Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season 2006-07

Infobox Football club season
club = Tottenham Hotspur
season = 2006–07
manager = flagicon|NED Martin Jol
chairman = flagicon|ENG Daniel Levy
league = Premier League
league result = "5th"
cup1 = FA Cup
cup1 result = Quarter-Finals
cup2 = Carling Cup
cup2 result = Semi-Finals
cup3 = UEFA Cup
cup3 result = Quarter-Finals
league topscorer =
Dimitar Berbatov (12)
season topscorer =
Dimitar Berbatov (23)
highest attendance = 36,162 vs West Ham (22 October 2006)
lowest attendance = 34,154 vs Middlesbrough (5 December 2006)During the 2006-07 season, Tottenham Hotspur participated in the English Premier League.

eason 2006-2007

For the 2006-07 Season expectations ran high following the last seasons placing of 5th, however the beginning, and somewhat remainder, of the season was marred by injuries, particularly in defensive areas with Ledley King, Paul Stalteri, Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Young-Pyo Lee, Anthony Gardner, Jermaine Jenas, Steed Malbranque and Teemu Tainio all suffering long-term injuries while Didier Zokora, Dimitar Berbatov, Robbie Keane and Aaron Lennon all suffered short-term injuries throughout the season, causing Martin Jol to rarely have a settled first XI to pick for extended periods.

Tottenham's Premiership form in the first half of the season was erratic, although there was a famous home win over reigning-champions Chelsea in November amongst the mire of mediocre results. Away form was poor during the first half of the season but saw a vast improvement in the second half with just two away losses from January to the end of the season and just one narrow defeat in their final six away games, against Chelsea just 36 hours after playing a UEFA Cup tie in Spain.

On 17 March 2007, Paul Robinson became only the third goalkeeper in the premier league history to score a goal following his 80-yard lob in the 3-1 victory over Watford.

The highly effective Berbatov-Keane strike partnership was rewarded when they were named joint Player of the Month for April, a rare occurrence and only the second time in the history of the award.

The improvement in Spurs' away form, good home performances and an excellent late season lifted Spurs into fifth position in the final table and therefore into the UEFA Cup for the second year running. Tottenham showed definite signs of attractive and effective football as Martin Jol made his mark on the squad. Spurs reached the FA Cup quarter-final round but lost to Chelsea 1-2 having drawn 3-3 away. The League Cup run took them to the semi-finals, where they faced Arsenal. The home leg ended 2-2, but hopes of glory ended in the away leg losing 3-1 in extra time. In the UEFA Cup, Tottenham progressed to the quarter-finals, where they faced the cup holders and eventual winners Sevilla in the quarter finals, and were eliminated from the competition 4-3 on aggregate.

Transfers

In

Loaned Out

Premier League

"Eliminated"

H/A = Home/Away;

Final update: End of 2006-07 season

UEFA Cup

First Round and Group Stage

"Eliminated"

H/A = Home/Away;

Final update: End of 2006-07 season

Player statistics

[cite news | author = Spurs | title = First Team Players | publisher = Spurs | date = 2008-04-09 | url = http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/players/players_firstteam.html | accessdate=2008-04-09] [cite news | author = Spurs Odyssey | title = 2007-08 stats | publisher = Spurs Odyssey | date = 2008-04-09 | url = http://www.spursodyssey.com/0708/apps.html | accessdate=2008-04-09]

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External links

* [http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/ Official Club site]
* [http://www.spursodyssey.com/ Spurs Odyssey]
* [http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/matches/matches_frr.html/ Tottenham Match Reports]
* [http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/players/players_firstteam.html/ Tottenham First Team]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/default.stm/ BBC - Tottenham club news]