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2010–11 Airdrie United F.C. season

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Airdrie United
2010–11 season
ChairmanJim Ballantyne[1]
ManagerJimmy Boyle
StadiumExcelsior Stadium
Second DivisionSixth Place
Challenge CupFirst round, lost to Ayr United
League CupSecond round, lost to Kilmarnock
Scottish CupFourth round, lost to Greenock Morton
Top goalscorerLeague:
Scott Gemmill (9)

All:
Scott Gemmill (12)
Highest home attendanceLeague: 1,127 vs. Ayr United, 14 August 2010 [2]
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 437 vs. Forfar Athletic, 22 February 2011[2]
Average home league attendance788[3]

The 2010–11 season was Airdrie United's first season back in the Scottish Second Division, having been relegated from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2009–10 season.[4] They also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

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Airdrie United finished sixth in the Second Division.[5] They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup,[6] the second round of the League Cup[7] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.[8]

Management

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Airdrie started the season under caretaker manager Jimmy Boyle following the sacking of Kenny Black during the summer.[9] His appointment was later made permanent on 15 September 2011.[10]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
4 Brechin City 36 15 12 9 63 45 +18 57 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
5 East Fife 36 14 10 12 77 60 +17 52
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
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results and fixtures

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[11][12][13]   Win   Draw   Loss

Second Division

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7 August 2010 SFL2 East Fife 3–3 Airdrie United Bayview Stadium
Hislop 30'
Young 52'
Linn 59'
Muir Red card 90'
SFL Report Gemmill 50'
Grant 64'
Watt 70'
Attendance: 810
Referee: Watters
14 August 2010 SFL2 Airdrie United 2–2 Ayr United Excelsior Stadium
Bain Yellow card 28' Red card
Wallace 81' (Penalty)
Donnelly 85'
Wallace Red card 91'
SFL Report Roberts 5', 73'
Crawford Red card 79'
Attendance: 1,127
Referee: Nicholls
28 August 2010 SFL2 Stenhousemuir 1–3 Airdrie United Ochilview Park
Fusco Red card 46'
Williams 69'
Lyle Yellow card 85' Red card
SFL Report McCord 38'
Lovering 46' (Penalty)
Gemmill 91'
Attendance: 820
Referee: Clancy
11 September 2010 SFL2 Airdrie United 1–1 Brechin City Excelsior Stadium
Gibson 53'
Gibson Yellow card 78' Red card
SFL Report Byers 23'
McAllister Yellow card 56' Red card
Attendance: 946
Referee: Northcroft
18 September 2010 SFL2 Airdrie United 2–2 Peterhead Excelsior Stadium
Stevenson 19'
Gemmill 81'
SFL Report Gethans 22'
Bavidge 72'
Attendance: 846
Referee: Muir
25 September 2010 SFL2 Forfar Athletic 1–2 Airdrie United Station Park
Bolocheweckyj 25' SFL Report McCord 58'
Wallace 75'
Grant Yellow card 76' Red card
Attendance: 577
Referee: Law
23 October 2010 SFL2 Brechin City 3–1 Airdrie United Glebe Park
Janczyk 20'
McAllister 53'
Molloy 94'
SFL Report Watt 26' Attendance: 564
Referee: Somers
6 November 2010 SFL2 Ayr United 1–0 Airdrie United Somerset Park
McLaughlin 93' SFL Report Wallace Red card 25' Attendance: 1,439
Referee: Norris
13 November 2010 SFL2 Airdrie United 0–1 Livingston Excelsior Stadium
15:00 SFL Report Russell 64' Attendance: 1,013
Referee: Beaton
14 December 2010 SFL2 Peterhead 5–1 Airdrie United Balmoor Stadium
Sharp 3'
Clark 39'
Ross 44', 79'
McCord 93'
SFL Report Gemmill 51'
Molloy Red card 70'
Attendance: 312
Referee: Fergusson
1 February 2011 SFL2 Airdrie United 1–2 Dumbarton Excelsior Stadium
McCord 84' (Penalty) SFL Report Gilhaney 21'
Walker 48'
Attendance: 591
Referee: Crawford
5 February 2011 SFL2 Airdrie United 1–0 Peterhead Excelsior Stadium
Craig 30'
Devlin Red card 91'
SFL Report Attendance: 660
Referee: McDermott
15 February 2011 SFL2 Livingston 2–0 Airdrie United Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
19:45 Russell 34' (70), pen.' SFL Report Attendance: 890
Referee: Watters
26 February 2011 SFL2 East Fife 0–1 Airdrie United Bayview Stadium
SFL Report Gemmill 40' Attendance: 644
Referee: Roache
5 March 2011 SFL2 Airdrie United 0–5 Ayr United Excelsior Stadium
Grant Red card 87' SFL Report Willis 50'
Roberts 62'
Moffat 69'
Mclaughlin 82'
Rodgers 87' (Penalty)
Attendance: 966
Referee: Law
8 March 2011 SFL2 Airdrie United 1–1 East Fife Excelsior Stadium
Johnston 12' SFL Report Smart 22' Attendance: 447
Referee: Smith
19 March 2011 SFL2 Airdrie United 2–2 Stenhousemuir Excelsior Stadium
Owens 16', 81' SFL Report Devlin 14'
Lynch 42'
Attendance: 642
Referee: Somers
26 March 2011 SFL2 Airdrie United 3–1 Forfar Athletic Excelsior Stadium
Gallacher 22' (Own Goal)
McCord 40' (Penalty)
Donnelly 43'
SFL Report McQuade 31' Attendance: 594
Referee: Roache
2 April 2011 SFL2 Peterhead 2–4 Airdrie United Balmoor Stadium
Tosh 22', 61' SFL Report McVitie 6' (Own Goal)
Johnston 29'
Bain 32'
Gemill 42'
Attendance: 831
Referee: Watters
5 April 2011 SFL2 Brechin City 1–2 Airdrie United Glebe Park
McKenna 46' SFL Report McLauchlan 32' (Own Goal)
Donnelly 56'
Attendance: 438
Referee: McKendrick
23 April 2011 SFL2 Airdrie United 2–4 Livingston Excelsior Stadium
15;00 Lovering 32'
Owens 55'
SFL Report Russell 5' (7)
De Vita 61'
McNulty 80'
Attendance: 872
Referee: Dunlop
30 April 2011 SFL2 Ayr United 3–1 Airdrie United Somerset Park
Rodgers 48', 60' (Penalty)
Moffat 65'
SFL Report Morton 46' Attendance: 1,402
Referee: Robertson

Challenge Cup

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League Cup

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31 July 2010 League Cup round 1 Albion Rovers 0–1 Airdrie United Cliftonhill
Muir Yellow card 0' Red card BBC Report Canning 67'
Muir Yellow card 0' Red card
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Muir
25 August 2010 League Cup round 2 Kilmarnock 6–2 Airdrie United Rugby Park
McCord 17'
Grant 87'
BBC Report Sammon 4', 55', 93'
Wright 32'
Kelly 64'
Sissoko 77'
Attendance: 3,066
Referee: Salmond

Scottish Cup

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20 November 2010 Scottish Cup round 3 Airdrie United 2–2 Beith Excelsior Stadium
Lovering 79'
Bain 90'
BBC Report McKeown 32'
McLean 63'
Attendance: 1,412
Referee: Colvin
25 January 2011 Scottish Cup round 4 Replay Airdrie United 2–5 Greenock Morton Excelsior Stadium
Mackay-Steven 77'
Sally 80'
Forrest Red card 84'
BBC Report O'Brien 14'
Jenkins 61', 71'
Graham 68'
Monti 84' (Penalty)
Attendance: 1,033
Referee: McLean

Player statistics

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Squad

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Second Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland SCO Mark Ridgers 41 0 34 0 4 0 2 0 1 0
GK Spain ESP Adam Szpilcynski 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Jamie Bain 39 3 32 2 4 1 2 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Graeme Goodall 6 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
DF Northern Ireland NIR Craig Hill 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Paul Lovering 32 3 27 2 3 1 1 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Euan Grant 26 2 20 1 3 0 2 1 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Scott Gibson 18 1 13 1 2 0 2 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Harry McGregor 6 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Eddie Forrest 13 1 9 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Adam Fairweather 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Nathan Blockley 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Rhys Devlin 37 0 30 0 4 0 2 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Phil Johnston 32 2 28 2 3 0 1 0 0 0
MF England ENG Graeme Owens 12 4 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jamie Stevenson 30 4 27 2 3 2 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Gary Mackay-Steven 21 2 19 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Gary Muir 19 1 13 0 4 0 1 0 1 1
MF Scotland SCO Grant Smith 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO David Gray 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Kieran Stallard 30 0 27 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Ryan McCord 37 8 32 6 3 1 2 1 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Sean Burns 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Patrick McCabe 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Alistair Morgan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Jonathan Fisher 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Neil MacFarlane 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Stephen McKeown 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Fraser Keast 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Ryan Donnelly 20 4 17 4 3 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Scott Morton 9 4 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Scott Sally 21 3 18 2 2 1 1 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Andy Ferguson 8 2 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Scott Gemmill 34 12 30 9 2 2 2 1 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Chris Craig 13 1 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Tony Watt 19 3 15 3 1 0 2 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Ryan Wallace 11 3 8 3 1 0 1 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Aiden Malone 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack (2011). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2011-12. Headline. p. 690. ISBN 0755362314.
  2. ^ a b Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack (2011). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2011-12. Headline. p. 778. ISBN 0755362314.
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