2012–13 Arbroath F.C. season

Arbroath
2012–13 season
Manager Paul Sheerin
Stadium Gayfield Park
Second Division Fifth place
Challenge Cup Semi-final, lost to Queen of the South
League Cup Second round, lost to Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Scottish Cup Fourth round, lost to Celtic
Top goalscorer League:
Steven Doris (11)
All:
Steven Doris (15)
Highest home attendance 4,127 vs Celtic
Scottish Cup
12 December 2012
Lowest home attendance 387 vs Stranraer
Second Division
21 November 2012

The 2012–13 season was Arbroath's second consecutive season in the Scottish Second Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Third Division at the end of the 2010–11 season.[1] Arbroath also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Season

Arbroath finished fifth in the Scottish Second Division.[2] They reached the Semi-final of the Challenge Cup,[3] the second round of the League Cup[4] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup,[5] losing to eventual champions Celtic.[6]

Results & fixtures

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Pre season

Scottish Second Division

Scottish Challenge Cup

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Squad

Last updated 11 May 2013[8]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalSecond Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England Tony Bullock 11 0 9+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
GK Scotland Darren Hill 8 0 5+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
GK Scotland Scott Morrison 28 0 22+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
DF Scotland Scott Adams 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Mark Baxter 41 0 31+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
DF Scotland Kieron Brennan 6 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland Colin Hamilton 38 2 32+0 2 2+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
DF Scotland Alex Keddie 46 3 36+0 2 4+0 1 2+0 0 4+0 0
DF Scotland Stuart Malcolm 27 2 16+5 2 2+0 0 0+1 0 3+0 0
DF South Africa Michael Travis 23 2 19+0 2 1+1 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
MF England David Banjo 14 0 5+5 0 0+1 0 1+1 0 0+1 0
MF Scotland Connor Birse 11 0 3+5 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
MF Scotland Ross Chisholm 17 0 17+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Paul Currie 27 8 12+6 5 3+0 1 2+0 1 4+0 1
MF Scotland Brian Kerr 38 2 28+1 1 4+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 1
MF Scotland Scott Robertson 34 1 24+2 0 3+0 1 1+0 0 3+1 0
MF Scotland Paul Sheerin 41 4 30+2 4 2+1 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
MF Scotland Patrick Smith 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Marcus Watt 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England Joe Prince-Wright 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Graham Bayne 16 3 10+6 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Steven Doris 42 15 32+0 11 3+1 1 2+0 0 4+0 3
FW Scotland Jordan Elfverson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Darren Gribben 26 8 10+7 2 2+2 5 2+0 0 2+1 1
FW Scotland Derek Holmes 41 9 19+12 8 2+2 0 1+1 0 3+1 1
MF Scotland Jake Mair 4 0 1+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Danny Rennie 33 1 7+17 1 3+1 0 0+1 0 0+4 0
FW Scotland Dayle Robertson 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Lee Sibanda 37 5 17+11 2 2+2 3 1+1 0 1+2 0
FW Scotland Euan Smith 14 2 9+5 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 11 May 2013
Nation Position Name Second Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
England GKTony Bullock 1000000010
Scotland GKDarren Hill 0000000000
Scotland GKScott Morrison 0000000000
Scotland DFScott Adams 1000000010
Scotland DFMark Baxter 4010100060
Scotland DFKieron Brennan 0000000000
Scotland DFColin Hamilton 6020100090
Scotland DFAlex Keddie 2020000040
Scotland DFStuart Malcolm 5010001070
South Africa DFMichael Travis 5000100060
EnglandMFDavid Banjo 1000000010
ScotlandMFConnor Birse 0000000000
ScotlandMFRoss Chisholm 3000000030
ScotlandMFPaul Currie 4110100061
ScotlandMFBrian Kerr 7100001081
ScotlandMFScott Robertson 6010002090
ScotlandMFPaul Sheerin 2000000020
ScotlandMFPatrick Smith 0000000000
ScotlandMFMarcus Watt 0000000000
EnglandMFJoe Prince-Wright 0000000000
ScotlandFWGraham Bayne 5000000050
ScotlandFWSteven Doris 2000000020
ScotlandFWJordan Elfverson 0000000000
ScotlandFWDarren Gribben 0000001010
ScotlandFWDerek Holmes 0000000000
ScotlandFWJake Mair 0010000010
ScotlandFWDanny Rennie 1100000011
ScotlandFWDayle Robertson 0000000000
ScotlandFWLee Sibanda 3010000040
ScotlandFWEuan Smith 2000000020

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 67 747 54
5 Arbroath 36 15 7 14 47 5710 52
6 Stenhousemuir 36 12 13 11 59 590 49
7 Ayr United 36 12 5 19 53 6512 41
8 Stranraer 36 10 7 19 43 7128 37
9 East Fife (O) 36 8 8 20 50 6515 32 Qualification to the Scottish Second Division Play-offs
10 Albion Rovers (R) 36 7 3 26 45 8237 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
GroundAHAAHHAHAAHHAHAAHHAHAAHAAHHAHAHHAHAH
Result D W W L W D D W L L L W L D D L W W L W L W L L W L L W D W D W L W W L
Position 4 2 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 6 4 5 5 4 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 5

Last updated: 11 May 2013.
Source: [9]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Transfers

Players in

Player To Fee
England Tony Bullock Unattached Free[10]
Scotland Paul Currie Scotland Musselburgh Athletic Free[11]
Scotland Danny Rennie Scotland Civil Service Strollers Free[12]
Scotland Derek Holmes Scotland Airdrie United Free[13]
South Africa Michael Travis Scotland Livingston Free[14]
Scotland Alex Keddie Scotland Dunfermline Athletic Free[15]
Scotland Gribben, DarrenDarren Gribben Scotland Berwick Rangers Free[16]
Scotland Kieron Brennan Slovakia Spartak Trnava Free[16]
England Joe Prince-Wright United States Barnstonworth Rovers Free[17]
Scotland Scott Robertson Scotland Partick Thistle Free[18]
England David Banjo England Ilford Free[18]
Scotland Colin Hamilton Scotland Heart of Midlothian Free[19]
Scotland Ross Chisholm Bulgaria Shumen 2010 Free[20]
Scotland Euan Smith Scotland Hibernian Loan[21]

Players out

Player To Fee
Scotland Chris Innes Free Agent Free[22]
Scotland Kieran McAnespie Scotland Stirling Albion[23] Free[22]
Scotland Keith Gibson Scotland Forfar Athletic[24] Free[22]
Trinidad and Tobago Collin Samuel Scotland East Fife[25] Free[22]
Scotland Michael White Scotland Petershill[26] Free[22]
Scotland Kevin Brown Scotland Crossgates Primrose[27] Free[22]
Scotland Craig Wedderburn Scotland Clyde[28] Free[22]
Australia Beau Busch Free Agent Free[22]
Scotland Gavin Swankie Scotland Forfar Athletic Free[29]
Scotland Darryl Burns Scotland Broughty Athletic Free[30]
England Josh Falkingham Scotland Dunfermline Athletic[31] Undisclosed[32]
Scotland Graham Girvan Scotland Petershill Free[26]
South Africa Michael Travis Scotland Musselburgh Athletic Loan[33]
Scotland Darren Hill Scotland Forfar Athletic Free[34]
Scotland Darren Gribben Scotland Stranraer Free[35]
England Joe Prince-Wright Scotland Bo'ness United[36] Free[37]

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