2006–07 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season


During the 2006–07 season, West Bromwich Albion competed in the Football League Championship, having been relegated from the FA Premier League the previous season.

Season summary

West Brom began the season slowly and manager Bryan Robson departed as manager in October by mutual consent. Under his successor, Tony Mowbray, West Brom were a permanent fixture in the top six from late December onwards and led the division briefly in February, but a run of four defeats in five games at home saw them fall out of contention for automatic promotion. They secured their play-off place with a 7–0 home win against Barnsley on the final day of the league season, finishing fourth in the process. This was one place above Wolverhampton Wanderers, by virtue of a superior goal difference, but eight points behind Derby County. West Brom scored 81 league goals during the campaign, the highest tally of any team in the Football League in 2006–07.
In the play-off semi-finals, Albion faced local rivals and fifth-placed team Wolverhampton Wanderers, winning the first leg 3–2 and the second 1–0 to progress 4–2 on aggregate. The second leg was the fifth meeting between the two sides during 2006–07, setting a new record for the most times that the Black Country derby has been contested in a single campaign, while West Brom's four wins against their rivals was also a season record for matches between the two.
In the play-off final game, West Brom were defeated by Derby, with Stephen Pearson scoring the only goal of the game.

Kit

English company Umbro became West Brom's kit manufacturers for the season. T-Mobile remained the kit sponsors.

Final league table

Results

West Bromwich Albion's score comes first

Legend

Football League Championship

Championship play-offs

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
SF 1st Leg13 May 2007Wolverhampton WanderersA3-227,750Phillips, Kamara
SF 2nd Leg16 May 2007Wolverhampton WanderersH1-0 27,415Phillips
F28 May 2007Derby CountyN0-174,993

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R36 January 2007Leeds UnitedH3-116,957McShane, Hartson, Phillips
R428 January 2007Wolverhampton WanderersA3-028,107Kamara, Phillips, Gera
R517 February 2007MiddlesbroughA2-231,491Kamara, Phillips
R5R27 February 2007MiddlesbroughH1-1 24,925Carter

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R124 August 2006Leyton OrientA3-03,058Nicholson, Carter, Greening
R219 September 2006Cheltenham TownH3-110,974Wallwork, Ellington, Nicholson
R324 October 2006ArsenalH0-221,566

Players

First-team squad

Left club during season