# 2006–07 Hartlepool United F.C. season

The 2006–07 season was Hartlepool United's 98th year in existence and their first season in League Two since 2002–03. Along with competing in League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007.

## Players

    As of End of Season.

### Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GRE | Dimitrios Konstantopoulos |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Michael Barron |
| 3 | MF | ENG | Matty Robson |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Mark Tinkler |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Michael Nelson |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Ben Clark |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Darrell Clarke |
| 8 | DF | ENG | Ritchie Humphreys |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Joel Porter |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Richie Barker |
| 11 | FW | WAL | Eifion Williams |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Craig Hignett |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Antony Sweeney |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Lee Bullock |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | IRL | Willie Boland |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Gary Liddle |
| 19 | DF | ENG | John Brackstone |
| 20 | FW | ENG | James Brown |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Jim Provett |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Carl Jones |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Darren Williams |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Ali Gibb |
| 25 | FW | ENG | Michael Mackay |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Stephen Turnbull |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Phil Turnbull |
| 28 | FW | ENG | David Foley |
| 29 | MF | ENG | Michael Maidens |
| 35 | MF | ENG | Andy Monkhouse |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Player | From | Fee |
| 18 August 2006 | MF | Willie Boland | Cardiff City | Free |
| 21 August 2006 | MF | Gary Liddle | Middlesbrough | Free |
| 31 August 2006 | MF | Ali Gibb | Bristol Rovers | Free |
| 3 January 2007 | FW | Richie Barker | Mansfield Town | £80,000 |
| 11 January 2007 | MF | Andy Monkhouse | Swindon Town | Undisclosed |
| 8 February 2007 | FW | Michael Mackay | Consett | Undisclosed |
| 22 March 2007 | MF | Craig Hignett | Spennymoor Town | Free |

### Loans in

| Date | Position | Player | From | End date | Ref |
| 3 November 2006 | FW | Darryl Duffy | Hull City | 2 January 2007 | |
| 23 November 2006 | MF | Andy Monkhouse | Swindon Town | 3 January 2007 | |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 31 May 2006 | DF | Darren Craddock | York City | Free |
| 30 June 2006 | MF | Chris Llewellyn | Wrexham | Free |
| 28 July 2006 | FW | Adam Boyd | Luton Town | £500,000 |
| 28 July 2006 | MF | Thomas Butler | Swansea City | Undisclosed |
| 5 January 2007 | FW | Jon Daly | Dundee United | Undisclosed |
| 29 January 2007 | MF | Gavin Strachan | Peterborough United | Free |

### Loans out

| Date | Position | Player | To | End date |
| 28 July 2006 | MF | Darrell Clarke | Rochdale | 1 January 2007 |
| 8 September 2006 | DF | Ritchie Humphreys | Port Vale | 8 October 2006 |
| 22 November 2006 | MF | Stephen Turnbull | Bury | 22 January 2007 |
| 1 January 2007 | MF | Gavin Strachan | Peterborough United | 29 January 2007 |
| 19 January 2007 | MF | Michael Maidens | York City | 19 February 2007 |
| 22 January 2007 | MF | Phil Turnbull | Blyth Spartans | 1 June 2007 |
| 1 March 2007 | MF | Stephen Turnbull | Rochdale | 1 April 2007 |
| 23 March 2007 | FW | Michael Proctor | Wrexham | 1 June 2007 |

## Results
### League Two
#### 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

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | L | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | L |
| Position | 19 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |

#### Results
### Football League Trophy
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Other | Other |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | GRE | Dimitrios Konstantopoulos | 51 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Michael Barron | 31 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | ENG | Matty Robson | 27 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Mark Tinkler | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Michael Nelson | 49 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Ben Clark | 46 | 3 | 40 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | ENG | Ritchie Humphreys | 43 | 4 | 38 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Joel Porter | 26 | 5 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Richie Barker | 18 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | WAL | Eifion Williams | 45 | 6 | 40 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | SCO | Gavin Strachan | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Craig Hignett | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Michael Proctor | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Antony Sweeney | 38 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Lee Bullock | 31 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | IRL | Willie Boland | 30 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Gary Liddle | 47 | 4 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | ENG | John Brackstone | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ENG | James Brown | 42 | 7 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Jim Provett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Darren Williams | 31 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Ali Gibb | 29 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | IRL | Jon Daly | 25 | 9 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ENG | Michael Mackay | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Phil Turnbull | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ENG | David Foley | 28 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | ENG | Michael Maidens | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | SCO | Darryl Duffy | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | ENG | Andy Monkhouse | 26 | 7 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Name | League Two | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total |
| 1 | Richie Barker | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 1 | Jon Daly | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | James Brown | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Andy Monkhouse | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Eifion Williams | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Darryl Duffy | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Joel Porter | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Ritchie Humphreys | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Gary Liddle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Antony Sweeney | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Ben Clark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Lee Bullock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Matty Robson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | David Foley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Michael Nelson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Gavin Strachan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

### Clean Sheets

| Rank | Name | League Two | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total |
| 1 | Dimitrios Konstantopoulos | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25 |

### Penalties

| Date | Name | Opposition | Scored? |
| 5 August 2006 | Joel Porter | Swindon Town | N |
| 5 August 2006 | Ritchie Humphreys | Swindon Town | N |
| 12 August 2006 | Gavin Strachan | Walsall | N |
| 22 August 2006 | Joel Porter | Burnley | Y |
| 9 September 2006 | James Brown | Milton Keynes Dons | N |
| 23 September 2006 | Jon Daly | Peterborough United | Y |
| 26 September 2006 | Jon Daly | Grimsby Town | Y |
| 9 March 2007 | Richie Barker | Lincoln City | Y |
| 17 March 2007 | Richie Barker | Stockport County | Y |
| 9 April 2007 | Richie Barker | Accrington Stanley | N |
| 9 April 2007 | Richie Barker | Accrington Stanley | Y |
| 28 April 2007 | Richie Barker | Rochdale | N |

### Suspensions

| Date Incurred | Name | Games Missed | Reason |
| 1 September 2006 | John Brackstone | 3 | (vs. Boston United) |
| 20 October 2006 | Jon Daly | 0 | (vs. Chester City) |
| 20 November 2006 | Darren Williams | 1 | |
| 25 November 2006 | Gary Liddle | 1 | |
| 2 December 2006 | Antony Sweeney | 1 | (vs. Macclesfield Town) |
| 20 April 2007 | Ben Clark | 1 | (vs. Notts County) |
| 28 April 2007 | Richie Barker | 1 | (vs. Rochdale) |
| 28 April 2007 | Andy Monkhouse | 1 | (vs. Rochdale) |