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sandbox- The 2006-2007 Scottish First Division Play-off final was played over two matches between Scottish First Division side Airdrie United and Scottish Second Division side Stirling Albion. The first match was played at Forthbank Stadium, Stirling on May 9, 2007. The second match in the tie was played at Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie on May 12, 2007.

The play off final was for to decide weather Airdrie United should remain a First Division side and Stirling Albion should remain a Second Divison side or should Airdrie United be relegated to the Second Division and should Stirling Albion be promoted to theFirst Division.

Match summarys and details

First match

The first game of the Play-off final was played at Forthbank Stadium, Stirling on May 9, 2007

Match details

2007-05-09
19:30 BST

Stirling Albion	2 – 2	Airdrie United
Nugent 87' Aitken 90'		Twigg 35' Harty 45'

Forthbank, Stirling

Attendance: 2,118


STIRLING ALBION:
GK	1	Myles Hogarth
RB	2	Paul Hay
CB	3	Ross Forsyth
CB	4	Mark McNally
LB	5	Paul Nugent
DM	6	Chris Aitken (c)
CM	7	Steven Bell
RW	8	Stewart Devine	77'
FW	9	David Bingham	56'
FW	10	Robert Snodgrass
LW	11	David O'Brien	48'
Substitutes:
MF	12	Marek Tomana	48'
FW	14	Colin Cramb	56'
MF	15	Nathan Taggart	77'
MF	16	John Fraser
GK	18	Scott Christie
Manager:
Allan Moore


AIRDRIE UNITED:
GK	1	Stephen Robertson
RB	2	David Proctor
CB	3	Paul Lovering
CB	4	Kevin McDonald
LB	5	Stephen McKenna
DM	6	Neil McGowan	73'
CM	7	Craig Potter
CM	8	Stewart Taylor
RW	9	Gary Twigg
LW	10	Ian Harty	81'
CF	11	Graeme Holmes	53'
Substitutes:
GK	12	Stephen McKeown	53'
DF	14	Marc Smyth	73'
DF	15	Steven McDougall	81'
FW	16	Marcin Lukaszewski
GK	18	Lee Hollis
Manager:
Kenny Black

MATCH OFFICIALS

Assistant referees:
Fourth official:

MATCH RULES

90 minutes.
Five named substitutes
Maximum of 3 substitutions.

Second match

The second match of the Play-off final was played at Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie on May 12, 2007

Match details

2007-05-12
15:00 BST

Airdrie United	2 – 3 (4 – 5 On aggregate)	Stirling Albion
Taylor 40' MacDonald 72'		Snodgrass 5', 17' Devine 68'

Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie

Attendance: 3,365

Referee: Craig Thomson


AIRDRIE UNITED:
GK	1	Stephen Robertson
RB	2	David Proctor
CB	3	Paul Lovering	65'
CB	4	Kevin McDonald
LB	5	Marc Smyth
DM	6	Neil McGowan
CM	7	Steven McDougall
CM	8	Stewart Taylor
RW	9	Gary Twigg
LW	10	Ian Harty
CF	11	Graeme Holmes	70'
Substitutes:
GK	12	Stephen McKenna
DF	14	David McGuire	70'
DF	15	Craig Potter
FW	16	Stephen McKeown	65'
GK	18	Lee Hollis
Manager:
Kenny Black


STIRLING ALBION:
GK	1	Myles Hogarth
RB	2	Paul Hay
CB	3	Ross Forsyth
CB	4	Mark McNally
LB	5	Paul Nugent
DM	6	Chris Aitken (c)
CM	7	Steven Bell
RW	8	Stewart Devine
FW	9	David Bingham	52'
FW	10	Robert Snodgrass	62'
LW	11	David O'Brien	90'
Substitutes:
MF	12	Marek Tomana	62'
FW	14	Colin Cramb	90'
MF	15	Nathan Taggart
MF	16	John Fraser	52'
GK	18	Scott Christie
Manager:
Allan Moore

MATCH OFFICIALS

Assistant referees:
- Lawrence Kerrigan
- Charlie Smith

Fourth official: Steven Nicholls

MATCH RULES

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Five named substitutes
Maximum of 3 substitutions.

Road to Playoff final

Airdrie United			Stirling Albion
Brechin City [SFL2] Glebe Park,Brechin 1-3	Harty 14', 22'(pen. Twigg 16'	Semi finals first leg		Raith Rovers [SFL2] Starks Park,Kirkcaldy 0-0
Brechin City [SFL2] Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie 3-0 (6-1 on Aggregate)	MacDonald 30' McKeown 76', 84'	Semi finals second leg		Raith Rovers [SFL2] Forthbank, Stirling 3-1 (3-1 on Aggregate)	Aitken 31' (pen.), 62' Cramb 79'

Square brackets [ ] represent the opposition's division

Notes

The play off games were the first time both teams played each other since Airdrie United replaced Airdrieonians in 2001.
This was the second year where play offs have been used in the Scottish Football League to decide if the teams placed 9th in the higher division maintain there status and the teams placed 2nd to 4th in the lower league.
The last time Stirling Albion played an Airdrie club was March 21, 1998 when they faced Airdrieonians at he Excelsior Stadium

References

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