Alright, let me tell you how I went about finding the old Premier League table for the 2006-07 season the other day. It started because I was having a chat with a mate, trying to remember exactly where Reading finished that year – they had a surprisingly good run after coming up, didn’t they?
So, the first thing I did was grab my phone. Just opened up the browser, you know, the usual routine. I typed in something pretty straightforward like “Premier League table 2006 07” into the search bar. Didn’t need to get fancy with it.
Hit search, and obviously, a load of results popped up. Saw the usual suspects – some big sports news sites, Wikipedia always shows up, and a few football statistics sites I recognised. I tend to avoid random blogs or forums for this kind of thing, want the proper data.
I scanned the results. One of the first few links looked like it was from a well-known sports stats website. Seemed reliable enough. So, I tapped on that one.
The page loaded up, and there it was. Took a second to orient myself, find the right season listed. Yep, 2006-2007. It had the full table, all 20 teams listed from top to bottom.
Looking at the details
It showed everything I needed:
- Team names
- Played matches (Pld)
- Wins (W), Draws (D), Losses (L)
- Goals For (GF), Goals Against (GA)
- Goal Difference (GD)
- And the crucial bit, the Points (Pts)
I scrolled down. Saw Manchester United right there at the top, clear winners. Chelsea were second, as I remembered. Then I looked further down… ah, there was Reading! Found them in 8th place. Not bad at all for their first season up. Confirmed what I thought. Also saw Sheffield United and Watford went down, along with Charlton Athletic.
Just to be double sure, I quickly backed out and clicked on another link, I think it might have been the official Premier League site’s archive section, or maybe Wikipedia, can’t recall exactly which one I checked second. Anyway, pulled up their version of the 2006-07 table. Compared the top few spots and the relegation spots. Yeah, looked identical. Man Utd champions, Reading 8th. Good enough for me.
So, that was it really. Pretty simple process. Just a quick search, picked a decent-looking source, found the table, confirmed the key details I was after, and double-checked against another source just to be safe. Got the info I needed to settle that chat with my mate. Job done.
