2010–11 Brechin City F.C. season

The 2010–11 season was Brechin City's fifth consecutive season in the Scottish Second Division, having been relegated from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2005–06 season.[4] Brechin also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Brechin City
2010–11 season
ChairmanKenneth Ferguson[1]
ManagerJim Weir
StadiumGlebe Park
Second DivisionFourth place
Challenge CupFirst round, lost to East Fife
League CupThird round, lost to Motherwell
Scottish CupQuarter-final, lost to St Johnstone
Top goalscorerLeague:
Rory McAllister (19)

All:
Rory McAllister (29)
Highest home attendance825 vs. Forfar Athletic, 23 April 2011 [2]
Lowest home attendance394 vs. Ayr United, 12 April 2011 [2]
Average home league attendance514[3]

Summary

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Dumbarton finished fourth in the Second Division,[5] entering the play-offs losing 3–2 to Ayr United on aggregate in the final and remained in the Second Division.[6] They reached the first of the Scottish Challenge Cup,[7] the third round of the League Cup[8] and the Quarter-final of the Scottish Cup.[9]

Management

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Brechin City were managed by Jim Weir,[10] following the resignation of Jim Duffy at the end of the previous season.[11]

Results and fixtures

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[12][13][14][15]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Second Division

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7 August 2010 Scottish Second Division Ayr United 0–2 Brechin City Somerset Park
SFL Report McLauchlan   7'
Molloy   85'
Attendance: 1,212
Referee: McLean
11 September 2010 Scottish Second Division Airdrie United 1–1 Brechin City Excelsior Stadium
Gibson   53'
Gibson   78'  
SFL Report Byers   23'
McAllister   56'  
Attendance: 946
Referee: Northcroft
18 September 2010 Scottish Second Division Brechin City 1–3 Livingston Glebe Park
15:00 Moyes   90' BBC Report Russell   43'
Barr   45'
De Vita   74'
Attendance: 526
Referee: Smith
2 October 2010 Scottish Second Division Brechin City 4–2 Peterhead Glebe Park
Molloy   2'
McAllister   39', 58', 66'
SFL Report Wyness   11' (Penalty)
Bavidge   91'
Attendance: 473
Referee: Clancy
16 October 2010 Scottish Second Division East Fife 1–3 Brechin City Bayview Stadium
Linn   14' BBC Report Molloy   42'
McKenna   56', 63'
Attendance: 336
Referee: Colvin
30 October 2010 Scottish Second Division Alloa Athletic 2–2 Brechin City Recreation Park
Dunlop   36'
Prunty   55'
BBC Report Byers   22'
Bolger   69'
Attendance: 513
Referee: Muir
11 December 2010 Scottish Second Division Peterhead 0–5 Brechin City Balmoor
Anderson   36' SFL Report McAllister   6', 34' (Penalty), 58', 79'
Archdeacon   91'
Attendance: 466
Referee: McLean
29 January 2011 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 1–2 Brechin City Strathclyde Homes Stadium
McNiff   59'  
Gilhaney   86'
BBC Report Hill   22'
Molloy   72'
Attendance: 565
Referee: Hilland
12 February 2011 Scottish Second Division Brechin City 3–1 Peterhead Glebe Park
McKenna   52', 70'
McLean   77'  
Redman   88'
SFL Report Strachan   32' Attendance: 503
Referee: Beaton
22 February 2011 Scottish Second Division Brechin City 1–0 Livingston Glebe Park
19:45 Molloy   Liv Report Attendance: 565
Referee: Law
26 February 2011 Scottish Second Division Ayr United 2–0 Brechin City Somerset Park
Bannigan   45+3'
McLaughlin   63'
BBC Report Attendance: 1,092
Referee: Hilland
1 March 2011 Scottish Second Division Brechin City 3–3 Dumbarton Glebe Park
Byers   9', 64'
McAllister   69'
BBC Report McShane   11', 85'
Walker   65'
Attendance: 411
Referee: Robertson
26 March 2011 Scottish Second Division Brechin City 6–0 Dumbarton Glebe Park
McKenna   7', 79', 85'
Redman   46'
McAllister   52'
Megginson   83'
BBC Report Attendance: 514
Referee: Somers
29 March 2011 Scottish Second Division Brechin City 3–2 Alloa Athletic Glebe Park
McAllister   4'
Molloy   14'
Janczyk   78'
BBC Report Lister   40'
McGowan   92' (Penalty)
Attendance: 411
Referee: Madden
9 April 2011 Scottish Second Division Brechin City 1–3 East Fife Glebe Park
Moyes   61' BBC Report McCulloch   27'
Cook   52' (Own goal)
Wallace   71'
Attendance: 504
Referee: Finnie
12 April 2011 Scottish Second Division Brechin City 0–3 Ayr United Glebe Park
BBC Report Moffat   33'
Roberts   35' (Penalty)
Crawford   85'
Attendance: 394
Referee: McDermott
16 April 2011 Scottish Second Division Peterhead 1–1 Brechin City Balmoor
Clark   42' SFL Report Megginson   39' Attendance: 498
Referee: Roache
19 April 2011 Scottish Second Division Brechin City 2–3 East Fife Glebe Park
Redman   54'
Molloy   58' (Penalty)
BBC Report McGowan   52'
Wallace   62' (Penalty), 83'
Attendance: 441
Referee: Charleston
30 April 2011 Scottish Second Division Stenhousemuir 1–3 Brechin City Ochilview Park
Devlin   27'
McCluskey   94'  
BBC Report McAllister   5' (Penalty), 45', 96' (Penalty) Attendance: 672
Referee: Clancy

First Division play-offs

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11 May 2011 Play-offs SF Leg 1 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 Leg 2 Cowdenbeath 0–2
(2–4 agg.)
Brechin City Central Park
BBC Report Redman   78'
Molloy   84'
Attendance: 645
Referee: Somers
22 May 2011 Play-offs Final Leg 2 Brechin City 1–2
(2–3 agg.)
Ayr United Glebe Park
Tiffoney   44' (o.g.) BBC Report Roberts   76'
Moffat   88'
Attendance: 2,404
Referee: Allan

Scottish Challenge Cup

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24 July 2010 Challenge Cup round 1 East Fife 4–3 (a.e.t.) Brechin City Bayview Stadium
Sloan   56' (pen)
Crawford   88'
Eurie   93'
Linn   119'
Bryce   103'
SFL Report McAllister   27'
Janczyk   90'
Moyes   101'
Nelson   55'
Attendance: 497
Referee: Robertson

Scottish League Cup

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24 August 2010 League Cup round 2 Brechin City 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(3–1 p)
Dundee Glebe Park
McLean   31'   57'
McAllister   63', 64'
BBC Report Griffiths   71', 74'
Forsyth   120'
Attendance: 1,090
Referee: Finnie
Penalties
McAllister  
Booth  
Docherty  
Byers  
Harkins  
Paton  
O'Donnell  
Riley  
21 September 2010 League Cup round 3 Brechin City 0–2 Motherwell Glebe Park
SFL Report Page   16', 59' Attendance: 903
Referee: Mclean

Scottish Cup

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20 November 2010 Scottish Cup round 3 Brechin City 2–2 Annan Athletic Glebe Park
McKenna   32', 57' BBC Report Muirhead   52'
Gilfillan   68'
Attendance: 402
Referee: Madden
4 January 2011 Scottish Cup round 3 Replay Annan Athletic 2–5 Brechin City Galabank
Gilfillan   6'
Aitken   55'
BBC Report McAllister   2', 83'
Molloy   23'
McKenna   37'
Byers   41'
Attendance: 512
Referee: Madden
11 January 2011 Scottish Cup round 4 Queen of the South 1–2 Brechin City Palmerston Park
McMenamin   66' BBC Report Byers   17'
McAllister   35'
Attendance: 1,169
Referee: Nicholls
12 March 2011 Scottish Cup QF Brechin City 2–2 St Johnstone Glebe Park
McAllister   42' (Penalty), 78' BBC Report Millar   48'
Invincibile   62'
Attendance: 3,472
Referee: Conroy

Player statistics

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Squad

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Second Division[16] Other[Note1] League Cup[17] Scottish Cup[18]
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO Craig Nelson 46 0 33+0 0 5+0 0 2+0 0 6+0 0
GK   SCO David Scott 6 0 3+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
DF   SCO Callum Booth 15 2 11+0 2 1+0 0 2+1 0 0+0 0
DF   HKG Andrew Cook 47 0 34+2 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 5+0 0
DF   SCO Dougie Hill 5 1 4+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF   SCO Roy McBain 14 0 11+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Gerry McLauchlan 41 2 29+0 1 5+0 0 3+0 1 4+0 0
DF   SCO Paul McLean 38 1 25+2 1 2+1 0 2+0 0 6+0 0
DF   SCO Ewan Moyes 46 5 33+0 4 5+0 1 3+0 0 5+0 0
DF   SCO Barry Smith 11 0 5+3 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO David White 17 0 9+2 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 3+1 0
MF   SCO Kevin Byers 37 6 19+6 4 0+3 0 1+2 0 5+1 2
MF   SCO Mark Docherty 16 0 4+6 0 0+1 0 1+1 0 2+1 0
MF   SCO Gary Fusco 40 0 17+11 0 3+2 0 0+1 0 3+3 0
MF   SCO Connor Gray 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Jordan Kirkpatrick 18 1 3+11 0 2+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Neil Janczyk 47 6 31+2 4 3+2 2 3+0 0 6+0 0
MF   SCO Craig Molloy 48 11 34+0 8 5+0 1 3+0 1 6+0 1
MF   SCO Paul Mulrooney 3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Jamie Redman 35 5 19+6 4 4+0 1 1+0 0 1+4 0
FW   SCO Mark Archdeacon 12 1 1+8 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+3 0
FW   EIR Anthony Bolger 3 1 0+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Charlie King 11 1 4+4 1 1+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Rory McAllister 43 29 29+0 19 5+0 1 3+0 3 6+0 6
FW   SCO Daniel McKay 18 0 2+14 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
FW   SCO David McKenna 46 14 27+7 10 3+1 0 2+1 0 5+0 4
FW   SCO Mitchel Megginson 18 3 9+5 2 3+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
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
6 Airdrie United 36 13 9 14 52 60 −8 48
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Notes

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Note1. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including Challenge Cup[19] and First Division play-offs[20]

References

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