2010–11 Brechin City F.C. season

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.

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]

Summary

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

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

[12][13][14][15]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Second Division

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
11 September 2010 Scottish Second Division Airdrie United 1–1 Brechin City Excelsior Stadium
Gibson 53'
Gibson Yellow card 78' Red card
SFL Report Byers 23'
McAllister Yellow card 56' Red card
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
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
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
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
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 Red card 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 Yellow card 94' Red card
BBC Report McAllister 5' (Penalty), 45', 96' (Penalty) Attendance: 672
Referee: Clancy

First Division play-offs

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
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

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

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

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

Squad

No. Pos Nat Player TotalSecond Division[16]Other[Note1]League Cup[17]Scottish Cup[18]
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Scotland SCO Craig Nelson 46033+005+002+006+00
GK Scotland SCO David Scott 603+000+101+000+10
DF Scotland SCO Callum Booth 15211+021+002+100+00
DF Hong Kong HKG Andrew Cook 47034+204+002+005+00
DF Scotland SCO Dougie Hill 514+010+000+001+00
DF Scotland SCO Roy McBain 14011+003+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Gerry McLauchlan 41229+015+003+014+00
DF Scotland SCO Paul McLean 38125+212+102+006+00
DF Scotland SCO Ewan Moyes 46533+045+013+005+00
DF Scotland SCO Barry Smith 1105+301+002+000+00
DF Scotland SCO David White 1709+200+101+003+10
MF Scotland SCO Kevin Byers 37619+640+301+205+12
MF Scotland SCO Mark Docherty 1604+600+101+102+10
MF Scotland SCO Gary Fusco 40017+1103+200+103+30
MF Scotland SCO Connor Gray 100+100+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Jordan Kirkpatrick 1813+1102+210+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Neil Janczyk 47631+243+223+006+00
MF Scotland SCO Craig Molloy 481134+085+013+016+01
MF Scotland SCO Paul Mulrooney 300+200+000+001+00
MF Scotland SCO Jamie Redman 35519+644+011+001+40
FW Scotland SCO Mark Archdeacon 1211+810+000+000+30
FW Ireland EIR Anthony Bolger 310+310+000+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Charlie King 1114+411+001+100+00
FW Scotland SCO Rory McAllister 432929+0195+013+036+06
FW Scotland SCO Daniel McKay 1802+1400+000+000+20
FW Scotland SCO David McKenna 461427+7103+102+105+04
FW Scotland SCO Mitchel Megginson 1839+523+110+000+00

League table

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

Note1. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including Challenge Cup[19] and First Division play-offs[20]

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