2010–11 Forfar Athletic F.C. season

The 2010–11 season was Forfar Athletic's first season back in the Scottish Second Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Third Division at the end of the 2009–10 season.[4] Forfar Athletic also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Forfar Athletic
2010–11 season
ChairmanNeill Wilson[1]
ManagerDick Campbell
StadiumStation Park
Second DivisionThird place
Challenge CupQuarter-final, lost to Ross County
League CupSecond round, lost to Queen of the South
Scottish CupThird round, lost to East Fife
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ross Campbell (11)

All:
Ross Campbell (13)
Chris Templeman (13)
Highest home attendance782 vs. Brechin City, 21 August 2010 [2]
Lowest home attendance341 vs. Ayr United, 5 April 2011 [2]
Average home league attendance501[3]

Summary edit

Peterhead finished third in the Second Division,[5] entering the play-offs losing 7–4 to Ayr United on aggregate and remained in the Second Division.[6] They reached the Quarter-final of the Challenge Cup,[7] the second round of the League Cup[8] and the third round of the Scottish Cup.[9]

Results and fixtures edit

[10][11][12][13]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Second Division edit

7 August 2010 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 4 – 1 Dumbarton Station Park
R Campbell   2'
Hilson   51'
Templeman   59', 77' (Penalty)
BBC Report Chaplain   5' (Penalty) Attendance: 510
Referee: McKendrick
14 August 2010 Scottish Second Division Peterhead 1 – 2 Forfar Athletic Balmoor
15:00 Gethans   77' SFL Report Gibson   18'
Hilson   27'
Gallacher   71'
Attendance: 371
Referee: Madden
11 September 2010 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 3 – 2 East Fife Station Park
Templeman   54', 77', 94' BBC Report Johnstone   13'
Ovenstone   86'
Attendance: 590
Referee: Robertson
18 September 2010 Scottish Second Division Stenhousemuir 3 – 0 Forfar Athletic Ochilview Park
Quinn   4' (69)
Scullion   72'
BBC Report Attendance: 522
Referee: Allan
25 September 2010 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 1 – 2 Airdrie United Station Park
Bolocheweckyj   25' SFL Report McCord   58'
Wallace   75'
Grant   76'  
Attendance: 577
Referee: Law
16 October 2010 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 4 – 1 Ayr United Station Park
R Campbell   12' (Penalty)
Templeman   59'
Fotheringham   81' (Penalty)
Gibson   91'
BBC Report Robertson   68'  
Keenan   77'  
Easton   89'
Attendance: 544
Referee: Brown
6 November 2010 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 1 – 1 Peterhead Station Park
I Campbell   34'  
R Campbell   37'
Fotheringham   88'
SFL Report Clark   79' Attendance: 497
Referee: Nicholls
15 February 2011 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 1 – 1 Alloa Athletic Station Park
Campbell   71' (Penalty) BBC Report Lister   81' Attendance: 390
Referee: Beaton
12 March 2011 Scottish Second Division East Fife 3 – 0 Forfar Athletic Bayview Stadium
Hislop   33'
Smart   74'
Linn   88'
BBC Report Attendance: 469
Referee: Finnie
19 March 2011 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 0 – 4 Livingston Station Park
15:00 BBC Report Deuchar   23' (57)
Fox   45'
Russell   60'
Attendance: 552
Referee: McKendrick
26 March 2011 Scottish Second Division Airdrie United 3 – 1 Forfar Athletic Excelsior Stadium
Gallacher   22' (Own Goal)
McCord   40' (Penalty)
Donnelly   43'
SFL Report McQuade   31' Attendance: 594
Referee: Roache
5 April 2011 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 3 – 2 Ayr United Station Park
R Campbell   51'
Fotheringham   75', 84'
BBC Report Trouten   37'
McLaughlin   71'
Attendance: 341
Referee: Hilland
30 April 2011 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 2 – 1 Peterhead Station Park
Smith   35'
Sellars   66'
SFL Report Wyness   64'
Ross   73'
Attendance: 448
Referee: Collum

First Division play-offs edit

11 May 2011 Play-offs Semi Final Leg 1 Forfar Athletic 1 – 4 Ayr United Station Park
19:45 Templeman   10' SFL Report Moffat   2'
Bishop   o.g.' (35)
McCann   52'
Rodgers   87'
Attendance: 924
Referee: McKendrick
14 May 2011 Play-offs Semi Final Leg 2 Ayr United 3 – 3
(7 – 4 agg.)
Forfar Athletic Somerset Park
15:00 Moffat   12'
McLaughlin   48'
Trouten   90' (pen.)
SFL Report Hilson   31'
Sellars   56'
Campbell   90' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,198
Referee: Winter

Scottish Challenge Cup edit

10 August 2010 Challenge Cup round 2[Note1] Queen's Park 2 – 3 (a.e.t.) Forfar Athletic Hampden Park
Watt   31'
McBride   70'
SFL Report Templeman   74'
Deasley   76'
Sellars   94'
Campbell
Attendance: 404
Referee: Smith
4 September 2010 Challenge Cup QF Forfar Athletic 0 – 2 Ross County Station Park
Bolochoweckyj   59' SFL Report Lawson   11',   70'
Scott   56'
Attendance: 552
Referee: Muir

Scottish League Cup edit

25 August 2010 League Cup round 2 Queen of the South 4 – 1 Forfar Athletic Palmerston Park
McLaren   16'
Harris   22' (Penalty)
Weatherston   63'
Carmichael   76'
SFL Report Templeman   57' Attendance: 981
Referee: Nicholls

Scottish Cup edit

20 November 2010 Scottish Cup round 3 East Fife 3 – 1 Forfar Athletic Bayview Stadium
Sloan   24' (Penalty)
Johnstone   45'
Hislop   47'
BBC Report Tod   81' Attendance: 695
Referee: McDermott

Player statistics edit

Squad edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Second Division[14] Other[Note2] League Cup[15] Scottish Cup[16]
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO Scott Gallacher 31 0 29+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
GK   SCO Neil Duffy 9 0 5+2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK   SCO Euan McLean 6 0 2+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Jamie Bishop 31 0 27+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Michael Bolochoweckyj 32 4 26+1 4 3+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Iain Campbell 34 1 27+1 0 3+0 0 2+0 1 1+0 0
DF   SCO Alastair Dvine 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF   SCO Mark McCulloch 38 0 32+1 0 3+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO David Mowat 29 0 22+3 0 0+2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF   SCO Greg Ross 25 0 23+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Andy Tod 15 2 11+0 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 1
DF   SCO Stephen Tulloch 6 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Scott Allan 4 1 4+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Darren Brady 17 1 9+6 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
MF   SCO Martyn Fotheringham 32 7 19+8 7 4+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Paul Lunan 13 0 7+2 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Barry Sellars 33 3 18+9 1 3+1 2 1+0 0 0+1 0
MF   SCO Paul Watson 8 0 0+6 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Bryan Deasley 40 4 19+15 3 0+4 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
FW   SCO Ryan Dow 12 3 8+3 3 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Ross Campbell 39 13 24+9 11 2+1 1 2+0 1 1+0 0
FW   SCO Graham Gibson 39 2 16+16 2 3+1 0 1+1 0 1+0 0
FW   SCO Dale Hilson 36 4 27+2 3 2+2 1 1+1 0 1+0 0
FW   SCO Paul McQuade 5 1 5+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Calum Smith 16 2 3+10 2 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
FW   SCO Chris Templeman 41 13 29+5 10 4+0 2 2+0 1 1+0 0

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Livingston (C, P) 36 25 7 4 79 33 +46 82 Promotion to the First Division
2 Ayr United (O, P) 36 18 5 13 62 55 +7 59 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
3 Forfar Athletic 36 17 8 11 50 48 +2 59
4 Brechin City 36 15 12 9 63 45 +18 57
5 East Fife 36 14 10 12 77 60 +17 52
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Notes edit

Note1. ^ Forfar Athletic received a random bye to the second round.[17]
Note2. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including Challenge Cup[18] and First Division play-offs[19]

References edit

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