2017–18 Brechin City F.C. season

Brechin City
2017–18 season
ManagerDarren Dods
StadiumGlebe Park
Brechin, Scotland
(Capacity: 4,083)
ChampionshipTenth (relegated)
Challenge CupFirst round, lost to Buckie Thistle
League CupGroup stage, Fourth
Scottish CupFourth round, lost to Celtic
Top goalscorerLeague: Jordan Sinclair (5)[2]
All: Jordan Sinclair (6)[1]
Highest home attendanceLeague: 2,627[3] vs. Dundee United
(25 November 2017)
Cup: 712[4] vs. Falkirk
(29 July 2017)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 445[3] vs. Dumbarton
(17 March 2018)
Cup: 526[4] vs. Forfar Athletic
(18 July 2017)
Average home league attendance923[3]
Biggest winLeague: None
Cup: Buckie Thistle 2–3 Brechin City[4]
(18 November 2017)
Biggest defeatLeague: Brechin City 0–5 Dundee United[3]
(17 April 2018)
Cup: Celtic 5–0 Brechin City[4]
(20 January 2018)
← 2016–17
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All statistics correct as of 9 May 2018.

The 2017–18 season was Brechin City's first season in the Scottish Championship, having finished 4th in the 2016–17 Scottish League One, winning promotion by defeating Raith Rovers and Alloa Athletic in the Championship play-offs. Brechin became the first club in 126 years to fail to win a league match, picking up just four points from 4 draws.[5] Their sole win during the 2017–18 season came against Highland League side Buckie Thistle in the third round of the Scottish Cup.[6]

Brechin City also competed in the Scottish Challenge Cup, Scottish League Cup and Scottish Cup.

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish Championship

Main article: 2017–18 Scottish Championship
5 August 2017 Match 1 Queen of the South 4 – 1 Brechin City Dumfries, Scotland
15:00 Lyle 28', 42'
Rankin 59'
Dykes 78'		 SPFL report C. O'Neil 75' Stadium: Palmerston Park
Attendance: 1,209
Referee: Steven
12 August 2017 Match 2 Brechin City 2 – 2 Livingston Brechin, Scotland
15:00 Orsi 54'
Graham 61'		 SPFL report Mackin 25'
Pittman 44'		 Stadium: Glebe Park
Attendance: 579
Referee: Duncan
19 August 2017 Match 3 Dundee United 1 – 0 Brechin City Dundee, Scotland
15:00 McDonald 80' SPFL report Stadium: Tannadice Park
Attendance: 6,060
Referee: Anderson
26 August 2017 Match 4 Brechin City 0 – 4 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Brechin, Scotland
15:00 SPFL report Vigurs 27', 73'
McKay 32'
Cooper 62'		 Stadium: Glebe Park
Attendance: 703
Referee: Northcroft
9 September 2017 Match 5 Brechin City 1 – 1 Falkirk Brechin, Scotland
15:00 Graham 72' SPFL report Harris 15' Stadium: Glebe Park
Attendance: 748
Referee: Cook
16 September 2017 Match 6 Dumbarton 2 – 1 Brechin City Dumbarton, Scotland
15:00 SPFL report Sinclair 2' Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium
Attendance: 589
Referee: Walsh
23 September 2017 Match 7 Brechin City 0 – 3 Dunfermline Athletic Brechin, Scotland
15:00 SPFL report Ashcroft 28'
McManus 55'
Clark 70'		 Stadium: Glebe Park
Attendance: 1,214
Referee: McKendrick
30 September 2017 Match 8 St Mirren 2 – 1 Brechin City Paisley, Scotland
15:00 C. Smith 14'
Hilson 78'		 SPFL report Orsi 38' Stadium: St Mirren Park
Attendance: 3,928
Referee: Duncan
14 October 2017 Match 9 Brechin City 0 – 1 Greenock Morton Brechin, Scotland
15:00 SPFL report Murdoch 81' Stadium: Glebe Park
Attendance: 624
Referee: Steven
21 October 2017 Match 10 Brechin City 0 – 1 Queen of the South Brechin, Scotland
15:00 Love Red card 90+5' SPFL report Kerr 60' Red card 90+5' Stadium: Glebe Park
Attendance: 562
Referee: Charleston
28 October 2017 Match 11 Livingston 3 – 2 Brechin City Livingston, Scotland
15:00 McMillan 3'
Halkett 60'
Mackin 69'		 SPFL report Sinclair 8'
Orsi 85' (pen.)		 Stadium: Almondvale Stadium
Attendance: 926
Referee: Finnie
4 November 2017 Match 12 Brechin City 0 – 1 Dumbarton Brechin, Scotland
15:00 SPFL report Dyer 90' (o.g.) Stadium: Glebe Park
Attendance: 538
Referee: Robertson
25 November 2017 Match 13 Brechin City 1 – 1 Dundee United Brechin, Scotland
15:00 Crighton 46' SPFL report McDonald 29' Stadium: Glebe Park
Attendance: 2,627
Referee: Cook
28 November 2017 Match 14 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4 – 0 Brechin City Inverness, Scotland
19:45 McKay 7'
Baird 9'
Bell 52'
Oakley 87'		 SPFL report Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 1,801
Referee: Charleston
2 December 2017 Match 15 Greenock Morton 4 – 1 Brechin City Greenock, Scotland
15:00 Oliver 4'
Tiffoney 44'
Harkins 72' (pen.)
Quitongo 83'		 SPFL report Layne 41' Stadium: Cappielow
Attendance: 1,388
Referee: Newlands
9 December 2017 Match 16 Brechin City 1 – 2 St Mirren Brechin, Scotland
15:00 Layne 27' SPFL report Reilly 20'
C. Smith 64' (pen.)		 Stadium: Glebe Park
Attendance: 812
Referee: Steven
23 December 2017 Match 17 Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 1 Brechin City Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00 McManus 22'
Paton 49'		 SPFL report McLennan 59' Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 4,595
Referee: Aitken
30 December 2017 Match 18 Brechin City 2 – 3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Brechin, Scotland
15:00 Sinclair 18' (pen.), 39' SPFL report E. Smith 4' (o.g.)
Oakley 65', 78'
Tremarco Yellow card 67' Red card		 Stadium: Glebe Park
Attendance: 571
Referee: Duncan
2 January 2018 Match 19 Dundee United 4 – 1 Brechin City Dundee, Scotland
15:00 McDonald 1', 49'
Stanton 7'
Keatings 52', pen'
McMullan Yellow card 57' Red card		 SPFL report Sinclair 64' (pen.) Stadium: Tannadice Park
Attendance: 5,532
Referee: Newlands
6 January 2018 Match 20 Brechin City 1 – 1 Greenock Morton Brechin, Scotland
15:00 McLennan 7' SPFL report McHugh 12' Stadium: Glebe Park
Attendance: 694
Referee: McKendrick
13 January 2018 Match 21 Brechin City 0 – 2 Livingston Brechin, Scotland
15:00 SPFL report Halkett 12' (pen.)
Robinson 69'		 Stadium: Glebe Park
Attendance: 551
Referee: Charleston
27 January 2018 Match 22 Queen of the South 3 – 1 Brechin City Dumfries, Scotland
15:00 Dobbie 7', 13', 73' SPFL report Orsi 85' Stadium: Palmerston Park
Attendance: 1,211
Referee: Dallas
6 February 2018 Match 23 Falkirk 3 – 1 Brechin City Falkirk, Scotland
19:45 Jakubiak 13'
Loy 28'
Longridge 71'		 SPFL report Mackin 67' Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 4,214
Referee: Northcroft
17 February 2018 Match 24 Brechin City 0 – 1 Falkirk Brechin, Scotland
15:00 Lynas Red card 68' SPFL report Jakubiak 90+3' Stadium: Glebe Park
Attendance: 805
Referee: Aitken
24 February 2018 Match 25 St Mirren 1 – 0 Brechin City Paisley, Scotland
15:00 O'Neil 15' (o.g.) SPFL report Stadium: St Mirren Park
Attendance: 4,358
Referee: McLean
27 February 2018 Match 26 Brechin City P – P Dunfermline Athletic Brechin, Scotland
19:45 Stadium: Glebe Park
Note: Match postponed due to snow[7]
3 March 2018 Match 27 Inverness Caledonian Thistle P – P Brechin City Inverness, Scotland
19:45 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Note: Match postponed due to snow[8]
10 March 2018 Match 28 Brechin City P – P Dundee United Brechin, Scotland
15:00 Stadium: Glebe Park
Note: Match postponed due to waterlogged pitch[9]
13 March 2018 Match 29 Dumbarton 1 – 0 Brechin City Dumbarton, Scotland
15:00 Froxylias 37' SPFL report Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium
Attendance: 403
Referee: Newlands
17 March 2018 Match 30 Brechin City 1 – 3 Dumbarton Brechin, Scotland
15:00 Storie 38' SPFL report C. Gallagher 11'
Crighton 24' (o.g.)
Handling 43'		 Stadium: Glebe Park
20 March 2018 Match 26 (Rearranged)[10] Brechin City 0 – 3 Dunfermline Athletic Brechin, Scotland
19:45 SPFL report Clark 8', 9', 54' Stadium: Glebe Park
Attendance: 661
Referee: Cook
24 March 2018 Match 31 Greenock Morton 2 – 0 Brechin City Greenock, Scotland
15:00 Baird 50', 72' SPFL report Stadium: Cappielow
Attendance: 1,831
Referee: Roncone
31 March 2018 Match 32 Falkirk 3 – 0 Brechin City Falkirk, Scotland
15:00 Muirhead 17'
Sibbald 29'
Nelson 60'		 SPFL report Crighton Red card 41'
McLean Red card 44'		 Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 4,422
Referee: Finnie
3 April 2018 Match 27 (Rearranged)[11] Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4 – 0 Brechin City Inverness, Scotland
19:45 Chalmers 12', 58'
Donaldson 22'
Oakley 66'		 SPFL report Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 1,963
Referee: Steven
7 April 2018 Match 33 Brechin City 0 – 1 St Mirren Brechin, Scotland
15:00 SPFL report Magennis 7' Stadium: Glebe Park
Attendance: 2,447
Referee: Munro
14 April 2018 Match 34 Dunfermline Athletic 4 – 0 Brechin City Dunfermline, Scotland
15:00 Ashcroft 2'
Aird 25'
Ryan 72'
Higginbotham 87' (pen.)		 SPFL report Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 4,898
Referee: McKendrick
14 April 2018 Match 28 (Rearranged) Brechin City 0 – 5 Dundee United Brechin, Scotland
15:00 SPFL report McDonald 51', 79'
King 56'
Fraser 81'
Mohsni 88'		 Stadium: Glebe Park
Attendance: 1,427
Referee: Charleston
21 April 2018 Match 35 Livingston 3 – 0 Brechin City Livingston, Scotland
15:00 Pittman 67'
Longridge 73'
Hardie 86'		 SPFL report Stadium: Almondvale Stadium
Attendance: 943
Referee: Reid
28 April 2018 Match 36 Brechin City 1 – 5 Queen of the South Brechin, Scotland
15:00 SPFL report Stadium: Glebe Park
Attendance: 661
Referee: Steven Kirkland

Scottish League Cup

Main articles: 2017–18 Scottish League Cup and 2017–18 Scottish League Cup group stage

Table

Pos Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FAL INV STI BRE FOR
1 Falkirk (Q) 4 4 0 0 0 13 1 +12 12 Qualification for the Second Round — — 4–1 — 4–0
2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2 8 0–2 — — 3–0 —
3 Stirling Albion 4 2 0 1 1 6 5 +1 7 — 0–0p — 2–0 —
4 Brechin City 4 0 1 0 3 1 9 −8 2 0–3 — — — p1–1
5 Forfar Athletic 4 0 0 1 3 3 10 −7 1 — 1–2 1–3 — —
Source: [12]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[13]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Matches

15 July 2017 Match 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3 – 0 Brechin City Inverness, Scotland
15:00 Warren 21', 34'
Oakley 57'		 SPFL report Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 1,419
Referee: Cook
18 July 2017 Match 2 Brechin City 1 – 1
(4 – 3 p)		 Forfar Athletic Brechin, Scotland
19:45 Layne 68' SPFL report Millar 90+1' (pen.) Stadium: Glebe Park
Attendance: 526
Referee: Napier
Penalties
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Dale soccer ball with red X
Crighton soccer ball with check mark
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Love soccer ball with red X
Orsi soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Millar
soccer ball with red X Easton
soccer ball with check mark Munro
soccer ball with red X Cox
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25 July 2017 Match 3 Stirling Albion 2 – 0 Brechin City Stirling, Scotland
15:00 MacDonald 40' (pen.)
Caddis 90+1' (pen.)		 SPFL report Stadium: Forthbank Stadium
Attendance: 430
Referee: Newlands
29 July 2017 Match 4 Brechin City 0 – 3 Falkirk Stirling, Scotland
15:00 SPFL report Miller 20'
McKee 52'
Harris 72'		 Stadium: Forthbank Stadium
Attendance: 712
Referee: Anderson

Scottish Challenge Cup

Main article: 2017–18 Scottish Challenge Cup
15 August 2017 Challenge Cup round 1 Buckie Thistle 2 – 1 Brechin City Buckie, Scotland
20:00 Fraser 56', 82' SPFL report McLean 14' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 453
Referee: Beaton

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2017–18 Scottish Cup
18 November 2017 Scottish Cup round 3 Buckie Thistle 2 – 3 Brechin City Buckie, Scotland
15:00 McLeod 3', 43' BBC Sport report Sinclair 22'
Layne 59', 86'		 Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 295
Referee: Irvine
20 January 2018 Scottish Cup round 4 Celtic 5 – 0 Brechin City Glasgow, Scotland
15:00 Forrest 2'
Sinclair 11'
Ntcham 49'
Boyata 56'
Édouard 86'		 BBC Sport report Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 24,879
Referee: McLean

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 9 May 2018
No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish Championship Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Graeme Smith 36 0 29 0 2 0 4 0 1 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Paul McLean 31 1 25 0 2 0 3 0 1 1
3 DF Scotland SCO Willie Dyer 31 0 25 0 1 0 4 0 1 0
4 MF Scotland SCO Gary Fusco 20 0 15 0 2 0 2 0 1 0
5 DF Scotland SCO Ryan McGeever 8 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
6 MF England ENG James Dale 34 0 28 0 2 0 3 0 1 0
7 MF England ENG Callum Tapping 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Finn Graham 36 2 30 2 2 0 3 0 1 0
9 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Andy Jackson 16 0 10 0 1 0 4 0 1 0
10 FW England ENG Isaac Layne 37 6 30 3 2 2 4 1 1 0
11 MF Scotland SCO Liam Watt 28 0 25 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
14 MF Scotland SCO Aron Lynas 31 0 26 0 1 0 4 0 0 0
15 DF Scotland SCO Euan Spark 28 0 23 0 1 0 3 0 1 0
16 FW Scotland SCO Callumn Morrison 8 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 DF Bulgaria BUL Kostadin Gadzhalov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF Scotland SCO Kalvin Orsi 35 3 28 3 4 0 2 0 1 0
19 GK Scotland SCO Patrick O'Neil 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 DF Scotland SCO Sean Crighton 35 1 29 1 2 0 4 0 0 0
21 MF Scotland SCO Jordan Sinclair 31 5 27 5 2 0 2 0 0 0
22 FW Scotland SCO Dylan Mackin 6 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF Scotland SCO Darren Dods 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF Scotland SCO Craig Storie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 GK Scotland SCO Scott Costello 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF Scotland SCO Kaden Mitchell 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
29 MF Scotland SCO Euan Smith 22 0 19 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
Players away from the club on loan:
12 DF Scotland SCO Chris O'Neil (on loan at Airdrieonians) 7 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
Players who appeared for Brechin City but left during the season:

Club statistics

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
6 Queen of the South 36 14 10 12 59 53 +6 52
7 Greenock Morton 36 13 11 12 47 40 +7 50
8 Falkirk 36 12 11 13 45 49 −4 47
9 Dumbarton (R) 36 7 9 20 27 63 −36 30 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10 Brechin City (R) 36 0 4 32 20 90 −70 4 Relegation to League One
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points in head-to-head matches; 5) Goal difference in hth matches; 6). Goals scored in hth matches; 7). Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[14]
(R) Relegated

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
36 0 4 32 20 90  −70 4 0 4 14 10 40  −30 0 0 18 10 50  −40

Last updated: 9 May 2018.
Source: Scottish Championship

Transfers

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