2010–11 Airdrie United F.C. season

Airdrie United
2010–11 season
Chairman Jim Ballantyne[1]
Manager Jimmy Boyle
Stadium Excelsior Stadium
Second Division Sixth Place
Challenge Cup First round, lost to Ayr United
League Cup Second round, lost to Kilmarnock
Scottish Cup Fourth round, lost to Greenock Morton
Top goalscorer League:
Scott Gemmill (9)

All:
Scott Gemmill (12)
Highest home attendance League: 1,127 vs. Ayr United, 14 August 2010 [2]
Lowest home attendance League: 437 vs. Forfar Athletic, 22 February 2011[2]
Average home league attendance 788[3]

The 2010–11 season was Airdrie United's first season back in the Scottish Second Division, having been relegated from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2009–10 season.[4] They also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Airdrie United finished sixth in the Second Division.[5] They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup,[6] the second round of the League Cup[7] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.[8]

Management

Airdrie started the season under caretaker manager Jimmy Boyle following the sacking of Kenny Black during the summer.[9] His appointment was later made permanent on 15 September 2011.[10]

Results & fixtures

[11][12][13]   Win   Draw   Loss

Second Division

Challenge Cup

League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Squad

No. Pos Nat Player TotalSecond Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland Mark Ridgers 41 0 34 0 4 0 2 0 1 0
GK Spain Adam Szpilcynski 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland Jamie Bain 39 3 32 2 4 1 2 0 1 0
DF Scotland Graeme Goodall 6 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
DF Northern Ireland Craig Hill 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland Paul Lovering 32 3 27 2 3 1 1 0 1 0
DF Scotland Euan Grant 26 2 20 1 3 0 2 1 1 0
DF Scotland Scott Gibson 18 1 13 1 2 0 2 0 1 0
DF Scotland Harry McGregor 6 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
DF Scotland Eddie Forrest 13 1 9 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland Adam Fairweather 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland Nathan Blockley 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland Rhys Devlin 37 0 30 0 4 0 2 0 1 0
MF Scotland Phil Johnston 32 2 28 2 3 0 1 0 0 0
MF England Graeme Owens 12 4 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland Jamie Stevenson 30 4 27 2 3 2 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland Gary Mackay-Steven 21 2 19 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland Gary Muir 19 1 13 0 4 0 1 0 1 1
MF Scotland Grant Smith 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland David Gray 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland Kieran Stallard 30 0 27 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
MF Scotland Ryan McCord 37 8 32 6 3 1 2 1 0 0
MF Scotland Sean Burns 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF Scotland Patrick McCabe 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF Scotland Alistair Morgan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF Scotland Jonathan Fisher 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland Neil MacFarlane 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland Stephen McKeown 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland Fraser Keast 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland Ryan Donnelly 20 4 17 4 3 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland Scott Morton 9 4 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland Scott Sally 21 3 18 2 2 1 1 0 0 0
FW Scotland Andy Ferguson 8 2 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland Scott Gemmill 34 12 30 9 2 2 2 1 0 0
FW Scotland Chris Craig 13 1 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland Tony Watt 19 3 15 3 1 0 2 0 1 0
FW Scotland Ryan Wallace 11 3 8 3 1 0 1 0 1 0
FW Scotland Aiden Malone 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Statistics

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Livingston (C) (P) 36 25 7 4 79 33+46 82 Promotion to 2011–12 Scottish First Division
2 Ayr United (P) 36 18 5 13 62 55+7 59 Qualification for Scottish 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 52 608 48
7 Dumbarton 36 11 7 18 52 7018 40
8 Stenhousemuir 36 10 8 18 46 5913 38
9 Alloa Athletic (R) 36 9 9 18 49 7122 36 Qualification for Scottish Second Division Playoffs
10 Peterhead (R) 36 5 11 20 47 7629 26 Relegation to 2011–12 Scottish Third Division

Updated to games played on 7 May 2011.
Source: [14]
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.

See also

References

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  2. 1 2 Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack (2011). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2011-12. Headline. p. 778. ISBN 0755362314.
  3. "Scottish Second Division Stats: Team Attendance". soccernet.espn.go.com. ESPN. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  4. "Airdrie United relegated from First Division". Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser. 8 May 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  5. "2010/11 Scottish Division Two Table / Standings". ESPN. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
  6. "Airdrie United 1-2 Ayr United". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 July 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  7. "Scottish League Cup Results for 2010-11". London Hearts. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
  8. "Airdrie United F.C. v Greenock Morton F.C.". scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football League. 25 January 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  9. "Relegated Airdrie sack Black and turn to Boyle". Kirkintiloch Herald. 20 June 2010. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  10. "Airdrie United appoint Jimmy Boyle as manager on a permanent basis". Daily Record. 15 September 2010. Archived from the original on 29 January 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  11. "IRN-BRU Second Division Results 2010-2011". Scottish Football League. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
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  14. "Scottish Football League: Season 2010/11". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
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