2011–12 Brechin City F.C. season

Brechin City 2011–12 football 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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Craig Nelson	37	0	34	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
	GK	SCO	David Scott	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Scott Buist	34	3	31	3	1	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Mick Dunlop	36	1	32	1	2	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	David McClune	15	0	12	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Gerry McLauchlan	12	0	9	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Paul McLean	33	1	30	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Scott Smith	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Ewan Moyes	15	1	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Jonathan Lindsay	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Scott Webster	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Garry Brady	32	1	28	1	2	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Gary Fusco	31	1	29	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Neil Janczyk	13	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Craig Molloy	34	2	31	1	2	1	1	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Bryan Hodge	27	2	25	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	David Crawford	21	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Matthew Adam	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Derek Carcary	15	0	11	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Charlie King	28	6	24	5	2	1	1	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Jim Lister	30	4	26	4	2	0	1	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	David McKenna	38	5	34	4	2	0	1	0	1	1
	FW	SCO	Michael Potter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Graham Weir	15	0	12	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Paul McManus	34	16	30	14	2	2	1	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	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
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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
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 (O)	36	10	7	19	43	66	−23	37	Qualification for Second Division play-offs
10	Stirling Albion (R)	36	9	7	20	46	70	−24	34	Relegation to the Third Division

Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

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]
David Crawford	Hibernian	Loan^[11]
Scott Smith	Hibernian	Loan^[11]
Jim Lister	Alloa Athletic	Free^[12]
Graham Weir	Raith Rovers	Free^[13]
Bryan Hodge	Partick Thistle	Free^[14]
Ewan Moyes	Gateshead	Free^[15]
David Crawford	Hibernian	Free^[16]
Rory McKenzie	Kilmarnock	Loan^[17]
Jonathan 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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v t e 2011–12 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League East of Scotland League SJFA West Premier SJFA East Superleague SJFA North Superleague Scottish Premier Under-19 League Women's Premier League 2011 2012
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Challenge Cup Final Junior Cup Youth Cup Final Women's Cup 2011 2012 Women's League Cup 2011 2012
European competitions	Champions League Europa League
Related to national team	Results 2012 Euro qualifying (UEFA Group I)
Club seasons
Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St Johnstone St. Mirren
First Division	Ayr United Dundee Falkirk Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical Livingston Partick Thistle Queen of the South Raith Rovers Ross County
Second Division	Airdrie United Albion Rovers Arbroath Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife Forfar Athletic Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion
Third Division	Alloa Athletic Annan Athletic Berwick Rangers Clyde East Stirlingshire Elgin City Montrose Peterhead Queen's Park Stranraer
List of Scottish football transfers summer 2011 List of Scottish football transfers winter 2011–12