2011–12 Airdrie United F.C. season

Airdrie United
2011–12 season
Chairman Jim Ballantyne
Manager Jimmy Boyle
Stadium Excelsior Stadium
Scottish Second Division Fourth place
Challenge Cup First round lost to Livingston
League Cup Third round, lost to Dundee United
Scottish Cup Fourth round, lost to Dundee United
Top goalscorer League:
Ryan Donnelly (21)

All:
Ryan Donnelly (27)
Highest home attendance 1,368 vs. Albion Rovers, 10 September 2011
Lowest home attendance 621 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

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]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Second Division

First Division Play-offs

Scottish Cup

Challenge Cup

League Cup

Player statistics

Squad

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

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 26 May 2012
Nation Position Name Second Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red 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 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

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

Team statistics

League Table

Team
Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 Cowdenbeath 362011568293971
2 Arbroath 361712776512563
3 Dumbarton 36177126161058
4 Airdrie United 361410126860852
5 Stenhousemuir 36156155449551
6 East Fife 36146165557-248
7 Forfar Athletic 36119165972-1342
8 Brechin City 361011154762-1541
9 Albion Rovers 36107194366-2337
10 Stirling Albion 3697204670-2434
Promotion to the First Division Last updated: 00:01, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
Qualification to the First Division Play-offs
Qualification to the Second Division Play-offs
Relegation to the Third Division

Transfers

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