2015–16 Alloa Athletic F.C. season

The 2015–16 season will be Alloa Athletic's third consecutive season back in the second tier of Scottish football and their third season in the Scottish Championship,[1] having been promoted through playoffs from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2012–13 season. Alloa will also compete in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Alloa Athletic

2015–16 season
Chairman	Mike Mulraney
Manager	Danny Lennon (until December 2015) Jack Ross (December 2015–)
Stadium	Recreation Park

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Abandoned or Postponed

Scottish Championship

8 August 2015 Championship	Queen of the South	3–1	Alloa Athletic	Palmerston Park
15:00 BST	Lyle  5' Russell  29', 38'	BBC Report	Flannigan  49'	Attendance: 1,726 Referee: Anderson

16 August 2015 Championship	Alloa Athletic	1 – 5	Rangers	Recreation Park
12:30	Chopra  7'	BBC Report	Tavernier  4' Waghorn  9' (pen.) Holt  39' Miller  43', 85'	Attendance: 3,047 Referee: Allan

22 August 2015 Championship	Raith Rovers	3 – 0	Alloa Athletic	Stark's Park
15:00	Craigen  55' Wighton  60' Stewart  84'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,458 Referee: Graham

29 August 2015 Championship	Alloa Athletic	0 – 1	Greenock Morton	Recreation Park
15:00		BBC Report	Thomas O'Ware  72'	Attendance: 825 Referee: Walsh

5 September 2015 Championship	Dumbarton	0 – 2	Alloa Athletic	Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	Holmes  59' Ferns  90+3'	Attendance: 715 Referee: Charleston

12 September 2015 Championship	Hibernian	3 – 0	Alloa Athletic	Easter Road
15:00	Henderson  44' Cummings  50' McGinn  65'	BBC Report		Attendance: 7,774 Referee: McKendrick

19 September 2015 Championship	Alloa Athletic	1 – 1	Falkirk	Cappielow
15:00	Marr  68' Hamilton  90'	BBC Report	Baird  68' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,572 Referee: Robertson

26 September 2015 Championship	Alloa Athletic	0 – 3	Livingston	Recreation Park
15:00		BBC Report	Buchanan  23', 78' Sheerin  59'	Attendance: 622 Referee: Northcroft

3 October 2015 Championship	St Mirren	1 – 1	Alloa Athletic	St Mirren Park
15:00	Shankland  68'	BBC Report	Marr  75'	Attendance: 2,994 Referee: Charleston

17 October 2015 Championship	Alloa Athletic	0 – 1	Raith Rovers	Recreation Park
15:00	Marr  13' Crawford  72'	Report	Anderson  79'	Attendance: 808 Referee: Andrew Dallas

24 October 2015 Championship	Greenock Morton	1 – 0	Alloa Athletic	Cappielow
15:00	Forbes  55' Pepper  77'	Report	Michael Doyle  55'	Attendance: 1,716 Referee: Brian Colvin

31 October 2015 Championship	Alloa Athletic	1 – 2	Queen of the South	Recreation Park
15:00	Holmes  1'  89' Michael Doyle  23' Williams  71'	Report	Oliver  46'  55' Kidd  90+2'	Attendance: 616 Referee: Craig Thomson (referee)

7 November 2015 Championship	Rangers	4 – 0	Alloa Athletic	Ibrox Stadium
15:00	Waghorn  10'  44' Tavernier  14' Wallace  17' Kiernan  72' Clark  90+2'	Report	Chopra  15' Ferns  65'  79'	Attendance: 43,242 Referee: Stephen Finnie

14 November 2015 Championship	Falkirk	5 – 0	Alloa Athletic	Falkirk Stadium
15:00	Baird  12', 31', 44' McHugh  63' Leahy  81'	BBC Report		Attendance: 3,550 Referee: Clancy

21 November 2015 Championship	Alloa Athletic	0 – 1	Hibernian	Indodrill Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	Cummings  60'	Attendance: 1,952 Referee: Cook

5 December 2015 Championship	Alloa Athletic	0 – 2	Dumbarton	Indodrill Stadium
15:00	Williams  56'	Report	Routledge  63' Docherty  71' Gallagher  87'	Attendance: 492 Referee: Willie Collum

12 December 2015 Championship	Livingston	0 – 1	Alloa Athletic	Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00	Glen  12' Gallagher  89'	Report	Hill  59' Crawford  64'	Attendance: 937 Referee: Brian Colvin

19 December 2015 Championship	Alloa Athletic	0 – 2	St Mirren	Indodrill Stadium
15:00	Hamilton  6'	Report	Shankland  13' Gallagher  59'	Attendance: 912 Referee: Alan Muir

26 December 2015 Championship	Raith Rovers	P – P	Alloa Athletic	Stark's Park
		Report		Referee: Aitken
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

2 January 2016 Championship	Alloa Athletic	0 – 1	Falkirk	Indodrill Stadium
17:15	Hamilton  72'	Report	Baird  15'	Attendance: 1,176 Referee: John McKendrick

12 January 2016 Championship	Raith Rovers	0 – 1	Alloa Athletic	Stark's Park
19:45	Robertson  13'	Report	Flannigan  18'  86' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,064 Referee: Greg Aitken

16 January 2016 Championship	Alloa Athletic	A – A	Greenock Morton	Indodrill Stadium
15:00	Duffy  41'	BBC Report		Referee: Muir
Note: Abandoned 22 minutes into the second half because of heavy snow.

23 January 2016 Championship	Queen of the South	1 – 0	Alloa Athletic	Palmerston Park
15:00	Russell  41'	Report	Doyle  87'	Attendance: 1,559 Referee: John Beaton

30 January 2016 Championship	St Mirren	3 – 1	Alloa Athletic	The Paisley 2021 Stadium
15:00	Watson  9'  37' Gallagher  59' Mallan  90'	Report	Layne  9' (pen.) Scott McKenna  13' Hamilton  19' Gallacher  40' Hill  74' Crawford  77'	Attendance: 2,589 Referee: Craig Charleston

9 February 2016 Championship	Alloa Athletic	2 – 2	Greenock Morton	Indodrill Stadium
19:30	Hamilton  19' Megginson  60' Hill  71'	Report	McManus  14' McCluskey  17'	Attendance: 535 Referee: Alan Muir

13 February 2016 Championship	Alloa Athletic	1 – 1	Rangers	Indodrill Stadium
15:00	Marr  61'  62'	Report	O'Halloran  83'	Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Don Robertson

21 February 2016 Championship	Hibernian	3 – 0	Alloa Athletic	Easter Road
15:00	Boyle  5'  31'  77' Carmichael  40'	Report	Marr  17' McAusland  78'	Attendance: 8,765 Referee: Nick Walsh

27 February 2016 Championship	Alloa Athletic	1 – 3	Livingston	Indodrill Stadium
15:00	Duffy  19'	Report	Longridge  11' White  14' Stanton  39' Cole  50' Fotheringham  70'	Attendance: 619 Referee: Craig Charleston

5 March 2016 Championship	Falkirk	2 – 0	Alloa Athletic	Falkirk Stadium
15:00	Watson  28' Kerr  36'	Report	Marr  80' Ferns  85'	Attendance: 3,774 Referee: Steven McLean

8 March 2016 Championship	Dumbarton	3 – 1	Alloa Athletic	Dumbarton Football Stadium
19:45	Nadé  28', 32', 47' Routledge  64'	Report	Megginson  31'	Attendance: 468 Referee: Willie Collum

12 March 2016 Championship	Alloa Athletic	1 – 1	Raith Rovers	Indodrill Stadium
15:00	Hetherington  24'  64' Marr  74' Flannigan  79'	Report	Benedictus  90'	Attendance: 762 Referee: George Salmond

19 March 2016 Championship	Greenock Morton	4 – 1	Alloa Athletic	Cappielow
15:00	Marr  15' (O.G.) McManus  78' Forbes  17' Johnstone  81'	Report	McAusland  39'  83'	Attendance: 1,513 Referee: Euan Anderson

26 March 2016 Championship	Alloa Athletic	0 – 1	St. Mirren	Indodrill Stadium
15:00	Hetherington  61'	Report	Watson  85'	Attendance: 753 Referee: Mat Northcroft

2 April 2016 Championship	Livingston	0 – 0	Alloa Athletic	Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00	Neill  70' Gordon  85'	Report	Hamilton  67' Hetherington  83'  86'	Attendance: 927 Referee: Alan Muir

9 April 2016 Championship	Alloa Athletic	1 – 0	Hibernian	Indodrill Stadium
15:00	Duffy  45' Flannigan  69'	Report	Dagnall  86'	Attendance: 1,364 Referee: Bobby Madden

16 April 2016 Championship	Alloa Athletic	2 – 2	Queen of the South	Indodrill Stadium
15:00	Flannigan  38' (pen.) Marr  54' McManus  66'  76'	Report	Lyle  67' (pen.) Dowie  80' Hilson  85'	Attendance: 512 Referee: Gavin Duncan

23 April 2016 Championship	Rangers	1 – 1	Alloa Athletic	Ibrox Stadium
12:30	Tavernier  45'	Report	Duffy  8' Megginson  14' Flannigan  32' Caddis  61'	Attendance: 50,349 Referee: Craig Charleston

1 May 2016 Championship	Alloa Athletic	1 – 1	Dumbarton	Indodrill Stadium
12:30	Layne  7' Hamilton  37'	Report	McCallum  51' Barr  64' Waters  90+2'	Attendance: 515 Referee: Barry Cook

Scottish Challenge Cup

25 July 2015 Round 1	Brora Rangers	0 – 1	Alloa Athletic	Dudgeon Park
15:00		BBC Report	Mitchell  49'	Attendance: 265 Referee: Northcroft

19 August 2015 Round 2	Alloa Athletic	0 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Elgin City	Recreation Park
15:00		BBC Report	Gunn  104' (pen.) McKenzie  111' (pen.)	Attendance: 240 Referee: Salmond

League Cup

1 August 2015 First round	Berwick Rangers	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Alloa Athletic	Shielfield Park
15:00	Lavery  56' Morris  77' Banjo  97'	BBC Report	Flannigan  6', 21'	Attendance: 405 Referee: Charleston

Scottish Cup

28 November 2015 Round 3	Dumbarton	P – P	Alloa Athletic	Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00		BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch

8 December 2015 Round 3	Dumbarton	5 - 0	Alloa Athletic	Dumbarton Football Stadium
19:30	McCallum  1' Barr  9' Fleming  14' Kirkpatrick  78'  90+2' Waters  90'	Report	Flannigan  53' Chopra  72'	Attendance: 274 Referee: Stephen Finnie

Player statistics

Squad

Last updated 26 March 2016[2][3]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Scottish Championship		Challenge Cup		League Cup		Scottish Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Andrew McNeil	15	0	13+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
2	DF		Kyle McAusland	28	1	19+8	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
3	DF		Dougie Hill	27	1	24+0	1	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
4	DF		Mikk Reintam	15	0	11+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
5	DF		Colin Hamilton	31	2	29+0	2	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
6	DF		Jason Marr	24	2	22+2	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	FW		Michael Duffy	32	1	26+3	1	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
8	MF		Burton O'Brien	28	0	27+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW		Michael Chopra	17	1	12+3	1	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
10	MF		Graeme Holmes	23	2	18+3	2	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
11	MF		Eddie Ferns	27	1	3+21	1	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
12	FW		Omar Kader	3	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
12	DF		Scott McKenna	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
12	MF		Liam Caddis	3	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
13	DF		Cătălin Păun	3	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF		Connor McManus	31	0	26+2	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
15	DF		Michael Doyle	14	0	13+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
16	MF		Iain Flannigan	20	4	14+4	2	0+0	0	1+0	2	1+0	0
17	FW		Issac Layne	16	1	6+8	1	1+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
18	MF		Steven Hetherington	15	1	9+5	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
19	DF		Ryan Finnie	7	0	7+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	DF		Mark Williams	14	0	6+6	0	1+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
21	GK		David Crawford	12	0	10+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	DF		Ryan Hoggan	2	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	FW		Geoff Mitchell	6	0	4+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
23	MF		Mitchel Megginson	10	1	10+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	FW		Scott Hynd	5	0	1+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	FW		Aron Lynas	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	DF		Lewis Wilson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	MF		Robbie Crawford	19	1	14+4	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
28	MF		Michael Hardie	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
41	GK		Scott Gallacher	11	0	11+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
6	St Mirren	36	11	9	16	44	53	−9	42
7	Queen of the South	36	12	6	18	46	56	−10	42
8	Dumbarton	36	10	7	19	35	66	−31	37
9	Livingston (R)	36	8	7	21	37	51	−14	31	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10	Alloa Athletic (R)	36	4	9	23	22	67	−45	21	Relegation to League One

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(R) Relegated.

Division summary

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	D	D	D
Position	8	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2016. Source: [4]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

Players in Player From Fee Andrew McNeil Airdrieonians Free[5] Colin Hamilton Brechin Free[5] Burton O'Brien Livingston Free[6] Dougie Hill Raith Rovers Free[6] Kyle McAusland Dunfermline Athletic Free[6] Dale Hilson Forfar Athletic Free[7] Michael Duffy Celtic Loan[8] Connor McManus Celtic Loan[8] Omar Kader Forfar Athletic Free[9] Cătălin Păun Stirling University Free[9] David Crawford Arbroath Free[10] Mark Williams St Mirren Free[11] Geoff Mitchell Histon Free[12] Mikk Reintam Frýdek-Místek Free[13] Robbie Crawford Rangers Loan[14]

Players out Player To Fee Daryll Meggatt Dundee Free[15] Liam Buchanan Livingston Free[16] Ben Gordon Livingston Free[17] Ryan McCord Raith Rovers Free[18] Kevin Cawley Dumbarton Free[19] Mark Docherty Dumbarton Free[20] Greig Spence Cowdenbeath Free[21] John Gibson Clyde Free[22] Russell McLean Heart of Midlothian Free[23] Mikey Couser East Fife Free[24] Michael Chopra Released Free[25] Stephen Simmons Released Free[25] Jonathan Tiffoney Brechin City Free[25] Adam Asghar Annan Athletic Free[25] Craig McDowall Released Free[25] Greg Rutherford Arbroath Free[25] David Weatherston Released Free[25] Geoff Mitchell Released Free[26] Omar Kader Forfar Athletic[27] Free[28] Michael Doyle St Johnstone Free[29]

See also

• List of Alloa Athletic F.C. seasons

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