2011–12 Arbroath F.C. season

Arbroath
2011–12 season
Chairman John Christison
Manager Paul Sheerin
Stadium Gayfield Park
Scottish Second Division Second place
Challenge Cup Round one
League Cup Round one
Scottish Cup Round four
Top goalscorer League:
Steven Doris (21)
All:
Steven Doris (21)
Highest home attendance
1,125 vs. Cowdenbeath, 18 February 2012
Lowest home attendance
572 vs. Stenhousemuir, 29 October 2011

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

Summary

Arbroath finished second in the Second Division,[2] entering the play-offs losing 2–1 to Dumbarton on aggregate in the semi final and remained in the Second Division.[3] They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup,[4] the first round of the League Cup[5] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup, losing 4–0 to Scottish Premier League side Rangers.[6]

Results and fixtures

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Second Division

First Division Play-offs

Scottish Cup

Challenge Cup

League Cup

Squad

Last updated 13 May 2012 [7]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalSecond Division Scottish Cup League Cup Other[a]
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland Darren Hill 41 0 35 0 2 0 1 0 3 0
GK Scotland Michael White 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland Mark Baxter 35 0 29 0 2 0 1 0 3 0
DF Australia Beau Busch 22 0 20 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF Scotland Graham Girvan 7 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
DF Scotland Stuart Malcolm 36 6 31 5 1 0 1 0 3 1
DF Scotland Kieran McAnespie 31 4 25 4 2 0 1 0 3 0
DF Scotland Craig Wedderburn 30 0 27 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
DF Scotland Connaire Connelly 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland Chris Innes 14 2 12 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
MF Iran Pedram Ardalany 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF England Josh Falkingham 41 8 35 8 2 0 1 0 3 0
MF Scotland Keith Gibson 33 2 27 2 2 0 1 0 3 0
MF Scotland Brian Kerr 41 0 35 0 2 0 1 0 3 0
MF Scotland Paul Sheerin 33 7 29 6 2 1 0 0 2 0
MF Scotland Martin Strachan 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
MF Scotland Kevin Brown 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland Carlo Monti 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland Liam Caddis 23 3 20 3 1 0 0 0 2 0
MF Scotland Connor Birse 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW Scotland Lee Bryce 14 1 10 1 2 0 1 0 1 0
FW Scotland Steven Doris 39 21 33 21 2 0 1 0 3 0
FW Scotland Jordan Elfverson 8 1 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 1
FW Scotland Jake Mair 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland Lee Sibanda 39 8 34 8 2 0 1 0 2 0
FW Scotland Gavin Swankie 38 11 34 11 2 0 0 0 2 0
FW Trinidad and Tobago Collin Samuel 15 4 13 4 0 0 0 0 2 0
FW Scotland Kieran McWalter 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland Dale Robertson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the play-offs and the 2011–12 Scottish Challenge Cup.

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 13 May 2012
Nation Position Name Second Division Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
Scotland GK Darren Hill 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Scotland GK Michael White 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Mark Baxter 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Australia DF Beau Busch 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland DF Graham Girvan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland DF Stuart Malcolm 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
Scotland DF Kieran McAnespie 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
Scotland DF Craig Wedderburn 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Scotland DF Connaire Connelly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Chris Innes 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
Scotland MF Pedram Ardallany 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland MF Josh Falkingham 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Scotland MF Keith Gibson 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Scotland MF Brian Kerr 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland MF Paul Sheerin 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 0
Scotland MF Martin Strachan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Kevin Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Liam Caddis 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland MF Connor Birse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Lee Bryce 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland FW Steven Doris 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1
Scotland FW Jordan Elfverson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland FW Jake Mair 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland FW Lee Sibanda 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 8 0
Scotland FW Gavin Swankie 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Trinidad and Tobago FW Collin Samuel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Kieran McWalter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Dale Robertson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Awards

Last updated 28 March 2012
Nation Name Award Month
Scotland Paul Sheerin[8] Second Division Manager of the Month August
Scotland Steven Doris[9] Player of the Month February

Team statistics

League Table

Team
Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 Cowdenbeath 362011568293971
2 Arbroath 361712776512563
3 Dumbarton 36177126161058
4 Airdrie United 361410126860852
5 Stenhousemuir 36156155449551
6 East Fife 36146165557-248
7 Forfar Athletic 36119165972-1342
8 Brechin City 361011154762-1541
9 Albion Rovers 36107194366-2337
10 Stirling Albion 3697204670-2434
Promotion to the First Division Last updated: 00:01, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
Qualification to the First Division Play-offs
Qualification to the Second Division Play-offs
Relegation to the Third Division

Transfers

Players in

Player From Fee
Scotland Craig Wedderburn Scotland Raith Rovers Free[10]
Scotland Lee Bryce Scotland Raith Rovers Free[11]
Scotland Brian Kerr Unattached Free[12]
Scotland Michael White Scotland Dumbarton Free[13]
Scotland Graham Girvan Scotland Clyde Free[13]
Australia Beau Busch Australia Manly United Free[14]
Scotland Baxter, MarkMark Baxter Scotland Arbroath Free[15]
Scotland Elfverson, JordanJordan Elfverson Scotland Dundee United Free[16]
Scotland Brown, KevinKevin Brown Iceland BÍ/Bolungarvík Free[17]
Iran Ardalany, PedramPedram Ardalany Scotland Arthurlie Free[17]
Scotland Caddis, LiamLiam Caddis Scotland St Johnstone Loan[18]
Trinidad and Tobago Samuel, CollinCollin Samuel England Luton Town Free[19]
Scotland Innes, ChrisChris Innes Scotland Inverness Caledonian Thistle Free[20]

Players out

Player To Fee
Scotland Ross Chisholm Scotland Dundee Free[21]
Scotland Dimilta, DavidDavid Dimilta Scotland Montrose Free[22]
Scotland Sheerin, JordynJordyn Sheerin Scotland East Stirlingshire[23] Free[24]
Scotland Rattray, AlanAlan Rattray Scotland Peterhead Free[25]
Scotland McGowan, DavidDavid McGowan Scotland Montrose Free[26]
Scotland McMullan, KevinKevin McMullan Scotland St Andrews[27] Free[24]
Scotland Strachan, AdamAdam Strachan Scotland Clydebank Free[28]
Scotland Deane, PatrickPatrick Deane Scotland Jeanfield Swifts Free[29]
Northern Ireland Griffin, DannyDanny Griffin Free Agent Free[30]
Scotland Shields, JayJay Shields Scotland Bo'ness United[31] Free[30]
Scotland Thomson, DarranDarran Thomson Scotland Spartans[32] Free[30]
Scotland Brown, KevinKevin Brown Scotland Montrose Loan[33]
Scotland Bryce, LeeLee Bryce Free Agent Free[34]
Scotland Ardalany, PedramPedram Ardalany Scotland Arthurlie[35] Free[34]
Scotland Graham Girvan Scotland Petershill Loan[36]

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