2006–07 Airdrie United F.C. season
| 2006–07 season | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | Jim Ballantyne |
| Manager | Sandy Stewart (until 13 November 2006) Kenny Black (from 17 November 2006) |
| Stadium | Excelsior Stadium |
| Scottish First Division | Ninth Place |
| Scottish Cup | Third Round |
| League Cup | Second Round |
| Challenge Cup | First Round |
| Top goalscorer | League: Gary Twigg (10) All: Gary Twigg (12) |
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Season 2006–07 was
Airdrie United's fifth competitive season. They competed in the First Division, Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup
.
Summary
Airdrie United finished ninth in the
First Division,[1] entering the play-offs losing 5-4 to Stirling Albion on aggregate and were relegated to the Second Division.[2] They reached the third round of the Scottish Cup,[3] the second round of the League Cup[4] and were eliminated in the first round of the Challenge Cup.[5]
Manager's
Airdrie started the season under the stewardship of Sandy Stewart who on 13 November 2006 was sacked by the club.[6] Stewart was replaced by Kenny Black on 17 November.[7]
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Livingston | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 45 | |
| 7 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 47 | 63 | −16 | 45 | |
| 8 | Queen of the South | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 34 | 54 | −20 | 41 | |
| 9 | Airdrie United (R)
|
36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 40 | Qualification for the First Division Play-offs |
| 10 | Ross County (R) | 36 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 40 | 57 | −17 | 37 | Relegation to the Second Division |
Source: "2006-2007 First Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Results and fixtures
[8] Win Draw Loss
First Division
| 5 August 2006 Airdrie United | 0–2 | Ross County | Excelsior Stadium | |
| BBC Report | McKinlay  23'Gardyne 50' |
Attendance: 1,262 Referee: Underhill |
| 12 August 2006 Airdrie United | Firhill Stadium | |||
| 15:00 | 56' |
ESPN Report | Taylor 88' |
Attendance: 3,473 Referee: Frickleton |
| 19 August 2006 Airdrie United | 2–2 | Queen of the South | Excelsior Stadium | |
| 15:00 | Tierney 90' |
BBC Report | O'Neil 74' (Penalty) Henderson 83' |
Attendance: 1,298 Referee: Allan |
| 26 August 2006 Airdrie United | 1–2 | Hamilton Academical | Excelsior Stadium | |
| 15:00 | Taylor 88' |
BBC Report | Gilhaney 65' McLeod 81' |
Attendance: 1,416 Referee: McCurry |
| 9 September 2006 Airdrie United | Almondvale Stadium | |||
| 15:00 | Craig 26' McPake 45'Mitchell 65' |
Livi Mad Report | Attendance: 2,054 Referee: Freeland |
| 16 September 2006 Airdrie United | McDiarmid Park | |||
| 15:00 | Milne 45' |
BBC Report | Attendance: 2,181 Referee: MacDonald |
| 23 September 2006 Airdrie United | 0–1 | Dundee | Excelsior Stadium | |
| 15:00 | BBC Report | Lyle 26' (Penalty) |
Attendance: 1,249 Referee: Collum |
| 30 September 2006 Airdrie United | Raydale Park | |||
| 15:00 | BBC Report | McKenna 41' McPhee 46' |
Attendance: 1,492 Referee: McDonald |
| 14 October 2006 Airdrie United | 2–1 | Clyde | Excelsior Stadium | |
| 15:00 | McDonald 71' |
BBC Report | O'Donnell 54' |
Attendance: 1,050 Referee: Dougal |
| 21 October 2006 Airdrie United | 1–2 | Partick Thistle | Excelsior Stadium | |
| 15:00 | Taylor 37' |
BBC Report | 51' |
Attendance: 2,321 Referee: Tumilty |
| 28 October 2006 Airdrie United | Victoria Park | |||
| 15:00 | Dowie 14' Gardyne 34' |
BBC Report | Lovering 58' |
Attendance: 2,010 Referee: MacKay |
| 4 November 2006 Airdrie United | 0–1 | Livingston | Excelsior Stadium | |
| 15:00 | Livi Mad Report | Tweed 90' |
Attendance: 1,455 Referee: Finnie |
| 11 November 2006 Airdrie United | New Douglas Park | |||
| 15:00 | Offiong 10' Wake 86' |
BBC Report | Prunty 37' |
Attendance: 1,724 Referee: Brines |
| 18 November 2006 Airdrie United | 2–1 | St Johnstone | Excelsior Stadium | |
| 15:00 | Barrau 39' (Penalty) Smyth 59' |
BBC Report | Milne 85' |
Attendance: 1,550 Referee: Conroy |
| 25 November 2006 Airdrie United | Dens Park | |||
| 15:00 | Smith 35' |
BBC Report | Attendance: 3,528 Referee: MacDonald |
| 2 December 2006 Airdrie United | Broadwood Stadium | |||
| 15;00 | BBC Report | Attendance: 1,347 Referee: Freeland |
| 9 December 2006 Airdrie United | 4–2 | Gretna | Excelsior Stadium | |
| 15:00 | McDougall 42' Twigg 61', 70', 79' |
BBC Report | Townsley 22', 74' |
Attendance: 1,169 Referee: McDonald |
| 16 December 2006 Airdrie United | Palmerston Park | |||
| 15;00 | Lovering 58' (Own Goal) |
BBC Report | Prunty 89' |
Attendance: 1,577 Referee: Winter |
| 26 December 2006 Airdrie United | 0–1 | Ross County | Excelsior Stadium | |
| 15:00 | BBC Report | Scott 25' |
Attendance: 1,301 Referee: Richmond |
| 30 December 2006 Airdrie United | Almondvale Stadium | |||
| 15:00 | Cuthbert 33' |
BBC Report | Twigg 12' (80) Holmes 71' |
Attendance: 1,945 Referee: MacKay |
| 2 January 2007 Airdrie United | 1–0 | Hamilton Academical | Excelsior Stadium | |
| 15:00 | Twigg 7' |
BBC Report | Attendance: 1,414 Referee: Underhill |
| 20 January 2007 Airdrie United | McDiarmid Park | |||
| 15:00 | 76' |
BBC Report | 75' |
Attendance: 2,106 Referee: Richmond |
| 27 January 2007 Airdrie United | 1–0 | Clyde | Excelsior Stadium | |
| 15:00 | Twigg 37' |
BBC Report | Attendance: 1,340 Referee: Sproule |
| 3 February 2007 Airdrie United | 0–3 | Dundee | Excelsior Stadium | |
| 15:00 | BBC Report | Robertson 61' |
Attendance: 1,404 Referee: Conroy |
| 10 February 2007 Airdrie United | Raydale Park | |||
| 15:00 | BBC Report | Attendance: 1,299 Referee: Somers |
| 17 February 2007 Airdrie United | 0–3 | Queen of the South | Excelsior Stadium | |
| 15:00 | BBC Report | Dobbie 9' (Penalty), 32' O'Connor 65' |
Attendance: 1,805 Referee: McCurry |
| 3 March 2007 Airdrie United | New Douglas Park | |||
| 15;00 | Offiong 12', 46' Easton 34' |
BBC Report | Attendance: 1,714 Referee: MacKay |
| 10 March 2007 Airdrie United | 3–1 | Livingston | Excelsior Stadium | |
| 15:00 | 90' |
BBC Report |  41' |
Attendance: 1,162 Referee: Boyle |
| 17 March 2007 Airdrie United | 1–2 | St Johnstone | Excelsior Stadium | |
| 15:00 | Holmes 35' |
BBC Report | Hardie 25' Scotland 80' |
Attendance: 1,138 Referee: Thomson |
| 25 March 2007 Airdrie United | Firhill Stadium | |||
| 15:00 | BBC Report | Harty 36' |
Attendance: 2,211 Referee: Muir |
| 1 April 2007 Airdrie United | Dens Park | |||
| 15:00 | Daal 27', 56' |
BBC Report | Harty 17' |
Attendance: 2,837 Referee: Allan |
| 4 April 2007 Airdrie United | 0–0 | Gretna | Excelsior Stadium | |
| 19:45 | BBC Report | Attendance: 1,209 Referee: Finnie |
| 7 April 2007 Airdrie United | Broadwood Stadium | |||
| 15:00 | BBC Report | McDonald 14' |
Attendance: 1,306 Referee: Collum |
| 14 April 2007 Airdrie United | Victoria Park | |||
| 15:00 | Proctor 16' (Own Goal) |
BBC Report | Twigg 7' |
Attendance: 2,717 Referee: Tumilty |
| 21 April 2007 Airdrie United | 1–1 | Partick Thistle | Excelsior Stadium | |
| 15:00 | Twigg 8' |
BBC Report | Smith 13' |
Attendance: 2,178 Referee: Conroy |
| 28 April 2007 Airdrie United | Palmerston Park | |||
| 15:00 | BBC Report | 60' |
Attendance: 3,012 Referee: Boyle |
First Division play-offs
| 2 May 2007 Airdrie United | Glebe Park | |||
| Iain Russell 52' |
BBC Report | Harty 14' 22' (pen.) Gary Twigg 16' |
Attendance: 954 Referee: MacDonald |
| 5 May 2007 Airdrie United | 3–0 | Brechin City | Excelsior Stadium | |
| 76', 84' |
BBC Report | Attendance: 1,298 Referee: Ritchie |
| 9 May 2007 Airdrie United | Forthbank Stadium | |||
| Nugent 87' Chris Aitken 90' |
BBC Report | Gary Twigg 35' Harty 45' |
Attendance: 2,118 Referee: Brown |
| 12 May 2007 Airdrie United | 2–3 | Stirling Albion | Excelsior Stadium | |
McDonald 72' |
BBC Report | Snodgrass 5', 17' Devine 68' |
Attendance: 3,465 Referee: Thomson |
Challenge Cup
| 16 August 2006 Airdrie United | 0–3 | Gretna | Excelsior Stadium | |
| 19:45 | BBC Report | Deuchar 12', 76' Tosh 71' |
Attendance: 1,093 Referee: Clark |
League Cup
| 8 August 2006 Airdrie United | Stark's Park | |||
| 19:45 | One 40' |
BBC Report | Willie McLaren 47' Prunty 73' |
Attendance: 1,260 Referee: Thomson |
| 22 August 2006 Airdrie United | Tannadice Park | |||
| 19:45 | Robertson 118' |
BBC Report | Attendance: 2,851 Referee: Conroy |
Scottish Cup
| 6 January 2007 Airdrie United | 0–1 | Motherwell | Excelsior Stadium | |
| 15:00 | Report | Ritchie Foran 31' |
Attendance: 5,924 Referee: Clark |
Player statistics
Squad
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | First Division | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Other[a] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||||
| GK |  SCO
|
Stephen Robertson | 43 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| GK | SCO
|
Lee Hollis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| DF | SCO
|
Stephen McKenna | 38 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| DF | SCO
|
Neil McGowan | 33 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| DF | SCO
|
Kevin Christie | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| DF | SCO
|
David Proctor | 15 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| DF |  POL
|
Marcin Lukaszewski
|
10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| DF | SCO
|
Craig Potter | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| DF | SCO
|
Paul Lovering | 37 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| DF | SCO
|
Marc Smyth | 36 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| MF |  ENG
|
Kevin McDonald
|
28 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| MF | SCO
|
Graeme Watson | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| MF | SCO
|
Gary Tierney
|
17 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| MF | SCO
|
Stephen McKeown | 38 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||
| MF | SCO
|
Graeme Holmes | 43 | 3 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| MF |  FRA
|
Xavier Barrau | 14 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| MF | SCO
|
David McGuire | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| MF | SCO
|
Stuart Taylor
|
38 | 6 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| FW | SCO
|
Steven McDougall | 42 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| FW | SCO
|
Bryan Prunty | 30 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| FW | SCO
|
Ian Harty | 15 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ||
| FW | SCO
|
Brian McPhee | 29 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| FW |  CIV
|
Aimé Koudou | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| FW | SCO
|
Willie McLaren | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| FW | SCO
|
Gary Twigg | 40 | 12 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||
|
Trialist | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
- a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including playoffs and the Scottish Challenge Cup.
References
- ^ "2006–07 First Division". Scottish Football Archive. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ^ "Airdrie Utd 2-3 Stirling Albion". BBC Sport. BBC. 12 May 2007. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ^ "2006–07 Scottish Cup". London Hearts. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ^ "2006–07 League Cup". Scottish Football Archive. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ^ "Airdrie United 0-3 Gretna". BBC Sport. BBC. 16 August 2006. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- British Broadcasting Corporation. 13 November 2006. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
- British Broadcasting Corporation. 17 November 2006. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
- ^ "Airdrie United results 2006/2007". Airdrie Mad. Retrieved 14 December 2011.