2012–13 Ross County F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Ross County's first season in the Scottish Premier League, having been promoted as champions of the Scottish First Division at the end of 2011–12 season.[2] They also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Ross County
2012–13 season
ChairmanRoy MacGregor
ManagerDerek Adams
StadiumVictoria Park
Premier LeagueFifth place
League CupSecond round, lost to Raith Rovers
Scottish CupFourth round, lost to Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Top goalscorerLeague:
Richard Brittain (9)

All:
Richard Brittain (10)
Highest home attendance6,110 vs Celtic, 18 August 2012
Lowest home attendance2,837 vs St Mirren, 27 November 2012
Average home league attendanceLeague: 4,429[1]

Summary edit

Season edit

During season 2012–13 Ross County finished fifth in the Scottish Premier League.[3] They reached the second round of the League Cup[4] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.[5]

Results and fixtures edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season edit

4 July 2012[6] Friendly Brora Rangers 1 – 3 Ross County Dudgeon Park
19:30 Baxter   36' Report Kettlewell   14'
Brittain   25'
Morrow   38'
Referee: Ross
21 July 2012[8] Friendly Elgin City 1 – 4 Ross County Borough Briggs
19:30 Gunn   37' Record Report
Report
Boyd   8'
Glen   20'
McMenamin   25'
Duffy   39' (Own goal)
Attendance: 516
27 July 2012[6] Friendly FC Den Bosch 2 – 1 Ross County De Vliert
19:00 (Local Time) McMenamin  

Scottish Premier League edit

4 August 2012 Scottish Premier League Ross County 0 – 0 Motherwell Victoria Park
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 4,828
Referee: Muir
11 August 2012 Scottish Premier League Aberdeen 0 – 0 Ross County Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 14,010
Referee: Norris
18 August 2012 Scottish Premier League Ross County 1 – 1 Celtic Victoria Park
12:15 Brittain   49' BBC Report Commons   90+3' Attendance: 6,110
Referee: Thomson
25 August 2012 Scottish Premier League Dundee 0 – 1 Ross County Dens Park
15:00 BBC Report Brittain   72' (Penalty) Attendance: 4,905
Referee: McLean
1 September 2012 Scottish Premier League Ross County 0 – 0 Kilmarnock Victoria Park
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 4,006
Referee: Beaton
14 September 2012 Scottish Premier League Dundee United 0 – 0 Ross County Tannadice
19:45 BBC Report Attendance: 6,892
Referee: Collum
22 September 2012 Scottish Premier League Ross County 1 – 2 St Johnstone Victoria Park
15:00 Morrow   68' BBC Report Craig   30'
Vine   30'
Wright   86'
Attendance: 4,094
Referee: Allan
29 September 2012 Scottish Premier League St Mirren 5 – 4 Ross County St Mirren Park
15:00 Thompson   39', 89'
Guy   54' (Penalty)
Parkin   59'
McLean   64'
BBC Report Vigurs   11'
Munro   45'
Quinn   79', 80'
Attendance: 3,706
Referee: Mclean
20 October 2012 Scottish Premier League Ross County 3 – 2 Hibernian Victoria Park
15:00 Kettlewell   9'
Vigurs   34'
McMenamin   83'
BBC Report Griffiths   6'
McPake   45'
Attendance: 4,070
Referee: McLean
3 November 2012 Scottish Premier League Ross County 2 – 1 Aberdeen Victoria Park
15:00 Reynolds   37' (o.g.)
Ross   49'
BBC Report McGinn   77' Attendance: 6,064
Referee: Thomson
10 November 2012 Scottish Premier League Kilmarnock 3 – 0 Ross County Rugby Park
15:00 Heffernan   66', 82'
Harkins   77'
BBC Report Attendance: 4,012
Referee: Madden
17 November 2012 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 1 – 1 Ross County McDiarmid Park
15:00 Mackay   51' BBC Report Craig   70' (Own goal) Attendance: 3,037
Referee: Collum
24 November 2012 Scottish Premier League Ross County 1 – 2 Dundee United Victoria Park
15:00 Vigurs   49' BBC Report Russell   52'
Armstrong   64'
Attendance: 3,930
Referee: Brines
27 November 2012 Scottish Premier League Ross County 0 – 0 St Mirren Victoria Park
19:45 BBC Report Attendance: 2,837
Referee: McLean
8 December 2012 Scottish Premier League Motherwell 3 – 2 Ross County Fir Park
15:00 Higdon   25'
Law   46'
Lasley   82'
BBC Report Quinn   17', 70' Attendance: 3,739
Referee: Murray
15 December 2012 Scottish Premier League Ross County 1 – 1 Dundee Victoria Park
15:00 Glen   74' BBC Report Davidson   37' Attendance: 3,129
Referee: Muir
22 December 2012 Scottish Premier League Celtic 4 – 0 Ross County Celtic Park
15:00 Brown   46'
Hooper   53', 64'
Forrest   70'
BBC Report Attendance: 49,428
Referee: Norris
26 December 2012 Scottish Premier League Hibernian 0 – 1 Ross County Easter Road
15:00 BBC Report Brittain   57' Attendance: 8,980
Referee: Beaton
29 December 2012 Scottish Premier League Ross County P – P Heart of Midlothian Victoria Park
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch
19 January 2013 Scottish Premier League St Mirren 1 – 4 Ross County St Mirren Park
12:45 Thompson   50' BBC Report Brittain   22'
Morrow   67'
Sproule   71', 74'
Attendance: 3,802
Referee: Norris
30 January 2013 Scottish Premier League Ross County 1 – 0 Hibernian Victoria Park
19:45 Sproule   36' BBC Report Attendance: 3,055
Referee: Madden
2 February 2013 Scottish Premier League Ross County 2 – 2 Heart of Midlothian Victoria Park
15:00 Quinn   20'
Vigurs   90+2'
BBC Report Ngoo   31'
Walker   63'
Attendance: 3,903
Referee: Finnie
8 February 2013 Scottish Premier League Dundee 0 – 2 Ross County Dens Park
19:45 BBC Report Lawson   80'
Glen   90+3'
Attendance: 4,726
Referee: McKendrick
16 February 2013 Scottish Premier League Ross County 1 – 0 St Johnstone Victoria Park
15:00 Sproule   11' BBC Report Attendance: 3,516
Referee: Beaton
23 February 2013 Scottish Premier League Ross County 3 – 0 Motherwell Victoria Park
15:00 Sproule   34'
Brittain   71'
Vigurs   89'
BBC Report Attendance: 3,797
Referee: Collum
26 February 2013 Scottish Premier League Aberdeen 0 – 1 Ross County Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 BBC Report Glen   81' Attendance: 6,394
Referee: Allan
9 March 2013 Scottish Premier League Ross County 3 – 2 Celtic Victoria Park
15:00 Munro   30'
Morrow   36'
Wohlfarth   90+1'
BBC Report Mulgrew   15'
Hooper   21'
Attendance: 6,031
Referee: Collum
30 March 2013 Scottish Premier League Ross County 0 – 1 Kilmarnock Victoria Park
15:00 BBC Report Fowler   2' Attendance: 3,782
Referee: Norris
6 April 2013 Scottish Premier League Heart of Midlothian 4 – 2 Ross County Tynecastle Stadium
12:00 Ngoo   49', 84'
Holt   79'
Ikonomou   80' (Own goal)
BBC Report Wohlfarth   22', 54' Attendance: 10,456
Referee: Muir
21 April 2013 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 2 – 2 Ross County McDiarmid Park
16:00 MacLean   6'
Davidson   25'
BBC Report Brittain   15' (Penalty), 76' (Penalty) Attendance: 2,444
Referee: Collum
26 April 2013 Scottish Premier League Ross County 1 – 0 Dundee United Victoria Park
19:35 Sproule   54' BBC Report Douglas   65' Attendance: 3,183
Referee: Clancy
5 May 2013 Scottish Premier League Ross County 1 – 1 Celtic Victoria Park
Vigurs   41' BBC Report Stokes   4' Attendance: 5,873
Referee: Mclean
12 May 2013 Scottish Premier League Motherwell 2 – 0 Ross County Fir Park
16:05 McFadden   8'
Humphrey   45'
BBC Report Attendance: 7,734
Referee: Thomson

Scottish League Cup edit

28 August 2012 Scottish League Cup round 2 Ross County 1 – 4 Raith Rovers Victoria Park
19:45 Duncan   84' BBC Report Spence   25'
Graham   41', 63'
Hill   51'
Attendance: 1,147
Referee: Mckendrick

Scottish Cup edit

1 December 2012 Scottish Cup round 4 Ross County 3 – 3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Victoria Park
12:15 Quinn   49'
Vigurs   86'
Brittain   90+3'
BBC Report McKay   30'
Foran   74'
Roberts   90+5'
Attendance: 5,077
Referee: Craig Thomson

Player statistics edit

Captains edit

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
10 MF Richard Brittain[9]   36 Club captain

Last updated: 19 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

[10][11]Last updated 19 May 2013
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   SCO Michael Fraser 24 0 24+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF   ENG Jon Bateson 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
3 MF   SCO Marc Fitzpatrick 23 0 18+2 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF   SUI Branislav Mićić 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF   SCO Grant Munro 38 2 36+1 2 0+0 0 0+1 0
5 DF   SCO Scott Boyd 38 0 34+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
6 DF   SCO Ross Tokely 19 0 14+3 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
7 MF   SCO Stuart Kettlewell 27 2 19+6 2 0+0 0 2+0 0
8 MF   SCO Paul Lawson 23 2 20+2 2 1+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW   SCO Colin McMenamin 20 1 11+8 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
10 MF   SCO Richard Brittain 36 10 34+0 9 0+0 0 2+0 1
11 MF   SCO Iain Vigurs 39 9 37+0 7 0+0 0 2+0 2
12 MF   SCO Rocco Quinn 33 6 31+0 5 0+0 0 2+0 1
13 GK   SCO Joe Malin 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 DF   CAN André Hainault 8 1 5+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF   SCO Martin Scott 16 0 9+6 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
15 MF   SCO Mark Corcoran 5 0 2+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 FW   GER Steffen Wohlfarth 16 3 6+10 3 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 FW   SCO Steven Craig 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 MF   NIR Ivan Sproule 14 6 14+0 6 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 FW   NIR Sam Morrow 25 3 17+6 3 1+0 0 1+0 0
18 MF   SCO Russell Duncan 4 1 1+2 0 1+0 1 0+0 0
18 DF   GRE Evangelos Ikonomou 18 0 18+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 FW   IRL Kurtis Byrne 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
19 GK   SCO Paul Gallacher 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 FW   SCO Gary Glen 28 3 6+20 3 1+0 0 1+0 0
21 MF   SCO Alex Cooper 16 0 7+8 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
22 DF   SUI Mihael Kovacevic 33 0 28+2 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
24 MF   SCO Steven Ross 11 1 4+5 1 0+0 0 0+2 0
25 GK   SCO Mark Brown 16 0 13+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
29 MF   SCO Mark Fotheringham 16 0 12+2 0 0+0 0 1+1 0

Disciplinary record edit

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 19 May 2013
Number Nation Position Name Premier League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
               
1   GK Michael Fraser 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2   DF Jon Bateson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   MF Marc Fitzpatrick 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
4   DF Grant Munro 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
5   DF Scott Boyd 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
6   DF Ross Tokely 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
7   MF Stuart Kettlewell 7 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
8   MF Paul Lawson 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
9   FW Colin McMenamin 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
10   MF Richard Brittain 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
11   MF Iain Vigurs 8 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
12   MF Rocco Quinn 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
13   GK Joe Malin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13   DF André Hainault 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14   MF Martin Scott 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
15   MF Mark Corcoran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15   FW Steffen Wohlfarth 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
16   FW Steven Craig 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16   MF Ivan Sproule 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17   FW Sam Morrow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18   MF Russell Duncan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18   DF Evangelos Ikonomou 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
19   FW Kurtis Byrne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19   GK Paul Gallacher 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20   FW Gary Glen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21   MF Alex Cooper 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
22   DF Mihael Kovacevic 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
24   MF Steven Ross 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25   GK Mark Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29   MF Mark Fotheringham 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
3   DF Branislav Mićić 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Team statistics edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 St Johnstone 38 14 14 10 45 44 +1 56 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 13 15 10 64 60 +4 54
5 Ross County 38 13 14 11 47 48 −1 53
6 Dundee United 38 11 14 13 51 62 −11 47[a]
7 Hibernian 38 13 12 13 49 52 −3 51[a] Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[b]
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Teams in the bottom half at the time of the split may not overtake a team in the top 6 at the time of the split.
  2. ^ Since the winners of 2012–13 Scottish Cup, Celtic, qualified for European competition based on league position, the runners–up Hibernian secured a spot in Europa League second qualifying round.

Division summary edit

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GroundHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHHAHAAAAHHAHHAHHAHAAHHAH
ResultDDDWDDLLLWDWLDLDLDLWWDWDWWWWDWLLLDWDLW
Position889444810109989101010101011111110101078534344554555
Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2013. Source: [12]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers edit

See also edit

References edit

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