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

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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season
2 July 2011 Friendly Brora Rangers 0 – 2 Ross County Dudgeon Park
Fan Site Report Craig 33'
Duncan 85'		 Referee: Jim Lyon
5 July 2011 Friendly Clachnacuddin 0 – 2 Ross County Grant Street Park
Fan Site Report Munro
Corcoran 80'		 Referee: Graham Fraser
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
12 July 2011 Friendly Keith 0 – 2 Ross County Kynoch Park
Fan Site Report Brittain
McMenamin
16 July 2011 Friendly Kilmarnock 2 – 1 Ross County Rugby Park
Harkins 1'
Buijs 6'		 Scotsman Report Corcoran 74'

Scottish First Division
Main article: 2011-12 Scottish First Division
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 Red card 41'
Byrne 77'		 Attendance: 1,744
Referee: Calum Murray
20 August 2011 First Division Ross County 2 – 0 Queen of the South Victoria Park
Kettlewell Red card 70'
Craig 87', 90'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 2,065
Referee: Steve Conroy
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 Red card 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 Red card 64'		 BBC Sport Sinclair 40'
Watson Yellow card 65' Red card		 Attendance: 2,047
Referee: Northcroft
24 September 2011 First Division Raith Rovers 0 – 1 Ross County Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
BBC Sport Boyd 82' Attendance: 1,479
Referee: John McKendrick
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
22 October 2011 First Division Ross County 1 – 0 Hamilton Academical Victoria Park, Dingwall
Munro 31' BBC Sport Attendance: 2,431
Referee: Allan
29 October 2011 First Division Greenock Morton 0 – 2 Ross County Cappielow Park, Greenock
BBC Sport Kettlewell 34'
Stewart 90' (o.g.)		 Attendance: 1,748
Referee: Richmond
5 November 2011 First Division Partick Thistle 0 – 1 Ross County Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
BBC Sport Vigurs 26' Attendance: 2,472
Referee: Norris
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
26 November 2011 First Division Livingston 0 – 3 Ross County Braidwood Motor Company Stadium, Livingston
Boulding Red card 56' SFL Report Gardyne 65'
McMenamin 72', 74'		 Attendance: 1,628
Referee: Tumilty
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
10 December 2011 First Division Ayr United P – P Ross County Somerset Park, Ayr
17 December 2011 First Division Ross County 1 – 1 Dundee Victoria Park, Dingwall
McMenamin 82' SFL Report Milne 35'
O'Donnell Red card 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
2 January 2012 First Division Ross County P – P Partick Thistle Victoria Park, Dingwall
14 January 2012 First Division Queen of the South 0 – 0 Ross County Palmerston Park, Dumfries
BBC Sport Attendance: 1,314
Referee: Brines
21 January 2012 First Division Ross County P – P Greenock Morton Victoria Park, Dingwall
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 Red card 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
3 March 2012 First Division Ross County 2 – 1 Queen of the South Victoria Park, Dingwall
Vigurs 23' Gardyne 72' SFL Report McGuffie 57' Attendance: 2,578
Referee: O'Reilly
6 March 2012 First Division Ross County 3 – 0 Partick Thistle Victoria Park, Dingwall
McMenamin 30'
Vigurs 36'
Gardyne 50'		 SFL Report Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Brines
10 March 2012 First Division Hamilton Academical 0 – 2 Ross County New Douglas Park, Hamilton
SFL Sport McMenamin 7'
Boyd 16'		 Attendance: 1,743
Referee: McKendrick
17 March 2012 First Division Ross County 2 – 1 Falkirk Victoria Park, Dingwall
Brittain 19' (Penalty)
Quinn 25'		 SFL Report McGovern Red card 16'
Millar 62'
El Alagui Yellow card 82' Red card		 Attendance: 4,302
Referee: Brines
24 March 2012 First Division Partick Thistle 0 – 1 Ross County Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
BBC Sport McMenamin 44' Attendance: 2,480
Referee: Beaton
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
7 April 2012 First Division Livingston 1 – 3 Ross County Braidwood Motor Company Stadium, Livingston
Boulding 46' SFL Report McMenamin 38', 69'
Vigurs 86'		 Attendance: 2,004
Referee: Richmond
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 Yellow card 80' Red card		 BBC Sport McBride Red card 80' Attendance: 4,350
Referee: McKendrick
21 April 2012 First Division Greenock Morton 1 – 1 Ross County Cappielow Park, Greenock
Smyth 41' SFL Report McMenamin 6' Attendance: 1,306
Referee: Winter
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
Main article: 2011–12 Scottish Cup
19 November 2011 Scottish Cup round 3 Ross County 4 – 0 Albion Rovers Victoria Park, Dingwall
Gardyne (9)
Lawson 27'		 BBC Report Attendance: 1,353
Referee: Clancy
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 Red card 37'
Hasselbaink 53'		 Attendance: 2,334
Referee: Madden

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 2011–12 Scottish League Cup
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 Red card 40'		 Attendance: 949
Referee: Frank McDermott
23 August 2011 Scottish League Cup round 2 Hamilton Academical 1 – 2 Ross County New Douglas Park, Hamilton
Chambers 2' (pen.) BBC Sport Gardyne 65'
Craig 82'		 Attendance: 828
Referee: Mike Tumilty
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
Main article: 2011–12 Scottish Challenge Cup
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

Captains
No. P Name Country No. games Notes
MF Richard Brittain Scotland 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
Last updated 5 May 2012[8]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalScottish First DivisionScottish CupLeague CupChallenge Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Scotland SCO Joe Malin 100+001+000+000+00
GK Scotland SCO Michael Fraser 42035+003+003+001+00
DF Scotland SCO Scott Boyd 41233+124+003+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Grant Munro 40233+023+003+001+00
DF Northern Ireland NIR Johnny Flynn 1013+401+001+011+00
DF Scotland SCO Darren McCormack 000+000+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Gary Miller 43135+014+002+101+00
DF Scotland SCO Scott Morrison 27122+103+000+001+01
MF Scotland SCO Richard Brittain 411133+193+023+001+00
MF Scotland SCO Mark Corcoran 3807+2402+102+100+10
MF Scotland SCO Marc Fitzpatrick 17013+001+003+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Rocco Quinn 32316+1131+202+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Alex Cooper 200+000+200+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Stuart Kettlewell 32526+153+001+100+00
MF Scotland SCO Russell Duncan 700+401+001+000+10
MF Scotland SCO Paul Lawson 37330+222+012+001+00
MF Scotland SCO Iain Vigurs 34726+353+021+001+00
FW Northern Ireland NIR Sam Morrow 1344+731+110+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Steven Craig 3168+1743+011+111+00
FW Scotland SCO Michael Gardyne 401729+4123+042+111+00
FW Scotland SCO Garry Wood 000+000+000+000+00
FW Republic of Ireland IRL Kurtis Byrne 2131+1210+421+200+10
FW Scotland SCO Colin McMenamin 392033+0192+002+111+00

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 May 2012
Nation Position Name Scottish First 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
ScotlandGKJoe Malin 0000000000
ScotlandGKMichael Fraser 0000000000
ScotlandDFScott Boyd 4000000040
ScotlandDFGrant Munro 1000000010
Northern IrelandDFJohnny Flynn 0100000001
ScotlandDFDarren McCormack 0000000000
ScotlandDFGary Miller 4110001061
ScotlandDFScott Morrison 0000000000
ScotlandMFRichard Brittain 7000000070
ScotlandMFMark Corcoran 2000100030
ScotlandMFMarc Fitzpatrick 2010000030
ScotlandMFRocco Quinn 5100100061
ScotlandMFAlex Cooper 0000000000
ScotlandMFStuart Kettlewell 7110000081
ScotlandMFRussell Duncan 0000000000
ScotlandMFPaul Lawson 6000000060
ScotlandMFIain Vigurs 100200000120
Northern IrelandFWSam Morrow 0000000000
ScotlandFWSteven Craig 0100000001
ScotlandFWMichael Gardyne 4000000040
ScotlandFWGarry Wood 0000000000
Republic of IrelandFWKurtis Byrne 2000000020
ScotlandFWColin McMenamin 6000200080

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

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Ross County (C) 36 22 13 1 72 32 +40 79 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Dundee (P) 36 15 10 11 53 43 +10 55[lower-alpha 1]
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

Transfers

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