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

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  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
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  45'
Bain  56' 
Attendance: 522
Referee: Barry Cook
5 November 2011 Scottish Third Division Alloa Athletic 1 – 0 Stranraer Recreation Park
15:00 McCord  58'
Gordon  91' 
SFL Report Attendance: 502
Referee: Aitken
8 November 2011 Scottish Third Division Clyde 0 – 1 Alloa Athletic Broadwood Stadium
19:45 SFL Report Forrest  32' 
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
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  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
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  84' 
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  84' Attendance: 807
Referee: Robertson
31 March 2012 Scottish Third Division Montrose 0 – 2 Alloa Athletic Links Park
15:00 Campbell  79' SFL Report Harding  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  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

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

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 Scott Bain 340300201010
GK Craig McDowall 8080000000
DF Mark Docherty 314294001010
DF Michael Doyle[note 1] 402362201010
DF Fraser Forrest 7050200000
DF Ben Gordon 375335201010
DF Ryan Harding 381351101010
DF Mark McCullagh 150130200000
DF Ross McKinnon 161161000000
DF Ross Philp 0000000000
DF Allan Ramsey 0000000000
DF Stirling Smith 3030000000
DF Kevin McHattie 5050000000
MF Paul Hartley 0000000000
MF Graeme Holmes 383343201010
MF Peter Innes 8070001000
MF Nicholas Locke 1010000000
MF Ross McCord 312281101011
MF Ryan McCord 36113211201010
MF Darren Young 342322100010
MF Steven Masterton 162141210000
FW Ryan Caddis 4020001010
FW Craig Campbell 183153101010
FW Kevin Cawley 3910359211010
FW Steven Howarth 2020000000
FW Kenny O'Brien 2020000000
FW Armand One 181141201010
FW Max Wright 10170101011
FW Robbie Winters 284274100000
FW Stevie May 22192219000000
FW 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
GK Scott Bain 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2
GK Craig McDowall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Mark Docherty 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
DF Michael Doyle 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
DF Fraser Forrest 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
DF Ben Gordon 7 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 2
DF Ryan Harding 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
DF Mark McCullagh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Ross McKinnon 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
DF Ross Philp 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
DF Allan Ramsey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Stirling Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Kevin McHattie 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
MF Paul Hartley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Graeme Holmes 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
MF Peter Innes 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
MF Nicholas Locke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Ross McCord 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
MF Ryan McCord 13 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15 0
MF Darren Young 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
MF Steven Masterton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW Ryan Caddis 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
FW Craig Campbell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW Kevin Cawley 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
FW Steven Howarth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Kenny O'Brien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Armand One 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
FW Max Wright 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Robbie Winters 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW Stevie May 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Awards

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