2011–12 Forfar Athletic F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Forfar Athletic's second consecutive season in the Scottish Second Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Third Division at the end of the 2009–10 season.[1] Forfar Athletic also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Forfar Athletic
2011–12 season
ChairmanScotland Neill Wilson
ManagerScotland Dick Campbell
StadiumStation Park
Scottish Second DivisionSeventh place
Challenge CupSecond Round, lost to Greenock Morton
League CupSecond Round, lost to Queen of the South
Scottish CupFourth Round, lost to Aberdeen
Top goalscorerLeague:
Scotland Chris Templeman (16)

All:
Scotland Chris Templeman (19)
Highest home attendance908 vs. Arbroath, 15 October 2011
Lowest home attendance284 vs. Dumbarton, 15 February 2012

Summary

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Forfar finished seventh in the Second Division.[2] They reached the second round of the Challenge Cup,[3] the second round of the League Cup[4] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.[5]

Results and fixtures

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Pre-season

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

2 July 2011 Friendly Forfar Athletic 0–2 Dundee United Station Park, Forfar
DUFC Report Bishop   33' (o.g.)
Russell   64'
Attendance: 957
Referee: Craig Charleston
16 July 2011 Friendly Forfar Athletic 0–3 Aberdeen Station Park
AFC Report Vernon   18' (pen.)
Jack   68'
Milsom   80'
Attendance: 874
Referee: Matt Northcroft

Scottish Second Division

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6 August 2011 Second Division Forfar 2–2 Cowdenbeath Station Park
McCulloch   58'
Templeman   62' (pen.)
BBC Report Ramsay   11'
Coult   78'
Attendance: 469
Referee: Gary Hilland
20 August 2011 Second Division Forfar Athletic 2–3 Stenhousemuir Station Park
Templeman   55'
Mowat   57'
BBC Report Ferguson   22'
Kean   25'
Thomson   62'
Attendance: 372
Referee: Mike Tumilty
27 August 2011 Second Division Forfar Athletic 3–2 Airdrie United Station Park
Crawford   11', 43'
Fotheringham   64'
BBC Sport Stephenson   23'
Lynch   29'
Attendance: 432
Referee: Beaton
10 September 2011 Second Division Brechin City 0–1 Forfar Athletic Glebe Park
15:00 Carcary   85' BBC Report Templeman   61' Attendance: 651
Referee: Northcroft
24 September 2011 Second Division Forfar Athletic 0–2 Dumbarton Station Park
BBC Report Winters   32'
Prunty   61'
Attendance: 493
Referee: Euan Norris
1 October 2011 Second Division East Fife 4–3 Forfar Athletic Bayview Stadium
Ovenstone   15'
Muir   32'
Ogleby   44'
Wallace   83'
BBC Report Byers   19'
Ovenstone   40' (o.g.)
Shaughnessy   53'
McHugh   76'
Attendance: 533
Referee: Clancy
15 October 2011 Second Division Forfar Athletic 1–1 Arbroath Station Park
15:00 Bolocheweckyj   35'  
Shaughnessy   82'
BBC Report Sibanda   12' Attendance: 908
Referee: Roache
22 October 2011 Second Division Cowdenbeath 3–1 Forfar Athletic Central Park
Coult   60'
Stewart   68', 72'
BBC Report Low   75' Attendance: 339
Referee: Northcroft
12 November 2011 Second Division Airdrie United 4–4 Forfar Athletic Excelsior Stadium
Donnelly   32', 58', 73'
Boyle   82'
BBC Report Templeman   17', 64'
Motion   62'
Byers   79'
Attendance: 635
Referee: Winter
3 December 2011 Second Division Dumbarton 1–1 Forfar Athletic Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Walker   16' SFL Report Motion   90+3' Attendance: 443
Referee: Richmond
26 December 2011 Second Division Forfar Athletic 2–3 Airdrie United Station Park
14:00 Templeman   15'
Motion   18'
Hegarty   67'
SFL Report Lynch   42'
McLaren   45'
Morton   90'
Attendance: 579
Referee: Clancy
2 January 2012 Second Division Brechin City 2–1 Forfar Athletic Glebe Park
15:00 McManus   51', 59' SFL Report Templeman   39' Attendance: 776
Referee: McDermott
14 January 2012 Second Division Stenhousemuir 2–3 Forfar Athletic Ochilview Park
15:00 McMillan   42'
McCulloch   71' (o.g.)
SFL Report Templeman   43', 80'
Fotheringham   90'
Attendance: 454
Referee: Roache
21 January 2012 Second Division Forfar Athletic 1–0 Cowdenbeath Station Park
15:00 Low   45' SFL Report Attendance: 475
Referee: Finnie
24 January 2012 Second Division Forfar Athletic 2–2 Stirling Albion Station Park
19:30 Coyne   21', 60' SFL Report McSorley   79'
Davidson   88'
Attendance: 361
Referee: McKendrick,
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 Forfar Athletic 1–1 Dumbarton Station Park
19:45 Hilson   30' SFL Report Prunty   44' Attendance: 284
Referee: Clancy
18 February 2012 Second Division East Fife 4–0 Forfar Athletic Bayview Stadium
15:00 Sloan   11' (Penalty), 15'
Hislop   36'
Wallace   70'
SFL Report Attendance: 536
Referee: Charleston
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 Albion Rovers 2–2 Forfar Athletic Cliftonhill
15:00 Gemmell   5'
Love   78'
SFL Report Hilson   2'
Templeman   22'
Attendance: 312
Referee: Aitken
28 February 2012 Second Division Forfar Athletic 3–2 East Fife Station Park
19:45 Low   4'
Templeman   15' (Penalty), 64'
SFL Report Sloan   19' (Penalty)
Wallace   90' (Penalty)
Attendance: 432
Referee: Collum
3 March 2012 Second Division Forfar Athletic 1–2 Stenhousemuir Station Park
15:00 Low   56' SFL Report Ferguson   13'
Kean   53'
Attendance: 374
Referee: Northcroft
10 March 2012 Second Division Forfar Athletic 4–1 Brechin City Station Park
15:00 Fotheringham   20', 67' (Penalty)
Low   32'
Byers   43'
SFL Report
Report
Buist   45' Attendance: 584
Referee: Colvin
17 March 2012 Second Division Airdrie United 3–0 Forfar Athletic Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Bain   54'
Lovering   75' (Penalty)
McLaren   86'
SFL Report Attendance: 621
Referee: Somers
24 March 2012 Second Division Forfar Athletic 4–3 Stirling Albion Station Park
15:00 Fotheringham   12'
Coyne   15'
Templeman   23'
Byers   90'
SFL Report Kelbie   22'
Smith   63'
Ferry   89'
Attendance: 462
Referee: Roache
7 April 2012 Second Division Forfar Athletic 1–4 East Fife Station Park
15:00 Byers   32' SFL Report Dalziel   15', 90'
Wallace   18', 53'
Attendance: 559
Referee: McDermott
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 Cowdenbeath 2–0 Forfar Athletic Central Park
15:00 McKenzie   72', 83' SFL Report Attendance: 930
Referee: Anderson
28 April 2012 Second Division Forfar Athletic 4–0 Albion Rovers Station Park
15:00 Byers   3', 30'
Ross   28'
Hilson   62'
Coyne   84'
SFL Report Stevenson   11'
Boyle   45'
Attendance: 554
Referee: Somers

Scottish Cup

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19 November 2011 Scottish Cup round 3 Stranraer 1–1 Forfar Athletic Stair Park
15;00 Gallagher   20'
McKeown   89'
BBC Report Templeman   32' Attendance: 340
Referee: Colvin
26 November 2011 Scottish Cup round 3 Replay Forfar Athletic 3–0 Stranraer Station Park
15;00 Ross   67'
Templeman   76'
Gibson   87'
BBC Sport Attendance: 423
Referee: Colvin
7 January 2012 Scottish Cup round 4 Forfar Athletic 0–4 Aberdeen Station Park
15:00 BBC Sport Vernon   31'
Chalali   41'
Fallon   71'
Megginson   84'
Attendance: 3,747
Referee: Colvin

Scottish League Cup

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Scottish Challenge Cup

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Player statistics

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Squad

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Last updated 5 May 2012
No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish Second Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO Grant Adam 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
GK   SCO Jamie Langfield 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK   SCO Anton Mordente 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK   ENG Adam McHugh 7 0 6+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
GK   SCO Marc McCallum 8 0 8+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK   SCO Paul McKane 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK   SCO Greg Paterson 26 0 20+1 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF   SCO Jamie Bishop 11 0 8+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF   SCO Michael Bolochoweckyj 26 0 16+8 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Iain Campbell 27 0 21+1 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF   SCO Chris Hegarty 29 0 20+4 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+1 0
DF   SCO Mark McCulloch 35 1 30+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
DF   SCO David Mowat 30 1 20+3 1 3+0 0 2+0 0 1+1 0
DF   SCO Greg Ross 37 3 27+3 2 3+0 1 2+0 0 2+0 0
DF   SCO Craig Wilson 21 0 10+6 0 1+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
DF   SCO Stephen Tulloch 18 1 12+2 1 1+0 0 1+1 0 1+0 0
DF   IRL Joe Shaughnessy 28 3 26+0 3 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Bradley Skelly 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Duncan Reid 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Kevin Byers 35 7 13+16 7 0+2 0 1+1 0 1+1 0
MF   SCO Martyn Fotheringham 33 8 22+4 8 3+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
MF   SCO Kevin Motion 32 3 13+12 3 0+3 0 1+1 0 1+1 0
MF   SCO Nicky Low 31 6 28+1 6 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Jordan Brown 4 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Barry Sellars 4 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Ross Campbell 29 0 12+11 0 3+0 0 0+2 0 1+0 0
FW   SCO Stevie Crawford 15 3 11+0 2 0+0 0 2+0 1 2+0 0
FW   SCO Graham Gibson 22 2 4+13 0 0+2 1 0+1 0 1+1 1
FW   SCO Chris Templeman 40 19 32+1 16 3+0 2 2+0 1 2+0 0
FW   SCO Dale Hilson 21 2 20+0 2 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Bradley Coyne 16 5 9+7 5 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Lee Bryce 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

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Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 May 2012
Nation Position Name Scottish Second Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
                   
  GK Grant Adam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GK Jamie Langfield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GK Anton Mordente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GK Adam McHugh 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
  GK Marc McCallum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GK Paul McKane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GK Greg Paterson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  DF Jamie Bishop 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  DF Michael Bolochoweckyj 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
  DF Iain Campbell 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
  DF Chris Hegarty 9 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 2
  DF Mark McCulloch 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  DF David Mowat 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  DF Greg Ross 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
  DF Craig Wilson 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
  DF Stephen Tulloch 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  DF Joe Shaughnessy 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
  MF Bradley Skelly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Duncan Reid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Kevin Byers 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  MF Martyn Fotheringham 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
  MF Kevin Motion 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  MF Nicky Low 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
  MF Jordan Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Barry Sellars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Ross Campbell 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  FW Stevie Crawford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Graham Gibson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Chris Templeman 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
  FW Dale Hilson 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
  FW Bradley Coyne 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW Lee Bryce 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
5 Stenhousemuir 36 15 6 15 54 49 +5 51
6 East Fife 36 14 6 16 55 57 −2 48
7 Forfar Athletic 36 11 9 16 59 72 −13 42
8 Brechin City 36 10 11 15 47 62 −15 41
9 Albion Rovers (O) 36 10 7 19 43 66 −23 37 Qualification for Second Division play-offs
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners

Transfers

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References

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