# 2006–07 Arsenal L.F.C. season

The 2006–07 season was Arsenal Ladies Football Club's 20th season since forming in 1987. The club participated in the National Division of the FA Women's Premier League, winning the title for a 4th consecutive season, winning every single match. In May, the team played their first ever game at Emirates Stadium, defeating Everton 3-2. They completed a domestic treble by also winning the Premier League Cup and the FA Women's Cup, defeating Leeds United and Charlton Athletic in the finals respectively. That treble became a quadruple, when they won the UEFA Women's Cup, defeating Umea over two legs, Alex Scott's last-gasp long range effort in Sweden proving to be the difference between the two sides.
This was Arsenal Ladies' first ever European Trophy, the first for the club as whole since the 1994 European Cup Winner's Cup, and they remain the sole English club to win a Women's European Trophy. Combined with the FA Women's Community Shield and The London County Cup, Arsenal won a clean sweep of six titles, a feat that has never been repeated in the English game.

## Squad Statistics
### First team squad

Squad statistics correct as of May 2007
| Squad No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Since | Signed From |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Emma Byrne | (1979-06-14) 14 June 1979 (age 45) | 2000 | Fortuna Hjørring |
| 13 | Amy Pearce | | | Homegrown |
| 24 | Rebecca Spencer | (1991-02-22) 22 February 1991 (age 34) | 2006 | Homegrown |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Meghan McKeag | (1989-08-12) 12 August 1989 (age 35) | | Homegrown |
| 3 | Yvonne Tracy | (1981-02-27) 27 February 1981 (age 44) | 2000 | St Patrick's Athletic |
| 5 | Leanne Champ | (1983-08-10) 10 August 1983 (age 41) | 2001 | Millwall Lionesses |
| 6 | Faye White (captain) | (1978-02-02) 2 February 1978 (age 47) | 1996 | Horsham Ladies |
| 12 | Alex Scott | (1984-10-14) 14 October 1984 (age 40) | 2005 | Birmingham City |
| 15 | Cori Daniels | (1986-06-04) 4 June 1986 (age 38) | | Homegrown |
| 18 | Anita Asante | (1985-04-27) 27 April 1985 (age 39) | 1998 | Homegrown |
| 23 | Mary Phillip | (1977-03-14) 14 March 1977 (age 48) | 2004 | Fulham |
| 26 | Gilly Flaherty | (1991-08-24) 24 August 1991 (age 33) | | Homegrown |
| 27 | Seana Cooke | (1989-07-06) 6 July 1989 (age 35) | | Homegrown |
| | Félicienne Minnaar | (1989-01-31) 31 January 1989 (age 36) | 2006 | Homegrown |
| Midfielders |||||
| 4 | Jayne Ludlow | (1979-01-07) 7 January 1979 (age 46) | 2000 | Southampton Saints |
| 7 | Ciara Grant | (1978-05-17) 17 May 1978 (age 46) | 1998 | St Patrick's Athletic |
| 8 | Kelly Smith | (1978-10-29) 29 October 1978 (age 46) | 2005 | New Jersey Wildcats |
| 16 | Sian Larkin | (1988-08-10) 10 August 1988 (age 36) | | Homegrown |
| 17 | Katie Chapman | (1982-06-15) 15 June 1982 (age 42) | 2006 | Charlton Athletic |
| 19 | Charlotte Gurr | (1989-08-16) 16 August 1989 (age 35) | 2004 | Homegrown |
| 21 | Elizabeth Wicks | (1989-10-13) 13 October 1989 (age 35) | | Homegrown |
| 22 | Danielle Buet | (1988-10-31) 31 October 1988 (age 36) | | Homegrown |
| | Danielle Saulter | | | Homegrown |
| | Renée Slegers | (1989-02-05) 5 February 1989 (age 36) | | Homegrown |
| | Yuko Tukahashi | | | Homegrown |
| Forwards |||||
| 9 | Lianne Sanderson | (1988-02-03) 3 February 1988 (age 37) | 2003 | Homegrown |
| 10 | Julie Fleeting | (1980-12-18) 18 December 1980 (age 44) | 2004 | Ross County |
| 11 | Rachel Yankey | (1979-11-01) 1 November 1979 (age 45) | 2005 | New Jersey Wildcats |
| 14 | Karen Carney | (1987-08-01) 1 August 1987 (age 37) | 2006 | Birmingham City |
| 20 | Gemma Davison | (1987-04-17) 17 April 1987 (age 37) | 2001 | Watford |
| 25 | Stacey Sowden | | | Homegrown |
| | Sarah Wiltshire | (1991-07-07) 7 July 1991 (age 33) | 2007 | Homegrown |

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Name | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | PL Cup | PL Cup | LC Cup | LC Cup | Comm Shield | Comm Shield | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Emma Byrne | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| 13 | Amy Pearce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Rebecca Spencer | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Meghan McKeag | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Yvonne Tracy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Leanne Champ | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 6 | Faye White (captain) | 3+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+3 | 1 |
| 12 | Alex Scott | 22 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 41 | 4 |
| 15 | Cori Daniels | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 2 |
| 18 | Anita Asante | 22 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 42 | 2 |
| 23 | Mary Phillip | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| 26 | Gilly Flaherty | 2+8 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+10 | 1 |
| 27 | Seana Cooke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | Félicienne Minnaar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Jayne Ludlow | 17+1 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 38+1 | 24 |
| 7 | Ciara Grant | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 39+2 | 1 |
| 8 | Kelly Smith | 18+2 | 19 | 4+1 | 4 | 3+2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 32+5 | 33 |
| 16 | Sian Larkin | 3+11 | 1 | 0+4 | 01 | 2+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 9+21 | 3 |
| 17 | Katie Chapman | 21 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 00 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 39 | 21 |
| 19 | Charlotte Gurr | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+4 | 1 |
| 21 | Elizabeth Wicks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Danielle Buet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | Danielle Saulter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | Renée Slegers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | Yuko Tukahashi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Lianne Sanderson | 20+2 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 40+2 | 41 |
| 10 | Julie Fleeting | 6+2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3+1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 21+3 | 29 |
| 11 | Rachel Yankey | 20+1 | 11 | 4+1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8+1 | 3 | 38+3 | 17 |
| 14 | Karen Carney | 19+2 | 9 | 3+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+3 | 2 | 29+7 | 12 |
| 20 | Gemma Davison | 6+15 | 4 | 1+4 | 4 | 2+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 01 | 1+6 | 1 | 12+28 | 11 |
| 25 | Stacey Sowden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Sarah Wiltshire | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Position | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | PL Cup | LC Cup | Comm Shield | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | Lianne Sanderson | 30 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 |
| 2 | 8 | MF | Kelly Smith | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 33 |
| 3 | 10 | FW | Julie Fleeting | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 29 |
| 4 | 4 | MF | Jayne Ludlow | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 |
| 5 | 17 | MF | Katie Chapman | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| 6 | 11 | FW | Rachel Yankey | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| 7 | 14 | FW | Karen Carney | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | 20 | FW | Gemma Davison | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | 12 | DF | Alex Scott | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | 16 | MF | Sian Larkin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | 18 | DF | Anita Asante | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 15 | DF | Cori Daniels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Own Goal | Own Goal | Own Goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 22 | MF | Danielle Buet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 7 | MF | Ciara Grant | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 6 | DF | Faye White (captain) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 26 | DF | Gilly Flaherty | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 19 | MF | Charlotte Gurr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 119 | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 206 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | PL Cup | LC Cup | Comm Shield | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | Emma Byrne | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 27 |
| 2 | 24 | Rebecca Spencer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 28 |

## Transfers, loans and other signings
### Transfers in

| Announcement date | No. | Position | Player | From club |
| 13 July 2006 | 14 | FW | Karen Carney | Birmingham City |
| 19 July 2006 | 17 | MF | Katie Chapman | Charlton Athletic |

### Transfers out

| Announcement date | No. | Position | Player | To club |
| 2006 | | DF | Vaila Barsley | St. John's Red Storm |
| 2006 | 21 | MF | Lisa Burrows | |
| 2006 | | DF | Ashley Hutton | |
| 2006 | 17 | | Hayley Kemp | |
| 2006 | | | Beth Lloyd | |
| 2006 | | | Karen Marsh | |
| 2006 | 11 | | Rachel McArthur | Leeds United |
| 2006 | | FW | Sarah McGrath | St. John's Red Storm |
| 2006 | 2 | DF | Kirsty Pealing | Retired |
| 2006 | | MF | Karen Ray | Hartford Hawks |

## Club
### Kit

Supplier: Nike / Sponsor: Fly Emirates
| Home | Away |

## Competitions
### FA Women's Premier League
#### Partial league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Arsenal (C) | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 10 | +109 | 66 | Champions, to European Cup |
| 2 | Everton | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 56 | 15 | +41 | 52 | To European Cup |
| 3 | Charlton Athletic | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 63 | 32 | +31 | 50 | |
| 4 | Bristol Academy | 22 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 53 | 41 | +12 | 40 | |
| 5 | Leeds United | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 37 | |
* ↑ Since Arsenal had won the 2006-07 European Cup, Everton qualify as League runner-up.

#### Results Summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### UEFA Women's Cup
#### Group Stage
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Arsenal Ladies | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 9 |
| 2 | Brøndby | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 |
| 3 | Rossiyanka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Femina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 0 |