2006–07 Ross County F.C. season

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.

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]

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 DivisionAirdrie United0 – 2Ross CountyExcelsior Stadium
BBC Report McKinlay  23'
Gardyne  50'		 Attendance: 1,262
Referee: Underhill
12 August 2006 Scottish First DivisionRoss County0 – 3LivingstonVictoria 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 DivisionGretna2 – 1Ross CountyRaydale Park
McMenamin  22', 36'
Deuchar  90'		 BBC Report Gunn  48' Attendance: 1,195
Referee: Smith
26 August 2006 Scottish First DivisionSt Johnstone3 – 1Ross CountyMcDiarmid Park
Milne  37', 39'
Sheerin  82'		 BBC Report McKinlay  53' Attendance: 2,109
Referee: Collum
9 September 2006 Scottish First DivisionRoss County1 – 0Queen of the SouthVictoria Park
Cowie  56' BBC Report Attendance: 2,265
Referee: Somers
16 September 2006 Scottish First DivisionClyde3 – 0Ross CountyBroadwood Stadium
McHale  47' (Penalty)
Ferguson  63'
Imrie  85'		 BBC Report Attendance: 965
Referee: Tumilty
23 September 2006 Scottish First DivisionRoss County0 – 1Hamilton AcademicalVictoria Park
BBC Report Tunbridge  35' Attendance: 1,925
Referee: Hardie
30 September 2006 Scottish First DivisionPartick Thistle3 – 2Ross CountyFirhill Stadium
McCulloch  33', 83'
McConalogue  90'		 BBC Report McKinlay  13' (Penalty)
Keddie  80'		 Attendance: 2,120
Referee: Allan
14 October 2006 Scottish First DivisionRoss County1 – 0DundeeVictoria Park
Higgins  36' BBC Report Attendance: 2,454
Referee: Thomson
21 October 2006 Scottish First DivisionLivingston0 – 0Ross CountyAlmondvale Stadium
15:00 Livi Mad Report Attendance: 2,060
Referee: Collum
28 October 2006 Scottish First DivisionRoss County2 – 1Airdrie UnitedVictoria Park
15:00 Dowie  14'
Gardyne  34'		 BBC Report Lovering  58' Attendance: 2,010
Referee: MacKay
4 November 2006 Scottish First DivisionQueen of the South2 – 0Ross CountyPalmerston Park
Weir  53'
O'Neil  70'		 BBC Report Attendance: 1,497
Referee: Murray
18 November 2006 Scottish First DivisionRoss County1 – 1ClydeVictoria Park
Irvine  12'
Ciani  41'		 BBC Report McKeown  71' Attendance: 2,195
Referee: Hardie
22 November 2006 Scottish First DivisionRoss County2 – 2St JohnstoneVictoria Park
Gardyne  28'
McKinlay  89' (Penalty)		 BBC Report Sheerin  4'
Hardie  22'
Lawson  89'		 Attendance: 1,648
Referee: Underhill
25 November 2006 Scottish First DivisionHamilton Academical0 – 0Ross CountyNew Douglas Park
BBC Report Attendance: 1,180
Referee: Muir
2 December 2006 Scottish First DivisionDundee3 – 1Ross CountyDens Park
Rae  73'
Lyle  76'
McLaren  83'		 BBC Report Robertson  65' Attendance: 3,380
Referee: McCurry
9 December 2006 Scottish First DivisionRoss County2 – 5Partick ThistleVictoria Park
Dowie  31'
Robertson  54'		 BBC Report McConalogue  34', 36'
Ferguson  57'
Keogh  71'
Roberts  79'		 Attendance: 2,381
Referee: Finnie
16 December 2006 Scottish First DivisionRoss County0 – 1GretnaVictoria Park
BBC Report McMenamin  66' Attendance: 1,958
Referee: Smith
26 December 2006 Scottish First DivisionAirdrie United0 – 1Ross CountyExcelsior Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Scott  25' Attendance: 1,301
Referee: Richmond
30 December 2006 Scottish First DivisionRoss County1 – 0Queen of the SouthVictoria Park
BBC Report Hooks  33'
Scott  75'		 Attendance: 1,752
Referee: Freeland
2 January 2007 Scottish First DivisionSt Johnstone2 – 1Ross CountyMcDiarmid Park
Mensing  11'
McManus  90'		 BBC Report Cowie  61' Attendance: 2,519
Referee: McDonald
20 January 2007 Scottish First DivisionClyde2 – 4Ross CountyBroadwood Stadium
Ferguson  73'
Masterton  75'		 BBC Report Imrie  9' (Own goal)
McKinlay  35'
Cowie  56', 58'
Shields  60'		 Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Somers
27 January 2007 Scottish First DivisionRoss County0 – 0DundeeVictoria Park
BBC Report Attendance: 2,175
Referee: Murray
10 February 2007 Scottish First DivisionPartick Thistle1 – 1Ross CountyFirhill Stadium
Roberts  68' BBC Report Cowie  90' Attendance: 2,211
Referee: Richmond
17 February 2007 Scottish First DivisionGretna4 – 1Ross CountyRaydale Park
McMenamin  9' (Penalty), 80'
Nicholls  11'
Jenkins  90'		 BBC Report Keddie  74'
O'Carroll  85'		 Attendance: 1,361
Referee: Boyle
24 February 2007 Scottish First DivisionRoss County0 – 2LivingstonVictoria Park
15:00 Livi Mad Report Dorrans  77'
Fox  82'		 Attendance: 2,324
Referee: Brines
3 March 2007 Scottish First DivisionRoss County1 – 1St JohnstoneVictoria Park
Higgins  73' BBC Report MacDonald  6' Attendance: 1,689
Referee: Ritchie
10 March 2007 Scottish First DivisionQueen of the South2 – 0Ross CountyPalmerston Park
O'Neil  5'
Adams  12'		 BBC Report Attendance: 2,479
Referee: Smith
13 March 2007 Scottish First DivisionRoss County4 – 1Hamilton AcademicalVictoria Park
Cowie  10' (16)
Higgins  14'
Gunn  78'		 BBC Report Offiong  70' Attendance: 1,475
Referee: Winter
17 March 2007 Scottish First DivisionRoss County2 – 2ClydeVictoria Park
Higgins  49'
Adams  79'		 BBC Report Gilmour  47'
McGowan  63' (Penalty)		 Attendance: 2,145
Referee: Allan
31 March 2007 Scottish First DivisionHamilton Academical1 – 0Ross CountyNew Douglas Park
Wilson  10' BBC Report Attendance: 1,035
Referee: McKendrick
3 April 2007 Scottish First DivisionRoss County2 – 1Partick ThistleVictoria Park
Scott  16'
Adams  27'		 BBC Report Young  11' Attendance: 1,880
Referee: MacKay
7 April 2007 Scottish First DivisionDundee3 – 2Ross CountyDens Park
Daal  20', 32'
McHale  54'		 BBC Report Higgins  47'
Gardyne  76'		 Attendance: 3,013
Referee: Freeland
14 April 2007 Scottish First DivisionRoss County1 – 1Airdrie UnitedVictoria Park
15:00 Proctor  16' (Own Goal) BBC Report Twigg  7' Attendance: 2,717
Referee: Tumilty
21 April 2007 Scottish First DivisionLivingston1 – 1Ross CountyAlmondvale Stadium
15:00 Griffiths  28' Livi Mad Report Gardyne  47' Attendance: 1,743
Referee: Muir
28 April 2007 Scottish First DivisionRoss County2 – 3GretnaVictoria Park
Gardyne  30'
O'Carroll  49'		 BBC Report Deverdics  34'
Grady  42', 90'		 Attendance: 6,216
Referee: Brines

Scottish Challenge Cup
Main article: 2006–07 Scottish Challenge Cup
16 August 2006 Scottish Challenge Cup Round 1East Fife0 – 3Ross CountyBayview Stadium
19:30 BBC Report Dowie  21'
Gunn  70', 72'		 Attendance: 304
Referee: Tumilty
29 August 2006 Scottish Challenge Cup Round 2Ross County2 – 1 (a.e.t.)Alloa AthleticVictoria Park
19:45 McKinlay  62', 120' (Penalty) BBC Report Townsley  1' Attendance: 750
Referee: Finnie
12 September 2006 Scottish Challenge Cup QFRoss County3 – 2 (a.e.t.)GretnaVictoria 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 SFRoss County4 – 1Albion RoversVictoria Park
19:45 Higgins  11', 50'
Gunn  85'
McKinlay  87' (Penalty)		 BBC Report Dowie  56' (Own goal) Attendance: 1,050
Referee: Thomson
12 November 2006 Scottish Challenge Cup FinalRoss County1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(5 – 4 p)		ClydeMcDiarmid Park
15:00 Dowie  80' BBC Report Hunter  43'
Malone  93'		 Attendance: 4,062
Referee: Thomson
Penalties
Gardyne
Robertson
McKinlay
Adams
Irvine
Crooks 		O'Donnell
McGregor
McCann
Miller
McHale
Higgins

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 2006–07 Scottish League Cup
8 August 2006 Scottish League Cup Round 1Ross County4 – 2StranraerVictoria 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 2Alloa Athletic2 – 1Ross CountyRecreation Park
19:30 Malcolm  15'
Brown  34'
Forrest  47'		 BBC Report McKinlay  57' Attendance: 424
Referee: Winter

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2006–07 Scottish Cup
6 January 2007 Scottish Cup Round 3Ross County0 – 1Partick ThistleVictoria Park
BBC Report Robertson  15' Attendance: 1,535
Referee: MacKay

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:

Player statistics

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

See also

References
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