2012–13 in Scottish football
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The 2012–13 season was the 116th season of competitive
football in Scotland Association football ( sco, fitbaa, gd, ball-coise) 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 Sco ...
. The season began on 28 July 2012, with the start of the
Challenge Cup The Challenge Cup is a knockout rugby league cup competition organised by the Rugby Football League, held annually since 1896, with the exception of 1915–1919 and 1939–1940, due to World War I and World War II respectively. It involves am ...
.


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 Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was , giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or ...
, 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 ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...
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, 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, 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:
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, 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:
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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, 65, Aberdeen, Dunfermline Athletic, Raith Rovers, St Mirren and Berwick Rangers winger. * 19 February:
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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, 87, Queen's Park defender; played for Great Britain in the 1948 Olympic Games. * 5 April: Tommy McGhee, 66, Clydebank forward. * 19 April:
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, 87, St Johnstone and Hamilton winger. * 21 April:
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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.


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