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2011–12 Scottish Third Division

Field	Value
competition	Irn Bru Scottish Third Division
season	[2011–12](2011-12-in-scottish-football)
winners	Alloa Athletic
promoted	Alloa Athletic
Stranraer
relegated	n/a
matches	180
total goals	581
league topscorer	Martin Boyle (22)
biggest home win	Alloa Athletic 8–1 Elgin City
(7 April 2012)
biggest away win	Montrose 0–6 Stranraer
(27 August 2011)
highest scoring	East Stirlingshire 6–3 Peterhead
(3 March 2012)

longest wins	7 games
Alloa Athletic
longest unbeaten	15 games
Alloa Athletic
longest winless	12 games
East Stirlingshire
longest losses	10 games
East Stirlingshire
highest attendance	2,551
Alloa Athletic v Annan Athletic
(5 May 2012)
lowest attendance	215
East Stirlingshire v Annan Athletic
(3 December 2011)
average attendance	475
prevseason	[2010–11](2010-11-scottish-third-division)
nextseason	[2012–13](2012-13-scottish-third-division)

Stranraer (7 April 2012) (27 August 2011) (3 March 2012)

Alloa Athletic 8–1 Elgin City (7 April 2012) Alloa Athletic Alloa Athletic East Stirlingshire East Stirlingshire Alloa Athletic v Annan Athletic (5 May 2012) East Stirlingshire v Annan Athletic (3 December 2011)

The 2011–12 Scottish Football League Third Division (also known as the 2011–12 Irn Bru Scottish Football League Third Division for sponsorship reasons) was the 18th season in the current format of 10 teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football. The season started on 6 August 2011 and finished on 5 May 2012.

Alloa Athletic secured the Third Division title on 7 April 2012, ending their one-year spell in the bottom tier of the Scottish Football League. A second promotion place is available through the play-offs which will be contested by runners-up Queen's Park along with Stranraer, Elgin City, and Albion Rovers of the Second Division. There is no relegation from this division but East Stirlingshire finished bottom for the sixth time in 10 years.

Teams

A total of 10 teams competed in the league, including eight sides from the previous season and the two teams relegated from the 2010–11 Scottish Second Division.

Arbroath as champions of the 2010–11 season were directly promoted to the 2011–12 Scottish Second Division. Thus completing only a one-year stay in the bottom tier of the Scottish Football League. In the process, winning the club's first ever senior silverware since the club was founded in 1878 − 133 years ago. They were replaced by Peterhead who finished bottom of the 2010–11 Scottish Second Division, relegated for the first time since joining the Scottish Football League in 2000.

A second promotion place was available via a play-off tournament between the ninth-placed team of the 2010–11 Scottish Second Division, Alloa Athletic, and the sides ranked second, third and fourth of the 2010–11 Scottish Third Division; Albion Rovers, Queen's Park and Annan Athletic respectively. The play off was won by Albion Rovers who defeated Annan Athletic in the final. Alloa Athletic were therefore relegated.

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	url=http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/clubs/third/	title=IRN-BRU Third Division Clubs
Alloa Athletic	Alloa	Recreation Park	3,100	672
Annan Athletic	Annan	Galabank	2,007	473
Berwick Rangers	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Shielfield Park	4,065	396
Clyde	Cumbernauld	Broadwood	8,006	566
East Stirlingshire	Stenhousemuir	Ochilview Park	3,746	321
Elgin City	Elgin	Borough Briggs	3,927	628
Montrose	Montrose	Links Park	3,292	335
Peterhead	Peterhead	Balmoor	3,150	488
Queen's Park	Glasgow	Hampden Park	52,025	519
Stranraer	Stranraer	Stair Park	6,250	354

A.East Stirlingshire ground shared with Stenhousemuir.

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Alloa Athletic	SCO	Pendle	mte
Annan Athletic	SCO	Stanno	M&S Engineering
Berwick Rangers	SCO	Zoo Sport	JB Site Investigations
Clyde	SCO	Joma	Floortel
East Stirlingshire	SCO	Jako	Foxlane
Elgin City	SCO	Hummel
Montrose	SCO	Nike	Fotheringham Property Developments
Peterhead	SCO	Umbro	Bon Accord Glass
Queen's Park	SCO	Joma	Irn-Bru
Stranraer	SCO	Stanno	Stena Line

League table

Results

Each team plays every other team four times in the season. In each half of the season, a team plays every opponent once at home and once away from home. The same set of fixtures is repeated for the second half of the season, bringing each team's tally of games to 36.

First half of season

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Second half of season

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Statistics

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Club	Goals
1	AUS Martin Boyle	Montrose	22
2	SCO Jamie Longworth	Queen's Park	20
SCO Rory McAllister	Peterhead
4	SCO Stevie May	Alloa Athletic	19
5	SCO Craig Gunn	Elgin City	18
6	SCO Craig Malcolm	Stranraer	15
7	SCO Michael Moore	Stranraer	12
SCO Stephen Stirling	Stranraer
9	SCO Ryan McCord	Alloa Athletic	11
10	SCO Michael Daly	Queen's Park	10
SCO Darren Gribben	Berwick Rangers

Hat-tricks

Player		For	Against	Result	Date
SCO {{sortname	Craig	Gunn	Gunn, Craig}}4	Elgin City	Berwick Rangers
SCO {{sortname	Stevie	May	May, Stevie}}	Alloa Athletic	East Stirlingshire
SCO {{sortname	Jamie	Longworth	Longworth, Jamie	nolink=1}}4	Queen's Park	Elgin City
SCO {{sortname	Craig	Gunn	Gunn, Craig}}	Elgin City	Montrose
SCO {{sortname	Stevie	May	May, Stevie}}4	Alloa Athletic	Elgin City
SCO {{sortname	Martin	Boyle	Boyle, Martin	nolink=1}}	Montrose	Clyde

4 Player scored 4 goals

Awards

Month	Third Division Manager of the Month	SFL Player of the Month	SFL Young player of the Month	Ginger Boot	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club
August	SCO Harry Cairney	Annan Athletic	First division player	First division player	SCO Craig Gunn	Elgin City
url=http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/irn-bru-phenomenal-awards---september-2011/	title=IRN-BRU Phenomenal Awards - September 2011	publisher=Scottish Football League	date=7 October 2011	access-date=19 December 2011	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111211102414/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/irn-bru-phenomenal-awards---september-2011	archive-date=11 December 2011	url-status=dead}}	SCO Paul Hartley	Alloa Athletic	First division player	Second division player	First division player
url=http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/irn-bru-phenomenal-awards---october-october2011/	title=IRN-BRU SFL Phenomenal Awards - October 2011	publisher=Scottish Football League	date=18 November 2011	access-date=19 December 2011	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505125324/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/irn-bru-phenomenal-awards---october-october2011/	archive-date=5 May 2012 }}	SCO Gardner Speirs	Queen's Park	First division player	First division player	Second division player
url=http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/irn-bru-sfl-november-manager-and-player-of-the-month-awards/	title=IRN-BRU SFL November Manager and Player of the Month Awards	publisher=Scottish Football League	date=18 December 2011	access-date=12 January 2012	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505123749/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/irn-bru-sfl-november-manager-and-player-of-the-month-awards/	archive-date=5 May 2012 }}	SCO Ian Little	Berwick Rangers	First division player	Second division player	SCO Darren Gribben	Berwick Rangers
url=http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/irn-bru-sfl-phenomenal-awards---december-2011/	title=IRN-BRU SFL Phenomenal Awards - December 2011	publisher=Scottish Football League	date=23 January 2012	access-date=23 January 2012	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126022256/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/irn-bru-sfl-phenomenal-awards---december-2011/	archive-date=26 January 2013 }}	SCO Keith Knox	Stranraer	First division player	SCO Stephen Stirling	Stranraer	SCO Stephen Stirling	Stranraer
url=http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/irn-bru-sfl-phenomenal-awards---january-2012/	title=IRN-BRU SFL Phenomenal Awards - January 2012	publisher=Scottish Football League	date=17 February 2012	access-date=21 February 2012	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505123042/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/irn-bru-sfl-phenomenal-awards---january-2012/	archive-date=5 May 2012	url-status=dead}}	SCO Paul Hartley	Alloa Athletic	SCO Stevie May	Alloa Athletic	SCO Stevie May	Alloa Athletic	SCO Stevie May	Alloa Athletic
url=http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/irn-bru-sfl-phenomenal-awards---february-2012/	title=IRN-BRU SFL Phenomenal Awards - February 2012	publisher=Scottish Football League	date=16 March 2012	access-date=12 April 2012	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505140047/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/irn-bru-sfl-phenomenal-awards---february-2012/	archive-date=5 May 2012 }}	SCO Ross Jack	Elgin City	Second division player	First division player	Second division player
March
April

References

[http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/football/third/results/3409867/ Alloa Athletic 1 - 1 Annan Athletic : Saturday, 5 May 2012] {{Webarchive. link. (25 June 2013 , Scottish Football League. Retrieved 9 May 2012.)
[http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/football/third/results/3408262/ East Stirlingshire 1 - 0 Annan Athletic : Saturday, 3 December 2011] {{Webarchive. link. (23 May 2012 , Scottish Football League. Retrieved 5 March 2012.)
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_div_1/div_3_fixtures/default.stm BBC Sport - Football - 2011-2012 Scottish football fixtures - Scots Div 3] {{Webarchive. link. (20 December 2008 , ''news.bbc.co.uk''. Retrieved 5 August 2011.)
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/9448435.stm BBC Sport - Football - Ups and downs], ''news.bbc.co.uk'' Retrieved 25 May 2011.
"IRN-BRU Third Division Clubs". scottishfootballleague.com.
[https://int.soccerway.com/national/scotland/third-division/2011-2012/regular-season/ Third Division] ''soccerway.com''. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
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[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_div_1/div_3_scorers/default.stm Scottish Third Division Top Scorers] BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 May 2012
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