2005–06 Airdrie United F.C. season

Season 2005–06 was Airdrie United's fourth competitive season. They competed in the First Division, Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Airdrie United
2005–06 season
ChairmanJim Ballantyne
ManagerSandy Stewart
StadiumExcelsior Stadium
Scottish First DivisionSixth Place
Scottish CupFourth Round
League CupFirst Round
Challenge CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Bryan Prunty (15)
All:
Bryan Prunty (15)

Summary

Airdrie United finished sixth in the First Division.[1] They reached the fourth round of the Scottish Cup,[2] the first round of the League Cup[3] and were eliminated in the second round of the Challenge Cup.[4]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
4 Ross County 36 14 14 8 47 40 +7 56
5 Clyde 36 15 10 11 54 42 +12 55
6 Airdrie United 36 11 12 13 57 43 +14 45
7 Dundee 36 9 16 11 43 50 −7 43
8 Queen of the South 36 7 12 17 31 54 −23 33
Source:

Results and fixtures

[5]  Win   Draw   Loss

First Division
Main article: 2005–06 Scottish First Division
6 August 2005 SFL1Stranraer1 – 0Airdrie UnitedStair Park
15:00 Hamilton  37' Report Attendance: 855
Referee: Boyle
13 August 2005 SFL1Airdrie United0 – 1Ross CountyExcelsior Stadium
15:00 BBC Report McGarry  49' Attendance: 1,164
Referee: McCurry
20 August 2005 SFL1Brechin City1 – 1Airdrie UnitedGlebe Park
15:00 Johnson  24' Report McKeown  80' Attendance: 688
Referee: Hardie
27 August 2005 SFL1Airdrie United3 – 1St JohnstoneExcelsior Stadium
15:00 McKeown  27' (Penalty)
Prunty  61'
Twigg  83'		 BBC Report Scotland  23' Attendance: 1,522
Referee: Allan
10 September 2005 SFL1Dundee0 – 2Airdrie UnitedDens Park
15:00 Report McDougall  4'
Prunty  75'		 Attendance: 4,198
Referee: Thomson
17 September 2005 SFL1Hamilton Academical1 – 1Airdrie UnitedNew Douglas Park
15:00 McKenzie Report McLaren  31' Attendance: 2,229
Referee: Dougal
24 September 2005 SFL1Airdrie United0 – 1St MirrenExcelsior Stadium
15:00 Report Adam  33' Attendance: 2,073
Referee: Underhill
1 October 2005 SFL1Airdrie United1 – 3ClydeExcelsior Stadium
15:00 McKeown  75' (Penalty) Clyde Report Williams  3', 66'
Brighton  62'		 Attendance: 1,603
Referee: Fyfe
7 October 2005 SFL1Ross County2 – 2Airdrie UnitedVictoria Park
19:45 Rankin  36'
Winters  43'		 Report Twigg  8'
McLaren  73'		 Attendance: 2,004
Referee: MacKay
15 October 2005 SFL1Queen of the South1 – 0Airdrie UnitedPalmerston Park
15:00 Burns  90' Report Attendance: 1,638
Referee: Brines
22 October 2005 SFL1Airdrie United1 – 0StranraerExcelsior Stadium
15:00 Prunty  60' Report Attendance: 1,100
Referee: McDonald
29 October 2005 SFL1Airdrie United4 – 0DundeeExcelsior Stadium
15:00 McPhee  1', 26'
McKeown  78' (Penalty)
Hardie  83'		 BBC Report Attendance: 1,656
Referee: Murray
5 November 2005 SFL1St Johnstone1 – 0Airdrie UnitedMcDiarmid Park
15:00 Scotland  28' Report Attendance: 2,412
Referee: McCurry
12 November 2005 SFL1Airdrie United2 – 2Hamilton AcademicalExcelsior Stadium
15:00 McPhee  28'
McLaren  89'		 BBC Report Robertson  48'
Ferguson  60'		 Attendance: 1,375
Referee: Richmond
26 November 2005 SFL1Clyde1 – 0Airdrie UnitedBroadwood
15:00 McGowan  23' Report Attendance: 1,258
Referee: Thomson
29 November 2005 SFL1St Mirren1 – 1Airdrie UnitedLove Street
Van Zanten  5' BBC Report Docherty  11' (Penalty)
Docherty  63'		 Attendance: 2,941
Referee: Underhill
3 December 2005 SFL1Airdrie United4 – 0Queen of the SouthExcelsior Stadium
15:00 Prunty  11'
McLaren  27'
McPhee  79', 87'		 Report Attendance: 1,242
Referee: Hardie
10 December 2005 SFL1Stranraer1 – 1Airdrie UnitedStair Park
15:00 Sharp  75' Report McKeown  30' (Penalty) Attendance: 633
Referee: Hunter
17 December 2005 SFL1Airdrie United6 – 0Brechin CityExcelsior Stadium
15:00 Prunty  27', 47'
Hardie  59', 72', 87'
McLaren  77'		 Report Attendance: 1,106
Referee: Murray
26 December 2005 SFL1Dundee2 – 3Airdrie UnitedDens Park
O'Reilly  22'
Mann  45'		 BBC Report Prunty  58', 88', 89' Attendance: 4,378
Referee: Toner
31 December 2005 SFL1Airdrie United2 – 1St JohnstoneExcelsior Stadium
14:00 McKeown  22' (Penalty)
McLaren  35'		 Report Sheerin  19' (Penalty) Attendance: 1,582
Referee: McDonald
2 January 2006 SFL1Hamilton Academical1 – 0Airdrie UnitedNew Douglas Park
McLaughlin  25' BBC Report Attendance: 2,498
Referee: McCurry
14 January 2006 SFL1Airdrie United1 – 4St MirrenExcelsior Stadium
McPhee  87'
DanMcManus  75'		 Report McKenna  23' (Own Goal)
Anderson  61', 78'
Corcoran  71'		 Attendance: 2,661
21 January 2006 SFL1Airdrie United1 – 1ClydeExcelsior Stadium
15:00 Prunty  11' Report Brighton  22' Attendance: 1,623
Referee: McDonald
28 January 2006 SFL1Queen of the South2 – 0Airdrie UnitedPalmerston Park
15:00 O'Neil  9' (Penalty)
Burns  75'		 Report Attendance: 1,650
Referee: Richmond
11 February 2006 SFL1Brechin City0 – 0Airdrie UnitedGlebe Park
15:00 Report Attendance: 602
Referee: Smith
18 February 2006 SFL1Airdrie United2 – 3Ross CountyExcelsior Stadium
15:00 McPhee  32'
Prunty  65'		 Report Winters  4'
Higgins  45'
Cowie  59'		 Attendance: 1,119
Referee: Freeland
4 March 2006 SFL1St Johnstone2 – 2Airdrie UnitedMcDiarmid Park
15:00 Hardie  61'
James  69'		 BBC Report Twigg  2'
Lovering  49'		 Attendance: 2,216
Referee: Dougal
11 March 2006 SFL1Airdrie United7 – 0DundeeExcelsior Stadium
15;00 McLaren  15', 45', 78'
Twigg  17' (Penalty), 41'
McPhee  18'
Coyle  84'		 BBC Report Attendance: 1,127
Referee: Clark
18 March 2006 SFL1Airdrie United0 – 0Hamilton AcademicalExcelsior Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 1,326
Referee: Freeland
25 March 2006 SFL1St Mirren2 – 1Airdrie UnitedLove Street
15:00 Sutton  9', 48' Report Prutny  43' Attendance: 3,785
1 April 2006 SFL1Clyde3 – 1Airdrie UnitedBroadwood
15;00 McHale  28' (Penalty)
Bouadji  42'
Brighton  79'		 Report Prutny  85' Attendance: 1,350
Referee: Clark
8 April 2006 SFL1Airdrie United1 – 1Queen of the SouthExcelsior Stadium
15:00 Twigg  6' Report Weir  58' Attendance: 1,262
Referee: Collum
15 April 2006 SFL1Airdrie United3 – 0StranraerExcelsior Stadium
15:00 McLaren  17'
Prutny  72'
Barkey  87'		 Report Attendance: 919
Referee: MacDonald
22 April 2006 SFL1Ross County0 – 1Airdrie UnitedVictoria Park
15:00 Report Twigg  52' Attendance: 2,066
Referee: Toner
29 April 2006 SFL1Airdrie United3 – 3Brechin CityExcelsior Stadium
15:00 Prutny  45'
McPhee  50'
McGowan  78'		 Report Devlin  32', 48'
Byers  69'		 Attendance: 1,212
Referee: Boyle

Challenge Cup
Main article: 2005–06 Scottish Challenge Cup
30 August 2005 Scottish Challenge Cup R2Dundee1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(3 – 2 p)		Airdrie UnitedDens Park
19:45 Robertson Report McPhee Attendance: 1,857
Referee: Clark

League Cup
Main article: 2005–06 Scottish League Cup
9 August 2005 League Cup R1Raith Rovers2 – 0Airdrie UnitedStark's Park
Annand  6'
Jablonski  57'		 BBC Report Attendance: 1,237
Referee: McDonald

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2005–06 Scottish Cup
7 August 2006 Scottish Cup R3Dunfermline Athletic3 – 4Airdrie UnitedEast End Park
19:45 Mason  16'
Hunt  23'
Young  56'
Makel  62' 		 BBC Report Docherty  31', 90'
Hardie  56'
McKeown  89' (Penalty)		 Attendance: 3,805
Referee: Fyfe
4 February 2006 Scottish Cup R4Airdrie United1 – 1DundeeExcelsior Stadium
McLaren  59' BBC Report Deasley  21' Attendance: 3,557
Referee: Underhill
14 February 2006 Scottish Cup R4 ReplayDundee2 – 0Airdrie UnitedDens Park
Deasley  8'
Lynch  71'		 BBC Report Attendance: 3,824
Referee: MacKay

Player statistics

Squad
No. Pos Nat Player TotalFirst DivisionScottish CupLeague CupOther[a]
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Stephen Robertson 280250300000
GK Lee Hollis 130110001010
DF Allan McManus 350300301010
DF Stephen McKenna 360320300010
DF Neil McGowan 401351301010
DF Paul Lovering 321281301000
DF Fraser Coyle 221201001010
MF Colin Marshall 4030001000
MF Martin Hardie 225214110000
MF Stephen Docherty 302250321010
MF Kevin Barkey 231221000010
MF David Dunn 300270101010
MF Stephen McKeown 368317311010
MF Graeme Holmes 180160200000
MF Stuart Taylor 6060000000
FW Steven McDougall 361311301010
FW Bryan Prunty 35153115300010
FW Brian McPhee 3610329300011
FW Willie McLaren 38113310311010
FW Gary Twigg 277247101010
FW Mark Roberts 3020001000
FW Henry Boyle 8373100000
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References
  1. "2005-06 First Division". Scottish Football Archive. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  2. "Dundee F.C. v Airdrie United F.C." Scottish Football Association. 14 February 2006. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  3. "2005-06 League Cup". Scottish Football Archive. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  4. "Dundee 1 - 1 Airdrie United". ESPN. 30 August 2005. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  5. "Airdrie United results 2005/2006". Airdrie Mad. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
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