2011–12 Berwick Rangers F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Berwick Rangers's seventh consecutive season in the Scottish Third Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2004–05 season.[1] Berwick also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and Scottish Cup.

Berwick Rangers
2011–12 season
ChairmanBrian Porteous
ManagerJimmy Crease (until 26 October 2011)
Ian Little (caretaker)
StadiumShielfield Park
Scottish Third DivisionSeventh
Challenge CupSemi Final
League CupSecond round
Scottish CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Damon Gray (9)

All:
Damon Gray (7)
Darren Gribben (7)
Danny Handling (7)
Highest home attendance486 vs. Alloa Athletic, 14 April 2012
Lowest home attendance278 vs. Peterhead, 28 February 2012

Summary

Berwick Rangers finished seventh in the Third Division.[2] They reached the semi final of the Challenge Cup,[3] the second round of the League Cup[4] and the second round of the Scottish Cup.[5]

Management

They began the 2011–12 season under the management of Jimmy Crease. On 26 October 2011, Crease stepped down following their defeat to Deveronvale.[6] Ian Little was made caretaker manager[7] and after some good results, Berwick announced in mid-November that Little would stay in charge until 31 December, when matters will be re-assessed.[7][8] On 28 December 2011, Berwick Rangers announced that Little would remain as manager until at least the end of the 2011–12 season.[9][10] On 17 March 2012, Berwick Rangers announced that Little would remain as manager on a permanent basis.[11]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Third Division

6 August 2011 Scottish Third Division Elgin City 4–1 Berwick Rangers Borough Briggs
Gunn  17' (20), pen.' (51), 70' BBC Report Currie  84' Attendance: 534
Referee: McKendrick
13 August 2011 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 4–2 East Stirlingshire Shielfield Park
Currie  9' (pen.), 90'
Gray  50'
McLaren  71'
BBC Report Jackson  71'
Love  75' (pen.)
Gibson  88'
Attendance: 441
Referee: Dallas
20 August 2011 Scottish Third Division Stranraer 2–1 Berwick Rangers Stair Park
Aitken  62'
Malcolm  64'
BBC Report McLaren  77' Attendance: 260
Referee: Cook
27 August 2011 Scottish Third Division Queen's Park 1–1 Berwick Rangers Hampden Park
Daly  60' BBC Report McDonald  20' Attendance: 504
Referee: Anderson
10 September 2011 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 1–2 Montrose Shielfield Park
McLaren  11'
Townsley  80'
BBC Report Winter  23'
Pierce  81' (pen.)
Masson  81' 
Attendance: 368
Referee: Roache
24 September 2011 Scottish Third Division Clyde 1–4 Berwick Rangers Broadwood Stadium
Neill  48' BBC Report Gray  41'
Gribben  54', 56'
Smith  90'
Attendance: 618
Referee: Somers
1 October 2011 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 0–1 Annan Athletic Shielfield Park
Gribben  81' BBC Report Gibson  71' Attendance: 412
Referee: Aitken
9 November 2011 Scottish Third Division East Stirlingshire 1–3 Berwick Rangers Ochilview Park
19:45 Coyne  17' SFL Report Gribben  7' (66), Penalty'
McLean  31'
Attendance: 310
Referee: Dallas
12 November 2011 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 2–0 Queen's Park Shielfield Park
15:00 Noble  80'
Gray  82'
SFL Report Attendance: 449
Referee: Barry Cook
26 November 2011 Scottish Third Division Montrose 3–5 Berwick Rangers Links Park
15:00 Boyle  9'
Lunan  50'
Cameron  86'
SFL Report Gribben  20', 25'
Noble  60', 79'
Gray  90'
Attendance: 328
Referee: Clancy
3 December 2011 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 0–2 Clyde Shielfield Park
15:00 SFL Report Sweeney  25' (Penalty)
Cusack  86'
Attendance: 410
Referee: Somers
17 December 2011 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 2–2 Alloa Athletic Shielfield Park
15:00 Deland  78'
Gray  84'
SFL Report McCord  44'
May  61'
Attendance: 362
Referee: Allan
24 December 2011 Scottish Third Division Annan Athletic 2–2 Berwick Rangers Galabank
15:00 Watson  18'
Harty  41'
McGowan  53'
Report Gibson  77' (Own Goal)
Gribben  82'
Notman  91' 
Attendance: 598
Referee: Barry Cook
2 January 2012 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 2–2 Montrose Shielfield Park
15:00 Deland  15'
Greenhill  62'
SFL Report Johnston  45'
Boyle  58'
Attendance: 455
Referee: Anderson
14 January 2012 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 2–2 Stranraer Shielfield Park
15:00 Notman  10'
Lee Currie  32'
SFL Report McColm  6'
Malcolm  75'
Attendance: 438
Referee: Salmond
21 January 2012 Scottish Third Division Elgin City 4–0 Berwick Rangers Borough Briggs
15:00 Millar  35', 53'
MacPhee  37'
Leslie  49'
SFL Report McDonald  60' Attendance: 438
Referee: Roache
11 February 2012 Scottish Third Division Alloa Athletic 0–1 Berwick Rangers Recreation Park
15:00 SFL Report Gray  59' (Penalty)
Notman  84' 
Attendance: 544
Referee: Dallas
15 February 2012 Scottish Third Division Clyde 2–2 Berwick Rangers Broadwood Stadium
19:45 Brown  6'
Neill  13'
Gray  45'
SFL Report Walker  29'
Gray  90'
Attendance: 351
Referee: Aitken
18 February 2012 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 2–3 Annan Athletic Shielfield Park
15:00 Gribben  80'
Walker  86' 
SFL Report Cox  19'
Winters  20'
O'Connor  59'
Attendance: 389
Referee: Barry Cook
21 February 2012 Scottish Third Division Queen's Park 2–2 Berwick Rangers Hampden Park
19:30 Watt  26'
Quinn  90'
SFL Report Gribben  21'
Greenhill  90'
Attendance: 413
Referee: Robertson
25 February 2012 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 0–2 East Stirlingshire Shielfield Park
15:00 SFL Report Dingwall  40'
Turner  84'
Attendance: 349
Referee: Robertson
3 March 2012 Scottish Third Division Stranraer 1–3 Berwick Rangers Stair Park
15:00 McColm  45' SFL Report Noble  27'
McLaren  68'
Ferguson  80'
Attendance: 330
Referee: Anderson
10 March 2012 Scottish Third Division Montrose 1–1 Berwick Rangers Links Park
15:00 Boyle  49' SFL Report Gray  80' Attendance: 318
Referee: Beaton
17 March 2012 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 1–4 Queen's Park Shielfield Park
15:00 Greenhill  57' SFL Report Brough  54'
McBride  61'
Forster  64' (own goal)
Daly  79'
Attendance: 428
Referee: Conroy
24 March 2012 Scottish Third Division Peterhead 1–2 Berwick Rangers Balmoor Stadium
15:00 McAllister  49' (Penalty) SFL Report Handling  23', 56'
Forster  58'
Attendance: 396
Referee: McDermott
31 March 2012 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 3–0 Clyde Shielfield Park
15:00 Handling  31', 35'
Currie  88'
SFL Report Attendance: 389
Referee: Roache
7 April 2012 Scottish Third Division Annan Athletic 1–1 Berwick Rangers Galabank
15:00 Muirhead  24' SFL Report Townsley  50' 
Forster  72'
Attendance: 430
Referee: Steven
14 April 2012 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 5–0 Alloa Athletic Shielfield Park
15:00 Handling  13', 51'
Currie  14'
Harding  34' (Own goal)
Noble  58'
SFL Report Attendance: 486
Referee: Anderson
21 April 2012 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 3–3 Elgin City Shielfield Park
15:00 McDonald  1'
Forster  45'
Noble  53'
McLean  87' 
SFL Report Durnan  23'
Crooks  75'
Gunn  77'
Attendance: 411
Referee: Somers
28 April 2012 Scottish Third Division East Stirlingshire 2–1 Berwick Rangers Ochilview Park
15:00 Horner  6'
Sheerin  18'
Frances  70' 
SFL Report Notman  52'
Currie  70' (Penalty)
Attendance: 277
Referee: Aitken
5 May 2012 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 1–0 Stranraer Shielfield Park
15:00 Handling  70'
Miller  84' 
SFL Report Attendance: 402
Referee: Barry Cook

Challenge Cup

23 July 2011 Challenge Cup Rd 1 Clyde 2–2
(3–4 p)
Berwick Rangers Broadwood Stadium
Fitzpatrick  36'
McDonald  51'
BBC Report Currie  4'
Gray  10'
Attendance: 472
Referee: O'Reilly

Scottish League Cup

30 July 2011 League Cup Round 1 Partick Thistle 1–3 Berwick Rangers Firhill Stadium
Cairney  28'
Paton  47'
Balatoni  79'
BBC Report Gray  33'
Noble  73'
P. Currie  79' (pen.) McDonald  81' 
Attendance: 1,255
Referee: McLean
23 August 2011 League Cup Round 2 Hibernian 5–0 Berwick Rangers Easter Road
Scott  11', 58'
Sodje  38'
O'Connor  51'
Sproule  87'
BBC Report Attendance: 4,936
Referee: Finnie

Scottish Cup

22 October 2011 Scottish Cup Round 2 Deveronvale 4–0 Berwick Rangers Princess Royal Park
15:00 Duncan  19'
Fraser  29'
Blackhall  66'
McKenzie  71' (Penalty)
Sky Report Thomson  69' Attendance: 650
Referee: Robertson

East of Scotland Cup

7 January 2012 Final Berwick Rangers 2–0 Edinburgh City Shielfield Park
15:00 Gribben  5'
Gray  48'
Attendance: 122
Referee: ??

Player statistics

Squad

Last updated 5 May 2012 [12]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalThird DivisionScottish CupLeague CupChallenge Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Jamie Barclay 350290102030
GK Youssef Bejaoui 7070000000
GK Ian McCaldon 0000000000
GK Mark Peat 0000000000
GK Gavin Sorley 0000000000
DF Michael Deland 182182000000
DF Stephen Thompson 240180102030
DF Guy Kerr 0000000000
DF Andy McLean 311271102010
DF Chris McLeod 190140002030
DF Steven Notman 321291101010
DF Elliott Smith 181131102020
DF Chris Townsley 310280001020
DF Richard Walker 211161102020
DF Stephen Tulloch 4040000000
DF Conner McGlinchey 110110000000
DF Jordon Forster 102102000000
MF Kevin McDonald 353302101031
MF Darren Smith 5040000010
MF Lee Currie 376324102022
MF Paul Currie (footballer) 10453002130
MF David Greenhill 294263001021
MF Fraser McLaren 285255001020
MF Aaron Ponton 3020000010
MF Ross Gray 201191100000
MF Ben Miller 4040000000
FW Damon Gray 359297102131
FW Darren Gribben 327277102020
FW Danny Handling 7777000000
FW Stuart Noble 387326102130
FW Ian Little 5040100000
FW Darren Lavery 8080000000
FW John Ferguson 121121000000

Disciplinary Record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 May 2012
Nation Position Name Third Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
GK Jamie Barclay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Youssef Bejaoui 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
GK Ian McCaldon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Mark Peat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Gavin Sorley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Michael Deland 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3' 0
DF Guy Kerr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Andy McLean 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 1
DF Chris McLeod 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
DF Stephen Thompson 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1
DF Chris Townsley 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
DF Elliott Smith 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
DF Richard Walker 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
DF Stephen Tulloch 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
DF Conner McGlinchey 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF Jordon Forster 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
MF Darren Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Kevin McDonald 6 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 9 2
MF Steven Notman 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3
MF Lee Currie 9 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 12 0
MF Paul Currie (footballer) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0
MF David Greenhill 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1
MF Fraser McLaren 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 0
MF Aaron Ponton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Ross Gray 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
MF Ben Miller 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
FW Damon Gray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Darren Gribben 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
FW Danny Handling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Ian Little 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Darren Lavery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW John Ferguson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Awards

Last updated 24 December 2011
Nation Name Award Month
Ian Little[13] Third Division Manager of the Month November
Darren Gribben[14] Ginger Boot Winner November

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 Peterhead 36 15 6 15 51 53 2 51
6 Annan Athletic 36 13 10 13 53 53 0 49
7 Berwick Rangers 36 12 12 12 61 58 +3 48
8 Montrose 36 11 5 20 58 75 17 38
9 Clyde 36 8 11 17 35 50 15 35
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Transfers

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