2012–13 Berwick Rangers F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Berwick Rangers's eighth consecutive season in the Scottish Third Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2004–05 season.[2] Berwick also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.[3]

Berwick Rangers
2012–13 season
ChairmanBrian Porteous
ManagerIan Little
StadiumShielfield Park
Third DivisionFourth place
Challenge CupFirst round, lost to Queen's Park
League CupFirst round, lost to Raith Rovers
Scottish CupThird round, lost to Stenhousemuir
Top goalscorerLeague:
Darren Lavery (17)

All:
Darren Lavery (20)
Highest home attendance4,476 vs Rangers Third Division, 23 February 2013
Lowest home attendance372 vs Queen's Park Challenge Cup, 28 July 2012
Average home league attendanceLeague: 917[1]

Summary

Season

Berwick Rangers finished fourth in the Scottish Third Division,[4] entering the play-offs losing 3–2 to East Fife on aggregate in the Semi-final.[5] They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup,[6] the first round of the League Cup[7] and the third round of the Scottish Cup.[3]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

24 July 2012[10] Friendly Berwick Rangers 1 – 2 Dunfermline Athletic Shielfield Park
19:30 Ferguson  3' Report Kirk  20' (Penalty)
Barrowman
Attendance: 250
Referee: Salmond

Scottish Third Division

18 August 2012 Scottish Third Division Annan Athletic 3 – 2 Berwick Rangers Galabank Stadium
15:00 Chaplain  56' (Penalty), 59'
Love  61'
SFL Report Addison  14'
McLaren  25'
Attendance: 512
Referee: Ross
26 August 2012 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 1 – 1 Rangers Shielfield Park
12:00 McLaren  62' SFL Report Little  45' Attendance: 4,140
Referee: Tumilty
1 September 2012 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 3 – 0 East Stirlingshire Shielfield Park
15:00 Lavery  11'
McLaren  39'
Hoskins  80'
SFL Report Attendance: 520
Referee: Dallas
15 September 2012 Scottish Third Division Montrose 3 – 1 Berwick Rangers Links Park
15:00 McIntosh  29', 77'
Gray  31'
SFL Report Lavery  45' Attendance: 258
Referee: Robertson
22 September 2012 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 4 – 1 Stirling Albion Shielfield Park
15:00 Currie  17'
Lavery  45'
Ferguson  62', 88'
SFL Report White  75' Attendance: 544
Referee: Ross
6 October 2012 Scottish Third Division Peterhead 1 – 0 Berwick Rangers Balmoor
15:00 Maguire  77' SFL Report Attendance: 455
Referee: Graham
20 October 2012 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 2 – 1 Clyde Shielfield Park
15:00 Hoskins  43'
Notman  77'
SFL Report Watt  41'
Gray  63' 
Attendance: 546
Referee: Somers
27 October 2012 Scottish Third Division Queen's Park 1 – 1 Berwick Rangers Hampden Park
15:00 Quinn  34' SFL Report Lavery  32' Attendance: 487
Referee: McKendrick
10 November 2012 Scottish Third Division Elgin City 3 – 1 Berwick Rangers Borough Briggs
15:00 Nicolson  16'
Leslie  25'
Wyness  90'
SFL Report Gray  19' Attendance: 790
Referee: Cook
17 November 2012 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 3 – 1 Annan Athletic Shielfield Park
15:00 Lavery  24'
Gray  44'
Hoskins  54'
SFL Report Ramage  90' Attendance: 460
Referee: Anderson
25 November 2012 Scottish Third Division East Stirlingshire 0 – 1 Berwick Rangers Ochilview Park
15:00 SFL Report Gray  22'
Notman  61' 
Attendance: 327
Referee: Duncan
1 December 2012 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 1 – 4 Montrose Shielfield Park
15:00 Lavery  9' SFL Report McIntosh  11'
Winter  22'
Johnston  80'
Young  84'
Attendance: 484
Referee: Aitken
8 December 2012 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 1 – 1 Peterhead Shielfield Park
15:00 Lavery  58' SFL Report McLaughlin  26' Attendance: 396
Referee: Robertson
15 December 2012 Scottish Third Division Stirling Albion 6 – 3 Berwick Rangers Forthbank Stadium
15:00 Day  17'
Thom  26'
White  37', 80' (Penalty)
Ferry  45+2'
Weir  83'
SFL Report Lavery  24'
Currie  30', 58'
Attendance: 427
Referee: Newlands
29 December 2012 Scottish Third Division Clyde 2 – 1 Berwick Rangers Broadwood Stadium
15:00 Brydon  50' (Own goal)
Watt  89'
SFL Report Carse  3' Attendance: 427
Referee: Aitken
2 January 2013 Scottish Third Division Montrose 1 – 3 Berwick Rangers Links Park
15:00 Young  39' SFL Report Lavery  25'
McLaren  74'
McDonald  90+1'
Attendance: 434
Referee: Duncan
5 January 2013 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 2 – 0 East Stirlingshire Shielfield Park
15:00 Lavery  10'
Easton  17'
SFL Report Attendance: 473
Referee: Robertson
12 January 2013 Scottish Third Division Rangers 4 – 2 Berwick Rangers Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Little  9', 47', 74'
Templeton  53'
BBC
Sky Sports
Gray  65'
McLaren  73'
Attendance: 44,976
Referee: McLean
19 January 2013 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers P – P Elgin City Shielfield Park
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to frozen pitch
2 February 2013 Scottish Third Division Peterhead 1 – 1 Berwick Rangers Balmoor
15:00 McAllister  5' SFL Report Lavery  6' Attendance: 432
Referee: Roache
9 February 2013 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 3 – 3 Clyde Shielfield Park
15:00 Lavery  46', 63'
McLaren  49'
SFL Report Sharp  27'
Sweeney  58'
Scullion  79'
Attendance: 507
Referee: Newlands
16 February 2013 Scottish Third Division Queen's Park 2 – 1 Berwick Rangers Hampden Park
15:00 Longworth  24'
McParland  61'
Keenan  73' 
SFL Report Lavery  8'
McDonald  55'
Notman  83' 
Attendance: 462
Referee: Walsh
23 February 2013 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 1 – 3 Rangers Shielfield Park
12:00 Argyriou  6' (Own goal) SFL Report Shiels  9' (Penalty)
Little  45+1'
Faure  66'
Attendance: 4,476
Referee: Murray
26 February 2013 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 2 – 1 Elgin City Shielfield Park
19:45 Lavery  59'
Dalziel  74'
SFL Report Gunn  3' Attendance: 382
Referee: Hilland
2 March 2013 Scottish Third Division Annan Athletic 2 – 2 Berwick Rangers Galabank
15:00 Love  62'
Chaplain  70'
SFL Report Dalziel  14'
McLaren  67'
Attendance: 427
Referee: Aitken
5 March 2013 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 1 – 0 Stirling Albion Shielfield Park
19:45 Currie  87' SFL Report Attendance: 402
Referee: Anderson
9 March 2013 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 4 – 0 Montrose Shielfield Park
14:00 McLaren  12', 52', 70'
Carse  90+1'
SFL Report Crawford  69'  Attendance: 478
Referee: Steven
16 March 2013 Scottish Third Division East Stirlingshire 0 – 3 Berwick Rangers Ochilview Park
15:00 SFL Report Miller  23' (Own goal)
Dalziel  38'
McDonald  72'
Attendance: 248
Referee: Robertson
23 March 2013 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 0 – 2 Peterhead Shielfield Park
15:00 SFL Report McCann  51'
McAllister  84'
Attendance: 454
Referee: Graham
6 April 2013 Scottish Third Division Clyde 2 – 1 Berwick Rangers Broadwood Stadium
15:00 Watt  39'
Sweeney  86'
SFL Report Notman  53' Attendance: 472
Referee: Dallas
13 April 2013 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 4 – 1 Queen's Park Shielfield Park
15:00 Notman  10', 50'
Lavery  13'
Currie  25'
SFL Report Urquhart  4' Attendance: 623
Referee: Tumilty
20 April 2013 Scottish Third Division Elgin City 1 – 2 Berwick Rangers Borough Briggs
15:00 Leslie  7' (Penalty) SFL Report Lavery  65'
McDonald  75'
Attendance: 870
Referee: Anderson
27 April 2013 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 0 – 2 Annan Athletic Shielfield Park
15:00 Currie  87'  SFL Report Chaplain  45'
McNiff  90+3'
Attendance: 627
Referee: Newlands

Second Division Play-offs

8 May 2013 Play-offs SF R1 Berwick Rangers 1 – 1 East Fife Shielfield Park
20:00 Lavery  72' SFL Report Muir  44' Attendance: 732
Referee: Salmond
11 May 2013 Play-offs SF R2 East Fife 2 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(3 – 2 agg.)
Berwick Rangers Bayview Stadium
15:00 McDonald  78' (Own goal)
Gormley  119'
SFL Report Lavery  61' (Penalty) Attendance: 856
Referee: Colvin

Scottish Challenge Cup

28 July 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup Round 1 Berwick Rangers 2 – 2 (a.e.t.)
(2 – 3 p)
Queen's Park Shielfield Park
15:00 Janczyk  76'
McDonald  113'
SFL Report Quinn  54', 101' Attendance: 372
Referee: Robertson
Penalties
McDonald
Currie
Stevenson
McLaren
Addison
Miller
Quinn
Keenan
Shankland
Longworth
Little
Parry

Scottish League Cup

4 August 2012 Scottish League Cup Round 1 Raith Rovers 4 – 3 Berwick Rangers Stark's Park
15:00 Graham  25', 73'
Hill  58'
Clarke  85'
SFL Report Currie  9', 65'
Addison  50'
Attendance: 1,071
Referee: Norris

Scottish Cup

29 September 2012 Scottish Cup Round 2 Berwick Rangers 1 – 0 Wick Academy Shielfield Park
15:00 Currie  84' (Penalty) SKY Report Attendance: 423
Referee: Campbell
3 November 2012 Scottish Cup Round 3 Stenhousemuir 1 – 1 Berwick Rangers Ochilview Park
15:00 Kean  78'
McKinlay  83' 
BBC Report Currie  32' Attendance: 439
Referee: Robertson
13 November 2012 Scottish Cup Round 3 Replay Berwick Rangers 2 – 5 Stenhousemuir Shielfield Park
19:45 Currie  11' (pen.),  87' 
Lavery  66'
BBC Report Smith  39', 86'
Gemmell  48'
Kean  52', 56'
Attendance: 402
Referee: Robertson

Player statistics

Squad

Last updated 13 May 2013 [11][12]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalThird DivisionOther[a]League CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Youssef Bejaoui 17012+001+001+003+00
GK Marc McCallum 19017+002+000+000+00
GK Ian McCaldon 707+000+000+000+00
DF Ross Brady 000+000+000+000+00
DF Dean Droudge 404+000+000+000+00
DF Ross Gray 1147+240+000+002+00
DF Devon Jacobs 40030+303+001+003+00
DF Marc Lancaster 302+000+001+000+00
DF Andy McLean 20013+303+001+000+00
DF Steven Notman 32424+342+000+003+00
DF Chris Townsley 36032+001+000+003+00
MF Phil Addison 1825+1010+201+010+00
MF Dougie Brydon 34028+101+001+003+00
MF Lee Currie 401032+152+101+023+03
MF Alberto Garcia Arena 000+000+000+000+00
MF Damian Gielty 36024+603+001+000+20
MF Dean Hoskins 24319+131+000+003+00
MF Neil Janczyk 36227+313+011+002+00
MF Kevin McDonald 39427+532+111+002+10
MF Fraser McLaren 371024+7103+001+002+00
MF Ben Miller 200+000+100+100+00
MF Craig Stevenson 400+200+100+100+00
FW Dean Carse 1322+1120+000+000+00
FW Scott Dalziel 19311+632+000+000+00
FW Dylan Easton 18213+321+100+000+00
FW John Ferguson 1525+621+000+000+30
FW Darren Lavery 402029+5172+120+003+01
FW Ian Little 000+000+000+000+00
FW Stuart Noble 902+400+000+001+20
FW Kenny O'Brien 400+400+000+000+00
FW Greig Smith 100+100+000+000+00
FW Josh Morris 800+700+100+000+00
a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the play-offs and the Challenge Cup.

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 13 May 2013
Nation Position Name Third Division Other League Cup Scottish Cup Total
GKYoussef Bejaoui 0000000000
GKMarc McCallum 1000000010
GKIan McCaldon 0000000000
DFRoss Brady 0000000000
DFDean Droudge 0000000000
DFRoss Gray 2000000020
DFDevon Jacobs 4010100060
DFMarc Lancaster 0000100010
DFAndy McLean 0000000000
DFSteven Notman 7210000082
DFChris Townsley 5000001060
MFPhil Addison 0000000000
MFDougie Brydon 7010001090
MFLee Currie 101200021142
MFAlberto Garcia Arena 0000000000
MFDamian Gielty 2010000030
MFDean Hoskins 5010000060
MFNeil Janczyk 2000000020
MFKevin McDonald 3120000051
MFFraser McLaren 4010001060
MFCraig Stevenson 0000000000
FWDean Carse 0000000000
FWScott Dalziel 2000000020
FWDylan Easton 4000000040
FWJohn Ferguson 1000000010
FWDarren Lavery 2000000020
FWIan Little 0000000000
FWStuart Noble 1000000010
FWKenny O'Brien 0000000000
FWGreig Smith 0000000000
FWJosh Morris 0000000000

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
2 Peterhead 36 17 8 11 52 28 +24 59 Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs
3 Queen's Park 36 16 8 12 60 54 +6 56
4 Berwick Rangers 36 14 7 15 59 55 +4 49
5 Elgin City 36 13 10 13 67 69 2 49
6 Montrose 36 12 11 13 60 68 8 47
Source: SPFL archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division summary

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHHAHAHAAHAHHAAAAAAHAHHAHHHAHAAHAHA
ResultDLDWLWLWDLWWLDLLWWLDDLLWDWWWWLLLWWLL
Position689666656775556766777786654434554444
Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 2013. Source: [13]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

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