2012–13 Alloa Athletic F.C. season

Alloa Athletic
2012–13 season
Chairman Mike Mulraney
Manager Paul Hartley[1]
Stadium Recreation Park
Second Division Second place
Challenge Cup First round, lost to Cowdenbeath
League Cup First round, lost to Queen of the South
Scottish Cup Third round, lost to Rangers
Top goalscorer League:
Kevin Cawley (13)
All:
Kevin Cawley (14)
Highest home attendance 2,765 vs Dunfermline Athletic First Division Play-offs
15 May 2013
Lowest home attendance 382 vs Brechin City
Second Division
16 March 2013
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 season was Alloa Athletic's first season back in the Scottish Second Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Third Division at the end of season 2011–12.[2] Alloa also competed in the Challenge Cup, Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Season

Alloa finished second in the Scottish Second Division,[3] entering the play-offs defeating Dunfermline Athletic 3–1 on aggregate in the final[4] and were promoted to the Scottish First Division.[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.[8]

Results & fixtures

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Pre season

Scottish Second Division

First Division Play-offs

Scottish Challenge Cup

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
MF Young[13] Scotland 22 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

Last updated 16 May 2013 [14][15]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalSecond Division Other[a] League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland Scott Bain 42 0 35+0 0 5+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
GK Scotland Craig McDowall 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Scotland Mickey Couser 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Mark Docherty 33 0 17+11 0 1+2 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
DF Scotland Michael Doyle[note 1] 34 0 27+0 0 5+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland Ben Gordon 40 6 33+0 4 5+0 1 1+0 1 1+0 0
DF Scotland Ryan Harding 2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Jason Marr 35 2 32+0 2 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland Mark McCullagh 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Lee McLelland 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Darryl Meggatt 35 0 30+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland Jonathan Tiffoney 9 3 6+1 2 2+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Edward Ferns 21 0 3+17 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Paul Hartley 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Graeme Holmes 40 8 31+2 8 5+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland Nicholas Locke 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Nicky Low 11 0 9+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland Ross McCord 17 0 3+12 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Ryan McCord 38 12 30+1 11 5+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland Kevin Moon 15 2 11+0 0 4+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Blair Munn 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Stephen Simmons 37 3 29+2 3 4+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland Gavin Stokes 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Callum Tapping 4 0 1+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Darren Young 28 0 20+1 0 1+4 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
FW Scotland Lewis Bonar 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Kevin Cawley 41 14 25+9 13 5+0 1 0+1 0 1+0 0
FW Scotland David Cox 4 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Calum Elliot 14 4 10+0 2 4+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Calum Gallagher 9 0 5+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Martin Grehan 35 9 21+10 8 1+1 0 1+0 1 0+1 0
FW Scotland Mitchel Megginson 12 3 10+2 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Robert Thomson 15 4 4+10 4 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
  Scotland Michael Hardie 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
  Scotland Scott Hynd 2 1 0+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the play-offs and the Challenge Cup.

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 19 May 2013
Nation Position Name Second Division Other League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
Scotland GKScott Bain 0000000000
Scotland GKCraig McDowall 0000000000
Scotland DFMark Docherty 4000100050
Scotland DFMichael Doyle 1000000111
Scotland DFBen Gordon 7010001090
Scotland DFRyan Harding 0000000000
Scotland DFJason Marr 3010000040
Scotland DFMark McCullagh 0000000000
Scotland DFLee McLelland 0000000000
Scotland DFDarryl Meggatt 2010000030
Scotland DFJonathan Tiffoney 2010000030
ScotlandMFEdward Ferns 2000000020
ScotlandMFPaul Hartley 0000000000
ScotlandMFGraeme Holmes 3110000041
ScotlandMFNicholas Locke 0000000000
ScotlandMFNicky Low 2000000020
ScotlandMFRoss McCord 3000000030
ScotlandMFRyan McCord 80101000100
ScotlandMFKevin Moon 0000000000
ScotlandMFBlair Munn 0000000000
ScotlandMFStephen Simmons 9000000090
ScotlandMFGavin Stokes 1000000010
ScotlandMFCallum Tapping 0000000000
ScotlandMFDarren Young 3000100040
ScotlandFWLewis Bonar 0000000000
ScotlandFWCraig Campbell 0000000000
ScotlandFWKevin Cawley 2000000020
ScotlandFWDavid Cox 0000000000
ScotlandFWCalum Elliot 0000000000
ScotlandFWCalum Gallagher 2000000020
ScotlandFW Martin Grehan 2000000020
ScotlandFW Mitchel Megginson 0000000000
ScotlandFWKenny O'Brien 0000000000
ScotlandFWRobert Thomson 0000000000
ScotlandMichael Hardie 0000000000
ScotlandScott Hynd 0000000000

Team statistics

League table

Pos
Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Queen of the South (C) (P) 36 29 5 2 92 23+69 92 Promotion to the 2013–14 Scottish First Division
2 Alloa Athletic (P) 36 20 7 9 62 35+27 67 Qualification to the Scottish First Division Play-offs
3 Brechin City 36 19 4 13 72 59+13 61
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 59 590 49
7 Ayr United 36 12 5 19 53 65−12 41
8 Stranraer 36 10 7 19 43 71−28 37
9 East Fife (O) 36 8 8 20 50 65−15 32 Qualification to the Scottish Second Division Play-offs
10 Albion Rovers (R) 36 7 3 26 45 82−37 24 Relegation to the 2013–14 Scottish Third Division

Updated to games played on 19 May 2013.
Source: Scottish Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Division summary

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAAHHAAHAHA
Result D W L W L W L W W W W D W W L W D W L D W D D W L W W D L L W W W L W W
Position 3 1 6 3 5 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

Last updated: 19 May 2013.
Source: [16]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Transfers

Players in

Player To Fee
Scotland David Cox Scotland Annan Athletic Free[17]
Scotland Darryl Meggatt Scotland Queen's Park Free[18]
Scotland Martin Grehan Scotland Stranraer Free[19]
Scotland Stephen Simmons Scotland Queen of the South Free[20]
Scotland Blair Munn Scotland Falkirk Free[21]
Scotland Robert Thomson Scotland Dundee United Loan[22]
Scotland Edward Ferns Scotland Drumchapel United Free[23]
Scotland Mitchel Megginson Scotland Aberdeen Loan[24]
Scotland Nicky Low Scotland Aberdeen Loan[25]
Scotland Callum Tapping Scotland Heart of Midlothian Loan[26]
Scotland Gavin Stokes Scotland Knightswood Juveniles Free[27]
Scotland Calum Gallagher Scotland Rangers Loan[28]
Scotland Mitchel Megginson Scotland Aberdeen Loan[29]
Scotland Jonathan Tiffoney Scotland Ayr United Free[30]
Scotland Kevin Moon Scotland St Johnstone Free[31]
Scotland Calum Elliot Lithuania Zalgiris Vilnius Free[32]
Scotland Jonathan Tiffoney Republic of Ireland Limerick Free[33]

Players out

Player To Fee
Scotland Robbie Winters Scotland Peterhead Free[34]
Scotland Ross Philp Scotland Kelty Hearts Free[35]
Scotland Max Wright Scotland Stranraer Free[36]
Scotland Steven Masterton Scotland Clyde Free[37]
Scotland Ryan Harding Scotland Peterhead Loan[38]
Scotland David Cox Scotland Peterhead Loan[39]
Scotland Nicky Locke Scotland Sauchie Loan[40]
Scotland Ryan Miller Scotland Sauchie Loan[40]
Scotland Blair Munn Scotland Sauchie Loan[40]
Scotland David Cox Scotland Peterhead Free[41]
Scotland Jonathan Tiffoney Republic of Ireland Limerick[42] Free[43]

References

  1. ↑ "Hartley extends contract". Alloa Athletic F.C. 1 May 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Alloa Athletic 8 Elgin City 1". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 April 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "2012/13 Scottish Second League Table". espnfc.com. ESPN FC. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Alloa returned to Division One for the first time in 10 years". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  5. ↑ "Pars sunk as Alloa win promotion to the First Division". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "Blue Brazil sneak through in shootout". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  7. ↑ "Queen of the South hit five as they overcame Alloa". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  8. ↑ "Rangers F.C. v Alloa Athletic F.C.". scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. 3 November 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  9. ↑ "Further Preseason Game Confirmed". Partick Thistle F.C. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  10. ↑ "Pre Season friendlies". Alloa Athletic F.C. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  11. ↑ "Dundee United at Recs". Alloa Athletic F.C. 22 July 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  12. ↑ "Amended crowd figure at Palmerston". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 2 October 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  13. ↑ "Darren Young signs". Alloa Athletic F.C. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  14. ↑ "Soccerbase Team Stats". Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  15. ↑ "Alloa 1st team squad". Alloa Athletic F.C. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  16. ↑ "Alloa Athletic". Sttato. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  17. ↑ "Hartley gets his man". Alloa Athletic F.C. 9 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  18. ↑ "Darryl Meggatt signs". Alloa Athletic F.C. 13 May 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  19. ↑ "Martin Grehan signs". Alloa Athletic F.C. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  20. ↑ "Simmons makes Alloa switch". ClubCall. 28 June 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  21. ↑ "Munn joins Wasps". scottishfootballleague.com (Scottish Football League). 29 June 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  22. ↑ "Robert Thomson joins Wasps". alloaathletic.co.uk. Alloa Athletic F.C. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  23. ↑ "Manager makes new signing". alloaathletic.co.uk. Alloa Athletic F.C. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  24. ↑ "Aberdeen's Mitch Megginson joins Alloa on loan". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 3 October 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  25. ↑ "Aberdeen FC’s Low goes to Alloa on loan". Evening Express (D. C. Thomson & Co.). 18 October 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  26. ↑ "Callum Tapping joins Wasps". alloaathletic.co.uk. Alloa Athletic F.C. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  27. ↑ "Alloa bring in former Dundee United midfielder". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  28. ↑ "Calum In Alloa Loan". rangers.co.uk. Alloa Athletic F.C. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  29. ↑ "Meggison returns to Recs". alloaathletic.co.uk. Alloa Athletic F.C. 17 January 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
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  31. ↑ "Hartley adds to squad". alloaathletic.co.uk. Alloa Athletic F.C. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  32. ↑ "Elliot joins Second Division Alloa". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  33. ↑ "There is no place like home for Tiffers as he rejoins Alloa". alloaadvertiser.com. Alloa Advertiser. 4 April 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  34. ↑ "Peterhead sign two". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  35. ↑ "SFJA News". Scottish Junior Football Association. scottishfa.co.uk. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  36. ↑ "Knox hails new signing". clubcall.com. Club Call. 22 August 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  37. ↑ "Masterton Extends Stay". clydefc.co.uk. Clyde F.C. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  38. ↑ "McInally signs defender for the third time". clubcall.com. Club Call. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  39. ↑ "Blue Toon bring in Alloa striker". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 13 November 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  40. 1 2 3 "Alloa trio gain experience". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 30 November 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  41. ↑ "McInally and Cox popped into Hampden for signing". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 17 January 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  42. ↑ "Jonathan Tiffoney signs". limerickfc.ie. Limerick F.C. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  43. ↑ "Tiffoney moves over to Ireland". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 26 February 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  1. ↑ Players Name is James Michael Doyle, Some match reports refer to Michael Doyle others James Doyle
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