2006–07 Ipswich Town F.C. season

Ipswich Town

2006–07 season
Manager	Jim Magilton
Stadium	Portman Road
Championship	14th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Alan Lee (16) All: Alan Lee (17)
Highest home attendance	28,355 (vs. Colchester United, 20 January)
Lowest home attendance	19,337 (vs. Preston North End, 19 October)
Average home league attendance	22,890
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The 2006–07 season was the 62nd full season of league football for Ipswich Town F.C.. The club played in the Football League Championship for the 2006–07 season.

Events

• 5 June 2006 - Jim Magilton replaces Joe Royle as manager.
• 19 November 2006 - Town defeat Norwich City 3-1 in the East Anglian derby, with Danny Haynes scoring two late goals.
• 28 April 2007 - Ipswich effectively relegate Leeds United with a draw at Elland Road. The game is stopped half a minute early because of crowd trouble, with the responsible fans removed from the ground. Referee Nigel Miller controversially brings the teams back out to end the game. Ipswich hold on to a draw and would have won the game had their goals not been ruled out for offside.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Shane Supple 2 DF Fabian Wilnis 3 DF Matt Richards 4 DF Jason De Vos 5 DF Alex Bruce 6 DF Richard Naylor 7 MF Owen Garvan 8 MF Sylvain Legwinski 10 MF Darren Currie 11 MF Gavin Williams 12 MF Jaime Peters 14 FW Alan Lee 15 DF Sito 16 DF Chris Casement

No. Position Player 17 FW Dean Bowditch 18 MF Danny Haynes 19 FW Jonathan Walters 20 DF David Wright 21 MF George O'Callaghan 23 DF Dan Harding 24 FW Billy Clarke 27 FW Francis Jeffers (on loan from Blackburn Rovers) 28 MF Martin Brittain 30 MF Sammy Moore 32 DF Ian Miller 33 MF Gary Roberts 34 GK Lewis Price 36 MF Liam Trotter

Left club during season

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

No. Position Player 8 FW Nicky Forster (to Hull City) 9 FW Sam Parkin (to Luton Town) 19 DF Aidan Collins (to Cambridge United) 20 MF Mark Noble (on loan from West Ham United) 21 MF Simon Walton (on loan from Charlton Athletic)

No. Position Player 27 MF Vemund Brekke Skard (released) 27 FW Jon Macken (on loan from Crystal Palace) 38 GK Jaroslav Drobný (to VfL Bochum) 39 DF Matthew Bates (on loan from Middlesbrough) 40 GK Mike Pollitt (on loan from Wigan Athletic)

Reserve squad

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

No. Position Player 22 FW Darryl Knights 25 GK Andy Rhodes 26 DF Scott Barron 29 MF Jim Magilton

No. Position Player 31 DF Michael Synnott 35 DF James Krause 37 GK Andrew Plummer 38 FW Jordan Rhodes

Transfer deals

In

Date Player Previous club Cost 4 August Dan Harding Leeds United Part-exchange 18 August Simon Walton Charlton Athletic Loan 18 August Mark Noble West Ham United Loan 21 August Martin Brittain Unattached Free 31 August Sylvain Legwinski Fulham Free 31 August Jon Macken Crystal Palace Loan 17 October Gary Roberts Accrington Stanley Loan 11 January David Wright Wigan Athletic Undisclosed (est. £200,000) 17 January George O'Callaghan Cork City Undisclosed 19 January Jonathan Walters Chester City £250,000

Out

Date Player New club Cost 4 August Ian Westlake Leeds United £250,000 25 August Sam Parkin Luton Town £340,000 31 August Liam Trotter Millwall 3 month loan 31 August Nicky Forster Hull City £250,000 31 August James Krause Carlisle United Season-long loan

Total transfer fees paid: £250,000

Total transfer fees received: £840,000

Does not take into account undisclosed fees.

Results

Championship

Date Opposition Res. Score H/A Att. Ipswich Scorers 5 August Crystal Palace L 1-2 H 25,413 Forster 8 August Wolverhampton Wanderers L 0-1 A 19,199 12 August Leicester City L 1-3 A 18,820 Richards 19 August Hull City D 0-0 H 19,790 25 August QPR W 3-1 A 10,918 Walton, De Vos, Bowditch 9 September Southampton W 2-1 H 21,422 Walton (pen), Clarke 12 September Coventry City W 2-1 H 19,465 Noble, Clarke 16 September Birmingham City D 2-2 A 20,841 Lee, Walton 23 September Sunderland W 3-1 H 23,311 Currie, Lee (2) 29 September Colchester United L 0-1 A 6,065 14 October West Bromwich Albion L 1-5 H 22,581 Perry (o.g.) 17 October Preston North End L 2-3 H 19,337 Macken (pen), Lee 21 October Southend United W 3-1 A 11,415 Clarke, Legwinski, Lee 29 October Luton Town W 5-0 H 20,975 Legwinski, Peters, Lee (3, 1 pen.) 31 October Plymouth Argyle D 1-1 A 12,210 Legwinski 4 November Burnley L 0-1 A 11,709 11 November Sheffield Wednesday L 0-2 H 21,830 19 November Norwich City W 3-1 H 27,276 Legwinski, Haynes x 2 25 November Barnsley L 0-1 A 10,556 29 November Derby County L 1-2 A 22,606 Roberts 2 December Burnley D 1-1 H 20,254 Lee 9 December Cardiff City D 2-2 A 16,015 Macken (2) 16 December Leeds United W 1-0 H 23,661 Williams 23 December Stoke City L 0-1 H 20,369 26 December Coventry City W 2-1 A 22,154 Macken, Lee 30 December West Bromwich Albion L 0-2 A 20,328 1 January Birmingham City W 1-0 H 22,436 Williams 13 January Sunderland L 0-1 A 27,604 20 January Colchester United W 3-2 H 28,355 Lee (pen), Legwinski, Haynes 30 January Stoke City D 0-0 A 11,812 3 February Crystal Palace L 0-2 A 17,090 10 February Leicester City L 0-2 H 21,221 20 February Wolverhampton Wanderers L 0-1 H 20,602 24 February Southampton L 0-1 A 27,974 3 March QPR W 2-1 H 21,412 Lee, Walters 6 March Hull City W 5-2 A 18,056 Jeffers, Peters, Lee, De Vos, Haynes 10 March Southend United L 0-2 H 24,051 13 March Preston North End L 0-1 A 13,100 17 March Luton Town W 2-0 A 8,880 Lee, Richards 31 March Plymouth Argyle W 3-0 H 21,078 Garvan, Lee, Haynes

FA Cup

Date Round Opposition Res. Score H/A Attendance Ipswich scorers 6 January R3 Chester City D 0-0 A 4,330 16 January R3Replay Chester City W 1-0 H 11,732 M.Richards 27 January R4 Swansea City W 1-0 H 16,635 Lee (pen) 17 February R5 Watford L 0-1 A 17,016

League Cup

Date Round Opposition Res. Score H/A Attendance Ipswich Scorers 22 August R1 Peterborough L 2-2 A 4,792 De Vos, Clarke Lost 4-2 on penalties after extra time

Statistics

Attendance

• Highest: 28,355 (vs. Colchester United, 20 January)
• Lowest: 19,337 19,337 (vs. Preston North End, 19 October)
• Cumulative league attendance - home: 172,294 - away: 114,260 - total: 276,554
• Average attendance (league): 22,890
• Ratio: Average attendance to stadium capacity: 71%

Matches

• Best win: 5-0 (vs. Luton Town, 29 October, home)
• Best win (league): 5-0 (vs. Luton Town, 29 October, home)
• Heaviest defeat: 1un (league games): 6 (28 August – 23 September)
• Longest losing run (league games): 3 (6 August – 12 August), (29 September – 17 October)

Top scorers

Leading goalscorers:	Alan Lee - 14
	Sylvain Legwinski - 5
	Danny Haynes - 4
	Billy Clarke - 4