2006–07 Ross County F.C. season

Ross County
2006–07 season
Chairman	Roy MacGregor
Manager	Scott Leitch
Stadium	Victoria Park
First Division	Tenth place (Relegated)
Challenge Cup	Winners
League Cup	Second round, lost to Alloa Athletic
Scottish Cup	Third round, lost to Partick Thistle
Top goalscorer	League: ; Don Cowie (7); All: ; Don Cowie (9)
Highest home attendance	6,216 vs. Gretna, 28 April 2007
Lowest home attendance	1,475 vs. Hamilton Academical, 13 March 2007
Average home league attendance	2,307
	← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The 2006–07 season was Ross County's seventh consecutive season in the Scottish First Division, having been promoted as champions of the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 1999–2000 season.^[3] They also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Ross County finished tenth^[4] in the First Division and were relegated to the Second Division.^[5] They reached the second round of the League Cup,^[6] the third round of the Scottish Cup,^[7] and the final of the Challenge Cup, beating Clyde 5–4 on penalties.^[8]

Management

The club started season 2006–07 under the management of Scott Leitch, who had been appointed towards the end of the previous season.^[9] On 30 April 2007,^[10] following the club's confirmed relegation Leitch resigned as manager.^[11]

Results and fixtures

^[12]^[13] Win Draw Loss

Scottish First Division

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

12 August 2006 Scottish First Division	Ross County	0 – 3	Livingston	Victoria Park
15:00		Livi Mad Report	Mackay 30' Adams 44' (Own Goal) Craig 54'	Attendance: 2,321 Referee: S MacDonald

19 August 2006 Scottish First Division	Gretna	2 – 1	Ross County	Raydale Park
	McMenamin 22', 36' Deuchar 90'	BBC Report	Gunn 48'	Attendance: 1,195 Referee: Smith

26 August 2006 Scottish First Division	St Johnstone	3 – 1	Ross County	McDiarmid Park
	Milne 37', 39' Sheerin 82'	BBC Report	McKinlay 53'	Attendance: 2,109 Referee: Collum

9 September 2006 Scottish First Division	Ross County	1 – 0	Queen of the South	Victoria Park
	Cowie 56'	BBC Report		Attendance: 2,265 Referee: Somers

16 September 2006 Scottish First Division	Clyde	3 – 0	Ross County	Broadwood Stadium
	McHale 47' (Penalty) Ferguson 63' Imrie 85'	BBC Report		Attendance: 965 Referee: Tumilty

23 September 2006 Scottish First Division	Ross County	0 – 1	Hamilton Academical	Victoria Park
		BBC Report	Tunbridge 35'	Attendance: 1,925 Referee: Hardie

30 September 2006 Scottish First Division	Partick Thistle	3 – 2	Ross County	Firhill Stadium
	McCulloch 33', 83' McConalogue 90'	BBC Report	McKinlay 13' (Penalty) Keddie 80'	Attendance: 2,120 Referee: Allan

14 October 2006 Scottish First Division	Ross County	1 – 0	Dundee	Victoria Park
	Higgins 36'	BBC Report		Attendance: 2,454 Referee: Thomson

21 October 2006 Scottish First Division	Livingston	0 – 0	Ross County	Almondvale Stadium
15:00		Livi Mad Report		Attendance: 2,060 Referee: Collum

28 October 2006 Scottish First Division	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 Scottish First Division	Queen of the South	2 – 0	Ross County	Palmerston Park
	Weir 53' O'Neil 70'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,497 Referee: Murray

18 November 2006 Scottish First Division	Ross County	1 – 1	Clyde	Victoria Park
	Irvine 12' Ciani 41'	BBC Report	McKeown 71'	Attendance: 2,195 Referee: Hardie

22 November 2006 Scottish First Division	Ross County	2 – 2	St Johnstone	Victoria Park
	Gardyne 28' McKinlay 89' (Penalty)	BBC Report	Sheerin 4' Hardie 22' Lawson 89'	Attendance: 1,648 Referee: Underhill

25 November 2006 Scottish First Division	Hamilton Academical	0 – 0	Ross County	New Douglas Park
		BBC Report		Attendance: 1,180 Referee: Muir

2 December 2006 Scottish First Division	Dundee	3 – 1	Ross County	Dens Park
	Rae 73' Lyle 76' McLaren 83'	BBC Report	Robertson 65'	Attendance: 3,380 Referee: McCurry

9 December 2006 Scottish First Division	Ross County	2 – 5	Partick Thistle	Victoria Park
	Dowie 31' Robertson 54'	BBC Report	McConalogue 34', 36' Ferguson 57' Keogh 71' Roberts 79'	Attendance: 2,381 Referee: Finnie

16 December 2006 Scottish First Division	Ross County	0 – 1	Gretna	Victoria Park
		BBC Report	McMenamin 66'	Attendance: 1,958 Referee: Smith

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

30 December 2006 Scottish First Division	Ross County	1 – 0	Queen of the South	Victoria Park
		BBC Report	Hooks 33' Scott 75'	Attendance: 1,752 Referee: Freeland

2 January 2007 Scottish First Division	St Johnstone	2 – 1	Ross County	McDiarmid Park
	Mensing 11' McManus 90'	BBC Report	Cowie 61'	Attendance: 2,519 Referee: McDonald

20 January 2007 Scottish First Division	Clyde	2 – 4	Ross County	Broadwood Stadium
	Ferguson 73' Masterton 75'	BBC Report	Imrie 9' (Own goal) McKinlay 35' Cowie 56', 58' Shields 60'	Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Somers

27 January 2007 Scottish First Division	Ross County	0 – 0	Dundee	Victoria Park
		BBC Report		Attendance: 2,175 Referee: Murray

10 February 2007 Scottish First Division	Partick Thistle	1 – 1	Ross County	Firhill Stadium
	Roberts 68'	BBC Report	Cowie 90'	Attendance: 2,211 Referee: Richmond

17 February 2007 Scottish First Division	Gretna	4 – 1	Ross County	Raydale Park
	McMenamin 9' (Penalty), 80' Nicholls 11' Jenkins 90'	BBC Report	Keddie 74' O'Carroll 85'	Attendance: 1,361 Referee: Boyle

24 February 2007 Scottish First Division	Ross County	0 – 2	Livingston	Victoria Park
15:00		Livi Mad Report	Dorrans 77' Fox 82'	Attendance: 2,324 Referee: Brines

3 March 2007 Scottish First Division	Ross County	1 – 1	St Johnstone	Victoria Park
	Higgins 73'	BBC Report	MacDonald 6'	Attendance: 1,689 Referee: Ritchie

10 March 2007 Scottish First Division	Queen of the South	2 – 0	Ross County	Palmerston Park
	O'Neil 5' Adams 12'	BBC Report		Attendance: 2,479 Referee: Smith

13 March 2007 Scottish First Division	Ross County	4 – 1	Hamilton Academical	Victoria Park
	Cowie 10' (16) Higgins 14' Gunn 78'	BBC Report	Offiong 70'	Attendance: 1,475 Referee: Winter

17 March 2007 Scottish First Division	Ross County	2 – 2	Clyde	Victoria Park
	Higgins 49' Adams 79'	BBC Report	Gilmour 47' McGowan 63' (Penalty)	Attendance: 2,145 Referee: Allan

31 March 2007 Scottish First Division	Hamilton Academical	1 – 0	Ross County	New Douglas Park
	Wilson 10'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,035 Referee: McKendrick

3 April 2007 Scottish First Division	Ross County	2 – 1	Partick Thistle	Victoria Park
	Scott 16' Adams 27'	BBC Report	Young 11'	Attendance: 1,880 Referee: MacKay

7 April 2007 Scottish First Division	Dundee	3 – 2	Ross County	Dens Park
	Daal 20', 32' McHale 54'	BBC Report	Higgins 47' Gardyne 76'	Attendance: 3,013 Referee: Freeland

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

21 April 2007 Scottish First Division	Livingston	1 – 1	Ross County	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Griffiths 28'	Livi Mad Report	Gardyne 47'	Attendance: 1,743 Referee: Muir

28 April 2007 Scottish First Division	Ross County	2 – 3	Gretna	Victoria Park
	Gardyne 30' O'Carroll 49'	BBC Report	Deverdics 34' Grady 42', 90'	Attendance: 6,216 Referee: Brines

Scottish Challenge Cup

16 August 2006 Scottish Challenge Cup round 1	East Fife	0 – 3	Ross County	Bayview Stadium
19:30		BBC Report	Dowie 21' Gunn 70', 72'	Attendance: 304 Referee: Tumilty

29 August 2006 Scottish Challenge Cup round 2	Ross County	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Alloa Athletic	Victoria Park
19:45	McKinlay 62', 120' (Penalty)	BBC Report	Townsley 1'	Attendance: 750 Referee: Finnie

12 September 2006 Scottish Challenge Cup QF	Ross County	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Gretna	Victoria Park
19:45	Williams 35' Ciani 40' Anderson 96'	BBC Report	McMenamin 73' Jenkins 77' Canning 86'	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Freeland

27 September 2006 Scottish Challenge Cup SF	Ross County	4 – 1	Albion Rovers	Victoria Park
19:45	Higgins 11', 50' Gunn 85' McKinlay 87' (Penalty)	BBC Report	Dowie 56' (Own goal)	Attendance: 1,050 Referee: Thomson

12 November 2006 Scottish Challenge Cup Final	Ross County	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (5 – 4 p)	Clyde	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Dowie 80'	BBC Report	Hunter 43' Malone 93'	Attendance: 4,062 Referee: Thomson
	Penalties
	Gardyne Robertson McKinlay Adams Irvine Crooks		O'Donnell McGregor McCann Miller McHale Higgins

Scottish League Cup

8 August 2006 Scottish League Cup round 1	Ross County	4 – 2	Stranraer	Victoria Park
19:45	Cowie 27', 58' Higgins 61' Gunn 78'	BBC Report	Burns 70' Moore 90'	Attendance: 750 Referee: Ritchie

22 August 2006 Scottish League Cup round 2	Alloa Athletic	2 – 1	Ross County	Recreation Park
19:30	Malcolm 15' Brown 34' Forrest 47'	BBC Report	McKinlay 57'	Attendance: 424 Referee: Winter

Scottish Cup

6 January 2007 Scottish Cup round 3	Ross County	0 – 1	Partick Thistle	Victoria Park
		BBC Report	Robertson 15'	Attendance: 1,535 Referee: MacKay

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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

Player statistics

Squad

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division^[14]		Challenge Cup^[15]		League Cup^[16]		Scottish Cup^[17]
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Joe Malin	2	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	SCO	Mark Ridgers	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
	GK	SCO	Craig Samson	35	0	29+0	0	3+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
	GK	ITA	Matteo Tomei	7	0	7+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Andy Dowie	43	4	36+0	2	4+0	2	2+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	SCO	Gary Irvine	24	0	17+0	0	5+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Alex Keddie	32	1	26+0	1	4+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Mark McCulloch	35	0	26+2	0	3+1	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	SCO	David Niven	10	0	6+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Hugh Robertson	28	2	18+6	2	1+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	James Smith	9	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	SCO	Sean Webb	7	0	5+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	SCO	Lee Wilkie	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Derek Adams	32	2	24+1	2	4+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	SCO	Stuart Anderson	13	1	7+2	0	1+2	1	0+1	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Don Cowie	36	9	28+0	7	5+0	0	2+0	2	1+0	0
	MF	SCO	Neal Hooks	5	1	1+4	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Kevin McKinlay	37	9	27+3	5	5+0	3	1+0	1	1+0	0
	MF	SCO	Daniel Moore	17	0	13+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	SCO	Alan Morgan	5	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Martin Scott	33	2	21+7	2	1+3	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Fergus Tiernan	13	0	5+3	0	3+0	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
	FW	FRA	Amick Ciani	16	2	5+9	1	2+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Jason Crooks	8	0	2+5	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Michael Gardyne	39	6	24+8	6	4+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
	FW	SCO	Craig Gunn	35	6	7+20	2	1+4	3	0+2	1	0+1	0
	FW	SCO	Sean Higgins	33	8	21+7	5	3+0	2	1+0	1	1+0	0
	FW	EIR	Diarmuid O'Carroll	16	2	9+6	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
	FW	ITA	Malik Rezgane	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Dene Shields	13	0	13+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	David Winters	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Alex Williams	5	1	2+2	0	1+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0

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[2] "Scottish First Division Stats: Team Attendance - 2006/07". ESPN. Retrieved 24 September 2012.^{[dead link‍]}

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[5] "Ups and downs". BBC Sport. BBC. 12 May 2007. Retrieved 14 September 2012.

[6] "Alloa Athletic 2-1 Ross County". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 August 2006. Retrieved 14 September 2012.

[7] "Ross County F.C. v Partick Thistle F.C." scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. 6 January 2007. Retrieved 14 September 2012.

[8] "Ross County 1-1 Clyde (aet)". BBC Sport. BBC. 12 November 2006. Retrieved 14 September 2012.

[9] "Leitch named Ross County manager". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 April 2006. Retrieved 14 September 2012.

[10] "Leitch quits post at Ross County". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 April 2007. Retrieved 14 September 2012.

[11] "Leitch quits after County go down". inverness-courier.co.uk. The Inverness Courier. 1 May 2007. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2012.

[12] "Ross County 2006-2007 : Results". statto.com. Statto. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2012.

[13] "Ross County's results from season 2006/2007". rosscounty-mad.co.uk. Ross County Mad. Retrieved 14 September 2012.

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