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2012–13 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

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]

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

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 edit

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 edit

League table edit

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 edit

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 edit

Pre-season friendlies edit

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   6'
Best   29'		 Report Katsetis   77' 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 edit

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 edit

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GroundAHHAAHHAAHAHHAAHAHHAHAAAHAHHHHAAHAHAHHAAHHAAHA
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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Squad statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

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 edit

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 edit

Managerial changes edit

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 edit

Summer edit

In edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

In edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Emergency Loans edit

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 edit

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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