2006–07 Ross County F.C. season

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.

Ross County
2006–07 season
ChairmanRoy MacGregor[1]
ManagerScott Leitch
StadiumVictoria Park
First DivisionTenth place (Relegated)
Challenge CupWinners
League CupSecond round, lost to Alloa Athletic
Scottish CupThird round, lost to Partick Thistle
Top goalscorerLeague:
Don Cowie (7)

All:
Don Cowie (9)
Highest home attendance6,216 vs. Gretna, 28 April 2007
Lowest home attendance1,475 vs. Hamilton Academical, 13 March 2007
Average home league attendance2,307[2]

Summary

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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

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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

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[12][13]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish First Division

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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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

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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

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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

Player statistics

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Squad

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No. Pos Nat Player Total First Division[14] Challenge Cup[15] League Cup[16] Scottish Cup[17]
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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack (2007). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2007-08. Headline. p. 754. ISBN 0755316649.
  2. ^ "Scottish First Division Stats: Team Attendance - 2006/07". ESPN. Retrieved 24 September 2012.[dead link]
  3. ^ "Scottish Football League & Scottish Premier League". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  4. ^ "2006/2007 SCOTTISH DIVISION ONE TABLE". ESPN Soccernet. ESPN. Retrieved 14 September 2012.[dead link]
  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.
  14. ^ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack (2007). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2007-08. Headline. pp. 754–755. ISBN 0755316649.
  15. ^ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack (2007). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2007-08. Headline. pp. 776–777. ISBN 0755316649.
  16. ^ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack (2007). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2007-08. Headline. pp. 773–775. ISBN 0755316649.
  17. ^ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack (2007). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2007-08. Headline. pp. 780–783. ISBN 0755316649.