2006–07 St Mirren F.C. season

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

St. Mirren F.C.
2006–07 season
ManagerScotland Gus MacPherson
StadiumSt Mirren Park
Scottish Premier League11th
Scottish CupThird round
Scottish League CupThird round
Top goalscorerJohn Sutton (11)
Highest home attendance10,251
Average home league attendance5,609

Season summary

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

Final 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.

First-team squad
Squad at end of season[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK England ENG Tony Bullock
2 DF Republic of Ireland IRL David van Zanten
3 DF Scotland SCO Kirk Broadfoot
4 DF Scotland SCO Andy Millen
5 DF Scotland SCO Kevin McGowne
6 DF Scotland SCO John Potter
7 MF Scotland SCO Hugh Murray
8 MF Scotland SCO Eddie Malone
9 FW England ENG John Sutton
10 FW Scotland SCO Stewart Kean
11 MF Scotland SCO Alex Burke
12 MF Scotland SCO Richard Brittain
13 GK Scotland SCO Craig Hinchliffe
14 MF Scotland SCO Garry Brady
15 MF Scotland SCO Mark Corcoran
16 DF Scotland SCO Ian Maxwell
17 DF Scotland SCO Alan Reid
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Billy Mehmet[notes 1]
20 MF Scotland SCO Craig Molloy
21 DF Scotland SCO Ryan McCay
22 FW Scotland SCO David McKenna
23 MF Scotland SCO Iain Anderson
24 GK Scotland SCO Chris Smith
25 FW Scotland SCO John Baird
26 FW Scotland SCO Stephen Anderson
27 FW Scotland SCO Scott Gemmill
28 MF Scotland SCO David Barron
29 DF Scotland SCO Stuart Balmer
30 DF Scotland SCO Mark Docherty
36 GK Scotland SCO Danny McColgan
41 MF Scotland SCO Stephen McGinn
44 MF Scotland SCO Stephen O'Donnell
45 MF Scotland SCO Paul Lawson (on loan from Celtic)

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
8 DF Scotland SCO Simon Lappin (to Norwich City)
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Scotland SCO Brian McGinty (released)

See also

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".
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