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2006–07 Ross County F.C. season

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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]

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

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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 Red card 90'
BBC Report Gunn 48' Attendance: 1,195
Referee: Smith
14 October 2006 Scottish First Division Ross County 1 – 0 Dundee Victoria Park
Higgins 36' BBC Report Attendance: 2,454
Referee: Thomson
18 November 2006 Scottish First Division Ross County 1 – 1 Clyde Victoria Park
Irvine Red card 12'
Ciani 41'
BBC Report McKeown 71' Attendance: 2,195
Referee: Hardie
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
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 Red card 75'
Attendance: 1,752
Referee: Freeland
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 Red card 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 Red card 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
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 Red card 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

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

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 Scotland SCO Joe Malin 2 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Mark Ridgers 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Craig Samson 35 0 29+0 0 3+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
GK Italy ITA Matteo Tomei 7 0 7+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Andy Dowie 43 4 36+0 2 4+0 2 2+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Gary Irvine 24 0 17+0 0 5+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Alex Keddie 32 1 26+0 1 4+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Mark McCulloch 35 0 26+2 0 3+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO David Niven 10 0 6+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Hugh Robertson 28 2 18+6 2 1+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG James Smith 9 0 8+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Sean Webb 7 0 5+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Lee Wilkie 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Derek Adams 32 2 24+1 2 4+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Stuart Anderson 13 1 7+2 0 1+2 1 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Don Cowie 36 9 28+0 7 5+0 0 2+0 2 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Neal Hooks 5 1 1+4 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Kevin McKinlay 37 9 27+3 5 5+0 3 1+0 1 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Daniel Moore 17 0 13+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Alan Morgan 5 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Martin Scott 33 2 21+7 2 1+3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Fergus Tiernan 13 0 5+3 0 3+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
FW France FRA Amick Ciani 16 2 5+9 1 2+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Jason Crooks 8 0 2+5 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Michael Gardyne 39 6 24+8 6 4+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Craig Gunn 35 6 7+20 2 1+4 3 0+2 1 0+1 0
FW Scotland SCO Sean Higgins 33 8 21+7 5 3+0 2 1+0 1 1+0 0
FW Ireland EIR Diarmuid O'Carroll 16 2 9+6 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
FW Italy ITA Malik Rezgane 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Dene Shields 13 0 13+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO David Winters 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland 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.