2005–06 Dunfermline Athletic F.C. season

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Dunfermline Athletic
2005–06 season
ManagerJim Leishman[1]
StadiumEast End Park
Scottish Premier League11th
Scottish CupThird round
Scottish League CupRunner-up

The 2005–06 season saw Dunfermline Athletic compete in the Scottish Premier League where they finished in 11th position with 33 points.[2] They also reached the 2006 Scottish League Cup Final where they lost 3–0 to Celtic.

Final league table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
8 Motherwell 38 13 10 15 55 61 −6 49
9 Dundee United 38 7 12 19 41 66 −25 33
10 Falkirk 38 8 9 21 35 64 −29 33
11 Dunfermline Athletic 38 8 9 21 33 68 −35 33
12 Livingston (R) 38 4 6 28 25 79 −54 18 Relegation to the Scottish First Division
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

Results[edit]

Dunfermline Athletic's score comes first

Legend[edit]

Win Draw Loss

Scottish Premier League[edit]

Main article: 2005–06 Scottish Premier League
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 30 July 2005 Hibernian A 1–1 13,010 Shields 12'
2 6 August 2005 Motherwell A 0–1 4,649
3 13 August 2005 Inverness Caledonian Thistle H 0–1 5,005
4 20 August 2005 Livingston A 1–1 4,522 Makel 44'
5 28 August 2005 Celtic H 0–4 9,244
6 10 September 2005 Kilmarnock A 2–3 4,737 Burchill 4', Young 67'
7 17 September 2005 Aberdeen H 0–2 6,387
8 24 September 2005 Dundee United H 2–1 8,361 Tod 60', Ross 75'
9 1 October 2005 Rangers A 1–5 48,374 Hunt 54'
10 15 October 2005 Falkirk H 0–1 7,068
11 22 October 2005 Heart of Midlothian A 0–2 16,500
12 26 October 2005 Hibernian H 1–2 6,853 Mason 87'
13 29 October 2005 Motherwell H 0–3 4,421
14 5 November 2005 Inverness Caledonian Thistle A 1–2 3,728 Makel 73'
15 19 November 2005 Livingston H 0–1 6,016
16 26 November 2005 Celtic A 1–0 58,203 Ross 17'
17 3 December 2005 Kilmarnock H 0–1 4,319
18 10 December 2005 Aberdeen A 0–0 9,881
19 20 December 2005 Dundee United A 1–2 5,889 Wilson 31'
20 26 December 2005 Rangers H 3–3 9,481 Tod 16', Burchill 23', Young 90'
21 31 December 2005 Falkirk A 2–1 6,235 Burchill 45', Hunt 58'
22 14 January 2006 Heart of Midlothian H 1–4 8,277 Burchill 58'
23 21 January 2006 Hibernian A 1–3 13,316 Donnelly 35'
24 28 January 2006 Motherwell H 1–1 4,961 Young 11'
25 8 February 2006 Inverness Caledonian Thistle H 2–2 3,354 Hunt 9', Burchill 11'
26 11 February 2006 Livingston A 1–0 4,371 Burchill 12'
27 19 February 2006 Celtic H 1–8 9,015 Tod 14'
28 25 February 2006 Dundee United H 1–1 4,694 Burchill 14'
29 4 March 2006 Kilmarnock A 0–1 5,507
30 11 March 2006 Aberdeen H 1–0 5,308 Burchill 48'
31 25 March 2006 Rangers A 0–1 49,017
32 1 April 2006 Falkirk H 1–1 6,836 Burchill 50'
33 8 April 2006 Heart of Midlothian A 0–4 16,973
34 15 April 2006 Falkirk A 0–0 5,413
35 22 April 2006 Livingston H 3–2 5,795 Burchill (2) 38', 78', Hunt 85'
36 29 April 2006 Motherwell A 3–2 3,621 Campbell 21', Burchill 30', Mason 50'
37 2 May 2006 Dundee United A 1–0 5,034 Daquin 78'
38 6 May 2006 Inverness Caledonian Thistle H 0–1 5,354

Scottish Cup[edit]

Main article: 2005–06 Scottish Cup
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R3 7 January 2006 Airdrie United H 3–4 3,805 Mason 16', Hunt 23', Young 56'

Scottish League Cup[edit]

Main articles: 2005–06 Scottish League Cup and 2006 Scottish League Cup Final
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R2 23 August 2005 Gretna A 1–0 1,405 Burchill 17'
R3 20 September 2005 Kilmarnock A 4–3 3,191 McCunnie 7', Young (3) 8', 16', 64'
QF 8 November 2005 Hibernian H 3–0 6,005 Burchill (2) 15', 45', Mason 90'
SF 25 January 2006 Livingston N 1–0 4,630 Young 37'
Final 19 March 2006 Celtic N 0–3 50,090

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Dunfermline Manager History". Soccerbase. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Scotland 2005/06". RSSSF.

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