2012–13 Falkirk F.C. season

Falkirk
2012–13 season
Chairman Martin Ritchie
Manager Steven Pressley
(until 8 March 2013)
Alex Smith (interim)
(8 March-7 April 2013)
Gary Holt
(from 8 April 2013)
Stadium Falkirk Stadium
First Division Third place
Challenge Cup Second round, lost to
Rangers
League Cup Second round, lost to
Rangers
Scottish Cup Semi-final, lost to
Hibernian
Top goalscorer League:
Lyle Taylor (24)
All:
Lyle Taylor (29)
Highest home attendance 4,804 v Partick Thistle, 20 April 2013
Lowest home attendance 2,288 v Dumbarton, 16 April 2013
Average home league attendance League: 3,176[1]

The 2012–13 season was Falkirk's third consecutive season in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Premier League at the end of season 2009–10.[2] Falkirk also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Season

During season 2012–13 Falkirk finished third in the Scottish First Division.[3] They reached the second round of the Challenge Cup,[4] the second round of the League Cup[5] and the Semi-final of the Scottish Cup.[6]

Management

Falkirk began the season under the management of Steven Pressley.[7] On 8 March 2013, Pressley left the club to take up the manager post at Coventry City[8] after compensation was agreed.[9] The club's technical director Alex Smith took over as interim manager[10] with Stevie Crawford acting as his assistant.[11]

On 3 April, the club announced that Gary Holt would take over as manager from 8 April 2013.[12]

Results & fixtures

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Pre season

A match against Stenhousemuir scheduled for 24 July,[13] was cancelled.[14]

Scottish First Division

Scottish Challenge Cup

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
DF Darren Dods[21] Scotland 33 Club captain

Last updated: 8 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

[22][23]Last updated 8 May 2013
No. Pos Nat Player TotalFirst Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland Graham Bowman 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Northern Ireland Michael McGovern 43 0 35+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
DF England Rhys Bennett 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Steven Brisbane 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Darren Dods 33 2 27+0 2 1+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
DF Scotland Kieran Duffie 37 3 28+1 1 2+0 1 2+0 0 4+0 1
DF Scotland Liam Dick 5 0 3+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
DF Northern Ireland Johnny Flynn 41 0 33+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
DF Scotland Stephen Kingsley 43 1 35+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 1 4+0 0
DF Scotland Ryan McGeever 8 0 6+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
DF Scotland Robbie Neilson 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Liam Rowan 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Chris Smith 9 0 4+2 0 1+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
DF England Will Vaulks 6 0 4+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Blair Alston 41 5 27+7 2 1+0 0 1+1 0 3+1 3
MF Scotland Kristopher Faulds 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Jay Fulton 35 3 23+5 2 2+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 1
MF Scotland Dale Fulton 12 0 5+3 0 0+1 0 0+2 0 0+1 0
MF Scotland Thomas Grant 27 1 15+8 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+2 0
MF England Andy Haworth 16 0 7+5 0 1+1 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
MF England Luke Leahy 10 1 5+3 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Conor McGrandles 30 2 23+3 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
MF Scotland Stewart Murdoch 40 6 32+0 5 2+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 1
MF Scotland Iain Flannigan 3 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland Sean Higgins 29 4 14+11 4 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+3 0
FW Scotland Craig Sibbald 26 3 11+9 2 2+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 1
FW Scotland Lewis Small 12 1 0+11 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
FW England Lyle Taylor 42 29 33+1 24 2+0 2 2+0 1 4+0 2
FW Scotland David Weatherston 29 5 16+8 4 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+2 1
FW Scotland Jordan White 5 0 0+3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 8 May 2013
Nation Position Name First Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
Scotland GKGraham Bowman 0000000000
Northern Ireland GK Michael McGovern 1100000010
England DF Rhys Bennett 0000000000
Scotland DF Steven Brisbane 0000000000
Scotland DF Darren Dods 5200001062
Scotland DF Kieran Duffie 5100000051
Scotland DF Liam Dick 0000000000
Northern Ireland DF Johnny Flynn 7100000071
Scotland DF Stephen Kingsley 0000000000
Scotland DFRyan McGeever 0000000000
Scotland DF Robbie Neilson 0000000000
Scotland DFLiam Rowan 0000000000
Scotland DFChris Smith 2000000020
England DFWill Vaulks 1000000010
Scotland MF Blair Alston 3000001040
Scotland MF Kristopher Faulds 0000000000
Scotland MF Jay Fulton 2000000020
Scotland MF Dale Fulton 4000000040
Scotland Thomas Grant 1000000010
England MF Andy Haworth 1010000020
Scotland MFConor McGrandles 2000001030
England MFLuke Leahy 1000000010
Scotland MF Stewart Murdoch 6000001070
Scotland MF Iain Flannigan 1000000010
Scotland FWSean Higgins 3000001040
Scotland FW Craig Sibbald 0010001020
Scotland FWLewis Small 0000000000
England FWLyle Taylor 6110001081
Scotland FW David Weatherston 0000000000
Scotland FW Jordan White 0000000000

Team statistics

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Partick Thistle (C) (P) 36 23 9 4 76 28+48 78 Promotion to the 2013–14 Scottish Premiership
2 Greenock Morton 36 20 7 9 73 47+26 67
3 Falkirk 36 15 8 13 52 48+4 53
4 Livingston 36 14 10 12 58 56+2 52
5 Hamilton Academical 36 14 9 13 52 45+7 51
6 Raith Rovers 36 11 13 12 45 483 46
7 Dumbarton 36 13 4 19 58 8325 43
8 Cowdenbeath 36 8 12 16 51 6514 36
9 Dunfermline Athletic (R) 36 14 7 15 62 59+3 034 Qualification to the Scottish First Division Play-offs
10 Airdrie United (R) 36 5 7 24 41 8948 22 Relegation to the 2013–14 Scottish League One

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.
Dunfermline Athletic were deducted 15 points for entering administration.

Division summary

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAAHHHAH
Result L L W L D D D D W D L L W W W W L D L L W L W W W D L L W W W W L L D W
Position 7 9 6 8 8 7 8 7 7 7 7 8 6 6 6 4 4 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 4 4 5 3

Last updated: 8 May 2013.
Source: [24]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Transfers

Players in

Player From Fee
Scotland Ryan McGeever Scotland Queen's Park Free[25]
Northern Ireland Johnny Flynn Scotland Ross County[26] Undisclosed[27]
Scotland Chris Smith Scotland Ayr United Free[28]
England Andy Haworth England Bury[29] Free[27]
England Luke Leahy England Rugby Town Free[30]
England Lyle Taylor England Bournemouth Free[31]
Scotland Sean Higgins Scotland St Johnstone[32] Free[33]
England Will Vaulks England Workington Free[34]
Scotland Iain Flannigan Unattached Free[35]

Players out

Player To Fee
Scotland Ryan Millar Scotland Alloa Athletic[36] Free[37]
Scotland Ally Graham Scotland Clydebank[38] Free[39]
Scotland Conor Kelly Scotland Alloa Athletic[40] Free[39]
Scotland Tam Scobbie Scotland St Johnstone[41] Free[42]
Scotland Mark Millar Scotland Dundee United[43] Free[44]
Scotland Willie Gibson Scotland Queen of the South Free[45]
Scotland Blair Munn Scotland Alloa Athletic Free[46]
England Jack Compton England Portsmouth[47] Free[48]
Morocco Farid El Alagui England Brentford Free[49]
Scotland Jordan White Scotland Stirling Albion Loan[50]
England Andy Haworth England Rochdale[51] Free[52]
Scotland Jordan White Scotland Stirling Albion Free[53]

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