# 2012–13 Arbroath F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Arbroath's second consecutive season in the Scottish Second Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Third Division at the end of the 2010–11 season. Arbroath also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary
### Season

Arbroath finished fifth in the Scottish Second Division. They reached the Semi-final of the Challenge Cup, the second round of the League Cup and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup, losing to eventual champions Celtic.

## 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 | 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 | ENG | Tony Bullock | 11 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Darren Hill | 8 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Scott Morrison | 28 | 0 | 22+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Scott Adams | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Mark Baxter | 41 | 0 | 31+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Kieron Brennan | 6 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Colin Hamilton | 38 | 2 | 32+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Alex Keddie | 46 | 3 | 36+0 | 2 | 4+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Stuart Malcolm | 27 | 2 | 16+5 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | DF | RSA | Michael Travis | 23 | 2 | 19+0 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | David Banjo | 14 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Connor Birse | 11 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ross Chisholm | 17 | 0 | 17+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Paul Currie | 27 | 8 | 12+6 | 5 | 3+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Brian Kerr | 38 | 2 | 28+1 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Scott Robertson | 34 | 1 | 24+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Paul Sheerin | 41 | 4 | 30+2 | 4 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Patrick Smith | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Marcus Watt | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Joe Prince-Wright | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Graham Bayne | 16 | 3 | 10+6 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Steven Doris | 42 | 15 | 32+0 | 11 | 3+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 3 |
| | FW | SCO | Jordan Elfverson | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Darren Gribben | 26 | 8 | 10+7 | 2 | 2+2 | 5 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Derek Holmes | 41 | 9 | 19+12 | 8 | 2+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Jake Mair | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Danny Rennie | 33 | 1 | 7+17 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Dayle Robertson | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Lee Sibanda | 37 | 5 | 17+11 | 2 | 2+2 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Euan Smith | 14 | 2 | 9+5 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated 11 May 2013
| Position | Name | Second Division | Second Division | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| GK | Tony Bullock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| GK | Darren Hill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Scott Morrison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Scott Adams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Mark Baxter | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| DF | Kieron Brennan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Colin Hamilton | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| DF | Alex Keddie | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| DF | Stuart Malcolm | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| DF | Michael Travis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| MF | David Banjo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Connor Birse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Ross Chisholm | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | Paul Currie | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| MF | Brian Kerr | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| MF | Scott Robertson | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| MF | Paul Sheerin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Patrick Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Marcus Watt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Joe Prince-Wright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Graham Bayne | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| FW | Steven Doris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Jordan Elfverson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Darren Gribben | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Derek Holmes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Jake Mair | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Danny Rennie | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| FW | Dayle Robertson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Lee Sibanda | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| FW | Euan Smith | 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 |
| 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 | |
| 6 | Stenhousemuir | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 49 | |
| 7 | Ayr United | 36 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 53 | 65 | −12 | 41 | |

### 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 | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | D | D | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | L |
| Position | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 |