2012–13_St_Mirren_F.C._season

2012–13 St Mirren F.C. season

2012–13 St Mirren F.C. season

St Mirren 2012–13 football season


The 2012–13 season was St Mirren's seventh consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2005–06 season.[2] St Mirren also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

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Summary

Season

St Mirren finished eleventh in the Scottish Premier League.[3] They reached the Quarter-final of the Scottish Cup,[4] and won the League Cup for the first time in the club's history, beating Heart of Midlothian 3–2 in the Final.[5]

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season

12 July 2012 Friendly (Closed Door) Barnsley 1 – 0 St Mirren Cañete
17:30 Davies 4' Report
14 July 2012 Friendly (Closed Door) El Canete 0 – 3 St Mirren Cañete
Report McAusland 19'
McGowan
Reilly 75'
27 July 2012[9] Friendly Carlisle United 1 – 0 St Mirren Brunton Park
19:15 Miller 63' Report Attendance: 1,643

Scottish Premier League

4 August 2012 1 St Mirren 2 – 2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle St Mirren Park
15:00 Guy 32'
McGregor 90+2'
Guy Red card 90+3'
BBC Report Ross 70'
McKay 76'
Attendance: 4,104
Referee: McLean
11 August 2012 2 Dundee 0 – 2 St Mirren Dens Park
15:00 BBC Report McLean 39'
Parkin 63'
Attendance: 5,984
Referee: Allan
18 August 2012 3 St Mirren 1 – 2 Hibernian St Mirren Park
15:00 Thompson 63' BBC Report Griffiths 15', 61' Attendance: 5,039
Referee: Charleston
26 August 2012 4 Motherwell 1 – 1 St Mirren Fir Park
15:00 Higdon 2'
Hutchinson Yellow card 88' Red card
BBC Report Reilly 90+4' Attendance: 4,559
Referee: Norris
1 September 2012 5 Aberdeen 0 – 0 St Mirren Pittodrie
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 9,288
Referee: Colvin
15 September 2012 6 St Mirren 2 – 0 Heart of Midlothian St Mirren Park
15:00 Goodwin 38'
Guy 48'
BBC Report Attendance: 4,307
Referee: Murray
22 September 2012 7 Kilmarnock 3 – 1 St Mirren Rugby Park
15:00 Sheridan 26'
Fowler 57'
Dayton 61'
BBC Report McGowan 83' Attendance: 4,879
Referee: O'Reilly
29 September 2012 8 St Mirren 5 – 4 Ross County St Mirren Park
15:00 Thompson 39', 89'
Guy 54' (Penalty)
Parkin 59'
McLean 64'
BBC Report Vigurs 11'
Munro 45'
Quinn 79', 80'
Attendance: 3,706
Referee: Mclean
6 October 2012 9 St Johnstone 2 – 1 St Mirren McDiarmid Park
15:00 Hasselbaink 22'
Davidson 37'
BBC Report Guy 49' Attendance: 3,223
Referee: Muir
20 October 2012 10 St Mirren 0 – 5 Celtic St Mirren Park
12:30 BBC Report Hooper 15'
Ambrose 18'
Wanyama 32', 38'
Watt 86'
Attendance: 6,008
Referee: Murray
27 October 2012 11 St Mirren 0 – 1 Dundee United St Mirren Park
15:00 BBC Report Russell 69' (pen.) Attendance: 4,333
Referee: Norris
3 November 2012 12 Hibernian 2 – 1 St Mirren Easter Road
15:00 Griffiths 37', 65' BBC Report McLean 32'
Goodwin Yellow card 67' Yellow-red card
Attendance: 10,358
Referee: Muir
10 November 2012 13 St Mirren 1 – 4 Aberdeen St Mirren Park
15:00 Thompson 88' BBC Report Hayes 10'
McGinn 45+1'
Clark 86'
Reynolds 87'
Attendance: 4,486
Referee: Finnie
17 November 2012 14 Heart of Midlothian 1 – 0 St Mirren Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Grainger 64' BBC Report Attendance: 16,443
Referee: Madden
24 November 2012 15 St Mirren 3 – 1 Dundee St Mirren Park
15:00 Thompson 31', 72'
Imrie 87'
BBC Report Nish Red card 27'
Conroy 64' (Penalty)
Attendance: 4,825
Referee: Collum
27 November 2012 16 Ross County 0 – 0 St Mirren Victoria Park
19:45 BBC Report Attendance: 2,837
Referee: McLean
8 December 2012 17 St Mirren 1 – 1 St Johnstone St Mirren Park
15:00 Dummett 69' BBC Report Davidson 15'
Anderson Red card 38'
Millar Yellow card 68' Yellow-red card
Attendance: 3,702
Referee: Madden
15 December 2012 18 Celtic 2 – 0 St Mirren Celtic Park
15:00 Wanyama 15'
Hooper 83'
BBC Report Attendance: 47,790
Referee: Murray
21 December 2012 19 St Mirren 2 – 1 Motherwell St Mirren Park
19:45 Thompson 39', 42' BBC Report McHugh 77' Attendance: 4,023
Referee: Brines
30 December 2012 21 Dundee United 3 – 4 St Mirren Tannadice Park
15:00 Daly 43'
Armstrong 45'
McLean Red card 69'
Douglas 90'
BBC Report
SKY Report
Dummett 16'
Thompson 50'
McAusland 66'
van Zanten 78'
Attendance: 6,386
Referee: Norris
2 January 2013 22 St Mirren 1 – 1 Kilmarnock St Mirren Park
15:00 McGowan 68' (Penalty) BBC Report Kelly 5' (Penalty) Attendance: 6,347
Referee: Colvin
19 January 2013 23 St Mirren 1 – 4 Ross County St Mirren Park
12:45 Thompson 50' BBC Report Brittain 22'
Morrow 67'
Sproule 71', 74'
Attendance: 3,802
Referee: Norris
9 February 2013 25 Aberdeen 0 – 0 St Mirren Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 7,240
Referee: Beaton
16 February 2013 26 St Mirren 0 – 1 Hibernian St Mirren Park
15:00 BBC Report Griffiths 72' (pen) Attendance: 4,524
Referee: Collum
23 February 2013 27 St Johnstone 1 – 0 St Mirren McDiarmid Park
15:00 Vine 52' BBC Report Attendance: 2,816
Referee: Mclean
27 February 2013 28 St Mirren 2 – 0 Heart of Midlothian St Mirren Park
19:45 McGowan 4' (Penalty)
Carey 45'
BBC Report Attendance: 3,369
Referee: Clancy
6 March 2013 29 Dundee 2 – 1 St Mirren Dens Park
19:45 Baird 68'
McAlister 78'
BBC Report Imrie 20' Attendance: 3,674
Referee: Finnie
9 March 2013 30 St Mirren 0 – 0 Dundee United St Mirren Park
15:00 BBC Report Rankin Red card 88' Attendance: 3,394
Referee: Beaton
31 March 2013 31 St Mirren 1 – 1 Celtic St Mirren Park
15:00 McGowan 81' (pen.) BBC Report Commons 6'
Wanyama Red card 55'
Attendance: 6,066
Referee: Madden
3 April 2013 32 Kilmarnock 1 – 1 St Mirren Rugby Park
19:45 Boyd 47' BBC Report Gonçalves 36' Attendance: 4,494
Referee: Allan
6 April 2013 33 Motherwell 2 – 2 St Mirren Fir Park
15:00 Higdon 34'
McFadden 84'
BBC Report Newton 41'
Guy 75'
Attendance: 5,414
Referee: Colvin
20 April 2013 34 St Mirren 1 – 2 Dundee St Mirren Park
15:00 Thompson 52'
Goodwin Yellow card 65' Yellow-red card
BBC Report McAlister 40'
Finnigan 81'
Attendance: 4,002
Referee: Thomson
27 April 2013 35 Hibernian 3 – 3 St Mirren Easter Road
15:00 Griffiths 31', 86'
Caldwell 67'
BBC Report Esmaël Gonçalves 60'
McAusland 78', 82'
Attendance: 9,264
Referee: Crawford Allan
4 May 2013 36 Heart of Midlothian 3 – 0 St Mirren Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Walker 13'
McHattie 43'
Hamill 54' (Penalty)
BBC Report McLean Red card 54' Attendance: 16,312
Referee: Colvin
11 May 2013 37 St Mirren 0 – 0 Aberdeen St Mirren Park
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 4,292
Referee: McKendrick
18 May 2013 38 Kilmarnock 1 – 3 St Mirren Rugby Park
15:00 Boyd 25' BBC Report McGinn 20'
McGowan 75' (Penalty)
Newton 88'
Attendance: 4,428
Referee: Collum

Scottish League Cup

29 August 2012 Scottish League Cup round 2 St Mirren 5 – 1 Ayr United St Mirren Park
19:45 Guy 16'
Thompson 24'
McGowan 30'
McLean 38' (Penalty)
Teale 58'
BBC Report Moffat 39' Attendance: 2,306
Referee: Tumilty

Scottish Cup

2 February 2013 Scottish Cup round 5 St Mirren 2 – 0 St Johnstone St Mirren Park
15:00 Gonçalves 49, 56' BBC Report Attendance: 3,507
Referee: Thomson
2 March 2013 Scottish Cup Round QF St Mirren 1 – 2 Celtic St Mirren Park
12:45 Esmaël 13' BBC Report Ledley 5'
Stokes 21'
Attendance: 5,572
Referee: Muir

Squad information

Captains

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Last updated: 18 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.

Players

Last updated 18 May 2013[11]
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Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 18 May 2013
Number Nation Position Name Premier League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1ScotlandGKCraig Samson 00000000
2Republic of IrelandDFDavid van Zanten 50100060
3WalesDFPaul Dummett 30100040
4ScotlandDFDarren McGregor 00000000
5ScotlandDFLee Mair 40000040
6Republic of IrelandMFJim Goodwin 1323000162
7ScotlandDFDougie Imrie 30000030
8ScotlandMFJon Robertson 00000000
9ScotlandFWSteven Thompson 50001060
10ScotlandFWPaul McGowan 30001040
11Republic of IrelandMFGraham Carey 50000050
12ScotlandGKChris Smith 00000000
14ScotlandDFMarc McAusland 1000000100
15ScotlandMFGraeme MacGregor 00000000
16ScotlandGKGrant Adam 00000000
17ScotlandMFKenny McLean 21000021
18ScotlandMFJamie McKernon 00000000
19EnglandFWSam Parkin 30000030
20ScotlandFWThomas Reilly 00000000
21ScotlandMFGary Teale 10100020
22ScotlandDFJason Naismith 00000000
23ScotlandDFDavid Barron 10100020
24ScotlandMFMark Lamont 00000000
24EnglandMFConor Newton 20100030
25ScotlandDFSean Kelly 00000000
27EnglandFWLewis Guy 21100031
28ScotlandFWJack Smith 00000000
29ScotlandMFJohn McGinn 10000010
33ScotlandMFMohammed Yaqub 00000000
34ScotlandMFAnton Brady 00000000
77PortugalFWEsmaël Gonçalves 20100030
88EstoniaMFSander Puri 00000000
ScotlandDFPaul McGinn 00000000

Team statistics

League table

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Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Teams in the bottom half at the time of the split may not overtake a team in the top 6 at the time of the split.

Division summary

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Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2013. Source: [12]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

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See also


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