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The 2010–11 season was Alloa Athletic's eighth consecutive season in the Scottish Second Division, having been relegated from the Scottish First Division at the end of season 2002–03. Alloa also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Alloa finished ninth in the Second Division, entering the play-offs losing 2–1 to Annan Athletic on aggregate and were relegated to the Third Division. They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup, the second round of the League Cup and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.

Management

They started season 2010–11 under the management of Allan Maitland. On 7 May 2011, Maitland was sacked by the club. Players Scott Walker and Brown Ferguson took over as caretaker managers for the play-offs.

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Second Division

7 August 2010 Scottish Second Division	Livingston	3– 3	Alloa Athletic	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00	Jacobs 2' Russell 21' McAvoy 64' (og.)	BBC Report	Smith Punty 57' Scott 90' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,389 Referee: McDermott

14 August 2010 Scottish Second Division	Alloa Athletic	3 – 2	East Fife	Recreation Park
	Prunty 51' McDonald 68' Lister 77'	BBC Report	Johnstone 54' Smart 65'	Attendance: 688 Referee: Finnie

21 August 2010 Scottish Second Division	Stenhousemuir	0 – 1	Alloa Athletic	Ochilview Park
		BBC Report	Prunty 13'	Attendance: 619 Referee: Murray

28 August 2010 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	3 – 1	Alloa Athletic	Glebe Park
	Booth 20' McAllister 21', 81'	BBC Report	Gormley 29'	Attendance: 418 Referee: Tumilty

11 September 2010 Scottish Second Division	Alloa Athletic	4 – 1	Ayr United	Recreation Park
	Lister 16' Prunty 45' McDonald 53' (Penalty), 64' (Penalty)	BBC Report	Smith 27'	Attendance: 641 Referee: Watters

25 September 2010 Scottish Second Division	Peterhead	1 – 0	Alloa Athletic	Balmoor
	Anderson 86'	BBC Report		Attendance: 534 Referee: McKendrick

2 October 2010 Scottish Second Division	Alloa Athletic	3 – 2	Forfar Athletic	Recreation Park
	McDonald 6', 17' Gibson 29'	BBC Report	Tod 44' Deasley 78'	Attendance: 436 Referee: Madden

16 October 2010 Scottish Second Division	Airdrie United	0 – 1	Alloa Athletic	Excelsior Stadium
	Stallard  77'  Devlin  73'	SFL Report	Prunty 34'	Attendance: 1,030 Referee: Robertson

23 October 2010 Scottish Second Division	Ayr United	2 – 1	Alloa Athletic	Somerset Park
	Roberts 36' Grant 83' (Own goal)	BBC Report	McDonald 75' (Penalty)	Attendance: 1,176 Referee: Law

30 October 2010 Scottish Second Division	Alloa Athletic	2 – 2	Brechin City	Recreation Park
	Dunlop 36' Prunty 55'	BBC Report	Byers 22' Bolger 69'	Attendance: 513 Referee: Muir

6 November 2010 Scottish Second Division	East Fife	4 – 1	Alloa Athletic	Bayview Stadium
	Linn 16' Hislop 55' Sloan 61' (Penalty), 82'	BBC Report	Walker 50'	Attendance: 435 Referee: Allan

13 November 2010 Scottish Second Division	Alloa Athletic	1 – 0	Stenhousemuir	Recreation Park
	Prunty 55'	BBC Report		Attendance: 455 Referee: Watters

4 December 2010 Scottish Second Division	Alloa Athletic	2 – 2	Peterhead	Recreation Park
	Noble 35' McDonald 90+1' (Penalty)	BBC Report	Strachan 22' (Penalty) Clark 44'	Attendance: 601 Referee: Smith

18 December 2010 Scottish Second Division	Alloa Athletic	2 – 3	Airdrie United	Recreation Park
	Noble 60' Lister 70'	SFL Report	Ferguson 6' Stevenson 89' Watt 90'	Attendance: 502 Referee: Law

26 December 2010 Scottish Second Division	Alloa Athletic	2– 2	Livingston	Recreation Park
15:00	Noble 28' Dunlop 45'	BBC Report	Sinclair 59' De Vita 71'	Attendance: 566 Referee: Hilland

2 January 2011 Scottish Second Division	Stenhousemuir	2 – 3	Alloa Athletic	Ochilview Park
	Anderson 89' Thom 93'	BBC Report	Noble 12' McGowan 15' Gormley 72'	Attendance: 459 Referee: Colvin

15 January 2011 Scottish Second Division	Alloa Athletic	0 – 1	Ayr United	Recreation Park
		BBC Report	Easton 64'	Attendance: 527 Referee: Northcroft

18 January 2011 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	4 – 1	Alloa Athletic	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	McNiff 14' Walker 41' Carcary 53' Geggan 80'	BBC Report	Gibson 56'	Attendance: 350 Referee: Norris

29 January 2011 Scottish Second Division	Peterhead	4 – 1	Alloa Athletic	Balmoor
	Wyness 22', 70' Bavidge 27' Gethins 90'	BBC Report	Noble 13'	Attendance: 469 Referee: Conroy

5 February 2011 Scottish Second Division	Alloa Athletic	2 – 3	Dumbarton	Recreation Park
	Motion 64' Prunty 70'	BBC Report	Walker 35' McShane 57' McStay 74'	Attendance: 483 Referee: Smith

12 February 2011 Scottish Second Division	Alloa Athletic	0 – 3	Forfar Athletic	Recreation Park
		BBC Report	Campbell 61', 80' Smith 93'	Attendance: 414 Referee: Watters

15 February 2011 Scottish Second Division	Forfar Athletic	1 – 1	Alloa Athletic	Station Park
	Campbell 71' (Penalty)	BBC Report	Lister 81'	Attendance: 390 Referee: Beaton

19 February 2011 Scottish Second Division	Airdrie United	0 – 2	Alloa Athletic	Excelsior Stadium
	McKeown  88'	SFL Report	Noble 28' McGowan 72'	Attendance: 731 Referee: Finnie

26 February 2011 Scottish Second Division	Livingston	4 – 0	Alloa Athletic	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00	Russell 55' (pen.) De Vita 56' (77) Barr 90'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,377 Referee: Clancy

5 March 2011 Scottish Second Division	Alloa Athletic	1 – 3	East Fife	Recreation Park
	McGowan 66' (Penalty)	BBC Report	Johnstone 34', 45+5' Philp 45+3' (Own goal)	Attendance: 579 Referee: Northcroft

12 March 2011 Scottish Second Division	Ayr United	1 – 0	Alloa Athletic	Somerset Park
	McCann 45'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,049 Referee: Allan

19 March 2011 Scottish Second Division	Alloa Athletic	2 – 2	Brechin City	Recreation Park
	Walker 22' Lister 48'	SFL Report	McKenna 9' Moyes 68'	Attendance: 375 Referee: Smith

29 March 2011 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	3 – 2	Alloa Athletic	Glebe Park
	McAllister 4' Molloy 14' Janczyk 78'	BBC Report	Lister 40' McGowan 92' (Penalty)	Attendance: 411 Referee: Madden

2 April 2011 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	2 – 2	Alloa Athletic	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	McLeish 36' Geggan 49'	BBC Report	McGowan 48', 78'	Attendance: 640 Referee: Hilland

9 April 2011 Scottish Second Division	Alloa Athletic	1 – 0	Airdrie United	Recreation Park
	McGowan 18'	SFL Report	Smith  45'	Attendance: 688 Referee: Clancy

16 April 2011 Scottish Second Division	Forfar Athletic	3 – 1	Alloa Athletic	Station Park
	Fotheringham 23' Templeman 60' Dow 62'	BBC Report	Lister 56'	Attendance: 458 Referee: Law

23 April 2011 Scottish Second Division	Alloa Athletic	1 – 2	Stenhousemuir	Recreation Park
	Walker 20'	BBC Report	Anderson 57' Paton 61'	Attendance: 584 Referee: Madden

30 April 2011 Scottish Second Division	East Fife	3 – 1	Alloa Athletic	Bayview Stadium
	Wallace 16' Park 54' Durie 87'	BBC Report	Motion 61'	Attendance: 846 Referee: Colvin

7 May 2011 Scottish Second Division	Alloa Athletic	1 – 3	Livingston	Recreation Park
15:00	Dunlop 53'	BBC Report	Jacobs 43' De Vita 77' Russell 87'	Attendance: 647 Referee: Beaton

Second Division play-offs

11 May 2011 Second Division play-offs SF R1	Annan Athletic	2 – 1	Alloa Athletic	Galabank
19:45	Muirhead 14' Steele 60'	BBC Report	Scott 65'	Attendance: 621 Referee: Charleston

Scottish Challenge Cup

24 July 2010 Challenge Cup round 1	Dundee	2 – 1	Alloa Athletic	Dens Park
	McMenamin 86' Higgins 90'	BBC Report	Walker 74'	Attendance: 1,522 Referee: Norris

Scottish League Cup

1 August 2010 League Cup round 1	East Stirlingshire	1 – 2	Alloa Athletic	Ochilview Park
	Cawley 17'	BBC Report	Prunty 45+1' Tully 60' (Own goal)	Attendance: 543 Referee: Madden

24 August 2010 League Cup round 2	Alloa Athletic	0 – 3	Aberdeen	Recreation Park
19:45		BBC Report	Hartley 18' (pen.) McArdle 38' Maguire 60'	Attendance: 1,649 Referee: O'Reilly

Scottish Cup

20 November 2010 Scottish Cup round 3	Alloa Athletic	4 – 2	Raith Rovers	Recreation Park
	McDonald 41', 42', 66' Noble 48'	BBC Report	Baird 27' Dyer  44'  Murray 86'	Attendance: 1,039 Referee: Salmond

8 January 2011 Scottish Cup round 4	Hamilton Academical	2 – 0	Alloa Athletic	New Douglas Park
	Hasselbaink 33' Paixao 93'	BBC Report	Robertson  89'	Attendance: 1,054 Referee: Muir

League table

References

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