2006–07 Airdrie United F.C. season

Season 2006–07 was Airdrie United's fifth competitive season. They competed in the First Division, Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Airdrie United
2006–07 season
ChairmanJim Ballantyne
ManagerSandy Stewart (until 13 November 2006)
Kenny Black (from 17 November 2006)
StadiumExcelsior Stadium
Scottish First DivisionNinth Place
Scottish CupThird Round
League CupSecond Round
Challenge CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Gary Twigg (10)

All:
Gary Twigg (12)

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 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 36 11 7 18 39 50 11 40 Relegated to Second Division 2007-08
10 Ross County 36 9 10 17 40 57 17 37
Source:

Results and fixtures

[8]  Win   Draw   Loss

First Division

12 August 2006 SFL1 Partick Thistle 4–2 Airdrie United Firhill Stadium
15:00 Roberts  21'
Donnelly  30'
Gibson  50'
Brady  56'
ESPN Report McKeown  57' (Penalty)
Taylor  88'
Attendance: 3,473
Referee: Frickleton
19 August 2006 SFL1 Airdrie United 2–2 Queen of the South Excelsior Stadium
15:00 McPhee  65'
Tierney  90'
BBC Report O'Neil  74' (Penalty)
Henderson  83'
Attendance: 1,298
Referee: Allan
9 September 2006 SFL1 Livingston 3–0 Airdrie United Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Craig  26'
McPake  45'
Mitchell  65'
Livi Mad Report Attendance: 2,054
Referee: Freeland
16 September 2006 SFL1 St Johnstone 1–0 Airdrie United McDiarmid Park
15:00 Milne  45' BBC Report Attendance: 2,181
Referee: MacDonald
23 September 2006 SFL1 Airdrie United 0–1 Dundee Excelsior Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Lyle  26' (Penalty) Attendance: 1,249
Referee: Collum
30 September 2006 SFL1 Gretna 0–2 Airdrie United Raydale Park
15:00 BBC Report McKenna  41'
McPhee  46'
Attendance: 1,492
Referee: McDonald
14 October 2006 SFL1 Airdrie United 2–1 Clyde Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Barrau  50'
McDonald  71'
BBC Report O'Donnell  54' Attendance: 1,050
Referee: Dougal
21 October 2006 SFL1 Airdrie United 1–2 Partick Thistle Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Taylor  37' BBC Report Roberts  16'
Strachan  51'
Attendance: 2,321
Referee: Tumilty
28 October 2006 SFL1 Ross County 2–1 Airdrie United Victoria Park
15:00 Dowie  14'
Gardyne  34'
BBC Report Lovering  58' Attendance: 2,010
Referee: MacKay
4 November 2006 SFL1 Airdrie United 0–1 Livingston Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Livi Mad Report Tweed  90' Attendance: 1,455
Referee: Finnie
11 November 2006 SFL1 Hamilton Academical 2–1 Airdrie United New Douglas Park
15:00 Offiong  10'
Wake  86'
BBC Report Prunty  37' Attendance: 1,724
Referee: Brines
18 November 2006 SFL1 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 SFL1 Dundee 1–0 Airdrie United Dens Park
15:00 Smith  35' BBC Report Attendance: 3,528
Referee: MacDonald
2 December 2006 SFL1 Clyde 0–0 Airdrie United Broadwood Stadium
15;00 BBC Report Attendance: 1,347
Referee: Freeland
9 December 2006 SFL1 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 SFL1 Queen of the South 1–1 Airdrie United Palmerston Park
15;00 Lovering  58' (Own Goal) BBC Report Prunty  89' Attendance: 1,577
Referee: Winter
26 December 2006 SFL1 Airdrie United 0–1 Ross County Excelsior Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Scott  25' Attendance: 1,301
Referee: Richmond
30 December 2006 SFL1 Livingston 1–3 Airdrie United Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Cuthbert  33' BBC Report Twigg  12' (80)
Holmes  71'
Attendance: 1,945
Referee: MacKay
20 January 2007 SFL1 St Johnstone 4–3 Airdrie United McDiarmid Park
15:00 Tierney  25' (Own Goal)
Scotland  33', 46'
McLaren  76'
BBC Report Koudou  53', 57'
Twigg  75'
Attendance: 2,106
Referee: Richmond
27 January 2007 SFL1 Airdrie United 1–0 Clyde Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Twigg  37' BBC Report Attendance: 1,340
Referee: Sproule
3 February 2007 SFL1 Airdrie United 0–3 Dundee Excelsior Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Lyle  36', 65'
Robertson  61'
Attendance: 1,404
Referee: Conroy
10 February 2007 SFL1 Gretna 0–0 Airdrie United Raydale Park
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 1,299
Referee: Somers
17 February 2007 SFL1 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 SFL1 Hamilton Academical 3–0 Airdrie United New Douglas Park
15;00 Offiong  12', 46'
Easton  34'
BBC Report Attendance: 1,714
Referee: MacKay
10 March 2007 SFL1 Airdrie United 3–1 Livingston Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Holmes  49'
Taylor  77'
Proctor  90'
BBC Report Mackay  34' (Penalty)
Tweed  38'
Mole  41'
Attendance: 1,162
Referee: Boyle
17 March 2007 SFL1 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 SFL1 Partick Thistle 0–1 Airdrie United Firhill Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Harty  36' Attendance: 2,211
Referee: Muir
1 April 2007 SFL1 Dundee 2–1 Airdrie United Dens Park
15:00 Daal  27', 56' BBC Report Harty  17' Attendance: 2,837
Referee: Allan
4 April 2007 SFL1 Airdrie United 0–0 Gretna Excelsior Stadium
19:45 BBC Report Attendance: 1,209
Referee: Finnie
7 April 2007 SFL1 Clyde 0–1 Airdrie United Broadwood Stadium
15:00 BBC Report McDonald  14' Attendance: 1,306
Referee: Collum
14 April 2007 SFL1 Ross County 1–1 Airdrie United Victoria Park
15:00 Proctor  16' (Own Goal) BBC Report Twigg  7' Attendance: 2,717
Referee: Tumilty
21 April 2007 SFL1 Airdrie United 1–1 Partick Thistle Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Twigg  8' BBC Report Smith  13' Attendance: 2,178
Referee: Conroy
28 April 2007 SFL1 Queen of the South 0–3 Airdrie United Palmerston Park
15:00 BBC Report Tayloer  10'
Harty  19'
Lovering  60'
Attendance: 3,012
Referee: Boyle

First Division Play-offs

5 May 2007 Play-offs SF R2 Airdrie United 3–0 Brechin City Excelsior Stadium
MacDonald  40'
McKeown  76', 84'
BBC Report Attendance: 1,298
Referee: Ritchie

Challenge Cup

16 August 2006 Challenge Cup R1 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 League Cup R1 Raith Rovers 1–2 Airdrie United Stark's Park
19:45 One  40' BBC Report Willie McLaren  47'
Prunty  73'
Attendance: 1,260
Referee: Thomson

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Squad

No. Pos Nat Player TotalFirst DivisionScottish CupLeague CupOther[a]
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Stephen Robertson 430360102040
GK Lee Hollis 1000000010
DF Stephen McKenna 381311102040
DF Neil McGowan 330270100050
DF Kevin Christie 130100002010
DF David Proctor 151111000040
DF Marcin Lukaszewski 10090000010
DF Craig Potter 43400000030
DF Paul Lovering 372312002040
DF Marc Smyth 361291102040
MF Kevin McDonald 284242000042
MF Graeme Watson 9070001010
MF Gary Tierney 171141101010
MF Stephen McKeown 383301102052
MF Graeme Holmes 433353102050
MF Xavier Barrau 142132100000
MF David McGuire 7060000010
MF Stuart Taylor 386315102041
FW Steven McDougall 421341102050
FW Bryan Prunty 303262102110
FW Ian Harty 156113000043
FW Brian McPhee 292252102010
FW Aimé Koudou 7262100000
FW Willie McLaren 7140002110
FW Gary Twigg 40123310101052
  Trialist 4040000000
a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including play offs and the Scottish Challenge Cup.

References

  1. "2006-07 First Division". Scottish Football Archive. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  2. "Airdrie Utd 2-3 Stirling Albion". BBC Sport. BBC. 12 May 2007. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  3. "2006-07 Scottish Cup". London Hearts. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  4. "2006-07 League Cup". Scottish Football Archive. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  5. "Airdrie United 0-3 Gretna". BBC Sport. BBC. 16 August 2006. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  6. "Airdrie part company with manager". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 13 November 2006. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  7. "Black appointed new Airdrie boss". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 17 November 2006. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  8. "Airdrie United results 2006/2007". Airdrie Mad. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
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