2010–11 Brechin City F.C. season

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]

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.

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
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
11 December 2010 Scottish Second Division Peterhead 0–5 Brechin City Balmoor
Anderson Red card 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 Yellow card 59' Red card
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 Yellow card 77' Red card
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
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
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 Yellow card 94' Red card
BBC Report McAllister 5' (Penalty), 45', 96' (Penalty) Attendance: 672
Referee: Clancy

First Division play-offs

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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 Red card 103'
SFL Report McAllister 27'
Janczyk 90'
Moyes 101'
Nelson Red card 55'
Attendance: 497
Referee: Robertson

Scottish League Cup

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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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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 Scotland SCO Craig Nelson 46 0 33+0 0 5+0 0 2+0 0 6+0 0
GK Scotland SCO David Scott 6 0 3+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
DF Scotland SCO Callum Booth 15 2 11+0 2 1+0 0 2+1 0 0+0 0
DF Hong Kong HKG Andrew Cook 47 0 34+2 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 5+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Dougie Hill 5 1 4+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Roy McBain 14 0 11+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Gerry McLauchlan 41 2 29+0 1 5+0 0 3+0 1 4+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Paul McLean 38 1 25+2 1 2+1 0 2+0 0 6+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Ewan Moyes 46 5 33+0 4 5+0 1 3+0 0 5+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Barry Smith 11 0 5+3 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO David White 17 0 9+2 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 3+1 0
MF Scotland SCO Kevin Byers 37 6 19+6 4 0+3 0 1+2 0 5+1 2
MF Scotland SCO Mark Docherty 16 0 4+6 0 0+1 0 1+1 0 2+1 0
MF Scotland SCO Gary Fusco 40 0 17+11 0 3+2 0 0+1 0 3+3 0
MF Scotland SCO Connor Gray 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jordan Kirkpatrick 18 1 3+11 0 2+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Neil Janczyk 47 6 31+2 4 3+2 2 3+0 0 6+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Craig Molloy 48 11 34+0 8 5+0 1 3+0 1 6+0 1
MF Scotland SCO Paul Mulrooney 3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jamie Redman 35 5 19+6 4 4+0 1 1+0 0 1+4 0
FW Scotland SCO Mark Archdeacon 12 1 1+8 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+3 0
FW Ireland EIR Anthony Bolger 3 1 0+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Charlie King 11 1 4+4 1 1+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Rory McAllister 43 29 29+0 19 5+0 1 3+0 3 6+0 6
FW Scotland SCO Daniel McKay 18 0 2+14 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
FW Scotland SCO David McKenna 46 14 27+7 10 3+1 0 2+1 0 5+0 4
FW Scotland 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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  8. ^ "Brechin 0–2 Motherwell". BBC Sport. BBC. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  9. ^ "St. Johnstone F.C. v Brechin City F.C." Scottish Football Association. 22 March 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
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