2011–12 Arbroath F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Arbroath's first season back in the Scottish Second Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Third Division at the end of the 2010–11 season.[1] Arbroath also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Arbroath
2011–12 season
ChairmanJohn Christison
ManagerPaul Sheerin
StadiumGayfield Park
Scottish Second DivisionSecond place
Challenge CupRound one
League CupRound one
Scottish CupRound four
Top goalscorerLeague:
Steven Doris (21)

All:
Steven Doris (21)
Highest home attendance
1,125 vs. Cowdenbeath, 18 February 2012
Lowest home attendance
572 vs. Stenhousemuir, 29 October 2011

Summary

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Arbroath finished second in the Second Division,[2] entering the play-offs losing 2–1 to Dumbarton on aggregate in the semi-final and remained in the Second Division.[3] They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup,[4] the first round of the League Cup[5] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup, losing 4–0 to Scottish Premier League side Rangers.[6]

Results and fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Second Division

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6 August 2011 Second Division Arbroath 6–2 Albion Rovers Gayfield Park
15:00 Sheerin   7' (pen.), 58' (pen.)
Sibanda   29'
Malcolm   46'
McAnespie   51'
Bryce   80'
BBC Report Boyle   31', 37' Gaston   Grant Fahey   Attendance: 661
Referee: Beaton
13 August 2011 Second Division Stenhousemuir 2–0 Arbroath Ochilview Park
Ferguson   13'
Rodgers   56'
BBC Report Attendance: 492
Referee: Hilland
20 August 2011 Second Division Arbroath 3–0 East Fife Gayfield Park
Swankie   28'
Doris   69', 81' (pen.)
Sheerin   56'
BBC Report Attendance: 723
Referee: McKendrick
27 August 2011 Second Division Arbroath 4–2 Stirling Albion Gayfield Park
McPherson   30' (og.)
Doris   51' (pen.)
Sheerin   56'
Swankie   65'
BBC Report Cook   38'
Dillon   49'
Thom  
Attendance: 670
Referee: Clancy
10 September 2011 Second Division Dumbarton 3– 4 Arbroath Strathclyde Homes Stadium
15:00 Prunty   5'
Gilhaney   17'
Nicholl   38'
BBC Report Sibanda   14'
Swankie   27' (46)
Doris   68' (pen.)
Attendance: 640
Referee: Finnie
17 September 2011 Second Division Arbroath 3–1 Airdrie United Gayfield Park
McAnespie   6'
Doris   63'
Swankie   90'
BBC Sport Owens   65' Attendance: 761
Referee: Colvin
24 September 2011 Second Division Brechin City 2–3 Arbroath Glebe Park
Buist   29'
McManus   82' (pen.)
BBC Report Sibanda   36'
Doris   78' (pen.)
Swankie   88'
Attendance: 911
Referee: Hilland
1 October 2011 Second Division Arbroath 1–1 Cowdenbeath Gayfield Park
Falkingham   58' BBC Report O'Brien   19' Attendance: 857
Referee: McDermott
15 October 2011 Second Division Forfar Athletic 1–1 Arbroath Station Park
15:00 Bolochoweckyj   35'  
Shaughnessy   82'
BBC Report Sibanda   12' Attendance: 908
Referee: Roache
22 October 2011 Second Division Albion Rovers 1–0 Arbroath Cliftonhill
Gemmell   13' BBC Report Attendance: 338
Referee: Beaton
29 October 2011 Second Division Arbroath 1–0 Stenhousemuir Gayfield Park
Doris   84' (pen.) BBC Report McCluskey   82' Attendance: 572
Referee: Salmond
5 November 2011 Second Division Arbroath 4–3 Dumbarton Gayfield Park
McAnespie   21'
Malcolm   23'
Swankie   26'
Doris   79'
BBC Report McNiff   51', 83'
Agnew   65'
Attendance: 723
Referee: Northcroft
26 November 2011 Second Division Airdrie United 3–3 Arbroath Excelsior Stadium
Lovering   6' (Penalty)
Donnelly   68', 71'
BBC Report Swankie   2'
Doris   42' (Penalty)
Falkingham   56'
Attendance: 687
Referee: Richmond
3 December 2011 Second Division Arbroath 1–1 Brechin City Gayfield Park
15:00 Falkingham   63' SFL Report McManus   90' Attendance: 1,104
Referee: Hilland
10 December 2011 Second Division Cowdenbeath 0–0 Arbroath Central Park
SFL Report Attendance: 437
Referee: Winter
2 January 2012 Second Division Dumbarton 3–2 Arbroath Strathclyde Homes Stadium
15:00 Prunty   20'
Lithgow   84'
Walker   90'
SFL Report Doris   26'
Falkingham   32'
Attendance: 585
Referee: Roache
14 January 2012 Second Division East Fife 2–2 Arbroath Bayview Stadium
15:00 Cook   6'
Hislop   52'
SFL Report Malcolm   31'
Swankie   78'
Attendance: 617
Referee: Hilland
21 January 2012 Second Division Arbroath 6–1 Albion Rovers Gayfield Park
15:00 Sibanda   5'
Swankie   28', 56'
Falkingham   34'
Sheerin   85'
Samuel   90'
SFL Report Gemmell   24' Attendance: 616
Referee: Clancy
1 February 2012 Second Division Arbroath 2–0 Stirling Albion Gayfield Park
19:45 Doris   9'
Sheerin   45'
SFL Report Attendance: 901
Referee: Charleston
11 February 2012 Second Division Forfar Athletic 2–4 Arbroath Station Park
15:00 Fotheringham   80', 89' SFL Report Malcolm   17'
Samuel   41'
Sibanda   75'
Sheerin   82'
Attendance: 794
Referee: McKendrick
14 February 2012 Second Division Brechin City 1–1 Arbroath Glebe Park
15:00 McLean   81' SFL Report Doris   71' Attendance: 703
Referee: Beaton
18 February 2012 Second Division Arbroath 1–1 Cowdenbeath Gayfield Park
15:00 Innes   42' SFL Report McKenzie   60'
Linton   43'
Attendance: 1,125
Referee: Roache
22 February 2012 Second Division Arbroath 4–1 Forfar Athletic Gayfield Park
19:45 Samuel   20'
Doris   44', 45', 72'
SFL Report Coyne   13' Attendance: 789
Referee: Conroy
25 February 2012 Second Division Stenhousemuir 1–3 Arbroath Ochilview Park
15:00 Kean   70' SFL Report Doris   9'
Falkingham   37' (88)
Referee: Madden
29 February 2012 Second Division Arbroath 2–2 Airdrie United Gayfield Park
19:45 Gibson   9', 42' SFL Report Holmes   49'
Boyle   78'
Attendance: 728
Referee: Colvin
3 March 2012 Second Division Arbroath 2–2 East Fife Gayfield Park
15:00 Caddis   6', 15' SFL Report Sloan   28'
Hislop   43'
White   95'  
Attendance: 842
Referee: Tumilty
10 March 2012 Second Division Arbroath 2–0 Dumbarton Gayfield Park
15:00 Innes   24'
Doris   27'
SFL Report Attendance: 842
Referee: Northcroft
24 March 2012 Second Division Airdrie United 2–0 Arbroath Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Lovering   73'
McLaren   90'
SFL Report Attendance: 689
Referee: Hilland
31 March 2012 Second Division Arbroath 2–3 Brechin City Gayfield Park
15:00 Doris   21' (pen.)
Gibson   85'
SFL Report McKenzie   6'
McManus   14', 65'
Attendance: 917
Referee: Somers
7 April 2012 Second Division Cowdenbeath 2–3 Arbroath Central Park
15:00 McKenzie   5', 47' (Penalty)
Adamson   24'  
SFL Report Doris   25', 75'
McAnespie   29'
Attendance: 671
Referee: Salmond
14 April 2012 Second Division Arbroath 0–1 Forfar Athletic Gayfield Park
15:00 SFL Report Ross   60' Attendance: 998
Referee: Allan
21 April 2012 Second Division Albion Rovers 1–1 Arbroath Cliftonhill
15:00 Love   49' SFL Report Sibanda   72' Attendance: 407
Referee: Robertson
28 April 2012 Second Division Arbroath 0–2 Stenhousemuir Gayfield Park
15:00 SFL Report Anderson   11'
Rodgers   20'
Attendance: 643
Referee: Northcroft
5 May 2012 Second Division East Fife 1–3 Arbroath Bayview Stadium
15:00 Muir   90' SFL Report Samuel   8'
Caddis   29'
Sibanda   72'
Attendance: 597
Referee: O'Reilly

First Division play-offs

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9 May 2012 Play-offs SF R1 Dumbarton 2–1 Arbroath Dumbarton Football Stadium
19:30 Wallace   16'
Prunty   61'
SFL Report Malcolm   6' Attendance: 911
Referee: Charleston
12 May 2012 Play-offs SF R2 Arbroath 0–0
(2–1 agg.)
Dumbarton Gayfield Park
15:00 SFL Report Attendance: 1,454
Referee: Thomson

Scottish Cup

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19 November 2011 Scottish Cup round 3 Keith 0–1 Arbroath Kynoch Park
Niddrie   95'   BBC Report Sheerin   94' (Penalty) Attendance: 350
Referee: Somers
8 January 2012 Scottish Cup round 4 Arbroath 0–4 Rangers Gayfield Park
12:45 BBC Report Healy   17'
Wedderburn   22' (Own Goal)
Jelavić   59'
Kerkar   77'
Referee: Murray

Challenge Cup

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23 July 2011 Challenge Cup Rd 1 Arbroath 1–2 (a.e.t.) Dundee Gayfield Park
Elfverson   77' BBC Report Milne   79'
O'Donnell   92'
Attendance: 1,761
Referee: Charleston

League Cup

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30 July 2011 Scottish League Cup Rd 1 Livingston 6–0 (a.e.t.) Arbroath Almondvale Stadium
Boulding   2'
Russell   7' (22)
Jacobs   33'
Talbot   66'
McNulty   72'
BBC Report Doris   Attendance: 804
Referee: Allan

Squad

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Last updated 13 May 2012 [7]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Second Division Scottish Cup League Cup Other[a]
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO Darren Hill 41 0 35 0 2 0 1 0 3 0
GK   SCO Michael White 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Mark Baxter 35 0 29 0 2 0 1 0 3 0
DF   AUS Beau Busch 22 0 20 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF   SCO Graham Girvan 7 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
DF   SCO Stuart Malcolm 36 6 31 5 1 0 1 0 3 1
DF   SCO Kieran McAnespie 31 4 25 4 2 0 1 0 3 0
DF   SCO Craig Wedderburn 30 0 27 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
DF   SCO Connaire Connelly 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Chris Innes 14 2 12 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
MF   IRN Pedram Ardalany 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   ENG Josh Falkingham 41 8 35 8 2 0 1 0 3 0
MF   SCO Keith Gibson 33 2 27 2 2 0 1 0 3 0
MF   SCO Brian Kerr 41 0 35 0 2 0 1 0 3 0
MF   SCO Paul Sheerin 33 7 29 6 2 1 0 0 2 0
MF   SCO Martin Strachan 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
MF   SCO Kevin Brown 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Carlo Monti 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Liam Caddis 23 3 20 3 1 0 0 0 2 0
MF   SCO Connor Birse 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW   SCO Lee Bryce 14 1 10 1 2 0 1 0 1 0
FW   SCO Steven Doris 39 21 33 21 2 0 1 0 3 0
FW   SCO Jordan Elfverson 8 1 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 1
FW   SCO Jake Mair 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Lee Sibanda 39 8 34 8 2 0 1 0 2 0
FW   SCO Gavin Swankie 38 11 34 11 2 0 0 0 2 0
FW   TRI Collin Samuel 15 4 13 4 0 0 0 0 2 0
FW   SCO Kieran McWalter 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Dale Robertson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the play-offs and the 2011–12 Scottish Challenge Cup.

Disciplinary record

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Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 13 May 2012
Nation Position Name Second Division Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
                   
  GK Darren Hill 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
  GK Michael White 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Mark Baxter 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
  DF Beau Busch 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  DF Graham Girvan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  DF Stuart Malcolm 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
  DF Kieran McAnespie 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
  DF Craig Wedderburn 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
  DF Connaire Connelly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Chris Innes 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
  MF Pedram Ardallany 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  MF Josh Falkingham 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
  MF Keith Gibson 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
  MF Brian Kerr 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  MF Paul Sheerin 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 0
  MF Martin Strachan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Kevin Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Liam Caddis 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  MF Connor Birse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Lee Bryce 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  FW Steven Doris 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1
  FW Jordan Elfverson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW Jake Mair 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW Lee Sibanda 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 8 0
  FW Gavin Swankie 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
  FW Collin Samuel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Kieran McWalter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Dale Robertson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Awards

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Last updated 28 March 2012
Nation Name Award Month
  Paul Sheerin[8] Second Division Manager of the Month August
  Steven Doris[9] Player of the Month February

Team statistics

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Cowdenbeath (C, P) 36 20 11 5 68 29 +39 71 Promotion to the First Division
2 Arbroath 36 17 12 7 76 51 +25 63 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
3 Dumbarton (O, P) 36 17 7 12 61 61 0 58[a]
4 Airdrie United (P) 36 14 10 12 68 60 +8 52[b]
5 Stenhousemuir 36 15 6 15 54 49 +5 51
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Dumbarton won the First Division play-off final, and were promoted to the First Division.
  2. ^ Airdrie United lost the final of the First Division playoffs to Dumbarton. However following the demotion of Rangers to the third division prior to the beginning of the 2012-13 season, Dundee were promoted from the First Division to the SPL, and Airdrie United were promoted to the First Division to take their place. Stranraer were promoted from the Third to the Second Division to take the place of Airdrie United

Transfers

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