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
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

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

Airdrie United v Dumbarton

6 August 2011 Second Division	Airdrie United	3 – 0	Dumbarton	Excelsior Stadium
	Johnston  6', 63' Donnelly  9'	BBC Report		Attendance: 887 Referee: Norcroft

East Fife v Airdrie United

13 August 2011 Second Division	East Fife	2 – 0	Airdrie United	Bayview Stadium
	Johnstone  36' Linn  64' Muir  71'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 759 Referee: McDermott

Airdrie United v Cowdenbeath

20 August 2011 Second Division	Airdrie United	1 – 5	Cowdenbeath	Excelsior Stadium
	Donnelly  6'	BBC Report	Robertson  37' Linton  45', 67' Coult  50' Morton  78'	Attendance: 834 Referee: Charleston

Forfar Athletic v Airdrie United

27 August 2011 Second Division	Forfar Athletic	3 – 2	Airdrie United	Station Park
	Crawford  11', 43' Fotheringham  64'	BBC Sport	Stephenson  23' Lynch  29'	Attendance: 432 Referee: Beaton

Airdrie United v Albion Rovers

10 September 2011 Second Division	Airdrie United	4 – 0	Albion Rovers	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Lynch  9' Donnelly  11', 45' Stevenson  41' (pen.)	BBC Report	Donnelly  80'	Attendance: 1,368 Referee: Tumilty

Arbroath v Airdrie United

17 September 2011 Second Division	Arbroath	3 – 1	Airdrie United	Gayfield Park
	McAnespie  6' Doris  63' Swankie  90'	BBC Sport	Owens  65'	Attendance: 761 Referee: Colvin

Airdrie United v Stirling Albion

24 September 2011 Second Division	Airdrie United	1 – 1	Stirling Albion	Excelsior Stadium
	Boyle  4'	BBC Report	Davieson  37'	Attendance: 709 Referee: Roache

Airdrie United v Stenhousemuir

1 October 2011 Second Division	Airdrie United	5 – 2	Stenhousemuir	Excelsior Stadium
	Donnelly  10', 66' Lovering  27' Boyle  45' Blockley  83' Lilley  90'	BBC Report	Hamilton  51' Kean  56'	Attendance: 698 Referee: Muir

Brechin City v Airdrie United

15 October 2011 Second Division	Brechin City	1 – 1	Airdrie United	Glebe Park
15:00	King  51' (Penalty)	SFL Report	Donnelly  14' Stallard  24'	Attendance: 455 Referee: Clancy

Dumbarton v Airdrie United

22 October 2011 Second Division	Dumbarton	1 – 1	Airdrie United	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
15:00	Gilhaney  29' (Pen.)	SFL Report	Stevenson  37' Green  39'	Attendance: 285 Referee: Somers

Airdrie United v East Fife

29 October 2011 Second Division	Airdrie United	1 – 3	East Fife	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Donnelly  74' Lovering  82'	SFL Report	Wallace  34' Johnstone  81' Linn  85'	Attendance: 849 Referee: McDermott

Albion Rovers v Airdrie United

5 November 2011 Second Division	Albion Rovers	7 – 2	Airdrie United	Cliftonhill
	Chaplain  13', 29', 88' O'Byrne  36', 90' Gemmell  56', 61'	SFL Report	Stevenson  23' Owens  74' (pen.) Lilley  76'	Attendance: 1,109 Referee: Somers

Airdrie United v Forfar Athletic

12 November 2011 Second Division	Airdrie United	4 – 4	Forfar Athletic	Excelsior Stadium
	Donnelly  32', 58', 73' Boyle  82'	BBC Report	Templeman  17', 64' Motion  62' Byers  79'	Attendance: 635 Referee: Winter

Airdrie United v Arbroath

26 November 2011 Second Division	Airdrie United	3 – 3	Arbroath	Excelsior Stadium
	Lovering  6' (Penalty) Donnelly  68', 71'	BBC Report	Swankie  2' Doris  42' (Penalty) Falkingham  56'	Attendance: 687 Referee: Richmond

Stirling Albion v Airdrie United

3 December 2011 Second Division	Stirling Albion	1 – 4	Airdrie United	Doubletree Dunblane Stadium
15:00	Bonar  45'	SFL Report	Donnelly  13', 58' Lovering  29' (Penalty) McLaren  49'	Attendance: 711 Referee: Beaton

Stenhousemuir v Airdrie United

10 December 2011 Second Division	Stenhousemuir	1 – 1	Airdrie United	Ochilview Park
15:00	Rodgers  4'	SFL Report	McLaren  69'	Attendance: 698 Referee: Northcroft

Airdrie United v Brechin City

17 December 2011 Second Division	Airdrie United	2 – 3	Brechin City	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Devlin  51' Donnelly  69', 83'	SFL Report	Lister  34' McManus  79' McKenna  82'	Attendance: 643 Referee: Clancy

Forfar Athletic v Airdrie United

26 December 2011 Second Division	Forfar Athletic	2 – 3	Airdrie United	Station Park
14:00	Templeman  15' Motion  18' Hegarty  67'	SFL Report	Lynch  42' McLaren  45' Morton  90'	Attendance: 579 Referee: Clancy

Airdrie United v Albion Rovers

2 January 2012 Second Division	Airdrie United	1 – 0	Albion Rovers	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Stevenson  71'	SFL Report		Attendance: 1,490 Referee: Conroy

Cowdenbeath v Airdrie United

14 January 2012 Second Division	Cowdenbeath	2 – 0	Airdrie United	Central Park
	Ramsay  37' McKenzie  58' (pen.)	SFL Report		Attendance: 408 Referee: Richmond

Airdrie United v Dumbarton

21 January 2012 Second Division	Airdrie United	2 – 3	Dumbarton	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Donnelly  15' Boyle  36' MacDonald  48'	SFL Report	Lithgow  34' Agnew  67' Walker  88'	Attendance: 743 Referee: Northcroft

Airdrie United v Stirling Albion

28 January 2012 Second Division	Airdrie United	4 – 1	Stirling Albion	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Boyle  3' Lovering  17' McLaren  73' Sally  84'	SFL Report	Allison  90' Weir  90'	Attendance: 730 Referee: Hilland

Arbroath v Airdrie United

4 February 2012 Second Division	Arbroath	P – P	Airdrie United	Gayfield Park
15:00

Brechin City v Airdrie United

11 February 2012 Second Division	Brechin City	1 – 1	Airdrie United	Glebe Park
15:00	McManus  26' Molloy  79'	SFL Report	Holmes  72'	Attendance: 483 Referee: Roache

Airdrie United v Stenhousemuir

18 February 2012 Second Division	Airdrie United	0 – 3	Stenhousemuir	Excelsior Stadium
15:00		SFL Report	Dickson  4' Smith  45' (66)	Attendance: 685 Referee: Tumilty

East Fife v Airdrie United

25 February 2012 Second Division	East Fife	2 – 0	Airdrie United	Bayview Stadium
15:00	Sloan  42' (Penalty) Johnstone  87'	SFL Report	Adam  37' Lynch  78'	Attendance: 535 Referee: Northcroft

Arbroath v Airdrie United

29 February 2012 Second Division	Arbroath	2 – 2	Airdrie United	Gayfield Park
19:45	Gibson  9', 42'	SFL Report	Holmes  49' Boyle  78'	Attendance: 728 Referee: Colvin

Airdrie United v Cowdenbeath

3 March 2012 Second Division	Airdrie United	1 – 1	Cowdenbeath	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Lynch  39'	SFL Report	Ramsay  50' (Penalty)	Attendance: 702 Referee: Murray

Albion Rovers v Airdrie United

10 March 2012 Second Division	Albion Rovers	0 – 1	Airdrie United	Cliftonhill
15:00		SFL Report	McDonald  83'	Attendance: 1,134 Referee: Anderson

Airdrie United v Forfar Athletic

17 March 2012 Second Division	Airdrie United	3 – 0	Forfar Athletic	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Bain  54' Lovering  75' (Penalty) McLaren  86'	SFL Report		Attendance: 621 Referee: Somers

Airdrie United v Arbroath

24 March 2012 Second Division	Airdrie United	2 – 0	Arbroath	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Lovering  73' McLaren  90'	SFL Report		Attendance: 689 Referee: Hilland

Stirling Albion v Airdrie United

31 March 2012 Second Division	Stirling Albion	0 – 2	Airdrie United	Doubletree Dunblane Stadium
15:00		SFL Report	Donnelly  20', 31'	Attendance: 677 Referee: Finnie

Stenhousemuir v Airdrie United

7 April 2012 Second Division	Stenhousemuir	0 – 3	Airdrie United	Ochilview Park
15:00		SFL Report	Lynch  7' McLaren  45' Blockley  81' Lynch  91'	Attendance: 903 Referee: Winter

Airdrie United v Brechin City

14 April 2012 Second Division	Airdrie United	4 – 1	Brechin City	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Holmes  7', 86' Donnelly  14' Lovering  23' (pen.)	SFL Report	Hodge  31'	Attendance: 802 Referee: McLean

Dumbarton v Airdrie United

21 April 2012 Second Division	Dumbarton	2 – 1	Airdrie United	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
15:00	Prunty  61' Lovering  67' (Own goal)	SFL Report	McLaren  56' Donnelly  91'	Attendance: 1,088 Referee: McKendrick

Airdrie United v East Fife

28 April 2012 Second Division	Airdrie United	2 – 0	East Fife	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Lynch  51' Bain  82' McLaren  91'	SFL Report	White  92'	Attendance: 1,223 Referee: Beaton

Cowdenbeath v Airdrie United

5 May 2012 Second Division	Cowdenbeath	0 – 0	Airdrie United	Central Park
15:00		SFL Report		Attendance: 1,345 Referee: Norris

First Division Play-offs

Airdrie United v Ayr United

9 May 2012 Play-offs SF R1	Airdrie United	0 – 0	Ayr United	Excelsior Stadium
19:45		SFL Report		Attendance: 1,871 Referee: Allan

Ayr United v Airdrie United

12 May 2012 Play-offs SF R2	Ayr United	1 – 3 (1 – 3 agg.)	Airdrie United	Somerset Park
15:00	Longridge  17' Geggan  64' Tiffoney  94'	BBC Report	Holmes  55', 65' McLaren  85'	Attendance: 2,782 Referee: McLean

Dumbarton v Airdrie United

16 May 2012 Play-offs Final R1	Dumbarton	2 – 1	Airdrie United	Dumbarton Football Stadium
19:45	Prunty  29' Wallace  32' Nugent  93'	SFL Report	Bain  42'	Attendance: 1,746 Referee: Brines

Airdrie United v Dumbarton

20 May 2012 Play-offs Final R2	Airdrie United	1 – 4 (2 – 6 agg.)	Dumbarton	Excelsior Stadium
20:05	Holmes  35' Bain  78'	SFL Report	Dargo  9', 21' Gilhaney  45' Wallace  65'	Attendance: 2,914 Referee: Muir

Scottish Cup

Airdrie United v Gala Fairydean

19 November 2011 Scottish Cup Round 3	Airdrie United	11 – 0	Gala Fairydean	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Lovering  28' (Penalty), 69' Boyle  31', 42', 65' Stevenson  34', 37', 57' McLaren  59' Donnelly  77' Holmes  81'	BBC Report		Attendance: 732 Referee: Anderson

Airdrie United v Dundee United

7 January 2012 Scottish Cup Round 4	Airdrie United	2 – 6	Dundee United	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Donnelly  85', 90+2'	BBC Sport	Rankin  17' Robertson  43' Russell  62', 68', 84' Mackay-Steven  71'	Attendance: 2,434 Referee: Charleston

Challenge Cup

Airdrie United v Livingston

23 July 2011 Challenge Cup	Airdrie United	0–5	Livingston	Excelsior Stadium
		BBC Report	Sinclair  50' Russell  55', 67' Barr  82', 90'	Attendance: 719 Referee: Charlie Richmond

League Cup

Airdrie United v Stirling Albion

30 July 2011 Scottish League Cup Rd 1	Airdrie United	5–0	Stirling Albion	Excelsior Stadium
	Owens  32' (pen.), 78' (pen.) Donnelly  35', 81' Bain  88'	BBC Report	Fagan  30' Filler  78'	Attendance: 705 Referee: Hilland

Airdrie United v Raith Rovers

23 August 2011 Scottish League Cup Rd 2	Airdrie United	2–0	Raith Rovers	Excelsior Stadium
	Holmes  27' Donnelly  41'	BBC Report		Attendance: 683 Referee: Salmond

Airdrie United v Dundee United

20 September 2011 Scottish League Cup Rd 3	Airdrie United	0 – 2	Dundee United	Excelsior Stadium
		BBC Report	Dow  11' Daly  76'	Attendance: 1,252 Referee: Madden

Player statistics

Squad

Last updated 26 May 2012 ^[7]

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

Awards

Last updated 26 May 2012

Nation	Name	Award	Month
	Ryan Donnelly[8]	Ginger Boot Winner	October
	Ryan Donnelly[9]	Young Player of the Month	November
	Jimmy Boyle[10]	Second Division Manager of the Month	March
	Jimmy Boyle[11]	April	Second Division Manager of the Month
	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	36	20	11	5	68	29	39	71
2	Arbroath	36	17	12	7	76	51	25	63
3	Dumbarton	36	17	7	12	61	61	0	58
4	Airdrie United	36	14	10	12	68	60	8	52
5	Stenhousemuir	36	15	6	15	54	49	5	51
6	East Fife	36	14	6	16	55	57	-2	48
7	Forfar Athletic	36	11	9	16	59	72	-13	42
8	Brechin City	36	10	11	15	47	62	-15	41
9	Albion Rovers	36	10	7	19	43	66	-23	37
10	Stirling Albion	36	9	7	20	46	70	-24	34

	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

Players in Player From Fee David Lilley Queen of the South Free[13] John Boyle Auchinleck Talbot Free[14] Christopher Malone Livingston Free[15] Woodburn, AlistairAlistair Woodburn Ayr United Free[16] Holmes, DerekDerek Holmes Queen of the South Free[17] Lynch, SeanSean Lynch St Mirren Free[17] Stallard, KeiranKeiran Stallard Falkirk Free[18] Fairley, ConnorConnor Fairley Heart of Midlothian Free[19] Willie McLaren Hamilton Academical Loan[20] Willie McLaren Hamilton Academical Free[21] Grant Adam Rangers Loan[22] Cameron MacDonald Livingston Free[23] Ewan McNeil Rangers Loan[24]

Players out Player To Fee Gary Mackay-Steven Dundee United Free[25] Andy Ferguson Arthurlie[26] Free[27] Gary Muir Antigua GFC[28] Free[27] Scott Gemmill Free Agent Free[29] Grant Smith Free Agent Free[29] David Shaw Free Agent Free[27] Adam Szplcynski Free Agent Free[27] Chris Craig Free Agent Free[30] David Gray Kitsap Pumas[31] Free[32] David Cane East Stirlingshire Free[33] Christopher Malone Free Agent Free[34] Alistair Woodburn Free Agent Free[35] Craig Hill Ballinamallard United[36] Free[37] Paul McKane Forfar Athletic[38] Free[39] Rhys Devlin East Stirlingshire Loan[40] Daniel Tobin Free Agent Free[40] Fairley, ConnorConnor Fairley Free Agent Free[41]

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