2019–20 Airdrieonians F.C. season

Airdrieonians
2019-20 season
Chairman	Martin Ferguson
Manager	Ian Murray
Stadium	Excelsior Stadium
Scottish Cup	Fourth Round
Scottish League Cup	Group Stage
Scottish Challenge Cup	Fourth Round
Home colours	Away colours

The 2019–20 season will be Airdrieonians 17th season in the club's history. During this season the club will participate in the following competitions: Scottish League One, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup, Scottish Challenge Cup.

Current squad

As of 31 January 2020[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	David Hutton
2	DF	Kyle MacDonald
3	DF	Adam Eckersley
4	DF	Josh Kerr
5	DF	Sean Crighton (captain)
6	DF	Callum Fordyce
7	MF	Craig Thomson
8	MF	Nat Wedderburn
9	FW	Calum Gallagher
10	MF	Dean Hawkshaw
11	FW	Ally Roy
12	DF	Paul McKay
14	MF	Kurtis Roberts
15	FW	Dale Carrick

No.	Position	Player
17	FW	Callum Smith (on loan from Dunfermline Athletic)
18	MF	Kieran Millar
19	DF	Leon McCann
20	GK	Scott Gallacher
21	GK	Reece Willison
22	FW	Andy Ryan (on loan from Dunfermline Athletic)
23	DF	Robbie Leighton
24	MF	Innes Murray (on loan from Hibernian)
25	FW	Patrick Pyott
26	MF	Andrew Barrowman
28	DF	Scott Dunn
30	GK	Andrew McNeil
31	FW	James Hughes

On loan

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

No.	Position	Player
16	DF	Arran Ross (on loan at Linlithgow Rose)
27	DF	Joshua Burke (on loan at Royal Albert)
33	DF	Jonathan Kavanagh (on loan at Maryhill Juniors)

No.	Position	Player
46	DF	Scott Walker (on loan at Maryhill Juniors)
	MF	Sam McNee (on loan at Maryhill Juniors)
	MF	Joseph Moore (on loan at Cumbernauld Colts)

Competitions

Club Friendlies

2 July 2019 Friendly	Airdrieonians	2 - 0	Albion Rovers	Airdrie
19:45		Summary		Stadium: Penny Cars Stadium

6 July 2019 Friendly	Airdrieonians	3 - 0	Cowdenbeath	Airdrie
15:00		Summary		Stadium: Penny Cars Stadium

Scottish League One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Promotion, qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1	Raith Rovers (C)	28	15	8	5	49	33	+16	53	1.89	Promotion to the Championship
2	Falkirk	28	14	10	4	54	18	+36	52	1.86
3	Airdrieonians	28	14	6	8	38	27	+11	48	1.71
4	Montrose	28	15	2	11	48	38	+10	47	1.68
5	East Fife	28	12	9	7	44	36	+8	45	1.61
6	Dumbarton	28	11	5	12	35	44	−9	38	1.36
7	Clyde	28	9	7	12	35	43	−8	34	1.21
8	Peterhead	27	7	5	15	30	44	−14	26	0.96
9	Forfar Athletic	28	6	6	16	26	47	−21	24	0.86
10	Stranraer (R)	27	2	10	15	28	57	−29	16	0.59	Relegation to League Two

Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
28	14	6	8	38	27	+11	48	7	4	4	20	13	+7	7	2	4	18	14	+4

Last updated: 7 March 2020.
Source:

Matches

3 August 2019 1	Airdrieonians	0 - 2	Forfar Athletic	Airdrie
15:00	Fordyce 90'	Summary	Irvine 40' Jackson 53' Tapping 55'	Stadium: Penny Cars Stadium Attendance: 780 Referee: Kevin Graham

10 August 2019 2	Montrose	0 - 1	Airdrieonians	Montrose
15:00	Dillon 45' Andrew Steeves 45+1' Milne 49'	Summary	Wedderburn 36' Smith 71' 90' Crighton 73' Hawkshaw 83'	Stadium: Links Park Attendance: 685 Referee: David Dickinson

17 August 2019 3	Airdrieonians	3 - 1	Clyde	Airdrie
15:00	Kurtis Roberts 47' 72' Carrick 80' Thomson 87' Gallagher 90+2'	Summary	Goodwillie 2' McNiff 82'	Stadium: Penny Cars Stadium Attendance: 1,054 Referee: Peter Stuart

24 August 2019 4	East Fife	4 - 1	Airdrieonians	Methil
15:00	Davidson 7' Aaron Dunsmore 12' 56' Watt 23' Agnew 71' Lewis Hunter 86'	Report	Thomson 63' Smith 85' Gallagher 90+1'	Stadium: Bayview Stadium Attendance: 620 Referee: Graham Beaton

31 August 2019 5	Airdrieonians	0 - 0	Falkirk	Airdrie
15:00		Report	Durnan 82'	Stadium: Penny Cars Stadium Attendance: 1,888 Referee: David Dickinson

14 September 2019 6	Dumbarton	0 - 1	Airdrieonians	Dumbarton
15:00		Report	McKay 44' Carrick 69'	Stadium: The C&G Systems Stadium Attendance: 813 Referee: Steven Kirkland

21 September 2019 7	Airdrieonians	0 - 1	Raith Rovers	Airdrie
15:00	McKay 8' Fordyce 87'	Summary	Anderson 55' Anderson 76'	Stadium: Penny Cars Stadium Attendance: 1,132 Referee: Steven Reid

28 September 2019 8	Airdrieonians	2 - 2	Stranraer	Airdrie
15:00	Smith 66' Wedderburn 78' McKay 90+1'	Summary	Jordan Allan 8' James Hilton 31' Cummins 45' Hamill 74' David Dangana 76' Robertson 78'	Stadium: Penny Cars Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Peter Stuart

5 October 2019 9	Peterhead	1 - 2	Airdrieonians	Peterhead
15:00	Ferguson 26' 90+3' Jason Brown 66'	Report	Gallagher 4' Hutton 66' Carrick 75' (pen.) Roy 90+1'	Stadium: Balmoor Stadium Attendance: 619 Referee: Gavin Ross

19 October 2019 10	Airdrieonians	1 - 3	Montrose	Airdrie
15:00	Smith 3' McKay 53' Wedderburn 78'	Summary	Blair Lyons 16' 90+3' Webster 31' Dillon 81' Lennox 88'	Stadium: Penny Cars Stadium Attendance: 642 Referee: Graham Beaton

26 October 2019 11	Forfar Athletic	1 - 4	Airdrieonians	Forfar
15:00	Dale Hilson 34' Travis 72'	Summary	Carrick 52' Gallagher 53' Smith 80' Roy 89' Reece Willison 89'	Stadium: Station Park Attendance: 487 Referee: Alan Newlands

2 November 2019 12	Airdrieonians	3 - 1	Dumbarton	Airdrie
15:00	Gallagher 1' Carrick 35' 39' Crighton 86'	Summary	Reghan Tumility 16' McGeever 63' Carswell 86'	Stadium: Penny Cars Stadium Attendance: 727 Referee: Craig Napier

9 November 2019 13	Falkirk	1 - 2	Airdrieonians	Falkirk
15:00	McManus 71' Doyle 86' Durnan 90+2'	Summary	McKay 32' Kyle MacDonald 60' Gallagher 90+3' Millar 90+4'	Stadium: Falkirk Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Steven Kirkland

16 November 2019 14	Stranraer	0 - 2	Airdrieonians	Stranraer
15:00	Leon Murphy 89'	Summary	Gallagher 54' Carrick 89'	Stadium: Stair Park Attendance: 387 Referee: Grant Irvine

30 November 2019 15	Airdrieonians	4 - 0	East Fife	Airdrie
15:00	Gallagher 9' Carrick 39' (pen.) 41' Fordyce 72' Roy 83'	Summary	Higgins 10' Aaron Dunsmore 36' Patrick Slattery 43' Agnew 90+1'	Stadium: Penny Cars Stadium Attendance: 910 Referee: Gavin Ross

7 December 2019 16	Raith Rovers	1 - 0	Airdrieonians	Kirkcaldy
15:00	Dingwall 32' Matthews 42' 90+3' Davidson 54' MacDonald 60' Anderson 90+6'	Summary	Kurtis Roberts 24' Fordyce 84' Hutton 90+6'	Stadium: Stark's Park Attendance: 1,823 Referee: Greg Aitken

14 December 2019 17	Airdrieonians	2 - 1	Peterhead	Airdrie
15:00	Gallagher 5' Carrick 42' (pen.)	Summary	Jason Brown 41' Brown 44' 45+1' Hooper 57' Fraser 90+3'	Stadium: Penny Cars Stadium Attendance: 646 Referee: Lloyd Wilson

21 December 2019 18	Clyde	3 - 1	Airdrieonians	Cumbernauld
15:00	Alex Petkov 7' Goodwillie 21' 90+4' Mark Lamont 60'	Summary	Carrick 41'	Stadium: Broadwood Stadium Attendance: 1,094 Referee: John McKendrick

28 December 2019 19	Airdrieonians	1 - 1	Falkirk	Airdrie
15:00	Carrick 39' (pen.) Leon McCann 60'	Summary	Toshney 27' McMillan 34' Connolly 36' Buchanan 39' MacLean 66'	Stadium: Penny Cars Stadium Attendance: 2,530 Referee: David Dickinson

4 January 2020 20	Airdrieonians	1 - 0	Forfar Athletic	Airdrie
15:00	Wedderburn 73'	Summary	Bain 77' Robertson 78'	Stadium: Penny Cars Stadium Attendance: 833 Referee: Criag Napier

11 January 2020 21	East Fife	2 - 2	Airdrieonians	Methil
15:00	Aaron Dunsmore 8' 76' Wallace 77' Watson 89'	Summary	Gallagher 12' 28'	Stadium: Bayview Stadium Attendance: 783 Referee: David Lowe

25 January 2020 22	Airdrieonians	0 - 0	Stranraer	Airdrie
15:00	Crighton 43'	Summary	Robertson 63' Carlo Pignatiello 71'	Stadium: Penny Cars Stadium Attendance: 749 Referee: Barry Cook

1 February 2020 23	Airdrieonians	0 - 1	Raith Rovers	Airdrie
15:00	Crighton 44' Wedderburn 72'	Summary	Matthews 4' Benedictus 47' Regan Hendry 74' Armstrong 90'	Stadium: Penny Cars Stadium Attendance: 1,296 Referee: David Dickinson

8 February 2020 24	Dumbarton	0 - 0	Airdrieonians	Dumbarton
15:00	McGeever 59' Rico Quitongo 62' Robert Jones 71' Carswell 83'	Summary	Kyle MacDonald 56'	Stadium: The C&G Systems Stadium Attendance: 594 Referee: Lloyd Wilson

15 February 2020 25	Airdrieonians	2 - 0	Clyde	Airdrie
15:00	Andrew Ryan 3' McKay 30' Wedderburn 66'	Summary	Cunningham 63' Chris McStay 83'	Stadium: Penny Cars Stadium Attendance: 913 Referee: Criag Napier

22 February 2020 26	Peterhead	0 - 2	Airdrieonians	Peterhead
15:00	Jason Brown 16'	Summary	Andrew Ryan 46' (pen.) 76' Fordyce 60' Leon McCann 68' Thomson 83'	Stadium: Balmoor Stadium Attendance: 557 Referee: Barry Cook

29 February 2020 27	Montrose	1 - 0	Airdrieonians	Montrose
15:00	Webster 25' (pen.) Paul Watson 54' Cameron Ballantyne 65'	Summary	Innes Murray 50'	Stadium: Links Park Attendance: 766 Referee: Lloyd Wilson

7 March 2020 28	Airdrieonians	1 - 0	East Fife	Airdrie
15:00	Carrick 16' McKay 70'	Summary	Higgins 15' Davidson 17' 90+4' Murdoch 71'	Stadium: Penny Cars Stadium Attendance: 867 Referee: Colin Steven

14 March 2020 29	Forfar Athletic	P - P	Airdrieonians	Forfar
15:00				Stadium: Station Park
Note: Postponed due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak

21 March 2020 30	Airdrieonians	P - P	Dumbarton	Airdrie
15:00				Stadium: Penny Cars Stadium
Note: Postponed due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak

4 April 2020 31	Falkirk	P - P	Airdrieonians	Falkirk
15:00				Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Note: Postponed due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak

11 April 2020 32	Airdrieonians	P - P	Montrose	Airdrie
15:00				Stadium: Penny Cars Stadium
Note: Postponed due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak

18 April 2020 33	Stranraer	P - P	Airdrieonians	Stranraer
15:00				Stadium: Stair Park
Note: Postponed due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak

25 April 2020 34	Airdrieonians	P - P	Peterhead	Airdrie
15:00				Stadium: Penny Cars Stadium
Note: Postponed due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak

2 May 2020 35	Clyde	P - P	Airdrieonians	Cumbernauld
15:00				Stadium: Broadwood Stadium
Note: Postponed due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak

Scottish Cup

23 November 2019 Third Round	Albion Rovers	1 - 4	Airdrieonians	Coatbridge
15:00	Guiliano Morena 27' Crighton 51' (o.g.)	Summary	Kurtis Roberts 14' Crighton 60' 83' Kyle MacDonald 87' Millar 90+2'	Stadium: The Reigart Stadium Attendance: 1,127 Referee: Kevin Graham

18 January 2020 Fourth Round	Heart of Midlothian	5 - 0	Airdrieonians	Edinburgh
15:00	Irving 7' Clare 54' Naismith 58' Henderson 71' Halkett 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 14,777 Referee: Don Robertson

Scottish League Cup

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PAR	HAM	AIR	QPA	CLY
1	Partick Thistle (Q)	4	3	0	1	0	8	5	+3	10	Qualification for the Second Round	—	—	1–0	—	3–2
2	Hamilton Academical (Q)	4	2	1	1	0	8	5	+3	9	Qualification for the Second Round	p2–2	—	—	0–0p	—
3	Airdrieonians	4	1	1	0	2	7	8	−1	5		—	2–3	—	p2–2	—
4	Queen's Park	3	0	1	1	1	3	4	−1	3		1–2	—	—	—
5	Clyde	3	0	0	0	3	5	9	−4	0		—	1–3	2–3	—	—

Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[4]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

13 July 2019 Group Stage	Partick Thistle	1 - 0	Airdrieonians	Glasgow
15:00	Crighton 66' (o.g.)	Summary		Stadium: The Energy Check Stadium Attendance: 2,241 Referee: Grant Irvine

21 July 2019 Group Stage	Clyde	2 - 3	Airdrieonians	Hamilton
15:00	Craig Howie 39' Goodwillie 75' (pen.) 85'	Summary	Roy 34' (pen.) 59' Josh Kerr 37' Eckersley 39' Crighton 68' Cameron Russell 85' Wedderburn 87'	Stadium: Fountain of Youth Stadium Attendance: 858 Referee: Steven McLean

24 July 2019 Group Stage	Airdrieonians	2 - 2 (12 – 11 p)	Queen's Park	Airdrie
19:45	Wedderburn 54' Gallagher 82'	Summary	Ciaran Summers 6' William Mortimer 54' Cameron Clark 72' Purdue 74' Luke Main 90'	Stadium: Penny Cars Stadium Attendance: 645 Referee: Lloyd Wilson

27 July 2019 Group Stage	Airdrieonians	2 - 3	Hamilton Academical	Airdrie
15:00	Smith 10' James Cowan 21' Roy 24' Gallagher 60'	Report	MacKinnon 30' Cunningham 48' (pen.) 60' (pen.) 85' McGowan 53' Ogkmpoe 89'	Stadium: Penny Cars Stadium Attendance: 814 Referee: Gavin Duncan

Scottish Challenge Cup

13 August 2019 Second Round	Hamilton Academical U21	0 - 1	Airdrieonians	Hamilton
19:45	Mimnaugh 69'	Summary	Carrick 14' Millar 61' Fordyce 87' Kyle MacDonald 87'	Stadium: Fountain of Youth Stadium Attendance: 232 Referee: David Lowe

7 September 2019 Third Round	Airdrieonians	3 - 2	Bohemians	Airdrie
13:00	Gallagher 19' 72' Smith 77'	Summary	Allardice 45+1' Wade-Slater 74'	Stadium: Penny Cars Stadium Attendance: 730 Referee: Huw Jones

12 October 2019 Fourth Round	Airdrieonians	0 - 2	Elgin City	Airdrie
15:00	McKay 66' Fordyce 90'	Summary	Kane Hester 88' Sutherland 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Penny Cars Stadium Attendance: 615 Referee: Euan Anderson

References

"2019–20 Airdrieonians FC squad". Airdrieonians FC. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
"Dundee Utd, Raith & Cove win titles and reconstruction talks start after Dundee vote". BBC Sport. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
"Summary - League Cup Group F". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
"Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.

External links

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[3] All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

[1] "2019–20 Airdrieonians FC squad". Airdrieonians FC. Retrieved 31 July 2019.

[2] "Dundee Utd, Raith & Cove win titles and reconstruction talks start after Dundee vote". BBC Sport. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.

[4] "Summary - League Cup Group F". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 August 2019.

[5] "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.

2019–20 in Scottish football
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Championship	Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Greenock Morton Inverness Caledonian Thistle Partick Thistle Queen of the South
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