2015–16 Alloa Athletic F.C. season

Alloa Athletic
2015–16 season
ChairmanMike Mulraney
ManagerDanny Lennon (until December 2015)
Jack Ross (December 2015–)
StadiumRecreation Park

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.

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Abandoned or Postponed

Scottish Championship

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) 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
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 Red card 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 Yellow card 13'
Crawford Yellow card 72'
Report Anderson 79' Attendance: 808
Referee: Scotland Andrew Dallas
24 October 2015 Championship Greenock Morton 1 – 0 Alloa Athletic Cappielow
15:00 Forbes 55'
Pepper Yellow card 77'
Report Michael Doyle Yellow card 55' Attendance: 1,716
Referee: Scotland Brian Colvin
31 October 2015 Championship Alloa Athletic 1 – 2 Queen of the South Recreation Park
15:00 Holmes 1' Yellow card 89'
Michael Doyle Yellow card 23'
Williams Yellow card 71'
Report Oliver 46' 55'
Kidd Yellow card 90+2'
Attendance: 616
Referee: Scotland Craig Thomson (referee)
7 November 2015 Championship Rangers 4 – 0 Alloa Athletic Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Waghorn 10' 44'
Tavernier 14'
Wallace Yellow card 17'
Kiernan Yellow card 72'
Clark 90+2'
Report Chopra Yellow card 15'
Ferns Yellow card 65' Red card 79'
Attendance: 43,242
Referee: Scotland 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 Yellow card 56' Report Routledge Yellow card 63'
Docherty 71'
Gallagher 87'
Attendance: 492
Referee: Scotland Willie Collum
12 December 2015 Championship Livingston 0 – 1 Alloa Athletic Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 Glen Yellow card 12'
Gallagher Yellow card 89'
Report Hill Yellow card 59'
Crawford 64'
Attendance: 937
Referee: Scotland Brian Colvin
19 December 2015 Championship Alloa Athletic 0 – 2 St Mirren Indodrill Stadium
15:00 Hamilton Yellow card 6' Report Shankland 13'
Gallagher 59'
Attendance: 912
Referee: Scotland 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 Yellow card 72' Report Baird 15' Attendance: 1,176
Referee: Scotland John McKendrick
12 January 2016 Championship Raith Rovers 0 – 1 Alloa Athletic Stark's Park
19:45 Robertson Yellow card 13' Report Flannigan Yellow card 18' 86' (pen.) Attendance: 1,064
Referee: Scotland 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.
30 January 2016 Championship St Mirren 3 – 1 Alloa Athletic The Paisley 2021 Stadium
15:00 Watson Yellow card 9' 37'
Gallagher 59'
Mallan 90'
Report Layne 9' (pen.)
Scott McKenna Yellow card 13'
Hamilton Yellow card 19'
Gallacher Yellow card 40'
Hill Yellow card 74'
Crawford Yellow card 77'
Attendance: 2,589
Referee: Scotland Craig Charleston
13 February 2016 Championship Alloa Athletic 1 – 1 Rangers Indodrill Stadium
15:00 Marr 61' Yellow card 62' Report O'Halloran 83' Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Scotland Don Robertson
21 February 2016 Championship Hibernian 3 – 0 Alloa Athletic Easter Road
15:00 Boyle 5' Yellow card 31' 77'
Carmichael 40'
Report Marr Yellow card 17'
McAusland Yellow card 78'
Attendance: 8,765
Referee: Scotland Nick Walsh
5 March 2016 Championship Falkirk 2 – 0 Alloa Athletic Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Watson 28'
Kerr 36'
Report Marr Yellow card 80'
Ferns Yellow card 85'
Attendance: 3,774
Referee: Scotland Steven McLean
8 March 2016 Championship Dumbarton 3 – 1 Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Football Stadium
19:45 Nadé 28', 32', 47'
Routledge Red card 64'
Report Megginson 31' Attendance: 468
Referee: Scotland Willie Collum
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' Yellow card 83' Attendance: 1,513
Referee: Scotland Euan Anderson
2 April 2016 Championship Livingston 0 – 0 Alloa Athletic Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 Neill Yellow card 70'
Gordon Yellow card 85'
Report Hamilton Yellow card 67'
Hetherington Yellow card 83' Red card 86'
Attendance: 927
Referee: Scotland Alan Muir
9 April 2016 Championship Alloa Athletic 1 – 0 Hibernian Indodrill Stadium
15:00 Duffy 45'
Flannigan Yellow card 69'
Report Dagnall Yellow card 86' Attendance: 1,364
Referee: Scotland Bobby Madden
16 April 2016 Championship Alloa Athletic 2 – 2 Queen of the South Indodrill Stadium
15:00 Flannigan 38' (pen.)
Marr Yellow card 54'
McManus Yellow card 66' 76'
Report Lyle 67' (pen.)
Dowie Yellow card 80'
Hilson 85'
Attendance: 512
Referee: Scotland Gavin Duncan
23 April 2016 Championship Rangers 1 – 1 Alloa Athletic Ibrox Stadium
12:30 Tavernier 45' Report Duffy 8'
Megginson Yellow card 14'
Flannigan Yellow card 32'
Caddis Yellow card 61'
Attendance: 50,349
Referee: Scotland Craig Charleston
1 May 2016 Championship Alloa Athletic 1 – 1 Dumbarton Indodrill Stadium
12:30 Layne 7'
Hamilton Yellow card 37'
Report McCallum 51'
Barr Yellow card 64'
Waters Yellow card 90+2'
Attendance: 515
Referee: Scotland Barry Cook

Scottish Challenge Cup

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 Yellow card 9'
Fleming 14'
Kirkpatrick 78' 90+2'
Waters 90'
Report Flannigan Yellow card 53'
Chopra Yellow card 72'
Attendance: 274
Referee: Scotland 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 Scotland SCO Andrew McNeil 15 0 13+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Kyle McAusland 28 1 19+8 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Dougie Hill 27 1 24+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
4 DF Estonia EST Mikk Reintam 15 0 11+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF Scotland SCO Colin Hamilton 31 2 29+0 2 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
6 DF Scotland SCO Jason Marr 24 2 22+2 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 FW Northern Ireland NIR Michael Duffy 32 1 26+3 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Burton O'Brien 28 0 27+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW England ENG Michael Chopra 17 1 12+3 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
10 MF Scotland SCO Graeme Holmes 23 2 18+3 2 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
11 MF Scotland SCO Eddie Ferns 27 1 3+21 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
12 FW Scotland SCO Omar Kader 3 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
12 DF Scotland SCO Scott McKenna 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
12 MF Scotland SCO Liam Caddis 3 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 DF Romania ROU Cătălin Păun 3 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF Scotland SCO Connor McManus 31 0 26+2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
15 DF Scotland SCO Michael Doyle 14 0 13+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
16 MF Scotland SCO Iain Flannigan 20 4 14+4 2 0+0 0 1+0 2 1+0 0
17 FW England ENG Issac Layne 16 1 6+8 1 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
18 MF England ENG Steven Hetherington 15 1 9+5 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
19 DF Scotland SCO Ryan Finnie 7 0 7+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 DF Scotland SCO Mark Williams 14 0 6+6 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
21 GK Scotland SCO David Crawford 12 0 10+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 DF Scotland SCO Ryan Hoggan 2 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 FW Scotland SCO Geoff Mitchell 6 0 4+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
23 MF Scotland SCO Mitchel Megginson 10 1 10+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 FW Scotland SCO Scott Hynd 5 0 1+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 FW Scotland SCO Aron Lynas 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF Scotland SCO Lewis Wilson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF Scotland SCO Robbie Crawford 19 1 14+4 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
28 MF Scotland SCO Michael Hardie 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
41 GK Scotland SCO 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

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHAHAAHHAHAHAAHHAHHAAAHHAHAAHAHAHHAH
ResultLLLLWLDLDLLLLLLLWLLWLLDDLLLLDLLDWDDD
Position8101010999109101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010
Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2016. Source: [4]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

See also

References

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