2012–13 Arbroath F.C. season

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Arbroath
2012–13 season
ManagerPaul Sheerin
StadiumGayfield Park
Second DivisionFifth place
Challenge CupSemi-final, lost to Queen of the South
League CupSecond round, lost to Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Scottish CupFourth round, lost to Celtic
Top goalscorerLeague:
Steven Doris (11)

All:
Steven Doris (15)
Highest home attendance4,127 vs Celtic
Scottish Cup
12 December 2012
Lowest home attendance387 vs Stranraer
Second Division
21 November 2012

The 2012–13 season was Arbroath's second consecutive season in the Scottish Second Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Third Division at the end of the 2010–11 season.[1] Arbroath also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary[edit]

Season[edit]

Arbroath finished fifth in the Scottish Second Division.[2] They reached the Semi-final of the Challenge Cup,[3] the second round of the League Cup[4] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup,[5] losing to eventual champions Celtic.[6]

Results & fixtures[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season[edit]

7 July 2012 Friendly Cove Rangers 1 – 0 Arbroath Allan Park
14:00 Stott Report
14 July 2012[7] Friendly Arbroath 1 – 5 Aberdeen Gayfield Park
15:00 Sibanda 89' (pen.) Record Report Fallon 34'
Magennis 49'
Megginson 55'
Paton 60'
Vernon 90' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,766
Referee: Somers
21 July 2012 Friendly Arbroath 3 – 1 Keith Gayfield Park
15:00 Sibanda
Holmes
Report[permanent dead link] Smith Attendance: 320
Referee: Duncan
24 July 2012 Friendly Arbroath 1 – 0 Dundee United XI Gayfield Park
Rennie Report Attendance: 322
Referee: Charleston

Scottish Second Division[edit]

11 August 2012 Scottish Second Division Stranraer 1 – 1 Arbroath Stair Park
15:00 Moore 22' SFL Report Gribben 45' Attendance: 290
Referee: Anderson
18 August 2012 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 4 – 2 Ayr United Gayfield Park
15:00 Holmes 45'
Kerr 46'
Gribben 72'
Rennie 83'
SFL Report Sinclair 22'
Holmes 67' (Own goal)
Attendance: 714
Referee: Northcroft
25 August 2012 Scottish Second Division Alloa Athletic 2 – 3 Arbroath Recreation Park
15:00 Cawley 18', 32' SFL Report Holmes 45'
Currie 54'
Travis 63'
Rennie Red card 64'
Attendance: 575
Referee: Salmond
1 September 2012 Scottish Second Division Queen of the South 6 – 0 Arbroath Palmerston Park
15:00 Gibson 17'
Clark 37'
Reilly 53', 64', 90'
Smith 87'
SFL Sport Attendance: 1,554
Referee: McKendrick
15 September 2012 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 2 – 0 East Fife Gayfield Park
15:00 Doris 26'
Holmes 28'
SFL Report Attendance: 624
Referee: Aitken
6 October 2012 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 3 – 1 Brechin City Gayfield Park
15:00 Keddie 24'
Currie 75'
Holmes 86'
SFL Report McKenna 51' Attendance: 854
Referee: Hilland
20 October 2012 Scottish Second Division Albion Rovers 4 – 0 Arbroath Cliftonhill
15:00 Crawford 16', 90'
Howarth 72'
Stevenson 77' (pen.)
SFL Report Currie Yellow card 90' Yellow-red card Attendance: 313
Referee: Cook
27 October 2012 Scottish Second Division Ayr United 2 – 0 Arbroath Somerset Park
15:00 MacKinnon 16'
Moffat 90'
SFL Report Attendance: 1,062
Referee: Dallas
17 November 2012 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 2 – 3 Queen of the South Gayfield Park
15:00 Doris 45' (pen.), 90+2' (pen.) SFL Report Clark 22'
Higgins 28'
Durnan 60'
Attendance: 691
Referee: Roache
21 November 2012 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 2 – 1 Stranraer Gayfield Park
19:45 Currie 23'
Doris 90'
SFL Report Love 46' Attendance: 387
Referee: Northcroft
24 November 2012 Scottish Second Division East Fife 2 – 1 Arbroath Bayview Stadium
15:00 Jamieson 13'
McBride 46'
SFL Report Currie 43' Attendance: 570
Referee: Cook
8 December 2012 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 2 – 2 Stenhousemuir Gayfield Park
15:00 Doris 10'
Malcolm 51'
SFL Report Smith 3'
Kean 90+2'
Attendance: 647
Referee: McKendrick
15 December 2012 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 1 – 1 Arbroath Station Park
15:00 Hilson 74' SFL Report Holmes 90+2' Attendance: 719
Referee: Brines
26 December 2012 Scottish Second Division Brechin City 3 – 2 Arbroath Glebe Park
15:00 Malcolm 8' (Own goal)
McLean 35'
Trouten 61'
SFL Report Sheerin 57'
Doris 64' (pen.)
Attendance: 978
Referee: Hilland
29 December 2012 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 2 – 1 Albion Rovers Gayfield Park
15:00 Holmes 19'
Doris 90+4' (pen.)
SFL Report Donnelly 27' Attendance: 569
Referee: Beaton
2 January 2013 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 1 – 0 East Fife Gayfield Park
15:00 Sheerin 53' SFL Report Johnstone Red card 47' Attendance: 813
Referee: Robertson
5 January 2013 Scottish Second Division Queen of the South 5 – 1 Arbroath Palmerston Park
15:00 Durnan Red card 20'
Lyle 54'
Clark 58', 84'
Carmichael 65'
McKenna 81'
BBC Sport Doris 18' Attendance: 1,693
Referee: Finnie
12 January 2013 Scottish Second Division Arbroath P – P Alloa Athletic Gayfield Park
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch
19 January 2013 Scottish Second Division Stranraer P – P Arbroath Stair Park
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to frozen pitch
26 January 2013 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 3 – 1 Forfar Athletic Gayfield Park
15:00 Sibanda 8'
Bayne 17', 56'
SFL Report Campbell 72' (pen.)
Robertson Red card 79'
Attendance: 843
Referee: Somers
2 February 2013 Scottish Second Division Stenhousemuir 1 – 0 Arbroath Ochilview Park
15:00 Gemmell 45' SFL Sport Attendance: 459
Referee: Anderson
19 February 2013 Scottish Second Division Stranraer 2 – 0 Arbroath Stair Park
19:45 Morrison 21' (Own goal)
Love 58'
SFL Report Attendance: 169
Referee: Aitken
27 February 2013 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 1 – 2 Alloa Athletic Gayfield Park
19:45 Malcolm 64' SFL Report McCord 19' (pen.)
Cawley 89'
Attendance: 471
Referee: Somers
2 March 2013 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 1 – 4 Ayr United Gayfield Park
15:00 Homes 2'
Kerr Yellow card 54' Yellow-red card
SFL Report Moffat 41' (pen.), 43', 72' (pen.), 75' Attendance: 651
Referee: Dallas
9 March 2013 Scottish Second Division East Fife 0 – 1 Arbroath Bayview Stadium
15:00 SFL Report Bayne 85' Attendance: 426
Referee: Cook
23 March 2013 Scottish Second Division Arbroath P – P Stenhousemuir Gayfield Park
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to high winds
30 March 2013 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 2 – 4 Arbroath Station Park
15:00 Denholm 30'
Templeman 77'
SFL Report Doris 7'
Hamilton 56'
Travis 73'
Sheerin 89'
Attendance: 770
Referee: Anderson
6 April 2013 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 2 – 1 Albion Rovers Gayfield Park
15:00 Doris 83' (pen.)
Keddie 89'
SFL Report Walker 55'
Russell Red card 82'
Attendance: 555
Referee: Madden
20 April 2013 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 1 – 0 Stranraer Gayfield Park
15:00 Sheerin 25' SFL Report Attendance: 562
Referee: Cook
27 April 2013 Scottish Second Division Ayr United 0 – 1 Arbroath Somerset Park
15:00 SFL Report Smith 60' Attendance: 834
Referee: Aitken

Scottish Challenge Cup[edit]

28 July 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup round 1 Elgin City 5 – 7 Arbroath Borough Briggs
15:00 Gunn 19'
Leslie 50', 89'
Moore 52'
Wyness 87'
SFL Report Sibanda 16', 27', 43'
Doris 21'
Gribben 45', 66' (71), pen.'
Attendance: 561
Referee: Colvin
14 August 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup round 2 Arbroath 3 – 2 Forfar Athletic Gayfield Park
Currie 22'
Gribben 35', 38'
SFL Report Swankie 30'
Gibson 44'
Campbell Yellow card 62' Red card
Attendance: 732
Referee: Charleston
9 September 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup QF Arbroath 1 – 0 Stenhousemuir Gayfield Park
15:00 Robertson 34' SFL Report Gemmell Red card 49' Attendance: 623
Referee: Colvin

Scottish League Cup[edit]

Scottish Cup[edit]

3 November 2012 Scottish Cup round 3 Inverurie Loco Works 3 – 3 Arbroath Harlaw Park
15:00 Bain 67'
Gauld 86', 90'
BBC Report Doris 5' (pen.)
Currie 23'
Gribben 58'
Attendance: 732
Referee: Aitken
10 November 2012 Scottish Cup round 3 replay Arbroath 3 – 1 Inverurie Loco Works Gayfield Park
15:00 Kerr 36'
Holmes 38'
Doris 47'
BBC Report McLean Red card 74'
Gauld 90'
Attendance: 1,108
Referee: Aitken
1 December 2012 Scottish Cup round 4 Celtic 1 – 1 Arbroath Celtic Park
15:00 Keddie 36' (o.g.) BBC Report Doris 87' Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Charleston
12 December 2012 Scottish Cup round 4 replay Arbroath 0 – 1 Celtic Gayfield Park
19:45 BBC Report Matthews 18' Attendance: 4,127
Referee: Charleston

Player statistics[edit]

Squad[edit]

Last updated 11 May 2013[8]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Second Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England ENG Tony Bullock 11 0 9+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Darren Hill 8 0 5+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Scott Morrison 28 0 22+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Scott Adams 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Mark Baxter 41 0 31+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Kieron Brennan 6 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Colin Hamilton 38 2 32+0 2 2+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Alex Keddie 46 3 36+0 2 4+0 1 2+0 0 4+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Stuart Malcolm 27 2 16+5 2 2+0 0 0+1 0 3+0 0
DF South Africa RSA Michael Travis 23 2 19+0 2 1+1 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG David Banjo 14 0 5+5 0 0+1 0 1+1 0 0+1 0
MF Scotland SCO Connor Birse 11 0 3+5 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
MF Scotland SCO Ross Chisholm 17 0 17+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Paul Currie 27 8 12+6 5 3+0 1 2+0 1 4+0 1
MF Scotland SCO Brian Kerr 38 2 28+1 1 4+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 1
MF Scotland SCO Scott Robertson 34 1 24+2 0 3+0 1 1+0 0 3+1 0
MF Scotland SCO Paul Sheerin 41 4 30+2 4 2+1 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Patrick Smith 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Marcus Watt 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Joe Prince-Wright 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Graham Bayne 16 3 10+6 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Steven Doris 42 15 32+0 11 3+1 1 2+0 0 4+0 3
FW Scotland SCO Jordan Elfverson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Darren Gribben 26 8 10+7 2 2+2 5 2+0 0 2+1 1
FW Scotland SCO Derek Holmes 41 9 19+12 8 2+2 0 1+1 0 3+1 1
MF Scotland SCO Jake Mair 4 0 1+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Danny Rennie 33 1 7+17 1 3+1 0 0+1 0 0+4 0
FW Scotland SCO Dayle Robertson 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Lee Sibanda 37 5 17+11 2 2+2 3 1+1 0 1+2 0
FW Scotland SCO Euan Smith 14 2 9+5 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record[edit]

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 11 May 2013
Nation Position Name Second 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
England GK Tony Bullock 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland GK Darren Hill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland GK Scott Morrison 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Scott Adams 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland DF Mark Baxter 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
Scotland DF Kieron Brennan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Colin Hamilton 6 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 9 0
Scotland DF Alex Keddie 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Scotland DF Stuart Malcolm 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
South Africa DF Michael Travis 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
England MF David Banjo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland MF Connor Birse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Ross Chisholm 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland MF Paul Currie 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 1
Scotland MF Brian Kerr 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 1
Scotland MF Scott Robertson 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 9 0
Scotland MF Paul Sheerin 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland MF Patrick Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Marcus Watt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
England MF Joe Prince-Wright 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Graham Bayne 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Scotland FW Steven Doris 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland FW Jordan Elfverson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Darren Gribben 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Scotland FW Derek Holmes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Jake Mair 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland FW Danny Rennie 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Scotland FW Dayle Robertson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Lee Sibanda 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Scotland FW Euan Smith 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

Team statistics[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
3 Brechin City 36 19 4 13 72 59 +13 61 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
4 Forfar Athletic 36 17 3 16 67 74 −7 54
5 Arbroath 36 15 7 14 47 57 −10 52
6 Stenhousemuir 36 12 13 11 59 59 0 49
7 Ayr United 36 12 5 19 53 65 −12 41
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division summary[edit]

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHAAHHAHAAHHAHAAHHAHAAHAAHHAHAHHAHAH
ResultDWWLWDDWLLLWLDDLWWLWLWLLWLLWDWDWLWWL
Position421433334464554655544445455554445445
Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2013. Source: [9]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers[edit]

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