2012–13 Airdrie United F.C. season

Airdrie United
2012–13 season
Chairman Jim Ballantyne
Manager Jimmy Boyle[1]
Stadium Excelsior Stadium
First Division Tenth place (Relegated)
Challenge Cup Second round, lost to East Stirlingshire
League Cup First round, lost to Queens Park
Scottish Cup Third Round, lost to Raith Rovers
Top goalscorer
John Boyle (10)
Highest home attendance 1,648 v Partick Thistle, 13 April 2013
Lowest home attendance 554 v Raith Rovers, 24 March 2013
Average home league attendance League: 936[2]
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

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]

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]

Results & fixtures

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Pre season

Scottish First Division

Scottish Challenge Cup

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Squad

Last updated 5 May 2013[15][16]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalFirst Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland Grant Adam 8 0 8+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Scotland Kenny Arthur 22 0 16+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
GK Scotland Andrew Duncan 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
GK Scotland Robbie Thomson 11 0 11+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Jamie Bain 34 2 25+6 2 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland Gregor Buchanan 31 3 26+2 2 0+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 1
DF Scotland Grant Drummond 5 0 4+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Grant Evans 21 0 15+3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland Graeme Goodall 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Gavin Griffin 12 1 3+5 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 1
DF Scotland Michael Hart 13 0 9+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland Ricki Lamie 17 0 17+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland David Lilley 25 0 16+5 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland Cameron MacDonald 10 0 7+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Chris O'Neil 24 0 23+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Kieran Stallard 8 1 5+0 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF Australia Marc Warren 30 0 24+3 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland Jamie Barclay 10 0 6+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Nathan Blockley 31 3 25+1 2 2+0 0 1+0 1 2+0 0
MF England Jack Boyle 14 1 8+4 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
MF Scotland Alan Cook 13 3 9+2 2 1+0 0 0+1 1 0+0 0
MF Scotland Ross Davidson 5 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Andrew Gilchrist 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Fraser Keast 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Jack Haggarty 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England Steven Hetherington 14 0 14+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Sean Lynch 22 1 15+4 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Christian McKenna 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Josh Watt 13 2 8+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 1
MF Scotland Liam Watt 13 1 11+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Jordan Wright 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Jordan Allan 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland John Boyle 29 10 23+2 10 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
FW Scotland Lee Brown 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Liam Buchanan 6 0 5+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Liam Coogans 7 1 5+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Ryan Donnelly 36 6 21+11 6 0+1 0 0+1 0 1+1 0
FW Scotland Paul di Giacomo 22 5 5+12 4 1+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 1
FW Scotland Jordan Kirkpatrick 5 1 2+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Willie McLaren 32 4 17+10 3 1+1 1 1+0 0 0+2 0
FW Scotland Jordan Moore 9 2 6+3 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Scott Morton 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Owen Ronald 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Scott Sally 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 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 GKGrant Adam 1000000010
Scotland GKKenny Arthur 1000000010
Scotland GKAndrew Duncan 0000000000
Scotland GKRobbie Thomson 0000000000
ScotlandDFJamie Bain 4000000040
ScotlandDFGregor Buchanan 5000001060
ScotlandDFGrant Drummond 1000000010
ScotlandDFGrant Evans 91000010101
Scotland DFGraeme Goodall 0000000000
Scotland DFGavin Griffin 1000000010
Scotland DFMichael Hart 3000000030
Scotland DFRicki Lamie 9100000091
Scotland DFDavid Lilley 6100001071
Scotland DFCameron MacDonald 2000000020
Scotland DFChris O'Neil 5000000050
Scotland DFKieran Stallard 2000002040
Australia DFMarc Warren 6210001082
ScotlandMFJamie Barclay 1000000010
ScotlandMFNathan Blockley 5100001061
EnglandMFJack Boyle 2110000031
ScotlandMFAlan Cook 0000000000
ScotlandMFRoss Davidson 0000000000
ScotlandMFAndrew Gilchrist 0000000000
ScotlandMFJack Haggarty 0000000000
EnglandMFSteven Hetherington 2000000020
ScotlandMFFraser Keast 0000000000
ScotlandMFSean Lynch 5110000061
ScotlandMFChristian McKenna 0000000000
ScotlandMFJosh Watt 1000001020
ScotlandMFLiam Watt 0000000000
ScotlandMFJordan Wright 0000000000
ScotlandFWJordan Allan 0000000000
ScotlandFWJohn Boyle 110001000120
ScotlandFWLee Brown 0000000000
ScotlandFWLiam Buchanan 0000000000
ScotlandFWLiam Coogans 1000000010
ScotlandFWRyan Donnelly 2000001030
ScotlandFW Paul di Giacomo 0000000000
ScotlandFWJordan Kirkpatrick 0000000000
ScotlandFWWillie McLaren 3010001050
ScotlandFWJordan Moore 1000000010
ScotlandFWScott Morton 0000000000
ScotlandFWOwen Ronald 0000000000
ScotlandFWScott Sally 0100000001

Awards

Last updated 28 September 2012
Nation Name Award Month
Scotland John Boyle[17] Player of the Month August

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
GroundHAHHAAHHAAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAAHAHHAAHAHA
Result W W L L L D L L L W L D D L L L D D L W L L L D L L D L L L L L L L L W
Position 2 1 3 5 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10[nb 1] 10 10 10 10

Last updated: 5 May 2013.
Source: [18]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Transfers

Willie McLaren was initially released by the club[19] but later re-signed.[20]

Players in

Player From Fee
Scotland Alan Cook Scotland Stirling Albion[19] Free[21]
Scotland Grant Evans Scotland Greenock Morton Free[22]
Scotland Kenny Arthur Unattached Free[23]
Scotland Paul di Giacomo Scotland Greenock Morton Free[24]
Australia Marc Warren England Sheffield United Free[20]
Scotland Michael Hart Scotland St Johnstone Free[20]
Scotland Gavin Griffin Scotland Partick Thistle Free[25]
Scotland Christian McKenna Scotland Campsie Black Watch Free[26]
England Jack Boyle Jersey Jersey Scottish Free[27]
Scotland Josh Watt Scotland Motherwell Loan[28]
Scotland Grant Adam Scotland St Mirren Loan[29]
Scotland Liam Buchanan Republic of Ireland Sligo Rovers Free[30]
Scotland Ross Davidson Scotland Kilmarnock Loan[31]
England Steven Hetherington Scotland Motherwell Loan[32]
Scotland Jordan Kirkpatrick Scotland Hamilton Academical Free[33]
Scotland Robbie Thomson Scotland Celtic Loan[34]
Scotland Jordan Moore Scotland Dundee United Loan[35]

Players out

Player To Fee
Scotland Rhys Devlin Scotland East Stirlingshire Free[36]
England Graeme Owens Free Agent Free[19]
Scotland Phil Johnston Scotland Dumbarton[37] Free[19]
Scotland Jamie Stevenson Scotland Cowdenbeath Free[38]
Scotland Derek Holmes Scotland Arbroath Free[39]
Scotland Kevin Green Scotland Albion Rovers Free[40]
Scotland Ricki Lamie Scotland Bathgate Thistle Loan[41]
Scotland Graeme Goodall Scotland Shotts Bon Accord[42] Loan[43]
Scotland Paul Lovering Scotland Pollok Free[44]
Scotland Scott Morton Scotland Montrose[45] Free[46]
Scotland Fraser Keast Scotland Broxburn Athletic Loan[47]
Scotland Kieron Stallard Free Agent Free[48]
Scotland Michael Hart Scotland Huntly Free[49]
Scotland Ricki Lamie Scotland Clyde Loan[50]
Scotland Cameron MacDonald United States Kitsap Pumas[51] Free[52]
Scotland Liam Buchanan Scotland Ayr United Free[53]
Scotland Scott Sally Scotland Albion Rovers[54] Free[55]
England Jack Boyle Free Agent Free[56]

Notes

  1. Dunfermline were deducted 15 points shortly prior to this fixture altering league standings. This was as a result of them entering administration.[57]

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