2012–13 Scottish First Division

The 2012–13 Scottish Football League First Division, also known as the 2012–13 Irn Bru Scottish Football League First Division for sponsorship reasons, was the 18th season of the Scottish Football League First Division and the 107th season of a second-tier football league in Scotland. Partick Thistle were confirmed as 2012–13 champions, on 20 April following their 2-0 win over Falkirk. This was the final season of the First Division under its then format, as it was replaced by the Scottish Championship from the 2013–14 season onwards.

Irn-Bru Scottish First Division

Partick Thistle win the title
Season	2012–13
Champions	Partick Thistle
Promoted	Partick Thistle
Relegated	Airdrie United Dunfermline Athletic
Matches played	180
Goals scored	568 (3.16 per match)
Top goalscorer	Stevie May (25 goals)
Biggest home win	Partick Thistle 7–0 Airdrie (29 September 2012)
Biggest away win	Cowdenbeath 0–4 Dunfermline Athletic (11 August 2012) Airdrie United 0–4 Hamilton Academical (6 October 2012) Dumbarton 1–5 Greenock Morton (17 November 2012) Dunfermline Athletic 0–4 Partick Thistle (2 March 2013)
Highest scoring	Cowdenbeath 4–4 Raith Rovers (20 October 2012)
Longest winning run	8 games Partick Thistle
Longest unbeaten run	16 games Partick Thistle
Longest winless run	14 games Cowdenbeath
Longest losing run	7 games Airdrie United
Highest attendance	8,875 Partick Thistle 1-0 Greenock Morton (10 April 2013)
Lowest attendance	409 Cowdenbeath 1–1 Livingston (22 December 2012)
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

Teams

Ross County were promoted to the Scottish Premier League as champions, while Dunfermline Athletic were relegated from the SPL to this division.

Two sides were relegated from this division at the end of the 2011–12 season. Queen of the South, who finished bottom, and Ayr United in the play-offs. They were replaced by Second Division champions Cowdenbeath, and Dumbarton as winners of the promotion play-offs.

On 13 July, Rangers were admitted to the Third Division after being voted out of the SPL. As a result, the playoff losing finalist Airdrie United were promoted to the First Division to fill the gap caused by Dundee replacing Rangers in the SPL.^[1]

Stadia and Locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Airdrie	Airdrie	Excelsior Stadium	10,171
Cowdenbeath	Cowdenbeath	Central Park	4,370
Dumbarton	Dumbarton	Dumbarton Football Stadium	2,025
Dunfermline Athletic	Dunfermline	East End Park	11,380
Falkirk	Falkirk	Falkirk Stadium	9,200
Greenock Morton	Greenock	Cappielow Park	11,100
Hamilton Academical	Hamilton	New Douglas Park	6,078
Livingston	Livingston	Almondvale Stadium	10,122
Partick Thistle	Glasgow	Firhill Stadium	10,887
Raith Rovers	Kirkcaldy	Stark's Park	10,104

Personnel and kits

 

 

Falkirk

 

Morton

 

Hamilton
Academical

 

Livingston

 

Raith Rovers

 

 

 

Dumbarton

 

 

 

Airdrie Utd

 

Cowdenbeath

 

Dunfermline Ath.

 

Partick Th.

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Location of teams in 2012–13 Scottish First Division

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Airdrie	Jimmy Boyle	Puma	N/A (H,3rd), Advance Construction Scotland (A)
Cowdenbeath	Colin Cameron	Umbro	Subsea Pressure Controls
Dumbarton	Ian Murray	1872 (Club own brand)	Bet Butler
Dunfermline Athletic	Jim Jefferies	Joma	The Purvis Group
Falkirk	Gary Holt	Puma	Central Demolition
Greenock Morton	Allan Moore	Puma	Millions Chews
Hamilton Academical	Alex Neil (interim)	Nike	M&H Logistics (H), Life Skills Centres (A)
Livingston	Richie Burke	Adidas	Fasteq
Partick Thistle	Alan Archibald	Puma	macb
Raith Rovers	Grant Murray	Puma	Kittys Styx (H), Livesport.co.uk (A)

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Partick Thistle (C, P)	36	23	9	4	76	28	+48	78	Promotion to the Premiership
2	Greenock Morton	36	20	7	9	73	47	+26	67
3	Falkirk	36	15	8	13	52	48	+4	53
4	Livingston	36	14	10	12	58	56	+2	52
5	Hamilton Academical	36	14	9	13	52	45	+7	51
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.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Dunfermline Athletic were deducted 15 points for entering administration.^[2]

Results

Teams play each other four times in this league. In the first half of the season each team plays every other team twice (home and away) and then do the same in the second half of the season, for a total of 36 games.

First half of season

Home \ Away	AIR	COW	DUM	DNF	FAL	GMO	HAM	LIV	PAR	RAI
Airdrie United		0–3	4–1	1–2	1–4	2–3	0–4	1–3	1–1	0–0
Cowdenbeath	1–1		0–1	0–4	1–1	3–4	1–0	1–1	0–3	4–4
Dumbarton	3–4	0–3		0–2	1–2	1–5	3–3	3–4	2–0	4–2
Dunfermline Athletic	1–3	3–0	4–0		0–1	2–2	1–1	4–0	0–1	3–1
Falkirk	1–1	2–0	3–4	2–2		0–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–2
Greenock Morton	2–0	1–0	3–0	4–2	1–2		0–1	2–2	3–1	1–0
Hamilton Academical	3–0	2–1	2–1	0–3	1–1	1–1		1–2	1–0	0–1
Livingston	0–2	1–1	5–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	0–0		1–2	2–1
Partick Thistle	7–0	2–1	3–0	5–1	3–1	1–2	4–0	2–0		3–2
Raith Rovers	2–0	2–2	2–2	1–3	2–1	3–3	2–0	0–0	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on 16 April 2013. Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home \ Away	AIR	COW	DUM	DNF	FAL	GMO	HAM	LIV	PAR	RAI
Airdrie United		1–1	1–2	3–3	0–1	0–4	2–2	0–2	1–2	1–2
Cowdenbeath	3–2		2–3	4–2	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–1
Dumbarton	4–1	2–2		0–1	0–2	0–3	3–1	0–3	0–0	1–2
Dunfermline Athletic	1–2	1–0	3–4		0–2	1–4	2–3	0–1	0–4	1–0
Falkirk	4–3	4–0	1–3	1–0		4–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1
Greenock Morton	5–2	4–2	0–3	0–1	2–0		0–2	2–1	2–2	1–0
Hamilton Academical	5–0	1–3	2–3	1–2	1–1	2–1		1–1	0–2	2–0
Livingston	4–1	3–0	2–3	2–2	1–2	0–2	0–3		2–2	2–3
Partick Thistle	1–0	2–1	3–0	3–3	4–1	1–0	1–0	6–1		0–0
Raith Rovers	2–0	0–1	3–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–2	0–2	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2013. Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Times are BST (UTC+1)

Semi-finals

The fourth placed team in the Second Division (Forfar Athletic) played the ninth placed team in the First Division (Dunfermline Athletic) and the third placed team in the Second Division (Brechin City) played the second placed team in the Second Division (Alloa Athletic). The play-offs were played over two legs, the winning team in each semi-final advancing to the final.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Forfar Athletic	4–7	Dunfermline Athletic	3–1	1–6
Brechin City	3–4	Alloa Athletic	0–2	3–2

First legs

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8 May 2013

7:45 pm

Forfar Athletic	3 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic
Robertson   34' Templeman   37', 45'	BBC Sport	Husband   84'

Station Park

Attendance: 1,562

Referee: Allan

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8 May 2013

7:45 pm

Brechin City	0 – 2	Alloa Athletic
	BBC Sport	McCord   40' Moon   56'

Glebe Park

Attendance: 582

Referee: Madden

Second legs

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11 May 2013

3:00 pm

Dunfermline Athletic	6 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Forfar Athletic
Dunlop   36' (o.g.) Thomson   62' Millen   83' (pen.) Smith   102' Husband   110', 118'	BBC Sport	Campbell   6',   85'   McCulloch   15' Dunlop   54'

East End Park

Attendance: 4,252

Referee: O'Reilly

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11 May 2013

3:00 pm

Alloa Athletic	2 – 3	Brechin City
Cawley   36' Elliot   68'	BBC Sport	Jackson   4', 90' Trouten   52' (pen.)

Recreation Park

Attendance: 856

Referee: Collum

Final

The two semi-final winners played each other over two legs. The winning team was awarded a place in the 2013–14 First Division.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Alloa Athletic	3 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic	3 – 0	0 – 1

First leg

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15 May 2013

7:55 pm

Alloa Athletic	3 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic
Tiffoney   27' Elliot   45' Moon   90'	BBC Sport

Recreation Park

Attendance: 2,765

Referee: McLean

Second leg

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19 May 2013

4:05 pm

Dunfermline Athletic	1 – 0	Alloa Athletic
Smith   72' Husband   85'	BBC Sport

East End Park

Attendance: 5,110

Referee: Thomson

References

1. "Rangers: Airdrie United and Stranraer are promoted". BBC Sport. BBC. 16 July 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
2. "Dunfermline docked 15 points for going into interim administration". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 9 April 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2013.