2012–13 Raith Rovers F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Raith Rovers' fourth consecutive season in the Scottish First Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2008–09 season.[1] Raith Rovers also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Raith Rovers
2012–13 season
ManagerGrant Murray
StadiumStark's Park
Scottish First Division6th
Challenge CupQuarter-finals (lost to Partick Thistle)
League Cup3rd round (lost to Celtic)
Scottish Cup5th round (lost to Celtic)
Top goalscorerLeague: Brian Graham (18)
All: Brian Graham (27)
Highest home attendance7,775 (v Celtic, 3 February 2013)
Lowest home attendance773 (v Montrose, 14 August 2012)
Average home league attendance1,953

Management edit

Raith will be led by player-manager Grant Murray for the 2012–13 season,[2] following the departure of John McGlynn. McGlynn signed a new one-year contract during the close season,[3] and began leading the club for pre season.[4] However, on 26 June 2012, McGlynn was appointed as the new manager of Heart of Midlothian,[5] because he was under contract compensation was owed to Raith.[6]

Results & fixtures edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season edit

A match against Alloa Athletic scheduled for 24 July,[7] was cancelled.[8]

10 July 2012[9] Friendly Raith Rovers 1 – 1 Ross County Stark's Park
19:45 Graham   16' Raith Rovers Official Site Report Morrow   8' Referee: John Beaton
17 July 2012[11] Friendly Raith Rovers 1 – 1 Motherwell Stark's Park
19:45 Clarke   87' Raith Rovers Official Site Report Moore   69' Attendance: 898
Referee: Finnie

Scottish First Division edit

18 August 2012 Scottish First Division Falkirk 0 – 2 Raith Rovers Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Raith Report Walker   45'
Clarke   47'
Attendance: 3,064
Referee: O'Reilly
15 September 2012 Scottish First Division Raith Rovers 2 – 0 Airdrie United Stark's Park
15:00 Graham   37'
Spence   83'
Raith Report Attendance: 1,481
Referee: Allan
29 September 2012 Scottish First Division Raith Rovers 1 – 1 Partick Thistle Stark's Park
15:00 Spence   67' Raith Report Doolan   90' Attendance: 1,957
Referee: Clancy
6 October 2012 Scottish First Division Raith Rovers 2 – 2 Dumbarton Stark's Park
15:00 Graham   23'
Spence   69'
Raith Report Lister   52'
Prunty   90'
Attendance: 1,425
Referee: Tumilty
20 October 2012 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath 4 – 4 Raith Rovers Central Park
15:00 Miller   6'
Stevenson   24'
Coult   78', 80'
Raith Report Graham   35'
Spence   45'
Clarke   81'
Mensing   90'
Attendance: 1,209
Referee: Madden
10 November 2012 Scottish First Division Raith Rovers 2 – 1 Falkirk Stark's Park
15:00 Smith   56'
G.Anderson   85'
Raith Report Leahy   43' Attendance: 1,986
Referee: McKendrick
17 November 2012 Scottish First Division Raith Rovers 1 – 3 Dunfermline Athletic Stark's Park
15:00 Clarke   24'
Walker   45'
Hill   45'  
Raith Report Husband   37', 88'
Cardle   46'
Attendance: 4,294
Referee: Allan
8 December 2012 Scottish First Division Raith Rovers 3 – 3 Greenock Morton Stark's Park
15:00 Graham   23', 71'
Spence   85'
Raith Report Rutkiewicz   8'
O'Brien   65'
Hardie   88'
Attendance: 1,375
Referee: McLean
15 December 2012 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle 3 – 2 Raith Rovers Firhill Stadium
15:00 Bannigan   21'
Lawless   32'
Craig   87'
Raith Report Spence   13'
Graham   81'
Attendance: 2,221
Referee: Clancy
22 December 2012 Scottish First Division Dumbarton P – P Raith Rovers Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Raith Report
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch[13]
29 December 2012 Scottish First Division Raith Rovers 2 – 2 Cowdenbeath Stark's Park
15:00 Hill   50'
Spence   53'
Raith Report Milne   9'
Stevenson   42' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,877
Referee: Murray
5 January 2013 Scottish First Division Raith Rovers 2 – 0 Airdrie United Stark's Park
15:00 Graham   35'
Clarke   61'
Raith Report Attendance: 1,270
Referee: Collum
12 January 2013 Scottish First Division Livingston 2 – 1 Raith Rovers Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Russell   29'
Barr   49'
Raith Report Graham   34' Attendance: 1,424
Referee: Madden
19 January 2013 Scottish First Division Raith Rovers 0 – 2 Hamilton Academical Stark's Park
15:00 Hill   83' Raith Report Ellis   89' (o.g.)
May   90'
Attendance: 1,194
Referee: Salmond
9 February 2013 Scottish First Division Raith Rovers P – P Partick Thistle Stark's Park
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch
16 February 2013 Scottish First Division Raith Rovers 3 – 2 Dumbarton Stark's Park
15:00 Walker   39'
Clarke   52'
Graham   90'
Raith Report Prunty   45', 58' Attendance: 1,304
Referee: Charleston
23 February 2013 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath 1 – 1 Raith Rovers Central Park
15:00 Stewart   81' Raith Report Graham   48' Attendance: 1,078
Referee: Colvin
5 March 2013 Scottish First Division Falkirk 1 – 1 Raith Rovers Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Murdoch   90' Raith Report Graham   30' Attendance: 2,428
Referee: Muir
9 March 2013 Scottish First Division Raith Rovers 0 – 2 Livingston Stark's Park
15:00 Raith Report Russell   20' (pen.)
Scougall   35'
Attendance: 1,117
Referee: Somers
12 March 2013 Scottish First Division Raith Rovers P – P Partick Thistle Stark's Park
19:45 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to a frozen pitch
27 March 2013 Scottish First Division Dumbarton 4 – 2 Raith Rovers Dumbarton Football Stadium
19:30 Lister   36', 64', 84'
Agnew   70' (pen.)
Raith Report Spence   4'
G.Anderson   25'
Attendance: 483
Referee: Madden
30 March 2013 Scottish First Division Raith Rovers 2 – 1 Greenock Morton Stark's Park
15:00 Graham   12'
Tidser   38' (o.g.)
Raith Report Wilkie   72' Attendance: 1,529
Referee: Allan
27 April 2013 Scottish First Division Raith Rovers 0 – 0 Falkirk Stark's Park
15:00 Raith Report Attendance: 1,406
Referee: McLean
4 May 2013 Scottish First Division Livingston 2 – 3 Raith Rovers Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Fox   45' (pen.)
Russell   90'
Raith Report G.Anderson   21'
Graham   82', 90'
Attendance: 1,302
Referee: Roache

Scottish Challenge Cup edit

28 July 2012[14] Scottish Challenge Cup round 1 Wick Academy 2 – 4 Raith Rovers Harmsworth Park
15:00 Geruzel   51'
Allan   61'
Raith Report Graham   39'
Hill   57'
G.Anderson   71'
Clarke   82'
Attendance: 980
Referee: Somers
14 August 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup round 2 Raith Rovers 5 – 2 Montrose Stark's Park
19:45 Walker   7'
Graham   32', 54'
McGurn   44'
Clarke   42'
Spence   90'
Raith Report Watson   45' (pen.)
Young   77'
Attendance: 773
Referee: Finnie
9 September 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup QF Partick Thistle 3 – 0 Raith Rovers Firhill Stadium
16:05 Erskine   50', 58'
Craig   53'
Attendance: 1,807
Referee: Charleston

Scottish League Cup edit

4 August 2012 Scottish League Cup round 1 Raith Rovers 4 – 3 Berwick Rangers Stark's Park
15:00 Graham   25', 73'
Hill   58'
Clarke   85'
SFL Report Currie   9', 65'
Addison   50'
Attendance: 1,071
Referee: Norris
28 August 2012 Scottish League Cup round 2 Ross County 1 – 4 Raith Rovers Global Energy Stadium
19:45 Duncan   84' SFL Report Spence   25'
Graham   41', 63'
Hill   51'
Attendance: 1,147
Referee: McKendrick
25 September 2012 Scottish League Cup round 3 Celtic 4 – 1 Raith Rovers Celtic Park
19:45 Hooper   12', 37', 58', 60' SFL Report Walker   28' Attendance: 14,737
Referee: Muir

Scottish Cup edit

3 November 2012 Scottish Cup round 3 Airdrie United 2 – 2 Raith Rovers Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Griffin   28'
Thomson   78' (o.g.)
Raith Report Mensing   13'
Graham   47'
Spence   90'
Attendance: 854
Referee: Finnie
13 November 2012 Scottish Cup round 3 replay Raith Rovers 4 – 3 (a.e.t.) Airdrie United Stark's Park
19:45 Spence   5'
Walker   21' (pen.)
G.Anderson   55'
Hill   99'
Raith Report Watt   3'
Di Giacomo   45' (pen.)
Buchanan   86'
Attendance: 935
Referee: Finnie
1 December 2012 Scottish Cup round 4 Raith Rovers 2 – 1 Deveronvale Stark's Park
15:00 Graham   55', 89'
Hill   57'
Raith Report Fraser   58' (pen.) Attendance: 1,439
Referee: Robertson
3 February 2013 Scottish Cup round 5 Raith Rovers 0 – 3 Celtic Stark's Park
12:45 Raith Report Commons   56' (pen.)
Forrest   83'
Mulgrew   86'
Attendance: 7,775
Referee: McLean

Player statistics edit

Captains edit

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
MF Allan Walker   Club captain

Last updated: May 2011
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 edit

[15][16]Last updated May 2013
No. Pos Nat Player Total First Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO Ross Laidlaw 14 0 9+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
GK   SCO David McGurn 33 0 27+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
GK   SCO Allan Fleming 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Reece Donaldson 10 0 2+4 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 1+1 0
DF   SCO Laurie Ellis 34 0 23+2 0 1+1 0 2+1 0 3+1 0
DF   SCO Dougie Hill 33 4 23+2 1 2+0 1 3+0 1 3+0 1
DF   SCO Eddie Malone 43 0 30+4 0 3+0 0 3+0 0 3+0 0
DF   SCO Grant Murray 12 0 9+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Jason Thomson 45 0 35+0 0 3+0 0 3+0 0 4+0 0
DF   SCO Colin Wilson 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Liam Gordon 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Simon Mensing 32 2 27+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 1
MF   SCO Ross Callachan 17 0 4+6 0 0+3 0 0+2 0 0+2 0
MF   SCO Joe Hamill 36 0 23+4 0 3+0 0 3+0 0 3+0 0
MF   SCO Allan Walker 43 6 35+0 3 2+0 1 3+0 1 3+0 1
MF   SCO Lewis Vaughan 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Grant Anderson 42 6 27+6 4 3+0 1 2+0 0 2+2 1
MF   SCO Stuart Anderson 43 0 26+6 0 3+0 0 3+1 0 3+1 0
MF   SCO Josh Watt 6 0 3+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Joe Cardle 7 0 4+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Pat Clarke 35 7 17+9 5 3+0 2 2+0 0 4+0 0
FW   SCO Brian Graham 43 27 33+1 18 3+0 3 3+0 4 3+0 2
FW   SCO David Smith 24 1 16+3 1 0+1 0 0+1 0 2+1 0
FW   SCO Greig Spence 40 14 22+9 10 0+2 1 2+1 1 2+2 2
FW   SCO Jamie Watson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record edit

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated May 2013
Nation Position Name First Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
                   
  GK Ross Laidlaw 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
  GK David McGurn 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
  GK Allan Fleming 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Reece Donaldson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  DF Laurie Ellis 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 0
  DF Dougie Hill 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 9 3
  DF Eddie Malone 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
  DF Grant Murray 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  DF Jason Thomson 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
  DF Colin Wilson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Liam Gordon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Simon Mensing 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
  MF Ross Callachan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Joe Hamill 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  MF Allan Walker 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 1
  MF Lewis Vaughan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Grant Anderson 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
  MF Stuart Anderson 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
  MF Josh Watt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Joe Cardle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Pat Clarke 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
  FW Brian Graham 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1
  FW David Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW Greig Spence 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  FW Jamie Watson 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
4 Livingston 36 14 10 12 58 56 +2 52
5 Hamilton Academical 36 14 9 13 52 45 +7 51
6 Raith Rovers 36 11 13 12 45 48 −3 46
7 Dumbarton 36 13 4 19 58 83 −25 43
8 Cowdenbeath 36 8 12 16 51 65 −14 36
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division summary edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAAHAHA
ResultWWDLWLDDDWWLDDLLDLWLLLDWDDLLWWDWLLDW
Position422434444445455666455666666666666666
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2013. Source: [17]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers edit

References edit

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