# 2012–13 Alloa Athletic F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Alloa Athletic's first season back in the Scottish Second Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Third Division at the end of season 2011–12. Alloa also competed in the Challenge Cup, Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary
### Season

Alloa finished second in the Scottish Second Division, entering the play-offs defeating Dunfermline Athletic 3–1 on aggregate in the final and were promoted to the Scottish First Division. They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup, the first round of the League Cup and the third round of the Scottish Cup.

## Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Player statistics
### Captains

| No. | P | Name | Country | No. games | Notes |
| | MF | Young | | 22 | Club captain |
Last updated: 19 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 16 May 2013
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Second Division | Second Division | Other | Other | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | SCO | Scott Bain | 42 | 0 | 35+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Craig McDowall | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Mickey Couser | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Mark Docherty | 33 | 0 | 17+11 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Michael Doyle | 34 | 0 | 27+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Ben Gordon | 40 | 6 | 33+0 | 4 | 5+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Ryan Harding | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jason Marr | 35 | 2 | 32+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Mark McCullagh | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Lee McLelland | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Darryl Meggatt | 35 | 0 | 30+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jonathan Tiffoney | 9 | 3 | 6+1 | 2 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Edward Ferns | 21 | 0 | 3+17 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Paul Hartley | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Graeme Holmes | 40 | 8 | 31+2 | 8 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Nicholas Locke | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Nicky Low | 11 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ross McCord | 17 | 0 | 3+12 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ryan McCord | 38 | 12 | 30+1 | 11 | 5+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Kevin Moon | 15 | 2 | 11+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Blair Munn | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Stephen Simmons | 37 | 3 | 29+2 | 3 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Gavin Stokes | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Callum Tapping | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Darren Young | 28 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Lewis Bonar | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Kevin Cawley | 41 | 14 | 25+9 | 13 | 5+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | David Cox | 4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Calum Elliot | 14 | 4 | 10+0 | 2 | 4+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Calum Gallagher | 9 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Martin Grehan | 35 | 9 | 21+10 | 8 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Mitchel Megginson | 12 | 3 | 10+2 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Robert Thomson | 15 | 4 | 4+10 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | | SCO | Michael Hardie | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | | SCO | Scott Hynd | 2 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
    a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the play-offs and the Challenge Cup.

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated 19 May 2013
| Position | Name | Second Division | Second Division | Other | Other | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| GK | Scott Bain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Craig McDowall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Mark Docherty | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| DF | Michael Doyle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| DF | Ben Gordon | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| DF | Ryan Harding | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Jason Marr | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| DF | Mark McCullagh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Lee McLelland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Darryl Meggatt | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | Jonathan Tiffoney | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | Edward Ferns | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Paul Hartley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Graeme Holmes | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| MF | Nicholas Locke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Nicky Low | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Ross McCord | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | Ryan McCord | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| MF | Kevin Moon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Blair Munn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Stephen Simmons | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| MF | Gavin Stokes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Callum Tapping | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Darren Young | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| FW | Lewis Bonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Craig Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Kevin Cawley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | David Cox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Calum Elliot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Calum Gallagher | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Martin Grehan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Mitchel Megginson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Kenny O'Brien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Robert Thomson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Michael Hardie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Scott Hynd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Queen of the South (C, P) | 36 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 92 | 23 | +69 | 92 | Promotion to the Championship |
| 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 | Qualification for the First Division play-offs |
| 4 | Forfar Athletic | 36 | 17 | 3 | 16 | 67 | 74 | −7 | 54 | Qualification for the First Division play-offs |
| 5 | Arbroath | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 47 | 57 | −10 | 52 | |

### Division summary

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |