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.
| 2010–11 season | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | Kenneth Ferguson[1] |
| Manager | Jim Weir |
| Stadium | Glebe Park |
| Second Division | Fourth place |
| Challenge Cup | First round, lost to East Fife |
| League Cup | Third round, lost to Motherwell |
| Scottish Cup | Quarter-final, lost to St Johnstone |
| Top goalscorer | League: Rory McAllister (19) All: Rory McAllister (29) |
| Highest home attendance | 825 vs. Forfar Athletic, 23 April 2011 [2] |
| Lowest home attendance | 394 vs. Ayr United, 12 April 2011 [2] |
| Average home league attendance | 514[3] |
Summary edit
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 edit
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 edit
[12][13][14][15] Win Draw Loss
Scottish Second Division edit
| 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 |
| 14 August 2010 Scottish Second Division | Brechin City | 0–0 | Stenhousemuir | Glebe Park |
| BBC Report | Attendance: 404 Referee: Allan |
| 21 August 2010 Scottish Second Division | Forfar Athletic | 1–1 | Brechin City | Station Park |
| Templeman 59' |
BBC Report | King 77' |
Attendance: 782 Referee: Salmond |
| 28 August 2010 Scottish Second Division | Brechin City | 3–1 | Alloa Athletic | Glebe Park |
| Booth 20' McAllister 21', 81' |
BBC Report | Gormley 29' |
Attendance: 418 Referee: Tumilty |
| 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 |
| 25 September 2010 Scottish Second Division | Dumbarton | 1–3 | Brechin City | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
| Carcary 73' |
BBC Report | Booth 36' McKenna 40'McAllister 88' |
Attendance: 626 Referee: Beaton |
| 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 |
| 23 October 2010 Scottish Second Division | Brechin City | 3–1 | Airdrie United | Glebe Park |
| Janczyk 20' McAllister 53'Molloy 94' |
SFL Report | Watt 26' |
Attendance: 564 Referee: Somers |
| 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 |
| 6 November 2010 Scottish Second Division | Stenhousemuir | 0–0 | Brechin City | Ochilview Park |
| BBC Report | Attendance: 491 Referee: Smith |
| 13 November 2010 Scottish Second Division | Brechin City | 0–0 | Forfar Athletic | Glebe Park |
| BBC Report | Attendance: 786 Referee: McKendrick |
| 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 |
| 15 January 2011 Scottish Second Division | Airdrie United | 2–2 | Brechin City | Excelsior Stadium |
| Ferguson 48' Forrest 55' |
SFL Report | Janczyk 49' McLean 87' |
Attendance: 806 Referee: Colvin |
| 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 |
| 1 February 2011 Scottish Second Division | Livingston | 2–0 | Brechin City | Braidwood Motor Company Stadium |
| 19:45 | Russell Winters |
Liv Report | Attendance: 847 Referee: Richmond |
| 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 |
| 19 February 2011 Scottish Second Division | East Fife | 0–0 | Brechin City | Bayview Stadium |
| BBC Report | Attendance: 526 Referee: Clancy |
| 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 |
| 5 March 2011 Scottish Second Division | Brechin City | 3–1 | Stenhousemuir | Glebe Park |
| McAllister 43' Redman 55'Janczyk 82' |
BBC Report | Dalziel 8' |
Attendance: 503 Referee: Finnie |
| 8 March 2011 Scottish Second Division | Forfar Athletic | 2–1 | Brechin City | Station Park |
| Templeman 86' R Campbell 93' |
BBC Report | Moyes 65' |
Attendance: 604 Referee: Watters |
| 19 March 2011 Scottish Second Division | Alloa Athletic | 2–2 | Brechin City | Recreation Park |
| Walker 22' Lister 48' |
SFL Report | McKenna 9' Moyes 68' |
Attendance: 375 Referee: Smith |
| 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 |
| 2 April 2011 Scottish Second Division | Livingston | 0–0 | Brechin City | Braidwood Motor Company Stadium |
| 15:00 | BBC Report | Attendance: 1,553 Referee: Winter |
| 5 April 2011 Scottish Second Division | Brechin City | 1–2 | Airdrie United | Glebe Park |
| McKenna 46' |
SFL Report | McLauchlan 32' (Own Goal) Donnelly 56' |
Attendance: 438 Referee: McKendrick |
| 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 |
| 23 April 2011 Scottish Second Division | Brechin City | 0–1 | Forfar Athletic | Glebe Park |
| McKenna 25' |
BBC Report | Hilson 58' |
Attendance: 825 Referee: Northcroft |
| 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 |
| 7 May 2011 Scottish Second Division | Brechin City | 1–0 | Ayr United | Glebe Park |
| McAllister 19' |
BBC Report | Attendance: 577 Referee: Norris |
First Division play-offs edit
| 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 |
| 18 May 2011 Play-offs Final Leg 1 | Ayr United | 1–1 | Brechin City | Somerset Park |
| Moffat 31' |
BBC Repport | Janczyk 86' |
Attendance: 2,020 Referee: Conroy |
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
| 31 July 2010 League Cup round 1 | Stenhousemuir | 1–3 | Brechin City | Ochilview Park |
| Anderson 8' |
BBC Report | McLauchlan 18' Molloy 29' McAllister 53' |
Attendance: 384 Referee: Beaton |
| 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 edit
| 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 |
| 5 February 2011 Scottish Cup round 5 | Buckie Thistle | 0–2 | Brechin City | Victoria Park |
| BBC Report | McKenna 18' McAllister 30' |
Attendance: 1,482 Referee: Mclean |
| 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 |
| 22 March 2011 Scottish Cup QF Replay | St Johnstone | 1–0 | Brechin City | McDiarmid Park |
| Samuel 37' |
BBC Report | Attendance: 3,891 Referee: Conroy |
Player statistics edit
Squad edit
| 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 edit
| 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
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes edit
- Note1. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including Challenge Cup[19] and First Division play-offs[20]
References edit
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