2012–13 Montrose F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Montrose’s seventeenth consecutive season in the Scottish Third Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 1995–96 season.[1] Montrose also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Montrose

2012–13 season
Chairman	Derek Sim
Manager	Stuart Garden
Stadium	Links Park
Third Division	Sixth place
Challenge Cup	Second round, lost to Raith Rovers
League Cup	Second round, lost to Dunfermline Athletic
Scottish Cup	Second round, lost to Edinburgh City

Management

Montrose will be managed by Stuart Garden[2] for the 2012–13 season, following the departure of Ray Farningham who joined Dundee as assistant manager.[3]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish Third Division

11 August 2012 Scottish Third Division	Montrose	2 – 3	Clyde	Links Park
15:00	Young  11' Watson  25'	SFL Report	Gilfillan  56' Neil  60' McColm  81'	Attendance: 333 Referee: Dallas

18 August 2012 Scottish Third Division	Queen's Park	2 – 2	Montrose	Hampden Park
15:00	Longworth  86' Smith  90'	SFL Report	Young  28' Johnston  64'	Attendance: 498 Referee: Barry Cook

25 August 2012 Scottish Third Division	Montrose	0 – 0	Annan Athletic	Links Park
15:00		SFL Report		Attendance: 267 Referee: Anderson

1 September 2012 Scottish Third Division	Peterhead	2 – 0	Montrose	Balmoor
15:00	McAllister  52', 72'	SFL Report		Attendance: 509 Referee: Duncan

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

23 September 2012 Scottish Third Division	Rangers	4 – 1	Montrose	Ibrox Stadium
15:00	Shiels  27' Macleod  55' McCulloch  60' Crawford  82'	SFL Report	Argyriou  35' (Own goal)	Attendance: 45,081 Referee: Finnie

6 October 2012 Scottish Third Division	Montrose	3 – 1	East Stirlingshire	Links Park
15:00	McIntosh  16' Gray  21' (Penalty) Masson  33'	SFL Report	Hume  86'	Attendance: 244 Referee: Robertson

13 October 2012 Scottish Third Division	Elgin City	6 – 1	Montrose	Borough Briggs
15:00	Leslie  22', 45', 70' Moore  35' Nicolson  60' McLean  80'	SFL Report	Gray  58' (Penalty)	Attendance: 725 Referee: Northcroft

20 October 2012 Scottish Third Division	Stirling Albion	1 – 3	Montrose	Forthbank Stadium
15:00	Thom  7' Weir  62'	SFL Report	McAnespie  10' (o.g.) McIntosh  31' Morton  45' McNally  62'	Attendance: 527 Referee: Dallas

27 October 2012 Scottish Third Division	Montrose	2 – 2	Elgin City	Links Park
15:00	Wood  30' Wood  74' Winter  90+2'	SFL Report	Leslie  21' Moore  33' (pen.)	Attendance: 346 Referee: Somers

10 November 2012 Scottish Third Division	Clyde	1 – 2	Montrose	Broadwood Stadium
15:00	Scullion  78'	SFL Report	McLeish  66' Winter  81'	Attendance: 496 Referee: Duncan

17 November 2012 Scottish Third Division	Montrose	1 – 1	Queen's Park	Links Park
15:00	Young  1'	SFL Report	Gallacher  60'	Attendance: 415 Referee: Graham

24 November 2012 Scottish Third Division	Montrose	2 – 0	Peterhead	Links Park
15:00	Wood  4' Masson  15'	SFL Report		Attendance: 479 Referee: Finnie

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	East Stirlingshire	P – P	Montrose	Ochilview Park
15:00		BBC Report

15 December 2012 Scottish Third Division	Montrose	2 – 4	Rangers	Links Park
12:30 GMT	Young  16' McLeish  76'	BBC Rangers Sky Sports	McCulloch  23' (pen.) Kyle  67' Shiels  69' Crawford  90+5'	Attendance: 4,205 Referee: Madden

19 December 2012 Scottish Third Division	East Stirlingshire	2 – 2	Montrose	Ochilview Park
19:45	Turner  25', 45'	SFL Report	Young  13' Wood  63'	Attendance: 211 Referee: Cook

29 December 2012 Scottish Third Division	Montrose	3 – 2	Stirling Albion	Links Park
15:00	Winter  24' Wood  35' McIntosh  60'	SFL Report	Davidson  27', 44'	Attendance: 336 Referee: Robertson

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

5 January 2013 Scottish Third Division	Peterhead	0 – 1	Montrose	Balmoor
15:00		SFL Report	Johnston  3'	Attendance: 594 Referee: Newlands

12 January 2013 Scottish Third Division	Annan Athletic	2 – 1	Montrose	Galabank
15:00	Hopkirk  62' Love  69'	SFL Report	Wood  89'	Attendance: 352 Referee: Graham

19 January 2013 Scottish Third Division	Montrose	1 – 1	Clyde	Links Park
15:00	Johnston  59' McNally  7'	SFL Report	Sweeney  8' (Penalty)	Attendance: 336 Referee: Robertson

26 January 2013 Scottish Third Division	Rangers	1 – 1	Montrose	Ibrox Stadium
15:00	Crawford  45' (o.g.)	BBC Report Sky Report	Gray  89'	Attendance: 46,273 Referee: Charleston

2 February 2013 Scottish Third Division	Montrose	2 – 2	East Stirlingshire	Links Park
15:00	Boyle  37' Gray  83'	SFL Report	Greenhill  18', 23'	Attendance: 327 Referee: Somers

9 February 2013 Scottish Third Division	Stirling Albion	3 – 1	Montrose	Forthbank Stadium
15:00	White  37' Ferry  43' Day  87'	SFL Report	McNally  26'	Attendance: 472 Referee: Hilland

16 February 2013 Scottish Third Division	Montrose	4 – 1	Elgin City	Links Park
15:00	Wood  7' McNally  17' Boyle  31' McIntosh  63'	SFL Report	Millar  80' Crighton  79'	Attendance: 432 Referee: Newlands

23 February 2013 Scottish Third Division	Montrose	5 – 1	Annan Athletic	Links Park
15:00	Boyle  11', 15', 35', 46' Winter  26' (Penalty)	SFL Report	Love  81'	Attendance: 425 Referee: Robertson

2 March 2013 Scottish Third Division	Queen's Park	1 – 2	Montrose	Hampden Park
15:00	Keenan  39'	SFL Report	McIntosh  73' Boyle  76' Gray  88'	Attendance: 482 Referee: Cook

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  69'	Attendance: 478 Referee: Steven

16 March 2013 Scottish Third Division	Montrose	0 – 6	Peterhead	Links Park
15:00		SFL Report	McCann  7' McAllister  18', 31', 88' Rodgers  85', 90'	Attendance: 444 Referee: Cook

23 March 2013 Scottish Third Division	East Stirlingshire	1 – 2	Montrose	Ochilview Park
15:00	Wright  43'	SFL Report	Watson  31', 90+2' Lunan  93'	Attendance: 261 Referee: Anderson

30 March 2013 Scottish Third Division	Montrose	0 – 0	Rangers	Links Park
12:00 GMT		BBC Sky Sports		Attendance: 4,686 Referee: Clancy

6 April 2013 Scottish Third Division	Montrose	2 – 2	Stirling Albion	Links Park
15:00	Boyle  36' McIntosh  66'	SFL Report	Ferry  7' Flood  87'	Attendance: 448 Referee: Graham

13 April 2013 Scottish Third Division	Elgin City	3 – 2	Montrose	Borough Briggs
15:00	McMullan  43' Harkins  62', 88' (Penalty)	SFL Report	Masson  28' Johnston  51'	Referee: Northcroft

20 April 2013 Scottish Third Division	Clyde	1 – 0	Montrose	Broadwood Stadium
15:00	Scullion  66'	SFL Report		Attendance: 523 Referee: Aitken

27 April 2013 Scottish Third Division	Montrose	1 – 2	Queen's Park	Links Park
15:00	Boyle  60' Gray  88'	SFL Report	Quinn  43' Gibson  75' Capuano  87'	Attendance: 538 Referee: Salmond

4 May 2013 Scottish Third Division	Annan Athletic	1 – 1	Montrose	Galabank
12:45	Daly  58'	SFL Report	Johnston  24'	Attendance: 386 Referee: Somers

Scottish Challenge Cup

28 July 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup Round 1	Montrose	4 – 2	Inverurie Loco Works	Links Park
15:00	Watson  28' Boyle  60' Wood  66' Masson  81'	SFL Report	Mackay  16' Souter  88'	Attendance: 401 Referee: Graham

14 August 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup Round 2	Raith Rovers	5 – 2	Montrose	Stark's Park
19:45	Walker  7' Graham  32', 54' McGurn  44' Clarke  42' Spence  90'	SFL Report	Watson  45' (pen.) Young  77'	Attendance: 773 Referee: Finnie

Scottish League Cup

4 August 2012 Scottish League Cup Round 1	Montrose	2 – 1	Cowdenbeath	Links Park
15:00	Boyle  31' Watson  43'	SFL Report	McKenzie  90'	Attendance: 312 Referee: Roache

28 August 2012 Scottish League Cup Round 2	Dunfermline Athletic	3 – 0	Montrose	East End Park
19:45	Barrowman  4', 64' Wallace  41'	SFL Report Montrose Report		Attendance: 903 Referee: Salmond

Scottish Cup

29 September 2012 Scottish Cup Round 2	Montrose	1 – 3	Edinburgh City	Links Park
15:00	Lunan  45'	Sky Sports	Ross  11', 73' Fusco  79'	Attendance: 290 Referee: Beaton

Player statistics

Squad

Last updated 13 May 2013[4][5]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Third Division		Challenge Cup		League Cup		Scottish Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		David Crawford	10	0	8+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	GK		John Gibson	10	0	10+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK		Sandy Wood	22	0	17+1	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	GK		Dean Easton	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Alan Campbell	33	0	29+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		David Gray	31	5	16+10	5	1+1	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
	DF		Cameron MacDonald	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Phil McGuire	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	DF		Grant Mosson	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
	MF		Brian Clark	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Jonathan Crawford	29	0	25+1	0	0+0	0	1+1	0	1+0	0
	MF		Scott Gordon	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Paul Lunan	24	1	18+1	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	1
	MF		Terry Masson	37	4	31+1	3	2+0	1	2+0	0	1+0	0
	MF		Ross McCord	12	0	7+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Ricky McIntosh	31	2	28+2	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	MF		Craig McLeish	20	2	12+4	2	2+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Stephen McNally	36	2	31+0	2	2+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
	MF		Paul Watson	29	6	22+3	3	2+0	2	2+0	1	0+0	0
	MF		Jamie Winter	25	5	22+2	5	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
	MF		Lloyd Young	34	8	25+6	7	1+1	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
	FW		Martin Boyle	18	11	15+0	9	2+0	1	1+0	1	0+0	0
	FW		Scott Johnston	37	6	19+13	6	2+0	0	2+0	0	0+1	0
	FW		Leighton Mcintosh	29	7	19+9	7	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	FW		Scott Morton	15	1	4+11	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Dale Reid	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
	FW		Kieran Sturrock	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Garry Wood	40	7	34+1	6	2+0	1	2+0	0	1+0	0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 13 May 2013

Nation	Position	Name	Third Division		Challenge Cup		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Total
	GK	David Crawford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	John Gibson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	Sandy Wood	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	GK	Dean Easton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	Alan Campbell	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	DF	David Gray	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2
	DF	Cameron MacDonald	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	Phil McGuire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	Grant Mosson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Brian Clark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Jonathan Crawford	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
	MF	Scott Gordon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Paul Lunan	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	1
	MF	Terry Masson	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
	MF	Ross McCord	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	MF	Ricky McIntosh	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	Craig McLeish	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	Stephen McNally	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	2
	MF	Paul Watson	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
	MF	Jamie Winter	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
	MF	Lloyd Young	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	Martin Boyle	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	FW	Scott Johnston	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
	FW	Leighton Mcintosh	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	FW	Scott Morton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	Dale Reid	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	Kieran Sturrock	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	Garry Wood	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
4	Berwick Rangers	36	14	7	15	59	55	+4	49	Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs
5	Elgin City	36	13	10	13	67	69	−2	49
6	Montrose	36	12	11	13	60	68	−8	47
7	Stirling Albion	36	12	9	15	59	58	+1	45
8	Annan Athletic	36	11	10	15	54	65	−11	43

Source: SPFL archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division summary

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A
Result	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	D	D	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	D
Position	8	9	9	9	7	9	7	8	6	7	5	6	4	3	5	4	3	5	3	4	3	3	3	5	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	5	5	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2013. Source: [6]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

Players in Player From Fee Craig McLeish Stirling Albion Free[7] Paul Watson Peterhead Free[7] David Gray Montrose Free[8] Grant Mosson Einherji Free[9] Leighton Mcintosh Dundee Loan[10] Ricky McIntosh St Johnstone Loan[11] David Crawford Stirling Albion Free[12] Phil McGuire Lochee United Free[13] Scott Morton Airdrie United Free[14] Martin Boyle Dundee Loan[15] John Gibson Dundee Loan[16]

Players out Player To Fee Michael Andrews Brechin City[17] Free[18] Jonathan Smart Ballingry Rovers[19] Free[18] Sean Crighton Elgin City[20] Free[18] David Dimilta Free[18] Steven McPhee Free[18] David McGowan Beith Juniors[21] Free[18] Dougie Cameron Ballingry Rovers[19] Free[22] Martin Boyle Dundee[23] Undisclosed[24] Grant Mosson Free[25] Dale Reid Montrose Roselea Loan[26] Scott Gordon East Craigie Loan[27] David Crawford Stirling Albion Free[28]

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