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2006–07 Colchester United F.C. season

FieldValue
clubColchester United
season2006–07
chairmanPeter Heard
ownerRobbie Cowling
managerGeraint Williams
stadiumLayer Road
leagueChampionship
league result10th
cup1FA Cup
cup1 result3rd round
(eliminated by
Barnet)
cup2League Cup
cup2 result1st round
(eliminated by
Milton Keynes Dons)
league topscorer
Jamie Cureton (23)
season topscorer
Jamie Cureton (24)
highest attendance6,065
v Ipswich Town, 29 September 2006
lowest attendance4,249
v Barnsley, 12 August 2006
average attendance5,466
largest win4–0
v Sheffield Wednesday, 18 October 2006
5–1
v Hull City, 28 November 2006
largest loss1–5
v Derby County, 2 March 2007
pattern_name1Home
pattern_b1_stripesonwhite2
pattern_sh1_whitebottom
leftarm10000FF
body10000FF
rightarm10000FF
shorts10000FF
socks1FFFFFF
prevseason2005–06
nextseason2007–08

(eliminated by Barnet) (eliminated by Milton Keynes Dons) Jamie Cureton (23) Jamie Cureton (24) v Ipswich Town, 29 September 2006 v Barnsley, 12 August 2006 v Sheffield Wednesday, 18 October 2006 5–1 v Hull City, 28 November 2006 v Derby County, 2 March 2007

The 2006–07 season was Colchester United's 65th season in their history and their first-ever season in the second tier of English football, the Championship. Alongside competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup.

Following Colchester's promotion from League One, bookmakers had the U's as favourites for an immediate return to the third tier, especially following manager Phil Parkinson's acrimonious resignation and subsequent appointment at Hull City. However, under the guidance of Parkinson's former assistant manager Geraint Williams, Colchester achieved a 10th-place finish in the league, defying the odds and a club record best ever league finish. Indeed, Colchester found themselves on the edges of the play-off positions for much of the season, eventually ending the campaign six points shy after a patch of poor form in February and March.

Colchester for the first time ever entered the FA Cup at the third round stage, but were immediately eliminated by League Two Barnet. They suffered a similar fate in the League Cup when another League Two club Milton Keynes Dons knocked the U's out of the competition in extra time.

Season overview

On 13 June 2006, manager Phil Parkinson who had led Colchester to their first ever promotion to the second tier, resigned. It was a situation reminiscent of George Burley's resignation and move to Ipswich Town in the 1994–95 season. Hull City's chairman Adam Pearson had approached Parkinson illegally regarding their vacant managers position, and as with Ipswich before, was made to pay when Colchester chairman Peter Heard won £400,000 in damages for the club.

New club owner Robbie Cowling's first task was to appoint Parkinson's successor, with Parkinson's former assistant Geraint Williams overseeing pre-season training. He was ultimately appointed following a lengthy recruitment process and charged with leading United into their first season in the Championship. Mick Harford was brought in as his assistant.

On the back of a successful 2005–06 season for midfielder Neil Danns, scoring 15 goals, he left for Birmingham City in a deal worth up to £850,000. Incoming were former U's loanees Jamie Cureton and Johnnie Jackson.

After a solid yet unsuccessful start to the season, Colchester were without a win after four games, albeit defeats by a single goal on each occasion. They earned their first Championship victory on 26 August when they beat Derby County 4–3 courtesy of a Cureton hat-trick. Colchester then hosted Ipswich Town in the first league derby between the two neighbouring sides for 49 years. Colchester stalwart Karl Duguid's goal was enough to hand the U's victory. Parkinson returned to Layer Road with his struggling Hull side in November as Chris Iwelumo equalled a club record and scored four for himself as the U's beat the Tigers 5–1. Parkinson was sacked by Hull five days later after Colchester's eighth successive home victory on their way to eleven consecutive home victories in the league. By Christmas, the U's found themselves in the play-off positions.

Talk at this point turned to the potential for the U's to ground-share Portman Road with Ipswich Town if they achieved the ultimate dream of promotion to the Premier League as the first turf was cut on the new stadium development at Cuckoo Farm.

In January, the U's received a club record £2.5m from Reading for their England under-20s international Greg Halford.

With two games to spare, Colchester were just one point off the play-off places. Defeat at main rivals Stoke City ended their hopes but the 10th-placed finish was the best in the club's history, making them 30th of all clubs in the English football pyramid. Gates at Layer Road had risen to an average of 5,466, the highest since the 1970–71 season with most games sold out.

Players

Transfers

In

DatePositionNationalityNameFromFeeRef.
6 June 2006FWENGJamie CuretonENG Swindon TownFree transfer
26 June 2006MFENGJohnnie JacksonENG Tottenham HotspurFree transfer
1 July 2006MFENGAnthony WordsworthYouth teamFree transfer
19 August 2006FBENGLawrie WilsonENG Charlton AthleticFree transfer
30 August 2006WGENGKevin McLeodWAL Swansea CityFree transfer
  • Total spending: ~ £0

Out

DatePositionNationalityNameToFeeRef.
31 May 2006MFENGRussell PondFree agentReleased
31 May 2006FWWALGareth WilliamsENG WeymouthReleased
19 June 2006FBENGStephen HuntENG Notts CountyReleased
20 June 2006MFGUYNeil DannsENG Birmingham City£500,000
11 July 2006CBENGLiam ChilversENG Preston North EndFree transfer
14 July 2006FWENGTony ThorpeENG Stevenage BoroughReleased
17 July 2006FBENGSam StockleyENG Wycombe WanderersReleased
30 January 2007FB/MFENGGreg HalfordENG Reading£2,500,000
  • Total incoming: ~ £3,000,000

Loans in

DatePositionNationalityNameFromEnd dateRef.
16 August 2006FBENGChris BarkerWAL Cardiff City7 May 2007
27 August 2006MFENGRitchie JonesENG Manchester United27 November 2006
23 November 2006FWENGHogan EphraimENG West Ham United7 May 2007
26 January 2007CBENGMatt MillsENG Manchester City30 March 2007

Loans out

DatePositionNationalityNameToEnd dateRef.
3 November 2006GKENGMark CousinsENG Yeading3 December 2006
8 December 2006FBENGLawrie WilsonENG Welling United8 January 2007
12 January 2007MFENGRobbie KingENG Heybridge Swifts12 March 2007
26 January 2007DFENGMatthew PaineENG Thurrock31 May 2007
9 February 2007CBENGGarry RichardsENG Brentford9 March 2007
22 March 2007FWENGCraig HughesENG Cambridge United22 April 2007

Match details

Championship

Main article: 2006–07 Football League Championship

League table

Results round by round

Matches

Bendtner Jerome Howard Wallwork Iwelumo Peschisolido Iwelumo Garcia Halford Iwelumo Duguid Doyle Cureton Guy Cureton McPhail Cresswell Connolly Baldwin Cureton Barker Gower Cureton Garcia Iwelumo Garcia Iwelumo Garcia Iwelumo Legwinski Haynes Wright Iwelumo Cureton Ephraim Kamara Ebanks-Blake Gosling Lupoli Barnes Howard Barker Mills Garcia Iwelumo Cureton Douglas Garcia Cureton Sidibé Higginbotham Barker Watson

Football League Cup

Main article: 2006–07 Football League Cup

FA Cup

Main article: 2006–07 FA Cup

Puncheon

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

|- !colspan="16"|Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season |}

Goalscorers

PlaceNumberNationalityPositionNameChampionshipFA CupLeague CupTotal
18ENGFWJamie Cureton231024
211SCOFWChris Iwelumo180018
314AUSMFRichard Garcia7007
47ENGMFKarl Duguid5005
52ENGFB/MFGreg Halford3003
15ENGFWJamie Guy3003
20ENGWGKevin McLeod3003
84ENGMFJohnnie Jackson2002
95ENGCBWayne Brown1001
6ENGMFKevin Watson1001
10ENGMFKemal Izzet1001
12ENGCBPat Baldwin1001
19ENGCBGarry Richards1001
24ENGFWHogan Ephraim1001
Own goals0000
TOTALS701071

Disciplinary record

NumberNationalityPositionNameChampionshipFA CupLeague CupTotal
18ENGFBChris Barker4200
10ENGMFKemal Izzet6000
7ENGMFKarl Duguid5000
14AUSMFRichard Garcia5000
5ENGCBWayne Brown4000
24ENGFWHogan Ephraim4000
2ENGFB/MFGreg Halford2000
8ENGFWJamie Cureton3000
12ENGCBPat Baldwin3000
4ENGMFJohnnie Jackson2000
6ENGMFKevin Watson2000
11SCOFWChris Iwelumo2000
20ENGWGKevin McLeod2000
22ENGCBMatt Mills2000
15ENGFWJamie Guy1000
16CMRFB/CBGeorge Elokobi1000
22ENGMFRitchie Jones1000
TOTALS4920010

Clean sheets

Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.

PlaceNumberNationalityPlayerChampionshipFA CupLeague CupTotal
113ENGDean Gerken8008
21NIRAidan Davison5005
TOTALS130013

Player debuts

Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.

NumberPositionNationalityPlayerDateOpponentGroundNotes
4MFENGJohnnie Jackson5 August 2006Birmingham CitySt Andrewsurl=https://www.coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=matchesplayed&fplyShowAll=true&fdfaShowAll=true&frt=rescomp&pd=1026&fsea=all&fply=667&it=3286title=Birmingham City 2–1 Colchester Utdpublisher=Coludata.co.ukaccess-date=6 December 2018 }}
8FWENGJamie Cureton5 August 2006Birmingham CitySt Andrewsname=2deb}}
18CBENGChris Barker19 August 2006West Bromwich AlbionThe Hawthorns
20WGENGKevin McLeod9 September 2006BurnleyTurf Moor
22MFENGRitchie Jones28 October 2006SouthamptonLayer Road
24FWENGHogan Ephraim28 November 2006Hull CityLayer Road
22CBENGMatt Mills30 January 2007Preston North EndLayer Road

References

General

Books

Websites

Specific

References

  1. (2008). "The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years". Breedon Books.
  2. "Colchester Utd 1–0 Ipswich Town". Coludata.co.uk.
  3. "Colchester Utd 1–2 Barnsley". Coludata.co.uk.
  4. "Average Attendance Figures Per Season". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
  5. Hudson, Matt. (11 August 2013). "The 1990s and 2000s". Colchester United FC.
  6. "Appearances". Coludata.co.uk.
  7. "Colchester United". FootballSquads.
  8. "All Colchester United football club players: 2007". 11v11.com.
  9. "Jamie Cureton (Forward)". Coludata.co.uk.
  10. {{Soccerbase. 1843. Jamie Cureton
  11. "Johnnie Jackson". Coludata.co.uk.
  12. {{Soccerbase. 31170. Johnnie Jackson
  13. "Anthony Wordsworth". Coludata.co.uk.
  14. {{Soccerbase. 46510. Anthony Wordsworth
  15. {{Soccerbase. 37203. Lawrie Wilson
  16. "Kevin McLeod". Coludata.co.uk.
  17. {{Soccerbase. 22758. Kevin McLeod
  18. (30 August 2006). "McLeod completes Colchester move". BBC Sport.
  19. {{Soccerbase. 41563. Russell Pond
  20. "Gareth Williams". Coludata.co.uk.
  21. {{Soccerbase. 32581. Gareth Williams
  22. "Stephen Hunt". Coludata.co.uk.
  23. {{Soccerbase. 38718. Stephen Hunt
  24. "Neil Danns (Midfielder)". Coludata.co.uk.
  25. {{Soccerbase. 33325. Neil Danns
  26. "Liam Chilvers". Coludata.co.uk.
  27. {{Soccerbase. 23818. Liam Chilvers
  28. "Tony Thorpe". Coludata.co.uk.
  29. {{Soccerbase. 7949. Tony Thorpe
  30. "Sam Stockley". Coludata.co.uk.
  31. {{Soccerbase. 9941. Sam Stockley
  32. "Greg Halford". Coludata.co.uk.
  33. {{Soccerbase. 33472. Greg Halford
  34. "Chris Barker". Coludata.co.uk.
  35. {{Soccerbase. 17485. Chris Barker
  36. "Ritchie Jones". Coludata.co.uk.
  37. {{Soccerbase. 42508. Ritchie Jones
  38. "Hogan Ephraim". Coludata.co.uk.
  39. {{Soccerbase. 40957. Hogan Ephraim
  40. "Matthew Mills". Coludata.co.uk.
  41. {{Soccerbase. 38732. Matthew Mills
  42. "Mark Cousins (Goalkeeper)". Coludata.co.uk.
  43. {{Soccerbase. 39799. Mark Cousins
  44. "Mark Cousins". 11v11.com.
  45. {{Soccerbase. 37203. Lawrie Wilson
  46. "Lawrie Wilson". 11v11.com.
  47. "Robbie King". Coludata.co.uk.
  48. {{Soccerbase. 40800. Robbie King
  49. "Robbie King". 11v11.com.
  50. {{Soccerbase. 43056. Matthew Paine
  51. "Matt Paine". 11v11.com.
  52. "Garry Richards". Coludata.co.uk.
  53. {{Soccerbase. 38763. Garry Richards
  54. "Garry Richards". 11v11.com.
  55. {{Soccerbase. 43390. Craig Hughes
  56. "Craig Hughes". 11v11.com.
  57. "Goals". Coludata.co.uk.
  58. "Discipline". Coludata.co.uk.
  59. "Clean sheets (1st team)". Coludata.co.uk.
  60. "Alltime- List of Debuts". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
  61. "Birmingham City 2–1 Colchester Utd". Coludata.co.uk.
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