2011–12 Alloa Athletic F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Alloa Athletic's first season back in the Scottish Third Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2010–11 season.[1] Alloa also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Alloa Athletic
2011–12 season
ChairmanMike Mulraney
ManagerPaul Hartley
StadiumRecreation Park
Scottish Third Division1st (champions)
Challenge CupRound One
League CupRound One
Scottish CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Stevie May (19)
All:
Stevie May (19)
Highest home attendance2,551 v Annan Athletic Scottish Third Division 5 May 2012
Lowest home attendance419 v Queen's Park Scottish Third Division 10 December 2011

Summary

Alloa finished first in the Third Division,[2] and were promoted as champions to the Second Division.[3] They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup,[4] the first round of the League Cup[5] and the second round of the Scottish Cup.[6]

Management

They were managed for season 2011–12 under the management of Paul Hartley.[7] He replaced Allan Maitland, who was sacked towards the end of the previous season.[8]

Results & fixtures

Third Division
Main article: 2011–12 Scottish Third Division
6 August 2011 Scottish Third Division Stranraer 2 – 3 Alloa Athletic Stair Park
15:00 Aitken 17'
Winter 35'		 BBC Report McCord 2' (pen.)
Gordon 59'
Caddis Red card 64'
Cawley 84'		 Attendance: 306
Referee: Roache
13 August 2011 Scottish Third Division Alloa Athletic 2 – 2 Clyde Recreation Park
15:00 McCord 31'
Docherty 61'
Bain Red card		 BBC Report Sweeney 21', 80' (pen.) Attendance: 705
Referee: Colvin
20 August 2011 Scottish Third Division Annan Athletic 2 – 0 Alloa Athletic Galabank
15:00 Harty 33'
Cox 64'		 BBC Report Attendance: 516
Referee: Collum
27 August 2011 Scottish Third Division Alloa Athletic 2 – 1 Peterhead Recreation Park
15:00 Cawley 46' (67) SFL Report McAllister 30' Attendance: 507
Referee: Cook
10 September 2011 Scottish Third Division East Stirlingshire 0 – 1 Alloa Athletic Galabank
15:00 BBC Report Gordon 45' Attendance: 419
Referee: Aitken
17 September 2011 Scottish Third Division Queen's Park 1 – 3 Alloa Athletic Hampden Park
15:00 Quinn 86' SFL Report Cawley 9' (28)
Doyle 84'		 Attendance: 589
Referee: Winter
24 September 2011 Scottish Third Division Alloa Athletic 4 – 2 Montrose Recreation Park
15:00 McCord 4' (pen.)
Cawley 28', 79'
Gordon 51'		 SFL Report Campbell 27'
Boyle 37'		 Attendance: 461
Referee: Robertson
1 October 2011 Scottish Third Division Elgin City 5 – 0 Alloa Athletic Borough Briggs
15:00 Beveridge 21' (78)
Cameron 43'
Leslie 45' (penalty), 56' (penalty)		 BBC Report Docherty Red card 45'
Bain Yellow card 56' Red card		 Attendance: 522
Referee: Barry Cook
15 October 2011 Scottish Third Division Alloa Athletic 1 – 1 Berwick Rangers Recreation Park
15:00 Holmes 7' SFL Report McLeod 16' Attendance: 442
Referee: Robertson
29 October 2011 Scottish Third Division Clyde P – P Alloa Athletic Broadwood Stadium
15:00
5 November 2011 Scottish Third Division Alloa Athletic 1 – 0 Stranraer Recreation Park
15:00 McCord 58'
Gordon Yellow card 91' Red card		 SFL Report Attendance: 502
Referee: Aitken
8 November 2011 Scottish Third Division Clyde 0 – 1 Alloa Athletic Broadwood Stadium
19:45 SFL Report Forrest Yellow card 32' Red card
Holmes 2'		 Attendance: 654
Referee: Anderson
12 November 2011 Scottish Third Division Peterhead 1 – 1 Alloa Athletic Balmoor Stadium
15:00 McDowall 87' (Own Goal) SFL Report One 77' Attendance: 528
Referee: Northcroft
26 November 2011 Scottish Third Division Alloa Athletic 1 – 1 East Stirlingshire Recreation Park
15:00 Campbell 83' SFL Report Hunter 65' Attendance: 421
Referee: McKendrick
3 December 2011 Scottish Third Division Montrose 1 – 1 Alloa Athletic Links Park
15:00 Johnston 15' SFL Report Gordon 79' Attendance: 313
Referee: Dallas
10 December 2011 Scottish Third Division Alloa Athletic 1 – 0 Queen's Park Recreation Park
Doyle 6' SFL Report
Alloa Report		 Attendance: 419
Referee: Anderson
17 December 2011 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 2 – 2 Alloa Athletic Shielfield Park
15:00 Deland 78'
Gray 84'		 SFL Report McCord 44'
May 61'		 Attendance: 362
Referee: Allan
26 December 2011 Scottish Third Division Alloa Athletic 3 – 0 Elgin City Recreation Park
Docherty 16'
Cawley 59'
Gordon Red card 64'
McCord 90'		 SFL Report Attendance: 491
Referee: Robertson
2 January 2012 Scottish Third Division East Stirlingshire 1 – 3 Alloa Athletic Ochilview Park
15:00 Beveridge 6' SFL Report May 2', 46', 74' Attendance: 531
Referee: Northcroft
7 January 2012 Scottish Third Division Alloa Athletic P – P Peterhead Recreation Park
15:00
14 January 2012 Scottish Third Division Alloa Athletic 1 – 0 Annan Athletic Recreation Park
May 30' SFL Report Attendance: 635
Referee: Aitken
21 January 2012 Scottish Third Division Stranraer 0 – 4 Alloa Athletic Stair Park
15:00 SFL Report Docherty 25'
May 40', 69'
Masterton 60'		 Attendance: 475
Referee: Robertson
28 January 2012 Scottish Third Division Alloa Athletic 2 – 0 Montrose Recreation Park
15:00 McKinnon 87'
May 90'		 SFL Report Attendance: 508
Referee: Roache
31 January 2012 Scottish Third Division Alloa Athletic 3 – 1 Peterhead Recreation Park
19:45 Gordon 13'
Docherty 37'
May 65'		 BBC Report McAllister 35' Attendance: 429
Referee: Madden
4 February 2012 Scottish Third Division Queen's Park 1 – 2 Alloa Athletic Hampden Park
15:00 Daly 85' SFL Report Cawley 29'
Little 41' (Own Goal)		 Attendance: 711
Referee: Aitken
11 February 2012 Scottish Third Division Alloa Athletic 0 – 1 Berwick Rangers Recreation Park
15:00 SFL Report Gray 59' (Penalty)
Notman Yellow card 84' Red card		 Attendance: 544
Referee: Dallas
18 February 2012 Scottish Third Division Elgin City 3 – 0 Alloa Athletic Borough Briggs
15:00 Millar 1'
Gunn 37'
Leslie 67'		 SFL Report Attendance: 600
Referee: McDermott
25 February 2012 Scottish Third Division Alloa Athletic 1 – 0 Clyde Recreation Park
15:00 Young 76' SFL Report Attendance: 719
Referee: Anderson
3 March 2012 Scottish Third Division Annan Athletic 1 – 2 Alloa Athletic Galabank
15:00 O'Connor 33' SFL Report Young 7'
May 77'		 Attendance: 642
Referee: Graham
10 March 2012 Scottish Third Division Alloa Athletic 5 – 1 East Stirlingshire Recreation Park
15:00 Winters 26'
May 43'
Harding 60'
McCord 72'
Campbell 81'		 SFL Report Lurinsky 1' Attendance: 579
Referee: Barry Cook
17 March 2012 Scottish Third Division Peterhead 0 – 1 Alloa Athletic Balmoor Stadium
15:00 SFL Report May 20' Attendance: 488
Referee: Robertson
24 March 2012 Scottish Third Division Alloa Athletic 4 – 0 Queen's Park Recreation Park
15:00 Winters 14', 58'
May 86'
Holmes 90'		 SFL Report Brough Red card 84' Attendance: 807
Referee: Robertson
31 March 2012 Scottish Third Division Montrose 0 – 2 Alloa Athletic Links Park
15:00 Campbell Red card 79' SFL Report Harding Red card 19'
McCord 80' (pen.), 83'		 Attendance: 390
Referee: Northcroft
7 April 2012 Scottish Third Division Alloa Athletic 8 – 1 Elgin City Recreation Park
15:00 Nicolson 30' (Own goal)
May 44', 46', 65', 75'
Winters 49'
McCord 82'
Campbell 83'		 SFL Report Clark Red card 16'
Millar 51'		 Attendance: 730
Referee: Brines
14 April 2012 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 5 – 0 Alloa Athletic Shielfield Park
15:00 Handling 13', 51'
Currie 14'
Harding 34' (Own goal)
Noble 58'		 SFL Report Attendance: 486
Referee: Anderson
21 April 2012 Scottish Third Division Alloa Athletic 3 – 1 Stranraer Recreation Park
15:00 McCord 13', 68'
Winters 34'		 SFL Report Gallagher 25' Attendance: 617
Referee: Crawford
28 April 2012 Scottish Third Division Clyde 1 – 1 Alloa Athletic Broadwood Stadium
15:00 Scullion 65' SFL Report May 6' Attendance: 748
Referee: Steven
5 May 2012 Scottish Third Division Alloa Athletic 0 – 1 Annan Athletic Recreation Park
15:00 May 87' SFL Report Bell 31' Attendance: 2,551
Referee: Salmond

Challenge Cup
Main article: 2011–12 Scottish Challenge Cup
23 July 2011 Challenge Cup R1 Peterhead 2 – 2 (a.e.t.)
(5 – 4 p)		 Alloa Athletic Balmoor
Beasley 30'
McAllister 60'		 BBC Report McCord 16'
Wright 73'		 Attendance: 443
Referee: Hilland

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 2011–12 Scottish League Cup
30 July 2011 League Cup R1 Alloa Athletic 0 – 3 Greenock Morton Recreation Park
BBC Report Di Giacomo 29'
Jackson 67'
Weatherson 92'		 Attendance: 683
Referee: Finnie

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2011–12 Scottish Cup
22 October 2011 Round 2 Alloa Athletic 2 – 2 Annan Athletic Recreation Park
15:00 Cawley 16'
Masterton 68'		 Sky Report Cox 36'
Watson 54'		 Attendance: 490
Referee: Brines
29 October 2011 Round 2 Replay Annan Athletic 2 – 0 Alloa Athletic Galabank
15:00 Gilfillan 28'
Muirhead 85'		 Sky Report Attendance: 502
Referee: Brines

Player statistics

Squad
Last updated 5 May 2012 [9]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalThird DivisionScottish CupLeague CupChallenge Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Scotland SCO Scott Bain 340300201010
GK Scotland SCO Craig McDowall 8080000000
DF Scotland SCO Mark Docherty 314294001010
DF Scotland SCO Michael Doyle[note 1] 402362201010
DF Scotland SCO Fraser Forrest 7050200000
DF Scotland SCO Ben Gordon 375335201010
DF Scotland SCO Ryan Harding 381351101010
DF Scotland SCO Mark McCullagh 150130200000
DF Scotland SCO Ross McKinnon 161161000000
DF Scotland SCO Ross Philp 0000000000
DF Scotland SCO Allan Ramsey 0000000000
DF Scotland SCO Stirling Smith 3030000000
DF Scotland SCO Kevin McHattie 5050000000
MF Scotland SCO Paul Hartley 0000000000
MF Scotland SCO Graeme Holmes 383343201010
MF Scotland SCO Peter Innes 8070001000
MF Scotland SCO Nicholas Locke 1010000000
MF Scotland SCO Ross McCord 312281101011
MF Scotland SCO Ryan McCord 36113211201010
MF Scotland SCO Darren Young 342322100010
MF Scotland SCO Steven Masterton 162141210000
FW Scotland SCO Ryan Caddis 4020001010
FW Scotland SCO Craig Campbell 183153101010
FW Scotland SCO Kevin Cawley 3910359211010
FW Scotland SCO Steven Howarth 2020000000
FW Scotland SCO Kenny O'Brien 2020000000
FW France FRA Armand One 181141201010
FW Scotland SCO Max Wright 10170101011
FW Scotland SCO Robbie Winters 284274100000
FW Scotland SCO Stevie May 22192219000000
FW England ENG Matthew Bradley 181397424113

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 May 2012
Nation Position Name Third Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
Scotland GK Scott Bain 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2
Scotland GK Craig McDowall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Mark Docherty 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Scotland DF Michael Doyle 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland DF Fraser Forrest 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Scotland DF Ben Gordon 7 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 2
Scotland DF Ryan Harding 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
Scotland DF Mark McCullagh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Ross McKinnon 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland DF Ross Philp 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Scotland DF Allan Ramsey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Stirling Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Kevin McHattie 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland MF Paul Hartley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Graeme Holmes 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
Scotland MF Peter Innes 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland MF Nicholas Locke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Ross McCord 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland MF Ryan McCord 13 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15 0
Scotland MF Darren Young 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Scotland MF Steven Masterton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland FW Ryan Caddis 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Scotland FW Craig Campbell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland FW Kevin Cawley 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Scotland FW Steven Howarth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Kenny O'Brien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
France FW Armand One 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland FW Max Wright 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Robbie Winters 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland FW Stevie May 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Awards
Last updated 4 May 2012
Nation Name Award Month
Scotland Paul Hartley[10] Third Division Manager of the Month September
Scotland Paul Hartley[11] Third Division Manager of the Month January
Scotland Stevie May[11] Player of the Month January
Scotland Stevie May[11] Young Player of the Month January
Scotland Stevie May[11] Ginger Boot Award January
Scotland Paul Hartley[12] Third Division Manager of the Month March
Scotland Stevie May[13] Third Division Player of the Year IRN-BRU SFL End of Season Awards
Scotland Paul Hartley[13] Third Division Manager of the Season IRN-BRU SFL End of Season Awards

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Alloa Athletic (C, P) 36 23 8 5 70 39 +31 77 Promotion to the Second Division
2 Queen's Park 36 19 6 11 70 48 +22 63 Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs
3 Stranraer (P) 36 17 7 12 77 57 +20 58[lower-alpha 1]
4 Elgin City 36 16 9 11 68 60 +8 57
5 Peterhead 36 15 6 15 51 53 −2 51
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. Stranraer advanced to the final of the Second Division play-offs but were defeated by Albion Rovers, who retained their place in the Second Division. However, following the demotion of Rangers to the Third Division, Dundee were promoted from the First Division to the SPL, Airdrie United promoted from the Second to the First Division, and Stranraer were promoted from the Third to the Second Division.

Transfers

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  1. Players Name is James Michael Doyle, Some match reports refer to Michael Doyle others James Doyle
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