2012–13 Alloa Athletic F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Alloa Athletic's first season back in the Scottish Second Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Third Division at the end of season 2011–12.[2] Alloa also competed in the Challenge Cup, Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Alloa Athletic
2012–13 season
ChairmanMike Mulraney
ManagerPaul Hartley[1]
StadiumRecreation Park
Second DivisionSecond place
Challenge CupFirst round, lost to Cowdenbeath
League CupFirst round, lost to Queen of the South
Scottish CupThird round, lost to Rangers
Top goalscorerLeague:
Kevin Cawley (13)

All:
Kevin Cawley (14)
Highest home attendance2,765 vs Dunfermline Athletic First Division play-offs
15 May 2013
Lowest home attendance382 vs Brechin City
Second Division
16 March 2013

Summary

Season

Alloa finished second in the Scottish Second Division,[3] entering the play-offs defeating Dunfermline Athletic 3–1 on aggregate in the final[4] and were promoted to the Scottish First Division.[5] They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup,[6] the first round of the League Cup[7] and the third round of the Scottish Cup.[8]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season

10 July 2012[9] Friendly Alloa Athletic 1–2 Partick Thistle Recreation Park
19:45 Munn 61' Partick Thistle Report Lawless 26'
Sinclair 50'
Referee: John McKendrick

Scottish Second Division

11 August 2012 Scottish Second Division Alloa Athletic 1–1 East Fife Recreation Park
15:00 Simmons 74' SFL Report McCormack 30' Attendance: 625
Referee: McDermott
18 August 2012 Scottish Second Division Albion Rovers 0–3 Alloa Athletic Cliftonhill Stadium
15:00 SFL Report Grehan 14'
Thomson 79', 83'
Attendance: 393
Referee: Hilland
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 Brechin City 1–3 Alloa Athletic Glebe Park
15:00 Jackson 51' SFL Report Thomson 65'
Cawley 74'
Grehan 88'
Attendance: 491
Referee: Northcroft
22 September 2012 Scottish Second Division Alloa Athletic 3–0 Stranraer Recreation Park
15:00 Cawley 21'
Grehan 45+3' (Penalty)
Holmes 90'
SFL Report Mitchell Red card 45' Attendance: 429
Referee: Anderson
27 October 2012 Scottish Second Division Alloa Athletic 5–1 Albion Rovers Recreation Park
15:00 Grehan 20', 57', 64'
Marriott 42'
Megginson 82'
SFL Report Crawford 48' Attendance: 467
Referee: Northcroft
17 November 2012 Scottish Second Division Alloa Athletic 2–2 Brechin City Recreation Park
15:00 Cawley 43'
Grehan 62'
SFL Report Brown 69'
Jackson 83'
Attendance: 501
Referee: Robertson
24 November 2012 Scottish Second Division Stenhousemuir 0–2 Alloa Athletic Ochilview Park
15:00 SFL Report Cawley 24'
Simmons 36'
Attendance: 671
Referee: Graham
15 December 2012 Scottish Second Division Stranraer 3–2 Alloa Athletic Stair Park
15:00 Dunlop 44'
Malcolm 56'
Love 79'
SFL Report Holmes 61'
Thomson 81'
Attendance: 245
Referee: McKendrick
29 December 2012 Scottish Second Division Ayr United 0–0 Alloa Athletic Somerset Park
15:00 SFL Report Attendance: 927
Referee: Robertson
5 January 2013 Scottish Second Division Brechin City 3–2 Alloa Athletic Glebe Park
15:00 McKenna 4'
Trouten 50'
Jackson 83'
SFL Report Cawley 17'
McCord 38' (Penalty)
Attendance: 602
Referee: Anderson
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 Alloa Athletic 1–1 East Fife Recreation Park
15:00 Marr 34' SFL Report McManus 23' Attendance: 551
Referee: Northcroft
26 January 2013 Scottish Second Division Alloa Athletic 4–1 Stranraer Recreation Park
15:00 McCord 32'
Megginson 60'
Holmes 67', 73'
SFL Report Gallagher 59' Attendance: 451
Referee: Graham
9 February 2013 Scottish Second Division Alloa Athletic 2–2 Ayr United Recreation Park
15:00 Megginson 63'
Gordon 90+2'
SFL Report Buchanan 36'
McGregor 57'
Buchanan Yellow card 78' Yellow-red card
Attendance: 521
Referee: Cook
30 March 2013 Scottish Second Division Stranraer 1–2 Alloa Athletic Stair Park
15:00 Love 87' SFL Report Holmes 55'
McCord 68'
Attendance: 322
Referee: Roache
27 April 2013 Scottish Second Division Alloa Athletic 4–1 Albion Rovers Recreation Park
15:00 Cawley 4', 86'
Simmons 22'
Tiffoney 31'
SFL Report Walker 18' Attendance: 1,224
Referee: Anderson
4 May 2013 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 0–1 Alloa Athletic Gayfield Park
15:00 SFL Report Hynd 89' Attendance: 901
Referee: Robertson

First Division play-offs

11 May 2012 Play-offs SF R2 Alloa Athletic 2–3
(4–3 agg.)
Brechin City Recreation Park
15:00 Cawley 36'
Elliot 68' (Penalty)
SFL Report Jackson 4', 90+4'
Trouten 52' (Penalty)
Attendance: 856
Referee: Collum

Scottish Challenge Cup

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

3 November 2012 Scottish Cup round 3 Rangers 7–0 Alloa Athletic Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Shiels 2', 21'
McCulloch 33', 72'
Crawford 73'
McKay 82', 89'
BBC Report Doyle Red card 78' Attendance: 25,478
Referee: Brines


Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
MF Young[13] Scotland 22 Club captain

Last updated: 19 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

Last updated 16 May 2013 [14][15]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalSecond DivisionOther[a]League CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Scotland SCO Scott Bain 42035+005+001+001+00
GK Scotland SCO Craig McDowall 101+000+000+000+00
GK Scotland SCO Mickey Couser 000+000+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Mark Docherty 33017+1101+201+000+10
DF Scotland SCO Michael Doyle[note 1] 34027+005+001+001+00
DF Scotland SCO Ben Gordon 40633+045+011+011+00
DF Scotland SCO Ryan Harding 200+001+001+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Jason Marr 35232+022+000+001+00
DF Scotland SCO Mark McCullagh 000+000+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Lee McLelland 100+100+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Darryl Meggatt 35030+004+000+001+00
DF Scotland SCO Jonathan Tiffoney 936+122+010+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Edward Ferns 2103+1700+100+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Paul Hartley 000+000+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Graeme Holmes 40831+285+001+001+00
MF Scotland SCO Nicholas Locke 000+000+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Nicky Low 1109+100+000+001+00
MF Scotland SCO Ross McCord 1703+1200+100+100+00
MF Scotland SCO Ryan McCord 381230+1115+011+001+00
MF Scotland SCO Kevin Moon 15211+004+020+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Blair Munn 000+000+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Stephen Simmons 37329+234+001+001+00
MF Scotland SCO Gavin Stokes 301+200+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Callum Tapping 401+300+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Darren Young 28020+101+401+001+00
FW Scotland SCO Lewis Bonar 300+300+000+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Kevin Cawley 411425+9135+010+101+00
FW Scotland SCO David Cox 402+001+001+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Calum Elliot 14410+024+020+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Calum Gallagher 905+400+000+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Martin Grehan 35921+1081+101+010+10
FW Scotland SCO Mitchel Megginson 12310+230+000+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Robert Thomson 1544+1040+000+000+10
  Scotland SCO Michael Hardie 100+100+000+000+00
  Scotland SCO Scott Hynd 210+210+000+000+00
a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the play-offs and the Challenge Cup.

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 19 May 2013
Nation Position Name Second Division Other 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
ScotlandGKScott Bain 0000000000
ScotlandGKCraig McDowall 0000000000
ScotlandDFMark Docherty 4000100050
ScotlandDFMichael Doyle 1000000111
ScotlandDFBen Gordon 7010001090
ScotlandDFRyan Harding 0000000000
ScotlandDFJason Marr 3010000040
ScotlandDFMark McCullagh 0000000000
ScotlandDFLee McLelland 0000000000
ScotlandDFDarryl Meggatt 2010000030
ScotlandDFJonathan Tiffoney 2010000030
ScotlandMFEdward Ferns 2000000020
ScotlandMFPaul Hartley 0000000000
ScotlandMFGraeme Holmes 3110000041
ScotlandMFNicholas Locke 0000000000
ScotlandMFNicky Low 2000000020
ScotlandMFRoss McCord 3000000030
ScotlandMFRyan McCord 80101000100
ScotlandMFKevin Moon 0000000000
ScotlandMFBlair Munn 0000000000
ScotlandMFStephen Simmons 9000000090
ScotlandMFGavin Stokes 1000000010
ScotlandMFCallum Tapping 0000000000
ScotlandMFDarren Young 3000100040
ScotlandFWLewis Bonar 0000000000
ScotlandFWCraig Campbell 0000000000
ScotlandFWKevin Cawley 2000000020
ScotlandFWDavid Cox 0000000000
ScotlandFWCalum Elliot 0000000000
ScotlandFWCalum Gallagher 2000000020
ScotlandFWMartin Grehan 2000000020
ScotlandFWMitchel Megginson 0000000000
ScotlandFWKenny O'Brien 0000000000
ScotlandFWRobert Thomson 0000000000
ScotlandMichael Hardie 0000000000
ScotlandScott Hynd 0000000000

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Queen of the South (C, P) 36 29 5 2 92 23 +69 92 Promotion to the Championship
2 Alloa Athletic (O, P) 36 20 7 9 62 35 +27 67 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
3 Brechin City 36 19 4 13 72 59 +13 61
4 Forfar Athletic 36 17 3 16 67 74 7 54
5 Arbroath 36 15 7 14 47 57 10 52
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Division summary

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAAHHAAHAHA
ResultDWLWLWLWWWWDWWLWDWLDWDDWLWWDLLWWWLWW
Position316354443222222222222222222222222222
Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2013. Source: [16]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

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  1. Players Name is James Michael Doyle, Some match reports refer to Michael Doyle others James Doyle
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