2012–13 Cowdenbeath F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Cowdenbeath's first season back in the Scottish First Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2011–12 season.[3] Cowdenbeath also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Cowdenbeath
2012–13 season
ChairmanDonald Findlay
ManagerColin Cameron[1]
StadiumCentral Park
First DivisionEighth place (On-going)
Challenge CupSemi-final, lost to Partick Thistle
League CupFirst Round, lost to Montrose
Scottish CupFourth Round, lost to St Johnstone
Top goalscorerLeague:
Jamie Stevenson (8)

All:
Jamie Stevenson (11)
Highest home attendance2,507 v Dunfermline Athletic, 11 August 2012
Lowest home attendance370 v Hamilton Academical, 9 March 2013
Average home league attendanceLeague: 762[2]

Summary

Season

Cowdenbeath finished ninth in the Scottish First Division.[4] They reached the Semi-final of the Challenge Cup,[5] the first round of the League Cup[6] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.[7]

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season

6 July 2012[8] Friendly Elgin City 3 – 3 Cowdenbeath Borough Briggs
19:45 Miller  19'
Gunn  32'
Wyness  35'
Report Linton  38'
O'Brien  62'
Brett  75'
Attendance: 293
Referee: Ross
7 July 2012[8] Friendly Brora Rangers 2 – 4 Cowdenbeath Dudgeon Park
15:00 Baxter  68'
Mackay  84'
Report Milne  11'
McDonald  15'
Cameron  40'
Armstrong  90+'
Attendance: 90
Referee: Fraser
10 July 2012[9] Friendly (Closed Door) Berwick Rangers 1 – 3 Cowdenbeath Netherdale
Bryson  75' Report Stevenson  14', 41', 46'
17 July 2012[8] Friendly Selkirk 2 – 3 Cowdenbeath Yarrow Park
19:30 Gibson  53', 54' Report Coult  58', 75'
Stevenson  88'
Referee: Hogg

Scottish First Division

18 August 2012 Scottish First Division Dumbarton 0 – 3 Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 SFL Report Coult  9'
Stewart  17'
McKenzie  82' (Penalty)
Attendance: 695
Referee: Muir
1 September 2012 Scottish First Division Airdrie United 0 – 3 Cowdenbeath Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Warren  65' SFL Report Miller  5'
Coult  76'
McKenzie  85'
Attendance: 816
Referee: Salmond
15 September 2012 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath 3 – 4 Greenock Morton Central Park
15:00 Armstrong  40'
Ramsay  82'
Stevenson  90'
SFL Report Weatherson  12', 25'
Campbell  45'
O'Brien  54'
Attendance: 611
Referee: Finnie
22 September 2012 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle 2 – 1 Cowdenbeath Firhill Stadium
15:00 Muirhead  25' (Penalty)
LInton  70' (Own goal)
SFL Report Stevenson  49' Attendance: 2,510
Referee: Collum
29 September 2012 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath 1 – 1 Falkirk Central Park
15:00 Coult  18' SFL Report Weatherston  3' Attendance: 699
Referee: O'Reilly
20 October 2012 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath 4 – 4 Raith Rovers Central Park
15:00 Miller  6'
Stevenson  24'
Coult  78', 80'
SFL Report Graham  35'
Spence  45'
Clarke  81'
Mensing  90'
Attendance: 1,209
Referee: Madden
10 November 2012 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath 0 – 1 Dumbarton Central Park
15:00 SFL Report Gilhaney  29' Attendance: 415
Referee: Tumilty
15 December 2012 Scottish First Division Falkirk 2 – 0 Cowdenbeath Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Murdoch  33' (Penalty)
Taylor  42'
SFL Report Attendance: 2,647
Referee: Robertson
22 December 2012 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath 1 – 1 Livingston Central Park
15:00 McKenzie  1' SFL Report Scougall  70' Attendance: 409
Referee: Collum
29 December 2012 Scottish First Division Raith Rovers 2 – 2 Cowdenbeath Stark's Park
15:00 Hill  50'
Spence  53'
SFL Report Milne  9'
Stevenson  42' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,877
Referee: Murray
12 January 2013 Scottish First Division Hamilton Academical 2 – 1 Cowdenbeath New Douglas Park
15:00 Page  61'
May  65'
Neil  68' 
SFL Report Hemmings  24' Attendance: 1,021
Referee: Brines
19 January 2013 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath P – P Dunfermline Athletic Central Park
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to frozen pitch
2 February 2013 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath P – P Partick Thistle Central Park
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch
9 February 2013 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath 4 – 1 Falkirk Central Park
15:00 Armstrong  35', 73'
Hemmings  38'
Stevenson  90+1'
SFL Report Taylor  2' Attendance: 566
Referee: Finnie
12 February 2013 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath 4 – 2 Dunfermline Athletic Central Park
19:45 Milne  33'
Linton  75', 88'
Hemmings  81'
BBC Report Dowie  70'
Kirk  71'
Attendance: 1,330
Referee: Somers
23 February 2013 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath 1 – 1 Raith Rovers Central Park
15:00 Stewart  81' Raith Report Graham  48' Attendance: 1,078
Referee: Colvin
26 February 2013 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath A – A Partick Thistle Central Park
19:45 Moore  4', 64' SFL Report Lawless  23' Attendance: 719
Referee: Charleston
Note: Abandoned due to fog[12]
16 March 2013 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath 3 – 2 Airdrie United Central Park
15:00 McKenzie  13'
Stewart  68'
Moore  88'
SFL Report Moore  12'
Kirkpatrick  82'
Attendance: 407
Referee: Norris
23 March 2013 Scottish First Division Greenock Morton 4 – 2 Cowdenbeath Cappielow
15:00 MacDonald  51' (Penalty), 54'
Taggart  63'
Hardie  71'
SFL Report Moore  13'
Stevenson  40'
Attendance: 1,533
Referee: Brines
27 March 2013 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath 0 – 3 Partick Thistle Central Park
19:45 O'Brien  70' SFL Report O'Donnell  24'
Doolan  30', 79'
Attendance: 716
Referee: Charleston
30 March 2013 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath 1 – 2 Partick Thistle Central Park
15:00 Moore  31' SFL Report Doolan  12', 62' Attendance: 1,214
Referee: Muir
6 April 2013 Scottish First Division Falkirk 4 – 0 Cowdenbeath Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Dods  69'
Sibbald  78'
Higgins  87' (Penalty), 89'
SFL Report Attendance: 2,539
Referee: Murray
9 April 2013 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath 2 – 2 Livingston Central Park
19:45 Stewart  35'
McKenzie  90'
SFL Report Watson  7'
Barr  71'
Attendance: 455
Referee: Allan
27 April 2013 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath 2 – 3 Dumbarton Central Park
15:00 Moore  15'
Miller  88'
SFL Report Agnew  35', 44' (Penalty)
Lister  39'
Attendance: 659
Referee: Finnie

Scottish Challenge Cup

14 August 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup Round 2 Cowdenbeath 3 – 0 East Fife Central Park
19:45 Stevenson  44', 73'
Miller  67'
SFL Report Attendance: 466
Referee: Tumilty

Scottish League Cup

4 August 2012 Scottish League Cup Round 1 Montrose 2 – 1 Cowdenbeath Links Park
15:00 Boyle  31'
Watson  43'
SFL Report McKenzie  90' Attendance: 312
Referee: Roache

Scottish Cup

3 November 2012 Scottish Cup Round 3 Cowdenbeath 8 – 1 Vale of Leithen Central Park
14:00 Stewart  25', 31', 41'
Coult  47', 51'
McKenzie  49'
Ramsay  64'
Stevenson  78'
BBC Report Moffat  2' Attendance: 309
Referee: Salmond
17 December 2012 Scottish Cup Round 4 Cowdenbeath 0 – 3 St Johnstone Central Park
19:45 BBC Report McCracken  54'
MacLean  76' (pen.)
Tadé  87'
Attendance: 809
Referee: Beaton

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
DF Mbu[13] 16 Club captain
DF Armstrong[13] 26 Vice-captain

Last updated: 7 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

Last updated 7 May 2013[14][15]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalFirst DivisionChallenge CupLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Thomas Flynn 36030+004+001+001+00
GK Colin Stewart 505+000+000+000+00
GK Craig Wight 300+200+000+001+00
GK Lee Wilson 101+000+000+000+00
DF Kenny Adamson 38132+004+010+002+00
DF John Armstrong 41335+033+001+002+00
DF Steven Bennett 101+000+000+000+00
DF Dean Brett 19015+102+000+001+00
DF David Cowan 21018+002+000+001+00
DF Scott Linton 30322+333+101+000+00
DF Joe Mbu 19011+202+101+002+00
DF Jason Naismith 503+200+000+000+00
DF Thomas O'Brien 36023+701+301+001+00
MF Dean Brett 1418+410+001+001+00
MF Liam Caddis 313+010+000+000+00
MF Liam Callaghan 100+100+000+000+00
MF Colin Cameron 25019+201+001+000+20
MF Rubén García Rey 601+202+001+000+00
MF Lee Makel 000+000+000+000+00
MF Sean McAllister 909+000+000+000+00
MF Kyle Miller 33516+1143+010+101+10
MF Lewis Milne 24312+733+000+101+00
MF Albert Puigdollers 403+000+000+001+00
MF Mark Ramsay 24210+1012+100+001+01
MF Jon Robertson 404+000+000+000+00
MF Sam Stanton 202+000+000+000+00
MF Jamie Stevenson 411132+384+021+001+01
FW Lewis Coult 35819+1052+111+002+02
FW Liam Cusack 000+000+000+000+00
FW Kane Hemmings 747+040+000+000+00
FW Marc McKenzie 40926+764+011+012+01
FW Craig Moore 12711+170+000+000+00
FW Pablo Navas 500+300+100+000+10
FW Jack Nicholson 100+000+100+000+00
FW Greg Stewart 29817+852+100+001+03
FW Zephaniah Thomas 701+400+000+000+20

Disciplinary Record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 7 May 2013
Nation Position Name First Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
GKThomas Flynn 1000001020
GKColin Stewart 0000000000
GKCraig Wight 0000000000
GKLee Wilson 0000000000
DFKenny Adamson 100100000110
DFJohn Armstrong 1110000021
DFSteven Bennett 0000000000
DFDean Brett 1010000020
DFDavid Cowan 2000000020
DFScott Linton 0000000000
DFJoe Mbu 1000000010
DFJason Naismith 0000000000
DFThomas O'Brien 5100000051
MFDean Brett 3000000030
MFLiam Caddis 0000000000
MFLiam Callaghan 0000000000
MFColin Cameron 4000001050
MFRubén García Rey 0000100010
MFLee Makel 0000000000
MFSean McAllister 1000000010
MFKyle Miller 1000000010
MFLewis Milne 0000000000
MFAlbert Puigdollers 0000000000
MFMark Ramsay 4000000040
MFJon Robertson 0000000000
MFSam Stanton 0000000000
MFJamie Stevenson 3000000030
FWLewis Coult 2000000020
FWLiam Cusack 0000000000
FWKane Hemmings 0000000000
FWMarc McKenzie 2000000020
FWCraig Moore 2000000020
FWPablo Navas 0000000000
FWJack Nicholson 0000000000
FWGreg Stewart 1000000010
FWZephaniah Thomas 0000000000

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
6 Raith Rovers 36 11 13 12 45 48 3 46
7 Dumbarton 36 13 4 19 58 83 25 43
8 Cowdenbeath 36 8 12 16 51 65 14 36
9 Dunfermline Athletic (R) 36 14 7 15 62 59 +3 34[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the First Division Play-offs
10 Airdrie United (R) 36 5 7 24 41 89 48 22 Relegation to League One
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Dunfermline Athletic were deducted 15 points for entering administration.[16]

Division summary

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ResultLWWWLLDDDLLDLLDDDDLLWWLDDDWLLLLDWLLW
Position10553455556667778888997889878999[lower-alpha 1]87998
  1. Dunfermline were deducted 15 points shortly prior to this fixture altering league standings. This was as a result of them entering administration.[17]
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2013. Source: [18]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

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