Ross County F.C.

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Ross County

Full name

Ross County Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Staggies

Founded

1929

Ground

Victoria Park

Capacity

6700

Chairman

Peter Swanson

Manager

Scott Leitch

League

Scottish First Division

2005-06

Scottish First Division, 4th





Home colours





Away colours

Ross County Football Club are a Scottish professional football team who currently play in the Scottish Football League. They play their home matches at Victoria Park in the Highland town of Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty.

Their manager, up until October 2005, was former Inverness and Hearts manager John Robertson. He left the club on the 24 October 2005 with immediate effect, due to differences of opinion on a number of fundamental issues with the Chairman. Gardner Spiers, a former Aberdeen coach was appointed caretaker manager, but he too left in April 2006 after being told he would not be considered for appointment on a permanent basis. Director of Football George Adams took temporary charge for a short spell before former Motherwell player Scott Leitch was appointed on 18 April 2006.

1 History
2 Managers
3 Current squad
4 Club records
5 Honours
6 References
7 External links

[edit] History

Founded in 1929, Ross County initially played in the Highland Football League where they won the championship on three occasions, first in 1967, then in 1991 and 1992. They also gained a reputation for their good performances in the early rounds of the Scottish Cup, upsetting SFL teams on 8 occasions, the most notable being on 8 January 1994, when they won 4-0 at Forfar Athletic. This result may have gone a long way towards their election to the Scottish Football League three days later.

At the beginning of season 1994-95 the Scottish League underwent a revamp, and, following a vote on January 11, 1994, County were allocated one of the two vacancies in the new 10-club Division Three. County gathered 57 votes, while Caley Thistle, of Inverness, amassed 68.

Since joining the Scottish League, the club have progressed and now play in Division One. The club has also shown their ambition by appointing top managers such as Neale Cooper and Alex Smith and attracting players such as Mark Hateley, Brian Irvine and former Celtic player David Hannah. Their main rivals are fellow Highlanders, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, who currently play in the Scottish Premier League, although rivalries from the days of the Highland League are still strong.

Ross County won their first ever nationwide trophy when they won the League Challenge Cup in November 2006 on penalties with youngster Jason Crooks scoring the deciding spot kick on his competitive debut^[1].

[edit] Managers

Bobby Wilson (?-1996)
Neale Cooper (1996-2002)
Alex Smith (2002-2005)
John Robertson (2005)
Gardner Speirs (caretaker) (2005-2006)
Scott Leitch (2006-present)

[edit] Current squad

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Joe Malin
		GK	Ian McCaldon
		GK	Mark Ridgers
		GK	Craig Samson
		DF	Stuart Anderson
		DF	Andy Dowie
		DF	Alex Keddie
		DF	Mark McCulloch
		DF	Daniel Moore
		DF	David Niven
		DF	Hugh Robertson
		DF	James Smith (on loan from Liverpool)
		DF	Sean Webb
		DF	Derek Adams

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Don Cowie (captain)
		MF	Neal Hooks
		MF	Kevin McKinlay
		MF	Adam Moffat
		MF	Martin Scott
		MF	Fergus Tiernan
		MF	Alan Morgan (on loan from Inverness CT)
		FW	Jason Crooks
		FW	Craig Frizzel
		FW	Michael Gardyne (on loan from Celtic)
		FW	Craig Gunn
		FW	Dene Shields
		FW	Sean Higgins
		FW	Diarmuid O'Carroll (on loan from Celtic)