2012–13 Raith Rovers F.C. season

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.

Raith Rovers
2012–13 season
ManagerGrant Murray
StadiumStark's Park
Scottish First Division6th
Challenge CupQuarter-Finals (Lost to Partick Thistle)
League Cup3rd round (Lost to Celtic)
Scottish Cup5th round (Lost to Celtic)
Top goalscorerLeague: Brian Graham (18)
All: Brian Graham (27)
Highest home attendance7,775 (v Celtic, 3 February 2013)
Lowest home attendance773 (v Montrose, 14 August 2012)
Average home league attendance1,953

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]

14 July 2012[10] Laurie Ellis TestimonialRaith Rovers0 – 3Heart of MidlothianStark's Park
15:00 Hearts Report
Scotsman Report
Paterson  28'
Sutton  44'
Templeton  67'
Attendance: 2,907
Referee: Charleston
17 July 2012[11] FriendlyRaith Rovers1 – 1MotherwellStark's Park
19:45 Clarke  87' Raith Rovers Official Site Report Moore  69' Attendance: 898
Referee: Finnie

Scottish First Division

18 August 2012 Scottish First DivisionFalkirk0 – 2Raith RoversFalkirk Stadium
15:00 Raith Report Walker  45'
Clarke  47'
Attendance: 3,064
Referee: O'Reilly
15 September 2012 Scottish First DivisionRaith Rovers2 – 0Airdrie UnitedStark's Park
15:00 Graham  37'
Spence  83'
Raith Report Attendance: 1,481
Referee: Allan
6 October 2012 Scottish First DivisionRaith Rovers2 – 2DumbartonStark's Park
15:00 Graham  23'
Spence  69'
Raith Report Lister  52'
Prunty  90'
Attendance: 1,425
Referee: Tumilty
20 October 2012 Scottish First DivisionCowdenbeath4 – 4Raith RoversCentral Park
15:00 Miller  6'
Stevenson  24'
Coult  78', 80'
Raith Report Graham  35'
Spence  45'
Clarke  81'
Mensing  90'
Attendance: 1,209
Referee: Madden
10 November 2012 Scottish First DivisionRaith Rovers2 – 1FalkirkStark's Park
15:00 Smith  56'
G.Anderson  85'
Raith Report Leahy  43' Attendance: 1,986
Referee: McKendrick
17 November 2012 Scottish First DivisionRaith Rovers1 – 3Dunfermline AthleticStark's Park
15:00 Clarke  24'
Walker  45'
Hill  45' 
Raith Report Husband  37', 88'
Cardle  46'
Attendance: 4,294
Referee: Allan
24 November 2012 Scottish First DivisionAirdrie United0 – 0Raith RoversExcelsior Stadium
15:00 Jack Boyle  63'  Raith Report Attendance: 747
Referee: Beaton
8 December 2012 Scottish First DivisionRaith Rovers3 – 3Greenock MortonStark's Park
15:00 Graham  23', 71'
Spence  85'
Raith Report Rutkiewicz  8'
O'Brien  65'
Hardie  88'
Attendance: 1,375
Referee: McLean
22 December 2012 Scottish First DivisionDumbartonP – PRaith RoversDumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Raith Report
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch[13]
29 December 2012 Scottish First DivisionRaith Rovers2 – 2CowdenbeathStark's Park
15:00 Hill  50'
Spence  53'
Raith Report Milne  9'
Stevenson  42' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,877
Referee: Murray
5 January 2013 Scottish First DivisionRaith Rovers2 – 0Airdrie UnitedStark's Park
15:00 Graham  35'
Clarke  61'
Raith Report Attendance: 1,270
Referee: Collum
12 January 2013 Scottish First DivisionLivingston2 – 1Raith RoversAlmondvale Stadium
15:00 Russell  29'
Barr  49'
Raith Report Graham  34' Attendance: 1,424
Referee: Madden
9 February 2013 Scottish First DivisionRaith RoversP – PPartick ThistleStark's Park
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch
16 February 2013 Scottish First DivisionRaith Rovers3 – 2DumbartonStark's Park
15:00 Walker  39'
Clarke  52'
Graham  90'
Raith Report Prunty  45', 58' Attendance: 1,304
Referee: Charleston
23 February 2013 Scottish First DivisionCowdenbeath1 – 1Raith RoversCentral Park
15:00 Stewart  81' Raith Report Graham  48' Attendance: 1,078
Referee: Colvin
5 March 2013 Scottish First DivisionFalkirk1 – 1Raith RoversFalkirk Stadium
15:00 Murdoch  90' Raith Report Graham  30' Attendance: 2,428
Referee: Muir
12 March 2013 Scottish First DivisionRaith RoversP – PPartick ThistleStark's Park
19:45 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to a frozen pitch
23 March 2013 Scottish First DivisionAirdrie United1 – 2Raith RoversExcelsior Stadium
15:00 Bain  7' Raith Report Spence  44'
G.Anderson  78'
Attendance: 554
Referee: Roache
27 March 2013 Scottish First DivisionDumbarton4 – 2Raith RoversDumbarton Football Stadium
19:30 Lister  36', 64', 84'
Agnew  70' (pen.)
Raith Report Spence  4'
G.Anderson  25'
Attendance: 483
Referee: Madden
27 April 2013 Scottish First DivisionRaith Rovers0 – 0FalkirkStark's Park
15:00 Raith Report Attendance: 1,406
Referee: McLean
4 May 2013 Scottish First DivisionLivingston2 – 3Raith RoversAlmondvale Stadium
15:00 Fox  45' (pen.)
Russell  90'
Raith Report G.Anderson  21'
Graham  82', 90'
Attendance: 1,302
Referee: Roache

Scottish Challenge Cup

28 July 2012[14] Scottish Challenge Cup Round 1Wick Academy2 – 4Raith RoversHarmsworth Park
15:00 Geruzel  51'
Allan  61'
Raith Report Graham  39'
Hill  57'
G.Anderson  71'
Clarke  82'
Attendance: 980
Referee: Somers
14 August 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup Round 2Raith Rovers5 – 2MontroseStark's Park
19:45 Walker  7'
Graham  32', 54'
McGurn  44'
Clarke  42'
Spence  90'
Raith Report Watson  45' (pen.)
Young  77'
Attendance: 773
Referee: Finnie
9 September 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup QFPartick Thistle3 – 0Raith RoversFirhill Stadium
16:05 Erskine  50', 58'
Craig  53'
Attendance: 1,807
Referee: Charleston

Scottish League Cup

4 August 2012 Scottish League Cup Round 1Raith Rovers4 – 3Berwick RangersStark's Park
15:00 Graham  25', 73'
Hill  58'
Clarke  85'
SFL Report Currie  9', 65'
Addison  50'
Attendance: 1,071
Referee: Norris
28 August 2012 Scottish League Cup Round 2Ross County1 – 4Raith RoversGlobal Energy Stadium
19:45 Duncan  84' SFL Report Spence  25'
Graham  41', 63'
Hill  51'
Attendance: 1,147
Referee: McKendrick
25 September 2012 Scottish League Cup Round 3Celtic4 – 1Raith RoversCeltic Park
19:45 Hooper  12', 37', 58', 60' SFL Report Walker  28' Attendance: 14,737
Referee: Muir

Scottish Cup

3 November 2012 Scottish Cup Round 3Airdrie United2 – 2Raith RoversExcelsior Stadium
15:00 Griffin  28'
Thomson  78' (o.g.)
Raith Report Mensing  13'
Graham  47'
Spence  90'
Attendance: 854
Referee: Finnie
13 November 2012 Scottish Cup Round 3 ReplayRaith Rovers4 – 3 (a.e.t.)Airdrie UnitedStark's Park
19:45 Spence  5'
Walker  21' (pen.)
G.Anderson  55'
Hill  99'
Raith Report Watt  3'
Di Giacomo  45' (pen.)
Buchanan  86'
Attendance: 935
Referee: Finnie
1 December 2012 Scottish Cup Round 4Raith Rovers2 – 1DeveronvaleStark's Park
15:00 Graham  55', 89'
Hill  57'
Raith Report Fraser  58' (pen.) Attendance: 1,439
Referee: Robertson
3 February 2013 Scottish Cup Round 5Raith Rovers0 – 3CelticStark's Park
12:45 Raith Report Commons  56' (pen.)
Forrest  83'
Mulgrew  86'
Attendance: 7,775
Referee: McLean

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
MF Allan Walker 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 DivisionChallenge CupLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Ross Laidlaw 1409+100+100+003+00
GK David McGurn 33027+002+003+001+00
GK Allan Fleming 100+001+000+000+00
DF Reece Donaldson 1002+401+000+101+10
DF Laurie Ellis 34023+201+102+103+10
DF Dougie Hill 33423+212+013+013+01
DF Eddie Malone 43030+403+003+003+00
DF Grant Murray 1209+102+000+000+00
DF Jason Thomson 45035+003+003+004+00
DF Colin Wilson 201+000+000+100+00
DF Liam Gordon 000+000+000+000+00
DF Simon Mensing 32227+010+001+004+01
MF Ross Callachan 1704+600+300+200+20
MF Joe Hamill 36023+403+003+003+00
MF Allan Walker 43635+032+013+013+01
MF Lewis Vaughan 300+300+000+000+00
MF Grant Anderson 42627+643+012+002+21
MF Stuart Anderson 43026+603+003+103+10
MF Josh Watt 603+300+000+000+00
MF Joe Cardle 704+300+000+000+00
FW Pat Clarke 35717+953+022+004+00
FW Brian Graham 432733+1183+033+043+02
FW David Smith 24116+310+100+102+10
FW Greig Spence 401422+9100+212+112+22
FW Jamie Watson 000+000+000+000+00

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated May 2013
Nation Position Name First Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
GKRoss Laidlaw 0000001010
GKDavid McGurn 0001000001
GKAllan Fleming 0000000000
DFReece Donaldson 1010000020
DFLaurie Ellis 5000101070
DFDougie Hill 6220001193
DFEddie Malone 6000000060
DFGrant Murray 1010000020
DFJason Thomson 100000010110
DFColin Wilson 0000000000
DFLiam Gordon 0000000000
DFSimon Mensing 8000000080
MFRoss Callachan 0000000000
MFJoe Hamill 2000000020
MFAllan Walker 6100001071
MFLewis Vaughan 0000000000
MFGrant Anderson 5010100070
MFStuart Anderson 5020001080
MFJosh Watt 0000000000
MFJoe Cardle 0000000000
FWPat Clarke 3000002050
FWBrian Graham 4000000141
FWDavid Smith 1000000010
FWGreig Spence 3000000030
FWJamie Watson 0000000000

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division summary

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAAHAHA
ResultWWDLWLDDDWWLDDLLDLWLLLDWDDLLWWDWLLDW
Position422434444445455666455666666666666666
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2013. Source: [17]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

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