2012–13 Falkirk F.C. season


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The 2012–13 season was Falkirk's third consecutive season in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Premier League at the end of season 2009–10.[2] Falkirk also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Falkirk
2012–13 season
ChairmanMartin Ritchie
ManagerSteven Pressley
(until 8 March 2013)
Alex Smith (interim)
(8 March-7 April 2013)
Gary Holt
(from 8 April 2013)
StadiumFalkirk Stadium
First Division3rd
Challenge CupSecond round
(eliminated by Rangers)
League CupSecond round
(eliminated by Rangers)
Scottish CupSemi-final
(eliminated by Hibernian)
Top goalscorerLeague:
Lyle Taylor (24)
All:
Lyle Taylor (29)
Highest home attendance4,804 v Partick Thistle, 20 April 2013
Lowest home attendance2,288 v Dumbarton, 16 April 2013
Average home league attendanceLeague: 3,176[1]

During season 2012–13 Falkirk finished third in the Scottish First Division.[3] They reached the second round of the Challenge Cup,[4] the second round of the League Cup[5] and the Semi-final of the Scottish Cup.[6]

Falkirk began the season under the management of Steven Pressley.[7] On 8 March 2013, Pressley left the club to take up the manager post at Coventry City[8] after compensation was agreed.[9] The club's technical director Alex Smith took over as interim manager[10] with Stevie Crawford acting as his assistant.[11]

On 3 April, the club announced that Gary Holt would take over as manager from 8 April 2013.[12]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

A match against Stenhousemuir scheduled for 24 July,[13] was cancelled.[14]

Scottish First Division

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Scottish Challenge Cup

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No. P Name Country No. games Notes
DF Darren Dods[21]   33 Club captain

Last updated: 8 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.

[22][23]Last updated 8 May 2013
No. Pos Nat Player Total First Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO Graham Bowman 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK   NIR Michael McGovern 43 0 35+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
DF   ENG Rhys Bennett 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Steven Brisbane 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Darren Dods 33 2 27+0 2 1+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
DF   SCO Kieran Duffie 37 3 28+1 1 2+0 1 2+0 0 4+0 1
DF   SCO Liam Dick 5 0 3+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
DF   NIR Johnny Flynn 41 0 33+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
DF   SCO Stephen Kingsley 43 1 35+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 1 4+0 0
DF   SCO Ryan McGeever 8 0 6+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
DF   SCO Robbie Neilson 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Liam Rowan 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Chris Smith 9 0 4+2 0 1+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Will Vaulks 6 0 4+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Blair Alston 41 5 27+7 2 1+0 0 1+1 0 3+1 3
MF   SCO Kristopher Faulds 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Jay Fulton 35 3 23+5 2 2+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 1
MF   SCO Dale Fulton 12 0 5+3 0 0+1 0 0+2 0 0+1 0
MF   SCO Thomas Grant 27 1 15+8 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+2 0
MF   ENG Andy Haworth 16 0 7+5 0 1+1 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Luke Leahy 10 1 5+3 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Conor McGrandles 30 2 23+3 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
MF   SCO Stewart Murdoch 40 6 32+0 5 2+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 1
MF   SCO Iain Flannigan 3 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Sean Higgins 29 4 14+11 4 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+3 0
FW   SCO Craig Sibbald 26 3 11+9 2 2+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 1
FW   SCO Lewis Small 12 1 0+11 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
FW   ENG Lyle Taylor 42 29 33+1 24 2+0 2 2+0 1 4+0 2
FW   SCO David Weatherston 29 5 16+8 4 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+2 1
FW   SCO Jordan White 5 0 0+3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 8 May 2013
Nation Position Name First Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
                   
  GK Graham Bowman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GK Michael McGovern 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  DF Rhys Bennett 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Steven Brisbane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Darren Dods 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 2
  DF Kieran Duffie 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
  DF Liam Dick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Johnny Flynn 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
  DF Stephen Kingsley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Ryan McGeever 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Robbie Neilson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Liam Rowan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Chris Smith 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  DF Will Vaulks 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  MF Blair Alston 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
  MF Kristopher Faulds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Jay Fulton 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  MF Dale Fulton 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
  Thomas Grant 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  MF Andy Haworth 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  MF Conor McGrandles 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
  MF Luke Leahy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  MF Stewart Murdoch 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
  MF Iain Flannigan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW Sean Higgins 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
  FW Craig Sibbald 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
  FW Lewis Small 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Lyle Taylor 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 1
  FW David Weatherston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Jordan White 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Partick Thistle (C, P) 36 23 9 4 76 28 +48 78 Promotion to the Premiership
2 Greenock Morton 36 20 7 9 73 47 +26 67
3 Falkirk 36 15 8 13 52 48 +4 53
4 Livingston 36 14 10 12 58 56 +2 52
5 Hamilton Academical 36 14 9 13 52 45 +7 51

Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

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GroundAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAAHHHAH
ResultLLWLDDDDWDLLWWWWLDLLWLWWWDLLWWWWLLDW
Position796887877778666445665555555554334453

Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2013. Source: [24]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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