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2006–07 FA Premier League

The 2006–07 FA Premier League was the 15th season of the FA Premier League since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 19 August 2006 and concluded on 13 May 2007. Chelsea were the two-time defending champions.

Teams
Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Football League Championship. The promoted teams were Reading (playing in the top flight for the first time ever), Sheffield United (playing top flight football for the first time in twelve years) and Watford (returning to the Premier League after a six-year absence). They replaced Birmingham City, West Bromwich Albion and Sunderland, who were relegated to the Championship after their top flight spells of four, two and one year respectively. Stadiums and locations {{location map+ |England |width=440 |float=right |caption=Locations of the 2006–07 Premier League teams |places= {{location map~ |England |lat=54.578219 |long=-1.216822 |label_size=80|label=Middlesbrough Personnel and kits (as of 13 May 2007) Managerial changes ==League table==
Season statistics
Scoring • Biggest win: 6 goals – Reading 6–0 West Ham United (1 January 2007) • Highest scoring match: 8 goals – Arsenal 6–2 Blackburn Rovers • First goal: Rob Hulse for Sheffield United against Liverpool (19 August 2006) • Last goal: Harry Kewell (pen.) for Liverpool against Charlton Athletic (13 May 2007) Overall • Most wins: 28 – Manchester United • Fewest wins: 5 – Watford • Most losses: 21 – West Ham United • Fewest losses: 3 – Chelsea • Most goals scored: 83 – Manchester United • Fewest goals scored: 29 – Manchester City and Watford • Most goals conceded: 60 – Fulham and Charlton Athletic • Fewest goals conceded: 24 – Chelsea Home • Most wins: 15 – Manchester United • Fewest wins: 3 – Watford • Most losses: 10 – Wigan Athletic • Fewest losses: 0 – Chelsea • Most goals scored: 46 – Manchester United • Fewest goals scored: 10 – Manchester City • Most goals conceded: 30 – Wigan Athletic • Fewest goals conceded: 7 – Liverpool Away • Most wins: 13 – Manchester United • Fewest wins: 1 – Fulham and Charlton Athletic • Most losses: 14 – Sheffield United • Fewest losses: 3 – Manchester United and Chelsea • Most goals scored: 37 – Manchester United • Fewest goals scored: 8 – Sheffield United • Most goals conceded: 42 – Fulham • Fewest goals conceded: 13 – Chelsea ==Statistics==
Statistics
Top scorers Historic goals 15,000th goal The Premier League expected to have the league's 15,000th goal scored at some point in the period between Christmas and New Year. The target was reached on 30 December when Moritz Volz scored for Fulham against Chelsea. Barclays, the Premiership's sponsor, donated £15,000 to the Fulham Community Sports Trust in Volz' name. Additionally, a fan who correctly predicted that Volz would score the historic goal in a contest presented the player with a special award prior to Fulham's game against Watford at Craven Cottage on 1 January. The honour of scoring the 15,000th goal led to Volz being nicknamed "15,000 Volz". Goalkeeper scores On 17 March 2007, Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Paul Robinson scored against Watford from an 83-yard free kick, which bounced over his England teammate Ben Foster, who was in goal for the Hornets, leading Spurs to a 3–1 win at White Hart Lane. This was the third goal scored by a goalkeeper in Premiership history. The other two were scored by Peter Schmeichel, for Aston Villa against Everton on 21 October 2001, and Brad Friedel, for Blackburn Rovers against Charlton Athletic on 21 February 2004. In those two cases, the teams they played for lost. Robinson became the first keeper to score for the winning team in a Premiership match. ==Relegation controversy==
Relegation controversy
West Ham escaped relegation on the final day of the season with a 1–0 win over Manchester United, with Carlos Tevez scoring the winner. Sheffield United were relegated, along with Charlton and Watford. Tevez was subsequently found to have been ineligible to play, as he was not owned by West Ham, but by a third party. Sheffield United sued to keep their Premier League status and, when that failed, went to an FA arbitration panel seeking up to £30m compensation. The arbitration panel found in favour of Sheffield United. The two clubs subsequently settled out of court for an undisclosed sum. ==Monthly awards==
Annual awards
This season's awards were dominated by Manchester United, who, as a team, picked up a total of eight individual awards, five of which went to Cristiano Ronaldo. They also had eight players in the Team of the Year. PFA Players' Player of the Year The PFA Players' Player of the Year award for 2007 was won by Cristiano Ronaldo. He had won the PFA Young Player of the Year award earlier on in the awards ceremony, making him the first player to win both awards in the same year since Andy Gray managed the same feat in 1977. Didier Drogba came second, while Paul Scholes was third. The shortlist for the PFA Players' Player of the Year award, in alphabetical order, is as follows: • Didier Drogba (Chelsea) • Cesc Fàbregas (Arsenal) • Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) • Ryan Giggs (Manchester United) • Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) • Paul Scholes (Manchester United) PFA Young Player of the Year The PFA Young Player of the Year award was also won by Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United. Cesc Fàbregas came in second place, and Aaron Lennon was third. Wayne Rooney was going for a hat-trick of Young Player of the Year awards, having won this award for both of the two preceding seasons, but did not feature in the top three for the 2006–07 season. ==Attendances==
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