2006–07 Airdrie United F.C. season

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

Main article: 2006-07 Scottish First Division

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

SFL1 12 August 2006	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

SFL1 19 August 2006	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

SFL1 26 August 2006	Airdrie United	1 – 2	Hamilton Academical	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Taylor 88'	BBC Report	Gilhaney 65' McLeod 81'	Attendance: 1,416 Referee: McCurry

SFL1 9 September 2006	Livingston	3 – 0	Airdrie United	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Craig 26' McPake 45' Mitchell 65'	Livi Mad Report		Attendance: 2,054 Referee: Freeland

SFL1 16 September 2006	St. Johnstone	1 – 0	Airdrie United	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Milne 45'	BBC Report		Attendance: 2,181 Referee: MacDonald

SFL1 23 September 2006	Airdrie United	0 – 1	Dundee	Excelsior Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	Lyle 26' (Penalty)	Attendance: 1,249 Referee: Collum

SFL1 30 September 2006	Gretna	0 – 2	Airdrie United	Raydale Park
15:00		BBC Report	McKenna 41' McPhee 46'	Attendance: 1,492 Referee: McDonald

SFL1 14 October 2006	Airdrie United	2 – 1	Clyde	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Barrau 50' McDonald 71'	BBC Report	O'Donnell 54'	Attendance: 1,050 Referee: Dougal

SFL1 21 October 2006	Airdrie United	1 – 2	Partick Thistle	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Taylor 37'	BBC Report	Roberts 16' Strachan 51'	Attendance: 2,321 Referee: Tumilty

SFL1 28 October 2006	Ross County	2 – 1	Airdrie United	Victoria Park
15:00	Dowie 14' Gardyne 34'	BBC Report	Lovering 58'	Attendance: 2,010 Referee: MacKay

SFL1 4 November 2006	Airdrie United	0 – 1	Livingston	Excelsior Stadium
15:00		Livi Mad Report	Tweed 90'	Attendance: 1,455 Referee: Finnie

SFL1 11 November 2006	Hamilton Academical	2 – 1	Airdrie United	New Douglas Park
15:00	Offiong 10' Wake 86'	BBC Report	Prunty 37'	Attendance: 1,724 Referee: Brines

SFL1 18 November 2006	Airdrie United	2 – 1	St. Johnstone	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Barrau 39' (Penalty) Smyth 59'	BBC Report	Milne 85'	Attendance: 1,550 Referee: Conroy

SFL1 25 November 2006	Dundee	1 – 0	Airdrie United	Dens Park
15:00	Smith 35'	BBC Report		Attendance: 3,528 Referee: MacDonald

SFL1 2 December 2006	Clyde	0 – 0	Airdrie United	Broadwood Stadium
15;00		BBC Report		Attendance: 1,347 Referee: Freeland

SFL1 9 December 2006	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

SFL1 16 December 2006	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

SFL1 26 December 2006	Airdrie United	0 – 1	Ross County	Excelsior Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	Scott 25'	Attendance: 1,301 Referee: Richmond

SFL1 30 December 2006	Livingston	1 – 3	Airdrie United	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Cuthbert 33'	BBC Report	Twigg 12' (80) Holmes 71'	Attendance: 1,945 Referee: MacKay

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

SFL1 20 January 2007	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

SFL1 27 January 2007	Airdrie United	1 – 0	Clyde	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Twigg 37'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,340 Referee: Sproule

SFL1 3 February 2007	Airdrie United	0 – 3	Dundee	Excelsior Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	Lyle 36', 65' Robertson 61'	Attendance: 1,404 Referee: Conroy

SFL1 10 February 2007	Gretna	0 – 0	Airdrie United	Raydale Park
15:00		BBC Report		Attendance: 1,299 Referee: Somers

SFL1 17 February 2007	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

SFL1 3 March 2007	Hamilton Academical	3 – 0	Airdrie United	New Douglas Park
15;00	Offiong 12', 46' Easton 34'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,714 Referee: MacKay

SFL1 10 March 2007	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

SFL1 17 March 2007	Airdrie United	1 – 2	St. Johnstone	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Holmes 35'	BBC Report	Hardie 25' Scotland 80'	Attendance: 1,138 Referee: Thomson

SFL1 25 March 2007	Partick Thistle	0 – 1	Airdrie United	Firhill Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	Harty 36'	Attendance: 2,211 Referee: Muir

SFL1 1 April 2007	Dundee	2 – 1	Airdrie United	Dens Park
15:00	Daal 27', 56'	BBC Report	Harty 17'	Attendance: 2,837 Referee: Allan

SFL1 4 April 2007	Airdrie United	0 – 0	Gretna	Excelsior Stadium
19:45		BBC Report		Attendance: 1,209 Referee: Finnie

SFL1 7 April 2007	Clyde	0 – 1	Airdrie United	Broadwood Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	McDonald 14'	Attendance: 1,306 Referee: Collum

SFL1 14 April 2007	Ross County	1 – 1	Airdrie United	Victoria Park
15:00	Proctor 16' (Own Goal)	BBC Report	Twigg 7'	Attendance: 2,717 Referee: Tumilty

SFL1 21 April 2007	Airdrie United	1 – 1	Partick Thistle	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Twigg 8'	BBC Report	Smith 13'	Attendance: 2,178 Referee: Conroy

SFL1 28 April 2007	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

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

Play-offs SF R2 5 May 2007	Airdrie United	3 – 0	Brechin City	Excelsior Stadium
	MacDonald 40' McKeown 76', 84'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,298 Referee: Ritchie

Play-offs Final R1 9 May 2007	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

Play-offs Final R2 12 May 2007	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

Main article: 2006–07 Scottish Challenge Cup

Challenge Cup R1 16 August 2006	Airdrie United	0 – 3	Gretna	Excelsior Stadium
19:45		BBC Report	Deuchar 12', 76' Tosh 71'	Attendance: 1,093 Referee: Clark

League Cup

Main article: 2006–07 Scottish League Cup

League Cup R1 8 August 2006	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

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

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2006–07 Scottish Cup

Scottish Cup R3 6 January 2007	Airdrie United	0 – 1	Motherwell	Excelsior Stadium
15:00		Report	Ritchie Foran 31'	Attendance: 5,924 Referee: Clark

Player statistics

Squad

No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Total		First Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Other^[a]
No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
		GK	Stephen Robertson	27	0	20	0	1	0	2	0	4	0
		GK	Lee Hollis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
		DF	Stephen McKenna	24	1	17	1	1	0	2	0	4	0
		DF	Neil McGowan	22	0	16	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
		DF	Kevin Christie	13	0	10	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
		DF	James Sharp	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		DF	David Proctor	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
		DF	Marcin Lukaszewski	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
		DF	Bobby Donnelly	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
		DF	Craig Potter	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
		DF	William Soutar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		DF	Fraser Craig	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		DF	Chris McMenamin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		DF	Paul Lovering	23	1	17	1	0	0	2	0	4	0
		DF	Marc Smyth	24	1	17	1	1	0	2	0	4	0
		DF	Paul Byrne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		MF	Darren Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		MF	Kevin McDonald	16	3	12	1	0	0	0	0	4	2
		MF	Calum Brady	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		MF	Graeme Watson	5	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
		MF	Gary Tierney	14	1	11	1	1	0	1	0	1	0
		MF	Stephen McKeown	25	3	17	1	1	0	2	0	5	2
		MF	Graeme Holmes	27	1	19	1	1	0	2	0	5	0
		MF	Xavier Barrau	12	2	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
		MF	David McGuire	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
		MF	Ricky Waddell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		MF	Stuart Taylor	26	4	19	3	1	0	2	0	4	1
		FW	Steven McDougall	27	1	19	1	1	0	2	0	5	0
		FW	Stuart Noble	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		FW	Kevin Watt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		FW	Mark McCarry	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		FW	Bryan Prunty	22	3	18	2	1	0	2	1	1	0
		FW	Allan Russell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		FW	David Gillies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		FW	Ian Harty	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3
		FW	Brian McPhee	22	2	18	2	1	0	2	0	1	0
		FW	Aimé Koudou	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
		FW	Willie McLaren	7	1	4	0	0	0	2	1	1	0
		FW	Gary Twigg	24	7	17	5	1	0	1	0	5	2
			Trialist	2	0	2	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 Scottish Premier League 2007-08
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

Reference

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