2012–13 Scottish Second Division

Irn Bru Scottish Second Division 2012–13 Queen of the South Queen of the SouthAlloa Athletic Albion Rovers 180 590 Nicky Clark (Queen of the South) (32) Brechin City 7–2 Stenhousemuir(27 October 2012) Brechin City 0–6 Queen of the South(27 March 2013) 18 gamesQueen of the South 2011–12 2013–14 The 2012–13 Scottish Football League Second Division (also known as the 2012–13 Irn Bru Scottish Football League Second Division for sponsorship reasons) was the 19th season in the current format of 10 teams in the third-tier of Scottish football. Cowdenbeath were the current champions. Teams Scotland South 300 right Location of teams in Scottish Second Division 2012–13 Scotland South 6 55.853203 -4.013114 Albion Rovers bottom Scotland South 6 56.116320 -3.7951950 Alloa Athletic left Scotland South 6 56.551976 -2.5933059 Arbroath right Scotland South 6 55.469684 -4.620098 Ayr United left Scotland South 6 56.736391 -2.6584547 Brechin City right Scotland South 6 56.188326 -2.9994252 East Fife right Scotland South 6 56.651491 -2.8843430 Forfar Athletic left Scotland South 6 55.066667 -3.550000 Queen of the South left Scotland South 6 56.02892 -3.814752 Stenhousemuir right Scotland South 6 54.903475 -5.0142503 Stranraer left Two sides were promoted from the 2011–12 competition. Cowdenbeath as champions, and Dumbarton as winners of the promotion play-offs. They were replaced by Queen of the South, who finished bottom of the First Division, and Ayr United, who were relegated through the first division play-offs. Stirling Albion were relegated from this division after finishing bottom, and they were replaced by Third Division winners Alloa Athletic. Albion Rovers finished in 9th place, but were able to stay up as a result of winning the promotion play-offs. Stranraer, who had lost to Albion Rovers in the play-off final, were promoted to the Second Division after the decision was made for Rangers to start in the Third Division. Stranraer replaced Airdrie United, who will take up the space in the First Division.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/18862114 Rangers: Airdrie United and Stranraer are promoted BBC Sport BBC 16 July 2012 16 July 2012 Stadia and locations Team Location Home ground Capacity Albion Rovers Coatbridge Cliftonhill 2,496Alloa AthleticAlloaRecreation Park 3,412 Arbroath Arbroath Gayfield Park 5,900Ayr UnitedAyrSomerset Park 10,243Brechin CityBrechinGlebe Park 3,960East FifeMethilBayview Stadium 2,000Forfar AthleticForfarStation Park 6,777Queen of the SouthDumfriesPalmerston Park 6,412StenhousemuirStenhousemuirOchilview Park 3,776StranraerStranraerStair Park 5,600 League table main WDL PQR 5 QOS Queen of the South ALO Alloa Athletic BRE Brechin City FOR Forfar Athletic ARB Arbroath STE Stenhousemuir AYR Ayr United STR Stranraer EFI East Fife ALB Albion Rovers 29 5 2 92 23 C,P 20 7 9 62 35 O,P 19 4 13 72 59 17 3 16 67 74 15 7 14 47 57 12 13 11 59 59 12 5 19 53 65 10 7 19 43 71 8 8 20 50 65 O 7 3 26 45 82 R green1 Promotion to the Championship PS1D yellow1 Qualification for the First Division play-offs QS1PO QS1PO QS1PO red2 Qualification for the Second Division play-offs QS2PO red1 Relegation to the League Two RS3D 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete SPFL Archive 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 main FBR grey ALB ALO ARB AYR BRE EFI FOR QOS STE STR Albion Rovers 0–3 4–0 2–0 1–2 0–3 2–3 0–3 4–4 2–1 Alloa Athletic 5–1 2–3 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 3–0 Arbroath 2–1 1–2 4–2 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–3 2–2 2–1 Ayr United 2–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 2–3 2–3 2–4 1–1 2–1 Brechin City 1–0 1–3 3–2 2–1 2–1 4–1 0–3 7–2 3–0 East Fife 1–2 0–1 2–1 2–3 2–2 3–0 0–0 3–2 0–1 Forfar Athletic 4–2 2–3 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–2 1–5 3–2 4–0 Queen of the South 1–0 1–0 6–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 4–1 Stenhousemuir 1–0 0–2 2–2 1–1 3–1 3–0 0–4 1–3 0–0 Stranraer 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–6 4–1 0–2 1–1 complete BBC Sport Second half of season main FBR grey ALB ALO ARB AYR BRE EFI FOR QOS STE STR Albion Rovers 1–5 0–1 1–3 3–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 4–3 2–3 Alloa Athletic 4–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 4–1 Arbroath 2–1 0–1 1–4 0–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 Ayr United 5–2 0–2 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–5 1–2 2–1 Brechin City 2–0 3–2 2–0 2–1 6–0 3–4 0–6 1–2 2–2 East Fife 2–0 2–1 0–1 3–3 0–3 1–2 2–3 1–2 1–1 Forfar Athletic 4–2 0–1 2–4 2–1 1–4 3–2 0–4 3–3 3–1 Queen of the South 3–0 0–0 5–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 3–1 2–1 2–0 Stenhousemuir 0–1 1–1 1–0 4–0 3–3 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 Stranraer 3–2 1–2 2–0 0–1 3–2 3–1 0–3 0–5 1–1 complete BBC Sport Second Division play-offs Times are BST (UTC+1) Semi-finals The fourth placed team in the Third Division (Berwick Rangers) played the ninth placed team in the Second Division (East Fife) and third placed team in the Third Division (Peterhead) played the second placed team in the Third Division (Queen's Park). The play-offs were played over two legs, and the winning team in each semi-final advanced to the final. Berwick Rangers 2–3 East Fife 1–1 1–2 Queen's Park 1–4 Peterhead 0–1 1–3 First legs 8 May 8:00 pm Berwick Rangers 1 – 1 BBC Sport East Fife Lavery 72 Muir 44 Shielfield Park Salmond 732 8 May 7:30 pm Queen's Park 0 – 1 BBC Sport Peterhead Rodgers 90 pen. Hampden Park McKendrick 651 Second legs 11 May 3:00 pm East Fife 2 – 1 BBC Sport Berwick Rangers McDonald 78 o.g.Gormley 119 Lavery 61 pen. Bayview Stadium Colvin 856 11 May 3:00 pm Peterhead 3 – 1 BBC Sport Queen's Park Cox 4 10McAllister 64Strachan 0 80 Shankland 87 Balmoor Stadium Robertson 954 Final The two semi-final winners played each other over two legs. The winning team was awarded a place in the 2013–14 Second Division. East Fife 1 – 0 Peterhead 0 – 0 1 – 0 First leg 15 May 2013 7:45 pm East Fife 0 – 0 BBC Sport Peterhead Bayview Stadium Beaton 826 Second leg 19 May 2013 3:00 pm Peterhead 0 - 1 BBC Sport East Fife Muir 48 Balmoor Stadium Clancy 1,855 References Category:Scottish Second Division seasons Category:2012–13 Scottish Football League 3 Scot