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2012–13 Alloa Athletic F.C. season

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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

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.

Summary

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Season

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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

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season

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Scottish Second Division

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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
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
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
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
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

First Division play-offs

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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

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Scottish League Cup

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Scottish Cup

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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

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Captains

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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

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Last updated 16 May 2013 [14][15]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Second Division Other[a] League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland SCO Scott Bain 42 0 35+0 0 5+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Craig McDowall 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Mickey Couser 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Mark Docherty 33 0 17+11 0 1+2 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
DF Scotland SCO Michael Doyle[note 1] 34 0 27+0 0 5+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Ben Gordon 40 6 33+0 4 5+0 1 1+0 1 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Ryan Harding 2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Jason Marr 35 2 32+0 2 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Mark McCullagh 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Lee McLelland 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Darryl Meggatt 35 0 30+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Jonathan Tiffoney 9 3 6+1 2 2+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Edward Ferns 21 0 3+17 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Paul Hartley 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Graeme Holmes 40 8 31+2 8 5+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Nicholas Locke 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Nicky Low 11 0 9+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Ross McCord 17 0 3+12 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Ryan McCord 38 12 30+1 11 5+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Kevin Moon 15 2 11+0 0 4+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Blair Munn 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Stephen Simmons 37 3 29+2 3 4+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Gavin Stokes 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Callum Tapping 4 0 1+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Darren Young 28 0 20+1 0 1+4 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Lewis Bonar 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Kevin Cawley 41 14 25+9 13 5+0 1 0+1 0 1+0 0
FW Scotland SCO David Cox 4 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Calum Elliot 14 4 10+0 2 4+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Calum Gallagher 9 0 5+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Martin Grehan 35 9 21+10 8 1+1 0 1+0 1 0+1 0
FW Scotland SCO Mitchel Megginson 12 3 10+2 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Robert Thomson 15 4 4+10 4 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
  Scotland SCO Michael Hardie 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
  Scotland SCO Scott Hynd 2 1 0+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the play-offs and the Challenge Cup.

Disciplinary record

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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
Scotland GK Scott Bain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland GK Craig McDowall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Mark Docherty 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
Scotland DF Michael Doyle 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Scotland DF Ben Gordon 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
Scotland DF Ryan Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Jason Marr 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Scotland DF Mark McCullagh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Lee McLelland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Darryl Meggatt 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland DF Jonathan Tiffoney 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland MF Edward Ferns 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland MF Paul Hartley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Graeme Holmes 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
Scotland MF Nicholas Locke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Nicky Low 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland MF Ross McCord 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland MF Ryan McCord 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 0
Scotland MF Kevin Moon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Blair Munn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Stephen Simmons 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Scotland MF Gavin Stokes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland MF Callum Tapping 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Darren Young 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
Scotland FW Lewis Bonar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Craig Campbell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Kevin Cawley 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland FW David Cox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Calum Elliot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Calum Gallagher 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland FW Martin Grehan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland FW Mitchel Megginson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Kenny O'Brien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Robert Thomson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland Michael Hardie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland Scott Hynd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team statistics

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League table

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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

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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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References

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