2010–11 Stranraer F.C. season

The 2010–11 season was Stranraer's second consecutive season in the Scottish Third Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2008–09 season.[4] Stranraer also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Stranraer

2010–11 season
Chairman	Alex Connor[1]
Manager	Keith Knox
Stadium	Stair Park
Third Division	Fifth place
Challenge Cup	First round, lost to East Stirlingshire
League Cup	First round, lost to Greenock Morton
Scottish Cup	Fifth round, lost to Motherwell
Top goalscorer	League: Armand Oné (17) All: Armand Oné (22) Craig Malcolm (22)
Highest home attendance	493 vs. Annan Athletic, 23 April 2011[2]
Lowest home attendance	267 vs. Berwick Rangers, 11 December 2010[2]
Average home league attendance	366[3]

Summary

Stranraer finished fifth in the Third Division.[5] They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup,[6] the first round of the League Cup,[7] and the fifth round of the Scottish Cup.[8]

Results and fixtures

[9][10][11]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Third Division

7 August 2010 Scottish Third Division	Clyde	2 – 2	Stranraer	Broadwood
	Winter  10', 25'	BBC Report	Malcolm  43' Winter  64'	Attendance: 827 Referee: Beaton

14 August 2010 Scottish Third Division	Stranraer	3 – 2	Albion Rovers	Stair Park
	Agnew  71' Malcolm  84' One  87'	BBC Report	McLeod  45' Smith  77'	Attendance: 312 Referee: Law

21 August 2010 Scottish Third Division	Annan Athletic	2 – 2	Stranraer	Galabank
	Harty  13' Halsman  67'	BBC Report	Malcolm  3' Bouadji  7'	Attendance: 671 Referee: Robertson

28 August 2010 Scottish Third Division	Elgin City	1 – 2	Stranraer	Borough Briggs
	Millar  90'	BBC Report	Bouadji  34' Malcolm  70'	Attendance: 370 Referee: Robertson

11 September 2010 Scottish Third Division	Stranraer	1 – 0	Queen's Park	Stair Park
	Nicoll  75'  Malcolm  93'	BBC Report	Watt  89'	Attendance: 408 Referee: Nicholls

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	Stranraer	4 – 1	Arbroath	Stair Park
	Agnew  15', 59' Winter  75' One  89'	BBC Report	Doris  71' Shields  38'	Attendance: 379 Referee: Hilland

2 October 2010 Scottish Third Division	Stranraer	1 – 2	Montrose	Stair Park
	One  44'	BBC Report	Thompson  16', 25'	Attendance: 352 Referee: Charleston

9 October 2010 Scottish Third Division	Montrose	3 – 3	Stranraer	Links Park
	Tosh  52' McCord  65' McNalley  76'	BBC Report	Winter  8' Malcolm  33', 49'	Attendance: 335 Referee: Colvin

16 October 2010 Scottish Third Division	East Stirlingshire	0 – 1	Stranraer	Ochilview Park
15:00		Report	Oné  1'	Attendance: 317 Referee: Watters

30 October 2010 Scottish Third Division	Stranraer	2 – 1	Elgin City	Stair Park
	One  33' Agnew  82' (Penalty)	ESPN Report	Crooks  7Penalty' Niven  92'	Attendance: 367 Referee: Smith

6 November 2010 Scottish Third Division	Queen's Park	1 – 3	Stranraer	Hampden Park
	Harkins  18' Brough  88' McBride  89'	BBC Report	One  74' Moore  77' Gallacher  83'	Attendance: 636 Referee: Robertson

13 November 2010 Scottish Third Division	Stranraer	2 – 2	Annan Athletic	Stair Park
	Winter  76' Moore  82'	BBC Report	O'Connor  45' Harty  48'	Attendance: 463 Referee: Roache

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

15 December 2010 Scottish Third Division	Arbroath	0 – 0	Stranraer	Gayfield Park
		BBC Report		Attendance: 302 Referee: Watters

15 January 2011 Scottish Third Division	Stranraer	2 – 1	Queen's Park	Stair Park
	Agnew  27' Malcolm  81'	BBC Report	Gallagher  70'	Attendance: 341 Referee: Clancy

22 January 2011 Scottish Third Division	Elgin City	2 – 1	Stranraer	Borough Briggs
	Gallagher  52' (Own goal) Gunn  64'	BBC Report	Moore  19'	Attendance: 714 Referee: Roache

29 January 2011 Scottish Third Division	Stranraer	3 – 4	Arbroath	Stair Park
	Agnew  14' One  50' Glen Mitchell  91'	BBC Report	Swankie  26', 56', 65' Falkingham  38' Chisholm  67' Falkingham  92'	Attendance: 441 Referee: Charleston

12 February 2011 Scottish Third Division	Stranraer	2 – 2	Montrose	Stair Park
	Malcolm  12' Winter  74'	BBC Report	Thompson  7' Nicol  71'	Attendance: 320 Referee: Aitken

15 February 2011 Scottish Third Division	Albion Rovers	1 – 2	Stranraer	Cliftonhill
	Innes  72' Innes  79'	BBC Report	Malcolm  28' One  93'	Attendance: 326 Referee: Hilland

19 February 2011 Scottish Third Division	East Stirlingshire	0 – 2	Stranraer	Ochilview Park
15:00		Report	Agnew  42' Oné  81'	Attendance: 294 Referee: Northcroft

23 February 2011 Scottish Third Division	Stranraer	4 – 1	East Stirlingshire	Stair Park
19:45	Agnew  6' Oné  34', 37', 67'	Report	Maguire  15'	Attendance: 269 Referee: Beaton

26 February 2011 Scottish Third Division	Clyde	4 – 2	Stranraer	Broadwood
	McCusker  11', 55' (Penalty) Scuillion  67' Waddell  83'	BBC Report	Malcolm  6' One  64' Murphy  54'	Attendance: 703 Referee: Robertson

1 March 2011 Scottish Third Division	Stranraer	3 – 1	Clyde	Stair Park
	One  43', 81' Malcolm  66'	BBC Report	Stewart  49'	Attendance: 307 Referee: Law

5 March 2011 Scottish Third Division	Stranraer	1 – 3	Albion Rovers	Stair Park
	Agnew  11'	BBC Report	Love  63' Donnelly  67' Smith  88'	Attendance: 390 Referee: Somers

8 March 2011 Scottish Third Division	Annan Athletic	2 – 1	Stranraer	Galabank
	O'Connor  26' Harty  41'	BBC Report	Murphy  25' Moore  29'	Attendance: 307 Referee: Muir

12 March 2011 Scottish Third Division	Queen's Park	3 – 3	Stranraer	Hampden Park
	McBride  41' Little  81' Longworth  88'	ESPN Report	Nicoll  13' Malcolm  46' One  58'	Attendance: 607 Referee: Nicholls

19 March 2011 Scottish Third Division	Stranraer	1 – 2	Elgin City	Stair Park
	Murphy  86' Malcolm  94'	BBC Report	Duff  21' Gormley  64' Kaczan  95'	Attendance: 339 Referee: Robertson

26 March 2011 Scottish Third Division	Arbroath	2 – 2	Stranraer	Gayfield Park
	Gallacher  67' (Own goal) Hill  70' Swankie  82'	BBC Report	Agnew  72' One  72'	Attendance: 701 Referee: Aitken

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	Stranraer	2 – 0	East Stirlingshire	Stair Park
15:00	Kennedy  35' Winter  50'	Report		Attendance: 373 Referee: Roache

16 April 2011 Scottish Third Division	Montrose	3 – 2	Stranraer	Links Park
	Nicol  12' (Penalty), 64' Cameron  14'	BBC Report	McColm  54' Gallacher  73'	Attendance: 316 Referee: Beaton

23 April 2011 Scottish Third Division	Stranraer	1 – 1	Annan Athletic	Stair Park
	Winter  7'	BBC Report	Harty  59'	Attendance: 493 Referee: Richmond

30 April 2011 Scottish Third Division	Albion Rovers	1 – 0	Stranraer	Cliftonhill
	Chaplain  58'	BBC Report		Attendance: 421 Referee: Law

7 May 2011 Scottish Third Division	Stranraer	3 – 0	Clyde	Stair Park
	Malcolm  17' Noble  72' McColm  87'	BBC Report		Attendance: 439 Referee: Robertson

Scottish Challenge Cup

24 July 2010 Scottish Challenge Cup Round 1	Stranraer	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	East Stirlingshire	Stair Park
	McColm  78'	SFL Report	Cawley  51' Richardson  117'	Attendance: 269 Referee: Eddie Smith

Scottish League Cup

31 July 2010 Scottish League Cup Round 1	Stranraer	1 – 7	Greenock Morton	Stair Park
	McColm  55'	BBC Report	Kean  27', 50' Holmes  31' Monti  54' Weatherson  71', 76' Kelbie  83'	Attendance: 470 Referee: Nicholls

Scottish Cup

23 October 2010 Scottish Cup Round 2	Stranraer	9 – 0	St Cuthbert Wanderers	Stair Park
	Agnew  12' One  15', 18', 65' Malcolm  67', 74', 78' Winter  82' Moore  88'	ESPN Report		Attendance: 401 Referee: Clancy

20 November 2010 Scottish Cup Round 3	Stranraer	4 – 2	Girvan	Stair Park
	Agnew  34' (Penalty) Malcolm  42', 80' Gallagher  48'	BBC Report	Moffat  6' Connell  55'	Attendance: 840 Referee: Sinnie

18 January 2011 Scottish Cup Round 4	Stenhousemuir	0 – 0	Stranraer	Ochilview Park
		BBC Report		Attendance: 405 Referee: Somers

25 January 2011 Scottish Cup Round 4 Replay	Stranraer	4 – 3	Stenhousemuir	Stair Park
	One  19', 74' Malcolm  44' Murphy  49'	BBC Report	Dalziel  17' Gallagher  45+2' Clark  90'	Attendance: 521 Referee: Somers

5 February 2011 Scottish Cup Round 5	Stranraer	0 – 2	Motherwell	Stair Park
		BBC Report	Jones  45+1' Sutton  82'	Attendance: 2,042 Referee: Richmond

Player statistics

Squad

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Third Division[12]		Challenge Cup[13]		League Cup[14]		Scottish Cup[15]
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Ryan Marshall	5	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	GK		David Mitchell	38	0	32+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	5+0	0
	DF		Romauld Bouadji	6	2	4+0	2	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Grant Gallagher	42	0	35+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	5+0	0
	DF		Declan Gallagher	30	4	26+0	3	0+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	1
	DF		Ryan Kennedy	7	1	7+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Antons Kurakins	20	0	18+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	DF		David McAuliffe	9	0	5+1	0	1+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
	DF		Glen Mitchell	15	1	4+7	1	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+2	0
	DF		Paul Murphy	38	4	30+1	3	1+0	0	1+0	0	5+0	1
	DF		Kevin Nicoll	29	1	20+5	1	1+0	0	0+1	0	2+0	0
	DF		Lee Sharp	30	0	20+5	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	2+1	0
	MF		Scott Agnew	43	15	36+0	13	1+0	0	1+0	0	5+0	2
	MF		Stephen Aitken	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Angus Cochrane	8	0	2+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
	MF		Paul McInnes	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Danny Mitchell	39	0	24+8	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	5+0	0
	MF		Steven Noble	29	1	19+5	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	4+1	0
	MF		Sean Winter	33	9	23+5	8	0+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	1
	FW		Craig Malcolm	40	22	34+0	15	1+0	1	0+0	0	5+0	6
	FW		Stuart McColm	42	5	18+17	4	0+1	0	1+0	1	1+4	0
	FW		Michael Moore	34	4	11+17	3	0+1	0	1+0	0	2+2	1
	FW		Armand Oné	42	22	24+11	17	1+0	0	1+0	0	4+1	5

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
3	Queen's Park	36	18	5	13	57	43	+14	59	Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs
4	Annan Athletic	36	16	11	9	58	45	+13	59
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

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

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