2012–13 Cowdenbeath F.C. season

Cowdenbeath
2012–13 season
Chairman Donald Findlay
Manager Colin Cameron[1]
Stadium Central Park
First Division Eighth place (On-going)
Challenge Cup Semi-final, lost to Partick Thistle
League Cup First Round, lost to Montrose
Scottish Cup Fourth Round, lost to St Johnstone
Top goalscorer League:
Jamie Stevenson (8)
All:
Jamie Stevenson (11)
Highest home attendance 2,507 v Dunfermline Athletic, 11 August 2012
Lowest home attendance 370 v Hamilton Academical, 9 March 2013
Average home league attendance League: 762[2]

The 2012–13 season was Cowdenbeath's first season back in the Scottish First Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2011–12 season.[3] Cowdenbeath also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Season

Cowdenbeath finished ninth in the Scottish First Division.[4] They reached the Semi-final of the Challenge Cup,[5] the first round of the League Cup[6] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.[7]

Results & fixtures

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Pre season

Scottish First Division

Scottish Challenge Cup

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
DF Mbu[13] Cameroon 16 Club captain
DF Armstrong[13] Scotland 26 Vice-captain

Last updated: 7 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

Last updated 7 May 2013[14][15]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalFirst Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England Thomas Flynn 36 0 30+0 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
GK Scotland Colin Stewart 5 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Scotland Craig Wight 3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
GK Scotland Lee Wilson 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Kenny Adamson 38 1 32+0 0 4+0 1 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland John Armstrong 41 3 35+0 3 3+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland Steven Bennett 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Dean Brett 19 0 15+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF England David Cowan 21 0 18+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland Scott Linton 30 3 22+3 3 3+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF Cameroon Joe Mbu 19 0 11+2 0 2+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland Jason Naismith 5 0 3+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Thomas O'Brien 36 0 23+7 0 1+3 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland Dean Brett 14 1 8+4 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland Liam Caddis 3 1 3+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Liam Callaghan 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Colin Cameron 25 0 19+2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+2 0
MF Spain Rubén García Rey 6 0 1+2 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF England Lee Makel 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England Sean McAllister 9 0 9+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Kyle Miller 33 5 16+11 4 3+0 1 0+1 0 1+1 0
MF Scotland Lewis Milne 24 3 12+7 3 3+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
MF Spain Albert Puigdollers 4 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland Mark Ramsay 24 2 10+10 1 2+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 1
MF Scotland Jon Robertson 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Sam Stanton 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Jamie Stevenson 41 11 32+3 8 4+0 2 1+0 0 1+0 1
FW Scotland Lewis Coult 35 8 19+10 5 2+1 1 1+0 0 2+0 2
FW Scotland Liam Cusack 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW England Kane Hemmings 7 4 7+0 4 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Marc McKenzie 40 9 26+7 6 4+0 1 1+0 1 2+0 1
FW Scotland Craig Moore 12 7 11+1 7 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Spain Pablo Navas 5 0 0+3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
FW Scotland Jack Nicholson 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Greg Stewart 29 8 17+8 5 2+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 3
FW Saint Kitts and Nevis Zephaniah Thomas 7 0 1+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0

Disciplinary Record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 7 May 2013
Nation Position Name First Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
England GK Thomas Flynn 1000001020
Scotland GKColin Stewart 0000000000
Scotland GKCraig Wight 0000000000
Scotland GKLee Wilson 0000000000
Scotland DF Kenny Adamson 100100000110
Scotland DF John Armstrong 1110000021
Scotland DF Steven Bennett 0000000000
Scotland DF Dean Brett 1010000020
England DF David Cowan 2000000020
Scotland DF Scott Linton 0000000000
Cameroon DF Joe Mbu 1000000010
Scotland DFJason Naismith 0000000000
Scotland DF Thomas O'Brien 5100000051
Scotland MF Dean Brett 3000000030
Scotland MF Liam Caddis 0000000000
Scotland MF Liam Callaghan 0000000000
Scotland MF Colin Cameron 4000001050
Spain MF Rubén García Rey 0000100010
England MF Lee Makel 0000000000
England MFSean McAllister 1000000010
Scotland MF Kyle Miller 1000000010
Scotland MF Lewis Milne 0000000000
Spain MF Albert Puigdollers 0000000000
Scotland MF Mark Ramsay 4000000040
Scotland MF Jon Robertson 0000000000
Scotland MF Sam Stanton 0000000000
Scotland MF Jamie Stevenson 3000000030
Scotland FW Lewis Coult 2000000020
Scotland FW Liam Cusack 0000000000
England FWKane Hemmings 0000000000
Scotland FW Marc McKenzie 2000000020
Scotland FWCraig Moore 2000000020
Spain FWPablo Navas 0000000000
Scotland FWJack Nicholson 0000000000
Scotland FW Greg Stewart 1000000010
Saint Kitts and Nevis FW Zephaniah Thomas 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

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Result L W W W L L D D D L L D L L D D D D L L W W L D D D W L L L L D W L L W
Position 10 5 5 3 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 7 8 8 9 8 7 8 9 9 9[nb 1] 8 7 9 9 8

Last updated: 7 May 2013.
Source: [16]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Transfers

Players in

Player From Fee
Scotland Jamie Stevenson Scotland Airdrie United Free[17]
Spain Rubén García Rey Spain Torremolinos[18] Free[19]
Saint Kitts and Nevis Zephaniah Thomas Belgium Montegnée Free[20]
Spain Pablo Navas Spain Marinaleda Free[21]
Spain Albert Puigdollers Spain CE Sabadell Free[22]
Scotland Caddis, LiamLiam Caddis Scotland St Johnstone Loan[23]
England Kane Hemmings Scotland Rangers Loan[24]
Scotland Sam Stanton Scotland Hibernian Loan[25]
Scotland Craig Moore Scotland Motherwell Loan[26]
Scotland Jon Robertson Scotland St Mirren Loan[27]
Scotland Jason Naismith Scotland St Mirren Loan[28]

Players out

Player To Fee
Scotland Robertson, JonJon Robertson Scotland St Mirren Free[29]
Scotland Bejaoui, YoussefYoussef Bejaoui Scotland Berwick Rangers[30] Free[31]
Scotland Bennett, StevenSteven Bennett Free Agent Free[31]
Scotland Byrne, PaulPaul Byrne Free Agent Free[31]
Scotland Droudge, DeneDene Droudge Scotland Berwick Rangers[32] Free[31]
Scotland Mackay, DannyDanny Mackay Free Agent Free[31]
Scotland Powell, ZaneZane Powell Scotland Glenrothes Free[31]
Zimbabwe Tabengwa, AnesuAnesu Tabengwa Free Agent Free[31]
Scotland Derek Lyle Scotland Queen of the South Free[33]
Spain Albert Puigdollers Spain Recreativo de Huelva[34] Free[35]
Spain Rubén García Rey Free Agent Free[36]
Saint Kitts and Nevis Zephaniah Thomas Free Agent Free[36]
Cameroon Joe Mbu Scotland Stenhousemuir Loan[37]
Spain Pablo Navas Free Agent Free[38]

Notes

  1. Dunfermline were deducted 15 points shortly prior to this fixture altering league standings. This was as a result of them entering administration.[39]

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