The 2012–13 season was the 116th season of competitive football in Scotland. The season began on 28 July 2012, with the start of the Challenge Cup.
Transfer deals
League competitions Scottish Premier League
Rangers' participation in the SPL was dependent upon the successful transfer of their membership share of the League to the new company that had bought the club, which would be decided by a vote of the SPL clubs. Eight clubs publicly declared that they would oppose the membership transfer, which would mean that they could not play in the SPL. The vote took place on 4 July 2012, and Rangers were refused re-entry to the SPL by a 10–1 majority. Dundee, who had finished second in the 2011–12 Scottish First Division, were invited to replace Rangers.
League reconstruction
SPL clubs voted on a proposed 12–12–18 league structure on 15 April 2013. Ten clubs voted in favour, while St Mirren and Ross County voted against; the proposal required the support of eleven clubs.
A revised proposal retained the existing league structure but included a merger of the SPL and SFL. SFL clubs approved the merger on 12 June 2013.
Scottish First Division
Scottish Second Division
Scottish Third Division
Scottish Premier Under-20 League
Honours
Cup honours CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-upMatch report2012–13 Scottish Cup Celtic 3 – 0 Hibernian Report2012–13 League Cup St Mirren 3 – 2 Heart of Midlothian Report2012–13 Challenge Cup Queen of the South 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)6 – 5 pens. Partick Thistle Report2012–13 Youth CupCeltic3 – 1Dunfermline Athletic Report2012–13 Junior Cup Auchinleck Talbot1 – 0 Linlithgow Rose Report
Non-league honours
Senior CompetitionWinner2012–13 Highland LeagueCove Rangers2012–13 East of Scotland LeagueWhitehill WelfareSouth of Scotland LeagueDalbeattie Star
Junior West Region
DivisionWinner2012-13 Super League Premier DivisionAuchinleck TalbotSuper League First DivisionHurlford UnitedAyrshire LeagueKilwinning RangersCentral League Division OneGreenock JuniorsCentral League Division TwoCambuslang Rangers
East Region DivisionWinner2012-13 SuperleagueLinlithgow RosePremier LeagueNewtongrange StarNorth DivisionKirriemuir ThistleCentral DivisionKinnoullSouth DivisionFauldhouse United
North Region DivisionWinner2012-13 SuperleagueCulterDivision OneNew ElginDivision TwoColony Park
Individual honours
PFA Scotland awards The PFA Scotland awards took place in Glasgow on 5 May 2013, with the following winners: AwardWinnerTeam Players' Player of the Year Michael Higdon Motherwell Young Player of the Year Leigh Griffiths Hibernian on loan from Wolves Manager of the Year Allan Johnston Queen of the South First Division Player Lyle Taylor Falkirk Second Division Player Nicky Clark Queen of the South Third Division Player Lee Wallace Rangers
SFWA awards AwardWinnerTeam Footballer of the Year Leigh Griffiths Hibernian on loan from Wolves Young Player of the Year Stuart Armstrong Dundee United Manager of the Year Neil Lennon Celtic International Player of the Year Blackburn Rovers
Scottish clubs in Europe
Summary ClubCompetitionsStarted roundFinal roundCoef.Top ScorerCelticUEFA Champions League Third qualifying round Round of 1616.0 Giorgos Samaras, 5Motherwell UEFA Champions LeagueThird qualifying roundThird qualifying round1.5UEFA Europa LeaguePlay-off roundPlay-off roundHeart of MidlothianUEFA Europa LeaguePlay-off roundPlay-off round1.5 David Templeton, 1Dundee United UEFA Europa LeagueThird qualifying roundThird qualifying round1.0 Willo Flood, 1 Keith Watson, 1St Johnstone UEFA Europa LeagueSecond qualifying roundSecond qualifying round0.5 Grégory Tadé, 1 Total20.5Average4.3
Celtic 2012–13 UEFA Champions League
Motherwell 2012–13 UEFA Champions League
2012–13 UEFA Europa League
Heart of Midlothian 2012–13 UEFA Europa League
Dundee United 2012–13 UEFA Europa League
St Johnstone 2012–13 UEFA Europa League
Scotland national team
Women's football
League and Cup honours
DivisionWinner2012 Scottish Women's Premier LeagueGlasgow CitySWFL First DivisionHibernian ReservesSWFL Second Division NorthStonehavenSWFL Second Division WestMurieston UnitedSWFL Second Division EastDunfermline AthleticSWFL Second Division South EastHearts
CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-upMatch report2012 Scottish Women's CupGlasgow City 1 – 0Forfar FarmingtonBBC Sport2012 Scottish Women's Premier League CupGlasgow City 5 – 1SpartansBBC SportSWFL First Division CupQueen's Park 0 – 0 (3 – 2 pens)Paisley SaintsSWFL Second Division CupHearts 6 – 1Aberdeen ReservesHearts FC
Individual honours
SWF awards The SWF awards evening took place at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 23 November 2012 and the winners were as follows: AwardWinnerTeam Players' Player of the Year Jane Ross Glasgow City International Player of the Year Rhonda Jones Celtic Manager of the Year Mark Nisbet Forfar Farmington Premier Division Player of the Year Natalie Ross Celtic First Division Player Lesley Blair Airdrie Ladies Second Division Player Laura-Anne Johnston Dundee City
Scottish Women's Premier League
Scotland women's national team
Glasgow City 2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League
Deaths 11 July: Joe McBride, 74, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, Celtic, Hibs, Partick Thistle, Dunfermline, Clyde and Scotland forward. 11 July: Bobby Nicol, 76, Hibernian and Berwick Rangers wing half. 4 August: Jimmy Thomson, 75, St Mirren, Dunfermline and Raith Rovers defender; Dunfermline, Alloa, Berwick Rangers and Raith Rovers manager. 12 August: Jackie Watters, 92, Celtic and Airdrieonians forwardSky Sports 25 August: Emilio Pacione, 92, Dundee United winger.The Courier 12 September: Jimmy Andrews, 85, Dundee winger. 15 October: Jim Rollo, 74, Hibs goalkeeper. 15 October: Trevor Kemp, Berwick Rangers forward. 19 October: Iain Jamieson, 84, Aberdeen wing half. 23 October: Hughie Hay, 80, Aberdeen, Dundee United and Arbroath forward. 5 November: Jimmy Stephen, 90, Portsmouth defender, won two caps for Scotland. 7 November: Harry McShane, 92, Blackburn Rovers and Manchester United winger. 8 November: Bobby Gilfillan, 74, Cowdenbeath, St Johnstone and Raith Rovers forward. 5 December: Doug Smith, 75, Dundee United defender and director; Scottish Football League president. 13 December: Ian Black, 88, Aberdeen, Southampton, Fulham and Scotland goalkeeper. 16 December: Jim Patterson, 84, Queen of the South forward, all-time top goalscorer for club. 17 December: Charlie Adam, 50, Arbroath, Brechin City, Dundee United, Forfar Athletic, Partick Thistle and St Johnstone midfielder. 22 December: Wattie Dick, 85, Third Lanark inside forward. 22 December: George Hazlett, 89, Celtic winger. 23 December: Doug Stockdale, 86, Raith Rovers, Ayr United and Forfar Athletic forward. 29 December: Hugh Adam, 87, Rangers director. 31 December: Willie Benvie, Dunfermline Athletic and Raith Rovers forward. 3 January: George Falconer, 66, Raith Rovers, Dundee and Montrose forward. 18 January: Peter Boyle, 61, Clyde forward, made one appearance for Australia. 18 January: Sean Fallon, 90, Celtic defender and assistant manager. 8 February: Ian Lister, 65, Aberdeen, Dunfermline Athletic, Raith Rovers, St Mirren and Berwick Rangers winger. 19 February: John Downie, 87, Manchester United inside forward. 2 March: Jimmy Jackson, 81, Notts County forward. 7 March: Willie McCulloch, 85, Kilmarnock, Airdrie, St Mirren and Morton winger. 14 March: Harry Thomson, 72, Burnley and Blackpool goalkeeper. 21 March: Angus Carmichael, 87, Queen's Park defender; played for Great Britain in the 1948 Olympic Games. 5 April: Tommy McGhee, 66, Clydebank forward. 21 April: Jimmy McGill, 87, Queen of the South forward. 6 May: Ian MacLeod, 53, Motherwell, Falkirk, Raith Rovers and Meadowbank Thistle player. 8 May: Ernie Winchester, 68, Aberdeen, Hearts and Arbroath forward. 17 June: Peter Millar, 62, Arbroath, Dunfermline, Motherwell and Dundee midfielder.
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