2012–13 Airdrie United F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Airdrie United's first season back in the Scottish First Division. Airdrie also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup. Airdrie were due to compete in their third consecutive season in the Scottish Second Division, having been relegated from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2009–10 season.[3] On 16 July 2012, it was confirmed that Airdrie would be promoted to the Scottish First Division[4] to fill the vacancy left by Dundee's promotion to the Scottish Premier League.[5] This was to fill the slot vacated by Rangers, who were voted into the Scottish Third Division following their liquidation.[6]

Airdrie United
2012–13 season
ChairmanJim Ballantyne
ManagerJimmy Boyle[1]
StadiumExcelsior Stadium
First DivisionTenth place (Relegated)
Challenge CupSecond round, lost to East Stirlingshire
League CupFirst round, lost to Queens Park
Scottish CupThird Round, lost to Raith Rovers
Top goalscorer
John Boyle (10)
Highest home attendance1,648 v Partick Thistle, 13 April 2013
Lowest home attendance554 v Raith Rovers, 24 March 2013
Average home league attendanceLeague: 936[2]

Summary

Season

During season 2012–13 Airdrie United finished tenth in the Scottish First Division,[7] and were relegated to the Scottish Second Division.[8] They reached the second round of the Challenge Cup,[9] the first round of the League Cup[10] and the third round of the Scottish Cup.[11]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
6 Raith Rovers 36 11 13 12 45 48 3 46
7 Dumbarton 36 13 4 19 58 83 25 43
8 Cowdenbeath 36 8 12 16 51 65 14 36
9 Dunfermline Athletic (R) 36 14 7 15 62 59 +3 34[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the First Division Play-offs
10 Airdrie United (R) 36 5 7 24 41 89 48 22 Relegation to League One
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Dunfermline Athletic were deducted 15 points for entering administration.[12]

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season

14 July 2012[13] Friendly Whitley Bay 1 – 1 Airdrie United Hillheads Park
15:00 Walker 81' Whitley Bay Report Stallard 45' Attendance: 377
21 July 2012[14] ARR Craib Cup Airdrie United 1 – 2 Everton XI Firhill Stadium
14:45 Di Giacomo 63' Report Barkley 56'
Garbutt 63'
Attendance: 1,467
Referee: Roache
22 July 2012[15] ARR Craib Cup Airdrie United 0 – 4 Celtic XI Firhill Stadium
12:00 Report Twardzik 7'
McGregor 71'
Eadie 75'
Watt 85'
Referee: Clancy

Scottish First Division

11 August 2012 Scottish First Division Airdrie United 4 – 1 Dumbarton Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Boyle 14', 25', 31'
Di Giacomo 88'
SFL Report Lister 62' Attendance: 897
Referee: Beaton
22 September 2012 Scottish First Division Falkirk 1 – 1 Airdrie United Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Murdoch 35' (Penalty) SFL Report Cook 68' Attendance: 2,951
Referee: McLean
20 October 2012 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle 7 – 0 Airdrie United Firhill Stadium
15:00 Erskine 4', 45'
Muirhead 11' (Penalty)
Laawless 30'
Welsh 42'
Doolan 57'
Forbes 80'
SFL Report Sally  76' Attendance: 2,545
Referee: Norris
27 October 2012 Scottish First Division Dumbarton 3 – 4 Airdrie United The Bet Butler Stadium
15:00 Prunty 23'
Lister 27'
McDougall 75'
SFL Report Stallard 65'
Watt 68'
Forsyth 89' (o.g.)
Blockley 90+5'
Attendance: 774
Referee: Collum
22 December 2012 Scottish First Division Airdrie United 1 – 4 Falkirk Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Donnelly 56'
Blockley  79' 
SFL Report Fulton 43'
Taylor 67', 80', 90'
Attendance: 914
Referee: Clancy
26 January 2013 Scottish First Division Falkirk 4 – 3 Airdrie United Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Taylor 9', 35'
Murdoch 24'
Dods 73'
SFL Report Di Giacomo 57' (Penalty)
McLaren 88'
Boyle 90'
Attendance: 2,715
Referee: Roache
2 March 2013 Scottish First Division Livingston 4 – 1 Airdrie United Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 Andreu 21', 39'
Russell 44'
Scougall 77'
SFL Report Lynch  75' 
Boyle 90+1'
Attendance: 1,132
Referee: Finnie
30 March 2013 Scottish First Division Airdrie United 0 – 1 Falkirk Excelsior Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Taylor 58'
Taylor  67' 
Attendance: 790
Referee: Northcroft
6 April 2013 Scottish First Division Greenock Morton 5 – 2 Airdrie United Cappielow
15:00 MacDonald 5', 22', 60'
McMenamin 69' (Penalty)
Warren 85' (Own goal)
SFL Report Lynch 70'
Cook 73'
Evans  80' 
Attendance: 1,772
Referee: Salmond
13 April 2013 Scottish First Division Airdrie United 1 – 2 Partick Thistle Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Watt 35' SFL Report Balatoni 89'
Elliott 90+1'
Attendance: 1,648
Referee: Robertson

Scottish Challenge Cup

14 August 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup Round 2 East Stirlingshire 3 – 0 Airdrie United Ochilview Park
19:45 Maxwell 23'
Turner 36'
Herd 89'
SFL Report Attendance: 383
Referee: Somers

Scottish League Cup

4 August 2012 Scottish League Cup Round 1 Queen's Park 3 – 2 (a.e.t.) Airdrie United Firhill Stadium
15:00 Brough 60', 104'
Shankland 88'
SFL Report Blockley 46'
Cook 66'
Attendance: 622
Referee: Finnie

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Squad

Last updated 5 May 2013[16][17]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalFirst DivisionChallenge CupLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK  SCO Grant Adam 808+000+000+000+00
GK  SCO Kenny Arthur 22016+102+001+002+00
GK  SCO Andrew Duncan 201+000+000+000+10
GK  SCO Robbie Thomson 11011+000+000+000+00
DF  SCO Jamie Bain 34225+621+000+002+00
DF  SCO Gregor Buchanan 31326+220+100+002+01
DF  SCO Grant Drummond 504+100+000+000+00
DF  SCO Grant Evans 21015+301+000+002+00
DF  SCO Graeme Goodall 000+000+000+000+00
DF  SCO Gavin Griffin 1213+502+001+001+01
DF  SCO Michael Hart 1309+002+001+001+00
DF  SCO Ricki Lamie 17017+000+000+000+00
DF  SCO David Lilley 25016+502+001+001+00
DF  SCO Cameron MacDonald 1007+002+001+000+00
DF  SCO Chris O'Neil 24023+100+000+000+00
DF  SCO Kieran Stallard 815+010+100+002+00
DF  AUS Marc Warren 30024+301+001+001+00
MF  SCO Jamie Barclay 1006+400+000+000+00
MF  SCO Nathan Blockley 31325+122+001+012+00
MF  ENG Jack Boyle 1418+410+100+000+10
MF  SCO Alan Cook 1339+221+000+110+00
MF  SCO Ross Davidson 505+000+000+000+00
MF  SCO Andrew Gilchrist 100+000+000+100+00
MF  SCO Thomas Robertson 100+100+000+000+00
MF  SCO Fraser Keast 000+000+000+000+00
MF  SCO Jack Haggarty 100+100+000+000+00
MF  ENG Steven Hetherington 14014+000+000+000+00
MF  SCO Sean Lynch 22115+412+001+000+00
MF  SCO Christian McKenna 200+200+000+000+00
MF  SCO Josh Watt 1328+310+000+002+01
MF  SCO Liam Watt 13111+210+000+000+00
MF  SCO Jordan Wright 100+100+000+000+00
FW  SCO Jordan Allan 100+100+000+000+00
FW  SCO John Boyle 291023+2102+001+001+00
FW  SCO Lee Brown 100+100+000+000+00
FW  SCO Liam Buchanan 605+100+000+000+00
FW  SCO Liam Coogans 715+210+000+000+00
FW  SCO Ryan Donnelly 36621+1160+100+101+10
FW  SCO Paul di Giacomo 2255+1241+101+002+01
FW  SCO Jordan Kirkpatrick 512+310+000+000+00
FW  SCO Willie McLaren 32417+1031+111+000+20
FW  SCO Jordan Moore 926+320+000+000+00
FW  SCO Scott Morton 000+000+000+000+00
FW  SCO Owen Ronald 200+200+000+000+00
FW  SCO Scott Sally 100+100+000+000+00

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 May 2013
Nation Position Name First Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
GKGrant Adam 1000000010
GKKenny Arthur 1000000010
GKAndrew Duncan 0000000000
GKRobbie Thomson 0000000000
DFJamie Bain 4000000040
DFGregor Buchanan 5000001060
DFGrant Drummond 1000000010
DFGrant Evans 91000010101
DFGraeme Goodall 0000000000
DFGavin Griffin 1000000010
DFMichael Hart 3000000030
DFRicki Lamie 9100000091
DFDavid Lilley 6100001071
DFCameron MacDonald 2000000020
DFChris O'Neil 5000000050
DFKieran Stallard 2000002040
DFMarc Warren 6210001082
MFJamie Barclay 1000000010
MFNathan Blockley 5100001061
MFJack Boyle 2110000031
MFAlan Cook 0000000000
MFRoss Davidson 0000000000
MFAndrew Gilchrist 0000000000
MFJack Haggarty 0000000000
MFSteven Hetherington 2000000020
MFFraser Keast 0000000000
MFSean Lynch 5110000061
MFChristian McKenna 0000000000
MFJosh Watt 1000001020
MFLiam Watt 0000000000
MFJordan Wright 0000000000
FWJordan Allan 0000000000
FWJohn Boyle 110001000120
FWLee Brown 0000000000
FWLiam Buchanan 0000000000
FWLiam Coogans 1000000010
FWRyan Donnelly 2000001030
FWPaul di Giacomo 0000000000
FWJordan Kirkpatrick 0000000000
FWWillie McLaren 3010001050
FWJordan Moore 1000000010
FWScott Morton 0000000000
FWOwen Ronald 0000000000
FWScott Sally 0100000001

Awards

Last updated 28 September 2012
Nation Name Award Month
John Boyle[18] Player of the Month August

Division summary

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHHAAHHAAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAAHAHHAAHAHA
ResultWWLLLDLLLWLDDLLLDDLWLLLDLLDLLLLLLLLW
Position2135667888899999999991010101010101010101010[lower-alpha 1]10101010
  1. Dunfermline were deducted 15 points shortly prior to this fixture altering league standings. This was as a result of them entering administration.[19]
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2013. Source: [20]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

Willie McLaren was initially released by the club[21] but later re-signed.[22]

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