2012–13 Stranraer F.C. season

Stranraer
2012–13 season
Chairman Alex Connor
Manager Keith Knox (Until 22 October 2012)
Stephen Aitken (From 27 October 2012)
Stadium Stair Park
Second Division Eighth place
Challenge Cup First Round, lost to Stenhousemuir
League Cup First Round, lost to Livingston
Scottish Cup Fourth Round, lost to Dundee United
Top goalscorer League:
Craig Malcolm (18)

All:
Craig Malcolm (19)
Highest home attendance 1,089 vs Dundee United
Scottish Cup
1 December 2012
Lowest home attendance 169 vs Arbroath
Second Division
19 February 2013

The 2012–13 season was Stranraer's first season back in the Scottish Second Division. Stranraer also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup. They were due to play in their fourth consecutive season in the Scottish Third Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2008–09 season.[1] On 16 July 2012, it was confirmed that Stranraer would be promoted to the Scottish Second Division[2] to fill the vacancy's left by Dundee's promotion to the Scottish Premier League and Airdrie United's promotion to the Scottish First Division.[3] This was to fill the slot vacated by Rangers, who were voted into the Scottish Third Division following their liquidation.[4]

Summary

Season

Stranraer finished eighth in the Scottish Second Division.[5] They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup,[6] the first round of the League Cup[7] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.[8]

Management

Stranraer began the season under the management of Keith Knox. On 22 October 2012,[9] Knox was sacked by the club following unacceptable results,[10] with Knox's assistant Stephen Aitken taking over as interim manager following his departure.[11] After the Forfar Athletic match on 27 October 2012, Aitken was given the manager's job on a permanent basis.[12]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Second Division

Scottish Challenge Cup

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Squad

Last updated 12 May 2013 [13][14]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalSecond Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland Russell Cadwell 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Scotland Ryan Marshall 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Scotland David Mitchell 37 0 32+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
GK Scotland Colin Stewart 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF France Zakaria Belkouche 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Mick Dunlop 40 1 35+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
DF Scotland Grant Gallagher 41 1 36+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
DF Scotland Lloyd Kinnaird 32 0 25+4 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland David McGregor 17 0 13+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+1 0
DF Scotland Frank McKeown 41 2 36+0 2 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
DF Scotland Mark Staunton 35 0 29+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
MF Scotland Dean Agnew 13 0 2+8 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+2 0
MF Scotland Chris Aitken 38 6 33+0 5 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+1 1
MF Scotland Ryan Boris 33 3 25+6 3 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Jamie Campbell 10 0 2+8 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Adam Forde 4 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Nick Phinn 7 0 4+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland Kyle Rafferty 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
MF Scotland Sean Winter 39 5 32+2 1 1+0 1 1+0 0 3+0 3
MF Scotland Kieren Wood 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Blair Dougan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Darren Gribben 15 4 12+3 4 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Robert Love 39 4 19+15 4 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+1 0
FW Scotland Craig Malcolm 41 19 36+0 18 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 1
FW Scotland Michael Moore 34 2 13+16 2 0+1 0 0+1 0 3+0 0
FW France Armand Oné 17 1 6+10 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
DF Scotland Max Wright 14 0 2+10 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 12 May 2013
Nation Position Name Second Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
YC Red card YC Red card YC Red card YC Red card YC Red card
ScotlandGKRussell Cadwell 0000000000
ScotlandGKRyan Marshall 0000000000
ScotlandGKDavid Mitchell 0200000002
ScotlandGKColin Stewart 0000000000
FranceDFZakaria Belkouche 0000000000
ScotlandDFMick Dunlop 4000000040
ScotlandDFGrant Gallagher 3010000040
ScotlandDFLloyd Kinnaird 3000001040
ScotlandDFDavid McGregor 5000001060
ScotlandDFFrank McKeown 5000000050
ScotlandDFMark Staunton 7000101090
ScotlandMFDean Agnew 0000000000
ScotlandMFChris Aitken 4100000041
ScotlandMFRyan Boris 6000000060
ScotlandMFJamie Campbell 0000000000
ScotlandMFAdam Forde 0000000000
ScotlandMFNick Phinn 1000000010
ScotlandMFKyle Rafferty 0000000000
ScotlandMFSean Winter 1000001020
ScotlandMFKieren Wood 0000000000
ScotlandFWBlair Dougan 0000000000
ScotlandFWDarren Gribben 0000000000
ScotlandFWRobert Love 6010000070
ScotlandFWCraig Malcolm 4000001050
ScotlandFWMichael Moore 4000000040
FranceFWArmand Oné 1000000010
ScotlandFWMax Wright 0000000000

Team statistics

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Queen of the South (C) (P) 36 29 5 2 92 23+69 92 Promotion to the 2013–14 Scottish First Division
2 Alloa Athletic (P) 36 20 7 9 62 35+27 67 Qualification to the Scottish First Division Play-offs
3 Brechin City 36 19 4 13 72 59+13 61
4 Forfar Athletic 36 17 3 16 67 747 54
5 Arbroath 36 15 7 14 47 5710 52
6 Stenhousemuir 36 12 13 11 59 590 49
7 Ayr United 36 12 5 19 53 6512 41
8 Stranraer 36 10 7 19 43 7128 37
9 East Fife (O) 36 8 8 20 50 6515 32 Qualification to the Scottish Second Division Play-offs
10 Albion Rovers (R) 36 7 3 26 45 8237 24 Relegation to the 2013–14 Scottish Third Division

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.

Division summary

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
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Result D L D W L L L L L W L L D W W L L W L D L W L W D L W L L W D L L D L W
Position 8 9 8 7 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

Last updated: 12 May 2013.
Source: [15]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Transfers

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