2018–19 Alloa Athletic F.C. season

Alloa Athletic
2018–2019 season
Manager	Jim Goodwin
Stadium	Recreation Park, Alloa
Scottish Championship	8th
Challenge Cup	Quarter-final
League Cup	Group stage
Scottish Cup	Fourth round
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 season is Alloa Athletic's first season back in the Scottish Championship. They also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Competitions

Scottish Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
6	Partick Thistle	36	12	7	17	43	52	−9	43
7	Dunfermline Athletic	36	11	8	17	33	40	−7	41
8	Alloa Athletic	36	10	9	17	39	53	−14	39
9	Queen of the South (O)	36	9	11	16	41	48	−7	38	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10	Falkirk (R)	36	9	11	16	37	49	−12	38	Relegation to League One

Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points in head-to-head matches; 5) Goal difference in hth matches; 6). Goals scored in hth matches; 7). Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).^[1]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Matches

4 August 2018 (2018-08-04) 1	Ross County	1–0	Alloa Athletic	Dingwall
15:00 BST	Fraser 88'	Report		Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,065 Referee: Mike Roncone

11 August 2018 (2018-08-11) 2	Alloa Athletic	0–2	Greenock Morton	Alloa
15:00 BST		Report	Millar 15', 81'	Stadium: Recreation Park Attendance: 836 Referee: Alan Newlands

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 3	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–2	Alloa Athletic	Inverness
15:00 BST	McKay 10' Welsh 48' (pen.)	Report	Oakley 33' (o.g.) Karadachki 46' 48' Flannigan 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 2,269 Referee: Barry Cook

1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 4	Alloa Athletic	1–1	Dundee United	Alloa
15:00 BST	Flannigan 82'	Report	Watson 71'	Stadium: Recreation Park Attendance: 1,616 Referee: Alan Muir

Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ross County (Q)	4	3	0	0	1	6	4	+2	9	Qualification for the Second round
2	Arbroath	4	2	1	0	1	9	6	+3	8
3	Alloa Athletic	4	2	1	0	1	8	5	+3	8
4	Dundee United	4	1	0	2	1	6	3	+3	5
5	Elgin City	4	0	0	0	4	0	11	−11	0

Source: ^[2]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.^[3]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Matches

17 July 2018 (2018-07-17) Group A	Alloa Athletic	4–2	Arbroath	Alloa
19:45 BST	Spence 9', 36' Cawley 10' Trouten 30'	Report	Wallace 20' Hester 26'	Stadium: Recreation Park Attendance: 302 Referee: Craig Napier

21 July 2018 (2018-07-21) Group A	Dundee United	1–1 (3–4 p)	Alloa Athletic	Dundee
15:00 BST	Frans 24'	Report	Trouten 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 1,659 Referee: Steven McLean
	Penalties
	Murdoch Aird Barton Glass McMullan		Taggart Spence Flannigan Trouten

24 July 2018 (2018-07-24) Group A	Elgin City	0–3	Alloa Athletic	Elgin
19:45 BST		Report	Hastie 2', 53' Trouten 11'	Stadium: Borough Briggs Attendance: 417 Referee: Scott Millar

28 July 2018 (2018-07-28) Group A	Alloa Athletic	0–2	Ross County	Alloa
15:00 BST		Report	Morris 59' Paton 90+2'	Stadium: Recreation Park Attendance: 431 Referee: Ryan Lee

Scottish Challenge Cup

14 August 2018 (2018-08-14) First round	Alloa Athletic	3–1	Stirling Albion	Alloa
19:45 BST	Cawley 40', 45' Flannigan 46'	Report	Hamilton 55'	Stadium: Recreation Park Attendance: 332 Referee: David Lowe

8 September 2018 (2018-09-08) Second round	Dundee United	1–1 (4–5 p)	Alloa Athletic	Dundee
15:00 BST	Smith 15'	Report	Trouten 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 1,040 Referee: Greg Aitken
	Penalties
	Fyvie Thomas Glass McMullan Smith		Taggart Flannigan Zanatta Trouten Graham

13 October 2018 (2018-10-13) Third round	Dunfermline Athletic	2–2 (4–5 p)	Alloa Athletic	Dunfermline
15:00 BST	L. Longridge 28', 47' (pen.)	Report	Trouten 8', 70'	Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 1,469 Referee: Nick Walsh
	Penalties
	Craigen L. Longridge Hippolyte Beadling Connolly		Taggart Flannigan Zanatta Trouten Graham

17 November 2018 (2018-11-17) Quarter-Final	Edinburgh City	2–2 (4–3 p)	Alloa Athletic	Edinburgh
15:00 GMT	B. Henderson 45' Shepherd 57'	Report	Zanatta 2' Trouten 12'	Stadium: Ainslie Park Attendance: 478 Referee: Don Robertson
	Penalties
	L. Henderson Laird Smith Thomson		Taggart Flannigan Zanatta Trouten Graham

Scottish Cup

24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) Third round	Alloa Athletic	3–0	Brechin City	Alloa
15:00 GMT	Zanatta 31' Spence 59' Trouten 61'	Report		Stadium: Recreation Park Attendance: 301 Referee: Steven Reid

19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) Fourth round	St Mirren	3–2	Alloa Athletic	Paisley
15:00 GMT	Cooke 68' Erhahon 85' McAllister 87'	Report	Trouten 26' Cawley 34'	Stadium: St Mirren Park Attendance: 2,760 Referee: Don Robertson

Squad statistics

Appearances

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		League Cup		Challenge Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Neil Parry	46	0	36	0	4	0	4	0	2	0
2	DF	SCO	Scott Taggart	46	0	36	0	4	0	4	0	2	0
3	DF	SCO	Liam Dick	43	0	34	0	3	0	4	0	2	0
4	DF	ENG	Sam Roscoe	24	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF	SCO	Andy Graham	46	3	36	3	4	0	4	0	2	0
6	MF	ENG	Steven Hetherington	39	1	29+4	1	0+2	0	1+1	0	2	0
7	FW	SCO	Kevin Cawley	44	5	22+12	1	4	1	3+1	2	2	1
8	MF	SCO	Jon Robertson	36	0	22+4	0	2+2	0	4	0	2	0
9	FW	SCO	Greig Spence	20	3	7+6	0	4	2	2	0	1	1
9	FW	SCO	Jack Hamilton	15	1	1+14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	SCO	Alan Trouten	44	19	32+2	10	4	3	3+1	4	2	2
11	MF	SCO	Iain Flannigan	41	8	33	7	3	0	4	1	1	0
12	MF	SCO	Liam Burt	10	0	3+6	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
12	FW	SCO	Jack Aitchison	11	1	6+4	1	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
14	MF	SCO	Adam Brown	23	0	2+12	0	3+1	0	2+2	0	0+1	0
15	MF	SCO	Jordan Kirkpatrick	17	3	6+11	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	FW	SCO	Jake Hastie	23	3	14+5	1	4	2	0	0	0	0
16	DF	BUL	Zdravko Karadachki	9	0	3	0	4	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
17	MF	SCO	Reis Peggie	8	0	0+2	0	1+1	0	4	0	0	0
18	FW	TUN	Ahmed Aloulou	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0
19	MF	CAN	Dario Zanatta	39	8	32+2	6	0	0	3	1	2	1
20	MF	EIR	Jim Goodwin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	SCO	Connor Shields	34	3	19+11	3	0	0	2	0	1+1	0
31	GK	SCO	Chris Henry	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

References

^ "Championship 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
^ "Summary - League Cup Group A". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
^ "ALLOA ATHLETIC FC - Squad Statistics". Soccerway. Retrieved 2020-01-26.

[1] "Championship 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 22 April 2017.

[2] "Summary - League Cup Group A". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 August 2019.

[3] "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.

[4] "ALLOA ATHLETIC FC - Squad Statistics". Soccerway. Retrieved 2020-01-26.

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