2012–13 Arbroath F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Arbroath's second consecutive season in the Scottish Second Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Third Division at the end of the 2010–11 season.[1] Arbroath also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Arbroath
2012–13 season
ManagerPaul Sheerin
StadiumGayfield Park
Second DivisionFifth place
Challenge CupSemi-final, lost to Queen of the South
League CupSecond round, lost to Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Scottish CupFourth round, lost to Celtic
Top goalscorerLeague:
Steven Doris (11)

All:
Steven Doris (15)
Highest home attendance4,127 vs Celtic
Scottish Cup
12 December 2012
Lowest home attendance387 vs Stranraer
Second Division
21 November 2012

Summary edit

Season edit

Arbroath finished fifth in the Scottish Second Division.[2] They reached the Semi-final of the Challenge Cup,[3] the second round of the League Cup[4] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup,[5] losing to eventual champions Celtic.[6]

Results & fixtures edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season edit

7 July 2012 Friendly Cove Rangers 1 – 0 Arbroath Allan Park
14:00 Stott   Report
14 July 2012[7] Friendly Arbroath 1 – 5 Aberdeen Gayfield Park
15:00 Sibanda   89' (pen.) Record Report Fallon   34'
Magennis   49'
Megginson   55'
Paton   60'
Vernon   90' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,766
Referee: Somers
21 July 2012 Friendly Arbroath 3 – 1 Keith Gayfield Park
15:00 Sibanda    
Holmes  
Report[permanent dead link] Smith   Attendance: 320
Referee: Duncan
24 July 2012 Friendly Arbroath 1 – 0 Dundee United XI Gayfield Park
Rennie   Report Attendance: 322
Referee: Charleston

Scottish Second Division edit

11 August 2012 Scottish Second Division Stranraer 1 – 1 Arbroath Stair Park
15:00 Moore   22' SFL Report Gribben   45' Attendance: 290
Referee: Anderson
18 August 2012 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 4 – 2 Ayr United Gayfield Park
15:00 Holmes   45'
Kerr   46'
Gribben   72'
Rennie   83'
SFL Report Sinclair   22'
Holmes   67' (Own goal)
Attendance: 714
Referee: Northcroft
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 Queen of the South 6 – 0 Arbroath Palmerston Park
15:00 Gibson   17'
Clark   37'
Reilly   53', 64', 90'
Smith   87'
SFL Sport Attendance: 1,554
Referee: McKendrick
15 September 2012 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 2 – 0 East Fife Gayfield Park
15:00 Doris   26'
Holmes   28'
SFL Report Attendance: 624
Referee: Aitken
22 September 2012 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 1 – 1 Forfar Athletic Gayfield Park
15:00 Doris   52' (pen.) SFL Report Bolochoweckyj   4'
Bolochoweckyj   28'
Tulloch   62'
Attendance: 940
Referee: Roache
29 September 2012 Scottish Second Division Stenhousemuir 2 – 2 Arbroath Ochilview Park
15:00 Gemmell   46'
McKinlay   90'
SFL Report
SFC Report
Sibanda   61'
Currie   90'
Attendance: 633
Referee: McDermott
6 October 2012 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 3 – 1 Brechin City Gayfield Park
15:00 Keddie   24'
Currie   75'
Holmes   86'
SFL Report McKenna   51' Attendance: 854
Referee: Hilland
20 October 2012 Scottish Second Division Albion Rovers 4 – 0 Arbroath Cliftonhill
15:00 Crawford   16', 90'
Howarth   72'
Stevenson   77' (pen.)
SFL Report Currie   90'   Attendance: 313
Referee: Cook
27 October 2012 Scottish Second Division Ayr United 2 – 0 Arbroath Somerset Park
15:00 MacKinnon   16'
Moffat   90'
SFL Report Attendance: 1,062
Referee: Dallas
17 November 2012 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 2 – 3 Queen of the South Gayfield Park
15:00 Doris   45' (pen.), 90+2' (pen.) SFL Report Clark   22'
Higgins   28'
Durnan   60'
Attendance: 691
Referee: Roache
21 November 2012 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 2 – 1 Stranraer Gayfield Park
19:45 Currie   23'
Doris   90'
SFL Report Love   46' Attendance: 387
Referee: Northcroft
24 November 2012 Scottish Second Division East Fife 2 – 1 Arbroath Bayview Stadium
15:00 Jamieson   13'
McBride   46'
SFL Report Currie   43' Attendance: 570
Referee: Cook
8 December 2012 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 2 – 2 Stenhousemuir Gayfield Park
15:00 Doris   10'
Malcolm   51'
SFL Report Smith   3'
Kean   90+2'
Attendance: 647
Referee: McKendrick
15 December 2012 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 1 – 1 Arbroath Station Park
15:00 Hilson   74' SFL Report Holmes   90+2' Attendance: 719
Referee: Brines
26 December 2012 Scottish Second Division Brechin City 3 – 2 Arbroath Glebe Park
15:00 Malcolm   8' (Own goal)
McLean   35'
Trouten   61'
SFL Report Sheerin   57'
Doris   64' (pen.)
Attendance: 978
Referee: Hilland
29 December 2012 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 2 – 1 Albion Rovers Gayfield Park
15:00 Holmes   19'
Doris   90+4' (pen.)
SFL Report Donnelly   27' Attendance: 569
Referee: Beaton
2 January 2013 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 1 – 0 East Fife Gayfield Park
15:00 Sheerin   53' SFL Report Johnstone   47' Attendance: 813
Referee: Robertson
5 January 2013 Scottish Second Division Queen of the South 5 – 1 Arbroath Palmerston Park
15:00 Durnan   20'
Lyle   54'
Clark   58', 84'
Carmichael   65'
McKenna   81'
BBC Sport Doris   18' Attendance: 1,693
Referee: Finnie
12 January 2013 Scottish Second Division Arbroath P – P Alloa Athletic Gayfield Park
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch
19 January 2013 Scottish Second Division Stranraer P – P Arbroath Stair Park
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to frozen pitch
26 January 2013 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 3 – 1 Forfar Athletic Gayfield Park
15:00 Sibanda   8'
Bayne   17', 56'
SFL Report Campbell   72' (pen.)
Robertson   79'
Attendance: 843
Referee: Somers
2 February 2013 Scottish Second Division Stenhousemuir 1 – 0 Arbroath Ochilview Park
15:00 Gemmell   45' SFL Sport Attendance: 459
Referee: Anderson
19 February 2013 Scottish Second Division Stranraer 2 – 0 Arbroath Stair Park
19:45 Morrison   21' (Own goal)
Love   58'
SFL Report Attendance: 169
Referee: Aitken
23 February 2013 Scottish Second Division Alloa Athletic 0 – 1 Arbroath Recreation Park
15:00 SFL Report Holmes   41' Attendance: 451
Referee: Finnie
27 February 2013 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 1 – 2 Alloa Athletic Gayfield Park
19:45 Malcolm   64' SFL Report McCord   19' (pen.)
Cawley   89'
Attendance: 471
Referee: Somers
2 March 2013 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 1 – 4 Ayr United Gayfield Park
15:00 Homes   2'
Kerr   54'  
SFL Report Moffat   41' (pen.), 43', 72' (pen.), 75' Attendance: 651
Referee: Dallas
9 March 2013 Scottish Second Division East Fife 0 – 1 Arbroath Bayview Stadium
15:00 SFL Report Bayne   85' Attendance: 426
Referee: Cook
23 March 2013 Scottish Second Division Arbroath P – P Stenhousemuir Gayfield Park
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to high winds
30 March 2013 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 2 – 4 Arbroath Station Park
15:00 Denholm   30'
Templeman   77'
SFL Report Doris   7'
Hamilton   56'
Travis   73'
Sheerin   89'
Attendance: 770
Referee: Anderson
6 April 2013 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 2 – 1 Albion Rovers Gayfield Park
15:00 Doris   83' (pen.)
Keddie   89'
SFL Report Walker   55'
Russell   82'
Attendance: 555
Referee: Madden
20 April 2013 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 1 – 0 Stranraer Gayfield Park
15:00 Sheerin   25' SFL Report Attendance: 562
Referee: Cook
27 April 2013 Scottish Second Division Ayr United 0 – 1 Arbroath Somerset Park
15:00 SFL Report Smith   60' Attendance: 834
Referee: Aitken

Scottish Challenge Cup edit

28 July 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup round 1 Elgin City 5 – 7 Arbroath Borough Briggs
15:00 Gunn   19'
Leslie   50', 89'
Moore   52'
Wyness   87'
SFL Report Sibanda   16', 27', 43'
Doris   21'
Gribben   45', 66' (71), pen.'
Attendance: 561
Referee: Colvin
14 August 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup round 2 Arbroath 3 – 2 Forfar Athletic Gayfield Park
Currie   22'
Gribben   35', 38'
SFL Report Swankie   30'
Gibson   44'
Campbell   62'  
Attendance: 732
Referee: Charleston
9 September 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup QF Arbroath 1 – 0 Stenhousemuir Gayfield Park
15:00 Robertson   34' SFL Report Gemmell   49' Attendance: 623
Referee: Colvin
14 October 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup SF Queen of the South 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Arbroath Palmerston Park
15:00 Young   9'
McGuffie   117'
SFL Report Keddie   58' Attendance: 2,310
Referee: Clancy

Scottish League Cup edit

Scottish Cup edit

3 November 2012 Scottish Cup round 3 Inverurie Loco Works 3 – 3 Arbroath Harlaw Park
15:00 Bain   67'
Gauld   86', 90'
BBC Report Doris   5' (pen.)
Currie   23'
Gribben   58'
Attendance: 732
Referee: Aitken
10 November 2012 Scottish Cup round 3 replay Arbroath 3 – 1 Inverurie Loco Works Gayfield Park
15:00 Kerr   36'
Holmes   38'
Doris   47'
BBC Report McLean   74'
Gauld   90'
Attendance: 1,108
Referee: Aitken
1 December 2012 Scottish Cup round 4 Celtic 1 – 1 Arbroath Celtic Park
15:00 Keddie   36' (o.g.) BBC Report Doris   87' Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Charleston
12 December 2012 Scottish Cup round 4 replay Arbroath 0 – 1 Celtic Gayfield Park
19:45 BBC Report Matthews   18' Attendance: 4,127
Referee: Charleston

Player statistics edit

Squad edit

Last updated 11 May 2013[8]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Second Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   ENG Tony Bullock 11 0 9+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
GK   SCO Darren Hill 8 0 5+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
GK   SCO Scott Morrison 28 0 22+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
DF   SCO Scott Adams 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Mark Baxter 41 0 31+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
DF   SCO Kieron Brennan 6 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF   SCO Colin Hamilton 38 2 32+0 2 2+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
DF   SCO Alex Keddie 46 3 36+0 2 4+0 1 2+0 0 4+0 0
DF   SCO Stuart Malcolm 27 2 16+5 2 2+0 0 0+1 0 3+0 0
DF   RSA Michael Travis 23 2 19+0 2 1+1 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG David Banjo 14 0 5+5 0 0+1 0 1+1 0 0+1 0
MF   SCO Connor Birse 11 0 3+5 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
MF   SCO Ross Chisholm 17 0 17+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Paul Currie 27 8 12+6 5 3+0 1 2+0 1 4+0 1
MF   SCO Brian Kerr 38 2 28+1 1 4+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 1
MF   SCO Scott Robertson 34 1 24+2 0 3+0 1 1+0 0 3+1 0
MF   SCO Paul Sheerin 41 4 30+2 4 2+1 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
MF   SCO Patrick Smith 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Marcus Watt 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Joe Prince-Wright 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Graham Bayne 16 3 10+6 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Steven Doris 42 15 32+0 11 3+1 1 2+0 0 4+0 3
FW   SCO Jordan Elfverson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Darren Gribben 26 8 10+7 2 2+2 5 2+0 0 2+1 1
FW   SCO Derek Holmes 41 9 19+12 8 2+2 0 1+1 0 3+1 1
MF   SCO Jake Mair 4 0 1+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Danny Rennie 33 1 7+17 1 3+1 0 0+1 0 0+4 0
FW   SCO Dayle Robertson 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Lee Sibanda 37 5 17+11 2 2+2 3 1+1 0 1+2 0
FW   SCO Euan Smith 14 2 9+5 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record edit

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 11 May 2013
Nation Position Name Second Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
                   
  GK Tony Bullock 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  GK Darren Hill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GK Scott Morrison 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Scott Adams 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  DF Mark Baxter 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
  DF Kieron Brennan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Colin Hamilton 6 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 9 0
  DF Alex Keddie 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
  DF Stuart Malcolm 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
  DF Michael Travis 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
  MF David Banjo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  MF Connor Birse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Ross Chisholm 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  MF Paul Currie 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 1
  MF Brian Kerr 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 1
  MF Scott Robertson 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 9 0
  MF Paul Sheerin 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  MF Patrick Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Marcus Watt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Joe Prince-Wright 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Graham Bayne 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
  FW Steven Doris 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  FW Jordan Elfverson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Darren Gribben 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
  FW Derek Holmes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Jake Mair 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW Danny Rennie 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
  FW Dayle Robertson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Lee Sibanda 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
  FW Euan Smith 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

Team statistics edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
3 Brechin City 36 19 4 13 72 59 +13 61 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
4 Forfar Athletic 36 17 3 16 67 74 −7 54
5 Arbroath 36 15 7 14 47 57 −10 52
6 Stenhousemuir 36 12 13 11 59 59 0 49
7 Ayr United 36 12 5 19 53 65 −12 41
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division summary edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHAAHHAHAAHHAHAAHHAHAAHAAHHAHAHHAHAH
ResultDWWLWDDWLLLWLDDLWWLWLWLLWLLWDWDWLWWL
Position421433334464554655544445455554445445
Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2013. Source: [9]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers edit

References edit

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