' Attendance: 3,045
1 September 2006 6 Lincoln City 3–1 Accrington Stanley Sincil Bank
19:45 Gritton 6'
Stallard 40', 69'
Report Roberts 82' Attendance: 4,999
9 September 2006 7 Notts County 3–2 Accrington Stanley Meadow Lane
15:00 Edwards 11'
Martin 29', 36'
Report Roberts 90+1'
Mullin 90+3'
Attendance: 4,677
13 September 2006 8 Accrington Stanley 5–0 Wrexham Crown Ground
19:45 Mullin 41'
Craney 49'
Roberts 52', 67'
Cavanagh 55'
Report Attendance: 2,689
16 September 2006 9 Accrington Stanley 2–1 Boston United Crown Ground
15:00 Roberts 11'
Todd 90+1'
Report Farrell 49' Attendance: 1,916
23 September 2006 10 Mansfield Town 2–2 Accrington Stanley Field Mill
15:00 Hamshaw 58'
Boulding 81'
Report Mullin 16', 85' Attendance: 3,088
26 September 2006 11 Bury 2–2 Accrington Stanley Gigg Lane
19:45 Bishop 7', 36' Report Roberts 12'
Boco 37'
Attendance: 2,912
30 September 2006 12 Accrington Stanley 2–1 Wycombe Wanderers Crown Ground
15:00 Craney 27'
Mangan 90+2'
Report Antwi 55' Attendance: 2,243
7 October 2006 13 Accrington Stanley 1–1 Swindon Town Crown Ground
15:00 Todd 33' Report Peacock 67' Attendance: 3,083
14 October 2006 14 Torquay United 0–2 Accrington Stanley Plainmoor
15:00 Report Welch 47'
Roberts 73'
Attendance: 2,743
21 October 2006 15 Accrington Stanley 1–2 Walsall Crown Ground
15:00 Craney 78' [1] Sam 40'
Wright 85'
Attendance: 3,142
28 October 2006 16 Hereford United 1–0 Accrington Stanley Edgar Street
15:00 Connell 85' Report Attendance: 3,391
4 November 2006 17 Peterborough United 4–2 Accrington Stanley London Road
15:00 Benjamin 57'
Crow 58', 88'
McLean 60'
Report Craney 23', 79' Attendance: 3,990
18 November 2006 18 Accrington Stanley 1–2 Hartlepool United Crown Ground
15:00 Todd 38' Report Williams 75'
Humphreys 90+1'
Attendance: 1,787
25 November 2006 19 Grimsby Town 2–0 Accrington Stanley Blundell Park
15:00 Paterson 12'
Jones 56'
Report Attendance: 4,511
2 December 2006 20 Accrington Stanley 3–3 Shrewsbury Town Crown Ground
15:00 Todd 19'
Edwards 55'
Williams 89'
Report Asamoah 4'
Fortune-West 40'
Symes 84'
Attendance: 1,602

References

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  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Accrington Stanley - 2006/07". www.footballsquads.co.uk.

Notes

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  1. ^ Boco was born in Bernay, France, but also qualified to represent Benin internationally and made his international debut for Benin in 2004.
  2. ^ Fleetwood was born in Gloucester, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his father and has represented them at under-17 and under-21 level.
  3. ^ Antwi was born in Kumasi, Ghana, but was raised in Spain from the age of 14 and represented them at U-19 level.
  4. ^ Elliot was born in Greenwich, England, but also qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his father and represented them at under-19 level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in May 2014.