2012–13 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

Blackburn Rovers
2012–13 season
ChairmanVenky's
ManagerSteve Kean (resigned)
Eric Black (caretaker) Henning Berg (sacked)
Gary Bowyer (caretaker) Michael Appleton (sacked)
Gary Bowyer (caretaker)
GroundEwood Park
Championship17th
FA CupQuarter-finals
League CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Jordan Rhodes (27)
All: Jordan Rhodes (28)
Highest home attendance20,735 vs Burnley
(League, 17 March 2013)
Lowest home attendance5,504 vs Bristol City
(FA Cup, 5 January 2013)
Average home league attendance14,998

The 2012–13 season was Blackburn Rovers' 125th season as a professional football club. It was their first season back in the Football League Championship after an 11-year run in the Premier league English football.[1]

Despite relegation the new season began with the owners backing Steve Kean. There were many signings in the summer, the most notable one being the signing of Jordan Rhodes for £8 million. The fee was a record transfer for a championship team and shattered the previous transfer record.

Summary

Rovers started the season with four wins in the first six games. Their first defeat came in their seventh game against Middlesbrough at Ewood Park. Their performance in that game piled on intense pressure and speculation against Kean.

A week later, after Kean had travelled with the players to the capital on Friday for the game against Charlton, he attended a press conference in the afternoon, but news came at 7pm that he had resigned. Rumours suggested alleged outside interference. He described his position 'untenable' and no longer prepared to carry on as manager.

The sudden and unexpected nature of Kean's departure meant assistant manager Eric Black was the obvious choice for caretaker. Rovers started slowly under the temporary boss waiting four games before the first win. However, Rovers did manage to collect eight points and three clean sheets.

The search for a new manager took the Rovers board an entire month before finally opting for former Rovers defender Henning Berg. The choice of an out-of-work manager and football pundit for Norwegian TV surprised many who were calling for an experienced and a big name manager.

Berg's reign began with disappointment, his debut game against Crystal Palace marked the end of Blackburn's unbeaten away run. His solitary victory came at Peterborough; the same match saw Jordan Rhodes's first hat-trick for Rovers. Rovers were unlucky under Berg, especially against Huddersfield and Burnley when they succumbed to late equalisers. The team began to lack confidence and it showed in their results.

During Berg's ten games in charge Rovers lost six times, dropping from the play-offs spots to 17th place, the poor run of form forced the owners to sack the manager and the coaching staff a day later on Boxing Day.

After the sacking Reserve team coach Gary Bowyer and Youth coach Terry McPhillips took on the reigns and under caretaker management Rovers started brightly, helping Rovers gain a win over Barnsley which ended Rovers six match winless run, while their second win over Nottingham Forest ended an eleven-game run without a clean sheet. Rovers carried on the momentum into the FA cup with a win over Bristol City.

On Wednesday 9 January. Derek Shaw confirmed Rovers's interest in Blackpool manager Michael Appleton despite an announcement a week earlier from global adviser that a move for a new manager would be put on hold till the end of January. Just before Friday evening fixture Rovers named Michael Appleton as the manager. Bowyer's brief spell in charge remained unbeaten as they finished the game against Wolves with a draw.

Appleton took training on the Monday and wasted no time bring in his own staff, choosing Ashley Westwood as the assistant manager and John Keeley as goalkeeping coach. Appleton's tenure started badly with a loss to Charlton which wasn't a good spectacle. Rovers started slowly and the poor atmosphere partly blamed by the presence of the Venky's who had visited Ewood Park to watch the game. Rovers conceded first, but failed to establish control despite pulling a goal back from Jordan Rhodes, Charlton quickly retook the lead and the game finished 2–1 to the away team.

Michael Appleton's second game was much more encouraging, they were destined to win the game until a clumsy foul by substitute David Goodwillie after injury time resulted in a penalty, Brighton duly converted the penalty and snatched an unlikely draw in front of 12,230, lowest crowd at Ewood park in the league. At the third attempt, Rovers managed their first victory under Appleton with a conclusive 3–0 win over Derby County in the 4th round of the FA cup. Appleton's first win at Ewood Park occurred in the following match, 2–0 victory over Bristol City.

Appleton used the January transfer window as an opportunity to trim the squad, at least 10 players were either released or moved out on loan. Rovers missed out on the permanent transfer of DJ Campbell at the last minute, but managed to secure him on a loan agreement, later in February Man City youth defender Karim Rekik and former Rover David Bentley joined the squad. Rovers win over Ipswich saw Jordan Rhodes score for the seventh successive game, a record only achieved by four Rovers players. Rhodes could have extended the run to eight games if it were for the referee not awarding a penalty for a blatant handball by Brighton defender el-Abd.

In the next game Rovers produced one of the shocks of the FA cup with a 1–0 win over Arsenal, they came into the game as clear under-dogs and kept under sustained pressure throughout the game, but forward Kazim Richards strike on 72 minutes put Rovers into the lead, the team fought on to secure a famous victory at the Emirates for the first time.

Rovers experienced their first defeat in 7 outings in the following game against Hull. More defeats followed against Leicester, Peterborough and Bolton, the point they picked up in that period was a scoreless draw to Leeds. Rovers carried on the poor run of results into the FA cup losing out in a replay with Millwall. In the east Lancashire derby against Burnley, Rovers stole a point with a last gasp strike deep into stoppage time scored by David Dunn.

On 19 March 2013 after 67 days in charge of the club Michael Appleton was sacked as manager of the club.[2][3] following the second sacking of the season Gary Bowyer resumed caretaker manager for the second time.

Rovers winless run extended to 11 games as they were beaten 3–0 at Cardiff before slipping to a 3–2 loss at Sheffield Wednesday. The Hillsborough defeat put Rovers in the Championship's bottom three and left fans with deep fears of a second successive relegation.

Many supporters were then left puzzled as Gary Bowyer was asked to travel to India with Paul Agnew and Derek Shaw to meet the owners ahead of a crucial home game against Derby. But Bowyer returned saying reassurances he had received from the owners would help the squad, and Rovers beat Derby 2–0 before following that up with victory over Huddersfield.

A 4–0 loss at Watford kept them in the mix but then followed a comeback triumph at Millwall that put Rovers five points away from the relegation zone with only two games left to play. A home draw against Crystal Palace then left them effectively safe.

But there remained issues off the field, with internal problems played out in court during Henning Berg's £2.25m claim against the club. Berg won the case, but before that Rovers' own lawyers admitted the club was 'out of control' and 'a shambles'.

They added that Shaw was operating without the authority of the owners and was subject to a disciplinary investigation over Berg's contract. Rovers finished the season in 17th place in the Championship after a 1–1 draw at Birmingham on the final day. Jordan Rhodes netted again but his tally of 29 league goals left him one behind Championship top scorer Glenn Murray, of Crystal Palace.

Rovers finished four points clear of the bottom three, but three points adrift of Burnley. Off the field Derek Shaw and secretary Ian Silvester travelled to India to meet the owners, but Shaw's future remained unclear after the talks. Both returned to England and went back to work as normal.[4]

Division stats

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
15 Blackpool 46 14 17 15 62 63 −1 59
16 Middlesbrough 46 18 5 23 61 70 −9 59
17 Blackburn Rovers 46 14 16 16 55 62 −7 58
18 Sheffield Wednesday 46 16 10 20 53 61 −8 58
19 Huddersfield Town 46 15 13 18 53 73 −20 58
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2013. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Split table

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 14 16 16 55 62  −7 58 10 6 7 27 23  +4 4 10 9 28 39  −11

Last updated: 1 January 2013.
Source: BBC Football

Fixtures and results

Pre-season friendlies

21 July 2012 Fleetwood Town 0 – 2 Blackburn Rovers Accrington
12:00 Report Mauro Formica 7'
Nuno Gomes 55'		 Stadium: Crown Ground
21 July 2012 Blackburn Rovers 0 – 1 Accrington Stanley Accrington
15:00 Report Robinson 68' (o.g.) Stadium: Crown Ground
25 July 2012 Rochdale 1 – 0 Blackburn Rovers Rochdale
19:30 Hanley 75' (o.g.) Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1375
29 July 2012 Blackburn Rovers 2 – 1 AEK Athens Fleetwood
14:00 Gomes 7'
Best 29'		 Report Kourellas 76' Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 994
3 August 2012 Go Ahead Eagles 4 – 2 Blackburn Rovers Deventer
20:00 Goodwillie
Pedersen 		Stadium: De Adelaarshorst
5 August 2012 * N.E.C. Nijmegen 0 – 0 Blackburn Rovers Nijmegen
14:30 Stadium: Stadion de Goffert
Attendance: 0 (BCD)
12 August 2012 Cork City 1 – 3 Blackburn Rovers Cork
15:00 A. Connel 6' Kazim-Richards 17', 51'
Pedersen 60'		 Stadium: Turners Cross
  • Pre-season game against N.E.C. on 5 August 2012 at Stadion de Goffert cancelled due to fan unrest.[5] However behind closed doors training match played ending 0–0.[6] It has since been confirmed Rovers fans were not involved and had been an issue with Dutch fans.[7]

Championship

All results are from the BBC's website.

August

18 August 2012 1 Ipswich Town 1 − 1 Blackburn Rovers Portman Road
15:00 Lowe 83' (o.g.) Kazim-Richards 21' Attendance: 19,117
22 August 2012 2 Blackburn Rovers 1 − 0 Hull City Ewood Park
19:45 Kazim-Richards 77' Attendance: 13,562
25 August 2012 3 Blackburn Rovers 2 − 1 Leicester City Ewood Park
15:00 Nuno Gomes 33' Pedersen 79' Vardy 55' Attendance: 13,935

September

1 September 2012 4 Leeds United 3 − 3 Blackburn Rovers Elland Road
15:00 Diouf 41'
McCormack 56'
Becchio 65'		 Marcus Olsson 19'
Nuno Gomes 27'
Rochina 84'		 Attendance: 24,411
15 September 2012 5 Bristol City 3 − 5 Blackburn Rovers Ashton Gate Stadium
15:00 Adomah 1'
Stephen Pearson 69'
Baldock 83'		 Rhodes 28', 90+5'
Nuno Gomes 55'
Rochina 81'
Dann 90'		 Attendance: 14,657
18 September 2012 6 Blackburn Rovers 2 − 1 Barnsley Ewood Park
19:45 Rhodes 45'
Nuno Gomes 85'		 Mellis 32' Attendance: 12,772
21 September 2012 7 Blackburn Rovers 1 − 2 Middlesbrough Ewood Park
19:45 Hanley 89' Jutkiewicz 7', 61' Attendance: 13,405
29 September 2012 8 Charlton Athletic 1 − 1 Blackburn Rovers The Valley
15:00 Jackson 27' Etuhu 16' Attendance: 17,169

October

3 October 2012 9 Nottingham Forest 0 − 0 Blackburn Rovers City Ground
19:45 Attendance: 18,748
6 October 2012 10 Blackburn Rovers 0 − 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Ewood Park
15:00 Sako 78' Attendance: 17,034
20 October 2012 11 Derby County 1 − 1 Blackburn Rovers Pride Park Stadium
15:00 Robinson 88' Rhodes 34' Attendance: 22,958
24 October 2012 12 Blackburn Rovers 1 − 0 Sheffield Wednesday Ewood Park
19:45 Hanley 5' Attendance: 13,782
27 October 2012 13 Blackburn Rovers 1 − 0 Watford Ewood Park
15:00 Rhodes 90+2' Attendance: 13,233

November

3 November 2012 14 Crystal Palace 2 − 0 Blackburn Rovers Selhurst Park
15:00 Murray 45+1', 65' (pen.) Attendance: 16,744
6 November 2012 15 Huddersfield Town 2 − 2 Blackburn Rovers John Smith's Stadium
19:45 Novak 15', 90+5' Rhodes 43'
Murphy 55' (pen.)		 Attendance: 14,597
10 November 2012 16 Blackburn Rovers 1 − 1 Birmingham City Ewood Park
15:00 Rochina 13' (pen.) King 17' Attendance: 14,919
17 November 2012 17 Peterborough United 1 − 4 Blackburn Rovers London Road Stadium
17:20 Tomlin 88' Formica 3'
Rhodes 20', 39', 79'		 Attendance: 5,997
24 November 2012 18 Blackburn Rovers 0 − 2 Millwall Ewood Park
15:00 Wood 71'
Henry 90'		 Attendance: 13,898
28 November 2012 19 Blackburn Rovers 1 − 2 Bolton Wanderers Ewood Park
19:45 Rhodes 82' Davies 2'
Lee 82'		 Attendance: 18,010

December

2 December 2012 20 Burnley 1 − 1 Blackburn Rovers Turf Moor
12:30 Vokes 89' Rhodes 68' Attendance: 21,341
7 December 2012 21 Blackburn Rovers 1 − 4 Cardiff City Ewood Park
19:45 King 51' Hudson 30'
Bellamy 55'
Mason 84'
Kim 85'		 Attendance: 12,460
15 December 2012 22 Blackpool 2 − 0 Blackburn Rovers Bloomfield Road
15:00 Thomas 22'
Broadfoot 81'		 Attendance: 15,907
22 December 2012 Blackburn Rovers P – P Brighton & Hove Albion
match postponed due to waterlogged pitch
26 December 2012 23 Middlesbrough 1 – 0 Blackburn Rovers Riverside Stadium
15:00 Jutkiewicz 67' Attendance: 22,882
29 December 2012 24 Barnsley 1 – 3 Blackburn Rovers Oakwell Stadium
15:00 Dawson 76' King 29'
Rochina 44'
Rhodes 90+8'		 Attendance: 9,153

January

1 January 2013 25 Blackburn Rovers 3 – 0 Nottingham Forest Ewood Park
15:00 Rochina 48'
Rhodes 75'
Kazim-Richards 78'		 Attendance: 15,490
11 January 2013 26 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 – 1 Blackburn Rovers Molineux Stadium
19:45 Johnson 74' Rhodes 26' (pen.) Attendance: 20,264
19 January 2013 27 Blackburn Rovers 1 – 2 Charlton Athletic Ewood Park
15:00 Rhodes 48' Stephens 26'
Kermorgant 64'		 Attendance: 13,674
22 January 2013 28 Blackburn Rovers 1 – 1 Brighton & Hove Albion Ewood Park
19:45 Rhodes 45' (pen.) Lopez 90+7' (pen.) Attendance: 12,230
26 January 2013 Brighton & Hove Albion P – P Blackburn Rovers
match postponed – fa cup tie vs Derby County

February

2 February 2013 29 Blackburn Rovers 2 – 0 Bristol City Ewood Park
15:00 Rhodes 28', 65' Attendance: 13,539
9 February 2013 30 Blackburn Rovers 1 – 0 Ipswich Town Ewood Park
15:00 Rhodes 61' Attendance: 14,342
12 February 2013 31 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 – 1 Blackburn Rovers Amex Stadium
19:45 Vicente 57' (pen.) Dann 24' Attendance: 24,759
16 February 2013 Leicester City P – P Blackburn Rovers
match postponed – fa cup tie vs Arsenal
19 February 2013 32 Hull City 2 – 0 Blackburn Rovers KC Stadium
19:45 Gedo 52'
Elmohamady 67'		 Attendance: 15,981
23 February 2013 33 Blackburn Rovers 0 – 0 Leeds United Ewood Park
15:00 Attendance: 18,467
26 February 2013 34 Leicester City 3 – 0 Blackburn Rovers King Power Stadium
19:45 Wood 29'
Kane 42'
King 90'		 Attendance: 19,561

March

2 March 2013 35 Blackburn Rovers 2 – 3 Peterborough United Ewood Park
15:00 Rhodes 73'
Jones 90+2'		 Gayle 11', 14', 27' Attendance: 13,192
5 March 2013 36 Bolton Wanderers 1 – 0 Blackburn Rovers Reebok Stadium
20:00 Eagles 90' (+3)
9 March 2013 Millwall P – P Blackburn Rovers
postponed – FA cup Sixth round tie
17 March 2013 37 Blackburn Rovers 1 – 1 Burnley Ewood Park
12:30 Dunn 90+5' Shackell 32' Attendance: 20,735
29 March 2013 38 Blackburn Rovers 1 – 1 Blackpool Ewood Park
15:00 Rhodes 79' MacKenzie 65' Attendance: 17,764

April

1 April 2013 39 Cardiff City 3 – 0 Blackburn Rovers Cardiff City Stadium
15:00 Campbell 40'
Mason 86'
Whittingham 90+6' (pen.)		 Attendance: 24,327
6 April 2013 40 Sheffield Wednesday 3 – 2 Blackburn Rovers Hillsborough Stadium
15:00 Johnson 20', 78'
Lita 35'		 Rhodes 12' (pen.)
Dann 71'		 Attendance: 24,660
13 April 2013 41 Blackburn Rovers 2 – 0 Derby County Ewood Park
15:00 Rhodes 9' (pen.)
Dann 45+3'		 Attendance: 13,391
16 April 2013 42 Blackburn Rovers 1 – 0 Huddersfield Town Ewood Park
19:45 Rhodes 37' Attendance: 15,317
20 April 2013 43 Watford 4 – 0 Blackburn Rovers Vicarage Road
15:00 Deeney 52', 61'
Abdi 67'
Briggs 75'		 Attendance: 13,775
23 April 2013 44 Millwall 1 – 2 Blackburn Rovers The Den
19:45 Osborne 14' Jones 56'
Rhodes 78' (pen.)		 Attendance: 8,607 (240 away)
27 April 2013 45 Blackburn Rovers 1 – 1 Crystal Palace Ewood Park
15:00 Rhodes 42' Dobbie 28' Attendance: 19,796

May

4 May 2013 46 Birmingham City 1 – 1 Blackburn Rovers St Andrew's
12:45 Morrison 42' Rhodes 66' Attendance: 18,979

Match by Match

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ResultDWWDWWLDDLDWWLDDWLLDLLLWWDLDWWDLDLLLDDLLWWLWDD
Position1343211145910556676910913151715131214141388101011121318151922201920151717
Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2012. Source: Skysports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Football League Cup

28 August 2012 2nd Round Milton Keynes Dons 2 – 1 Blackburn Rovers Stadium mk
19:45 Chadwick 52', 68' Report Goodwillie 83' Attendance: 5,873
Referee: Mick Russell

FA Cup

5 January 2013 3rd Round Blackburn Rovers 2 – 0 Bristol City Ewood Park
15:00 Murphy 7'
Hanley 58'		 Report Attendance: 5,504 (450 away)
26 January 2013 4th Round Derby County 0 – 3 Blackburn Rovers Pride Park
15:00 Report Kazim-Richards 44'
Dann 66'
Rhodes 71'		 Attendance: 14,013 (1,287 away)
16 February 2013 5th Round Arsenal 0 – 1 Blackburn Rovers Emirates Stadium
15:00 Report Kazim-Richards 72' Attendance: 60,070 (1,400 away)
10 March 2013 6th Round Millwall 0 – 0 Blackburn Rovers The Den
14:00 Report Attendance: 14,885 (1,744 away)
13 March 2013 6th Round
(Replay)		 Blackburn Rovers 0 – 1 Millwall Ewood Park
19:30 Report Shittu 42' Attendance: 8,635 (574 away)

Club

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 4 May 2013
52 games ~ 46 League games + 5 FA cup games + 1 League cup game
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  ENG Paul Robinson 21 0 21 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF  ENG Bradley Orr 22 0 18+1 0 1+1 0 1 0
4 DF  POR Nuno Henrique 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF  SWE Martin Olsson 33 0 27+2 0 4 0 0 0
5 DF  FRA Gaël Givet 16 0 15+1 0 0 0 0 0
6 MF  ENG Jason Lowe 42 0 31+5 0 5 0 0+1 0
7 MF  POR Fabio Nunes 7 0 2+4 0 0 0 1 0
8 MF  ENG David Dunn 18 1 9+6 1 1+2 0 0 0
9 FW  IRL Leon Best 8 0 4+2 0 2 0 0 0
10 MF  ARG Mauro Formica (on loan at Palermo) 16 1 12+3 1 0 0 0+1 0
11 FW  SCO Jordan Rhodes 47 28 41+1 27 5 1 0 0
12 MF  NOR Morten Gamst Pedersen 33 1 17+11 1 4+1 0 0 0
13 MF  ENG Danny Murphy 35 2 31+2 1 2 1 0 0
14 MF  SWE Marcus Olsson 28 1 19+4 1 4 0 1 0
15 FW  NOR Joshua King 19 2 11+5 2 2+1 0 0 0
16 DF  ENG Scott Dann 52 5 46 4 5 1 1 0
17 MF  ENG Lee Williamson 10 0 9 0 1 0 0 0
17 MF  POR Paulo Jorge (on loan at Beroe) 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0
18 MF  NGA Dickson Etuhu 21 1 19+1 1 0 0 1 0
19 DF  ENG Todd Kane (on loan from Chelsea) 14 0 13+1 0 0 0 0 0
19 FW  POR Edinho Júnior (on loan at Shillong Lajong) 2 0 1+0 0 0 0 1 0
21 FW  POR Nuno Gomes 20 4 8+10 4 0+2 0 0 0
22 FW  ENG Anton Forrester 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
23 DF  NED Karim Rekik (on loan from Manchester City) 5 0 4+1 0 0 0 0 0
23 FW  ESP Rubén Rochina (on loan at Real Zaragoza) 22 5 11+8 5 1+1 0 1 0
24 DF  ENG Josh Morris 10 0 7+3 0 0 0 0 0
25 FW  SCO David Goodwillie 10 1 2+6 0 0+1 0 0+1 1
26 MF  ENG Raheem Hanley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 DF  WAL Adam Henley 17 0 13+2 0 2 0 0 0
29 GK  POL Grzegorz Sandomierski (on loan from Racing Genk) 8 0 7+1 0 0 0 0 0
30 GK  AUS Sebastian Usai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DF  SCO Grant Hanley 44 3 35+4 2 4 1 1 0
32 MF  ENG Cameron Stewart (on loan from Hull City) 7 0 3+4 0 0 0 0 0
32 DF  BRA Bruno Ribeiro (on loan at Clube Atlético Linense) 5 0 4+1 0 0 0 0 0
34 GK  ENG Jake Kean 24 0 18 0 5 0 1 0
35 MF  ENG David Bentley (on loan from Tottenham) 7 0 4+1 0 1+1 0 0 0
36 MF  ENG David Jones (on loan from Wigan) 12 2 11+1 2 0 0 0 0
37 MF  ENG Robbie Cotton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 MF  POR Diogo Rosado (on loan at Benfica) 3 0 1+1 0 0 0 1 0
39 FW  TUR Colin Kazim-Richards (on loan from Galatasaray) 31 5 22+6 3 3 2 0 0
40 MF  ESP Hugo Fernadez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 FW  NZL Tim Payne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 DF  ENG Kellen Daly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 DF  ENG Ryan Edwards (on loan at Fleetwood Town) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 MF  IRL John O'Sullivan 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
Players that played for Blackburn Rovers this season that have left the club:
10 FW  ENG DJ Campbell (on loan from Queens Park Rangers) 7 0 5+2 0 0 0 0 0
33 MF  MNE Simon Vukčević 11 0 4+5 0 0+1 0 1 0

Assists

As of 16 August 2014[10]
Rank No. Pos. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1 12 MF Morten Gamst Pedersen 7 0 0 7
2 16 DF Scott Dann 3 1 0 4
2 11 FW Jordan Rhodes 4 0 0 4
4 7 MF Fabio Nunes 2 0 1 3
4 13 MF Danny Murphy 2 1 0 3
4 39 FW Colin Kazim-Richards 3 0 0 3
4 6 MF Jason Lowe 2 1 0 3
4 23 FW Rubén Rochina 3 0 0 3
9 8 MF David Dunn 2 0 0 2
9 10 MF Mauro Formica 2 0 0 2
9 15 FW Joshua King 2 0 0 2
9 3 DF Martin Olsson 1 1 0 2
9 21 FW Nuno Gomes 2 0 0 2
9 14 MF Marcus Olsson 1 1 0 2
15 27 DF Adam Henley 1 0 0 1
15 36 MF David Jones 1 0 0 1
15 18 MF Dickson Etuhu 1 0 0 1
15 19 DF Todd Kane 1 0 0 1
15 31 DF Grant Hanley 1 0 0 1
15 25 FW David Goodwillie 1 0 0 1
Total 42 5 1 48

Penalties

Managerial changes

Manager Appointed Matches Departure Date of vacancy Position
Steve Kean 1-7 Resigned 28 September 2012 3rd
Eric Black 29 September 2012 8-13 Replaced 3 November 2012 5th
Henning Berg 3 November 2012 14-23 Sacked 27 December 2012 17th
Gary Bowyer 28 December 2012 24-26 Replaced 12 January 2013 12th
Michael Appleton 12 January 2013 27-37 Sacked 19 March 2013 18th
Gary Bowyer 20 March 2013 38-46

Transfers

Summer

In

Date Pos. Name From Fee Source
25 June 2012 MF Danny Murphy Fulham Free [11]
2 July 2012 FW Leon Best Newcastle United £3,000,000 [12]
3 July 2012 FW Nuno Gomes Braga Free [13]
4 July 2012 MF Fabio Nunes Portimonense Undisclosed [14]
23 July 2012 MF Paulo Jorge Porto B Undisclosed [15]
23 July 2012 FW Edinho Júnior Olhanense Nominal fee [15]
3 August 2012 MF Dickson Etuhu Fulham £1,500,000[16] [17]
29 August 2012 FW Jordan Rhodes Huddersfield Town £8,000,000 [18]
31 August 2012 MF Diogo Rosado Sporting Lisbon Free [19]
31 August 2012 DF Nuno Henrique Académica Nominal fee [19]
  • Total spent ~ £12,500,000 + Undisclosed fees

Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee Source
28 June 2012 FW Yakubu Guangzhou R&F £1,000,000 [20][21]
27 June 2012 FW Junior Hoilett Queens Park Rangers Bosman (Undisclosed compensation; est ~£4,000,000) [22]
31 June 2012 DF Míchel Salgado Released Retired
31 June 2012 MF Vince Grella Melbourne Heart Free
31 June 2012 FW Zac Aley Warrington Town Free
31 June 2012 DF Jamie Maclaren Released End of contract
31 June 2012 MF Hérold Goulon Released End of contract
30 July 2012 DF Matty Pearson Rochdale Free [23]
31 July 2012 DF Jackson Ramm Colchester United Free [24]
10 August 2012 FW Nick Blackman Sheffield United Undisclosed [25]
22 August 2012 MF Radosav Petrović Gençlerbirliği Undisclosed [26]
29 August 2012 GK Mark Bunn Norwich City Undisclosed [27]
31 August 2012 MF Steven Nzonzi Stoke City £3,000,000 (up to ~£4,000,000 with add-ons)[28] [29]
  • Total sold ~ £9,000,000 + Undisclosed fees

Loan in

Date Pos. Name From Loan length Source
10 August 2012 FW Colin Kazim-Richards Galatasaray Season-long loan [30]
31 August 2012 GK Grzegorz Sandomierski Genk Season-long loan [31]
21 November 2012 FW Joshua King Manchester United 1 Month loan [32]

Loan out

Date Pos. Name To Loan length Source
2 July 2012 DF Ryan Edwards Rochdale 6-month loan [33]
8 August 2012 FW Jordan Slew Oldham Athletic 6-month loan [34]
14 August 2012 DF Myles Anderson Aldershot Town 1-month loan [35]
15 August 2012 DF Anthony O'Connor Burton Albion 1-month loan [36]
31 August 2012 FW David Goodwillie Crystal Palace 4 and a half month loan [37]
27 September 2012 FW Micah Evans Chesterfield 3-month loan [38]
25 October 2012 DF Josh Morris Rotherham United 1-month loan [39]
26 October 2012 FW Osayamen Osawe Accrington Stanley 1-month loan [40]
9 November 2012 GK Christopher Dilo Hyde 1-month loan [41]
14 November 2012 DF Bradley Orr Ipswich Town 3-month loan (until 26 January 2013) [42]
22 November 2012 DF Jack O'Connell Rotherham United 1-month loan [43]

January

In

Date Pos. Name From Fee Source
2 January 2013 FW Joshua King Manchester United Undisclosed [44]
30 January 2013 FW Anton Forrester Everton Free transfer [45]
8 February 2013 MF Lee Williamson Free agent Free transfer [46]
  • Total spent ~ Undisclosed fee

Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee Source
4 January 2013 DF Myles Anderson Exeter City Free [47][48]
30 January 2013 MF Amine Linganzi Released Contract terminated by mutual consent [49]
31 January 2013 MF Simon Vukčević Released Contract terminated by mutual consent [50]
  • Total sold ~ £0

Loan in

Date Pos. Name From Loan length Source
9 January 2013 DF Todd Kane Chelsea 1 month youth loan [51]

Emergency Loans

Date Pos. Name From Loan length Source
8 February 2013 FW DJ Campbell Queens Park Rangers 3-month loan [46]
15 February 2013 MF David Bentley Tottenham Hotspur 3-month loan [52]
15 February 2013 DF Karim Rekik Manchester City 3-month loan [53]
1 March 2013 MF Cameron Stewart Hull City 3-month loan [54]
2 March 2013 MF David Jones Wigan 3-month loan [55]
15 March 2013 DF Todd Kane Chelsea 1-month loan [56]

Loan out

Date Pos. Name To Loan length Source
6 January 2013 DF Bruno Ribeiro Clube Atlético Linense 6-month loan [57]
12 January 2013 FW Curtis Haley Chorley 1-month loan [58]
14 January 2013 DF Anthony O'Connor Burton Albion 6-month loan [59]
24 January 2013 CM Mauro Formica Palermo 6-month loan [60]
24 January 2013 DF Jack O'Connell York City 1-month loan [61]
30 January 2013 GK Christopher Dilo Hyde 1-month loan [62]
30 January 2013 FW Osayamen Osawe Hyde 1-month loan [62]
31 January 2013 FW Jordan Slew Rotherham United 1-month loan [63]
31 January 2013 MF Diogo Rosado Benfica 5-month loan [64]
31 January 2013 FW Micah Evans Macclesfield Town 1-month loan [65]
31 January 2013 FW Rubén Rochina Real Zaragoza 5-month loan [64]
11 February 2013 MF Paulo Jorge Beroe Stara Zagora 4-month loan [66]
13 February 2013 FW Edinho Júnior Shillong Lajong 4-month loan [67]
21 February 2013 DF Ryan Edwards Fleetwood Town 1-month loan [68]

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