# 2017–18 Brechin City F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was Brechin City's first season in the Scottish Championship, having finished 4th in the 2016–17 Scottish League One, winning promotion by defeating Raith Rovers and Alloa Athletic in the Championship play-offs. Brechin became the first club in 126 years to fail to win a league match, picking up just four points from 4 draws. Their sole win during the 2017–18 season came against Highland League side Buckie Thistle in the third round of the Scottish Cup.
Brechin City also competed in the Scottish Challenge Cup, Scottish League Cup and Scottish Cup.

## Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish League Cup
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FAL | INV | STI | BRE | FOR |
| 1 | Falkirk (Q) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 12 | Qualification for the Second Round | — | — | 4–1 | — | 4–0 |
| 2 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 8 | | 0–2 | — | — | 3–0 | — |
| 3 | Stirling Albion | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | | — | 0–0p | — | 2–0 | — |
| 4 | Brechin City | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 2 | | 0–3 | — | — | — | p1–1 |
| 5 | Forfar Athletic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 1 | | — | 1–2 | 1–3 | — | — |

#### Matches
### Scottish Cup
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 9 May 2018
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Scottish Championship | Scottish Championship | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Graeme Smith | 36 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Paul McLean | 31 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Willie Dyer | 31 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | SCO | Gary Fusco | 20 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Ryan McGeever | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ENG | James Dale | 34 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Callum Tapping | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Finn Graham | 36 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Andy Jackson | 16 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Isaac Layne | 37 | 6 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Liam Watt | 28 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Aron Lynas | 31 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | SCO | Euan Spark | 28 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | SCO | Callumn Morrison | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | BUL | Kostadin Gadzhalov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Kalvin Orsi | 35 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | GK | SCO | Patrick O'Neil | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | SCO | Sean Crighton | 35 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SCO | Jordan Sinclair | 31 | 5 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | SCO | Dylan Mackin | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | SCO | Darren Dods | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | SCO | Craig Storie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | SCO | Scott Costello | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | SCO | Kaden Mitchell | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | SCO | Euan Smith | 22 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 12 | DF | SCO | Chris O'Neil (on loan at Airdrieonians) | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Brechin City but left during the season: ||||||||||||||

## Club statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Queen of the South | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 52 | |
| 7 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 50 | |
| 8 | Falkirk | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 47 | |
| 9 | Dumbarton (R) | 36 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 63 | −36 | 30 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 10 | Brechin City (R) | 36 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 20 | 90 | −70 | 4 | Relegation to League One |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 9 May 2018. Source: Scottish Championship