2012–13 Forfar Athletic F.C. season

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.

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

Summary

Season

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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season

Scottish Second Division

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 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
15 September 2012 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 1 – 0 Brechin City Station Park
15:00 Fotheringham  22' SFL Report Attendance: 708
Referee: McDermott
22 September 2012 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 1 – 1 Forfar Athletic Gayfield Park
15:00 Doris  52' (Penalty) SFL Report Bolochoweckyj  4'
Bolochoweckyj  28'
Tulloch  62'
Attendance: 940
Referee: Roache
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  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'  90'
McKeown  90'
SFL Report Denholm  28' Attendance: 258
Referee: Robertson
17 November 2012 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 3 – 2 Stenhousemuir Station Park
15:00 Swankie  5', 23'
Motion  74'
SFL Report McMillan  35'
Rodgers  58' (pen.)
Attendance: 432
Referee: Cook
20 November 2012 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 1 – 5 Queen of the South Station Park
19:30 Dunlop  21'
Swankie  25'
SFL Report Clark  5', 49'
McGuffie  22' (pen.)
Durnan  27'
Hopkirk  81'
Attendance: 391
Referee: Aitken
24 November 2012 Scottish Second Division Brechin City 4 – 1 Forfar Athletic Glebe Park
15:00 Brown  15'
Byrne  52' (Penalty)
Jackson  61', 90'
SFL Report McCulloch  50'
Campbell  69'
Attendance: 702
Referee: Robertson
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
18 December 2012 Scottish Second Division Albion Rovers 2 – 3 Forfar Athletic Cliftonhill
19:45 Boyle  35'
Howarth  40'
SFL Report Craigen  1', 24'
Sellars  90+1'
Attendance: 249
Referee: McKendrick
22 December 2012 Scottish Second Division Alloa Athletic 2 – 1 Forfar Athletic Recreation Park
15:00 McCord  4', 20'
Holmes  90'
SFL Report Templeman  36'
Tulloch  90'
Attendance: 401
Referee: Dallas
29 December 2012 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 3 – 2 East Fife Station Park
15:00 Campbell  33' (Penalty)
Denholm  57'
Swankie  58'
SFL Report Johnstone  7'
Willis  21'
Darren McCormack  30'
Attendance: 619
Referee: Graham
2 January 2013 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 1 – 4 Brechin City Station Park
15:00 Swankie  80' SFL Report McKenna  46'
Brown  58'
Carcary  64'
Dalziel  81'
Attendance: 903
Referee: Tumilty
5 January 2013 Scottish Second Division Stenhousemuir 2 – 0 Forfar Athletic Ochilview Park
15:00 Dickson  65'
Smith  67'
SFL Sport Attendance: 461
Referee: Aitken
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  79'
Attendance: 843
Referee: Somers
16 February 2013 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 0 – 1 Alloa Athletic Station Park
15:00 SFL Report Gordon  89' Attendance: 511
Referee: Aitken
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  78' 
Malin  83'
SFL Report Walker  12'
Innes  57' 
Andrews  65'
Attendance: 293
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 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  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
9 April 2013 Scottish Second Division Brechin City 3 – 4 Forfar Athletic Glebe Park
19:45 Hay  57'
Trouten  76', 87'
SFL Report Hilson  12'
Bolochoweckyj  33'
Malin  46'
Swankie  84'
Attendance: 581
Referee: Roache
20 April 2013 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 0 – 4 Queen of the South Station Park
15:00 SFL Report Paton  33'
Clark  54', 56', 85'
Attendance: 555
Referee: Roache

First Division Play-offs

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  15'
Dunlop  53'
Campbell  84' 
Attendance: 4,252
Referee: O'Reilly

Scottish Challenge Cup

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  62' 
Attendance: 732
Referee: Charleston

Scottish League Cup

4 August 2012 Scottish League Cup Round 1 Forfar Athletic 0 – 2 Partick Thistle Station Park
15:00 SFL Report Erskine  18'
Lawless  37'
Murray  44'
Attendance: 693
Referee: Northcroft

Scottish Cup

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
1 December 2012 Scottish Cup Round 4 Forfar Athletic 2 – 1 Ayr United Station Park
15:00 Robertson  59'
King  74'
BBC Report Sinclair  16' Attendance: Salmond
Referee: 505
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

Squad

Last updated 11 May 2013[12][13]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalSecond DivisionOther[a]League CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Jack Hamilton 908+000+000+001+00
GK Darren Hill 18015+002+000+001+00
GK David Scott 504+000+001+000+00
GK Derek Soutar 1309+002+000+002+00
DF Jamie Bishop 302+000+000+000+10
DF Michael Bolochoweckyj 36226+124+001+004+00
DF Iain Campbell 441034+184+011+004+01
DF Michael Dunlop 22011+403+101+001+10
DF Odmar Faeroe 12011+000+000+001+00
DF Gregor Fotheringham 303+000+000+000+00
DF Mark McCulloch 43034+004+001+004+00
DF Duncan Reid 100+000+000+000+10
DF Stephen Tulloch 25216+411+000+004+01
DF Scott Webster 100+100+000+000+00
MF Jordon Brown 1809+600+200+000+10
MF James Craigen 11210+020+000+001+00
MF Danny Denholm 331025+392+011+001+10
MF Keith Gibson 714+002+011+000+00
MF Connor Gray 100+100+000+000+00
MF Martyn Fotheringham 32419+741+100+102+10
MF Liam Keiller 100+100+000+000+00
MF Gavin Malin 23515+552+000+001+00
MF Kevin Motion 2017+710+200+102+10
MF Willie Robertson 23214+602+010+001+01
MF Barry Sellars 1715+910+100+000+20
MF Alastair Smith 100+100+000+000+00
MF Gavin Thomson 100+100+000+000+00
FW Ross Campbell 38621+843+100+104+02
FW Dale Hilson 23319+132+000+001+00
FW Omar Kader 3048+1731+211+000+10
FW Charlie King 2711+1902+101+001+21
FW Gavin Swankie 411431+1104+021+004+02
FW Chris Templeman 441434+1113+121+004+01
FW Graham Gibson 101+000+000+000+00
a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the play-offs and the Challenge Cup.

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 11 May 2013
Nation Position Name Second Division Other League Cup Scottish Cup Total
GKJack Hamilton 0000000000
GKDarren Hill 1000000010
GKDavid Scott 0000000000
GKDerek Soutar 1000000010
DFJamie Bishop 1000000010
DFMichael Bolochoweckyj 72301010122
DFIain Campbell 4032001082
DFMichael Dunlop 1101000012
DFOdmar Faeroe 1000000010
DFGregor Fotheringham 0000000000
DFMark McCulloch 5111001072
DFDuncan Reid 0000000000
DFStephen Tulloch 4210000052
DFScott Webster 0000000000
MFJordon Brown 1010000020
MFJames Craigen 3000000030
MFDanny Denholm 3100000031
MFKeith Gibson 1000000010
MFConnor Gray 1000000010
MFMartyn Fotheringham 4110000051
MFLiam Keiller 0000000000
MFGavin Malin 2000000020
MFKevin Motion 2010001040
MFWillie Robertson 5110001071
MFBarry Sellars 0000000000
MFAlastair Smith 0000000000
MFGavin Thomson 0000000000
FWRoss Campbell 3020000050
FWDale Hilson 7000000070
FWOmar Kader 0000000000
FWCharlie King 1000000010
FWGavin Swankie 6000000060
FWChris Templeman 3020001060
FWGraham Gibson 0000000000

Team statistics

League table

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 winner; (P) Promoted.

Division summary

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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