2010–11 Brechin City F.C. season

The 2010–11 season was Brechin City's fifth consecutive season in the Scottish Second Division, having been relegated from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2005–06 season.^[4] Brechin also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Brechin City

2010–11 season
Chairman	Kenneth Ferguson[1]
Manager	Jim Weir
Stadium	Glebe Park
Second Division	Fourth place
Challenge Cup	First round, lost to East Fife
League Cup	Third round, lost to Motherwell
Scottish Cup	Quarter-final, lost to St Johnstone
Top goalscorer	League: Rory McAllister (19) All: Rory McAllister (29)
Highest home attendance	825 vs. Forfar Athletic, 23 April 2011 [2]
Lowest home attendance	394 vs. Ayr United, 12 April 2011 [2]
Average home league attendance	514[3]
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

Summary

Dumbarton finished fourth in the Second Division,^[5] entering the play-offs losing 3–2 to Ayr United on aggregate in the final and remained in the Second Division.^[6] They reached the first of the Scottish Challenge Cup,^[7] the third round of the League Cup^[8] and the Quarter-final of the Scottish Cup.^[9]

Management

Brechin City were managed by Jim Weir,^[10] following the resignation of Jim Duffy at the end of the previous season.^[11]

Results and fixtures

^{[12][13][14][15]}  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Second Division

Main article: 2010–11 Scottish Second Division

Ayr United v Brechin City

7 August 2010 Scottish Second Division	Ayr United	0–2	Brechin City	Somerset Park
		SFL Report	McLauchlan 7' Molloy 85'	Attendance: 1,212 Referee: McLean

Brechin City v Stenhousemuir

14 August 2010 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	0–0	Stenhousemuir	Glebe Park
		BBC Report		Attendance: 404 Referee: Allan

Forfar Athletic v Brechin City

21 August 2010 Scottish Second Division	Forfar Athletic	1–1	Brechin City	Station Park
	Templeman 59'	BBC Report	King 77'	Attendance: 782 Referee: Salmond

Brechin City v Alloa Athletic

28 August 2010 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	3–1	Alloa Athletic	Glebe Park
	Booth 20' McAllister 21', 81'	BBC Report	Gormley 29'	Attendance: 418 Referee: Tumilty

Airdrie United v Brechin City

11 September 2010 Scottish Second Division	Airdrie United	1–1	Brechin City	Excelsior Stadium
	Gibson 53' Gibson  78'	SFL Report	Byers 23' McAllister  56'	Attendance: 946 Referee: Northcroft

Brechin City v Livingston

18 September 2010 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	1–3	Livingston	Glebe Park
15:00	Moyes 90'	BBC Report	Russell 43' Barr 45' De Vita 74'	Attendance: 526 Referee: Smith

Dumbarton v Brechin City

25 September 2010 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	1–3	Brechin City	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	Carcary 73'	BBC Report	Booth 36' McKenna 40' McAllister 88'	Attendance: 626 Referee: Beaton

Brechin City v Peterhead

2 October 2010 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	4–2	Peterhead	Glebe Park
	Molloy 2' McAllister 39', 58', 66'	SFL Report	Wyness 11' (Penalty) Bavidge 91'	Attendance: 473 Referee: Clancy

East Fife v Brechin City

16 October 2010 Scottish Second Division	East Fife	1–3	Brechin City	Bayview Stadium
	Linn 14'	BBC Report	Molloy 42' McKenna 56', 63'	Attendance: 336 Referee: Colvin

Brechin City v Airdrie United

23 October 2010 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	3–1	Airdrie United	Glebe Park
	Janczyk 20' McAllister 53' Molloy 94'	SFL Report	Watt 26'	Attendance: 564 Referee: Somers

Alloa Athletic v Brechin City

30 October 2010 Scottish Second Division	Alloa Athletic	2–2	Brechin City	Recreation Park
	Dunlop 36' Prunty 55'	BBC Report	Byers 22' Bolger 69'	Attendance: 513 Referee: Muir

Stenhousemuir v Brechin City

6 November 2010 Scottish Second Division	Stenhousemuir	0–0	Brechin City	Ochilview Park
		BBC Report		Attendance: 491 Referee: Smith

Brechin City v Forfar Athletic

13 November 2010 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	0–0	Forfar Athletic	Glebe Park
		BBC Report		Attendance: 786 Referee: McKendrick

Peterhead v Brechin City

11 December 2010 Scottish Second Division	Peterhead	0–5	Brechin City	Balmoor
	Anderson  36'	SFL Report	McAllister 6', 34' (Penalty), 58', 79' Archdeacon 91'	Attendance: 466 Referee: McLean

Airdrie United v Brechin City

15 January 2011 Scottish Second Division	Airdrie United	2–2	Brechin City	Excelsior Stadium
	Ferguson 48' Forrest 55'	SFL Report	Janczyk 49' McLean 87'	Attendance: 806 Referee: Colvin

Dumbarton v Brechin City

29 January 2011 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	1–2	Brechin City	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	McNiff  59'  Gilhaney 86'	BBC Report	Hill 22' Molloy 72'	Attendance: 565 Referee: Hilland

Livingston v Brechin City

1 February 2011 Scottish Second Division	Livingston	2–0	Brechin City	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
19:45	Russell Winters	Liv Report		Attendance: 847 Referee: Richmond

Brechin City v Peterhead

12 February 2011 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	3–1	Peterhead	Glebe Park
	McKenna 52', 70' McLean  77'  Redman 88'	SFL Report	Strachan 32'	Attendance: 503 Referee: Beaton

East Fife v Brechin City

19 February 2011 Scottish Second Division	East Fife	0–0	Brechin City	Bayview Stadium
		BBC Report		Attendance: 526 Referee: Clancy

Brechin City v Livingston

22 February 2011 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	1–0	Livingston	Glebe Park
19:45	Molloy	Liv Report		Attendance: 565 Referee: Law

Ayr United v Brechin City

26 February 2011 Scottish Second Division	Ayr United	2–0	Brechin City	Somerset Park
	Bannigan 45+3' McLaughlin 63'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,092 Referee: Hilland

Brechin City v Dumbarton

1 March 2011 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	3–3	Dumbarton	Glebe Park
	Byers 9', 64' McAllister 69'	BBC Report	McShane 11', 85' Walker 65'	Attendance: 411 Referee: Robertson

Brechin City v Stenhousemuir

5 March 2011 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	3–1	Stenhousemuir	Glebe Park
	McAllister 43' Redman 55' Janczyk 82'	BBC Report	Dalziel 8'	Attendance: 503 Referee: Finnie

Forfar Athletic v Brechin City

8 March 2011 Scottish Second Division	Forfar Athletic	2–1	Brechin City	Station Park
	Templeman 86' R Campbell 93'	BBC Report	Moyes 65'	Attendance: 604 Referee: Watters

Alloa Athletic v Brechin City

19 March 2011 Scottish Second Division	Alloa Athletic	2–2	Brechin City	Recreation Park
	Walker 22' Lister 48'	SFL Report	McKenna 9' Moyes 68'	Attendance: 375 Referee: Smith

Brechin City v Dumbarton

26 March 2011 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	6–0	Dumbarton	Glebe Park
	McKenna 7', 79', 85' Redman 46' McAllister 52' Megginson 83'	BBC Report		Attendance: 514 Referee: Somers

Brechin City v Alloa Athletic

29 March 2011 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	3–2	Alloa Athletic	Glebe Park
	McAllister 4' Molloy 14' Janczyk 78'	BBC Report	Lister 40' McGowan 92' (Penalty)	Attendance: 411 Referee: Madden

Livingston v Brechin City

2 April 2011 Scottish Second Division	Livingston	0–0	Brechin City	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00		BBC Report		Attendance: 1,553 Referee: Winter

Brechin City v Airdrie United

5 April 2011 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	1–2	Airdrie United	Glebe Park
	McKenna 46'	SFL Report	McLauchlan 32' (Own Goal) Donnelly 56'	Attendance: 438 Referee: McKendrick

Brechin City v East Fife

9 April 2011 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	1–3	East Fife	Glebe Park
	Moyes 61'	BBC Report	McCulloch 27' Cook 52' (Own goal) Wallace 71'	Attendance: 504 Referee: Finnie

Brechin City v Ayr United

12 April 2011 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	0–3	Ayr United	Glebe Park
		BBC Report	Moffat 33' Roberts 35' (Penalty) Crawford 85'	Attendance: 394 Referee: McDermott

Peterhead v Brechin City

16 April 2011 Scottish Second Division	Peterhead	1–1	Brechin City	Balmoor
	Clark 42'	SFL Report	Megginson 39'	Attendance: 498 Referee: Roache

Brechin City v East Fife

19 April 2011 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	2–3	East Fife	Glebe Park
	Redman 54' Molloy 58' (Penalty)	BBC Report	McGowan 52' Wallace 62' (Penalty), 83'	Attendance: 441 Referee: Charleston

Brechin City v Forfar Athletic

23 April 2011 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	0–1	Forfar Athletic	Glebe Park
	McKenna  25'	BBC Report	Hilson 58'	Attendance: 825 Referee: Northcroft

Stenhousemuir v Brechin City

30 April 2011 Scottish Second Division	Stenhousemuir	1–3	Brechin City	Ochilview Park
	Devlin 27' McCluskey  94'	BBC Report	McAllister 5' (Penalty), 45', 96' (Penalty)	Attendance: 672 Referee: Clancy

Brechin City v Ayr United

7 May 2011 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	1–0	Ayr United	Glebe Park
	McAllister 19'	BBC Report		Attendance: 577 Referee: Norris

First Division play-offs

Brechin City v Cowdenbeath

11 May 2011 Play-offs SF Leg 1	Brechin City	2–2	Cowdenbeath	Glebe Park
	Kirkpatrick 46' Megginson 51'	BBC Report	Linton 4' Coult 26'	Attendance: 596 Referee: Law

Cowdenbeath v Brechin City

14 May 2011 Play-offs SF Leg 2	Cowdenbeath	0–2 (2–4 agg.)	Brechin City	Central Park
		BBC Report	Redman 78' Molloy 84'	Attendance: 645 Referee: Somers

Ayr United v Brechin City

18 May 2011 Play-offs Final Leg 1	Ayr United	1–1	Brechin City	Somerset Park
	Moffat 31'	BBC Repport	Janczyk 86'	Attendance: 2,020 Referee: Conroy

Brechin City v Ayr United

22 May 2011 Play-offs Final Leg 2	Brechin City	1–2 (2–3 agg.)	Ayr United	Glebe Park
	Tiffoney 44' (o.g.)	BBC Report	Roberts 76' Moffat 88'	Attendance: 2,404 Referee: Allan

Scottish Challenge Cup

Main article: 2010–11 Scottish Challenge Cup

East Fife v Brechin City

24 July 2010 Challenge Cup round 1	East Fife	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Brechin City	Bayview Stadium
	Sloan 56' (pen.) Crawford 88' Eurie 93' Linn 119' Bryce  103'	SFL Report	McAllister 27' Janczyk 90' Moyes 101' Nelson  55'	Attendance: 497 Referee: Robertson

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2010–11 Scottish League Cup

Stenhousemuir v Brechin City

31 July 2010 League Cup round 1	Stenhousemuir	1–3	Brechin City	Ochilview Park
	Anderson 8'	BBC Report	McLauchlan 18' Molloy 29' McAllister 53'	Attendance: 384 Referee: Beaton

Brechin City v Dundee

24 August 2010 League Cup round 2	Brechin City	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Dundee	Glebe Park
	McLean  31'  57' McAllister 63', 64'	BBC Report	Griffiths 71', 74' Forsyth  120'	Attendance: 1,090 Referee: Finnie
	Penalties
	McAllister Booth Docherty Byers		Harkins Paton O'Donnell Riley

Brechin City v Motherwell

21 September 2010 League Cup round 3	Brechin City	0–2	Motherwell	Glebe Park
		SFL Report	Page 16', 59'	Attendance: 903 Referee: Mclean

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2010–11 Scottish Cup

Brechin City v Annan Athletic

20 November 2010 Scottish Cup round 3	Brechin City	2–2	Annan Athletic	Glebe Park
	McKenna 32', 57'	BBC Report	Muirhead 52' Gilfillan 68'	Attendance: 402 Referee: Madden

Annan Athletic v Brechin City

4 January 2011 Scottish Cup round 3 Replay	Annan Athletic	2–5	Brechin City	Galabank
	Gilfillan 6' Aitken 55'	BBC Report	McAllister 2', 83' Molloy 23' McKenna 37' Byers 41'	Attendance: 512 Referee: Madden

Queen of the South v Brechin City

11 January 2011 Scottish Cup round 4	Queen of the South	1–2	Brechin City	Palmerston Park
	McMenamin 66'	BBC Report	Byers 17' McAllister 35'	Attendance: 1,169 Referee: Nicholls

Buckie Thistle v Brechin City

5 February 2011 Scottish Cup round 5	Buckie Thistle	0–2	Brechin City	Victoria Park
		BBC Report	McKenna 18' McAllister 30'	Attendance: 1,482 Referee: Mclean

Brechin City v St Johnstone

12 March 2011 Scottish Cup QF	Brechin City	2–2	St Johnstone	Glebe Park
	McAllister 42' (Penalty), 78'	BBC Report	Millar 48' Invincibile 62'	Attendance: 3,472 Referee: Conroy

St Johnstone v Brechin City

22 March 2011 Scottish Cup QF Replay	St Johnstone	1–0	Brechin City	McDiarmid Park
	Samuel 37'	BBC Report		Attendance: 3,891 Referee: Conroy

Player statistics

Squad

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Second Division[16]		Other[Note1]		League Cup[17]		Scottish Cup[18]
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Craig Nelson	46	0	33+0	0	5+0	0	2+0	0	6+0	0
	GK	SCO	David Scott	6	0	3+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
	DF	SCO	Callum Booth	15	2	11+0	2	1+0	0	2+1	0	0+0	0
	DF	HKG	Andrew Cook	47	0	34+2	0	4+0	0	2+0	0	5+0	0
	DF	SCO	Dougie Hill	5	1	4+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	SCO	Roy McBain	14	0	11+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Gerry McLauchlan	41	2	29+0	1	5+0	0	3+0	1	4+0	0
	DF	SCO	Paul McLean	38	1	25+2	1	2+1	0	2+0	0	6+0	0
	DF	SCO	Ewan Moyes	46	5	33+0	4	5+0	1	3+0	0	5+0	0
	DF	SCO	Barry Smith	11	0	5+3	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	David White	17	0	9+2	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	3+1	0
	MF	SCO	Kevin Byers	37	6	19+6	4	0+3	0	1+2	0	5+1	2
	MF	SCO	Mark Docherty	16	0	4+6	0	0+1	0	1+1	0	2+1	0
	MF	SCO	Gary Fusco	40	0	17+11	0	3+2	0	0+1	0	3+3	0
	MF	SCO	Connor Gray	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Jordan Kirkpatrick	18	1	3+11	0	2+2	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Neil Janczyk	47	6	31+2	4	3+2	2	3+0	0	6+0	0
	MF	SCO	Craig Molloy	48	11	34+0	8	5+0	1	3+0	1	6+0	1
	MF	SCO	Paul Mulrooney	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	SCO	Jamie Redman	35	5	19+6	4	4+0	1	1+0	0	1+4	0
	FW	SCO	Mark Archdeacon	12	1	1+8	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+3	0
	FW	EIR	Anthony Bolger	3	1	0+3	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Charlie King	11	1	4+4	1	1+0	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Rory McAllister	43	29	29+0	19	5+0	1	3+0	3	6+0	6
	FW	SCO	Daniel McKay	18	0	2+14	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
	FW	SCO	David McKenna	46	14	27+7	10	3+1	0	2+1	0	5+0	4
	FW	SCO	Mitchel Megginson	18	3	9+5	2	3+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
2	Ayr United (O, P)	36	18	5	13	62	55	+7	59	Qualification for the First Division play-offs
3	Forfar Athletic	36	17	8	11	50	48	+2	59
4	Brechin City	36	15	12	9	63	45	+18	57
5	East Fife	36	14	10	12	77	60	+17	52
6	Airdrie United	36	13	9	14	52	60	−8	48

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

Notes

Note1. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including Challenge Cup^[19] and First Division play-offs^[20]