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Airdrie United
2012–13 season
ChairmanJim Ballantyne
ManagerJimmy Boyle[1]
StadiumExcelsior Stadium
First DivisionTenth place (Relegated)
Challenge CupSecond round, lost to East Stirlingshire
League CupFirst round, lost to Queens Park
Scottish CupThird round, lost to Raith Rovers
Top goalscorer
John Boyle (10)
Highest home attendance1,648 v Partick Thistle, 13 April 2013
Lowest home attendance554 v Raith Rovers, 24 March 2013
Average home league attendanceLeague: 936[2]

The 2012–13 season was Airdrie United's first season back in the Scottish First Division. Airdrie also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup. Airdrie were due to compete in their third consecutive season in the Scottish Second Division, having been relegated from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2009–10 season.[3] On 16 July 2012, it was confirmed that Airdrie would be promoted to the Scottish First Division[4] to fill the vacancy left by Dundee's promotion to the Scottish Premier League.[5] This was to fill the slot vacated by Rangers, who were voted into the Scottish Third Division following their liquidation.[6]

Summary

Season

During season 2012–13 Airdrie United finished tenth in the Scottish First Division,[7] and were relegated to the Scottish Second Division.[8] They reached the second round of the Challenge Cup,[9] the first round of the League Cup[10] and the third round of the Scottish Cup.[11]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
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[a] Qualification for the First Division Play-offs
10 Airdrie United (R) 36 5 7 24 41 89 −48 22 Relegation to League One
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Dunfermline Athletic were deducted 15 points for entering administration.[12]

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season

14 July 2012[13] Friendly Whitley Bay 1 – 1 Airdrie United Hillheads Park
15:00 Walker 81' Whitley Bay Report Stallard 45' Attendance: 377

Scottish First Division

11 August 2012 Scottish First Division Airdrie United 4 – 1 Dumbarton Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Boyle 14', 25', 31'
Di Giacomo 88'
SFL Report Lister 62' Attendance: 897
Referee: Beaton
22 September 2012 Scottish First Division Falkirk 1 – 1 Airdrie United Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Murdoch 35' (Penalty) SFL Report Cook 68' Attendance: 2,951
Referee: McLean
22 December 2012 Scottish First Division Airdrie United 1 – 4 Falkirk Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Donnelly 56'
Blockley Yellow card 79' Yellow-red card
SFL Report Fulton 43'
Taylor 67', 80', 90'
Attendance: 914
Referee: Clancy
26 January 2013 Scottish First Division Falkirk 4 – 3 Airdrie United Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Taylor 9', 35'
Murdoch 24'
Dods 73'
SFL Report Di Giacomo 57' (Penalty)
McLaren 88'
Boyle 90'
Attendance: 2,715
Referee: Roache
6 April 2013 Scottish First Division Greenock Morton 5 – 2 Airdrie United Cappielow
15:00 MacDonald 5', 22', 60'
McMenamin 69' (Penalty)
Warren 85' (Own goal)
SFL Report Lynch 70'
Cook 73'
Evans Yellow card 80' Red card
Attendance: 1,772
Referee: Salmond

Scottish Challenge Cup

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Squad

Last updated 5 May 2013[16][17]
No. Pos Nat Player Total First Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland SCO Grant Adam 8 0 8+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Kenny Arthur 22 0 16+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Andrew Duncan 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
GK Scotland SCO Robbie Thomson 11 0 11+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Jamie Bain 34 2 25+6 2 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Gregor Buchanan 31 3 26+2 2 0+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 1
DF Scotland SCO Grant Drummond 5 0 4+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Grant Evans 21 0 15+3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Graeme Goodall 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Gavin Griffin 12 1 3+5 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 1
DF Scotland SCO Michael Hart 13 0 9+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Ricki Lamie 17 0 17+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO David Lilley 25 0 16+5 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Cameron MacDonald 10 0 7+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Chris O'Neil 24 0 23+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Kieran Stallard 8 1 5+0 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF Australia AUS Marc Warren 30 0 24+3 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jamie Barclay 10 0 6+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Nathan Blockley 31 3 25+1 2 2+0 0 1+0 1 2+0 0
MF England ENG Jack Boyle 14 1 8+4 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
MF Scotland SCO Alan Cook 13 3 9+2 2 1+0 0 0+1 1 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Ross Davidson 5 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Andrew Gilchrist 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Thomas Robertson 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Fraser Keast 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jack Haggarty 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Steven Hetherington 14 0 14+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Sean Lynch 22 1 15+4 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Christian McKenna 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Josh Watt 13 2 8+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 1
MF Scotland SCO Liam Watt 13 1 11+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jordan Wright 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Jordan Allan 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO John Boyle 29 10 23+2 10 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Lee Brown 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Liam Buchanan 6 0 5+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Liam Coogans 7 1 5+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Ryan Donnelly 36 6 21+11 6 0+1 0 0+1 0 1+1 0
FW Scotland SCO Paul di Giacomo 22 5 5+12 4 1+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 1
FW Scotland SCO Jordan Kirkpatrick 5 1 2+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Willie McLaren 32 4 17+10 3 1+1 1 1+0 0 0+2 0
FW Scotland SCO Jordan Moore 9 2 6+3 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Scott Morton 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Owen Ronald 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Scott Sally 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 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
Scotland GK Grant Adam 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland GK Kenny Arthur 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland GK Andrew Duncan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland GK Robbie Thomson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Jamie Bain 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Scotland DF Gregor Buchanan 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
Scotland DF Grant Drummond 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland DF Grant Evans 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 1
Scotland DF Graeme Goodall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Gavin Griffin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland DF Michael Hart 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland DF Ricki Lamie 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
Scotland DF David Lilley 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 1
Scotland DF Cameron MacDonald 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland DF Chris O'Neil 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Scotland DF Kieran Stallard 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0
Australia DF Marc Warren 6 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 2
Scotland MF Jamie Barclay 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland MF Nathan Blockley 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1
England MF Jack Boyle 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Scotland MF Alan Cook 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Ross Davidson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Andrew Gilchrist 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Jack Haggarty 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
England MF Steven Hetherington 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland MF Fraser Keast 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Sean Lynch 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
Scotland MF Christian McKenna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Josh Watt 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
Scotland MF Liam Watt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Jordan Wright 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Jordan Allan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW John Boyle 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 0
Scotland FW Lee Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Liam Buchanan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Liam Coogans 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland FW Ryan Donnelly 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
Scotland FW Paul di Giacomo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Jordan Kirkpatrick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Willie McLaren 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
Scotland FW Jordan Moore 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland FW Scott Morton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Owen Ronald 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Scott Sally 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Awards

Last updated 28 September 2012
Nation Name Award Month
Scotland John Boyle[18] Player of the Month August

Division summary

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GroundHAHHAAHHAAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAAHAHHAAHAHA
ResultWWLLLDLLLWLDDLLLDDLWLLLDLLDLLLLLLLLW
Position2135667888899999999991010101010101010101010[a]10101010
  1. ^ Dunfermline were deducted 15 points shortly prior to this fixture altering league standings. This was as a result of them entering administration.[20]
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2013. Source: [19]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

Willie McLaren was initially released by the club[21] but later re-signed.[22]

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