2012–13 Berwick Rangers F.C. season

Berwick Rangers
2012–13 season
ChairmanBrian Porteous
ManagerIan Little
StadiumShielfield Park
Third DivisionFourth place
Challenge CupFirst round, lost to Queen's Park
League CupFirst round, lost to Raith Rovers
Scottish CupThird round, lost to Stenhousemuir
Top goalscorerLeague:
Darren Lavery (17)

All:
Darren Lavery (20)
Highest home attendance4,476 vs Rangers Third Division, 23 February 2013
Lowest home attendance372 vs Queen's Park Challenge Cup, 28 July 2012
Average home league attendanceLeague: 917[1]

The 2012–13 season was Berwick Rangers's eighth consecutive season in the Scottish Third Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2004–05 season.[2] Berwick also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.[3]

Summary

Season

Berwick Rangers finished fourth in the Scottish Third Division,[4] entering the play-offs losing 3–2 to East Fife on aggregate in the Semi-final.[5] They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup,[6] the first round of the League Cup[7] and the third round of the Scottish Cup.[3]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

21 July 2012[9] Friendly Berwick Rangers 2 – 1 Livingston Shielfield Park
14:00 Currie Report McNulty

Scottish Third Division

11 August 2012 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 0 – 0 Elgin City Shielfield Park
15:00 SFL Report Moore Red card 23' Attendance: 539
Referee: Hilland
18 August 2012 Scottish Third Division Annan Athletic 3 – 2 Berwick Rangers Galabank Stadium
15:00 Chaplain 56' (Penalty), 59'
Love 61'
SFL Report Addison 14'
McLaren 25'
Attendance: 512
Referee: Ross
15 September 2012 Scottish Third Division Montrose 3 – 1 Berwick Rangers Links Park
15:00 McIntosh 29', 77'
Gray 31'
SFL Report Lavery 45' Attendance: 258
Referee: Robertson
22 September 2012 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 4 – 1 Stirling Albion Shielfield Park
15:00 Currie 17'
Lavery 45'
Ferguson 62', 88'
SFL Report White 75' Attendance: 544
Referee: Ross
20 October 2012 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 2 – 1 Clyde Shielfield Park
15:00 Hoskins 43'
Notman 77'
SFL Report Watt 41'
Gray Yellow card 63' Yellow-red card
Attendance: 546
Referee: Somers
27 October 2012 Scottish Third Division Queen's Park 1 – 1 Berwick Rangers Hampden Park
15:00 Quinn 34' SFL Report Lavery 32' Attendance: 487
Referee: McKendrick
10 November 2012 Scottish Third Division Elgin City 3 – 1 Berwick Rangers Borough Briggs
15:00 Nicolson 16'
Leslie 25'
Wyness 90'
SFL Report Gray 19' Attendance: 790
Referee: Cook
17 November 2012 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 3 – 1 Annan Athletic Shielfield Park
15:00 Lavery 24'
Gray 44'
Hoskins 54'
SFL Report Ramage 90' Attendance: 460
Referee: Anderson
1 December 2012 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 1 – 4 Montrose Shielfield Park
15:00 Lavery 9' SFL Report McIntosh 11'
Winter 22'
Johnston 80'
Young 84'
Attendance: 484
Referee: Aitken
8 December 2012 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 1 – 1 Peterhead Shielfield Park
15:00 Lavery 58' SFL Report McLaughlin 26' Attendance: 396
Referee: Robertson
15 December 2012 Scottish Third Division Stirling Albion 6 – 3 Berwick Rangers Forthbank Stadium
15:00 Day 17'
Thom 26'
White 37', 80' (Penalty)
Ferry 45+2'
Weir 83'
SFL Report Lavery 24'
Currie 30', 58'
Attendance: 427
Referee: Newlands
29 December 2012 Scottish Third Division Clyde 2 – 1 Berwick Rangers Broadwood Stadium
15:00 Brydon 50' (Own goal)
Watt 89'
SFL Report Carse 3' Attendance: 427
Referee: Aitken
2 January 2013 Scottish Third Division Montrose 1 – 3 Berwick Rangers Links Park
15:00 Young 39' SFL Report Lavery 25'
McLaren 74'
McDonald 90+1'
Attendance: 434
Referee: Duncan
12 January 2013 Scottish Third Division Rangers 4 – 2 Berwick Rangers Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Little 9', 47', 74'
Templeton 53'
BBC
Sky Sports
Gray 65'
McLaren 73'
Attendance: 44,976
Referee: McLean
19 January 2013 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers P – P Elgin City Shielfield Park
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to frozen pitch
2 February 2013 Scottish Third Division Peterhead 1 – 1 Berwick Rangers Balmoor
15:00 McAllister 5' SFL Report Lavery 6' Attendance: 432
Referee: Roache
9 February 2013 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 3 – 3 Clyde Shielfield Park
15:00 Lavery 46', 63'
McLaren 49'
SFL Report Sharp 27'
Sweeney 58'
Scullion 79'
Attendance: 507
Referee: Newlands
16 February 2013 Scottish Third Division Queen's Park 2 – 1 Berwick Rangers Hampden Park
15:00 Longworth 24'
McParland 61'
Keenan Yellow card 73' Yellow-red card
SFL Report Lavery 8'
McDonald Red card 55'
Notman Yellow card 83' Yellow-red card
Attendance: 462
Referee: Walsh
26 February 2013 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 2 – 1 Elgin City Shielfield Park
19:45 Lavery 59'
Dalziel 74'
SFL Report Gunn 3' Attendance: 382
Referee: Hilland
9 March 2013 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 4 – 0 Montrose Shielfield Park
14:00 McLaren 12', 52', 70'
Carse 90+1'
SFL Report Crawford Yellow card 69' Red card Attendance: 478
Referee: Steven
13 April 2013 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 4 – 1 Queen's Park Shielfield Park
15:00 Notman 10', 50'
Lavery 13'
Currie 25'
SFL Report Urquhart 4' Attendance: 623
Referee: Tumilty
20 April 2013 Scottish Third Division Elgin City 1 – 2 Berwick Rangers Borough Briggs
15:00 Leslie 7' (Penalty) SFL Report Lavery 65'
McDonald 75'
Attendance: 870
Referee: Anderson

Second Division play-offs

8 May 2013 Play-offs SF R1 Berwick Rangers 1 – 1 East Fife Shielfield Park
20:00 Lavery 72' SFL Report Muir 44' Attendance: 732
Referee: Salmond
11 May 2013 Play-offs SF R2 East Fife 2 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(3 – 2 agg.)
Berwick Rangers Bayview Stadium
15:00 McDonald 78' (Own goal)
Gormley 119'
SFL Report Lavery 61' (Penalty) Attendance: 856
Referee: Colvin

Scottish Challenge Cup

Scottish League Cup

4 August 2012 Scottish League Cup round 1 Raith Rovers 4 – 3 Berwick Rangers Stark's Park
15:00 Graham 25', 73'
Hill 58'
Clarke 85'
SFL Report Currie 9', 65'
Addison 50'
Attendance: 1,071
Referee: Norris

Scottish Cup

29 September 2012 Scottish Cup round 2 Berwick Rangers 1 – 0 Wick Academy Shielfield Park
15:00 Currie 84' (Penalty) SKY Report Attendance: 423
Referee: Campbell
13 November 2012 Scottish Cup round 3 Replay Berwick Rangers 2 – 5 Stenhousemuir Shielfield Park
19:45 Currie 11' (pen.), Yellow card 87' Yellow-red card
Lavery 66'
BBC Report Smith 39', 86'
Gemmell 48'
Kean 52', 56'
Attendance: 402
Referee: Robertson

Player statistics

Squad

Last updated 13 May 2013 [11][12]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Third Division Other[a] League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland SCO Youssef Bejaoui 17 0 12+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Marc McCallum 19 0 17+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK England ENG Ian McCaldon 7 0 7+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Ross Brady 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Dean Droudge 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Ross Gray 11 4 7+2 4 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF South Africa RSA Devon Jacobs 40 0 30+3 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
DF England ENG Marc Lancaster 3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Andy McLean 20 0 13+3 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Steven Notman 32 4 24+3 4 2+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Chris Townsley 36 0 32+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Phil Addison 18 2 5+10 1 0+2 0 1+0 1 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Dougie Brydon 34 0 28+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Lee Currie 40 10 32+1 5 2+1 0 1+0 2 3+0 3
MF Spain ESP Alberto Garcia Arena 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Damian Gielty 36 0 24+6 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 0+2 0
MF Scotland SCO Dean Hoskins 24 3 19+1 3 1+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Neil Janczyk 36 2 27+3 1 3+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Kevin McDonald 39 4 27+5 3 2+1 1 1+0 0 2+1 0
MF Scotland SCO Fraser McLaren 37 10 24+7 10 3+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Ben Miller 2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Craig Stevenson 4 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Dean Carse 13 2 2+11 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Scott Dalziel 19 3 11+6 3 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Dylan Easton 18 2 13+3 2 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO John Ferguson 15 2 5+6 2 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+3 0
FW Scotland SCO Darren Lavery 40 20 29+5 17 2+1 2 0+0 0 3+0 1
FW Scotland SCO Ian Little 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Stuart Noble 9 0 2+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+2 0
FW Scotland SCO Kenny O'Brien 4 0 0+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Greig Smith 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Josh Morris 8 0 0+7 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the play-offs and the Challenge Cup.

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 13 May 2013
Nation Position Name Third Division Other League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
Scotland GK Youssef Bejaoui 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland GK Marc McCallum 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
England GK Ian McCaldon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Ross Brady 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Dean Droudge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Ross Gray 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
South Africa DF Devon Jacobs 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
England DF Marc Lancaster 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland DF Andy McLean 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Steven Notman 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 2
Scotland DF Chris Townsley 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
Scotland MF Phil Addison 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Dougie Brydon 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
Scotland MF Lee Currie 10 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 14 2
Spain MF Alberto Garcia Arena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Damian Gielty 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland MF Dean Hoskins 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Scotland MF Neil Janczyk 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland MF Kevin McDonald 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
Scotland MF Fraser McLaren 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
Scotland MF Craig Stevenson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Dean Carse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Scott Dalziel 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland FW Dylan Easton 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Scotland FW John Ferguson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland FW Darren Lavery 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland FW Ian Little 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Stuart Noble 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland FW Kenny O'Brien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Greig Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Josh Morris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
2 Peterhead 36 17 8 11 52 28 +24 59 Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs
3 Queen's Park 36 16 8 12 60 54 +6 56
4 Berwick Rangers 36 14 7 15 59 55 +4 49
5 Elgin City 36 13 10 13 67 69 −2 49
6 Montrose 36 12 11 13 60 68 −8 47
Source: SPFL archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division summary

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GroundHAHHAHAHAAHAHHAAAAAAHAHHAHHHAHAAHAHA
ResultDLDWLWLWDLWWLDLLWWLDDLLWDWWWWLLLWWLL
Position689666656775556766777786654434554444
Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 2013. Source: [13]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

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