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2012–13 Forfar Athletic F.C. season

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Forfar Athletic
2012–13 season
ChairmanAlastair Donald[1]
ManagerDick Campbell
StadiumStation Park
Second DivisionFourth place
Challenge CupSecond round, lost to Arbroath
League CupFirst round, lost to Partick Thistle
Scottish CupFifth round, lost to Falkirk
Top goalscorerLeague:
Chris Templeman (11)

All:
Gavin Swankie (14)
Chris Templeman (14)
Highest home attendance1,562 vs
Dunfermline Athletic
First Division play-offs
8 May 2013
Lowest home attendance293 vs Albion Rovers
Second Division
26 February 2013

The 2012–13 season was Forfar Athletic's third consecutive season in the Scottish Second Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Third Division at the end of the 2009–10 season.[2] Forfar Athletic also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

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Season

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Forfar finished fourth in the Scottish Second Division,[3] entering the play-offs losing 7–4 to Dunfermline Athletic on aggregate in the Semi-final and remained in the Scottish Second Division.[4] They reached the second round of the Challenge Cup,[5] the first round of the League Cup[6] and the fifth round of the Scottish Cup.[7]

Results & fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season

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10 July 2012[8] Friendly Montrose 0 – 3 Forfar Athletic Links Park
Report Tulloch
Denholm
Swankie

Scottish Second Division

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25 August 2012 Scottish Second Division Ayr United 2 – 3 Forfar Athletic Somerset Park
15:00 Sinclair 6', 52' SFL Report Campbell 45' (Penalty)
Swankie 59'
Fotheringham 89'
Attendance: 1,094
Referee: Somers
1 September 2012 Scottish Second Division Stenhousemuir 0 – 4 Forfar Athletic Ochilview Park
15:00 SFL Report Tulloch 37'
Campbell 45' (Penalty)
Denholm 62'
Templeman 89'
Attendance: 673
Referee: Hilland
29 September 2012 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 4 – 2 Albion Rovers Station Park
15:00 Campbell 13', 19', 55'
Templeman 62' (pen.)
SFL Report McGuigan 71'
Crawford 81' (pen.)
Attendance: 452
Referee: Cook
6 October 2012 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 2 – 3 Alloa Athletic Station Park
15:00 Denholm 8', 79' SFL Report McCord 7' (Penalty)
Marr 22'
Gordon 83'
Attendance: 487
Referee: McKendrick
20 October 2012 Scottish Second Division East Fife 3 – 0 Forfar Athletic Bayview Stadium
15:00 Muir 38'
S. Smith 89'
McManus 90'
SFL Report Fotheringham Red card 7' Attendance: 541
Referee: Northcroft
27 October 2012 Scottish Second Division Stranraer 4 – 1 Forfar Athletic Stair Park
15:00 Malcolm 4', 73'
Aitken 40' Red card 90'
McKeown 90'
SFL Report Denholm 28' Attendance: 258
Referee: Robertson
20 November 2012 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 1 – 5 Queen of the South Station Park
19:30 Dunlop Red card 21'
Swankie 25'
SFL Report Clark 5', 49'
McGuffie 22' (pen.)
Durnan 27'
Hopkirk 81'
Attendance: 391
Referee: Aitken
15 December 2012 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 1 – 1 Arbroath Station Park
15:00 Hilson 74' SFL Report Holmes 90+2' Attendance: 719
Referee: Brines
12 January 2013 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 2 – 1 Ayr United Station Park
15:00 Robertson 9' (Own goal)
Swankie 52'
SFL Report Sinclair 48' Attendance: 479
Referee: Hilland
26 January 2013 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 3 – 1 Forfar Athletic Gayfield Park
15:00 Sibanda 8'
Bayne 17', 56'
SFL Report Campbell 72' (Penalty)
Robertson Red card 79'
Attendance: 843
Referee: Somers
23 February 2013 Scottish Second Division Ayr United 2 – 1 Forfar Athletic Somerset Park
15:00 Buchanan 19'
Donald 69'
SFL Report Campbell 74' (Penalty) Attendance: 1,008
Referee: Brines
26 February 2013 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 4 – 2 Albion Rovers Station Park
19:45 Denholm 42'
Fotheringham 50'
Hilson 52'
Denholm Yellow card 78' Yellow-red card
Malin 83'
SFL Report Walker 12'
Innes Yellow card 57' Yellow-red card
Andrews 65'
Attendance: 293
Referee: Robertson
9 March 2013 Scottish Second Division Brechin City P – P Forfar Athletic Glebe Park
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch
16 March 2013 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 3 – 3 Stenhousemuir Station Park
15:00 Kader 10'
Denholm 77'
Campbell 37' (Penalty)
SFL Report Kean 5'
Gemmell 31', 35'
Buist Red card 86'
Attendance: 395
Referee: Roache
30 March 2013 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 2 – 4 Arbroath Station Park
15:00 Denholm 30'
Templeman 77'
SFL Report Doris 7'
Hamilton 56'
Travis 73'
Sheerin 89'
Attendance: 770
Referee: Anderson
6 April 2013 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 3 – 2 East Fife Station Park
15:00 Malin 20', 51'
Swankie 82'
SFL Report Sloan 45+1'
McBride 80'
Attendance: 471
Referee: Hilland

First Division play-offs

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8 May 2013 Play-offs SF R1 Forfar Athletic 3 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Station Park
19:45 Robertson 34'
Templeman 38', 45+1'
SFL Report Husband 84' Attendance: 1,562
Referee: Allan
11 May 2013 Play-offs SF R2 Dunfermline Athletic 6 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(7 – 4 agg.)
Forfar Athletic East End Park
15:00 Dunlop 36' (Own goal)
Thomson 62'
Millen 81' (Penalty)
Smith 102'
Husband 110' 118'
SFL Report Campbell 6'
McCulloch Red card 15'
Dunlop Red card 53'
Campbell Yellow card 84' Red card
Attendance: 4,252
Referee: O'Reilly

Scottish Challenge Cup

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14 August 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup round 2 Arbroath 3 – 2 Forfar Athletic Gayfield Park
Currie 22'
Gribben 35', 38'
SFL Report Swankie 30'
Gibson 44'
Campbell Yellow card 62' Red card
Attendance: 732
Referee: Charleston

Scottish League Cup

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Scottish Cup

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3 November 2012 Scottish Cup round 3 Forfar Athletic 3 – 3 Nairn County Station Park
15:00 Templeman 11'
Swankie 26'
Tulloch 39'
BBC Report MacDonald 57'
Naismith 72'
MacMillan 90+6'
Attendance: 546
Referee: Anderson
10 November 2012 Scottish Cup round 3 Replay Nairn County 2 – 3 Forfar Athletic Station Park
15:00 Gethins 79'
Cameron 88'
BBC Report Campbell 41', 58'
Swankie 54'
Attendance: 578
Referee: Anderson
2 February 2013 Scottish Cup round 5 Falkirk 4 – 1 Forfar Athletic Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Taylor 19', 83'
Murdoch 68'
Weatherston 75'
BBC Report Campbell 21' (Penalty) Attendance: 1,967
Referee: Clancy

Player statistics

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Squad

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Last updated 11 May 2013[12][13]
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 Jack Hamilton 9 0 8+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Darren Hill 18 0 15+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
GK Scotland SCO David Scott 5 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Derek Soutar 13 0 9+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Jamie Bishop 3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
DF Scotland SCO Michael Bolochoweckyj 36 2 26+1 2 4+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Iain Campbell 44 10 34+1 8 4+0 1 1+0 0 4+0 1
DF Scotland SCO Michael Dunlop 22 0 11+4 0 3+1 0 1+0 0 1+1 0
DF Faroe Islands FRO Odmar Faeroe 12 0 11+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Gregor Fotheringham 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Mark McCulloch 43 0 34+0 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Duncan Reid 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
DF Scotland SCO Stephen Tulloch 25 2 16+4 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 1
DF Scotland SCO Scott Webster 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jordon Brown 18 0 9+6 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
MF England ENG James Craigen 11 2 10+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Danny Denholm 33 10 25+3 9 2+0 1 1+0 0 1+1 0
MF Scotland SCO Keith Gibson 7 1 4+0 0 2+0 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Connor Gray 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Martyn Fotheringham 32 4 19+7 4 1+1 0 0+1 0 2+1 0
MF Scotland SCO Liam Keiller 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Gavin Malin 23 5 15+5 5 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Kevin Motion 20 1 7+7 1 0+2 0 0+1 0 2+1 0
MF Scotland SCO Willie Robertson 23 2 14+6 0 2+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 1
MF Scotland SCO Barry Sellars 17 1 5+9 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
MF Scotland SCO Alastair Smith 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Gavin Thomson 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Ross Campbell 38 6 21+8 4 3+1 0 0+1 0 4+0 2
FW Scotland SCO Dale Hilson 23 3 19+1 3 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Omar Kader 30 4 8+17 3 1+2 1 1+0 0 0+1 0
FW Scotland SCO Charlie King 27 1 1+19 0 2+1 0 1+0 0 1+2 1
FW Scotland SCO Gavin Swankie 41 14 31+1 10 4+0 2 1+0 0 4+0 2
FW Scotland SCO Chris Templeman 44 14 34+1 11 3+1 2 1+0 0 4+0 1
FW Scotland SCO Graham Gibson 1 0 1+0 0 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 11 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 Jack Hamilton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland GK Darren Hill 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland GK David Scott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland GK Derek Soutar 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland DF Jamie Bishop 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland DF Michael Bolochoweckyj 7 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 12 2
Scotland DF Iain Campbell 4 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 8 2
Scotland DF Michael Dunlop 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
Faroe Islands DF Odmar Faeroe 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland DF Gregor Fotheringham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Mark McCulloch 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 2
Scotland DF Duncan Reid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Stephen Tulloch 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
Scotland DF Scott Webster 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Jordon Brown 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
England MF James Craigen 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland MF Danny Denholm 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Scotland MF Keith Gibson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
England MF Connor Gray 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland MF Martyn Fotheringham 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
Scotland MF Liam Keiller 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Gavin Malin 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland MF Kevin Motion 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
Scotland MF Willie Robertson 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 1
Scotland MF Barry Sellars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Alastair Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Gavin Thomson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Ross Campbell 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Scotland FW Dale Hilson 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Scotland FW Omar Kader 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Charlie King 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland FW Gavin Swankie 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Scotland FW Chris Templeman 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
Scotland FW Graham Gibson 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
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
6 Stenhousemuir 36 12 13 11 59 59 0 49
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Division summary

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHAAHAHHAAHHAHAAHHAHAAAHAHHHHAHAAHAH
ResultLWWWWDWLLLWLLDWLWLLWLLWLLWWDLWWWLLWW
Position1053222222333433344444555524454544554
Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2013. Source: [14]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

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References

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