| Date | Saturday, 13 August 2005 |
|---|---|
| Competition | Scottish League Division 1 |
| Fixture/Score | Airdrie United 0:1 Ross County |
| Venue | Excelsior Stadium |
| Attendance | 1,164 |
| Referee | Michael McCurry |
| Comments | Match Report Report from the BBC. Airdrie United 0 Ross County 1 A Steven McGarry goal gave Ross County victory against the run of play against Airdrie United at New Broomfield. Stephen Docherty blast over the top after a pass from Brian McPhee, who had a powerful header superbly saved by County goalkeeper Ian McCaldon. The crucial goal came four minutes after the restart. A long punt forward picked out McGarry, who held off the challenge of Frazer Coyle before blasting the ball high into the net past keeper Lee Hollis. |
| Ross County | |
| Manager | John Robertson |
| Starting 11 | 1: Ian McCaldon, 2: Sean Webb, 3: David Cowan, 4: Lionel Djebi-Zadi, 5: Martin Canning, 6: John Rankin, 7: Stuart Taylor, 8: Mark McCulloch, 9: Sean Higgins, 10: Steven McGarry 1, 11: Maciej Nuckowski |
| Bench | 0: Joseph Malin, 0: David Niven, 0: Kevin McKinlay, 0: David Winters, 0: Alexander Burke |
| Airdrie United | |
| Manager | Sandy Stewart |
| Starting 11 | Lee Hollis, Neil McGowan, Paul Lovering, Fraser Coyle, Steven McDougall, Stevie Docherty, David Dunn, Allan McManus, Brian McPhee, Mark Roberts, Steven McKeown |
| Bench | Stephen Robertson, Colin Marshall, Stephen McKenna, Gary Twigg |