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2011–12 Brechin City F.C. season

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.

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

Summary edit

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 edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Second Division edit

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   51'		 Attendance: 427
Referee: Roache
27 August 2011 Second Division Albion Rovers 1–2 Brechin City Cliftonhill
Fahey   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   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   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   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   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   79'  		 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   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 edit

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   90'  		 Attendance: 2,467
Referee: Tumilty

Challenge Cup edit

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 edit

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   97'
King   114'		 BBC Report McLauchlan   20' (og.)
Sweeney   97' (pen.)
Archdeacon   105'
Gray   119'		 Attendance: 402
Referee: Northcroft

Player statistics edit

Squad edit

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   SCO Craig Nelson 37 0 34 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
GK   SCO David Scott 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF   SCO Scott Buist 34 3 31 3 1 0 1 0 1 0
DF   SCO Mick Dunlop 36 1 32 1 2 0 1 0 1 0
DF   SCO David McClune 15 0 12 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
DF   SCO Gerry McLauchlan 12 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
DF   SCO Paul McLean 33 1 30 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
DF   SCO Scott Smith 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Ewan Moyes 15 1 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Jonathan Lindsay 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Scott Webster 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Garry Brady 32 1 28 1 2 0 1 0 1 0
MF   SCO Gary Fusco 31 1 29 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
MF   SCO Neil Janczyk 13 0 12 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
MF   SCO Craig Molloy 34 2 31 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
MF   SCO Bryan Hodge 27 2 25 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO David Crawford 21 0 20 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Matthew Adam 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Derek Carcary 15 0 11 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
FW   SCO Charlie King 28 6 24 5 2 1 1 0 1 0
FW   SCO Jim Lister 30 4 26 4 2 0 1 0 1 0
FW   SCO David McKenna 38 5 34 4 2 0 1 0 1 1
FW   SCO Michael Potter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Graham Weir 15 0 12 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
FW   SCO Paul McManus 34 16 30 14 2 2 1 0 1 0
FW   SCO Rory McKenzie 17 7 17 7 0 0 0 0 0 0

Disciplinary record edit

Includes all competitive matches.

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

Awards edit

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

Team statistics edit

League table edit

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 edit

References edit

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