# 2006–07 Swansea City A.F.C. season

During the 2006–07 English football season, Swansea City Football Club competed in Football League One where they finished in 7th position with 72 points.

## Season summary

Manager Kenny Jackett left the club by "mutual agreement" on 15 February 2007, with Kevin Nugent replacing him as a caretaker manager. Roberto Martínez was appointed as manager on 24 February.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Yeovil Town | 46 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 79 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
| 6 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 69 | 47 | +22 | 75 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
| 7 | Swansea City | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 69 | 53 | +16 | 72 | |
| 8 | Carlisle United | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 54 | 55 | −1 | 68 | |
| 9 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 58 | 53 | +5 | 67 | |

## Results

Swansea City's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Football League One

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 5 August 2006 | Cheltenham Town | H | 1–2 | 15,199 | Knight |
| 2 | 8 August 2006 | Scunthorpe United | A | 2–2 | 4,187 | Robinson, Fallon |
| 3 | 12 August 2006 | Oldham Athletic | A | 0–1 | 4,708 | |
| 4 | 19 August 2006 | Doncaster Rovers | H | 2–0 | 12,218 | Trundle (2) |
| 5 | 26 August 2006 | Leyton Orient | A | 1–0 | 4,162 | Knight |
| 6 | 1 September 2006 | Yeovil Town | H | 1–1 | 14,513 | Trundle |
| 7 | 9 September 2006 | Bradford City | H | 1–0 | 11,418 | Robinson |
| 8 | 12 September 2006 | Brentford | A | 2–0 | 5,392 | Knight (2) |
| 9 | 16 September 2006 | Gillingham | A | 1–3 | 5,500 | Knight |
| 10 | 23 September 2006 | Huddersfield Town | H | 1–2 | 12,202 | Knight |
| 11 | 26 September 2006 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 2–1 | 10,031 | Knight, Fallon |
| 12 | 30 September 2006 | Nottingham Forest | A | 1–3 | 19,034 | Fallon |
| 13 | 6 October 2006 | Tranmere Rovers | H | 0–0 | 12,347 | |
| 14 | 14 October 2006 | Chesterfield | A | 3–2 | 3,918 | Trundle (2), Britton |
| 15 | 22 October 2006 | Millwall | H | 2–0 | 13,975 | Britton, Lawrence |
| 16 | 28 October 2006 | Northampton Town | A | 0–1 | 5,444 | |
| 17 | 3 November 2006 | Bournemouth | H | 4–2 | 11,795 | Iriekpen, Trundle, Fallon (2) |
| 18 | 18 November 2006 | Port Vale | A | 2–0 | 4,615 | Trundle, Butler |
| 19 | 26 November 2006 | Bristol City | H | 0–0 | 15,531 | |
| 20 | 5 December 2006 | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | 2–3 | 5,209 | Lawrence, Fallon |
| 21 | 9 December 2006 | Blackpool | A | 1–1 | 6,216 | Dickinson (o.g.) |
| 22 | 16 December 2006 | Carlisle United | H | 5–0 | 12,550 | Lawrence, Fallon (2), Robinson, Pratley |
| 23 | 23 December 2006 | Rotherham United | A | 1–1 | 12,327 | Akinfenwa |
| 24 | 26 December 2006 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 3–1 | 6,083 | Trundle (2), Lawrence |
| 25 | 30 December 2006 | Huddersfield Town | A | 2–3 | 9,393 | Trundle (2), Lawrence |
| 26 | 1 January 2007 | Brentford | H | 2–0 | 12,554 | Osborne (o.g.), Akinfenwa |
| 27 | 13 January 2007 | Bradford City | A | 2–2 | 7,347 | O'Leary, Akinfenwa |
| 28 | 20 January 2007 | Nottingham Forest | H | 0–0 | 16,849 | |
| 29 | 20 January 2007 | Gillingham | H | 2–0 | 9,675 | Akinfenwa, Robinson |
| 30 | 3 February 2007 | Cheltenham Town | A | 1–2 | 5,221 | Trundle |
| 31 | 10 February 2007 | Oldham Athletic | H | 0–1 | 9,880 | |
| 32 | 17 February 2007 | Doncaster Rovers | A | 2–2 | 7,900 | Akinfenwa, Trundle |
| 33 | 20 February 2007 | Scunthorpe United | H | 0–2 | 10,746 | |
| 34 | 24 February 2007 | Yeovil Town | A | 0–1 | 5,984 | |
| 35 | 27 February 2007 | Rotherham United | A | 2–1 | 3,697 | Trundle, Abbott |
| 36 | 3 March 2007 | Leyton Orient | H | 0–0 | 12,901 | |
| 37 | 10 March 2007 | Tranmere Rovers | A | 2–0 | 7,467 | Trundle, Robinson |
| 38 | 16 March 2007 | Chesterfield | H | 2–0 | 11,384 | Iriekpen, Robinson |
| 39 | 24 March 2007 | Northampton Town | H | 2–1 | 11,071 | Lawrence, Robinson |
| 40 | 31 March 2007 | Millwall | A | 0–2 | 9,249 | |
| 41 | 7 April 2007 | Bristol City | A | 0–0 | 14,025 | |
| 42 | 9 April 2007 | Port Vale | H | 3–0 | 12,465 | Trundle, Duffy |
| 43 | 14 April 2007 | Bournemouth | A | 2–2 | 6,786 | Trundle, Tate |
| 44 | 21 April 2007 | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | 2–1 | 11,972 | Duffy (2) |
| 45 | 28 April 2007 | Carlisle United | A | 2–1 | 10,578 | Trundle, Duffy |
| 46 | 5 May 2007 | Blackpool | H | 3–6 | 18,903 | Trundle, Iriekpen (2) |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 11 November 2006 | Newport County | A | 3–1 | 4,660 | Trundle, Iriekpen, Britton |
| R2 | 2 December 2006 | Darlington | A | 3–1 | 4,183 | Britton, Robinson, Akinfenwa |
| R3 | 6 January 2007 | Sheffield United | A | 3–0 | 15,896 | Britton, Butler (2) |
| R4 | 27 January 2007 | Ipswich Town | A | 0–1 | 16,635 | |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 22 August 2006 | Wycombe Wanderers | H | 2–3 | 5,892 | Pratley, Williamson (o.g.) |

### Football League Trophy

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 17 October 2006 | Walsall | A | 1–1 (4–3 pens) | 2,557 | Tudur-Jones |
| R2 | 31 October 2006 | Peterborough United | A | 0–1 | 1,432 | |

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Willy Guéret | 42 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Kevin Amankwaah | 23(6) | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28(7) | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Kevin Austin | 26(4) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32(4) | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Kristian O'Leary | 19(4) | 1 | 1(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22(4) | 1 |
| 5 | MF | Alan Tate | 36(2) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 42(2) | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Leon Britton | 31(1) | 4 | 2(1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34(2) | 5 |
| 7 | MF | Chon NeVille | 39(2) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44(2) | 5 |
| 8 | MF | Darren Pratley | 25(3) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29(3) | 2 |
| 9 | FW | Adebayo Akinfenwa | 12(13) | 5 | 2(2) | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15(16) | 6 |
| 10 | FW | Lee Trundle | 31(3) | 19 | 2(1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 35(5) | 20 |
| 11 | FW | Pawel Abbott | 9(9) | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9(10) | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Rory Fallon | 22(2) | 8 | 2(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25(3) | 8 |
| 12 | DF | Steven Watt | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Marcos Painter | 22(1) | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22(2) | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Kevin McLeod | 2(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(2) | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Tom Williams | 17(12) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 19(15) | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Garry Monk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Owain Tudur-Jones | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 1 | 4(1) | 1 |
| 18 | MF | Andy Robinson | 33(6) | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37(6) | 8 |
| 19 | MF | Darren Way | 4(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(5) | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Shaun MacDonald | 3(5) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7(5) | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Dennis Lawrence | 37(2) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 44(2) | 5 |
| 24 | FW | Darryl Duffy | 5(3) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5(3) | 5 |
| 24 | FW | Leon Knight | 10(1) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10(1) | 7 |
| 28 | MF | Thomas Butler | 17(13) | 1 | 3(1) | 2 | 0(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22(15) | 3 |
| 29 | MF | Ian Craney | 24(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24(3) | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Richard Duffy | 8(3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9(3) | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Sylvain Meslien | 0(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Joe Allen | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |