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
5 August 2006 SFL1Airdrie United0 – 2Ross CountyExcelsior Stadium
BBC Report McKinlay  23'
Gardyne  50'		 Attendance: 1,262
Referee: Underhill
12 August 2006 SFL1Partick Thistle4 – 2Airdrie UnitedFirhill 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 SFL1Airdrie United2 – 2Queen of the SouthExcelsior Stadium
15:00 McPhee  65'
Tierney  90'		 BBC Report O'Neil  74' (Penalty)
Henderson  83'		 Attendance: 1,298
Referee: Allan
26 August 2006 SFL1Airdrie United1 – 2Hamilton AcademicalExcelsior Stadium
15:00 Taylor  88' BBC Report Gilhaney  65'
McLeod  81'		 Attendance: 1,416
Referee: McCurry
9 September 2006 SFL1Livingston3 – 0Airdrie UnitedAlmondvale Stadium
15:00 Craig  26'
McPake  45'
Mitchell  65'		 Livi Mad Report Attendance: 2,054
Referee: Freeland
16 September 2006 SFL1St Johnstone1 – 0Airdrie UnitedMcDiarmid Park
15:00 Milne  45' BBC Report Attendance: 2,181
Referee: MacDonald
23 September 2006 SFL1Airdrie United0 – 1DundeeExcelsior Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Lyle  26' (Penalty) Attendance: 1,249
Referee: Collum
30 September 2006 SFL1Gretna0 – 2Airdrie UnitedRaydale Park
15:00 BBC Report McKenna  41'
McPhee  46'		 Attendance: 1,492
Referee: McDonald
14 October 2006 SFL1Airdrie United2 – 1ClydeExcelsior Stadium
15:00 Barrau  50'
McDonald  71'		 BBC Report O'Donnell  54' Attendance: 1,050
Referee: Dougal
21 October 2006 SFL1Airdrie United1 – 2Partick ThistleExcelsior Stadium
15:00 Taylor  37' BBC Report Roberts  16'
Strachan  51'		 Attendance: 2,321
Referee: Tumilty
28 October 2006 SFL1Ross County2 – 1Airdrie UnitedVictoria Park
15:00 Dowie  14'
Gardyne  34'		 BBC Report Lovering  58' Attendance: 2,010
Referee: MacKay
4 November 2006 SFL1Airdrie United0 – 1LivingstonExcelsior Stadium
15:00 Livi Mad Report Tweed  90' Attendance: 1,455
Referee: Finnie
11 November 2006 SFL1Hamilton Academical2 – 1Airdrie UnitedNew Douglas Park
15:00 Offiong  10'
Wake  86'		 BBC Report Prunty  37' Attendance: 1,724
Referee: Brines
18 November 2006 SFL1Airdrie United2 – 1St JohnstoneExcelsior Stadium
15:00 Barrau  39' (Penalty)
Smyth  59'		 BBC Report Milne  85' Attendance: 1,550
Referee: Conroy
25 November 2006 SFL1Dundee1 – 0Airdrie UnitedDens Park
15:00 Smith  35' BBC Report Attendance: 3,528
Referee: MacDonald
2 December 2006 SFL1Clyde0 – 0Airdrie UnitedBroadwood Stadium
15;00 BBC Report Attendance: 1,347
Referee: Freeland
9 December 2006 SFL1Airdrie United4 – 2GretnaExcelsior Stadium
15:00 McDougall  42'
Twigg  61', 70', 79'		 BBC Report Townsley  22', 74' Attendance: 1,169
Referee: McDonald
16 December 2006 SFL1Queen of the South1 – 1Airdrie UnitedPalmerston Park
15;00 Lovering  58' (Own Goal) BBC Report Prunty  89' Attendance: 1,577
Referee: Winter
26 December 2006 SFL1Airdrie United0 – 1Ross CountyExcelsior Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Scott  25' Attendance: 1,301
Referee: Richmond
30 December 2006 SFL1Livingston1 – 3Airdrie UnitedAlmondvale Stadium
15:00 Cuthbert  33' BBC Report Twigg  12' (80)
Holmes  71'		 Attendance: 1,945
Referee: MacKay
2 January 2007 SFL1Airdrie United1 – 0Hamilton AcademicalExcelsior Stadium
15:00 Twigg  7' BBC Report Attendance: 1,414
Referee: Underhill
20 January 2007 SFL1St Johnstone4 – 3Airdrie UnitedMcDiarmid 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 SFL1Airdrie United1 – 0ClydeExcelsior Stadium
15:00 Twigg  37' BBC Report Attendance: 1,340
Referee: Sproule
3 February 2007 SFL1Airdrie United0 – 3DundeeExcelsior Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Lyle  36', 65'
Robertson  61'		 Attendance: 1,404
Referee: Conroy
10 February 2007 SFL1Gretna0 – 0Airdrie UnitedRaydale Park
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 1,299
Referee: Somers
17 February 2007 SFL1Airdrie United0 – 3Queen of the SouthExcelsior Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Dobbie  9' (Penalty), 32'
O'Connor  65'		 Attendance: 1,805
Referee: McCurry
3 March 2007 SFL1Hamilton Academical3 – 0Airdrie UnitedNew Douglas Park
15;00 Offiong  12', 46'
Easton  34'		 BBC Report Attendance: 1,714
Referee: MacKay
10 March 2007 SFL1Airdrie United3 – 1LivingstonExcelsior 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 SFL1Airdrie United1 – 2St JohnstoneExcelsior Stadium
15:00 Holmes  35' BBC Report Hardie  25'
Scotland  80'		 Attendance: 1,138
Referee: Thomson
25 March 2007 SFL1Partick Thistle0 – 1Airdrie UnitedFirhill Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Harty  36' Attendance: 2,211
Referee: Muir
1 April 2007 SFL1Dundee2 – 1Airdrie UnitedDens Park
15:00 Daal  27', 56' BBC Report Harty  17' Attendance: 2,837
Referee: Allan
4 April 2007 SFL1Airdrie United0 – 0GretnaExcelsior Stadium
19:45 BBC Report Attendance: 1,209
Referee: Finnie
7 April 2007 SFL1Clyde0 – 1Airdrie UnitedBroadwood Stadium
15:00 BBC Report McDonald  14' Attendance: 1,306
Referee: Collum
14 April 2007 SFL1Ross County1 – 1Airdrie UnitedVictoria Park
15:00 Proctor  16' (Own Goal) BBC Report Twigg  7' Attendance: 2,717
Referee: Tumilty
21 April 2007 SFL1Airdrie United1 – 1Partick ThistleExcelsior Stadium
15:00 Twigg  8' BBC Report Smith  13' Attendance: 2,178
Referee: Conroy
28 April 2007 SFL1Queen of the South0 – 3Airdrie UnitedPalmerston 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 R1Brechin City1 – 3Airdrie UnitedGlebe Park
Iain Russell  52' BBC Report Harty  14'  22' (pen.)
Gary Twigg  16'		 Attendance: 954
Referee: MacDonald
5 May 2007 Play-offs SF R2Airdrie United3 – 0Brechin CityExcelsior Stadium
MacDonald  40'
McKeown  76', 84'		 BBC Report Attendance: 1,298
Referee: Ritchie
9 May 2007 Play-offs Final R1Stirling Albion2 – 2Airdrie UnitedForthbank Stadium
Nugent  87'
Chris Aitken  90'		 BBC Report Gary Twigg  35'
Harty  45'		 Attendance: 2,118
Referee: Brown
12 May 2007 Play-offs Final R2Airdrie United2 – 3Stirling AlbionExcelsior Stadium
Taylor  40'
McDonald  72'		 BBC Report Snodgrass  5', 17'
Devine  68'		 Attendance: 3,465
Referee: Thomson

Challenge Cup
Main article: 2006–07 Scottish Challenge Cup
16 August 2006 Challenge Cup R1Airdrie United0 – 3GretnaExcelsior Stadium
19:45 BBC Report Deuchar  12', 76'
Tosh  71'		 Attendance: 1,093
Referee: Clark

League Cup
Main article: 2006–07 Scottish League Cup
8 August 2006 League Cup R1Raith Rovers1 – 2Airdrie UnitedStark's Park
19:45 One  40' BBC Report Willie McLaren  47'
Prunty  73'		 Attendance: 1,260
Referee: Thomson
22 August 2006 League Cup R2Dundee United1 – 0 (a.e.t.)Airdrie UnitedTannadice Park
19:45 Robertson  118' BBC Report Attendance: 2,851
Referee: Conroy

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2006–07 Scottish Cup
6 January 2007 Scottish Cup R3Airdrie United0 – 1MotherwellExcelsior Stadium
15:00 Report Ritchie Foran  31' Attendance: 5,924
Referee: Clark

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.
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