2012–13 East Stirlingshire F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was East Stirlingshire's nineteenth consecutive season in the Scottish Third Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 1993–94 season, following league reconstruction.[1] East Stirlingshire also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

East Stirlingshire
2012–13 season
ChairmanTony Ford
ManagerJohn Coughlin
StadiumOchilview Park
Third DivisionTenth place
Challenge CupQuarter-final, lost to Cowdenbeath
League CupFirst round, lost to Greenock Morton
Scottish CupThird round, lost to Dumbarton
Top goalscorerLeague:
Paul Quinn (11)

All:
Paul Quinn (11)
Kevin Turner (11)
Highest home attendance2,805 vs Rangers
Third Division
27 April 2013
Lowest home attendance192 vs Annan Athletic
Third Division
22 December 2012
2013–14 →

Summary edit

Season edit

East Stirlingshire finished tenth in the Scottish Third Division.[2] They reached the Quarter-final of the Challenge Cup,[3] the first round of the League Cup[4] and the third round of the Scottish Cup.[5]

Results & fixtures edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season edit

7 July 2012[6] Friendly Tynecastle P – P East Stirlingshire Peffermill Playing Fields
14:30 Report

Scottish Third Division edit

18 August 2012 Scottish Third Division Rangers 5 – 1 East Stirlingshire Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Little   15', 41', 74'
Francisco Sandaza   64'
McCulloch   90'
BBC Report
SFL Report
Paul Quinn   3' (pen.) Attendance: 49,118
Referee: Clancy
25 August 2012 Scottish Third Division East Stirlingshire 1 – 4 Elgin City Ochilview Park
15:00 Turner   60' SFL Report Cameron   7'
Gunn   16'
O'Donoghue   39'
Wyness   59'
Attendance: 257
Referee: Robertson
1 September 2012 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 3 – 0 East Stirlingshire Shielfield Park
15:00 Lavery   11'
McLaren   39'
Hoskins   80'
SFL Report Attendance: 520
Referee: Dallas
15 September 2012 Scottish Third Division East Stirlingshire 3 – 1 Stirling Albion Ochilview Park
15:00 Maxwell   70'
Greenhill   81'
Shepherd   90'
SFL Report Davidson   27'
Ferry   55'
Attendance: 487
Referee: Duncan
22 September 2012 Scottish Third Division East Stirlingshire 3 – 0 Clyde Ochilview Park
15:00 Turner   25'
Quinn   39'
Savage   93'
SFL Report Attendance: 467
Referee: Aitken
6 October 2012 Scottish Third Division Montrose 3 – 1 East Stirlingshire Links Park
15:00 McIntosh   16'
Gray   21' (Penalty)
Masson   33'
SFL Report Hume   86' Attendance: 244
Referee: Robertson
20 October 2012 Scottish Third Division East Stirlingshire 2 – 1 Peterhead Ochilview Park
15:00 Turner   32', 51' SFL Report McAllister   2' (pen.)
Ross   58'
Attendance: 296
Referee: Ross
27 October 2012 Scottish Third Division Annan Athletic 5 – 2 East Stirlingshire Galabank
15:00 Hopkirk   42', 68', 90'
Love   45'
Chaplain   79' (pen.)
SFL Report Quinn   60'
Miller   78'
Shepherd   90+2'
Attendance: 374
Referee: Cook
13 November 2012 Scottish Third Division Queen's Park 1 – 2 East Stirlingshire Hampden Park
19:30 Robertson   35'
Parry   71'
SFL Report Greenhill   45'
Quinn   73' (pen.)
Attendance: 374
Referee: Dallas
17 November 2012 Scottish Third Division East Stirlingshire 2 – 6 Rangers Ochilview Park
12:45 Züfle   33'
Turner   41'
Quinn   58' (pen.)
SFL Report McCulloch   12' (pen.), 82' (pen.)
Little   39'
Wallace   49'
Kyle   63'
Naismith   71'
Attendance: 2,854
Referee: Salmond
15 December 2012 Scottish Third Division Clyde 2 – 1 East Stirlingshire Broadwood Stadium
15:00 Scullion   20'
Watt   52'
SFL Report Quinn   33' (Penalty) Attendance: 428
Referee: Duncan
19 December 2012 Scottish Third Division East Stirlingshire 2 – 2 Montrose Ochilview Park
19:45 Turner   25', 45' SFL Report Young   13'
Wood   63'
Attendance: 211
Referee: Cook
22 December 2012 Scottish Third Division East Stirlingshire 2 – 2 Annan Athletic Ochilview Park
15:00 Stirling   37', 46' (Penalty) SFL Report Ramage   17'
Love   39'
Attendance: 192
Referee: Aitken
29 December 2012 Scottish Third Division Peterhead 2 – 0 East Stirlingshire Balmoor Stadium
15:00 Bavidge   6'
Cox   73'
SFL Report Attendance: 446
Referee: Anderson
12 January 2013 Scottish Third Division Elgin City 3 – 4 East Stirlingshire Borough Briggs
15:00 Hunter   41' (Own goal)
Leslie   45+1'
Gunn   65'
Leslie   90+2'  
SFL Report Hunter   7', 14'
Turner   44' (Penalty)
Glasgow   57'
Attendance: 697
Referee: Salmond
2 February 2013 Scottish Third Division Montrose 2 – 2 East Stirlingshire Links Park
15:00 Boyle   37'
Gray   83'
SFL Report Greenhill   18', 23' Attendance: 327
Referee: Somers
9 February 2013 Scottish Third Division East Stirlingshire 2 – 4 Peterhead Ochilview Park
15:00 Jackson   88'
Glasgow   90+1'
SFL Report McAllister   22', 25'
Rodgers   29'
McLaughlin   31'
Attendance: 278
Referee: Steven
16 February 2013 Scottish Third Division Annan Athletic 1 – 2 East Stirlingshire Galabank
15:00 Orsi   79' SFL Report Glasgow   49'
Holt   57'
Attendance: 349
Referee: Dallas
19 February 2013 Scottish Third Division East Stirlingshire 3 – 0 Clyde Ochilview Park
19:45 Herd   18'
Quinn   57' (Penalty)
Stirling   63'
SFL Report Attendance: 301
Referee: Hilland
23 February 2013 Scottish Third Division East Stirlingshire 3 – 2 Elgin City Ochilview Park
15:00 Quinn   40' (Penalty)
Herd   46'
Maxwell   84'
SFL Report McDonald   15'
Gunn   52'
Attendance: 277
Referee: Cook
2 March 2013 Scottish Third Division Rangers 3 – 1 East Stirlingshire Ibrox Stadium
12:00 Little   51', 63'
McCulloch   62'
SFL Report
Sky Report
Stirling   40' Attendance: 44,534
Referee: Colvin
9 March 2013 Scottish Third Division Stirling Albion 9 – 1 East Stirlingshire Forthbank Stadium
15:00 Gillespie   28' (Own goal)
White   38', 42' (Penalty), 70', 80' (Penalty)
Ferry   53', 70'
Johnston   66'
Flood   72'
SFL Report Jackson   40'
Wright   56'
Attendance: 563
Referee: Northcroft
23 March 2013 Scottish Third Division East Stirlingshire 1 – 2 Montrose Ochilview Park
15:00 Wright   43' SFL Report Watson   31', 90+2'
Lunan   93'  
Attendance: 261
Referee: Anderson
6 April 2013 Scottish Third Division Peterhead 6 – 0 East Stirlingshire Balmoor
15:00 McAllister   3', 40'
Bavidge   16'
Redman   17', 57'
Cowie   39'
SFL Report Attendance: 456
Referee: Newlands
20 April 2013 Scottish Third Division Queen's Park 5 – 1 East Stirlingshire Hampden Park
15:00 Anderson   17'
Longworth   44', 53'
Burns   81'
Connolly   90+2'
SFL Report Glasgow   37' Attendance: 485
Referee: Dallas
27 April 2013 Scottish Third Division East Stirlingshire 2 – 4 Rangers Ochilview
Quinn   22' (Penalty), 50'
Turner   30'
SFL Report Crawford   6'
Templeton   45+3', 79'
Black   65'
Attendance: 2,805
Referee: Cook
4 May 2013 Scottish Third Division Elgin City 3 – 2 East Stirlingshire Borough Briggs
12:45 Duff   16'
Leslie   39'
McLean   89'
SFL Report Glasgow   17'
Quinn   43'
Attendance: 786
Referee: Aitken

Scottish Challenge Cup edit

28 July 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup round 1 East Stirlingshire 3 – 1 Ayr United Ochilview Park
15:00 Herd   28', 42'
Maxwell   86'
SFL Report Shankland   51' Attendance: 493
Referee: Cook

Scottish League Cup edit

Scottish Cup edit

29 September 2012 Scottish Cup round 2 Fraserburgh 1 – 2 East Stirlingshire Bellslea Park
15:00 Johnstone   60',   90'  
Christie   90'
Sky Sports Greenhill   13'
Turner   26'
Attendance: 389
Referee: Robertson

Player statistics edit

Squad edit

Last updated 13 May 2013 [10][11]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Third Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO Craig Gordon 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK   SCO Grant Hay 35 0 31+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
GK   SCO Ryan McWilliams 5 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Corin Anderson 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Raymond Buchanan 13 0 13+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Michael Dunlop 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Jamie Glasgow 22 5 11+10 5 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Jack Hamilton 5 0 4+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   WAL Jordan Holt 9 2 9+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Steven Jackson 39 1 32+1 1 3+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF   SCO Sean Kelly 12 1 8+1 0 1+0 1 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF   SCO Richard Miller 37 0 29+2 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF   SCO Chris Moffat 6 0 6+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Steven Tart 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
MF   SCO Jamie Benton 7 0 0+5 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Mark Begg 21 0 11+6 0 1+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Rhys Devlin 10 0 6+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Craig Donaldson 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO David Greenhill 40 6 30+4 4 3+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 2
MF   SCO Michael Herd 26 6 17+4 2 2+1 3 1+0 1 0+1 0
MF   SCO Craig Hume 13 1 9+0 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Michael Hunter 37 2 26+6 2 3+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Conor Kelly 7 0 0+7 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Graeme MacGregor 6 0 6+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Scott Maxwell 39 4 31+2 2 3+0 2 1+0 0 2+0 0
MF   SCO Jamie McKernon 14 0 13+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Craig Scott 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Nathan Shepherd 22 2 12+5 2 3+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Andy Stirling 20 4 20+0 4 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   GER Philipp Züfle 14 0 8+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
FW   SCO Kyle Gillespie 7 0 2+3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
FW   SCO Alex Lurinsky 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO David McCaughie 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Paul Quinn 28 11 20+5 11 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
FW   SCO Joseph Savage 2 1 0+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Kevin Turner 33 11 27+1 9 2+0 1 0+1 0 2+0 1
FW   SCO Max Wright 16 3 9+7 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record edit

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 13 May 2013
Nation Position Name Third Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
                   
  GK Craig Gordon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GK Grant Hay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GK Ryan McWilliams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Corin Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Raymond Buchanan 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  DF Michael Dunlop 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Jamie Glasgow 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  DF Jack Hamilton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Jordan Holt 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  DF Steven Jackson 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 1
  DF Sean Kelly 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
  DF Richard Miller 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 1
  DF Chris Moffat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Steven Tart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Jamie Benton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Mark Begg 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  MF Rhys Devlin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  MF Craig Donaldson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF David Greenhill 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
  MF Michael Herd 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
  MF Craig Hume 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  MF Michael Hunter 13 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15 0
  MF Conor Kelly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Graeme MacGregor 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  MF Scott Maxwell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  MF Jamie McKernon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  MF Craig Scott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Nathan Shepherd 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  MF Andy Stirling 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  MF Philipp Züfle 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
  FW Kyle Gillespie 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW Alex Lurinsky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW David McCaughie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Paul Quinn 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
  FW Joseph Savage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Kevin Turner 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 1
  FW Max Wright 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team statistics edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
6 Montrose 36 12 11 13 60 68 −8 47
7 Stirling Albion 36 12 9 15 59 58 +1 45
8 Annan Athletic 36 11 10 15 54 65 −11 43
9 Clyde 36 12 4 20 42 66 −24 40
10 East Stirlingshire 36 8 5 23 49 97 −48 29
Source: SPFL archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division summary edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHAHHAHAAHHAHHAHAAHAHAAHHAAHHAAHAHA
ResultLLLLWWLWLWLLLDDLDLWLDLDWWWLLLLLLLLLL
Position9101010108109988999999999999986991010101010101010
Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2013. Source: [12]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers edit

References edit

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