2010–11 Stenhousemuir F.C. season

Stenhousemuir
2010–11 season
ChairmanMartin McNairney[1]
ManagerJohn Coughlin
Davie Irons
StadiumOchilview Park
Scottish Second Division8th
Challenge CupQuarter-final
(eliminated by Peterhead)
League CupFirst round
(eliminated by Brechin City)
Scottish CupFourth round
(eliminated by Stranraer)
Top goalscorerLeague:
Grant Anderson (7)

All:
Alex Williams (12)
Highest home attendance837 vs. Livingston, 9 April 2011[2]
Lowest home attendance363 vs. Peterhead, 26 February 2011[2]
Average home league attendance560[3]

The 2010–11 season was Stenhousemuir's second consecutive season in the Scottish Second Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Third Division at the end of the 2008–09 season.[4] Stenhousemuir also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Stenhousemuir finished Eighth in the Second Division.[5] They reached the Quarter-final of the Challenge Cup,[6] the first round of the League Cup[7] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.[8]

Management

Stenhousemuir began the 2010–11 season under the management of John Coughlin. On 11 December 2010,[9] Coughlin resigned as manager following their defeat to East Fife.[10] Coaches Graeme Robertson and Kevin McGoldrick took over as caretaker managers.[11] On 30 December 2010, Davie Irons was appointed as manager.[12]

Results and fixtures

[13][14][15][16]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Second Division

7 August 2010 Stenhousemuir 3–1 Peterhead Ochilview Park
Clark 17', 68'
Williams 50'
BBC Report Donald 37' Attendance: 423
Referee: Law
14 August 2010 Brechin City 0–0 Stenhousemuir Glebe Park
BBC Report Attendance: 404
Referee: Allan
28 August 2010 Stenhousemuir 1–3 Airdrie United Ochilview Park
Fusco  46'
Williams 69'
Lyle  85' 
SFL Report McCord 38'
Lovering 46' (pen.)
Gemmill 90+1'
Attendance: 820
Referee: Clancy
18 September 2010 Stenhousemuir 3–0 Forfar Athletic Ochilview Park
Quinn 4' (69)
Scullion 72'
BBC Report Attendance: 522
Referee: Allan
25 September 2010 Ayr United 2–0 Stenhousemuir Somerset Park
McCann 45'
McKay 87'
BBC Report Attendance: 1,065
Referee: Richmond
2 October 2010 Stenhousemuir 1–1 East Fife Ochilview Park
Murray 66' BBC Report Ovenstone 51' Attendance: 679
Referee: Hilland
16 October 2010 Livingston 4– 1 Stenhousemuir Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 Winters 14'
Scullion 23' (og.)
Conway 24'
Russell 40'
BBC Report Lyle 28' Attendance: 1,606
Referee: Conroy
23 October 2010 Stenhousemuir 4–0 Dumbarton Ochilview Park
Quinn 3'
Clark 22' (Pen), 43'
Plenderleith 89'
BBC Report Attendance: 392
Referee: Northcroft
6 November 2010 Stenhousemuir 0–0 Brechin City Ochilview Park
BBC Report Attendance: 491
Referee: Smith
13 November 2010 Alloa Athletic 1–0 Stenhousemuir Recreation Park
Prunty 55' BBC Report Attendance: 455
Referee: Watters
11 December 2010 East Fife 6–0 Stenhousemuir Bayview Stadium
Muir 19'
Crawford 32', 68'
Johnstone 33'
Sloan 45'
Linn 61'
BBC Report Attendance: 472
Referee: Clancy
2 January 2011 Stenhousemuir 2–3 Alloa Athletic Ochilview Park
Anderson 89'
Thom 90+3'
BBC Report Noble 12'
McGowan 15'
Gormley 72'
Attendance: 459
Referee: Colvin
15 January 2011 Dumbarton 0–1 Stenhousemuir Strathclyde Homes Stadium
BBC Report Dalziel 90+3' Attendance: 490
Referee: Beaton
29 January 2011 Ayr United 4–3 Stenhousemuir Somerset Park
Roberts 6' (pen.), 63'
Trouten  43'
Lauchlan 51'
Robertson 54'
Tiffoney  90+4' 
BBC Report Clark 33' (pen.)
Lynch 77'
Smith 87'
Attendance: 1,181
Referee: Watters
5 February 2011 Stenhousemuir 0–1 Forfar Athletic Ochilview Park
BBC Report Bolochoweckyj 14'
Fotheringham  20'
Attendance: 504
Referee: Robertson
12 February 2011 Stenhousemuir 0–2 East Fife Ochilview Park
BBC Report Young 45'
Linn 48'
Attendance: 590
Referee: Norris
19 February 2011 Livingston 2–1 Stenhousemuir Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 Russell 34'
Barr 40'
Talbot  60'
BBC Report Williams 64' Attendance: 1,246
Referee: Alan Muir
26 February 2011 Stenhousemuir 4–2 Peterhead Ochilview Park
Williams 29'
Dalziel 40'
Anderson 45+1'
Lynch 88'
BBC Report Emslie 35'
McDonald 38'
Attendance: 363
Referee: Charleston
1 March 2011 Stenhousemuir 3–1 Ayr United Ochilview Park
Dalziel 36'
Smith 53'
Williams 64' (pen.)
BBC Report Bannigan 5' Attendance: 484
Referee: McKendrick
5 March 2011 Brechin City 3–1 Stenhousemuir Glebe Park
McAllister 43'
Redman 55'
Janczyk 82'
BBC Report Dalziel 8' Attendance: 503
Referee: Finnie
8 March 2011 Stenhousemuir 1–2 Livingston Ochilview Park
19:30 Williams 76' BBC Report Russell 3'
De Vita 31'
Attendance: 431
Referee: Richmond
19 March 2011 Airdrie United 2–2 Stenhousemuir Excelsior Stadium
Owens 16', 81' SFL Report Devlin 14'
Lynch 42'
Attendance: 642
Referee: Somers
22 March 2011 Peterhead 2–2 Stenhousemuir Balmoor
Wyness 41', 61' (pen.) BBC Report Anderson 35', 39' Attendance: 384
Referee: Northcroft
26 March 2011 Stenhousemuir 2–1 Livingston Ochilview Park
Lynch 3'
Devlin 90+3'
BBC Report Roberts 90' Attendance: 568
Referee: Madden
29 March 2011 Stenhousemuir 2–2 Dumbarton Ochilview Park
Thomson  69' 
Paton 80' (pen.)
Hunter 83'
BBC Report McShane 50', 68' Attendance: 398
Referee: Beaton
9 April 2011 Stenhousemuir 0–3 Livingston Ochilview Park
15:00 BBC Report Jacobs 35'
Fox 59'
Sinclair 90'
Attendance: 837
Referee: Beaton
12 April 2011 Forfar Athletic 2–0 Stenhousemuir Station Park
Templeman 37'
Dow 45+2'
BBC Report Attendance: 347
Referee: Beaton
16 April 2011 East Fife 1–1 Stenhousemuir Bayview Stadium
Durie 56' BBC Report Murray 90+1' Attendance: 562
Referee: Watters
30 April 2011 Stenhousemuir 1–3 Brechin City Ochilview Park
Devlin 27'
McCluskey  90+4' 
BBC Report McAllister 5' (pen.), 45', 90+6' (pen.) Attendance: 672
Referee: Clancy
7 May 2011 Peterhead 0–3 Stenhousemuir Balmoor
BBC Report Anderson 42'
Paton 68'
Dalziel 75'
Attendance: 405
Referee: Colvin

Scottish Challenge Cup

24 July 2010 Round 1 Stenhousemuir 3–2 Annan Athletic Ochilview Park
Watson 29' (o.g.)
Williams 43', 45'
BBC Report Halsman 89'
Muirhead 90+1'
Attendance: 223
Referee: McLean
10 August 2010 Round 2 Stenhousemuir 4–1 Dundee Ochilview Park
Williams 9'
Anderson 16'
Quinn 63'
Motion 83'
BBC Report Griffiths 74' Attendance: 665
Referee: Brines
5 September 2010 Quarter-final Peterhead 3–1 Stenhousemuir Balmoor
Wyness 9', 50'
Gethans 43'
BBC Report Dalziel 76' Attendance: 442
Referee: Colvin

Scottish League Cup

31 July 2010 Round 1 Stenhousemuir 1–3 Brechin City Ochilview Park
Anderson 8' BBC Report McLauchlan 18'
Molloy 29'
McAllister 53'
Attendance: 384
Referee: Beaton

Scottish Cup

20 November 2010 Round 3 Stenhousemuir 2–2 Threave Rovers Ochilview Park
Stirling 67'
Williams 90'
BBC Report Middlemass 31'
Warren 56'
Attendance: 429
Referee: Robertson
12 January 2011 Round 3 replay Threave Rovers 1–5 Stenhousemuir Meadow Park
Donley 48' BBC Report Clark 15', 25'
Williams 57', 67'
Smith 81'
Attendance: 240
Referee: Robertson
18 January 2011 Round 4 Stenhousemuir 0–0 Stranraer Ochilview Park
BBC Report Attendance: 405
Referee: Somers
25 January 2011 Round 4 replay Stranraer 4–3 Stenhousemuir Stair Park
One 19', 74'
Malcolm 44'
Murphy 49'
BBC Report Dalziel 17'
Gallagher 45+2'
Clark 90'
Attendance: 521
Referee: Somers

Player statistics

Squad

No. Pos Nat Player Total Second Division[17] Challenge Cup[18] League Cup[19] Scottish Cup[20]
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK  SCO Alistair Brown 27 0 24+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
GK  SCO Chris McCluskey 19 0 12+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
DF  SCO Michael Devlin 10 3 10+0 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF  SCO Scott Fusco 10 0 5+2 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF  SCO Scott Gibb 25 0 21+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF  SCO Willie Lyle 42 1 35+0 1 3+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
DF  SCO Alistair Love 3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF  SCO Jordan Smith 29 3 23+0 2 2+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 1
DF  SCO Stephen Thomson 9 0 5+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF  SCO Gary Thom 32 1 23+3 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
MF  SCO Grant Anderson 40 9 30+2 7 3+0 1 1+0 1 4+0 0
MF  SCO Ross Clark 22 8 11+4 5 3+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 3
MF  SCO Sean Dickson 27 0 21+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
MF  SCO Brian Gilmour 9 0 7+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF  SCO Michael Hunter 8 1 0+7 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF  SCO Kevin Motion 16 1 8+3 0 1+1 1 1+0 0 0+2 0
MF  SCO Mark McLennan 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF  SCO Stevie Murray 40 3 32+0 3 3+0 0 1+0 0 3+1 0
MF  SCO Eric Paton 18 3 18+0 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF  SCO Patrick Scullion 11 1 5+3 1 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF  SCO Adam Strachan 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF  SCO Lewis Sloan 9 0 2+7 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF  SCO Andrew Stirling 23 1 10+10 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+1 1
MF  SCO Iain Thomson 38 0 31+0 0 2+1 0 0+1 0 3+0 0
FW  SCO Mark Archdeacon 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW  SCO Kieran Connachan 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW  SCO Scott Dalziel 30 7 17+6 5 2+1 1 0+1 0 3+0 1
FW  SCO Stuart Love 4 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW  SCO Simon Lynch 17 4 11+6 4 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW  SCO Grant Plenderleith 13 1 0+10 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+2 0
FW  SCO Paul Quinn 30 4 15+8 3 1+1 1 1+0 0 0+4 0
FW  SCO Alex Williams 25 12 12+5 6 3+0 3 1+0 0 4+0 3

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
6 Airdrie United 36 13 9 14 52 60 −8 48
7 Dumbarton 36 11 7 18 52 70 −18 40
8 Stenhousemuir 36 10 8 18 46 59 −13 38
9 Alloa Athletic (R) 36 9 9 18 49 71 −22 36 Qualification for the Second Division play-offs
10 Peterhead (R) 36 5 11 20 47 76 −29 26 Relegation to the Third Division
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

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