# 2012–13 Falkirk F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Falkirk's third consecutive season in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Premier League at the end of season 2009–10. Falkirk also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary
### Season

During season 2012–13 Falkirk finished third in the Scottish First Division. They reached the second round of the Challenge Cup, the second round of the League Cup and the Semi-final of the Scottish Cup.

### Management

Falkirk began the season under the management of Steven Pressley. On 8 March 2013, Pressley left the club to take up the manager post at Coventry City after compensation was agreed. The club's technical director Alex Smith took over as interim manager with Stevie Crawford acting as his assistant.
On 3 April, the club announced that Gary Holt would take over as manager from 8 April 2013.

## Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Pre season

A match against Stenhousemuir scheduled for 24 July, was cancelled.

### Scottish Cup
## Player statistics
### Captains

| No. | P | Name | Country | No. games | Notes |
| | DF | Darren Dods | | 33 | Club captain |
Last updated: 8 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 8 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 | Graham Bowman | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | NIR | Michael McGovern | 43 | 0 | 35+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Rhys Bennett | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Steven Brisbane | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Darren Dods | 33 | 2 | 27+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Kieran Duffie | 37 | 3 | 28+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Liam Dick | 5 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | DF | NIR | Johnny Flynn | 41 | 0 | 33+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Stephen Kingsley | 43 | 1 | 35+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Ryan McGeever | 8 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Robbie Neilson | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Liam Rowan | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Chris Smith | 9 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Will Vaulks | 6 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Blair Alston | 41 | 5 | 27+7 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 3 |
| | MF | SCO | Kristopher Faulds | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jay Fulton | 35 | 3 | 23+5 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Dale Fulton | 12 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Thomas Grant | 27 | 1 | 15+8 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Andy Haworth | 16 | 0 | 7+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Luke Leahy | 10 | 1 | 5+3 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Conor McGrandles | 30 | 2 | 23+3 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Stewart Murdoch | 40 | 6 | 32+0 | 5 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Iain Flannigan | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Sean Higgins | 29 | 4 | 14+11 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Craig Sibbald | 26 | 3 | 11+9 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Lewis Small | 12 | 1 | 0+11 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Lyle Taylor | 42 | 29 | 33+1 | 24 | 2+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 2 |
| | FW | SCO | David Weatherston | 29 | 5 | 16+8 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Jordan White | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated 8 May 2013
| Position | Name | First Division | First Division | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| GK | Graham Bowman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Michael McGovern | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Rhys Bennett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Steven Brisbane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Darren Dods | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| DF | Kieran Duffie | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| DF | Liam Dick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Johnny Flynn | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| DF | Stephen Kingsley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Ryan McGeever | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Robbie Neilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Liam Rowan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Chris Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | Will Vaulks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Blair Alston | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| MF | Kristopher Faulds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Jay Fulton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Dale Fulton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | Thomas Grant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Andy Haworth | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Conor McGrandles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | Luke Leahy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Stewart Murdoch | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| MF | Iain Flannigan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Sean Higgins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| FW | Craig Sibbald | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Lewis Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Lyle Taylor | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| FW | David Weatherston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Jordan White | 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 |
| 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 | |

### 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | L | D | D | D | D | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | D | W |
| Position | 7 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 |