2006–07 St Mirren F.C. season

During the 2006–07 Scottish football season, St. Mirren competed in the Scottish Premier League.

St. Mirren F.C.
2006–07 season
Manager Gus MacPherson
StadiumSt Mirren Park
Scottish Premier League11th
Scottish CupThird round
Scottish League CupThird round
Top goalscorerJohn Sutton (11)
Highest home attendance10,251
Average home league attendance5,609

Season summary

Back in the Scottish Premier League, St Mirren avoided relegation by four points.

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
8 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 11 13 14 42 48 6 46
9 Dundee United 38 10 12 16 40 59 19 42
10 Motherwell 38 10 8 20 41 61 20 38
11 St Mirren 38 8 12 18 31 51 20 36
12 Dunfermline Athletic 38 8 8 22 26 55 29 32 Relegation to the Scottish First Division and
qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
  2. As Celtic, the Scottish Cup winners, qualified for the Champions League via their league position, the place in the UEFA Cup was passed to Dunfermline Athletic, the cup runner-up.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ENG Tony Bullock
2 DF  IRL David van Zanten
3 DF  SCO Kirk Broadfoot
4 DF  SCO Andy Millen
5 DF  SCO Kevin McGowne
6 DF  SCO John Potter
7 MF  SCO Hugh Murray
8 MF  SCO Eddie Malone
9 FW  ENG John Sutton
10 FW  SCO Stewart Kean
11 MF  SCO Alex Burke
12 MF  SCO Richard Brittain
13 GK  SCO Craig Hinchliffe
14 MF  SCO Garry Brady
15 MF  SCO Mark Corcoran
16 DF  SCO Ian Maxwell
17 DF  SCO Alan Reid
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW  IRL Billy Mehmet[notes 1]
20 MF  SCO Craig Molloy
21 DF  SCO Ryan McCay
22 FW  SCO David McKenna
23 MF  SCO Iain Anderson
24 GK  SCO Chris Smith
25 FW  SCO John Baird
26 FW  SCO Stephen Anderson
27 FW  SCO Scott Gemmill
28 MF  SCO David Barron
29 DF  SCO Stuart Balmer
30 DF  SCO Mark Docherty
36 GK  SCO Danny McColgan
41 MF  SCO Stephen McGinn
44 MF  SCO Stephen O'Donnell
45 MF  SCO Paul Lawson (on loan from Celtic)

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
8 DF  SCO Simon Lappin (to Norwich City)
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  SCO Brian McGinty (released)

See also

Notes

  1. Mehmet was born in Southwark, England, but also qualified to represent Cyprus and Turkey internationally through his father and the Republic of Ireland internationally through his maternal grandfather and represented the Republic of Ireland at U-21 level.

References

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