Ross County
2007–08 season
ChairmanRoy MacGregor[1]
ManagerScott Leitch
StadiumVictoria Park
Second DivisionFirst place (champions)
Challenge Cup'Second round, lost to St Johnstone
League CupSecond round, lost to Dundee United
Scottish CupFifth round, lost to St Johnstone
Top goalscorerLeague:
Andrew Barrowman (24)

All:
Andrew Barrowman (29)
Highest home attendance3,716 vs. Cowdenbeath, 19 April 2008[2]
Lowest home attendance1,511 vs. Cowdenbeath, 4 March 2008[2]
Average home league attendance2,246[3]

The 2007–08 season was Ross County's first season back in the Scottish Second Division, having been relegated from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2006–07 season.[4] They also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Ross County finished first in the Second Division[5] and were promoted to the First Division.[4] They reached the second round of the Challenge Cup,[6] the second round of the League Cup[7] and the fifth round of the Scottish Cup.[8]

Management

The club started the 2007–08 season under the management of Dick Campbell,[9] who had been appointed during pre season following the resignation of Scott Leitch.[10] On 2 October 2007,[11] Campbell was sacked as manager[12] with player coach Derek Adams being appointed as temporary manager.[13] Adam's position was made permanent in November.[14]

Results and fixtures

[15][16][17]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Second Division

4 August 2007 Scottish Second Division Ross County 2 – 0 Ayr United Victoria Park
Barrowman 4'
Petrie 60'
BBC Report Attendance: 2,164
Referee: Freeland
11 August 2007 Scottish Second Division Cowdenbeath 2 – 2 Ross County Central Park
Dalziel 66'
Howat 82'
BBC Report Barrowman 46'
Adams 52'
Attendance: 320
Referee: Boyle
18 August 2007 Scottish Second Division Queen's Park 3 – 2 Ross County Hampden Park
Sinclair 13'
Canning 75'
Dunn 84'
BBC Report Anderson 25'
McCulloch 88'
Attendance: 815
Referee: Norris
15 September 2007 Scottish Second Division Raith Rovers 0 – 2 Ross County Stark's Park
BBC Report Petrie 73', 83' Attendance: 2,101
Referee: Nicholls
29 September 2007 Scottish Second Division Ross County 2 – 2 Alloa Athletic Victoria Park
Brady 41'
Moore 79'
BBC Report Andrew 66'
Grant 74'
Attendance: 2,115
Referee: Brown
6 October 2007 Scottish Second Division Ross County 2 – 1 Brechin City Victoria Park
Petrie 50'
Shields 67'
BBC Report Gribben 66' Attendance: 2,022
Referee: Freeland
20 October 2007 Scottish Second Division Ayr United 1 – 4 Ross County Somerset Park
Williams 77' (Penalty) BBC Report Adams 10'
Petrie 24', 31'
Barrowman 26'
Attendance: 1,087
Referee: Winter
3 November 2007 Scottish Second Division Peterhead 1 – 2 Ross County Balmoor Stadium
Sharp 55' BBC Report Petrie 41', 61' Attendance: 815
Referee: Law
1 December 2007 Scottish Second Division Ross County 2 – 3 Raith Rovers Victoria Park
Barrowman 47'
Scott 90'
BBC Report Hislop 2', 59' (Penalty)
Weir 88'
Attendance: 2,729
Referee: Norris
29 December 2007 Scottish Second Division Queen's Park 0 – 1 Ross County Hampden Park
ESPN Report Barrowman 49' Attendance: 657
Referee: Brown
2 January 2008 Scottish Second Division Ross County 5 – 1 Peterhead Victoria Park
Keddie 25'
Barrowman 45', 56'
Shields 70'
Moore 72'
BBC Report Mann 14' Attendance: 2,213
Referee: MacDonald
26 January 2008 Scottish Second Division Cowdenbeath 2 – 4 Ross County Central Park
Clarke 70'
Dempster 89'
BBC Report J Armstrong 1' (Own goal)
D Armstrong 31' (Own goal)
Scott 48'
Barrowman 78'
Attendance: 362
Referee: McLean
9 February 2008 Scottish Second Division Ross County 6 – 1 Alloa Athletic Victoria Park
Golabek 22'
Barrowman 32'
Higgins 36'
Shields 55'
Keddie 61'
Dowie 90'
BBC Report Coakley 85' Attendance: 2,272
Referee: Nicholls
16 February 2008 Scottish Second Division Berwick Rangers 0 – 4 Ross County Shielfield Park
BBC Report Strachan 20'
Horn 23' (Own goal)
Barrowman 22', 71'
Attendance: 449
Referee: Brown
23 February 2008 Scottish Second Division Ross County 3 – 2 Queen's Park Victoria Park
Gardyne 5'
Barrowman 27'
Lawson 83'
BBC Report Ferry 45'
Trouten 62'
Attendance: 2,162
Referee: Freeland
4 March 2008 Scottish Second Division Ross County 4 – 1 Cowdenbeath Victoria Park
Keddie 39'
Higgins 55'
Barrowman 62'
Winters 89'
BBC Report McBride 81' (Penalty) Attendance: 1,511
Referee: MacDonald
15 March 2008 Scottish Second Division Ayr United 0 – 2 Ross County Somerset Park
BBC Report Barrowman 52'
Gardyne 69'
Attendance: 1,078
Referee: Parry
5 April 2008 Scottish Second Division Ross County 4 – 0 Berwick Rangers Victoria Park
Shields 6'
Barrowman 45', 64' (Penalty)
Lawson 82'
BBC Report McMullan Red card 64' Attendance: 2,579
Referee: MacDonald
19 April 2008 Scottish Second Division Ross County 3 – 0 Cowdenbeath Victoria Park
Barrowman 2', 55'
Higgins 28'
BBC Report Attendance: 3,716
Referee: McDermott

Scottish Challenge Cup

14 August 2007 Scottish Challenge Cup round 1 Dundee 1 – 2 Ross County Dens Park
Sturm 59'
O'Brien Red card 90'
BBC Report Barrowman 12' (pen.)
Keddie 43'
Attendance: 1,471
Referee: McDonald

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

23 January 2008 Scottish League Cup round 4 Cove Rangers 2 – 4 Ross County Allan Park
19:45 Watt 63', 76' (Penalty) BBC Report Shields 10'
Dowie 30'
Boyd 33'
Barrowman 40' (Penalty)
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: O'Reilly

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Ross County (C, P) 36 22 7 7 78 44 +34 73 Promotion to the First Division
2 Airdrie United (P) 36 20 6 10 64 34 +30 66 Qualification for the First Division Play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
3 Raith Rovers 36 19 3 14 60 50 +10 60
4 Alloa Athletic 36 16 8 12 57 56 +1 56
5 Peterhead 36 16 7 13 65 54 +11 55
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. The 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams will be entered into a play-off with the First Division's 9th placed team. The winning team were awarded a place in the 2008–09 First Division, Clyde won the play-off to stay in the division. However, with Gretna being relegated to the Third Division, Airdrie were promoted to Division One. Airdrie United won promotion to the First Division after Gretna were relegated to the Third Division.

Player statistics

Squad

No. Pos Nat Player TotalSecond Division[18]Challenge Cup[19]League Cup[20]Scottish Cup[21]
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK England ENG Tony Bullock 30024+001+002+003+00
GK Scotland SCO Allan Creer 404+000+000+000+00
GK Scotland SCO Matthew Cartis 200+001+100+000+00
GK Scotland SCO Joe Malin 808+000+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Iain Campbell 12010+000+001+001+00
DF Scotland SCO Andy Dowie 41433+122+002+013+01
DF Scotland SCO Graham Girvan 202+000+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Stuart Golabek 33226+022+002+003+00
DF Scotland SCO Alex Keddie 35427+132+012+003+00
DF Scotland SCO Mark McCulloch 36130+012+002+002+00
DF Scotland SCO Gary Miller 23019+100+000+001+20
DF Scotland SCO David Niven 100+100+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Hugh Robertson 400+400+000+000+00
DF Trinidad and Tobago TRI Brent Sancho 202+000+000+000+00
DF Northern Ireland NIR Sean Webb 100+000+000+100+00
MF Scotland SCO Derek Adams 15211+022+002+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Iain Anderson 1013+411+101+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Darren Brady 22114+312+000+102+00
MF Scotland SCO Paul Lawson 28224+021+000+002+10
MF Scotland SCO Daniel Moore 2327+1220+101+100+10
MF Scotland SCO Martin Scott 38421+1032+002+003+01
MF Scotland SCO Adam Strachan 20110+810+000+001+10
FW Scotland SCO Andrew Barrowman 392932+1242+012+032+01
FW Scotland SCO Scott Boyd 25221+210+000+002+01
FW Scotland SCO Michael Gardyne 1649+740+000+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Ross Grant 100+100+000+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Craig Gunn 1702+1300+001+000+10
FW Scotland SCO Sean Higgins 411123+11100+201+102+11
FW Scotland SCO Stewart Petrie 29815+982+001+000+20
FW Scotland SCO Dene Shields 30917+860+100+103+03
FW Scotland SCO David Winters 622+420+000+000+00

See also

References

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  4. 1 2 "Scottish Football League & Scottish Premier League". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
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  10. "Leitch quits post at Ross County". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 April 2007. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  11. "Boss Campbell exits Ross County". BBC Sport. BBC. 2 October 2007. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  12. "Campbell paid for lack of panache". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 October 2007. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  13. "Campbell shock at his County exit". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 October 2007. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  14. "Adams confirmed as County manager". BBC Sport. BBC. 21 November 2007. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
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