# 2020–21 Alloa Athletic F.C. season

The 2020–21 season will be Alloa Athletic's third consecutive season in the Scottish Championship, following their promotion from Scottish League One in the 2017–18 season. They will also compete in the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup.

## Season summary

In June 2020, eight of the ten clubs voted in favour of shortening the season from the usual 36 games to 27 (playing each other three times), with the season tentatively scheduled to start on 17 October 2020. This was done to reduce costs in light of the coronavirus pandemic.

## Competitions
### Scottish Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Queen of the South | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 32 | |
| 7 | Arbroath | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 30 | |
| 8 | Ayr United | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 29 | |
| 9 | Greenock Morton (O) | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 33 | −11 | 29 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 10 | Alloa Athletic (R) | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 60 | −30 | 22 | Relegation to League One |

#### Matches

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 17 October 2020 | Greenock Morton | Away | 0–1 | — | 0 |
| 24 October 2020 | Dunfermline Athletic | Home | 1–4 | Cawley 45+1' | 0 |
| 6 November 2020 | Dundee | Home | 3–3 | Thomson 31', Trouten 51', 63' | 0 |
| 21 November 2020 | Queen of the South | Away | 0–2 | — | 0 |
| 24 November 2020 | Heart of Midlothian | Away | 0–3 | — | 0 |
| 5 December 2020 | Ayr United | Home | 0–2 | — | 0 |
| 12 December 2020 | Arbroath | Away | 1–0 | Scougall 79' | 0 |
| 19 December 2020 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Home | 2–1 | Murray 61', Thomson 78' | 0 |
| 26 December 2020 | Raith Rovers | Home | 2–5 | Buchanan 75', 89 pen. | 0 |
| 29 December 2020 | Dundee | Away | 1–3 | Hetherington 11' | 0 |
| 2 January 2021 | Greenock Morton | Home | 1–1 | Thomson 83' | 0 |
| 16 January 2021 | Heart of Midlothian | Home | 1–3 | Cawley 87' | 0 |
| 30 January 2021 | Ayr United | Away | 1–4 | Trouten 11' | 0 |
| 6 February 2021 | Queen of the South | Home | 2–1 | Graham 23' Cawley 61' | 0 |
| 13 February 2021 | Arbroath | Home | 1–1 | Cameron 90' | 0 |
| 20 February 2021 | Dunfermline Athletic | Away | 1–2 | Cawley 44' | 0 |
| 23 February 2021 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Away | 2–2 | Cameron 20' Trouten 87' pen. | 0 |
| 27 February 2021 | Raith Rovers | Away | 1–3 | Cameron 14' | 0 |
| 6 March 2021 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Home | 1–1 | Cameron 17' | 0 |
| 13 March 2021 | Queen of the South | Away | 3–2 | Murray 20' Connelly 44' Buchanan 77' | 0 |
| 19 March 2021 | Dundee | Home | 0–3 | | 0 |
| 27 March 2021 | Ayr United | Home | 2–2 | Cameron 31' Williamson 46' | 0 |
| 3 April 2021 | Arbroath | Away | 1–2 | Trouten 64' | 0 |
| 9 April 2021 | Heart of Midlothian | Away | 0–6 | | 0 |
| 17 April 2021 | Raith Rovers | Home | 1–2 | Cawley 23' | 0 |
| 24 April 2021 | Greenock Morton | Away | 1–1 | Cameron 49' | 0 |
| 30 April 2021 | Dunfermline Athletic | Home | 1–0 | Dick 47' | 0 |

### Scottish League Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LIV | ALO | EDI | AIR | STE |
| 1 | Livingston | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 12 | Qualification for the Second round | — | 2–1 | — | 4–1 | — |
| 2 | Alloa Athletic | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 9 | Qualification for the Second round | — | — | 2–1 | — | 4–2 |
| 3 | Edinburgh City | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 4 | | 1–5 | — | — | — | 2–2p |
| 4 | Airdrieonians | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | | — | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | — |
| 5 | Stenhousemuir | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 2 | | 0–4 | — | — | 0–2 | — |
| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 6 October 2020 | Airdrieonians | Away | 2–0 | Trouten 14' (pen.), Thomson 69' | 0 |
| 10 October 2020 | Livingston | Away | 1–2 | Thomson 31' | 0 |
| 13 October 2020 | Edinburgh City | Home | 2–1 | Scougall 18', Thomson 85' | 0 |
| 14 November 2020 | Stenhousemuir | Home | 4–2 | Buchanan 64', 70' (pen.), 78', Hetherington 90' | 0 |

#### Knockout phase

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance | Ref. |
| Second round | 28 November 2020 | Heart of Midlothian | Home | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Trouten 109' (pen.) | 0 | |
| Quarter-final | 15 December 2020 | Hibernian | Home | 1–2 | Hanlon 34' (o.g.) | 0 | |

### Scottish Cup

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance | Ref. |
| Second Round | 9 January 2021 | Cove Rangers | Home | 2–3 | Trouten 28' pen. | 0 | |