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 edit

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 edit

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: "2005-2006 First Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results and fixtures edit

[5]  Win   Draw   Loss

First Division edit

6 August 2005 SFL1 Stranraer 1–0 Airdrie United Stair Park
15:00 Hamilton   37' Report Attendance: 855
Referee: Boyle
13 August 2005 SFL1 Airdrie United 0–1 Ross County Excelsior Stadium
15:00 BBC Report McGarry   49' Attendance: 1,164
Referee: McCurry
20 August 2005 SFL1 Brechin City 1–1 Airdrie United Glebe Park
15:00 Johnson   24' Report McKeown   80' Attendance: 688
Referee: Hardie
27 August 2005 SFL1 Airdrie United 3–1 St Johnstone Excelsior Stadium
15:00 McKeown   27' (Penalty)
Prunty   61'
Twigg   83'
BBC Report Scotland   23' Attendance: 1,522
Referee: Allan
10 September 2005 SFL1 Dundee 0–2 Airdrie United Dens Park
15:00 Report McDougall   4'
Prunty   75'
Attendance: 4,198
Referee: Thomson
17 September 2005 SFL1 Hamilton Academical 1–1 Airdrie United New Douglas Park
15:00 McKenzie   Report McLaren   31' Attendance: 2,229
Referee: Dougal
24 September 2005 SFL1 Airdrie United 0–1 St Mirren Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Report Adam   33' Attendance: 2,073
Referee: Underhill
1 October 2005 SFL1 Airdrie United 1–3 Clyde Excelsior Stadium
15:00 McKeown   75' (Penalty) Clyde Report Williams   3', 66'
Brighton   62'
Attendance: 1,603
Referee: Fyfe
7 October 2005 SFL1 Ross County 2–2 Airdrie United Victoria Park
19:45 Rankin   36'
Winters   43'
Report Twigg   8'
McLaren   73'
Attendance: 2,004
Referee: MacKay
15 October 2005 SFL1 Queen of the South 1–0 Airdrie United Palmerston Park
15:00 Burns   90' Report Attendance: 1,638
Referee: Brines
22 October 2005 SFL1 Airdrie United 1–0 Stranraer Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Prunty   60' Report Attendance: 1,100
Referee: McDonald
29 October 2005 SFL1 Airdrie United 4–0 Dundee Excelsior Stadium
15:00 McPhee   1', 26'
McKeown   78' (Penalty)
Hardie   83'
BBC Report Attendance: 1,656
Referee: Murray
5 November 2005 SFL1 St Johnstone 1–0 Airdrie United McDiarmid Park
15:00 Scotland   28' Report Attendance: 2,412
Referee: McCurry
12 November 2005 SFL1 Airdrie United 2–2 Hamilton Academical Excelsior Stadium
15:00 McPhee   28'
McLaren   89'
BBC Report Robertson   48'
Ferguson   60'
Attendance: 1,375
Referee: Richmond
26 November 2005 SFL1 Clyde 1–0 Airdrie United Broadwood
15:00 McGowan   23' Report Attendance: 1,258
Referee: Thomson
29 November 2005 SFL1 St Mirren 1–1 Airdrie United Love Street
Van Zanten   5' BBC Report Docherty   11' (Penalty)
Docherty   63'
Attendance: 2,941
Referee: Underhill
3 December 2005 SFL1 Airdrie United 4–0 Queen of the South Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Prunty   11'
McLaren   27'
McPhee   79', 87'
Report Attendance: 1,242
Referee: Hardie
10 December 2005 SFL1 Stranraer 1–1 Airdrie United Stair Park
15:00 Sharp   75' Report McKeown   30' (Penalty) Attendance: 633
Referee: Hunter
17 December 2005 SFL1 Airdrie United 6–0 Brechin City Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Prunty   27', 47'
Hardie   59', 72', 87'
McLaren   77'
Report Attendance: 1,106
Referee: Murray
26 December 2005 SFL1 Dundee 2–3 Airdrie United Dens Park
O'Reilly   22'
Mann   45'
BBC Report Prunty   58', 88', 89' Attendance: 4,378
Referee: Toner
31 December 2005 SFL1 Airdrie United 2–1 St Johnstone Excelsior Stadium
14:00 McKeown   22' (Penalty)
McLaren   35'
Report Sheerin   19' (Penalty) Attendance: 1,582
Referee: McDonald
2 January 2006 SFL1 Hamilton Academical 1–0 Airdrie United New Douglas Park
McLaughlin   25' BBC Report Attendance: 2,498
Referee: McCurry
14 January 2006 SFL1 Airdrie United 1–4 St Mirren Excelsior Stadium
McPhee   87'
DanMcManus   75'
Report McKenna   23' (Own Goal)
Anderson   61', 78'
Corcoran   71'
Attendance: 2,661
21 January 2006 SFL1 Airdrie United 1–1 Clyde Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Prunty   11' Report Brighton   22' Attendance: 1,623
Referee: McDonald
28 January 2006 SFL1 Queen of the South 2–0 Airdrie United Palmerston Park
15:00 O'Neil   9' (Penalty)
Burns   75'
Report Attendance: 1,650
Referee: Richmond
11 February 2006 SFL1 Brechin City 0–0 Airdrie United Glebe Park
15:00 Report Attendance: 602
Referee: Smith
18 February 2006 SFL1 Airdrie United 2–3 Ross County Excelsior Stadium
15:00 McPhee   32'
Prunty   65'
Report Winters   4'
Higgins   45'
Cowie   59'
Attendance: 1,119
Referee: Freeland
4 March 2006 SFL1 St Johnstone 2–2 Airdrie United McDiarmid Park
15:00 Hardie   61'
James   69'
BBC Report Twigg   2'
Lovering   49'
Attendance: 2,216
Referee: Dougal
11 March 2006 SFL1 Airdrie United 7–0 Dundee Excelsior 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 SFL1 Airdrie United 0–0 Hamilton Academical Excelsior Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 1,326
Referee: Freeland
25 March 2006 SFL1 St Mirren 2–1 Airdrie United Love Street
15:00 Sutton   9', 48' Report Prutny   43' Attendance: 3,785
1 April 2006 SFL1 Clyde 3–1 Airdrie United Broadwood
15;00 McHale   28' (Penalty)
Bouadji   42'
Brighton   79'
Report Prutny   85' Attendance: 1,350
Referee: Clark
8 April 2006 SFL1 Airdrie United 1–1 Queen of the South Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Twigg   6' Report Weir   58' Attendance: 1,262
Referee: Collum
15 April 2006 SFL1 Airdrie United 3–0 Stranraer Excelsior Stadium
15:00 McLaren   17'
Prutny   72'
Barkey   87'
Report Attendance: 919
Referee: MacDonald
22 April 2006 SFL1 Ross County 0–1 Airdrie United Victoria Park
15:00 Report Twigg   52' Attendance: 2,066
Referee: Toner
29 April 2006 SFL1 Airdrie United 3–3 Brechin City Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Prutny   45'
McPhee   50'
McGowan   78'
Report Devlin   32', 48'
Byers   69'
Attendance: 1,212
Referee: Boyle

Challenge Cup edit

30 August 2005 Scottish Challenge Cup R2 Dundee 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3 – 2 p)
Airdrie United Dens Park
19:45 Robertson   Report McPhee   Attendance: 1,857
Referee: Clark

League Cup edit

Scottish Cup edit

7 August 2006 Scottish Cup R3 Dunfermline Athletic 3–4 Airdrie United East 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 R4 Airdrie United 1–1 Dundee Excelsior Stadium
McLaren   59' BBC Report Deasley   21' Attendance: 3,557
Referee: Underhill
14 February 2006 Scottish Cup R4 Replay Dundee 2–0 Airdrie United Dens Park
Deasley   8'
Lynch   71'
BBC Report Attendance: 3,824
Referee: MacKay

Player statistics edit

Squad edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Other[a]
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO Stephen Robertson 28 0 25 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
GK   SCO Lee Hollis 13 0 11 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
DF   SCO Allan McManus 35 0 30 0 3 0 1 0 1 0
DF   SCO Stephen McKenna 36 0 32 0 3 0 0 0 1 0
DF   SCO Neil McGowan 40 1 35 1 3 0 1 0 1 0
DF   SCO Paul Lovering 32 1 28 1 3 0 1 0 0 0
DF   SCO Fraser Coyle 22 1 20 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
MF   SCO Colin Marshall 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
MF   SCO Martin Hardie 22 5 21 4 1 1 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Stephen Docherty 30 2 25 0 3 2 1 0 1 0
MF   SCO Kevin Barkey 23 1 22 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF   SCO David Dunn 30 0 27 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
MF   SCO Stephen McKeown 36 8 31 7 3 1 1 0 1 0
MF   SCO Graeme Holmes 18 0 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Stuart Taylor 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Steven McDougall 36 1 31 1 3 0 1 0 1 0
FW   SCO Bryan Prunty 35 15 31 15 3 0 0 0 1 0
FW   SCO Brian McPhee 36 10 32 9 3 0 0 0 1 1
FW   SCO Willie McLaren 38 11 33 10 3 1 1 0 1 0
FW   SCO Gary Twigg 27 7 24 7 1 0 1 0 1 0
FW   SCO Mark Roberts 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
FW   SCO Henry Boyle 8 3 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including playoffs and the Scottish Challenge Cup.

References edit

  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.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Dundee 1 - 1 Airdrie United". ESPN. 30 August 2005. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Airdrie United results 2005/2006". Airdrie Mad. Retrieved 3 January 2012.