2010–11 Arbroath F.C. season

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

Arbroath
2010–11 season
ChairmanJohn Christison[1]
ManagerPaul Sheerin
StadiumGayfield Park
Third DivisionFirst place (champions)
Challenge CupFirst round, lost to Dunfermline Athletic
League CupFirst round, lost to Dunfermline Athletic
Scottish CupSecond round, lost to Montrose
Top goalscorerLeague:
Gavin Swankie (22)

All:
Gavin Swankie (23)
Highest home attendance1,243 vs. Montrose, 23 April 2011[2]
Lowest home attendance302 vs. Stranraer, 15 December 2010[2]
Average home league attendance588[3]

Summary

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Arbroath finished first[5] in the Third Division and were promoted to the Second Division.[6] They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup,[7] the first round of the League Cup,[8] and the second round of the Scottish Cup.[9]

Management

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The club were managed during season 2010–11 by Paul Sheerin.[10] Sheerin was appointed during pre season following the resignation of Jim Weir,[11] who resigned following the club's relegation in order to join Brechin City.[12]

Results and fixtures

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[13][14][15]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Third Division

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7 August 2010 Scottish Third Division Elgin City 3 – 5 Arbroath Borough Briggs
Millar   52', 79'
Cameron   74'
BBC Sport Gibson   16', 58'
McGowan   53'
Falkingham   71', 83'
Attendance: 518
Referee: Colvin
14 August 2010 Scottish Third Division Arbroath 0 – 2 Annan Athletic Gayfield Park
BBC Report Cox   38'
Neilson   40'
Attendance: 506
Referee: Clancy
21 August 2010 Scottish Third Division Montrose 3 – 0 Arbroath Links Park
Campbell   8'
Hegarty   22'
Tosh   32'
SFL Report Attendance: 565
Referee: Clancy
11 September 2010 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 4 – 1 Arbroath Shielfield Park
O'Reilly   21'
Gribben   24', 28', 51'
SFL Report McAnespie   91' Attendance: 441
Referee: Roache
18 September 2010 Scottish Third Division Arbroath 1 – 1 Albion Rovers Gayfield Park
Doris   78' BBC Report Love   70' Attendance: 408
Referee: McLean
25 September 2010 Scottish Third Division Stranraer 4 – 1 Arbroath Stair Park
Agnew   15', 59'
Winter   75'
One   89'
BBC Report Doris   71'
Shields   38'
Attendance: 379
Referee: Hilland
2 October 2010 Scottish Third Division Queen's Park 5 – 2 Arbroath Hampden Park
Brough   15', 66'
Watt   45+2'
Smith   71'
Daly   92'
BBC Report Swankie   12'
Doris   49' (Penalty)
Doris   62'  
Attendance: 433
Referee: Northcroft
16 October 2010 Scottish Third Division Arbroath 3 – 2 Clyde Gayfield Park
Swankie   58', 88'
Malcolm   80'
Chisholm   86'  
BBC Report Paterson   48'
Lithgow   83'
McGowan   89'
Attendance: 481
Referee: O'Reilly
6 November 2010 Scottish Third Division Arbroath 3 – 2 Berwick Rangers Gayfield Park
Durnan   27'
Doris   31'
Swankie   82'
BBC Report Brazil   19'
McLeod   52'
Attendance: 402
Referee: Charleston
10 November 2010 Scottish Third Division East Stirlingshire 1 – 3 Arbroath Ochilview Park
19:45 Cawley   5' Report Gibson   15'
Falkingham   42'
McGowan   82'
Attendance: 238
Referee: Robertson
13 November 2010 Scottish Third Division Arbroath 4 – 0 Montrose Gayfield Park
Doris   21' (Penalty), 62', 66'
Sheerin   71'
BBC Report Attendance: 738
Referee: Salmond
15 December 2010 Scottish Third Division Arbroath 0 – 0 Stranraer Gayfield Park
BBC Report Attendance: 302
Referee: Watters
2 January 2011 Scottish Third Division Montrose 0 – 5 Arbroath Links Park
Hegarty   42'
Pope   55'  
BBC Report Falkingham   34', 51'
Swankie   40', 66'
Doris   92' (Penalty)
Attendance: 1,034
Referee: Roache
15 January 2011 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 0 – 4 Arbroath Shielfield Park
BBC Report Swankie   68', 70'
Chisholm   78'
Gibson   88'
Attendance: 369
Referee: McKendrick
25 January 2011 Scottish Third Division Arbroath 3 – 5 East Stirlingshire Gayfield Park
19:45 McAnespie   23'
Alan Rattray   42'
Doris   67' (pen.)
Report Johnston   28'
Dunn   38', 64'
Maguire   46'
Beveridge   82'
Attendance: 436
Referee: Robertson
29 January 2011 Scottish Third Division Stranraer 3 – 4 Arbroath Stair Park
Agnew   14'
One   50'
Glen Mitchell   91'
BBC Report Swankie   26', 56', 65'
Falkingham   38'
Chisholm   67'
Falkingham   92'  
Attendance: 441
Referee: Charleston
5 February 2011 Scottish Third Division Arbroath 3 – 0 Albion Rovers Gayfield Park
Swankie   7', 85'
Sheerin   69' (Penalty)
BBC Report Gaston   66' Attendance: 612
Referee: Colvin
12 February 2011 Scottish Third Division Queen's Park 1 – 1 Arbroath Hampden Park
McBride   45' (Penalty) BBC Report Malcolm   4' Attendance: 467
Referee: Nicholls
15 February 2011 Scottish Third Division Annan Athletic 1 – 2 Arbroath Galabank
MacBeth   70'  
Griffin   81' (Own goal)
BBC Report McGowan   49'
Wedderburn   53'
Malcolm   58'
Wedderburn   76'
Attendance: 304
Referee: Finnie
23 February 2011 Scottish Third Division Arbroath 2 – 0 Elgin City Gayfield Park
Swankie   3'
Sheerin   20'
BBC Report Kaczan   53'   Attendance: 403
Referee: Roache
26 February 2011 Scottish Third Division Elgin City 3 – 2 Arbroath Borough Briggs
Crooks   61'
Nicolson   74'
O'Donoghue   76'
BBC Report Gibson   52'
Strachan   84'
Attendance: 629
Referee: Somers
8 March 2011 Scottish Third Division Albion Rovers 0 – 2 Arbroath Cliftonhill
BBC Report Doris   19', 54' Attendance: 352
Referee: Robertson
12 March 2011 Scottish Third Division Arbroath 2 – 1 Berwick Rangers Gayfield Park
Gibson   22'
Doris   52'
BBC Report Hill   92' (Own goal) Attendance: 491
Referee: Anderson
19 March 2011 Scottish Third Division East Stirlingshire 2 – 5 Arbroath Ochilview Park
15:00 Cawley   27'
Scott   82'
Report Chisholm   43'
Doris   58'
Swankie   63', 78', 90'
Attendance: 349
Referee: Watters
22 March 2011 Scottish Third Division Clyde 1 – 1 Arbroath Broadwood
Sawyers   70' BBC Report Falkingham   60'
Thomson   78'
Attendance: 532
Referee: Robertson
26 March 2011 Scottish Third Division Arbroath 2 – 2 Stranraer Gayfield Park
Gallacher   67' (Own goal)
Hill   70'
Swankie   82'
BBC Report Agnew   72'
One   72'
Attendance: 701
Referee: Aitken
2 April 2011 Scottish Third Division Albion Rovers 3 – 0 Arbroath Cliftonhill
Chaplain   5' (Penalty)
Benton   38'
Love   41'
BBC Report Attendance: 412
Referee: Colvin
9 April 2011 Scottish Third Division Clyde 0 – 3 Arbroath Broadwood
Gibson   19'
Strachan   22'
McGowan   71'
BBC Report Attendance: 725
Referee: McDermott
13 April 2011 Scottish Third Division Arbroath 2 – 0 Clyde Gayfield Park
Doris   25'
Swankie   43'
BBC Report Attendance: 604
Referee: Hilland
16 April 2011 Scottish Third Division Arbroath 2 – 2 Queen's Park Gayfield Park
Gibson   39'
Wedderburn   49'
BBC Report Smith   25'
Longworth   80'
Attendance: 912
Referee: Somers
23 April 2011 Scottish Third Division Arbroath 4 – 1 Montrose Gayfield Park
Doris   5' (Penalty)
Falkingham   44'
Sheerin   61'
Strachan   90'
ESPN Report Masson   70' Attendance: 1,243
Referee: Finnie
30 April 2011 Scottish Third Division Annan Athletic 3 – 0 Arbroath Galabank
O'Connor   23', 66'
Sloan   72'
BBC Report Attendance: 651
Referee: Roache
7 May 2011 Scottish Third Division Arbroath 3 – 5 Elgin City Gayfield Park
Sheerin   29'
Swankie   50'
Falkingham   72'
BBC Report Gormley   40', 45', 62'
Gunn   55'
Crooks   79' (Penalty)
Attendance: 1,125
Referee: Charleston

Scottish Challenge Cup

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Scottish League Cup

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Scottish Cup

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23 October 2010 Scottish Cup round 2 Montrose 1 – 1 Arbroath Links Park
Sinclair   31' ESPN Report Doris   57'
Falkingham   67'  
Attendance: 994
Referee: Madden
30 October 2010 Scottish Cup round 2 replay Arbroath 2 – 3 (a.e.t.) Montrose Gayfield Park
Alan Rattray   47', 51'
Malcolm   92'  
ESPN Report Hegarty   7'
McCord   22'
Boyle   114'
Boyle   123'
Attendance: 838
Referee: Madden

Player statistics

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Squad

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Third Division[16] Challenge Cup[17] League Cup[18] Scottish Cup[19]
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO Daryl Burns 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK   SCO Darren Hill 39 0 35+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
GK   SCO Steven Khan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   NIR Danny Griffin 21 0 14+4 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
DF   SCO Stuart Malcolm 28 2 24+0 2 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF   SCO Kieran McAnespie 30 2 27+0 2 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF   SCO Marc McCulloch 11 0 8+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Allan McManus 11 0 11+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Kevin McMullan 31 0 30+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Alan Rattray 11 3 9+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 2
DF   SCO Craig Wedderburn 16 2 12+4 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Ross Chisholm 23 2 20+1 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
MF   SCO David Dimilta 21 0 7+11 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
MF   SCO Mark Durnan 11 1 9+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
MF   ENG Josh Falkingham 38 9 33+2 9 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Keith Gibson 30 8 26+1 8 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
MF   SCO David McGowan 36 6 8+24 6 1+0 0 0+1 0 1+1 0
MF   SCO Michael McIlravey 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Ian Nimmo 3 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Robbie Ross 6 0 1+4 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Bryan Scott 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Jay Shields 6 0 2+2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Paul Sheerin 39 6 30+5 5 1+0 0 1+0 1 1+1 0
MF   SCO Adam Strachan 16 3 12+4 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Ryan Suttie 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Darren Thomson 7 0 5+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
FW   SCO Patrick Deane 7 0 1+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
FW   SCO Steven Doris 32 17 25+5 16 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 1
FW   SCO Jim Hamilton 8 0 4+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Jordyn Sheerin 15 0 2+12 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Lee Sibanda 11 0 5+6 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Gavin Swankie 40 23 35+1 22 0+1 0 1+0 1 2+0 0

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Arbroath (C, P) 36 20 6 10 80 61 +19 66 Promotion to the Second Division
2 Albion Rovers (O, P) 36 17 10 9 56 40 +16 61 Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs
3 Queen's Park 36 18 5 13 57 43 +14 59
4 Annan Athletic 36 16 11 9 58 45 +13 59
5 Stranraer 36 15 12 9 72 57 +15 57
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

References

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