2011–12 Elgin City F.C. season

Elgin City

2011–12 season
Chairman	Graham Tatters
Manager	Ross Jack
Stadium	Borough Briggs
Scottish Third Division	Fourth
Challenge Cup	Round two
League Cup	Round one
Scottish Cup	Round three
Top goalscorer	League: Craig Gunn (18) All: Craig Gunn (21)
Highest home attendance	901 vs. Montrose, 28 April 2012
Lowest home attendance	431 vs. Peterhead, 14 February 2012
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 season was Elgin City's twelfth consecutive season in the Scottish Third Division, having been admitted to the Scottish Football League at the start of the 2000–01 season.^[1] Elgin also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and Scottish Cup.

Summary

Elgin finished fourth in the Third Division entering the play offs,^[2] they lost 2–1 on aggregate in the semi final and remained in the third division.^[3] They reached the second round of the Challenge Cup,^[4] the first round of the League Cup^[5] and the third round of the Scottish Cup.^[6]

Results & fixtures

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Third Division

Elgin City v Berwick Rangers

6 August 2011 Scottish Third Division	Elgin City	4 – 1	Berwick Rangers	Borough Briggs
	Gunn  17' (20), pen.' (51), 70'	BBC Report	Currie  84'	Attendance: 534 Referee: McKendrick

Montrose v Elgin City

13 August 2011 Scottish Third Division	Montrose	3 – 0	Elgin City	Links Park
	Boyle  11' (36) Crawford  50' (pen.)	BBC Report		Attendance: 349 Referee: Robertson

Elgin City v Queen's Park

20 August 2011 Scottish Third Division	Elgin City	2 – 0	Queen's Park	Borough Briggs
	Beveridge  7' Gunn  29'	BBC Report		Attendance: 591 Referee: Dallas

Elgin City v East Stirlingshire

27 August 2011 Scottish Third Division	Elgin City	2 – 0	East Stirlingshire	Borough Briggs
15:00	Gunn  30' (81)	SFL Report		Attendance: 578 Referee: Roache

Peterhead v Elgin City

10 September 2011 Scottish Third Division	Peterhead	1 – 3	Elgin City	Balmoor Stadium
	Sellars  46'	BBC Report	Gunn  4' Nicolson  8' Duff  45' Moore  88'	Attendance: 596 Referee: Robertson

Elgin City v Clyde

17 September 2011 Scottish Third Division	Elgin City	0 – 3	Clyde	Borough Briggs
15:00		SFL Report	Cusak  12' (26) Neil  68'	Attendance: 728 Referee: Anderson

Stranraer v Elgin City

24 September 2011 Scottish Third Division	Stranraer	1 – 0	Elgin City	Stair Park
15:00	Shepherd  15'	SFL Report		Attendance: 365 Referee: Charleston

Elgin City v Alloa Athletic

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: Cook

Annan Athletic v Elgin City

15 October 2011 Scottish Third Division	Annan Athletic	1 – 1	Elgin City	Galabank
15:00	Gibson  74'	SFL Report	Cameron  4'	Attendance: 417 Referee: Graham

Elgin City v Montrose

29 October 2011 Scottish Third Division	Elgin City	P – P	Montrose	Borough Briggs
15:00

Berwick Rangers v Elgin City

5 November 2011 Scottish Third Division	Berwick Rangers	1 – 1	Elgin City	Shielfield Park
15:00	Greenhill  14' Gribben  45'	SFL Report	Gunn  34'	Attendance: 327 Referee: Finnie

Elgin City v Montrose

8 November 2011 Scottish Third Division	Elgin City	3 – 1	Montrose	Borough Briggs
19:30	O'Donoghue  10' (17) Crooks  66'	SFL Report	Johnston  29'	Attendance: 461 Referee: Northcroft

East Stirlingshire v Elgin City

12 November 2011 Scottish Third Division	East Stirlingshire	1 – 1	Elgin City	Ochilview Park
19:45	Coyne  40' Love  78'	SFL Report	Gunn  1'	Attendance: 234 Referee: Anderson

Elgin City v Peterhead

26 November 2011 Scottish Third Division	Elgin City	P – P	Peterhead	Borough Briggs
15:00

Elgin City v Stranraer

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

Clyde v Elgin City

10 December 2011 Scottish Third Division	Clyde	P – P	Elgin City	Broadwood Stadium
15:00

Elgin City v Annan Athletic

17 December 2011 Scottish Third Division	Elgin City	P – P	Annan Athletic	Stair Park
15:00		Postponements

Alloa Athletic v Elgin City

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

Peterhead v Elgin City

2 January 2012 Scottish Third Division	Peterhead	3 – 0	Elgin City	Balmoor Stadium
15:00	McAllister  21' (Penalty) Sharp  45' Ross  72'	SFL Report	Clark  19'	Attendance: 626 Referee: Robertson

Elgin City v East Stirlingshire

7 January 2012 Scottish Third Division	Elgin City	3 – 1	East Stirlingshire	Borough Briggs
15:00	Leslie  43' MacPhee  73' Crooks  90'	SFL Report	Coyne  45' (Penalty)	Attendance: 531 Referee: Somers

Queen's Park v Elgin City

14 January 2012 Scottish Third Division	Queen's Park	6 – 0	Elgin City	Hampden Park
15:00	McBride  35' Longworth  53', 67', 71', 78' Smith  80'	SFL Report		Attendance: 344 Referee: Barry Cook

Elgin City v Berwick Rangers

21 January 2012 Scottish Third Division	Elgin City	4 – 0	Berwick Rangers	Borough Briggs
15:00	Millar  35', 53' MacPhee  37' Leslie  49'	SFL Report	McDonald  60'	Attendance: 438 Referee: Roache

Stranraer v Elgin City

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

Elgin City v Clyde

4 February 2012 Scottish Third Division	Elgin City	P – P	Clyde	Borough Briggs
15:00

Annan Athletic v Elgin City

11 February 2012 Scottish Third Division	Annan Athletic	1 – 1	Elgin City	Galabank
15:00	Steele  17'	SFL Report	Niven  29' Durnan  89'	Attendance: 413 Referee: Robertson

Elgin City v Peterhead

14 February 2012 Scottish Third Division	Elgin City	6 – 1	Peterhead	Borough Briggs
19:45	Ross  25' (Own goal) Millar  53' McAllister  55' (Own goal) MacDonald  70' (Own goal) Cameron  90' Gunn  90'	SFL Report	Redman  80'	Attendance: 431 Referee: Northcroft

Elgin City v Alloa Athletic

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

Clyde v Elgin City

21 February 2012 Scottish Third Division	Clyde	1 – 2	Elgin City	Broadwood Stadium
19:45	Niven  23' (Own Goal)	SFL Report	Moore  53' Durnan  55'	Attendance: 352 Referee: Beaton

Montrose v Elgin City

25 February 2012 Scottish Third Division	Montrose	2 – 3	Elgin City	Links Park
15:00	Masson  29' Boyle  51'	SFL Report	Gunn  6', 42', 70'	Attendance: 401 Referee: Graham

Elgin City v Clyde

28 February 2012 Scottish Third Division	Elgin City	1 – 1	Clyde	Borough Briggs
19:45	Wilson  89'	SFL Report	Pollock  37'	Attendance: 611 Referee: McLean

Elgin City v Queen's Park

3 March 2012 Scottish Third Division	Elgin City	1 – 1	Queen's Park	Borough Briggs
15:00	Niven  9'	SFL Report	Daly  37' Parry  72'	Attendance: 792 Referee: Hilland

Elgin City v Annan Athletic

6 March 2012 Scottish Third Division	Elgin City	3 – 0	Annan Athletic	Borough Briggs
19:45	Gunn  28' Muirhead  35' (o.g.) Niven  78'	SFL Report	McKechnie  84'	Attendance: 588 Referee: Robertson

Elgin City v Peterhead

10 March 2012 Scottish Third Division	Elgin City	1 – 2	Peterhead	Borough Briggs
15:00	Nicolson  2'	SFL Report	Bavidge  38' Redman  53'	Attendance: 1,072 Referee: Steven

East Stirlingshire v Elgin City

17 March 2012 Scottish Third Division	East Stirlingshire	2 – 2	Elgin City	Ochilview Park
15:00	Turner  7' Stirling  58' Frances  83'	SFL Report	Niven  41' MacPhee  84' (Penalty) Durnan  90'	Attendance: 264 Referee: Anderson

Clyde v Elgin City

24 March 2012 Scottish Third Division	Clyde	0 – 2	Elgin City	Broadwood Stadium
15:00		SFL Report	Crooks  57' Cameron  78'	Attendance: 450 Referee: Charleston

Elgin City v Stranraer

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

Alloa Athletic v Elgin City

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

Elgin City v Annan Athletic

14 April 2012 Scottish Third Division	Elgin City	1 – 2	Annan Athletic	Borough Briggs
15:00	Millar  6' Leslie  45'	SFL Report	McKechnie  26', 38'	Attendance: 715 Referee: Roache

Berwick Rangers v Elgin City

21 April 2012 Scottish Third Division	Berwick Rangers	3 – 3	Elgin City	Shielfield Park
15:00	McDonald  1' Forster  45' Noble  53' McLean  87'	SFL Report	Durnan  23' Crooks  75' Gunn  77'	Attendance: 411 Referee: Somers

Elgin City v Montrose

28 April 2012 Scottish Third Division	Elgin City	2 – 1	Montrose	Borough Briggs
15:00	Gunn  35' Macphee  56'	SFL Report	Boyle  75'	Attendance: 901 Referee: Dallas

Queen's Park v Elgin City

5 May 2012 Scottish Third Division	Queen's Park	1 – 3	Elgin City	Hampden Park
15:00	Smith  88'	SFL Report	Macphee  4' Crooks  72' Duff  81'	Attendance: 527 Referee: Northcroft

Second Division Play-offs

Elgin City v Albion Rovers

9 May 2012 Play-offs SF R1	Elgin City	1 – 0	Albion Rovers	Borough Briggs
19:45	Millar  53'	SFL Report	O'Byrne  29'	Attendance: 1,248 Referee: McDermott

Albion Rovers v Elgin City

12 May 2012 Play-offs SF R2	Albion Rovers	2 – 0 (2 – 1 agg.)	Elgin City	Cliftonhill
15:00	Gemmell  62' Chaplain  90'	SFL Report		Attendance: 827 Referee: McKendrick

Challenge Cup

Ross County v Elgin City

23 July 2011 Challenge Cup Round 1	Ross County	1 – 2	Elgin City	Victoria Park
	Morrison  2'	BBC Report	Cameron  37' Leslie  61'	Attendance: 1,368 Referee: Northcroft

East Fife v Elgin City

9 August 2011 Challenge Cup Round 2	East Fife	2 – 0	Elgin City	Bayview Stadium
	Wallace  52', 77'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 408 Referee: Tumilty

Scottish League Cup

East Fife v Elgin City

30 July 2011 Scottish League Cup Round 1	East Fife	2 – 1	Elgin City	Bayview Stadium
	Ogleby  60' Wallace  72'	BBC Sport	Cameron  73'	Attendance: 514 Referee: Barry Cook

Scottish Cup

Fraserburgh v Elgin City

22 October 2011 Scottish Cup Round 2	Fraserburgh	0 – 0	Elgin City	Bellslea Park
15:00				Attendance: 663 Referee: Hilland

Elgin City v Fraserburgh

29 October 2011 Scottish Cup Round 2	Elgin City	5 – 2	Fraserburgh	Borough Briggs
15:00	Hay  2' (Own Goal) Gunn  3' Crooks  30' Cameron  34' Nicolson  47'	Sky Sports	Johnstone  24' (50)	Attendance: 742 Referee: Hilland

Elgin City v Queen's Park

19 November 2011 Scottish Cup Round 3	Elgin City	1 – 1	Queen's Park	Borough Briggs
15:00	Gunn  37'	BBC Report	McBride  58' (Penalty)	Attendance: 799 Referee: McDermott

Queen's Park v Elgin City

26 November 2011 Scottish Cup Round 3 Replay	Queen's Park	3 – 1	Elgin City	Hampden Park
15:00	Murray  11' Smith  43', 87'	BBC Report	Clark  56' Gunn  74'	Attendance: 513 Referee: McDermott

Player statistics

Squad

Last updated 13 May 2012 ^[7]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Third Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Other^[a]
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		John Calder	8	0	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Zander Clark	41	0	33	0	3	0	1	0	4	0
	GK		Stewart Black	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Jamie Duff	42	2	33	2	4	0	1	0	4	0
	DF		Steven Edwards	6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Mark Nicholson	44	5	35	4	4	1	1	0	4	0
	DF		David Niven	43	4	35	4	3	0	1	0	4	0
	DF		Paul Kaczan	16	0	11	0	2	0	1	0	2	0
	DF		Mark Durnan	19	2	17	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF		Graham Tatters	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Craig Frizzell	11	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
	MF		Lewis Halford	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Scott Miller	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Archie MacPhee	39	6	33	6	4	0	0	0	2	0
	MF		Ceiran McLean	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Daniel Moore	40	1	31	1	4	0	1	0	4	0
	MF		Zander Jack	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Paul McMullan	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Neil McDonald	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Blair Lawrie	10	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		Ross O'Donoghue	33	2	24	2	4	0	1	0	4	0
	MF		Barry Wilson	12	1	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Grant Innes	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Alex Cooper	10	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	FW		Graeme Beveridge	35	3	29	3	3	0	1	0	2	0
	FW		Brian Cameron	36	7	27	4	4	1	1	1	4	1
	FW		Jason Crooks	38	6	31	5	3	1	1	0	3	0
	FW		Fraser Forbes	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Craig Gunn	43	21	34	18	4	3	1	0	4	0
	FW		Stuart Leslie	38	6	29	5	4	0	1	0	4	1
	FW		Paul Millar	28	8	24	7	2	0	0	0	2	1

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	Third Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
	GK	John Calder	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	Zander Clark	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	3
	GK	Stewart Black	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	Jamie Duff	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
	DF	Steven Edwards	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	Mark Nicholson	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
	DF	David Niven	6	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	8	1
	DF	Paul Kaczan	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	Mark Durnan	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
	DF	Graham Tatters	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Craig Frizzell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	Lewis Halford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Scott Miller	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Archie MacPhee	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	Daniel Moore	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	1
	MF	Zander Jack	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Paul McMullan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Neil McDonald	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Blair Lawrie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Ross O'Donoghue	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Barry Wilson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Grant Innes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Alex Cooper	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	Graeme Beveridge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	Brian Cameron	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	Jason Crooks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	Fraser Forbes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	Craig Gunn	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
	FW	Stuart Leslie	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
	FW	Paul Miller	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Awards

Last updated 28 March 2012

Nation	Name	Award	Month
	Craig Gunn[8]	Ginger Boot Winner	August
	Ross Jack[9]	Third Division Manager of the Month	February

League Statistics

Table

Team		Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Alloa Athletic	36	23	8	5	70	39	31	77
2	Queen's Park	36	19	6	11	70	48	22	63
3	Stranraer	36	17	7	12	77	57	20	58
4	Elgin City	36	16	9	11	68	60	8	57
5	Peterhead	36	15	6	15	51	53	-2	51
6	Annan Athletic	36	13	10	13	53	53	0	49
7	Berwick Rangers	36	12	12	12	61	58	3	48
8	Montrose	36	11	5	20	58	75	-17	38
9	Clyde	36	8	11	17	35	50	-15	35
10	East Stirlingshire	36	6	6	24	38	88	-50	24

	Promotion to the Second Division
	Qualification to the Second Division Play-offs	Last updated: 00:12, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Transfers

Players in Player From Fee Zander Clark St Johnstone Loan[10] Archie MacPhee Ross County Loan[11] Stuart Leslie Clachnacuddin Free[12] Graeme Beveridge Raith Rovers Free[13] Daniel Moore Peterhead Free[14] Paul McMullan Clyde Free[15] Durnan, MarkMark Durnan St Johnstone Loan[16] Graham Tatters Woodlands Wellington Free[17] Cooper, AlexAlex Cooper Ross County Loan[18] Lewis Halford Aylesbury United Free[19]

Players out Player To Fee Jake Inglis Free Agent Free[20] Dempsie, AllanAllan Dempsie Elgin City Free[21] McDonald, NeilNeil McDonald Clachnacuddin Free[22] Robertson, PaulPaul Robertson Strathspey Thistle Loan[23] Jack, ZanderZander Jack Keith Loan[24] Craig Frizzell Free Agent Free[15] Steven Edwards Brora Rangers Free[25] Graham Tatters Free Agent Free[26]

See also

• List of Elgin City F.C. seasons

References

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