2006–07 Airdrie United F.C. season

Summary

Results & fixtures

Player statistics

Statistics

References

Manager's

First Division

First Division Play-offs

Challenge Cup

League Cup

Scottish Cup

Squad

League table

Airdrie United
2006–07 season
Chairman	Jim Ballantyne
Manager	Sandy Stewart (until 13 November 2006) Kenny Black (from 17 November 2006)
Stadium	Excelsior Stadium
Scottish First Division	Ninth Place
Scottish Cup	Third Round
League Cup	Second Round
Challenge Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Gary Twigg (10) All: Gary Twigg (12)
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

Season 2006–07 was Airdrie United's fifth competitive season. They competed in the First Division, Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

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]

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]

^[8] Win Draw Loss

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 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 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 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

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 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

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

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

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

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	43	0	36	0	1	0	2	0	4	0
	GK		Lee Hollis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Stephen McKenna	38	1	31	1	1	0	2	0	4	0
	DF		Neil McGowan	33	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
	DF		Kevin Christie	13	0	10	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
	DF		David Proctor	15	1	11	1	0	0	0	0	4	0
	DF		Marcin Lukaszewski	10	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Craig Potter	4	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
	DF		Paul Lovering	37	2	31	2	0	0	2	0	4	0
	DF		Marc Smyth	36	1	29	1	1	0	2	0	4	0
	MF		Kevin McDonald	28	4	24	2	0	0	0	0	4	2
	MF		Graeme Watson	9	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	MF		Gary Tierney	17	1	14	1	1	0	1	0	1	0
	MF		Stephen McKeown	38	3	30	1	1	0	2	0	5	2
	MF		Graeme Holmes	43	3	35	3	1	0	2	0	5	0
	MF		Xavier Barrau	14	2	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		David McGuire	7	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		Stuart Taylor	38	6	31	5	1	0	2	0	4	1
	FW		Steven McDougall	42	1	34	1	1	0	2	0	5	0
	FW		Bryan Prunty	30	3	26	2	1	0	2	1	1	0
	FW		Ian Harty	15	6	11	3	0	0	0	0	4	3
	FW		Brian McPhee	29	2	25	2	1	0	2	0	1	0
	FW		Aimé Koudou	7	2	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Willie McLaren	7	1	4	0	0	0	2	1	1	0
	FW		Gary Twigg	40	12	33	10	1	0	1	0	5	2
			Trialist	4	0	4	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	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

SFL1 5 August 2006

Airdrie United

Ross County

Excelsior Stadium

BBC Report

McKinlay 23'
Gardyne 50'

Attendance: 1,262
Referee: Underhill

↑ "2006-07 First Division". Scottish Football Archive. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
↑ "Airdrie Utd 2-3 Stirling Albion". BBC Sport. BBC. 12 May 2007. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
↑ "2006-07 Scottish Cup". London Hearts. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
↑ "2006-07 League Cup". Scottish Football Archive. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
↑ "Airdrie United 0-3 Gretna". BBC Sport. BBC. 16 August 2006. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
↑ "Airdrie part company with manager". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 13 November 2006. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
↑ "Black appointed new Airdrie boss". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 17 November 2006. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
↑ "Airdrie United results 2006/2007". Airdrie Mad. Retrieved 14 December 2011.

Airdrieonians Football Club

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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 Euro 2008 qualifying

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

First Division	Airdrie United Clyde Dundee Gretna Hamilton Academical Livingston Queen of the South Partick Thistle Ross County St. Johnstone

Second Division	Alloa Athletic Ayr United Brechin City Cowdenbeath Forfar Athletic Greenock Morton Peterhead Raith Rovers Stirling Albion Stranraer

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

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