2012–13 Scottish First Division

Irn-Bru Scottish First Division

Partick Thistle win the title
Season 2012–13
Champions Partick Thistle
Promoted Partick Thistle
Relegated Airdrie United
Dunfermline Athletic
Matches played 180
Goals scored 568 (3.16 per match)
Top goalscorer Stevie May
(25 goals)
Biggest home win Partick Thistle 7–0 Airdrie
(29 September 2012)
Biggest away win Cowdenbeath 0–4 Dunfermline Athletic
(11 August 2012)
Airdrie United 0–4 Hamilton Academical
(6 October 2012)
Dumbarton 1–5 Greenock Morton
(17 November 2012)
Dunfermline Athletic 0–4 Partick Thistle
(2 March 2013)
Highest scoring Cowdenbeath 4–4 Raith Rovers
(20 October 2012)
Longest winning run 8 games
Partick Thistle
Longest unbeaten run 16 games
Partick Thistle
Longest winless run 14 games
Cowdenbeath
Longest losing run 7 games
Airdrie United
Highest attendance 8,875
Partick Thistle 1-0 Greenock Morton
(10 April 2013)
Lowest attendance 409
Cowdenbeath 1–1 Livingston
(22 December 2012)

The 2012–13 Scottish Football League First Division, also known as the 2012–13 Irn Bru Scottish Football League First Division for sponsorship reasons, was the 18th season of the Scottish First Division and the 107th season of a second-tier football league in Scotland. Partick Thistle were confirmed as 2012-13 champions, on 20 April following their 2-0 win over Falkirk.

Teams

Ross County were promoted to the Scottish Premier League as champions, while Dunfermline Athletic were relegated from the SPL to this division.

Two sides were relegated from this division at the end of the 2011–12 season. Queen of the South, who finished bottom, and Ayr United in the play-offs. They were replaced by Second Division champions Cowdenbeath, and Dumbarton as winners of the promotion play-offs.

On 13 July, Rangers were admitted to the Third Division after being voted out of the SPL. As a result, the playoff losing finalist Airdrie United were promoted to the First Division to fill the gap caused by Dundee replacing Rangers in the SPL.[1]

Stadia and Locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Airdrie Airdrie Excelsior Stadium 10,171
Cowdenbeath Cowdenbeath Central Park 4,370
Dumbarton Dumbarton Dumbarton Football Stadium 2,025
Dunfermline Athletic Dunfermline East End Park 11,380
Falkirk Falkirk Falkirk Stadium 9,200
Greenock Morton Greenock Cappielow Park 11,100
Hamilton Academical Hamilton New Douglas Park 6,078
Livingston Livingston Almondvale Stadium 10,122
Partick Thistle Glasgow Firhill Stadium 10,887
Raith Rovers Kirkcaldy Stark's Park 10,104

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Airdrie Scotland Jimmy Boyle Puma N/A (H,3rd), Advance Construction Scotland (A)
Cowdenbeath Scotland Colin Cameron Umbro Subsea Pressure Controls
Dumbarton Scotland Ian Murray 1872 (Club own brand) Bet Butler
Dunfermline Athletic Scotland Jim Jefferies Joma The Purvis Group
Falkirk Scotland Gary Holt Puma Central Demolition
Greenock Morton Scotland Allan Moore Puma Millions Chews
Hamilton Academical Scotland Alex Neil (interim) Nike M&H Logistics (H), Life Skills Centres (A)
Livingston Scotland Richie Burke Adidas Fasteq
Partick Thistle Scotland Alan Archibald Puma macb
Raith Rovers Scotland Grant Murray Puma Kittys Styx (H), Livesport.co.uk (A)

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.

Results

Teams play each other four times in this league. In the first half of the season each team plays every other team twice (home and away) and then do the same in the second half of the season, for a total of 36 games.

First half of season

Home ╲ Away AIR COW DUMDNFFALGMOHAMLIVPARRAI
Airdrie United 03 41 12 14 23 04 13 11 00
Cowdenbeath 11 01 04 11 34 10 11 03 44
Dumbarton 34 03 02 12 15 33 34 20 42
Dunfermline Athletic 13 30 40 01 22 11 40 01 31
Falkirk 11 20 34 22 01 21 12 00 02
Greenock Morton 20 10 30 42 12 01 22 31 10
Hamilton Academical 30 21 21 03 11 11 12 10 01
Livingston 02 11 50 21 21 22 00 12 21
Partick Thistle 70 21 30 51 31 12 40 20 32
Raith Rovers 20 22 22 13 21 33 20 00 11

Updated to games played on 16 April 2013.
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home ╲ Away AIR COW DUMDNFFALGMOHAMLIVPARRAI
Airdrie United 11 12 33 01 04 22 02 12 12
Cowdenbeath 32 23 42 41 11 11 22 12 11
Dumbarton 41 22 01 02 03 31 03 00 12
Dunfermline Athletic 12 10 34 02 14 23 01 04 10
Falkirk 43 40 13 10 41 02 20 02 11
Greenock Morton 52 42 03 01 20 02 21 22 10
Hamilton Academical 50 13 23 12 11 21 11 02 20
Livingston 41 30 23 22 12 02 03 22 23
Partick Thistle 10 21 30 33 41 10 10 61 00
Raith Rovers 20 01 32 11 00 21 02 02 00

Updated to games played on 4 May 2013.
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

First Division Play-offs

Times are BST (UTC+1)

Semi-Finals

The fourth placed team in the Second Division (Forfar Athletic) played the ninth placed team in the First Division (Dunfermline Athletic) and the third placed team in the Second Division (Brechin City) played the second placed team in the Second Division (Alloa Athletic). The play-offs were played over two legs, the winning team in each semi-final advancing to the final.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Forfar Athletic 4–7 Dunfermline Athletic 3–1 1–6
Brechin City 3–4 Alloa Athletic 0–2 3–2

First legs


8 May 2013
7:45 pm
Forfar Athletic 3 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic
Robertson  34'
Templeman  37', 45'
BBC Sport Husband  84'
Station Park
Attendance: 1,562
Referee: Allan

8 May 2013
7:45 pm
Brechin City 0 – 2 Alloa Athletic
BBC Sport McCord  40'
Moon  56'
Glebe Park
Attendance: 582
Referee: Madden

Second legs


11 May 2013
3:00 pm
Dunfermline Athletic 6 – 1 (a.e.t.) Forfar Athletic
Dunlop  36' (o.g.)
Thomson  62'
Millen  83' (pen.)
Smith  102'
Husband  110', 118'
BBC Sport Campbell  6', Yellow cardRed card 85'
McCulloch Red card 15'
Dunlop Red card 54'
East End Park
Attendance: 4,252
Referee: O'Reilly

11 May 2013
3:00 pm
Alloa Athletic 2 – 3 Brechin City
Cawley  36'
Elliot  68'
BBC Sport Jackson  4', 90'
Trouten  52' (pen.)
Recreation Park
Attendance: 856
Referee: Collum

Final

The two semi-final winners played each other over two legs. The winning team was awarded a place in the 2013–14 First Division.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Alloa Athletic 3 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic 3 – 0 0 – 1

First leg


15 May 2013
7:55 pm
Alloa Athletic 3 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic
Tiffoney  27'
Elliot  45'
Moon  90'
BBC Sport
Recreation Park
Attendance: 2,765
Referee: McLean

Second leg


19 May 2013
4:05 pm
Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 0 Alloa Athletic
Smith  72'
Husband Red card 85'
BBC Sport
East End Park
Attendance: 5,110
Referee: Thomson

References

  1. "Rangers: Airdrie United and Stranraer are promoted". BBC Sport (BBC). 16 July 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
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