2011–12 Forfar Athletic F.C. season

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.

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

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
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 Second Division Forfar 2–2 Cowdenbeath Station Park
McCulloch 58'
Templeman 62' (pen.)
BBC Report Ramsay 11'
Coult 78'
Attendance: 469
Referee: Gary Hilland
20 August 2011 Second Division 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 Second Division 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 Second Division Brechin City 0–1 Forfar Athletic Glebe Park
15:00 Carcary  85' BBC Report Templeman 61' Attendance: 651
Referee: Northcroft
1 October 2011 Second Division 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 Second Division Forfar Athletic 1–1 Arbroath Station Park
15:00 Bolocheweckyj  35' 
Shaughnessy 82'
BBC Report Sibanda 12' Attendance: 908
Referee: Roache
22 October 2011 Second Division Cowdenbeath 3–1 Forfar Athletic Central Park
Coult 60'
Stewart 68', 72'
BBC Report Low 75' Attendance: 339
Referee: Northcroft
29 October 2011 Second Division Forfar Athletic 0–2 Albion Rovers Station Park
BBC Report Love 45', 58' Attendance: 436
Referee: Tumilty
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
3 December 2011 Second Division Dumbarton 1–1 Forfar Athletic Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Walker 16' SFL Report Motion 90+3' Attendance: 443
Referee: Richmond
26 December 2011 Second Division 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 Second Division Brechin City 2–1 Forfar Athletic Glebe Park
15:00 McManus 51', 59' SFL Report Templeman 39' Attendance: 776
Referee: McDermott
14 January 2012 Second Division 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
24 January 2012 Second Division Forfar Athletic 2–2 Stirling Albion Station Park
19:30 Coyne 21', 60' SFL Report McSorley 79'
Davidson 88'
Attendance: 361
Referee: McKendrick,
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
25 February 2012 Second Division 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 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
3 March 2012 Second Division Forfar Athletic 1–2 Stenhousemuir Station Park
15:00 Low 56' SFL Report Ferguson 13'
Kean 53'
Attendance: 374
Referee: Northcroft
6 March 2012 Second Division 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 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
24 March 2012 Second Division 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
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

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 TotalScottish Second DivisionScottish CupLeague CupChallenge Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK  SCO Grant Adam 100+000+001+000+00
GK  SCO Jamie Langfield 202+000+000+000+00
GK  SCO Anton Mordente 000+000+000+000+00
GK  ENG Adam McHugh 706+000+001+000+00
GK  SCO Marc McCallum 808+000+000+000+00
GK  SCO Paul McKane 000+000+000+000+00
GK  SCO Greg Paterson 26020+103+000+002+00
DF  SCO Jamie Bishop 1108+002+000+001+00
DF  SCO Michael Bolochoweckyj 26016+800+101+000+00
DF  SCO Iain Campbell 27021+103+001+001+00
DF  SCO Chris Hegarty 29020+402+001+001+10
DF  SCO Mark McCulloch 35130+011+002+002+00
DF  SCO David Mowat 30120+313+002+001+10
DF  SCO Greg Ross 37327+323+012+002+00
DF  SCO Craig Wilson 21010+601+102+001+00
DF  SCO Stephen Tulloch 18112+211+001+101+00
DF  IRL Joe Shaughnessy 28326+032+000+000+00
MF  SCO Bradley Skelly 000+000+000+000+00
MF  SCO Duncan Reid 100+100+000+000+00
MF  SCO Kevin Byers 35713+1670+201+101+10
MF  SCO Martyn Fotheringham 33822+483+002+002+00
MF  SCO Kevin Motion 32313+1230+301+101+10
MF  SCO Nicky Low 31628+162+000+000+00
MF  SCO Jordan Brown 403+100+000+000+00
MF  SCO Barry Sellars 402+200+000+000+00
FW  SCO Ross Campbell 29012+1103+000+201+00
FW  SCO Stevie Crawford 15311+020+002+012+00
FW  SCO Graham Gibson 2224+1300+210+101+11
FW  SCO Chris Templeman 401932+1163+022+012+00
FW  SCO Dale Hilson 21220+021+000+000+00
FW  SCO Bradley Coyne 1659+750+000+000+00
FW  SCO Lee Bryce 300+300+000+000+00

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 May 2012
Nation Position Name Scottish Second Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
GKGrant Adam 0000000000
GKJamie Langfield 0000000000
GKAnton Mordente 0000000000
GKAdam McHugh 0100000001
GKMarc McCallum 0000000000
GKPaul McKane 0000000000
GKGreg Paterson 1000000010
DFJamie Bishop 2000000020
DFMichael Bolochoweckyj 9100000091
DFIain Campbell 7010000080
DFChris Hegarty 92100010112
DFMark McCulloch 2000000020
DFDavid Mowat 2000000020
DFGreg Ross 6000001070
DFCraig Wilson 2000100030
DFStephen Tulloch 3000000030
DFJoe Shaughnessy 4000000040
MFBradley Skelly 0000000000
MFDuncan Reid 0000000000
MFKevin Byers 0010000010
MFMartyn Fotheringham 6010000070
MFKevin Motion 3000000030
MFNicky Low 4000000040
MFJordan Brown 0000000000
MFBarry Sellars 0000000000
FWRoss Campbell 3000000030
FWStevie Crawford 0000000000
FWGraham Gibson 0000000000
FWChris Templeman 4000000040
FWDale Hilson 5100000051
FWBradley Coyne 1000000010
FWLee Bryce 0000000000

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 winner

Transfers

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