2011–12 Alloa Athletic F.C. season

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

Alloa Athletic
2011–12 season
ChairmanMike Mulraney
ManagerPaul Hartley
StadiumRecreation Park
Scottish Third Division1st (champions)
Challenge CupRound One
League CupRound One
Scottish CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Stevie May (19)

All:
Stevie May (19)
Highest home attendance2,551 v Annan Athletic Scottish Third Division 5 May 2012
Lowest home attendance419 v Queen's Park Scottish Third Division 10 December 2011

Summary

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Alloa finished first in the Third Division,[2] and were promoted as champions to the Second Division.[3] They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup,[4] the first round of the League Cup[5] and the second round of the Scottish Cup.[6]

Management

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They were managed for season 2011–12 under the management of Paul Hartley.[7] He replaced Allan Maitland, who was sacked towards the end of the previous season.[8]

Results & fixtures

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Third Division

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6 August 2011 Scottish Third Division Stranraer 2 – 3 Alloa Athletic Stair Park
15:00 Aitken   17'
Winter   35'
BBC Report McCord   2' (pen.)
Gordon   59'
Caddis   64'
Cawley   84'
Attendance: 306
Referee: Roache
13 August 2011 Scottish Third Division Alloa Athletic 2 – 2 Clyde Recreation Park
15:00 McCord   31'
Docherty   61'
Bain  
BBC Report Sweeney   21', 80' (pen.) Attendance: 705
Referee: Colvin
20 August 2011 Scottish Third Division Annan Athletic 2 – 0 Alloa Athletic Galabank
15:00 Harty   33'
Cox   64'
BBC Report Attendance: 516
Referee: Collum
27 August 2011 Scottish Third Division Alloa Athletic 2 – 1 Peterhead Recreation Park
15:00 Cawley   46' (67) SFL Report McAllister   30' Attendance: 507
Referee: Cook
17 September 2011 Scottish Third Division Queen's Park 1 – 3 Alloa Athletic Hampden Park
15:00 Quinn   86' SFL Report Cawley   9' (28)
Doyle   84'
Attendance: 589
Referee: Winter
24 September 2011 Scottish Third Division Alloa Athletic 4 – 2 Montrose Recreation Park
15:00 McCord   4' (pen.)
Cawley   28', 79'
Gordon   51'
SFL Report Campbell   27'
Boyle   37'
Attendance: 461
Referee: Robertson
1 October 2011 Scottish Third Division Elgin City 5 – 0 Alloa Athletic Borough Briggs
15:00 Beveridge   21' (78)
Cameron   43'
Leslie   45' (penalty), 56' (penalty)
BBC Report Docherty   45'
Bain   56'  
Attendance: 522
Referee: Barry Cook
5 November 2011 Scottish Third Division Alloa Athletic 1 – 0 Stranraer Recreation Park
15:00 McCord   58'
Gordon   91'  
SFL Report Attendance: 502
Referee: Aitken
8 November 2011 Scottish Third Division Clyde 0 – 1 Alloa Athletic Broadwood Stadium
19:45 SFL Report Forrest   32'  
Holmes   2'
Attendance: 654
Referee: Anderson
12 November 2011 Scottish Third Division Peterhead 1 – 1 Alloa Athletic Balmoor Stadium
15:00 McDowall   87' (Own Goal) SFL Report One   77' Attendance: 528
Referee: Northcroft
3 December 2011 Scottish Third Division Montrose 1 – 1 Alloa Athletic Links Park
15:00 Johnston   15' SFL Report Gordon   79' Attendance: 313
Referee: Dallas
17 December 2011 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 2 – 2 Alloa Athletic Shielfield Park
15:00 Deland   78'
Gray   84'
SFL Report McCord   44'
May   61'
Attendance: 362
Referee: Allan
26 December 2011 Scottish Third Division Alloa Athletic 3 – 0 Elgin City Recreation Park
Docherty   16'
Cawley   59'
Gordon   64'
McCord   90'
SFL Report Attendance: 491
Referee: Robertson
21 January 2012 Scottish Third Division Stranraer 0 – 4 Alloa Athletic Stair Park
15:00 SFL Report Docherty   25'
May   40', 69'
Masterton   60'
Attendance: 475
Referee: Robertson
28 January 2012 Scottish Third Division Alloa Athletic 2 – 0 Montrose Recreation Park
15:00 McKinnon   87'
May   90'
SFL Report Attendance: 508
Referee: Roache
31 January 2012 Scottish Third Division Alloa Athletic 3 – 1 Peterhead Recreation Park
19:45 Gordon   13'
Docherty   37'
May   65'
BBC Report McAllister   35' Attendance: 429
Referee: Madden
4 February 2012 Scottish Third Division Queen's Park 1 – 2 Alloa Athletic Hampden Park
15:00 Daly   85' SFL Report Cawley   29'
Little   41' (Own Goal)
Attendance: 711
Referee: Aitken
11 February 2012 Scottish Third Division Alloa Athletic 0 – 1 Berwick Rangers Recreation Park
15:00 SFL Report Gray   59' (Penalty)
Notman   84'  
Attendance: 544
Referee: Dallas
18 February 2012 Scottish Third Division Elgin City 3 – 0 Alloa Athletic Borough Briggs
15:00 Millar   1'
Gunn   37'
Leslie   67'
SFL Report Attendance: 600
Referee: McDermott
25 February 2012 Scottish Third Division Alloa Athletic 1 – 0 Clyde Recreation Park
15:00 Young   76' SFL Report Attendance: 719
Referee: Anderson
3 March 2012 Scottish Third Division Annan Athletic 1 – 2 Alloa Athletic Galabank
15:00 O'Connor   33' SFL Report Young   7'
May   77'
Attendance: 642
Referee: Graham
10 March 2012 Scottish Third Division Alloa Athletic 5 – 1 East Stirlingshire Recreation Park
15:00 Winters   26'
May   43'
Harding   60'
McCord   72'
Campbell   81'
SFL Report Lurinsky   1' Attendance: 579
Referee: Barry Cook
24 March 2012 Scottish Third Division Alloa Athletic 4 – 0 Queen's Park Recreation Park
15:00 Winters   14', 58'
May   86'
Holmes   90'
SFL Report Brough   84' Attendance: 807
Referee: Robertson
31 March 2012 Scottish Third Division Montrose 0 – 2 Alloa Athletic Links Park
15:00 Campbell   79' SFL Report Harding   19'
McCord   80' (pen.), 83'
Attendance: 390
Referee: Northcroft
7 April 2012 Scottish Third Division Alloa Athletic 8 – 1 Elgin City Recreation Park
15:00 Nicolson   30' (Own goal)
May   44', 46', 65', 75'
Winters   49'
McCord   82'
Campbell   83'
SFL Report Clark   16'
Millar   51'
Attendance: 730
Referee: Brines
14 April 2012 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 5 – 0 Alloa Athletic Shielfield Park
15:00 Handling   13', 51'
Currie   14'
Harding   34' (Own goal)
Noble   58'
SFL Report Attendance: 486
Referee: Anderson
21 April 2012 Scottish Third Division Alloa Athletic 3 – 1 Stranraer Recreation Park
15:00 McCord   13', 68'
Winters   34'
SFL Report Gallagher   25' Attendance: 617
Referee: Crawford
28 April 2012 Scottish Third Division Clyde 1 – 1 Alloa Athletic Broadwood Stadium
15:00 Scullion   65' SFL Report May   6' Attendance: 748
Referee: Steven

Challenge Cup

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23 July 2011 Challenge Cup R1 Peterhead 2 – 2 (a.e.t.)
(5 – 4 p)
Alloa Athletic Balmoor
Beasley   30'
McAllister   60'
BBC Report McCord   16'
Wright   73'
Attendance: 443
Referee: Hilland

Scottish League Cup

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Scottish Cup

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22 October 2011 Round 2 Alloa Athletic 2 – 2 Annan Athletic Recreation Park
15:00 Cawley   16'
Masterton   68'
Sky Report Cox   36'
Watson   54'
Attendance: 490
Referee: Brines
29 October 2011 Round 2 Replay Annan Athletic 2 – 0 Alloa Athletic Galabank
15:00 Gilfillan   28'
Muirhead   85'
Sky Report Attendance: 502
Referee: Brines

Player statistics

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Squad

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Last updated 5 May 2012 [9]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Third Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO Scott Bain 34 0 30 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
GK   SCO Craig McDowall 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Mark Docherty 31 4 29 4 0 0 1 0 1 0
DF   SCO Michael Doyle[note 1] 40 2 36 2 2 0 1 0 1 0
DF   SCO Fraser Forrest 7 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Ben Gordon 37 5 33 5 2 0 1 0 1 0
DF   SCO Ryan Harding 38 1 35 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
DF   SCO Mark McCullagh 15 0 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Ross McKinnon 16 1 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Ross Philp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Allan Ramsey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Stirling Smith 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Kevin McHattie 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Paul Hartley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Graeme Holmes 38 3 34 3 2 0 1 0 1 0
MF   SCO Peter Innes 8 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
MF   SCO Nicholas Locke 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Ross McCord 31 2 28 1 1 0 1 0 1 1
MF   SCO Ryan McCord 36 11 32 11 2 0 1 0 1 0
MF   SCO Darren Young 34 2 32 2 1 0 0 0 1 0
MF   SCO Steven Masterton 16 2 14 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Ryan Caddis 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
FW   SCO Craig Campbell 18 3 15 3 1 0 1 0 1 0
FW   SCO Kevin Cawley 39 10 35 9 2 1 1 0 1 0
FW   SCO Steven Howarth 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Kenny O'Brien 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   FRA Armand One 18 1 14 1 2 0 1 0 1 0
FW   SCO Max Wright 10 1 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 1
FW   SCO Robbie Winters 28 4 27 4 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Stevie May 22 19 22 19 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   ENG Matthew Bradley 18 13 9 7 4 2 4 1 1 3

Disciplinary record

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Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 May 2012
Nation Position Name Third Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
                   
  GK Scott Bain 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2
  GK Craig McDowall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Mark Docherty 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
  DF Michael Doyle 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  DF Fraser Forrest 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
  DF Ben Gordon 7 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 2
  DF Ryan Harding 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
  DF Mark McCullagh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Ross McKinnon 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  DF Ross Philp 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
  DF Allan Ramsey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Stirling Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Kevin McHattie 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  MF Paul Hartley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Graeme Holmes 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
  MF Peter Innes 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  MF Nicholas Locke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Ross McCord 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
  MF Ryan McCord 13 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15 0
  MF Darren Young 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
  MF Steven Masterton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW Ryan Caddis 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
  FW Craig Campbell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW Kevin Cawley 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
  FW Steven Howarth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Kenny O'Brien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Armand One 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  FW Max Wright 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Robbie Winters 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW Stevie May 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Awards

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Last updated 4 May 2012
Nation Name Award Month
  Paul Hartley[10] Third Division Manager of the Month September
  Paul Hartley[11] Third Division Manager of the Month January
  Stevie May[11] Player of the Month January
  Stevie May[11] Young Player of the Month January
  Stevie May[11] Ginger Boot Award January
  Paul Hartley[12] Third Division Manager of the Month March
  Stevie May[13] Third Division Player of the Year IRN-BRU SFL End of Season Awards
  Paul Hartley[13] Third Division Manager of the Season IRN-BRU SFL End of Season Awards

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Alloa Athletic (C, P) 36 23 8 5 70 39 +31 77 Promotion to the Second Division
2 Queen's Park 36 19 6 11 70 48 +22 63 Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs
3 Stranraer (P) 36 17 7 12 77 57 +20 58[a]
4 Elgin City 36 16 9 11 68 60 +8 57
5 Peterhead 36 15 6 15 51 53 −2 51
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Stranraer advanced to the final of the Second Division play-offs but were defeated by Albion Rovers, who retained their place in the Second Division. However, following the demotion of Rangers to the Third Division, Dundee were promoted from the First Division to the SPL, Airdrie United promoted from the Second to the First Division, and Stranraer were promoted from the Third to the Second Division.

Transfers

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  1. ^ Players Name is James Michael Doyle, Some match reports refer to Michael Doyle others James Doyle