# 2010–11 Arbroath F.C. season

The 2010–11 season was Arbroath's first season back in the Scottish Third Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2009–10 season. Arbroath also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary

Arbroath finished first in the Third Division and were promoted to the Second Division. They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup, the first round of the League Cup, and the second round of the Scottish Cup.

### Management

The club were managed during season 2010–11 by Paul Sheerin. Sheerin was appointed during pre season following the resignation of Jim Weir, who resigned following the club's relegation in order to join Brechin City.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss

### Scottish Cup
## Player statistics
### Squad

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Third Division | Third Division | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | SCO | Daryl Burns | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Darren Hill | 39 | 0 | 35+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Steven Khan | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | NIR | Danny Griffin | 21 | 0 | 14+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Stuart Malcolm | 28 | 2 | 24+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Kieran McAnespie | 30 | 2 | 27+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Marc McCulloch | 11 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Allan McManus | 11 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Kevin McMullan | 31 | 0 | 30+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Alan Rattray | 11 | 3 | 9+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 2 |
| | DF | SCO | Craig Wedderburn | 16 | 2 | 12+4 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ross Chisholm | 23 | 2 | 20+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | David Dimilta | 21 | 0 | 7+11 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Mark Durnan | 11 | 1 | 9+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Josh Falkingham | 38 | 9 | 33+2 | 9 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Keith Gibson | 30 | 8 | 26+1 | 8 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | David McGowan | 36 | 6 | 8+24 | 6 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Michael McIlravey | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ian Nimmo | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Robbie Ross | 6 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Bryan Scott | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jay Shields | 6 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Paul Sheerin | 39 | 6 | 30+5 | 5 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Adam Strachan | 16 | 3 | 12+4 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ryan Suttie | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Darren Thomson | 7 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Patrick Deane | 7 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Steven Doris | 32 | 17 | 25+5 | 16 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Jim Hamilton | 8 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jordyn Sheerin | 15 | 0 | 2+12 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Lee Sibanda | 11 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Gavin Swankie | 40 | 23 | 35+1 | 22 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | Arbroath (C, P) | 36 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 80 | 61 | +19 | 66 | Promotion to the Second Division |
| 2 | Albion Rovers (O, P) | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 56 | 40 | +16 | 61 | Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs |
| 3 | Queen's Park | 36 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 57 | 43 | +14 | 59 | Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs |
| 4 | Annan Athletic | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 58 | 45 | +13 | 59 | Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs |
| 5 | Stranraer | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 72 | 57 | +15 | 57 | |