2005–06 Airdrie United F.C. season

Summary

Results & fixtures

Player statistics

Statistics

References

First Division

Challenge Cup

League Cup

Scottish Cup

Squad

League table

Airdrie United
2005–06 season
Chairman	Jim Ballantyne
Manager	Sandy Stewart
Stadium	Excelsior Stadium
Scottish First Division	Sixth Place
Scottish Cup	Fourth Round
League Cup	First Round
Challenge Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Bryan Prunty (15) All: Bryan Prunty (15)
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

Season 2005–06 was Airdrie United's fourth competitive season. They competed in the First Division, Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Airdrie United finished sixth in the First Division.^[1] They reached the fourth round of the Scottish Cup,^[2] the first round of the League Cup^[3] and were eliminated in the second round of the Challenge Cup.^[4]

^[5] Win Draw Loss

SFL1 6 August 2005	Stranraer	1 – 0	Airdrie United	Stair Park
15:00	Hamilton 37'	Report		Attendance: 855 Referee: Boyle

SFL1 13 August 2005	Airdrie United	0 – 1	Ross County	Excelsior Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	McGarry 49'	Attendance: 1,164 Referee: McCurry

SFL1 20 August 2005	Brechin City	1 – 1	Airdrie United	Glebe Park
15:00	Johnson 24'	Report	McKeown 80'	Attendance: 688 Referee: Hardie

SFL1 27 August 2005	Airdrie United	3 – 1	St. Johnstone	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	McKeown 27' (Penalty) Prunty 61' Twigg 83'	BBC Report	Scotland 23'	Attendance: 1,522 Referee: Allan

SFL1 10 September 2005	Dundee	0 – 2	Airdrie United	Dens Park
15:00		Report	McDougall 4' Prunty 75'	Attendance: 4,198 Referee: Thomson

SFL1 17 September 2005	Hamilton Academical	1 – 1	Airdrie United	New Douglas Park
15:00	McKenzie	Report	McLaren 31'	Attendance: 2,229 Referee: Dougal

SFL1 24 September 2005	Airdrie United	0 – 1	St. Mirren	Excelsior Stadium
15:00		Report	Adam 33'	Attendance: 2,073 Referee: Underhill

SFL1 1 October 2005	Airdrie United	1 – 3	Clyde	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	McKeown 75' (Penalty)	Clyde Report	Williams 3', 66' Brighton 62'	Attendance: 1,603 Referee: Fyfe

SFL1 7 October 2005	Ross County	2 – 2	Airdrie United	Victoria Park
19:45	Rankin 36' Winters 43'	Report	Twigg 8' McLaren 73'	Attendance: 2,004 Referee: MacKay

SFL1 15 October 2005	Queen of the South	1 – 0	Airdrie United	Palmerston Park
15:00	Burns 90'	Report		Attendance: 1,638 Referee: Brines

SFL1 22 October 2005	Airdrie United	1 – 0	Stranraer	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Prunty 60'	Report		Attendance: 1,100 Referee: McDonald

SFL1 29 October 2005	Airdrie United	4 – 0	Dundee	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	McPhee 1', 26' McKeown 78' (Penalty) Hardie 83'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,656 Referee: Murray

SFL1 5 November 2005	St. Johnstone	1 – 0	Airdrie United	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Scotland 28'	Report		Attendance: 2,412 Referee: McCurry

SFL1 12 November 2005	Airdrie United	2 – 2	Hamilton Academical	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	McPhee 28' McLaren 89'	BBC Report	Robertson 48' Ferguson 60'	Attendance: 1,375 Referee: Richmond

SFL1 26 November 2005	Clyde	1 – 0	Airdrie United	Broadwood
15:00	McGowan 23'	Report		Attendance: 1,258 Referee: Thomson

SFL1 29 November 2005	St. Mirren	1 – 1	Airdrie United	Love Street
	Van Zanten 5'	BBC Report	Docherty 11' (Penalty) Docherty 63'	Attendance: 2,941 Referee: Underhill

SFL1 3 December 2005	Airdrie United	4 – 0	Queen of the South	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Prunty 11' McLaren 27' McPhee 79', 87'	Report		Attendance: 1,242 Referee: Hardie

SFL1 10 December 2005	Stranraer	1 – 1	Airdrie United	Stair Park
15:00	Sharp 75'	Report	McKeown 30' (Penalty)	Attendance: 633 Referee: Hunter

SFL1 17 December 2005	Airdrie United	6 – 0	Brechin City	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Prunty 27', 47' Hardie 59', 72', 87' McLaren 77'	Report		Attendance: 1,106 Referee: Murray

SFL1 26 December 2005	Dundee	2 – 3	Airdrie United	Dens Park
	O'Reilly 22' Mann 45'	BBC Report	Prunty 58', 88', 89'	Attendance: 4,378 Referee: Toner

SFL1 31 December 2005	Airdrie United	2 – 1	St. Johnstone	Excelsior Stadium
14:00	McKeown 22' (Penalty) McLaren 35'	Report	Sheerin 19' (Penalty)	Attendance: 1,582 Referee: McDonald

SFL1 14 January 2006	Airdrie United	1 – 4	St. Mirren	Excelsior Stadium
	McPhee 87' DanMcManus 75'	Report	McKenna 23' (Own Goal) Anderson 61', 78' Corcoran 71'	Attendance: 2,661

SFL1 21 January 2006	Airdrie United	1 – 1	Clyde	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Prunty 11'	Report	Brighton 22'	Attendance: 1,623 Referee: McDonald

SFL1 28 January 2006	Queen of the South	2 – 0	Airdrie United	Palmerston Park
15:00	O'Neil 9' (Penalty) Burns 75'	Report		Attendance: 1,650 Referee: Richmond

SFL1 18 February 2006	Airdrie United	2 – 3	Ross County	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	McPhee 32' Prunty 65'	Report	Winters 4' Higgins 45' Cowie 59'	Attendance: 1,119 Referee: Freeland

SFL1 4 March 2006	St. Johnstone	2 – 2	Airdrie United	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Hardie 61' James 69'	BBC Report	Twigg 2' Lovering 49'	Attendance: 2,216 Referee: Dougal

SFL1 11 March 2006	Airdrie United	7 – 0	Dundee	Excelsior Stadium
15;00	McLaren 15', 45', 78' Twigg 17' (Penalty), 41' McPhee 18' Coyle 84'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,127 Referee: Clark

SFL1 25 March 2006	St. Mirren	2 – 1	Airdrie United	Love Street
15:00	Sutton 9', 48'	Report	Prutny 43'	Attendance: 3,785

SFL1 1 April 2006	Clyde	3 – 1	Airdrie United	Broadwood
15;00	McHale 28' (Penalty) Bouadji 42' Brighton 79'	Report	Prutny 85'	Attendance: 1,350 Referee: Clark

SFL1 8 April 2006	Airdrie United	1 – 1	Queen of the South	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Twigg 6'	Report	Weir 58'	Attendance: 1,262 Referee: Collum

SFL1 15 April 2006	Airdrie United	3 – 0	Stranraer	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	McLaren 17' Prutny 72' Barkey 87'	Report		Attendance: 919 Referee: MacDonald

SFL1 22 April 2006	Ross County	0 – 1	Airdrie United	Victoria Park
15:00		Report	Twigg 52'	Attendance: 2,066 Referee: Toner

SFL1 29 April 2006	Airdrie United	3 – 3	Brechin City	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Prutny 45' McPhee 50' McGowan 78'	Report	Devlin 32', 48' Byers 69'	Attendance: 1,212 Referee: Boyle

Main article: 2005–06 Scottish Challenge Cup

Scottish Challenge Cup R2 30 August 2005	Dundee	1 – 1 (aet) (3 – 2 p)	Airdrie United	Dens Park
19:45	Robertson	Report	McPhee	Attendance: 1,857 Referee: Clark
		Penalties
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Main article: 2005–06 Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2005–06 Scottish Cup

Scottish Cup R3 7 August 2006	Dunfermline Athletic	3 – 4	Airdrie United	East End Park
19:45	Mason 16' Hunt 23' Young 56' Makel 62'	BBC Report	Docherty 31', 90' Hardie 56' McKeown 89' (Penalty)	Attendance: 3,805 Referee: Fyfe

Scottish Cup R4 4 February 2006	Airdrie United	1 – 1	Dundee	Excelsior Stadium
	McLaren 59'	BBC Report	Deasley 21'	Attendance: 3,557 Referee: Underhill

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Other^[a]
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Stephen Robertson	28	0	25	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Lee Hollis	13	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	DF		Allan McManus	35	0	30	0	3	0	1	0	1	0
	DF		Stephen McKenna	36	0	32	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Neil McGowan	40	1	35	1	3	0	1	0	1	0
	DF		Paul Lovering	32	1	28	1	3	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		Fraser Coyle	22	1	20	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
	MF		Colin Marshall	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		Martin Hardie	22	5	21	4	1	1	0	0	0	0
	MF		Stephen Docherty	30	2	25	0	3	2	1	0	1	0
	MF		Kevin Barkey	23	1	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		David Dunn	30	0	27	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
	MF		Stephen McKeown	36	8	31	7	3	1	1	0	1	0
	MF		Graeme Holmes	18	0	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Stuart Taylor	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Steven McDougall	36	1	31	1	3	0	1	0	1	0
	FW		Bryan Prunty	35	15	31	15	3	0	0	0	1	0
	FW		Brian McPhee	36	10	32	9	3	0	0	0	1	1
	FW		Willie McLaren	38	11	33	10	3	1	1	0	1	0
	FW		Gary Twigg	27	7	24	7	1	0	1	0	1	0
	FW		Mark Roberts	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
			Trialist	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	St Mirren	36	23	7	6	52	28	24	76	Promoted to Scottish Premier League 2006-07
2	St Johnstone	36	18	12	6	59	34	25	66
3	Hamilton Academical	36	15	14	7	53	39	12	59
4	Ross County	36	14	14	8	47	40	7	56
5	Clyde	36	15	10	11	54	42	12	55
6	Airdrie United	36	11	12	13	57	43	14	45
7	Dundee	36	9	16	11	43	50	-7	43
8	Queen of the South	36	7	12	17	31	54	-23	33
9	Stranraer	36	5	14	17	33	53	-20	29	Relegated to Second Division 2006-07
10	Brechin City	36	2	11	23	28	74	-46	17	Relegated to Second Division 2006-07

SFL1 2 January 2006

Hamilton Academical

Airdrie United

New Douglas Park

McLaughlin 25'

BBC Report

Attendance: 2,498
Referee: McCurry

↑ "2005-06 First Division". Scottish Football Archive. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
↑ "Dundee F.C. v Airdrie United F.C.". Scottish Football Association. 14 February 2006. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
↑ "2005-06 League Cup". Scottish Football Archive. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
↑ "Dundee 1 - 1 Airdrie United". ESPN. 30 August 2005. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
↑ "Airdrie United results 2005/2006". Airdrie Mad. Retrieved 3 January 2012.

Airdrieonians Football Club

Club History (Former Airdrieonians) Squad Players Managers Excelsior Stadium

Honours Notable matches Lanarkshire derby

Seasons 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13

2005–06 in Scottish football

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Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Challenge Cup (Final) Junior Cup

European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup

Related to national team	Results 2006 World Cup Qualifying (UEFA Group 5) Kirin Cup

Club seasons

Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Livingston Motherwell Rangers

First Division	Airdrie United Brechin City Clyde Dundee Hamilton Academical Queen of the South Ross County St. Johnstone St. Mirren Stranraer

Second Division	Alloa Athletic Ayr United Dumbarton Forfar Athletic Greenock Morton Gretna Partick Thistle Peterhead Raith Rovers Stirling Albion

Third Division	Albion Rovers Arbroath Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath East Fife East Stirlingshire Elgin City Montrose Queen's Park Stenhousemuir

Major transfer deals 2005–06