2009–10 Albion Rovers F.C. season

Albion Rovers
2009–10 season
Chairman Frank Meade[1]
Manager Paul Martin
Stadium Cliftonhill
Third Division Fifth place
Challenge Cup Second round, lost to Elgin City
League Cup Second round, lost to Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Scottish Cup Fourth round, lost to Stirling Albion
Top goalscorer League:
Marc McCusker (6)
All:
Marc McCusker (7)
Highest home attendance 613 vs Queen's Park Third Division 17 October 2009
Lowest home attendance 217 vs Montrose Third Division 13 March 2010
Average home league attendance League: 353[2]
← 2008–09

The 2009–10 season was Albion Rovers first season back in the Scottish Third Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Second Division at the end of season 2008–09.[3] Albion also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Albion finished fifth in the Third Division.[4] They reached the second round of the Challenge Cup,[5] the second round of the League Cup,[6] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.[7]

Management

Albion Rovers were managed by Paul Martin during the 2009–10 season,[8] following the departure of John McCormack who joined Hamilton Academical, as assistant manager to Billy Reid.[9]

Results & fixtures

[10][11][12]      Win       Draw       Loss

Scottish Third Division

Scottish Challenge Cup

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Squad

No. Pos Nat Player TotalThird Division[13] Challenge Cup[14] League Cup[15] Scottish Cup[16]
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland Jamie Ewings 17 0 15+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Scotland Derek Gaston 28 0 21+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
DF Scotland Alan Benton 40 0 31+1 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
DF Scotland Ciaran Donnelly 30 2 23+2 2 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
DF England Lee Hoolickin 4 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Alan Reid 40 0 33+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
DF Scotland Todd Lumsden 8 0 8+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Michael McGowan 44 0 36+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
DF Scotland Paul McGrath 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Jamie O'Boyle 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Mick O'Byrne 37 2 30+0 2 1+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
MF Scotland Lee Bannantyne 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Bobby Barr 16 4 11+0 1 2+0 1 2+0 1 1+0 1
MF Scotland Chris Boyle 29 3 21+1 3 1+1 0 0+1 0 4+0 0
MF Scotland Mark Canning 29 1 20+2 1 1+1 0 1+1 0 2+1 0
MF Scotland Brendan Crozier 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Terry Dignam 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
MF Scotland Daniel Ferry 13 1 5+5 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
MF Scotland Steven McKeown 32 2 17+8 2 2+0 0 2+0 0 2+1 0
MF Scotland Adam Strachan 5 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland Ryan Thomson 15 1 11+4 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Paul Tyrrell 34 1 26+0 1 2+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
FW Scotland James Gilmartin 9 0 2+7 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland David Gormley 5 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
FW Scotland Marc McCusker 29 7 12+10 6 0+2 0 1+1 1 2+1 0
FW Scotland David McFarlane 27 4 18+6 3 1+0 1 1+0 0 0+1 0
FW Republic of Ireland Denis McLaughlin 14 0 7+7 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Paul McLeod 17 5 9+8 5 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Marc Pollock 17 3 10+3 2 1+0 0 0+1 0 2+0 1
FW Scotland Paul Stewart 10 0 2+7 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
FW Scotland Patrick Walker 39 5 15+16 3 2+0 0 2+0 0 3+1 2

Team statistics

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Livingston (C) (P) 36 24 6 6 63 25+38 78 Second Division
2 Forfar Athletic (O) (P) 36 18 9 9 59 44+15 63 Second Division Play-offs
3 East Stirlingshire 36 19 4 13 50 46+4 61
4 Queen's Park 36 15 6 15 42 420 51
5 Albion Rovers 36 13 11 12 35 350 50
6 Berwick Rangers 36 14 8 14 46 50−4 50
7 Stranraer 36 13 8 15 48 54−6 47
8 Annan Athletic 36 11 10 15 41 42−1 43
9 Elgin City 36 9 7 20 46 59−13 34
10 Montrose 36 5 9 22 30 63−33 24

Updated to games played on 1 May 2010.
Source: [17]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Second Division Play-offs:The 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams will be entered into a play-off with the Second Division's 9th placed team. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2010–11 Second Division.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

References

  1. ↑ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack (2010). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2010-11. Headline. p. 672. ISBN 0755361075.
  2. ↑ "Scottish Third Division Stats: Team Attendance 2009-10". soccernet.espn.go.com. ESPN. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "SCOTTISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON 2008/09". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  4. ↑ "2009/10 Scottish Division Three Table". soccernet.espn.go.com. ESPN. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "Elgin City 3-0 Albion Rovers". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  6. ↑ "Inverness CT 4-0 Albion Rovers". BBC Sport. BBC. 25 August 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  7. ↑ "Stirling Albion F.C. v Albion Rovers F.C.". scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. 20 January 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  8. ↑ "Martin in charge at Cliftonhill". BBC Sport. BBC. 9 July 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  9. ↑ "McCormack new Accies assistant". BBC Sport. BBC. 28 June 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  10. ↑ "Albion Rovers Fixtures & Results - 2009/10". soccernet.espn.go.com. ESPN. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  11. ↑ "Albion Rovers's results from season 2009/2010". albionrovers-mad.co.uk. Albion Rovers Mad. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  12. ↑ "Third Division Results 2009-2010". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  13. ↑ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack (2010). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2010-11. Headline. p. 672. ISBN 0755361067.
  14. ↑ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack (2010). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2010-11. Headline. pp. 762–763. ISBN 0755361067.
  15. ↑ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack (2010). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2010-11. Headline. pp. 759–761. ISBN 0755361067.
  16. ↑ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack (2010). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2010-11. Headline. pp. 766–769. ISBN 0755361067.
  17. ↑ "Scottish Football League Championship 2009/10". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. Retrieved 17 October 2012.

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