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sandbox- The 2006-2007 Scottish First Division Play-off final was played over two matches between Scottish First Division side Airdrie United and Scottish Second Division side Stirling Albion. The first match was played at Forthbank Stadium, Stirling on May 9, 2007. The second match in the tie was played at Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie on May 12, 2007.

The play off final was for to decide weather Airdrie United should remain a First Division side and Stirling Albion should remain a Second Divison side or should Airdrie United be relegated to the Second Division and should Stirling Albion be promoted to theFirst Division.

Match summarys and details[edit]

First match[edit]

The first game of the Play-off final was played at Forthbank Stadium, Stirling on May 9, 2007

Match details[edit]

Stirling Albion2 – 2
Airdrie United
Nugent 87'
Aitken 90'
Twigg 35'
Harty 45'
Attendance: 2,118
STIRLING ALBION:
GK 1 Scotland Myles Hogarth
RB 2 Scotland Paul Hay
CB 3 Scotland Ross Forsyth
CB 4 Scotland Mark McNally
LB 5 Scotland Paul Nugent
DM 6 Scotland Chris Aitken (c)
CM 7 Scotland Steven Bell Yellow card
RW 8 Scotland Stewart Devine downward-facing red arrow 77'
FW 9 Scotland David Bingham downward-facing red arrow 56'
FW 10 Scotland Robert Snodgrass Yellow card
LW 11 Scotland David O'Brien downward-facing red arrow 48'
Substitutes:
MF 12 Slovakia Marek Tomana upward-facing green arrow 48'
FW 14 Scotland Colin Cramb upward-facing green arrow 56' Yellow card
MF 15 Scotland Nathan Taggart upward-facing green arrow 77'
MF 16 Scotland John Fraser
GK 18 Scotland Scott Christie
Manager:
Scotland Allan Moore
AIRDRIE UNITED:
GK 1 Scotland Stephen Robertson
RB 2 Scotland David Proctor
CB 3 Scotland Paul Lovering Yellow card
CB 4 Scotland Kevin McDonald Yellow card
LB 5 Scotland Stephen McKenna Yellow card
DM 6 Scotland Neil McGowan downward-facing red arrow 73'
CM 7 Scotland Craig Potter
CM 8 Scotland Stewart Taylor Yellow card
RW 9 Scotland Gary Twigg
LW 10 Scotland Ian Harty Yellow carddownward-facing red arrow 81'
CF 11 Scotland Graeme Holmes upward-facing green arrow 53'
Substitutes:
GK 12 Scotland Stephen McKeown upward-facing green arrow 53'
DF 14 Scotland Marc Smyth upward-facing green arrow 73'
DF 15 Scotland Steven McDougall upward-facing green arrow 81'
FW 16 Scotland Marcin Lukaszewski
GK 18 Scotland Lee Hollis
Manager:
Scotland Kenny Black

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
  • Fourth official:

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • Five named substitutes
  • Maximum of 3 substitutions.

Second match[edit]

The second match of the Play-off final was played at Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie on May 12, 2007

Match details[edit]

AIRDRIE UNITED:
GK 1 Scotland Stephen Robertson
RB 2 Scotland David Proctor
CB 3 Scotland Paul Lovering downward-facing red arrow 65'
CB 4 Scotland Kevin McDonald
LB 5 Scotland Marc Smyth Yellow card
DM 6 Scotland Neil McGowan Yellow card
CM 7 Scotland Steven McDougall
CM 8 Scotland Stewart Taylor Yellow card
RW 9 Scotland Gary Twigg Yellow card
LW 10 Scotland Ian Harty Yellow card
CF 11 Scotland Graeme Holmes downward-facing red arrow 70'
Substitutes:
GK 12 Scotland Stephen McKenna
DF 14 Scotland David McGuire upward-facing green arrow 70'
DF 15 Scotland Craig Potter
FW 16 Scotland Stephen McKeown upward-facing green arrow 65'
GK 18 Scotland Lee Hollis
Manager:
Scotland Kenny Black
STIRLING ALBION:
GK 1 Scotland Myles Hogarth
RB 2 Scotland Paul Hay
CB 3 Scotland Ross Forsyth
CB 4 Scotland Mark McNally
LB 5 Scotland Paul Nugent
DM 6 Scotland Chris Aitken (c) Yellow card
CM 7 Scotland Steven Bell Yellow card
RW 8 Scotland Stewart Devine Yellow card
FW 9 Scotland David Bingham downward-facing red arrow 52'
FW 10 Scotland Robert Snodgrass downward-facing red arrow 62'
LW 11 Scotland David O'Brien Yellow carddownward-facing red arrow 90'
Substitutes:
MF 12 Slovakia Marek Tomana upward-facing green arrow 62'
FW 14 Scotland Colin Cramb upward-facing green arrow 90'
MF 15 Scotland Nathan Taggart
MF 16 Scotland John Fraser upward-facing green arrow 52'
GK 18 Scotland Scott Christie
Manager:
Scotland Allan Moore

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
    • Lawrence Kerrigan
    • Charlie Smith
  • Fourth official: Steven Nicholls

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Five named substitutes
  • Maximum of 3 substitutions.

Road to Playoff final[edit]

Airdrie United Stirling Albion
Brechin City [SFL2]
Glebe Park,Brechin
1-3
Harty 14', 22'(pen.
Twigg 16'
Semi finals first leg Raith Rovers [SFL2]
Starks Park,Kirkcaldy
0-0
Brechin City [SFL2]
Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie
3-0
(6-1 on Aggregate)
MacDonald 30'
McKeown 76', 84'
Semi finals second leg Raith Rovers [SFL2]
Forthbank, Stirling
3-1
(3-1 on Aggregate)
Aitken 31' (pen.), 62'
Cramb 79'
  • Square brackets [ ] represent the opposition's division

Notes[edit]

  • The play off games were the first time both teams played each other since Airdrie United replaced Airdrieonians in 2001.
  • This was the second year where play offs have been used in the Scottish Football League to decide if the teams placed 9th in the higher division maintain there status and the teams placed 2nd to 4th in the lower league.
  • The last time Stirling Albion played an Airdrie club was March 21, 1998 when they faced Airdrieonians at he Excelsior Stadium

References[edit]


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