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The Postseason

With Rangers preparing for the Cup Final, Knut Haraldsson's Ayr were gearing up for a crunch playoff semi final with Stranraer. Ayr's southern neighbours had just edged out relegated Clyde for the chance to save themselves, but with Ayr on a decent run of form most pundits had the Somerset side favourites.

Peter Weatherson fired home the only goal of the first leg as Ayr took the tie to Stranraer at Somerset. With key defender Marco Baroni and star forward Willie McLaren unavailable it was far from ideal conditions, and with man of the match Mark McLaughlin carried off in the second half with a broken arm it was not a full strength team that finished the game by any stretch of the imaginaton.

The single goal lead ought to have sufficed, but with an away game to go nothing was certain. Haraldsson was keen to get as many players back playing as possible, but McLaughlin was out for the year. Giacomi continued in goal, but it was with great trepidation that Robert Harris was handed a start at left back. Stephen McKenna, Gary MacKenzie and Marco Baroni completed a more familiar back line. Marc Kalenga, Kevin Byers and Ingi Højsted had been good all year in the middle and it was an almost full strength strike force with Santino Marini and Willie McLaren flanking Peter Weatherson, Uros Veselic only fit enough for a place on the bench.

Goals from Kalenga (pen) and Weatherson in the first 13 minutes put the tie beyond doubt, but the big striekr was hurting and Hugo Carolo came on in his place at the break. The Portuguese won a second penalty just after the hour, converted by Kalenga, and Ayr had a final to look forward to. Scott McLean pulled one back at the death, but it would be Ayr United and Partick Thistle going toe-to-toe for a place in the First Division.

Hampden Park was to be the venue for the season's remaining fixtures. First was the Cup Final, with Dunfermline keen to steal the trophy from under Rangers' noses. A red card for Ian Murray after less than half an hour was the break they needed and the Pars led moments later through Derek Young.

Garçon sacrificed Lynel Kitambala, but it did bugger all good and Dunfermline lifted the trophy. Second in the League Cup, Second in the Scottish Cup and Second in the SPL. This season for Rangers had "Losers" stamped all over it in big fat black marker pen.

All that was left was the playoff final...

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The Winner Takes It All

And so Ayr lined up for the biggest game in their recent history with only a Partick side, from whom United had taken nine points dueing the season, standing between Knut Haraldsson and relative immortality. No man could ever live up to Ally MacLeod in Ayr United annals, but the spot of "second best manager ever" was certainly up for grabs.

Giacomi, McKenna, Harris, MacKenzie (McGowan, 68), Baroni, Kalenga, Byers, Højsted (Mohammadian, 68), Weatherson, Marini, McLaren. Those were the names that stood to go down in history or ignominy.

Marini opened the scoring, playing in an unfamiliar central role, Weatherson having been moved wide, but Andy Gibson levelled two minutes into the second half and it seemed a tight encounter was in store. It was not to prove so. Sadly for Thistly, it came down to fitness and as the Jags' players tired, United launced wave after wave of flowing counter attacks, culminating in Weatherson scoring the vital go-ahead goal, and Marini cashing in to the tune of a dramatic hat-trick.

Ayr were up, and only the most cold-hearted and cynical amongst their support would care to point out they'd finished fourth in the league and barely exceeded mid-table expectations before the playoff lottery kicked in.

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And now for the science bit...

Power to the people.

More stats than you can shake a stick at, club-by-club. If you don't want to read them, look away...now.

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Rothesay's Season in Numbers

League Table:

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">Scottish Third Division| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | C | Rothesay | | 36 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 130 | 6 | +124 | 104 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | P | Arbroath | | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 39 | 23 | +16 | 64 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Stenhousemuir | | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 57 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Albion Rovers | | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 44 | 49 | -5 | 54 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 5th | | Berwick | | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 40 | 51 | -11 | 47 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 6th | | Cowdenbeath | | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 50 | 59 | -9 | 44 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 7th | | East Fife | | 36 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 40 | 65 | -25 | 38 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 8th | | East Stirling | | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 41 | 72 | -31 | 38 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 9th | | Queen's Park | | 36 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 44 | 59 | -15 | 37 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 10th | | Montrose | | 36 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 29 | 73 | -44 | 16 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|</pre>

Squad Playing Statistics:

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">| Pkd | Inf | Name | Position | Morale | Form | Con | Apps | Gls | Av Rat | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | GK | | Andreas Isaksson | GK | Superb | 8-6-7-7-7 | 100% | 33 | - | 7.15 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DR | | Mark Wilson | D/WB/M R | Superb | 10-7-8-8-8 | 100% | 33 (1) | 6 | 8.44 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DL | | Steven Campbell | D L | Superb | 10-7-7-7-9 | 100% | 42 (2) | - | 7.95 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DC | | Kevin Hofland | D C | Superb | 10-9-7-8-8 | 100% | 41 (1) | 3 | 7.86 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DC | | Tomas Hübschman | D RC | Superb | 10-8-7-7-9 | 100% | 42 | 2 | 7.95 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DMC | Unh | Rãzvan Dinca Rat | D/WB L | Superb | 10-6-6-6-7 | 100% | 18 (7) | 3 | 7.32 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | MC | | Paul Weaver | DM, M RC | Superb | 10-7-8-8-8 | 100% | 15 (5) | - | 7.75 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | MC | Bid | Charles N'Zogbia | AM LC | Superb | 8-10-7-8-9 | 99% | 29 (1) | 4 | 8.17 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | FC | Inj | Shaun Maloney | AM/F C | Superb | 10-8-9-8-10 | 50% | 42 (1) | 32 | 8.35 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | FC | Unh | Robert Davidson | ST | Superb | 10-7-7-8-9 | 100% | 39 (2) | 44 | 7.95 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | FC | | James McFadden | AM L, F C | Superb | 10-7-8-8-10 | 100% | 16 (3) | 6 | 8.37 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S1 | | Nikola Zigic | ST | Good | 9-9-9-8-6 | 95% | 22 (1) | 22 | 8.57 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S2 | | Iven Austbø | GK | Very Good | 7-7-7-7-7 | 95% | 2 (1) | - | 7.00 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S3 | | Charlie Adam | AM LC | Superb | 10-7-9-7-6 | 96% | 14 (3) | 1 | 7.94 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S4 | | Denny Landzaat | DM, M RC | Superb | 7-6-6-7-7 | 96% | 18 (11)| 8 | 7.76 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S5 | | Vincent Kompany | D C | Superb | 7-7-10-7-7 | 96% | 2 (5) | 2 | 7.29 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Lst | Mark Kerr | M C | Superb | 10-6-8-7-7 | 100% | - | - | - | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Jacques Faty | D C, DM | Superb | 8-7-8-7-8 | 95% | 4 | - | 7.50 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Inj | Ugur Yildirim | AM R, ST | Poor | 9-8-7-10-6 | 39% | 4 (5) | 4 | 7.67 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Gianni Zuiverloon | D RC | Superb | 6-8-8 | 95% | 3 | - | 7.33 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Zvjezdan Misimovic | AM/F C | Superb | 7-7-7-6-7 | 95% | 1 (5) | 1 | 6.83 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Loa | Florian Marange | D/WB L | Superb | 6-7 | 95% | - | - | - | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Lst | Chaouki Ben Saada | AM LC, F C | Poor | 8-6-7-6-7 | 94% | 5 (6) | 3 | 7.36 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Lst | Barry Robson | WB L, AM L | Very Poor | 7-6-7-6 | 95% | - | - | - | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Lucas Bernardi | DM | Superb | 7-9-8-7-7 | 95% | 28 | 1 | 7.68 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Lst | David Navarro | D C | Very Poor | 6-7 | 95% | 1 (1) | - | 6.50 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Wnt | Kim Källström | AM C | Superb | 6-7-7-10-8 | 94% | 13 (8) | 6 | 7.52 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Stephen McManus | D LC | Very Good | 7-6-6-7-7 | 94% | 8 | 1 | 7.00 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Trn | David Marshall | GK | Superb | 6-6-6-7-7 | 100% | 11 | - | 6.82 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Chris Burke | AM R | Superb | 8-7-6-6-7 | 94% | 7 (2) | - | 6.67 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Wnt | Alan Hutton | D/WB R | Superb | 8-8-8-9-7 | 94% | 7 (1) | - | 8.25 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Unh | Steven Smith | D/WB L | Poor | 9-7-7-8-9 | 100% | - | - | - | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Simon Ferry | DM | Superb | 9-6-8-9-8 | 100% | 3 (1) | - | 7.50 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Unh | Julius Aghahowa | F C | Okay | 7-7-8-7-9 | 99% | 3 (5) | 3 | 7.63 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Emrah Ekin | ST | Superb | 5-6-7-7-7 | 98% | - | - | - | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Charles-André Doudin | AM RC | Good | 7-8-9-7-7 | 100% | 16 | - | 7.19 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Paul Graham | GK | Very Good | 7-6-7 | 95% | 1 | - | 7.00 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Scott Kerr | GK | Superb | 7-7-7-7-7 | 100% | - | - | - | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Unh | John Baxter | D L | Superb | 6-7-6-6-6 | 95% | - | - | - | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Paul Graham | D R | Superb | 6-6-6-6-6 | 95% | - | - | - | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Gary McGowan | D C | Superb | 8-6-7-7-8 | 100% | 1 | - | 7.00 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Graham Scott | D RC | Superb | 8-7-8-9-8 | 100% | 1 | - | 7.00 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Scott Paterson | D C | Superb | 8-6-7-7-8 | 99% | - | - | - | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Kevin Marshall | AM RL, F C | Superb | 8-6-6-7-7 | 100% | 2 | - | 6.50 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Ian Bryson | M R | Superb | 6-6-6-6-6 | 95% | - | - | - | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Brian Ross | ST | Superb | 6-8-6-7-7 | 97% | 2 | - | 6.50 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Scott Clark | ST | Superb | 7-9-9-8-7 | 94% | 0 (1) | - | 7.00 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Steven Black | ST | Superb | 10-6-8-9-8 | 100% | 4 | 2 | 7.00 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Andy Wilson | GK | Okay | - | 65% | - | - | - | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Kevin Kelly | GK | Okay | - | 65% | - | - | - | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Craig Grant | D L | Okay | - | 65% | - | - | - | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Graeme Ferguson | D R, DM | Okay | - | 65% | - | - | - | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Stephen Walker | D C | Okay | - | 65% | - | - | - | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Alan McDonald | D C | Okay | - | 65% | - | - | - | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Stephen Fraser | D RC | Okay | - | 65% | - | - | - | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Gary McLeod | AM RL | Okay | - | 65% | - | - | - | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Martin Murray | M R | Okay | - | 65% | - | - | - | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Gary Martin | M C | Okay | - | 65% | - | - | - | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | David Young | M RC | Okay | - | 65% | - | - | - | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Alan Young | AM/F C | Okay | - | 65% | - | - | - | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Kevin Young | ST | Okay | - | 65% | - | - | - | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Andy Paterson | ST | Okay | - | 65% | - | - | - | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|</pre>

Contracts:

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">1st in Scottish Third Division| Pkd | Inf | Name | No. | Squad Status | Cnt | Weekly wage | Expires | Value | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S5 | | Vincent Kompany | - | Key Player | F/T | £70,000 | 30.6.2007 | £240K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Inj | Ugur Yildirim | - | Key Player | F/T | £65,000 | 30.6.2009 | £275K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DMC | Unh | Rãzvan Dinca Rat | - | First Team | F/T | £60,000 | 30.6.2009 | £200K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S1 | | Nikola Zigic | - | First Team | F/T | £60,000 | 30.6.2009 | £325K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S4 | | Denny Landzaat | - | First Team | F/T | £55,000 | 30.6.2007 | £230K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Lucas Bernardi | - | First Team | F/T | £55,000 | 30.6.2009 | £180K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Wnt | Kim Källström | - | Key Player | F/T | £42,000 | 30.6.2009 | £250K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | FC | | James McFadden | - | Key Player | F/T | £37,000 | 30.6.2009 | £220K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | GK | | Andreas Isaksson | - | Backup | F/T | £30,000 | 30.6.2009 | £190K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | MC | Bid | Charles N'Zogbia | - | Youngster | F/T | £26,500 | 30.6.2008 | £230K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Unh | Julius Aghahowa | - | Backup | F/T | £24,000 | 30.6.2008 | £275K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DC | | Tomas Hübschman | - | Backup | F/T | £22,500 | 30.6.2009 | £220K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DC | | Kevin Hofland | - | First Team | F/T | £20,000 | 30.6.2009 | £200K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Zvjezdan Misimovic | - | Backup | F/T | £12,500 | 30.6.2008 | £240K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DR | | Mark Wilson | - | Youngster | F/T | £10,250 | 30.6.2009 | £200K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Lst | Barry Robson | - | Not Needed | F/T | £9,250 | 30.6.2009 | £180K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Lst | David Navarro | - | Backup | F/T | £9,000 | 30.6.2008 | £50K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Lst | Chaouki Ben Saada | - | Youngster | F/T | £8,250 | 30.6.2009 | £190K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Lst | Mark Kerr | - | Not Needed | F/T | £7,250 | 30.6.2009 | £140K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Loa | Florian Marange | - | Hot Prospect | F/T | £7,000 | 30.6.2009 | £170K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | FC | Inj | Shaun Maloney | - | Backup | F/T | £6,750 | 30.6.2009 | £220K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Chris Burke | - | Youngster | F/T | £6,750 | 30.6.2009 | £130K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Wnt | Alan Hutton | - | Youngster | F/T | £6,500 | 30.6.2008 | £150K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Trn | David Marshall | - | Youngster | Yth | £6,500 | 30.6.2006 | £45K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Stephen McManus | - | Backup | F/T | £6,000 | 30.6.2009 | £45K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S3 | | Charlie Adam | - | Youngster | F/T | £5,500 | 30.6.2008 | £60K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Unh | Steven Smith | - | Not Needed | F/T | £5,250 | 30.6.2008 | £35K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | MC | | Paul Weaver | - | Youngster | F/T | £3,100 | 30.6.2008 | £7K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Jacques Faty | - | Youngster | F/T | £3,100 | 30.6.2009 | £180K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Gianni Zuiverloon | - | Youngster | F/T | £1,500 | 30.6.2008 | £150K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | FC | Unh | Robert Davidson | - | Youngster | F/T | £875 | 30.6.2008 | £80K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Emrah Ekin | - | Youngster | Yth | £475 | 30.6.2007 | £35K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S2 | | Iven Austbø | - | Youngster | F/T | £425 | 30.6.2010 | £45K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Charles-André Doudin | - | Youngster | F/T | £400 | 30.6.2009 | £140K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Simon Ferry | - | Youngster | F/T | £275 | 30.6.2008 | £20K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Scott Clark | - | Youngster | F/T | £210 | 30.6.2008 | £4K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Brian Ross | - | Youngster | F/T | £210 | 30.6.2008 | £4K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Scott Paterson | - | Youngster | F/T | £210 | 30.6.2008 | £4K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Gary McGowan | - | Youngster | F/T | £210 | 30.6.2008 | £4K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Unh | John Baxter | - | Youngster | F/T | £210 | 30.6.2008 | £4K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Scott Kerr | - | Youngster | F/T | £210 | 30.6.2008 | £4K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Paul Graham | - | Youngster | F/T | £210 | 30.6.2008 | £4K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Steven Black | - | Youngster | F/T | £210 | 30.6.2008 | £4K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Ian Bryson | - | Youngster | F/T | £210 | 30.6.2008 | £4K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Kevin Marshall | - | Youngster | F/T | £210 | 30.6.2008 | £4K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Graham Scott | - | Youngster | F/T | £210 | 30.6.2008 | £4K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Paul Graham | - | Youngster | F/T | £210 | 30.6.2008 | £4K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DL | | Steven Campbell | - | Youngster | P/T | £120 | 30.6.2006 | £14K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Andy Paterson | - | - | - | - | - | - | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Kevin Young | - | - | - | - | - | - | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Alan Young | - | - | - | - | - | - | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | David Young | - | - | - | - | - | - | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Gary Martin | - | - | - | - | - | - | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Martin Murray | - | - | - | - | - | - | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Gary McLeod | - | - | - | - | - | - | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Stephen Fraser | - | - | - | - | - | - | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Alan McDonald | - | - | - | - | - | - | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Stephen Walker | - | - | - | - | - | - | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Graeme Ferguson | - | - | - | - | - | - | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Craig Grant | - | - | - | - | - | - | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Kevin Kelly | - | - | - | - | - | - | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Andy Wilson | - | - | - | - | - | - | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| </pre>

Obviously guys with no wage are greys.

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Ayr United's Season in Numbers

League Table:

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">Scottish Second Division| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | C | Gretna | | 36 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 79 | 30 | +49 | 79 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | | Partick | | 36 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 73 | 34 | +39 | 77 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Raith | | 36 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 61 | 41 | +20 | 65 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | P | Ayr | | 36 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 47 | 27 | +20 | 65 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 5th | | Morton | | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 54 | 41 | +13 | 53 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 6th | | Stirling | | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 46 | 54 | -8 | 46 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 7th | | Forfar | | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 46 | 68 | -22 | 39 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 8th | | Peterhead | | 36 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 37 | 71 | -34 | 29 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 9th | R | Dumbarton | | 36 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 69 | -43 | 23 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 10th | R | Alloa | | 36 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 67 | -34 | 22 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|</pre>


Squad Playing Statistics:

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">| Pkd | Inf | Name | Position | Morale | Form | Con | Apps | Gls | Av Rat | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | GK | Hol | Roberto Giacomi | GK | Superb | 6-8-7-7-7 | 93% | 30 | - | 7.00 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DR | Hol | Stephen McKenna | D RC, DM | Superb | 7-8-7-9-8 | 93% | 18 | - | 7.28 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DL | Hol | Robert Harris | D LC | Superb | 6-7-9-9 | 87% | 3 (1) | - | 7.75 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DC | Hol | Gary MacKenzie | D C | Superb | 7-8-7-7-7 | 92% | 43 | 2 | 7.16 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DC | Hol | Marco Baroni | D C | Superb | 6-6-8-7-8 | 92% | 17 | 1 | 6.88 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DMC | Hol | Marc Kalenga | DM | Okay | 6-8-7-9-8 | 93% | 27 (4) | 5 | 7.19 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | MC | Hol | Kevin Byers | AM C | Superb | 7-8-7-8-9 | 90% | 33 (1) | 4 | 7.09 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | MC | Hol | Ingi Højsted | M C | Okay | 6-9-7-7-7 | 95% | 32 (10)| 1 | 6.95 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | FC | Hol | Peter Weatherson | D RC, ST | Superb | 7-8-8-8-9 | 92% | 40 (1) | 18 | 7.39 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | FC | Hol | Santino Marini | AM/F C | Superb | 6-7-7-8-10 | 91% | 36 (5) | 17 | 6.98 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | FC | Hol | Willie McLaren | AM LC, ST | Superb | 8-7-5-8-9 | 83% | 36 | 7 | 7.36 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S1 | Hol | Ali Mohammadian | AM C | Superb | 8-7-6-7-7 | 95% | 9 (3) | - | 6.83 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S2 | Hol | Peter Alexiou | GK | Superb | 8-6-6-6-6 | 99% | 7 | - | 6.71 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S3 | Hol | Hjalmar Öhagen | AM RC | Superb | 6 | 95% | 1 | - | 6.00 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S4 | Hol | Simon Lynch | ST | Superb | 6-7-6-7-8 | 97% | 7 (7) | 3 | 6.86 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S5 | Hol | Uros Veselic | AM/F C | Superb | 7-8-6-7-7 | 91% | 6 (3) | 1 | 7.00 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S6 | Hol | Hugo Carolo | ST | Superb | 6-7-7-6-7 | 93% | 3 (5) | 1 | 6.50 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S7 | Hol | Michael McGowan | D/WB R | Superb | 7-7-7-7-7 | 96% | 3 (7) | - | 6.80 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Inj | Chris Templeman | ST | Superb | 7-8-7-9-8 | 82% | - | - | - | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Chris Strain | AM LC | Superb | 7-7-9-7-6 | 94% | 0 (1) | - | 7.00 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Jörgen Hellqvist | ST | Superb | 7-6 | 97% | 2 | - | 6.50 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Johannes Grahn | AM R, ST | Very Good | 7-6-6-6-7 | 100% | 15 | 4 | 6.73 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | John Petter Kleppen | AM C | Superb | 9-6-7-7-7 | 100% | - | - | - | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Mark Birch | D R | Superb | 6 | 94% | 1 | - | 6.00 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Raymond Logan | DM | Superb | 7-8-7-7-7 | 96% | 1 | - | 5.00 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Kieran McAnespie | D/WB L, AM LC | Superb | 6 | 94% | 1 | - | 6.00 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | James McKinstry | D/WB R | Superb | 7-9-7-9-5 | 94% | - | - | - | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Marvyn Wilson | DM | Superb | 7-7-6-7-7 | 95% | 19 (8) | - | 6.81 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Stephen McConalogue | ST | Superb | 6-5 | 93% | 1 (1) | - | 5.50 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Otto Konrad | GK | Superb | 7-7-7-8-7 | 100% | 6 | - | 6.50 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Inj | Dougie Ramsay | DM | Superb | 7-8-7-7-7 | 57% | 2 | - | 6.50 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Andy Reid | AM L, ST | Superb | 7-6-7-7-7 | 95% | 1 | - | 7.00 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Slt | John Rankin | AM C | Very Good | 8-6-8-7-7 | 100% | 16 | 2 | 7.19 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Mark Casey | WB R, DM | Superb | 6-5-8-7-8 | 94% | 3 | - | 6.33 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Michael Moore | ST | Very Good | 7-10-7-8-9 | 96% | 2 (2) | 1 | 7.00 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Inj | Mark McLaughlin | D LC | Superb | 8-7-6-8-8 | 74% | 44 | - | 7.32 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | David Graham | AM RC, F C | Superb | 7-8-7-7-7 | 98% | 2 (7) | 1 | 6.67 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Sean Webb | D C | Superb | 7-9-7-9-5 | 100% | 24 (1) | - | 6.76 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Slt | Tom Brighton | AM L, ST | Very Good | 6-6-7-7-7 | 100% | 16 | 3 | 7.00 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Craig Conway | AM RLC | Superb | 6-6-6-8-7 | 94% | - | - | - | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Darren Johnson | GK | Superb | 7-7-7-5-7 | 99% | - | - | - | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Rst | Gerry Joyce | SW, D C | Superb | 6-8-7-8-7 | 100% | 30 | 3 | 7.00 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Paul Hyslop | AM R | Superb | 6-7-7-6-8 | 94% | - | - | - | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Stuart Boyd | ST | Good | 7-6-6-6-7 | 92% | - | - | - | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Mark Gilhaney | AM RL, ST | Superb | 6 | 95% | 1 | - | 6.00 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Inj | Gareth Wardlaw | F C | Good | 7-7-6-7-7 | 28% | - | - | - | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Martyn Campbell | D C | Superb | 6-6-7-6-7 | 95% | - | - | - | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Eamonn Fullerton | D L | Superb | 6-9-7-9-7 | 95% | 2 (6) | - | 5.88 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Paul Templeton | AM RC | Superb | 6-7-7-6-6 | 96% | - | - | - | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Darren Quigley | M C | Superb | 6-8-7-6-6 | 93% | - | - | - | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Wnt | John Johnston | ST | Good | 7-6-6-6-7 | 100% | 13 | - | 6.46 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Adam Strachan | AM L | Superb | 9-6-7-7-8 | 100% | - | - | - | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Ian Cameron | M LC | Superb | 8-7-7-8-7 | 99% | - | - | - | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Ryan Russell | AM L | Superb | 7-8-8-9-7 | 92% | 2 | - | 6.50 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Kenny Connolly | M C | Superb | 7-6-7-7-6 | 96% | 3 (2) | - | 6.60 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Ian Cashmore | ST | Superb | 6-6-7-7-6 | 95% | - | - | - | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Mark Docherty | D C | Very Good | 7-6-6-7-6 | 96% | 6 (5) | 3 | 6.82 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Steven Learmonth | D C | Superb | 7-8-7-5-6 | 98% | - | - | - | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Gordon Lennon | SW, D C | Very Good | 7-6-7-7-7 | 100% | 12 (2) | - | 6.57 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Inj | Brian McKay | M R | Very Good | 7-6-7-8-7 | 41% | 13 | 3 | 6.69 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Alan Martin | GK | Very Good | 7-7-7-7-6 | 100% | 12 | - | 6.67 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Craig Brownlie | D C | Very Good | 7-5-8-8-7 | 96% | 14 (2) | - | 6.88 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Andreas Ingel | M C | Superb | 6 | 95% | 1 | - | 6.00 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Dan Ingvarsson | AM RC | Superb | 7-6 | 95% | 0 (2) | - | 6.50 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Hesam Rajabieh-Fard | ST | Superb | 7-7-6-7-6 | 95% | 2 (3) | - | 6.60 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Johan Olofsson | GK | Very Good | 6-6-7-7-7 | 100% | 3 | - | 6.33 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Andy Essler | D/WB L | Superb | 7-6-6-7-7 | 80% | - | - | - | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Jim Hamilton | D/WB L | Okay | - | 60% | - | - | - | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | David Reid | WB/AM RL | Okay | - | 60% | - | - | - | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Chris McMillan | D C, DM | Okay | - | 60% | - | - | - | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Scott Low | AM RC, F C | Okay | - | 60% | - | - | - | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | John Grant | GK | Okay | - | 60% | - | - | - | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|</pre>


Contracts:

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">| Pkd | Inf | Name | No. | Squad Status | Cnt | Weekly wage | Expires | Value | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Otto Konrad | - | Key Player | F/T | £4,700 | 30.6.2006 | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | FC | Hol | Willie McLaren | - | Key Player | F/T | £1,100 | 30.6.2008 | £85K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Marvyn Wilson | - | First Team | F/T | £1,000 | 30.6.2007 | £2K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Slt | John Rankin | - | Not Needed | P/T | £925 | 30.6.2007 | £5K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Stephen McConalogue | - | First Team | P/T | £900 | 30.6.2006 | £1K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Slt | Tom Brighton | - | Not Needed | P/T | £850 | 30.6.2007 | £4K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Ryan Russell | - | Hot Prospect | Yth | £775 | 30.6.2007 | £6K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Adam Strachan | - | Hot Prospect | Yth | £775 | 30.6.2006 | £1K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | FC | Hol | Peter Weatherson | - | Key Player | P/T | £750 | 30.6.2008 | £35K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Inj | Mark McLaughlin | - | Key Player | P/T | £750 | 30.6.2007 | £2K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Mark Gilhaney | - | Key Player | P/T | £750 | 30.6.2007 | £4K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Kieran McAnespie | - | First Team | P/T | £725 | 30.6.2006 | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Ian Cameron | - | Hot Prospect | Yth | £625 | 30.6.2007 | £3K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S6 | Hol | Hugo Carolo | - | Key Player | P/T | £625 | 30.6.2008 | £26K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | David Graham | - | Hot Prospect | P/T | £600 | 30.6.2006 | £1K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Sean Webb | - | Hot Prospect | P/T | £575 | 30.6.2007 | £3K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Craig Brownlie | - | Hot Prospect | P/T | £500 | 30.6.2006 | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Mark Birch | - | First Team | P/T | £450 | 30.6.2006 | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Inj | Chris Templeman | - | Backup | P/T | £425 | 30.6.2006 | £1K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Kenny Connolly | - | First Team | P/T | £425 | 30.6.2007 | £3K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Michael Moore | - | Not Needed | P/T | £375 | 30.6.2006 | £1K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S7 | Hol | Michael McGowan | - | Key Player | P/T | £375 | 30.6.2007 | £2K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DR | Hol | Stephen McKenna | - | First Team | P/T | £350 | 30.6.2007 | £1K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S4 | Hol | Simon Lynch | - | Key Player | P/T | £325 | 30.6.2008 | £4K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S5 | Hol | Uros Veselic | - | Key Player | P/T | £325 | 30.6.2009 | £14K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Alan Martin | - | Hot Prospect | F/T | £300 | 30.6.2007 | £2K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | FC | Hol | Santino Marini | - | First Team | P/T | £275 | 30.6.2008 | £4K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DMC | Hol | Marc Kalenga | - | Key Player | P/T | £275 | 30.6.2008 | £9K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Andreas Ingel | - | Key Player | P/T | £275 | 30.6.2008 | £3K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Jörgen Hellqvist | - | First Team | P/T | £250 | 30.6.2008 | £5K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | GK | Hol | Roberto Giacomi | - | Key Player | P/T | £250 | 30.6.2007 | £6K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Hesam Rajabieh-Fard | - | First Team | P/T | £250 | 30.6.2008 | £6K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Dan Ingvarsson | - | Key Player | P/T | £250 | 30.6.2008 | £5K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | MC | Hol | Ingi Højsted | - | Key Player | P/T | £250 | 30.6.2007 | £8K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Johannes Grahn | - | Hot Prospect | P/T | £240 | 30.6.2008 | £8K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S2 | Hol | Peter Alexiou | - | First Team | P/T | £240 | 30.6.2007 | £2K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DC | Hol | Marco Baroni | - | Key Player | P/T | £200 | 30.6.2008 | £14K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S1 | Hol | Ali Mohammadian | - | Key Player | P/T | £200 | 30.6.2008 | £14K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | John Petter Kleppen | - | Hot Prospect | Yth | £190 | 30.6.2008 | £6K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S3 | Hol | Hjalmar Öhagen | - | Key Player | P/T | £190 | 30.6.2008 | £14K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DC | Hol | Gary MacKenzie | - | Key Player | P/T | £180 | 30.6.2007 | £7K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DL | Hol | Robert Harris | - | First Team | P/T | £140 | 30.6.2007 | £2K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Wnt | John Johnston | - | Not Needed | P/T | £120 | 30.6.2007 | £8K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | MC | Hol | Kevin Byers | - | First Team | P/T | £120 | 30.6.2007 | £3K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Eamonn Fullerton | - | Hot Prospect | P/T | £90 | 30.6.2006 | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | James McKinstry | - | Backup | P/T | £65 | 30.6.2006 | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Inj | Dougie Ramsay | - | Backup | P/T | £60 | 1.7.2006 | £1K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Andy Reid | - | Hot Prospect | P/T | £50 | 1.7.2006 | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Mark Casey | - | Backup | P/T | £45 | 30.6.2006 | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Gordon Lennon | - | Hot Prospect | P/T | £45 | 30.6.2007 | £1K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Andy Essler | - | Not Needed | P/T | £40 | 1.7.2006 | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Stuart Boyd | - | Backup | P/T | £40 | 1.7.2006 | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Paul Hyslop | - | Not Needed | P/T | £40 | 30.6.2006 | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Raymond Logan | - | Backup | P/T | £40 | 30.6.2006 | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Inj | Gareth Wardlaw | - | Backup | P/T | £35 | 1.7.2006 | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Steven Learmonth | - | Hot Prospect | P/T | £35 | 30.6.2008 | £2K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Ian Cashmore | - | Backup | P/T | £35 | 30.6.2006 | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Craig Conway | - | Not Needed | P/T | £35 | 1.7.2006 | £1K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Johan Olofsson | - | Hot Prospect | P/T | £30 | 30.6.2009 | £3K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Inj | Brian McKay | - | Hot Prospect | P/T | £30 | 30.6.2008 | £1K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Martyn Campbell | - | Backup | P/T | £30 | 1.7.2006 | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Rst | Gerry Joyce | - | Not Needed | P/T | £20 | 1.7.2006 | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Chris Strain | - | Backup | P/T | £20 | 30.6.2006 | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Paul Templeton | - | Youngster | Yth | £15 | 1.7.2006 | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Darren Johnson | - | Youngster | Yth | £15 | 1.7.2006 | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Mark Docherty | - | Hot Prospect | P/T | £10 | 30.6.2010 | £1K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Hol | Darren Quigley | - | Youngster | Yth | £10 | 30.6.2006 | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | John Grant | - | - | - | - | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Scott Low | - | - | - | - | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Chris McMillan | - | - | - | - | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | David Reid | - | - | - | - | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Jim Hamilton | - | - | - | - | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|</pre>

BarryLFC

Rangers' Season in Numbers

League Table:

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">SPL| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | C | Celtic | | 38 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 87 | 33 | +54 | 85 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | | Rangers | | 38 | 24 | 3 | 11 | 60 | 36 | +24 | 75 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Hearts | | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 58 | 31 | +27 | 74 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Motherwell | | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 64 | 55 | +9 | 60 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 5th | | Aberdeen | | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 66 | 56 | +10 | 59 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 6th | | Dundee Utd | | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 45 | 49 | -4 | 56 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 7th | | Kilmarnock | | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 51 | 62 | -11 | 48 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 8th | | Dunfermline Ath | | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 43 | 67 | -24 | 42 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 9th | | Livingston | | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 48 | 57 | -9 | 39 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 10th | | Falkirk | | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 46 | 65 | -19 | 39 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 11th | | Inverness CT | | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 43 | 68 | -25 | 36 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 12th | R | Hibernian | | 38 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 40 | 72 | -32 | 29 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|</pre>

Squad Playing Statistics:

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">| Pkd | Inf | Name | Position | Morale | Form | Con | Apps | Gls | Av Rat | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | GK | | Craig Gordon | GK | Poor | 7-7-7-6-6 | 100% | 49 | - | 7.00 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DR | | Ian Murray | D LC, DM | Very Poor | 9-7-8-6-5 | 100% | 14 (12)| - | 7.08 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DL | | Steven Hammell | D/WB L | Very Poor | 6-9-9-7-7 | 99% | 51 | 1 | 7.88 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DC | | Andy Webster | D C | Poor | 7-7-8-7-6 | 99% | 50 | - | 7.26 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DC | | Aldin Peljto | D C, DM | Poor | 7-7-6-7-6 | 96% | 37 (2) | 3 | 6.87 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DMC | | Barry Ferguson | DM | Poor | 5-7-8-7-7 | 100% | 48 (2) | 4 | 7.28 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | MC | | Alex Pederzoli | M C | Poor | 6-8-8-7-6 | 100% | 35 (3) | - | 7.08 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | MC | | Alberto Baggio | M C | Poor | 7-9-8-7-7 | 97% | 50 | 2 | 7.24 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | FC | | Lynel Kitambala | ST | Okay | 6-6-7-6-7 | 98% | 13 (3) | 7 | 6.75 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | FC | Unh | Kris Boyd | ST | Poor | 6-7-10-7-7 | 96% | 48 (2) | 40 | 7.38 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | FC | | Matteo Ardemagni | ST | Okay | 7-8-9-7-7 | 97% | 52 | 23 | 7.50 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S1 | | Jelle De Bock | D RC | Very Poor | 6-8-8-6-6 | 99% | 17 (3) | - | 6.80 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S2 | | Lenny Pidgeley | GK | Okay | 8-6-7-6-7 | 95% | 5 (3) | - | 7.00 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S3 | | Quincy Owusu Abeyie | ST | Poor | 6-6-8-9-5 | 97% | 24 (9) | 5 | 6.88 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S4 | | Roberto Massaro | AM L | Okay | 8-6-7-6-7 | 91% | 6 (4) | - | 6.90 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S5 | | Julien Cetout | D C, DM | Okay | 6-7-7-6-7 | 96% | 6 (2) | - | 6.75 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Zurab Khizanishvili | D C | Okay | 6-6-8-6-8 | 97% | 39 | - | 7.23 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Brian McLean | D C | Poor | 7-6-7-6-7 | 95% | 4 (13) | - | 6.53 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Pablo Ruiz | D LC | Poor | 8-6-8-6-6 | 100% | 14 | - | 7.07 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Paolo Sammarco | M C | Okay | 6-7-6-7-8 | 68% | 7 (9) | - | 6.88 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Sebastian Giovinco | AM/F C | Okay | 6-7-6-6-7 | 94% | 1 (19) | - | 6.40 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Daniele Semenzato | D/WB/AM R | Okay | 7-6-7-6-7 | 95% | 26 (5) | - | 7.03 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Unh | David Fuster | AM R | Very Poor | 7-7 | 94% | 0 (2) | - | 7.00 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Lst | Gavin Rae | M C | Poor | 7-8-6-8 | 97% | - | - | - | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Wnt | Allan McGregor | GK | Poor | 7-8-6-6-8 | 94% | 32 | - | 6.69 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Ross McCormack | ST | Okay | 8-7-6-9-7 | 100% | 15 | 12 | 7.33 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Callum Reidford | GK | Good | 7-7-7-4-6 | 95% | - | - | - | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Brian Gilmour | M C | Okay | 7-7-5-9-8 | 100% | 14 | 1 | 7.43 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Scott Agnew | AM L, ST | Very Good | 8-7-8-8-7 | 100% | - | - | - | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Paul Emslie | M C | Good | 8 | 99% | - | - | - | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Alan Lowing | D R | Poor | 7-8-6-7-6 | 98% | 9 (2) | - | 6.82 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Lee Robinson | GK | Okay | 3-7-6-8-7 | 94% | 0 (1) | - | 8.00 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Graeme Watson | D C | Good | 7-7-7-7-7 | 100% | 3 (5) | - | 6.00 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Calum Elliot | F C | Good | 8-5-7-9-7 | 100% | - | - | - | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Wnt | Jordan McMillan | D RC | Good | 8 | 100% | - | - | - | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Derek Carcary | ST | Poor | 7-7-6-7-6 | 94% | 10 (4) | 2 | 6.36 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Jason Crooks | ST | Very Good | 7-7-7-7-8 | 100% | - | - | - | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Craig Frizzel | ST | Good | 7-7-8-7-6 | 100% | - | - | - | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Steven Lennon | M C | Very Good | 5-6-7-8-8 | 98% | - | - | - | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Martin Ure | D C | Very Good | 6-5-7-7-7 | 100% | - | - | - | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Sam Woods | D R | Very Good | 6-6-6-7-7 | 100% | - | - | - | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Yth | Scott Gallacher | GK | Good | 4-5-6-7-7 | 100% | - | - | - | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Scott Hadden | ST | Good | 8-7-6-7-7 | 99% | - | - | - | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Ross Harvey | D L | Very Good | 7-6-8-7-7 | 100% | - | - | - | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Yth | Steven Kinniburgh | AM C | Good | 6-7-7-5-6 | 94% | - | - | - | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Trn | William McLachlan | M C | Very Poor | 7-7-6-7-7 | 92% | - | - | - | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Lst | Joe Sagar | GK | Very Poor | 5-8-8-7-6 | 94% | - | - | - | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Yth | Andrew Shinnie | M L | Good | 7-6-6-6-7 | 95% | - | - | - | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Federico Piovaccari | ST | Poor | 6-7-7-7-7 | 99% | 12 | 7 | 6.67 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Andrea Masiello | D C | Okay | 7-7-8-8-4 | 100% | 14 (6) | - | 6.85 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Rawez Lawan | ST | Okay | 6-6-7-7-6 | 97% | 8 (6) | 4 | 6.93 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Guy Dufour | M LC | Poor | 7-8-7-7-7 | 100% | 17 | 2 | 6.88 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Cor Gillis | D RL | Okay | 6-6-8-6-7 | 96% | 5 (2) | - | 6.71 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Milan Thomas | DM | Good | 7-6-7-7-8 | 95% | 3 | - | 5.67 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Malaury Martin | DM | Okay | 7-6-7-6-7 | 95% | 4 (1) | - | 6.60 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Tijani Bel Aïd | AM RC, F C | Poor | 6-7-5-6-7 | 100% | 12 | 2 | 6.50 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Dany N'Guessan | AM LC, F C | Poor | 7-6-8-6-6 | 94% | 2 (3) | - | 6.60 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Mathieu Dreyer | GK | Okay | 7-6-7 | 94% | 1 | - | 6.00 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|</pre>

Contracts (of slave labour):

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">| Pkd | Inf | Name | No. | Squad Status | Cnt | Weekly wage | Expires | Value | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DMC | | Barry Ferguson | 6 | First Team | F/T | £28,000 | 30.6.2010 | £3.8M | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | GK | | Craig Gordon | 1 | Key Player | F/T | £16,750 | 30.6.2007 | £1.8M | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DC | | Andy Webster | 4 | Rotation | F/T | £10,500 | 30.6.2009 | £1.6M | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DL | | Steven Hammell | 23 | Backup | F/T | £9,250 | 30.6.2009 | £1.5M | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DR | | Ian Murray | 24 | Key Player | F/T | £8,000 | 30.6.2008 | £625K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | FC | Unh | Kris Boyd | 13 | Hot Prospect | F/T | £7,250 | 30.6.2008 | £2.6M | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S2 | | Lenny Pidgeley | 20 | Youngster | F/T | £6,500 | 30.6.2008 | £100K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Zurab Khizanishvili | 3 | Hot Prospect | F/T | £4,400 | 30.6.2008 | £325K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Lst | Gavin Rae | 26 | Not Needed | F/T | £4,000 | 30.6.2007 | £130K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Mathieu Dreyer | 31 | Youngster | Yth | £2,200 | 30.6.2006 | £14K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Paolo Sammarco | 28 | Hot Prospect | F/T | £1,200 | 30.6.2009 | £120K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S3 | | Quincy Owusu Abeyie | 14 | Youngster | F/T | £1,100 | 30.6.2008 | £2.7M | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Ross McCormack | - | Youngster | F/T | £800 | 30.6.2007 | £1.3M | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Cor Gillis | 29 | First Team | F/T | £700 | 30.6.2007 | £35K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | MC | | Alex Pederzoli | 18 | Youngster | F/T | £600 | 30.6.2009 | £250K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Brian McLean | - | Hot Prospect | F/T | £575 | 30.6.2006 | £22K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Dany N'Guessan | 50 | Youngster | F/T | £500 | 30.6.2007 | £95K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Rawez Lawan | 10 | Youngster | F/T | £500 | 30.6.2010 | £2.6M | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S1 | | Jelle De Bock | 17 | Youngster | F/T | £450 | 30.6.2011 | £325K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Guy Dufour | - | Youngster | F/T | £425 | 30.6.2008 | £800K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S4 | | Roberto Massaro | 25 | Backup | F/T | £425 | 30.6.2010 | £300K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Wnt | Allan McGregor | - | Hot Prospect | F/T | £400 | 1.7.2006 | £20K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Calum Elliot | 15 | Youngster | Yth | £400 | 30.6.2008 | £150K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Pablo Ruiz | - | Backup | F/T | £375 | 30.6.2008 | £95K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Andrea Masiello | 5 | Hot Prospect | F/T | £325 | 30.6.2010 | £400K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S5 | | Julien Cetout | 19 | Youngster | F/T | £325 | 30.6.2008 | £425K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | FC | | Matteo Ardemagni | 22 | Youngster | F/T | £300 | 30.6.2008 | £1.9M | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Milan Thomas | 8 | Youngster | F/T | £275 | 30.6.2008 | £26K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Federico Piovaccari | - | Youngster | F/T | £275 | 30.6.2009 | £120K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Unh | David Fuster | 21 | Backup | F/T | £275 | 30.6.2009 | £40K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Daniele Semenzato | 2 | Youngster | F/T | £275 | 30.6.2008 | £210K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Tijani Bel Aïd | - | Youngster | F/T | £275 | 30.6.2008 | £100K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | FC | | Lynel Kitambala | 30 | Youngster | F/T | £275 | 30.6.2010 | £300K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Brian Gilmour | - | Youngster | F/T | £250 | 30.6.2007 | £70K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Lee Robinson | 27 | Youngster | Yth | £250 | 30.6.2006 | £2K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Malaury Martin | 12 | Youngster | F/T | £250 | 30.6.2010 | £75K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Sebastian Giovinco | 16 | Youngster | F/T | £250 | 30.6.2008 | £150K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Alan Lowing | - | Youngster | F/T | £240 | 30.6.2006 | £5K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Jason Crooks | - | Youngster | Yth | £240 | 30.6.2006 | £3K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Paul Emslie | - | Youngster | Yth | £240 | 30.6.2006 | £6K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | MC | | Alberto Baggio | 11 | Youngster | F/T | £220 | 30.6.2008 | £575K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Derek Carcary | - | Youngster | F/T | £200 | 30.6.2007 | £180K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Steven Lennon | - | Youngster | Yth | £200 | 30.6.2007 | £70K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Graeme Watson | - | Youngster | F/T | £200 | 30.6.2006 | £1K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Scott Agnew | - | Youngster | Yth | £200 | 30.6.2006 | £7K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Callum Reidford | - | Youngster | Yth | £200 | 30.6.2006 | £1K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Wnt | Jordan McMillan | - | Youngster | Yth | £170 | 30.6.2008 | £20K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Sam Woods | - | Youngster | Yth | £150 | 30.6.2006 | £3K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Martin Ure | - | Youngster | Yth | £150 | 30.6.2006 | £4K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Craig Frizzel | - | Youngster | Yth | £150 | 30.6.2006 | £7K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DC | | Aldin Peljto | 7 | Youngster | F/T | £150 | 30.6.2008 | £130K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Yth | Andrew Shinnie | - | Youngster | Yth | £140 | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Trn | William McLachlan | - | Not Needed | Yth | £140 | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Ross Harvey | - | Youngster | Yth | £130 | 30.6.2009 | £4K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Lst | Joe Sagar | - | Youngster | Yth | £130 | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Yth | Steven Kinniburgh | - | Youngster | Yth | £130 | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Yth | Scott Gallacher | - | Youngster | Yth | £130 | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Scott Hadden | - | Youngster | Yth | £120 | 30.6.2007 | £7K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|</pre>

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Celtic's Season in Numbers

League Table:

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">SPL| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | C | Celtic | | 38 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 87 | 33 | +54 | 85 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | | Rangers | | 38 | 24 | 3 | 11 | 60 | 36 | +24 | 75 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Hearts | | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 58 | 31 | +27 | 74 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Motherwell | | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 64 | 55 | +9 | 60 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 5th | | Aberdeen | | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 66 | 56 | +10 | 59 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 6th | | Dundee Utd | | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 45 | 49 | -4 | 56 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 7th | | Kilmarnock | | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 51 | 62 | -11 | 48 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 8th | | Dunfermline Ath | | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 43 | 67 | -24 | 42 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 9th | | Livingston | | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 48 | 57 | -9 | 39 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 10th | | Falkirk | | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 46 | 65 | -19 | 39 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 11th | | Inverness CT | | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 43 | 68 | -25 | 36 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 12th | R | Hibernian | | 38 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 40 | 72 | -32 | 29 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|</pre>

Squad Playing Statistics:

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">| Pkd | Inf | Name | Position | Morale | Form | Con | Apps | Gls | Av Rat | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | GK | | Lee Camp | GK | Okay | 7-7-6-6-6 | 100% | 33 | - | 6.97 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DR | | Gary Irvine | D/WB R, DM | Good | 8-8-8-6-7 | 100% | 47 | - | 7.53 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DL | | Tony McParland | D/WB L | Okay | 8-8-6-7-7 | 100% | 47 | 1 | 7.53 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DC | Inj | John Kennedy | D C | Very Good | 8-7-7-6-7 | 77% | 24 (1) | - | 7.40 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DC | | Ã�lvaro MejÃ*a | D RC | Good | 7-6-7-7-6 | 100% | 29 (5) | 1 | 6.91 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DMC | | Gary Caldwell | D RC, DM | Okay | 7-7-7-7-7 | 100% | 33 (5) | - | 7.21 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | MC | | Scott Severin | M C | Very Good | 8-8-7-7-7 | 100% | 51 | 4 | 7.51 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | MC | | Craig Beattie | AM R, ST | Very Good | 7-6-6-6-7 | 100% | 19 (2) | 6 | 6.90 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | FC | | Maciej Zurawski | AM RC, F C | Very Good | 8-7-8-7-7 | 100% | 33 (4) | 14 | 7.54 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | FC | | Bosko Balaban | AM R, ST | Okay | 7-7-6-7-6 | 100% | 29 (7) | 27 | 7.39 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | FC | | Dumitru Laurentiu Rosu | AM LC, F C | Good | 7-8-9-7-7 | 99% | 39 (1) | 22 | 7.65 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S1 | | Nicklas Bendtner | ST | Good | 7-7-6-6-7 | 94% | 0 (4) | 1 | 6.50 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S2 | | Artur Boruc | GK | Very Good | 8-6-6-7-6 | 95% | 22 (3) | - | 6.96 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S3 | | Kennet Andersson | ST | Very Good | 6-7-7 | 94% | 1 (2) | 1 | 6.67 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S4 | | Teddy Bjarnason | M C | Very Good | 9-7-7-6-7 | 99% | 47 (3) | 4 | 7.30 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S5 | | Lee Wallace | D/WB L | Good | 8-6-6-8-6 | 96% | 2 (7) | - | 6.78 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S6 | | John Hartson | ST | Very Good | 7-8-7-6-7 | 94% | 24 (15)| 27 | 7.33 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Unh | Paul Reid | D/M C | Very Good | 6-9-8-7 | 95% | - | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | David Clarkson | ST | Okay | 8-9-7-7-8 | 100% | 15 | 10 | 7.33 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Vyacheslav Hleb | AM RC, F C | Very Good | 6-6-8-8-6 | 98% | 15 (3) | 4 | 7.33 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Chris Snow | GK | Good | - | 94% | - | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Trn | Angelos Basinas | DM | Good | 7-7-6-7-7 | 98% | 13 (3) | - | 7.25 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Lst | Paul Telfer | D/WB/M R | Very Poor | 7-7-6-7-6 | 95% | 9 (5) | 1 | 6.50 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Anton Ferdinand | D C | Okay | 8-8-8-7-6 | 99% | 40 (1) | 2 | 7.24 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Shane Paul | AM R, ST | Very Good | 6-9-7-6-6 | 95% | 0 (2) | - | 7.50 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Scott Golbourne | D/WB/M L | Okay | 5-8-7-6-7 | 100% | 15 | 1 | 6.60 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Al Bangura | DM | Okay | 6-9-7-7-6 | 100% | 17 | - | 6.76 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Wnt | Garry O'Connor | ST | Poor | 7-8-6-9-6 | 95% | 3 (13) | 2 | 6.81 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Stephen Pearson | AM RLC | Very Good | 6-6 | 95% | - | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Ross Harris | AM RC, F C | Poor | 8-9-6-6-6 | 100% | 13 (1) | 2 | 6.93 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Aiden McGeady | AM RC | Very Good | 7-7-7-6-6 | 95% | 5 | - | 7.00 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Mike McGlinchey | AM LC, F C | Okay | 7-7-7-7-6 | 100% | - | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Michael McGovern | GK | Okay | 7-7-7-6-7 | 100% | 6 | - | 6.83 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Inj | Charlie Mulgrew | D LC, DM | Very Good | 7-5-5-7-8 | 71% | 7 | - | 6.86 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Ross Wallace | AM L | Okay | 8-10-7-6-7 | 100% | 12 (1) | 3 | 7.38 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Unh | Peter Leven | AM C | Very Poor | 7-6-7 | 95% | 0 (3) | - | 6.67 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Nicky Riley | AM C | Good | 7-7-5-8-7 | 95% | 0 (4) | - | 6.75 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Sandy Wood | GK | Very Good | 7-8-6-7-7 | 100% | - | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Loa | Craig Reid | D RC | Very Good | 7-7-6-7-6 | 100% | - | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | James Elliott | M C | Very Good | 8-7-6-7-6 | 100% | - | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Michael Gardyne | AM/F C | Good | 7-7-7-8-6 | 97% | - | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Scott Cuthbert | D RC | Okay | 7-7-6-8-6 | 100% | - | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Ctr | Jacob Lensky | AM RC | Very Good | 5-7-7-7-7 | 95% | - | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Ryan Conroy | WB/AM L | Good | 6-7-7-7-6 | 100% | 15 | - | 6.80 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Gary Dunphy | AM LC | Very Good | 7-7-6-6-7 | 94% | - | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Loa | Charlie Grant | DM | Very Good | 7-6-6-7-6 | 94% | - | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Inj | Ross Hepburn | AM/F C | Very Poor | 7-6-6-7-7 | 75% | - | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Scott Hillman | D C | Poor | 5-7-6-8-6 | 96% | - | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Paul Hutchison | D C | Very Good | 8-6-6-6-7 | 100% | - | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Paul McGowan | AM RC, F C | Very Good | 5-8-6-7-7 | 98% | - | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Mark Millar | M C | Very Good | 6-7-6-7-7 | 94% | - | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Colin Nicholson | GK | Very Good | 8 | 94% | - | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Jim O'Brien | WB R, AM RC, ST | Good | 7-7-6-8-7 | 100% | - | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Diarmuid O'Carroll | ST | Okay | 7-7-6-8-6 | 100% | - | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Dean Richardson | D LC | Good | 5-7-7-7-7 | 94% | - | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Inj | Mark Staunton | D C | Very Good | 7-7-6-5-6 | 64% | - | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Gary Walsh | D L | Good | 6-7-7-7-7 | 97% | 8 | - | 7.00 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Paul Caddis | D/WB R | Very Good | 6-7-6-6-6 | 94% | 2 | - | 6.50 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Gareth Christie | D C | Good | 8-6-7-6-7 | 95% | - | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Scott Fox | GK | Good | - | 94% | - | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Alan Lindsay | M C | Very Good | 6 | 95% | - | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Ryan McCafferty | D R | Good | 5-7-6-5-6 | 99% | - | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | John McGeough | AM/F C | Very Good | 8-8-6-7-7 | 95% | - | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Darren O'Dea | D LC | Okay | 7-7-5-6-6 | 100% | - | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Yth | Chris Nicholson | GK | Very Good | 4-8-6-6-8 | 92% | - | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Kjartan Henry Finnbogason | ST | Good | 8-9-6-8-7 | 99% | - | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|</pre>

Contracts:

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">| Pkd | Inf | Name | No. | Squad Status | Cnt | Weekly wage | Expires | Value | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S6 | | John Hartson | 10 | Rotation | F/T | £30,000 | 1.5.2007 | £1.6M | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | FC | | Bosko Balaban | 4 | Key Player | F/T | £29,000 | 30.6.2008 | £2.6M | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Wnt | Garry O'Connor | 27 | Not Needed | F/T | £22,000 | 30.6.2008 | £2.5M | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S2 | | Artur Boruc | 1 | Key Player | F/T | £17,000 | 30.6.2007 | £775K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | FC | | Dumitru Laurentiu Rosu | 29 | Rotation | F/T | £15,500 | 30.6.2008 | £2.1M | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | FC | | Maciej Zurawski | 7 | Key Player | F/T | £15,000 | 7.7.2007 | £3.3M | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Vyacheslav Hleb | 5 | First Team | F/T | £13,750 | 30.6.2009 | £2.4M | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DC | | Ã�lvaro MejÃ*a | 21 | Backup | F/T | £12,500 | 30.6.2009 | £1.1M | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DMC | | Gary Caldwell | 24 | Backup | F/T | £11,750 | 30.6.2009 | £1.5M | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | MC | | Scott Severin | 11 | Rotation | F/T | £11,500 | 30.6.2009 | £2M | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Anton Ferdinand | 26 | Rotation | F/T | £10,500 | 30.6.2008 | £1.6M | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | David Clarkson | - | Youngster | F/T | £9,000 | 30.6.2009 | £650K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | GK | | Lee Camp | 25 | Hot Prospect | F/T | £8,750 | 30.6.2008 | £850K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Unh | Peter Leven | 28 | Youngster | F/T | £8,000 | 30.6.2009 | £325K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Stephen Pearson | 13 | Hot Prospect | F/T | £8,000 | 9.7.2008 | £2.2M | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DL | | Tony McParland | 12 | First Team | F/T | £5,000 | 30.6.2008 | £525K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DC | Inj | John Kennedy | 41 | Backup | F/T | £2,500 | 30.6.2009 | £1.4M | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Unh | Paul Reid | - | Backup | F/T | £2,400 | 30.6.2008 | £160K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Ross Wallace | - | Hot Prospect | F/T | £2,000 | 30.6.2007 | £1.8M | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Aiden McGeady | 46 | Rotation | F/T | £2,000 | 14.6.2008 | £3.1M | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | MC | | Craig Beattie | 37 | Rotation | F/T | £2,000 | 31.7.2008 | £2.9M | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Lst | Paul Telfer | - | Not Needed | F/T | £2,000 | 30.6.2007 | £10K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Trn | Angelos Basinas | 32 | Not Needed | F/T | £1,200 | 30.6.2006 | £250K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S3 | | Kennet Andersson | 34 | Backup | F/T | £575 | 30.6.2007 | £4K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S5 | | Lee Wallace | 2 | Youngster | F/T | £475 | 30.6.2009 | £575K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Scott Golbourne | - | Youngster | F/T | £450 | 30.6.2008 | £275K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Shane Paul | 3 | Youngster | F/T | £400 | 30.6.2009 | £1.3M | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Kjartan Henry Finnbogason | 9 | Hot Prospect | Yth | £375 | 30.6.2007 | £1.2M | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Ryan Conroy | - | Hot Prospect | F/T | £375 | 30.6.2008 | £65K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S1 | | Nicklas Bendtner | 19 | Youngster | F/T | £350 | 30.6.2009 | £300K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | S4 | | Teddy Bjarnason | 22 | Youngster | F/T | £325 | 30.6.2010 | £2.3M | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Michael McGovern | - | Hot Prospect | F/T | £325 | 30.6.2007 | £28K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Al Bangura | - | Youngster | F/T | £325 | 30.6.2009 | £275K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Loa | Charlie Grant | 8 | Youngster | Yth | £325 | 30.6.2007 | £150K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DR | | Gary Irvine | 14 | Youngster | F/T | £325 | 30.6.2010 | £140K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Michael Gardyne | - | Hot Prospect | Yth | £300 | 30.6.2008 | £90K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Paul Hutchison | - | Youngster | Yth | £300 | 30.6.2006 | £1K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Nicky Riley | 20 | Youngster | F/T | £275 | 30.6.2006 | £12K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Scott Cuthbert | 49 | Hot Prospect | Yth | £275 | 30.6.2008 | £24K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Jim O'Brien | - | Youngster | Yth | £275 | 30.6.2008 | £16K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Ross Harris | - | Not Needed | F/T | £275 | 30.6.2006 | £12K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Inj | Charlie Mulgrew | 16 | Youngster | F/T | £275 | 30.6.2008 | £40K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Loa | Craig Reid | - | Youngster | Yth | £250 | 30.6.2008 | £4K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Mike McGlinchey | 42 | Youngster | Yth | £250 | 30.6.2007 | £110K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Darren O'Dea | - | Youngster | Yth | £250 | 30.6.2006 | £2K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Ryan McCafferty | - | Youngster | Yth | £250 | 30.6.2006 | £1K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Scott Fox | 17 | Youngster | Yth | £250 | 30.6.2006 | £1K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Gareth Christie | - | Youngster | Yth | £250 | 30.6.2006 | £2K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Gary Walsh | 35 | Youngster | F/T | £250 | 30.6.2006 | £7K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Dean Richardson | - | Youngster | Yth | £250 | 30.6.2006 | £1K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Diarmuid O'Carroll | - | Youngster | Yth | £250 | 1.6.2006 | £3K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | James Elliott | - | Youngster | Yth | £250 | 30.6.2007 | £35K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Sandy Wood | 23 | Youngster | Yth | £250 | 2.4.2008 | £14K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Gary Dunphy | - | Youngster | Yth | £240 | 30.6.2006 | £2K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Paul Caddis | 36 | Youngster | Yth | £240 | 30.6.2007 | £16K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | John McGeough | - | Youngster | Yth | £240 | 30.6.2006 | £2K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Alan Lindsay | - | Youngster | Yth | £240 | 30.6.2006 | £1K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Colin Nicholson | - | Youngster | Yth | £240 | 30.6.2006 | £1K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Mark Millar | - | Youngster | Yth | £240 | 30.6.2006 | £1K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Paul McGowan | - | Youngster | Yth | £240 | 1.6.2006 | £1K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Scott Hillman | - | Youngster | Yth | £240 | 30.6.2006 | £1K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Ctr | Jacob Lensky | 6 | Hot Prospect | F/T | £180 | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Yth | Chris Nicholson | - | Youngster | Yth | £150 | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Inj | Ross Hepburn | - | Youngster | Yth | £130 | - | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | Inj | Mark Staunton | - | Youngster | Yth | £120 | 30.6.2007 | - | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | - | | Chris Snow | - | Youngster | Yth | £120 | 30.6.2006 | £1K | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|</pre>

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It wasn't so much that Morag felt disappointed in a 100 point, 130 goal league campaign, but the lack of any tangible progress in the national cup competitions and the place in Europe that went with that was missed. Bartholomew had strict instructions to make whatever changes he felt necessary to ensure such failure was never repeated.

Recouping the entire £10m spent on Charles N'Zogbia was remarkable given the club's league status, but Villarreal were willing to pay and the young Frenchman moved on. Alan Hutton also left, this time at a £1m profit to the club, with Everton swooping for the right back. Julius Aghahowa finally made a £3.5m move away from the reserve side, but there was little interest in Chaouki Ben Saada.

Over at Rangers there were bound to be repercussions for a season of second best. Quincy Owusu Abeyie moved on for £2.5m, double the purchase price, to Vitesse, whilst Zurab Khizanishvili left for Levski Sofia following his loan spell at Blackburn. Allan McGregor decided to move to Aberdeen in the face of his pending release, but there were additions in the pipeline.

Celtic's initial focus was on the goalkeeping, where Artur Boruc (£775,000 move to Lierse imminent) and Lee Camp had disappointed. Sweeping in to poach Hearts' #1 Arason for £575K was inspired, adding Gianluca Pagliuca to back him up seemed bizarre. With a move for a South Korean international right back in the works, things were heating up.

Ayr took advantage of shrewd planning and tight-fistedness to release 17 players whose contracts were expiring. A number of others were relegated to the reserves and two of the top three earners were paid off. The club made the move to full professionalism, requiring new contracts all round, though two recent Scandinavian signings were keen to remain part time, having secured jobs at the local Odeon cinema. A £100K offer from Falkirk for Mark McLaughlin wasn't backed with sufficient funds to complete, but he, Peter Weatherson and Gary MacKenzie were subject to a number of derisory bids from the likes of Gretna and Hamilton.

It was proving to be a key summer, and it had to be for all four men, with greater expectations mounting by the hour, day, week. Morag, Betty, Aggie and Mary had certain ideas, perhaps outdated, but they were old fashioned girls and they preferred a team that wins. Nothing less would be acceptable.

For Knut Haraldsson it was a vital season, with Rothesay likely to rise to the First in twelve months time and only one promotion slot available, failure to produce a dramatic improvement in results and a championship would see a year of nothingness just around the corner.

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With Scotland making a dramatic run to the brink of the World Cup semis before being eliminated by a 121st minute Xavi goal for Spain it would have been easy for the media to overlook Henrik Larsson's return to Celtic. Somewhat surprisingly then, it featured as the back page story on the Daily Record the same day as Scotland celebrated a 2-0 win over Italy in the last 16 of the World Cup (see page 78).

A broken leg for Razvan Rat soured Rothesay's preseason, but Ayr's got a late boost as their appeal to the immigration people was successful and Mexican striker Javier Orozco joined, boasting five caps at just 18 years old.

With all four sides having settled on a first team squad it was time to settle in for the ride. This promised to be, for all four managers, and all four deities, a season to remember, if only to allow each to forget England's World Cup win...

shannon2007

This is the bestest story I've ever read, is there some award for it