2012–13 East Fife F.C. season

East Fife
2012–13 season
Chairman Sid Collumbine
Manager Gordon Durie (Until 4 November 2012)
Billy Brown (From 5 November 2012)
Stadium Bayview Stadium
Second Division Ninth place
Challenge Cup Second Round, lost to Cowdenbeath
League Cup First Round, lost to Rangers
Scottish Cup Third Round, lost to Elgin City
Top goalscorer League:
Scott McBride (11)
All:
Scott McBride (12)
Highest home attendance 856 vs Berwick Rangers
Second Division Play-offs
11 May 2013
Lowest home attendance 426 vs Arbroath
Second Division
9 March 2013
&
426 vs Stranraer
Second Division
9 April 2013

The 2012–13 season was East Fife's fifth consecutive season in the Scottish Second Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Third Division at the end of the 2007–08 season.[1] East Fife also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Season

East Fife finished ninth in the Scottish Second Division,[2] entering the play-offs defeating Peterhead 1–0 on aggregate in the final and remained in the Scottish Second Division.[3] They reached the second round of the Challenge Cup,[4] the first round of the League Cup[5] and the third round of the Scottish Cup.[6]

Management

They began the season under the management of Gordon Durie.[7] On 4 November 2012, Durie resigned as manager due to illness.[7] The following day Billy Brown took over as his replacement.[8]

Results & fixtures

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Pre-season

Scottish Second Division

Second Division Play-offs

Scottish Challenge Cup

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Squad

Last updated 9 July 2013[15][16]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalSecond Division Other[a] League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Wales Calum Antell 30 0 25+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
GK Scotland Michael Brown 13 0 9+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
GK Scotland Andrew Collier 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Ross Brewster 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Steven Campbell 34 2 27+0 2 5+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF Hong Kong Andrew Cook 6 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Scott Durie 41 1 33+0 1 6+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland Jordan Forster 12 0 12+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Robert Malcolm 4 0 2+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Darren McCormack 24 1 21+0 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland David Muir 38 4 27+3 1 6+0 2 1+0 0 1+0 1
DF Scotland Scott Smith 6 1 4+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Craig Wedderburn 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland David White 26 2 18+2 2 5+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland Bobby Barr 34 6 30+0 6 3+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Ross Brown 4 0 0+1 0 1+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Sean Jamieson 20 1 5+12 1 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
MF Scotland Craig Johnstone 30 1 21+2 1 5+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland Dale Keenan 8 0 5+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Scott McBride 38 12 22+8 11 6+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland Jamie Pollock 14 3 7+6 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland Robert Sloan 27 1 11+13 1 1+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland Darren Smith 28 0 21+1 0 3+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland Paul Willis 36 4 32+0 4 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Aiden Gordon 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
FW Scotland Liam Gormley 17 3 4+11 2 0+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland James Martin 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Paul McManus 31 6 22+3 6 4+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
FW Trinidad and Tobago Collin Samuel 27 4 17+5 3 4+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Gareth Wardlaw 20 4 12+2 4 3+2 0 1+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 9 July 2013
Nation Position Name Second Division Other League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
WalesGKCalum Antell 1000000010
ScotlandGKMichael Brown 1000000010
ScotlandGKAndrew Collier 0000000000
ScotlandDFRoss Brewster 0000000000
ScotlandDFSteven Campbell 2010000030
Hong KongDFAndrew Cook 0000000000
ScotlandDFScott Durie 8000001090
ScotlandDFJordan Forster 4000000040
ScotlandDFRobert Malcolm 0000000000
ScotlandDFDarren McCormack 5200000052
ScotlandDFDavid Muir 70300000100
ScotlandDFScott Smith 0000000000
ScotlandDFCraig Wedderburn 0000000000
ScotlandDFDavid White 3010001050
ScotlandMFBobby Barr 3000000030
ScotlandMFRoss Brown 0010000010
ScotlandMFSean Jamieson 0000000000
ScotlandMFCraig Johnstone 5110000061
ScotlandMFDale Keenan 1000000010
ScotlandMFScott McBride 1010000020
ScotlandMFJamie Pollock 1000000010
ScotlandMFRobert Sloan 2000000020
ScotlandMFDarren Smith 0010000010
ScotlandMFPaul Willis 2000000020
ScotlandFWAiden Gordon 0000000000
ScotlandFWLiam Gormley 1000000010
ScotlandFWJames Martin 0000000000
ScotlandFWPaul McManus 3020000050
Trinidad and TobagoFWCollin Samuel 1000000010
ScotlandFWGareth Wardlaw 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
GroundAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHHAAAAHHHAH
Result D D L L L L W L W L L W W W L W L L W D D D L L L L L D L L L D L W D L
Position 6 7 7 9 9 10 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 7 7 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9

Last updated: 17 May 2013.
Source: [17]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Transfers

Players in

Player From Fee
Scotland McManus, PaulPaul McManus Scotland Brechin City Free[18]
Scotland Gareth Wardlaw Scotland Ayr United Free[19]
Scotland Scott McBride Scotland Raith Rovers Free[20]
Scotland Sean Jamieson Scotland Haddington Athletic Free[21]
Trinidad and Tobago Collin Samuel Scotland Arbroath Free[22]
Scotland Jordan Forster Scotland Hibernian Loan[23]
Scotland Scott Smith Scotland Hibernian Loan[23]
Scotland Paul Willis Scotland Dunfermline Athletic Loan[24]
Scotland Jamie Pollock Scotland Motherwell Free[25]
Scotland Bobby Barr Scotland Livingston Loan[26]
Wales Calum Antell Scotland Hibernian Loan[27]
Scotland Dale Keenan Scotland Partick Thistle Loan[28]
Scotland Bobby Barr Scotland Livingston Free[29]

Players out

Player To Fee
Scotland Hislop, StevenSteven Hislop Scotland Bo'ness United[30] Free[31]
Scotland Janczyk, NeilNeil Janczyk Scotland Berwick Rangers[32] Free[31]
Scotland McQuade, PaulPaul McQuade Scotland St Andrews United Free[31]
Scotland Ovenstone, JohnJohn Ovenstone Scotland Linlithgow Rose[33] Free[31]
Scotland Ryan Wallace Scotland Dunfermline Athletic[34] Undisclosed[35]
Scotland Scott Dalziel Scotland Brechin City Free[36]
Scotland Bobby Linn Scotland Ballingry Rovers Free[37]
Scotland David White Scotland Bo'ness United Loan[38]
Hong Kong Andrew Cook Free Agent Free[39]
Scotland Jamie Pollock Scotland Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Free[40]

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