2012–13 Cowdenbeath F.C. season

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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[edit]

Season[edit]

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[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season[edit]

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[edit]

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
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
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[edit]

Scottish League Cup[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Captains[edit]

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
DF Mbu[13] Cameroon 16 Club captain
DF Armstrong[13] Scotland 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[edit]

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

Disciplinary record[edit]

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 7 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
England GK Thomas Flynn 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
Scotland GK Colin Stewart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland GK Craig Wight 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland GK Lee Wilson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Kenny Adamson 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Scotland DF John Armstrong 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Scotland DF Steven Bennett 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Dean Brett 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
England DF David Cowan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland DF Scott Linton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cameroon DF Joe Mbu 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland DF Jason Naismith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Thomas O'Brien 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
Scotland MF Dean Brett 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland MF Liam Caddis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Liam Callaghan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Colin Cameron 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
Spain MF Rubén García Rey 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
England MF Lee Makel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
England MF Sean McAllister 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland MF Kyle Miller 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland MF Lewis Milne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spain MF Albert Puigdollers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Mark Ramsay 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Scotland MF Jon Robertson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Sam Stanton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Jamie Stevenson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland FW Lewis Coult 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland FW Liam Cusack 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
England FW Kane Hemmings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Marc McKenzie 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland FW Craig Moore 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Spain FW Pablo Navas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Jack Nicholson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Greg Stewart 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Saint Kitts and Nevis FW Zephaniah Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team statistics[edit]

League table[edit]

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[edit]

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GroundHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAAHAAHHAHAHHAHHAHAAHA
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[edit]

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