# 2023–24 Arbroath F.C. season

The 2023–24 season was Arbroath's fifth consecutive season in the Scottish Championship, following their promotion from Scottish League One in the 2018–19 season. They also competed in the Scottish League Cup, Scottish Challenge Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Competitions
### Pre-season and friendlies

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 24 June 2023 | Brechin City | Away | 1–1 | Gold 51' | 809 |
| 1 July 2023 | Montrose | Home | 1–3 | Little 50' | |
| 8 July 2023 | Stirling Albion | Away | 2–1 | Dow 45', Trialist 78' | |
| 12 July 2023 | Dundee | Home | 0–1 | Robinson 36' | 2,160 |
| 15 July 2023 | Falkirk | Away | 2–1 | Bird 20', Baldé 60' | |

### Scottish Championship

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 4 August 2023 | Dundee United | Home | 0–4 | | 5,558 |
| 12 August 2023 | Queen's Park | Away | 1–2 | McIntosh 71' | 916 |
| 19 August 2023 | Queen's Park | Home | 0–1 | | 1,477 |
| 26 August 2023 | Greenock Morton | Away | 3–0 | McKenna 20', Wilson 73' o.g., Baldé 90+4' | 1,746 |
| 2 September 2023 | Ayr United | Home | 2–1 | Bird 21', Hylton 82' | 1,643 |
| 16 September 2023 | Airdrieonians | Home | 4–0 | McKenna 2', Hylton 35', Bird 88', McIntosh 90+1' | 1,708 |
| 23 September 2023 | Partick Thistle | Away | 3–0 | Hylton 12', 80', O'Brien 39' | 3,159 |
| 30 September 2023 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Home | 2–3 | Stewart 69', McKenna 79' | 1,723 |
| 27 October 2023 | Dundee United | Away | 0–6 | | 8,489 |
| 4 November 2023 | Partick Thistle | Home | 1–3 | Hylton 87' | 1,753 |
| 11 November 2023 | Airdrieonians | Away | 0–2 | | 1,418 |
| 28 November 2023 | Dunfermline Athletic | Away | 0–3 | | 3,226 |
| 9 December 2023 | Greenock Morton | Home | 1–2 | Gold 61' | 1,219 |
| 13 December 2023 | Raith Rovers | Home | 1–2 | Hylton 30' pen. | 1,445 |
| 16 December 2023 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Away | 1–2 | Bird 29', Gold 42' | 1,842 |
| 23 December 2023 | Dunfermline Athletic | Home | 1–1 | Bird 45+3' | 1,910 |
| 30 December 2023 | Raith Rovers | Away | 2–2 | Adams 76', McIntosh 81 pen.' | 3,806 |
| 2 January 2024 | Dundee United | Home | 0–3 | | 5,276 |
| 6 January 2024 | Partick Thistle | Away | 0–4 | | 3,481 |
| 13 January 2024 | Ayr United | Home | 0–0 | | 1,598 |
| 23 January 2024 | Ayr United | Away | 0–2 | | 1,115 |
| 27 January 2024 | Greenock Morton | Away | 0–3 | | 1,802 |
| 17 February 2024 | Dunfermline Athletic | Away | 1–1 | O'Brien 52' | 4,743 |
| 24 February 2024 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Home | 1–1 | Mackinnon 82' | 1,539 |
| 27 February 2024 | Queen's Park | Away | 0–6 | | 1,073 |
| 1 March 2024 | Raith Rovers | Home | 3–2 | Bird 61', 71', Stowe 77' | 1,780 |
| 9 March 2024 | Dundee United | Away | 0–4 | | 7,676 |
| 16 March 2024 | Airdrieonians | Away | 2–5 | Dow 16', Gold 54' | 1,403 |
| 23 March 2024 | Partick Thistle | Home | 0–1 | | 1,048 |
| 30 March 2024 | Dunfermline Athletic | Home | 2–3 | Stewart 54', 64' | 2,139 |
| 2 April 2024 | Airdrieonians | Home | 1–2 | Bird 90+1' | 1,043 |
| 6 April 2024 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Away | 1–2 | McIntosh 61' | 2,223 |
| 13 April 2024 | Ayr United | Away | 0–5 | | 1,849 |
| 20 April 2024 | Greenock Morton | Home | 1–2 | McKenna 68' | 1,299 |
| 27 April 2024 | Queen's Park | Home | 0–5 | | 1,322 |
| 3 May 2024 | Raith Rovers | Away | 0–5 | | 3,357 |

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

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 19 July 2023 | Cowdenbeath | Home | 1–1 (4–3 pen.) | McKenna 51' pen. | 1,010 |
| 22 July 2023 | St Mirren | Away | 0–4 | | 2,059 |
| 25 July 2023 | Forfar Athletic | Away | 1–3 | Bird 41' | 1,129 |
| 29 July 2023 | Montrose | Home | 3–0 | McIntosh 12', Dünnwald-Turan 70', Bird 79' | 1,408 |

### Scottish Challenge Cup

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| Third round | 9 September 2023 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Home | 4–2 | Gold 34', O'Brien 41', Stewart 70', Steele 84' | 780 |
| Fourth round | 14 October 2023 | Queen of the South | Away | 2–1 | Bird 54', McKenna 90' | 786 |
| Quarter-final | 18 November 2023 | The New Saints | Away | 1–4 | Bird 9' | 587 |

### Scottish Cup

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance | Ref. |
| Third round | 25 November 2023 | The Spartans | Away | 1–2 | Gold 49' | 647 | |

## Player statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 3 May 2024
| No. | Pos | Player | Championship | Championship | League Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Derek Gaston | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Aaron Steele | 20+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Colin Hamilton | 14+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Ricky Little | 21+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Thomas O'Brien | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | Craig Slater | 25+5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | David Gold | 32+1 | 3 | 3+1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 5 |
| 8 | MF | Michael McKenna | 19+6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 6 |
| 9 | FW | Leighton McIntosh | 23+10 | 4 | 1+3 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 5 |
| 10 | MF | Keaghan Jacobs | 4+9 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Ryan Dow | 19+5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | Scott Stewart | 36 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 6 |
| 14 | FW | Mark Stowe | 8+18 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 34 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | Zak Delaney | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Jess Norey | 8+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Connor Teale | 9+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Adam Mackinnon | 14+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | Kyle Robinson | 4+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Gordon Walker | 7+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | Ali Adams | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | Innes Murray | 8+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Charlie Reilly | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Darren Lyon | 7+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Jay Bird | 23+10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 11 |
| 41 | GK | Max Boruc | 12+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 62 | FW | Kenan Dünnwald-Turan | 5+14 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| Players who left the club during the 2023–24 season |||||
| 23 | MF | Scott Allan | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Jermaine Hylton | 15+2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 |
| 25 | MF | Joaõ Baldé | 3+7 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Dunfermline Athletic | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 45 | |
| 7 | Ayr United | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 53 | 61 | −8 | 44 | |
| 8 | Queen's Park | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 50 | 56 | −6 | 43 | |
| 9 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle (R) | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 42 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 10 | Arbroath (R) | 36 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 35 | 89 | −54 | 23 | Relegation to League One |

### League Cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | STM | FOR | ARB | MON | COW |
| 1 | St Mirren | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 | Qualification for the second round | — | 4–0 | 4–0 | — | — |
| 2 | Forfar Athletic | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 9 | | — | — | 3–1 | — | 1–0 |
| 3 | Arbroath | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 5 | | — | — | — | 3–0 | p1–1 |
| 4 | Montrose | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 5 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Cowdenbeath | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | | 0–1 | — | — | 1–1p | — |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 18 May 2023 | MF | Craig Slater | Forfar Athletic | Free transfer |
| 22 May 2023 | FW | Leighton McIntosh | Cove Rangers | Free transfer |
| 24 May 2023 | DF | Aaron Steele | East Fife | Free transfer |
| 7 June 2023 | GK | Ali Adams | Musselburgh Athletic | Free transfer |
| 16 June 2023 | FW | Mark Stowe | Linlithgow Rose | Free transfer |
| 7 July 2023 | MF | Kenan Dünnwald-Turan | Free agent | Free transfer |
| 12 July 2023 | MF | Jess Norey | Barking | Free transfer |
| 15 July 2023 | FW | Jay Bird | Dagenham & Redbridge | Free transfer |
| 28 July 2023 | FW | Jermaine Hylton | Free agent | Free transfer |
| 12 September 2023 | MF | Darren Lyon | Kelty Hearts | Free transfer |
| 21 December 2023 | MF | Innes Murray | Edinburgh City | Free transfer |
| 5 January 2024 | DF | Gordon Walker | Cork City | Free transfer |
| 12 January 2024 | DF | Zak Delaney | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Free transfer |
| 12 January 2024 | FW | Kyle Robinson | Drogheda United | Free transfer |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 17 May 2023 | MF | Bobby Linn | Lochee United | Free transfer |
| 23 May 2023 | FW | Kieran Shanks | Peterhead | Undisclosed |
| 25 May 2023 | FW | Sean Adarkwa | Wealdstone | Free transfer |
| 25 May 2023 | DF | Lewis Banks | Altrincham | Free transfer |
| 25 May 2023 | MF | Yasin Ben El-Mhanni | | Free transfer |
| 25 May 2023 | GK | Cammy Gill | Montrose | Free transfer |
| 25 May 2023 | FW | Dale Hilson | Stirling Albion | Free transfer |
| 25 May 2023 | FW | Paul Komolafe | | Free transfer |
| 25 May 2023 | MF | Dylan Paterson | Linlithgow Rose | Free transfer |
| 1 February 2024 | MF | Joaõ Baldé | East Kilbride | Undisclosed |
| 14 February 2024 | FW | Jermaine Hylton | Kauno Žalgiris | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 12 January 2024 | MF | Adam Mackinnon | Ross County | 31 May 2024 |
| 13 January 2024 | GK | Tom Welsh | Dundee | 20 January 2024 |
| 23 January 2024 | GK | Max Boruc | Hibernian | 31 May 2024 |
| 1 February 2024 | DF | Connor Teale | Fleetwood Town | 31 May 2024 |
| 23 February 2024 | FW | Charlie Reilly | Dundee | 31 May 2024 |

### Loans out

| Date | Position | Name | To | End date | Ref. |
| 23 August 2023 | MF | Scott Allan | Larne | 31 May 2024 | |
| 3 November 2023 | MF | Joaõ Baldé | East Kilbride | 1 January 2024 | |