2011–12 Ross County F.C. season

Ross County
2011–12 season
Chairman Scotland Roy MacGregor
Manager Scotland Derek Adams
Stadium Victoria Park
Scottish First Division 1st (Champions)
Challenge Cup First Round, lost to Elgin City
League Cup Third round, lost to Celtic
Scottish Cup Fifth round, lost to St Mirren
Top goalscorer League:
Scotland Colin McMenamin (19)

All:
Scotland Colin McMenamin (20)
Highest home attendance 4,737 vs. Hamilton Academical, 28 April 2012
Lowest home attendance 2,047 vs. Livingston, 17 September 2011
Average home league attendance 2,745
Home colours
Away colours

The 2011–12 season was Ross County's fourth consecutive season in the Scottish First Division, having been promoted as champions of the Scottish Second Division at the end of 2007–08 season.[1] They also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Ross County finished first in the First Division[2] and were promoted to the Premier League[3] for the first time.[4] They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup,[5] the third round of the League Cup[6] and the fifth round of the Scottish Cup.[7]

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

Scottish First Division

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Challenge Cup

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
MF Richard Brittain Scotland 40 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[8]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalScottish First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland Joe Malin 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Scotland Michael Fraser 42 0 35+0 0 3+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland Scott Boyd 41 2 33+1 2 4+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Grant Munro 40 2 33+0 2 3+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
DF Northern Ireland Johnny Flynn 10 1 3+4 0 1+0 0 1+0 1 1+0 0
DF Scotland Darren McCormack 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Gary Miller 43 1 35+0 1 4+0 0 2+1 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland Scott Morrison 27 1 22+1 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 1
MF Scotland Richard Brittain 41 11 33+1 9 3+0 2 3+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland Mark Corcoran 38 0 7+24 0 2+1 0 2+1 0 0+1 0
MF Scotland Marc Fitzpatrick 17 0 13+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Rocco Quinn 32 3 16+11 3 1+2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Alex Cooper 2 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Stuart Kettlewell 32 5 26+1 5 3+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Russell Duncan 7 0 0+4 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
MF Scotland Paul Lawson 37 3 30+2 2 2+0 1 2+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland Iain Vigurs 34 7 26+3 5 3+0 2 1+0 0 1+0 0
FW Northern Ireland Sam Morrow 13 4 4+7 3 1+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Steven Craig 31 6 8+17 4 3+0 1 1+1 1 1+0 0
FW Scotland Michael Gardyne 40 17 29+4 12 3+0 4 2+1 1 1+0 0
FW Scotland Garry Wood 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Republic of Ireland Kurtis Byrne 21 3 1+12 1 0+4 2 1+2 0 0+1 0
FW Scotland Colin McMenamin 39 20 33+0 19 2+0 0 2+1 1 1+0 0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 May 2012
Nation Position Name Scottish First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
Scotland GK Joe Malin 0000000000
Scotland GK Michael Fraser 0000000000
Scotland DF Scott Boyd 4000000040
Scotland DF Grant Munro 1000000010
Northern Ireland DF Johnny Flynn 0100000001
Scotland DF Darren McCormack 0000000000
Scotland DF Gary Miller 4110001061
Scotland DF Scott Morrison 0000000000
Scotland MFRichard Brittain 7000000070
Scotland MF Mark Corcoran 2000100030
Scotland MF Marc Fitzpatrick 2010000030
Scotland MF Rocco Quinn 5100100061
Scotland MF Alex Cooper 0000000000
Scotland MF Stuart Kettlewell 7110000081
Scotland MF Russell Duncan 0000000000
Scotland MF Paul Lawson 6000000060
Scotland MF Iain Vigurs 100200000120
Northern Ireland FW Sam Morrow 0000000000
Scotland FW Steven Craig 0100000001
Scotland FW Michael Gardyne 4000000040
Scotland FW Garry Wood 0000000000
Republic of Ireland FW Kurtis Byrne 2000000020
Scotland FW Colin McMenamin 6000200080

Awards

Last updated 27 May 2012
Nation Name Award Month
Scotland Derek Adams[9] First Division Manager of the Month (shared) October
Scotland Grant Munro[9] Player of the Month (shared) October
Scotland Derek Adams[10] First Division Manager of the Month March
Scotland Richard Brittain[10] Player of the Month March
Scotland Colin McMenamin[11] First Division Player of the Year IRN-BRU SFL End of Season Awards
Scotland Derek Adams[11] First Division Manager of the Season IRN-BRU SFL End of Season Awards
Scotland Derek Adams[11] Phenomenal Achievement of the Season IRN-BRU SFL End of Season Awards
Scotland Ross County[11] Team of the Season IRN-BRU SFL End of Season Awards
Scotland Derek Adams[12] PFA Scotland Manager of the Year PFA Scotland Awards 2012

League Statistics

Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Ross County (C) 36 22 13 1 72 32+40 79 Promotion to 2012–13 Scottish Premier League
2 Dundee 36 15 10 11 53 43+10 55
3 Falkirk 36 13 13 10 53 48+5 52
4 Hamilton Academical 36 14 7 15 55 561 49
5 Livingston 36 13 9 14 56 54+2 48
6 Partick Thistle 36 12 11 13 50 39+11 47
7 Raith Rovers 36 11 11 14 46 493 44
8 Greenock Morton 36 10 12 14 40 5515 42
9 Ayr United (R) 36 9 11 16 44 6723 38 Qualification for Scottish First Division Play-offs
10 Queen of the South (R) 36 7 11 18 38 6426 32 Relegation to Scottish Second Division

Updated to games played on 5 May 2012.
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

See also

Transfers

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