2012–13 Stranraer F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Stranraer's first season back in the Scottish Second Division. Stranraer also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup. They were due to play in their fourth consecutive season in the Scottish Third Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2008–09 season.[1] On 16 July 2012, it was confirmed that Stranraer would be promoted to the Scottish Second Division[2] to fill the vacancy's left by Dundee's promotion to the Scottish Premier League and Airdrie United's promotion to the Scottish First Division.[3] This was to fill the slot vacated by Rangers, who were voted into the Scottish Third Division following their liquidation.[4]

Stranraer
2012–13 season
ChairmanAlex Connor
ManagerKeith Knox (Until 22 October 2012)
Stephen Aitken (From 27 October 2012)
StadiumStair Park
Second DivisionEighth place
Challenge CupFirst Round, lost to Stenhousemuir
League CupFirst Round, lost to Livingston
Scottish CupFourth Round, lost to Dundee United
Top goalscorerLeague:
Craig Malcolm (18)

All:
Craig Malcolm (19)
Highest home attendance1,089 vs Dundee United
Scottish Cup
1 December 2012
Lowest home attendance169 vs Arbroath
Second Division
19 February 2013
← 2011–12

Summary

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Season

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Stranraer finished eighth in the Scottish Second Division.[5] They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup,[6] the first round of the League Cup[7] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.[8]

Management

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Stranraer began the season under the management of Keith Knox. On 22 October 2012,[9] Knox was sacked by the club following unacceptable results,[10] with Knox's assistant Stephen Aitken taking over as interim manager following his departure.[11] After the Forfar Athletic match on 27 October 2012, Aitken was given the manager's job on a permanent basis.[12]

Results & fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Second Division

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11 August 2012 Scottish Second Division Stranraer 1 – 1 Arbroath Stair Park
15:00 Moore   22' SFL Report Gribben   45' Attendance: 290
Referee: Anderson
18 August 2012 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 4 – 0 Stranraer Station Park
15:00 Swankie   8'
Denholm   50'
Staunton   52'
Fotheringham   67'
SFL Report Attendance: 449
Referee: Aitken
25 August 2012 Scottish Second Division Stranraer 1 – 1 Stenhousemuir Stair Park
15:00 Borris   58' SFL Report McMillan   19' Attendance: 290
Referee: Graham
1 September 2012 Scottish Second Division Stranraer 2 – 0 Ayr United Stair Park
15:00 Malcolm   34', 38' SFL Report Hunter   90'   Attendance: 772
Referee: Cook
15 September 2012 Scottish Second Division Albion Rovers 2 – 1 Stranraer Cliftonhill Stadium
15:00 Crooks   49'
McGuigan   80'
SFL Report Aitken   60' Attendance: 376
Referee: Robertson
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   45' Attendance: 429
Referee: Anderson
29 September 2012 Scottish Second Division Stranraer 2 – 6 East Fife Stair Park
15:00 Borris   44'
Malcolm   78'
East Fife Report Barr   23'
McManus   33'
Wardlaw   42', 71'
Pollock   57', 66'
Attendance: 292
Referee: Somers
6 October 2012 Scottish Second Division Stranraer 0 – 2 Queen of the South Stair Park
15:00 SFL Report Reilly   28'
Clark   91'
Attendance: 1,015
Referee: Cook
20 October 2012 Scottish Second Division Brechin City 3 – 0 Stranraer Glebe Park
15:00 Jackson   27', 31'
McKenna   65'
SFL Report Attendance: 485
Referee: Graham
27 October 2012 Scottish Second Division Stranraer 4 – 1 Forfar Athletic Stair Park
15:00 Malcolm   4', 73'
Aitken   40'   90'
McKeown   90'
SFL Report Denholm   28' Attendance: 258
Referee: Robertson
17 November 2012 Scottish Second Division Ayr United 2 – 1 Stranraer Somerset Park
15:00 Moffat   57' (pen.), 90'
McStay   81'
SFL Report Moore   31' Attendance: 1,006
Referee: Hilland
21 November 2012 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 2 – 1 Stranraer Gayfield Park
19:45 Currie   23'
Doris   90'
SFL Report Love   46' Attendance: 387
Referee: Northcroft
24 November 2012 Scottish Second Division Stranraer 1 – 1 Albion Rovers Stair Park
15:00 Malcolm   90' (Penalty) SFL Report Crawford   39' Attendance: 298
Referee: Robertson
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
18 December 2012 Scottish Second Division East Fife 0 – 1 Stranraer Bayview Stadium
19:45 SFL Report Malcolm   34' Attendance: 441
Referee: Anderson
26 December 2012 Scottish Second Division Queen of the South 4 – 1 Stranraer Palmerston Park
15:00 Clark   31', 63', 70'
Smith   84'
BBC Sport McKeown   20' Attendance: 2,122
Referee: Graham
29 December 2012 Scottish Second Division Stranraer 0 – 2 Brechin City Stair Park
15:00 SFL Report Trouten   12' (Penalty)
Carcary   62'
Attendance: 326
Referee: Roache
2 January 2013 Scottish Second Division Albion Rovers 2 – 3 Stranraer Cliftonhill
15:00 Howarth   55'
Russell   84'  
Stevenson   87'
SFL Report Aitken   14', 86' (Penalty)
Boris   20'
Attendance: 367
Referee: Cook
5 January 2013 Scottish Second Division Stranraer 0 – 1 Ayr United Stair Park
15:00 SFL Report Winters   38' Attendance: 803
Referee: Madden
19 January 2013 Scottish Second Division Stranraer P – P Arbroath Stair Park
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to frozen 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
2 February 2013 Scottish Second Division Stranraer 3 – 1 East Fife Stair Park
15:00 Gribben   9', 29'
Winter   58'
SFL Report Willis   53' Attendance: 254
Referee: Colvin
9 February 2013 Scottish Second Division Brechin City P – P Stranraer Glebe Park
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch
16 February 2013 Scottish Second Division Stranraer 0 – 5 Queen of the South Stair Park
15:00 Mitchell   21' SFL Report Burns   17'
McGuffie   24' (pen.)
Lyle   39', 71'
Clark   59'
Attendance: 810
Referee: Salmond
19 February 2013 Scottish Second Division Stranraer 2 – 0 Arbroath Stair Park
19:45 Morrison   21' (Own goal)
Love   58'
SFL Report Attendance: 169
Referee: Aitken
23 February 2013 Scottish Second Division Stranraer 1 – 1 Stenhousemuir Stair Park
15:00 Gribben   3' SFL Report McKinlay   22' Attendance: 346
Referee: Robertson
2 March 2013 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 3 – 1 Stranraer Station Park
15:00 Malin   18'
Kader   44'
Templeman   45+1'
Bolochoweckyj   79'
SFL Report Malcolm   63' Attendance: 448
Referee: Robertson
9 March 2013 Scottish Second Division Stranraer 3 – 2 Albion Rovers Stair Park
15:00 Malcolm   40', 56', 74' SFL Report Crawford   6'
Walker   27'
Green   70'
Attendance: 266
Referee: Graham
19 March 2013 Scottish Second Division Brechin City P – P Stranraer Glebe Park
19:45 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch
16 March 2013 Scottish Second Division Ayr United 2 – 1 Stranraer Somerset Park
15:00 Hunter   8'
Donald   11'
SFL Report Malcolm   68' Attendance: 1,022
Referee: Hilland
23 March 2013 Scottish Second Division East Fife P – P Stranraer Bayview Stadium
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to high winds
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
6 April 2013 Scottish Second Division Stranraer 3 – 2 Brechin City Stair Park
15:00 Malcolm   28' (Penalty), 71'
Aitken   76'
SFL Report Carcary   35'
McLean   39'
Attendance: 299
Referee: McKendrick
9 April 2013 Scottish Second Division East Fife 1 – 1 Stranraer Bayview Stadium
19:45 McBride   90+1' (Penalty) BBC Report Gribben   62' Attendance: 426
Referee: Robertson
20 April 2013 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 1 – 0 Stranraer Gayfield Park
15:00 Sheerin   25' SFL Report Attendance: 562
Referee: Cook
23 April 2013 Scottish Second Division Brechin City 2 – 2 Stranraer Glebe Park
19:45 Jackson   57'
Trouten   83'
SFL Report One   44'
Malcolm   86'
Attendance: 401
Referee: Finnie
27 April 2013 Scottish Second Division Stranraer 0 – 3 Forfar Athletic Stair Park
15:00 SFL Report Dunlop   10' (Own goal)
Templeman   28'
Kader   69'
Attendance: 422
Referee: Robertson
4 May 2013 Scottish Second Division Stenhousemuir 1 – 2 Stranraer Ochilview Park
15:00 Gemmell   22'
Ross   90+1'  
SFL Report Malcolm   4', 44' (Penalty) Attendance: 818
Referee: O'Reilly

Scottish Challenge Cup

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28 July 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup round 1 Stranraer 1 – 2 Stenhousemuir Stair Park
15:00 Winter   71' SFL Report Gemmell   36'
Ferguson   86'
Attendance: 306
Referee: Roache

Scottish League Cup

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4 August 2012 Scottish League Cup round 1 Stranraer 0 – 8 Livingston Stair Park
15:00 SFL Report Morton   17', 87'
McNulty   23', 66', 83'
Russell   39', 80'
McCann   62'
Attendance: 284
Referee: Hilland

Scottish Cup

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3 November 2012 Scottish Cup round 3 Stranraer 1 – 1 Queen's Park Stair Park
15:00 Malcolm   72' BBC Report Anderson   52' Attendance: 344
Referee: Robertson
10 November 2012 Scottish Cup Round Replay Queen's Park 0 – 4 Stranraer Hampden Park
15:00 Capuano   60'  
Brough   68'
BBC Report Winter   16', 63', 77'
Aitken   70'
Attendance: 551
Referee: Robertson
1 December 2012 Scottish Cup round 4 Stranraer 0 – 5 Dundee United Stair Park
15:00 BBC Report Russell   13', 27', 69'
Daly   40', 61'
Attendance: 1,089
Referee: Finnie

Player statistics

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Squad

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Last updated 12 May 2013 [13][14]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Second Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO Russell Cadwell 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK   SCO Ryan Marshall 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK   SCO David Mitchell 37 0 32+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
GK   SCO Colin Stewart 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   FRA Zakaria Belkouche 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Mick Dunlop 40 1 35+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
DF   SCO Grant Gallagher 41 1 36+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
DF   SCO Lloyd Kinnaird 32 0 25+4 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF   SCO David McGregor 17 0 13+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+1 0
DF   SCO Frank McKeown 41 2 36+0 2 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
DF   SCO Mark Staunton 35 0 29+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
MF   SCO Dean Agnew 13 0 2+8 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+2 0
MF   SCO Chris Aitken 38 6 33+0 5 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+1 1
MF   SCO Ryan Boris 33 3 25+6 3 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Jamie Campbell 10 0 2+8 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Adam Forde 4 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Nick Phinn 7 0 4+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Kyle Rafferty 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
MF   SCO Sean Winter 39 5 32+2 1 1+0 1 1+0 0 3+0 3
MF   SCO Kieren Wood 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Blair Dougan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Darren Gribben 15 4 12+3 4 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Robert Love 39 4 19+15 4 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+1 0
FW   SCO Craig Malcolm 41 19 36+0 18 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 1
FW   SCO Michael Moore 34 2 13+16 2 0+1 0 0+1 0 3+0 0
FW   FRA Armand Oné 17 1 6+10 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
DF   SCO Max Wright 14 0 2+10 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0

Disciplinary record

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Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 12 May 2013
Nation Position Name Second Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
                   
  GK Russell Cadwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GK Ryan Marshall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GK David Mitchell 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
  GK Colin Stewart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Zakaria Belkouche 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Mick Dunlop 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
  DF Grant Gallagher 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
  DF Lloyd Kinnaird 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
  DF David McGregor 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
  DF Frank McKeown 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
  DF Mark Staunton 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 9 0
  MF Dean Agnew 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Chris Aitken 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
  MF Ryan Boris 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
  MF Jamie Campbell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Adam Forde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Nick Phinn 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  MF Kyle Rafferty 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Sean Winter 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
  MF Kieren Wood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Blair Dougan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Darren Gribben 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Robert Love 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
  FW Craig Malcolm 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
  FW Michael Moore 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
  FW Armand Oné 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW Max Wright 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
6 Stenhousemuir 36 12 13 11 59 59 0 49
7 Ayr United 36 12 5 19 53 65 −12 41
8 Stranraer 36 10 7 19 43 71 −28 37
9 East Fife (O) 36 8 8 20 50 65 −15 32 Qualification for the Second Division play-offs
10 Albion Rovers (R) 36 7 3 26 45 82 −37 24 Relegation to the League Two
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Division summary

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHHAAHHAHAAHHAAHAAAAHHHHAHAHHAAAAHA
ResultDLDWLLLLLWLLDWWLLWLDLWLWDLWLLWDLLDLW
Position8987881010101010101099999999999998888888888
Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2013. Source: [15]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

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References

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