| Season | 2011–12 |
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| Matches played | 45 |
| Goals scored | 149 (3.31 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Craig Gunn (10) |
| Biggest home win | Clyde 7–1 East Stirlingshire (15 October 2011) |
| Biggest away win | Montrose 0–6 Stranraer (27 August 2011) |
| Highest scoring | Clyde 7–1 East Stirlingshire (15 October 2011) Stranraer 4–4 Montrose (12 November 2011) |
| Longest winning run | 5 games Stranraer |
| Longest unbeaten run | 7 games Stranraer |
| Longest winless run | 8 games East Stirlingshire |
| Longest losing run | 8 games East Stirlingshire |
| Highest attendance | 728 Elgin City v Clyde (17 September 2011)[1] |
| Lowest attendance | 260 Stranraer v Berwick Rangers (20 August 2011)[2] |
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The 2011–12 Scottish Football League Third Division (also known as the 2011–12 Irn Bru Scottish Football League Third Division for sponsorship reasons) is the 17th season in the current format of 10 teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football. Arbroath F.C. are the current champions.[3] The season started on 6 August 2011 and is due to finish on 5 May 2012.[4]
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Arbroath as champions of the 2010–11 season were directly promoted to the 2011–12 Scottish Second Division.[3] Thus completing only a one year stay in the bottom tier of the Scottish Football League. They were replaced by Peterhead who finished bottom of the 2010–11 Scottish Second Division.[3]
A second promotion place was available via a play-off tournament between the ninth-placed team of the 2010–11 Scottish Second Division, Alloa Athletic, and the sides ranked second, third and fourth in the 2010–11 Scottish Third Division, Albion Rovers, Queen's Park and Annan Athletic respectively. The play off was won by Albion Rovers who defeated Annan Athletic in the final. Alloa Athletic were therefore relegated.[3]
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity [5] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alloa Athletic | Alloa | Recreation Park | 3,100 |
| Annan Athletic | Annan | Galabank | 3,000 |
| Berwick Rangers | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Shielfield Park | 4,065 |
| Clyde | Cumbernauld | Broadwood | 8,006 |
| East Stirlingshire | Stenhousemuir | Ochilview Park[A] | 3,746 |
| Elgin City | Elgin | Borough Briggs | 3,716 |
| Montrose | Montrose | Links Park | 3,292 |
| Peterhead | Peterhead | Balmoor | 3,150 |
| Queen's Park | Glasgow | Hampden Park | 52,025 |
| Stranraer | Stranraer | Stair Park | 6,250 |
A. East Stirlingshire currently ground share with Stenhousemuir.[6]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alloa Athletic | Paul Hartley | Pendle | mte |
| Annan Athletic | Harry Cairney | Stanno | M&S Engineering |
| Berwick Rangers | Jimmy Crease | Zoo Sport | JB Site Investigations |
| Clyde | Jim Duffy | Joma | Floortel |
| East Stirlingshire | John Coughlin | Jako | Foxlane |
| Elgin City | Ross Jack | Hummel | |
| Montrose | Ray Farningham | Nike | Fotheringham Property Developments |
| Peterhead | Jim McInally | Umbro | Bon Accord Glass |
| Queen's Park | Gardner Speirs | Joma | Irn-Bru |
| Stranraer | Keith Knox | Stanno | Stena Line |
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alloa Athletic | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 22 | +8 | 36 | Promotion to the 2012–13 Scottish Second Division |
| 2 | Stranraer | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 44 | 23 | +21 | 34 | Qualification to the Scottish Second Division Play-offs |
| 3 | Annan Athletic | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 22 | +7 | 31 | |
| 4 | Queen's Park | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 28 | |
| 5 | Berwick Rangers | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 24 | |
| 6 | Elgin City | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 22 | |
| 7 | Clyde | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 21 | |
| 8 | Montrose | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 40 | −11 | 18 | |
| 9 | Peterhead | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 27 | −8 | 13 | |
| 10 | East Stirlingshire | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 44 | −31 | 9 |
Updated to games played on 2 January 2012
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Teams play each other four times in this league. In the first half of the season each team plays every other team twice (home and away) and then do the same in the second half of the season, for a total of 36 games
| Home \ Away1 | ALO | ANN | BER | CLY | EST | ELG | MON | PET | QPA | STR |
| Alloa Athletic | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||
| Annan Athletic | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 0–3 | |
| Berwick Rangers | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | ||
| Clyde | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 7–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | ||
| East Stirlingshire | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | ||
| Elgin City | 5–0 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |||
| Montrose | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–5 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–6 | |||
| Peterhead | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | ||
| Queen's Park | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | ||
| Stranraer | 2–3 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 4–4 | 2–1 | 2–3 |
Updated to games played on 26 December 2011
Source: BBC Sport
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
| Home \ Away1 | ALO | ANN | BER | CLY | EST | ELG | MON | PET | QPA | STR |
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| Clyde | 1–2 | |||||||||
| East Stirlingshire | 1–3 | |||||||||
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| Peterhead | 3–0 | |||||||||
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Updated to games played on 2 January 2012
Source: BBC Sport
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
| Pos | Player | Club | Goals |
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| 1 | Craig Gunn | Elgin City | 10 |
| 2 | Martin Boyle | Montrose | 9 |
| Rory McAllister | Peterhead | ||
| 3 | Darren Gribben | Berwick Rangers | 8 |
| Kevin Cawley | Alloa Athletic | ||
| 4 | Scott Gibson | Annan Athletic | 7 |
| Stuart McColm | Stranraer | ||
| 5 | Jamie Longworth | Queens Park | 6 |
| Craig Malcolm | Stranraer | ||
| 6 | Chris Aitken | Stranraer | 5 |
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