2006–07 Dundee F.C. season

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Dundee
Manager Flag of Scotland.svg Alex Rae
Scottish First Division 3rd
Scottish Cup Third Round
Scottish League Cup First Round
Scottish Challenge Cup First Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Lyle (12)
All: Lyle (15)
Highest home attendance5,538 (vs St Johnstone, 30 September 2006) (SFD)
Lowest home attendance2,180 (vs Partick Thistle, 8 August 2006) (SLC)
Average home league attendance3,880
  2005–06
2007–08  

The 2006–07 season saw Dundee compete in the Scottish First Division after coming 7th place the season prior. [1] Dundee finished in 3rd position with 53 points. [2]

Contents

Final league table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 Gretna 3619987040+3066Promoted to 2007–08 Scottish Premier League
2 St Johnstone 3619896542+2365
3 Dundee 36165154842+653
4 Hamilton Academical 361411114647153
5 Clyde 361114114635+1147
6 Livingston 361112134146545
7 Partick Thistle 361291547631645
8 Queen of the South 3610111534542041
9 Airdrie United 361171839501140Relegated to Second Division 2007-08
10 Ross County 369101740571737
Source: [ citation needed ]

Results

Dundee's score comes first

Legend

WinDrawLoss

Scottish First Division

MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
15 August 2006 Partick Thistle H0–15,144
212 August 2006 Hamilton Academical A0–11,517
320 August 2006 Clyde H3–03,417 Harris 10', Lyle 42' (pen), Swankie 48'
426 August 2006 Livingston H0–14,059
59 September 2006 Gretna A4–01,556 Lyle 9', Rae 18', McLaren 24', McDonald 40'
616 September 2006 Queen of the South H2–13,745 Mann 4', Lyle 47' (pen)
723 September 2006 Airdrie United A1–01,249 Lyle 25' (pen)
830 September 2006 St Johnstone H 1–1 5,538 Lynch Red card.svg 7', McLaren 71'
914 October 2006 Ross County A0–12,454
1021 October 2006 Hamilton Academical H1–13,851 Strong 55'
1128 October 2006 Partick Thistle A1–32,987 Rae 28', Red card.svg 28'
124 November 2006 Gretna H1–33,938 McGinty 28', McLaren Red card.svg 67'
1311 November 2006 Livingston A3–21,868 Swankie (2) 15', 77', Lyle 63'
1418 November 2006 Queen of the South A0–21,861
1625 November 2006 Airdrie United H1–03,528 Smith 37'
172 December 2006 Ross County H3–13,380 Rae 73', Lyle 77', McLaren 84'
189 December 2006 St Johnstone A 1–2 4,127 Swankie 14'
1516 December 2006 Clyde A1–21,088 Swankie 87' (pen), McLaren Red card.svg 87'
1926 December 2006 Partick Thistle H3–14,113 Deasley (2) 21', 33', Swankie 62'
2030 December 2006 Gretna A0–11,541
212 January 2007 Livingston H2–03,804 Mackay 46' (og), Robertson 82'
2220 January 2007 Queen of the South H1–03,360 Lyle 48'
2327 January 2007 Ross County A0–02,175
243 February 2007 Airdrie United A3–01,404 Lyle (2) 36', 65', Robertson 65'
2510 February 2007 St Johnstone H 2–1 5,145 Lyle 64' (pen), Swankie 81'
2617 February 2007 Clyde H1–43,812 Hamdaoui 83'
2724 February 2007 Hamilton Academical A0–11,439
283 March 2007 Livingston A3–11,980 Davidson (2) 65' (pen), 80', McDonald 89'
2911 March 2007 Gretna H0–13,928
3117 March 2007 Queen of the South A2–21,967 Daal 31', Davidson 56'
3025 March 2007 St Johnstone A 0–2 3,523
331 April 2007 Airdrie United H2–12,837 Daal (2) 28', 56'
327 April 2007 Ross County H3–23,013 Daal (2) 20', 32', McHale 54'
3414 April 2007 Partick Thistle A1–22,433 Lyle 22', Rae Red card.svg 90'
3521 April 2007 Hamilton Academical H1–03,221 Lyle 62' (pen), Smith Red card.svg 75'
3629 April 2006 Clyde A1–11,582 Clark 21', Lyle Red card.svg 76'

Scottish Cup

MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
R36 January 2007 Queen of the South H1–12,681 Lyle 37'
R3(r)16 January 2007 Queen of the South A3–3 (2–4 on pens)2,037 Lyle (2) 48', 87', Deasley 82'

Scottish League Cup

MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
R18 August 2006 Partick Thistle H1–32,180 Swankie 10'

Scottish Challenge Cup

MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
R115 August 2006 Forfar Athletic A1–2840 Swankie 90'

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References

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  2. "Scotland 2006/07". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 1 September 2006.