English Premier League 2006-07 Season Review Part 1

After two Premier League titles in as many seasons, Chelsea were searching for a hat-trick of top-flight crowns for the first time in their history. Jose Mourinho enhanced his squad with the captures of AC Milan striker Andriy Shevchenko and Germany international Michael Ballack for the season ahead.
Ashley Cole also moved to Stamford Bridge in a deal that involved William Gallas going in the opposite direction to Arsenal, whose manager Arsene Wenger was celebrating his 10th year in charge. The milestone was greeted in new surroundings, as the Gunners moved to the state-of-the-art Emirates Stadium.
Two Premier League draws followed the testimonial of retiring playmaker Dennis Bergkamp, but Arsenal soon got accustomed to their new home and pushed back up into the top four.
Fellow London club West Ham United made the signings of Argentina stars Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano in the summer transfer window, but it was former Hammer and new Manchester United recruit Michael Carrick who offered the supply line for Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney as the Red Devils set the early pace.
Four goals in the opening 15 minutes in their 5-1 rout of Fulham on the opening weekend set the tone and United topped the pile with four wins from as many matches at the start of the season.
A brief blip allowed early surprise package Portsmouth to reach the summit following a 1-0 victory over Charlton Athletic in September. With Sol Campbell and Niko Kranjcar in their ranks after summer moves, Pompey picked up 13 points from a possible 15 to top the table.
Midfielder Xabi Alonso scored from well inside his own half, despite the best efforts of goalkeeper Steve Harper as he slipped, in Liverpool's 2-0 triumph over Newcastle United.
Bolton Wanderers mounted an early challenge for the top spots after an impressive start, but they were beaten by Premier League leaders Man Utd at the end of October, with Wayne Rooney netting a hat-trick as the visitors claimed a 4-0 victory at the Reebok Stadium.
Bolton did sustain their top-four push for the rest of 2006 though, with Nicolas Anelka enjoying a fine start to his debut campaign with the Trotters. He scored a 25-yard screamer in a 3-1 triumph over Arsenal in November and the Trotters remained fourth at the turn of the year. United led the way, closely followed by Chelsea in second.
Man Utd, with manager Sir Alex Ferguson in his 20th year at the helm, continued their relentless title charge and opened up a nine-point gap at the top of the table after winning all their matches in February.
They went 1-0 down in their last match of the month at Fulham but, after Ryan Giggs's superb leveller, Ronaldo picked up the ball from inside his own half, jinked through the opposition defence and scored a late winner.
By this point, Liverpool and Arsenal had established themselves in the top four, despite being off the title pace, and the Merseyside club won 4-1 when the two sides met at Anfield on 31 March. Peter Crouch settled the match with a 'perfect' hat-trick: right foot, left foot and header.
The two sides stayed in the UEFA Champions League spots for the remainder of the campaign, and Liverpool reached the competition's final in May 2007. It was a repeat of the 2005 final against AC Milan, although this time the Italian team prevailed.
On the same day as Liverpool's win over Arsenal, a new Premier League attendance record was set when 76,098 spectators watched Manchester United take on Blackburn Rovers.
The following month, Chelsea closed in on the Red Devils after a run of nine successive wins, but a thrilling comeback victory over Everton gave United a five-point advantage going into the final three matches of the season.
After Alan Stubbs' free-kick and Manuel Fernandes' powerful strike put the Toffees 2-0 up, the visitors pulled it back to 2-2 and late goals from former Everton striker Wayne Rooney and Chris Eagles sealed a 4-2 win. Chelsea then went on to draw 1-1 at Arsenal and United won the Premier League crown with two matches to spare.

[@emikazesolidus2113]

that total 90 ball was amazing. those were the days when manchester was only red...

[@sc4d02]

Still is mate, them lot could win the quad n it wouldn’t matter

[@salahwaregem1609]

And meresyde was red

[@SpellingBeeC]

back then everybody hate city

[@tonyread829]

Back when the premier league was emotional and more exciting and had proper footballers who were more stronger and superior and had leadership and took no prisoners back when fans got behind their team more

[@tonyread829]

@@user-ui7wr9xg4l lol

[@jimbo6519]

back when you weren’t living in the past

[@kadrierkal2481]

KGF bankalar😅😂😅😂😅😂😂😅

[@oliverhope9256]

“Who were more stronger” Tony read but Tony can’t write.

[@vietdo9879]

The music gives me goosebumps. The good old days

[@davidmuoka3328]

Ikr😂😂

[@597kishen]

Memories make me cry.... 😭😭😭😭Legends living era

[@MrKAKARONALDOMESSI]

How I wish I could go back to Aug 2006

[@peterzilahi1805]

Those were the days

[@andertonchigoneka5331]

Ronaldo nearly left in summer of 2006 but he stayed and thank goddess for premier league he did

[@samuelyee4017]

Cr7 was the one who caused Rooney’s red card in World Cup 2006. A 5-1 victory would be a solid evidence about Cr7 and Rooney were unbreakable despite the incident in world cup quarter final

[@passtime4805]

Cr7 didn’t cause any red card. It’s just the media…vulchers

[@accountuser5588]

My favourite season. I was 10 years ild and only started out watching football so this season is nostalgic for me. I liked every single Man U player, even players like Alan Smith 😂.

[@dannyblue7065]

Best premier league intro

[@cherrycoke9252]

2006/07 Premier League: Manchester United FA Cup: FC Chelsea League Cup: FC Chelsea Bundesliga: VfB Stuttgart DfB Pokal: 1.FC Nürnberg Serie A: Inter Milan Coppa Italia: AS Roma Primera Division: Real Madrid Col Del Rey: FC Sevilla Ligue 1: Olympique Lyon Coupe De France: FC Sochaux ChampionsLeague: AC Milan Uefa Cup: FC Sevilla

[@rondocriz7403]

Oh man that intro so nostalgic

[@WRCSeb]

Back when the 2 biggest local clubs in my area were in the Premiership

[@TheoStaffordM20]

You badman!! Nice one

[@alexandreasselin9052]

Great channel thanks for the uploads! But maybe you could simplify things a little. Part 1 I, Part 1 II, Part 2... this current system is confusing at times.

[@j2foot922]

Will do that better Alexandre. Thanks for the advice.

[@dylanmulroe9978]

7 years old, all I cared about was football, good god what I’d do to go back in time

[@jimdanial5735]

14 years later, Southgate is England's Manager

[@antcunningham1997]

And now hes one our best and succesful england managers in years

[@ay613]

@@antcunningham1997 Most overrated not best.

[@antcunningham1997]

@@ay613 I would say Roy Hodgson, sam Allardyce or Steve McClaren is the most overrated England manager ever, England were rubbish in the major tournaments under them, and gareth southgate had taken England further than any other England manager had done in years, world cup 2018 semi finals, euro 2020 final,

[@lftv3582]

This season made me fall in love with footy when I was 6

[@geovanegomesdacunha3233]

Ouvi essa música na abertura realmente da uma nostalgia, em lembra essa fantástica época do futebol e o fantástico time do Manchester United ainda para que e torcedor dos diabos vermelhos igual eu

[@juckoosaurus]

Southgate looks like he barely aged

[@LachlansSportsChannel]

Where’s the second part of part 1

[@AnikBanerjeeliveforfun]

And now Ronaldo is back at Manchester United

[@samuelyee4017]

Old but not obsolete

[@stelapici5222]

Thank God Southgate got the pro license England would have never been the same

[@marcochristian9489]

Zaman Saya suka MU pertama kali

[@moluther2826]

10:16 they finished last 😂😂😂

[@luabeysam4066]

Sir Alex is great and Jose is down 😭😏

[@samuelyee4017]

Chelsea had the chance to become the second team to win three consecutive premier league title. Unfortunately, shevchenko failed to live up the expectation ,Cech almost got killed by Reading forward and League cup final brawling with Arsenal had dragged Jose’s Chelsea down

[@dylanmulroe9978]

Jose still won the Fa cup and league cup that year after winning the league for 2 seasons in a row, not a bad return at all

[@emilfrederiksen.1622]

Back when City was a nobody club and Man United dominated 😭😭

[@kaihiggins725]

This is when Newcastle Utd started crumbling

[@phil_100]

And they are back now 🎉 about to win a cup in year’s

[@kaihiggins725]

@@phil_100 I’d rather win the league cup this year than get top 4, cups are remembered in history we already had our top 4 fun back when the prem started.

[@phil_100]

@@kaihiggins725 well sorry mate! Am not a fan of Newcastle but I do like them and I have always love them! Even while they played badly in the past’s! Yeah you will definitely win a cup soon between 1/3years from now

[@kaihiggins725]

@@phil_100 I think we can this season ngl

[@phil_100]

@@kaihiggins725 okay fair enough, Man United will take some stoping

[@hubex_yt]

Is it just me that I Know Some Utd Fans Became city fans cuz you know man united being bad and not winning anything (but they look good today

[@dariodelis5959]

Cuando tenia 14 año todas la mañana lo sabado y los domingo beiaa la mejor liga del mundo y ahora q tengo 28 ya no e li mismo😥😥😥😥😥⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️🔥

[@rohithraman6488]

Please unblock part 1 II

[@adnanahmed9044]

Arsenal won at old trafford.....

[@whdeka77]

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[@kadrierkal2481]

KGF bankalar😅😂😅😂😂😅😂😅😂😅