2011–12 Stranraer F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Stranraer's third consecutive season in the Scottish Third Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2008–09 season.[1] Stranraer also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Stranraer
2011–12 season
ManagerKeith Knox
StadiumStair Park
Scottish Third DivisionThird
Challenge CupRound one
League CupRound one
Scottish CupRound three
Top goalscorerLeague:
Craig Malcolm (14)

All:
Craig Malcolm (18)
Highest home attendance
592 vs. Annan Athletic, 31 December 2011
Lowest home attendance
260 vs. Berwick Rangers, 20 August 2011

Summary

Stranraer finished third in the Third Division.[2] They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup,[3] the first round of the League Cup[4] and the third round of the Scottish Cup.[5]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

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 Queen's Park 2–0 Stranraer Hampden Park
Longworth  34'
Daly  47'
BBC Report Attendance: 626
Referee: Robertson
20 August 2011 Scottish Third Division Stranraer 2–1 Berwick Rangers Stair Park
Aitken  62'
Malcolm  64'
BBC Report McLaren  77' Attendance: 260
Referee: Cook
27 August 2011 Scottish Third Division Montrose 0–6 Stranraer Links Park
Smart  59' BBC Report McColm  38' (42)
Aitken  46'
Moore  68' (79)
Malcolm  72'
Attendance: 302
Referee: Aitken
10 September 2011 Scottish Third Division Stranraer 4–2 Annan Athletic Stair Park
Aitken  29' (83), pen.'
McColm  55' (71)
BBC Report Gibson  44'
Muirhead  64' (pen.)
Attendance: 396
Referee: Robertson
17 September 2011 Scottish Third Division East Stirlingshire 1–3 Stranraer Ochilview Park
15:00 Stirling  19'
Stirling  72' 
BBC Report Noble  12'
McColm  70'
Moore  90'
Attendance: 271
Referee: Clancy
24 September 2011 Scottish Third Division Stranraer 1–0 Elgin City Stair Park
15:00 Shepherd  15' BBC Report Attendance: 365
Referee: Charleston
1 October 2011 Scottish Third Division Stranraer 0–0 Clyde Stair Park
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 363
Referee: Beaton
15 October 2011 Scottish Third Division Peterhead 1–3 Queen's Park Balmoor Stadium
McAllister  68' SFL Report McKeown  12'
Stirling  39'
Moore  90'
Attendance: 405
Referee: Barry Cook
29 October 2011 Scottish Third Division Stranraer 2–3 Queen's Park Stair Park
15:00 Grehan  23'
Malcolm  29'
BBC Report Longworth  12'
Smith  72'
Watt  89'
Attendance: 390
Referee: Anderson
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
12 November 2011 Scottish Third Division Stranraer 4–4 Montrose Stair Park
15:00 Winter  7'
Malcolm  18' (19)
Grehan  53'
Mitchell  63'
SFL Report Pierce  64' (69)
Winter  70' (74)
Attendance: 326
Referee: Don Robertson
3 December 2011 Scottish Third Division Elgin City 1–1 Stranraer Borough Briggs
15:00 Millar  9' SFL Report Stirling  63' Attendance: 520
Referee: Northcroft
6 December 2011 Scottish Third Division Annan Athletic 0–3 Stranraer Galabank
19:30 Report McColm  18'
Grehan  31'
Stirling  79'
Attendance: 304
Referee: Hilland
10 December 2011 Scottish Third Division Stranraer 6–0 East Stirlingshire Stair Park
15:00 Stirling  30' (Penalty), 32'
Winter  33'
McColm  58'
Taggart  63'
Moore  83'
SFL Report Attendance: 276
Referee: Roache
17 December 2011 Scottish Third Division Stranraer 2–1 Peterhead Stair Park
15:00 Moore  80'
Stirling  90'
SFL Report Deasley  58' Attendance: 290
Referee: Aitken
26 December 2011 Scottish Third Division Clyde 1–1 Stranraer Broadwood Stadium
15:00 McDonald  28' SFL Report Grehan  18' Attendance: 556
Referee: Anderson
31 December 2011 Scottish Third Division Stranraer 4–2 Annan Athletic Stair Park
15:00 Winter  41', 69'
Stirling  61' (Penalty)
Malcolm  88'
SFL Report Harty  36' (Penalty)
O'Connor  59'
Attendance: 592
Referee: Graham
7 January 2012 Scottish Third Division Montrose 1–3 Stranraer Links Park
15:00 Boyle  3' SFL Report Winter  38', 83'
Malcolm  73'
Attendance: 257
Referee: Barry Cook
14 January 2012 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 2–2 Stranraer Shielfield Park
15:00 Notman  10'
Currie  32'
SFL Report McColm  6'
Malcolm  75'
Attendance: 438
Referee: Salmond
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 Stranraer 5–2 Elgin City Stair Park
15:00 Moore  22', 71'
Malcolm  33'
Stirling  53' (Penalty)
Taggart  68'
SFL Report Nicolson  13', 41' Attendance: 285
Referee: Anderson
4 February 2012 Scottish Third Division East Stirlingshire 2–2 Stranraer Ochilview Park
15:00 Maxwell  3'
Horner  45'
SFL Report Stirling  33'
Aitken  89' (Penalty)
Attendance: 275
Referee: Conroy
11 February 2012 Scottish Third Division Peterhead 1–1 Stranraer Balmoor Stadium
15:00 McAllister  42' (Penalty) SFL Report Malcolm  1' Attendance: 435
Referee: Finnie
18 February 2012 Scottish Third Division Stranraer 1–0 Clyde Stair Park
15:00 Stirling  54' SFL Report Attendance: 385
Referee: Hilland
25 February 2012 Scottish Third Division Queen's Park 3–2 Stranraer Hampden Park
15:00 Murray  33', 62'
Ronald  81'
SFL Report Malcolm  24'
Aitken  42'
McKeown  68'
Attendance: 637
Referee: Dallas
3 March 2012 Scottish Third Division Stranraer 1–3 Berwick Rangers Stair Park
15:00 McColm  45' SFL Report Noble  27'
McLaren  68'
Ferguson  80'
Attendance: 330
Referee: Anderson
10 March 2012 Scottish Third Division Annan Athletic 1–3 Stranraer Galabank
15:00 Swinglehurst  4' SFL Report Aitken  13' (Penalty)
McKeown  45+2'
Malcolm  87'
Attendance: 491
Referee: Robertson
17 March 2012 Scottish Third Division Stranraer 3–1 Montrose Stair Park
15:00 Moore  58'
Malcolm  65', 90'
SFL Report Boyle  45'
Smart  91' 
Attendance: 287
Referee: Hilland
24 March 2012 Scottish Third Division Stranraer 4–1 East Stirlingshire Stair Park
15:00 Malcolm  9'
Moore  17'
Devlin  45' (Own goal)
Stirling  52'
SFL Report Turner  90' Attendance: 304
Referee: Dallas
31 March 2012 Scottish Third Division Elgin City 1–2 Stranraer Borough Briggs
15:00 MacPhee  58' SFL Report Moore  67'
Stirling  74'
Attendance: 685
Referee: Aitken
7 April 2012 Scottish Third Division Clyde 2–1 Stranraer Broadwood Stadium
15:00 Brannan  55'
Belkouche  63' (Own goal)
SFL Report Moore  6' Attendance: 506
Referee: Graham
14 April 2012 Scottish Third Division Stranraer 0–3 Peterhead Stair Park
15:00 SFL Report Malcolm  34', 75'
Mcbain  82'
Attendance: 291
Referee: Robertson
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 Stranraer 2–3 Queen's Park Stair Park
15:00 Grehan  64'
Aitken  73' (Penalty)
SFL Report Longworth  10', 65'
Quinn  67'
Attendance: 458
Referee: Clancy
5 May 2012 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 1–0 Stranraer Shielfield Park
15:00 Handling  70'
Miller  84' 
SFL Report Attendance: 402
Referee: Barry Cook

Second Division Play-offs

9 May 2012 Play-offs SF R1 Stranraer 3–1 Queen's Park Stair Park
19:45 Winter  17', 68'
Malcolm  22'
SFL Report Quinn  48' Attendance: 481
Referee: Madden
12 May 2012 Play-offs SF R2 Queen's Park 0–2
(1–5 agg.)
Stranraer Hampden Park
15:00 SFL Report Malcolm  12'
Grehan  20'
Attendance: 1,188
Referee: Somers
16 May 2012 Play-offs Final R1 Stranraer 2–0 Albion Rovers Stair Park
19:45 McKeown  39'
Moore  90'
SFL Report Attendance: 506
Referee: O'Reilly
20 May 2012 Play-offs Final R2 Albion Rovers 3–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–3 agg.)
(5–3 p)
Stranraer Cliftonhill
15:00 Chaplain  6', 33'
Love  25'
SFL Report Grehan  27' Attendance: 1,008
Referee: Winter
Penalties
Stevenson
McStay
Werndly
O'Byrne
Donnelly
McKeown
Moore
Taggart
Stirling

Challenge Cup

23 July 2011 Challenge Cup R1 Stranraer 0–8 Greenock Morton Stair Park
BBC Report Andy Jackson  19', 42', 77', 86'
Paul di Giacomo  53', 54', 64', 69'
Attendance: 374
Referee: McKendrick

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

22 October 2011 Scottish Cup Round 2 Wigtown & Bladnoch 0–9 Stranraer Trammondford Park
15:00 Sky Report Winter  11' (60), 77'
Malcolm  13' (45)
Aitken  38'
Grehan  43' (71)
McLom  88'
Attendance: 450
Referee: Graham
19 November 2011 Scottish Cup Round 3 Stranraer 1–1 Forfar Athletic Stair Park
15;00 Gallagher  20'
McKeown  89'
BBC Report Templeman  32' Attendance: 340
Referee: Colvin
26 November 2011 Scottish Cup Round 3 Replay Forfar Athletic 3–0 Stranraer Station Park
15;00 Ross  67'
Templeman  76'
Gibson  87'
BBC Report Attendance: 423
Referee: Colvin

Player statistics

Squad

Last updated 20 May 2012 [6]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalThird DivisionScottish CupLeague CupOther[a]
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Ryan Marshall 130130000000
GK David Mitchell 330240301050
DF Stewart Devine 2000001010
DF David McGregor 310250200040
DF Mark Durnan 4040000000
DF Grant Gallagher 352271201150
DF John Kane 370320201020
DF Ryan Kennedy 4020001010
DF Frank McKeown 414332311041
DF Paul Murphy 6040001010
DF Zakaria Belkouche 6060000000
MF Ryan Borris 10080000020
MF Scott Taggart 312242300040
MF Stephen Stirling 33122612300040
MF Dean Agnew 4040000000
MF Chris Aitken 3410269211050
MF Angus Cochrane 5040000010
MF Andrew Carnaghan 1010000000
MF Danny Mitchell 11090001010
MF Steven Noble 401311301050
MF Nathan Shepherd 281241301000
MF Sean Winter 4412357331052
FW Craig Malcolm 44183514321052
FW Stuart McColm 3910329311030
FW Michael Moore 39143113300051
FW Martin Grehan 349275320042
FW Blair Dougan 1010000000
a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the play-offs and the 2011–12 Scottish Challenge Cup.

Disciplinary Record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 20 May 2012
Nation Position Name Third Division Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
GK Ryan Marshall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK David Mitchell 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
DF Stewart Devine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF David McGregor 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
DF Mark Durnan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Grant Gallagher 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
DF John Kane 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
DF Ryan Kennedy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Frank McKeown 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
DF Paul Murphy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF Ryan Borris 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
MF Scott Taggart 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
MF Stephen Stirling 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
MF Dean Agnew 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Chris Aitken 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
MF Angus Cochrane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Andrew Carnaghan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Danny Mitchell 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
MF Steven Noble 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
MF Nathan Shepherd 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF Sean Winter 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
FW Craig Malcolm 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
FW Stuart McColm 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
FW Michael Moore 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 7 0
FW Martin Grehan 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
FW Blair Dougan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Awards

Last updated 21 December 2011
Nation Name Award Month
Keith Knox[7] Third Division Manager of the Month December
Stephen Stirling[7] Young Player of the Month December
Stephen Stirling[7] Ginger Boot Winner December

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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