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
Chairman	John Yorkston
Manager	Jim Leishman (up until 26 October 2006) Craig Robertson (caretaker, from 26 October 2006 until 10 November 2006) Stephen Kenny (from 10 November 2006)
Stadium	East End Park
SPL	Twelfth (relegated)
League Cup	Third Round, lost to Rangers
Scottish Cup	Final, lost to Celtic
Top goalscorer	League: Stevie Crawford (5) All: Stevie Crawford & Stephen Simmons (5)
Highest home attendance	League: 8,561 vs. Rangers, (13 August 2006)
Lowest home attendance	League: 4,200 vs. Motherwell, (10 March 2007)
Average home league attendance	6,106
Home colours Away colours
All statistics correct as of 4 October 2016.

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

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

25 Jul 2006 Friendly	Dunfermline Athletic	0 – 1	West Bromwich Albion	East End Park
		DAFC.net report	Hartson  39'

Scottish Premier League

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

30 Sept 2006 Match 9	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic	Caledonian Stadium
15:00	Tokely  90'	BBC Sport report		Attendance: 3,517 Referee: Murray

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

12 May 2006 Match 37	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic	Caledonian Stadium
15:00	Hastings  77' McAllister  89'	BBC Sport report	McIntyre  37'	Attendance: 6,464 Referee: Ritchie

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

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

20 Sept 2006 Scottish League Cup Round 3	Dunfermline Athletic	0 – 2	Rangers	East End Park
19:45		BBC Sport report	Bamba  65' (o.g.) Boyd  73'	Attendance: 5,702 Referee: McCurry

Scottish Cup

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

3 Feb 2007 Scottish Cup Round 4	Dunfermline Athletic	1 – 0	Hearts	East End Park
15:00	S. Wilson  90'	BBC Sport report		Attendance: 7,231 Referee: McCurry

24 Feb 2007 Scottish Cup Quarter-Final	Dunfermline Athletic	2 – 0	Partick Thistle	East End Park
15:00	Simmons  4', 86'	BBC Sport report		Attendance: 7,090 Referee: Brines

15 Apr 2007 Scottish Cup Semi-Final	Hibernian	0 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic	Hampden Park
15:00		BBC Sport report		Attendance: 25,336 Referee: Thomson

24 Apr 2007 Scottish Cup Semi-Final Replay	Dunfermline Athletic	1 – 0	Hibernian	Hampden Park
19:45	McIntyre  88' (pen.)	BBC Sport report		Attendance: 8,536 Referee: Thomson

26 May 2007 Scottish Cup Final	Celtic	1 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic	Hampden Park
12:30	Perrier-Doumbé  84'	BBC Sport report		Attendance: 49,600 Referee: Clark

Player statistics

Squad

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

Goalscorers

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

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
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	38	8	8	22	26	55	−29	32	Relegation to the Scottish First Division and qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]

Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
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

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

Players in Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 5 July 2006 DF Phil McGuire Doncaster Rovers Free [1] 13 July 2006 GK Roddy McKenzie Livingston Free [2] 14 July 2006 FW Jim McIntyre Dundee United Free [3] 19 July 2006 DF Calum Woods Liverpool Free [4] 21 July 2006 GK Dorus de Vries ADO Den Haag Free [5] 21 July 2006 MF Owen Morrison Bradford City Free 27 July 2006 DF Sol Bamba Paris Saint-Germain Free [6] 28 July 2006 FW Noel Whelan Livingston Free 29 August 2006 FW Jim Hamilton Motherwell Free [7] 31 August 2006 FW Stevie Crawford Aberdeen Free [8] 13 January 2007 MF Bobby Ryan Shelbourne Free [9] 13 January 2007 DF Jamie Harris Shelbourne Free [10] 26 February 2007 FW Tam McManus Falkirk Free [11]

Players out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 20 June 2006 FW Noel Hunt Dundee United £50,000 [12][13] 8 August 2006 FW Andy Campbell Halifax Town Free [14] 20 August 2006 DF Iain Campbell Kilmarnock Undisclosed [15] 6 January 2007 FW Noel Whelan Free agent Released [16]

Loan in Date Position Nationality Name From Duration Ref. 6 January 2007 MF Jim O'Brien Celtic End of season [16] 17 January 2007 MF Adam Hammill Liverpool End of season [17]

Loans out Date Position Nationality Name To Duration Ref. 22 July 2006 GK Sean Murdoch Forfar Athletic Five months [18] 13 October 2006 DF Craig Wilson Raith Rovers End of season [19] 15 February 2007 GK Sean Murdoch Hamilton Academical Three months [20]

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