2012–13 Cowdenbeath F.C. season

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]

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.

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
14 July 2012[10] Friendly Cowdenbeath 1 – 1 Aberdeen Central Park
15:00 McKenzie 15' Report Brown 42' Referee: Hilland

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
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
17 November 2012 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath 1 – 1 Airdrie United Central Park
15:00 Stewart 70' SFL Report Buchanan 77' Attendance: 423
Referee: Somers
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
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
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]
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
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

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 Total First Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK  ENG Thomas Flynn 36 0 30+0 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
GK  SCO Colin Stewart 5 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK  SCO Craig Wight 3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
GK  SCO Lee Wilson 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF  SCO Kenny Adamson 38 1 32+0 0 4+0 1 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF  SCO John Armstrong 41 3 35+0 3 3+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF  SCO Steven Bennett 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF  SCO Dean Brett 19 0 15+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF  ENG David Cowan 21 0 18+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF  SCO Scott Linton 30 3 22+3 3 3+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF  CMR Joe Mbu 19 0 11+2 0 2+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF  SCO Jason Naismith 5 0 3+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF  SCO Thomas O'Brien 36 0 23+7 0 1+3 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF  SCO Dean Brett 14 1 8+4 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF  SCO Liam Caddis 3 1 3+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF  SCO Liam Callaghan 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF  SCO Colin Cameron 25 0 19+2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+2 0
MF  ESP Rubén García Rey 6 0 1+2 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF  ENG Lee Makel 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF  ENG Sean McAllister 9 0 9+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF  SCO Kyle Miller 33 5 16+11 4 3+0 1 0+1 0 1+1 0
MF  SCO Lewis Milne 24 3 12+7 3 3+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
MF  ESP Albert Puigdollers 4 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF  SCO Mark Ramsay 24 2 10+10 1 2+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 1
MF  SCO Jon Robertson 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF  SCO Sam Stanton 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF  SCO Jamie Stevenson 41 11 32+3 8 4+0 2 1+0 0 1+0 1
FW  SCO Lewis Coult 35 8 19+10 5 2+1 1 1+0 0 2+0 2
FW  SCO Liam Cusack 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW  ENG Kane Hemmings 7 4 7+0 4 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW  SCO Marc McKenzie 40 9 26+7 6 4+0 1 1+0 1 2+0 1
FW  SCO Craig Moore 12 7 11+1 7 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW  ESP Pablo Navas 5 0 0+3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
FW  SCO Jack Nicholson 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW  SCO Greg Stewart 29 8 17+8 5 2+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 3
FW  SKN Zephaniah Thomas 7 0 1+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 7 May 2013
Nation Position Name First Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
GK Thomas Flynn 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
GK Colin Stewart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Craig Wight 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Lee Wilson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Kenny Adamson 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
DF John Armstrong 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
DF Steven Bennett 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Dean Brett 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
DF David Cowan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
DF Scott Linton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Joe Mbu 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF Jason Naismith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Thomas O'Brien 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
MF Dean Brett 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
MF Liam Caddis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Liam Callaghan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Colin Cameron 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
MF Rubén García Rey 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
MF Lee Makel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Sean McAllister 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF Kyle Miller 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF Lewis Milne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Albert Puigdollers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Mark Ramsay 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
MF Jon Robertson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Sam Stanton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Jamie Stevenson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
FW Lewis Coult 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
FW Liam Cusack 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Kane Hemmings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Marc McKenzie 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
FW Craig Moore 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
FW Pablo Navas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Jack Nicholson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Greg Stewart 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW Zephaniah Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

Transfers

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