2012–13 Scottish First Division

File:Thistle_crowned_champs.jpg Partick Thistle win the title Irn-Bru Scottish First Division 2012–13 Partick Thistle Partick Thistle Airdrie UnitedDunfermline Athletic 180 568 Stevie May(25 goals) Partick Thistle 7–0 Airdrie(29 September 2012) Cowdenbeath 0–4 Dunfermline Athletic(11 August 2012)Airdrie United 0–4 Hamilton Academical(6 October 2012)Dumbarton 1–5 Greenock Morton(17 November 2012)Dunfermline Athletic 0–4 Partick Thistle(2 March 2013) Cowdenbeath 4–4 Raith Rovers(20 October 2012) 8 gamesPartick Thistle 16 gamesPartick Thistle 14 gamesCowdenbeath 7 gamesAirdrie United 8,875Partick Thistle 1-0 Greenock Morton(10 April 2013) 409Cowdenbeath 1–1 Livingston(22 December 2012) 2011–12 2013–14 The 2012–13 Scottish Football League First Division, also known as the 2012–13 Irn Bru Scottish Football League First Division for sponsorship reasons, was the 19th season of the Scottish Football League First Division and the 107th season of a second-tier football league in Scotland. Partick Thistle were confirmed as 2012–13 champions, on 20 April following their 2-0 win over Falkirk. This was the final season of the First Division under its then format, as it was replaced by the Scottish Championship from the 2013–14 season onwards. Teams Ross County were promoted to the Scottish Premier League as champions, while Dunfermline Athletic were relegated from the SPL to this division. Two sides were relegated from this division at the end of the 2011–12 season. Queen of the South, who finished bottom, and Ayr United in the play-offs. They were replaced by Second Division champions Cowdenbeath, and Dumbarton as winners of the promotion play-offs. On 13 July, Rangers were admitted to the Third Division after being voted out of the SPL. As a result, the playoff losing finalist Airdrie United were promoted to the First Division to fill the gap caused by Dundee replacing Rangers in the SPL.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 Stadium CapacityAirdrieAirdrieExcelsior Stadium 10,171CowdenbeathCowdenbeathCentral Park 4,370 Dumbarton Dumbarton Dumbarton Football Stadium 2,025Dunfermline AthleticDunfermlineEast End Park 11,380FalkirkFalkirkFalkirk Stadium 9,200Greenock MortonGreenockCappielow Park 11,100Hamilton AcademicalHamiltonNew Douglas Park 6,078LivingstonLivingstonAlmondvale Stadium 10,122Partick ThistleGlasgowFirhill Stadium 10,887Raith RoversKirkcaldyStark's Park 10,104 Personnel and kits Scotland Central Belt 350 right Location of teams in 2012–13 Scottish First Division Scotland Central Belt 6 56.018151 -3.756666 Falkirk bottom Scotland Central Belt 6 55.941522 -4.727515 Morton left Scotland Central Belt 6 55.7821 -4.058207 HamiltonAcademical bottom Scotland Central Belt 6 55.875985 -3.482695 Livingston right Scotland Central Belt 6 56.118300 -3.138820 Raith Rovers right Scotland Central Belt 6 55.853782 -3.960586 Scotland Central Belt 6 56.114407 -3.341848 Scotland Central Belt 6 55.95266 -4.566593 Dumbarton top Scotland Central Belt 6 56.071741 -3.452151 Scotland Central Belt 6 55.881606 -4.269673 Scotland Central Belt TransparentPlaceholder.png 55.78 -3.96 Airdrie Utd right Scotland Central Belt TransparentPlaceholder.png 56.15 -3.34 Cowdenbeath left Scotland Central Belt TransparentPlaceholder.png 55.99 -3.45 Dunfermline Ath. right Scotland Central Belt TransparentPlaceholder.png 55.88 -4.57 Partick Th. bottom Team Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorAirdrieSCO Jimmy Boyle Puma N/A (H,3rd), Advance Construction Scotland (A)CowdenbeathSCO Colin Cameron Umbro Subsea Pressure ControlsDumbartonSCO Ian Murray 1872 (Club own brand) Bet ButlerDunfermline AthleticSCO Jim Jefferies Joma The Purvis GroupFalkirkSCO Gary Holt Puma Central DemolitionGreenock MortonSCO Allan Moore Puma Millions ChewsHamilton AcademicalSCO Alex Neil (interim) Nike M&H Logistics (H), Life Skills Centres (A) LivingstonSCO Richie Burke Adidas FasteqPartick ThistleSCO Alan Archibald Puma macb Raith RoversSCO Grant Murray Puma Kittys Styx (H), Livesport.co.uk (A) League table main WDL PR 5 PAR Partick Thistle GMO Greenock Morton FAL Falkirk LIV Livingston HAM Hamilton Academical RAI Raith Rovers DUM Dumbarton COW Cowdenbeath DNF Dunfermline Athletic AIR Airdrie United 23 9 4 76 28 C,P 20 7 9 73 47 15 8 13 52 48 14 10 12 58 56 14 9 13 52 45 11 13 12 45 48 13 4 19 58 83 8 12 16 51 65 14 7 15 62 59 R 5 7 24 41 89 R -15 Dunfermline Athletic were deducted 15 points for entering administration.http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11781/8627937/Dunfermline-docked-15-points-for-going-into-interim-administration Dunfermline docked 15 points for going into interim administration Sky Sports skysports.com 9 April 2013 9 April 2013 green1 Promotion to the Premiership PSP red2 Qualification for the First Division Play-offs QS1PO red1 Relegation to League One RSL1 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 AIR COW DUM DNF FAL GMO HAM LIV PAR RAI Airdrie United 0–3 4–1 1–2 1–4 2–3 0–4 1–3 1–1 0–0 Cowdenbeath 1–1 0–1 0–4 1–1 3–4 1–0 1–1 0–3 4–4 Dumbarton 3–4 0–3 0–2 1–2 1–5 3–3 3–4 2–0 4–2 Dunfermline Athletic 1–3 3–0 4–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 4–0 0–1 3–1 Falkirk 1–1 2–0 3–4 2–2 0–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 0–2 Greenock Morton 2–0 1–0 3–0 4–2 1–2 0–1 2–2 3–1 1–0 Hamilton Academical 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 Livingston 0–2 1–1 5–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 Partick Thistle 7–0 2–1 3–0 5–1 3–1 1–2 4–0 2–0 3–2 Raith Rovers 2–0 2–2 2–2 1–3 2–1 3–3 2–0 0–0 1–1 16 April 2013 Second half of season main FBR grey AIR COW DUM DNF FAL GMO HAM LIV PAR RAI Airdrie United 1–1 1–2 3–3 0–1 0–4 2–2 0–2 1–2 1–2 Cowdenbeath 3–2 2–3 4–2 4–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 Dumbarton 4–1 2–2 0–1 0–2 0–3 3–1 0–3 0–0 1–2 Dunfermline Athletic 1–2 1–0 3–4 0–2 1–4 2–3 0–1 0–4 1–0 Falkirk 4–3 4–0 1–3 1–0 4–1 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 Greenock Morton 5–2 4–2 0–3 0–1 2–0 0–2 2–1 2–2 1–0 Hamilton Academical 5–0 1–3 2–3 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 Livingston 4–1 3–0 2–3 2–2 1–2 0–2 0–3 2–2 2–3 Partick Thistle 1–0 2–1 3–0 3–3 4–1 1–0 1–0 6–1 0–0 Raith Rovers 2–0 0–1 3–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 0–2 0–0 4 May 2013 Play-offs Times are BST (UTC+1) Semi-finals The fourth placed team in the Second Division (Forfar Athletic) played the ninth placed team in the First Division (Dunfermline Athletic) and the third placed team in the Second Division (Brechin City) played the second placed team in the Second Division (Alloa Athletic). The play-offs were played over two legs, the winning team in each semi-final advancing to the final. Forfar Athletic 4–7 Dunfermline Athletic 3–1 1–6 Brechin City 3–4 Alloa Athletic 0–2 3–2 First legs 8 May 2013 7:45 pm Forfar Athletic 3 – 1 BBC Sport Dunfermline Athletic Robertson 34Templeman 37 45 Husband 84 Station Park Allan 1,562 8 May 2013 7:45 pm Brechin City 0 – 2 BBC Sport Alloa Athletic McCord 40Moon 56 Glebe Park Madden 582 Second legs 11 May 2013 3:00 pm Dunfermline Athletic 6 – 1 BBC Sport Forfar Athletic Dunlop 36 o.g.Thomson 62Millen 83 pen.Smith 102Husband 110 118 Campbell 6, 1 85McCulloch 0 15Dunlop 0 54 East End Park O'Reilly 4,252 11 May 2013 3:00 pm Alloa Athletic 2 – 3 BBC Sport Brechin City Cawley 36Elliot 68 Jackson 4 90Trouten 52 pen. Recreation Park Collum 856 Final The two semi-final winners played each other over two legs. The winning team was awarded a place in the 2013–14 First Division. Alloa Athletic 3 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic 3 – 0 0 – 1 First leg 15 May 2013 7:55 pm Alloa Athletic 3 – 0 BBC Sport Dunfermline Athletic Tiffoney 27Elliot 45Moon 90 Recreation Park McLean 2,765 Second leg 19 May 2013 4:05 pm Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 0 BBC Sport Alloa Athletic Smith 72Husband 0 85 East End Park Thomson 5,110 References Category:Scottish First Division seasons 1 Category:2012–13 in Scottish football leagues Scot