2006–07 Airdrie United F.C. season

Airdrie United
	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)
← 2005–06	2007–08 →

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]

Results & fixtures

^[8] Win Draw Loss

First Division

5 August 2006 SFL1	Airdrie United	0 – 2	Ross County	Excelsior Stadium
		BBC Report	McKinlay 23' Gardyne 50'	Attendance: 1,262 Referee: Underhill

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

26 August 2006 SFL1	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 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

2 January 2007 SFL1	Airdrie United	1 – 0	Hamilton Academical	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Twigg 7'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,414 Referee: Underhill

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

2 May 2007 Play-offs SF R1	Brechin City	1 – 3	Airdrie United	Glebe Park
	Iain Russell 52'	BBC Report	Harty 14' 22' (pen.) Gary Twigg 16'	Attendance: 954 Referee: MacDonald

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

9 May 2007 Play-offs Final R1	Stirling Albion	2 – 2	Airdrie United	Forthbank Stadium
	Nugent 87' Chris Aitken 90'	BBC Report	Gary Twigg 35' Harty 45'	Attendance: 2,118 Referee: Brown

12 May 2007 Play-offs Final R2	Airdrie United	2 – 3	Stirling Albion	Excelsior Stadium
	Taylor 40' McDonald 72'	BBC Report	Snodgrass 5', 17' Devine 68'	Attendance: 3,465 Referee: Thomson

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

22 August 2006 League Cup R2	Dundee United	1 – 0	Airdrie United	Tannadice Park
19:45	Robertson 118'	BBC Report		Attendance: 2,851 Referee: Conroy

Scottish Cup

6 January 2007 Scottish Cup R3	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]
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Stephen Robertson	43	0	36	0	1	0	2	0	4	0
	GK		Lee Hollis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Stephen McKenna	38	1	31	1	1	0	2	0	4	0
	DF		Neil McGowan	33	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
	DF		Kevin Christie	13	0	10	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
	DF		David Proctor	15	1	11	1	0	0	0	0	4	0
	DF		Marcin Lukaszewski	10	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Craig Potter	4	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
	DF		Paul Lovering	37	2	31	2	0	0	2	0	4	0
	DF		Marc Smyth	36	1	29	1	1	0	2	0	4	0
	MF		Kevin McDonald	28	4	24	2	0	0	0	0	4	2
	MF		Graeme Watson	9	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	MF		Gary Tierney	17	1	14	1	1	0	1	0	1	0
	MF		Stephen McKeown	38	3	30	1	1	0	2	0	5	2
	MF		Graeme Holmes	43	3	35	3	1	0	2	0	5	0
	MF		Xavier Barrau	14	2	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		David McGuire	7	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		Stuart Taylor	38	6	31	5	1	0	2	0	4	1
	FW		Steven McDougall	42	1	34	1	1	0	2	0	5	0
	FW		Bryan Prunty	30	3	26	2	1	0	2	1	1	0
	FW		Ian Harty	15	6	11	3	0	0	0	0	4	3
	FW		Brian McPhee	29	2	25	2	1	0	2	0	1	0
	FW		Aimé Koudou	7	2	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Willie McLaren	7	1	4	0	0	0	2	1	1	0
	FW		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 play offs and the Scottish Challenge Cup.

Statistics

League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Gretna	36	19	9	8	70	40	30	66	Promoted to 2007–08 Scottish Premier League
2	St Johnstone	36	19	8	9	65	42	23	65
3	Dundee	36	16	5	15	48	42	6	53
4	Hamilton Academical	36	14	11	11	46	47	-1	53
5	Clyde	36	11	14	10	46	35	11	47
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	Relegated to Second Division 2007-08

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Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Challenge Cup (Final) Junior Cup
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup
Related to national team	Results Euro 2008 qualifying
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Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St. Mirren
First Division	Airdrie United Clyde Dundee Gretna Hamilton Academical Livingston Queen of the South Partick Thistle Ross County St. Johnstone
Second Division	Alloa Athletic Ayr United Brechin City Cowdenbeath Forfar Athletic Greenock Morton Peterhead Raith Rovers Stirling Albion Stranraer
Third Division	Albion Rovers Arbroath Berwick Rangers Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Elgin City Montrose Queen's Park Stenhousemuir
Major transfer deals 2006–07

2006–07 Airdrie United F.C. season

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