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Arbroath

2019–20 season
Chairman	Mike Caird
Manager	Dick Campbell
Stadium	Gayfield Park
Scottish Championship	5th
Scottish League Cup	Group stage
Scottish Challenge Cup	Fourth round
Scottish Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Bobby Linn (6) All: Bobby Linn (8)
Highest home attendance	1,733 vs. Falkirk, Scottish Cup, 18 January 2020
Lowest home attendance	485 vs. Elgin City, League Cup, 13 July 2019
Average home league attendance	1,362
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The 2019–20 season was Arbroath's first season in the Scottish Championship, following promotion from Scottish League One in the 2018–19 season after finishing in 1st place. Arbroath also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup. The season was postponed in April 2020, with Arbroath finishing in fifth place, having played 26 games.

Summary

Season

On 13 March 2020, the Scottish football season was suspended with immediate effect due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak. On 9 April, the Scottish football season was further suspended until at least 10 June. On 18 May 2020, the SPFL declared the end of the season determining on an average points per game with Arbroath finishing in fifth place and surviving for another season.

Competitions

Scottish Championship

10 August 2019 2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–1	Arbroath	Inverness
15:00 BST	Doran 44' Donaldson  47' Storey 82'	Report	Spence  5' Linn 26'	Stadium: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 2,298 Referee: Mike Roncone

24 August 2019 3	Alloa Athletic	0–1	Arbroath	Alloa
15:00 BST	Hetherington  38'  77' Flannigan  65' Stirling  84'	Report	Linn 17' Whatley  63' Campbell  88'	Stadium: Recreation Park Attendance: 661 Referee: Colin Steven

31 August 2019 4	Arbroath	1–0	Dunfermline Athletic	Arbroath
15:00 BST	Spence  21' Donnelly 50' Whatley  90+1'	Report	Devine  24'	Stadium: Gayfield Park Attendance: 1,624 Referee: Steven Kirkland

13 September 2019 5	Arbroath	1–1	Partick Thistle	Arbroath
19:05 BST	Thomson 14'  77'	Report	Penrice  25' Zanatta  62' Miller 65'	Stadium: Gayfield Park Attendance: 1,214 Referee: David Munro

21 September 2019 6	Dundee United	2–1	Arbroath	Dundee
15:00 BST	Stanton  28' Robson  38' Butcher  39' Shankland 88', 90+2'  90+3'	Report	Donnelly 52'	Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 7,877 Referee: Gavin Duncan

28 September 2019 7	Arbroath	0–3	Ayr United	Arbroath
15:00 BST	McKenna  33'	Report	Forrest 12', 20' Kelly 27'	Stadium: Gayfield Park Attendance: 1,105 Referee: Grant Irvine

5 October 2019 8	Dundee	2–0	Arbroath	Dundee
15:00 BST	Mackie  30' McDaid  37' 38' 59' Byrne  66'	Report	McKenna  61' Virtanen  75' Stirling  81'	Stadium: Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park Attendance: 5,045 Referee: Alan Newlands

19 October 2019 9	Arbroath	1–0	Greenock Morton	Arbroath
15:00 BST	O'Brien  13' Linn 74'	Report	Blues  72'	Stadium: Gayfield Park Attendance: 1,009 Referee: Willie Collum

26 October 2019 10	Partick Thistle	1–3	Arbroath	Glasgow
15:00 BST	Bannigan 59' (pen.) Zanatta  64'	Report	Donnelly 37' Virtanen  58' Thomson  72' McKenna 74' (pen.) Hamilton 77'	Stadium: The Energy Check Stadium Attendance: 2,793 Referee: Gavin Ross

29 October 2019 11	Dunfermline Athletic	2–0	Arbroath	Dunfermline
19:45 GMT	Ashcroft  22' Nisbet 59' 78'	Report	O'Brien  22' Virtanen  33' Thomson  74' McKenna  84'	Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 3,488 Referee: John McKendrick

2 November 2019 12	Arbroath	2–1	Alloa Athletic	Arbroath
15:00 GMT	Linn 16' Donnelly 27' Virtanen  67'	Report	Trouten 35'  87'	Stadium: Gayfield Park Attendance: 921 Referee: Graham Beaton

9 November 2019 13	Arbroath	3–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Arbroath
15:00 GMT	Stewart 28' Linn 54' (pen.) Kader 86'	Report	Donaldson  38' Todorov  39' Tremarco  57'	Stadium: Gayfield Park Attendance: 1,173 Referee: John Beaton

16 November 2019 14	Greenock Morton	1–0	Arbroath	Greenock
15:00 GMT	Lyon 3'	Report	Murphy  41' Hamilton  71' Stirling  86' Doris  89'	Stadium: Cappielow Park Attendance: 1,185 Referee: Alan Newlands

7 December 2019 15	Arbroath	1–1	Dundee	Arbroath
15:00 GMT	Little  34' Linn 37' Hamilton  60'	Report	Forster  4' McGhee  50' Hemmings 61' Mackie  87'	Stadium: Gayfield Park Attendance: 2,170 Referee: Alan Newlands

10 December 2019 16	Ayr United	1–1	Arbroath	Ayr
19:45 GMT	Kelly 22' Moore  77'	Report	McKenna 48' (pen.) Donnelly  78' Stewart  82'	Stadium: Somerset Park Attendance: 777 Referee: Colin Steven

14 December 2019 17	Arbroath	0–1	Dundee United	Arbroath
15:00 GMT	Kader  39' Gaston  54' Little  74'	Report	Stanton 6' Shankland  87'	Stadium: Gayfield Park Attendance: 4,052 Referee: Graham Beaton

21 December 2019 18	Queen of the South	2–0	Arbroath	Dumfries
15:00 GMT	Pybus  24' 33' Little 87' (o.g.)	Report	McKenna  68'	Stadium: Palmerston Park Attendance: 1,094 Referee: Grant Irvine

28 December 2019 19	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–1	Arbroath	Inverness
15:00 GMT		Report	Hamilton  20' Donnelly 47' Virtanen  76'	Stadium: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 2,287 Referee: Graham Beaton

4 January 2020 20	Arbroath	1–2	Greenock Morton	Arbroath
15:00 GMT	Sewart 23' O'Brien  65'	Report	Sutton 12' Colville 20' Jacobs  61'	Stadium: Gayfield Park Attendance: 1,273 Referee: Gavin Duncan

21 January 2020 21	Alloa Athletic	2–0	Arbroath	Alloa
19:45 GMT	O'Hara 24' 27'	Report		Stadium: The Indodrill Stadium Attendance: 765 Referee: Craig Napier

25 January 2020 22	Arbroath	2–1	Partick Thistle	Arbroath
15:00 GMT	McKenna 6' Wighton 34' Virtanen  90+4'	Report	Graham 90+5'	Stadium: Gayfield Park Attendance: 1,418 Referee: David Lowe

1 February 2020 23	Dundee United	0–1	Arbroath	Dundee
15:00 GMT	Pawlett  74'	Report	Wighton 26' Hamilton  40'	Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 8,056 Referee: Alan Muir (referee)

15 February 2020 24	Arbroath	2–0	Queen of the South	Arbroath
15:00 GMT	Gold 6' Hilson 35'	Report	Pybus  55' Holt  79'	Stadium: Gayfield Park Attendance: 801 Referee: Steven Reid

4 March 2020 25	Arbroath	0–0	Dunfermline Athletic	Arbroath
19:45 GMT	Little  70'	Report	Thomas  16' Afolabi  90'	Stadium: Gayfield Park Attendance: 1,146 Referee: John McKendrick

7 March 2020 26	Greenock Morton	1–1	Arbroath	Greenock
15:00 GMT	Cadden  34' McAlister  90' McGinty 90+3'	Report	Wighton 49' Stewart  79' Hilson  85'	Stadium: Cappielow Park Attendance: 1,472 Referee: Steven Reid

Scottish League Cup

Group stage

13 July 2019 1	Arbroath	2–1	Elgin City	Arbroath
15:00 BST	Kader 44' Doris 90+2'	Report	Sutherland 29'	Stadium: Gayfield Park Attendance: 485 Referee: Graham Beaton

17 July 2019 2	Stirling Albion	1–6	Arbroath	Stirling
19:45 BST	Mackin 47'	Report	Gold 1', 57' McKenna 28' Hamilton 82' Spence 87', 90'	Stadium: Forthbank Stadium Attendance: 474 Referee: Craig Napier

23 July 2019 3	Hibernian	3–0	Arbroath	Edinburgh
19:45 BST	Kamberi 3' Allan 44' (pen.) Murray 87'	Report		Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 4,769 Referee: Bobby Madden

27 July 2019 4	Arbroath	2–3	Alloa Athletic	Arbroath
15:00 BST	Linn 18' Thomson 74'	Report	Buchanan 18' Trouten 51', 78'	Stadium: Gayfield Park Attendance: 590 Referee: Barry Cook

Scottish Challenge Cup

12 October 2019 Fourth round	Arbroath	0–2	Clyde	Arbroath
15:00		Report	Johnston 9' Little 68 o.g.'	Stadium: Gayfield Park Attendance: 806 Referee: David Lowe

Scottish Cup

23 November 2019 Third round	Auchinleck Talbot	1–1	Arbroath	Auchinleck
15:00 GMT	Hyslop 11'	Summary	McKenna 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Beechwood Park Attendance: 921 Referee: David Lowe

27 November 2019 Third round replay	Arbroath	3–0	Auchinleck Talbot	Arbroath
19:45 GMT	McKenna 26' Linn 54' Stewart 64'	Summary		Stadium: Gayfield Park Attendance: 1,022 Referee: David Lowe

18 January 2020 Fourth round	Arbroath	0–0	Falkirk	Arbroath
15:00 GMT	Whatley  75' Virtanen  77' McKenna  79'	Summary	Durnan  40' Dixon  90+2'	Stadium: Gayfield Park Attendance: 1,733 Referee: Greg Aitken

28 January 2020 Fourth round replay	Falkirk	2–0	Arbroath	Falkirk
19:45 GMT	McManus 47' Sammon 66' Doyle  77'	Report	Donnelly  61'	Stadium: Falkirk Stadium Attendance: 2,704 Referee: Euan Anderson

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 7 March 2020

No.	Pos	Player	Championship		League Cup		Challenge Cup		Scottish Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Darren Jamieson	7	0	2	0	2	0	3	0	14	0
2	DF	Jason Thomson	17+1	1	4	1	1	0	2	0	25	2
3	DF	Colin Hamilton	26	1	4	1	1	0	4	0	35	2
4	DF	Ricky Little	26	0	2	0	2	0	4	0	34	0
5	DF	Thomas O'Brien	25	0	4	0	2	0	4	0	35	0
6	MF	Mark Whatley	22	1	3	0	2	0	4	0	31	1
7	MF	David Gold	17+3	1	3+1	2	1+1	0	2+1	0	29	3
8	MF	Michael McKenna	15+7	3	2+2	1	2	0	4	2	32	6
9	FW	Dale Hilson	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
10	MF	Gavin Swankie	3+3	0	3	0	0	0	0+1	0	10	0
11	MF	Bobby Linn	21+2	6	4	1	0+2	0	4	1	33	8
12	MF	Omar Kader	4+15	1	2+2	1	2	0	1+2	0	28	2
14	FW	Craig Wighton	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
15	FW	Luke Donnelly	14+7	5	0+1	0	1+1	0	4	0	28	5
16	DF	Scott Stewart	15+2	2	0+2	0	0	0	2+2	1	23	3
18	MF	James Murphy	10+7	0	1+1	0	1+1	0	1	0	22	0
19	DF	Ben Stirling	4+2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	0
20	MF	Josh Campbell	2+7	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	11	0
21	GK	Derek Gaston	19	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	22	0
22	MF	Miko Virtanen	18+2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	23	0
23	MF	Logan Chalmers	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	3	0
32	MF	James Craigen	1+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Players who left the club during the 2019–20 season
9	FW	Steven Doris	3+9	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	18	1
14	FW	Greig Spence	5+6	0	2+2	2	0	0	1+1	0	17	2
17	DF	Robert Wilson	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
19	DF	Ben Stirling	4+2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	0
20	MF	Josh Campbell	2+7	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	11	0

Team statistics

League table

1. All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland.

League Cup table

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	GK`	Derek Gaston	Greenock Morton	Free transfer
	MF	Scott Stewart	Airdrieonians
8 July 2019	DF	Robert Wilson	Berwick Rangers
17 July 2019	MF	James Murphy	Free agent
18 January 2020	FW	Dale Hilson	Forfar Athletic

Transfers out

Loans in

Date	Position	Name	From	End date	Ref.
23 August 2019	DF	Ben Stirling	Hibernian	6 January 2020
	MF	Josh Campbell
29 August 2019		Miko Virtanen	Aberdeen	31 May 2020
10 January 2020	FW	Logan Chalmers	Dundee United	31 May 2020
23 January 2020	FW	Craig Wighton	Heart of Midlothian	31 May 2020
31 January 2020	MF	James Craigen	AFC Fylde	31 May 2020

References

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