2011–12 Forfar Athletic F.C. season

Forfar Athletic
2011–12 season
Chairman Neill Wilson
Manager Dick Campbell
StadiumStation Park
Scottish Second DivisionSeventh place
Challenge CupSecond Round, lost to Greenock Morton
League CupSecond Round, lost to Queen of the South
Scottish CupFourth Round, lost to 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. Forfar Athletic also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Forfar finished seventh in the Second Division. They reached the second round of the Challenge Cup, the second round of the League Cup and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.

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

Scottish Second Division

6 August 2011 Second Division Forfar 2–2 Cowdenbeath Station Park
McCulloch 58'
Templeman 62' (pen.)
BBC Report Ramsay 11'
Coult 78'
Attendance: 469
Referee: Gary Hilland
12 November 2011 Second Division 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
2 January 2012 Second Division Brechin City 2–1 Forfar Athletic Glebe Park
15:00 McManus 51', 59' SFL Report Templeman 39' Attendance: 776
Referee: McDermott
11 February 2012 Second Division 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 Second Division Forfar Athletic 1–1 Dumbarton Station Park
19:45 Hilson 30' SFL Report Prunty 44' Attendance: 284
Referee: Clancy
18 February 2012 Second Division 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 Second Division Arbroath 4–1 Forfar Athletic Gayfield Park
19:45 Samuel 20'
Doris 44', 45', 72'
SFL Report Coyne 13' Attendance: 789
Referee: Conroy
28 February 2012 Second Division 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
10 March 2012 Second Division 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 Second Division Airdrie United 3–0 Forfar Athletic Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Bain 54'
Lovering 75' (Penalty)
McLaren 86'
SFL Report Attendance: 621
Referee: Somers
7 April 2012 Second Division 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 Second Division Arbroath 0–1 Forfar Athletic Gayfield Park
15:00 SFL Report Ross 60' Attendance: 998
Referee: Allan
21 April 2012 Second Division Cowdenbeath 2–0 Forfar Athletic Central Park
15:00 McKenzie 72', 83' SFL Report Attendance: 930
Referee: Anderson
28 April 2012 Second Division 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

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
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

Scottish Challenge Cup

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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