2009–10 Ross County F.C. season
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.
| 2009–10 season | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | David Siegel[1] |
| 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[2] |
| Lowest home attendance | 1,752 vs. Greenock Morton, 8 December 2009[2] |
| Average home league attendance | 2,465[3] |
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  Wood |
SFL Report BBC Report |
Baird Lagana   |
Attendance: 1,781 Referee: Thompson |
| 15 August 2009 Scottish First Division | Partick Thistle | 0 – 0 | Ross County | Firhill Stadium |
| McKeown |
BBC Report | Miller |
Attendance: 2,391 Referee: Allan |
| 22 August 2009 Scottish First Division | Ross County | 0 – 1 | Raith Rovers | Victoria Park |
| BBC Report | Hill |
Attendance: 2,088 Referee: O'Reilly |
| 29 August 2009 Scottish First Division | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 1 – 3 | Ross County | Caledonian Stadium |
| Hayes |
BBC Report | di Giacomo Vigurs Brittain |
Attendance: 5,846 Referee: Finnie |
| 12 September 2009 Scottish First Division | Ross County | 3 – 2 | Queen of the South | Victoria Park |
| Brittain Craig Gardyne |
BBC Report | Holmes Kean |
Attendance: 1,992 Referee: McLean |
| 19 September 2009 Scottish First Division | Ross County | 2 – 1 | Ayr United | Victoria Park |
| Brittain Craig Keddie |
BBC Report | Roberts McGowan |
Attendance: 1,885 Referee: Brown |
| 26 September 2009 Scottish First Division | Dundee | 2 – 0 | Ross County | Dens Park |
| Griffiths |
BBC Report | Attendance: 4,682 Referee: Somers |
| 10 October 2009 Scottish First Division | Greenock Morton | 0 – 1 | Ross County | Cappielow |
| BBC Report | Wood |
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 |
Attendance: 756 Referee: Law |
| 24 October 2009 Scottish First Division | Ross County | 2 – 2 | Partick Thistle | Victoria Park |
| Gardyne Scott Lawson |
BBC Report | Erskine Buchanan |
Attendance: 2,369 Referee: Finnie |
| 31 October 2009 Scottish First Division | Queen of the South | 2 – 0 | Ross County | Palmerston Park |
| Burns Kean |
BBC Report | Attendance: 2,245 Referee: McKendrick |
| 7 November 2009 Scottish First Division | Ross County | 2 – 1 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Victoria Park |
| Boyd Gardyne |
BBC Report | Rooney |
Attendance: 5,506 Referee: Somers |
| 14 November 2009 Scottish First Division | Ayr United | 1 – 1 | Ross County | Somerset Park |
| Boyd Ryan Stevenson |
BBC Report | Roberts |
Attendance: 1,236 Referee: Brown |
| 1 December 2009 Scottish First Division | Ross County | 0 – 1 | Dundee | Victoria Park |
| BBC Report | Harkins |
Attendance: 2,005 Referee: Nicholls |
| 8 December 2009 Scottish First Division | Ross County | 3 – 1 | Greenock Morton | Victoria Park |
| Wood Brittain Scott |
BBC Report | Paartalu Reid |
Attendance: 1,752 Referee: McKendrick |
| 12 December 2009 Scottish First Division | Dunfermline Athletic | 3 – 3 | Ross County | East End Park |
| Kirk Gibson |
BBC Report | Brittain Lawson Vigurs |
Attendance: 2,381 Referee: Collum |
| 19 December 2009 Scottish First Division | Ross County | 5 – 3 | Airdrie United | Victoria Park |
| Craig Brittain Gardyne Scott |
SFL Report | Waddell O'Carroll McDonald |
Attendance: 1,823 Referee: Finnie |
| 23 January 2010 Scottish First Division | Ross County | 1 – 0 | Ayr United | Victoria Park |
| Boyd |
BBC Report | Attendance: 1,935 Referee: Muir |
| 30 January 2010 Scottish First Division | Dundee | 0 – 1 | Ross County | Dens Park |
| BBC Report | Lawson |
Attendance: 4,912 Referee: Tumilty |
| 13 February 2010 Scottish First Division | Ross County | 2 – 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | Victoria Park |
| Lawson Watt |
BBC Report | Phinn Holmes |
Attendance: 2,213 Referee: McKendrick |
| 27 February 2010 Scottish First Division | Partick Thistle | 2 – 1 | Ross County | Firhill Stadium |
| Buchanan Hodge |
BBC Report | Barrowman |
Attendance: 2,192 Referee: Brown |
| 6 March 2010 Scottish First Division | Ross County | 1 – 0 | Raith Rovers | Victoria Park |
| Brittain |
BBC Report | Attendance: 2,033 Referee: Conroy |
| 9 March 2010 Scottish First Division | Raith Rovers | 2 – 1 | Ross County | Stark's Park |
| Walker Tade |
BBC Report | Barrowman |
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 |
BBC Report | Hutchinson |
Attendance: 3,295 Referee: Thomson |
| 30 March 2010 Scottish First Division | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 3 – 0 | Ross County | Caledonian Thistle |
| Foran Odhiambo Hayes |
BBC Report | Keddie |
Attendance: 5,411 Referee: MacDonald |
| 3 April 2010 Scottish First Division | Dunfermline Athletic | 1 – 2 | Ross County | East End Park |
| Bell |
BBC Report | Vigurs Barrowman |
Attendance: 2,641 Referee: Finnie |
| 6 April 2010 Scottish First Division | Ross County | 1 – 1 | Queen of the South | Victoria Park |
| Boyd |
BBC Report | Burns McMillan |
Attendance: 2,004 Referee: McLean |
| 13 April 2010 Scottish First Division | Greenock Morton | 1 – 1 | Ross County | Cappielow |
| Monti |
BBC Report | Gardyne |
Attendance: 1,219 Referee: McDermott |
| 17 April 2010 Scottish First Division | Airdrie United | 1 – 1 | Ross County | Excelsior Stadium |
| McDonald |
SFL Report | Craig |
Attendance: 798 Referee: Nicholson |
| 20 April 2010 Scottish First Division | Queen of the South | 1 – 0 | Ross County | Palmerston Park |
| McLaren |
BBC Report | Attendance: 1,183 Referee: O'Reilly |
| 24 April 2010 Scottish First Division | Ross County | 1 – 2 | Partick Thistle | Victoria Park |
| Di Giacomo |
BBC Report | Donnelly Grehan |
Attendance: 2,175 Referee: Somers |
| 26 April 2010 Scottish First Division | Ross County | 2 – 1 | Greenock Morton | Victoria Park |
| Brittain Barrowman |
BBC Report | Witteveen |
Attendance: 1,830 Referee: Charleston |
| 28 April 2010 Scottish First Division | Ayr United | 0 – 1 | Ross County | Somerset Park |
| BBC Report | Barrowman |
Attendance: 1,032 Referee: Winter |
| 1 May 2010 Scottish First Division | Raith Rovers | 4 – 1 | Ross County | Stark's Park |
| Armstrong Russell |
BBC Report | Morrison |
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 |
BBC Report | Watt Spence Carroll |
Attendance: 748 Referee: McDonald |
| 18 August 2009 Scottish Challenge Cup Round 2 | Ross County | 2 – 1 | Greenock Morton | Victoria Park |
| Lawson Wood |
BBC Report | Masterton |
Attendance: 588 Referee: McKendrick |
| 6 September 2009 Scottish Challenge Cup QF | Ross County | 2 – 0 | Queen of the South | Victoria Park |
| di Giacomo Craig |
BBC Report | Attendance: 964 Referee: Tumilty |
| 4 October 2009 Scottish Challenge Cup SF | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 1 – 0 | Ross County | Caledonian Stadium |
| Eagle |
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 Gardyne Morrison Stewart |
BBC Report | Attendance: 768 Referee: Tumilty |
| 25 August 2009 Scottish League Cup Round 2 | Ross County | 2 – 1 | Hamilton Academical | Victoria Park |
| Di Giacomo Brittain |
BBC Report | Mensing |
Attendance: 764 Referee: Muir |
| 22 September 2009 Scottish League Cup Round 3 | Ross County | 0 – 2 | Dundee United | Victoria Park |
| Scott |
BBC Report | Wilkie Russell |
Attendance: 1,986 Referee: Thomson |
Scottish Cup
| 28 November 2009 Scottish Cup Round 3 | Ross County | 5 – 1 | Berwick Rangers | Victoria Park |
| Di Giacomo Lawson Craig Wood |
BBC Report | Brazil |
Attendance: 819 Referee: Madden |
| 18 January 2010 Scottish Cup Round 4 | Ross County | 4 – 0 | Inverurie Loco Works | Victoria Park |
| Craig Morrison Miller |
BBC Report | Attendance: 835 Referee: McLean |
| 6 February 2010 Scottish Cup Round 5 | Ross County | 9 – 0 | Stirling Albion | Victoria Park |
| Keddie Gardyne Wood Brittain Kettlewell Morrison |
BBC Report | Attendance: 1,365 Referee: Norris |
| 13 March 2010 Scottish Cup QF | Hibernian | 2 – 2 | Ross County | Easter Road |
| Nish Riordan |
BBC Report | Murray Gardyne |
Attendance: 9,857 Referee: Winter |
| 23 March 2010 Scottish Cup QF Replay | Ross County | 2 – 1 | Hibernian | Victoria Park |
| Wood Boyd |
BBC Report | Stokes |
Attendance: 5,607 Referee: Winter |
| 10 April 2010 Scottish Cup SF | Celtic | 0 – 2 | Ross County | Hampden Park |
| BBC Report | Craig Scott |
Attendance: 24,535 Referee: Collum |
| 15 May 2010 Scottish Cup Final | Ross County | 0 – 3 | Dundee United | Hampden Park |
| BBC Report | Goodwillie Conway |
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] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| GK |  |
Michael McGovern | 49 | 0 | 35+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | |
| GK |  |
Joe Malin | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| DF | |
Scott Boyd | 40 | 5 | 29+2 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 7+0 | 1 | |
| DF | |
Graham Girvan | 6 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| DF | |
Alex Keddie | 43 | 1 | 30+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 7+0 | 1 | |
| DF | |
Gary Miller | 43 | 1 | 31+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 7+0 | 1 | |
| DF | |
Scott Morrison | 49 | 4 | 35+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 7+0 | 2 | |
| DF | |
Robbie Stephen | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| DF | |
Steven Watt | 28 | 1 | 16+3 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | |
| MF | |
Richard Brittain | 48 | 11 | 34+0 | 9 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 7+0 | 1 | |
| MF | |
Ross Grant | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| MF | |
Stuart Kettlewell | 39 | 1 | 22+9 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 | |
| MF | |
Paul Lawson | 42 | 6 | 25+3 | 4 | 3+1 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 5+2 | 1 | |
| MF | |
Daniel Moore | 7 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| MF | |
Martin Scott | 43 | 3 | 20+10 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 6+1 | 1 | |
| MF |  |
Grant Smith | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| MF | |
Iain Vigurs | 48 | 3 | 25+10 | 3 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | |
| FW | |
Andrew Barrowman | 19 | 5 | 12+2 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | |
| FW | |
Steven Craig | 33 | 11 | 12+12 | 5 | 0+2 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 | 3+2 | 4 | |
| FW | |
Paul di Giacomo | 39 | 7 | 20+11 | 3 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 2 | |
| FW | |
Michael Gardyne | 48 | 13 | 30+4 | 5 | 2+2 | 3 | 3+0 | 2 | 7+0 | 3 | |
| FW | |
John Stewart | 6 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| FW | |
Gary Wood | 42 | 10 | 14+16 | 4 | 2+2 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 2+3 | 5 | |
League table
| Pos | Team | 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
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
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See also
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