2011–12 Scottish Second Division

Irn Bru Scottish Second Division
Season	2011–12
Champions	Cowdenbeath
Promoted	Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Airdrieonians F.C.
Relegated	Stirling Albion
Matches played	180
Goals scored	577 (3.21 per match)
Top goalscorer	Steven Doris (21)
Biggest home win	Albion Rovers 7–2 Airdrie United (5 November 2011) Arbroath 6–1 Albion Rovers (21 January 2012)
Biggest away win	East Fife 0–6 Dumbarton (27 August 2011)
Highest scoring	(9 goals) Albion Rovers 7–2 Airdrie United (5 November 2011)
Longest winning run	5 games Arbroath
Longest unbeaten run	10 games Arbroath Dumbarton
Longest winless run	10 games Albion Rovers Forfar Athletic
Longest losing run	6 games Stirling Albion
Highest attendance	1,490^[1] Airdrie United v Albion Rovers (2 January 2012)
Lowest attendance	207^[2] Albion Rovers v Cowdenbeath (3 December 2011)
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 Scottish Football League Second Division (also known as the 2011–12 Irn Bru Scottish Football League Second Division for sponsorship reasons) is the 17th season in the current format of 10 teams in the third-tier of Scottish football. Livingston F.C. are the current champions.^[3]

Teams

Location of teams in Scottish Second Division 2011–12

As champions of the 2010–11 season, Livingston were directly promoted to the 2011–12 Scottish First Division.^[3] They were replaced by Stirling Albion who finished bottom of the 2010–11 Scottish First Division.^[3]

A second promotion place was available via a play-off tournament between the ninth-placed team of the 2010–11 Scottish First Division, Cowdenbeath, and the sides ranked second, third and fourth in the 2010–11 Scottish Second Division, Ayr United, Forfar Athletic and Brechin City respectively. The play off was won by Ayr United who defeated Brechin City in the final. Cowdenbeath were therefore relegated and replaced Ayr United.^[3]

Peterhead finished bottom at the end of the 2010–11 Scottish Second Division season so were relegated to the 2011–12 Scottish Third Division. They were replaced by Arbroath, the champions of the 2010–11 Scottish Third Division.

The ninth placed team of the 2010–11 Scottish Second Division, Alloa Athletic, entered a play-off tournament with 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 and replaced by Albion Rovers.

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Home ground	Capacity
Airdrie United	Airdrie	New Broomfield	10,171
Albion Rovers	Coatbridge	Cliftonhill	2,496
Arbroath	Arbroath	Gayfield Park	4,153
Brechin City	Brechin	Glebe Park	1,519
Cowdenbeath	Cowdenbeath	Central Park	4,370
Dumbarton	Dumbarton	Dumbarton Football Stadium	2,025
East Fife	Methil	Bayview Stadium	2,000
Forfar Athletic	Forfar	Station Park	4,602
Stenhousemuir	Stenhousemuir	Ochilview Park	3,776
Stirling Albion	Stirling	Doubletree Dunblane Stadium	3,808

Personnel and kits

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
Airdrie United	Boyle, JimmyJimmy Boyle	Surridge	St Andrew's Hospice
Albion Rovers	Martin, PaulPaul Martin	Macron	Reigart
Arbroath	Sheerin, PaulPaul Sheerin	Pendle	Ogstons
Brechin City	Weir, JimJim Weir	Pendle	Cancer Research UK
Cowdenbeath	Cameron, ColinColin Cameron	Umbro	Subsea
Dumbarton	Adamson, AlanAlan Adamson	Surridge	Bet Butler
East Fife	Robertson, JohnJohn Robertson	1903 (clubs own brand)	Cogen Energy
Forfar Athletic	Campbell, DickDick Campbell	Pendle	Orchard Timber Products
Stenhousemuir	Irons, DavieDavie Irons	Hummel	Figure 11 Communications
Stirling Albion	Scott, JockyJocky Scott	Puma	Prudential plc

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cowdenbeath !Cowdenbeath (C) (P)	36	20	11	5	68	29	+39	71	Promotion to 2012–13 Scottish First Division
2	Arbroath !Arbroath	36	17	12	7	76	51	+25	63	Qualification to Scottish First Division Play-offs
3	Dumbarton !Dumbarton (P)	36	17	7	12	61	61	0	58
4	Airdrie United !Airdrie United (P)	36	14	10	12	68	60	+8	052^‡
5	Stenhousemuir !Stenhousemuir	36	15	6	15	54	49	+5	51
6	East Fife !East Fife	36	14	6	16	55	57	−2	48
7	Forfar Athletic !Forfar Athletic	36	11	9	16	59	72	−13	42
8	Brechin City !Brechin City	36	10	11	15	47	62	−15	41
9	Albion Rovers !Albion Rovers (O)	36	10	7	19	43	66	−23	37	Qualification to Scottish Second Division Play-offs
10	Stirling Albion !Stirling Albion (R)	36	9	7	20	46	70	−24	34	Relegation to 2012–13 Scottish Third Division

Updated to games played on 20 May 2012.
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
‡ Dumbarton won the First Division play-off final, and were promoted to the First Division.
Airdrie United lost the final of the First Division playoffs to Dumbarton. However following the demotion of Rangers to the third division prior to the beginning of the 2012-13 season, Dundee were promoted from the First Division to the SPL, and Airdrie United were promoted to the First Division to take their place. Stranraer were promoted from the Third to the Second Division to take the place of Airdie United
(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.

Results

First half of season

Home ╲ Away	Airdrie United !AIR	Albion Rovers !ALB	Arbroath !ARB	Brechin City !BRE	Cowdenbeath !COW	Dumbarton !DUM	East Fife !EFI	Forfar Athletic !FOR	Stenhousemuir !STE	Stirling Albion !STI
Airdrie United !Airdrie United		4–0	3–3	2–3	1–5	3–0	1–3	4–4	5–2	1–1
Albion Rovers !Albion Rovers	7–2		1–0	1–2	3–3	3–1	0–3	1–0	1–1	0–1
Arbroath !Arbroath	3–1	6–2		1–1	1–1	4–3	3–0	4–1	1–0	4–2
Brechin City !Brechin City	1–1	1–4	2–3		1–0	3–3	0–2	0–1	2–0	1–3
Cowdenbeath !Cowdenbeath	2–0	2–1	0–0	3–1		0–0	3–2	3–1	2–0	2–0
Dumbarton !Dumbarton	1–1	2–1	3–4	1–0	0–4		3–0	1–1	3–0	1–5
East Fife !East Fife	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–3	0–6		4–3	1–3	1–0
Forfar Athletic !Forfar Athletic	3–2	0–2	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–2	3–2		2–3	2–2
Stenhousemuir !Stenhousemuir	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–1	2–3		4–0
Stirling Albion !Stirling Albion	1–4	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–4	2–2

Updated to games played on 14 January 2012.
Source: BBC Sport
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home ╲ Away	Airdrie United !AIR	Albion Rovers !ALB	Arbroath !ARB	Brechin City !BRE	Cowdenbeath !COW	Dumbarton !DUM	East Fife !EFI	Forfar Athletic !FOR	Stenhousemuir !STE	Stirling Albion !STI
Airdrie United !Airdrie United		1–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	2–3	2–0	3–0	0–3	4–1
Albion Rovers !Albion Rovers	0–1		1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–2
Arbroath !Arbroath	2–2	6–1		2–3	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–1	0–2	2–0
Brechin City !Brechin City	1–1	2–1	1–1		2–2	2–2	1–3	2–1	1–0	1–2
Cowdenbeath !Cowdenbeath	0–0	3–0	2–3	1–0		4–1	4–0	2–0	0–0	4–1
Dumbarton !Dumbarton	2–1	1–0	3–2	4–2	0–2		0–4	1–0	0–2	4–1
East Fife !East Fife	2–0	1–2	1–3	2–2	0–1	1–2		4–0	1–1	1–0
Forfar Athletic !Forfar Athletic	2–3	4–0	2–4	4–1	1–0	1–1	1–4		1–2	4–3
Stenhousemuir !Stenhousemuir	0–3	1–2	1–3	2–1	0–2	1–2	1–0	1–2		4–0
Stirling Albion !Stirling Albion	0–2	3–0	1–1	2–3	0–2	1–2	0–1	2–2	3–1

Updated to games played on 5 May 2012.
Source: BBC Sport
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second Division Play-offs

Times are BST (UTC+1)

Semi-Finals

The fourth placed team in the Third Division (Elgin City ) will play the ninth placed team in the Second Division ( Albion Rovers ) and third placed team in the Third Division (Stranraer ) will play the second placed team in the Third Division (Queen's Park ). The play-offs will be played over two legs, the winning team in each semi-final will advance to the final.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Elgin City	1–2	Albion Rovers	1–0	0–2
Stranraer	5–1	Queen's Park	3–1	2–0

First legs

Elgin City v Albion Rovers

9 May
7:45 pm

Elgin City	1 – 0	Albion Rovers
Millar 53'	BBC Sport	O'Byrne 29'

Borough Briggs
Attendance: 1,248
Referee: Frank McDermott

Stranraer v Queen's Park

9 May
7:45 pm

Stranraer	3 – 1	Queen's Park
Winter 17', 68' Malcolm 22'	BBC Sport	Quinn 48'

Stair Park
Attendance: 481
Referee: Bobby Madden

Second legs

Albion Rovers v Elgin City

12 May
3:00 pm

Albion Rovers	2 – 0	Elgin City
Gemmell 62' Chaplain 90'	BBC Sport

Cliftonhill
Attendance: 827
Referee: John McKendrick

Queen's Park v Stranraer

12 May
3:00 pm

Queen's Park	0 – 2	Stranraer
	BBC Sport	Malcolm 12' Grehan 20'

Hampden Park
Attendance: 1,188
Referee: David Somers

Final

The two semi-final winners will play each other over two legs. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2012–13 Second Division. However, in July 2012, following discussions as a result of the sale of Rangers FC in administration to Charles Green, the result was moot; both teams were awarded a place in the Second Division.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Stranraer	3–3 (3–5 pens.)	Albion Rovers	2–0	1–3

First leg

Stranraer v Albion Rovers

16 May 2012
7:45 pm

Stranraer	2 – 0	Albion Rovers
McKeown 39' Moore 90'	BBC Sport

Stair Park
Attendance: 506
Referee: Stevie O'Reilly

Second leg

Albion Rovers v Stranraer

20 May 2012
3:00 pm

Albion Rovers	3 – 1 (5–3 pens.) (a.e.t.)	Stranraer
Chaplain 6', 33' (pen.) Love 25'	BBC Sport	27' Grehan

Cliftonhill
Attendance: 1,008
Referee: Brian Winter

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 21 April 2012 (GMT)^[4]

Pos	Player	Club	Goals
1	Steven Doris	Arbroath	21
2	Ryan Donnelly	Airdrie United	20
2	Ryan Wallace	East Fife	20
3	Marc McKenzie	Cowdenbeath	17
4	Chris Templeman	Forfar Athletic	16
5	Paul McManus	Brechin City	15
6	Bryan Prunty	Dumbarton	14
7	Scott Agnew	Dumbarton	13
	Lewis Coult	Cowdenbeath
	Andy Rodgers	Stenhousemuir
8	Gavin Swankie	Arbroath	11
9	Stewart Kean	Stenhousemuir	10

Hat-tricks

As of 7 March 2012 14:21 (GMT)

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Prunty, BrianBryan Prunty⁴	Dumbarton	East Fife	6–0	000000002011-08-27-000027 August 2011
Chaplain, ScottScott Chaplain	Albion Rovers	Airdrie United	7–2	000000002011-11-05-00005 November 2011
Donnelly, RyanRyan Donnelly	Airdrie United	Forfar Athletic	4–4	000000002011-11-02-00002 November 2011
Coult, LewisLewis Coult	Cowdenbeath	Stirling Albion	4–1	000000002012-02-11-000011 February 2012
Doris, StevenSteven Doris	Arbroath	Forfar Athletic	4–1	000000002012-02-22-000022 February 2012

⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Awards

Month	Second Division Manager of the Month		SFL Player of the Month		SFL Young player of the Month		Ginger Boot
Month	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club
August^[5]	Paul Sheerin	Arbroath	First division player		First division player		Third division player
September^[6]	Colin Cameron	Cowdenbeath	First division player		Mark Ridgers	East Fife	First division player
October^[7]	John Robertson	East Fife	First division player		First division player		Ryan Donnelly	Airdrie United
November^[8]	Colin Cameron	Cowdenbeath	First division player		Ryan Donnelly	Airdrie United	Third division player
December^[9]	Jim Weir	Brechin City	First division player		Third division player		Third division player
January^[10]	Alan Adamson	Dumbarton	Third division player		Third division player		Third division player
February^[11]	Alan Adamson	Dumbarton	Steven Doris	Arbroath	First division player		Lewis Coult	Cowdenbeath
March
April

References

↑ Airdrie United 1 - 0 Albion Rovers : Monday, 2 January 2012, Scottish Football League. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
↑ Albion Rovers 3 - 3 Cowdenbeath : Saturday, 3 December 2011, Scottish Football League. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
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↑ "Scottish Football League Championship Second Division Top Scorers". BBC Sport.
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↑ "IRN-BRU Phenomenal Awards - September 2011". Scottish Football League. 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
↑ "IRN-BRU SFL Phenomenal Awards - October 2011". Scottish Football League. 2011-11-18. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
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2011–12 in Scottish football

« 2010–11 2012–13 »

Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland 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 Women's 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

Third division football seasons in Scotland

Division Three	1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75

Second Division	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13

Scottish League One	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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