2012–13 Alloa Athletic F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Alloa Athletic's first season back in the Scottish Second Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Third Division at the end of season 2011–12.[2] Alloa also competed in the Challenge Cup, Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Alloa Athletic
2012–13 season
ChairmanMike Mulraney
ManagerPaul Hartley[1]
StadiumRecreation Park
Second DivisionSecond place
Challenge CupFirst round, lost to Cowdenbeath
League CupFirst round, lost to Queen of the South
Scottish CupThird round, lost to Rangers
Top goalscorerLeague:
Kevin Cawley (13)

All:
Kevin Cawley (14)
Highest home attendance2,765 vs Dunfermline Athletic First Division play-offs
15 May 2013
Lowest home attendance382 vs Brechin City
Second Division
16 March 2013

Summary

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Season

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Alloa finished second in the Scottish Second Division,[3] entering the play-offs defeating Dunfermline Athletic 3–1 on aggregate in the final[4] and were promoted to the Scottish First Division.[5] They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup,[6] the first round of the League Cup[7] and the third round of the Scottish Cup.[8]

Results & fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season

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10 July 2012[9] Friendly Alloa Athletic 1–2 Partick Thistle Recreation Park
19:45 Munn   61' Partick Thistle Report Lawless   26'
Sinclair   50'
Referee: John McKendrick

Scottish Second Division

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18 August 2012 Scottish Second Division Albion Rovers 0–3 Alloa Athletic Cliftonhill Stadium
15:00 SFL Report Grehan   14'
Thomson   79', 83'
Attendance: 393
Referee: Hilland
25 August 2012 Scottish Second Division Alloa Athletic 2–3 Arbroath Recreation Park
15:00 Cawley   18', 32' SFL Report Holmes   45'
Currie   54'
Travis   63'
Rennie   64'
Attendance: 575
Referee: Salmond
1 September 2012 Scottish Second Division Brechin City 1–3 Alloa Athletic Glebe Park
15:00 Jackson   51' SFL Report Thomson   65'
Cawley   74'
Grehan   88'
Attendance: 491
Referee: Northcroft
22 September 2012 Scottish Second Division Alloa Athletic 3–0 Stranraer Recreation Park
15:00 Cawley   21'
Grehan   45+3' (Penalty)
Holmes   90'
SFL Report Mitchell   45' Attendance: 429
Referee: Anderson
6 October 2012 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 2–3 Alloa Athletic Station Park
15:00 Denholm   8', 79' SFL Report McCord   7' (Penalty)
Marr   22'
Gordon   83'
Attendance: 487
Referee: McKendrick
27 October 2012 Scottish Second Division Alloa Athletic 5–1 Albion Rovers Recreation Park
15:00 Grehan   20', 57', 64'
Marriott   42'
Megginson   82'
SFL Report Crawford   48' Attendance: 467
Referee: Northcroft
17 November 2012 Scottish Second Division Alloa Athletic 2–2 Brechin City Recreation Park
15:00 Cawley   43'
Grehan   62'
SFL Report Brown   69'
Jackson   83'
Attendance: 501
Referee: Robertson
15 December 2012 Scottish Second Division Stranraer 3–2 Alloa Athletic Stair Park
15:00 Dunlop   44'
Malcolm   56'
Love   79'
SFL Report Holmes   61'
Thomson   81'
Attendance: 245
Referee: McKendrick
22 December 2012 Scottish Second Division Alloa Athletic 2–1 Forfar Athletic Recreation Park
15:00 McCord   4', 20'
Holmes   90'
SFL Report Templeman   36'
Tulloch   90'
Attendance: 401
Referee: Dallas
2 January 2013 Scottish Second Division Alloa Athletic 1–0 Stenhousemuir Recreation Park
15:00 McCord   17' SFL Report Attendance: 603
Referee: Hilland
5 January 2013 Scottish Second Division Brechin City 3–2 Alloa Athletic Glebe Park
15:00 McKenna   4'
Trouten   50'
Jackson   83'
SFL Report Cawley   17'
McCord   38' (Penalty)
Attendance: 602
Referee: Anderson
12 January 2013 Scottish Second Division Arbroath P–P Alloa Athletic Gayfield Park
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch
26 January 2013 Scottish Second Division Alloa Athletic 4–1 Stranraer Recreation Park
15:00 McCord   32'
Megginson   60'
Holmes   67', 73'
SFL Report Gallagher   59' Attendance: 451
Referee: Graham
9 February 2013 Scottish Second Division Alloa Athletic 2–2 Ayr United Recreation Park
15:00 Megginson   63'
Gordon   90+2'
SFL Report Buchanan   36'
McGregor   57'
Buchanan   78'  
Attendance: 521
Referee: Cook
27 February 2013 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 1–2 Alloa Athletic Gayfield Park
19:45 Malcolm   64' SFL Report McCord   19' (Penalty)
Cawley   89'
Attendance: 471
Referee: Somers
2 March 2013 Scottish Second Division Albion Rovers 1–5 Alloa Athletic Cliftonhill Stadium
15:00 Andrews   45' SFL Report Grehan   9'
Elliot   31', 39'
Holmes   78'
Cawley   85'
Attendance: 319
Referee: Hilland
16 March 2013 Scottish Second Division Alloa Athletic 0–1 Brechin City Recreation Park
15:00 SFL Report Trouten   53' Attendance: 382
Referee: Anderson
30 March 2013 Scottish Second Division Stranraer 1–2 Alloa Athletic Stair Park
15:00 Love   87' SFL Report Holmes   55'
McCord   68'
Attendance: 322
Referee: Roache
20 April 2013 Scottish Second Division East Fife 2–1 Alloa Athletic Bayview Stadium
15:00 Barr   39'
Willis   56'
SFL Report Tiffoney   84' Attendance: 497
Referee: Colvin
27 April 2013 Scottish Second Division Alloa Athletic 4–1 Albion Rovers Recreation Park
15:00 Cawley   4', 86'
Simmons   22'
Tiffoney   31'
SFL Report Walker   18' Attendance: 1,224
Referee: Anderson

First Division play-offs

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8 May 2012 Play-offs SF R1 Brechin City 0–2 Alloa Athletic Glebe Park
19:45 SFL Report McCord   40'
Moon   56'
Attendance: 582
Referee: Madden
11 May 2012 Play-offs SF R2 Alloa Athletic 2–3
(4–3 agg.)
Brechin City Recreation Park
15:00 Cawley   36'
Elliot   68' (Penalty)
SFL Report Jackson   4', 90+4'
Trouten   52' (Penalty)
Attendance: 856
Referee: Collum
19 May 2013 Play-offs Final R2 Dunfermline Athletic 1–0
(1–3 agg.)
Alloa Athletic East End Park
16:05 Smith   73'
Husband   75'
SFL Report Attendance: 5,110
Referee: Thomson

Scottish Challenge Cup

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Scottish League Cup

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4 August 2012 Scottish League Cup round 1 Queen of the South 5–2 Alloa Athletic Palmerston Park
15:00 Mitchell   9'
Higgins   67'
Clark   83', 85'
Lyle   89'
SFL Report Gordon   64'
Grehan   78'
Attendance: 967
Referee: Colvin

Scottish Cup

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3 November 2012 Scottish Cup round 3 Rangers 7–0 Alloa Athletic Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Shiels   2', 21'
McCulloch   33', 72'
Crawford   73'
McKay   82', 89'
BBC Report Doyle   78' Attendance: 25,478
Referee: Brines


Player statistics

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Captains

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No. P Name Country No. games Notes
MF Young[13]   22 Club captain

Last updated: 19 May 2013
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Squad

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Last updated 16 May 2013 [14][15]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Second Division Other[a] League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO Scott Bain 42 0 35+0 0 5+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
GK   SCO Craig McDowall 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK   SCO Mickey Couser 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Mark Docherty 33 0 17+11 0 1+2 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
DF   SCO Michael Doyle[note 1] 34 0 27+0 0 5+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF   SCO Ben Gordon 40 6 33+0 4 5+0 1 1+0 1 1+0 0
DF   SCO Ryan Harding 2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Jason Marr 35 2 32+0 2 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF   SCO Mark McCullagh 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Lee McLelland 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Darryl Meggatt 35 0 30+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF   SCO Jonathan Tiffoney 9 3 6+1 2 2+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Edward Ferns 21 0 3+17 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Paul Hartley 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Graeme Holmes 40 8 31+2 8 5+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Nicholas Locke 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Nicky Low 11 0 9+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Ross McCord 17 0 3+12 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Ryan McCord 38 12 30+1 11 5+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Kevin Moon 15 2 11+0 0 4+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Blair Munn 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Stephen Simmons 37 3 29+2 3 4+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Gavin Stokes 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Callum Tapping 4 0 1+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Darren Young 28 0 20+1 0 1+4 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
FW   SCO Lewis Bonar 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Kevin Cawley 41 14 25+9 13 5+0 1 0+1 0 1+0 0
FW   SCO David Cox 4 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Calum Elliot 14 4 10+0 2 4+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Calum Gallagher 9 0 5+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Martin Grehan 35 9 21+10 8 1+1 0 1+0 1 0+1 0
FW   SCO Mitchel Megginson 12 3 10+2 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Robert Thomson 15 4 4+10 4 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
    SCO Michael Hardie 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
    SCO Scott Hynd 2 1 0+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the play-offs and the Challenge Cup.

Disciplinary record

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Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 19 May 2013
Nation Position Name Second Division Other League Cup Scottish Cup Total
                   
  GK Scott Bain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GK Craig McDowall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Mark Docherty 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
  DF Michael Doyle 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
  DF Ben Gordon 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
  DF Ryan Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Jason Marr 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
  DF Mark McCullagh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Lee McLelland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Darryl Meggatt 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  DF Jonathan Tiffoney 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  MF Edward Ferns 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  MF Paul Hartley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Graeme Holmes 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
  MF Nicholas Locke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Nicky Low 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  MF Ross McCord 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  MF Ryan McCord 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 0
  MF Kevin Moon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Blair Munn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Stephen Simmons 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
  MF Gavin Stokes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  MF Callum Tapping 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Darren Young 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
  FW Lewis Bonar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Craig Campbell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Kevin Cawley 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  FW David Cox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Calum Elliot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Calum Gallagher 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  FW Martin Grehan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  FW Mitchel Megginson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Kenny O'Brien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Robert Thomson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Michael Hardie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Scott Hynd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team statistics

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Queen of the South (C, P) 36 29 5 2 92 23 +69 92 Promotion to the Championship
2 Alloa Athletic (O, P) 36 20 7 9 62 35 +27 67 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
3 Brechin City 36 19 4 13 72 59 +13 61
4 Forfar Athletic 36 17 3 16 67 74 −7 54
5 Arbroath 36 15 7 14 47 57 −10 52
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Division summary

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAAHHAAHAHA
ResultDWLWLWLWWWWDWWLWDWLDWDDWLWWDLLWWWLWW
Position316354443222222222222222222222222222
Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2013. Source: [16]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

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References

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  1. ^ Players Name is James Michael Doyle, Some match reports refer to Michael Doyle others James Doyle