2011–12 Forfar Athletic F.C. season

Forfar Athletic
2011–12 season
ChairmanNeill Wilson
ManagerDick Campbell
StadiumStation Park
Scottish Second Division7th
Challenge CupSecond round
(eliminated by Greenock Morton)
League CupSecond round
(eliminated by Queen of the South)
Scottish CupFourth round
(eliminated by Aberdeen)
Top goalscorerLeague: Chris Templeman (16)
All: Chris Templeman (19)
Highest home attendance908 vs. Arbroath, 15 October 2011
Lowest home attendance284 vs. Dumbarton, 15 February 2012

The 2011–12 season was Forfar Athletic's second consecutive season in the Scottish Second Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Third Division at the end of the 2009–10 season.[1] Forfar Athletic also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Forfar finished seventh in the Second Division.[2] They reached the second round of the Challenge Cup,[3] the second round of the League Cup[4] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.[5]

Results and fixtures

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

2 July 2011 Friendly Forfar Athletic 0–2 Dundee United Station Park, Forfar
DUFC Report Bishop 33' (o.g.)
Russell 64'
Attendance: 957
Referee: Craig Charleston
5 July 2011 Friendly Forfar Athletic 1–1 Montrose Station Park
Campbell 75' Forfar Report Crawford 60' (pen.)
12 July 2011 Friendly Forfar Athletic 0–1 Spartans Station Park
Forfar Report Kadik Attendance: 215
Referee: Andrew Dallas
16 July 2011 Friendly Forfar Athletic 0–3 Aberdeen Station Park
AFC Report Vernon 18' (pen.)
Jack 68'
Milsom 80'
Attendance: 874
Referee: Matt Northcroft

Scottish Second Division

6 August 2011 Forfar 2–2 Cowdenbeath Station Park
McCulloch 58'
Templeman 62' (pen.)
BBC Report Ramsay 11'
Coult 78'
Attendance: 469
Referee: Gary Hilland
13 August 2011 Albion Rovers 1–0 Forfar Athletic Cliftonhill
Love 89' BBC Report Attendance: 352
Referee: John McKendrick
20 August 2011 Forfar Athletic 2–3 Stenhousemuir Station Park
Templeman 55'
Mowat 57'
BBC Report Ferguson 22'
Kean 25'
Thomson 62'
Attendance: 372
Referee: Mike Tumilty
27 August 2011 Forfar Athletic 3–2 Airdrie United Station Park
Crawford 11', 43'
Fotheringham 64'
BBC Sport Stephenson 23'
Lynch 29'
Attendance: 432
Referee: Beaton
10 September 2011 Brechin City 0–1 Forfar Athletic Glebe Park
15:00 Carcary  85' BBC Report Templeman 61' Attendance: 651
Referee: Northcroft
17 September 2011 Stirling Albion 2–4 Forfar Athletic Doubletree Dunblane Stadium
Davieson 45' (pen.)
Smith 83'
BBC Report Shaughnessy 34'
Templeman 61' (78)
Low 75'
Attendance: 551
Referee: Charleston
24 September 2011 Forfar Athletic 0–2 Dumbarton Station Park
BBC Report Winters 32'
Prunty 61'
Attendance: 493
Referee: Euan Norris
1 October 2011 East Fife 4–3 Forfar Athletic Bayview Stadium
Ovenstone 15'
Muir 32'
Ogleby 44'
Wallace 83'
BBC Report Byers 19'
Ovenstone 40' (o.g.)
Shaughnessy 53'
McHugh  76'
Attendance: 533
Referee: Clancy
15 October 2011 Forfar Athletic 1–1 Arbroath Station Park
15:00 Bolocheweckyj  35' 
Shaughnessy 82'
BBC Report Sibanda 12' Attendance: 908
Referee: Roache
22 October 2011 Cowdenbeath 3–1 Forfar Athletic Central Park
Coult 60'
Stewart 68', 72'
BBC Report Low 75' Attendance: 339
Referee: Northcroft
29 October 2011 Forfar Athletic 0–2 Albion Rovers Station Park
BBC Report Love 45', 58' Attendance: 436
Referee: Tumilty
5 November 2011 Forfar Athletic 0–0 Brechin City Station Park
SFL Report Attendance: 661
Referee: McKendrick
12 November 2011 Airdrie United 4–4 Forfar Athletic Excelsior Stadium
Donnelly 32', 58', 73'
Boyle 82'
BBC Report Templeman 17', 64'
Motion 62'
Byers 79'
Attendance: 635
Referee: Winter
26 November 2011 Forfar Athletic P–P Stirling Albion Station Park
3 December 2011 Dumbarton 1–1 Forfar Athletic Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Walker 16' SFL Report Motion 90+3' Attendance: 443
Referee: Richmond
10 December 2011 Forfar Athletic P–P East Fife Station Park
17 December 2011 Arbroath P–P Forfar Athletic Gayfield Park
26 December 2011 Forfar Athletic 2–3 Airdrie United Station Park
14:00 Templeman 15'
Motion 18'
Hegarty  67'
SFL Report Lynch 42'
McLaren 45'
Morton 90'
Attendance: 579
Referee: Clancy
2 January 2012 Brechin City 2–1 Forfar Athletic Glebe Park
15:00 McManus 51', 59' SFL Report Templeman 39' Attendance: 776
Referee: McDermott
14 January 2012 Stenhousemuir 2–3 Forfar Athletic Ochilview Park
15:00 McMillan 42'
McCulloch 71' (o.g.)
SFL Report Templeman 43', 80'
Fotheringham 90'
Attendance: 454
Referee: Roache
21 January 2012 Forfar Athletic 1–0 Cowdenbeath Station Park
15:00 Low 45' SFL Report Attendance: 475
Referee: Finnie
24 January 2012 Forfar Athletic 2–2 Stirling Albion Station Park
19:30 Coyne 21', 60' SFL Report McSorley 79'
Davidson 88'
Attendance: 361
Referee: McKendrick,
28 January 2012 Forfar Athletic P–P Dumbarton Station Park
15:00
4 February 2012 Stirling Albion P–P Forfar Athletic Forthbank Stadium
15:00
11 February 2012 Forfar Athletic 2–4 Arbroath Station Park
15:00 Fotheringham 80', 89' SFL Report Malcolm 17'
Samuel 41'
Sibanda 75'
Sheerin 82'
Attendance: 794
Referee: McKendrick
14 February 2012 Forfar Athletic 1–1 Dumbarton Station Park
19:45 Hilson 30' SFL Report Prunty 44' Attendance: 284
Referee: Clancy
18 February 2012 East Fife 4–0 Forfar Athletic Bayview Stadium
15:00 Sloan 11' (Penalty), 15'
Hislop 36'
Wallace 70'
SFL Report Attendance: 536
Referee: Charleston
22 February 2012 Arbroath 4–1 Forfar Athletic Gayfield Park
19:45 Samuel 20'
Doris 44', 45', 72'
SFL Report Coyne 13' Attendance: 789
Referee: Conroy
25 February 2012 Albion Rovers 2–2 Forfar Athletic Cliftonhill
15:00 Gemmell 5'
Love 78'
SFL Report Hilson 2'
Templeman 22'
Attendance: 312
Referee: Aitken
28 February 2012 Forfar Athletic 3–2 East Fife Station Park
19:45 Low 4'
Templeman 15' (Penalty), 64'
SFL Report Sloan 19' (Penalty)
Wallace 90' (Penalty)
Attendance: 432
Referee: Collum
3 March 2012 Forfar Athletic 1–2 Stenhousemuir Station Park
15:00 Low 56' SFL Report Ferguson 13'
Kean 53'
Attendance: 374
Referee: Northcroft
6 March 2012 Stirling Albion 2–2 Forfar Athletic Doubletree Dunblane Stadium
19:45 Ferry 18'
McSorley 88'
SFL Report Tulloch 62'
Templeman 65'
Hegarty  67'
Attendance: 371
Referee: Beaton
10 March 2012 Forfar Athletic 4–1 Brechin City Station Park
15:00 Fotheringham 20', 67' (Penalty)
Low 32'
Byers 43'
SFL Report
Report
Buist 45' Attendance: 584
Referee: Colvin
17 March 2012 Airdrie United 3–0 Forfar Athletic Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Bain 54'
Lovering 75' (Penalty)
McLaren 86'
SFL Report Attendance: 621
Referee: Somers
24 March 2012 Forfar Athletic 4–3 Stirling Albion Station Park
15:00 Fotheringham 12'
Coyne 15'
Templeman 23'
Byers 90'
SFL Report Kelbie 22'
Smith 63'
Ferry 89'
Attendance: 462
Referee: Roache
31 March 2012 Dumbarton 1–0 Forfar Athletic Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Paterson 56' (o.g.) Forfar Report Attendance: 513
Referee: O'Reilly
7 April 2012 Forfar Athletic 1–4 East Fife Station Park
15:00 Byers 32' SFL Report Dalziel 15', 90'
Wallace 18', 53'
Attendance: 559
Referee: McDermott
14 April 2012 Arbroath 0–1 Forfar Athletic Gayfield Park
15:00 SFL Report Ross 60' Attendance: 998
Referee: Allan
21 April 2012 Cowdenbeath 2–0 Forfar Athletic Central Park
15:00 McKenzie 72', 83' SFL Report Attendance: 930
Referee: Anderson
28 April 2012 Forfar Athletic 4–0 Albion Rovers Station Park
15:00 Byers 3', 30'
Ross 28'
Hilson  62'
Coyne 84'
SFL Report Stevenson  11'
Boyle  45'
Attendance: 554
Referee: Somers
5 May 2012 Stenhousemuir 1–2 Forfar Athletic Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
15:00 Anderson 15' SFL Report McMillan 4' (Own goal)
Fotheringham 22'
Attendance: 759
Referee: Aitken

Scottish Cup

19 November 2011 Scottish Cup round 3 Stranraer 1–1 Forfar Athletic Stair Park
15:00 Gallagher  20'
McKeown 89'
BBC Report Templeman 32' Attendance: 340
Referee: Colvin
26 November 2011 Scottish Cup round 3 Replay Forfar Athletic 3–0 Stranraer Station Park
15;00 Ross 67'
Templeman 76'
Gibson 87'
BBC Sport Attendance: 423
Referee: Colvin
7 January 2012 Scottish Cup round 4 Forfar Athletic 0–4 Aberdeen Station Park
15:00 BBC Sport Vernon 31'
Chalali 41'
Fallon 71'
Megginson 84'
Attendance: 3,747
Referee: Colvin

Scottish League Cup

30 July 2011 Scottish League Cup round 1 Forfar Athletic 2–0 Peterhead Station Park, Forfar
Crawford 43'
Templeman 61'
BBC Report Attendance: 452
Referee: Des Roache
23 August 2011 Scottish League Cup round 2 Queen of the South 3–0 Forfar Athletic Palmerston Park, Dumfries
19:45 Brighton 29'
Johnston 58'
Clark 61'
BBC Sport Attendance: 1,008
Referee: Willie Collum

Scottish Challenge Cup

23 July 2011 Scottish Challenge Cup round 1 Forfar Athletic 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)
Buckie Thistle Station Park, Forfar
Gibson 29' BBC Report MacMillan 33' Attendance: 416
Referee: John Beaton
9 August 2011 Scottish Challenge Cup round 2 Forfar Athletic 0–5 Greenock Morton Station Park, Forfar
BBC Report O'Brien 56'
Weatherson 59'
MacDonald 61', 75'
Campbell 78'
Attendance: 448
Referee: Matt Northcroft

Player statistics

Squad

Last updated 5 May 2012
No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish Second Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK  SCO Grant Adam 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
GK  SCO Jamie Langfield 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK  SCO Anton Mordente 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK  ENG Adam McHugh 7 0 6+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
GK  SCO Marc McCallum 8 0 8+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK  SCO Paul McKane 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK  SCO Greg Paterson 26 0 20+1 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF  SCO Jamie Bishop 11 0 8+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF  SCO Michael Bolochoweckyj 26 0 16+8 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF  SCO Iain Campbell 27 0 21+1 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF  SCO Chris Hegarty 29 0 20+4 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+1 0
DF  SCO Mark McCulloch 35 1 30+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
DF  SCO David Mowat 30 1 20+3 1 3+0 0 2+0 0 1+1 0
DF  SCO Greg Ross 37 3 27+3 2 3+0 1 2+0 0 2+0 0
DF  SCO Craig Wilson 21 0 10+6 0 1+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
DF  SCO Stephen Tulloch 18 1 12+2 1 1+0 0 1+1 0 1+0 0
DF  IRL Joe Shaughnessy 28 3 26+0 3 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF  SCO Bradley Skelly 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF  SCO Duncan Reid 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF  SCO Kevin Byers 35 7 13+16 7 0+2 0 1+1 0 1+1 0
MF  SCO Martyn Fotheringham 33 8 22+4 8 3+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
MF  SCO Kevin Motion 32 3 13+12 3 0+3 0 1+1 0 1+1 0
MF  SCO Nicky Low 31 6 28+1 6 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF  SCO Jordan Brown 4 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF  SCO Barry Sellars 4 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW  SCO Ross Campbell 29 0 12+11 0 3+0 0 0+2 0 1+0 0
FW  SCO Stevie Crawford 15 3 11+0 2 0+0 0 2+0 1 2+0 0
FW  SCO Graham Gibson 22 2 4+13 0 0+2 1 0+1 0 1+1 1
FW  SCO Chris Templeman 40 19 32+1 16 3+0 2 2+0 1 2+0 0
FW  SCO Dale Hilson 21 2 20+0 2 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW  SCO Bradley Coyne 16 5 9+7 5 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW  SCO Lee Bryce 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 May 2012
Nation Position Name Scottish Second Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
GK Grant Adam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Jamie Langfield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Anton Mordente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Adam McHugh 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
GK Marc McCallum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Paul McKane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Greg Paterson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF Jamie Bishop 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
DF Michael Bolochoweckyj 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
DF Iain Campbell 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
DF Chris Hegarty 9 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 2
DF Mark McCulloch 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
DF David Mowat 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
DF Greg Ross 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
DF Craig Wilson 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
DF Stephen Tulloch 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
DF Joe Shaughnessy 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
MF Bradley Skelly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Duncan Reid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Kevin Byers 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF Martyn Fotheringham 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
MF Kevin Motion 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
MF Nicky Low 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
MF Jordan Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Barry Sellars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Ross Campbell 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
FW Stevie Crawford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Graham Gibson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Chris Templeman 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
FW Dale Hilson 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
FW Bradley Coyne 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW Lee Bryce 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
5 Stenhousemuir 36 15 6 15 54 49 +5 51
6 East Fife 36 14 6 16 55 57 −2 48
7 Forfar Athletic 36 11 9 16 59 72 −13 42
8 Brechin City 36 10 11 15 47 62 −15 41
9 Albion Rovers (O) 36 10 7 19 43 66 −23 37 Qualification for Second Division play-offs
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners

Transfers

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