2011–12 Airdrie United F.C. season

The 2011–12 season will be Airdrie United's second consecutive season in the Scottish Second Division, having been relegated from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2009–10 season.[1] They will also compete in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Airdrie United
2011–12 season
ChairmanJim Ballantyne
ManagerJimmy Boyle
StadiumExcelsior Stadium
Scottish Second DivisionFourth place
Challenge CupFirst round lost to Livingston
League CupThird round, lost to Dundee United
Scottish CupFourth round, lost to Dundee United
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ryan Donnelly (21)

All:
Ryan Donnelly (27)
Highest home attendance1,368 vs. Albion Rovers, 10 September 2011
Lowest home attendance621 vs. Forfar Athletic, 17 March 2012

Summary edit

Airdrie finished fourth in the Second Division,[2] entering the play-offs losing 6–2 to Dumbarton on aggregate in the final and remained in the Second Division.[3] They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup,[4] the third round of the League Cup[5] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.[6]

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
2 Arbroath 36 17 12 7 76 51 +25 63 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
3 Dumbarton (O, P) 36 17 7 12 61 61 0 58[a]
4 Airdrie United (P) 36 14 10 12 68 60 +8 52[b]
5 Stenhousemuir 36 15 6 15 54 49 +5 51
6 East Fife 36 14 6 16 55 57 −2 48
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Dumbarton won the First Division play-off final, and were promoted to the First Division.
  2. ^ Airdrie United lost the final of the First Division playoffs to Dumbarton. However following the demotion of Rangers to the third division prior to the beginning of the 2012-13 season, Dundee were promoted from the First Division to the SPL, and Airdrie United were promoted to the First Division to take their place. Stranraer were promoted from the Third to the Second Division to take the place of Airdrie United

Results and fixtures edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Second Division edit

6 August 2011 Second Division Airdrie United 3–0 Dumbarton Excelsior Stadium
Johnston   6', 63'
Donnelly   9'
BBC Report Attendance: 887
Referee: Norcroft
13 August 2011 Second Division East Fife 2–0 Airdrie United Bayview Stadium
Johnstone   36'
Linn   64'
Muir   71'
BBC Sport Attendance: 759
Referee: McDermott
20 August 2011 Second Division Airdrie United 1–5 Cowdenbeath Excelsior Stadium
Donnelly   6' BBC Report Robertson   37'
Linton   45', 67'
Coult   50'
Morton   78'
Attendance: 834
Referee: Charleston
27 August 2011 Second Division Forfar Athletic 3–2 Airdrie United Station Park
Crawford   11', 43'
Fotheringham   64'
BBC Sport Stephenson   23'
Lynch   29'
Attendance: 432
Referee: Beaton
10 September 2011 Second Division Airdrie United 4–0 Albion Rovers Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Lynch   9'
Donnelly   11', 45'
Stevenson   41' (pen.)
BBC Report Donnelly   80' Attendance: 1,368
Referee: Tumilty
17 September 2011 Second Division Arbroath 3–1 Airdrie United Gayfield Park
McAnespie   6'
Doris   63'
Swankie   90'
BBC Sport Owens   65' Attendance: 761
Referee: Colvin
1 October 2011 Second Division Airdrie United 5–2 Stenhousemuir Excelsior Stadium
Donnelly   10', 66'
Lovering   27'
Boyle   45'
Blockley   83'
Lilley   90'
BBC Report Hamilton   51'
Kean   56'
Attendance: 698
Referee: Muir
15 October 2011 Second Division Brechin City 1–1 Airdrie United Glebe Park
15:00 King   51' (Penalty) SFL Report Donnelly   14' Stallard   24' Attendance: 455
Referee: Clancy
22 October 2011 Second Division Dumbarton 1–1 Airdrie United Strathclyde Homes Stadium
15:00 Gilhaney   29' (Pen.) SFL Report Stevenson   37'
Green   39'
Attendance: 285
Referee: Somers
29 October 2011 Second Division Airdrie United 1–3 East Fife Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Donnelly   74'
Lovering   82'
SFL Report Wallace   34'
Johnstone   81'
Linn   85'
Attendance: 849
Referee: McDermott
5 November 2011 Second Division Albion Rovers 7–2 Airdrie United Cliftonhill
Chaplain   13', 29', 88'
O'Byrne   36', 90'
Gemmell   56', 61'
SFL Report Stevenson   23'
Owens   74' (pen.)
Lilley   76'
Attendance: 1,109
Referee: Somers
12 November 2011 Second Division Airdrie United 4–4 Forfar Athletic Excelsior Stadium
Donnelly   32', 58', 73'
Boyle   82'
BBC Report Templeman   17', 64'
Motion   62'
Byers   79'
Attendance: 635
Referee: Winter
26 November 2011 Second Division Airdrie United 3–3 Arbroath Excelsior Stadium
Lovering   6' (Penalty)
Donnelly   68', 71'
BBC Report Swankie   2'
Doris   42' (Penalty)
Falkingham   56'
Attendance: 687
Referee: Richmond
3 December 2011 Second Division Stirling Albion 1–4 Airdrie United Doubletree Dunblane Stadium
15:00 Bonar   45' SFL Report Donnelly   13', 58'
Lovering   29' (Penalty)
McLaren   49'
Attendance: 711
Referee: Beaton
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 Forfar Athletic 2–3 Airdrie United Station Park
14:00 Templeman   15'
Motion   18'
Hegarty   67'
SFL Report Lynch   42'
McLaren   45'
Morton   90'
Attendance: 579
Referee: Clancy
21 January 2012 Second Division Airdrie United 2–3 Dumbarton Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Donnelly   15'
Boyle   36'
MacDonald   48'
SFL Report Lithgow   34'
Agnew   67'
Walker   88'
Attendance: 743
Referee: Northcroft
28 January 2012 Second Division Airdrie United 4–1 Stirling Albion Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Boyle   3'
Lovering   17'
McLaren   73'
Sally   84'
SFL Report Allison   90'  
Weir   90'
Attendance: 730
Referee: Hilland
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
18 February 2012 Second Division Airdrie United 0–3 Stenhousemuir Excelsior Stadium
15:00 SFL Report Dickson   4'
Smith   45' (66)
Attendance: 685
Referee: Tumilty
25 February 2012 Second Division East Fife 2–0 Airdrie United Bayview Stadium
15:00 Sloan   42' (Penalty)
Johnstone   87'
SFL Report Adam   37'
Lynch   78'  
Attendance: 535
Referee: Northcroft
29 February 2012 Second Division Arbroath 2–2 Airdrie United Gayfield Park
19:45 Gibson   9', 42' SFL Report Holmes   49'
Boyle   78'
Attendance: 728
Referee: Colvin
3 March 2012 Second Division Airdrie United 1–1 Cowdenbeath Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Lynch   39' SFL Report Ramsay   50' (Penalty) Attendance: 702
Referee: Murray
10 March 2012 Second Division Albion Rovers 0–1 Airdrie United Cliftonhill
15:00 SFL Report McDonald   83' Attendance: 1,134
Referee: Anderson
17 March 2012 Second Division Airdrie United 3–0 Forfar Athletic Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Bain   54'
Lovering   75' (Penalty)
McLaren   86'
SFL Report Attendance: 621
Referee: Somers
24 March 2012 Second Division Airdrie United 2–0 Arbroath Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Lovering   73'
McLaren   90'
SFL Report Attendance: 689
Referee: Hilland
7 April 2012 Second Division Stenhousemuir 0–3 Airdrie United Ochilview Park
15:00 SFL Report Lynch   7'
McLaren   45'
Blockley   81'
Lynch   91'  
Attendance: 903
Referee: Winter
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 Dumbarton 2–1 Airdrie United Strathclyde Homes Stadium
15:00 Prunty   61'
Lovering   67' (Own goal)
SFL Report McLaren   56'
Donnelly   91'
Attendance: 1,088
Referee: McKendrick
28 April 2012 Second Division Airdrie United 2–0 East Fife Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Lynch   51'
Bain   82'
McLaren   91'
SFL Report White   92' Attendance: 1,223
Referee: Beaton

First Division play-offs edit

12 May 2012 Play-offs SF R2 Ayr United 1–3
(1–3 agg.)
Airdrie United Somerset Park
15:00 Longridge   17'
Geggan   64'
Tiffoney   94'  
BBC Report Holmes   55', 65'
McLaren   85'
Attendance: 2,782
Referee: McLean
16 May 2012 Play-offs Final R1 Dumbarton 2–1 Airdrie United Dumbarton Football Stadium
19:45 Prunty   29'
Wallace   32'
Nugent   93'  
SFL Report Bain   42' Attendance: 1,746
Referee: Brines
20 May 2012 Play-offs Final R2 Airdrie United 1–4
(2–6 agg.)
Dumbarton Excelsior Stadium
20:05 Holmes   35'
Bain   78'
SFL Report Dargo   9', 21'
Gilhaney   45'
Wallace   65'
Attendance: 2,914
Referee: Muir

Scottish Cup edit

19 November 2011 Scottish Cup round 3 Airdrie United 11 – 0 Gala Fairydean Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Lovering   28' (Penalty), 69'
Boyle   31', 42', 65'
Stevenson   34', 37', 57'
McLaren   59'
Donnelly   77'
Holmes   81'
BBC Report Attendance: 732
Referee: Anderson
7 January 2012 Scottish Cup round 4 Airdrie United 2–6 Dundee United Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Donnelly   85', 90+2' BBC Sport Rankin   17'
Robertson   43'
Russell   62', 68', 84'
Mackay-Steven   71'
Attendance: 2,434
Referee: Charleston

Challenge Cup edit

23 July 2011 Challenge Cup Airdrie United 0–5 Livingston Excelsior Stadium
BBC Report Sinclair   50'
Russell   55', 67'
Barr   82', 90'
Attendance: 719
Referee: Charlie Richmond

League Cup edit

30 July 2011 Scottish League Cup Rd 1 Airdrie United 5–0 Stirling Albion Excelsior Stadium
Owens   32' (pen.), 78' (pen.)
Donnelly   35', 81'
Bain   88'
BBC Report Fagan   30'
Filler   78'
Attendance: 705
Referee: Hilland

Player statistics edit

Squad edit

Last updated 26 May 2012 [7]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Second Division Scottish Cup League Cup Other[a]
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO Andrew Duncan 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK   NIR Paul McKane 13 0 9 0 0 0 3 0 1 0
GK   SCO Connor Fairley 14 0 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
GK   SCO Grant Adam 18 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
DF   SCO Jamie Bain 44 4 34 2 2 0 3 1 5 1
DF   SCO Graeme Goodall 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Cameron MacDonald 16 1 14 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
DF   SCO Ewan McNeil 9 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
DF   SCO Kevin Green 7 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF   NIR Craig Hill 7 2 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
DF   SCO David Lilley 40 0 31 0 2 0 3 0 4 0
DF   SCO Paul Lovering 35 8 27 6 2 2 2 0 4 0
DF   SCO Christopher Malone 9 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
DF   SCO Kieran Stallard 41 0 31 0 2 0 3 0 5 0
DF   SCO Ricki Lamie 12 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
MF   SCO Nathan Blockley 30 2 23 2 1 0 1 0 5 0
MF   SCO Rhys Devlin 18 0 15 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
MF   SCO Phil Johnston 17 2 13 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
MF   SCO Fraser Keast 18 0 14 0 0 0 3 0 1 0
MF   SCO Sean Lynch 37 6 29 6 2 0 2 0 4 0
MF   SCO Willie McLaren 28 10 23 8 2 1 0 0 3 1
MF   ENG Graeme Owens 24 4 20 2 1 0 3 2 0 0
MF   SCO Jamie Stevenson 39 8 31 5 2 3 2 0 4 0
MF   SCO Alistair Woodburn 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF   SCO Thomas Robertson 3 0 3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Liam Watt 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO John Boyle 34 9 27 6 1 3 2 0 4 0
FW   SCO Danny Burns 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Ryan Donnelly 43 27 33 21 2 3 3 3 5 0
FW   SCO Derek Holmes 42 9 32 4 2 1 3 1 5 3
FW   SCO Scott Morton 11 1 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
FW   SCO Scott Sally 13 1 11 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the play-offs and the 2011–12 Scottish Challenge Cup.

Disciplinary record edit

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 26 May 2012
Nation Position Name Second Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
                   
  GK Andrew Duncan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GK Paul McKane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GK Connor Fairley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  GK Grant Adam 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
  DF Jamie Bain 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1
  DF Graeme Goodall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Cameron MacDonald 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
  DF Ewan McNeil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Kevin Green 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
  DF Craig Hill 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  DF David Lilley 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 2
  DF Paul Lovering 14 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 18 1
  DF Christopher Malone 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
  DF Kieran Stallard 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
  DF Ricki Lamie 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
  MF Nathan Blockley 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
  MF Rhys Devlin 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1
  MF Phil Johnston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Fraser Keast 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Sean Lynch 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2
  MF Willie McLaren 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1
  MF Graeme Owens 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
  MF Jamie Stevenson 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
  MF Alistair Woodburn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Thomas Robertson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Liam Watt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW John Boyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Danny Burns 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Ryan Donnelly 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 8 1
  FW Derek Holmes 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  FW Scott Morton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW Scott Sally 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Awards edit

Last updated 26 May 2012
Nation Name Award Month
  Ryan Donnelly[8] Ginger Boot Winner October
  Ryan Donnelly[9] Young Player of the Month November
  Jimmy Boyle[10] Second Division Manager of the Month March
  Jimmy Boyle[11] April Second Division Manager of the Month
  Ryan Donnelly[12] Second Division Player of the Year IRN-BRU SFL End of Season Awards

Transfers edit

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