2012–13 Cowdenbeath F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Cowdenbeath's first season back in the Scottish First Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2011–12 season.[3] Cowdenbeath also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Cowdenbeath
2012–13 season
ChairmanDonald Findlay
ManagerColin Cameron[1]
StadiumCentral Park
First DivisionEighth place (On-going)
Challenge CupSemi-final, lost to Partick Thistle
League CupFirst round, lost to Montrose
Scottish CupFourth round, lost to St Johnstone
Top goalscorerLeague:
Jamie Stevenson (8)

All:
Jamie Stevenson (11)
Highest home attendance2,507 v Dunfermline Athletic, 11 August 2012
Lowest home attendance370 v Hamilton Academical, 9 March 2013
Average home league attendanceLeague: 762[2]

Summary edit

Season edit

Cowdenbeath finished ninth in the Scottish First Division.[4] They reached the Semi-final of the Challenge Cup,[5] the first round of the League Cup[6] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.[7]

Results and fixtures edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season edit

6 July 2012[8] Friendly Elgin City 3 – 3 Cowdenbeath Borough Briggs
19:45 Miller   19'
Gunn   32'
Wyness   35'
Report Linton   38'
O'Brien   62'
Brett   75'
Attendance: 293
Referee: Ross
7 July 2012[8] Friendly Brora Rangers 2 – 4 Cowdenbeath Dudgeon Park
15:00 Baxter   68'
Mackay   84'
Report Milne   11'
McDonald   15'
Cameron   40'
Armstrong   90+'
Attendance: 90
Referee: Fraser
10 July 2012[9] Friendly (Closed Door) Berwick Rangers 1 – 3 Cowdenbeath Netherdale
Bryson   75' Report Stevenson   14', 41', 46'
17 July 2012[8] Friendly Selkirk 2 – 3 Cowdenbeath Yarrow Park
19:30 Gibson   53', 54' Report Coult   58', 75'
Stevenson   88'
Referee: Hogg
14 July 2012[10] Friendly Cowdenbeath 1 – 1 Aberdeen Central Park
15:00 McKenzie   15' Report Brown   42' Referee: Hilland

Scottish First Division edit

18 August 2012 Scottish First Division Dumbarton 0 – 3 Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 SFL Report Coult   9'
Stewart   17'
McKenzie   82' (Penalty)
Attendance: 695
Referee: Muir
1 September 2012 Scottish First Division Airdrie United 0 – 3 Cowdenbeath Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Warren   65' SFL Report Miller   5'
Coult   76'
McKenzie   85'
Attendance: 816
Referee: Salmond
15 September 2012 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath 3 – 4 Greenock Morton Central Park
15:00 Armstrong   40'
Ramsay   82'
Stevenson   90'
SFL Report Weatherson   12', 25'
Campbell   45'
O'Brien   54'
Attendance: 611
Referee: Finnie
22 September 2012 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle 2 – 1 Cowdenbeath Firhill Stadium
15:00 Muirhead   25' (Penalty)
Linton   70' (Own goal)
SFL Report Stevenson   49' Attendance: 2,510
Referee: Collum
29 September 2012 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath 1 – 1 Falkirk Central Park
15:00 Coult   18' SFL Report Weatherston   3' Attendance: 699
Referee: O'Reilly
20 October 2012 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath 4 – 4 Raith Rovers Central Park
15:00 Miller   6'
Stevenson   24'
Coult   78', 80'
SFL Report Graham   35'
Spence   45'
Clarke   81'
Mensing   90'
Attendance: 1,209
Referee: Madden
27 October 2012 Scottish First Division Dunfermline Athletic 3 – 0 Cowdenbeath East End Park
15:00 Cardle   28'
Armstrong   77' (o.g.)
Dargo   84'
SFL Report Attendance: 3,353
Referee: Clancy
10 November 2012 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath 0 – 1 Dumbarton Central Park
15:00 SFL Report Gilhaney   29' Attendance: 415
Referee: Tumilty
17 November 2012 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath 1 – 1 Airdrie United Central Park
15:00 Stewart   70' SFL Report Buchanan   77' Attendance: 423
Referee: Somers
15 December 2012 Scottish First Division Falkirk 2 – 0 Cowdenbeath Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Murdoch   33' (Penalty)
Taylor   42'
SFL Report Attendance: 2,647
Referee: Robertson
22 December 2012 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath 1 – 1 Livingston Central Park
15:00 McKenzie   1' SFL Report Scougall   70' Attendance: 409
Referee: Collum
29 December 2012 Scottish First Division Raith Rovers 2 – 2 Cowdenbeath Stark's Park
15:00 Hill   50'
Spence   53'
SFL Report Milne   9'
Stevenson   42' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,877
Referee: Murray
12 January 2013 Scottish First Division Hamilton Academical 2 – 1 Cowdenbeath New Douglas Park
15:00 Page   61'
May   65'
Neil   68'  
SFL Report Hemmings   24' Attendance: 1,021
Referee: Brines
19 January 2013 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath P – P Dunfermline Athletic Central Park
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to frozen pitch
26 January 2013 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle 2 – 1 Cowdenbeath Firhill Stadium
15:00 Craig   25'
Balatoni   44'
SFL Report Hemmings   9' Attendance: 2,543
Referee: Allan
2 February 2013 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath P – P Partick Thistle Central Park
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch
9 February 2013 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath 4 – 1 Falkirk Central Park
15:00 Armstrong   35', 73'
Hemmings   38'
Stevenson   90+1'
SFL Report Taylor   2' Attendance: 566
Referee: Finnie
12 February 2013 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath 4 – 2 Dunfermline Athletic Central Park
19:45 Milne   33'
Linton   75', 88'
Hemmings   81'
BBC Report Dowie   70'
Kirk   71'
Attendance: 1,330
Referee: Somers
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
26 February 2013 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath A – A Partick Thistle Central Park
19:45 Moore   4', 64' SFL Report Lawless   23' Attendance: 719
Referee: Charleston
Note: Abandoned due to fog[12]
2 March 2013 Scottish First Division Dumbarton 2 – 2 Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Prunty   66'
Agnew   84'
SFL Report Stevenson   11'
Moore   90'
Attendance: 742
Referee: Tumilty
16 March 2013 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath 3 – 2 Airdrie United Central Park
15:00 McKenzie   13'
Stewart   68'
Moore   88'
SFL Report Moore   12'
Kirkpatrick   82'
Attendance: 407
Referee: Norris
23 March 2013 Scottish First Division Greenock Morton 4 – 2 Cowdenbeath Cappielow
15:00 MacDonald   51' (Penalty), 54'
Taggart   63'
Hardie   71'
SFL Report Moore   13'
Stevenson   40'
Attendance: 1,533
Referee: Brines
27 March 2013 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath 0 – 3 Partick Thistle Central Park
19:45 O'Brien   70' SFL Report O'Donnell   24'
Doolan   30', 79'
Attendance: 716
Referee: Charleston
30 March 2013 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath 1 – 2 Partick Thistle Central Park
15:00 Moore   31' SFL Report Doolan   12', 62' Attendance: 1,214
Referee: Muir
6 April 2013 Scottish First Division Falkirk 4 – 0 Cowdenbeath Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Dods   69'
Sibbald   78'
Higgins   87' (Penalty), 89'
SFL Report Attendance: 2,539
Referee: Murray
9 April 2013 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath 2 – 2 Livingston Central Park
19:45 Stewart   35'
McKenzie   90'
SFL Report Watson   7'
Barr   71'
Attendance: 455
Referee: Allan
27 April 2013 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath 2 – 3 Dumbarton Central Park
15:00 Moore   15'
Miller   88'
SFL Report Agnew   35', 44' (Penalty)
Lister   39'
Attendance: 659
Referee: Finnie

Scottish Challenge Cup edit

14 August 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup round 2 Cowdenbeath 3 – 0 East Fife Central Park
19:45 Stevenson   44', 73'
Miller   67'
SFL Report Attendance: 466
Referee: Tumilty

Scottish League Cup edit

4 August 2012 Scottish League Cup round 1 Montrose 2 – 1 Cowdenbeath Links Park
15:00 Boyle   31'
Watson   43'
SFL Report McKenzie   90' Attendance: 312
Referee: Roache

Scottish Cup edit

3 November 2012 Scottish Cup round 3 Cowdenbeath 8 – 1 Vale of Leithen Central Park
14:00 Stewart   25', 31', 41'
Coult   47', 51'
McKenzie   49'
Ramsay   64'
Stevenson   78'
BBC Report Moffat   2' Attendance: 309
Referee: Salmond
17 December 2012 Scottish Cup round 4 Cowdenbeath 0 – 3 St Johnstone Central Park
19:45 BBC Report McCracken   54'
MacLean   76' (pen.)
Tadé   87'
Attendance: 809
Referee: Beaton

Player statistics edit

Captains edit

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
DF Mbu[13]   16 Club captain
DF Armstrong[13]   26 Vice-captain

Last updated: 7 May 2013
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

Last updated 7 May 2013[14][15]
No. Pos Nat Player Total First Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   ENG Thomas Flynn 36 0 30+0 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
GK   SCO Colin Stewart 5 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK   SCO Craig Wight 3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
GK   SCO Lee Wilson 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Kenny Adamson 38 1 32+0 0 4+0 1 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF   SCO John Armstrong 41 3 35+0 3 3+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF   SCO Steven Bennett 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Dean Brett 19 0 15+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF   ENG David Cowan 21 0 18+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF   SCO Scott Linton 30 3 22+3 3 3+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF   CMR Joe Mbu 19 0 11+2 0 2+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF   SCO Jason Naismith 5 0 3+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Thomas O'Brien 36 0 23+7 0 1+3 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Dean Brett 14 1 8+4 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Liam Caddis 3 1 3+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Liam Callaghan 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Colin Cameron 25 0 19+2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+2 0
MF   ESP Rubén García Rey 6 0 1+2 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Lee Makel 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Sean McAllister 9 0 9+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Kyle Miller 33 5 16+11 4 3+0 1 0+1 0 1+1 0
MF   SCO Lewis Milne 24 3 12+7 3 3+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
MF   ESP Albert Puigdollers 4 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Mark Ramsay 24 2 10+10 1 2+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 1
MF   SCO Jon Robertson 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Sam Stanton 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Jamie Stevenson 41 11 32+3 8 4+0 2 1+0 0 1+0 1
FW   SCO Lewis Coult 35 8 19+10 5 2+1 1 1+0 0 2+0 2
FW   SCO Liam Cusack 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   ENG Kane Hemmings 7 4 7+0 4 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Marc McKenzie 40 9 26+7 6 4+0 1 1+0 1 2+0 1
FW   SCO Craig Moore 12 7 11+1 7 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   ESP Pablo Navas 5 0 0+3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
FW   SCO Jack Nicholson 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Greg Stewart 29 8 17+8 5 2+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 3
FW   SKN Zephaniah Thomas 7 0 1+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0

Disciplinary record edit

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 7 May 2013
Nation Position Name First Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
                   
  GK Thomas Flynn 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
  GK Colin Stewart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GK Craig Wight 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GK Lee Wilson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Kenny Adamson 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
  DF John Armstrong 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
  DF Steven Bennett 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Dean Brett 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  DF David Cowan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  DF Scott Linton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Joe Mbu 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  DF Jason Naismith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Thomas O'Brien 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
  MF Dean Brett 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  MF Liam Caddis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Liam Callaghan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Colin Cameron 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
  MF Rubén García Rey 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
  MF Lee Makel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Sean McAllister 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  MF Kyle Miller 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  MF Lewis Milne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Albert Puigdollers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Mark Ramsay 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
  MF Jon Robertson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Sam Stanton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Jamie Stevenson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  FW Lewis Coult 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  FW Liam Cusack 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Kane Hemmings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Marc McKenzie 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  FW Craig Moore 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  FW Pablo Navas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Jack Nicholson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Greg Stewart 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW Zephaniah Thomas 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 relegation
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.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Dunfermline Athletic were deducted 15 points for entering administration.[16]

Division summary edit

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GroundHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAAHAAHHAHAHHAHHAHAAHA
ResultLWWWLLDDDLLDLLDDDDLLWWLDDDWLLLLDWLLW
Position10553455556667778888997889878999[a]87998
  1. ^ Dunfermline were deducted 15 points shortly prior to this fixture altering league standings. This was as a result of them entering administration.[18]
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2013. Source: [17]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers edit

References edit

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