# 2012–13 Scottish First Division

The 2012–13 Scottish Football League First Division, also known as the 2012–13 Irn Bru Scottish Football League First Division for sponsorship reasons, was the 19th season of the Scottish Football League First Division and the 107th season of a second-tier football league in Scotland. Partick Thistle were confirmed as 2012–13 champions, on 20 April following their 2-0 win over Falkirk. This was the final season of the First Division under its then format, as it was replaced by the Scottish Championship from the 2013–14 season onwards.

## Teams

Ross County were promoted to the Scottish Premier League as champions, while Dunfermline Athletic were relegated from the SPL to this division.
Two sides were relegated from this division at the end of the 2011–12 season. Queen of the South, who finished bottom, and Ayr United in the play-offs. They were replaced by Second Division champions Cowdenbeath, and Dumbarton as winners of the promotion play-offs.
On 13 July, Rangers were admitted to the Third Division after being voted out of the SPL. As a result, the playoff losing finalist Airdrie United were promoted to the First Division to fill the gap caused by Dundee replacing Rangers in the SPL.

### Stadia and Locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Airdrie | Airdrie | Excelsior Stadium | 10,171 |
| Cowdenbeath | Cowdenbeath | Central Park | 4,370 |
| Dumbarton | Dumbarton | Dumbarton Football Stadium | 2,025 |
| Dunfermline Athletic | Dunfermline | East End Park | 11,380 |
| Falkirk | Falkirk | Falkirk Stadium | 9,200 |
| Greenock Morton | Greenock | Cappielow Park | 11,100 |
| Hamilton Academical | Hamilton | New Douglas Park | 6,078 |
| Livingston | Livingston | Almondvale Stadium | 10,122 |
| Partick Thistle | Glasgow | Firhill Stadium | 10,887 |
| Raith Rovers | Kirkcaldy | Stark's Park | 10,104 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Airdrie | Jimmy Boyle | Puma | N/A (H,3rd), Advance Construction Scotland (A) |
| Cowdenbeath | Colin Cameron | Umbro | Subsea Pressure Controls |
| Dumbarton | Ian Murray | 1872 (Club own brand) | Bet Butler |
| Dunfermline Athletic | Jim Jefferies | Joma | The Purvis Group |
| Falkirk | Gary Holt | Puma | Central Demolition |
| Greenock Morton | Allan Moore | Puma | Millions Chews |
| Hamilton Academical | Alex Neil (interim) | Nike | M&H Logistics (H), Life Skills Centres (A) |
| Livingston | Richie Burke | Adidas | Fasteq |
| Partick Thistle | Alan Archibald | Puma | macb |
| Raith Rovers | Grant Murray | Puma | Kittys Styx (H), Livesport.co.uk (A) |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Partick Thistle (C, P) | 36 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 76 | 28 | +48 | 78 | Promotion to the Premiership |
| 2 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 73 | 47 | +26 | 67 | |
| 3 | Falkirk | 36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 52 | 48 | +4 | 53 | |
| 4 | Livingston | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 58 | 56 | +2 | 52 | |
| 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 |
| 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

Teams play each other four times in this league. In the first half of the season each team plays every other team twice (home and away) and then do the same in the second half of the season, for a total of 36 games.

### First half of season

| Home \ Away | AIR | COW | DUM | DNF | FAL | GMO | HAM | LIV | PAR | RAI |
| Airdrie United | | 0–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Cowdenbeath | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 4–4 |
| Dumbarton | 3–4 | 0–3 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 4–2 |
| Dunfermline Athletic | 1–3 | 3–0 | 4–0 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Falkirk | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Greenock Morton | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Hamilton Academical | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Livingston | 0–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Partick Thistle | 7–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | | 3–2 |
| Raith Rovers | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |

### Second half of season

| Home \ Away | AIR | COW | DUM | DNF | FAL | GMO | HAM | LIV | PAR | RAI |
| Airdrie United | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Cowdenbeath | 3–2 | | 2–3 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Dumbarton | 4–1 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Dunfermline Athletic | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–4 | | 0–2 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 |
| Falkirk | 4–3 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Greenock Morton | 5–2 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Hamilton Academical | 5–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Livingston | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | | 2–2 | 2–3 |
| Partick Thistle | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | | 0–0 |
| Raith Rovers | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | |

## Play-offs

Times are BST (UTC+1)

### Semi-finals

The fourth placed team in the Second Division (Forfar Athletic) played the ninth placed team in the First Division (Dunfermline Athletic) and the third placed team in the Second Division (Brechin City) played the second placed team in the Second Division (Alloa Athletic). The play-offs were played over two legs, the winning team in each semi-final advancing to the final.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Forfar Athletic | 4–7 | Dunfermline Athletic | 3–1 | 1–6 |
| Brechin City | 3–4 | Alloa Athletic | 0–2 | 3–2 |
First legs
Second legs

### Final

The two semi-final winners played each other over two legs. The winning team was awarded a place in the 2013–14 First Division.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Alloa Athletic | 3 – 1 | Dunfermline Athletic | 3 – 0 | 0 – 1 |
First leg
Second leg