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2011–12 Airdrie United F.C. season

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Airdrie United
2011–12 season
ChairmanJim Ballantyne
ManagerJimmy Boyle
StadiumExcelsior Stadium
Scottish Second DivisionFourth place
Challenge CupFirst round lost to Livingston
League CupThird round, lost to Dundee United
Scottish CupFourth round, lost to Dundee United
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ryan Donnelly (21)

All:
Ryan Donnelly (27)
Highest home attendance1,368 vs. Albion Rovers, 10 September 2011
Lowest home attendance621 vs. Forfar Athletic, 17 March 2012

The 2011–12 season will be Airdrie United's second consecutive season in the Scottish Second Division, having been relegated from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2009–10 season.[1] They will also compete in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

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Airdrie finished fourth in the Second Division,[2] entering the play-offs losing 6–2 to Dumbarton on aggregate in the final and remained in the Second Division.[3] They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup,[4] the third round of the League Cup[5] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.[6]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
2 Arbroath 36 17 12 7 76 51 +25 63 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
3 Dumbarton (O, P) 36 17 7 12 61 61 0 58[a]
4 Airdrie United (P) 36 14 10 12 68 60 +8 52[b]
5 Stenhousemuir 36 15 6 15 54 49 +5 51
6 East Fife 36 14 6 16 55 57 −2 48
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Dumbarton won the First Division play-off final, and were promoted to the First Division.
  2. ^ Airdrie United lost the final of the First Division playoffs to Dumbarton. However following the demotion of Rangers to the third division prior to the beginning of the 2012-13 season, Dundee were promoted from the First Division to the SPL, and Airdrie United were promoted to the First Division to take their place. Stranraer were promoted from the Third to the Second Division to take the place of Airdrie United

Results and fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Second Division

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6 August 2011 Second Division Airdrie United 3–0 Dumbarton Excelsior Stadium
Johnston 6', 63'
Donnelly 9'
BBC Report Attendance: 887
Referee: Norcroft
10 September 2011 Second Division Airdrie United 4–0 Albion Rovers Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Lynch 9'
Donnelly 11', 45'
Stevenson 41' (pen.)
BBC Report Donnelly Red card 80' Attendance: 1,368
Referee: Tumilty
17 September 2011 Second Division Arbroath 3–1 Airdrie United Gayfield Park
McAnespie 6'
Doris 63'
Swankie 90'
BBC Sport Owens 65' Attendance: 761
Referee: Colvin
15 October 2011 Second Division Brechin City 1–1 Airdrie United Glebe Park
15:00 King 51' (Penalty) SFL Report Donnelly 14' Stallard Red card 24' Attendance: 455
Referee: Clancy
22 October 2011 Second Division Dumbarton 1–1 Airdrie United Strathclyde Homes Stadium
15:00 Gilhaney 29' (Pen.) SFL Report Stevenson 37'
Green Red card 39'
Attendance: 285
Referee: Somers
5 November 2011 Second Division Albion Rovers 7–2 Airdrie United Cliftonhill
Chaplain 13', 29', 88'
O'Byrne 36', 90'
Gemmell 56', 61'
SFL Report Stevenson 23'
Owens 74' (pen.)
Lilley Red card 76'
Attendance: 1,109
Referee: Somers
12 November 2011 Second Division Airdrie United 4–4 Forfar Athletic Excelsior Stadium
Donnelly 32', 58', 73'
Boyle 82'
BBC Report Templeman 17', 64'
Motion 62'
Byers 79'
Attendance: 635
Referee: Winter
26 November 2011 Second Division Airdrie United 3–3 Arbroath Excelsior Stadium
Lovering 6' (Penalty)
Donnelly 68', 71'
BBC Report Swankie 2'
Doris 42' (Penalty)
Falkingham 56'
Attendance: 687
Referee: Richmond
3 December 2011 Second Division Stirling Albion 1–4 Airdrie United Doubletree Dunblane Stadium
15:00 Bonar 45' SFL Report Donnelly 13', 58'
Lovering 29' (Penalty)
McLaren 49'
Attendance: 711
Referee: Beaton
17 December 2011 Second Division Airdrie United 2–3 Brechin City Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Devlin Red card 51'
Donnelly 69', 83'
SFL Report Lister 34'
McManus 79'
McKenna 82'
Attendance: 643
Referee: Clancy
21 January 2012 Second Division Airdrie United 2–3 Dumbarton Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Donnelly 15'
Boyle 36'
MacDonald Red card 48'
SFL Report Lithgow 34'
Agnew 67'
Walker 88'
Attendance: 743
Referee: Northcroft
28 January 2012 Second Division Airdrie United 4–1 Stirling Albion Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Boyle 3'
Lovering 17'
McLaren 73'
Sally 84'
SFL Report Allison Yellow card 90' Red card
Weir 90'
Attendance: 730
Referee: Hilland
11 February 2012 Second Division Brechin City 1–1 Airdrie United Glebe Park
15:00 McManus 26'
Molloy Yellow card 79' Red card
SFL Report Holmes 72' Attendance: 483
Referee: Roache
25 February 2012 Second Division East Fife 2–0 Airdrie United Bayview Stadium
15:00 Sloan 42' (Penalty)
Johnstone 87'
SFL Report Adam Red card 37'
Lynch Yellow card 78' Red card
Attendance: 535
Referee: Northcroft
29 February 2012 Second Division Arbroath 2–2 Airdrie United Gayfield Park
19:45 Gibson 9', 42' SFL Report Holmes 49'
Boyle 78'
Attendance: 728
Referee: Colvin
3 March 2012 Second Division Airdrie United 1–1 Cowdenbeath Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Lynch 39' SFL Report Ramsay 50' (Penalty) Attendance: 702
Referee: Murray
10 March 2012 Second Division Albion Rovers 0–1 Airdrie United Cliftonhill
15:00 SFL Report McDonald 83' Attendance: 1,134
Referee: Anderson
17 March 2012 Second Division Airdrie United 3–0 Forfar Athletic Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Bain 54'
Lovering 75' (Penalty)
McLaren 86'
SFL Report Attendance: 621
Referee: Somers
24 March 2012 Second Division Airdrie United 2–0 Arbroath Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Lovering 73'
McLaren 90'
SFL Report Attendance: 689
Referee: Hilland
21 April 2012 Second Division Dumbarton 2–1 Airdrie United Strathclyde Homes Stadium
15:00 Prunty 61'
Lovering 67' (Own goal)
SFL Report McLaren 56'
Donnelly Red card 91'
Attendance: 1,088
Referee: McKendrick
28 April 2012 Second Division Airdrie United 2–0 East Fife Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Lynch 51'
Bain 82'
McLaren Red card 91'
SFL Report White Red card 92' Attendance: 1,223
Referee: Beaton

First Division play-offs

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12 May 2012 Play-offs SF R2 Ayr United 1–3
(1–3 agg.)
Airdrie United Somerset Park
15:00 Longridge Red card 17'
Geggan 64'
Tiffoney Yellow card 94' Red card
BBC Report Holmes 55', 65'
McLaren 85'
Attendance: 2,782
Referee: McLean
20 May 2012 Play-offs Final R2 Airdrie United 1–4
(2–6 agg.)
Dumbarton Excelsior Stadium
20:05 Holmes 35'
Bain Red card 78'
SFL Report Dargo 9', 21'
Gilhaney 45'
Wallace 65'
Attendance: 2,914
Referee: Muir

Scottish Cup

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19 November 2011 Scottish Cup round 3 Airdrie United 11 – 0 Gala Fairydean Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Lovering 28' (Penalty), 69'
Boyle 31', 42', 65'
Stevenson 34', 37', 57'
McLaren 59'
Donnelly 77'
Holmes 81'
BBC Report Attendance: 732
Referee: Anderson
7 January 2012 Scottish Cup round 4 Airdrie United 2–6 Dundee United Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Donnelly 85', 90+2' BBC Sport Rankin 17'
Robertson 43'
Russell 62', 68', 84'
Mackay-Steven 71'
Attendance: 2,434
Referee: Charleston

Challenge Cup

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League Cup

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30 July 2011 Scottish League Cup Rd 1 Airdrie United 5–0 Stirling Albion Excelsior Stadium
Owens 32' (pen.), 78' (pen.)
Donnelly 35', 81'
Bain 88'
BBC Report Fagan Red card 30'
Filler Red card 78'
Attendance: 705
Referee: Hilland

Player statistics

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Squad

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Last updated 26 May 2012 [7]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Second Division Scottish Cup League Cup Other[a]
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland SCO Andrew Duncan 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Northern Ireland NIR Paul McKane 13 0 9 0 0 0 3 0 1 0
GK Scotland SCO Connor Fairley 14 0 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
GK Scotland SCO Grant Adam 18 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
DF Scotland SCO Jamie Bain 44 4 34 2 2 0 3 1 5 1
DF Scotland SCO Graeme Goodall 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Cameron MacDonald 16 1 14 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
DF Scotland SCO Ewan McNeil 9 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
DF Scotland SCO Kevin Green 7 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF Northern Ireland NIR Craig Hill 7 2 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
DF Scotland SCO David Lilley 40 0 31 0 2 0 3 0 4 0
DF Scotland SCO Paul Lovering 35 8 27 6 2 2 2 0 4 0
DF Scotland SCO Christopher Malone 9 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Kieran Stallard 41 0 31 0 2 0 3 0 5 0
DF Scotland SCO Ricki Lamie 12 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
MF Scotland SCO Nathan Blockley 30 2 23 2 1 0 1 0 5 0
MF Scotland SCO Rhys Devlin 18 0 15 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Phil Johnston 17 2 13 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Fraser Keast 18 0 14 0 0 0 3 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Sean Lynch 37 6 29 6 2 0 2 0 4 0
MF Scotland SCO Willie McLaren 28 10 23 8 2 1 0 0 3 1
MF England ENG Graeme Owens 24 4 20 2 1 0 3 2 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jamie Stevenson 39 8 31 5 2 3 2 0 4 0
MF Scotland SCO Alistair Woodburn 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Thomas Robertson 3 0 3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Liam Watt 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO John Boyle 34 9 27 6 1 3 2 0 4 0
FW Scotland SCO Danny Burns 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Ryan Donnelly 43 27 33 21 2 3 3 3 5 0
FW Scotland SCO Derek Holmes 42 9 32 4 2 1 3 1 5 3
FW Scotland SCO Scott Morton 11 1 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Scott Sally 13 1 11 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the play-offs and the 2011–12 Scottish Challenge Cup.

Disciplinary record

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Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 26 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
Scotland GK Andrew Duncan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Ireland GK Paul McKane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland GK Connor Fairley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland GK Grant Adam 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Scotland DF Jamie Bain 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1
Scotland DF Graeme Goodall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Cameron MacDonald 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Scotland DF Ewan McNeil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Kevin Green 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Northern Ireland DF Craig Hill 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland DF David Lilley 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 2
Scotland DF Paul Lovering 14 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 18 1
Scotland DF Christopher Malone 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
Scotland DF Kieran Stallard 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
Scotland DF Ricki Lamie 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Scotland MF Nathan Blockley 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
Scotland MF Rhys Devlin 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1
Scotland MF Phil Johnston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Fraser Keast 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Sean Lynch 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2
Scotland MF Willie McLaren 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1
England MF Graeme Owens 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
Scotland MF Jamie Stevenson 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Scotland MF Alistair Woodburn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Thomas Robertson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Liam Watt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW John Boyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Danny Burns 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Ryan Donnelly 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 8 1
Scotland FW Derek Holmes 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland FW Scott Morton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland FW Scott Sally 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Awards

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Last updated 26 May 2012
Nation Name Award Month
Scotland Ryan Donnelly[8] Ginger Boot Winner October
Scotland Ryan Donnelly[9] Young Player of the Month November
Scotland Jimmy Boyle[10] Second Division Manager of the Month March
Scotland Jimmy Boyle[11] April Second Division Manager of the Month
Scotland Ryan Donnelly[12] Second Division Player of the Year IRN-BRU SFL End of Season Awards

Transfers

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