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The 2006–07 FA Premier League (known as the FA Barclays Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th season of the FA Premier League since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 19 August 2006 and concluded on 13 May 2007. Chelsea were the two-time defending champions.
19 August 2006 – The Premier League season begins with Sheffield United and Liverpool drawing 1–1. [ 18 ] 23 August 2006 – Manchester City defender Ben Thatcher elbows Portsmouth 's Pedro Mendes in the face at the City of Manchester Stadium , after the two challenged for the same ball.
The longest gap between winning titles is the 81 years between the 1913–14 Football League title and the 1994–95 FA Premier League title, both won by Blackburn Rovers F.C. Teams in bold currently compete in the Premier League as of the 2024–25 season. [citation needed]
The club won the league in 2004–05, 12 points ahead of runners-up Arsenal, scoring 72 goals and conceding 15 in the process. [18] [19] Chelsea won a second successive Premier League title in 2005–06 before Manchester United became the third different club to win the league in four seasons in 2006–07. [20] [21]
The 2006–07 season was Manchester United's 15th season in the Premier League, and their 32nd consecutive season in the top division of English football. [1] United enjoyed a much more successful season than the previous three seasons, winning the Premier League by a six-point margin over Chelsea.
25 March 2006 — Reading became the first side to be promoted to the 2006–07 Premier League after drawing 1–1 at Leicester City. 2006–07 will be the Berkshire club's first ever season in England's top flight (though they would have been automatically promoted in 1995 as Division One runners-up had it not been for a reorganisation of the ...
Football League Championship; Season: 2006–07: Champions: Sunderland (5th second tier title) Direct promotion to FA Premier League: Sunderland, Birmingham City: Promoted to FA Premier League through play-offs: Derby County: Relegated: Leeds United, Luton Town, Southend United: Matches played: 552: Goals scored: 1,439 (2.61 per match) Top ...
The 2006–07 season was Arsenal Football Club's 15th season in the Premier League and their 81st consecutive season in the top flight of English football. [1] [2] It was the first season in which home matches were played at the over-60,000 capacity Emirates Stadium; the club's former ground Highbury was to be redeveloped as a residential development.