# 2012–13 East Fife F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was East Fife's fifth consecutive season in the Scottish Second Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Third Division at the end of the 2007–08 season. East Fife also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary
### Season

East Fife finished ninth in the Scottish Second Division, entering the play-offs defeating Peterhead 1–0 on aggregate in the final and remained in 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.

### Management

They began the season under the management of Gordon Durie. On 4 November 2012, Durie resigned as manager due to illness. The following day Billy Brown took over as his replacement.

## Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

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

    Last updated 9 July 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 | WAL | Calum Antell | 30 | 0 | 25+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Michael Brown | 13 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Andrew Collier | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Ross Brewster | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Steven Campbell | 34 | 2 | 27+0 | 2 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | HKG | Andrew Cook | 6 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Scott Durie | 41 | 1 | 33+0 | 1 | 6+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jordon Forster | 12 | 0 | 12+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Robert Malcolm | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Darren McCormack | 24 | 1 | 21+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | David Muir | 38 | 4 | 27+3 | 1 | 6+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Scott Smith | 6 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Craig Wedderburn | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | David White | 26 | 2 | 18+2 | 2 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Bobby Barr | 34 | 6 | 30+0 | 6 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ross Brown | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Sean Jamieson | 20 | 1 | 5+12 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Craig Johnstone | 30 | 1 | 21+2 | 1 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Dale Keenan | 8 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Scott McBride | 38 | 12 | 22+8 | 11 | 6+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jamie Pollock | 14 | 3 | 7+6 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Robert Sloan | 27 | 1 | 11+13 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Darren Smith | 28 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Paul Willis | 36 | 4 | 32+0 | 4 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Aiden Gordon | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Liam Gormley | 17 | 3 | 4+11 | 2 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | James Martin | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Paul McManus | 31 | 6 | 22+3 | 6 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | FW | TRI | Collin Samuel | 27 | 4 | 17+5 | 3 | 4+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Gareth Wardlaw | 20 | 4 | 12+2 | 4 | 3+2 | 0 | 1+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 9 July 2013
| Position | Name | Second Division | Second Division | Other | Other | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| GK | Calum Antell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| GK | Michael Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| GK | Andrew Collier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Ross Brewster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Steven Campbell | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | Andrew Cook | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Scott Durie | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| DF | Jordan Forster | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| DF | Robert Malcolm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Darren McCormack | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| DF | David Muir | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| DF | Scott Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Craig Wedderburn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | David White | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| MF | Bobby Barr | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | Ross Brown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Sean Jamieson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Craig Johnstone | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| MF | Dale Keenan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Scott McBride | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Jamie Pollock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Robert Sloan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Darren Smith | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Paul Willis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Aiden Gordon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Liam Gormley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | James Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Paul McManus | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| FW | Collin Samuel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Gareth Wardlaw | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Stenhousemuir | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 49 | |
| 7 | Ayr United | 36 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 53 | 65 | −12 | 41 | |
| 8 | Stranraer | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 43 | 71 | −28 | 37 | |
| 9 | East Fife (O) | 36 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 50 | 65 | −15 | 32 | Qualification for the Second Division play-offs |
| 10 | Albion Rovers (R) | 36 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 45 | 82 | −37 | 24 | Relegation to the League Two |

### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | D | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | L |
| Position | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |