2012–13 Annan Athletic F.C. season

Annan Athletic
2012–13 season
Manager Harry Cairney (Until 20 December 2012)
Jim Chapman (From 12 January 2013)
Stadium Galabank
Third Division Eighth place
Challenge Cup Second round, lost to Stenhousemuir
League Cup First round, lost to Hamilton Academical
Scottish Cup Second round, lost to Buckie Thistle
Top goalscorer League:
Ally Love (12)
All:
Ally Love (12)
Highest home attendance 2,517 vs Rangers
Third Division
15 September 2012
Lowest home attendance 242 vs Queen's Park
Third Division
10 April 2013

The 2012–13 season was Annan Athletic's fifth consecutive season in the Scottish Third Division, having been admitted to the Scottish Football League at the start of the 2008–09 season.[1] Annan also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Season

Annan Athletic finished eighth in the Scottish Third Division.[2] They reached the second round of the Challenge Cup,[3] the first round of the League Cup[4] and the second round of the Scottish Cup.[5]

Management

They began the season under the management of Harry Cairney.[6] On 21 December 2012, Cairney resigned as manager citing personal reasons with Euan Brydson taking over as manager on an interim basis.[7] On 12 January 2013,[8] Jim Chapman was appointed as the club's new manager.[9][10]

Results & fixtures

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Pre-season

Scottish Third Division

Scottish Challenge Cup

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Squad

Last updated 13 May 2013 [11][12]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalThird Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland Alex Mitchell 38 0 34+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
GK England Craig Summersgill 3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Steven Black 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Jonathan Blake 28 0 23+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland Iain Chisholm 11 1 11+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Ally Love 34 12 20+10 12 2+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
DF Scotland Michael McGowan 41 1 36+0 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF England Steven Swinglehurst 34 0 29+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland Greig Thorburn 15 1 7+5 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Lee Underwood 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Peter Watson 21 0 17+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland John Watson 4 0 1+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Scott Chaplain 41 12 35+1 11 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 1
MF Scotland David Hopkirk 20 10 18+2 10 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Chris Jardine 35 0 28+3 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland Jordan McKechnie 25 0 10+11 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+2 0
MF Scotland Martin McNiff 16 2 15+1 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Harry Monaghan 15 0 11+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Dan Orsi 7 1 7+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Steven Sloan 32 0 20+9 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland Jack Steele 18 0 13+2 0 1+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Graeme Bell 3 2 0+1 1 0+1 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Michael Daly 35 7 23+7 7 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
FW Scotland Andrew Donely 12 1 3+9 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Lewis Hawke 6 0 2+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Kieran McGachie 16 1 8+4 1 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
FW Scotland David Murray 18 0 7+7 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
FW Scotland Graeme Ramage 19 5 14+1 5 1+0 0 0+1 0 2+0 0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 13 May 2013
Nation Position Name Third Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
ScotlandGKAlex Mitchell 1000000010
EnglandGKCraig Summersgill 0000000000
ScotlandDFSteven Black 1000000010
ScotlandDF Jonathan Blake 0010000010
ScotlandDFIain Chisholm 3000000030
ScotlandDF Sean Currie 0000000000
ScotlandDF Scott Gibson 0000000000
ScotlandDF Ally Love 2000000020
ScotlandDF Michael McGowan 3000000030
EnglandDFSteven Swinglehurst 3100000031
ScotlandDFGreig Thorburn 0000000000
ScotlandDF Lee Underwood 0000000000
ScotlandDF Peter Watson 1000001020
ScotlandDF John Watson 0000000000
ScotlandMFScott Chaplain 6000001070
ScotlandMFDavid Hopkirk 1000000010
ScotlandMF Chris Jardine 6000000060
ScotlandMF Jordan McKechnie 2010000030
ScotlandMFMartin McNiff 2000000020
ScotlandMFHarry Monaghan 3000000030
ScotlandMFDan Orsi 1000000010
ScotlandMF Steven Sloan 3000000030
ScotlandMF Jack Steele 2000100030
ScotlandFW Graeme Bell 0000000000
ScotlandFWMichael Daly 6000000060
ScotlandFWAndrew Donely 0000000000
ScotlandFW Lewis Hawke 0000000000
ScotlandFWKieran McGachie 2000000020
ScotlandFWDavid Murray 0000000000
ScotlandFWGraeme Ramage 0100000010

Team statistics

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Rangers (C) (P) 36 25 8 3 87 29+58 83 Promotion to the 2013–14 Scottish League One
2 Peterhead 36 17 8 11 52 28+24 59 Qualification to the Scottish 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 67 692 49
6 Montrose 36 12 11 13 60 688 47
7 Stirling Albion 36 12 9 15 59 58+1 45
8 Annan Athletic 36 11 10 15 54 6511 43
9 Clyde 36 12 4 20 42 6624 40
10 East Stirlingshire 36 8 5 23 49 9748 29

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
GroundAHAAHHAAHHAHHAAAHHAHHAAHAAHAHAHHAHAH
Result L W D L D W D D W W L L L L L D W L W W D D L L L L D W L L D W W L W D
Position 10 7 6 7 8 7 5 7 5 3 5 6 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 7 9 8 8

Last updated: 13 May 2013.
Source: [13]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Transfers

Players in

Player From Fee
Scotland Michael Daly Scotland Queen's Park Free[14]
England Steven Swinglehurst England Carlisle United Free[15]
Scotland David Murray Scotland Queen's Park Free[16]
Scotland Scott Chaplain Scotland Albion Rovers Free[16]
Scotland Kieran McGachie Scotland Motherwell Free[17]
Scotland Ally Love Scotland Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Free[18]
Scotland Graeme Ramage Scotland Dumbarton Free[19]
Scotland Andrew Donely Scotland Threave Rovers Free[20]
Scotland Greig Thorburn Scotland Kilmarnock Free[20]
Scotland Jonathan Blake Scotland Gretna 2008 Free[20]
Scotland David Hopkirk Scotland Queen of the South Loan[21]
Scotland Harry Monaghan Scotland Hibernian Loan[22]
Scotland David Hopkirk Scotland Queen of the South Free[23]
Scotland Martin McNiff Scotland Dumbarton Loan[24]
Scotland Dan Orsi Scotland Queen of the South Loan[25]
Scotland Lewis Hawke Scotland Greenock Morton Free[26]
Scotland Steven Black Scotland Queen of the South Loan[27]

Players out

Player To Fee
England O'Connor, SeanSean O'Connor England Hednesford Town[28] Free[29]
Scotland Cox, DavidDavid Cox Scotland Annan Athletic[30] Free[29]
Northern Ireland Gilfillan, BryanBryan Gilfillan Scotland Clyde[31] Free[29]
Scotland Mitchell, DannyDanny Mitchell Scotland Glenafton Athletic[32] Free[29]
Scotland Winters, DavidDavid Winters Scotland Ayr United[33] Free[29]
Scotland Muirhead, AaronAaron Muirhead Scotland Partick Thistle Undisclosed[34][35]
Scotland Jonny Jamieson Free Agent Free[36]
Scotland John MacBeth Scotland Dalbeattie Star Free[37]
Scotland Graeme Bell Free Agent Free[38]
Scotland Kieran McGachie Scotland Clyde Free[39]
Scotland Andrew Donely Scotland St Cuthbert Wanderers Loan[40]
Scotland Conor Jamieson Scotland Lesmahagow Loan[40]

See also

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