Raith Rovers
2012–13 season
ManagerGrant Murray
StadiumStark's Park
Scottish First Division6th
Challenge CupQuarter-finals (lost to Partick Thistle)
League Cup3rd round (lost to Celtic)
Scottish Cup5th round (lost to Celtic)
Top goalscorerLeague: Brian Graham (18)
All: Brian Graham (27)
Highest home attendance7,775 (v Celtic, 3 February 2013)
Lowest home attendance773 (v Montrose, 14 August 2012)
Average home league attendance1,953

The 2012–13 season was Raith Rovers' fourth consecutive season in the Scottish First Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2008–09 season.[1] Raith Rovers also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Management

Raith will be led by player-manager Grant Murray for the 2012–13 season,[2] following the departure of John McGlynn. McGlynn signed a new one-year contract during the close season,[3] and began leading the club for pre season.[4] However, on 26 June 2012, McGlynn was appointed as the new manager of Heart of Midlothian,[5] because he was under contract compensation was owed to Raith.[6]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season

A match against Alloa Athletic scheduled for 24 July,[7] was cancelled.[8]

10 July 2012[9] Friendly Raith Rovers 1 – 1 Ross County Stark's Park
19:45 Graham 16' Raith Rovers Official Site Report Morrow 8' Referee: John Beaton

Scottish First Division

18 August 2012 Scottish First Division Falkirk 0 – 2 Raith Rovers Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Raith Report Walker 45'
Clarke 47'		 Attendance: 3,064
Referee: O'Reilly
6 October 2012 Scottish First Division Raith Rovers 2 – 2 Dumbarton Stark's Park
15:00 Graham 23'
Spence 69'		 Raith Report Lister 52'
Prunty 90'		 Attendance: 1,425
Referee: Tumilty
20 October 2012 Scottish First Division Cowdenbeath 4 – 4 Raith Rovers Central Park
15:00 Miller 6'
Stevenson 24'
Coult 78', 80'		 Raith Report Graham 35'
Spence 45'
Clarke 81'
Mensing 90'		 Attendance: 1,209
Referee: Madden
10 November 2012 Scottish First Division Raith Rovers 2 – 1 Falkirk Stark's Park
15:00 Smith 56'
G.Anderson 85'		 Raith Report Leahy 43' Attendance: 1,986
Referee: McKendrick
17 November 2012 Scottish First Division Raith Rovers 1 – 3 Dunfermline Athletic Stark's Park
15:00 Clarke 24'
Walker Red card 45'
Hill Yellow card 45' Red card		 Raith Report Husband 37', 88'
Cardle 46'		 Attendance: 4,294
Referee: Allan
22 December 2012 Scottish First Division Dumbarton P – P Raith Rovers Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Raith Report
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch[13]
29 December 2012 Scottish First Division Raith Rovers 2 – 2 Cowdenbeath Stark's Park
15:00 Hill 50'
Spence 53'		 Raith Report Milne 9'
Stevenson 42' (pen.)		 Attendance: 1,877
Referee: Murray
9 February 2013 Scottish First Division Raith Rovers P – P Partick Thistle Stark's Park
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch
16 February 2013 Scottish First Division Raith Rovers 3 – 2 Dumbarton Stark's Park
15:00 Walker 39'
Clarke 52'
Graham 90'		 Raith Report Prunty 45', 58' Attendance: 1,304
Referee: Charleston
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
5 March 2013 Scottish First Division Falkirk 1 – 1 Raith Rovers Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Murdoch 90' Raith Report Graham 30' Attendance: 2,428
Referee: Muir
12 March 2013 Scottish First Division Raith Rovers P – P Partick Thistle Stark's Park
19:45 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to a frozen pitch
27 April 2013 Scottish First Division Raith Rovers 0 – 0 Falkirk Stark's Park
15:00 Raith Report Attendance: 1,406
Referee: McLean
4 May 2013 Scottish First Division Livingston 2 – 3 Raith Rovers Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Fox 45' (pen.)
Russell 90'		 Raith Report G.Anderson 21'
Graham 82', 90'		 Attendance: 1,302
Referee: Roache

Scottish Challenge Cup

28 July 2012[14] Scottish Challenge Cup round 1 Wick Academy 2 – 4 Raith Rovers Harmsworth Park
15:00 Geruzel 51'
Allan 61'		 Raith Report Graham 39'
Hill 57'
G.Anderson 71'
Clarke 82'		 Attendance: 980
Referee: Somers
14 August 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup round 2 Raith Rovers 5 – 2 Montrose Stark's Park
19:45 Walker 7'
Graham 32', 54'
McGurn Red card 44'
Clarke 42'
Spence 90'		 Raith Report Watson 45' (pen.)
Young 77'		 Attendance: 773
Referee: Finnie
9 September 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup QF Partick Thistle 3 – 0 Raith Rovers Firhill Stadium
16:05 Erskine 50', 58'
Craig 53'		 Attendance: 1,807
Referee: Charleston

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
25 September 2012 Scottish League Cup round 3 Celtic 4 – 1 Raith Rovers Celtic Park
19:45 Hooper 12', 37', 58', 60' SFL Report Walker 28' Attendance: 14,737
Referee: Muir

Scottish Cup

1 December 2012 Scottish Cup round 4 Raith Rovers 2 – 1 Deveronvale Stark's Park
15:00 Graham 55', 89'
Hill Red card 57'		 Raith Report Fraser 58' (pen.) Attendance: 1,439
Referee: Robertson
3 February 2013 Scottish Cup round 5 Raith Rovers 0 – 3 Celtic Stark's Park
12:45 Raith Report Commons 56' (pen.)
Forrest 83'
Mulgrew 86'		 Attendance: 7,775
Referee: McLean

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
MF Allan Walker Scotland Club captain

Last updated: May 2011
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

[15][16]Last updated May 2013
No. Pos Nat Player TotalFirst DivisionChallenge CupLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Scotland SCO Ross Laidlaw 1409+100+100+003+00
GK Scotland SCO David McGurn 33027+002+003+001+00
GK Scotland SCO Allan Fleming 100+001+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Reece Donaldson 1002+401+000+101+10
DF Scotland SCO Laurie Ellis 34023+201+102+103+10
DF Scotland SCO Dougie Hill 33423+212+013+013+01
DF Scotland SCO Eddie Malone 43030+403+003+003+00
DF Scotland SCO Grant Murray 1209+102+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Jason Thomson 45035+003+003+004+00
DF Scotland SCO Colin Wilson 201+000+000+100+00
DF Scotland SCO Liam Gordon 000+000+000+000+00
DF England ENG Simon Mensing 32227+010+001+004+01
MF Scotland SCO Ross Callachan 1704+600+300+200+20
MF Scotland SCO Joe Hamill 36023+403+003+003+00
MF Scotland SCO Allan Walker 43635+032+013+013+01
MF Scotland SCO Lewis Vaughan 300+300+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Grant Anderson 42627+643+012+002+21
MF Scotland SCO Stuart Anderson 43026+603+003+103+10
MF Scotland SCO Josh Watt 603+300+000+000+00
MF England ENG Joe Cardle 704+300+000+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Pat Clarke 35717+953+022+004+00
FW Scotland SCO Brian Graham 432733+1183+033+043+02
FW Scotland SCO David Smith 24116+310+100+102+10
FW Scotland SCO Greig Spence 401422+9100+212+112+22
FW Scotland SCO Jamie Watson 000+000+000+000+00

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated May 2013
Nation Position Name First Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
ScotlandGKRoss Laidlaw 0000001010
ScotlandGKDavid McGurn 0001000001
ScotlandGKAllan Fleming 0000000000
ScotlandDFReece Donaldson 1010000020
ScotlandDFLaurie Ellis 5000101070
ScotlandDFDougie Hill 6220001193
ScotlandDFEddie Malone 6000000060
ScotlandDFGrant Murray 1010000020
ScotlandDFJason Thomson 100000010110
ScotlandDFColin Wilson 0000000000
ScotlandDFLiam Gordon 0000000000
EnglandDFSimon Mensing 8000000080
ScotlandMFRoss Callachan 0000000000
ScotlandMFJoe Hamill 2000000020
ScotlandMFAllan Walker 6100001071
ScotlandMFLewis Vaughan 0000000000
ScotlandMFGrant Anderson 5010100070
ScotlandMFStuart Anderson 5020001080
ScotlandMFJosh Watt 0000000000
EnglandMFJoe Cardle 0000000000
ScotlandFWPat Clarke 3000002050
ScotlandFWBrian Graham 4000000141
ScotlandFWDavid Smith 1000000010
ScotlandFWGreig Spence 3000000030
ScotlandFWJamie Watson 0000000000

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division summary

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAAHAHA
ResultWWDLWLDDDWWLDDLLDLWLLLDWDDLLWWDWLLDW
Position422434444445455666455666666666666666
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2013. Source: [17]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

References

  1. ↑ "Scottish Football League Season 2008/09". Scottish Football League. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Raith Rovers appoint Grant Murray as new manager at Starks Park". Daily Record (Scotland). 4 July 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Raith Rovers hand manager John McGlynn a new one-year contract". Daily Record (Scotland). 2 May 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  4. ↑ "John McGlynn speaks of 'honour' to be considered for Hearts job". The Scotsman. Johnston Press. 22 June 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
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