# 2005–06 St Mirren F.C. season

The 2005–06 season saw St Mirren compete in the Scottish First Division where they finished in 1st position with 76 points, gaining automatic promotion to the Scottish Premier League. St. Mirren reached the 2005 Scottish Challenge Cup Final where they beat Hamilton Academical 2–1.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | St Mirren (C, P) | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 52 | 28 | +24 | 76 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 2 | St Johnstone | 36 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 59 | 34 | +25 | 66 | |
| 3 | Hamilton Academical | 36 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 59 | |
| 4 | Ross County | 36 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 56 | |
| 5 | Clyde | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 54 | 42 | +12 | 55 | |

## Results

St. Mirren's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Scottish First Division

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 7 August 2005 | Dundee | A | 2–3 | 5,011 | Kean, Baird |
| 2 | 13 August 2005 | Stranraer | H | 0–0 | 2,614 | |
| 3 | 20 August 2005 | St Johnstone | A | 2–1 | 3,089 | Kean, McGowne |
| 4 | 27 August 2005 | Brechin City | H | 1–0 | 2,514 | Kean |
| 5 | 10 September 2005 | Queen of the South | A | 1–0 | 1,682 | Lappin |
| 6 | 17 September 2005 | Clyde | H | 2–0 | 3,068 | Kean, Sutton |
| 7 | 24 September 2005 | Airdrie United | A | 1–0 | 2,073 | Adam |
| 8 | 1 October 2005 | Hamilton Academical | A | 1–3 | 3,016 | Kean |
| 9 | 15 October 2005 | Ross County | H | 2–0 | 3,314 | Sutton (2) |
| 10 | 22 October 2005 | Dundee | H | 0–0 | 4,027 | |
| 11 | 25 October 2005 | Stranraer | A | 2–1 | 621 | van Zanten, Kean |
| 12 | 29 October 2005 | Queen of the South | H | 2–0 | 3,361 | Potter, Kean |
| 13 | 12 November 2005 | Clyde | A | 2–1 | 2,012 | Sutton, Adam |
| 14 | 15 November 2005 | Brechin City | A | 3–2 | 704 | Sutton (2), Kean |
| 15 | 26 November 2005 | Hamilton Academical | H | 2–1 | 3,195 | Broadfoot, Lappin |
| 16 | 29 November 2005 | Airdrie United | H | 1–1 | 2,931 | van Zanten |
| 17 | 3 December 2005 | Ross County | A | 4–0 | 3,393 | van Zanten, Kean, Sutton, Murray |
| 18 | 10 December 2005 | Dundee | A | 0–4 | 4,204 | |
| 19 | 17 December 2005 | St Johnstone | H | 0–0 | 3,145 | |
| 20 | 26 December 2005 | Queen of the South | A | 0–0 | 2,421 | |
| 21 | 31 December 2005 | Brechin City | H | 3–2 | 2,813 | Adam, Kean, Corcoran |
| 22 | 2 January 2006 | Clyde | H | 2–1 | 4,338 | Kean, Corcoran |
| 23 | 14 January 2006 | Airdrie United | A | 4–1 | 2,661 | Corcoran, Anderson (2), McKenna |
| 24 | 21 January 2006 | Hamilton Academical | A | 0–0 | 3,320 | |
| 25 | 28 January 2006 | Ross County | H | 0–1 | 3,656 | |
| 26 | 11 February 2006 | St Johnstone | A | 0–0 | 4,515 | |
| 27 | 18 February 2006 | Stranraer | H | 3–1 | 3,375 | Anderson, Lappin, Sutton |
| 28 | 11 March 2006 | Queen of the South | H | 1–0 | 3,436 | Adam |
| 29 | 18 March 2006 | Clyde | A | 1–0 | 2,275 | Adam |
| 30 | 21 March 2006 | Brechin City | A | 3–0 | 691 | Sutton (3) |
| 31 | 25 March 2006 | Airdrie United | H | 2–1 | 3,785 | Sutton (2) |
| 32 | 1 April 2006 | Hamilton Academical | H | 0–2 | 4,430 | |
| 33 | 8 April 2006 | Ross County | A | 2–0 | 3,588 | Kean, Sutton |
| 34 | 15 April 2006 | Dundee | H | 2–1 | 7,629 | Broadfoot, Mehmet |
| 35 | 22 April 2006 | Stranraer | A | 1–0 | 800 | Mehmet |
| 36 | 29 April 2006 | St Johnstone | H | 0–1 | 6,725 | |

### Scottish Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R3 | 7 January 2006 | Motherwell | H | 3–0 | 6,507 | Potter, Adam (2) |
| R4 | 5 February 2006 | Spartans | A | 0–0 | 3,346 | |
| R4 Replay | 14 February 2006 | Spartans | H | 3–0 | 3,612 | Sutton, Adam, Maxwell |
| R5 | 25 February 2006 | Gretna | A | 0–1 | 2,850 | |

### Scottish League Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 23 August 2005 | St Johnstone | A | 1–0 | 2,219 | McGowne |
| R2 | 20 August 2005 | Motherwell | H | 0–2 | 3,810 | |

### Scottish Challenge Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 30 July 2005 | Forfar Athletic | H | 1–0 | 1,605 | Reid |
| R2 | 31 August 2005 | Queen of the South | A | 2–1 | 1,605 | Corcoran, Murray |
| QF | 13 September 2005 | Stenhousemuir | H | 3–2 | 725 | Adam, Lappin, Sutton |
| SF | 27 September 2005 | Greenock Morton | H | 0–0 (4–2 p) | 6,524 | |
| F | 6 November 2005 | Hamilton Academical | N | 2–1 | 9,162 | Lappin, Sutton |

## Squad statistics

| Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| GK | Tony Bullock | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| GK | Craig Hinchliffe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| GK | Chris Smith | 21(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26(2) | 0 |
| DF | Kirk Broadfoot | 25(2) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 31(2) | 2 |
| DF | Ian Maxwell | 16(5) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22(5) | 1 |
| DF | Kevin McGowne | 32 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 2 |
| DF | Andy Millen | 27(1) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 37(1) | 0 |
| DF | John Potter | 35 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 44(1) | 2 |
| DF | David van Zanten | 31(1) | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 40(1) | 3 |
| MF | Charlie Adam | 24(5) | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0(1) | 0 | 2(1) | 1 | 30(7) | 9 |
| MF | Iain Anderson | 5(6) | 3 | 2(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7(8) | 3 |
| MF | Mark Corcoran | 11(15) | 3 | 3(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16(17) | 4 |
| MF | Simon Lappin | 33(2) | 3 | 3(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 41(3) | 5 |
| MF | David McKenna | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 |
| MF | Craig Molloy | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 |
| MF | Hugh Murray | 27(2) | 1 | 1(2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 34(4) | 2 |
| MF | Mark Reilly | 11(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 12(4) | 0 |
| FW | John Baird | 0(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(4) | 1 |
| FW | Stewart Kean | 29(6) | 12 | 3(1) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 37(8) | 12 |
| FW | Brian McGinty | 0(8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(10) | 0 |
| FW | Billy Mehmet | 10(18) | 2 | 0(2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0(3) | 0 | 12(23) | 2 |
| FW | Alan Reid | 15(9) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2(1) | 1 | 20(11) | 1 |
| FW | John Sutton | 28(3) | 14 | 3(1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 35(4) | 17 |