2010–11 Berwick Rangers F.C. season

The 2010–11 season was Berwick Rangers's sixth consecutive season in the Scottish Third Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2004–05 season.[2] Berwick also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Berwick Rangers

2010–11 season
Manager	Jimmy Crease
Stadium	Shielfield Park
Scottish Third Division	Sixth place
Challenge Cup	Second round, lost to Partick Thistle
League Cup	First round, lost to Peterhead
Scottish Cup	Fourth round, lost to Celtic
Top goalscorer	League: Gribben (17) All: Gribben (17)
Highest home attendance	520 vs. Queen's Park, 30 October 2010
Lowest home attendance	258 vs. Albion Rovers, 15 March 2011
Average home league attendance	378[1]

Summary

Berwick finished sixth in the Third Division.[3] They reached the second of the Challenge Cup,[4] the first round of the League Cup[5] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup,[6] losing to eventual winners Celtic.[7]

Results & fixtures

[8][9][10][11]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Third Division

7 August 2010 Scottish Third Division	Albion Rovers	2–2	Berwick Rangers	Cliftonhill
	McLeod  29' Smith  79'	BBC Report	Gordon  32' Currie  85'	Attendance: 369 Referee: Allan

14 August 2010 Scottish Third Division	Berwick Rangers	6–2	Elgin City	Shielfield Park
	McLeod  4' Gribben  11', 34', 50' O'Reilly  39' Currie  52'	BBC Report	Gunn  57' MacLeod  80'	Attendance: 409 Referee: Robertson

21 August 2010 Scottish Third Division	Clyde	1–4	Berwick Rangers	Broadwood Stadium
	McCusker  59'	BBC Report	Notman  8' Currie  64', 84' O'Reilly  70'	Attendance: 772 Referee: Roache

28 August 2010 Scottish Third Division	Queen's Park	0–2	Berwick Rangers	Hampden Park
		SFL Report	Gribben  29' (Penalty) O'Reilly  52'	Attendance: 479 Referee: Watters

11 September 2010 Scottish Third Division	Berwick Rangers	4–1	Arbroath	Shielfield Park
	O'Reilly  21' Gribben  24', 28', 51'	SFL Report	McAnespie  91'	Attendance: 441 Referee: Roache

18 September 2010 Scottish Third Division	Berwick Rangers	2–2	Stranraer	Shielfield Park
	Gribben  28' Brazil  88' Notman  54'	BBC Report	Agnew  56' (Penalty) Winter  65'	Attendance: 489 Referee: Robertson

25 September 2010 Scottish Third Division	East Stirlingshire	0–0	Berwick Rangers	Ochilview Park
15:00	Dunn  45'	BBC Report	Peat  71'	Attendance: 383 Referee: O'Reilly

2 October 2010 Scottish Third Division	Berwick Rangers	2–2	Annan Athletic	Shielfield Park
	Gribben  1', 30' Greenhill  57'	BBC Report	Sloan  25' Steele  92'	Attendance: 448 Referee: Smith

16 October 2010 Scottish Third Division	Montrose	1–1	Berwick Rangers	Links Park
	Tosh  80' (Penalty)	BBC Report	Gribben  25'	Attendance: 376 Referee: Robertson

30 October 2010 Scottish Third Division	Berwick Rangers	1–1	Queen's Park	Shielfield Park
	Gribben  76'	BBC Report	McBride  68'	Attendance: 520 Referee: Hilland

6 November 2010 Scottish Third Division	Arbroath	3–2	Berwick Rangers	Gayfield Park
	Durnan  27' Doris  31' Swankie  82'	BBC Report	Brazil  19' McLeod  52'	Attendance: 402 Referee: Charleston

13 November 2010 Scottish Third Division	Berwick Rangers	2–1	Clyde	Shielfield Park
	Little  79' Currie  81' (Penalty)	BBC Report	Lithgow  63'	Attendance: 432 Referee: Clancy

11 December 2010 Scottish Third Division	Stranraer	1–1	Berwick Rangers	Stair Park
	Malcolm  86'	BBC Report	Brazil  2'	Attendance: 267 Referee: Madden

15 January 2011 Scottish Third Division	Berwick Rangers	0–4	Arbroath	Shielfield Park
		BBC Report	Swankie  68', 70' Chisholm  78' Gibson  88'	Attendance: 369 Referee: McKendrick

22 January 2011 Scottish Third Division	Queen's Park	1–0	Berwick Rangers	Hampden Park
	McBride  72'	BBC Report		Attendance: 485 Referee: Colvin

29 January 2011 Scottish Third Division	East Stirlingshire	1–0	Berwick Rangers	Ochilview Park
15:00	McLeod  31' (o.g.)	BBC Report		Attendance: 341 Referee: Beaton

12 February 2011 Scottish Third Division	Berwick Rangers	2–3	Annan Athletic	Shielfield Park
	Gray  25' Little  43'	BBC Report	Harty  27', 78' (Penalty) Muirhead  57'	Attendance: 311 Referee: Clancy

15 February 2011 Scottish Third Division	Clyde	2–0	Berwick Rangers	Broadwood Stadium
	Stewart  13' Finlayson  88'	BBC Report	Brazil  89'	Attendance: 385 Referee: Robertson

19 February 2011 Scottish Third Division	Montrose	1–1	Berwick Rangers	Links Park
	Tosh  62' (Penalty)	BBC Report	O'Reilly  69'	Attendance: 301 Referee: Smith

22 February 2011 Scottish Third Division	Berwick Rangers	1–0	Montrose	Shielfield Park
	Currie  89'	SFL Report		Attendance: 285 Referee: Hilland

26 February 2011 Scottish Third Division	Albion Rovers	0–1	Berwick Rangers	Cliftonhill
		BBC Report	O'Reilly  20'	Attendance: 373 Referee: Aitken

1 March 2011 Scottish Third Division	Annan Athletic	1–1	Berwick Rangers	Galabank
	Neilson  35'	BBC Report	Gribben  74'	Attendance: 309 Referee: Beaton

5 March 2011 Scottish Third Division	Berwick Rangers	4–0	Elgin City	Shielfield Park
	Gray  25', 35', 76' Gribben  33'	BBC Report		Attendance: 305 Referee: McKendrick

8 March 2011 Scottish Third Division	Berwick Rangers	3–0	East Stirlingshire	Shielfield Park
19:45	Gribben  12', 79' McLean  45'	BBC Report		Attendance: 266 Referee: Madden

12 March 2011 Scottish Third Division	Arbroath	2–1	Berwick Rangers	Gayfield Park
	Gibson  22' Doris  52'	BBC Report	Hill  92' (Own goal)	Attendance: 491 Referee: Anderson

15 March 2011 Scottish Third Division	Berwick Rangers	1–6	Albion Rovers	Shielfield Park
	Gray  8'	BBC Report	Gemmell  30' Lumsden  42' Chaplain  45+1', 50', 85' Hamilton  71'	Attendance: 258 Referee: Salmond

19 March 2011 Scottish Third Division	Berwick Rangers	3–1	Queen's Park	Shielfield Park
	Currie  37' (Penalty) Greenhill  45+2', 74'	BBC Report	Quinn  66'	Attendance: 398 Referee: Robertson

22 March 2011 Scottish Third Division	Elgin City	1–2	Berwick Rangers	Borough Briggs
	Gunn  71'	SFL Report	L Currie  53' P Currie  83'	Attendance: 412 Referee: McDermott

26 March 2011 Scottish Third Division	Berwick Rangers	1–1	East Stirlingshire	Shielfield Park
15:00	Brazil  90'	BBC Report	Neill  5'	Attendance: 367 Referee: Allan

29 March 2011 Scottish Third Division	Berwick Rangers	3–3	Stranraer	Shielfield Park
	McLeod  9' Gribben  40' Gray  77'	BBC Report	Murphy  4' Agnew  45+2', 90'	Attendance: 297 Referee: Charleston

2 April 2011 Scottish Third Division	Stranraer	3–1	Berwick Rangers	Stair Park
	McColm  40', 67' Gallacher  52'	BBC Report	Currie  56'	Attendance: 331 Referee: Clancy

9 April 2011 Scottish Third Division	Berwick Rangers	0–1	Montrose	Shielfield Park
		BBC Report	Masson  80'	Attendance: 353 Referee: Robertson

16 April 2011 Scottish Third Division	Annan Athletic	2–3	Berwick Rangers	Galabank
	Gilfillan  64' O'Connor  80'	BBC Report	Gray  17', 44' Currie  53'	Attendance: 515 Referee: O'Reilly

23 April 2011 Scottish Third Division	Berwick Rangers	1–1	Clyde	Shielfield Park
	Currie  59'	BBC Report	Stewart  62' (Penalty)	Attendance: 427 Referee: Roache

30 April 2011 Scottish Third Division	Elgin City	3–2	Berwick Rangers	Borough Briggs
	Crooks  37' (Penalty) MacDonald  56' Kaczan  79'	BBC Report	Currie  13', 20'	Attendance: 496 Referee: Beaton

7 May 2011 Scottish Third Division	Berwick Rangers	2–2	Albion Rovers	Shielfield Park
	Brazil  42' Ponton  49'	BBC Report	Love  5' Gilmartin  88'	Attendance: 436 Referee: Hilland

Scottish Challenge Cup

10 August 2010 Scottish Challenge Cup Round 2[lower-alpha 1]	Partick Thistle	2–1	Berwick Rangers	Firhill Stadium
	Cairney  40' Rowson  80'	BBC Report	McLean  28'	Attendance: 931 Referee: Law

1. Berwick Rangers received a random bye to the second round.[12]

Scottish League Cup

31 July 2010 Scottish League Cup Round 1	Peterhead	1–0	Berwick Rangers	Balmoor
	Wyness  82'	BBC Report		Attendance: 399 Referee: Watters

Scottish Cup

23 October 2010 Scottish Cup Round 2	Clyde	1–2	Berwick Rangers	Broadwood Stadium
	Finlayson  76'	Clyde Report	Currie  63' McMullan  71'	Attendance: 534 Referee: Colvin

20 November 2010 Scottish Cup Round 3	Cove Rangers	0–3	Berwick Rangers	Allan Park
		BBC Report	Brazil  26' Greenhill  30' McMullan  67'	Attendance: 250 Referee: Nicholls

9 January 2011 Scottish Cup Round 4	Berwick Rangers	0–2	Celtic	Shielfield Park
		BBC Report	Majstorović  17' Brown  82'	Attendance: 3,877 Referee: Murray

Player statistics

Squad

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Third Division[13]		Challenge Cup[14]		League Cup[15]		Scottish Cup[16]
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Ian McCaldon	18	0	15+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	GK		Gary O'Connor	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK		Mark Peat	24	0	21+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
	DF		Lee Currie	16	1	16+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Jamie Ewart	25	0	19+6	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Guy Kerr	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
	DF		Chris McLeod	32	3	26+1	3	1+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
	DF		Andrew McLean	41	2	36+0	1	1+0	1	1+0	0	3+0	0
	DF		Elliott Smith	23	0	16+2	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
	DF		Stephen Thomson	7	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	MF		Stuart Callaghan	20	0	20+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Paul Currie	35	14	29+1	13	1+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	1
	MF		John Grant	18	0	16+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		David Greenhill	35	3	26+4	2	1+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	1
	MF		Ryan Holms	3	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
	MF		Eddie Malone	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Fraser McLaren	20	0	11+5	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
	MF		Paul McMullan	18	2	12+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	2+1	2
	MF		Kevin Motion	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Steven Notman	33	1	29+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
	MF		Aaron Ponton	8	1	2+6	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Stuart Roseburgh	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Alan Brazil	38	6	15+18	5	1+0	0	0+1	0	1+2	1
	FW		Damon Gray	17	8	11+6	8	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Darren Gribben	35	17	28+3	17	1+0	0	0+1	0	2+0	0
	FW		Kevin Gordon	33	1	16+14	1	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	FW		Ian Little	21	2	10+9	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
	FW		Kristian Neill	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Craig O'Reilly	24	6	15+6	6	0+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
4	Annan Athletic	36	16	11	9	58	45	+13	59	Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs
5	Stranraer	36	15	12	9	72	57	+15	57
6	Berwick Rangers	36	12	13	11	62	56	+6	49
7	Elgin City	36	13	6	17	53	63	−10	45
8	Montrose	36	10	7	19	47	61	−14	37

Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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