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2012–13

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League Two during the 2012–13 season

The 2012–13 season is the 130th season of football played by Bristol Rovers, and their 86th in the Football League. The team is playing in League Two, the fourth level of English football, after having been relegated from League One a year earlier.

Season summary[]

Summary of the 2012–13 season
Division: npower League Two
League position (won, drawn, lost): 14th (w:16, d:12, l:18)
FA Cup: 1st round
League Cup: 1st round
League Trophy: 1st round (south west)
Personnel
Chairman: Nick Higgs
Manager: Mark McGhee (until 15 December)
John Ward (from 17 December)
Assistant manager: Shaun North (until 23 April)
Captain: Matt Gill
Garry Kenneth (due to long-term injury to Gill)
Tom Parkes (due to long-term injury to Kenneth)
Statistics
Top goalscorer (all competitions): David Clarkson & Tom Eaves (7)
Top goalscorer (league only): Tom Eaves (7)
Most appearances (all competitions): Lee Brown & Eliot Richards (42)
Most appearances (league only): Tom Parkes & Eliot Richards (40)
Biggest win: Fleetwood Town 0-3 Bristol Rovers (12-01-2013)
Bristol Rovers 3-0 Burton Albion (02-03-2013)
Heaviest defeat: Gillingham 4-0 Bristol Rovers (15-09-2012)
Port Vale 4-0 Bristol Rovers (20-11-2012)
Highest attendance (home, league): 8,646 (Bristol Rovers 1-2 Rotherham United (19-02-2013))
Highest attendance (home, cup): 4,712 (Bristol Rovers 1-2 Sheffield United (03-11-2012))
Highest attendance (away, league): 10,621 (Bradford City 4-1 Bristol Rovers (09-04-2013))
Highest attendance (away, cup): 8,645 (Ipswich Town 3-1 Bristol Rovers (14-08-2012))
Lowest attendance (home, league): 4,721 (Bristol Rovers 2-3 Southend United (06-11-2012))
Lowest attendance (home, cup): 2,810 (Bristol Rovers 0-3 Yeovil Town (04-09-2012))
Lowest attendance (away, league): 1,462 (Accrington Stanley 1-0 Bristol Rovers (27-10-2012))
Lowest attendance (away, cup): 8,645 (Ipswich Town 3-1 Bristol Rovers (14-08-2012))

Fixtures[]

Pre-season[]

See 2012–13 pre-season for more details

The club arranged ten pre-season warmup matches, one of which is to be played at the Memorial Stadium, while the other nine are away from home.

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
14 July ♦ Royal Marines Away 3–0 Harrold (pen), Anyinsah, Zebroski
21 July † Frome Town Away 0–1 450
21 July † Weston-super-Mare Away 2–2 Virgo, Clarkson (pen)
24 July Newport County Away 0–2 1,549
28 July Yeovil Town Away 1–1 1,125 Norburn
31 July Tamworth Away 2–1 495 Richards, Hunter
1 August ‡ Paulton Rovers Away 2–1 W. Brown, Harrold
4 August ‡ Bristol City Away 0–3 8,713
8 August Gloucester City Away 0–2 276
11 August Coventry City Home 1–2 1,775 Harrold
Notes

♦ Game split into three 30-minute periods

† Split squad games.

‡ Testimonial matches for Dan Cleverley (Paulton Rovers) and Louis Carey (Bristol City)

Competitive matches[]

Date Competition Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers League Pos
14 August League Cup Ipswich Town Away 1–3 8,645 Smith –
18 August League Two Oxford United Home 0–2 7,451 19th
21 August League Two Barnet Away 1–1 1,794 Harrold 20th
25 August League Two Wycombe Wanderers Away Match abandoned for safety reasons
1 September League Two Morecambe Home 0–3 5,207 23rd
4 September League Trophy Yeovil Town Home 0–3 2,810 –
8 September League Two Aldershot Town Home 2–2 5,117 Clarkson, Broghammer 23rd
15 September League Two Gillingham Away 0–4 4,768 23rd
18 September League Two Plymouth Argyle Away 1–1 6,303 Parkes 23rd
22 September League Two Fleetwood Town Home 0–0 5,079 23rd
29 September League Two Exeter City Away 2–1 5,054 Clarkson, Richards 21st
3 October League Two Cheltenham Town Home 0–1 5,747 21st
6 October League Two Northampton Town Home 3–1 5,166 Eaves, Kenneth, Norburn 20th
13 October League Two Burton Albion Away 1–1 2,961 Clarkson 21st
20 October League Two Torquay United Home 3–2 6,331 Eaves (2), Matthew Lund 20th
23 October League Two AFC Wimbledon Away 1–3 3,714 Eaves 20th
28 October League Two Accrington Stanley Away 0–1 1,462 20th
3 November FA Cup Sheffield United Home 1–2 4,712 Clarkson –
6 November League Two Southend United Home 2–3 4,721 Broghammer, Clarkson 20th
10 November League Two Chesterfield Home 3–2 5,491 Togwell (og), Anyinsah, Eaves 20th
17 November League Two Rochdale Away 1–2 2,204 Clarkson 21st
20 November League Two Port Vale Away 0–4 4,177 21st
24 November League Two Bradford City Home 3–3 5,092 Branston, Eaves, Smith 21st
1 December League Two Wycombe Wanderers Away 0–2 3,740 22nd
8 December League Two Dagenham & Redbridge Home 0–1 4,874 23rd
15 December League Two York City Away 1–4 3,109 Eaves 23rd
22 December League Two Rotherham United Home Match postponed due to waterlogged pitch
26 December League Two Aldershot Town Away 2–2 2,862 Clarkson (pen), Richards 24th
29 December League Two Cheltenham Town Away Match postponed due to waterlogged pitch
1 January League Two Plymouth Argyle Home 2–1 7,332 Anyinsah, Lund 23rd
5 January League Two Gillingham Home 0–2 6,088 24th
12 January League Two Fleetwood Town Away 3–0 2,811 Woodards, Richards, O'Toole 24th
19 January League Two Exeter City Home Match postponed due to snow/icy conditions
26 January League Two Rotherham United Away 3–1 6,582 L. Brown (pen), Harrison, Anyinsah 23rd
1 February League Two Barnet Home 2–1 8,527 Broghammer, Brunt 19th
5 February League Two Cheltenham Town Away 1–1 4,436 Norburn 19th
9 February League Two Oxford United Away 2–0 7,608 L. Brown (pen), Richards 19th
16 February League Two Wycombe Wanderers Home 1–0 7,324 Brunt 18th
19 February League Two Rotherham United Home 1–2 8,646 Anyinsah 18th
23 February League Two Morecambe Away 1–1 1,736 Richards 18th
26 February League Two Northampton Town Away 0–1 4,077 18th
2 March League Two Burton Albion Home 3–0 6,065 Brunt, O'Toole, Richards 17th
6 March League Two Exeter City Home 2–0 7,107 Norburn, L. Brown 15th
9 March League Two Chesterfield Away 0–2 4,814 17th
12 March League Two Port Vale Home 2–0 5,111 Brunt (2) 15th
16 March League Two Rochdale Home 2–1 6,691 Harrison (2) 14th
23 March League Two Bradford City Away Match postponed due to snow
30 March League Two York City Home 0–0 7,378 14th
1 April League Two Dagenham & Redbridge Away 4–2 2,082 O'Toole, Tounkara (2), Woodards 13th
6 April League Two AFC Wimbledon Home 1–0 6,881 Hitchcock 11th
9 April League Two Bradford City Away 1–4 10,621 Hitchcock 11th
13 April League Two Southend United Home 0–0 4,612 12th
20 April League Two Accrington Stanley Home 0–1 7,673 13th
27 April League Two Torquay United Away 3–3 5,666 Hitchcock, Jarvis (og), Harrold 14th

Squad[]

No Nat Name Pos League FA Cup Capital One Cup JP Trophy Total
Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls
1 Eng Scott Bevan GK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Eng Steve Mildenhall GK 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
20 Eng Conor Gough GK 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
28 Eng Sam Walker GK 11 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 14 0
38 Phi Neil Etheridge GK 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
2 Nir Michael Smith Def 38 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 41 2
3 Sco Jim Paterson Def 26 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 29 0
4 Eng Danny Woodards Def 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 2
5 Sco Garry Kenneth Def 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 1
6 Eng Tom Parkes Def 40 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 41 0
14 Eng Lee Brown Def 39 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 42 3
19 Sco Adam Virgo Def 10 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12 0
21 Eng Clayton McDonald Def 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
22 Eng Ross Staley Def 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Irl Cian Bolger Def 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
29 Nir Mark McChrystal Def 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
30 Wal Tom Lockyer Def 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
34 Eng Guy Branston Def 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
8 Eng Matt Gill Mid 11 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13 0
11 Ger Fabian Broghammer Mid 36 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 38 3
15 Eng Oliver Norburn Mid 35 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 37 3
16 Eng Joe Anyinsah Mid 31 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 32 4
17 Wal Ellis Harrison Mid 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 3
21 Eng Wayne Brown Mid 18 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 21 0
23 Eng Jordan Goddard Mid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Eng Ollie Clarke Mid 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
25 Nir Seanan Clucas Mid 19 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 21 0
26 Nir Matthew Lund Mid 18 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 20 2
31 Eng Shaquille Hunter Mid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Irl John-Joe O'Toole Mid 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 3
33 Bra Alefe Santos Mid 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 Sco David Clarkson Fwd 26 6 1 1 1 0 1 0 29 7
9 Eng Matt Harrold Fwd 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 2
10 Wal Eliot Richards Fwd 40 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 42 6
18 Eng Mitch Harding Fwd 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
26 Eng Ryan Brunt Fwd 18 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 5
27 Sco Derek Riordan Fwd 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
27 Eng Tom Hitchcock Fwd 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 3
32 Eng Tom Eaves Fwd 16 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 7
34 Fra Oumare Tounkara Fwd 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2

Team selection[]

No Nat Player League game
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46
1 Eng Scott Bevan
2 Nir Michael Smith Yellow Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Ball YellowSub-off Sub-on Yellow Sub-off Yellow
3 Sco Jim Paterson Yellow Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-on Sub-on Sub-off Sub-on
4 Eng Danny Woodards Sub-off Sub-off YellowSub-off Sub-off BallSub-off Sub-on Sub-on YellowSub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Ball Sub-off
5 Sco Garry Kenneth Yellow Ball Yellow Red ballYellow YellowRed Sub-off Red ball Sub-off
6 Eng Tom Parkes Yellow Yellow Yellow BallYellow Yellow Yellow YellowRed Yellow Yellow Yellow Yellow Yellow
7 Sco David Clarkson Ball Yellow Ball Sub-off Ball Yellow Ball BallSub-off BallSub-off Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on
8 Eng Matt Gill Yellow Sub-off Yellow Sub-on Sub-off
9 Eng Matt Harrold Ball Sub-off Sub-onBallYellow
10 Wal Eliot Richards Sub-on YellowSub-off Sub-off Yellow Sub-on Sub-on Sub-onBall Sub-on Yellow Sub-off Sub-on Sub-on Sub-onRed Sub-on Sub-on Sub-onBall Sub-on Ball YellowSub-off Sub-on Sub-on Sub-onBall Sub-on Sub-on Ball Ball Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-on Sub-on
11 Ger Fabian Broghammer Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-onBall Sub-on YellowSub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Ball YellowSub-off Sub-on Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off BallSub-off Sub-on Sub-on Sub-off Sub-off Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off
13 Eng Steve Mildenhall
14 Eng Lee Brown Sub-off Yellow Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Ball Ball Yellow Ball Sub-off Penalty miss
15 Eng Oliver Norburn Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-off Ball Sub-off Sub-onRed Sub-on Sub-off Sub-on Sub-off Sub-on Sub-off Ball Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-on Yellow Sub-on BallYellow Sub-off Yellow Sub-on
16 Eng Joe Anyinsah Sub-off Sub-on Sub-on Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-on Sub-on BallYellow Yellow Yellow Sub-off BallSub-off Sub-off BallSub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off Ball Sub-off Sub-off Sub-on Sub-off Sub-on Sub-on
17 Wal Ellis Harrison Sub-off Sub-onBall Sub-on Sub-on Sub-off Sub-off Sub-off YellowBallBallSub-off Sub-off Sub-off YellowSub-off YellowSub-off
18 Eng Mitch Harding @ Gloucester City Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on
19 Sco Adam Virgo Yellow Sub-off Sub-off Yellow Sub-on Sub-off
20 Eng Conor Gough
21 Eng Wayne Brown Sub-off Sub-on Sub-off Sub-off YellowSub-off Sub-off Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on YellowRed
21 Eng Clayton McDonald Sub-on Sub-on Sub-off
22 Eng Ross Staley
23 Eng Jordan Goddard @ Gloucester City @ Gloucester City
24 Eng Ollie Clarke Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on
25 Nir Seanan Clucas YellowSub-off Sub-off Sub-onYellow Sub-off Yellow Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-off Sub-on Sub-off Sub-off
26 Nir Matthew Lund Sub-off Sub-onYellow Sub-on Sub-off Sub-on Sub-on Yellow Ball Yellow Yellow YellowRed Sub-off Ball
26 Eng Ryan Brunt Sub-off Ball Yellow Ball Sub-off BallSub-off Sub-off BallBallYellow YellowSub-off Sub-off Sub-off Sub-on Sub-off
27 Sco Derek Riordan Sub-off Sub-off Sub-on Sub-off Sub-off Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on
27 Eng Tom Hitchcock Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-off Sub-off Sub-on Sub-on Sub-onYellow Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-onBallYellow BallYellow Sub-off BallYellowSub-off
28 Eng Sam Walker
29 Irl Cian Bolger
29 Nir Mark McChrystal
30 Wal Tom Lockyer Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on
31 Eng Shaquille Hunter
32 Eng Tom Eaves Sub-off YellowBall BallBall Ball Sub-off Ball Ball Ball
32 Irl John-Joe O'Toole BallYellow Yellow Yellow Yellow Ball Yellow BallYellow
33 Bra Alefe Santos Sub-on
34 Eng Guy Branston Ball Sub-off
34 Fra Oumare Tounkara Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on Sub-on BallBall YellowSub-off Sub-on
38 Phi Neil Etheridge

Statistics[]

Goalscorers[]

Player League Cups Total
Tom Eaves 7 0 7
David Clarkson 6 1 7
Eliot Richards 6 0 6
Ryan Brunt 5 0 5
Joe Anyinsah 4 0 4
Fabian Broghammer 3 0 3
Lee Brown 3 0 3
Ellis Harrison 3 0 3
Tom Hitchcock 3 0 3
Oliver Norburn 3 0 3
John-Joe O'Toole 3 0 3
Matt Harrold 2 0 2
Matthew Lund 2 0 2
Michael Smith 1 1 2
Oumare Tounkara 2 0 2
Danny Woodards 2 0 2
Guy Branston 1 0 1
Garry Kenneth 1 0 1
Tom Parkes 1 0 1
Opposition own goal 2 0 2

In addition Eliot Richards scored twice and David Clarkson once in the abandoned match against Wycombe Wanderers on 25 August, though as the game was not completed these goals do not count in any official records.

Discipline[]

Only bookings received while playing for Bristol Rovers are included in this list. Cautions received while out on loan, prior to joining or after leaving The Gas are not given.

Player Red Yellow
Tom Parkes Red YellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellow
Garry Kenneth Red YellowYellowYellowYellowYellow
Matthew Lund Red YellowYellowYellowYellowYellow
Oliver Norburn Red YellowYellowYellowYellow
Eliot Richards Red YellowYellowYellowYellow
Wayne Brown Red Yellow
John-Joe O'Toole YellowYellowYellowYellowYellowYellow
Tom Hitchcock YellowYellowYellowYellowYellow
Michael Smith YellowYellowYellowYellowYellow
Seanan Clucas YellowYellowYellowYellow
Joe Anyinsah YellowYellowYellow
Ryan Brunt YellowYellowYellow
David Clarkson YellowYellowYellow
Ellis Harrison YellowYellowYellow
Fabian Broghammer YellowYellow
Lee Brown YellowYellow
Matt Harrold YellowYellow
Jim Paterson YellowYellow
Adam Virgo YellowYellow
Danny Woodards YellowYellow
Cian Bolger Yellow
Matt Gill Yellow
Tom Eaves Yellow
Oumare Tounkara Yellow

League progress[]

The chart below shows Rovers' progress in the League Two table over the course of the season. The green, yellow and red shaded areas represent the promotion, playoff and relegation positions respectively.

2012-13 league

Awards[]

League Two team of the week[]

Each week throughout the season the Football League publishes its 'Team of the Week' for each of the three divisions, listing, in their opinion, the eleven best individual player performances of the week.

Ten Bristol Rovers players have been included in the Team of the Week so far this season, the vast majority of whom earned the accolade after the appointment of John Ward as manager.

Two players have been included in the Team more than once, with Steve Mildenhall being named three times and Ellis Harrison twice.

Player(s) Week (publication date)
Garry Kenneth Week 8 (8 October)
John-Joe O'Toole Week 24 (4 February)
Lee Brown Week 25 (12 February)
Steve Mildenhall & Ryan Brunt Week 26 (20 February)
Ellis Harrison Week 28 (4 March)
Steve Mildenhall & Ellis Harrison Week 30 (20 March)
Danny Woodards Week 32 (3 April)
Michael Smith Week 33 (8 April)
Steve Mildenhall Week 34 (15 April)

Team kit[]

Kit-2012-13

Bristol Rovers team kit for the 2012-13 season. Copyright Historical Football Kits and reproduced by kind permission.

Kit-2012-13a

Bristol Rovers team kit for the 2012-13 season. Copyright Historical Football Kits and reproduced by kind permission.

Rover's kit manufacturer for the 2012–13 season was Erreà, who were providing the match wear and training kits to the club for the eighth consecutive season. The home kit, as has been the case since 1973, featured blue and white quarters, while the away kit was a re-working of the club's original black and gold colour scheme. The black and gold had been used fairly regularly in recent years, and this iteration featured a predominantly black kit with gold trim.

As has been the norm at the club since the 2009–10 season, the shirt sponsor was selected via a random draw from a number of companies who paid to take part. This years first prize winners, and sponsors of the home shirt, were Opus Recruitment Solution, while the away shirt sponsors were CR Windows.

There were three other prizes for companies taking part. The third place prize was shorts sponsorship for both the home and away kits and it went to Workplace, while the fourth and fifth prizes, an elevated advertising hoarding and programme advertisements respectively, went to Goldring Yates and Thule.

The club's announcement of the winners can be found at http://www.bristolrovers.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10328~2590902,00.html

Transfers[]

Players in[]

Date Name Nationality From Contract Fee
1 July Jordan Goddard Eng England Youth N/A
1 July Conor Gough Eng England Charlton Athletic 2 years Free
1 July Mitch Harding Eng England Youth N/A
1 July Ellis Harrison Wal Wales Youth N/A
1 July Ross Staley Eng England Youth N/A
4 July Oliver Norburn Eng England Leicester City 1 year Free
5 July Seanan Clucas Nir Northern Ireland Preston North End 1 year Free
26 July Matthew Lund Nir Northern Ireland Stoke City 6 months Loan
30 July David Clarkson Sco Scotland Bristol City 2 years Free
30 July Garry Kenneth Sco Scotland Dundee United 3 years Free
1 August Rógvi Baldvinsson Fro Faroe Islands Ålgård FK 2 years Undisclosed
(Baldvinsson's transfer cancelled by mutual consent)
12 August Fabian Broghammer Ger Germany Bayern Alzenau 1 year Free
14 August Sam Walker Eng England Chelsea 5 months Loan
20 August Tom Parkes Eng England Leicester City 3 years Undisclosed
31 August Cian Bolger Irl Republic of Ireland Leicester City 4 months Loan
20 September Neil Etheridge Phi Philippines Fulham 1 month Loan
27 September Tom Eaves Eng England Bolton Wanderers 3 months Loan
27 September Derek Riordan Sco Scotland Unattached 3 months Free
22 November Guy Branston Eng England Aldershot Town 6 weeks Loan
1 January Tom Hitchcock Eng England Queens Park Rangers 1 month Loan
1 January Steve Mildenhall Eng England Millwall 4 months Loan
1 January John-Joe O'Toole Irl Republic of Ireland Colchester United 3 months Loan
3 January Mark McChrystal Nir Northern Ireland Tranmere Rovers 4 months Free
21 January Clayton McDonald Eng England Port Vale 3 months Loan
23 January Ryan Brunt Eng England Stoke City 2½ years Free
28 February Oumare Tounkara Fra France Red Star 2 months Free

Players out[]

Date Name Nationality To Contract Fee
2 July Craig Stanley Eng England Aldershot Town 2 years Released
1 August Mustapha Carayol Gam Gambia Middlesbrough 3 years Undisclosed
2 August Chris Zebroski Eng England Cheltenham Town 2 years Undisclosed
2 October Jordan Goddard Eng England Gloucester City 2 months Loan
2 October Mitch Harding Eng England Gloucester City 2 months Loan
5 December Jordan Goddard Eng England Gloucester City 1 month Loan
31 December Wayne Brown Eng England TPS 18 months Expired
30 June Joe Anyinsah Eng England Released
30 June Scott Bevan Eng England Released
30 June Ross Staley Eng England Released
30 June Oumare Tounkara Fra France Stevenage Released
30 June Adam Virgo Sco Scotland Released


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