# 2006–07 Burnley F.C. season

The 2006–07 season was Burnley's 7th season in the second tier of English football. They were managed by Steve Cotterill in his third full season since he replaced Stan Ternent at the beginning of the 2004–05 season.

## Appearances and goals

    Source:
    Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
    Players with names struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
    Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Burnley.
    Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.
    Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
Players contracted for the 2006–07 season :
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | WAL | Danny Coyne | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Wayne Thomas | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Jon Harley | 44 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 (1) | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | John McGreal | 21 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 (1) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | JAM | Frank Sinclair † | 16 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 16 (4) | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | IRL | Graham Coughlan * | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | NIR | Michael Duff | 42 (2) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 (2) | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | IRL | James O'Connor | 39 (4) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 (4) | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | IRL | Alan Mahon | 10 (15) | 2 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 (16) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NIR | Steve Jones | 37 (4) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 (4) | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SCO | Andy Gray | 34 (1) | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 (1) | 14 | 5 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Wade Elliott | 40 (2) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 41 (3) | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | DEN | Brian Jensen | 30 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | IRL | Garreth O'Connor | 0 (8) | 0 | 0 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 (9) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Graham Branch | 0 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | IRL | Chris McCann | 24 (14) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 (14) | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | NIR | Kyle Lafferty | 15 (20) | 4 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 (21) | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | JAM | Micah Hyde † | 19 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 19 (5) | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | CMR | Eric Djemba-Djemba * | 13 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 (2) | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | John Spicer | 0 (11) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (11) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | NGA | Ade Akinbiyi | 15 (5) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 (5) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ENG | Gifton Noel-Williams † | 19 (4) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 (4) | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | NIR | Paul McVeigh * | 6 (2) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (2) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Stephen Foster | 7 (10) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 (10) | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | GK | ENG | Mike Pollitt * † | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | SCO | Steven Caldwell | 16 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 (1) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ISL | Joey Guðjónsson | 9 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 (2) | 0 | 4 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| # | Pos | Player | From | Fee | Date |
| 9 | FW | Steve Jones | Crewe Alexandra | Free | 3 May 2006 |
| 10 | FW | Andy Gray | Sunderland | £750k | 1 June 2006 |
| 8 | MF | Alan Mahon | Wigan Athletic | £200k | 8 June 2006 |
| 22 | DF | Stephen Foster | Crewe Alexandra | Free | 22 June 2006 |
| 20 | FW | Ade Akinbiyi | Sheffield United | £750k | 1 January 2007 |
| 23 | GK | Mike Pollitt | Wigan Athletic | Loan | 11 January 2007 |
| 18 | MF | Eric Djemba-Djemba | Aston Villa | Loan | 12 January 2007 |
| 25 | MF | Joey Guðjónsson | AZ | £150k | 22 January 2007 |
| 24 | DF | Steven Caldwell | Sunderland | £200k | 31 January 2007 |
| 5 | DF | Graham Coughlan | Sheffield Wednesday | Loan | 22 March 2007 |
| 21 | FW | Paul McVeigh | Norwich City | Loan | 22 March 2007 |

### Out

| # | Pos | Player | To | Fee | Date |
| | DF | Danny Karbassiyoon | | Retired | 8 May 2006 |
| | DF | Martin Reilly | | Released | 31 May 2006 |
| | DF | Mark Crossley | | Released | 31 May 2006 |
| | DF | Duane Courtney | The New Saints | Released | 31 May 2006 |
| 18 | MF | Micah Hyde | Peterborough United | £75k | 11 January 2007 |
| 21 | FW | Gifton Noel-Williams | Real Murcia | £50k | 24 January 2007 |
| 5 | DF | Frank Sinclair | Huddersfield Town | Loan | 9 February 2007 |

## Matches
### Final league position

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 13 | Cardiff City | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 57 | 53 | +4 | 64 |
| 14 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 18 | 8 | 20 | 64 | 59 | +5 | 62 |
| 15 | Burnley | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 52 | 49 | +3 | 57 |
| 16 | Norwich City | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 56 | 71 | −15 | 57 |
| 17 | Coventry City | 46 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 47 | 62 | −15 | 56 |