2012–13 Raith Rovers F.C. season

Raith Rovers
2012–13 season
Manager Grant Murray
Stadium Stark's Park
Scottish First Division 6th
Challenge Cup Quarter-Finals (Lost to Partick Thistle)
League Cup 3rd round (Lost to Celtic)
Scottish Cup 5th round (Lost to Celtic)
Top goalscorer League: Brian Graham (18)
All: Brian Graham (27)
Highest home attendance 7,775 (v Celtic, 3 February 2013)
Lowest home attendance 773 (v Montrose, 14 August 2012)
Average home league attendance 1,953
Home colours
Away colours

The 2012–13 season was Raith Rovers' fourth consecutive season in the Scottish First Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2008–09 season.[1] Raith Rovers also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Management

Raith will be led by player-manager Grant Murray for the 2012–13 season,[2] following the departure of John McGlynn. McGlynn signed a new one-year contract during the close season,[3] and began leading the club for pre season.[4] However on 26 June 2012, McGlynn was appointed as the new manager of Heart of Midlothian,[5] because he was under contract compensation was owed to Raith.[6]

Results & fixtures

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Pre season

A match against Alloa Athletic scheduled for 24 July,[7] was cancelled.[8]

Scottish First Division

Scottish Challenge Cup

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
MF Allan Walker Scotland Club captain

Last updated: May 2011
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

[15][16]Last updated May 2013
No. Pos Nat Player TotalFirst Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland Ross Laidlaw 14 0 9+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
GK Scotland David McGurn 33 0 27+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
GK Scotland Allan Fleming 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Reece Donaldson 10 0 2+4 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 1+1 0
DF Scotland Laurie Ellis 34 0 23+2 0 1+1 0 2+1 0 3+1 0
DF Scotland Dougie Hill 33 4 23+2 1 2+0 1 3+0 1 3+0 1
DF Scotland Eddie Malone 43 0 30+4 0 3+0 0 3+0 0 3+0 0
DF Scotland Grant Murray 12 0 9+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Jason Thomson 45 0 35+0 0 3+0 0 3+0 0 4+0 0
DF Scotland Colin Wilson 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Liam Gordon 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England Simon Mensing 32 2 27+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 1
MF Scotland Ross Callachan 17 0 4+6 0 0+3 0 0+2 0 0+2 0
MF Scotland Joe Hamill 36 0 23+4 0 3+0 0 3+0 0 3+0 0
MF Scotland Allan Walker 43 6 35+0 3 2+0 1 3+0 1 3+0 1
MF Scotland Lewis Vaughan 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Grant Anderson 42 6 27+6 4 3+0 1 2+0 0 2+2 1
MF Scotland Stuart Anderson 43 0 26+6 0 3+0 0 3+1 0 3+1 0
MF Scotland Josh Watt 6 0 3+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England Joe Cardle 7 0 4+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Pat Clarke 35 7 17+9 5 3+0 2 2+0 0 4+0 0
FW Scotland Brian Graham 43 27 33+1 18 3+0 3 3+0 4 3+0 2
FW Scotland David Smith 24 1 16+3 1 0+1 0 0+1 0 2+1 0
FW Scotland Greig Spence 40 14 22+9 10 0+2 1 2+1 1 2+2 2
FW Scotland Jamie Watson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 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 GK Ross Laidlaw 0000001010
Scotland GK David McGurn 0001000001
Scotland GK Allan Fleming 0000000000
Scotland DF Reece Donaldson 1010000020
Scotland DF Laurie Ellis 5000101070
Scotland DF Dougie Hill 6220001193
Scotland DF Eddie Malone 6000000060
Scotland DF Grant Murray 1010000020
Scotland DF Jason Thomson 100000010110
Scotland DF Colin Wilson 0000000000
Scotland DF Liam Gordon 0000000000
England DF Simon Mensing 8000000080
Scotland MF Ross Callachan 0000000000
Scotland MF Joe Hamill 2000000020
Scotland MF Allan Walker 6100001071
Scotland MF Lewis Vaughan 0000000000
Scotland MF Grant Anderson 5010100070
Scotland MF Stuart Anderson 5020001080
Scotland MF Josh Watt 0000000000
England MF Joe Cardle 0000000000
Scotland FW Pat Clarke 3000002050
Scotland FW Brian Graham 4000000141
Scotland FWDavid Smith 1000000010
Scotland FW Greig Spence 3000000030
Scotland FW Jamie Watson 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

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAAHAHA
Result W W D L W L D D D W W L D D L L D L W L L L D W D D L L W W D W L L D W
Position 4 2 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 5 6 6 6 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

Last updated: 4 May 2013.
Source: [17]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Transfers

Players in

Player From Fee
Scotland Eddie Malone Scotland Ayr United Free[18]
Scotland Jason Thomson Scotland Heart of Midlothian Free[19]
Scotland Pat Clarke Scotland Dunfermline Athletic Free[20]
Scotland Grant Anderson Scotland Hamilton Academical Free[21]
Scotland Stuart Anderson England Salisbury City Free[22]
Scotland Greig Spence Scotland Celtic Free[23]
Scotland David Smith Scotland Heart of Midlothian Loan[24]
England Simon Mensing Scotland Hamilton Academical Free[25]
Scotland Josh Watt Scotland Motherwell Loan[26]
England Joe Cardle Scotland Dunfermline Athletic Free[27]

Players out

Player To Fee
Scotland Willie Dyer Scotland Greenock Morton[28] Free[29]
Scotland John Baird Scotland Dundee Free[30]
Scotland Iain Davidson Scotland Dundee Free[31]
Scotland Mark Aitken Free[29]
Argentina Damian Casalinuovo Free[29]
France Samir Dghoughi Free[29]
Scotland James Forsyth Free[29]
Scotland Scott McBride Scotland East Fife[32] Free[29]
Scotland Dayle McGaw Free[29]
Scotland Jordan Roberts Free[29]
Scotland Jamie Stewart Free[29]
Scotland Andy Walls Scotland Lochee United[33] Free[29]
Scotland Iain Williamson Iceland Grindavík[34] Free[29]
Scotland Jordan Wright Free[29]
Scotland Paul Millar Scotland Broxburn Athletic Free[35]
Scotland Liam Gordon Scotland Heart of Midlothian Undisclosed[24]
Scotland Colin Wilson Free[36]

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