2006–07 Dunfermline Athletic F.C. season

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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.

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.

Results & fixtures[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season[edit]

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[edit]

29 Jul 2006 Match 1 Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 2 Hearts East End Park
15:00 Simmons 62'
Tod Yellow card 80' Red card
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 Red card 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 Yellow card 77' Yellow-red card BBC Sport report Attendance: 4,216
Referee: Collum
26 Dec 2006 Match 21 Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 2 Motherwell East End Park
15:00 Hamilton Red card 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 Red card 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
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' Red card 86'
Glass 58' (pen.)
Hamilton 90'
BBC Sport report McDonald 87' (pen.) Red card 88'
Reynolds Red card 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[edit]

Scottish Cup[edit]

Player statistics[edit]

Squad[edit]

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 Scotland SCO Roddy McKenzie 13 0 12 0 1 0 0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Greg Shields 33 1 29 1 3 0 1 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Scott Wilson 38 2 31 1 5 1 2 0
4 MF Scotland SCO Darren Young 26 2 21 2 3 0 2 0
5 DF Scotland SCO Jamie McCunnie 19 0 14 0 4 0 1 0
6 DF Scotland SCO Scott Thomson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF Scotland SCO Stephen Simmons 27 5 23 2 3 3 1 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Gary Mason 42 2 36 2 4 0 2 0
9 FW Scotland SCO Mark Burchill 24 0 20 0 4 0 0 0
10 FW Scotland SCO Jim McIntyre 14 3 10 2 4 1 0 0
11 MF Scotland SCO Scott Muirhead 30 0 26 0 3 0 1 0
12 GK Scotland SCO Scott Morrison 16 0 12 0 4 0 0 0
13 FW Scotland SCO Tam McManus 13 2 13 2 0 0 0 0
14 DF Scotland SCO Phil McGuire 31 2 24 1 5 1 2 0
15 MF Northern Ireland NIR Owen Morrison 31 1 24 1 5 0 2 0
16 MF England ENG Adam Hammill 18 1 13 1 5 0 0 0
17 MF France FRA Frédéric Daquin 22 0 20 0 1 0 1 0
18 DF Scotland SCO Andy Tod 11 0 10 0 0 0 1 0
19 DF England ENG Aaron Labonte 14 0 13 0 0 0 1 0
20 FW Scotland SCO Jim Hamilton 33 3 28 2 4 1 1 0
21 DF England ENG Calum Woods 14 0 12 0 1 0 1 0
22 MF Scotland SCO Craig Wilson 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
23 DF Scotland SCO Greg Ross 32 0 26 0 5 0 1 0
24 DF Ivory Coast CIV Sol Bamba 30 0 23 0 5 0 2 0
25 FW Scotland SCO Stephen Crawford 34 5 29 5 4 0 1 0
27 MF Scotland SCO Nick Phinn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF Scotland SCO Jim O'Brien 18 1 13 1 5 0 0 0
29 GK Netherlands NED Dorus de Vries 34 0 27 0 5 0 2 0
30 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Bobby Ryan 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
31 FW Scotland SCO Calum Smith 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
32 MF Scotland SCO Iain Williamson 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 0
48 MF Scotland SCO Stephen Glass 11 3 11 3 0 0 0 0
55 DF Wales WAL Jamie Harris 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
30 GK Scotland SCO Sean Murdoch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who appeared for Dunfermline Athletic but left during the season:
16 FW England ENG Noel Whelan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers[edit]

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

Club statistics[edit]

League table[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

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  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.
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