2006–07 West Ham United F.C. season

West Ham United

2002–03 season
Chairman	Eggert Magnússon
Manager	Alan Pardew Alan Curbishley
Stadium	Boleyn Ground
FA Premier League	15th
FA Cup	Fourth round
Football League Cup	Third round
UEFA Cup	First round
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

During the 2006–07 English football season, West Ham United competed in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

The team started the 2006-2007 campaign brightly, but slipped down the table due to off-field distractions. West Ham were knocked out from UEFA Cup by Italian Serie A side Palermo (0-1 and 0-3) and saw themselves dragged into the relegation zone.

Eventually an Icelandic consortium, led by Eggert Magnússon, bought the club on 26 November 2006.^[1] Following a poor run of form leaving the club in 17th position (despite the signing of big name players like Javier Mascherano and Carlos Tévez, who both failed to perform to expectation for much of the season), the new owners sacked Alan Pardew,^[2] replacing him with former West Ham player Alan Curbishley^[3] who had recently ended a 15-year spell in charge of Charlton. Curbishley's first game was at home against Manchester United; West Ham won 1-0, but went on to draw at fellow relegation strugglers Fulham, get crushed 6-0 at newly-promoted Reading and get knocked out of the FA Cup by rock bottom Premiership team Watford. An end-to-end thriller at home to Tottenham Hotspur ended with West Ham losing 4-3 after having been 3-2 in front with minutes to play, but the bright performance signified a change in form.

Former West Ham player Carlos Tévez

At the same time the signings of Mascherano and Tévez were being investigated by the Premier League, who were concerned that details regarding the transfers had been omitted from official records and whether or not the influence of MSI (led by Kia Joorabchian) breached Premier League rules regarding third party ownership of players (rules U.18 and B.13^[4]) came into question. The media at this time touted the idea Tévez's contract could be terminated, possibly resulting in a deduction of points for playing an "ineligible" player (despite Premier League statements to the contrary).^[5] On April 27, 2007, West Ham pleaded guilty and were handed a record £5.5 million fine by the Premier League, but avoided a points deduction. Liverpool's signing of Mascherano was investigated and he was cleared to play after a two-week delay.

Following the verdict, Wigan Athletic chairman Dave Whelan threatened legal action, supported by other relegation threatened sides including Fulham and Sheffield United: "This is a very serious offence West Ham committed...They broke the law, told blatant lies and should have got a 10-point penalty. If we can sue West Ham or the Premier League, I am sure that will happen."^[6] Wigan manager Paul Jewell suggested League officials had intimated they wished to see them relegated.

West Ham ultimately escaped relegation by winning seven of their last nine games, including a 1-0 win over Arsenal, and on the last day of the season, defeating newly crowned Premiership champions Manchester United 1-0 to finish outside the relegation zone in 15th.

Squad

Squad at end of season^[7]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Roy Carroll 2 DF Lucas Neill 3 DF Paul Konchesky 4 DF Danny Gabbidon 5 DF Anton Ferdinand 6 DF George McCartney 7 MF Christian Dailly 8 FW Teddy Sheringham 9 FW Dean Ashton 10 FW Marlon Harewood 11 MF Matthew Etherington 12 FW Carlton Cole 13 MF Luís Boa Morte 14 DF John Paintsil 15 MF Yossi Benayoun 17 MF Hayden Mullins 18 DF Jonathan Spector

No. Position Player 19 DF James Collins 20 MF Nigel Reo-Coker (captain) 21 GK Robert Green 22 MF Tony Stokes 23 GK Jimmy Walker 24 MF Mark Noble 25 FW Bobby Zamora 26 MF Shaun Newton 27 DF Calum Davenport 28 MF Kyel Reid 29 MF Lee Bowyer 30 DF James Tomkins 31 GK Marek Štěch 32 FW Carlos Tevez 33 MF Nigel Quashie 35 DF Matthew Upson 37 FW Kepa Blanco (on loan from Sevilla)

Left club during season

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

No. Position Player 2 DF Tyrone Mears (on loan to Derby County) 13 GK Stephen Bywater (to Derby County) 13 GK Gabor Kiraly (on loan from Crystal Palace)

No. Position Player 16 MF Javier Mascherano (on loan to Liverpool) 27 FW Hogan Ephraim (on loan to Colchester United)

Starting 11

No. Pos. Name 21 GK Robert Green 18 RB Jonathan Spector 5 CB Anton Ferdinand 4 CB Danny Gabbidon 6 LB George McCartney 15 RM Yossi Benayoun 20 CM Nigel Reo-Coker (Captain) 17 CM Hayden Mullins 11 LM Matthew Etherington 25 RS Bobby Zamora 32 LS Carlos Tevez

Green Spector Ferdinand Gabbidon McCartney Benayoun Reo-Coker Mullins Etherington Zamora Tevez Starting 11 with the most used starting formation.

Results

Premier League

1	West Ham	3–1	Charlton
	Zamora  52', 65' C. Cole  90'		D. Bent  15' (pen.)

2	Watford	1–1	West Ham
	King  63'		Zamora  65'

3	Liverpool	2–1	West Ham
	Agger  42' Crouch  45'		Zamora  12'

4	West Ham	1–1	Aston Villa
	Zamora  52'		Ridgewell  4'

5	West Ham	0–2	Newcastle
			Duff  50' Martins  75'

6	Manchester City	2–0	West Ham
	Samaras  50', 63'

7	West Ham	0–1	Reading
			Seol  2'

8	Portsmouth	2–0	West Ham
	Kanu  28' A. Cole  82'

9	Tottenham	1–0	West Ham
	Mido  45'

10	West Ham	2–1	Blackburn
	Sheringham  20' Mullins  80'		Bentley  90'

11	West Ham	1–0	Arsenal
	Harewood  89'

12	Middlesbrough	1–0	West Ham
	Maccarone  74'

13	Chelsea	1–0	West Ham
	Geremi  22'

14	West Ham	1–0	Sheffield United
	Mullins  36'

15	West Ham	0–2	Wigan
			Cotterill  51' Spector  58' (o.g.)

16	Everton	2–0	West Ham
	Osman  51' Vaughan  90'

17 9 December 2006	Bolton Wanderers	4–0	West Ham United	Bolton
	Davies  17', 52' Diouf  77' Anelka  78'	Report		Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 22,283 Referee: Howard Webb

18	West Ham	1–0	Manchester United
	Reo-Coker  75'

20	West Ham	1–2	Portsmouth
	Sheringham  81'		Primus  16', 38'

21	West Ham	0–1	Manchester City
			Beasley  83'

22 1 January 2007	Reading	6–0	West Ham United	Reading
	Gunnarsson  12' Hunt  15' Ferdinand  30' (o.g.) Doyle  36', 78' Lita  53'	Report		Stadium: Majewski Stadium Attendance: 24,073 Referee: Lee Mason

23 13 January 2003	West Ham United	3–3	Fulham	London
	Zamora  28' Benayoun  46', 64' Zamora , 76'	Report	Radzinski  16' McBride  59' Christanval  90'	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 34,977 Referee: Graham Poll

24	Newcastle	2–2	West Ham
	Milner  45' Solano  53' (pen.)		C. Cole  18' Harewood  22'

25	West Ham	1–2	Liverpool
	Kepa  77'		Kuyt  46' Crouch  53'

26	Aston Villa	1–0	West Ham
	Carew  36'

27	West Ham	0–1	Watford
			Henderson  12'

28 24 February 2007	Charlton Athletic	4–0	West Ham United	London
	Ambrose  24' Thomas  34', 80' D. Bent  41'	Report		Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 27,111 Referee: Rob Styles

29 4 March 2007	West Ham United	3–4	Tottenham Hotspur	London
	Noble  16' Tévez  41' Zamora  85'	Report	Defoe  51' (pen.) Tainio  63' Berbatov  89' Stalteri  90'	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 34,966 Referee: Mike Dean

30	Blackburn	1–2	West Ham
	Samba  47'		Tévez  71' (pen.) Zamora  75'

31	West Ham	2–0	Middlesbrough
	Zamora  2' Tévez  45'

32	Arsenal	0–1	West Ham
			Zamora  45'

33	Sheffield United	3–0	West Ham
	Tonge  39' Jagielka  68' Stead  78'

34 18 April 2007	West Ham United	1–4	Chelsea	London
	Tévez  35'	Report	Wright-Phillips  31', 36' Kalou  52' Drogba  62'	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 34,966 Referee: Mike Dean

35	West Ham	1–0	Everton
	Zamora  13'

36	Wigan	0–3	West Ham
			Boa Morte  30' Benayoun  57' Harewood  62'

37	West Ham	3–1	Bolton
	Tévez  10', 21' Noble  29'		Speed  67'

38 13 May 2007	Manchester United	0–1	West Ham United	Trafford
		Report	Tévez  45'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,927 Referee: Martin Atkinson

UEFA Cup

• 13 September 2006: West Ham 0-1 Palermo
• 28 September 2006: Palermo 3-0 West Ham

FA Cup

League Cup

References

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