2006–07 Dunfermline Athletic F.C. season

The 2006–07 was Dunfermline Athletic's seventh season in the Scottish Premier League. Dunfermline Athletic competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup. Although being relegated at the end of the season, Dunfermline qualified for the following season's UEFA Cup after playing in the Scottish Cup final against Celtic.

Dunfermline Athletic
2006–07 season
ChairmanJohn Yorkston
ManagerJim Leishman (up until 26 October 2006)
Craig Robertson (caretaker, from 26 October 2006 until 10 November 2006)
Stephen Kenny (from 10 November 2006)
StadiumEast End Park
SPLTwelfth (relegated)
League CupThird Round, lost to Rangers
Scottish CupFinal, lost to Celtic
Top goalscorerLeague: Stevie Crawford (5)
All: Stevie Crawford
& Stephen Simmons (5)
Highest home attendanceLeague: 8,561 vs. Rangers, (13 August 2006)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 4,200 vs. Motherwell, (10 March 2007)
Average home league attendance6,106
← 2005–06
All statistics correct as of 4 October 2016.

Results & fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

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15 Jul 2006 Friendly Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 3 Gretna East End Park
Main   5' (o.g.) DAFC.net report Deuchar   11', 63'
McGuffie   55' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,032
Referee: Allan
17 Jul 2006 Friendly Cowdenbeath 1 – 2 Dunfermline Athletic Central Park
Ritchie   42' DAFC.net report McIntyre   14'
Smith   88'
Referee: Finnie
22 Jul 2006 Friendly Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 2 Carlisle United East End Park
DAFC.net report Gall    Attendance: 1,067
Referee: Tumilty

Scottish Premier League

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29 Jul 2006 Match 1 Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 2 Hearts East End Park
15:00 Simmons   62'
Tod   80'  
BBC Sport report Bednář   15'
Pospíšil   78'
Attendance: 7,936
Referee: Winter
5 Aug 2006 Match 2 Falkirk 1 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Barr   11' BBC Sport report Attendance: 5,542
Referee: Thomson
13 Aug 2006 Match 3 Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 1 Rangers East End Park
15:00 O. Morrison   69' BBC Sport report Buffel   63' Attendance: 8,561
Referee: Richmond
19 Aug 2006 Match 4 Dundee United 0 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic Tannadice
15:00 BBC Sport report Attendance: 6,171
Referee: Tumilty
26 Aug 2006 Match 5 Aberdeen 1 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic Pittodrie
15:00 Severin   68' BBC Sport report Attendance: 9,889
Referee: Smith
9 Sept 2006 Match 6 Dunfermline Athletic 3 – 2 Kilmarnock East End Park
15:00 Young   42'
Mason   73'
Crawford   84'
BBC Sport report Invincibile   9'
Wales   52'
Attendance: 4,510
Referee: Clark
16 Sept 2006 Match 7 Celtic 1 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic Celtic Park
15:00 McManus   31' BBC Sport report Attendance: 55,894
Referee: Smith
23 Sept 2006 Match 8 Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 1 St Mirren East End Park
15:00 Young   46'
Crawford   73'
BBC Sport report Sutton   10' Attendance: 4,914
Referee: MacKay
14 Oct 2006 Match 10 Motherwell 2 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Fir Park
15:00 McDonald   61'
Clarkson   84'
BBC Sport report Crawford   69' Attendance: 4,527
Referee: McDonald
23 Oct 2006 Match 11 Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 4 Hibernian East End Park
19:45 BBC Sport report Sproule   44'
Killen   62', 90'
Benjelloun   89'
Attendance: 6,057
Referee: McCurry
28 Oct 2006 Match 12 Hearts 1 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Velička   12' BBC Sport report Hamilton   48' Attendance: 17,031
Referee: Winter
4 Nov 2006 Match 13 Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 3 Falkirk East End Park
15:00 BBC Sport report Stokes   1', 59', 80' Attendance: 6,504
Referee: Brines
11 Nov 2006 Match 14 Rangers 2 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic Ibrox
15:00 Boyd   61'
Smith   77'
BBC Sport report Attendance: 48,218
Referee: Conroy
18 Nov 2006 Match 15 Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 1 Dundee United East End Park
15:00 Shields   76'
Mason   89'
BBC Sport report Robson   52' Attendance: 6,129
Referee: Freeland
25 Nov 2006 Match 16 Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 3 Aberdeen East End Park
15:00 BBC Sport report Miller   54'
Mackie   83', 85'
Attendance: 6,501
Referee: Tumilty
2 Dec 2006 Match 17 Kilmarnock 5 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Rugby Park
15:00 Greer   7'
di Giacomo   19', 25'
Nish   27', 72'
BBC Sport report Crawford   11'
Bamba   57'
Attendance: 4,750
Referee: Underhill
10 Dec 2006 Match 18 Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 2 Celtic Celtic Park
15:00 Simmons   90' BBC Sport report McGeady   49'
Żurawski   68'
Attendance: 7,080
Referee: Thomson
16 Dec 2006 Match 19 St Mirren 0 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic Love Street
15:00 BBC Sport report Attendance: 4,246
Referee: Finnie
23 Dec 2006 Match 20 Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle East End Park
15:00 Crawford   77'   BBC Sport report Attendance: 4,216
Referee: Collum
26 Dec 2006 Match 21 Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 2 Motherwell East End Park
15:00 Hamilton   80' BBC Sport report Fitzpatrick   26'
McDonald   79'
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Ritchie
30 Dec 2006 Match 22 Hibernian 2 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic Easter Road
15:00 Killen   63', 72' (pen.) BBC Sport report Attendance: 14,061
Referee: Brines
2 Jan 2007 Match 23 Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 1 Hearts East End Park
15:00 BBC Sport report Pospíšil   16' Attendance: 7,004
Referee: Thomson
7 Jan 2007 Match 24 Falkirk 1 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Gow   90' BBC Sport report Attendance: 6,051
Referee: Smith
21 Jan 2007 Match 25 Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 1 Rangers East End Park
15:00 BBC Sport report Adam   9' Attendance: 7,868
Referee: Underhill
27 Jan 2007 Match 26 Dundee United 0 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic Tannadice
15:00 BBC Sport report Attendance: 6,295
Referee: McDonald
10 Feb 2007 Match 27 Aberdeen 3 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic Pittodrie
15:00 Mackie   33'
Nicholson   58' (pen.)
Lovell   83'
BBC Sport report Attendance: 9,379
Referee: Winter
17 Feb 2007 Match 28 Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 1 Kilmarnock East End Park
15:00 Crawford   45' (pen.) BBC Sport report Naismith   10'
Ford   44'
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Somers
3 Mar 2007 Match 29 Celtic 2 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic East End Park
15:00 Miller   4'
Vennegoor of Hesselink   76'
BBC Sport report Hammill   87' Attendance: 59,131
Referee: Conroy
10 Mar 2007 Match 30 Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 0 St Mirren East End Park
15:00 BBC Sport report Attendance: 7,149
Referee: Richmond
17 Mar 2007 Match 31 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 3 Dunfermline Athletic Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Paatelainen   23' BBC Sport report Glass   48', 79' (pen.)
McIntyre   61'
McManus   90'  
Attendance: 4,447
Referee: Boyle
31 Mar 2007 Match 32 Motherwell 2 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic Fir Park
15:00 McDonald   51' (pen.)  62' BBC Sport report Attendance: 4,511
Referee: Finnie
7 Apr 2007 Match 33 Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 0 Hibernian East End Park
15:00 McGuire   84' BBC Sport report Attendance: 6,001
Referee: MacKay
21 Apr 2007 Match 34 Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 0 Dundee United East End Park
15:00 McManus   34' BBC Sport report Attendance: 5,131
Referee: Freeland
30 Apr 2007 Match 35 St Mirren 0 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Love Street
19:45 BBC Sport report McManus   58' Attendance: 10,251
Referee: McCurry
7 May 2007 Match 36 Dunfermline Athletic 4 – 1 Motherwell East End Park
19:45 O'Brien   6'
S. Wilson   11'   86'
Glass   58' (pen.)
Hamilton   90'
BBC Sport report McDonald   87' (pen.)   88'
Reynolds   68'
Attendance: 6,662
Referee: McDonald
19 May 2006 Match 38 Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 3 Falkirk East End Park
15:00 BBC Sport report Thomson   49'
Gow   57'
Moutinho   90'
Attendance: 5,087
Referee: Smith

Scottish League Cup

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22 Aug 2006 Scottish League Cup round 2 Ayr United 0 – 0
(6–7 p)
Dunfermline Athletic Somerset Park
19:45 BBC Sport report Attendance: 1,507
Referee: Thomson
Penalties
Vareille  
Weaver  
Dunn  
Robertson  
Caddis  
Forrest  
Casey  
Lowing  
Pettigrew  
Young  
Woods  
McGuire  
O. Morrison  
Mason  
C. Wilson  
Tod  
Smith  
S. Wilson  

Scottish Cup

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7 Jan 2007 Scottish Cup round 3 Dunfermline Athletic 3 – 2 Rangers East End Park
12:00 Hamilton   17'
Simmons   29'
McGuire   46'
BBC Sport report Boyd   54', 68' Attendance: 7,231
Referee: Brines

Player statistics

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Squad

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Last updated 12 December 2015
No. Pos Nat Player Total SPL Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   SCO Roddy McKenzie 13 0 12 0 1 0 0 0
2 DF   SCO Greg Shields 33 1 29 1 3 0 1 0
3 DF   SCO Scott Wilson 38 2 31 1 5 1 2 0
4 MF   SCO Darren Young 26 2 21 2 3 0 2 0
5 DF   SCO Jamie McCunnie 19 0 14 0 4 0 1 0
6 DF   SCO Scott Thomson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF   SCO Stephen Simmons 27 5 23 2 3 3 1 0
8 MF   SCO Gary Mason 42 2 36 2 4 0 2 0
9 FW   SCO Mark Burchill 24 0 20 0 4 0 0 0
10 FW   SCO Jim McIntyre 14 3 10 2 4 1 0 0
11 MF   SCO Scott Muirhead 30 0 26 0 3 0 1 0
12 GK   SCO Scott Morrison 16 0 12 0 4 0 0 0
13 FW   SCO Tam McManus 13 2 13 2 0 0 0 0
14 DF   SCO Phil McGuire 31 2 24 1 5 1 2 0
15 MF   NIR Owen Morrison 31 1 24 1 5 0 2 0
16 MF   ENG Adam Hammill 18 1 13 1 5 0 0 0
17 MF   FRA Frédéric Daquin 22 0 20 0 1 0 1 0
18 DF   SCO Andy Tod 11 0 10 0 0 0 1 0
19 DF   ENG Aaron Labonte 14 0 13 0 0 0 1 0
20 FW   SCO Jim Hamilton 33 3 28 2 4 1 1 0
21 DF   ENG Calum Woods 14 0 12 0 1 0 1 0
22 MF   SCO Craig Wilson 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
23 DF   SCO Greg Ross 32 0 26 0 5 0 1 0
24 DF   CIV Sol Bamba 30 0 23 0 5 0 2 0
25 FW   SCO Stephen Crawford 34 5 29 5 4 0 1 0
27 MF   SCO Nick Phinn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF   SCO Jim O'Brien 18 1 13 1 5 0 0 0
29 GK   NED Dorus de Vries 34 0 27 0 5 0 2 0
30 MF   IRL Bobby Ryan 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
31 FW   SCO Calum Smith 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
32 MF   SCO Iain Williamson 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 0
48 MF   SCO Stephen Glass 11 3 11 3 0 0 0 0
55 DF   WAL Jamie Harris 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
30 GK   SCO Sean Murdoch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who appeared for Dunfermline Athletic but left during the season:
16 FW   ENG Noel Whelan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers

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As of match played 26 May 2007
Place Position Nation Name Total SPL Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup
1 FW   Stephen Crawford 5 5
2 MF   Stephen Simmons 5 2 3
3 MF   Stephen Glass 3 3
FW   Jim Hamilton 3 2 1
FW   Jim McIntyre 3 2 1
5 MF   Gary Mason 2 2
FW   Tam McManus 2 2
MF   Darren Young 2 2
DF   Phil McGuire 2 1 1
DF   Scott Wilson 2 1 1
10 MF   Adam Hammill 1 1
MF   Owen Morrison 1 1
MF   Jim O'Brien 1 1
DF   Greg Shields 1 1
Total 33 26 7 0

Club statistics

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
8 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 11 13 14 42 48 −6 46
9 Dundee United 38 10 12 16 40 59 −19 42
10 Motherwell 38 10 8 20 41 61 −20 38
11 St Mirren 38 8 12 18 31 51 −20 36
12 Dunfermline Athletic (R) 38 8 8 22 26 55 −29 32 Relegation to the Scottish First Division and
qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round[b]
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
  2. ^ As Celtic, the Scottish Cup winners, qualified for the Champions League via their league position, the place in the UEFA Cup was passed to Dunfermline Athletic, the cup runner-up.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 8 8 22 26 55  −29 32 6 4 9 17 28  −11 2 4 13 9 27  −18

Last updated: 11 December 2015.
Source: statto.com

Transfers

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References

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  1. ^ "Dunfermline complete McGuire move". BBC Sport. BBC. 5 July 2006. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Keeper McKenzie in switch to Pars". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 July 2006. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  3. ^ "McIntyre completes move to Pars". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 July 2006. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Woods signs deal with Dunfermline". BBC Sport. BBC. 19 July 2006. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Pars sign Morrison and De Vries". BBC Sport. BBC. 21 July 2006. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  6. ^ "Defender Bamba joins Dunfermline". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 July 2006. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  7. ^ "Hamilton completes move to Pars". BBC Sport. BBC. 29 August 2006. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  8. ^ "Crawford returns to Dunfermline". BBC Sport. BBC. 31 August 2006. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  9. ^ "Dunfermline bring in Irish winger". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 January 2007. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  10. ^ "Dunfermline land defender Harris". BBC Sport. BBC. 28 January 2007. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  11. ^ "Dunfermline sign striker McManus". BBC Sport. BBC. 26 February 2007. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  12. ^ "United agree Hunt fee with Pars". BBC Sport. BBC. 9 June 2006. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  13. ^ "New faces welcomed to Tannadice". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 June 2006. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  14. ^ "Transfer deadline day". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 September 2006. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  15. ^ "Killie sign up Campbell from Pars". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 August 2006. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  16. ^ a b "Dunfermline take Celtic's O'Brien". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 January 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  17. ^ "Internationalist signed on loan". Dunfermline Athletic FC. 17 January 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  18. ^ "Transfers - July 2006". BBC Sport. BBC. 31 July 2006. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  19. ^ "Craig Wilson". Dunfermline Athletic FC. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  20. ^ "Murdoch move ends Hamilton crisis". BBC Sport. BBC. 15 February 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2017.