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2010–11 Arbroath F.C. season

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Arbroath 2010–11 football season
Arbroath
2010–11 season
ChairmanJohn Christison
ManagerPaul Sheerin
StadiumGayfield Park
Third DivisionFirst place (champions)
Challenge CupFirst round, lost to Dunfermline Athletic
League CupFirst round, lost to Dunfermline Athletic
Scottish CupSecond round, lost to Montrose
Top goalscorerLeague:
Gavin Swankie (22)
All:
Gavin Swankie (23)
Highest home attendance1,243 vs. Montrose, 23 April 2011
Lowest home attendance302 vs. Stranraer, 15 December 2010
Average home league attendance588

The 2010–11 season was Arbroath's first season back in the Scottish Third Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2009–10 season. Arbroath also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Arbroath finished first in the Third Division and were promoted to the Second Division. They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup, the first round of the League Cup, and the second round of the Scottish Cup.

Management

The club were managed during season 2010–11 by Paul Sheerin. Sheerin was appointed during pre season following the resignation of Jim Weir, who resigned following the club's relegation in order to join Brechin City.

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Third Division

Elgin City v Arbroath
7 August 2010 Scottish Third Division Elgin City 3 – 5 Arbroath Borough Briggs
Millar 52', 79'
Cameron 74'		 BBC Sport Gibson 16', 58'
McGowan 53'
Falkingham 71', 83'		 Attendance: 518
Referee: Colvin
Montrose v Arbroath
21 August 2010 Scottish Third Division Montrose 3 – 0 Arbroath Links Park
Campbell 8'
Hegarty 22'
Tosh 32'		 SFL Report Attendance: 565
Referee: Clancy
Berwick Rangers v Arbroath
11 September 2010 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 4 – 1 Arbroath Shielfield Park
O'Reilly 21'
Gribben 24', 28', 51'		 SFL Report McAnespie 91' Attendance: 441
Referee: Roache
Arbroath v Albion Rovers
18 September 2010 Scottish Third Division Arbroath 1 – 1 Albion Rovers Gayfield Park
Doris 78' BBC Report Love 70' Attendance: 408
Referee: McLean
Stranraer v Arbroath
25 September 2010 Scottish Third Division Stranraer 4 – 1 Arbroath Stair Park
Agnew 15', 59'
Winter 75'
One 89'		 BBC Report Doris 71'
Shields Red card 38'		 Attendance: 379
Referee: Hilland
Queen's Park v Arbroath
2 October 2010 Scottish Third Division Queen's Park 5 – 2 Arbroath Hampden Park
Brough 15', 66'
Watt 45+2'
Smith 71'
Daly 92'		 BBC Report Swankie 12'
Doris 49' (Penalty)
Doris Yellow card 62' Red card		 Attendance: 433
Referee: Northcroft
Arbroath v Clyde
16 October 2010 Scottish Third Division Arbroath 3 – 2 Clyde Gayfield Park
Swankie 58', 88'
Malcolm 80'
Chisholm Yellow card 86' Red card		 BBC Report Paterson 48'
Lithgow 83'
McGowan Red card 89'		 Attendance: 481
Referee: O'Reilly
East Stirlingshire v Arbroath
10 November 2010 Scottish Third Division East Stirlingshire 1 – 3 Arbroath Ochilview Park
19:45 Cawley 5' Report Gibson 15'
Falkingham 42'
McGowan 82'		 Attendance: 238
Referee: Robertson
Arbroath v Montrose
13 November 2010 Scottish Third Division Arbroath 4 – 0 Montrose Gayfield Park
Doris 21' (Penalty), 62', 66'
Sheerin 71'		 BBC Report Attendance: 738
Referee: Salmond
Arbroath v Stranraer
15 December 2010 Scottish Third Division Arbroath 0 – 0 Stranraer Gayfield Park
BBC Report Attendance: 302
Referee: Watters
Montrose v Arbroath
2 January 2011 Scottish Third Division Montrose 0 – 5 Arbroath Links Park
Hegarty Red card 42'
Pope Yellow card 55' Red card		 BBC Report Falkingham 34', 51'
Swankie 40', 66'
Doris 92' (Penalty)		 Attendance: 1,034
Referee: Roache
Berwick Rangers v Arbroath
15 January 2011 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 0 – 4 Arbroath Shielfield Park
BBC Report Swankie 68', 70'
Chisholm 78'
Gibson 88'		 Attendance: 369
Referee: McKendrick
Arbroath v East Stirlingshire
25 January 2011 Scottish Third Division Arbroath 3 – 5 East Stirlingshire Gayfield Park
19:45 McAnespie 23'
Alan Rattray 42'
Doris 67' (pen.)		 Report Johnston 28'
Dunn 38', 64'
Maguire 46'
Beveridge 82'		 Attendance: 436
Referee: Robertson
Stranraer v Arbroath
29 January 2011 Scottish Third Division Stranraer 3 – 4 Arbroath Stair Park
Agnew 14'
One 50'
Glen Mitchell 91'		 BBC Report Swankie 26', 56', 65'
Falkingham 38'
Chisholm Red card 67'
Falkingham Yellow card 92' Red card		 Attendance: 441
Referee: Charleston
Arbroath v Albion Rovers
5 February 2011 Scottish Third Division Arbroath 3 – 0 Albion Rovers Gayfield Park
Swankie 7', 85'
Sheerin 69' (Penalty)		 BBC Report Gaston Red card 66' Attendance: 612
Referee: Colvin
Queen's Park v Arbroath
12 February 2011 Scottish Third Division Queen's Park 1 – 1 Arbroath Hampden Park
McBride 45' (Penalty) BBC Report Malcolm 4' Attendance: 467
Referee: Nicholls
Arbroath v Elgin City
23 February 2011 Scottish Third Division Arbroath 2 – 0 Elgin City Gayfield Park
Swankie 3'
Sheerin 20'		 BBC Report Kaczan Yellow card 53' Red card Attendance: 403
Referee: Roache
Elgin City v Arbroath
26 February 2011 Scottish Third Division Elgin City 3 – 2 Arbroath Borough Briggs
Crooks 61'
Nicolson 74'
O'Donoghue 76'		 BBC Report Gibson 52'
Strachan 84'		 Attendance: 629
Referee: Somers
Arbroath v Berwick Rangers
12 March 2011 Scottish Third Division Arbroath 2 – 1 Berwick Rangers Gayfield Park
Gibson 22'
Doris 52'		 BBC Report Hill 92' (Own goal) Attendance: 491
Referee: Anderson
East Stirlingshire v Arbroath
19 March 2011 Scottish Third Division East Stirlingshire 2 – 5 Arbroath Ochilview Park
15:00 Cawley 27'
Scott 82'		 Report Chisholm 43'
Doris 58'
Swankie 63', 78', 90'		 Attendance: 349
Referee: Watters
Clyde v Arbroath
22 March 2011 Scottish Third Division Clyde 1 – 1 Arbroath Broadwood
Sawyers 70' BBC Report Falkingham 60'
Thomson Red card 78'		 Attendance: 532
Referee: Robertson
Arbroath v Stranraer
26 March 2011 Scottish Third Division Arbroath 2 – 2 Stranraer Gayfield Park
Gallacher 67' (Own goal)
Hill Red card 70'
Swankie 82'		 BBC Report Agnew 72'
One 72'		 Attendance: 701
Referee: Aitken
Clyde v Arbroath
9 April 2011 Scottish Third Division Clyde 0 – 3 Arbroath Broadwood
Gibson 19'
Strachan 22'
McGowan 71'		 BBC Report Attendance: 725
Referee: McDermott
Arbroath v Clyde
13 April 2011 Scottish Third Division Arbroath 2 – 0 Clyde Gayfield Park
Doris 25'
Swankie 43'		 BBC Report Attendance: 604
Referee: Hilland
Arbroath v Queen's Park
16 April 2011 Scottish Third Division Arbroath 2 – 2 Queen's Park Gayfield Park
Gibson 39'
Wedderburn 49'		 BBC Report Smith 25'
Longworth 80'		 Attendance: 912
Referee: Somers
Annan Athletic v Arbroath
30 April 2011 Scottish Third Division Annan Athletic 3 – 0 Arbroath Galabank
O'Connor 23', 66'
Sloan 72'		 BBC Report Attendance: 651
Referee: Roache
Arbroath v Elgin City
7 May 2011 Scottish Third Division Arbroath 3 – 5 Elgin City Gayfield Park
Sheerin 29'
Swankie 50'
Falkingham 72'		 BBC Report Gormley 40', 45', 62'
Gunn 55'
Crooks 79' (Penalty)		 Attendance: 1,125
Referee: Charleston

Scottish Challenge Cup

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Montrose v Arbroath
23 October 2010 Scottish Cup round 2 Montrose 1 – 1 Arbroath Links Park
Sinclair 31' ESPN Report Doris 57'
Falkingham Yellow card 67' Red card		 Attendance: 994
Referee: Madden
Arbroath v Montrose
30 October 2010 Scottish Cup round 2 replay Arbroath 2 – 3 (a.e.t.) Montrose Gayfield Park
Alan Rattray 47', 51'
Malcolm Yellow card 92' Red card		 ESPN Report Hegarty 7'
McCord 22'
Boyle 114'
Boyle Red card 123'		 Attendance: 838
Referee: Madden

Player statistics

Squad

No. Pos Nat Player Total Third Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland SCO Daryl Burns 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Darren Hill 39 0 35+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Steven Khan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Northern Ireland NIR Danny Griffin 21 0 14+4 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
DF Scotland SCO Stuart Malcolm 28 2 24+0 2 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Kieran McAnespie 30 2 27+0 2 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Marc McCulloch 11 0 8+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Allan McManus 11 0 11+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Kevin McMullan 31 0 30+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Alan Rattray 11 3 9+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 2
DF Scotland SCO Craig Wedderburn 16 2 12+4 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Ross Chisholm 23 2 20+1 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland SCO David Dimilta 21 0 7+11 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
MF Scotland SCO Mark Durnan 11 1 9+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
MF England ENG Josh Falkingham 38 9 33+2 9 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Keith Gibson 30 8 26+1 8 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland SCO David McGowan 36 6 8+24 6 1+0 0 0+1 0 1+1 0
MF Scotland SCO Michael McIlravey 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Ian Nimmo 3 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Robbie Ross 6 0 1+4 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Bryan Scott 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jay Shields 6 0 2+2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Paul Sheerin 39 6 30+5 5 1+0 0 1+0 1 1+1 0
MF Scotland SCO Adam Strachan 16 3 12+4 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Ryan Suttie 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Darren Thomson 7 0 5+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Patrick Deane 7 0 1+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
FW Scotland SCO Steven Doris 32 17 25+5 16 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 1
FW Scotland SCO Jim Hamilton 8 0 4+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Jordyn Sheerin 15 0 2+12 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Lee Sibanda 11 0 5+6 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Gavin Swankie 40 23 35+1 22 0+1 0 1+0 1 2+0 0

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Arbroath (C, P) 36 20 6 10 80 61 +19 66 Promotion to the Second Division
2 Albion Rovers (O, P) 36 17 10 9 56 40 +16 61 Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs
3 Queen's Park 36 18 5 13 57 43 +14 59
4 Annan Athletic 36 16 11 9 58 45 +13 59
5 Stranraer 36 15 12 9 72 57 +15 57
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

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