2011–12 Alloa Athletic F.C. season

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

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.

Summary

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

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

Third Division

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 Red card 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 Red card
BBC Report Sweeney 21', 80' (pen.) Attendance: 705
Referee: Colvin
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 Red card 45'
Bain Yellow card 56' Red card
Attendance: 522
Referee: Barry Cook
5 November 2011 Scottish Third Division Alloa Athletic 1 – 0 Stranraer Recreation Park
15:00 McCord 58'
Gordon Yellow card 91' Red card
SFL Report Attendance: 502
Referee: Aitken
8 November 2011 Scottish Third Division Clyde 0 – 1 Alloa Athletic Broadwood Stadium
19:45 SFL Report Forrest Yellow card 32' Red card
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
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
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 Yellow card 84' Red card
Attendance: 544
Referee: Dallas
25 February 2012 Scottish Third Division Alloa Athletic 1 – 0 Clyde Recreation Park
15:00 Young 76' SFL Report Attendance: 719
Referee: Anderson
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
31 March 2012 Scottish Third Division Montrose 0 – 2 Alloa Athletic Links Park
15:00 Campbell Red card 79' SFL Report Harding Red card 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 Red card 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

Challenge Cup

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

Scottish Cup

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

Player statistics

Squad

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 Scotland SCO Scott Bain 34 0 30 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
GK Scotland SCO Craig McDowall 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Mark Docherty 31 4 29 4 0 0 1 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Michael Doyle[note 1] 40 2 36 2 2 0 1 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Fraser Forrest 7 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Ben Gordon 37 5 33 5 2 0 1 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Ryan Harding 38 1 35 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Mark McCullagh 15 0 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Ross McKinnon 16 1 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Ross Philp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Allan Ramsey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Stirling Smith 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Kevin McHattie 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Paul Hartley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Graeme Holmes 38 3 34 3 2 0 1 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Peter Innes 8 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Nicholas Locke 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Ross McCord 31 2 28 1 1 0 1 0 1 1
MF Scotland SCO Ryan McCord 36 11 32 11 2 0 1 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Darren Young 34 2 32 2 1 0 0 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Steven Masterton 16 2 14 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Ryan Caddis 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Craig Campbell 18 3 15 3 1 0 1 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Kevin Cawley 39 10 35 9 2 1 1 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Steven Howarth 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Kenny O'Brien 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW France FRA Armand One 18 1 14 1 2 0 1 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Max Wright 10 1 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 1
FW Scotland SCO Robbie Winters 28 4 27 4 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Stevie May 22 19 22 19 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW England ENG Matthew Bradley 18 13 9 7 4 2 4 1 1 3

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

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

Awards

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

League table

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