2011–12 Brechin City F.C. season

Brechin City
2011–12 season
ChairmanKen Ferguson
ManagerJim Weir
StadiumGlebe Park
Scottish Second DivisionEighth place
Challenge CupRound one
League CupRound one
Scottish CupRound four
Top goalscorerLeague:
Paul McManus (14)
All:
Paul McManus (16)
Highest home attendance
911 vs. Arbroath, 24 September 2011
Lowest home attendance
347 vs. Stenhousemuir, 21 February 2012

The 2011–12 season was Brechin City's sixth consecutive season in the Scottish Second Division, having been relegated from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2005–06 season.[1] Brechin also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Brechin finished eighth in the Second Division. They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup,[2] the first round of the League Cup[3] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.[4]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Second Division

Main article: 2011–12 Scottish Second Division
6 August 2011 Second Division Brechin City 2–0 Stenhousemuir Glebe Park
15:00 David McKenna 71'
McManus 80'		 BBC Report Attendance: 442
Referee: Craig Charleston
13 August 2011 Second Division Cowdenbeath 3–1 Brechin City Central Park
Ramsay 13'
McKenzie 67'
Morton 80'		 BBC Report Brady 37' Attendance: 308
Referee: Beaton
20 August 2011 Second Division Brechin City 3–3 Dumbarton Glebe Park
Fusco 46'
McManus 52' (pen.)
McKenna 56'		 BBC Report Agnew 11', 89'
Lyden 28'
Lithgow Red card 51'		 Attendance: 427
Referee: Roache
27 August 2011 Second Division Albion Rovers 1–2 Brechin City Cliftonhill
Fahey Red card 28' BBC Report McManus 30' (pen.)
Dunlop 90'		 Attendance: 386
Referee: Colvin
10 September 2011 Second Division Brechin City 0–1 Forfar Athletic Glebe Park
15:00 Carcary Red card 85' BBC Report Templeman 61' Attendance: 651
Referee: Northcroft
17 September 2011 Second Division East Fife 1–1 Brechin City Bayview Stadium
Wallace 8' BBC Report Lister 57' Attendance: 501
Referee: McKendrick
24 September 2011 Second Division Brechin City 2–3 Arbroath Glebe Park
Buist 29'
McManus 82' (pen.)		 BBC Report Sibanda 36'
Doris 78' (pen.)
Swankie 88'		 Attendance: 911
Referee: Hilland
1 October 2011 Second Division Stirling Albion 1–0 Brechin City Doubletree Dunblane Stadium
Smith 19' BBC Report Lister Red card 29' Attendance: 555
Referee: Winter
15 October 2011 Second Division Brechin City 1–1 Airdrie United Glebe Park
15:00 King 51' (Penalty) SFL Report Donnelly 14' Attendance: 455
Referee: Clancy
22 October 2011 Second Division Stenhousemuir 1–1 Brechin City Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
15:00 Dickson 40' BBC Report King 29' (pen.)
Hodge Red card 35'		 Attendance: 681
Referee: Colvin
29 October 2011 Second Division Brechin City 1–0 Cowdenbeath Glebe Park
15:00 King 53' BBC Report Attendance: 418
Referee: Colvin
5 November 2011 Second Division Forfar Athletic 0–0 Brechin City Station Park
SFL Report Attendance: 661
Referee: McKendrick
12 November 2011 Second Division Brechin City 1–4 Albion Rovers Glebe Park
Lister 81' BBC Report O'Byrne 17'
McStay 21'
Love 66'
Chaplain 90' (pen.)		 Attendance: 455
Referee: Salmond
26 November 2011 Second Division Brechin City 0–2 East Fife Glebe Park
15:00 SFL Report Linn 1'
Ogleby 22'		 Attendance: 508
Referee: Charleston
3 December 2011 Second Division Arbroath 1–1 Brechin City Gayfield Park, Arbroath
15:00 Falkingham 63' SFL Report McManus 90' Attendance: 1,104
Referee: Hilland
10 December 2011 Second Division Brechin City P – P Stirling Albion Glebe Park
15:00
17 December 2011 Second Division Airdrie United 2–3 Brechin City Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Devlin Red card 51'
Donnelly 69', 83'		 SFL Report Lister 34'
McManus 79'
McKenna 82'		 Attendance: 643
Referee: Clancy
26 December 2011 Second Division Albion Rovers 0–1 Brechin City Cliftonhill
14:00 SFL Report McManus 38' Attendance: 414
Referee: Tumilty
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 Dumbarton 1–0 Brechin City Strathclyde Homes Stadium
13:30 Prunty 89' SFL Report Attendance: 572
Referee: Conroy
21 January 2012 Second Division Brechin City P – P Stenhousemuir Glebe Park
15:00
28 January 2012 Second Division Brechin City P – P Arbroath Glebe Park
15:00
4 February 2012 Second Division East Fife P – P Brechin City Bayview Stadium
15:00
11 February 2012 Second Division Brechin City 1–1 Airdrie United Glebe Park
15:00 McManus 26'
Molloy Yellow card 79' Red card		 SFL Report Holmes 72' Attendance: 483
Referee: Roache
14 February 2012 Second Division Brechin City 1–1 Arbroath Glebe Park
15:00 McLean 81' SFL Report Doris 71' Attendance: 703
Referee: Beaton
18 February 2012 Second Division Stirling Albion 2–3 Brechin City Doubletree Dunblane Stadium
15:00 Ferry 33'
McLean 75' (Own goal)		 SFL Report Ferry 53' (Own goal)
Hodge 83'
McKenzie 87'		 Attendance: 479
Referee: Collum
21 February 2012 Second Division Brechin City 1–0 Stenhousemuir Glebe Park
19:45 McKenzie 70' SFL Report Attendance: 347
Referee: Salmond
25 February 2012 Second Division Cowdenbeath 1–0 Brechin City Central Park, Cowdenbeath
15:00 Lyle 90' SFL Report Attendance: 332
Referee: Richmond
28 February 2012 Second Division Brechin City 1–3 Stirling Albion Glebe Park
19:45 McManus 63' SFL Report Cook 42'
Ferry 44'
Thom 62'		 Attendance: 362
Referee: O'Reilly
3 March 2012 Second Division Brechin City 2–2 Dumbarton Glebe Park
15:00 McManus 30'
McKenzie 34'		 SFL Report Prunty 57' (Penalty)
Agnew 73'		 Attendance: 459
Referee: Robertson
6 March 2012 Second Division East Fife 2–2 Brechin City Bayview Stadium
19:45 Sloan 25' (pen.), 45' SFL Report McManus 21'
McKenna 34'		 Attendance: 416
Referee: Somers
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 Brechin City 2–1 Albion Rovers Glebe Park
15:00 McKenzie 54' (Penalty)
King 90'		 SFL Report Love 68' Attendance: 421
Referee: Northcroft
24 March 2012 Second Division Brechin City 1–3 East Fife Glebe Park
15:00 Moyes 16' SFL Report Wallace 31', 51', 90' Attendance: 525
Referee: Madden
31 March 2012 Second Division Arbroath 2–3 Brechin City Gayfield Park, Arbroath
15:00 Doris 21' (pen.)
Gibson Red card 85'		 SFL Report McKenzie 6'
McManus 14', 65'		 Attendance: 917
Referee: Somers
7 April 2012 Second Division Brechin City 1–2 Stirling Albion Glebe Park
15:00 Buist 86' SFL Report Ferry 33'
Cook 82'		 Attendance: 468
Referee: Hilland
14 April 2012 Second Division Airdrie United 4–1 Brechin City Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Holmes 7', 86'
Donnelly 14'
Lovering 23' (pen.)		 SFL Report Hodge 31' Attendance: 802
Referee: McLean
21 April 2012 Second Division Stenhousemuir 2–1 Brechin City Ochilview Park
15:00 Thomson 17'
Anderson 60'		 SFL Report Lister 82' Attendance: 541
Referee: Roache
28 April 2012 Second Division Brechin City 2–2 Cowdenbeath Glebe Park
15:00 McKenzie 22' (Penalty), 25' SFL Report McKenzie 30'
Armstrong 54'		 Attendance: 487
Referee: Cook
5 May 2012 Second Division Dumbarton 4–2 Brechin City Strathclyde Homes Stadium
15:00 Dargo 59', 62', 72'
Thomson 90'		 SFL Report King 53'
Molloy 88'		 Attendance: 636
Referee: Winter

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2011–12 Scottish Cup
19 November 2011 Scottish Cup round 3 Brechin City 3–0 Dumbarton Glebe Park
15:00 Molloy 26'
King 77'
McManus 93'		 BBC Report Attendance: 447
Referee: Beaton
7 January 2012 Scottish Cup round 4 St Johnstone 2–1 Brechin City McDiarmid Park
15;00 Davidson 6'
Sandaza 46'		 BBC Report McManus 26'
McLauchlan Yellow card 90' Red card		 Attendance: 2,467
Referee: Tumilty

Challenge Cup

Main article: 2011–12 Scottish Challenge Cup
23 July 2011 Challenge Cup Rd 1 Brechin City 1–2 Falkirk Glebe Park
McKenna 40' BBC Report Bennett 26'
Dods 33'		 Attendance: 596
Referee: Salmond

League Cup

Main article: 2011–12 Scottish League Cup
30 July 2011 Scottish League Cup Rd 1 Brechin City 2–4 (a.e.t.) Clyde Glebe Park
McKenna 26'
Buist Red card 97'
King 114'		 BBC Report McLauchlan 20' (og.)
Sweeney 97' (pen.)
Archdeacon 105'
Gray 119'		 Attendance: 402
Referee: Northcroft

Player statistics

Squad

Last updated 5 May 2012 [5]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Second Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland SCO Craig Nelson 37 0 34 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
GK Scotland SCO David Scott 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Scott Buist 34 3 31 3 1 0 1 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Mick Dunlop 36 1 32 1 2 0 1 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO David McClune 15 0 12 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Gerry McLauchlan 12 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Paul McLean 33 1 30 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Scott Smith 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Ewan Moyes 15 1 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Jonathan Lindsay 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Scott Webster 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Garry Brady 32 1 28 1 2 0 1 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Gary Fusco 31 1 29 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Neil Janczyk 13 0 12 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Craig Molloy 34 2 31 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Bryan Hodge 27 2 25 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO David Crawford 21 0 20 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Matthew Adam 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Derek Carcary 15 0 11 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Charlie King 28 6 24 5 2 1 1 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Jim Lister 30 4 26 4 2 0 1 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO David McKenna 38 5 34 4 2 0 1 0 1 1
FW Scotland SCO Michael Potter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Graham Weir 15 0 12 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Paul McManus 34 16 30 14 2 2 1 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Rory McKenzie 17 7 17 7 0 0 0 0 0 0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 May 2012
Nation Position Name Second 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 Craig Nelson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland GK David Scott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Scott Buist 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 1
Scotland DF Mick Dunlop 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Scotland DF David McClune 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland DF Gerry McLauchlan 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 7 1
Scotland DF Paul McLean 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Scotland DF Scott Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland DF Ewan Moyes 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland DF Jonathan Lindsay 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland MF Garry Brady 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland MF Gary Fusco 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland MF Neil Janczyk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Craig Molloy 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
Scotland MF Bryan Hodge 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Scotland MF David Crawford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Matthew Adam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Derek Carcary 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
Scotland FW Charlie King 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland FW Jim Lister 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Scotland FW David McKenna 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland FW Michael Potter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Graham Weir 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland FW Paul McManus 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Scotland FW Rory McKenzie 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

Awards

Last updated 30 January 2012
Nation Name Award Month
Scotland Jim Weir[6] Second Division Manager of the Month December

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
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
10 Stirling Albion (R) 36 9 7 20 46 70 −24 34 Relegation to the Third Division
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Transfers

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