2021–22_Arbroath_F.C._season

Arbroath
2020–21 season
Chairman	Mike Caird
Manager	Dick Campbell
Stadium	Gayfield Park
Scottish Championship	2nd
Premiership Playoff	Semi-final
Scottish League Cup	Second round
Scottish Challenge Cup	Second round
Scottish Cup	Fifth round
Top goalscorer	League: Michael McKenna (15); All: Michael McKenna (15)
Highest home attendance	5,154 vs. Inverness CT, Premiership play-off, 13 May 2022
Lowest home attendance	460 vs. East Fife, League Cup, 14 July 2021
Average home league attendance	1,400
Home colours	Away colours
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2021–22 Arbroath F.C. season

Arbroath 2020–21 football season

The 2021–22 season was Arbroath's third 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.

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Competitions

Scottish Championship

Win	Draw	Loss

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Date	Opponent	Venue	Result^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
31 July 2021	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Home	0–1		1,008	^[3]
7 August 2021	Ayr United	Away	2–2	Nouble 10', McKenna 28'	1,244	^[4]
21 August 2021	Partick Thistle	Home	3–1	McKenna 45', 54' Low 58'	1,585	^[5]
28 August 2021	Dunfermline Athletic	Away	3–0	McKenna 12', 67' Gold 44'	2,928	^[6]
11 September 2021	Hamilton Academical	Home	4–0	Stewart 45+2', McKenna 57', Nouble 80', Low 85'	1,234	^[7]
18 September 2021	Queen of the South	Away	2–0	O'Brien 16', Nouble 79'	1,174	^[8]
24 September 2021	Kilmarnock	Home	0–0		2,410	^[9]
2 October 2021	Greenock Morton	Away	2–2	Chr. Hamilton 43', McKenna 87' pen.	1,126	^[10]
16 October 2021	Raith Rovers	Away	1–2	Dowds 90+4'	1,748	^[11]
23 October 2021	Ayr United	Home	1–1	McKenna 56'	1,415	^[12]
26 October 2021	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Away	1–0	McKenna 54'	1,909	^[13]
30 October 2021	Dunfermline Athletic	Home	4–2	O'Brien 15', Nouble 37', Linn 77', McKenna 85' pen.	1,359	^[14]
6 November 2021	Hamilton Academical	Away	1–1	O'Brien 90+1'	1,107	^[15]
13 November 2021	Queen of the South	Home	1–1	McKenna 67'	1,408	^[16]
20 November 2021	Kilmarnock	Away	1–0	Dowds 85'	4,242	^[17]
4 December 2021	Raith Rovers	Home	0–0		1,539	^[18]
11 December 2021	Partick Thistle	Away	2–0	Dowds 45' Henderson 78'		^[19]
18 December 2021	Greenock Morton	Home	2–1	Chr. Hamilton 48', Dowds 80'	1,220	^[20]
26 December 2021	Dunfermline Athletic	Away	3–0	Breen 6' o.g., McKenna 45', Dowds 81'	500	^[21]
2 January 2022	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Home	0–0		500	^[22]
8 January 2022	Ayr United	Away	0–1		500	^[23]
15 January 2022	Raith Rovers	Away	2–1	J.Hamilton 47', Low 82' pen.	500	^[24]
4 February 2022	Kilmarnock	Home	1–0	J.Hamilton 56'	2,803	^[25]
9 February 2022	Hamilton Academical	Home	2–2	Low 38' pen., McKenna 90+1' pen.	1,213	^[26]
19 February 2022	Queen of the South	Away	0–0		1,067	^[27]
26 February 2022	Greenock Morton	Away	0–0		1,696	^[28]
1 March 2022	Partick Thistle	Home	1–1	Co. Hamilton 6'	1,648	^[29]
5 March 2022	Dunfermline Athletic	Home	1–0	Gold 9'	2,141	^[30]
12 March 2022	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Away	0–3		2,149	^[31]
19 March 2022	Ayr United	Home	1–0	Co. Hamilton 50'	1,727	^[32]
26 March 2022	Raith Rovers	Home	3–3	J. Hamilton 1', Hilson 67', McKenna 70'	2,118	^[33]
2 April 2022	Partick Thistle	Away	0–0		2,810	^[34]
9 April 2022	Hamilton Academical	Away	1–0	J.Hamilton 59'	911	^[35]
16 April 2022	Queen of the South	Home	5–1	Col. Hamilton 25', J.Hamilton 37', 59', Cameron 54' o.g., Craigen 90'	2,413	^[36]
22 April 2022	Kilmarnock	Away	1–2	Craigen 9'	11,500	^[37]
29 April 2022	Greenock Morton	Home	3–0	Thomson 16', Craigen 78', McKenna 85'	3,121	^[38]

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No.	Pos	Player	Championship		League Cup		Challenge Cup		Scottish Cup		Total
No.	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Derek Gaston	35	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	41	0
2	DF	Jason Thomson	18+4	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	26	1
3	DF	Colin Hamilton	36	4	5	2+1	0+1	0	3	0	45	7
4	DF	Ricky Little	35	0	5	0	0	0	3	1	43	1
5	DF	Thomas O'Brien	36	3	2	1	0+1	0	3	0	42	4
6	MF	Nicky Low	18+3	4	5	1	1	0	0+1	0	28	5
7	MF	David Gold	10+16	2	2+3	0	1	0	0	0	32	2
8	MF	Michael McKenna	35+1	15	3+2	0	0+1	0	3	0	45	15
9	FW	Dale Hilson	5+18	1	3+2	1	1	0	0+1	0	30	2
10	MF	Gavin Swankie	1+5	0	1+3	0	0	0	0+1	0	11	0
11	MF	Bobby Linn	5+19	1	3+2	0	0	0	1+1	0	31	1
12	DF	Scott Stewart	35+2	1	5	0	0+1	0	3	0	46	1
15	FW	Luke Donnelly	12+14	0	3+2	3	1	0	1+2	1	35	4
16	FW	Sam Ford	1+4	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	6	0
17	FW	Michael Bakare	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	2	1
18	DF	Chris Hamilton	29+1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	34	0
19	FW	Craig Wighton	9+5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	16	1
20	FW	Jack Hamilton	16+2	7	0	0	0	0	2	3	20	10
21	GK	Calum Antell	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
22	DF	Liam Henderson	20+7	1	3+1	0	1	1	2	0	34	2
28	MF	James Craigen	18+17	3	3+1	0	0+1	0	1+1	0	42	3
Players who left the club during the 2021–22 season
14	MF	Dylan Paterson	0+2	0	0+3	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
16	DF	Harrison Clark	7+1	0	4+1	0	1	0	0+1	0	15	0
17	FW	Joel Nouble	20	4	2+1	1	0	0	0	0	23	5
19	FW	Anton Dowds	9+8	5	2+1	0	1	0	0	0	21	5

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	DUN	ARB	KEL	ELG	EFI
1	Dundee United	4	4	0	9	1	+8	12	Qualification for the second round	—	1–0	—	6–1	—
2	Arbroath	4	3	1	6	3	+3	9	Qualification for the second round	—	—	3–2	—	2–0
3	Kelty Hearts	4	2	2	8	5	+3	6		0–1	—	—	—	3–0
4	Elgin City	4	1	3	5	12	−7	3		—	0–1	1–3	—	—
5	East Fife	4	0	4	2	9	−7	0		0–1	—	—	2–3	—

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
6 May 2021	MF	Nicky Low	East Stirlingshire	Free transfer	^[55]
30 May 2021	DF	Liam Henderson	Edinburgh City		^[56]
11 June 2021	GK	Calum Antell	Edinburgh City		^[57]
24 June 2021	MF	Dylan Paterson	Bo'ness Athletic		^[58]
31 January 2022	FW	Sam Ford	Felixstowe & Walton United		^[59]
11 February 2022	FW	Michael Bakare	Leatherhead		^[60]

Date	Position	Name	From	End date	Ref.
10 July 2021	MF	Harrison Clark	Livingston	1 January 2022	^[64]
13 July 2021	FW	Joel Nouble	Livingston	1 January 2022	^[65]
22 July 2021	DF	Chris Hamilton	Heart of Midlothian	31 May 2022	^[66]
17 August 2021	FW	Anton Dowds	Falkirk	1 January 2022	^[67]
1 January 2022		Jack Hamilton	Livingston	31 May 2022	^[68]
14 January 2022		Craig Wighton	Dunfermline Athletic	31 May 2022	^[69]

2021–22_Arbroath_F.C._season

2021–22 Arbroath F.C. season

Season summary

Competitions

Pre-season and friendlies

Scottish Championship

Premiership play-off

Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Knockout phase

Scottish Challenge Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

Team statistics

League table

League cup table

Transfers

Transfers in

Transfers out

Loans in

Loans out

Notes

References

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Date	Opponent	Venue	Result^{[lower-alpha 1]}
26 June 2021	Montrose	Away	1–1
30 June 2021	Crossgates Primrose	Away	3–1
2 July 2021	Bo'ness Athletic	Away	2–2

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
Semi-final 1st Leg	10 May 2022	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Away	0–0		2,201	^[39]
Semi-final 2nd Leg	13 May 2022	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Home	0–0 (a.e.t) (3–5p)		5,154	^[40]

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
Third round	27 November 2021	Forfar Athletic	Home	3–0	Thomson 8', Little 20', Donnelly 53'	1,280	^[47]
Fourth round	22 January 2022	Darvel	Home	3–0	J.Hamilton 28', 68', 90'	1,106	^[48]
Fifth round	13 February 2022	Hibernian	Home	1–3	Wighton 6'	4,049	^[49]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Kilmarnock (C, P)	36	20	7	9	50	27	+23	67	Promotion to the Premiership
2	Arbroath	36	17	14	5	54	28	+26	65	Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	36	16	11	9	53	34	+19	59	Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4	Partick Thistle	36	14	10	12	46	40	+6	52	Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
5	Raith Rovers	36	12	14	10	44	44	0	50

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
7 May 2021	FW	Kris Doolan	Free Agent	Free transfer	^[61]
7 May 2021	GK	Scott Gallacher	East Fife		^[62]
13 May 2021	MF	Mark Whatley	Montrose		^[63]

Date	Position	Name	To	End date	Ref.
4 November 2021	MF	Dylan Paterson	Bo'ness Athletic	1 January 2022	^[70]
28 January 2022	MF	Dylan Paterson	Stirling Albion	31 May 2022	^[71]