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2011–12 Cowdenbeath F.C. season

Cowdenbeath
2011–12 season
ChairmanScotland Donald Findlay
ManagerScotland Colin Cameron
StadiumCentral Park
Scottish Second Division1st (champions)
Scottish CupFourth round, lost to Hibernian
League CupFirst Round, lost to v Stenhousemuir
Challenge CupFirst Round, lost to v Raith Rovers
Top goalscorerLeague:
Scotland Marc McKenzie (18)

All:
Scotland Marc McKenzie (18)
Highest home attendance1,345 vs. Airdrie United, 5 May 2012
Lowest home attendance271 vs. Dumbarton, 26 November 2011

The 2011–12 season saw Cowdenbeath play their first season back in the Scottish Second Division, having been relegated from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2010–11 season.[1] Cowdenbeath also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Cowdenbeath finished first in the Second Division,[2] and were promoted as champions to the First Division.[3] They reached the fourth round of the Scottish Cup,[4] the first round of the League Cup[5] and were eliminated in the first round of the Challenge Cup.[6]

Management

For season 2011–12 Cowdenbeath were managed by Colin Cameron,[7] following the resignation of Jimmy Nicholl at the end of the previous season.[8]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

Scottish Second Division

6 August 2011 Second Division Forfar 2 – 2 Cowdenbeath Station Park, Forfar
McCulloch 58'
Templeman 62' (pen.)
BBC Report Ramsay 11'
Coult 78'
Attendance: 469
Referee: Hilland
10 September 2011 Second Division Cowdenbeath 3 – 2 East Fife Central Park, Cowdenbeath
Stewart 17'
Park 52' (o.g.)
Robertson 76'
BBC Sport Wallace 3'
Muir 62'
Attendance: 540
Referee: Madden
24 September 2011 Second Division Cowdenbeath 2 – 1 Albion Rovers Central Park, Cowdenbeath
Naismith 21', 37' (pen.) BBC Report Chaplain 83' Yellow card 86' Red card Attendance: 304
Referee: Clancy
15 October 2011 Second Division Cowdenbeath 2 – 0 Stirling Albion Central Park, Cowdenbeath
Morton 33' (pen.)
McKenzie 47'
BBC Report Attendance: 312
Referee: Hilland
29 October 2011 Second Division Brechin City 1 – 0 Cowdenbeath Glebe Park, Brechin
15:00 King 53' BBC Report Attendance: 418
Referee: Colvin
5 November 2011 Second Division East Fife 1 – 3 Cowdenbeath Bayview Stadium, Methil
15:00 Wallace 6' BBC Report Linton 48'
Robertson 62'
Morton 90'
Attendance: 1,022
Referee: Brines
26 December 2011 Second Division Stenhousemuir 0 – 2 Cowdenbeath Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
15:00 SFL Report Stewart 37'
Coult 88'
Attendance: 576
Referee: Hilland
11 February 2012 Second Division Cowdenbeath 4 – 1 Stirling Albion Central Park, Cowdenbeath
15:00 Coult 12', 48', 59'
McKenzie 84'
SFL Report Thom 36'
McKenzie Red card 91'
Attendance: 341
Referee: Northcroft
15 February 2012 Second Division Cowdenbeath 3 – 0 Albion Rovers Central Park, Cowdenbeath
19:45 Coult 10', 26'
McKenzie 21'
SFL Report Attendance: 302
Referee: O'Reilly
18 February 2012 Second Division Arbroath 1 – 1 Cowdenbeath Gayfield Park, Arbroath
15:00 Innes 42' SFL Report McKenzie 60'
Linton Red card 43'
Attendance: 1,125
Referee: Roache
3 March 2012 Second Division Airdrie United 1 – 1 Cowdenbeath Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie
15:00 Lynch 39' SFL Report Ramsay 50' (Penalty) Attendance: 702
Referee: Murray
6 March 2012 Second Division Dumbarton 0 – 2 Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton
19:30 SFL Report Mbu 3'
McKenzie 73'
Attendance: 812
Referee: Hilland
24 March 2012 Second Division Cowdenbeath 4 – 1 Dumbarton Central Park, Cowdenbeath
15:00 McKenzie 19', 81'
Coult 29'
Mbu 38'
SFL Report Dargo 33' Attendance: 380
Referee: Tumilty
7 April 2012 Second Division Cowdenbeath 2 – 3 Arbroath Central Park, Cowdenbeath
15:00 McKenzie 5', 47' (Penalty)
Adamson Yellow card 24' Red card
SFL Report Doris 25', 75'
McAnespie 29'
Attendance: 671
Referee: Salmond
21 April 2012 Second Division Cowdenbeath 2 – 0 Forfar Athletic Central Park, Cowdenbeath
15:00 McKenzie 72', 83' SFL Report Attendance: 930
Referee: Anderson
28 April 2012 Second Division Brechin City 2 – 2 Cowdenbeath Glebe Park, Brechin
15:00 McKenzie 22' (Penalty), 25' SFL Report McKenzie 30'
Armstrong 54'
Attendance: 487
Referee: Cook

Scottish Cup

19 November 2011 Scottish Cup round 3 Bo'ness United 0 – 3 Cowdenbeath Newtown Park, Bo'ness
13:45 Scanlon Yellow card 24' Red card
Hunter Red card 87'
BBC Report Robertson 38'
Linton 66'
Coult 87'
Attendance: 1,176
Referee: Robertson

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Challenge Cup

Fife cup

30 August 2011 Fife Cup Semi-final East Fife 0 – 6 Cowdenbeath Bayview Stadium, Methil
Cowdembeath Report Ferguson 24', 31' (pen.), 34', 57'
Stewart 44'
O'Brien 58'
Referee: Lambie
6 October 2011 Fife Cup Final Raith Rovers 3 – 0 Cowdenbeath Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
Graham 1', 20', 52' Cowdenbeath Report Attendance: 320
Referee: McGeachie

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
MF Jon Robertson[9] Scotland 39 Club captain

Last updated: 5 May 2012
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Squad

Last updated 5 May 2012
No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish Second Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland SCO Youssef Bejaoui 7 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
GK England ENG Thomas Flynn 32 0 30+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Lee Wilson 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Kenny Adamson 35 1 30+1 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO John Armstrong 35 1 33+1 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Steven Bennett 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Dean Brett 16 0 14+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Paul Byrne 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Dene Droudge 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Scott Linton 37 5 30+3 4 2+0 1 0+1 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Joe Mbu 34 2 30+0 2 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Thomas O'Brien 16 1 11+4 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG David Cowan 17 0 15+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Gary Fisher 10 0 9+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Colin Cameron 26 1 20+2 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Danny Mackay 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Lee Makel 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Kyle Miller 6 0 2+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
MF Scotland SCO Jordan Morton 20 6 12+6 6 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Mark Ramsay 28 8 19+5 6 2+0 0 1+0 2 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jon Robertson 39 7 35+0 5 2+0 2 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Craig Winter 12 0 3+6 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Lewis Milne 8 0 3+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
MF Scotland SCO Dean Brett 3 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Lewis Coult 36 15 20+12 13 0+2 1 1+0 0 0+1 1
FW Scotland SCO John Ferguson 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Marc McKenzie 39 18 31+5 18 1+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Greg Stewart 33 7 17+12 6 2+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Kal Naismith 10 2 7+2 2 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Derek Lyle 18 1 12+6 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Liam Cusack 13 0 7+6 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 May 2012
Nation Position Name Scottish Second Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
Scotland GK Youssef Bejaoui 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
England GK Thomas Flynn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Kenny Adamson 12 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 1
Scotland DF John Armstrong 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Scotland DF Steven Bennett 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Dean Brett 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland DF Paul Byrne 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland DF Dene Droudge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Scott Linton 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Scotland DF Joe Mbu 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland DF Thomas O'Brien 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
England DF David Cowan 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland DF Gary Fisher 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland MF Colin Cameron 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Scotland MF Danny Mackay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
England MF Lee Makel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Kyle Miller 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Jordan Morton 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Scotland MF Mark Ramsay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Jon Robertson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland MF Craig Winter 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland MF Lewis Milne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Dean Brett 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Lewis Coult 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Scotland FW John Ferguson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Marc McKenzie 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland FW Greg Stewart 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland FW Kal Naismith 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland FW Derek Lyle 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland FW Liam Cusack 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Awards

Last updated 28 March 2012
Nation Name Award Month
Scotland Colin Cameron[10] Second Division Manager of the Month September
Scotland Colin Cameron[11] Second Division Manager of the Month November
Scotland Lewis Coult[12] Ginger Boot Award February
Scotland Colin Cameron[13] Second Division Manager of the Season IRN-BRU SFL End of Season Awards

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Cowdenbeath (C, P) 36 20 11 5 68 29 +39 71 Promotion to the First Division
2 Arbroath 36 17 12 7 76 51 +25 63 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
3 Dumbarton (O, P) 36 17 7 12 61 61 0 58[a]
4 Airdrie United (P) 36 14 10 12 68 60 +8 52[b]
5 Stenhousemuir 36 15 6 15 54 49 +5 51
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Dumbarton won the First Division play-off final, and were promoted to the First Division.
  2. ^ 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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