# 2012–13 Brechin City F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Brechin City's seventh consecutive season in the Scottish Second Division, having been relegated from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2005–06 season. Brechin also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary
### Season

Brechin finished third in the Scottish Second Division, entering the play-offs losing 4–3 to Alloa Athletic on aggregate in the Semi-final and remained in the Scottish Second Division. They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup, the first round of the League Cup and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.

### Management

They began the season under the management of Jim Weir. On 29 September 2012, Weir was sacked by the club following poor results. Andy Millen and Kevin McGowne took over in caretaker capacities on 30 September 2012 following Weir's departure. The pair were in charge for the match against Arbroath the following week. On 9 October 2012, Ray McKinnon was appointed as the new manager, taking over with Brechin third from bottom.

### Stadium

Due to drainage problems at Glebe Park causing a string of postponements and with available dates to play the postponed fixtures running out Brechin took the decision to play two home ties at Station Park. This was done in an effort to avoid further postponements.

## Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

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

    Last updated 11 May 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 | SCO | Michael Andrews | 33 | 0 | 29+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Craig Nelson | 10 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Ben Tough | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jonathan Brown | 29 | 6 | 19+4 | 5 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Ross Fisher | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Graham Hay | 28 | 2 | 23+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Gerry McLauchlan | 32 | 3 | 27+0 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Paul McLean | 39 | 3 | 32+1 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Ewan Moyes | 34 | 2 | 27+0 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Ian Murray | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Alex Pursehouse | 14 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Gareth Rodger | 4 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Scott Webster | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Garry Brady | 29 | 0 | 17+8 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Greg Cameron | 8 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | David Crawford | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ryan Ferguson | 12 | 1 | 8+2 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Gary Fusco | 33 | 0 | 25+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jordan Lowdon | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Craig Molloy | 19 | 0 | 14+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Aaron Murdoch | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Allan Smith | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jonny Stewart | 38 | 0 | 21+10 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ryan Stewart | 29 | 0 | 11+12 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Alan Trouten | 32 | 20 | 25+3 | 17 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 2 |
| | FW | IRL | Kurtis Byrne | 13 | 4 | 10+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 |
| | FW | SCO | Derek Carcary | 34 | 13 | 15+12 | 12 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Scott Dalziel | 17 | 1 | 6+8 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | IRL | Andy Jackson | 42 | 20 | 35+0 | 16 | 3+0 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Beau Longridge | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | David McKenna | 39 | 7 | 22+11 | 7 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
    a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the play-offs and the Challenge Cup.

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated 11 May 2013
| Position | Name | Second Division | Second Division | Other | Other | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| GK | Michael Andrews | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GK | Craig Nelson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Ben Tough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Jonathan Brown | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| DF | Ross Fisher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Graham Hay | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| DF | Gerry McLauchlan | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| DF | Paul McLean | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| DF | Ewan Moyes | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| DF | Ian Murray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Alex Pursehouse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Gareth Rodger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Scott Webster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Garry Brady | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Greg Cameron | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | David Crawford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Ryan Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Gary Fusco | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| MF | Jordan Lowdon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Craig Molloy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| MF | Aaron Murdoch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Allan Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Jonny Stewart | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Ryan Stewart | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Alan Trouten | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| FW | Kurtis Byrne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Derek Carcary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Scott Dalziel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Andy Jackson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| FW | Beau Longridge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | David McKenna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Queen of the South (C, P) | 36 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 92 | 23 | +69 | 92 | Promotion to the Championship |
| 2 | Alloa Athletic (O, P) | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 62 | 35 | +27 | 67 | Qualification for the First Division play-offs |
| 3 | Brechin City | 36 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 72 | 59 | +13 | 61 | Qualification for the First Division play-offs |
| 4 | Forfar Athletic | 36 | 17 | 3 | 16 | 67 | 74 | −7 | 54 | Qualification for the First Division play-offs |
| 5 | Arbroath | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 47 | 57 | −10 | 52 | |

### 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 | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |