The 2005–06 season saw St Mirren compete in the Scottish First Division where they finished in 1st position with 76 points, gaining automatic promotion to the Scottish Premier League. St. Mirren reached the 2005 Scottish Challenge Cup Final where they beat Hamilton Academical 2–1.
Final league table
Results St. Mirren's score comes first
Legend WinDrawLoss
Scottish First Division
MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers17 August 2005DundeeA2–35,011Kean, Baird213 August 2005StranraerH0–02,614320 August 2005St JohnstoneA2–13,089Kean, McGowne427 August 2005Brechin CityH1–02,514Kean510 September 2005Queen of the SouthA1–01,682Lappin617 September 2005ClydeH2–03,068Kean, Sutton724 September 2005Airdrie UnitedA1–02,073Adam81 October 2005Hamilton AcademicalA1–33,016Kean915 October 2005Ross CountyH2–03,314Sutton (2)1022 October 2005DundeeH0–04,0271125 October 2005StranraerA2–1621van Zanten, Kean1229 October 2005Queen of the SouthH2–03,361Potter, Kean1312 November 2005ClydeA2–12,012Sutton, Adam1415 November 2005Brechin CityA3–2704Sutton (2), Kean1526 November 2005Hamilton AcademicalH2–13,195Broadfoot, Lappin1629 November 2005Airdrie UnitedH1–12,931van Zanten173 December 2005Ross CountyA4–03,393van Zanten, Kean, Sutton, Murray1810 December 2005DundeeA0–44,2041917 December 2005St JohnstoneH0–03,1452026 December 2005Queen of the SouthA0–02,4212131 December 2005Brechin CityH3–22,813Adam, Kean, Corcoran222 January 2006ClydeH2–14,338Kean, Corcoran2314 January 2006Airdrie UnitedA4–12,661Corcoran, Anderson (2), McKenna2421 January 2006Hamilton AcademicalA0–03,3202528 January 2006Ross CountyH0–13,6562611 February 2006St JohnstoneA0–04,5152718 February 2006StranraerH3–13,375Anderson, Lappin, Sutton2811 March 2006Queen of the SouthH1–03,436Adam2918 March 2006ClydeA1–02,275Adam3021 March 2006Brechin CityA3–0691Sutton (3)3125 March 2006Airdrie UnitedH2–13,785Sutton (2)321 April 2006Hamilton AcademicalH0–24,430338 April 2006Ross CountyA2–03,588Kean, Sutton3415 April 2006DundeeH2–17,629Broadfoot, Mehmet3522 April 2006StranraerA1–0800Mehmet3629 April 2006St JohnstoneH0–16,725
Scottish Cup
MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR37 January 2006MotherwellH3–06,507Potter, Adam (2)R45 February 2006SpartansA0–03,346R4 Replay14 February 2006SpartansH3–03,612Sutton, Adam, MaxwellR525 February 2006GretnaA0–12,850
Scottish League Cup
MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR123 August 2005St JohnstoneA1–02,219McGowneR220 August 2005MotherwellH0–23,810
Scottish Challenge Cup
MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR130 July 2005Forfar AthleticH1–01,605ReidR231 August 2005Queen of the SouthA2–11,605Corcoran, MurrayQF13 September 2005StenhousemuirH3–2725Adam, Lappin, SuttonSF27 September 2005Greenock MortonH0–0 6,524F6 November 2005Hamilton AcademicalN2–19,162Lappin, Sutton
Squad statistics
Pos.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGK Tony Bullock120300000150GK Craig Hinchliffe3000101050GK Chris Smith21(2)010103026(2)0DF Kirk Broadfoot25(2)200204031(2)2DF Ian Maxwell16(5)041002022(5)1DF Kevin McGowne321402130412DF Andy Millen27(1)040204037(1)0DF John Potter35141203(1)044(1)2DF David van Zanten31(1)340203040(1)3MF Charlie Adam24(5)5430(1)02(1)130(7)9MF Iain Anderson5(6)32(2)000007(8)3MF Mark Corcoran11(15)33(1)00(1)02116(17)4MF Simon Lappin33(2)33(1)0203241(3)5MF David McKenna0(2)00000000(2)0MF Craig Molloy1(1)00000001(1)0MF Hugh Murray27(2)11(2)0204134(4)2MF Mark Reilly11(3)000001(1)012(4)0FW John Baird0(2)1000(1)00(1)00(4)1FW Stewart Kean29(6)123(1)01(1)04037(8)12FW Brian McGinty0(8)0000(1)00(1)00(10)0FW Billy Mehmet10(18)20(2)0200(3)012(23)2FW Alan Reid15(9)01(1)0202(1)120(11)1FW John Sutton28(3)143(1)1103235(4)17
See also List of St Mirren F.C. seasons
References
External links St. Mirren 2005–06 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)