2012–13 Brechin City F.C. season

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Brechin City
2012–13 season
ChairmanKen Ferguson
ManagerJim Weir (Until 29 September 2012)
Ray McKinnon (From 9 October 2012)
StadiumGlebe Park
Station Park
Second DivisionThird place
Challenge CupFirst round, lost to Rangers
League CupFirst round, lost to Stenhousemuir
Scottish CupFourth round, lost to St Mirren
Top goalscorerLeague:
Alan Trouten (17)

All:
Andy Jackson (20)
Alan Trouten (20)
Highest home attendance4,123 vs Rangers
Challenge Cup
29 July 2012
Lowest home attendance401 vs Stranraer
Second Division
23 April 2013

The 2012–13 season was Brechin City's seventh consecutive season in the Scottish Second Division, having been relegated from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2005–06 season.[1] Brechin also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary[edit]

Season[edit]

Brechin finished third in the Scottish Second Division,[2] entering the play-offs losing 4–3 to Alloa Athletic on aggregate in the Semi-final and remained in the Scottish Second Division.[3] They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup,[4] the first round of the League Cup[5] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.[6]

Management[edit]

They began the season under the management of Jim Weir.[7] On 29 September 2012,[8] Weir was sacked by the club following poor results.[9] Andy Millen and Kevin McGowne took over in caretaker capacities on 30 September 2012 following Weir's departure.[9] The pair were in charge for the match against Arbroath the following week.[10] On 9 October 2012, Ray McKinnon was appointed as the new manager, taking over with Brechin third from bottom.[11]

Stadium[edit]

Due to drainage problems at Glebe Park causing a string of postponements[12] and with available dates to play the postponed fixtures running out[13] Brechin took the decision to play two[14][15] home ties at Station Park.[16] This was done in an effort to avoid further postponements.[13]

Results & fixtures[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season[edit]

14 July 2012[17] Friendly Montrose 0 – 5 Brechin City Links Park
15:00 Report Dalziel 15', 33', 55'
McLean 75'
Jackson 87'

Scottish Second Division[edit]

18 August 2012 Scottish Second Division Stenhousemuir 3 – 1 Brechin City Ochilview Park
15:00 Gemmell 21', 73', 90' SFL Report Jackson 58' Attendance: 522
Referee: Anderson
25 August 2012 Scottish Second Division Brechin City 2 – 1 East Fife Glebe Park
15:00 Jackson 11', 13' SFL Report Wardlaw 78' Attendance: 588
Referee: Robertson
6 October 2012 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 3 – 1 Brechin City Gayfield Park
15:00 Keddie 24'
Currie 75'
Holmes 86'
SFL Report McKenna 51' Attendance: 854
Referee: Hilland
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 Brechin City 7 – 2 Stenhousemuir Glebe Park
15:00 Byrne 9'
Trouten 31', 42', 63'
McKenna 69' (pen.)
Carcary 82', 84'
SFL Report Gemmell 29'
Dickson 55'
Ferguson Red card 68'
Attendance: 542
Referee: McLean
20 November 2012 Scottish Second Division Albion Rovers 1 – 2 Brechin City Cliftonhill
19:30 Phillips 30' SFL Report Jackson 46'
Carcary 72'
Attendance: 220
Referee: Anderson
26 December 2012 Scottish Second Division Brechin City 3 – 2 Arbroath Glebe Park
15:00 Malcolm 8' (Own goal)
McLean 35'
Trouten 61'
SFL Report Sheerin 57'
Doris 64' (Penalty)
Attendance: 978
Referee: Hilland
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
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
19 January 2013 Scottish Second Division Brechin City P – P Albion Rovers Glebe Park
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to frozen pitch
26 January 2013 Scottish Second Division Brechin City P – P Queen of the South Glebe Park
15:00 STV Report
Note: Postponed due to frozen pitch
2 February 2013 Scottish Second Division Ayr United P – P Brechin City Somerset Park
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to frozen pitch
9 February 2013 Scottish Second Division Brechin City P – P Stranraer Glebe Park
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch
19 February 2013 Scottish Second Division Brechin City 2 – 1 Ayr United Glebe Park
19:45 McLauchlan 40', 59' SFL Report Moyes 56' (Own goal) Attendance: 412
Referee: Graham
23 February 2013 Scottish Second Division Brechin City P – P East Fife Glebe Park
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch
26 February 2013 Scottish Second Division Brechin City P – P Queen of the South Glebe Park
19:45 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch
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
12 March 2013 Scottish Second Division Brechin City P – P Albion Rovers Glebe Park
19:45 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to a frozen pitch
16 March 2013 Scottish Second Division Alloa Athletic 0 – 1 Brechin City Recreation Park
15:00 SFL Report Trouten 53' Attendance: 382
Referee: Anderson
19 March 2013 Scottish Second Division Brechin City P – P Stranraer Glebe Park
19:45 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch
27 March 2013 Scottish Second Division Brechin City 0 – 6 Queen of the South Station Park[18]
19:45 McLauchlan Yellow card 41' Yellow-red card 76' QOSFC Report Clark 1', 42'
Paton 3', 36'
Moyes 18' (o.g.)
Reilly 57'
Attendance: 627
Referee: Cook
2 April 2013 Scottish Second Division Brechin City 6 – 0 East Fife Glebe Park[18]
19:45 Carcary 8', 36'
Jackson 15', 46'
McLean 19'
Ferguson 70'
SFL Report Attendance: 471
Referee: Graham
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
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 Brechin City 1 – 2 Stenhousemuir Glebe Park
15:00 Trouten 75' SFL Report Rowson 8'
Reid 34'
Attendance: 474
Referee: Hilland

First Division play-offs[edit]

11 May 2013 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[edit]

Scottish League Cup[edit]

4 August 2012 Scottish League Cup round 1 Stenhousemuir 4 – 0 Brechin City Ochilview Park
15:00 Gemmell 1'
Smith 76', 90'
Kean 88' (Penalty)
SFL Report McLauchlan Red card 87' Attendance: 282
Referee: Somers

Scottish Cup[edit]

Player statistics[edit]

Squad[edit]

Last updated 11 May 2013 [19][20]
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 Michael Andrews 33 0 29+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Craig Nelson 10 0 7+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Ben Tough 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Jonathan Brown 29 6 19+4 5 2+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 1
DF Scotland SCO Ross Fisher 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Graham Hay 28 2 23+0 2 2+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Gerry McLauchlan 32 3 27+0 3 2+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Paul McLean 39 3 32+1 3 2+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Ewan Moyes 34 2 27+0 2 3+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Ian Murray 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Alex Pursehouse 14 0 10+2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Gareth Rodger 4 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Scott Webster 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Garry Brady 29 0 17+8 0 1+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Greg Cameron 8 0 3+4 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO David Crawford 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Ryan Ferguson 12 1 8+2 1 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Gary Fusco 33 0 25+4 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jordan Lowdon 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Craig Molloy 19 0 14+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Aaron Murdoch 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Allan Smith 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jonny Stewart 38 0 21+10 0 1+2 0 0+1 0 0+3 0
MF Scotland SCO Ryan Stewart 29 0 11+12 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+3 0
MF Scotland SCO Alan Trouten 32 20 25+3 17 2+0 1 0+0 0 2+0 2
FW Republic of Ireland IRL Kurtis Byrne 13 4 10+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 2
FW Scotland SCO Derek Carcary 34 13 15+12 12 3+0 0 1+0 0 2+1 1
FW Scotland SCO Scott Dalziel 17 1 6+8 1 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
FW Republic of Ireland IRL Andy Jackson 42 20 35+0 16 3+0 3 1+0 0 3+0 1
FW Scotland SCO Beau Longridge 4 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO David McKenna 39 7 22+11 7 1+2 0 1+0 0 1+1 0
a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the play-offs and the Challenge Cup.

Disciplinary record[edit]

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 Michael Andrews 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Scotland GK Craig Nelson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland GK Ben Tough 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Jonathan Brown 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Scotland DF Ross Fisher 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Graham Hay 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Scotland DF Gerry McLauchlan 11 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 2
Scotland DF Paul McLean 8 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 11 0
Scotland DF Ewan Moyes 9 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 13 0
Scotland DF Ian Murray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Alex Pursehouse 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland DF Gareth Rodger 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland DF Scott Webster 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Garry Brady 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Greg Cameron 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland MF David Crawford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Ryan Ferguson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland MF Gary Fusco 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
Scotland MF Jordan Lowdon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland MF Craig Molloy 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Scotland MF Aaron Murdoch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Allan Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Jonny Stewart 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland MF Ryan Stewart 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland MF Alan Trouten 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
Republic of Ireland FW Kurtis Byrne 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland FW Derek Carcary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Scott Dalziel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Republic of Ireland FW Andy Jackson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Scotland FW Beau Longridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW David McKenna 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Team statistics[edit]

League table[edit]

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[edit]

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHHAHAAHHAAHAHAAHAAHAAAHHAHAHHAHHHA
ResultWLWLLLLLWWDWWLWWWWDWWDWWWLLWLLWLDLWW
Position264567888775354433333333333333333333
Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2013. Source: [21]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers[edit]

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