# 2012–13 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Dumbarton'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. Dumbarton also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary
### Season

Dumbarton finished seventh in the Scottish First Division. They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup, the second round of the League Cup and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.

### Management

They began the season under the management of Alan Adamson. But on 22 October 2012, Adamson was sacked by the club following what was deemed a number of unacceptable results. Jack Ross took over as interim manager following Adamson's departure, while the club looked for a replacement. On 22 November, Ian Murray was appointed as player-manager. Jack Ross was named as his assistant, and he remained in charge for their game that weekend against Dunfermline Athletic.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Stirlingshire Cup
## Player statistics
### Captains

| No. | P | Name | Country | No. games | Notes |
| | DF | Bryan Prunty | | 27 | Club captain |
Last updated: 5 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 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 | Jamie Ewings | 16 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Stephen Grindlay | 28 | 0 | 22+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | James Creaney | 27 | 0 | 18+6 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Nicky Devlin | 19 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Ross Forsyth | 16 | 0 | 9+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Andy Graham | 35 | 3 | 30+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Josh Horne | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Alan Lithgow | 36 | 2 | 29+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Jamie Lyden | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jason Marr | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Paul McGinn | 14 | 2 | 14+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Kevin Nicoll | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Scott Smith | 19 | 0 | 19+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Stuart Urquhart | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Scott Agnew | 41 | 11 | 33+3 | 11 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Adam Asghar | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Garry Fleming | 33 | 3 | 26+2 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ross Forbes | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Mark Gilhaney | 38 | 6 | 30+3 | 5 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Phil Johnston | 13 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Mark Lamont | 27 | 0 | 11+12 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Steven McDougall | 35 | 5 | 24+6 | 5 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Gary McKell | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Martin McNiff | 11 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ryan Metcalfe | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Nick Phinn | 6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Reese Pearson | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Glenn Thomson | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | NIR | Chris Turner | 30 | 3 | 28+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Jim Lister | 39 | 15 | 30+4 | 12 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Marc McCusker | 9 | 1 | 1+8 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Bryan Prunty | 39 | 13 | 22+12 | 11 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Owen Ronald | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Patrick Walker | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Robbie Winters | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 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 | Jamie Ewings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| GK | Stephen Grindlay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DF | James Creaney | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| DF | Nicky Devlin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| DF | Ross Forsyth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | Andy Graham | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| DF | Josh Horne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Alan Lithgow | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| DF | Jamie Lyden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Paul McGinn | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| DF | Kevin Nicoll | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Scott Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | Stuart Urquhart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Scott Agnew | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| MF | Adam Asghar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Ross Forbes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Garry Fleming | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| MF | Mark Gilhaney | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MF | Phil Johnston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Mark Lamont | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Steven McDougall | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | Gary McKell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Martin McNiff | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Ryan Metcalfe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Nick Phinn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Reese Pearson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Glenn Thomson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Chris Turner | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| FW | Jim Lister | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| FW | Marc McCusker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Bryan Prunty | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | Owen Ronald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Patrick Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Robbie Winters | 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 or relegation |
| 5 | Hamilton Academical | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 52 | 45 | +7 | 51 | |
| 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 |
* ↑ Dunfermline Athletic were deducted 15 points for entering administration.

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

## Factfile

* The League match against Dunfermline Athletic on 23 March marked Mark Gilhaney's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 133rd Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.