# 2012–13 Airdrie United F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Airdrie United's first season back in the Scottish First Division. Airdrie also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup. Airdrie were due to compete in their third consecutive season in the Scottish Second Division, having been relegated from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2009–10 season. On 16 July 2012, it was confirmed that Airdrie would be promoted to the Scottish First Division to fill the vacancy left by Dundee's promotion to the Scottish Premier League. This was to fill the slot vacated by Rangers, who were voted into the Scottish Third Division following their liquidation.

## Summary
### Season

During season 2012–13 Airdrie United finished tenth in the Scottish First Division, and were relegated to the Scottish Second Division. They reached the second round of the Challenge Cup, the first round of the League Cup and the third round of the Scottish Cup.

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification for the First Division Play-offs |
| 10 | Airdrie United (R) | 36 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 41 | 89 | −48 | 22 | Relegation to League One |
* ↑ Dunfermline Athletic were deducted 15 points for entering administration.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Player statistics
### Squad

    Last updated 5 May 2013
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | First Division | First Division | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | SCO | Grant Adam | 8 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Kenny Arthur | 22 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Andrew Duncan | 2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Robbie Thomson | 11 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jamie Bain | 34 | 2 | 25+6 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Gregor Buchanan | 31 | 3 | 26+2 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Grant Drummond | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Grant Evans | 21 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Graeme Goodall | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Gavin Griffin | 12 | 1 | 3+5 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Michael Hart | 13 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Ricki Lamie | 17 | 0 | 17+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | David Lilley | 25 | 0 | 16+5 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Cameron MacDonald | 10 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Chris O'Neil | 24 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Kieran Stallard | 8 | 1 | 5+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | AUS | Marc Warren | 30 | 0 | 24+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jamie Barclay | 10 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Nathan Blockley | 31 | 3 | 25+1 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Jack Boyle | 14 | 1 | 8+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Alan Cook | 13 | 3 | 9+2 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ross Davidson | 5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Andrew Gilchrist | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Thomas Robertson | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Fraser Keast | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jack Haggarty | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Steven Hetherington | 14 | 0 | 14+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Sean Lynch | 22 | 1 | 15+4 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Christian McKenna | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Josh Watt | 13 | 2 | 8+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Liam Watt | 13 | 1 | 11+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jordan Wright | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jordan Allan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | John Boyle | 29 | 10 | 23+2 | 10 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Lee Brown | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Liam Buchanan | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Liam Coogans | 7 | 1 | 5+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Ryan Donnelly | 36 | 6 | 21+11 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Paul di Giacomo | 22 | 5 | 5+12 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Jordan Kirkpatrick | 5 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie McLaren | 32 | 4 | 17+10 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jordan Moore | 9 | 2 | 6+3 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Scott Morton | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Owen Ronald | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Scott Sally | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated 5 May 2013
| Position | Name | First Division | First Division | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| GK | Grant Adam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| GK | Kenny Arthur | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| GK | Andrew Duncan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Robbie Thomson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Jamie Bain | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| DF | Gregor Buchanan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| DF | Grant Drummond | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Grant Evans | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| DF | Graeme Goodall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Gavin Griffin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Michael Hart | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | Ricki Lamie | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| DF | David Lilley | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| DF | Cameron MacDonald | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | Chris O'Neil | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| DF | Kieran Stallard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| DF | Marc Warren | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| MF | Jamie Barclay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Nathan Blockley | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| MF | Jack Boyle | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| MF | Alan Cook | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Ross Davidson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Andrew Gilchrist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Jack Haggarty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Steven Hetherington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Fraser Keast | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Sean Lynch | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| MF | Christian McKenna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Josh Watt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Liam Watt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Jordan Wright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Jordan Allan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | John Boyle | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| FW | Lee Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Liam Buchanan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Liam Coogans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Ryan Donnelly | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | Paul di Giacomo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Jordan Kirkpatrick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Willie McLaren | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| FW | Jordan Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Scott Morton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Owen Ronald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Scott Sally | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

### Awards

    Last updated 28 September 2012
| Nation | Name | Award | Month |
| | John Boyle | Player of the Month | August |

## 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 | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | D | D | L | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
* ↑ Dunfermline were deducted 15 points shortly prior to this fixture altering league standings. This was as a result of them entering administration.

## Transfers

Willie McLaren was initially released by the club but later re-signed.