2011–12 Ross County F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Ross County's fourth consecutive season in the Scottish First Division, having been promoted as champions of the Scottish Second Division at the end of 2007–08 season.[1] They also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Ross County
2011–12 season
ChairmanScotland Roy MacGregor
ManagerScotland Derek Adams
StadiumVictoria Park
Scottish First Division1st (champions)
Challenge CupFirst round, lost to Elgin City
League CupThird round, lost to Celtic
Scottish CupFifth round, lost to St Mirren
Top goalscorerLeague:
Scotland Colin McMenamin (19)

All:
Scotland Colin McMenamin (20)
Highest home attendance4,737 vs. Hamilton Academical, 28 April 2012
Lowest home attendance2,047 vs. Livingston, 17 September 2011
Average home league attendance2,745

Summary

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Ross County finished first in the First Division[2] and were promoted to the Premier League[3] for the first time.[4] They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup,[5] the third round of the League Cup[6] and the fifth round of the Scottish Cup.[7]

Results and fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

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2 July 2011 Friendly Brora Rangers 0 – 2 Ross County Dudgeon Park
Fan Site Report Craig   33'
Duncan   85'
Referee: Jim Lyon
7 July 2011 Friendly Forres Mechanics 2 – 4 Ross County Mosset Park
Morrison   48'
Tweedie   80'
Fan Site Report Craig  ,   10'
Lawson   17'
Byrne   42'
Referee: Craig Sim

Scottish First Division

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6 August 2011 First Division Ross County 0 – 0 Morton Victoria Park
BBC Sport Attendance: 2,249
Referee: Steven McLean
13 August 2011 First Division Hamilton Academical 5 – 1 Ross County New Douglas Park, Hamilton
McLaughlin   23'
Crawford   39'
Chambers   42' (pen.)
Paterson   57'
Anderson   90'
BBC Sport Flynn   41'
Byrne   77'
Attendance: 1,744
Referee: Calum Murray
27 August 2011 First Division Falkirk 1 – 1 Ross County Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
El Alagui   87' BBC Report Craig   75' Attendance: 3,009
Referee: Tumilty
10 September 2011 First Division Ross County 2 – 2 Partick Thistle Victoria Park, Dingwall
Brittain   13' (pen.)
Gardyne   47'
Miller   72'
BBC Sport Cairney   73' (pen.)
Erskine   89'
Attendance: 2,189
Referee: Allan
17 September 2011 First Division Ross County 1 – 1 Livingston Victoria Park
Brittain   45'
Craig   64'
BBC Sport Sinclair   40'
Watson   65'  
Attendance: 2,047
Referee: Northcroft
1 October 2011 First Division Ross County 4 – 0 Ayr United Victoria Park, Dingwall
Brittain   5'
Lawson   64'
Morrow   69'
Vigurs   87'
BBC Sport Attendance: 2,121
Referee: Hilland
15 October 2011 First Division Dundee 1 – 2 Ross County Dens Park, Dundee
Lockwood   25' (pen.) BBC Sport McMenamin   39'
Quinn   63'
Attendance: 4,030
Referee: Stephen Finnie
12 November 2011 First Division Ross County 3 – 1 Falkirk Victoria Park, Dingwall
Kettlewell   4'
Gardyne   52'
Miller   83'
BBC Sport Wallace   10' Attendance: 4,108
Referee: Somers
3 December 2011 First Division Ross County 4 – 2 Raith Rovers Victoria Park, Dingwall
Quinn   28'
McMenamin   45', 62'
Gardyne   81'
BBC Sport Walker   12', 36' Attendance: 2,698
Referee: Charleston
17 December 2011 First Division Ross County 1 – 1 Dundee Victoria Park, Dingwall
McMenamin   82' SFL Report Milne   35'
O'Donnell   36'
Attendance: 3,046
Referee: Salmond
26 December 2011 First Division Falkirk 1 – 1 Ross County Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
Duffie   77' SFL Sport McMenamin   90+4' Attendance: 4,383
Referee: Richmond
28 January 2012 First Division Ross County 3 – 0 Livingston Victoria Park, Dingwall
McMenamin   28', 82'
Morrow   87'
SFL Report Attendance: 2,514
Referee: McKendrick
11 February 2012 First Division Raith Rovers 1 – 1 Ross County Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
Walker   89' BBC Sport Craig   53' Attendance: 1,702
Referee: Calum Murray
18 February 2012 First Division Ross County 1 – 1 Ayr United Victoria Park, Dingwall
Munro   7' SFL Sport Tomsett   79'
Tiffoney   81'
Attendance: 2,390
Referee: Norris
25 February 2012 First Division Dundee 1 – 1 Ross County Dens Park, Dundee
Conroy   33' (Penalty) SFL Sport Kettlewell   11' Attendance: 5,003
Referee: Tumilty
29 February 2012 First Division Ayr United 2 – 3 Ross County Somerset Park, Ayr
Parker   52', 75' SFL Report Brittain   16', 38' (Penalty), 80' Attendance: 1,096
Referee: Clancy
17 March 2012 First Division Ross County 2 – 1 Falkirk Victoria Park, Dingwall
Brittain   19' (Penalty)
Quinn   25'
SFL Report McGovern   16'
Millar   62'
El Alagui   82'  
Attendance: 4,302
Referee: Brines
31 March 2012 First Division Ross County 1 – 1 Raith Rovers Victoria Park, Dingwall
Lawson   85' BBC Sport Clarke   90' (pen.) Attendance: 3,379
Referee: McLean
11 April 2012 First Division Ayr United 1 – 3 Ross County Somerset Park, Ayr
Trouten   63' BBC Report Gardyne   46'
McMenamin   67'
Morrow   84'
Attendance: 1,389
Referee: Colvin
14 April 2012 First Division Ross County 3 – 0 Dundee Victoria Park, Dingwall
Gardyne   9', 64'
McMenamin   61'
Quinn   80'  
BBC Sport McBride   80' Attendance: 4,350
Referee: McKendrick
28 April 2012 First Division Ross County 5 – 1 Hamilton Academical Victoria Park, Dingwall
McMenamin   5'
Brittain   40', 54'
Kettlewell   46'
Gardyne   77'
SFL Sport McAlister   45' Attendance: 4,737
Referee: Norris
5 May 2012 First Division Queen of the South 3 – 5 Ross County Palmerston Park, Dumfries
Carmichael   10'
Parkin   15'
Reilly   53'
BBC Sport Kettlewell   11'
Gardyne   39', 77'
McMenamin   57'
Byrne   90'
Attendance: 1,323
Referee: Somers

Scottish Cup

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7 January 2012 Scottish Cup round 4 Ross County 7 – 0 Stenhousemuir Victoria Park, Dingwall
Vigurs   5', 75'
Brittain   52' (Penalty)
Gardyne   (62)
Craig   (71)
Byrne   87', 88'
BBC Report Attendance: 1,421
Referee: Allan
4 February 2012 Scottish Cup round 5 St Mirren 1 – 1 Ross County St Mirren Park
Thompson   43' BBC Sport Brittain   40' (pen.) Attendance: 3,334
Referee: Madden
14 February 2012 Scottish Cup round 5 replay Ross County 1 – 2 St Mirren Victoria Park
Morrow   55' BBC Report Teale   14'
Thompson   37'
Hasselbaink   53'
Attendance: 2,334
Referee: Madden

Scottish League Cup

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30 July 2011 Scottish League Cup round 1 Ross County 2 – 1 Queen's Park Victoria Park, Dingwall
McMenamin   58'
Flynn   75'
BBC Sport Daly   5'
Meggatt   40'
Attendance: 949
Referee: Frank McDermott
21 September 2011 Scottish League Cup round 3 Ross County 0 – 2 Celtic Victoria Park, Dingwall
BBC Sport Hooper   13'
Boyd   51' (o.g.)
Attendance: 5,367
Referee: Calum Murray

Scottish Challenge Cup

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23 July 2011 Scottish Challenge Cup round 1 Ross County 1 – 2 Elgin City Victoria Park, Dingwall
Morrison   2' BBC Sport Cameron   37'
Leslie   61'
Attendance: 1,368
Referee: Matt Northcroft

Player statistics

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Captains

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No. P Name Country No. games Notes
MF Richard Brittain   40 Club captain

Last updated: 5 May 2012
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Squad

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Last updated 5 May 2012[8]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO Joe Malin 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK   SCO Michael Fraser 42 0 35+0 0 3+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
DF   SCO Scott Boyd 41 2 33+1 2 4+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Grant Munro 40 2 33+0 2 3+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
DF   NIR Johnny Flynn 10 1 3+4 0 1+0 0 1+0 1 1+0 0
DF   SCO Darren McCormack 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Gary Miller 43 1 35+0 1 4+0 0 2+1 0 1+0 0
DF   SCO Scott Morrison 27 1 22+1 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 1
MF   SCO Richard Brittain 41 11 33+1 9 3+0 2 3+0 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Mark Corcoran 38 0 7+24 0 2+1 0 2+1 0 0+1 0
MF   SCO Marc Fitzpatrick 17 0 13+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Rocco Quinn 32 3 16+11 3 1+2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Alex Cooper 2 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Stuart Kettlewell 32 5 26+1 5 3+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Russell Duncan 7 0 0+4 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
MF   SCO Paul Lawson 37 3 30+2 2 2+0 1 2+0 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Iain Vigurs 34 7 26+3 5 3+0 2 1+0 0 1+0 0
FW   NIR Sam Morrow 13 4 4+7 3 1+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Steven Craig 31 6 8+17 4 3+0 1 1+1 1 1+0 0
FW   SCO Michael Gardyne 40 17 29+4 12 3+0 4 2+1 1 1+0 0
FW   SCO Garry Wood 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   IRL Kurtis Byrne 21 3 1+12 1 0+4 2 1+2 0 0+1 0
FW   SCO Colin McMenamin 39 20 33+0 19 2+0 0 2+1 1 1+0 0

Disciplinary record

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Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 May 2012
Nation Position Name Scottish First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
                   
  GK Joe Malin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GK Michael Fraser 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Scott Boyd 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
  DF Grant Munro 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  DF Johnny Flynn 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
  DF Darren McCormack 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Gary Miller 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 1
  DF Scott Morrison 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Richard Brittain 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
  MF Mark Corcoran 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
  MF Marc Fitzpatrick 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  MF Rocco Quinn 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 1
  MF Alex Cooper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Stuart Kettlewell 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
  MF Russell Duncan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Paul Lawson 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
  MF Iain Vigurs 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
  FW Sam Morrow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Steven Craig 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
  FW Michael Gardyne 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
  FW Garry Wood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Kurtis Byrne 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  FW Colin McMenamin 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 0

Awards

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Last updated 27 May 2012
Nation Name Award Month
  Derek Adams[9] First Division Manager of the Month (shared) October
  Grant Munro[9] Player of the Month (shared) October
  Derek Adams[10] First Division Manager of the Month March
  Richard Brittain[10] Player of the Month March
  Colin McMenamin[11] First Division Player of the Year IRN-BRU SFL End of Season Awards
  Derek Adams[11] First Division Manager of the Season IRN-BRU SFL End of Season Awards
  Derek Adams[11] Phenomenal Achievement of the Season IRN-BRU SFL End of Season Awards
  Ross County[11] Team of the Season IRN-BRU SFL End of Season Awards
  Derek Adams[12] PFA Scotland Manager of the Year PFA Scotland Awards 2012

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Ross County (C, P) 36 22 13 1 72 32 +40 79 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Dundee (P) 36 15 10 11 53 43 +10 55[a]
3 Falkirk 36 13 13 10 53 48 +5 52
4 Hamilton Academical 36 14 7 15 55 56 −1 49
5 Livingston 36 13 9 14 56 54 +2 48
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Rangers were liquidated prior to the 2012–13 season. Dundee were chosen to take their place, gaining promotion to the SPL.[13]

See also

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Transfers

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References

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