2011–12 Brechin City F.C. season

Brechin City

2011–12 season
Chairman	Ken Ferguson
Manager	Jim Weir
Stadium	Glebe Park
Scottish Second Division	Eighth place
Challenge Cup	Round one
League Cup	Round one
Scottish Cup	Round four
Top goalscorer	League: Paul McManus (14) All: Paul McManus (16)
Highest home attendance	911 vs. Arbroath, 24 September 2011
Lowest home attendance	347 vs. Stenhousemuir, 21 February 2012
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 season was Brechin City's sixth consecutive season in the Scottish Second Division, having been relegated from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2005–06 season.^[1] Brechin also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Brechin finished eighth in the Second Division. They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup,^[2] the first round of the League Cup^[3] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.^[4]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Second Division

Brechin City v Stenhousemuir

6 August 2011 Second Division	Brechin City	2 – 0	Stenhousemuir	Glebe Park
15:00	David McKenna  71' McManus  80'	BBC Report		Attendance: 442 Referee: Craig Charleston

Cowdenbeath v Brechin City

13 August 2011 Second Division	Cowdenbeath	3 – 1	Brechin City	Central Park
	Ramsay  13' McKenzie  67' Morton  80'	BBC Report	Brady  37'	Attendance: 308 Referee: Beaton

Brechin City v Dumbarton

20 August 2011 Second Division	Brechin City	3 – 3	Dumbarton	Glebe Park
	Fusco  46' McManus  52' (pen.) McKenna  56'	BBC Report	Agnew  11', 89' Lyden  28' Lithgow  51'	Attendance: 427 Referee: Roache

Albion Rovers v Brechin City

27 August 2011 Second Division	Albion Rovers	1 – 2	Brechin City	Cliftonhill
	Fahey  28'	BBC Report	McManus  30' (pen.) Dunlop  90'	Attendance: 386 Referee: Colvin

Brechin City v Forfar Athletic

10 September 2011 Second Division	Brechin City	0 – 1	Forfar Athletic	Glebe Park
15:00	Carcary  85'	BBC Report	Templeman  61'	Attendance: 651 Referee: Northcroft

East Fife v Brechin City

17 September 2011 Second Division	East Fife	1 – 1	Brechin City	Bayview Stadium
	Wallace  8'	BBC Report	Lister  57'	Attendance: 501 Referee: McKendrick

Brechin City v Arbroath

24 September 2011 Second Division	Brechin City	2 – 3	Arbroath	Glebe Park
	Buist  29' McManus  82' (pen.)	BBC Report	Sibanda  36' Doris  78' (pen.) Swankie  88'	Attendance: 911 Referee: Hilland

Stirling Albion v Brechin City

1 October 2011 Second Division	Stirling Albion	1 – 0	Brechin City	Doubletree Dunblane Stadium
	Smith  19'	BBC Report	Lister  29'	Attendance: 555 Referee: Winter

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'	Attendance: 455 Referee: Clancy

Stenhousemuir v Brechin City

22 October 2011 Second Division	Stenhousemuir	1 – 1	Brechin City	Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
15:00	Dickson  40'	BBC Report	King  29' (pen.) Hodge  35'	Attendance: 681 Referee: Colvin

Brechin City v Cowdenbeath

29 October 2011 Second Division	Brechin City	1 – 0	Cowdenbeath	Glebe Park
15:00	King  53'	BBC Report		Attendance: 418 Referee: Colvin

Forfar Athletic v Brechin City

5 November 2011 Second Division	Forfar Athletic	0 – 0	Brechin City	Station Park
		SFL Report		Attendance: 661 Referee: McKendrick

Brechin City v Albion Rovers

12 November 2011 Second Division	Brechin City	1 – 4	Albion Rovers	Glebe Park
	Lister  81'	BBC Report	O'Byrne  17' McStay  21' Love  66' Chaplain  90' (pen.)	Attendance: 455 Referee: Salmond

Brechin City v East Fife

26 November 2011 Second Division	Brechin City	0 – 2	East Fife	Glebe Park
15:00		SFL Report	Linn  1' Ogleby  22'	Attendance: 508 Referee: Charleston

Arbroath v Brechin City

3 December 2011 Second Division	Arbroath	1 – 1	Brechin City	Gayfield Park, Arbroath
15:00	Falkingham  63'	SFL Report	McManus  90'	Attendance: 1,104 Referee: Hilland

Brechin City v Stirling Albion

10 December 2011 Second Division	Brechin City	P – P	Stirling Albion	Glebe Park
15:00

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

Albion Rovers v Brechin City

26 December 2011 Second Division	Albion Rovers	0 – 1	Brechin City	Cliftonhill
14:00		SFL Report	McManus  38'	Attendance: 414 Referee: Tumilty

Brechin City v Forfar Athletic

2 January 2012 Second Division	Brechin City	2 – 1	Forfar Athletic	Glebe Park
15:00	McManus  51', 59'	SFL Report	Templeman  39'	Attendance: 776 Referee: McDermott

Dumbarton v Brechin City

14 January 2012 Second Division	Dumbarton	1 – 0	Brechin City	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
13:30	Prunty  89'	SFL Report		Attendance: 572 Referee: Conroy

Brechin City v Stenhousemuir

21 January 2012 Second Division	Brechin City	P – P	Stenhousemuir	Glebe Park
15:00

Brechin City v Arbroath

28 January 2012 Second Division	Brechin City	P – P	Arbroath	Glebe Park
15:00

East Fife v Brechin City

4 February 2012 Second Division	East Fife	P – P	Brechin City	Bayview Stadium
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

Brechin City v Arbroath

14 February 2012 Second Division	Brechin City	1 – 1	Arbroath	Glebe Park
15:00	McLean  81'	SFL Report	Doris  71'	Attendance: 703 Referee: Beaton

Stirling Albion v Brechin City

18 February 2012 Second Division	Stirling Albion	2 – 3	Brechin City	Doubletree Dunblane Stadium
15:00	Ferry  33' McLean  75' (Own goal)	SFL Report	Ferry  53' (Own goal) Hodge  83' McKenzie  87'	Attendance: 479 Referee: Collum

Brechin City v Stenhousemuir

21 February 2012 Second Division	Brechin City	1 – 0	Stenhousemuir	Glebe Park
19:45	McKenzie  70'	SFL Report		Attendance: 347 Referee: Salmond

Cowdenbeath v Brechin City

25 February 2012 Second Division	Cowdenbeath	1 – 0	Brechin City	Central Park, Cowdenbeath
15:00	Lyle  90'	SFL Report		Attendance: 332 Referee: Richmond

Brechin City v Stirling Albion

28 February 2012 Second Division	Brechin City	1 – 3	Stirling Albion	Glebe Park
19:45	McManus  63'	SFL Report	Cook  42' Ferry  44' Thom  62'	Attendance: 362 Referee: O'Reilly

Brechin City v Dumbarton

3 March 2012 Second Division	Brechin City	2 – 2	Dumbarton	Glebe Park
15:00	McManus  30' McKenzie  34'	SFL Report	Prunty  57' (Penalty) Agnew  73'	Attendance: 459 Referee: Robertson

East Fife v Brechin City

6 March 2012 Second Division	East Fife	2 – 2	Brechin City	Bayview Stadium
19:45	Sloan  25' (pen.), 45'	SFL Report	McManus  21' McKenna  34'	Attendance: 416 Referee: Somers

Forfar Athletic v Brechin City

10 March 2012 Second Division	Forfar Athletic	4 – 1	Brechin City	Station Park
15:00	Fotheringham  20', 67' (Penalty) Low  32' Byers  43'	SFL Report Report	Buist  45'	Attendance: 584 Referee: Colvin

Brechin City v Albion Rovers

17 March 2012 Second Division	Brechin City	2 – 1	Albion Rovers	Glebe Park
15:00	McKenzie  54' (Penalty) King  90'	SFL Report	Love  68'	Attendance: 421 Referee: Northcroft

Brechin City v East Fife

24 March 2012 Second Division	Brechin City	1 – 3	East Fife	Glebe Park
15:00	Moyes  16'	SFL Report	Wallace  31', 51', 90'	Attendance: 525 Referee: Madden

Arbroath v Brechin City

31 March 2012 Second Division	Arbroath	2 – 3	Brechin City	Gayfield Park, Arbroath
15:00	Doris  21' (pen.) Gibson  85'	SFL Report	McKenzie  6' McManus  14', 65'	Attendance: 917 Referee: Somers

Brechin City v Stirling Albion

7 April 2012 Second Division	Brechin City	1 – 2	Stirling Albion	Glebe Park
15:00	Buist  86'	SFL Report	Ferry  33' Cook  82'	Attendance: 468 Referee: Hilland

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

Stenhousemuir v Brechin City

21 April 2012 Second Division	Stenhousemuir	2 – 1	Brechin City	Ochilview Park
15:00	Thomson  17' Anderson  60'	SFL Report	Lister  82'	Attendance: 541 Referee: Roache

Brechin City v Cowdenbeath

28 April 2012 Second Division	Brechin City	2 – 2	Cowdenbeath	Glebe Park
15:00	McKenzie  22' (Penalty), 25'	SFL Report	McKenzie  30' Armstrong  54'	Attendance: 487 Referee: Cook

Dumbarton v Brechin City

5 May 2012 Second Division	Dumbarton	4 – 2	Brechin City	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
15:00	Dargo  59', 62', 72' Thomson  90'	SFL Report	King  53' Molloy  88'	Attendance: 636 Referee: Winter

Scottish Cup

Brechin City v Dumbarton

19 November 2011 Scottish Cup Round 3	Brechin City	3 – 0	Dumbarton	Glebe Park
15:00	Molloy  26' King  77' McManus  93'	BBC Report		Attendance: 447 Referee: Beaton

St Johnstone v Brechin City

7 January 2012 Scottish Cup Round 4	St Johnstone	2 – 1	Brechin City	McDiarmid Park
15;00	Davidson  6' Sandaza  46'	BBC Report	McManus  26' McLauchlan  90'	Attendance: 2,467 Referee: Tumilty

Challenge Cup

Brechin City v Falkirk

23 July 2011 Challenge Cup Rd 1	Brechin City	1 – 2	Falkirk	Glebe Park
	McKenna  40'	BBC Report	Bennett  26' Dods  33'	Attendance: 596 Referee: Salmond

League Cup

Brechin City v Clyde

30 July 2011 Scottish League Cup Rd 1	Brechin City	2 – 4 (a.e.t.)	Clyde	Glebe Park
	McKenna  26' Buist  97' King  114'	BBC Report	McLauchlan  20' (og.) Sweeney  97' (pen.) Archdeacon  105' Gray  119'	Attendance: 402 Referee: Northcroft

Player statistics

Squad

Last updated 5 May 2012 ^[5]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Second Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Challenge Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Craig Nelson	37	0	34	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
	GK		David Scott	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Scott Buist	34	3	31	3	1	0	1	0	1	0
	DF		Mick Dunlop	36	1	32	1	2	0	1	0	1	0
	DF		David McClune	15	0	12	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
	DF		Gerry McLauchlan	12	0	9	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
	DF		Paul McLean	33	1	30	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Scott Smith	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Ewan Moyes	15	1	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Jonathan Lindsay	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Scott Webster	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Garry Brady	32	1	28	1	2	0	1	0	1	0
	MF		Gary Fusco	31	1	29	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		Neil Janczyk	13	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		Craig Molloy	34	2	31	1	2	1	1	0	0	0
	MF		Bryan Hodge	27	2	25	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		David Crawford	21	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Matthew Adam	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Derek Carcary	15	0	11	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
	FW		Charlie King	28	6	24	5	2	1	1	0	1	0
	FW		Jim Lister	30	4	26	4	2	0	1	0	1	0
	FW		David McKenna	38	5	34	4	2	0	1	0	1	1
	FW		Michael Potter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Graham Weir	15	0	12	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
	FW		Paul McManus	34	16	30	14	2	2	1	0	1	0
	FW		Rory McKenzie	17	7	17	7	0	0	0	0	0	0

Disciplinary Record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 May 2012

Nation	Position	Name	Second Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Challenge Cup		Total
	GK	Craig Nelson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	David Scott	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	Scott Buist	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	1
	DF	Mick Dunlop	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
	DF	David McClune	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	Gerry McLauchlan	4	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	7	1
	DF	Paul McLean	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	DF	Scott Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	Ewan Moyes	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	DF	Jonathan Lindsay	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	Garry Brady	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	Gary Fusco	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	MF	Neil Janczyk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Craig Molloy	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
	MF	Bryan Hodge	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
	MF	David Crawford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Matthew Adam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	Derek Carcary	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
	FW	Charlie King	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	Jim Lister	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	FW	David McKenna	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	Michael Potter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	Graham Weir	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	Paul McManus	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	FW	Rory McKenzie	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Awards

Last updated 30 January 2012

Nation	Name	Award	Month
	Jim Weir[6]	Second Division Manager of the Month	December

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 Garry Brady St Mirren Free[7] Paul McManus Hibernians Free[8] Scott Buist Stirling Albion Free[9] David McClune Alloa Athletic Free[10] Mick Dunlop Alloa Athletic Free[10] Derek Carcary Dumbarton Free[10] Crawford, DavidDavid Crawford Hibernian Loan[11] Smith, ScottScott Smith Hibernian Loan[11] Jim Lister Alloa Athletic Free[12] Graham Weir Raith Rovers Free[13] Hodge, BryanBryan Hodge Partick Thistle Free[14] Moyes, EwanEwan Moyes Gateshead Free[15] David Crawford Hibernian Free[16] McKenzie, RoryRory McKenzie Kilmarnock Loan[17] Lindsay, JonathanJonathan Lindsay Partick Thistle Loan[18]

Players out Player To Fee Andrew Cook East Fife Free[19] Jamie Redman Peterhead Free[20] David White East Fife Free[19] Kevin Byers Forfar Athletic Free[21] Mark Archdeacon Clyde Free[22] Mark Docherty Alloa Athletic Free[23] Rory McAllister Peterhead Free[24] Scott Morrison Pollok Free[25] Neil Janczyk East Fife Free[16] Graham Weir Stirling Albion Free[26]

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