2007–08 Ross County F.C. season

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.

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]

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
Main article: 2007–08 Scottish Second Division
4 August 2007 Scottish Second DivisionRoss County2 – 0Ayr UnitedVictoria Park
Barrowman  4'
Petrie  60'		 BBC Report Attendance: 2,164
Referee: Freeland
11 August 2007 Scottish Second DivisionCowdenbeath2 – 2Ross CountyCentral Park
Dalziel  66'
Howat  82'		 BBC Report Barrowman  46'
Adams  52'		 Attendance: 320
Referee: Boyle
18 August 2007 Scottish Second DivisionQueen's Park3 – 2Ross CountyHampden Park
Sinclair  13'
Canning  75'
Dunn  84'		 BBC Report Anderson  25'
McCulloch  88'		 Attendance: 815
Referee: Norris
25 August 2007 Scottish Second DivisionRoss County1 – 0PeterheadVictoria Park
Higgins  24' BBC Report Attendance: 2,056
Referee: O'Reilly
1 September 2007 Scottish Second DivisionRoss County1 – 1Airdrie UnitedVictoria Park
15;00 Barrowman  39' ESPN Report Noble  31' Attendance: 2,094
Referee: Underhill
15 September 2007 Scottish Second DivisionRaith Rovers0 – 2Ross CountyStark's Park
BBC Report Petrie  73', 83' Attendance: 2,101
Referee: Nicholls
22 September 2007 Scottish Second DivisionBerwick Rangers0 – 1Ross CountyShielfield Park
BBC Report Barrowman  8' (Penalty) Attendance: 495
Referee: Norris
29 September 2007 Scottish Second DivisionRoss County2 – 2Alloa AthleticVictoria Park
Brady  41'
Moore  79'		 BBC Report Andrew  66'
Grant  74'		 Attendance: 2,115
Referee: Brown
6 October 2007 Scottish Second DivisionRoss County2 – 1Brechin CityVictoria Park
Petrie  50'
Shields  67'		 BBC Report Gribben  66' Attendance: 2,022
Referee: Freeland
20 October 2007 Scottish Second DivisionAyr United1 – 4Ross CountySomerset Park
Williams  77' (Penalty) BBC Report Adams  10'
Petrie  24', 31'
Barrowman  26'		 Attendance: 1,087
Referee: Winter
27 October 2007 Scottish Second DivisionRoss County1 – 1Queen's ParkVictoria Park
Boyd  85' BBC Report Ferry  4' Attendance: 2,323
Referee: Somers
3 November 2007 Scottish Second DivisionPeterhead1 – 2Ross CountyBalmoor Stadium
Sharp  55' BBC Report Petrie  41', 61' Attendance: 815
Referee: Law
10 November 2007 Scottish Second DivisionAirdrie United0 – 1Ross CountyExcelsior Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Shields  80' Attendance: 1,062
Referee: Tumilty
1 December 2007 Scottish Second DivisionRoss County2 – 3Raith RoversVictoria Park
Barrowman  47'
Scott  90'		 BBC Report Hislop  2', 59' (Penalty)
Weir  88'		 Attendance: 2,729
Referee: Norris
8 December 2007 Scottish Second DivisionAlloa Athletic3 – 1Ross CountyRecreation Park
Brown  4'
Agnew  21'
Townsley  64'		 BBC Report Dowie  77' Attendance: 523
Referee: Boyle
15 December 2007 Scottish Second DivisionRoss County2 – 1Berwick RangersVictoria Park
Higgins  54'
Shields  76'		 BBC Report Swanson  65' Attendance: 2,027
Referee: Finnie
29 December 2007 Scottish Second DivisionQueen's Park0 – 1Ross CountyHampden Park
ESPN Report Barrowman  49' Attendance: 657
Referee: Brown
2 January 2008 Scottish Second DivisionRoss County5 – 1PeterheadVictoria Park
Keddie  25'
Barrowman  45', 56'
Shields  70'
Moore  72'		 BBC Report Mann  14' Attendance: 2,213
Referee: MacDonald
5 January 2008 Scottish Second DivisionRaith Rovers0 – 1Ross CountyStark's Park
BBC Report Higgins  34'
Lawson  65'		 Attendance: 2,319
Referee: Charleston
19 January 2008 Scottish Second DivisionRoss County3 – 2Airdrie UnitedVictoria Park
15:00 Barrowman  25', 90'
Golabek  55'		 BBC Report McDonald  2'
Noble  58'		 Attendance: 2,319
Referee: Finnie
26 January 2008 Scottish Second DivisionCowdenbeath2 – 4Ross CountyCentral 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 DivisionRoss County6 – 1Alloa AthleticVictoria 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 DivisionBerwick Rangers0 – 4Ross CountyShielfield Park
BBC Report Strachan  20'
Horn  23' (Own goal)
Barrowman  22', 71'		 Attendance: 449
Referee: Brown
23 February 2008 Scottish Second DivisionRoss County3 – 2Queen's ParkVictoria Park
Gardyne  5'
Barrowman  27'
Lawson  83'		 BBC Report Ferry  45'
Trouten  62'		 Attendance: 2,162
Referee: Freeland
26 February 2008 Scottish Second DivisionBrechin City1 – 2Ross CountyGlebe Park
Paton  34' ESPN Report Higgins  1', 50' Attendance: 561
Referee: McKendrick
1 March 2008 Scottish Second DivisionPeterhead1 – 1Ross CountyBalmoor Stadium
Bavidge  30'
Anderson  80'		 BBC Report Higgins  19' Attendance: 762
Referee: Muir
4 March 2008 Scottish Second DivisionRoss County4 – 1CowdenbeathVictoria Park
Keddie  39'
Higgins  55'
Barrowman  62'
Winters  89'		 BBC Report McBride  81' (Penalty) Attendance: 1,511
Referee: MacDonald
11 March 2008 Scottish Second DivisionRoss County2 – 4Ayr UnitedVictoria Park
Higgins  62'
Gardyne  78'		 BBC Report Wardlaw  30'
Williams  31'
Stevenson  45', 51'		 Attendance: 1,627
Referee: Charleston
15 March 2008 Scottish Second DivisionAyr United0 – 2Ross CountySomerset Park
BBC Report Barrowman  52'
Gardyne  69'		 Attendance: 1,078
Referee: Parry
18 March 2008 Scottish Second DivisionRoss County0 – 0Brechin CityVictoria Park
BBC Report Attendance: 1,552
Referee: Tumilty
22 March 2008 Scottish Second DivisionRoss County2 – 3Raith RoversVictoria Park
Barrowman  18'
Scott  20'		 BBC Report Templeton  25'
Goodwillie  28', 67'		 Attendance: 2,973
Referee: Murray
5 April 2008 Scottish Second DivisionRoss County4 – 0Berwick RangersVictoria Park
Shields  6'
Barrowman  45', 64' (Penalty)
Lawson  82'		 BBC Report McMullan  64' Attendance: 2,579
Referee: MacDonald
9 April 2008 Scottish Second DivisionAirdrie United2 – 0Ross CountyExcelsior Stadium
19;45 Noble  23'
Russell  56'		 BBC Report Attendance: 724
Referee: Salmond
12 April 2008 Scottish Second DivisionAlloa Athletic2 – 0Ross CountyRecreation Park
Ferguson  86', 90' BBC Report Attendance: 452
Referee: Boyle
19 April 2008 Scottish Second DivisionRoss County3 – 0CowdenbeathVictoria Park
Barrowman  2', 55'
Higgins  28'		 BBC Report Attendance: 3,716
Referee: McDermott
26 April 2008 Scottish Second DivisionBrechin City3 – 3Ross CountyGlebe Park
Smith  40'
Janczyk  51'
Dyer  60'		 BBC Report Gardyne  10'
Barrowman  79'
Winters  83'		 Attendance: 586
Referee: Muir

Scottish Challenge Cup
Main article: 2007–08 Scottish Challenge Cup
14 August 2007 Scottish Challenge Cup Round 1Dundee1 – 2Ross CountyDens Park
Sturm  59'
O'Brien  90'		 BBC Report Barrowman  12' (pen.)
Keddie  43'		 Attendance: 1,471
Referee: McDonald
5 September 2007 Scottish Challenge Cup Round 2Ross County0 – 2St JohnstoneVictoria Park
BBC Report Deuchar  14'
Jackson  49'		 Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Brines

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 2007–08 Scottish League Cup
7 August 2007 Scottish League Cup Round 1Ross County3 – 1Elgin CityVictoria Park
Dowie  23'
Barrowman  72', 90'		 BBC Report Charlesworth  44'
Dempsie  84' 		 Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Somers
29 August 2007 Scottish League Cup Round 2Dundee United2 – 1Ross CountyTannadice Park
Hunt  65' (pen.)
Robertson  88'		 BBC Report Barrowman  78' Attendance: 3,114
Referee: Allan

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2007–08 Scottish Cup
24 November 2007 Scottish League Cup Round 3Ross County4 – 0Whitehill WelfareVictoria Park
15:00 Shields  16', 56'
Scott  43'
Higgins  88'		 BBC Report Attendance: 1,208
Referee: Charleston
23 January 2008 Scottish League Cup Round 4Cove Rangers2 – 4Ross CountyAllan Park
19:45 Watt  63', 76' (Penalty) BBC Report Shields  10'
Dowie  30'
Boyd  33'
Barrowman  40' (Penalty)		 Attendance: 1,200
Referee: O'Reilly
12 February 2008 Scottish League Cup Round 5Ross County0 – 1St JohnstoneVictoria Park
19:45 BBC Report Craig  14' Attendance: 2,385
Referee: Collum

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) Champion; (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 Tony Bullock 30024+001+002+003+00
GK Allan Creer 404+000+000+000+00
GK Matthew Cartis 200+001+100+000+00
GK Joe Malin 808+000+000+000+00
DF Iain Campbell 12010+000+001+001+00
DF Andy Dowie 41433+122+002+013+01
DF Graham Girvan 202+000+000+000+00
DF Stuart Golabek 33226+022+002+003+00
DF Alex Keddie 35427+132+012+003+00
DF Mark McCulloch 36130+012+002+002+00
DF Gary Miller 23019+100+000+001+20
DF David Niven 100+100+000+000+00
DF Hugh Robertson 400+400+000+000+00
DF Brent Sancho 202+000+000+000+00
DF Sean Webb 100+000+000+100+00
MF Derek Adams 15211+022+002+000+00
MF Iain Anderson 1013+411+101+000+00
MF Darren Brady 22114+312+000+102+00
MF Paul Lawson 28224+021+000+002+10
MF Daniel Moore 2327+1220+101+100+10
MF Martin Scott 38421+1032+002+003+01
MF Adam Strachan 20110+810+000+001+10
FW Andrew Barrowman 392932+1242+012+032+01
FW Scott Boyd 25221+210+000+002+01
FW Michael Gardyne 1649+740+000+000+00
FW Ross Grant 100+100+000+000+00
FW Craig Gunn 1702+1300+001+000+10
FW Sean Higgins 411123+11100+201+102+11
FW Stewart Petrie 29815+982+001+000+20
FW Dene Shields 30917+860+100+103+03
FW David Winters 622+420+000+000+00

See also

References
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