2019–20 Alloa Athletic F.C. season

The 2019–20 season is Alloa Athletic's 2nd consecutive season in the Scottish Championship. Alloa also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Alloa Athletic
2019–20 season
ChairmanMike Mulraney
ManagerPeter Grant
StadiumRecreation Park
Scottish Championship8th
Scottish CupFourth round
League CupGroup stage
Challenge CupFourth Round

Competitions
Win Draw Loss

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PPG Promotion, qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
6 Dunfermline Athletic 28 10 7 11 41 36 +5 37 1.32
7 Greenock Morton 28 10 6 12 45 52 −7 36 1.29
8 Alloa Athletic 28 7 10 11 33 43 −10 31 1.11
9 Queen of the South 28 7 7 14 28 40 −12 28 1.00
10 Partick Thistle (R) 27 6 8 13 32 47 −15 26 0.96 Relegation to League One
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland.[1]

Results
Main article: 2019–20 Scottish Championship
Win Draw Loss
DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendanceRefereeRef.
3 August 2019 – 15:00Partick ThistleHome1–1Hetherington1,672Walsh[2]
10 August 2019 – 15:00Greenock MortonAway1–4Cawley1,646Ross[3]
24 August 2019 – 15:00 Arbroath Away 0–1 — 661 Steven [4]
31 August 2019 – 15:00 Queen of the South Away 1–0 Trouten 1,294 Duncan [5]
14 September 2019 – 15:00 Dundee Away 1–2 Dick 4,453 Newlands [6]
21 September 2019 – 15:00 Ayr United Home 1–4 O'Hara 902 Lowe [7]
28 September 2019 – 15:00 Dunfermline Athletic Away 1–1 Brown 3,496 Steven [8]
4 October 2019 – 15:00 Dundee United Home 1–0 O'Hara 1,717 Aitken [9]
19 October 2019 – 15:00 Inverness Away 2–2 Buchanan, Trouten 2,036 Roncone [10]
26 October 2019 – 15:00 Queen of the South Home 2–2 Trouten, O'Hara 875 Lowe [11]
29 October 2019 – 19:45 Dundee Home 0–3 — 1,218 Cook [12]
2 November 2019 – 15:00 Arbroath Away 1–2 Trouten 921 Beaton [13]
9 November 2019 – 15:00 Dunfermline Athletic Away 2–1 Trouten, Cawley 1,602 Napier [14]
26 November 2019 – 15:00 Partick Thistle Away 1–1 Trouten 1,714 Munro [15]
30 November 2019 – 15:00Inverness Caledonian ThistleHome0–2—721Aitken[16]
7 December 2019 – 15:00Dundee UnitedAway 1–2 Reynolds (o.g.) 7,615 Dallas [17]
14 December 2019 – 15:00 Ayr United Away 1–2 O'Hara 1,117 Munro [18]
21 December 2019 – 15:00 Greenock Morton Home 0–2 — 727 Clancy [19]
28 December 2019 – 15:00 Dunfermline Athletic Away 3–1 Brown, O'Hara, Flannigan (pen.) 4,257 Reid [20]
4 January 2020 – 15:00 Partick Thistle Home 1–1 Brown 1,827 Munro [21]
21 January 2020 – 19:45 Arbroath Home 2–0 O'Hara (2) 765 Napier [22]
25 January 2020 – 15:00 Queen of the South Away 3–2 O'Hara (2), Thomson 1,169 Duncan [23]
1 February 2020 – 15:00 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Away 1–1 Flannigan (pen.) 1,914 Clancy [24]
14 February 2020 – 19:05Dundee UnitedHome0–0—1,442McLean[25]
22 February 2020 – 15:00Greenock MortonAway4–4Trouten, Cawley, O'Hara, Deas1,214Beaton[26]
29 February 2020 – 15:00Ayr UnitedHome0–2—915Aitken[27]
3 March 2020 – 19:45DundeeAway0–0—4,356Roncone[28]
7 March 2020 – 15:00Inverness Caledonian ThistleHome2–0Connelly, Trouten712Kirkland[29]

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2019–20 Scottish Cup
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance Referee Ref.
23 November 2019 – 15:00Third roundElgin CityAway3–1Taggart, Cawley, O'Hara668Lambie[30]
18 January 2020 – 15:00Fourth roundInverness Caledonian ThistleHome2–3Cawley, O'Hara590Collum[31]

Challenge Cup
Main article: 2019–20 Scottish Challenge Cup
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance Ref.
7 September 2019 – 15:00 Third round Dunfermline Athletic Away 1–2 Robert Thomson, Trouten 1,448 [32]
12 October 2019 – 15:00 Fourth round Inverness Away 3–0 973 [33]

League Cup
Main article: 2019–20 Scottish League Cup
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance Ref.
16 July 2019 – 19:45 Group stage Elgin City Home 3–3 (Elgin win 5–6 on pens) Trouten, Buchanan, Cawley 316 [34]
20 July 2019 – 15:00 Group stage Hibernian Away 3–0 5,470 [35]
23 July 2019 – 19:45 Group stage Stirling Albion Home 2–1 O'Hara, Buchanan 412 [36]
27 July 2019 – 15:00 Group stage Arbroath Away 2–3 Buchanan, Trouten (2) 590 [37]

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Hibernian 4 3 1 0 0 8 1 +7 11 Qualification for the Second Round
2 Alloa Athletic 4 2 0 1 1 8 8 0 7
3 Arbroath 4 2 0 0 2 10 8 +2 6
4 Elgin City 4 1 1 0 2 7 7 0 5
5 Stirling Albion 4 0 0 1 3 3 12 −9 1
Source: [38]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[39]

Player details

As of 3 August 2019

No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish Championship Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland Neil Parry 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Scotland Scott Taggart 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Scotland Liam Dick 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF Scotland Robbie Deas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF Scotland Andy Graham (C) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 MF England Steven Hetherington 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 FW Scotland Kevin Cawley 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Scotland Jon Robertson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW Scotland Liam Buchanan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 FW Scotland Alan Trouten 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 MF Scotland Iain Flannigan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF Scotland Adam Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF Scotland Nathan Gilhooley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW Scotland Kevin O'Hara 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF Scotland Blair Malcolm 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 FW Scotland Robert Thomson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 DF Scotland Cameron O'Donnell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF Scotland Paul Gillespie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 GK Scotland Chris Henry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 GK Scotland Jamie MacDonald 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left the club during the season:
22 MF Scotland Andy Stirling 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Transfers

Transfers in
Date from Position Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2019 FW Liam Buchanan Raith Rovers Free transfer [40]
MF Andy Stirling Queen of the South [41]
FW Robert Thomson Greenock Morton [42]
15 July 2019 FW Kevin O'Hara Falkirk [43]
2 August 2019 MF Blair Malcolm Cowdenbeath [44]

Transfers out
Date Position Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2019 MF Jordan Kirkpatrick Forfar Athletic Free transfer [45]
Reis Peggie East Stirlingshire [46]
FW Ahmed Aloulou Released [40]
MF Jim Goodwin Retired [47]
DF Zdravko Karadachki Released [40]
2 September 2019 MF Andy Stirling Released [48]

Loans in
Date Position Name From End date Ref.
8 August 2019 DF Robbie Deas Celtic Reserves End of season [49]
13 September 2019 GK Jamie MacDonald Kilmarnock 31 December 2019 [50]

See also

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