2012–13 Scottish First Division

The 2012–13 Scottish Football League First Division, also known as the 2012–13 Irn Bru Scottish Football League First Division for sponsorship reasons, was the 19th season of the Scottish Football League First Division and the 107th season of a second-tier football league in Scotland. Partick Thistle were confirmed as 2012–13 champions, on 20 April following their 2-0 win over Falkirk. This was the final season of the First Division under its then format, as it was replaced by the Scottish Championship from the 2013–14 season onwards.

Irn-Bru Scottish First Division
Partick Thistle win the title
Season2012–13
ChampionsPartick Thistle
PromotedPartick Thistle
RelegatedAirdrie United
Dunfermline Athletic
Matches played180
Goals scored568 (3.16 per match)
Top goalscorerStevie May
(25 goals)
Biggest home winPartick Thistle 7–0 Airdrie
(29 September 2012)
Biggest away winCowdenbeath 0–4 Dunfermline Athletic
(11 August 2012)
Airdrie United 0–4 Hamilton Academical
(6 October 2012)
Dumbarton 1–5 Greenock Morton
(17 November 2012)
Dunfermline Athletic 0–4 Partick Thistle
(2 March 2013)
Highest scoringCowdenbeath 4–4 Raith Rovers
(20 October 2012)
Longest winning run8 games
Partick Thistle
Longest unbeaten run16 games
Partick Thistle
Longest winless run14 games
Cowdenbeath
Longest losing run7 games
Airdrie United
Highest attendance8,875
Partick Thistle 1-0 Greenock Morton
(10 April 2013)
Lowest attendance409
Cowdenbeath 1–1 Livingston
(22 December 2012)

Teams

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Ross County were promoted to the Scottish Premier League as champions, while Dunfermline Athletic were relegated from the SPL to this division.

Two sides were relegated from this division at the end of the 2011–12 season. Queen of the South, who finished bottom, and Ayr United in the play-offs. They were replaced by Second Division champions Cowdenbeath, and Dumbarton as winners of the promotion play-offs.

On 13 July, Rangers were admitted to the Third Division after being voted out of the SPL. As a result, the playoff losing finalist Airdrie United were promoted to the First Division to fill the gap caused by Dundee replacing Rangers in the SPL.[1]

Stadia and Locations

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Team Location Stadium Capacity
Airdrie Airdrie Excelsior Stadium 10,171
Cowdenbeath Cowdenbeath Central Park 4,370
Dumbarton Dumbarton Dumbarton Football Stadium 2,025
Dunfermline Athletic Dunfermline East End Park 11,380
Falkirk Falkirk Falkirk Stadium 9,200
Greenock Morton Greenock Cappielow Park 11,100
Hamilton Academical Hamilton New Douglas Park 6,078
Livingston Livingston Almondvale Stadium 10,122
Partick Thistle Glasgow Firhill Stadium 10,887
Raith Rovers Kirkcaldy Stark's Park 10,104

Personnel and kits

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Team Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Airdrie   Jimmy Boyle Puma N/A (H,3rd), Advance Construction Scotland (A)
Cowdenbeath   Colin Cameron Umbro Subsea Pressure Controls
Dumbarton   Ian Murray 1872 (Club own brand) Bet Butler
Dunfermline Athletic   Jim Jefferies Joma The Purvis Group
Falkirk   Gary Holt Puma Central Demolition
Greenock Morton   Allan Moore Puma Millions Chews
Hamilton Academical   Alex Neil (interim) Nike M&H Logistics (H), Life Skills Centres (A)
Livingston   Richie Burke Adidas Fasteq
Partick Thistle   Alan Archibald Puma macb
Raith Rovers   Grant Murray Puma Kittys Styx (H), Livesport.co.uk (A)

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Partick Thistle (C, P) 36 23 9 4 76 28 +48 78 Promotion to the Premiership
2 Greenock Morton 36 20 7 9 73 47 +26 67
3 Falkirk 36 15 8 13 52 48 +4 53
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
9 Dunfermline Athletic (R) 36 14 7 15 62 59 +3 34[a] Qualification for the First Division Play-offs
10 Airdrie United (R) 36 5 7 24 41 89 −48 22 Relegation to League One
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Dunfermline Athletic were deducted 15 points for entering administration.[2]

Results

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Teams play each other four times in this league. In the first half of the season each team plays every other team twice (home and away) and then do the same in the second half of the season, for a total of 36 games.

First half of season

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Home \ Away AIR COW DUM DNF FAL GMO HAM LIV PAR RAI
Airdrie United 0–3 4–1 1–2 1–4 2–3 0–4 1–3 1–1 0–0
Cowdenbeath 1–1 0–1 0–4 1–1 3–4 1–0 1–1 0–3 4–4
Dumbarton 3–4 0–3 0–2 1–2 1–5 3–3 3–4 2–0 4–2
Dunfermline Athletic 1–3 3–0 4–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 4–0 0–1 3–1
Falkirk 1–1 2–0 3–4 2–2 0–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 0–2
Greenock Morton 2–0 1–0 3–0 4–2 1–2 0–1 2–2 3–1 1–0
Hamilton Academical 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–1
Livingston 0–2 1–1 5–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 1–2 2–1
Partick Thistle 7–0 2–1 3–0 5–1 3–1 1–2 4–0 2–0 3–2
Raith Rovers 2–0 2–2 2–2 1–3 2–1 3–3 2–0 0–0 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 16 April 2013. Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

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Home \ Away AIR COW DUM DNF FAL GMO HAM LIV PAR RAI
Airdrie United 1–1 1–2 3–3 0–1 0–4 2–2 0–2 1–2 1–2
Cowdenbeath 3–2 2–3 4–2 4–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–1
Dumbarton 4–1 2–2 0–1 0–2 0–3 3–1 0–3 0–0 1–2
Dunfermline Athletic 1–2 1–0 3–4 0–2 1–4 2–3 0–1 0–4 1–0
Falkirk 4–3 4–0 1–3 1–0 4–1 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–1
Greenock Morton 5–2 4–2 0–3 0–1 2–0 0–2 2–1 2–2 1–0
Hamilton Academical 5–0 1–3 2–3 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–0
Livingston 4–1 3–0 2–3 2–2 1–2 0–2 0–3 2–2 2–3
Partick Thistle 1–0 2–1 3–0 3–3 4–1 1–0 1–0 6–1 0–0
Raith Rovers 2–0 0–1 3–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 0–2 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2013. Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

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Times are BST (UTC+1)

Semi-finals

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The fourth placed team in the Second Division (Forfar Athletic) played the ninth placed team in the First Division (Dunfermline Athletic) and the third placed team in the Second Division (Brechin City) played the second placed team in the Second Division (Alloa Athletic). The play-offs were played over two legs, the winning team in each semi-final advancing to the final.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Forfar Athletic 4–7 Dunfermline Athletic 3–1 1–6
Brechin City 3–4 Alloa Athletic 0–2 3–2

First legs


Forfar Athletic3 – 1Dunfermline Athletic
Robertson   34'
Templeman   37', 45'
BBC Sport Husband   84'
Attendance: 1,562
Referee: Allan

Brechin City0 – 2Alloa Athletic
BBC Sport McCord   40'
Moon   56'
Attendance: 582
Referee: Madden

Second legs


Dunfermline Athletic6 – 1 (a.e.t.)Forfar Athletic
Dunlop   36' (o.g.)
Thomson   62'
Millen   83' (pen.)
Smith   102'
Husband   110', 118'
BBC Sport Campbell   6',   85'  
McCulloch   15'
Dunlop   54'
Attendance: 4,252
Referee: O'Reilly

Alloa Athletic2 – 3Brechin City
Cawley   36'
Elliot   68'
BBC Sport Jackson   4', 90'
Trouten   52' (pen.)
Attendance: 856
Referee: Collum

Final

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The two semi-final winners played each other over two legs. The winning team was awarded a place in the 2013–14 First Division.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Alloa Athletic 3 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic 3 – 0 0 – 1

First leg


Alloa Athletic3 – 0Dunfermline Athletic
Tiffoney   27'
Elliot   45'
Moon   90'
BBC Sport
Attendance: 2,765
Referee: McLean

Second leg


Dunfermline Athletic1 – 0Alloa Athletic
Smith   72'
Husband   85'
BBC Sport
Attendance: 5,110
Referee: Thomson

References

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  1. ^ "Rangers: Airdrie United and Stranraer are promoted". BBC Sport. BBC. 16 July 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Dunfermline docked 15 points for going into interim administration". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 9 April 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2013.