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

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 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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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

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 Red card 15'
Brown 34'
Forrest 47'
BBC Report McKinlay 57' Attendance: 424
Referee: Winter

Scottish Cup

League table

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

Squad

No. Pos Nat Player TotalFirst Division[14]Challenge Cup[15]League Cup[16]Scottish Cup[17]
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Scotland SCO Joe Malin 200+002+000+000+00
GK Scotland SCO Mark Ridgers 100+000+000+100+00
GK Scotland SCO Craig Samson 35029+003+002+001+00
GK Italy ITA Matteo Tomei 707+000+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Andy Dowie 43436+024+022+001+00
DF Scotland SCO Gary Irvine 24017+005+002+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Alex Keddie 32126+014+002+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Mark McCulloch 35026+203+102+001+00
DF Scotland SCO David Niven 1006+003+001+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Hugh Robertson 28218+621+300+000+00
DF England ENG James Smith 908+000+000+001+00
DF Scotland SCO Sean Webb 705+100+000+001+00
DF Scotland SCO Lee Wilkie 404+000+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Derek Adams 32224+124+002+001+00
MF Scotland SCO Stuart Anderson 1317+201+210+100+00
MF Scotland SCO Don Cowie 36928+075+002+021+00
MF Scotland SCO Neal Hooks 511+410+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Kevin McKinlay 37927+355+031+011+00
MF Scotland SCO Daniel Moore 17013+200+001+001+00
MF Scotland SCO Alan Morgan 505+000+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Martin Scott 33221+721+301+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Fergus Tiernan 1305+303+001+100+00
FW France FRA Amick Ciani 1625+912+010+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Jason Crooks 802+500+100+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Michael Gardyne 39624+864+002+001+00
FW Scotland SCO Craig Gunn 3567+2021+430+210+10
FW Scotland SCO Sean Higgins 33821+753+021+011+00
FW Ireland EIR Diarmuid O'Carroll 1629+620+000+000+10
FW Italy ITA Malik Rezgane 100+100+000+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Dene Shields 13013+000+000+000+00
FW Scotland SCO David Winters 200+200+000+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Alex Williams 512+201+010+000+00

See also

References

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