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.

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
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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]
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Summary

Season

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]

Management

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]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season

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

7 July 2012[13] Friendly (Closed Door) Stirling Albion 0–3 Falkirk Forthbank Stadium
15:00 Report J Fulton 10'
D Fulton 24' (Penalty)
Trialist 52'		 Attendance: 0
9 July 2012[13] Friendly Formartine United 1–1 Falkirk North Lodge Park
19:30 Park Report Brisbane
11 July 2012[13] Friendly Turriff United 2–5 Falkirk The Haughs
20:00 Fraser 2'
Henderson 9'		 Report Trialist 6'
Dick 11'
Haworth 30'
White 57'
Kingsley 78'		 Referee: Sim
14 July 2012[13] Friendly Fraserburgh 1–4 Falkirk Bellslea Park
15:00 Main 18' (Penalty) Report Trialist 7'
Alston 19'
Haworth 55'
Trialist 59'		 Referee: Shaw
15 July 2012[13] Friendly Spartans 0–0 Falkirk Ainslie Park
15:00 Report Referee: Duncan
17 July 2012[15] Friendly Alloa Athletic 2–1 Falkirk Recreation Park
19:30 Cawley 61'
McCord 		Report Small 73' Referee: Charleston
18 July 2012[16] Friendly Falkirk 1–0 Heart of Midlothian Falkirk Stadium
19:45 Leahy 52' Hearts Report
Scotsman Report		 Attendance: 1,622
Referee: Muir
21 July 2012[13] Friendly East Fife 2–0 Falkirk Bayview Stadium
15:00 Samuel
Malcolm 		Report
22 July 2012[17] Friendly Falkirk 3–7 Middlesbrough Falkirk Stadium
16:05 Taylor 5', 39', 47' (pen.) Report Williams 15', 20'
Leadbitter 31'
Ledesma 53'
Bailey 56'
McDonald 78', 90'		 Attendance: 1,621
Referee: Madden
25 July 2012[18] Friendly Falkirk 1–1 Bolton Wanderers Falkirk Stadium
19:30 Taylor 1' Report Eagles 14'

Scottish First Division

Main article: 2012–13 Scottish First Division
11 August 2012 Partick Thistle 3–1 Falkirk Firhill Stadium
15:00 Lawless 4'
Doolan 7', 57'		 SFL Report Taylor 53' Attendance: 3,487
Referee: Salmond
18 August 2012 Falkirk 0–2 Raith Rovers Falkirk Stadium
15:00 SFL Report Walker 45'
Clarke 46'		 Attendance: 3,064
Referee: O'Reilly
25 August 2012 Greenock Morton 1–2 Falkirk Cappielow
15:00 Campbell 31' SFL Report Fulton 9'
Taylor 39'		 Attendance: 1,756
Referee: Thomson
2 September 2012 Falkirk 1–2 Livingston Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Murdoch 34' (pen.)
Dods Yellow card 88' Red card		 SFL Report Fordyce 39'
Watson Red card 49'
Andreu 90'		 Attendance: 2,974
Referee: Norris
15 September 2012 Hamilton Academical 1–1 Falkirk New Douglas Park
15:00 Routledge 42' SFL Report Taylor 5' Attendance: 1,174
Referee: Beaton
22 September 2012 Falkirk 1–1 Airdrie United Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Murdoch 35' (pen.) SFL Report Cook 68' Attendance: 2,951
Referee: McLean
29 September 2012 Cowdenbeath 1–1 Falkirk Central Park
15:00 Coult 18' SFL Report Weatherston 3' Attendance: 699
Referee: O'Reilly
6 October 2012 Falkirk 2–2 Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Taylor 30', 55' SFL Report Barrowman 79'
Thomson 82'		 Attendance: 4,691
Referee: Colvin
20 October 2012 Dumbarton 0–2 Falkirk Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 SFL Report Taylor 16'
Weatherston 32'		 Attendance: 1,041
Referee: Finnie
27 October 2012 Falkirk 0–0 Partick Thistle Falkirk Stadium
15:00 SFL Report Attendance: 3,818
Referee: Madden
10 November 2012 Raith Rovers 2–1 Falkirk Stark's Park
15:00 Smith 56'
Anderson 85'		 SFL Report Leahy 43' Attendance: 1,986
Referee: McKendrick
17 November 2012 Livingston 2–1 Falkirk Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 McNulty 23'
Jacobs 65'		 SFL Report McGrandles 84' Attendance: 1,471
Referee: Charleston
24 November 2012 Falkirk 2–1 Hamilton Academical Falkirk Stadium
15:00 McGrandles 83'
Small 91'		 SFL Report Page 58' Attendance: 2,682
Referee: Tumilty
8 December 2012 Airdrie United P–P Falkirk Excelsior Stadium
15:00 SFL Report
Note: Postponed due to frozen pitch
15 December 2012 Falkirk 2–0 Cowdenbeath Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Murdoch 33' (pen.)
Taylor 42'		 SFL Report Attendance: 2,647
Referee: Robertson
22 December 2012 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 December 2012 Dunfermline Athletic 0–1 Falkirk East End Park
15:00 McMillan Red card 41' SFL Report Duffie Yellow card 85' Yellow-red card
Alston 90'		 Attendance: 5,746
Referee: Finnie
29 December 2012 Falkirk 3–4 Dumbarton Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Taylor 43', 86', 89'
Dods Red card 67'		 SFL Report Lister 45+2', 79'
Agnew 67' (pen.)
Creaney Red card 82'		 Attendance: 3,097
Referee: Salmond
2 January 2013 Falkirk P–P Livingston Falkirk Stadium
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch
5 January 2013 Hamilton Academical 1–1 Falkirk New Douglas Park
15:00 Mackinnon 80' SFL Report Taylor 13'
Flynn Yellow card 58' Red card		 Attendance: 1,423
Referee: Colvin
12 January 2013 Falkirk 0–1 Greenock Morton Falkirk Stadium
15:00 SFL Report Hardie 64' Attendance: 3,078
Referee: Allan
19 January 2013 Partick Thistle 4–1 Falkirk Firhill Stadium
15:00 Balatoni 4', 62'
Erskine 20', 64'		 SFL Report Taylor 18' Attendance: 3,280
Referee: Beaton
26 January 2013 Falkirk 4–3 Airdrie United Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Taylor 9', 35'
Murdoch 24'
Dods 73'		 SFL Report Di Giacomo 57' (pen.)
McLaren 88'
Boyle 90'		 Attendance: 2,715
Referee: Roache
9 February 2013 Cowdenbeath 4–1 Falkirk Central Park
15:00 Armstrong 35', 73'
Hemmings 38'
Stevenson 90+1'		 SFL Report Taylor 2' Attendance: 566
Referee: Finnie
16 February 2013 Falkirk 1–0 Dunfermline Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Weatherston 86' SFL Report Attendance: 3,680
Referee: McLean
19 February 2013 Falkirk 2–0 Livingston Falkirk Stadium
19:45 Taylor 39', 63' SFL Report Attendance: 2,583
Referee: Brines
23 February 2013 Dumbarton 0–2 Falkirk Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 SFL Report Grant 25'
Weatherston 30'		 Attendance: 997
Referee: Somers
5 March 2013 Falkirk 1–1 Raith Rovers Falkirk Stadium
19:45 Murdoch 90+2' SFL Report Graham 30' Attendance: 2,428[19]
Referee: Muir
9 March 2013 Greenock Morton 2–0 Falkirk Cappielow
15:00 Campbell 30'
MacDonald 44'		 SFL Report Attendance: 1,962
Referee: Murray
16 March 2013 Livingston P–P Falkirk Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Snow on pitch
23 March 2013 Falkirk 0–2 Hamilton Academical Falkirk Stadium
15:00 SFL Report Routledge 14'
Longridge 26'		 Attendance: 2,616
Referee: Tumilty
27 March 2013 Dunfermline Athletic 0–2 Falkirk East End Park
19:45 SFL Report Taylor 10'
Alston 88'		 Attendance: 2,879
Referee: Salmond
30 March 2013 Airdrie United 0–1 Falkirk Excelsior Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Taylor 58'
Taylor Yellow card 67' Yellow-red card		 Attendance: 790
Referee: Northcroft
2 April 2013 Livingston 1–2 Falkirk Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Russell 26' (pen.)
Russell Yellow card 82' Yellow-red card		 SFL Report Higgins 62'
Talbot 73' (o.g.)		 Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Colvin
6 April 2013 Falkirk 4–0 Cowdenbeath Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Dods 69'
Sibbald 78'
Higgins 87' (pen.), 89'		 SFL Report Attendance: 2,539
Referee: Murray
16 April 2013 Falkirk 1–3 Dumbarton Falkirk Stadium
19:45 Taylor 33' SFL Report Gilhaney 19'
Fleming 21', 65'		 Attendance: 2,288
Referee: McKendrick
20 April 2013 Falkirk 0–2 Partick Thistle Falkirk Stadium
15:00 SFL Report Dowie 50'
Doolan 78'		 Attendance: 4,804
Referee: Finnie
27 April 2013 Raith Rovers 0–0 Falkirk Stark's Park
15:00 SFL Report Attendance: 1,406
Referee: McLean
4 May 2013 Falkirk 4–1 Greenock Morton Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Sibbald 60'
Taylor 64' (pen.)
Duffie 79'
Higgins 88'		 SFL Report McLaughlin 27' Attendance: 3,179
Referee: Anderson

Scottish Challenge Cup

Main article: 2012–13 Scottish Challenge Cup
28 July 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup round 1 Falkirk 3–0 Stirling Albion Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Duffie 34'
Taylor 51', 57'		 SFL Report Attendance: 1,532
Referee: Mckendrick
21 August 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup round 2 Falkirk 0–1 Rangers Falkirk Stadium
19:45 BBC Report
SFL Report		 Little 45' Attendance: 6,747
Referee: Murray

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2012–13 Scottish League Cup
4 August 2012 First round Falkirk 2–0 Elgin City Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Kingsley 67'
Taylor 89'		 SFL Report Attendance: 1,549
Referee: Allan
30 August 2012 Second round Rangers 3–0 Falkirk Ibrox Stadium
19:45 McCulloch 18', 52'
Little 32'		 BBC Report
SFL Report		 Attendance: 26,450
Referee: Muir

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2012–13 Scottish Cup
1 December 2012 Fourth round Stenhousemuir 0–1 Falkirk Ochilview Park
15:00 BBC Report Duffie 9' Attendance: 1,758
Referee: Northcroft
2 February 2013 Fifth round Falkirk 4–1 Forfar Athletic Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Taylor 19', 83'
Murdoch 68'
Weatherston 75'		 BBC Report Campbell 21' (pen.) Attendance: 1,967
Referee: Clancy
2 March 2013 Quarter-final Hamilton Academical 1–2 Falkirk New Douglas Park
15:00 Ryan 74'
Page Red card 90+3'		 BBC Report Alston 44', 71' Attendance: 3,452
Referee: Collum
13 April 2013[20] Semi-final Hibernian 4–3 (a.e.t.) Falkirk Hampden Park
12:30 Harris 51'
Griffiths 78', 115'
Doyle 83'		 BBC Report Sibbald 6'
Fulton 18'
Alston 30'		 Attendance: 22,410
Referee: Brines

Player statistics

Captains

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

Squad

[22][23]Last updated 8 May 2013
More information No., Pos ...
No. Pos Nat Player TotalFirst DivisionChallenge CupLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Scotland SCO Graham Bowman 101+000+000+000+00
GK Northern Ireland NIR Michael McGovern 43035+002+002+004+00
DF England ENG Rhys Bennett 000+000+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Steven Brisbane 000+000+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Darren Dods 33227+021+001+004+00
DF Scotland SCO Kieran Duffie 37328+112+012+004+01
DF Scotland SCO Liam Dick 503+000+100+000+10
DF Northern Ireland NIR Johnny Flynn 41033+002+002+004+00
DF Scotland SCO Stephen Kingsley 43135+002+002+014+00
DF Scotland SCO Ryan McGeever 806+100+000+000+10
DF Scotland SCO Robbie Neilson 303+000+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Liam Rowan 202+000+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Chris Smith 904+201+001+100+00
DF England ENG Will Vaulks 604+200+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Blair Alston 41527+721+001+103+13
MF Scotland SCO Kristopher Faulds 201+100+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Jay Fulton 35323+522+002+003+01
MF Scotland SCO Dale Fulton 1205+300+100+200+10
MF Scotland SCO Thomas Grant 27115+810+000+002+20
MF England ENG Andy Haworth 1607+501+101+100+00
MF England ENG Luke Leahy 1015+311+001+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Conor McGrandles 30223+320+000+004+00
MF Scotland SCO Stewart Murdoch 40632+052+002+004+01
MF Scotland SCO Iain Flannigan 302+10000000
FW Scotland SCO Sean Higgins 29414+1140+000+001+30
FW Scotland SCO Craig Sibbald 26311+922+002+002+01
FW Scotland SCO Lewis Small 1210+1110+000+000+10
FW England ENG Lyle Taylor 422933+1242+022+014+02
FW Scotland SCO David Weatherston 29516+841+001+001+21
FW Scotland SCO Jordan White 500+300+200+000+00
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Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 8 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
ScotlandGKGraham Bowman 0000000000
Northern IrelandGKMichael McGovern 1100000010
EnglandDFRhys Bennett 0000000000
ScotlandDFSteven Brisbane 0000000000
ScotlandDFDarren Dods 5200001062
ScotlandDFKieran Duffie 5100000051
ScotlandDFLiam Dick 0000000000
Northern IrelandDFJohnny Flynn 7100000071
ScotlandDFStephen Kingsley 0000000000
ScotlandDFRyan McGeever 0000000000
ScotlandDFRobbie Neilson 0000000000
ScotlandDFLiam Rowan 0000000000
ScotlandDFChris Smith 2000000020
EnglandDFWill Vaulks 1000000010
ScotlandMFBlair Alston 3000001040
ScotlandMFKristopher Faulds 0000000000
ScotlandMFJay Fulton 2000000020
ScotlandMFDale Fulton 4000000040
ScotlandThomas Grant 1000000010
EnglandMFAndy Haworth 1010000020
ScotlandMFConor McGrandles 2000001030
EnglandMFLuke Leahy 1000000010
ScotlandMFStewart Murdoch 6000001070
ScotlandMFIain Flannigan 1000000010
ScotlandFWSean Higgins 3000001040
ScotlandFWCraig Sibbald 0010001020
ScotlandFWLewis Small 0000000000
EnglandFWLyle Taylor 6110001081
ScotlandFWDavid Weatherston 0000000000
ScotlandFWJordan White 0000000000

Team statistics

League table

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

Division summary

More information Round, Ground ...
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAAHHHAH
ResultLLWLDDDDWDLLWWWWLDLLWLWWWDLLWWWWLLDW
Position796887877778666445665555555554334453
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Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2013. Source: [24]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

Main article: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2012
More information Player, From ...
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