2012–13 St Mirren F.C. season

St Mirren
2012–13 season
Chairman Stewart Gilmour
Manager Danny Lennon
Stadium St Mirren Park
SPL 11th
League Cup Winners
defeated Heart of Midlothian
Scottish Cup Quarter-final
lost to Celtic
Top goalscorer League:
Steven Thompson (13)

All:
Steven Thompson (16)
Highest home attendance 6,347 vs Kilmarnock
(2 January 2013)
Lowest home attendance 3,065 vs Inverness Caledonian Thistle
(30 January 2013)
Average home league attendance League: 4,389[1]
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

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.

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 & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season

Scottish Premier League

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Squad information

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
6 MF Jim Goodwin[10] Republic of Ireland 35 Club captain

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]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremier League League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland Craig Samson 46 0 38+0 0 5+0 0 3+0 0
2 DF Republic of Ireland David van Zanten 42 1 32+2 1 3+2 0 3+0 0
3 DF Wales Paul Dummett 36 2 29+1 2 3+0 0 2+1 0
4 DF Scotland Darren McGregor 3 1 3+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF Scotland Lee Mair 31 1 21+3 0 3+2 1 2+0 0
6 MF Republic of Ireland Jim Goodwin 35 1 29+0 1 5+0 0 1+0 0
7 FW Scotland Dougie Imrie 30 3 13+14 3 2+0 0 0+1 0
8 MF Scotland Jon Robertson 21 1 11+8 0 0+1 0 1+0 1
9 FW Scotland Steven Thompson 41 16 33+1 13 4+1 3 2+0 0
10 FW Scotland Paul McGowan 31 7 25+0 5 4+0 2 2+0 0
11 MF Republic of Ireland Graham Carey 33 1 18+8 1 3+2 0 1+1 0
12 GK Scotland Chris Smith 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 DF Scotland Marc McAusland 44 3 35+1 3 5+0 0 3+0 0
15 MF Scotland Graeme MacGregor 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 GK Scotland Grant Adam 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 MF Scotland Kenny McLean 33 6 26+3 3 3+0 2 1+0 1
18 MF Scotland Jamie McKernon 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 FW England Sam Parkin 33 3 12+15 2 2+2 1 1+1 0
20 FW Scotland Thomas Reilly 10 1 2+7 1 0+0 0 0+1 0
21 MF Scotland Gary Teale 37 1 23+7 0 4+0 1 3+0 0
22 DF Scotland Jason Naismith 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 DF Scotland David Barron 15 0 8+4 0 1+1 0 0+1 0
24 MF Scotland Mark Lamont 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 MF England Conor Newton 20 3 16+0 2 2+0 1 2+0 0
25 DF Scotland Sean Kelly 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 FW England Lewis Guy 35 6 17+12 5 2+2 1 1+1 0
28 FW Scotland Jack Smith 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 MF Scotland John McGinn 27 1 15+7 1 2+0 0 3+0 0
33 MF Scotland Mohammed Yaqub 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
34 MF Scotland Anton Brady 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
77 FW Portugal Esmaël Gonçalves 16 8 11+1 3 2+0 2 2+0 3
88 FW Estonia Sander Puri 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Paul McGinn 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 18 May 2013
Number Nation Position Name Premier League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card
1Scotland GK Craig Samson 00000000
2Republic of Ireland DF David van Zanten 50100060
3Wales DF Paul Dummett 30100040
4ScotlandDF Darren McGregor 00000000
5Scotland DF Lee Mair 40000040
6Republic of IrelandMF Jim Goodwin 1323000162
7Scotland DF Dougie Imrie 30000030
8Scotland MF Jon Robertson 00000000
9Scotland FW Steven Thompson 50001060
10Scotland FW Paul McGowan 30001040
11Republic of Ireland MF Graham Carey 50000050
12Scotland GK Chris Smith 00000000
14Scotland DF Marc McAusland 1000000100
15Scotland MFGraeme MacGregor 00000000
16ScotlandGK Grant Adam 00000000
17ScotlandMFKenny McLean 21000021
18ScotlandMFJamie McKernon 00000000
19England FW Sam Parkin 30000030
20Scotland FWThomas Reilly 00000000
21Scotland MF Gary Teale 10100020
22Scotland DF Jason Naismith 00000000
23Scotland DF David Barron 10100020
24Scotland MF Mark Lamont 00000000
24England MFConor Newton 20100030
25Scotland DF Sean Kelly 00000000
27England FW Lewis Guy 21100031
28Scotland FWJack Smith 00000000
29Scotland MFJohn McGinn 10000010
33Scotland MFMohammed Yaqub 00000000
34Scotland MFAnton Brady 00000000
77Portugal FWEsmaël Gonçalves 20100030
88Estonia MFSander Puri 00000000
Scotland DFPaul McGinn 00000000

Team statistics

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 24 7 7 92 35 +57 79 2013–14 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round
2 Motherwell 38 18 9 11 67 51 +16 63 2013–14 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round
3 St Johnstone 38 14 14 10 45 44 +1 56 2013–14 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round
4 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 13 15 10 64 60 +4 54
5 Ross County 38 13 14 11 47 48 1 53
6 Dundee United 38 11 14 13 51 62 11 47
7 Hibernian2 38 13 12 13 49 52 3 512013–14 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round
8 Aberdeen2 38 11 15 12 41 43 2 48
9 Kilmarnock 38 11 12 15 52 53 1 45
10 Heart of Midlothian 38 11 11 16 40 49 9 44
11 St Mirren 38 9 14 15 47 60 13 41
12 Dundee (R) 38 7 9 22 28 66 38 30 Relegation to 2013–14 Scottish First Division

Source: Scottish Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Since the winners of 2012–13 Scottish Cup, Celtic are already qualified to 2013–14 UEFA Champions League, the runners–up Hibernian secured a spot in 2013–14 UEFA Europa League in the second qualifying round.
2 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.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Division summary

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GroundHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHHHAHAHAHHAAHAAHA
Result D W L D D W L W L L L L L L W D D L W D W D L W D L L W L D D D D L D L D W
Position 4 1 3 7 6 3 6 4 7 8 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 10 11 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11

Last updated: 18 May 2013.
Source: [12]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Transfers

Players in

Player From Fee
Scotland Robertson, JonJon Robertson Scotland Cowdenbeath Free[13]
England Guy, LewisLewis Guy Unattached Free[14]
Scotland Sam Parkin Scotland Queen of the South Free[15]
Scotland Grant Adam Scotland Rangers Free[16]
Scotland Chris Smith Scotland Dunfermline Athletic Free[17]
Wales Paul Dummett England Newcastle United Loan[18]
Scotland Mohammed Yaqub Scotland Celtic Free[19]
Scotland Graeme MacGregor England Bolton Wanderers Free[20]
Scotland Paul McGinn Scotland Queen's Park Free[21]
England Conor Newton England Newcastle United Loan[22]
Portugal Esmaël Gonçalves Portugal Rio Ave Loan[23]
Wales Paul Dummett England Newcastle United Loan[24]
Estonia Sander Puri Finland Kuopion Palloseura Free[25]

Players out

Player To Fee
Scotland Hugh Murray Scotland Partick Thistle[26] Free[27]
Scotland Frankie Owens Free Agent Free[28]
Scotland David McAlinden Free Agent Free[29]
Scotland Jon McShane Scotland Hamilton Academical[30] Free[31]
Scotland Graeme Smith Scotland Peterhead[32] Free[31]
Scotland Hashim Cole Free Agent Free[33]
Scotland Steven Thomson England Dover Athletic Free[34]
Netherlands Nigel Hasselbaink Scotland St Johnstone[35] Free[36]
Netherlands Jeroen Tesselaar Scotland Kilmarnock[37] Free[36]
Scotland Ross Meechan Free Agent Free[38]
Scotland Jason Naismith Scotland Greenock Morton Loan[39]
Scotland Dominic Kennedy Free Agent Free[40]
England Adam McHugh England Hartlepool United[41] Free[42]
Scotland Michael McKinven Scotland Pollok[43] Free[42]
Scotland Kieran Wood Free Agent Free[44]
Australia Aaron Mooy Australia Western Sydney Wanderers[45] Free[46]
Scotland Sean Kelly Scotland East Stirlingshire Loan[47]
Scotland Mark Lamont Scotland Dumbarton Loan[48]
Scotland Jamie McKernon Scotland East Stirlingshire Loan[49]
Scotland Grant Adam Scotland Airdrie United Loan[50]
Wales Jordan Holt Scotland East Stirlingshire Loan[51]
Scotland Paul McGinn Scotland Queen's Park Loan[52]
Scotland Mark Lamont Scotland Dumbarton[53] Free[54]
Scotland Jon Robertson Scotland Cowdenbeath Loan[55]
Scotland Paul McGinn Scotland Dumbarton Loan[24]
Scotland Graeme MacGregor Scotland East Stirlingshire[56] Free[24]
Scotland Jason Naismith Scotland Cowdenbeath Loan[57]
Scotland Chris Smith Scotland Stenhousemuir Loan[58]

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