2005–06 Airdrie United F.C. season

Airdrie United
2005–06 season
Chairman	Jim Ballantyne
Manager	Sandy Stewart
Stadium	Excelsior Stadium
Scottish First Division	Sixth place
Scottish Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	First round
Challenge Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Bryan Prunty (15); All: ; Bryan Prunty (15)
	← 2004–05 2006–07 →

Season 2005–06 was Airdrie United's fourth competitive season. They competed in the First Division, Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

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

Pos	Team v t e	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

^[5] Win Draw Loss

First Division

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

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

9 August 2005 League Cup R1	Raith Rovers	2–0	Airdrie United	Stark's Park
	Annand 6' Jablonski 57'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,237 Referee: McDonald

Scottish Cup

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

Squad

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Other^[a]
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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

^ "2005–06 First Division". Scottish Football Archive. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
^ "Dundee F.C. v Airdrie United F.C." Scottish Football Association. 14 February 2006. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
^ "2005–06 League Cup". Scottish Football Archive. Retrieved 3 January 2012.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Dundee 1 - 1 Airdrie United". ESPN. 30 August 2005. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
^ "Airdrie United results 2005/2006". Airdrie Mad. Retrieved 3 January 2012.

[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.

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