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]
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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[]

Main article: 2006–07 Scottish First Division
5 August 2006 Scottish First Division Airdrie United 0 – 2 Ross County Excelsior Stadium
BBC Report McKinlay Goal 23'
Gardyne Goal 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 Goal 30'
Adams Goal 44' (Own Goal)
Craig Goal 54'		 Attendance: 2,321
Referee: S MacDonald
19 August 2006 Scottish First Division Gretna 2 – 1 Ross County Raydale Park
McMenamin Goal 22', 36'
Deuchar Red card 90'		 BBC Report Gunn Goal 48' Attendance: 1,195
Referee: Smith
26 August 2006 Scottish First Division St Johnstone 3 – 1 Ross County McDiarmid Park
Milne Goal 37', 39'
Sheerin Goal 82'		 BBC Report McKinlay Goal 53' Attendance: 2,109
Referee: Collum
9 September 2006 Scottish First Division Ross County 1 – 0 Queen of the South Victoria Park
Cowie Goal 56' BBC Report Attendance: 2,265
Referee: Somers
16 September 2006 Scottish First Division Clyde 3 – 0 Ross County Broadwood Stadium
McHale Goal 47' (Penalty)
Ferguson Goal 63'
Imrie Goal 85'		 BBC Report Attendance: 965
Referee: Tumilty
23 September 2006 Scottish First Division Ross County 0 – 1 Hamilton Academical Victoria Park
BBC Report Tunbridge Goal 35' Attendance: 1,925
Referee: Hardie
30 September 2006 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle 3 – 2 Ross County Firhill Stadium
McCulloch Goal 33', 83'
McConalogue Goal 90'		 BBC Report McKinlay Goal 13' (Penalty)
Keddie Goal 80'		 Attendance: 2,120
Referee: Allan
14 October 2006 Scottish First Division Ross County 1 – 0 Dundee Victoria Park
Higgins Goal 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 Goal 14'
Gardyne Goal 34'		 BBC Report Lovering Goal 58' Attendance: 2,010
Referee:
4 November 2006 Scottish First Division Queen of the South 2 – 0 Ross County Palmerston Park
Weir Goal 53'
O'Neil Goal 70'		 BBC Report Attendance: 1,497
Referee: Murray
18 November 2006 Scottish First Division Ross County 1 – 1 Clyde Victoria Park
Irvine Red card 12'
Goal 41'		 BBC Report McKeown Goal 71' Attendance: 2,195
Referee: Hardie
22 November 2006 Scottish First Division Ross County 2 – 2 St Johnstone Victoria Park
Gardyne Goal 28'
McKinlay Goal 89' (Penalty)		 BBC Report Sheerin Goal 4'
Hardie Goal 22'
Lawson Red card 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 Goal 73'
Lyle Goal 76'
McLaren Goal 83'		 BBC Report Robertson Goal 65' Attendance: 3,380
Referee: McCurry
9 December 2006 Scottish First Division Ross County 2 – 5 Partick Thistle Victoria Park
Dowie Goal 31'
Robertson Goal 54'		 BBC Report McConalogue Goal 34', 36'
Ferguson Goal 57'
Keogh Goal 71'
Roberts Goal 79'		 Attendance: 2,381
Referee: Finnie
16 December 2006 Scottish First Division Ross County 0 – 1 Gretna Victoria Park
BBC Report McMenamin Goal 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 Goal 25' Attendance: 1,301
Referee: Richmond
30 December 2006 Scottish First Division Ross County 1 – 0 Queen of the South Victoria Park
BBC Report Goal 33'
Scott Red card 75'		 Attendance: 1,752
Referee: Freeland
2 January 2007 Scottish First Division St Johnstone 2 – 1 Ross County McDiarmid Park
Mensing Goal 11'
McManus Goal 90'		 BBC Report Cowie Goal 61' Attendance: 2,519
Referee: McDonald
20 January 2007 Scottish First Division Clyde 2 – 4 Ross County Broadwood Stadium
Ferguson Goal 73'
Masterton Goal 75'		 BBC Report Imrie Goal 9' (Own goal)
McKinlay Goal 35'
Cowie Goal 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
10 February 2007 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle 1 – 1 Ross County Firhill Stadium
Roberts Goal 68' BBC Report Cowie Goal 90' Attendance: 2,211
Referee: Richmond
17 February 2007 Scottish First Division Gretna 4 – 1 Ross County Raydale Park
McMenamin Goal 9' (Penalty), 80'
Nicholls Goal 11'
Jenkins Goal 90'		 BBC Report Keddie Red card 74'
O'Carroll Goal 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 Goal 77'
Fox Goal 82'		 Attendance: 2,324
Referee: Brines
3 March 2007 Scottish First Division Ross County 1 – 1 St Johnstone Victoria Park
Higgins Goal 73' BBC Report MacDonald Goal 6' Attendance: 1,689
Referee:
10 March 2007 Scottish First Division Queen of the South 2 – 0 Ross County Palmerston Park
O'Neil Goal 5'
Adams Goal 12'		 BBC Report Attendance: 2,479
Referee: Smith
13 March 2007 Scottish First Division Ross County 4 – 1 Hamilton Academical Victoria Park
Cowie Goal 10' (16)
Higgins Goal 14'
Gunn Goal 78'		 BBC Report Offiong Goal 70' Attendance: 1,475
Referee: Winter
17 March 2007 Scottish First Division Ross County 2 – 2 Clyde Victoria Park
Higgins Goal 49'
Adams Goal 79'		 BBC Report Gilmour Goal 47'
McGowan Goal 63' (Penalty)		 Attendance: 2,145
Referee: Allan
31 March 2007 Scottish First Division Hamilton Academical 1 – 0 Ross County New Douglas Park
Wilson Goal 10' BBC Report Attendance: 1,035
Referee: McKendrick
3 April 2007 Scottish First Division Ross County 2 – 1 Partick Thistle Victoria Park
Scott Goal 16'
Adams Goal 27'		 BBC Report Young Goal 11' Attendance: 1,880
Referee:
7 April 2007 Scottish First Division Dundee 3 – 2 Ross County Dens Park
Daal Goal 20', 32'
McHale Goal 54'		 BBC Report Higgins Goal 47'
Gardyne Goal 76'		 Attendance: 3,013
Referee: Freeland
14 April 2007 Scottish First Division Ross County 1 – 1 Airdrie United Victoria Park
15:00 Proctor Goal 16' (Own Goal) BBC Report Twigg Goal 7' Attendance: 2,717
Referee: Tumilty
21 April 2007 Scottish First Division Livingston 1 – 1 Ross County Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Griffiths Goal 28' Livi Mad Report Gardyne Goal 47' Attendance: 1,743
Referee: Muir
28 April 2007 Scottish First Division Ross County 2 – 3 Gretna Victoria Park
Gardyne Goal 30'
O'Carroll Goal 49'		 BBC Report Deverdics Goal 34'
Grady Goal 42', 90'		 Attendance: 6,216
Referee: Brines

Scottish Challenge Cup[]

Main article: 2006–07 Scottish Challenge Cup
16 August 2006 Scottish Challenge Cup Round 1 East Fife 0 – 3 Ross County Bayview Stadium
19:30 BBC Report Dowie Goal 21'
Gunn Goal 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 Goal 62', 120' (Penalty) BBC Report Goal 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 Goal 35'
Ciani Goal 40'
Anderson Goal 96'		 BBC Report McMenamin Goal 73'
Jenkins Goal 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 Goal 11', 50'
Gunn Goal 85'
McKinlay Goal 87' (Penalty)		 BBC Report Dowie Goal 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 Goal 80' BBC Report Hunter Goal 43'
Malone Red card 93'		 Attendance: 4,062
Referee: Thomson
Penalties
Gardyne Penalty scored
Robertson Penalty scored
McKinlay Penalty scored
Adams Penalty missed
Irvine Penalty scored
Crooks Penalty scored		 Penalty scored O'Donnell
Penalty missed McGregor
Penalty scored McCann
Penalty scored Miller
Penalty scored McHale
Penalty missed Higgins

Scottish League Cup[]

Main article: 2006–07 Scottish League Cup
8 August 2006 Scottish League Cup Round 1 Ross County 4 – 2 Stranraer Victoria Park
19:45 Cowie Goal 27', 58'
Higgins Goal 61'
Gunn Goal 78'		 BBC Report Burns Goal 70'
Moore Goal 90'		 Attendance: 750
Referee:
22 August 2006 Scottish League Cup Round 2 Alloa Athletic 2 – 1 Ross County Recreation Park
19:30 Malcolm Red card 15'
Brown Goal 34'
Goal 47'		 BBC Report McKinlay Goal 57' Attendance: 424
Referee: Winter

Scottish Cup[]

Main article: 2006–07 Scottish Cup
6 January 2007 Scottish Cup Round 3 Ross County 0 – 1 Partick Thistle Victoria Park
BBC Report Robertson Goal 15' Attendance: 1,535
Referee:

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion 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 36 11 7 18 39 50 −11 40 Relegated to Second Division 2007-08
10 Ross County 36 9 10 17 40 57 −17 37
Source: "2006-2007 First Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 2021-04-29.

Player statistics[]

Squad[]

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[]

References[]

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