2010–11 Brechin City F.C. season

The 2010–11 season was Brechin City's fifth consecutive season in the Scottish Second Division, having been relegated from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2005–06 season.[4] Brechin also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Brechin City

2010–11 season
Chairman	Kenneth Ferguson[1]
Manager	Jim Weir
Stadium	Glebe Park
Second Division	Fourth place
Challenge Cup	First round, lost to East Fife
League Cup	Third round, lost to Motherwell
Scottish Cup	Quarter-final, lost to St Johnstone
Top goalscorer	League: Rory McAllister (19) All: Rory McAllister (29)
Highest home attendance	825 vs. Forfar Athletic, 23 April 2011 [2]
Lowest home attendance	394 vs. Ayr United, 12 April 2011 [2]
Average home league attendance	514[3]

Summary

Dumbarton finished fourth in the Second Division,[5] entering the play-offs losing 3–2 to Ayr United on aggregate in the final and remained in the Second Division.[6] They reached the first of the Scottish Challenge Cup,[7] the third round of the League Cup[8] and the Quarter-final of the Scottish Cup.[9]

Management

Brechin City were managed by Jim Weir,[10] following the resignation of Jim Duffy at the end of the previous season.[11]

Results and fixtures

[12][13][14][15]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Second Division

7 August 2010 Scottish Second Division	Ayr United	0–2	Brechin City	Somerset Park
		SFL Report	McLauchlan  7' Molloy  85'	Attendance: 1,212 Referee: McLean

14 August 2010 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	0–0	Stenhousemuir	Glebe Park
		BBC Report		Attendance: 404 Referee: Allan

21 August 2010 Scottish Second Division	Forfar Athletic	1–1	Brechin City	Station Park
	Templeman  59'	BBC Report	King  77'	Attendance: 782 Referee: Salmond

28 August 2010 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	3–1	Alloa Athletic	Glebe Park
	Booth  20' McAllister  21', 81'	BBC Report	Gormley  29'	Attendance: 418 Referee: Tumilty

11 September 2010 Scottish Second Division	Airdrie United	1–1	Brechin City	Excelsior Stadium
	Gibson  53' Gibson  78'	SFL Report	Byers  23' McAllister  56'	Attendance: 946 Referee: Northcroft

18 September 2010 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	1–3	Livingston	Glebe Park
15:00	Moyes  90'	BBC Report	Russell  43' Barr  45' De Vita  74'	Attendance: 526 Referee: Smith

25 September 2010 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	1–3	Brechin City	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	Carcary  73'	BBC Report	Booth  36' McKenna  40' McAllister  88'	Attendance: 626 Referee: Beaton

2 October 2010 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	4–2	Peterhead	Glebe Park
	Molloy  2' McAllister  39', 58', 66'	SFL Report	Wyness  11' (Penalty) Bavidge  91'	Attendance: 473 Referee: Clancy

16 October 2010 Scottish Second Division	East Fife	1–3	Brechin City	Bayview Stadium
	Linn  14'	BBC Report	Molloy  42' McKenna  56', 63'	Attendance: 336 Referee: Colvin

23 October 2010 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	3–1	Airdrie United	Glebe Park
	Janczyk  20' McAllister  53' Molloy  94'	SFL Report	Watt  26'	Attendance: 564 Referee: Somers

30 October 2010 Scottish Second Division	Alloa Athletic	2–2	Brechin City	Recreation Park
	Dunlop  36' Prunty  55'	BBC Report	Byers  22' Bolger  69'	Attendance: 513 Referee: Muir

6 November 2010 Scottish Second Division	Stenhousemuir	0–0	Brechin City	Ochilview Park
		BBC Report		Attendance: 491 Referee: Smith

13 November 2010 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	0–0	Forfar Athletic	Glebe Park
		BBC Report		Attendance: 786 Referee: McKendrick

11 December 2010 Scottish Second Division	Peterhead	0–5	Brechin City	Balmoor
	Anderson  36'	SFL Report	McAllister  6', 34' (Penalty), 58', 79' Archdeacon  91'	Attendance: 466 Referee: McLean

15 January 2011 Scottish Second Division	Airdrie United	2–2	Brechin City	Excelsior Stadium
	Ferguson  48' Forrest  55'	SFL Report	Janczyk  49' McLean  87'	Attendance: 806 Referee: Colvin

29 January 2011 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	1–2	Brechin City	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	McNiff  59'  Gilhaney  86'	BBC Report	Hill  22' Molloy  72'	Attendance: 565 Referee: Hilland

1 February 2011 Scottish Second Division	Livingston	2–0	Brechin City	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
19:45	Russell Winters	Liv Report		Attendance: 847 Referee: Richmond

12 February 2011 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	3–1	Peterhead	Glebe Park
	McKenna  52', 70' McLean  77'  Redman  88'	SFL Report	Strachan  32'	Attendance: 503 Referee: Beaton

19 February 2011 Scottish Second Division	East Fife	0–0	Brechin City	Bayview Stadium
		BBC Report		Attendance: 526 Referee: Clancy

22 February 2011 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	1–0	Livingston	Glebe Park
19:45	Molloy	Liv Report		Attendance: 565 Referee: Law

26 February 2011 Scottish Second Division	Ayr United	2–0	Brechin City	Somerset Park
	Bannigan  45+3' McLaughlin  63'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,092 Referee: Hilland

1 March 2011 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	3–3	Dumbarton	Glebe Park
	Byers  9', 64' McAllister  69'	BBC Report	McShane  11', 85' Walker  65'	Attendance: 411 Referee: Robertson

5 March 2011 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	3–1	Stenhousemuir	Glebe Park
	McAllister  43' Redman  55' Janczyk  82'	BBC Report	Dalziel  8'	Attendance: 503 Referee: Finnie

8 March 2011 Scottish Second Division	Forfar Athletic	2–1	Brechin City	Station Park
	Templeman  86' R Campbell  93'	BBC Report	Moyes  65'	Attendance: 604 Referee: Watters

19 March 2011 Scottish Second Division	Alloa Athletic	2–2	Brechin City	Recreation Park
	Walker  22' Lister  48'	SFL Report	McKenna  9' Moyes  68'	Attendance: 375 Referee: Smith

26 March 2011 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	6–0	Dumbarton	Glebe Park
	McKenna  7', 79', 85' Redman  46' McAllister  52' Megginson  83'	BBC Report		Attendance: 514 Referee: Somers

29 March 2011 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	3–2	Alloa Athletic	Glebe Park
	McAllister  4' Molloy  14' Janczyk  78'	BBC Report	Lister  40' McGowan  92' (Penalty)	Attendance: 411 Referee: Madden

2 April 2011 Scottish Second Division	Livingston	0–0	Brechin City	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00		BBC Report		Attendance: 1,553 Referee: Winter

5 April 2011 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	1–2	Airdrie United	Glebe Park
	McKenna  46'	SFL Report	McLauchlan  32' (Own Goal) Donnelly  56'	Attendance: 438 Referee: McKendrick

9 April 2011 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	1–3	East Fife	Glebe Park
	Moyes  61'	BBC Report	McCulloch  27' Cook  52' (Own goal) Wallace  71'	Attendance: 504 Referee: Finnie

12 April 2011 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	0–3	Ayr United	Glebe Park
		BBC Report	Moffat  33' Roberts  35' (Penalty) Crawford  85'	Attendance: 394 Referee: McDermott

16 April 2011 Scottish Second Division	Peterhead	1–1	Brechin City	Balmoor
	Clark  42'	SFL Report	Megginson  39'	Attendance: 498 Referee: Roache

19 April 2011 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	2–3	East Fife	Glebe Park
	Redman  54' Molloy  58' (Penalty)	BBC Report	McGowan  52' Wallace  62' (Penalty), 83'	Attendance: 441 Referee: Charleston

23 April 2011 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	0–1	Forfar Athletic	Glebe Park
	McKenna  25'	BBC Report	Hilson  58'	Attendance: 825 Referee: Northcroft

30 April 2011 Scottish Second Division	Stenhousemuir	1–3	Brechin City	Ochilview Park
	Devlin  27' McCluskey  94'	BBC Report	McAllister  5' (Penalty), 45', 96' (Penalty)	Attendance: 672 Referee: Clancy

7 May 2011 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	1–0	Ayr United	Glebe Park
	McAllister  19'	BBC Report		Attendance: 577 Referee: Norris

First Division Play-offs

11 May 2011 Play-offs SF Leg 1	Brechin City	2–2	Cowdenbeath	Glebe Park
	Kirkpatrick  46' Megginson  51'	BBC Report	Linton  4' Coult  26'	Attendance: 596 Referee: Law

14 May 2011 Play-offs SF Leg 2	Cowdenbeath	0–2 (2–4 agg.)	Brechin City	Central Park
		BBC Report	Redman  78' Molloy  84'	Attendance: 645 Referee: Somers

18 May 2011 Play-offs Final Leg 1	Ayr United	1–1	Brechin City	Somerset Park
	Moffat  31'	BBC Repport	Janczyk  86'	Attendance: 2,020 Referee: Conroy

22 May 2011 Play-offs Final Leg 2	Brechin City	1–2 (2–3 agg.)	Ayr United	Glebe Park
	Tiffoney  44' (o.g.)	BBC Report	Roberts  76' Moffat  88'	Attendance: 2,404 Referee: Allan

Scottish Challenge Cup

24 July 2010 Challenge Cup Round 1	East Fife	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Brechin City	Bayview Stadium
	Sloan  56' (pen) Crawford  88' Eurie  93' Linn  119' Bryce  103'	SFL Report	McAllister  27' Janczyk  90' Moyes  101' Nelson  55'	Attendance: 497 Referee: Robertson

Scottish League Cup

31 July 2010 League Cup Round 1	Stenhousemuir	1–3	Brechin City	Ochilview Park
	Anderson  8'	BBC Report	McLauchlan  18' Molloy  29' McAllister  53'	Attendance: 384 Referee: Beaton

24 August 2010 League Cup Round 2	Brechin City	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Dundee	Glebe Park
	McLean  31'  57' McAllister  63', 64'	BBC Report	Griffiths  71', 74' Forsyth  120'	Attendance: 1,090 Referee: Finnie
	Penalties
	McAllister Booth Docherty Byers		Harkins Paton O'Donnell Riley

21 September 2010 League Cup Round 3	Brechin City	0–2	Motherwell	Glebe Park
		SFL Report	Page  16', 59'	Attendance: 903 Referee: Mclean

Scottish Cup

20 November 2010 Scottish Cup Round 3	Brechin City	2–2	Annan Athletic	Glebe Park
	McKenna  32', 57'	BBC Report	Muirhead  52' Gilfillan  68'	Attendance: 402 Referee: Madden

4 January 2011 Scottish Cup Round 3 Replay	Annan Athletic	2–5	Brechin City	Galabank
	Gilfillan  6' Aitken  55'	BBC Report	McAllister  2', 83' Molloy  23' McKenna  37' Byers  41'	Attendance: 512 Referee: Madden

11 January 2011 Scottish Cup Round 4	Queen of the South	1–2	Brechin City	Palmerston Park
	McMenamin  66'	BBC Report	Byers  17' McAllister  35'	Attendance: 1,169 Referee: Nicholls

5 February 2011 Scottish Cup Round 5	Buckie Thistle	0–2	Brechin City	Victoria Park
		BBC Report	McKenna  18' McAllister  30'	Attendance: 1,482 Referee: Mclean

12 March 2011 Scottish Cup QF	Brechin City	2–2	St Johnstone	Glebe Park
	McAllister  42' (Penalty), 78'	BBC Report	Millar  48' Invincibile  62'	Attendance: 3,472 Referee: Conroy

22 March 2011 Scottish Cup QF Replay	St Johnstone	1–0	Brechin City	McDiarmid Park
	Samuel  37'	BBC Report		Attendance: 3,891 Referee: Conroy

Player statistics

Squad

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Second Division[16]		Other^[Note1]		League Cup[17]		Scottish Cup[18]
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Craig Nelson	46	0	33+0	0	5+0	0	2+0	0	6+0	0
	GK		David Scott	6	0	3+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
	DF		Callum Booth	15	2	11+0	2	1+0	0	2+1	0	0+0	0
	DF		Andrew Cook	47	0	34+2	0	4+0	0	2+0	0	5+0	0
	DF		Dougie Hill	5	1	4+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	DF		Roy McBain	14	0	11+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Gerry McLauchlan	41	2	29+0	1	5+0	0	3+0	1	4+0	0
	DF		Paul McLean	38	1	25+2	1	2+1	0	2+0	0	6+0	0
	DF		Ewan Moyes	46	5	33+0	4	5+0	1	3+0	0	5+0	0
	DF		Barry Smith	11	0	5+3	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		David White	17	0	9+2	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	3+1	0
	MF		Kevin Byers	37	6	19+6	4	0+3	0	1+2	0	5+1	2
	MF		Mark Docherty	16	0	4+6	0	0+1	0	1+1	0	2+1	0
	MF		Gary Fusco	40	0	17+11	0	3+2	0	0+1	0	3+3	0
	MF		Connor Gray	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Jordan Kirkpatrick	18	1	3+11	0	2+2	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Neil Janczyk	47	6	31+2	4	3+2	2	3+0	0	6+0	0
	MF		Craig Molloy	48	11	34+0	8	5+0	1	3+0	1	6+0	1
	MF		Paul Mulrooney	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	MF		Jamie Redman	35	5	19+6	4	4+0	1	1+0	0	1+4	0
	FW		Mark Archdeacon	12	1	1+8	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+3	0
	FW		Anthony Bolger	3	1	0+3	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Charlie King	11	1	4+4	1	1+0	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
	FW		Rory McAllister	43	29	29+0	19	5+0	1	3+0	3	6+0	6
	FW		Daniel McKay	18	0	2+14	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
	FW		David McKenna	46	14	27+7	10	3+1	0	2+1	0	5+0	4
	FW		Mitchel Megginson	18	3	9+5	2	3+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
2	Ayr United (O, P)	36	18	5	13	62	55	+7	59	Qualification for the First Division Play-offs
3	Forfar Athletic	36	17	8	11	50	48	+2	59
4	Brechin City	36	15	12	9	63	45	+18	57
5	East Fife	36	14	10	12	77	60	+17	52
6	Airdrie United	36	13	9	14	52	60	−8	48

Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.

Notes

Note1. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including Challenge Cup[19] and First Division Play-offs[20]

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