2012–13 Scottish Third Division

Irn Bru Scottish Third Division 2012–13 Rangers Rangers 180 589 Andrew Little (Rangers)(22 goals) Stirling Albion 9–1 East Stirlingshire Montrose 0–6 Peterhead Stirling Albion 9–1 East Stirlingshire 11 gamesRangers 20 gamesRangers 10 gamesEast Stirlingshire 10 gamesEast Stirlingshire 50,048Rangers 1–0 Berwick Rangers 192East Stirlingshire 2–2 Annan Athletic 5,598http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/_/league/sco.4/scottish-division-three?cc=4716 https://archive.today/20130124204837/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/_/league/sco.4/scottish-division-three?cc=4716 dead January 24, 2013 Scottish Third Division Stats – 2012–13 ESPN Soccernet Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) 1 January 2012 2011–12 2013–14 The 2012–13 Scottish Football League Third Division (known as the Irn Bru Scottish Football League Third Division for sponsorship reasons) was the 19th season in the current format of 10 teams in the fourth tier of Scottish football. Alloa Athletic were the current champions. Rangers were confirmed as champions after a goalless away draw with Montrose on 30 March. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/21984540 Rangers celebrate Scottish Third Division title win 30 March 2013 BBC Sport 10 July 2013 They were presented with the trophy after a 1–0 win against Berwick Rangers on 4 May in front of 50,048.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22392247 Rangers 1-0 Berwick Rangers 4 May 2013 BBC Sport 10 July 2013 During their first season in the division, Rangers had one of the highest home attendances in Britain, consistently ranking in the top four in the UK as a whole and first in Scotland. They set the record for the highest attendance in a 4th tier league worldwide.http://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/fourthtier-rangers-shatter-world-record-20120819-24gfv.html Fourth-tier Rangers shatter world record November 14, 2012 The Sydney Morning Herald Bottom side Stirling Albion defeated Rangers on 6 October 2012 in what was reported to be a shock result.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/19857024 Stirling Albion 1-0 Rangers October 6, 2012 Teams UK Scotland 350 right Location of teams in 2012–13 Scottish Third Division UK Scotland 6 54.987035 -3.2568200 Annan Athletic left UK Scotland 6 55.759333 -2.0153998 Berwick Rangers bottom UK Scotland 6 55.937769 -4.0295161 Clyde left UK Scotland 6 56.000685 -3.7546577 East Stirlingshire right UK Scotland 6 57.651538 -3.3200732 Elgin City bottom UK Scotland 6 56.721440 -2.4661846 Montrose right UK Scotland 6 57.506535 -1.7972195 Peterhead right UK Scotland 6 55.824419 -4.2514220 Queen's Park bottom UK Scotland 6 55.853206 -4.309256 Rangers left UK Scotland 6 56.129959 -3.912692 Stirling left 2011–12 champions Alloa Athletic were promoted from this division, and were replaced by Stirling Albion, who finished bottom of the Second Division. Another promotion spot was available through the promotion play-offs, however this was won by second division side Albion Rovers, who thus stayed in the Second Division. However, losing play-off finalists Stranraer were elevated to the Second Division as a result of Rangers being elected to the bottom tier. There was no relegation from this division, as this is the lowest in the Scottish League. Stadiums and locations Team Location Home ground CapacityAnnan AthleticAnnanGalabank 3,500Berwick RangersBerwick-upon-TweedShielfield Park 4,131ClydeCumbernauldBroadwood Stadium 8,029East StirlingshireStenhousemuirOchilview Park 3,776Elgin CityElginBorough Briggs 3,927MontroseMontroseLinks Park 3,292PeterheadPeterheadBalmoor 4,000Queen's ParkGlasgowHampden Park 52,025RangersGlasgowIbrox Stadium 50,987Stirling AlbionStirlingForthbank Stadium 3,808 League table main WDL PQ 5 RAN Rangers PET Peterhead QPA Queen's Park BER Berwick Rangers ELG Elgin City MON Montrose STI Stirling Albion ANN Annan Athletic CLY Clyde EST East Stirlingshire 25 8 3 87 29 C,P 17 8 11 52 28 16 8 12 60 54 14 7 15 59 55 13 10 13 67 69 12 11 13 60 68 12 9 15 59 58 11 10 15 54 65 12 4 20 42 66 8 5 23 49 97 green1 Promotion to League One PSL1 yellow1 Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs QS2PO QS2PO QS2PO 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 ANN BER CLY EST ELG MON PET QPA RAN STI Annan Athletic 3–2 1–3 5–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–3 0–0 5–2 Berwick Rangers 3–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–4 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 Clyde 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 0–2 0–3 0–2 2–1 East Stirlingshire 2–2 0–1 3–0 1–4 2–2 2–1 0–2 2–6 3–1 Elgin City 2–2 3–1 2–1 3–4 6–1 2–0 0–4 2–6 3–1 Montrose 0–0 3–1 2–3 3–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–4 3–2 Peterhead 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–2 Queen's Park 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 Rangers 3–0 4–2 3–0 5–1 5–1 4–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 Stirling Albion 5–1 6–3 0–1 1–1 1–4 1–3 1–0 1–2 1–0 complete BBC Sport Second half of season main FBR grey ANN BER CLY EST ELG MON PET QPA RAN STI Annan Athletic 2–2 0–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–3 0–1 Berwick Rangers 0–2 3–3 2–0 2–1 4–0 0–2 4–1 1–3 1–0 Clyde 2–3 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–3 1–4 1–2 East Stirlingshire 1–2 0–3 3–0 3–2 1–2 2–4 0–2 2–4 1–1 Elgin City 3–1 1–2 4–2 3–2 3–2 0–3 3–5 0–1 1–2 Montrose 5–1 1–3 1–1 2–2 4–1 0–6 1–2 0–0 2–2 Peterhead 2–0 1–1 3–0 6–0 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 Queen's Park 2–2 2–1 4–1 5–1 0–1 1–2 0–3 1–4 2–2 Rangers 1–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 4–0 0–0 Stirling Albion 2–1 1–0 2–0 9–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–3 1–1 4 May 2013 BBC Sport Season statistics Top goalscorers 27 April 2013 RankPlayerClubGoalshttps://archive.today/20130124081136/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/scorers/_/league/sco.4/scottish-division-three?cc=4716 Scottish Third Division Top Scorers ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 1 January 20131NIR Andrew LittleRangers222SCO Rory McAllisterPeterhead213SCO Darren LaveryBerwick Rangers17SCO Lee McCullochRangers175SCO David TempletonRangers156SCO Stuart LeslieElgin City147SCO Craig GunnElgin City13SCO Jordan WhiteStirling Albion139SCO Ally LoveAnnan Athletic1210SCO Scott ChaplainAnnan Athletic11SCO Lawrence Shankland Queen's Park11 References 30em External links https://archive.today/20130103180703/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/results/_/league/sco.4/scottish-third-division?cc=5739 Full Results and Fixtures el Category:Scottish Third Division seasons 3 4 Scot