2010–11 Stirling Albion F.C. season

Stirling Albion
2010–11 season
Manager	John O'Neill; Jocky Scott
Stadium	Forthbank Stadium
Scottish First Division	10th (Relegated)
Challenge Cup	Second round
League Cup	First round
Scottish Cup	Third round
	← 2009–10 2011–12 →

During Season 2010–11 Stirling Albion competed in the Scottish First Division, Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Stirling Albion finished tenth in the First Division and were relegated to the Second Division.^[1] They reached the second round of the Challenge Cup,^[2] the first round of the League Cup^[3] and were eliminated in the third round of the Scottish Cup.^[4]

Management

They started season 2010–11 under the management of John O'Neill who had been appointed in the summer.^[5] On 19 January 2011, O'Neill was sacked by the club^[6] and the following day Jocky Scott was unveiled as the club's new manager.^[7]

Results and fixtures

^[8]^[9] Win Draw Loss

Scottish First Division

7 August 2010 First Division	Greenock Morton	0–0	Stirling Albion	Cappielow Park
		BBC Report		Attendance: 2,375 Referee: Richmond

14 August 2010 First Division	Stirling Albion	1–3	Cowdenbeath	Forthbank Stadium
	Robertson 34' Aitken 73'	SFL Report	Sibanda 61' Brett 70' Dempster 77'	Attendance: 820 Referee: Tumilty

21 August 2010 First Division	Falkirk	3–0	Stirling Albion	Falkirk Stadium
	Twaddle 60' Stewart 70' Compton 79'	BBC Report		Attendance: 4,196 Referee: McDonald

28 August 2010 First Division	Stirling Albion	1–5	Dunfermline Athletic	Forthbank Stadium
	Smith 34'	BBC Report	Bell 14' Cardle 78' Kirk 15', 88', 90'	Attendance: 1,370 Referee: Nicholls

11 September 2010 First Division	Partick Thistle	1–2	Stirling Albion	Firhill
	Doolan 50'	BBC Report	Gibson 54' Smith 75'	Attendance: 1,994 Referee: Salmond

18 September 2010 First Division	Ross County	3–1	Stirling Albion	Victoria Park
	Wood 22', 50' Morrison 38'	BBC Report	Smith 41'	Attendance: 2,125 Referee: Northcroft

25 September 2010 First Division	Stirling Albion	0–0	Queen of the South	Forthbank Stadium
		BBC Report		Attendance: 945 Referee: Watters

2 October 2010 First Division	Raith Rovers	0–2	Stirling Albion	Stark's Park
		BBC Report	Aitken 45' (Penalty) Smith 91'	Attendance: 2,010 Referee: Collum

16 October 2010 First Division	Stirling Albion	1–1	Dundee	Forthbank Stadium
	Forsyth 70' Brown 84'	BBC Report	Griffiths 56'	Attendance: 1,578 Referee: Craig Thomson

23 October 2010 First Division	Stirling Albion	4–2	Partick Thistle	Forthbank Stadium
	Smith 2' (27) Aitken 30' (65)	BBC Report	Doolan 14' (78)	Attendance: 1,386 Referee: Allan

30 October 2010 First Division	Dunfermline Athletic	3–0	Stirling Albion	East End Park
	Gibson 18' Kirk 30' Woods 80'	BBC Report		Attendance: 3,025 Referee: McKendrick

6 November 2010 First Division	Cowdenbeath	5–1	Stirling Albion	Central Park
	Allison 19' (Own goal) Stewart 27' Ramsay 53' Fairbairn 73' Miller 82'	SFL Report	Smith 9' Allison 24' Borris 71'	Attendance: 507 Referee: McDermott

13 November 2010 First Division	Stirling Albion	0–5	Falkirk	Forthbank Stadium
	Buist	BBC Report	Flynn 6' Stewart 15' (57) Deuchar 71' Finnigan 79'	Attendance: 2,168 Referee: Robertson

18 December 2010 First Division	Dundee	2–0	Stirling Albion	Dens Park
	O'Donnell 36' Griffiths 46'	BBC Report		Attendance: 3,842 Referee: Watters

2 January 2011 First Division	Falkirk	4–2	Stirling Albion	Falkirk Stadium
	Higginbotham 5' (32) Allison 20' (Og.) McLean 60'	BBC Report	Witteveen 25' Paul McHale 88'	Attendance: 3,722 Referee: Madden

15 January 2011 First Division	Partick Thistle	6–1	Stirling Albion	Firhill
	Doolan 23' Flannigan 34' Buchanan 50' (pen.), 67' Fraser 74' Campbell 82'	BBC Report	Aitken 90'	Attendance: 1,689 Referee: Finnie

5 February 2012 First Division	Stirling Albion	1–3	Raith Rovers	Forthbank Stadium
	Borris 39'	BBC Report	Tade 16', 53' Walker 66'	Attendance: 1,193 Referee: Muir

12 February 2011 First Division	Ross County	0–0	Stirling Albion	Victoria Park
		BBC Report		Attendance: 2,114 Referee: Hilland

15 February 2012 First Division	Stirling Albion	0–1	Greenock Morton	Forthbank Stadium
		SFL Report	Graham 84'	Attendance: 626 Referee: McKendrick

19 February 2012 First Division	Stirling Albion	0–1	Dundee	Forthbank Stadium
		BBC Report	Higgins 35' Irvine 64'	Attendance: 1,990 Referee: Winter

22 February 2011 First Division	Queen of the South	2–2	Stirling Albion	Palmerston Park
	McMenamin 50' McGuffie 69'	BBC Report	Aitken 17' Smith 87'	Attendance: 1,185 Referee: Murray

26 February 2011 First Division	Raith Rovers	2–1	Stirling Albion	Stark's Park
	Murray 35' Baird 83'	BBC Report	Smith 53'	Attendance: 1,918 Referee: Conroy

1 March 2011 First Division	Stirling Albion	0–0	Ross County	Forthbank Stadium
		BBC Report	Flynn 80'	Attendance: 514 Referee: Charleston

5 March 2011 First Division	Stirling Albion	3–4	Cowdenbeath	Forthbank Stadium
	Welsh 40' Mullen 58', 67' Buist 81'	SFL Report	Ramsay 77', 82' (Penalty) Campbell 89' Stewart 92'	Attendance: 735 Referee: Norris

15 March 2011 First Division	Stirling Albion	1–1	Dunfermline Athletic	Forthbank Stadium
	Borris 32'	BBC Report	Kirk 5'	Attendance: 944 Referee: Steve Conroy

19 March 2011 First Division	Dunfermline Athletic	4–1	Stirling Albion	East End Park
	Hardie 31' (pen.), 45' (pen.), 90' Buchanan 55'	BBC Report	Kane 75'	Attendance: 2,553 Referee: Nicholls

22 March 2011 First Division	Stirling Albion	0–3	Partick Thistle	Forthbank Stadium
		BBC Report	Kris Doolan 27' (73), pen.' Balatoni 36'	Attendance: 651 Referee: Salmond

26 March 2011 First Division	Queen of the South	4–1	Stirling Albion	Palmerston Park
	McLaren 23' (Penalty), 36' McMenamin 54', 76'	BBC Report	Smith	Attendance: 1,392 Referee: McKendrick

29 March 2011 First Division	Stirling Albion	0–2	Queen of the South	Forthbank Stadium
		BBC Report	Orsi 4' Lilley 45+3'	Attendance: 444 Referee: Winter

2 April 2011 First Division	Stirling Albion	0–2	Ross County	Forthbank Stadium
		BBC Report	Vigurs 44' Flynn 67'	Attendance: 461 Referee: Beaton

5 April 2011 First Division	Greenock Morton	2–0	Stirling Albion	Cappielow Park
	Forsyth 9' (Own goal) O'Brien 36'	SFL Report		Attendance: 980 Referee: Smith

10 April 2011 First Division	Dundee	1–1	Stirling Albion	Dens Park
	McIntosh 50'	BBC Report	Mullen 23'	Attendance: 4,177 Referee: Hilland

16 April 2011 First Division	Stirling Albion	1–2	Raith Rovers	Forthbank Stadium
	Flood 63'	BBC Report	Walker 15' Baird 80'	Attendance: 1,162 Referee: McDermott

23 April 2011 First Division	Stirling Albion	1–2	Falkirk	Forthbank Stadium
	Smith 53'	BBC Report	Millar 37' McManus 41'	Attendance: 1,288 Referee: O'Reilly

30 April 2011 First Division	Cowdenbeath	1–0	Stirling Albion	Central Park
	Crawford 79'	SFL Report		Attendance: 415 Referee: Murray

7 May 2011 First Division	Stirling Albion	3–2	Greenock Morton	Forthbank Stadium
	Stirling 42', 45+3' Mullen 89'	BBC Report	Monti 28' (Penalty) McCaffrey 91'	Attendance: 701 Referee: Finnie

Scottish Challenge Cup

24 July 2010 Scottish Challenge Cup R1	Stirling Albion	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Falkirk	Forthbank Stadium
		SFL Report		Attendance: 1,542 Referee: John McKendrick
	Penalties
	Devine Colquhoun Gibson Buist Forsyth		Millar Finnigan O'Brien Stewart

10 August 2010 Scottish Challenge Cup R2	East Fife	3–1	Stirling Albion	Bayview Stadium
	Byrne 3' Johnstone 50' Cargill 90'	SFL Report	Devine 29'	Attendance: 512 Referee: Northcroft

Scottish League Cup

31 July 2010 Scottish League Cup R1	Stirling Albion	1–2	Forfar Athletic	Forthbank Stadium
	Taggart 65'	BBC Report	Campbell 16' Campbell 51'	Attendance: 599 Referee: Conroy

Scottish Cup

20 November 2010 Scottish Scottish Cup R3	Stirling Albion	1–3	Partick Thistle	Forthbank Stadium
	Smith 73'	BBC Report	Cairney 59' Donnelly 86' Grehan 90'	Attendance: 1,146 Referee: Law

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
6	Dundee	36	19	12	5	54	34	+20	44^[a]
7	Greenock Morton	36	11	10	15	39	43	−4	43
8	Ross County	36	9	14	13	30	34	−4	41
9	Cowdenbeath (R)	36	9	8	19	41	72	−31	35	Qualification for the First Division play-offs
10	Stirling Albion (R)	36	4	8	24	32	82	−50	20	Relegation to the Second Division

Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Dundee were docked 25 points for entering administration. The deduction was temporarily lifted pending an appeal by the club, however the appeal failed and the deduction was reinstated.^[10]

References

^ "2010/11 Scottish Division One Table / Standings". ESPN. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
^ "Alba Cup Results 2010/2011". Scottish Football League. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
^ "Scottish League Cup Results for 2010–11". London Hearts. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
^ "Stirling Albion F.C. v Partick Thistle F.C." Scottish Football Association. 20 November 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
^ "O'Neill Relishes His New Stirling Albion Challenge". Stirling Observer. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
^ "Stirling Albion sack manager John O'Neill as club battles first division drop". Daily Record. 19 January 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
^ "Jocky Scott confirmed as new Stirling Albion boss". The Scotsman. 20 January 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
^ "Stirling Albion's results from season 2010/2011". Stirling Mad. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
^ "IRN BRU First Division Results 2010–2011". Scottish Football League. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
^ "Dundee fail to overturn 25-point penalty". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 17 December 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2010.

[table_hth_DND0.63795065117904-11] Dundee were docked 25 points for entering administration. The deduction was temporarily lifted pending an appeal by the club, however the appeal failed and the deduction was reinstated.^[10]

[1] "2010/11 Scottish Division One Table / Standings". ESPN. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2012.

[2] "Alba Cup Results 2010/2011". Scottish Football League. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2012.

[3] "Scottish League Cup Results for 2010–11". London Hearts. Retrieved 12 April 2012.

[4] "Stirling Albion F.C. v Partick Thistle F.C." Scottish Football Association. 20 November 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2012.

[5] "O'Neill Relishes His New Stirling Albion Challenge". Stirling Observer. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2012.

[6] "Stirling Albion sack manager John O'Neill as club battles first division drop". Daily Record. 19 January 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2012.

[7] "Jocky Scott confirmed as new Stirling Albion boss". The Scotsman. 20 January 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2012.

[8] "Stirling Albion's results from season 2010/2011". Stirling Mad. Retrieved 15 April 2012.

[9] "IRN BRU First Division Results 2010–2011". Scottish Football League. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2012.

[10] "Dundee fail to overturn 25-point penalty". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 17 December 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2010.

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