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 FriendlyForfar Athletic0 – 2Dundee UnitedStation Park, Forfar
DUFC Report Bishop  33' (o.g.)
Russell  64'
Attendance: 957
Referee: Craig Charleston
12 July 2011 FriendlyForfar Athletic0 – 1SpartansStation Park
Forfar Report Kadik Attendance: 215
Referee: Andrew Dallas
16 July 2011 FriendlyForfar Athletic0 – 3AberdeenStation Park
AFC Report Vernon  18' (pen.)
Jack  68'
Milsom  80'
Attendance: 874
Referee: Matt Northcroft

Scottish Second Division

6 August 2011 Second DivisionForfar2 – 2CowdenbeathStation Park
McCulloch  58'
Templeman  62' (pen.)
BBC Report Ramsay  11'
Coult  78'
Attendance: 469
Referee: Gary Hilland
20 August 2011 Second DivisionForfar Athletic2 – 3StenhousemuirStation Park
Templeman  55'
Mowat  57'
BBC Report Ferguson  22'
Kean  25'
Thomson  62'
Attendance: 372
Referee: Mike Tumilty
27 August 2011 Second DivisionForfar Athletic3 – 2Airdrie UnitedStation Park
Crawford  11', 43'
Fotheringham  64'
BBC Sport Stephenson  23'
Lynch  29'
Attendance: 432
Referee: Beaton
10 September 2011 Second DivisionBrechin City0 – 1Forfar AthleticGlebe Park
15:00 Carcary  85' BBC Report Templeman  61' Attendance: 651
Referee: Northcroft
17 September 2011 Second DivisionStirling Albion2 – 4Forfar AthleticDoubletree Dunblane Stadium
Davieson  45' (pen.)
Smith  83'
BBC Report Shaughnessy  34'
Templeman  61' (78)
Low  75'
Attendance: 551
Referee: Charleston
1 October 2011 Second DivisionEast Fife4 – 3Forfar AthleticBayview 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 DivisionForfar Athletic1 – 1ArbroathStation Park
15:00 Bolocheweckyj  35' 
Shaughnessy  82'
BBC Report Sibanda  12' Attendance: 908
Referee: Roache
22 October 2011 Second DivisionCowdenbeath3 – 1Forfar AthleticCentral Park
Coult  60'
Stewart  68', 72'
BBC Report Low  75' Attendance: 339
Referee: Northcroft
29 October 2011 Second DivisionForfar Athletic0 – 2Albion RoversStation Park
BBC Report Love  45', 58' Attendance: 436
Referee: Tumilty
12 November 2011 Second DivisionAirdrie United4 – 4Forfar AthleticExcelsior Stadium
Donnelly  32', 58', 73'
Boyle  82'
BBC Report Templeman  17', 64'
Motion  62'
Byers  79'
Attendance: 635
Referee: Winter
3 December 2011 Second DivisionDumbarton1 – 1Forfar AthleticStrathclyde Homes Stadium
Walker  16' SFL Report Motion  90+3' Attendance: 443
Referee: Richmond
26 December 2011 Second DivisionForfar Athletic2 – 3Airdrie UnitedStation 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 DivisionBrechin City2 – 1Forfar AthleticGlebe Park
15:00 McManus  51', 59' SFL Report Templeman  39' Attendance: 776
Referee: McDermott
14 January 2012 Second DivisionStenhousemuir2 – 3Forfar AthleticOchilview Park
15:00 McMillan  42'
McCulloch  71' (o.g.)
SFL Report Templeman  43', 80'
Fotheringham  90'
Attendance: 454
Referee: Roache
24 January 2012 Second DivisionForfar Athletic2 – 2Stirling AlbionStation Park
19:30 Coyne  21', 60' SFL Report McSorley  79'
Davidson  88'
Attendance: 361
Referee: McKendrick,
11 February 2012 Second DivisionForfar Athletic2 – 4ArbroathStation Park
15:00 Fotheringham  80', 89' SFL Report Malcolm  17'
Samuel  41'
Sibanda  75'
Sheerin  82'
Attendance: 794
Referee: McKendrick
14 February 2012 Second DivisionForfar Athletic1 – 1DumbartonStation Park
19:45 Hilson  30' SFL Report Prunty  44' Attendance: 284
Referee: Clancy
18 February 2012 Second DivisionEast Fife4 – 0Forfar AthleticBayview Stadium
15:00 Sloan  11' (Penalty), 15'
Hislop  36'
Wallace  70'
SFL Report Attendance: 536
Referee: Charleston
22 February 2012 Second DivisionArbroath4 – 1Forfar AthleticGayfield Park
19:45 Samuel  20'
Doris  44', 45', 72'
SFL Report Coyne  13' Attendance: 789
Referee: Conroy
25 February 2012 Second DivisionAlbion Rovers2 – 2Forfar AthleticCliftonhill
15:00 Gemmell  5'
Love  78'
SFL Report Hilson  2'
Templeman  22'
Attendance: 312
Referee: Aitken
28 February 2012 Second DivisionForfar Athletic3 – 2East FifeStation 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 DivisionForfar Athletic1 – 2StenhousemuirStation Park
15:00 Low  56' SFL Report Ferguson  13'
Kean  53'
Attendance: 374
Referee: Northcroft
6 March 2012 Second DivisionStirling Albion2 – 2Forfar AthleticDoubletree Dunblane Stadium
19:45 Ferry  18'
McSorley  88'
SFL Report Tulloch  62'
Templeman  65'
Hegarty  67'
Attendance: 371
Referee: Beaton
10 March 2012 Second DivisionForfar Athletic4 – 1Brechin CityStation Park
15:00 Fotheringham  20', 67' (Penalty)
Low  32'
Byers  43'
SFL Report
Report
Buist  45' Attendance: 584
Referee: Colvin
17 March 2012 Second DivisionAirdrie United3 – 0Forfar AthleticExcelsior Stadium
15:00 Bain  54'
Lovering  75' (Penalty)
McLaren  86'
SFL Report Attendance: 621
Referee: Somers
24 March 2012 Second DivisionForfar Athletic4 – 3Stirling AlbionStation 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 DivisionForfar Athletic1 – 4East FifeStation Park
15:00 Byers  32' SFL Report Dalziel  15', 90'
Wallace  18', 53'
Attendance: 559
Referee: McDermott
14 April 2012 Second DivisionArbroath0 – 1Forfar AthleticGayfield Park
15:00 SFL Report Ross  60' Attendance: 998
Referee: Allan
21 April 2012 Second DivisionCowdenbeath2 – 0Forfar AthleticCentral Park
15:00 McKenzie  72', 83' SFL Report Attendance: 930
Referee: Anderson
28 April 2012 Second DivisionForfar Athletic4 – 0Albion RoversStation 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 Second DivisionStenhousemuir1 – 2Forfar AthleticOchilview 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 3Stranraer1 – 1Forfar AthleticStair Park
15;00 Gallagher  20'
McKeown  89'
BBC Report Templeman  32' Attendance: 340
Referee: Colvin
7 January 2012 Scottish Cup Round 4Forfar Athletic0 – 4AberdeenStation Park
15:00 BBC Sport Vernon  31'
Chalali  41'
Fallon  71'
Megginson  84'
Attendance: 3,747
Referee: Colvin

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Challenge Cup

9 August 2011 Scottish Challenge Cup Round 2Forfar Athletic0 – 5Greenock MortonStation 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 TotalScottish Second DivisionScottish CupLeague CupChallenge Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Grant Adam 100+000+001+000+00
GK Jamie Langfield 202+000+000+000+00
GK Anton Mordente 000+000+000+000+00
GK Adam McHugh 706+000+001+000+00
GK Marc McCallum 808+000+000+000+00
GK Paul McKane 000+000+000+000+00
GK Greg Paterson 26020+103+000+002+00
DF Jamie Bishop 1108+002+000+001+00
DF Michael Bolochoweckyj 26016+800+101+000+00
DF Iain Campbell 27021+103+001+001+00
DF Chris Hegarty 29020+402+001+001+10
DF Mark McCulloch 35130+011+002+002+00
DF David Mowat 30120+313+002+001+10
DF Greg Ross 37327+323+012+002+00
DF Craig Wilson 21010+601+102+001+00
DF Stephen Tulloch 18112+211+001+101+00
DF Joe Shaughnessy 28326+032+000+000+00
MF Bradley Skelly 000+000+000+000+00
MF Duncan Reid 100+100+000+000+00
MF Kevin Byers 35713+1670+201+101+10
MF Martyn Fotheringham 33822+483+002+002+00
MF Kevin Motion 32313+1230+301+101+10
MF Nicky Low 31628+162+000+000+00
MF Jordan Brown 403+100+000+000+00
MF Barry Sellars 402+200+000+000+00
FW Ross Campbell 29012+1103+000+201+00
FW Stevie Crawford 15311+020+002+012+00
FW Graham Gibson 2224+1300+210+101+11
FW Chris Templeman 401932+1163+022+012+00
FW Dale Hilson 21220+021+000+000+00
FW Bradley Coyne 1659+750+000+000+00
FW 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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