2012–13 Falkirk F.C. season

Falkirk
2012–13 season
Chairman Martin Ritchie
Manager Steven Pressley
(until 8 March 2013)
Alex Smith (interim)
(8 March-7 April 2013)
Gary Holt
(from 8 April 2013)
Stadium Falkirk Stadium
First Division Third place
Challenge Cup Second round, lost to
Rangers
League Cup Second round, lost to
Rangers
Scottish Cup Semi-final, lost to
Hibernian
Top goalscorer League:
Lyle Taylor (24)
All:
Lyle Taylor (29)
Highest home attendance 4,804 v Partick Thistle, 20 April 2013
Lowest home attendance 2,288 v Dumbarton, 16 April 2013
Average home league attendance League: 3,176[1]

The 2012–13 season was Falkirk's third consecutive season in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Premier League at the end of season 2009–10.[2] Falkirk also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Season

During season 2012–13 Falkirk finished third in the Scottish First Division.[3] They reached the second round of the Challenge Cup,[4] the second round of the League Cup[5] and the Semi-final of the Scottish Cup.[6]

Management

Falkirk began the season under the management of Steven Pressley.[7] On 8 March 2013, Pressley left the club to take up the manager post at Coventry City[8] after compensation was agreed.[9] The club's technical director Alex Smith took over as interim manager[10] with Stevie Crawford acting as his assistant.[11]

On 3 April, the club announced that Gary Holt would take over as manager from 8 April 2013.[12]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season

A match against Stenhousemuir scheduled for 24 July,[13] was cancelled.[14]

Scottish First Division

Scottish Challenge Cup

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
DF Darren Dods[21] Scotland 33 Club captain

Last updated: 8 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

[22][23]Last updated 8 May 2013
No. Pos Nat Player TotalFirst DivisionChallenge CupLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Scotland Graham Bowman 101+000+000+000+00
GK Northern Ireland Michael McGovern 43035+002+002+004+00
DF England Rhys Bennett 000+000+000+000+00
DF Scotland Steven Brisbane 000+000+000+000+00
DF Scotland Darren Dods 33227+021+001+004+00
DF Scotland Kieran Duffie 37328+112+012+004+01
DF Scotland Liam Dick 503+000+100+000+10
DF Northern Ireland Johnny Flynn 41033+002+002+004+00
DF Scotland Stephen Kingsley 43135+002+002+014+00
DF Scotland Ryan McGeever 806+100+000+000+10
DF Scotland Robbie Neilson 303+000+000+000+00
DF Scotland Liam Rowan 202+000+000+000+00
DF Scotland Chris Smith 904+201+001+100+00
DF England Will Vaulks 604+200+000+000+00
MF Scotland Blair Alston 41527+721+001+103+13
MF Scotland Kristopher Faulds 201+100+000+000+00
MF Scotland Jay Fulton 35323+522+002+003+01
MF Scotland Dale Fulton 1205+300+100+200+10
MF Scotland Thomas Grant 27115+810+000+002+20
MF England Andy Haworth 1607+501+101+100+00
MF England Luke Leahy 1015+311+001+000+00
MF Scotland Conor McGrandles 30223+320+000+004+00
MF Scotland Stewart Murdoch 40632+052+002+004+01
MF Scotland Iain Flannigan 302+10000000
FW Scotland Sean Higgins 29414+1140+000+001+30
FW Scotland Craig Sibbald 26311+922+002+002+01
FW Scotland Lewis Small 1210+1110+000+000+10
FW England Lyle Taylor 422933+1242+022+014+02
FW Scotland David Weatherston 29516+841+001+001+21
FW Scotland Jordan White 500+300+200+000+00

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 8 May 2013
Nation Position Name First Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
ScotlandGKGraham Bowman 0000000000
Northern IrelandGKMichael McGovern 1100000010
EnglandDFRhys Bennett 0000000000
ScotlandDFSteven Brisbane 0000000000
ScotlandDFDarren Dods 5200001062
ScotlandDFKieran Duffie 5100000051
ScotlandDFLiam Dick 0000000000
Northern IrelandDFJohnny Flynn 7100000071
ScotlandDFStephen Kingsley 0000000000
ScotlandDFRyan McGeever 0000000000
ScotlandDFRobbie Neilson 0000000000
ScotlandDFLiam Rowan 0000000000
ScotlandDFChris Smith 2000000020
EnglandDFWill Vaulks 1000000010
ScotlandMFBlair Alston 3000001040
ScotlandMFKristopher Faulds 0000000000
ScotlandMFJay Fulton 2000000020
ScotlandMFDale Fulton 4000000040
ScotlandThomas Grant 1000000010
EnglandMFAndy Haworth 1010000020
ScotlandMFConor McGrandles 2000001030
EnglandMFLuke Leahy 1000000010
ScotlandMFStewart Murdoch 6000001070
ScotlandMFIain Flannigan 1000000010
ScotlandFWSean Higgins 3000001040
ScotlandFWCraig Sibbald 0010001020
ScotlandFWLewis Small 0000000000
EnglandFWLyle Taylor 6110001081
ScotlandFWDavid Weatherston 0000000000
ScotlandFWJordan White 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 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 to the Scottish First Division Play-offs
10 Airdrie United (R) 36 5 7 24 41 89 −48 22 Relegation to the 2013–14 Scottish League One
Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2013. Source: Scottish Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Dunfermline Athletic were deducted 15 points for entering administration.[24]

Division summary

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAAHHHAH
ResultLLWLDDDDWDLLWWWWLDLLWLWWWDLLWWWWLLDW
Position796887877778666445665555555554334453
Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2013. Source: [25]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

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