2009–10 Ross County F.C. season

Ross County
2009–10 season
Chairman	David Siegel
Manager	Derek Adams
Stadium	Victoria Park
First Division	Fifth place
Challenge Cup	Semi-final, lost to Inverness Caledonian Thistle
League Cup	Third round, lost to Dundee United
Scottish Cup	Final, lost to Dundee United
Top goalscorer	League: ; Richard Brittain (9); All: ; Michael Gardyne (13)
Highest home attendance	5,928 vs. Inverness Caledonian Thistle, 20 March 2010
Lowest home attendance	1,752 vs. Greenock Morton, 8 December 2009
Average home league attendance	2,465
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 season was Ross County's second consecutive season in the Scottish First Division, having been promoted as champions of the Scottish Second Division at the end of 2007–08 season.^[4] They also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup, and Scottish Cup.

Summary[]

Ross County finished fifth in the First Division.^[5] They did, however, reach the semi-finals of the Challenge Cup,^[6] and the third round of the League Cup.^[7] They also managed to gain entrance into the final round of the Scottish Cup,^[8] but lost to Dundee United.^[9]

Results and fixtures[]

^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13] Win Draw Loss

Scottish First Division[]

8 August 2009 Scottish First Division	Ross County	2 – 1	Airdrie United	Victoria Park
	Di Giacomo 18' Wood 32'	SFL Report BBC Report	Baird 42' (Penalty) Lagana 45'	Attendance: 1,781 Referee: Thompson

15 August 2009 Scottish First Division	Partick Thistle	0 – 0	Ross County	Firhill Stadium
	McKeown 55'	BBC Report	Miller 34'	Attendance: 2,391 Referee: Allan

22 August 2009 Scottish First Division	Ross County	0 – 1	Raith Rovers	Victoria Park
		BBC Report	Hill 32'	Attendance: 2,088 Referee: O'Reilly

29 August 2009 Scottish First Division	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1 – 3	Ross County	Caledonian Stadium
	Hayes 60'	BBC Report	di Giacomo 10' Vigurs 53' Brittain 76'	Attendance: 5,846 Referee: Finnie

12 September 2009 Scottish First Division	Ross County	3 – 2	Queen of the South	Victoria Park
	Brittain 46' (Penalty) Craig 48' Gardyne 75'	BBC Report	Holmes 5' Kean 52' (Penalty)	Attendance: 1,992 Referee: McLean

19 September 2009 Scottish First Division	Ross County	2 – 1	Ayr United	Victoria Park
	Brittain 12' Craig 15' Keddie 88'	BBC Report	Roberts 53' McGowan 90'	Attendance: 1,885 Referee: Brown

26 September 2009 Scottish First Division	Dundee	2 – 0	Ross County	Dens Park
	Griffiths 59', 77'	BBC Report		Attendance: 4,682 Referee: Somers

10 October 2009 Scottish First Division	Greenock Morton	0 – 1	Ross County	Cappielow
		BBC Report	Wood 68'	Attendance: 2,154 Referee: Boyle

13 October 2009 Scottish First Division	Ross County	0 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic	Victoria Park
		BBC Report		Attendance: 1,757 Referee: Collum

17 October 2009 Scottish First Division	Airdrie United	0 – 1	Ross County	Excelsior Stadium
		SFL Report	Wood 78'	Attendance: 756 Referee:

24 October 2009 Scottish First Division	Ross County	2 – 2	Partick Thistle	Victoria Park
	Gardyne 40' Scott 57' Lawson 69'	BBC Report	Erskine 62' Buchanan 72'	Attendance: 2,369 Referee: Finnie

31 October 2009 Scottish First Division	Queen of the South	2 – 0	Ross County	Palmerston Park
	Burns 26' Kean 43'	BBC Report		Attendance: 2,245 Referee: McKendrick

7 November 2009 Scottish First Division	Ross County	2 – 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Victoria Park
	Boyd 18' Gardyne 20'	BBC Report	Rooney 82'	Attendance: 5,506 Referee: Somers

14 November 2009 Scottish First Division	Ayr United	1 – 1	Ross County	Somerset Park
	Boyd 41' Ryan Stevenson 60'	BBC Report	Roberts 82' (Penalty)	Attendance: 1,236 Referee: Brown

1 December 2009 Scottish First Division	Ross County	0 – 1	Dundee	Victoria Park
		BBC Report	Harkins 69'	Attendance: 2,005 Referee:

8 December 2009 Scottish First Division	Ross County	3 – 1	Greenock Morton	Victoria Park
	Wood 49' Brittain 67' (Penalty) Scott 90'	BBC Report	Paartalu 29' Reid 85'	Attendance: 1,752 Referee: McKendrick

12 December 2009 Scottish First Division	Dunfermline Athletic	3 – 3	Ross County	East End Park
	Kirk 22', 35' Gibson 40'	BBC Report	Brittain 8' (pen.) Lawson 24' Vigurs 84'	Attendance: 2,381 Referee: Collum

19 December 2009 Scottish First Division	Ross County	5 – 3	Airdrie United	Victoria Park
	Craig 1' Brittain 32', 63' (Penalty) Gardyne 48' Scott 79'	SFL Report	Waddell 29' O'Carroll 34' McDonald 78' (Penalty)	Attendance: 1,823 Referee: Finnie

23 January 2010 Scottish First Division	Ross County	1 – 0	Ayr United	Victoria Park
	Boyd 51'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,935 Referee: Muir

30 January 2010 Scottish First Division	Dundee	0 – 1	Ross County	Dens Park
		BBC Report	Lawson 44'	Attendance: 4,912 Referee: Tumilty

13 February 2010 Scottish First Division	Ross County	2 – 2	Dunfermline Athletic	Victoria Park
	Lawson 54' Watt 85'	BBC Report	Phinn 10', 32' Holmes 89'	Attendance: 2,213 Referee: McKendrick

27 February 2010 Scottish First Division	Partick Thistle	2 – 1	Ross County	Firhill Stadium
	Buchanan 30' Hodge 54'	BBC Report	Barrowman 76'	Attendance: 2,192 Referee: Brown

6 March 2010 Scottish First Division	Ross County	1 – 0	Raith Rovers	Victoria Park
	Brittain 76' (Penalty)	BBC Report		Attendance: 2,033 Referee: Conroy

9 March 2010 Scottish First Division	Raith Rovers	2 – 1	Ross County	Stark's Park
	Walker 53' Tade 83'	BBC Report	Barrowman 28'	Attendance: 1,186 Referee: Charleston

20 March 2010 Scottish First Division	Ross County	0 – 0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Victoria Park
		BBC Report		Attendance: 5,928 Referee: Tumilty

27 March 2010 Scottish First Division	Ross County	1 – 1	Dundee	Victoria Park
	Craig 87'	BBC Report	Hutchinson 50'	Attendance: 3,295 Referee: Thomson

30 March 2010 Scottish First Division	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	3 – 0	Ross County	Caledonian Thistle
	Foran 14' Odhiambo 16' Hayes 40'	BBC Report	Keddie 13'	Attendance: 5,411 Referee: MacDonald

3 April 2010 Scottish First Division	Dunfermline Athletic	1 – 2	Ross County	East End Park
	Bell 78'	BBC Report	Vigurs 15' Barrowman 35'	Attendance: 2,641 Referee: Finnie

6 April 2010 Scottish First Division	Ross County	1 – 1	Queen of the South	Victoria Park
	Boyd 90'	BBC Report	Burns 64' McMillan 53'	Attendance: 2,004 Referee: McLean

13 April 2010 Scottish First Division	Greenock Morton	1 – 1	Ross County	Cappielow
	Monti 6' (Penalty)	BBC Report	Gardyne 39'	Attendance: 1,219 Referee:

17 April 2010 Scottish First Division	Airdrie United	1 – 1	Ross County	Excelsior Stadium
	McDonald 90' (Penalty)	SFL Report	Craig 63'	Attendance: 798 Referee:

20 April 2010 Scottish First Division	Queen of the South	1 – 0	Ross County	Palmerston Park
	McLaren 54'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,183 Referee: O'Reilly

24 April 2010 Scottish First Division	Ross County	1 – 2	Partick Thistle	Victoria Park
	Di Giacomo 58'	BBC Report	Donnelly 60' Grehan 74'	Attendance: 2,175 Referee: Somers

26 April 2010 Scottish First Division	Ross County	2 – 1	Greenock Morton	Victoria Park
	Brittain 26' Barrowman 92'	BBC Report	Witteveen 52'	Attendance: 1,830 Referee: Charleston

28 April 2010 Scottish First Division	Ayr United	0 – 1	Ross County	Somerset Park
		BBC Report	Barrowman 35' (Penalty)	Attendance: 1,032 Referee: Winter

1 May 2010 Scottish First Division	Raith Rovers	4 – 1	Ross County	Stark's Park
	Armstrong 4' Russell 30', 36', 71'	BBC Report	Morrison 46'	Attendance: 1,935 Referee: Murray

Scottish Challenge Cup[]

25 July 2009 Scottish Challenge Cup Round 1	Ross County	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Alloa Athletic	Victoria Park
	Gardyne 58', 106', 118'	BBC Report	Watt 4' (o.g.) Spence 99' 110'	Attendance: 748 Referee: McDonald

18 August 2009 Scottish Challenge Cup Round 2	Ross County	2 – 1	Greenock Morton	Victoria Park
	Lawson 68' Wood 70'	BBC Report	Masterton 63'	Attendance: 588 Referee: McKendrick

6 September 2009 Scottish Challenge Cup QF	Ross County	2 – 0	Queen of the South	Victoria Park
	di Giacomo 26' Craig 90'	BBC Report		Attendance: 964 Referee: Tumilty

4 October 2009 Scottish Challenge Cup SF	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1 – 0	Ross County	Caledonian Stadium
	Eagle 44'	BBC Report		Attendance: 2,275 Referee: O'Reilly

Scottish League Cup[]

1 August 2009 Scottish League Cup Round 1	Ross County	5 – 0	Montrose	Victoria Park
	Craig 43' Gardyne 56', 75' Morrison 72' Stewart 79'	BBC Report		Attendance: 768 Referee: Tumilty

25 August 2009 Scottish League Cup Round 2	Ross County	2 – 1	Hamilton Academical	Victoria Park
	Di Giacomo 32' Brittain 53'	BBC Report	Mensing 90' (+3)	Attendance: 764 Referee: Muir

22 September 2009 Scottish League Cup Round 3	Ross County	0 – 2	Dundee United	Victoria Park
	Scott 83'	BBC Report	Wilkie 36' Russell 77'	Attendance: 1,986 Referee: Thomson

Scottish Cup[]

28 November 2009 Scottish Cup Round 3	Ross County	5 – 1	Berwick Rangers	Victoria Park
	Di Giacomo 38', 40' Lawson 42' Craig 82' Wood 87'	BBC Report	77'	Attendance: 819 Referee: Madden

18 January 2010 Scottish Cup Round 4	Ross County	4 – 0	Inverurie Loco Works	Victoria Park
	Craig 37', 56' Morrison 53' Miller 73'	BBC Report		Attendance: 835 Referee: McLean

6 February 2010 Scottish Cup Round 5	Ross County	9 – 0	Stirling Albion	Victoria Park
	Keddie 3' Gardyne 15', 20' Wood 55', 59', 90' Brittain 66' (pen.) Kettlewell 83' Morrison 84'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,365 Referee: Norris

13 March 2010 Scottish Cup QF	Hibernian	2 – 2	Ross County	Easter Road
	Nish 7' Riordan 19'	BBC Report	Murray 16' (og) Gardyne 79'	Attendance: 9,857 Referee: Winter

23 March 2010 Scottish Cup QF Replay	Ross County	2 – 1	Hibernian	Victoria Park
	Wood 70' Boyd 90'	BBC Report	Stokes 46'	Attendance: 5,607 Referee: Winter

10 April 2010 Scottish Cup SF	Celtic	0 – 2	Ross County	Hampden Park
		BBC Report	Craig 55' Scott 88'	Attendance: 24,535 Referee: Collum

15 May 2010 Scottish Cup Final	Ross County	0 – 3	Dundee United	Hampden Park
		BBC Report	Goodwillie 61' Conway 75', 86'	Attendance: 47,122 Referee: McDonald

Player statistics[]

Squad[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division^[14]		Challenge Cup^[15]		League Cup^[16]		Scottish Cup^[17]
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	NIR	Michael McGovern	49	0	35+0	0	4+0	0	3+0	0	7+0	0
	GK	SCO	Joe Malin	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Scott Boyd	40	5	29+2	4	2+0	0	0+0	0	7+0	1
	DF	SCO	Graham Girvan	6	0	3+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Alex Keddie	43	1	30+0	0	3+0	0	3+0	0	7+0	1
	DF	SCO	Gary Miller	43	1	31+1	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	7+0	1
	DF	SCO	Scott Morrison	49	4	35+0	1	4+0	0	3+0	1	7+0	2
	DF	SCO	Robbie Stephen	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Steven Watt	28	1	16+3	1	4+0	0	3+0	0	0+2	0
	MF	SCO	Richard Brittain	48	11	34+0	9	4+0	0	3+0	1	7+0	1
	MF	SCO	Ross Grant	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Stuart Kettlewell	39	1	22+9	0	3+0	0	1+0	0	1+3	1
	MF	SCO	Paul Lawson	42	6	25+3	4	3+1	1	3+0	0	5+2	1
	MF	SCO	Daniel Moore	7	0	0+3	0	2+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Martin Scott	43	3	20+10	2	1+2	0	1+2	0	6+1	1
	MF	ENG	Grant Smith	4	0	1+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Iain Vigurs	48	3	25+10	3	4+0	0	3+0	0	5+1	0
	FW	SCO	Andrew Barrowman	19	5	12+2	5	0+0	0	0+0	0	4+1	0
	FW	ENG	Steven Craig	33	11	12+12	5	0+2	1	2+0	1	3+2	4
	FW	SCO	Paul di Giacomo	39	7	20+11	3	3+0	1	1+1	1	2+1	2
	FW	SCO	Michael Gardyne	48	13	30+4	5	2+2	3	3+0	2	7+0	3
	FW	SCO	John Stewart	6	1	0+2	0	0+2	0	0+2	1	0+0	0
	FW	SCO		42	10	14+16	4	2+2	1	1+2	0	2+3	5

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Dunfermline Athletic	36	17	7	12	54	44	+10	58
4	Queen of the South	36	15	11	10	53	40	+13	56
5	Ross County	36	15	11	10	46	44	+2	56
6	Partick Thistle	36	14	6	16	43	40	+3	48
7	Raith Rovers	36	11	9	16	36	47	−11	42

Source: Scottish Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
First Division Play-offs: The 9th place team will be entered into a play-off with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th places of the Second Division. The winner gets a place in the 2010-11 First Division

References[]

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