2011–12 Ross County F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Ross County's fourth consecutive season in the Scottish First Division, having been promoted as champions of the Scottish Second Division at the end of 2007–08 season.[1] They also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Ross County
2011–12 season
Chairman Roy MacGregor
Manager Derek Adams
StadiumVictoria Park
Scottish First Division1st (Champions)
Challenge CupFirst Round, lost to Elgin City
League CupThird round, lost to Celtic
Scottish CupFifth round, lost to St Mirren
Top goalscorerLeague:
Colin McMenamin (19)

All:
Colin McMenamin (20)
Highest home attendance4,737 vs. Hamilton Academical, 28 April 2012
Lowest home attendance2,047 vs. Livingston, 17 September 2011
Average home league attendance2,745

Summary

Ross County finished first in the First Division[2] and were promoted to the Premier League[3] for the first time.[4] They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup,[5] the third round of the League Cup[6] and the fifth round of the Scottish Cup.[7]

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

7 July 2011 Friendly Forres Mechanics 2 – 4 Ross County Mosset Park
Morrison  48'
Tweedie  80'
Fan Site Report Craig ,  10'
Lawson  17'
Byrne  42'
Referee: Craig Sim

Scottish First Division

6 August 2011 First Division Ross County 0 – 0 Morton Victoria Park
BBC Sport Attendance: 2,249
Referee: Steven McLean
27 August 2011 First Division Falkirk 1 – 1 Ross County Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
El Alagui  87' BBC Report Craig  75' Attendance: 3,009
Referee: Tumilty
10 September 2011 First Division Ross County 2 – 2 Partick Thistle Victoria Park, Dingwall
Brittain  13' (pen.)
Gardyne  47'
Miller  72'
BBC Sport Cairney  73' (pen.)
Erskine  89'
Attendance: 2,189
Referee: Allan
17 September 2011 First Division Ross County 1 – 1 Livingston Victoria Park
Brittain  45'
Craig  64'
BBC Sport Sinclair  40'
Watson  65' 
Attendance: 2,047
Referee: Northcroft
1 October 2011 First Division Ross County 4 – 0 Ayr United Victoria Park, Dingwall
Brittain  5'
Lawson  64'
Morrow  69'
Vigurs  87'
BBC Sport Attendance: 2,121
Referee: Hilland
15 October 2011 First Division Dundee 1 – 2 Ross County Dens Park, Dundee
Lockwood  25' (pen.) BBC Sport McMenamin  39'
Quinn  63'
Attendance: 4,030
Referee: Stephen Finnie
12 November 2011 First Division Ross County 3 – 1 Falkirk Victoria Park, Dingwall
Kettlewell  4'
Gardyne  52'
Miller  83'
BBC Sport Wallace  10' Attendance: 4,108
Referee: Somers
3 December 2011 First Division Ross County 4 – 2 Raith Rovers Victoria Park, Dingwall
Quinn  28'
McMenamin  45', 62'
Gardyne  81'
BBC Sport Walker  12', 36' Attendance: 2,698
Referee: Charleston
17 December 2011 First Division Ross County 1 – 1 Dundee Victoria Park, Dingwall
McMenamin  82' SFL Report Milne  35'
O'Donnell  36'
Attendance: 3,046
Referee: Salmond
26 December 2011 First Division Falkirk 1 – 1 Ross County Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
Duffie  77' SFL Sport McMenamin  90+4' Attendance: 4,383
Referee: Richmond
28 January 2012 First Division Ross County 3 – 0 Livingston Victoria Park, Dingwall
McMenamin  28', 82'
Morrow  87'
SFL Report Attendance: 2,514
Referee: McKendrick
11 February 2012 First Division Raith Rovers 1 – 1 Ross County Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
Walker  89' BBC Sport Craig  53' Attendance: 1,702
Referee: Calum Murray
18 February 2012 First Division Ross County 1 – 1 Ayr United Victoria Park, Dingwall
Munro  7' SFL Sport Tomsett  79'
Tiffoney  81'
Attendance: 2,390
Referee: Norris
25 February 2012 First Division Dundee 1 – 1 Ross County Dens Park, Dundee
Conroy  33' (Penalty) SFL Sport Kettlewell  11' Attendance: 5,003
Referee: Tumilty
29 February 2012 First Division Ayr United 2 – 3 Ross County Somerset Park, Ayr
Parker  52', 75' SFL Report Brittain  16', 38' (Penalty), 80' Attendance: 1,096
Referee: Clancy
17 March 2012 First Division Ross County 2 – 1 Falkirk Victoria Park, Dingwall
Brittain  19' (Penalty)
Quinn  25'
SFL Report McGovern  16'
Millar  62'
El Alagui  82' 
Attendance: 4,302
Referee: Brines
31 March 2012 First Division Ross County 1 – 1 Raith Rovers Victoria Park, Dingwall
Lawson  85' BBC Sport Clarke  90' (pen.) Attendance: 3,379
Referee: McLean
11 April 2012 First Division Ayr United 1 – 3 Ross County Somerset Park, Ayr
Trouten  63' BBC Report Gardyne  46'
McMenamin  67'
Morrow  84'
Attendance: 1,389
Referee: Colvin
14 April 2012 First Division Ross County 3 – 0 Dundee Victoria Park, Dingwall
Gardyne  9', 64'
McMenamin  61'
Quinn  80' 
BBC Sport McBride  80' Attendance: 4,350
Referee: McKendrick
5 May 2012 First Division Queen of the South 3 – 5 Ross County Palmerston Park, Dumfries
Carmichael  10'
Parkin  15'
Reilly  53'
BBC Sport Kettlewell  11'
Gardyne  39', 77'
McMenamin  57'
Byrne  90'
Attendance: 1,323
Referee: Somers

Scottish Cup

7 January 2012 Scottish Cup Round 4 Ross County 7 – 0 Stenhousemuir Victoria Park, Dingwall
Vigurs  5', 75'
Brittain  52' (Penalty)
Gardyne  (62)
Craig  (71)
Byrne  87', 88'
BBC Report Attendance: 1,421
Referee: Allan
4 February 2012 Scottish Cup Round 5 St Mirren 1 – 1 Ross County St Mirren Park
Thompson  43' BBC Sport Brittain  40' (pen.) Attendance: 3,334
Referee: Madden
14 February 2012 Scottish Cup Round 5 Replay Ross County 1 – 2 St Mirren Victoria Park
Morrow  55' BBC Report Teale  14'
Thompson  37'
Hasselbaink  53'
Attendance: 2,334
Referee: Madden

Scottish League Cup

30 July 2011 Scottish League Cup Round 1 Ross County 2 – 1 Queen's Park Victoria Park, Dingwall
McMenamin  58'
Flynn  75'
BBC Sport Daly  5'
Meggatt  40'
Attendance: 949
Referee: Frank McDermott
21 September 2011 Scottish League Cup Round 3 Ross County 0 – 2 Celtic Victoria Park, Dingwall
BBC Sport Hooper  13'
Boyd  51' (o.g.)
Attendance: 5,367
Referee: Calum Murray

Scottish Challenge Cup

23 July 2011 Scottish Challenge Cup Round 1 Ross County 1 – 2 Elgin City Victoria Park, Dingwall
Morrison  2' BBC Sport Cameron  37'
Leslie  61'
Attendance: 1,368
Referee: Matt Northcroft

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
MF Richard Brittain 40 Club captain

Last updated: 5 May 2012
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Squad

Last updated 5 May 2012[8]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalScottish First DivisionScottish CupLeague CupChallenge Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Joe Malin 100+001+000+000+00
GK Michael Fraser 42035+003+003+001+00
DF Scott Boyd 41233+124+003+000+00
DF Grant Munro 40233+023+003+001+00
DF Johnny Flynn 1013+401+001+011+00
DF Darren McCormack 000+000+000+000+00
DF Gary Miller 43135+014+002+101+00
DF Scott Morrison 27122+103+000+001+01
MF Richard Brittain 411133+193+023+001+00
MF Mark Corcoran 3807+2402+102+100+10
MF Marc Fitzpatrick 17013+001+003+000+00
MF Rocco Quinn 32316+1131+202+000+00
MF Alex Cooper 200+000+200+000+00
MF Stuart Kettlewell 32526+153+001+100+00
MF Russell Duncan 700+401+001+000+10
MF Paul Lawson 37330+222+012+001+00
MF Iain Vigurs 34726+353+021+001+00
FW Sam Morrow 1344+731+110+000+00
FW Steven Craig 3168+1743+011+111+00
FW Michael Gardyne 401729+4123+042+111+00
FW Garry Wood 000+000+000+000+00
FW Kurtis Byrne 2131+1210+421+200+10
FW Colin McMenamin 392033+0192+002+111+00

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 May 2012
Nation Position Name Scottish First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
GKJoe Malin 0000000000
GKMichael Fraser 0000000000
DFScott Boyd 4000000040
DFGrant Munro 1000000010
DFJohnny Flynn 0100000001
DFDarren McCormack 0000000000
DFGary Miller 4110001061
DFScott Morrison 0000000000
MFRichard Brittain 7000000070
MFMark Corcoran 2000100030
MFMarc Fitzpatrick 2010000030
MFRocco Quinn 5100100061
MFAlex Cooper 0000000000
MFStuart Kettlewell 7110000081
MFRussell Duncan 0000000000
MFPaul Lawson 6000000060
MFIain Vigurs 100200000120
FWSam Morrow 0000000000
FWSteven Craig 0100000001
FWMichael Gardyne 4000000040
FWGarry Wood 0000000000
FWKurtis Byrne 2000000020
FWColin McMenamin 6000200080

Awards

Last updated 27 May 2012
Nation Name Award Month
Derek Adams[9] First Division Manager of the Month (shared) October
Grant Munro[9] Player of the Month (shared) October
Derek Adams[10] First Division Manager of the Month March
Richard Brittain[10] Player of the Month March
Colin McMenamin[11] First Division Player of the Year IRN-BRU SFL End of Season Awards
Derek Adams[11] First Division Manager of the Season IRN-BRU SFL End of Season Awards
Derek Adams[11] Phenomenal Achievement of the Season IRN-BRU SFL End of Season Awards
Ross County[11] Team of the Season IRN-BRU SFL End of Season Awards
Derek Adams[12] PFA Scotland Manager of the Year PFA Scotland Awards 2012

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Ross County (C) 36 22 13 1 72 32 +40 79 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Dundee (P) 36 15 10 11 53 43 +10 55[lower-alpha 1]
3 Falkirk 36 13 13 10 53 48 +5 52
4 Hamilton Academical 36 14 7 15 55 56 1 49
5 Livingston 36 13 9 14 56 54 +2 48
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.
Notes:
  1. Rangers were liquidated prior to the 2012–13 season. Dundee were chosen to take their place, gaining promotion to the SPL.[13]

See also

Transfers

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