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. Position Player
1 GK Tony Bullock
2 DF David van Zanten
3 DF Kirk Broadfoot
4 DF Andy Millen
5 DF Kevin McGowne
6 DF John Potter
7 MF Hugh Murray
8 MF Eddie Malone
9 FW John Sutton
10 FW Stewart Kean
11 MF Alex Burke
12 MF Richard Brittain
13 GK Craig Hinchliffe
14 MF Garry Brady
15 MF Mark Corcoran
16 DF Ian Maxwell
17 DF Alan Reid
No. Position Player
19 FW Billy Mehmet[notes 1]
20 MF Craig Molloy
21 DF Ryan McCay
22 FW David McKenna
23 MF Iain Anderson
24 GK Chris Smith
25 FW John Baird
26 FW Stephen Anderson
27 FW Scott Gemmill
28 MF David Barron
29 DF Stuart Balmer
30 DF Mark Docherty
36 GK Danny McColgan
41 MF Stephen McGinn
44 MF Stephen O'Donnell
45 MF 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. Position Player
8 DF Simon Lappin (to Norwich City)
No. Position Player
18 MF 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
  1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/scots/2006-2007/scotprm/stmirren.htm
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