2011–12 East Fife F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was East Fife's fourth consecutive season in the Scottish Second Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Third Division at the end of the 2007–08 season.[1] East Fife also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

East Fife F.C.
2011–12 season
ChairmanSid Collumbine
ManagerJohn Robertson (until 1 March 2012)
Gordon Durie (caretaker)
StadiumBayview Stadium
Scottish Second Division6th
Scottish Challenge CupQuarter-final (eliminated by Falkirk)
Scottish League CupQuarter-final (eliminated by Kilmarnock)
Scottish CupFourth round (eliminated by Falkirk)
Top goalscorerLeague: Ryan Wallace (20)
All: Ryan Wallace (27)
Highest home attendance1,022 vs. Cowdenbeath, 5 November 2011
Lowest home attendance390 vs. Albion Rovers, 24 January 2012

Summary

East Fife finished sixth in the Second Division. They reached the Quarter-final of the Challenge Cup,[2] the Quarter-final of the League Cup[3] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.[4]

Management

They began the 2011–12 season under the management of John Robertson. On 1 March 2012, Robertson was sacked[5] with Gordon Durie being appointed as caretaker manager.[6] On 11 March, he was made manager on a permanent basis[7] with Gordon Chisholm being appointed as his assistant.[8]

Results & fixtures

Pre season

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

9 July 2011 FriendlyEast Fife1–3HibernianBayview Stadium, Methil
Ogleby  36' (pen.) Hibernian FC Thornhill  57', 75'
Trialist  83'
Referee: Calum Murray

16 July 2011
Gilvenbank Hotel Football Festival Semi-Final
East Fife0 – 0
7 – 6 (pens.)
Raith RoversBayview Stadium, Methil
13:00 Raith Rovers Report Referee: Craig Charleston

17 July 2011
The Gilvenbank Hotel Football Festival Final
East Fife1–0DundeeBayview Stadium, Methil
McKinlay  18' Dundee Report Referee: Brian Colvin

Scottish Second Division

6 August 2011 SSDStirling Albion1–0East FifeDoubletree Dunblane Stadium, Stirling
15:00 Davidson  76' BBC Report Attendance: 688
Referee: Muir
13 August 2011 SSDEast Fife2–0Airdrie UnitedBayview Stadium, Methil
15:00 Johnstone  36'
Linn  64'
Muir  71'
BBC Report Attendance: 759
Referee: McDermott
20 August 2011 SSDArbroath3–0East FifeGayfield Park, Arbroath
15:00 Swankie  28'
Doris  69', 81' (pen.)
BBC Report Attendance: 723
Referee: McKendrick
27 August 2011 SSDEast Fife0–6DumbartonBayview Stadium, Methil
15:00 SFL Report McBride  17'
Prunty  20', 33', 79', 85'
Lyden  45'
Attendance: 635
Referee: McLean
10 September 2011 SSDCowdenbeath3–2East FifeCentral Park, Cowdenbeath
15:00 Stewart  17'
Park  52' (o.g.)
Robertson  76'
BBC Report Wallace  3'
Muir  62'
Attendance: 540
Referee: Madden
17 September 2011 SSDEast Fife1–1Brechin CityBayview Stadium, Methil
15:00 Wallace  8' BBC Report Lister  57' Attendance: 501
Referee: McKendrick
24 September 2011 SSDStenhousemuir2–1East FifeOchilview Park, Stenhousemuir
15:00 Kean  19'
Rodgers  88'
BBC Report Wallace  56' Attendance: 642
Referee: Beaton
1 October 2011 SSDEast Fife4–3Forfar AthleticBayview Stadium, Methil
15:00 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 SSDAlbion Rovers0–3East FifeCliftonhill, Coatbridge
15:00 BBC Report Johnstone  38', 51'
Linn  83'
Attendance: 403
Referee: Northcroft
22 October 2011 SSDEast Fife1–0Stirling AlbionBayview Stadium, Methil
15:00 Wallace  88' BBC Report Attendance: 617
Referee: McDermott
29 October 2011 SSDAirdrie United1–3East FifeExcelsior Stadium, Airdrie
15:00 Donnelly  74'
Lovering  82'
BBC Report Wallace  34'
Johnstone  81'
Linn  85'
Attendance: 849
Referee: McDermott
5 November 2011 SSDEast Fife1–3CowdenbeathBayview Stadium, Methil
15:00 Wallace  6' BBC Report Linton  48'
Robertson  62'
Morton  90'
Attendance: 1,022
Referee: Brines
12 November 2011 SSDDumbarton3–0East FifeStrathclyde Homes Stadium
15:00 Agnew  34'
Gilhaney  60'
Lithgow  68'
SFL Report Attendance: 678
Referee: Hilland
26 November 2011 SSDBrechin City0–2East FifeGlebe Park
15:00 SFL Report Linn  1'
Ogleby  22'
Attendance: 508
Referee: Charleston
3 December 2011 SSDEast Fife1–3StenhousemuirBayview Stadium, Methil
15:00 Linn  80' SFL Report Kean  15'
Rodgers  48'
Quinn  90'
Attendance: 508
Referee: Winter
17 December 2011 SSDEast FifeP – PAlbion RoversBayview Stadium, Methil
15:00
26 December 2011 SSDEast FifeP – PDumbartonBayview Stadium, Methil
15:00
2 January 2012 SSDCowdenbeath4–0East FifeCentral Park, Cowdenbeath
Morton  10'
Cameron  60'
Ramsay  75'
McKenzie  90'
BBC Report Attendance: 485
Referee: Colvin
14 January 2012 SSDEast Fife2–2ArbroathBayview Stadium, Methil
15:00 Cook  6'
Hislop  52'
SFL Report Malcolm  31'
Swankie  78'
Attendance: 617
Referee: Hilland
24 January 2012 SSDEast Fife2–0Albion RoversBayview Stadium, Methil
19:45 Sloan  77'
Linn  88'
SFL Report Attendance: 390
Referee: Hilland
28 January 2012 SSDStenhousemuir1–0East FifeOchilview Park, Stenhousemuir
15:00 Rodgers  59' SFL Report Attendance: 687
Referee: Conroy
4 February 2012 SSDEast FifeP – PBrechin CityBayview Stadium, Methil
15:00
11 February 2012 SSDAlbion Rovers1–1East FifeCliftonhill
15:00 Halsman  83' SFL Report Wallace  57' Attendance: 348
Referee: Muir
18 February 2012 SSDEast Fife4–0Forfar AthleticBayview Stadium, Methil
15:00 Sloan  11' (Penalty), 15'
Hislop  36'
Wallace  70'
SFL Report Attendance: 536
Referee: Charleston
21 February 2012 SSDEast Fife1–2DumbartonBayview Stadium, Methil
19:45 Linn  23' SFL Report Gilhaney  52'
Graham  79'
Attendance: 397
Referee: Finnie
25 February 2012 SSDEast Fife2–0Airdrie UnitedBayview Stadium, Methil
15:00 Sloan  42' (Penalty)
Johnstone  87'
SFL Report Adam  37'
Lynch  78' 
Attendance: 535
Referee: Northcroft
28 February 2012 SSDForfar 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 SSDArbroath2–2East FifeGayfield Park, Arbroath
15:00 Caddis  6', 15' SFL Report Sloan  28'
Hislop  43'
White  95' 
Attendance: 842
Referee: Tumilty
6 March 2012 SSDEast Fife2–2Brechin CityBayview Stadium, Methil
19:45 Sloan  25' (pen.), 45' SFL Report McManus  21'
McKenna  34'
Attendance: 416
Referee: Somers
10 March 2012 SSDEast Fife0–1CowdenbeathBayview Stadium, Methil
15:00 SFL Report McKenzie  43' Attendance: 926
Referee: McKendrick
17 March 2012 SSDDumbarton0–4East FifeDumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton
15:00 SFL Report Wallace  4', 24'
Grindlay  23' (Own goal)
Dalziel  51'
Attendance: 713
Referee: Richmond
24 March 2012 SSDBrechin City1–3East FifeGlebe Park
15:00 Moyes  16' SFL Report Wallace  31', 51', 90' Attendance: 525
Referee: Madden
31 March 2012 SSDEast Fife1–1StenhousemuirBayview Stadium, Methil
15:00 Wallace  8'
White  88' 
SFL Report Ferguson  81' (pen.) Attendance: 742
Referee: Cook
7 April 2012 SSDForfar Athletic1–4East FifeStation Park
15:00 Byers  32' SFL Report Dalziel  15', 90'
Wallace  18', 53'
Attendance: 559
Referee: McDermott
14 April 2012 SSDEast Fife1–2Albion RoversBayview Stadium, Methil
15:00 Muir  82' SFL Report Chaplain  14'
Gemmell  40'
Werndly  90' 
Attendance: 566
Referee: Hilland
21 April 2012 SSDEast Fife1–0Stirling AlbionBayview Stadium, Methil
15:00 Wallace  90' (Penalty) SFL Report Attendance: 495
Referee: Tumilty
28 April 2012 SSDAirdrie United2–0East FifeExcelsior Stadium
15:00 Lynch  51'
Bain  82'
McLaren  91'
SFL Report White  92' Attendance: 1,223
Referee: Beaton
5 May 2012 SSDEast Fife1–3ArbroathBayview Stadium, Methil
15:00 Muir  90' SFL Report Samuel  8'
Caddis  29'
Sibanda  72'
Attendance: 597
Referee: O'Reilly

Scottish Cup

19 November 2011 Scottish Cup Round 3East Fife5–0East StirlingshireBayview Stadium, Methil
15:00 Ogleby  13', 44'
Wallace  49'
Linn  71'
Sloan  79'
BBC Report Attendance: 585
Referee: Aitken
7 January 2012 Scottish Cup Round 4Falkirk2–0East FifeFalkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00 Dods  7'
El Alagui  21'
BBC Sport Attendance: 2,475
Referee: McKendrick

Scottish League Cup

30 July 2011 Scottish League Cup Round 1East Fife2–1Elgin CityBayview Stadium, Methil
15:00 Ogleby  60'
Wallace  72'
BBC Report Cameron  73' Attendance: 514
Referee: Cook
23 August 2011 Scottish League Cup Round 2East Fife2–1Dunfermline AthleticBayview Stadium, Methil
19:45 Linn  4'
Dalziel  54'
BBC Report Buchanan  12' Attendance: 1,262
Referee: Charleston
20 September 2011 Scottish League Cup Round 3Aberdeen3 – 3 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)
East FifePittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
19:45 McArdle  40'
Mackie  46'
Fallon  90'
BBC Report Wallace  31'
Park  54'
Sloan  57'
Attendance: 3,964
Referee: McLean
Penalties
Fallon
Magennis
Arnason
Pawlett
Foster
Clark
Ogleby
Smith
Dalziel
Linn
Hislop
Park
25 October 2011 Scottish League Cup QFKilmarnock2–0East FifeRugby Park, Kilmarnock
19:45 Sissoko  73'
Harkins  81'
BBC Report Ogleby  45'  Attendance: 4,029
Referee: Tumilty

Scottish Challenge Cup

23 July 2011 Scottish Challenge Cup Round 1Montrose1–6East FifeLinks Park, Montrose
McPhee  73' SFL Report Linn  16'
Ogleby  27', 51', 63' (pen.)
Wallace  31'
Young  64'
Attendance: 404
Referee: Anderson
4 September 2011 Scottish Challenge Cup QFEast Fife1–4FalkirkBayview Stadium, Methil
15:00 Wallace  27' BBC Report Millar  42'
Higginbotham  52', 87'
Sibbald  54'
Attendance: 1,064
Referee: Colvin

Fife cup

30 August 2011 Fife Cup Semi-FinalEast Fife0–6CowdenbeathBayview Stadium, Methil
Cowdembeath Report Ferguson  24', 31' (pen.), 34', 57'
Stewart  44'
O'Brien  58'
Referee: Lambie

Player statistics

Squad

Last updated 6 May 2012
No. Pos Nat Player TotalScottish Second DivisionScottish CupLeague CupChallenge Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Michael Brown 29023+102+001+002+00
GK Mark Ridgers 17013+000+003+001+00
GK Andrew Collier 100+100+000+000+00
DF Darren McCormack 17016+001+000+000+00
DF David Cowan 302+100+000+000+00
DF Steven Campbell 29022+001+102+003+00
DF Scott Durie 39029+102+004+003+00
DF David Muir 39425+642+003+003+00
DF John Ovenstone 30119+410+103+003+00
DF Andrew Cook 30122+412+000+100+10
DF David White 31027+002+002+000+00
DF Chris Innes 101+000+000+000+00
MF Matthew Park 21114+000+004+013+00
MF Craig Johnstone 36516+1250+202+103+00
MF Robert Sloan 391016+1681+012+111+20
MF Lloyd Young 812+100+001+100+31
MF Darren Smith 38026+402+004+002+00
MF Paul McQuade 1603+1001+000+000+20
MF Neil Janczyk 19016+200+100+000+00
MF Ross Brown 100+100+000+000+00
FW Steve Hislop 33314+1330+201+100+20
FW Bobby Linn 441035+072+014+013+01
FW Ryan Wallace 412732+0202+014+023+04
FW Scott Dalziel 31410+1630+001+211+10
FW Robert Ogleby 19813+121+023+011+03
FW Jamie Devlin 100+100+000+000+00
FW James Martin 300+300+000+000+00

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 6 May 2012
Nation Position Name Scottish Second Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
GKMichael Brown 0000000000
GKMark Ridgers 0000000000
GKAndrew Collier 0000000000
DFDarren McCormack 1100000011
DFDavid Cowan 0000000000
DFSteven Campbell 1000100020
DFScott Durie 5000000050
DFDavid Muir 2100100031
DFJohn Ovenstone 2000000020
DFAndrew Cook 5000000050
DFDavid White 6300100073
MFMatthew Park 4000000040
MFCraig Johnstone 4000000040
MFRobert Sloan 1000000010
MFLloyd Young 0000000000
MFDarren Smith 5000000050
MFPaul McQuade 1000000010
MFRoss Brown 0000000000
MFNeil Janczyk 2000000020
FWSteve Hislop 1000000010
FWBobby Linn 1000100020
FWRyan Wallace 4010100060
FWScott Dalziel 3000000030
FWRobert Ogleby 1000210031
FWJamie Devlin 0000000000
FWJames Martin 0000000000

Awards

Last updated 4 May 2012
Nation Name Award Month
Mark Ridgers[9] Young Player of the Month September
John Robertson[10] Second Division Manager of the Month October
Ryan Wallace[11] Ginger Boot Winner March

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
4 Airdrie United (P) 36 14 10 12 68 60 +8 52[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the First Division Play-offs
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
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted.
Notes:
  1. Airdrie United lost the final of the First Division playoffs to Dumbarton. However following the demotion of Rangers to the third division prior to the beginning of the 2012-13 season, Dundee were promoted from the First Division to the SPL, and Airdrie United were promoted to the First Division to take their place. Stranraer were promoted from the Third to the Second Division to take the place of Airdrie United

Transfers

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