The 2006–07 Wigan Athletic F.C. season was the club's 29th season in the Football League and their second season in the Premier League.

Season summary The club struggled to repeat the successes of its previous season and fell victim to "second season syndrome". They were knocked out of both domestic cups at the first round of entry, and finished 17th in the league after securing Premier League survival on the last day of the season in an away win against Sheffield United, who were relegated instead on goal difference.

A day after the end of the season, manager Paul Jewell resigned after six years in charge of the club. His assistant manager Chris Hutchings was appointed as his replacement. Summer signing Emile Heskey (signed for a record fee of £5.5 million) finished the season as the club's top goalscorer with a total of eight goals, and left-back Leighton Baines won the Supporters' Player of the Year award, and the Players' Player award.

Transfers

In PlayerFromFeeDateNotes Fitz Hall Crystal Palace £3,000,000 26 June 2006 Tomasz Cywka Gwarek Zabrze Undisclosed 5 July 2006 Emile Heskey Birmingham City £5,500,000 8 July 2006 Denny Landzaat AZ Alkmaar £2,500,000 18 July 2006 Emmerson Boyce Crystal Palace £1,000,000 1 August 2006 Kevin Kilbane Everton £2,000,000 31 August 2006 David Cotterill Bristol City £2,000,000 31 August 2006 Andy Webster Hearts Free 4 September 2006 Chris Kirkland Liverpool Undisclosed 27 October 2006 David Unsworth Sheffield United Free 7 January 2007 Caleb Folan Chesterfield £500,000 26 January 2007 Julius Aghahowa Shakhtar Donetsk Undisclosed 30 January 2007

Out PlayerToFeeDateNotes Jason Roberts Blackburn Rovers £3,000,000 4 July 2006 Damien Francis Watford £1,500,000 14 July 2006 Pascal Chimbonda Tottenham Hotspur Undisclosed 31 August 2006 Graham Kavanagh Sunderland £500,000 31 August 2006 David Connolly Sunderland £1,400,000 31 August 2006 David Wright Ipswich Town Undisclosed 11 January 2007 Gary Teale Derby County £600,000 11 January 2007 Matt Jackson Watford Free End of season

Released PlayerDateNotes Steve McMillan 4 March 2007 Arjan de Zeeuw End of season David Unsworth End of season

Loans in PlayerFromStart dateEnd dateNotes Chris Kirkland Liverpool 12 July 2006 27 October 2006 Antonio Valencia Villarreal 11 August 2006 End of season Svetoslav Todorov Portsmouth 31 August 2006 31 December 2006 Kristofer Hæstad Start 1 January 2007 31 March 2007 Andreas Granqvist Helsingborg 1 January 2007 End of season Carlo Nash Preston North End 19 February 2007 18 March 2007

Loans out PlayerToStart dateEnd dateNotes John Filan Doncaster Rovers 6 October 2006 5 November 2006 Tomasz Cywka Oldham Athletic 1 November 2006 20 December 2006 Mike Pollitt Ipswich Town 15 November 2006 23 November 2006 Andy Webster Rangers 5 January 2007 End of season Mike Pollitt Burnley 11 January 2007 10 February 2007

Pre-season DateOpponentVenueResultScorersNotes 25 July 2006 PersepolisN4–2Heskey, Camara (2), Johansson 27 July 2006 UtrechtN1–1Landzaat 1 August 2006 BarnsleyA2–1Connolly, Camara 2 August 2006 SouthportA2–0King, McCulloch 5 August 2006 Halifax TownA2–1Camara, Connolly 9 August 2006 RosenborgA2–1Connolly, McCulloch 12 August 2006 Vitesse ArnhemH1–1McCulloch

Results Wigan Athletic's score comes first

Legend WinDrawLoss

FA Premier League

Results by matchday

+ Premier League match detailsDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 19 August 2006 Newcastle UnitedA1–251,569McCulloch 26 August 2006 ReadingH1–014,636Heskey 9 September 2006 PortsmouthA0–119,508 16 September 2006 EvertonA2–237,117Scharner (2) 23 September 2006 WatfordH1–116,359Camara 1 October 2006 Blackburn RoversA1–217,859Heskey 14 October 2006 Manchester UnitedH1–320,631Baines 21 October 2006 Manchester CityH4–016,235Heskey, Dunne (own goal), Camara, Valencia 28 October 2006 FulhamA1–022,882Camara 4 November 2006 Bolton WanderersA1–021,255McCulloch 11 November 2006 Charlton AthleticH3–216,572McCulloch, Camara, Jackson 19 November 2006 Aston VillaH0–018,455 26 November 2006 Tottenham HotspurA1–335,205Camara 2 December 2006 LiverpoolH0–422,089 6 December 2006 West Ham UnitedA2–033,805Cotterill, Spector (own goal) 9 December 2006 MiddlesbroughA1–123,638Camara (pen) 13 December 2006 ArsenalH0–115,311 16 December 2006 Sheffield UnitedH0–116,322 23 December 2006 ChelseaH2–322,077Heskey (2) 26 December 2006 Manchester UnitedA1–376,018Baines (pen) 30 December 2006 WatfordAA–A Heskey 1 January 2007 Blackburn RoversH0–314,864 13 January 2007 ChelseaA0–440,846 21 January 2007 EvertonH0–218,149 30 January 2007 ReadingA2–321,954Heskey, Landzaat 3 February 2007 PortsmouthH1–015,093McCulloch 11 February 2007 ArsenalA1–260,049Landzaat 21 February 2007 WatfordA1–118,338Folan 25 February 2007 Newcastle UnitedH1–021,179Taylor 3 March 2007 Manchester CityA1–039,923Folan 17 March 2007 FulhamH0–016,001 31 March 2007 Charlton AthleticA0–126,500 7 April 2007 Bolton WanderersH1–318,610Hunt (o.g.) 9 April 2007 Aston VillaA1–131,920Heskey 15 April 2007 Tottenham HotspurH3–316,506Heskey, Baines, Kilbane 21 April 2007 LiverpoolA0–244,003 28 April 2007 West Ham UnitedH0–324,726 5 May 2007 MiddlesbroughH0–121,204 13 May 2007 Sheffield UnitedA2–132,604Scharner, Unsworth

Final league table

FA Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR36 January 2007 PortsmouthA1–214,336 (477 away)McCulloch

League Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR219 September 2006 Crewe AlexandraA0–23,907 (815 away)

Statistics Appearances and goals Up to end of season

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season

Notes

A.  For more information about this transfer, see Webster ruling. B.  Kirkland initially signed on a six-month loan, but the deal was made permanent on 27 October 2006. C.  Haestad initially signed on loan until the end of the season, but the deal was ended early. D.  Cywka was initially loaned out for a month, but the deal was later extended. E.  Pollitt was initially loaned out for a month, but was recalled early by Wigan

See also List of Wigan Athletic F.C. seasons 2006–07 in English football

References

External links Wigan Athletic 2006/07 fixtures