2007–08 Airdrie United F.C. season

Airdrie United finished second in the Second Division,^[1] entering the play-offs losing 3-0 to Clyde on aggregate.^[2] Despite losing in the play off, they were promoted to the first division due to Gretna's forced relegation due to going into administration and being unable to prove they could complete fixtures.^[3] They reached the fourth round of the Scottish Cup,^[4] the first round of the League Cup^[5] and reached the Quarter final of the Challenge Cup losing 2-0 to Dunfermline Athletic.^[6]

Results & fixtures

^[7] Win Draw Loss

Second Division

Main article: 2007-08 Scottish Second Division

SFL2 4 August 2007	Airdrie United	0 – 1	Raith Rovers	Excelsior Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	Andrews 10'	Attendance: 1,645 Referee: Finnie

SFL2 11 August 2007	Alloa Athletic	0 – 6	Airdrie United	Recreation Park
15:00		ESPN Report	McKeown 19', 38' Noble 31' Russell 48' McDonald 51' Holmes 71'	Attendance: 801 Referee: Law

SFL2 18 August 2007	Berwick Rangers	2 – 0	Airdrie United	Shielfield Park
15:00	McLeish 7' Gemmill 28'	BBC Report		Attendance: 678 Referee: Charleston

SFL2 25 August 2007	Airdrie United	1 – 0	Queen's Park	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Noble 53'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,148 Referee: Conroy

SFL2 1 September 2007	Ross County	1 – 1	Airdrie United	Victoria Park
15;00	Barrowman 39'	ESPN Report	Noble 31'	Attendance: 2,094 Referee: Underhill

SFL2 15 September 2007	Airdrie United	1 – 1	Peterhead	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Russell 55'	BBC Report	Mackay 33'	Attendance: 936 Referee: McKendrick

SFL2 22 September 2007	Airdrie United	2 – 1	Brechin City	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Prunty 53' Waddell 75'	BBC Report	Geddes 81' (Penalty)	Attendance: 872 Referee: Nicholls

SFL2 29 September 2007	Cowdenbeath	1 – 1	Airdrie United	Central Park
15:00	Clarke 5'	BBC Report	Noble 55'	Attendance: 493 Referee: Boyd

SFL2 6 October 2007	Airdrie United	0 – 0	Ayr United	Excelsior Stadium
15:00		BBC Report		Attendance: 1,269 Referee: Smith

SFL2 20 October 2007	Raith Rovers	2 – 1	Airdrie United	Stark's Park
15;00	Weir 63' (Penalty) Sloan 84'	BBC Report	McKeown 21'	Attendance: 1,729 Referee: Norris

SFL2 27 October 2007	Airdrie United	4 – 0	Berwick Rangers	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Russell 17' Noble 34' McKeown 42' (Penalty), 61'	BBC Report		Attendance: 850 Referee: Law

SFL2 3 November 2007	Queen's Park	0 – 1	Airdrie United	Hampden Park
15;00		BBC Report	Russell 38'	Attendance: 1,211 Referee: Winter

SFL2 10 November 2007	Airdrie United	0 – 1	Ross County	Excelsior Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	Shields 80'	Attendance: 1,062 Referee: Tumilty

SFL2 1 December 2007	Peterhead	0 – 1	Airdrie United	Balmoor Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	Russell 36'	Attendance: 689 Referee: MacKay

SFL2 8 December 2007	Airdrie United	3 – 1	Cowdenbeath	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	McDougall 18' Noble 36' Russell 79'	BBC Report	McConalogue 3'	Attendance: 823 Referee: Finnie

SFL2 15 December 2007	Brechin City	4 – 2	Airdrie United	Glebe Park
15:00	White 21' Callaghan 66' Smith 67' King 80'	BBC Report	Noble 33' Russell 49'	Attendance: 434 Referee: Norris

SFL2 26 December 2007	Airdrie United	2 – 0	Alloa Athletic	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Noble 6' McDonald 48'	BBC Report		Attendance: 934 Referee: Charleston

SFL2 29 December 2007	Berwick Rangers	2 – 4	Airdrie United	Shielfield Park
15:00	Swanson 56' (Penalty) Diack 66'	BBC Report	McKeown 2' (Penalty) Russell 15', 25' McDonald 26'	Attendance: 672 Referee: Boyle

SFL2 2 January 2008	Airdrie United	3 – 2	Queen's Park	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	McDonald 47' Russell 57' McDougall 89'	ESPN Report	Trouten 7' (Penalty) Cairney 17'	Attendance: 1,244 Referee: O'Reilly

SFL2 5 January 2008	Airdrie United	2 – 0	Peterhead	Excelsior Stadium
15;00	Watt 80', 85'	BBC Report		Attendance: 892 Referee: Law

SFL2 19 January 2008	Ross County	3 – 2	Airdrie United	Victoria Park, Dingwall
15:00	Barrowman 25', 90' Golabek 55'	BBC Report	McDonald 2' Noble 58'	Attendance: 2,319 Referee: Finnie

SFL2 26 January 2008	Alloa Athletic	1 – 2	Airdrie United	Recreation Park
15:00	Scott 77'	BBC Report	Russell 18' Prunty 61'	Attendance: 769 Referee: Winter

SFL2 2 February 2008	Airdrie United	3 – 0	Raith Rovers	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Smith 50' Prunty 68' Russell 75'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,252 Referee: Hornby

SFL2 9 February 2008	Cowdenbeath	0 – 1	Airdrie United	Central Park
15:00		BBC Report	Noble 58'	Attendance: 475 Referee: Muir

SFL2 16 February 2008	Airdrie United	1 – 2	Brechin City	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Noble 88'	BBC Report	Smith 57' King 79'	Attendance: 997 Referee: Boyd

SFL2 27 February 2008	Ayr United	1 – 1	Airdrie United	Somerset Park
19:45	Forrest 67'	ESPN Report	McDonald 44'	Attendance: 1,104 Referee: Nicholls

SFL2 1 March 2008	Queen's Park	0 – 2	Airdrie United	Hampden Park
15:00		BBC Report	Russell 61', 80'	Attendance: 913 Referee: Somers

SFL2 5 March 2008	Airdrie United	3 – 0	Berwick Rangers	Excelsior Stadium
19:45	Russell 10', 11', 62'	BBC Report		Attendance: 611 Referee: Muir

SFL2 15 March 2008	Raith Rovers	1 – 0	Airdrie United	Stark's Park
15:00	Goodwillie 20'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,458 Referee: McKendrick

SFL2 19 March 2008	Airdrie United	0 – 2	Ayr United	Excelsior Stadium
19:45		BBC Report	McLeod 53' Stevenson 69'	Attendance: 737 Referee: Brown

SFL2 22 March 2008	Peterhead	1 – 4	Airdrie United	Balmoor Stadium
15:00	Anderson 84'	BBC Report	Noble 32' Russell 33' Watt 48', 50'	Attendance: 550 Referee: Charleston

SFL2 5 April 2008	Brechin City	2 – 1	Airdrie United	Glebe Park
15:00	Paton 7' Walker 87'	BBC Report	Noble 3'	Attendance: 466 Referee: Freeland

SFL2 9 April 2008	Airdrie United	2 – 0	Ross County	Excelsior Stadium
19;45	Noble 23' Russell 56'	BBC Report		Attendance: 724 Referee: Salmond

SFL2 15 April 2008	Airdrie United	4 – 0	Cowdenbeath	Excelsior Stadium
19:45	Andreoni 20' Holmes 36' Prunty 60' Waddell 79'	BBC Report		Attendance: 735 Referee: Law

SFL2 19 April 2008	Airdrie United	1 – 1	Alloa Athletic	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Prunty 59'	BBC Report	MacAulay 21'	Attendance: 928 Referee: Tumilty

SFL2 26 April 2008	Ayr United	1 – 2	Airdrie United	Somerset Park
15:00	Forrest 3'	BBC Report	Gillies 8' Andreoni 76' (Penalty)	Attendance: 1,333 Referee: Conroy

First Division Play-offs

Play-offs SF R1 30 April 2008	Raith Rovers	0 – 2	Airdrie United	Stark's Park
19:45		Report	Russell 31' 39'	Attendance: 2,841 Referee: McDonald

Play-offs SF R2 3 May 2008	Airdrie United	2 – 2	Raith Rovers	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Prunty 10' Donnelly 77'	Report	Weir 18' 81' (pen.)	Attendance: 2,077 Referee: Thomson

Play-offs Final R1 7 May 2008	Airdrie United	0 – 1	Clyde	Excelsior Stadium
19:45		Report	Clarke 77'	Attendance: 1,878 Referee: Brines

Play-offs Final R2 10 May 2008	Clyde	2 – 0	Airdrie United	Broadwood Stadium
15:00	McSwegan 47' Clarke 65'	Report		Attendance: 2,548 Referee: Underhill

Challenge Cup

Main article: 2007–08 Scottish Challenge Cup

Challenge Cup R1 14 August 2007	Stenhousemuir	1 – 3	Airdrie United	Ochilview Park
	Dempster 59'	BBC Sport	McEwan 16' (o.g.) Lyle 82' (o.g.) Noble 85'	Attendance: 583 Referee: Allan

Challenge Cup R2 4 September 2007	Airdrie United	5 – 1	Arbroath	Excelsior Stadium
	Russell 15', 61', 85' (Penalty), 86' McDonald 26'	BBC Sport	Tosh 37' Rennie 89'	Attendance: 754 Referee: Muir

Challenge Cup QF 18 September 2007	Airdrie United	0 – 2	Dunfermline Athletic	Excelsior Stadium
	McKeown 86'	BBC Sport	Burchill 54', 81' Woods 86'	Attendance: 931 Referee: Tumilty

League Cup

Main article: 2007–08 Scottish League Cup

League Cup R1 8 August 2007	Partick Thistle	2 – 1	Airdrie United	Firhill Stadium
	Harkins 14' Murray 89'	BBC Sport	McKenna 62'	Attendance: 2,125 Referee: Richmond

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2007–08 Scottish Cup

Scottish Cup R3 24 November 2007	Airdrie United	1 – 1	Queen's Park	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	McKeown 57'	BBC Sport	Ferry 70'	Attendance: 1,016 Referee: Boyle

Scottish Cup R3 Replay 4 December 2007	Queen's Park	2 – 4 (a.e.t.)	Airdrie United	Hampden Park
19:45	Trouten 75' Ferry 90'	BBC Sport	McDonald 15' Noble 17' Russell 97' Watt 109'	Attendance: 579 Referee: Boyle

Scottish Cup R4 28 January 2008	Airdrie United	0 – 2	Kilmarnock	Excelsior Stadium
19:45	Smith 78', 83'	BBC Sport	Hamill 25' Nish 37' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,258 Referee: McDonald

Player statistics

Squad

No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Total		Second Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Other^[a]
No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
		GK	Stephen Robertson	45	0	34	0	3	0	1	0	7	0
		GK	Lee Hollis	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		DF	Stephen McKenna	37	1	30	0	3	0	1	1	3	0
		DF	James Sharp	9	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
		DF	Bobby Donnelly	28	3	25	0	3	0	0	0	0	3
		DF	Steven Campbell	9	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
		DF	William Soutar	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		DF	Fraser Craig	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		DF	Chris McMenamin	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		DF	Paul Lovering	40	0	30	0	2	0	1	0	7	0
		DF	Marc Smyth	39	0	28	0	3	0	1	0	7	0
		DF	Paul Byrne	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		MF	Marco Andreoni	22	3	17	3	1	0	0	0	4	0
		MF	Darren Smith	42	1	32	1	2	0	1	0	7	0
		MF	Kevin McDonald	44	8	33	6	3	1	1	0	7	1
		MF	Calum Brady	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		MF	Stephen McKeown	21	7	15	6	2	1	1	0	3	0
		MF	Graeme Holmes	29	2	19	2	2	0	1	0	7	0
		MF	Ricky Waddell	44	1	33	1	3	0	1	0	7	0
		FW	Steven McDougall	23	2	17	2	2	0	1	0	3	0
		FW	Stuart Noble	45	16	34	14	3	1	1	0	7	1
		FW	Kevin Watt	28	5	22	4	2	1	0	0	4	0
		FW	Mark McCarry	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		FW	Bryan Prunty	41	6	32	5	3	0	0	0	6	1
		FW	Allan Russell	43	26	32	19	3	1	1	0	7	6
		FW	David Gillies	19	1	15	1	0	0	0	0	4	0

a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including play offs and the Scottish Challenge Cup.

Statistics

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ross County (C) (P)	36	22	7	7	78	44	+34	73	First Division
2	Airdrie United (P)	36	20	6	10	64	34	+30	66	First Division Play-offs
3	Raith Rovers	36	19	3	14	60	50	+10	60
4	Alloa Athletic	36	16	8	12	57	56	+1	56
5	Peterhead	36	16	7	13	65	54	+11	55
6	Brechin City	36	13	13	10	63	48	+15	52
7	Ayr United	36	13	7	16	51	62	−11	46
8	Queen's Park	36	13	5	18	48	51	−3	44
9	Cowdenbeath (R)	36	10	7	19	47	73	−26	37	Second Division Play-offs
10	Berwick Rangers (R)	36	3	7	26	40	101	−61	16	Third Division

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Second Division Play-offs:The 9th placed team were entered into a play-off with the Third Division's 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams. The winning team were awarded a place in the 2008-09 Second Division, Cowdenbeath were relegated and Arbroath were promoted. Due to Gretna's relegation, Stranraer were also promoted.
First Division Play-offs:The 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams will be entered into a play-off with the First Division's 9th placed team. The winning team were awarded a place in the 2008–09 First Division, Clyde won the play-off to stay in the division. However, with Gretna being relegated to the Third Division, Airdrie were promoted to Division One.
Airdrie United: won promotion to the First Division after Gretna were relegated to the Third Division.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Reference

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^ "Airdrie United F.C. v Kilmarnock F.C.". Scottish Football Association. 28 January 2008. http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_cup_fixture_details.cfm?page=894&matchID=74784. Retrieved December 09, 2011.
^ "Scottish League Cup Results for 2007-08". London Hearts. http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/lc/2007-08.html. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
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