The 2012–13 season was the 116th season of competitive
football in Scotland
Association football is one of the national sports of Scotland and the most popular sport in the country. There is a long tradition of "football" games in Orkney, Lewis and southern Scotland, especially the Scottish Borders, although many of ...
. The season began on 28 July 2012, with the start of the
Challenge Cup
The Rugby Football League Challenge Cup, commonly known just as the Challenge Cup is a Single-elimination tournament, knockout rugby league cup competition organised by the Rugby Football League, held annually since 1896, it is the world's old ...
.
Transfer deals
League competitions
Scottish Premier League
Rangers' participation in the SPL was dependant 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
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, who had finished second in the 2011–12 Scottish First Division, were invited to replace Rangers.
Scottish First Division
Scottish Second Division
Scottish Third Division
Scottish Premier Under-20 League
Honours
Cup honours
Non-league honours
Senior
Junior
West Region
East Region
North Region
Individual honours
PFA Scotland awards
The
PFA Scotland
The Professional Footballers' Association Scotland (PFA Scotland) is the association for professional footballers in Scotland. It was known as the Scottish Professional Footballers' Association (SPFA), but that organisation was dissolved and repl ...
awards took place in
Glasgow
Glasgow is the Cities of Scotland, most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in Strathclyde, west central Scotland. It is the List of cities in the United Kingdom, third-most-populous city in the United Kingdom ...
on 5 May 2013, with the following winners:
SFWA awards
Scottish clubs in Europe
Summary
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
Individual honours
SWF awards
The SWF awards evening took place at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 23 November 2012 and the winners were as follows:
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
Bobby Nicol (11 May 1936 – 11 July 2012) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Hibernian, Barnsley, Berwick Rangers and Toronto City.
In the summer of 1962, he played abroad in the Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League with Toronto C ...
, 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 forward
* 25 August:
Emilio Pacione, 92, Dundee United winger.
* 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
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, 90, Portsmouth defender, won two caps for Scotland.
* 7 November:
Harry McShane
Harry McShane (7 May 1891 – 12 April 1988) was a Scottish socialist, and a close colleague of John Maclean.
Life and career
Born into a Roman Catholic family, he became a Marxist. He was involved in the Clyde Workers Committee and the an ...
, 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
Charles Graham Adam (born 10 December 1985) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently the set-piece coach at Everton. Prior to that, he was the manager of club Fleetwood Town.
Adam started hi ...
, 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
George Hazlett (10 March 1923 – 22 December 2012) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an outside-forward. Born in Glasgow, he began his career with local youth sides before appearing as a guest player for Plymouth Argyle and ...
, 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
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People Given name or nickname
* Willie Allen (basketball) (born 1949), American basketball player and d ...
, Dunfermline Athletic and Raith Rovers forward.
* 3 January:
George Falconer
George Falconer (23 November 1946 – 3 January 2013) was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward.
Falconer was best known for his time at Raith Rovers making 68 appearances and scoring 22 goals, he also played for Montrose, Dundee and Forf ...
, 66, Raith Rovers, Dundee and Montrose forward.
* 18 January:
Peter Boyle
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, 61, Clyde forward, made one appearance for Australia.
* 18 January:
Sean Fallon, 90, Celtic defender and assistant manager.
* 8 February:
Ian Lister
Ian Lister (5 September 1946 – 8 February 2013) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a winger.
Early life
Lister was born on 5 September 1946 in Kirkcaldy.
Career
Lister played for Smeaton Boys' Club, Aberdeen, Raith Rovers, ...
, 65, Aberdeen, Dunfermline Athletic, Raith Rovers, St Mirren and Berwick Rangers winger.
* 19 February:
John Downie
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, 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
Angus Macdonald Ewing Carmichael (12 June 1925 – 21 March 2013) was a Scottish footballer who played as a left back.
Early and personal life
Angus Macdonald Ewing Carmichael was born on 12 June 1925.
Career
Carmichael represented Great Brita ...
, 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
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, 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.
Notes and references
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