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2012-13
 With several top team players leaving at the end of the previous season, most notably
Hugh Murray, Steven Thomson, Jeroen Tesselaar, Nigel Hasselbaink and Graeme Smith, Danny Lennon had to look for replacements
for key positions.
In came Jon Robertson from Cowdenbeath, ex MK Don Lewis Guy and Sam Parkin from Queen of the
South.
However, preparation were thrown into turmoil with the protracted saga of Rangers administration and pending liquidation,
which cast a shadow over the whole of Scottish football and put a halt on many transfers as finances were assessed and re-assessed
in an ever changing situation.
In the week before the season started, Saints signed former Rangers keeper Grant Adam
as cover for Samson. Unfortunately in the first week of the season, Adam was badly injured in an U-20 match, prompting a return
to Saints for former keeper Chris Smith who signed a short term deal on the eve of the 2nd match.
There was further injury
woe in the third game of the season when Darren McGregor, who had fought back to fitness throughout the previous season following
a cruciate ligament injury, damaged the cruciate in his other knee and faced another season of rehab.
On the back of
losing McGregor Saints brught in defender Paul Dummett on loan from Newcastle United until January.
A steady start to
the season saw Saints produce some fine football and earned great reviews for the style and flair throughout the team.
Some of the best performances were seen in the League Cup, leading to a semi final appearance against Celtic at Hampden.
History was against Saints, having failed to find the net in their previous eight meetings, but led by new January signings
Conor Newton and Esmael Goncalves, Saints triumphed 3-2 in a thrilling match.
In mid March, another five goal thriller
at the National Stadium saw Saints lift the League Cup for the first time in their history with goals from Goncalves, Thompson
and Newton securing a 3-2 win.
With silverware in the boardroom, many felt that Saints could push on and improve on last
seasons highest finish, but some poor dislpays in the run in meant that again, it wasn't until the last three games that
safety was secuured, and that was by default as Dundee failed to reach their points target, whilst Saints tried their best
to throw away all the good work with just two wins in fifteen games.
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| 04-Aug-2012 | Inverness C.T. | Greenhill Road | 2-2 | Guy McGregor | | 11-Aug-2012 | Dundee | Dens Park | 2-0 | McLean Parkin | | 18-Aug-2012 | Hibernian | Greenhill Road | 1-2 | Thompson | | 25-Aug-2012 | Motherwell | Fir Park | 1-1 | Reilly | | 01-Sep-2012 | Aberdeen | Pittodrie | 0-0 | - | | 15-Sep-2012 | Heart of Midlothian | Greenhill Road | 2-0 | Goodwin Guy | | 22-Sep-2012 | Kilmarnock | Rugby Park | 1-3 | McGowan | | 29-Sep-2012 | Ross County | Greenhill Road | 5-4 | Thompson2
Guy McLean Parkin | | 06-Oct-2012 | St Johnstone | McDiarmid Park | 1-2 | Guy | | 20-Oct-2012 | Celtic | Greenhill Road | 0-5 | - | | 27-Oct-2012 | Dundee United | Greenhill Road | 0-1 | - | | 03-Nov-2012 | Hibernian | Easter Road | 1-2 | McLean | | 10-Nov-2012 | Aberdeen | Greenhill Road | 1-4 | Thompson | | 17-Nov-2012 | Heart of
Midlothian | Tynecastle | 0-1 | - | | 24-Nov-2012 | Dundee | Greenhill Road | 3-1 | Thompson2 Imrie | | 28-Nov-2012 | Ross County | Victoria Stadium | 0-0 | - | | 08-Dec-2012 | St Johnstone | Greenhill Road | 1-1 | Dummett | | 15-Dec-2012 | Celtic | Parkhead | 0-2 | - | | 22-Dec-2012 | Motherwell | Greenhill Road | 2-1 | Thompson2 | | 26-Dec-2012 | Inverness
C.T. | Caledonian Stadium | 2-2 | Imrie Thompson | | 30-Dec-2012 | Dundee United | Tannadice | 4-3 | Dummett McAusland
vanZanten Thompson | | 02-Jan-2013 | Kilmarnock | Greenhill Road | 1-1 | McGowan | | 19-Jan-2013 | Ross County | Greenhill Road | 1-4 | Thompson | | 30-Jan-2013 | Inverness
C.T. | Greenhill Road | 2-1 | Goncalves Thompson | | 09-Feb-2013 | Aberdeen | Pittodrie | 0-0 | - | | 16-Feb-2013 | Hibernian | Greenhill Road | 0-1 | - | | 23-Feb-2013 | St Johnstone | McDiarmid Park | 0-1 | - | | 27-Feb-2013 | Heart of Midlothian | Greenhill Road | 2-0 | McGowan Carey | | 06-Mar-2013 | Dundee | Dens Park | 1-2 | Imrie | | 09-Mar-2013 | Dundee United | Greenhill Road | 0-0 | - | | 30-Mar-2013 | Celtic | Greenhill Road | 1-1 | McGowan | | 03-Apr-2013 | Kilmarnock | Rugby Park | 1-1 | Goncalves | | 06-Apr-2013 | Motherwell | Fir Park | 2-2 | Newton Guy | | 20-Apr-2013 | Dundee | Greenhill Road | 1-2 | Thompson | | 27-Apr-2013 | Hibernian | Easter Road | 3-3 | Goncalves McAusland2 | | 04-May-2013 | Hearts | Tynecastle | 0-3 | - | | 11-May-2013 | Aberdeen | Greenhill Road | 0-0 | - | | 18-May-2013 | Kilmarnock | Rugby Park | 3-1 | McGinn McGowan Newton |
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| 01-12-2012 | 4th Rnd | Brechin City | Greenhill Road | 2-0 | McLean Robertson | | 02-02-2013 | 5th Rnd | St Johnstone | Greenhill Road | 2-0 | Goncalves2thompson thompson thompson thompson- | | 02-03-2013 | 1/4 Final | Celtic | Greenhill Road | 1-2 | Goncalvesn thompson thompson thompson- |
League Cup
29-08-2012 | 2nd Rnd | Ayr United | Greenhill Road | 5-1 | Guy Thompson McGowan McLean Teale | 25-09-2012 | 3rd Rnd | Hamilton Accies | Greenhill Road | 1-0 | Mair | 30-10-2012 | 1/4 Final | Aberdeen | Pittodrie | 2-2
4-2 pens | Parkin McLean
McLean Teale Goodwin McAusland | 27-01-2013 | Semi Final | Celtic | Hampden Park | 3-2 | Goncalves McGowan
Thompson | 17-03-2013 | Final | Hearts | Hampden Park | 3-2 | Goncalves Thompson Newton |
Top scorers
| League | Scottish
Cup | League
Cup | Total | Thompson | 13 | - | 3 | 16 | Goncalves | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | McGowan | 5 | - | 2 | 7 | Guy | 5 | - | 1 | 6 | McLean | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | Imrie | 3 | - | - | 3 | McAusland | 3 | - | - | 3 | Parkin | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | Newton | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | Dummett | 2 | - | - | 2 | McGregor | 1 | - | - | 1 | Goodwin | 1 | - | - | 1 | Reilly | 1 | - | - | 1 | van Zanten | 1 | - | - | 1 | Carey | 1 | - | - | 1 | McGinn | 1 | - | - | 1 | Robertson | - | 1 | - | 1 | Mair | - | - | 1 | 1 | Teale | - | - | 1 | 1 |
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