2012–13 Berwick Rangers F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Berwick Rangers's eighth consecutive season in the Scottish Third Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2004–05 season.[2] Berwick also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.[3]

Berwick Rangers
2012–13 season
ChairmanBrian Porteous
ManagerIan Little
StadiumShielfield Park
Third DivisionFourth place
Challenge CupFirst round, lost to Queen's Park
League CupFirst round, lost to Raith Rovers
Scottish CupThird round, lost to Stenhousemuir
Top goalscorerLeague:
Darren Lavery (17)

All:
Darren Lavery (20)
Highest home attendance4,476 vs Rangers Third Division, 23 February 2013
Lowest home attendance372 vs Queen's Park Challenge Cup, 28 July 2012
Average home league attendanceLeague: 917[1]

Summary edit

Season edit

Berwick Rangers finished fourth in the Scottish Third Division,[4] entering the play-offs losing 3–2 to East Fife on aggregate in the Semi-final.[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.[3]

Results & fixtures edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season edit

21 July 2012[9] Friendly Berwick Rangers 2 – 1 Livingston Shielfield Park
14:00 Currie     Report McNulty  
24 July 2012[10] Friendly Berwick Rangers 1 – 2 Dunfermline Athletic Shielfield Park
19:30 Ferguson   3' Report Kirk   20' (Penalty)
Barrowman  
Attendance: 250
Referee: Salmond

Scottish Third Division edit

11 August 2012 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 0 – 0 Elgin City Shielfield Park
15:00 SFL Report Moore   23' Attendance: 539
Referee: Hilland
18 August 2012 Scottish Third Division Annan Athletic 3 – 2 Berwick Rangers Galabank Stadium
15:00 Chaplain   56' (Penalty), 59'
Love   61'
SFL Report Addison   14'
McLaren   25'
Attendance: 512
Referee: Ross
26 August 2012 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 1 – 1 Rangers Shielfield Park
12:00 McLaren   62' SFL Report Little   45' Attendance: 4,140
Referee: Tumilty
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 Montrose 3 – 1 Berwick Rangers Links Park
15:00 McIntosh   29', 77'
Gray   31'
SFL Report Lavery   45' Attendance: 258
Referee: Robertson
22 September 2012 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 4 – 1 Stirling Albion Shielfield Park
15:00 Currie   17'
Lavery   45'
Ferguson   62', 88'
SFL Report White   75' Attendance: 544
Referee: Ross
6 October 2012 Scottish Third Division Peterhead 1 – 0 Berwick Rangers Balmoor
15:00 Maguire   77' SFL Report Attendance: 455
Referee: Graham
20 October 2012 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 2 – 1 Clyde Shielfield Park
15:00 Hoskins   43'
Notman   77'
SFL Report Watt   41'
Gray   63'  
Attendance: 546
Referee: Somers
27 October 2012 Scottish Third Division Queen's Park 1 – 1 Berwick Rangers Hampden Park
15:00 Quinn   34' SFL Report Lavery   32' Attendance: 487
Referee: McKendrick
10 November 2012 Scottish Third Division Elgin City 3 – 1 Berwick Rangers Borough Briggs
15:00 Nicolson   16'
Leslie   25'
Wyness   90'
SFL Report Gray   19' Attendance: 790
Referee: Cook
17 November 2012 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 3 – 1 Annan Athletic Shielfield Park
15:00 Lavery   24'
Gray   44'
Hoskins   54'
SFL Report Ramage   90' Attendance: 460
Referee: Anderson
1 December 2012 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 1 – 4 Montrose Shielfield Park
15:00 Lavery   9' SFL Report McIntosh   11'
Winter   22'
Johnston   80'
Young   84'
Attendance: 484
Referee: Aitken
8 December 2012 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 1 – 1 Peterhead Shielfield Park
15:00 Lavery   58' SFL Report McLaughlin   26' Attendance: 396
Referee: Robertson
15 December 2012 Scottish Third Division Stirling Albion 6 – 3 Berwick Rangers Forthbank Stadium
15:00 Day   17'
Thom   26'
White   37', 80' (Penalty)
Ferry   45+2'
Weir   83'
SFL Report Lavery   24'
Currie   30', 58'
Attendance: 427
Referee: Newlands
29 December 2012 Scottish Third Division Clyde 2 – 1 Berwick Rangers Broadwood Stadium
15:00 Brydon   50' (Own goal)
Watt   89'
SFL Report Carse   3' Attendance: 427
Referee: Aitken
2 January 2013 Scottish Third Division Montrose 1 – 3 Berwick Rangers Links Park
15:00 Young   39' SFL Report Lavery   25'
McLaren   74'
McDonald   90+1'
Attendance: 434
Referee: Duncan
12 January 2013 Scottish Third Division Rangers 4 – 2 Berwick Rangers Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Little   9', 47', 74'
Templeton   53'
BBC
Sky Sports
Gray   65'
McLaren   73'
Attendance: 44,976
Referee: McLean
19 January 2013 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers P – P Elgin City Shielfield Park
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to frozen pitch
2 February 2013 Scottish Third Division Peterhead 1 – 1 Berwick Rangers Balmoor
15:00 McAllister   5' SFL Report Lavery   6' Attendance: 432
Referee: Roache
9 February 2013 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 3 – 3 Clyde Shielfield Park
15:00 Lavery   46', 63'
McLaren   49'
SFL Report Sharp   27'
Sweeney   58'
Scullion   79'
Attendance: 507
Referee: Newlands
16 February 2013 Scottish Third Division Queen's Park 2 – 1 Berwick Rangers Hampden Park
15:00 Longworth   24'
McParland   61'
Keenan   73'  
SFL Report Lavery   8'
McDonald   55'
Notman   83'  
Attendance: 462
Referee: Walsh
23 February 2013 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 1 – 3 Rangers Shielfield Park
12:00 Argyriou   6' (Own goal) SFL Report Shiels   9' (Penalty)
Little   45+1'
Faure   66'
Attendance: 4,476
Referee: Murray
26 February 2013 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 2 – 1 Elgin City Shielfield Park
19:45 Lavery   59'
Dalziel   74'
SFL Report Gunn   3' Attendance: 382
Referee: Hilland
2 March 2013 Scottish Third Division Annan Athletic 2 – 2 Berwick Rangers Galabank
15:00 Love   62'
Chaplain   70'
SFL Report Dalziel   14'
McLaren   67'
Attendance: 427
Referee: Aitken
9 March 2013 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 4 – 0 Montrose Shielfield Park
14:00 McLaren   12', 52', 70'
Carse   90+1'
SFL Report Crawford   69'   Attendance: 478
Referee: Steven
6 April 2013 Scottish Third Division Clyde 2 – 1 Berwick Rangers Broadwood Stadium
15:00 Watt   39'
Sweeney   86'
SFL Report Notman   53' Attendance: 472
Referee: Dallas
13 April 2013 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 4 – 1 Queen's Park Shielfield Park
15:00 Notman   10', 50'
Lavery   13'
Currie   25'
SFL Report Urquhart   4' Attendance: 623
Referee: Tumilty
20 April 2013 Scottish Third Division Elgin City 1 – 2 Berwick Rangers Borough Briggs
15:00 Leslie   7' (Penalty) SFL Report Lavery   65'
McDonald   75'
Attendance: 870
Referee: Anderson
27 April 2013 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 0 – 2 Annan Athletic Shielfield Park
15:00 Currie   87'   SFL Report Chaplain   45'
McNiff   90+3'
Attendance: 627
Referee: Newlands

Second Division play-offs edit

8 May 2013 Play-offs SF R1 Berwick Rangers 1 – 1 East Fife Shielfield Park
20:00 Lavery   72' SFL Report Muir   44' Attendance: 732
Referee: Salmond
11 May 2013 Play-offs SF R2 East Fife 2 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(3 – 2 agg.)
Berwick Rangers Bayview Stadium
15:00 McDonald   78' (Own goal)
Gormley   119'
SFL Report Lavery   61' (Penalty) Attendance: 856
Referee: Colvin

Scottish Challenge Cup edit

28 July 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup round 1 Berwick Rangers 2 – 2 (a.e.t.)
(2 – 3 p)
Queen's Park Shielfield Park
15:00 Janczyk   76'
McDonald   113'
SFL Report Quinn   54', 101' Attendance: 372
Referee: Robertson
Penalties
McDonald  
Currie  
Stevenson  
McLaren  
Addison  
Miller  
Quinn  
Keenan  
Shankland  
Longworth  
Little  
Parry  

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

Scottish Cup edit

29 September 2012 Scottish Cup round 2 Berwick Rangers 1 – 0 Wick Academy Shielfield Park
15:00 Currie   84' (Penalty) SKY Report Attendance: 423
Referee: Campbell
3 November 2012 Scottish Cup round 3 Stenhousemuir 1 – 1 Berwick Rangers Ochilview Park
15:00 Kean   78'
McKinlay   83'  
BBC Report Currie   32' Attendance: 439
Referee: Robertson
13 November 2012 Scottish Cup round 3 Replay Berwick Rangers 2 – 5 Stenhousemuir Shielfield Park
19:45 Currie   11' (pen.),   87'  
Lavery   66'
BBC Report Smith   39', 86'
Gemmell   48'
Kean   52', 56'
Attendance: 402
Referee: Robertson

Player statistics edit

Squad edit

Last updated 13 May 2013 [11][12]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Third Division Other[a] League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO Youssef Bejaoui 17 0 12+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
GK   SCO Marc McCallum 19 0 17+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK   ENG Ian McCaldon 7 0 7+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Ross Brady 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Dean Droudge 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Ross Gray 11 4 7+2 4 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF   RSA Devon Jacobs 40 0 30+3 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
DF   ENG Marc Lancaster 3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Andy McLean 20 0 13+3 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Steven Notman 32 4 24+3 4 2+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
DF   SCO Chris Townsley 36 0 32+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
MF   SCO Phil Addison 18 2 5+10 1 0+2 0 1+0 1 0+0 0
MF   SCO Dougie Brydon 34 0 28+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
MF   SCO Lee Currie 40 10 32+1 5 2+1 0 1+0 2 3+0 3
MF   ESP Alberto Garcia Arena 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Damian Gielty 36 0 24+6 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 0+2 0
MF   SCO Dean Hoskins 24 3 19+1 3 1+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
MF   SCO Neil Janczyk 36 2 27+3 1 3+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 0
MF   SCO Kevin McDonald 39 4 27+5 3 2+1 1 1+0 0 2+1 0
MF   SCO Fraser McLaren 37 10 24+7 10 3+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
MF   SCO Ben Miller 2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Craig Stevenson 4 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Dean Carse 13 2 2+11 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Scott Dalziel 19 3 11+6 3 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Dylan Easton 18 2 13+3 2 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO John Ferguson 15 2 5+6 2 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+3 0
FW   SCO Darren Lavery 40 20 29+5 17 2+1 2 0+0 0 3+0 1
FW   SCO Ian Little 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Stuart Noble 9 0 2+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+2 0
FW   SCO Kenny O'Brien 4 0 0+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Greig Smith 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Josh Morris 8 0 0+7 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the play-offs and the Challenge Cup.

Disciplinary record edit

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 13 May 2013
Nation Position Name Third Division Other League Cup Scottish Cup Total
                   
  GK Youssef Bejaoui 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GK Marc McCallum 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  GK Ian McCaldon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Ross Brady 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Dean Droudge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Ross Gray 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  DF Devon Jacobs 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
  DF Marc Lancaster 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
  DF Andy McLean 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Steven Notman 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 2
  DF Chris Townsley 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
  MF Phil Addison 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Dougie Brydon 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
  MF Lee Currie 10 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 14 2
  MF Alberto Garcia Arena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Damian Gielty 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  MF Dean Hoskins 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
  MF Neil Janczyk 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  MF Kevin McDonald 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
  MF Fraser McLaren 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
  MF Craig Stevenson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Dean Carse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Scott Dalziel 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  FW Dylan Easton 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
  FW John Ferguson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW Darren Lavery 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  FW Ian Little 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Stuart Noble 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW Kenny O'Brien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Greig Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Josh Morris 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 Promotion or qualification
2 Peterhead 36 17 8 11 52 28 +24 59 Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs
3 Queen's Park 36 16 8 12 60 54 +6 56
4 Berwick Rangers 36 14 7 15 59 55 +4 49
5 Elgin City 36 13 10 13 67 69 −2 49
6 Montrose 36 12 11 13 60 68 −8 47
Source: SPFL archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division summary edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHHAHAHAAHAHHAAAAAAHAHHAHHHAHAAHAHA
ResultDLDWLWLWDLWWLDLLWWLDDLLWDWWWWLLLWWLL
Position689666656775556766777786654434554444
Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 2013. Source: [13]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers edit

References edit

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