2010–11 Albion Rovers F.C. season

Albion Rovers
2010–11 season
Chairman Frank Meade[1]
Manager Paul Martin
Stadium Cliftonhill
Third Division Second place (Promoted)
Challenge Cup First round, lost to Queen of the South
League Cup First round, lost to Airdrie United
Scottish Cup Second round, lost to Sunnybank
Top goalscorer League:
Robert Love (10)
All:
Robert Love (13)
Highest home attendance 523 vs. Clyde, 19 March 2011[2]
Lowest home attendance 312 vs. Montrose, 15 January 2011[2]
Average home league attendance 383[3]

The 2010–11 season was Albion Rovers second consecutive season in the Scottish Third Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Second Division at the end of season 2008–09.[4] Albion also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Albion Rovers finished second in the Third Division,[5] entering the play-offs beating Annan Athletic 4-3 to on aggregate in the final[6] and were promoted to the Second Division.[7] They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup,[8] the first round of the League Cup[9] and the second round of the Scottish Cup.[10]

Results & fixtures

[11][12][13]      Win       Draw       Loss

Scottish Third Division

Second Division Play-offs

Scottish Challenge Cup

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Squad

No. Pos Nat Player TotalThird Division[14] Other[a][15][16] League Cup[17] Scottish Cup[18][19]
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland Derek Barnes 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Scotland Derek Gaston 33 0 25+1 0 5+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
GK England Thomas Flynn 11 0 11+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Alan Benton 29 1 24+2 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland Ciaran Donnelly 42 4 35+0 2 5+0 2 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland Todd Lumsden 26 1 20+0 1 5+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Michael McGowan 43 2 36+0 2 5+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland Alan Reid 40 0 33+0 0 5+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland Chris Boyle 22 4 18+1 4 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Steven Canning 39 2 31+1 2 5+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland Scott Chaplain 21 9 16+1 8 4+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Darren Dalrymple 2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Daniel Ferry 15 0 5+7 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Peter Innes 27 1 19+4 1 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
MF Scotland Steven Lawless 28 3 11+14 3 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland Stephen Meechan 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Darren Smith 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Tony Stevenson 38 3 21+11 3 4+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
FW Scotland John Gemmell 35 8 22+7 6 4+0 2 1+0 0 0+1 0
FW Scotland James Gilmartin 13 1 1+10 1 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Chris Hamilton 32 6 17+10 6 2+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
FW Scotland Hugh Kerr 3 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Robert Love 43 13 36+0 10 5+0 3 1+0 0 1+0 0
FW Scotland Paul McLeod 18 3 9+6 3 1+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
FW Scotland Stefan McCluskey 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Iain Smith 19 3 3+15 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
FW Scotland Kevin Watt 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including play offs and the Scottish Challenge Cup.

Team statistics

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Arbroath (C) (P) 36 20 6 10 80 61+19 66 Promotion to 2011–12 Scottish Second Division
2 Albion Rovers (O) 36 17 10 9 56 40+16 61 Qualification to promotion play-offs
3 Queen's Park 36 18 5 13 57 43+14 59
4 Annan Athletic 36 16 11 9 58 45+13 59
5 Stranraer 36 15 12 9 72 57+15 57
6 Berwick Rangers 36 12 13 11 62 56+6 49
7 Elgin City 36 13 6 17 53 63−10 45
8 Montrose 36 10 7 19 47 61−14 37
9 East Stirlingshire 36 10 4 22 33 62−29 34
10 Clyde 36 8 8 20 37 67−30 32

Updated to games played on 7 May 2011.
Source: [20]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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 (2011). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2011-12. Headline. p. 692. ISBN 0755362314.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack (2011). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2011-12. Headline. p. 778. ISBN 0755362314.
  3. ↑ "Scottish Third Division Stats: Team Attendance 2010-11". soccernet.espn.go.com. ESPN. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  4. ↑ "SCOTTISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON 2008/09". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "2010/11 Scottish Division Three Table". soccernet.espn.go.com. ESPN. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  6. ↑ "Annan Ath 2-1 Albion Rovers (3-4)". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 May 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  7. ↑ "Scottish Football League SEASON 2010/11". Scottish Football League. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  8. ↑ "Queen of the South 2 - 1 Albion Rovers". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 24 July 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  9. ↑ "Albion 0 - 1 Airdrie Utd". BBC Sport. BBC. 31 July 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  10. ↑ "Scottish Cup wins for Sunnybank and Bo'Ness". BBC Sport. BBC. 23 October 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  11. ↑ "Albion Rovers Fixtures & Results 2010/11". soccernet.espn.go.com. ESPN. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  12. ↑ "IRN BRU Third Division Results 2010–2011". Scottish Football League. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  13. ↑ "Albion Rovers's results from season 2010/2011". albionrovers-mad.co.uk. Albion Rovers Mad. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  14. ↑ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack (2011). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2011-12. Headline. p. 693. ISBN 0755362314.
  15. ↑ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack (2011). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2011-12. Headline. p. 772. ISBN 0755362314.
  16. ↑ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack (2011). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2011-12. Headline. pp. 783–784. ISBN 0755362314.
  17. ↑ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack (2011). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2011-12. Headline. pp. 780–782. ISBN 0755362314.
  18. ↑ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack (2011). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2011-12. Headline. pp. 787–791. ISBN 0755362314.
  19. ↑ "Albion Rovers 0 - 1 Sunnybank". espnfc.com. ESPN. 23 October 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  20. ↑ "2010/11 Scottish Division Three Table / Table". soccernet.espn.go.com. ESPN. Retrieved 11 October 2012.

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