2010–11 Cowdenbeath F.C. season

Cowdenbeath
2010–11 season
ChairmanDonald Findlay
ManagerJimmy Nicholl
StadiumCentral Park
Scottish First DivisionNinth (relegated)
Scottish CupThird Round, lost to v Peterhead
League CupFirst Round, lost to v Clyde
Challenge CupSecond Round, lost to v Ayr United
Top goalscorerLeague:
Greg Stewart (9)
All:
Greg Stewart (9)

During the 2010–11 season Cowdenbeath competed in the Scottish First Division, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and the Challenge Cup.

Summary

Cowdenbeath finished ninth in the First Division,[1] entering the play-offs losing 4–2 to Brechin on aggregate and were relegated to the Second Division.[2] They reached the third round of the Scottish Cup,[3] the first round of the League Cup[4] and were eliminated in the second round of the Challenge Cup.[5]

Management

For season 2010–11 Cowdenbeath were managed by Jimmy Nicholl,[6] following the departure of Danny Lennon who had become the new manager of St Mirren.[7]

Results and fixtures

[8][9]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish First Division

Main article: 2010–11 Scottish First Division
7 August 2010 First Division Cowdenbeath 0–2 Ross County Central Park
SFL Report Gardyne 52'
Di Giacomo 82'		 Attendance: 481
Referee: Winter
14 August 2010 First Division Stirling Albion 1–3 Cowdenbeath Forthbank Stadium
Robertson 34'
Aitken Yellow card 73' Red card		 SFL Report Sibanda 61'
Brett 70'
Dempster 77'		 Attendance: 820
Referee: Tumilty
22 August 2010 First Division Cowdenbeath 1–3 Queen of the South Central Park
McKenzie 65' SFL Report Burns 3'
Holmes 54'
McGuffie 86'
Lilley Yellow card 87' Red card		 Attendance: 672
Referee: Somers
28 August 2010 First Division Cowdenbeath 2–1 Partick Thistle Central Park
Fairbairn 18'
Armstrong 54'		 SFL Report Doolan 18' Attendance: 881
Referee: McLean
11 September 2010 First Division Greenock Morton 1–2 Cowdenbeath Cappielow Park
Kean 59' SFL Report Ramsay 52'
Dempster 72'		 Attendance: 1,839
Referee: Colvin
18 September 2010 First Division Dunfermline Athletic 2–1 Cowdenbeath East End Park
Bell 64'
Cardle 77'		 SFL Report Dempster 7' Attendance: 4,316
Referee: Richmond
25 September 2010 First Division Cowdenbeath 2–1 Dundee Central Park
Ramsay 12'
Fairbairn 44'		 SFL Report Griffiths 82' Attendance: 1,154
Referee: Charleston
2 October 2010 First Division Falkirk 5–1 Cowdenbeath Falkirk Stadium
Compton 11'
Stewart 22'
Millar 34', 79' (Penalty)
Finnigan 69'		 SFL Report Ramsay 83' (Penalty) Attendance: 3,764
Referee: Nicholls
16 October 2010 First Division Cowdenbeath 1–2 Raith Rovers Central Park
Cameron 79' SFL Report Baird 88'
Simmons 92'		 Attendance: 1,508
Referee: Madden
23 October 2010 First Division Cowdenbeath 2–2 Greenock Morton Central Park
Hay Red card 7'
McKenzie 16'
Cameron 24'		 SFL Report Graham 10'
Jenkins 45'		 Attendance: 582
Referee: Finnie
30 October 2010 First Division Partick Thistle 1–0 Cowdenbeath Firhill Stadium
Buchanan 53' SFL Report Attendance: 1,841
Referee: Charleston
6 November 2010 First Division Cowdenbeath 5–1 Stirling Albion Central Park
Allison 19' (Own goal)
Stewart 27'
Ramsay 53'
Fairbairn 73'
Miller 82'		 SFL Report Smith 9'
Allison Red card 24'
Borris Red card 71'		 Attendance: 507
Referee: McDermott
13 November 2010 First Division Queen of the South 3–0 Cowdenbeath Palmerston Park
Burns 20'
Conroy 34'
McLaren 80'		 SFL Report Attendance: 1,782
Referee: Conroy
14 December 2010 First Division Dundee 3–0 Cowdenbeath Dens Park
Forsyth 37'
Riley 66'
McKeown 68'		 SFL Report Attendance: 3,503
Referee: McLean
29 December 2010 First Division Dunfermline Athletic 5–0 Cowdenbeath East End Park
Kirk 28'
Clarke 63', 86'
Phinn 68'
Linton 89' (o.g.)		 SFL Report Attendance: 2,942
Referee: Madden
15 January 2011 First Division Greenock Morton 3–0 Cowdenbeath Cappielow Park
O'Brien 33'
Jenkins 54'
Graham 57'		 SFL Report Attendance: 1,375
Referee: Mike Tumilty
5 February 2011 First Division Ross County 1–1 Cowdenbeath Victoria Park
Marr 30' SFL Report Fitzpatrick 52' (Own goal) Attendance: 2,020
Referee: Winter
12 February 2011 First Division Cowdenbeath 0–4 Dunfermline Athletic Central Park
SFL Report Graham 46', 75'
Buchanan 69'
Kirk 84'		 Attendance: 2,192
Referee: McKendrick
15 February 2011 First Division Cowdenbeath 1–1 Partick Thistle Central Park
Campbell 8' (pen.) SFL Report Flannigan 85' Attendance: 411
Referee: Charleston
19 February 2011 First Division Cowdenbeath 0–3 Raith Rovers Central Park
SFL Report Baird 18'
Simmons 24'
Campbell 31'		 Attendance: 1,413
Referee: Law
26 February 2011 First Division Falkirk 2–0 Cowdenbeath Falkirk Stadium
Murdoch 20'
Flynn 55'		 SFL Report Attendance: 3,581
Referee: Nicholls
1 March 2011 First Division Cowdenbeath 2–2 Queen of the South Central Park
Campbell 36' (Penalty)
Stewart 92'		 SFL Report Weatherston 17'
McMenamin 84'		 Attendance: 670
Referee: Allan
5 March 2011 First Division Stirling Albion 3–4 Cowdenbeath Forthbank Stadium
Welsh 40'
Mullen 58', 67'
Buist Yellow card 81' Red card		 SFL Report Ramsay 77', 82' (Penalty)
Campbell 89'
Stewart 92'		 Attendance: 735
Referee: Norris
8 March 2011 First Division Cowdenbeath 1–3 Dundee Central Park
Stewart 55' SFL Report Higgins 23'
Lockwood 48' (pen.)
Forsyth 85'		 Attendance: 977
Referee: Colvin
15 March 2011 First Division Raith Rovers 2–1 Cowdenbeath Stark's Park
Tade 45'
Baird 85'		 SFL Report Stewart 51' Attendance: 1,495
Referee: Murray
19 March 2011 First Division Partick Thistle 0–1 Cowdenbeath Firhill Stadium
SFL Report Stewart 50' Attendance: 1,754
Referee: McLean
22 March 2011 First Division Cowdenbeath 0–2 Greenock Morton Central Park
SFL Report Monti 2' (Penalty)
Jenkins 60'		 Attendance: 359
Referee: Brines
26 March 2011 First Division Dundee 2–2 Cowdenbeath Dens Park
Hyde 24', 73' SFL Report Crawford 9'
Linton 57'		 Attendance: 4,311
Referee: Finnie
29 March 2011 First Division Cowdenbeath 0–0 Falkirk Central Park
SFL Report Attendance: 803
Referee: McKendrick
2 April 2011 First Division Cowdenbeath 0–1 Dunfermline Athletic Central Park
SFL Report Buchanan 60' Attendance: 2,104
Referee: Northcroft
5 April 2011 First Division Cowdenbeath 2–1 Ross County Central Park
Ramsay 6'
Linton 21'		 SFL Report Brittain 87' (Penalty) Attendance: 296
Referee: Madden
9 April 2011 First Division Raith Rovers 2–2 Cowdenbeath Stark's Park
Murray 60'
Campbell 89'		 SFL Report Stewart 55', 70' Attendance: 2,284
Referee: Winter
16 April 2011 First Division Cowdenbeath 1–2 Falkirk Central Park
Stewart 32' SFL Report Stewart 65'
McLean 69'		 Attendance: 636
Referee: Robertson
23 April 2011 First Division Queen of the South 2–2 Cowdenbeath Palmerston Park
Carmichael 17'
Holmes 45'
Reid Red card 76'		 SFL Report Campbell 2', 31' (Penalty)
Adamson Red card 84'
Cameron Red card 87'		 Attendance: 1,102
Referee: Charleston
30 April 2011 First Division Cowdenbeath 1–0 Stirling Albion Central Park
Crawford 79' SFL Report Attendance: 415
Referee: Murray
7 May 2011 First Division Ross County 3–0 Cowdenbeath Victoria Park
Morrison 32'
Boyd 83'
Corcoran 89'		 SFL Report Attendance: 2,886
Referee: Allan

First Division play-offs

11 May 2011 Play-offs SF R1 Brechin City 2–2 Cowdenbeath Glebe Park
Kirkpatrick 46'
Megginson 51'		 BBC Report Linton 4'
Coult 26'		 Attendance: 596
Referee: Law
14 May 2011 Play-offs SF R2 Cowdenbeath 0–2 Brechin City Central Park
BBC Report Redman 78'
Molloy 84'		 Attendance: 645
Referee: Somers

Scottish Challenge Cup

Main article: 2010–11 Scottish Challenge Cup
24 July 2010 Challenge Cup round 1 Raith Rovers 0–1 Cowdenbeath Stark's Park
SFL Report Armstrong 58' Attendance: 1,564
Referee: McDermott
10 August 2010 Challenge Cup round 2 Ayr United 2–0 Cowdenbeath Somerset Park
Campbell 63'
Roberts 73'		 SFL Report Attendance: 556
Referee: Madden

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2010–11 Scottish League Cup
31 July 2010 League Cup round 1 Clyde 2–1 Cowdenbeath Broadwood Stadium
McCusker 58', 67' BBC Report Ramsay 78' Attendance: 667
Referee: Colvin

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2010–11 Scottish Cup
20 November 2010 Scottish Cup round 3 Peterhead 2 – 0 Cowdenbeath Balmoor Stadium
Strachan 42'
McVitie 50'		 BBC Report
SFA Report		 Attendance: 510
Referee: Watters

Player statistics

Squad

[10]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Other[a]
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland SCO David Hay 36 0 30+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+1 0
GK France FRA Ludovic Roy 7 0 6+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Lee Wilson 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Kenny Adamson 30 0 26+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
DF Scotland SCO John Armstrong 27 2 21+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 1
DF Scotland SCO Mark Baxter 32 0 26+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Paul Byrne 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Scott Linton 39 3 28+5 2 1+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 1
DF Scotland SCO Bob Malcolm 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Joe Mbu 10 0 8+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Thomas O'Brien 17 0 10+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
DF New Zealand NZL Steven Old 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Northern Ireland NIR Richard Vauls 9 0 6+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Colin Cameron 31 2 25+1 2 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Brian Fairbairn 16 3 7+5 3 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+1 0
MF England ENG Lee Makel 11 0 9+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Kyle Miller 9 1 7+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Mark Ramsay 41 8 31+4 7 0+1 0 1+0 1 4+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jon Robertson 24 0 17+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Mark Smith 5 0 3+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Craig Winter 33 0 30+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Dean Brett 6 1 3+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
FW Scotland SCO Archie Campbell 17 5 13+4 5 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Lewis Coult 19 1 8+9 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 1
FW Scotland SCO Stevie Crawford 20 2 15+3 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
FW Scotland SCO John Ferguson 8 0 4+3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Marc McKenzie 35 2 16+14 2 0+1 0 1+0 0 2+1 0
FW Scotland SCO Lee Sibanda 13 1 4+7 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
FW Scotland SCO Greg Stewart 38 9 16+16 9 1+0 0 0+1 0 2+2 0
FW Scotland SCO John Dempster 22 3 17+1 3 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including playoffs and the Scottish Challenge Cup.

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
6 Dundee 36 19 12 5 54 34 +20 44[a]
7 Greenock Morton 36 11 10 15 39 43 −4 43
8 Ross County 36 9 14 13 30 34 −4 41
9 Cowdenbeath (R) 36 9 8 19 41 72 −31 35 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
10 Stirling Albion (R) 36 4 8 24 32 82 −50 20 Relegation to the Second Division
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Dundee were docked 25 points for entering administration. The deduction was temporarily lifted pending an appeal by the club, however the appeal failed and the deduction was reinstated.[11]

References

  1. ^ "2010/11 Scottish Division One Table / Standings". ESPN. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Cowdenbeath 0–2 Brechin (2–4)". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 May 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Peterhead F.C. v Cowdenbeath F.C." Scottish Football Association. 20 November 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  4. ^ "Scottish League Cup Results for 2010–11". London Hearts. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  5. ^ "Ramsdens Cup Results 2010–2011". Scottish Football League. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  6. ^ "Jimmy Nicholl is confirmed as Cowdenbeath manager". BBC. 25 June 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  7. ^ "Danny Lennon excited by St Mirren challenge". BBC. 8 June 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  8. ^ "IRN-BRU First Division Results 2010–2011". Scottish Football League. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  9. ^ "Cowdenbeath's results from season 2010–2011". Cowdenbeath Mad. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  10. ^ "2010/11 Match reports and Stats". Cowdenbeath F.C. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  11. ^ "Dundee fail to overturn 25-point penalty". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 17 December 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2010.