2006–07 St Mirren F.C. season

St. Mirren F.C.

2006–07 season
Manager	Gus MacPherson
Stadium	St Mirren Park
Scottish Premier League	11th
Scottish Cup	Third round
Scottish League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	John Sutton (11)
Highest home attendance	10,251
Average home league attendance	5,609
Home colours

During the 2006–07 Scottish football season, St. Mirren competed in the Scottish Premier League.

Season summary

Back in the Scottish Premier League, St Mirren avoided relegation by four points.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	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.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Tony Bullock 2 DF  IRL David van Zanten 3 DF  SCO Kirk Broadfoot 4 DF  SCO Andy Millen 5 DF  SCO Kevin McGowne 6 DF  SCO John Potter 7 MF  SCO Hugh Murray 8 MF  SCO Eddie Malone 9 FW  ENG John Sutton 10 FW  SCO Stewart Kean 11 MF  SCO Alex Burke 12 MF  SCO Richard Brittain 13 GK  SCO Craig Hinchliffe 14 MF  SCO Garry Brady 15 MF  SCO Mark Corcoran 16 DF  SCO Ian Maxwell 17 DF  SCO Alan Reid

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  IRL Billy Mehmet[notes 1] 20 MF  SCO Craig Molloy 21 DF  SCO Ryan McCay 22 FW  SCO David McKenna 23 MF  SCO Iain Anderson 24 GK  SCO Chris Smith 25 FW  SCO John Baird 26 FW  SCO Stephen Anderson 27 FW  SCO Scott Gemmill 28 MF  SCO David Barron 29 DF  SCO Stuart Balmer 30 DF  SCO Mark Docherty 36 GK  SCO Danny McColgan 41 MF  SCO Stephen McGinn 44 MF  SCO Stephen O'Donnell 45 MF  SCO Paul Lawson (on loan from Celtic)

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 8 DF  SCO Simon Lappin (to Norwich City)

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  SCO Brian McGinty (released)

See also

• List of St Mirren F.C. seasons

Notes

1. Mehmet was born in Southwark, England, but also qualified to represent Cyprus and Turkey internationally through his father and the Republic of Ireland internationally through his maternal grandfather and represented the Republic of Ireland at U-21 level.

References

1. "FootballSquads - St Mirren - 2006/07".