2012–13 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers

2012–13 season
Chairman	Craig Whyte (until 14 May) Malcolm Murray (from 14 June)
Manager	Ally McCoist
Ground	Ibrox Stadium Glasgow, Scotland (Capacity: 50,987)
Scottish Third Division	1st P36 W25 D8 L3 F87 A29
Scottish Cup	Fifth Round
League Cup	Quarter-finals
Challenge Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Andrew Little (22) All: Lee McCulloch (26)
Highest home attendance	50,048 vs Berwick Rangers (4 May 2013)
Lowest home attendance	23,195 vs Elgin City (2 December 2012)
Average home league attendance	45,744
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2012–13 season was the 132nd competitive football season for Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 47 competitive matches during the 2012-13 season. Prior to the Rangers first team even kicking a ball in a football match that season, there were a series of off-the-field issues to be resolved. On 4 July, ten of the other eleven Scottish Premier League clubs voted against the newco Rangers being admitted to the league for the 2012-13 season, leaving the club to apply for a place in the Scottish Football League.^[1] Over a week later, on 13 July, twenty-five of the thirty SFL member clubs voted to offer Rangers a place in the Third Division of the Football League for the start of the season.^[2] However, as part of the transfer of SFA membership from oldco to newco, both companies along with the SFA, SPL and SFL had to agree to a five-way agreement.^[3][4] The club were received a twelve-month transfer ban which prevented it from registering any players over the age of eighteen, which began on 1 September and concluded at the end of the 2013 summer transfer window.^[5]

Further to this the SPL instigated an investigation into Rangers transfer dealings between 2001 and 2011, after allegations of dual contracts between the Oldco (the company that formerly owned Rangers) and its staff. This investigation operated via a commission headed by Lord Nimmo Smith which concluded in February 2013.^[6] The Commission's findings concluded that oldco Rangers did not fully disclose to the football authorities all payments that it made to players and staff, however, this non-disclosure did not effect the playing staff's eligibility. Therefore, instead of a potential penalty that included the stripping of titles won by the first team, the punishment was only a fine of £250,000 for the Oldco.^[7] Alongside the SPL investigation, HMRC's first tier tax tribunal's came to a conclusion during the season. On 20 November, the First-tier Tax Tribunal ruled that the Oldco had not contravened tax law with its use of Employee Benefit Trusts,^[8] however just over a week before the Nimmo Smith Commission returned its verdict, HMRC launched an appeal against the First-tier verdict.^[9]

Turmoil continued inside Ibrox despite the return on Walter Smith as a non-executive director in November 2012.^[10] The company owning the club was floated on the stock exchange the following month, raising over £22m from an Initial public offering.^[11] The tenure of Charles Green as chief executive proved violate with a number of contentious issues arising throughout the season included the sacking of Spanish striker Francisco Sandaza for reportedly attempting to negotiations transfer away from the club,^[12] the allegations from former chairman Craig Whyte that he and Green had an agreement over the purchase of Rangers that allowed Whyte to retain a stakehold in the company.^[13] An internal investigation by the club later concluded that there was no link between Green and Whyte.^[14] The culmination of Green's tenure resulted in him resigning as chief executive^[15] after the club launched an internal investigation into alleged racist remarks Green had made to commercial director Imran Ahmad.^[16]

The off the field drama was to be mirrored by some on field, at least initially, as Rangers struggled to get to grips with life in the Third Division. The very first match in August away to Peterhead ended in a 2-2 draw and that was only thanks to a late goal from Andrew Little with the Toon out playing Rangers for large spells in the match. The away day league formed resulted in subsequent draws to Annan and Berwick. Rangers clinched the Scottish Third Division Title on 30 March after a goalless draw away to Montrose and Queens Park lost. Rangers are promoted to the Scottish Second Division next season

Players

Squad information

P	Nat.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
GK		Neil Alexander	35	2008 (Winter)	94	0	2013	Free
GK		Scott Gallacher	23	2006	0	0	2015	Youth system
GK		Blair Currie	19	2009	0	0	2013	Youth system
GK		Alan Smith	19	2010	0	0	2014	Free
GK		Liam Kelly	18	2012	0	0	2015	Free
DF		Dorin Goian	31	2011	42	1	2014	£0.8m	out on season loan
DF		Carlos Bocanegra (captain)	33	2011	40	3	2014	£0.4m	out on season loan
DF		Darren Cole	21	2008	5	0	2013	Youth system
DF		Kirk Broadfoot	28	2007	121	1	2013	Free	left on 29 August
DF		Emílson Cribari	33	2012	34	0	2014	Free
DF		Sébastien Faure	22	2012	23	1	2015	Free
DF		Anestis Argyriou	25	2012	27	0	2014	Free
DF		Ross Perry	23	2006	36	0	2015	Youth system
DF		Chris Hegarty	20	2010	29	0	2015	Free
DF		Luca Gasparotto	17	2011	4	0	2015	Free
DF		Lee Wallace (y)	25	2011	76	6	2016	£1.5m
MF		Alejandro Bedoya	25	2011	13	1	2014	£0.4m	left on 10 August
MF		Lewis Macleod	18	2010	31	3	2017	Youth system
MF		Robbie Crawford	20	2010	27	5	2017	Youth system
MF		Andy Murdoch	18	2011	1	0	2015	Youth system
MF		Ian Black	28	2012	38	2	2015	Free
MF		Kyle Hutton	22	2008	47	2	2014	Youth system
MF		Maurice Edu	26	2008	125	12	2013	£2.6m	left on 25 August
MF		Kamil Wiktorski	19	2009	0	0	2013	£0.1m	left on 29 January
MF		Andrew Mitchell	21	2010	9	0	2013	Free
MF		Dean Shiels	28	2012	29	12	2016	Free
MF		David Templeton	24	2012	26	15	2016	£0.8m
MF		Fraser Aird	18	2011	22	3	2018	Youth system
MF		Francesco Stella	21	2012	0	0	2013	Free	left on 15 January
MF		Tom Walsh	16	2012	1	0	2013	Youth system
MF		Lee McCulloch (captain)	34	2007	211	46	2015	£2.25m
MF		Barrie McKay	18	2011	42	4	2017	Free
MF		Danny Stoney	16	2012	3	0	2016	Youth system
FW		Kane Hemmings	22	2008	10	1	2013	Youth system
FW		Kal Naismith	21	2008	24	3	2015	Youth system
FW		Andrew Little	23	2007	60	32	2014	Youth system
FW		Francisco Sandaza	28	2012	20	2	2015	Free	left on 3 April
FW		Kevin Kyle	31	2012	15	3	2013	Free	left on 16 March

• Last updated: 4 May 2013
• Source: Players transfer and Wikipedia players' articles
• Ordered by position on pitch.

Transfers

In

P	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
MF		Ian Black	27	Heart of Midlothian	Transfer	Summer	2015	Free	[17]
MF		Dean Shiels	27	Kilmarnock	Transfer	Summer	2016	Free	[18]
FW		Francisco Sandaza	27	St Johnstone	Transfer	Summer	2015	Free	[19]
FW		Kevin Kyle	31	Heart of Midlothian	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free	[19]
DF		Emílson Cribari	32	Cruzeiro	Transfer	Summer	2014	Free	[19]
DF		Sébastien Faure	21	Lyon	Transfer	Summer	2015	Free	[20]
DF		Anestis Argyriou	24	AEK Athens	Transfer	Summer	2014	Free	[21]
MF		Francesco Stella	21	Siena	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free	[22]
MF		David Templeton	23	Heart of Midlothian	Transfer	Summer	2016	£0.7m	[23]

Total expenditure: £0.7m

Out

P	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
DF		Kyle Bartley	21	Arsenal	Loan return	Summer	n/a	[24]
DF		Saša Papac	32	Retired	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[25][26]
FW		David Healy	32	Bury	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[27]
MF		Salim Kerkar	24	Charlton Athletic	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[28]
GK		Grant Adam	21	St Mirren	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[29]
MF		Gordon Dick	19	Albion Rovers	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[30][31]
DF		Ewan McNeil	18	Norwich City	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[30]
MF		Anthony Marenghi	18	Ayr United	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[30][32]
DF		Adam Hunter	19	Ayr United	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[30]
DF		Adel Gafaiti	17	Norwich City	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[30]
DF		Josh Robinson	18	Crusaders	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[24][30]
FW		Jack Werndly	19	St Neots Town	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[24][30]
DF		Robbie McIntyre	18	Huddersfield Town	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[24][30]
GK		Sam George	17	Clyde	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[30]
MF		Rhys McCabe	19	Sheffield Wednesday	Rejection to transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[33][34][35]
FW		Sone Aluko	23	Hull City	Rejection to transfer	Summer	n/a	[33][36]
DF		Steven Whittaker	28	Norwich City	Rejection to transfer	Summer	n/a	[33][37]
FW		Steven Naismith	25	Everton	Rejection to transfer	Summer	n/a	[33][38]
MF		Jamie Ness	21	Stoke City	Rejection to transfer	Summer	n/a	[39][40]
FW		Kyle Lafferty	24	Sion	Rejection to transfer	Summer	n/a	[39][41]
GK		Allan McGregor	30	Beşiktaş	Rejection to transfer	Summer	n/a	[39][42]
MF		Steven Davis	27	Southampton	Rejection to transfer	Summer	£0.8m	[39][43][44]
MF		John Fleck	20	Coventry City	Rejection to transfer	Summer	Free	[45][46]
DF		Tom Skogsrud	19	Sandefjord	Rejection to transfer	Summer	n/a	[24]
DF		Kim Skogsrud	19	Sandefjord	Rejection to transfer	Summer	n/a	[24]
MF		Juan Manuel Ortiz	30	Granada	Contract terminated	Summer	n/a	[47]
MF		Alejandro Bedoya	25	Helsingborgs IF	Transfer	Summer	Free	[48]
DF		Dorin Goian	31	Spezia	Loan	Summer	n/a	[49]
MF		Maurice Edu	26	Stoke City	Transfer	Summer	£0.3m	[50]
DF		Kirk Broadfoot	28	Blackpool	Contract terminated	Summer	n/a	[51]
DF		Carlos Bocanegra	31	Racing Santander	Loan	Summer	n/a	[52]
DF		Kyle McAusland	19	Ayr United	Loan	n/a	n/a	[53]
FW		Kane Hemmings	21	Cowdenbeath	Loan	Winter	n/a	[54]
FW		Calum Gallagher	18	Alloa Athletic	Loan	Winter	n/a	[55]
MF		Francesco Stella	21	Melbourne Victory	Contract terminated	Winter	n/a	[56]
MF		Kamil Wiktorski	19	Free Agent	Contract terminated	Winter	Free
MF		Gregor Fotheringham	18	Forfar Athletic	Loan	Winter	n/a	[57]
DF		Stuart Urquhart	17	Dumbarton	Loan	n/a	n/a	[58]
FW		Kevin Kyle	31	Free Agent	Contract terminated	n/a	n/a	[59]
FW		Francisco Sandaza	28	Free Agent	Contract terminated	n/a	n/a	[12]

Last updated: 3 April 2013
Total income: £1.1m

New Contracts

P	Nat.	Name	Age	Status	Contract length	Expiry date	Source
GK		Scott Gallacher	22	Signed	1 year	June 2013
DF		Chris Hegarty	19	Signed	1 year	June 2013	[60]
MF		Andrew Mitchell	20	Signed	1 year	June 2013	[61]
FW		Andrew Little	23	Signed	2 years	June 2014	[17][62]
MF		Kamil Wiktorski	19	Signed	1 year	June 2013	[63]
MF		Lewis Macleod	18	Signed	5 years	June 2017	[64]
MF		Barrie McKay	18	Signed	5 years	June 2017	[64][65]
MF		Robbie Crawford	19	Signed	5 years	June 2017	[64]
DF		Lee Wallace	25	Signed	5 years	June 2017	[66]
MF		Lee McCulloch	34	Signed	2 years	June 2015	[67]
GK		Neil Alexander	34	Rejected	1 year	June 2014	[68]
MF		Fraser Aird	18	Signed	5 years	June 2018	[69]
DF		Kyle McAusland	20	Signed	2 years	June 2015	[70]
DF		Chris Hegarty	20	Signed	2 years	June 2015	[71]
FW		Kal Naismith	20	Signed	2 years	June 2015	[72]
DF		Luca Gasparotto	17	Signed	2 years	June 2015	[73]
GK		Scott Gallacher	23	Signed	2 years	June 2015	[74]

Last updated: 18 February 2013

Squad statistics Total Scottish Third Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup P Nat. Name Sts App Gls App Gls App Gls App Gls App Gls GK Neil Alexander 47 47 36 4 4 3 DF Anestis Argyriou 24 27 20 3 3 1 DF Kirk Broadfoot 5 5 2 1 2 DF Darren Cole 1 4 3 1 DF Dorin Goian 4 4 2 1 1 DF Emílson Cribari 32 34 26 3 3 2 DF Chris Hegarty 28 29 24 3 1 1 DF Carlos Bocanegra 7 7 3 2 2 DF Ross Perry 21 23 17 3 2 1 DF Luca Gasparotto 1 4 4 DF Sébastien Faure 16 23 1 18 1 2 2 1 DF Lee Wallace 42 42 4 33 3 3 4 1 2 MF David Templeton 25 26 15 24 15 2 MF Lewis Macleod 31 31 3 21 3 3 4 3 MF Kyle Hutton 30 33 2 27 2 2 3 1 MF Ian Black 37 38 2 29 2 3 3 3 MF Robbie Crawford 9 27 5 21 4 2 1 2 2 MF Tom Walsh 1 1 MF Andy Murdoch 1 1 MF Andrew Mitchell 4 7 7 MF Fraser Aird 11 22 3 19 3 2 1 MF Barrie McKay 20 41 4 31 1 3 2 4 3 1 MF Danny Stoney 3 3 MF Lee McCulloch 38 38 26 28 17 3 2 4 5 3 2 MF Dean Shiels 27 29 12 21 7 3 3 4 2 1 FW Andrew Little 34 36 25 28 22 3 3 1 2 2 FW Kal Naismith 5 24 3 17 1 4 2 3 FW Francisco Sandaza 12 20 2 15 2 1 2 2 FW Kevin Kyle 4 15 3 8 2 2 1 3 2 FW Kane Hemmings 2 5 1 5 1 Last updated: 4 May 2013 Source: Wikipedia article Ordered by position 0 shown as blank Top scorers P Nat. Name L SC SLC SCC Total FW Lee McCulloch 17 2 5 2 26 FW Andrew Little 22 1 2 25 MF David Templeton 15 15 MF Dean Shiels 7 3 2 12 MF Robbie Crawford 4 1 5 MF Barrie McKay 1 2 1 4 DF Lee Wallace 3 1 4 FW Kal Naismith 1 2 3 FW Kevin Kyle 2 1 3 MF Lewis Macleod 3 3 MF Fraser Aird 2 2 FW Francisco Sandaza 2 2 MF Kyle Hutton 2 2 MF Ian Black 2 2 DF Sébastien Faure 1 1 FW Kane Hemmings 1 1 Own goal 1 1 Last updated: 4 May 2013 Source: Match reports Only competitive matches Disciplinary record P Nat. Name YC RC GK Neil Alexander 3 DF Sébastien Faure 2 DF Dorin Goian 1 DF Carlos Bocanegra 1 DF Emílson Cribari 5 DF Lee Wallace 2 1 DF Chris Hegarty 3 DF Ross Perry 1 DF Anestis Argyriou 1 MF Ian Black 13 2 MF Lewis Macleod 2 MF Lee McCulloch 9 MF Kyle Hutton 9 MF Fraser Aird 2 MF Dean Shiels 2 MF David Templeton 5 MF Robbie Crawford 1 MF Andrew Mitchell 1 FW Andrew Little 4 FW Francisco Sandaza 1 FW Kevin Kyle 2 1 FW Kal Naismith 1 1 Last updated: 4 May 2013 Source: Match reports Only competitive matches Awards P Nat. Name Award Date From FW Andrew Little[75] Ginger Boot Winner August Scottish Football League MF Lewis Macleod[76] Young Player of the Month November Scottish Football League MAN Ally McCoist[77] Manager of the Month December Scottish Football League FW Andrew Little[78] Ginger Boot Winner February Scottish Football League Club Board of directors Position Staff Chairman Craig Whyte (until 14 May)[79] Malcolm Murray (from 14 June)[80] Chief executive Charles Green (from 14 June)[80] (until 19 April)[15] Craig Mather (interim from 24 April)[81] Chief Operating Officer Craig Mather (from 24 April)[81] Finance director Brian Stockbridge (from 14 June)[80] Non-executive director Imran Ahmad (from 14 June)[80] (until 17 October)[82] Non-executive director Walter Smith (from 11 November)[10] Non-executive director Ian Hart (from 11 November)[10] Non-executive director Philip Cartmell (from 7 December)[83] Non-executive director Bryan Smart (from 7 December)[83] Source: Wikipedia article Coaching staff Position Staff Manager Ally McCoist Assistant manager Kenny McDowall First-team coach Ian Durrant Fitness coach Adam Owen Goalkeepers coach Jim Stewart Source: Wikipedia article Other staff Position Staff Head of Football administration Andrew Dickson Head of Commerce Imran Ahmad (from 17 October)[82] (until 27 April)[84] Head of Sports development Craig Mather (from 17 October)[82] (until 24 April)[81] Head of Communications Jim Traynor (from 8 December)[85] Physiotherapist Philip Yeates (until 27 March)[86] Doctor Dr Paul Jackson Chief scout Neil Murray (until 2 April)[87] First-team scout John Brown (until 27 June)[88] Masseur Davie Lavey Kit controller Jimmy Bell Video analyst Steve Harvey Source: Wikipedia article Matches Scottish Third Division M Date Tournament Round Ground Opponent Score^1 Report 3 11 August 2012 Scottish Third Division 1 A Peterhead 2 – 2 4 18 August 2012 Scottish Third Division 2 H East Stirlingshire 5 – 1 6 26 August 2012 Scottish Third Division 3 A Berwick Rangers 1 – 1 8 2 September 2012 Scottish Third Division 4 H Elgin City 5 – 1 9 15 September 2012 Scottish Third Division 5 A Annan Athletic 0 – 0 11 23 September 2012 Scottish Third Division 6 H Montrose 4 – 1 14 6 October 2012 Scottish Third Division 7 A Stirling Albion 0 – 1 15 20 October 2012 Scottish Third Division 8 H Queen's Park 2 – 0 16 28 October 2012 Scottish Third Division 9 A Clyde 2 – 0 19 10 November 2012 Scottish Third Division 10 H Peterhead 2 – 0 20 17 November 2012 Scottish Third Division 11 AR East Stirlingshire 6 – 2 22 8 December 2012 Scottish Third Division 14 H Stirling Albion 2 – 0 23 15 December 2012 Scottish Third Division 15 A Montrose 4 – 2 24 18 December 2012[89] Scottish Third Division 13 H Annan Athletic 3 – 0 25 22 December 2012[90] Scottish Third Division 12 A Elgin City 6 – 2 26 26 December 2012 Scottish Third Division 16 H Clyde 3 – 0 27 29 December 2012 Scottish Third Division 17 A Queen's Park 1 – 0 28 2 January 2013 Scottish Third Division 18 A Annan Athletic 3 – 1 29 5 January 2013 Scottish Third Division 19 H Elgin City 1 – 1 30 12 January 2013 Scottish Third Division 20 H Berwick Rangers 4 – 2 31 20 January 2013 Scottish Third Division 21 A Peterhead 1 – 0 32 26 January 2013 Scottish Third Division 22 H Montrose 1 – 1 34 9 February 2013 Scottish Third Division 24 H Queen's Park 4 – 0 35 16 February 2013 Scottish Third Division 25 A Clyde 4 – 1 36 23 February 2013 Scottish Third Division 26 A Berwick Rangers 3 – 1 37 26 February 2013[89] Scottish Third Division 23 A Stirling Albion 1 – 1 38 2 March 2013 Scottish Third Division 27 H East Stirlingshire 3 – 1 39 9 March 2013 Scottish Third Division 28 H Annan Athletic 1 – 2 40 16 March 2013 Scottish Third Division 29 A Elgin City 1 – 0 41 23 March 2013 Scottish Third Division 30 H Stirling Albion 0 – 0 42 30 March 2013 Scottish Third Division 31 A Montrose 0 – 0 43 7 April 2013 Scottish Third Division 32 A Queen's Park 4 – 1 44 13 April 2013 Scottish Third Division 33 H Clyde 2 – 0 45 20 April 2013 Scottish Third Division 34 H Peterhead 1 – 2 46 27 April 2013 Scottish Third Division 35 AR East Stirlingshire 4 – 2 47 4 May 2013 Scottish Third Division 36 H Berwick Rangers 1 – 0 Last updated: 4 May 2013 Source: Wikipedia article ^1Rangers goals come first. National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Rangers. M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement. Scottish Cup M Date Tournament Round Ground Opponent Score^1 Report 13 29 September 2012 Scottish Cup R2 A Forres Mechanics 1 – 0 18 3 November 2012 Scottish Cup R3 H Alloa Athletic 7 – 0 21 2 December 2012 Scottish Cup R4 H Elgin City 3 – 0 33 2 February 2013 Scottish Cup R5 A Dundee United 0 – 3 Last updated: 2 February 2013 Source: Wikipedia article ^1Rangers goals come first. National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Rangers. M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement. League Cup M Date Tournament Round Ground Opponent Score^1 Report 2 7 August 2012 League Cup R1 H East Fife 4 – 0 7 30 August 2012 League Cup R2 H Falkirk 3 – 0 12 26 September 2012 League Cup R3 H Motherwell 2 – 0 17 31 October 2012 League Cup QF H Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0 – 3 Last updated: 26 September 2012 Source: Wikipedia article ^1Rangers goals come first. National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Rangers. M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement. Challenge Cup M Date Tournament Round Ground Opponent Score^1 Report 1 29 July 2012 Challenge Cup R1 A Brechin City 2 – 1 5 21 August 2012 Challenge Cup R2 A Falkirk 1 – 0 10 18 September 2012 Challenge Cup QF H Queen of the South 2 – 2 (3-4 pen.) Last updated: 29 July 2012 Source: Wikipedia article ^1Rangers goals come first. National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Rangers. M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement. Friendlies M Date Tournament Round Ground Opponent Score^1 Report 1 10 April 2013 Friendly H Linfield 2 – 0 Last updated: 10 April 2013 Source: Wikipedia article ^1Rangers goals come first. National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Rangers. M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement. Competitions Overall Competition Started round Current position / round Final position / round First match Last match Scottish Third Division — — 1st 11 August 4 May Challenge Cup 1st Round — Quarter-finals 29 July 18 September League Cup 1st Round — Quarter-finals 7 August 31 October Scottish Cup 2nd Round — 5th Round 29 September 2 February Source: Competitions Scottish Third Division Standings 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 Second Division 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 Updated to games played on 4 May 2013. Source: Wikipedia article Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) 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. Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams. Results summary Overall Home Away Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD 36 25 8 3 87 29  +58 83 13 3 2 44 12  +32 12 5 1 43 17  +26 Last updated: 3 May 2013. 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