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2006–07 Airdrie United F.C. season

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Airdrie United
2006–07 season
ChairmanJim Ballantyne
ManagerSandy Stewart (until 13 November 2006)
Kenny Black (from 17 November 2006)
StadiumExcelsior Stadium
Scottish First DivisionNinth Place
Scottish CupThird Round
League CupSecond Round
Challenge CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Gary Twigg (10)

All:
Gary Twigg (12)

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

Summary

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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

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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]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
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 (R) 36 11 7 18 39 50 −11 40 Qualification for the First Division Play-offs
10 Ross County (R) 36 9 10 17 40 57 −17 37 Relegation to the Second Division
Source: "2006-2007 First Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results and fixtures

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[8]  Win   Draw   Loss

First Division

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5 August 2006 SFL1 Airdrie United 0–2 Ross County Excelsior Stadium
BBC Report McKinlay 23'
Gardyne 50'
Attendance: 1,262
Referee: Underhill
12 August 2006 SFL1 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
19 August 2006 SFL1 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
9 September 2006 SFL1 Livingston 3–0 Airdrie United Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Craig 26'
McPake 45'
Mitchell 65'
Livi Mad Report Attendance: 2,054
Referee: Freeland
16 September 2006 SFL1 St Johnstone 1–0 Airdrie United McDiarmid Park
15:00 Milne 45' BBC Report Attendance: 2,181
Referee: MacDonald
23 September 2006 SFL1 Airdrie United 0–1 Dundee Excelsior Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Lyle 26' (Penalty) Attendance: 1,249
Referee: Collum
30 September 2006 SFL1 Gretna 0–2 Airdrie United Raydale Park
15:00 BBC Report McKenna 41'
McPhee 46'
Attendance: 1,492
Referee: McDonald
14 October 2006 SFL1 Airdrie United 2–1 Clyde Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Barrau 50'
McDonald 71'
BBC Report O'Donnell 54' Attendance: 1,050
Referee: Dougal
28 October 2006 SFL1 Ross County 2–1 Airdrie United Victoria Park
15:00 Dowie 14'
Gardyne 34'
BBC Report Lovering 58' Attendance: 2,010
Referee: MacKay
4 November 2006 SFL1 Airdrie United 0–1 Livingston Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Livi Mad Report Tweed 90' Attendance: 1,455
Referee: Finnie
18 November 2006 SFL1 Airdrie United 2–1 St Johnstone Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Barrau 39' (Penalty)
Smyth 59'
BBC Report Milne 85' Attendance: 1,550
Referee: Conroy
25 November 2006 SFL1 Dundee 1–0 Airdrie United Dens Park
15:00 Smith 35' BBC Report Attendance: 3,528
Referee: MacDonald
2 December 2006 SFL1 Clyde 0–0 Airdrie United Broadwood Stadium
15;00 BBC Report Attendance: 1,347
Referee: Freeland
9 December 2006 SFL1 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
16 December 2006 SFL1 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
26 December 2006 SFL1 Airdrie United 0–1 Ross County Excelsior Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Scott 25' Attendance: 1,301
Referee: Richmond
30 December 2006 SFL1 Livingston 1–3 Airdrie United Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Cuthbert 33' BBC Report Twigg 12' (80)
Holmes 71'
Attendance: 1,945
Referee: MacKay
20 January 2007 SFL1 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
27 January 2007 SFL1 Airdrie United 1–0 Clyde Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Twigg 37' BBC Report Attendance: 1,340
Referee: Sproule
3 February 2007 SFL1 Airdrie United 0–3 Dundee Excelsior Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Lyle 36', 65'
Robertson 61'
Attendance: 1,404
Referee: Conroy
10 February 2007 SFL1 Gretna 0–0 Airdrie United Raydale Park
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 1,299
Referee: Somers
17 February 2007 SFL1 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
10 March 2007 SFL1 Airdrie United 3–1 Livingston Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Holmes 49'
Taylor 77'
Proctor 90'
BBC Report Mackay 34' (Penalty)
Tweed Red card 38'
Mole Red card 41'
Attendance: 1,162
Referee: Boyle
17 March 2007 SFL1 Airdrie United 1–2 St Johnstone Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Holmes 35' BBC Report Hardie 25'
Scotland 80'
Attendance: 1,138
Referee: Thomson
25 March 2007 SFL1 Partick Thistle 0–1 Airdrie United Firhill Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Harty 36' Attendance: 2,211
Referee: Muir
1 April 2007 SFL1 Dundee 2–1 Airdrie United Dens Park
15:00 Daal 27', 56' BBC Report Harty 17' Attendance: 2,837
Referee: Allan
4 April 2007 SFL1 Airdrie United 0–0 Gretna Excelsior Stadium
19:45 BBC Report Attendance: 1,209
Referee: Finnie
7 April 2007 SFL1 Clyde 0–1 Airdrie United Broadwood Stadium
15:00 BBC Report McDonald 14' Attendance: 1,306
Referee: Collum
14 April 2007 SFL1 Ross County 1–1 Airdrie United Victoria Park
15:00 Proctor 16' (Own Goal) BBC Report Twigg 7' Attendance: 2,717
Referee: Tumilty

First Division play-offs

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Challenge Cup

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

League Cup

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Scottish Cup

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Player statistics

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Squad

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No. Pos Nat Player Total First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Other[a]
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland SCO Stephen Robertson 43 0 36 0 1 0 2 0 4 0
GK Scotland SCO Lee Hollis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Stephen McKenna 38 1 31 1 1 0 2 0 4 0
DF Scotland SCO Neil McGowan 33 0 27 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
DF Scotland SCO Kevin Christie 13 0 10 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO David Proctor 15 1 11 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
DF Poland POL Marcin Lukaszewski 10 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Craig Potter 4 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
DF Scotland SCO Paul Lovering 37 2 31 2 0 0 2 0 4 0
DF Scotland SCO Marc Smyth 36 1 29 1 1 0 2 0 4 0
MF England ENG Kevin McDonald 28 4 24 2 0 0 0 0 4 2
MF Scotland SCO Graeme Watson 9 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Gary Tierney 17 1 14 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Stephen McKeown 38 3 30 1 1 0 2 0 5 2
MF Scotland SCO Graeme Holmes 43 3 35 3 1 0 2 0 5 0
MF France FRA Xavier Barrau 14 2 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO David McGuire 7 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Stuart Taylor 38 6 31 5 1 0 2 0 4 1
FW Scotland SCO Steven McDougall 42 1 34 1 1 0 2 0 5 0
FW Scotland SCO Bryan Prunty 30 3 26 2 1 0 2 1 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Ian Harty 15 6 11 3 0 0 0 0 4 3
FW Scotland SCO Brian McPhee 29 2 25 2 1 0 2 0 1 0
FW Ivory Coast CIV Aimé Koudou 7 2 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Willie McLaren 7 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 0
FW Scotland SCO 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 playoffs and the Scottish Challenge Cup.

References

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  1. ^ "2006–07 First Division". Scottish Football Archive. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  2. ^ "Airdrie Utd 2-3 Stirling Albion". BBC Sport. BBC. 12 May 2007. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  3. ^ "2006–07 Scottish Cup". London Hearts. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  4. ^ "2006–07 League Cup". Scottish Football Archive. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  5. ^ "Airdrie United 0-3 Gretna". BBC Sport. BBC. 16 August 2006. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  6. ^ "Airdrie part company with manager". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 13 November 2006. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  7. ^ "Black appointed new Airdrie boss". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 17 November 2006. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  8. ^ "Airdrie United results 2006/2007". Airdrie Mad. Retrieved 14 December 2011.