# 2012–13 St Mirren F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was St Mirren's seventh consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2005–06 season. St Mirren also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary
### Season

St Mirren finished eleventh in the Scottish Premier League. They reached the Quarter-final of the Scottish Cup, and won the League Cup for the first time in the club's history, beating Heart of Midlothian 3–2 in the Final.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Squad information
### Captains

| No. | P | Name | Country | No. games | Notes |
| 6 | MF | Jim Goodwin | | 35 | Club captain |
Last updated: 18 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.

### Players

    Last updated 18 May 2013
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Craig Samson | 46 | 0 | 38+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | IRL | David van Zanten | 42 | 1 | 32+2 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | WAL | Paul Dummett | 36 | 2 | 29+1 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Darren McGregor | 3 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Lee Mair | 31 | 1 | 21+3 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | IRL | Jim Goodwin | 35 | 1 | 29+0 | 1 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | SCO | Dougie Imrie | 30 | 3 | 13+14 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Jon Robertson | 21 | 1 | 11+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Steven Thompson | 41 | 16 | 33+1 | 13 | 4+1 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SCO | Paul McGowan | 31 | 7 | 25+0 | 5 | 4+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | IRL | Graham Carey | 33 | 1 | 18+8 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | SCO | Chris Smith | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | SCO | Marc McAusland | 44 | 3 | 35+1 | 3 | 5+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | SCO | Graeme MacGregor | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | SCO | Grant Adam | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SCO | Kenny McLean | 33 | 6 | 26+3 | 3 | 3+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Jamie McKernon | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Sam Parkin | 33 | 3 | 12+15 | 2 | 2+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | SCO | Thomas Reilly | 10 | 1 | 2+7 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SCO | Gary Teale | 37 | 1 | 23+7 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SCO | Jason Naismith | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | SCO | David Barron | 15 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | SCO | Mark Lamont | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Conor Newton | 20 | 3 | 16+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | SCO | Sean Kelly | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ENG | Lewis Guy | 35 | 6 | 17+12 | 5 | 2+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | SCO | Jack Smith | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | SCO | John McGinn | 27 | 1 | 15+7 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | SCO | Mohammed Yaqub | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | SCO | Anton Brady | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | POR | Esmaël Gonçalves | 16 | 8 | 11+1 | 3 | 2+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 3 |
| 88 | FW | EST | Sander Puri | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| — | DF | SCO | Paul McGinn | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated 18 May 2013
| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Craig Samson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | David van Zanten | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Paul Dummett | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Darren McGregor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Lee Mair | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Jim Goodwin | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | Dougie Imrie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Jon Robertson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Steven Thompson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Paul McGowan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Graham Carey | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Chris Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Marc McAusland | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Graeme MacGregor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | Grant Adam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Kenny McLean | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | Jamie McKernon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Sam Parkin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Thomas Reilly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Gary Teale | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Jason Naismith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | David Barron | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Mark Lamont | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Conor Newton | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Sean Kelly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Lewis Guy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 28 | FW | Jack Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | John McGinn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Mohammed Yaqub | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | Anton Brady | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | Esmaël Gonçalves | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Sander Puri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | DF | Paul McGinn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Aberdeen | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 48 | |
| 9 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 52 | 53 | −1 | 45 | |
| 10 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 44 | |
| 11 | St Mirren | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 47 | 60 | −13 | 41 | |
| 12 | Dundee (R) | 38 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 66 | −38 | 30 | Relegation to the Championship |
* ↑ Teams in the bottom half at the time of the split may not overtake a team in the top 6 at the time of the split.

### 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 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | W | D | W | D | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | D | D | D | D | L | D | L | D | W |
| Position | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |