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2011–12 Annan Athletic F.C. season

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Annan Athletic
2011–12 season
ManagerHarry Cairney
StadiumGalabank
Scottish Third DivisionSixth
Challenge CupSemi-final
League CupFirst round
Scottish CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Scott Gibson (7)
Aaron Muirhead (7)
Sean O'Connor (7)

All:
Aaron Muirhead (9)
Highest home attendance644 vs. Clyde, 27 August 2011
Lowest home attendance304vs. Stranraer, 6 December 2011

The 2011–12 season was Annan Athletic's fourth consecutive season in the Scottish Third Division, having been admitted to the Scottish Football League at the start of the 2008–09 season.[1] Annan also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and Scottish Cup.

Summary

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

Results & fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Third Division

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6 August 2011 Scottish Third Division Annan Athletic 5–2 Queen's Park Galabank
15:00 Cox 32'
Bell 45'
Gibson 59', 65'
Sloan 18', 27'
Annan Athletic Report Smith Attendance: 511
Referee: Clancy
13 August 2011 Scottish Third Division Peterhead 2–3 Annan Athletic Balmoor Stadium
15:00 Deasley 8'
McAllister 41'
Annan Athletic Report McKechnie 19', 50'
Harty 73' (pen.)
Attendance: 448
Referee: Anderson
27 August 2011 Scottish Third Division Annan Athletic 1–0 Clyde Galabank
15:00 Sloan 29' BBC Report Attendance: 644
Referee: Graham
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 Montrose 2–3 Annan Athletic Links Park
15:00 Boyle 13' (44) BBC Report Gibson 16' (84)
McKechnie 90'
Attendance: 308
Referee: Beaton
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
8 November 2011 Scottish Third Division Annan Athletic 2–0 Peterhead Galabank
19:30 Muirhead 10' (Penalty)
Steele 11'
SFL Report Attendance: 388
Referee: Robertson
12 November 2011 Scottish Third Division Clyde 0–0 Annan Athletic Broadwood Stadium
15:00 McDonald Yellow card 69' Red card SFL Report Watson Yellow card 78' Red card Attendance: 668
Referee: Aitken
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 Annan Athletic 2–1 Montrose Galabank
15:00 O'Connor 33', 35'
Muirhead Red card 53'
Report Winter 54' (Penalty) Attendance: 402
Referee: Aitken
24 December 2011 Scottish Third Division Annan Athletic 2–2 Berwick Rangers Galabank
15:00 Watson 18'
Harty 41'
McGowan Red card 53'
Report Gibson 77' (Own Goal)
Gribben 82'
Notman Yellow card 91' Red card
Attendance: 598
Referee: Cook
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 Annan Athletic 1–0 Clyde Galabank
15:00 O'Connor 64' Report Attendance: 505
Referee: Robertson
21 January 2012 Scottish Third Division Annan Athletic 2–3 Queen's Park Galabank
15:00 Winters 2'
O'Connor 90'
SFL Report McBride 19' (Penalty), 51' (Penalty)
Smith 88'
Attendance: 507
Referee: Dallas
4 February 2012 Scottish Third Division Montrose 1–1 Annan Athletic Links Park
15:00 Winter 45'
Cameron Red card 77'
SFL Report Muirhead 78' (Penalty) Attendance: 246
Referee: Robertson
11 February 2012 Scottish Third Division Annan Athletic 1 – 1 Elgin City Galabank
15:00 Steele 17' SFL Report Niven 29'
Durnan Red card 89'
Attendance: 413
Referee: Robertson
18 February 2012 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 2–3 Annan Athletic Shielfield Park
15:00 Gribben 80'
Walker Yellow card 86' Red card
SFL Report Cox 19'
Winters 20'
O'Connor 59'
Attendance: 389
Referee: Barry Cook
25 February 2012 Scottish Third Division Peterhead 3–2 Annan Athletic Balmoor Stadium
15:00 Tully 55'
Bavidge 60', 79'
McAllister Yellow card 81' Red card
SFL Report Muirhead 15' (Penalty), 45' Attendance: 453
Referee: Hilland
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 Red card 84' Attendance: 588
Referee: Robertson
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
24 March 2012 Scottish Third Division Annan Athletic 1 – 2 Montrose Galabank
15:00 Muirhead 27' (Penalty) SFL Report Wood 5'
Winter 43' (Penalty)
Attendance: 418
Referee: Aitken
14 April 2012 Scottish Third Division Elgin City 1 – 2 Annan Athletic Borough Briggs
15:00 Millar 6'
Leslie Yellow card 31' Yellow-red card 45'
Report McKechnie 26' (38) Attendance: 715
Referee: Roache
14 April 2012 Scottish Third Division Elgin City 1–2 Annan Athletic Borough Briggs
15:00 Millar 6'
Leslie Yellow card 45' Red card
SFL Report McKechnie 26', 38' Attendance: 715
Referee: Roache
21 April 2012 Scottish Third Division Queen's Park 2–0 Annan Athletic Hampden Park
15:00 Longworth 30'
Watt 71'
SFL Report Attendance: 623
Referee: Hilland
28 April 2012 Scottish Third Division Annan Athletic 0 – 3 Peterhead Galabank
15:00 SFL Report Deasley 21'
MacDonald 49'
McAllister 84'
Attendance: 408
Referee: Anderson

Challenge Cup

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9 August 2011 Challenge Cup Rd 2 Annan Athletic 4–2 Peterhead Galabank
Harty 30', 48', 87'
Muirhead 31'
BBC Report Redman 49'
McAllister 75' (pen.)
Attendance: 359
Referee: Stephen Finnie
4 September 2011 Challenge Cup QF Ayr United 0–1 Annan Athletic Somerset Park
15:00 BBC Report Cox 58' Attendance: 1,232
Referee: Charleston
9 October 2011 Challenge Cup SF Annan Athletic 0–3 Falkirk Galabank
15:00 BBC Report Millar 10'
El Alagui 25' (42)
Attendance: 1,575
Referee: Salmond

League Cup

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Scottish Cup

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19 November 2011 Round 3 Stenhousemuir 4–0 Annan Athletic Ochilview Park
15:00 Kean 9'
Rodgers 17', 22', 37'
BBC Report Attendance: 602
Referee: McKendrick

Player statistics

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Squad

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Last updated 5 May 2012 [6]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Third Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England ENG Jonny Jamieson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Scotland SCO Ross Hyslop 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Scotland SCO Alex Mitchell 27 0 25 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
GK England ENG Craig Summersgill 17 0 11 0 2 0 1 0 3 0
DF Scotland SCO Andy Aitken 5 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO John MacBeth 20 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Scott Gibson 30 7 23 7 2 0 1 0 4 0
DF Scotland SCO Michael McGowan 43 1 35 1 3 0 1 0 4 0
DF Scotland SCO Aaron Muirhead 34 9 27 7 3 1 1 0 3 1
DF Scotland SCO Kevin Neilson 8 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Peter Watson 42 1 34 1 3 0 1 0 4 0
DF Scotland SCO Sean Currie 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
DF England ENG Steven Swinglehurst 14 1 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Lee Underwood 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Northern Ireland NIR Bryan Gilfillan 27 1 20 0 3 1 1 0 3 0
MF Scotland SCO Ryan Holms 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Chris Jardine 34 0 29 0 3 0 0 0 2 0
MF Scotland SCO Neil MacFarlane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jordan McKechnie 35 5 27 5 3 0 1 0 4 0
MF Scotland SCO Steven Sloan 44 3 36 3 3 0 1 0 4 0
MF Scotland SCO Jack Steele 35 4 28 4 2 0 1 0 4 0
MF Scotland SCO Gary Wild 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Daniel Mitchell 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Northern Ireland NIR Ben McKenna 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Jordan Atkinson 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Graeme Bell 29 3 21 3 3 0 1 0 4 0
FW Scotland SCO David Cox 39 8 31 5 3 0 1 1 4 2
FW Scotland SCO Bryan Felvus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Ian Harty 18 8 13 4 0 0 1 0 4 4
FW England ENG Sean O'Connor 34 7 27 7 2 0 1 0 4 0
FW Scotland SCO David Winters 17 4 17 4 0 0 0 0 0 0

Disciplinary record

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Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 May 2012
Nation Position Name Second Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
England GK Jonny Jamieson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland GK Ross Hyslop 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland GK Alex Mitchell 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
England GK Craig Summersgill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Andy Aitken 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF John MacBeth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Scott Gibson 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Scotland DF Michael McGowan 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Scotland DF Aaron Muirhead 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
Scotland DF Kevin Neilson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Peter Watson 12 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 1
Scotland DF Sean Currie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Steven Swinglehurst 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Northern Ireland MF Bryan Gilfillan 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland MF Ryan Holms 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Chris Jardine 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland MF Neil MacFarlane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Jordan McKechnie 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 1
Scotland MF Steven Sloan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland MF Jack Steele 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
Scotland MF Gary Wild 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland MF Daniel Mitchell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Northern Ireland MF Ben McKenna 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland FW Graeme Bell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW David Cox 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
Scotland FW Bryan Felvus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Ian Harty 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
England FW Sean O'Connor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW David Winters 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Awards

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Last updated 21 December 2011
Nation Name Award Month
Scotland Harry Cairney[7] Third Division Manager of the Month August

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
4 Elgin City 36 16 9 11 68 60 +8 57 Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs
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
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Transfers

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Annan voted into Scottish league". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 July 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  2. ^ "2011/12 Scottish Division Three Table / Standings". ESPN. ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 14 May 2012.[dead link]
  3. ^ "Ramsdens Cup Results". Scottish Football League. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  4. ^ "The Scottish Communities League Cup Results". Scottish Football League. Archived from the original on 31 May 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  5. ^ "Stenhousemuir F.C. v Annan Athletic F.C." Scottish Football Association. 19 November 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  6. ^ "Soccerbase Team Stats". Retrieved 23 May 2011.
  7. ^ "IRN-BRU Phenomenal Awards for August 2011". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 9 September 2011. Archived from the original on 24 October 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  8. ^ "Jordan joins Annan". Scottish Football League. 1 July 2011. Archived from the original on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  9. ^ "McGowan will complete century at Annan". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 12 July 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  10. ^ "Gibson joins Annan". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 18 July 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  11. ^ a b "Annan sign three". Scottish Football League. 26 July 2011. Archived from the original on 20 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  12. ^ a b "Annan go Wild". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 30 September 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  13. ^ a b "Annan Transfer News". Annan Athletic F.C. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
  14. ^ "Player Update". annanathleticfc.co.uk. Annan Athletic F.C. 13 January 2012. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  15. ^ "DEFENDER HEADS NORTH". carlisleunited.co.uk. Carlisle United F.C. 24 January 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  16. ^ "Wnters set in Annan". Scottish Football League. 10 February 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  17. ^ "Another Girvan stalemate". Carrick Today. Johnston Press. 30 August 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  18. ^ "Winger departs Annan". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  19. ^ "Striker leaves Galabank for Junior side". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 10 August 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  20. ^ "Signings Monday, 12 September 2011". SJFA. Scottish Football Association. 12 September 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  21. ^ "Player profile Greg Kelly". annanathleticfc.com. Annan Athletic F.C. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  22. ^ "Player profile Mike Jack". annanathleticfc.com. Annan Athletic F.C. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  23. ^ "Player profile Neil Macfarlane". annanathleticfc.com. Annan Athletic F.C. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  24. ^ "Report Star hit six". dalbeattiestar.co.uk. Dalbeattie Star F.C. 12 September 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  25. ^ "Gibson rejoins Junior side". Scottish Football League. 28 February 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2012.