2012–13 Brentford F.C. season

Brentford F.C.

2012–13 season
Chairman	Greg Dyke
Manager	Uwe Rösler
Stadium	Griffin Park
League One	3rd
Playoffs	Runners-up
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	First round
Football League Trophy	Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: Donaldson (18) All: Donaldson (24)
Highest home attendance	12,300
Lowest home attendance	2,643
Average home league attendance	6,303
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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During the 2012–13 English football season, Brentford competed in Football League One. During one of the club's most memorable seasons,^[1] the Bees took Premier League giants Chelsea to a replay in the fourth round of the FA Cup and suffered a dramatic last-minute defeat to Doncaster Rovers on the final day of the league season in a "winner takes all" match for automatic promotion to the Championship. The team rallied to beat Swindon Town in the play-off semi-finals, but were defeated by Yeovil Town in the final at Wembley Stadium.

After a 9th-place finish in League One at the end of his first season as manager of Brentford, Uwe Rösler had a desire to imprint his mark on the playing squad and remarked that the key to challenging for promotion during the 2012–13 season would be to score more goals.^[3][4] Despite the purchase of the club by Matthew Benham,^[5] the need to continue operating on a similar budget to recent years meant that Rösler and sporting director Mark Warburton had to reduce the size of the squad and conduct a mass clear-out, releasing stalwarts Karleigh Osborne, Marcus Bean, Sam Wood and veteran forward Gary Alexander's loan at Crawley Town was made permanent.^[6] The contracts of defenders Craig Woodman, Marcel Eger and Pim Balkestein were cancelled and six days into the season, winger Myles Weston was sold to Gillingham for an undisclosed fee.^[7]

By the end of the off-season transfer window, seven new players had been signed on permanent contracts – left back Scott Barron, central defenders Tony Craig and Harlee Dean, midfielder Adam Forshaw, winger Stuart Dallas and forwards Farid El Alagui and Paul Hayes.^[8] Three players were signed on loan – left back Jake Bidwell and midfielders Tom Adeyemi and Ryan Fredericks.^[4] Bidwell and Adeyemi remained at Griffin Park for the duration of the season.^[9][10]

Brentford began the season with a disappointing 1–0 League Cup first round defeat to Walsall and hovered around mid-table in League One, before coming into form in late October 2012.^[11] New forward Paul Hayes failed to produce regular goals and was replaced by Huddersfield Town loanee Jimmy Spencer,^[12] who in turn was replaced by Marcello Trotta.^[13] The Fulham loanee would remain with the Bees for the duration of the season.^[14] Inspired by the form of attacking midfielder Harry Forrester,^[15] an unbeaten run of 9 wins and four draws in 13 matches between 23 October 2012 and 21 January 2013 firmly established the Bees as challengers for automatic promotion, rising as high as 2nd position in the table.^[11] Headway was also made in the FA Cup during the same period, with victories over Boreham Wood, Bradford City and Southend United setting up a fourth round tie versus West London neighbours Chelsea at Griffin Park on 27 January.^[11] In a match televised on ITV,^[16] Brentford twice took the lead (through a quick-reaction Marcello Trotta finish and a Harry Forrester penalty), but the Premier League club ensured a replay when Fernando Torres pulled the score back to 2–2 with seven minutes remaining.^[17] Brentford were comfortably beaten 4–0 at Stamford Bridge in the replay,^[18] which was again televised. The match ended on a sour note when Chelsea defender David Luiz's "sickening" late shoulder charge on Bees midfielder Jake Reeves went unpunished and left Reeves concussed.^[19]

The distraction of the Chelsea FA Cup matches had an impact on Brentford's league form, but the Bees rose back into the automatic promotion places for the first time since mid-December after a 1–0 victory over Preston North End at Griffin Park on 16 March.^[11] Though his fitness was an issue, the loan signing of Charlton Athletic's Bradley Wright-Phillips helped relieve the tired strikeforce of Clayton Donaldson and Marcello Trotta.^[20] Brentford entered the final seven fixtures of the season with the prospect of playing five matches away from home.^[11] Of the away fixtures, the team came away with just one victory and drew another three, which included a tempestuous 2–2 draw with Sheffield United at Bramall Lane in which three players were sent off (Tony Craig and Clayton Donaldson for the Bees) and Bradley Wright-Phillips salvaged the draw with an 89th-minute equaliser.^[21]

Brentford went into the final day of the season in 3rd place, two points behind 2nd place Doncaster Rovers.^[22] The chances of a shot at the League One title were slim, with Bournemouth three points ahead at the top of the table, but with a goal difference of +7 over the Bees.^[22] Brentford faced Doncaster Rovers at Griffin Park in the final match of the season and needed to win to secure automatic promotion to the Championship.^[23] If Bournemouth drew their match, Doncaster could win the League One title with a victory.^[23] The circumstances echoed those of the final day of the 2001–02 season, when the Bees needed to beat 2nd-place Reading at Griffin Park to win automatic promotion, but could only draw 1–1 and were forced to settle for the playoffs.^[24] The straight red card which central defender Tony Craig had been shown versus Sheffield United two matches previously was upheld, which meant that he was unavailable for the Doncaster Rovers match and a possible play-off semi-final first leg.^[25] Utility player and captain Kevin O'Connor, still not fully fit after nearly six months out injured, was drafted in to play in an unfamiliar centre back role.^[26]

The match versus Doncaster Rovers (played in front of a sold out 12,300 crowd at Griffin Park) was tense and mostly played in midfield.^[23] Brentford failed to break down the Rovers defence and create many clear cut chances, though the Bees began to take control in the second half.^[23] In the midst of a late Brentford siege on the Doncaster goal, Rovers forward Billy Paynter missed an opportunity to win the match when he fired wide of Simon Moore's goal.^[23] In the 94th minute, deep into five minutes' injury time and with the score still 0–0, Brentford were given the opportunity to win the match and seal automatic promotion when they were awarded a penalty after Toumani Diagouraga was "flattened" by Jamie McCombe in the penalty area.^[23]

After referee Michael Oliver awarded the penalty,^[27] loan forward Marcello Trotta grabbed the ball from manager Uwe Rösler's designated penalty taker, captain Kevin O'Connor.^[28] Trotta later recalled that "I scored my last penalty and was feeling confident, so I stepped up to take it".^[28] Trotta smashed the spot-kick against the crossbar and from the resulting breakaway, James Coppinger scored to win the match and the League One title for Doncaster Rovers.^[23] The 1–0 defeat consigned Brentford to a two-legged play-off semi-final versus Swindon Town.^[11] Manager Rösler stated after the game that he had not wanted Trotta to take the penalty, but he refused to blame Trotta and would deal with the matter internally.^[27][29] Captain O'Connor told reporters that he "tried to follow orders, but Trotts has gone into the zone, got the ball and he was extremely confident. What can you say? If he scores it, it's perfect but unfortunately he's missed it and it's cost us".^[30] Despite the defeat, Brentford finished the season with the best home record in League One.^[31]

Ahead of the two-legged play-off semi-final versus Swindon Town, manager Uwe Rösler revealed that he would pin a list of his nominated penalty takers to the dressing room wall.^[32] With Marcello Trotta an unused substitute during the first leg, captain Kevin O'Connor (still deputising for the suspended Tony Craig) converted an injury time penalty to salvage a 1–1 draw going into the second leg at Griffin Park.^[33] The second leg proved to be a "pulsating" match,^[34] with the Bees twice opening up a two-goal lead through strikes from Clayton Donaldson and an Adam Rooney own goal.^[35] The Robins pulled the score back to 3–2 through Joe Devera after an hour, before Aden Flint powered home an injury time header to level the score at 3–3 and force extra time.^[35] The goalless extra time period gave way to a penalty shootout in which Brentford emerged victorious, with Adam Forshaw converting the decisive penalty to spark a pitch invasion and send the Bees to the play-off final versus Yeovil Town at Wembley Stadium.^[35]

Despite Brentford dominating much of the play-off final, goals from Yeovil Town's Paddy Madden and Dan Burn effectively killed the contest before half time.^[36] After pulling a goal back early in the second half through Harlee Dean and despite bringing on attacking players Bradley Wright-Phillips, Paul Hayes and Sam Saunders, Brentford could not create many chances.^[36] Yeovil Town emerged 2–1 victors (cementing a treble of victories for the Glovers over the Bees during the season) and Brentford remained in League One.^[11]

Hampton & Richmond Borough v Brentford

11 July 2012	Hampton & Richmond Borough	0–5	Brentford	Beveree Stadium
15:00		Report	Mawson Dallas Schoop Weston Redwood	Attendance: 929

Hayes & Yeading United v Brentford

18 July 2012	Hayes & Yeading United	1–4	Brentford	Beaconsfield Road
	Wishart 42'	Report	Douglas 20' Forrester 53' Donaldson 56', 87'

ZFC Meuselwitz v Brentford

21 July 2012	ZFC Meuselwitz	1–1	Brentford	bluechip-Arena
	Weis	Report	Reeves

FC Erzgebirge Aue v Brentford

24 July 2012	FC Erzgebirge Aue	1–1	Brentford	Stadion am Wasserturm
	Savran	Report	Weston pen.'

1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig v Brentford

27 July 2012	1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig	1–2	Brentford	Bruno-Plache-Stadion
	Stratmann	Report	El Alagui

Basingstoke Town v Brentford

4 August 2012	Basingstoke Town	1–5	Brentford	The Camrose
	Daly pen'	Report	Douglas Craig Donaldson El Alagui

Wycombe Wanderers v Brentford

7 August 2012	Wycombe Wanderers	1–4	Brentford	Adams Park
	Dean o.g.'	Report	Donaldson Basey o.g.' Dallas O'Connor	Attendance: 915

Bury v Brentford

18 August 2012 1	Bury	0–0	Brentford	Gigg Lane
15:00	Lockwood  54'	Report		Attendance: 2659 Referee: Boyeson

Brentford v Yeovil Town

21 August 2012 2	Brentford	1–3	Yeovil Town	Griffin Park
19:45	Donaldson 55'	Report	Hayter 23', 80' Hinds  49' Webster  53' Ayling  74' Craig 84' (o.g.)	Attendance: 5269 Referee: Berry

Brentford v Crewe Alexandra

25 August 2012 3	Brentford	5–1	Crewe Alexandra	Griffin Park
15:00	Donaldson 13', 89' El Alagui 20', 45+2' Dean 84'	Report	Pogba 48' Murphy  63'	Attendance: 4858 Referee: Scott

Walsall v Brentford

1 September 2012 4	Walsall	2–2	Brentford	Bescot Stadium
15:00	Paterson Bowerman 29'	Report	Douglas 28' Donaldson 90'	Attendance: 3434 Referee: Haywood

Brentford v Colchester United

8 September 2012 5	Brentford	1–0	Colchester United	Griffin Park
15:00	Saunders  37' El Alagui 88'	Report		Attendance: 5449 Referee: Attwell

Leyton Orient v Brentford

13 September 2012 6	Leyton Orient	1–0	Brentford	Brisbane Road
19:45	McSweeney  57' Cook  73' Brunt 75'	Report	Craig  40' Bidwell  80'	Attendance: 3333 Referee: Dowd

Bournemouth v Brentford

18 September 2012 7	Bournemouth	2–2	Brentford	Dean Court
19:45	Tubbs 17' Charlie Daniels 25' (pen.)	Report	Francis 10' (o.g.) Forrester 68'	Attendance: 5,117 Referee: Langford

Brentford v Oldham Athletic

22 September 2012 8	Brentford	1–0	Oldham Athletic	Griffin Park
15:00	Forshaw 17'	Report		Attendance: 5251 Referee: Graham
Note: Brentford wore a silver change kit,[37] to commemorate 25 years of the club's Community Sports Trust.[38]

Tranmere Rovers v Brentford

29 September 2012 9	Tranmere Rovers	1–1	Brentford	Prenton Park
15:00	Akpa Akpro 60'	Report	Douglas 90+6'	Attendance: 5720 Referee: Lewis

Brentford v Crawley Town

6 October 2012 11	Brentford	2–1	Crawley Town	Griffin Park
15:00	Donaldson 23', 76'	Report	Adams 59'	Attendance: 5607 Referee: Naylor

Scunthorpe United v Brentford

13 October 2012 12	Scunthorpe United	1–1	Brentford	Glanford Park
15:00	Clarke 77'	Report	Forrester 43'	Attendance: 3,008 Referee: Kettle

Doncaster Rovers v Brentford

20 October 2012 13	Doncaster Rovers	2–1	Brentford	Keepmoat Stadium
15:00	Cotterill 74' Paynter 84'	Report	Douglas 45'	Attendance: 6555 Referee: Haines

Brentford v Coventry City

23 October 2012 14	Brentford	2–1	Coventry City	Griffin Park
15:00	Forrester 41' 90+4' (pen.)	Report	McGoldrick 7'	Attendance: 5,415 Referee: Stroud

Brentford v Hartlepool United

27 October 2012 15	Brentford	2–2	Hartlepool United	Griffin Park
15:00	Hayes 11', 58'	Report	Dean 25' (o.g.) Craig 90'	Attendance: 5213 Referee: Phillips

Portsmouth v Brentford

6 November 2012 16	Portsmouth	0–1	Brentford	Fratton Park
15:00		Report	Donaldson 7'	Attendance: 11,328 Referee: Scott Mathieson

Brentford v Carlisle United

10 November 2012 17	Brentford	2–1	Carlisle United	Griffin Park
15:00	Jonathan Douglas 20' Hayes 61'	Report	Garner 26'	Attendance: 7,673 Referee: Davis

Preston North End v Brentford

17 November 2012 18	Preston North End	1–1	Brentford	Deepdale
15:00	Laird 62'	Report	German 89'	Attendance: 8,804 Referee: Miller

Swindon Town v Brentford

20 November 2012 19	Swindon Town	0–1	Brentford	County Ground
19:45		Report	Donaldson 59'	Attendance: 7431 Referee: Whitestone

Brentford v Sheffield United

24 November 2012 20	Brentford	2–0	Sheffield United	Griffin Park
15:00	Donaldson 3' Forrester 29'	Report		Attendance: 7763 Referee: Andy D'Urso

Brentford v Milton Keynes Dons

8 December 2012 21	Brentford	3–2	Milton Keynes Dons	Griffin Park
15:00	Donaldson 43', 89' Forrester 72'	Report	Lowe 14' Gleeson 53'	Attendance: 5883 Referee: Collins

Notts County v Brentford

15 December 2012 22	Notts County	1–2	Brentford	Meadow Lane
15:00	Craig 20' (o.g.)	Report	Forrester 36' Donaldson 88'	Attendance: 5,307 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Colchester United v Brentford

26 December 2012 23	Colchester United	1–3	Brentford	Colchester Community Stadium
15:00	Thompson  10' Wright 23' Potts  79'	Report	Trotta 4' Forshaw 12' Douglas  18' Adeyemi  34'  45' Lee  78' Dean 85'	Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Gavin Ward

Brentford v Bournemouth

1 January 2013 25	Brentford	0–0	Bournemouth	Griffin Park
15:00	Trotta  16'	Report		Attendance: 8,059 Referee: Robinson

Oldham Athletic v Brentford

12 January 2013 26	Oldham Athletic	0–2	Brentford	Boundary Park
	Baxter  5'	Report	Dondaldson 5', 82'  66' Diagouraga  69' Forrester  75' Forshaw  90'	Attendance: 4615 Referee: Haines

Brentford v Tranmere Rovers

19 January 2013 27	Brentford	1–2	Tranmere Rovers	Griffin Park
15:00	Harlee Dean  41' 50' Douglas  75' Bidwell  90'	Report	Robinson 42' (pen.) Bakayogo  56' McGurk 66'  75' Williams  75' Power  90'	Attendance: 6948 Referee: Deadman

Brentford v Leyton Orient

22 January 2013 28	Brentford	2–2	Leyton Orient	Griffin Park
19:45	Hayes 16' Donaldson 39' Bidwell  43'  57'	Report	Rowlands 6' Cook 86'	Attendance: 4523 Referee: Tierney

Yeovil Town v Brentford

2 February 2013 29	Yeovil Town	3–0	Brentford	Huish Park
15:00	Upson  28' 40' Madden 34' McAllister  80' Burn 84'	Report	Logan  29'	Attendance: 4106 Referee: Linington

Brentford v Bury

9 February 2013 30	Brentford	2–2	Bury	Griffin Park
15:00	Forrester 52' Trotta 68'	Report	Ebanks-Landell  48' Soares 65' Ajose 76'	Attendance: 5137 Referee: Coote

Brentford v Stevenage

12 February 2013 31	Brentford	2–0	Stevenage	Griffin Park
19:45	Dean  38' Adeyemi 44' Forshaw  67' Trotta 86'	Report		Attendance: 7022 Referee: Hooper

Brentford v Walsall

23 February 2013 32	Brentford	0–0	Walsall	Griffin Park
15:00		Report	Brandy  38' Mantom  75'	Attendance: 4,781 Referee: Fred Graham

Crawley Town v Brentford

26 February 2013 33	Crawley Town	1–2	Brentford	Broadfield Stadium
19:45	Connolly  1' O'Brien  47' Adams 65'	Report	Forshaw  5'  59' Saunders 16' Donaldson 32' Dean  45+4'	Referee: Lee Collins

Brentford v Scunthorpe United

2 March 2013 34	Brentford	1–0	Scunthorpe United	Griffin Park
15:00	Adeyemi 70' Douglas  90+1'	Report	Slocombe  7'	Attendance: 5,400 Referee: Phil Gibbs

Stevenage v Brentford

5 March 2013 35	Stevenage	1–0	Brentford	Broadhall Way
19:45	Dunne  58' Haber 76'	Report	Wright-Phillips  66'	Attendance: 2,794 Referee: Craig Pawson

Carlisle United v Brentford

9 March 2013 36	Carlisle United	2–0	Brentford	Brunton Park
15:00	O'Hanlon 23' Thirlwell  41' Beck 53'	Report	Dean  36' Wright-Phillips  87'	Attendance: 3,858 Referee: Scott Duncan

Brentford v Swindon Town

12 March 2013 37	Brentford	2–1	Swindon Town	Griffin Park
19:45	Moore  41' Logan  54' Saunders 73' (pen.) Donaldson 76' Wright-Phillips  90+2'	Report	Ferry 32' Foderingham  71' Thompson  86'	Attendance: 5,867 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Brentford v Preston North End

16 March 2013 38	Brentford	1–0	Preston North End	Griffin Park
15:00	Diagouraga  20' Trotta  80' Logan  90' Saunders 90+4' (pen.)  90+5'	Report	Buchanan  54'	Attendance: 6,512 Referee: Gavin Ward

Brentford v Notts County

29 March 2013 39	Brentford	2–1	Notts County	Griffin Park
15:00	Diagouraga 21' Wright-Phillips 70'	Report	Judge 74'	Attendance: 7,412 Referee: Andy D'Urso

Milton Keynes Dons v Brentford

1 April 2013 40	Milton Keynes Dons	2–0	Brentford	Stadium mk
15:00	Bowditch 14' Gleeson 85'	Report		Attendance: 10,455 Referee: Stephen Martin

Coventry City v Brentford

6 April 2013 41	Coventry City	1–1	Brentford	Ricoh Arena
15:00	Baker 45' (pen)	Report	Forrester 47'	Attendance: 10,642 Referee: Scott Mathieson

Crewe Alexandra v Brentford

10 April 2013 42	Crewe Alexandra	0–2	Brentford	Alexandra Stadium
19:45		Report	Wright-Phillips 12' Trotta 83'	Attendance: 4,594 Referee: Robert Madley

Brentford v Portsmouth

13 April 2013 43	Brentford	3–2	Portsmouth	Griffin Park
15:00	Wright-Phillips 21' (85) Clayton Donaldson 86'	Report	Connolly 26' Cooper 58'	Attendance: 9,149 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Sheffield United v Brentford

16 April 2013 44	Sheffield United	2–2	Brentford	Bramall Lane
19:45	Long  24' Maguire  26'  72' Doyle  38' McMahon  45+4' Robson 62' (pen) Kitson  28' 68'	Report	Moore  23' Trotta 24' (pen) Jake Reeves  28' Donaldson  45'  77' Craig Logan  81' Wright-Phillips 89'	Attendance: 23,431 Referee: Keith Stroud

Hartlepool United v Brentford

20 April 2013 45	Hartlepool United	1–1	Brentford	Victoria Park
17:20	James 25'	Report	Trotta 39'	Attendance: 3,541 Referee: Michael Naylor

Brentford v Doncaster Rovers

27 April 2013 46	Brentford	0–1	Doncaster Rovers	Griffin Park
15:00		Report	James Coppinger 90+6'	Attendance: 12,300 Referee: Oliver

Swindon Town v Brentford

4 May 2013 SF (1st leg)	Swindon Town	1–1	Brentford	County Ground
17:20	Luongo 70'	Report	Kevin O'Connor 90' (pen)	Attendance: 10,595 Referee: Eltringham

Brentford v Swindon Town

6 May 2013 SF (2nd leg)	Brentford	3–3 (5–4 p)	Swindon Town	Griffin Park
16:30	A. Rooney 24' (o.g.) Donaldson 40', 47'	Report	A. Rooney 44' Devera 57' Flint 90'	Attendance: 9,109 Referee: Miller
	Penalties
	Saunders Hayes Dean Craig Forshaw		Devera Flint Collins Storey Roberts

Brentford v Yeovil Town

19 May 2013 F	Brentford	1–2	Yeovil Town	Wembley Stadium
13:30	Dean 51'	Report	Madden 6' Burn 42'	Attendance: 41,955 Referee: D'Urso

Boreham Wood v Brentford

3 November 2012 1R	Boreham Wood	0–2	Brentford	Meadow Park
15:00	Reynalds  18' Jones  46'	Report	Donaldson 16' Forrester 44'	Attendance: 1,495 Referee: Lewis

Bradford City v Brentford

30 November 2012 2R	Bradford City	1–1	Brentford	Valley Parade
19:45	Hanson 70'	Report	Logan 43'  66'	Attendance: 3,620 Referee: Sutton

Brentford v Bradford City

18 December 2012 2R (replay)	Brentford	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Bradford City	Griffin Park
19:45	Trotta 45' (pen.), 102' Donaldson 103' Forrester 106'	Report	Reid 34' Connell 94' (pen.)	Attendance: 2643 Referee: Scott

Southend United v Brentford

5 January 2013 3R	Southend United	2–2	Brentford	Roots Hall
15:00	Corr 39', 54'	Report	Adeyemi 29' Cresswell 38' (o.g.)	Attendance: 5,540 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Brentford v Southend United

15 January 2013 3R (replay)	Brentford	2–1	Southend United	Griffin Park
19:45	Hayes 26' Donaldson 76'	Report	Corr 69' Prosser  72'	Attendance: 6,526 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Brentford v Chelsea

27 January 2013 4R	Brentford	2–2	Chelsea	Griffin Park
12:00	Trotta 42' Forrester 73' (pen.)	Report	Cahill  44' Oscar 55' Turnbull  71' Fernando Torres 83'	Attendance: 12,146 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Chelsea v Brentford

17 February 2013 4R (replay)	Chelsea	4–0	Brentford	Stamford Bridge
12:00	Mata 55' Oscar 68' Ivanović  69' Lampard 71' Terry 81' David Luiz  85'	Report		Attendance: 40,961 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Walsall v Brentford

11 August 2012 S1R	Walsall	1–0	Brentford	Bescot Stadium
15:00	Hemmings 8'	Report		Attendance: 2248 Referee: Woolmer

Brentford v Crawley Town

9 October 2012 S2R	Brentford	1–0	Crawley Town	Griffin Park
19:45	Forrester  6' Saunders 73'	Report		Attendance: 2739 Referee: Williamson

Southend United v Brentford

4 December 2012 SQF	Southend United	2–1	Brentford	Roots Hall
19:45	Mkandawire 27' Hurst 39' Timlin  76'	Report	Diagouraga  54' Saunders  76' Hayes 83'	Attendance: 3052 Referee: Russel

Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 2012–13 season.

No	Position	Name	Nationality	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Richard Lee		(1982-10-05)5 October 1982 (aged 29)	Watford	2010
16	GK	Antoine Gounet		(1988-10-16)16 October 1988 (aged 23)	Unattached	2012
21	GK	Simon Moore		(1990-05-19)19 May 1990 (aged 22)	Farnborough	2009
Defenders
2	DF	Kevin O'Connor (c)		(1982-02-24)24 February 1982 (aged 30)	Youth	2000
3	DF	Scott Barron		(1985-09-02)2 September 1985 (aged 26)	Millwall	2012
5	DF	Tony Craig		(1985-04-20)20 April 1985 (aged 27)	Millwall	2012
6	DF	Harlee Dean		(1991-07-26)26 July 1991 (aged 21)	Southampton	2012
14	DF	Shay Logan		(1988-01-29)29 January 1988 (aged 24)	Manchester City	2011
18	DF	Lee Hodson		(1991-10-02)2 October 1991 (aged 20)	Watford	2012	On loan from Watford
24	DF	Jake Bidwell		(1993-03-21)21 March 1993 (aged 19)	Everton	2012	On loan from Everton
26	DF	Leon Redwood		(1991-09-23)23 September 1991 (aged 20)	Brighton & Hove Albion	2012
28	DF	Alfie Mawson		(1994-01-19)19 January 1994 (aged 18)	Youth	2011	Loaned to Maidenhead United
31	DF	Aaron Pierre		(1993-02-17)17 February 1993 (aged 19)	Fulham	2011
33	DF	Rob Kiernan		(1991-01-13)13 January 1991 (aged 21)	Wigan Athletic	2012	On loan from Wigan Athletic
Midfielders
4	MF	Adam Forshaw		(1991-10-08)8 October 1991 (aged 20)	Everton	2012
7	MF	Sam Saunders		(1983-08-29)29 August 1983 (aged 28)	Dagenham & Redbridge	2009
8	MF	Jonathan Douglas		(1981-11-22)22 November 1981 (aged 30)	Swindon Town	2011
12	MF	Tom Adeyemi		(1991-10-24)24 October 1991 (aged 20)	Norwich City	2012	On loan from Norwich City
15	MF	Stuart Dallas		(1991-04-19)19 April 1991 (aged 21)	Crusaders	2012
19	MF	Harry Forrester		(1991-01-02)2 January 1991 (aged 21)	Aston Villa	2011
20	MF	Toumani Diagouraga		(1987-06-20)20 June 1987 (aged 25)	Peterborough United	2010
22	MF	Jake Reeves		(1993-05-30)30 May 1993 (aged 19)	Youth	2011	Loaned to AFC Wimbledon
27	MF	Manny Oyeleke		(1992-12-24)24 December 1992 (aged 19)	Youth	2011	Loaned to Northampton Town
34	MF	Charlie Adams		(1994-05-16)16 May 1994 (aged 18)	Youth	2011
Forwards
9	FW	Clayton Donaldson		(1984-02-07)7 February 1984 (aged 28)	Crewe Alexandra	2011
10	FW	Farid El Alagui		(1985-02-10)10 February 1985 (aged 27)	Falkirk	2012
11	FW	Marcello Trotta		(1992-09-29)29 September 1992 (aged 19)	Fulham	2012	On loan from Fulham
17	FW	Bradley Wright-Phillips		(1985-03-12)12 March 1985 (aged 27)	Charlton Athletic	2013	On loan from Charlton Athletic
23	FW	Paul Hayes		(1983-09-20)20 September 1983 (aged 28)	Charlton Athletic	2012	Loaned to Crawley Town
30	FW	Antonio German		(1991-01-02)2 January 1991 (aged 21)	Bromley	2012	Loaned to Gillingham
Players who left the club mid-season
11	MF	Jimmy Spencer		(1991-12-13)13 December 1991 (aged 20)	Huddersfield Town	2012	Returned to Huddersfield Town after loan
11	MF	Myles Weston		(1988-03-12)12 March 1988 (aged 24)	Notts County	2009	Transferred to Gillingham
18	MF	Ryan Fredericks		(1992-10-10)10 October 1992 (aged 19)	Tottenham Hotspur	2012	Returned to Tottenham Hotspur after loan
32	DF	Leon Legge		(1985-07-01)1 July 1985 (aged 27)	Tonbridge Angels	2009	Loaned to Gillingham, transferred to Gillingham
32	DF	Liam Moore		(1993-01-31)31 January 1993 (aged 19)	Leicester City	2013	Returned to Leicester City after loan

• Source: Soccerbase

Name	Role
Uwe Rösler	Manager
Alan Kernaghan	Assistant Manager
Peter Farrell	First Team Coach
Simon Royce	Goalkeeping Coach
Daryl Martin	Physiotherapist
Chris Haslam	Head of Conditioning
Darren Glenister	Sports Therapist
Chris Domoney	Masseur
Bob Oteng	Kit Man

Substitute appearances in brackets.

No	Pos	Nat	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy		Playoffs		Total
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Richard Lee	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
2	DF		Kevin O'Connor	6 (6)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	10 (6)	1
3	DF		Scott Barron	5 (7)	0	0 (3)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7 (10)	0
4	MF		Adam Forshaw	37 (6)	3	6	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	3	0	46 (7)	3
5	DF		Tony Craig	44	0	7	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	55	0
6	DF		Harlee Dean	44	3	5 (1)	0	1	0	2	0	3	1	55 (1)	4
7	MF		Sam Saunders	13 (17)	2	3 (4)	0	1	0	2	1	3	0	22 (21)	3
8	MF		Jonathan Douglas	44	4	6	0	1	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	52 (1)	4
9	FW		Clayton Donaldson	43 (1)	18	6 (1)	4	1	0	1	0	3	2	54 (2)	24
10	FW		Farid El Alagui	7 (4)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	7 (5)	3
14	DF		Shay Logan	41 (4)	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	49 (4)	0
15	MF		Stuart Dallas	3 (4)	0	1 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	4 (7)	0
16	GK		Antoine Gounet	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17	FW		Bradley Wright-Phillips	10 (5)	5	—		—		—		1 (1)	0	11 (6)	5
19	MF		Harry Forrester	25 (11)	8	4 (3)	3	1	0	2	0	2 (1)	0	34 (15)	11
20	MF		Toumani Diagouraga	28 (11)	1	4 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	2	0	2	0	36 (13)	1
21	GK		Simon Moore	43	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	52	0
22	MF		Jake Reeves	4 (2)	0	0 (2)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6 (4)	0
23	FW		Paul Hayes	10 (13)	4	5	1	—		2	1	0 (2)	0	17 (15)	6
30	FW		Antonio German	0 (2)	1	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0	0	0 (5)	1
31	DF		Aaron Pierre	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
32	DF		Leon Legge	3 (4)	0	2	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	—		6 (5)	0
34	MF		Charlie Adams	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
Players loaned in during the season
11	MF		Jimmy Spencer	0 (2)	0	0	0	—		—		—		0 (2)	0
11	FW		Marcello Trotta	16 (6)	6	3 (2)	3	—		0	0	2	0	21 (8)	9
12	MF		Tom Adeyemi	21 (9)	2	4 (1)	1	—		1	0	3	0	29 (10)	3
18	MF		Ryan Fredericks	1 (3)	0	—		0 (1)	0	0	0	—		1 (4)	0
24	DF		Jake Bidwell	37 (3)	0	6	0	—		1	0	3	0	47 (3)	0
32	DF		Liam Moore	6 (1)	0	—		—		—		—		6 (1)	0
33	DF		Rob Kiernan	5 (3)	0	—		—		1	0	0	0	6 (3)	0

• Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
• Source: Soccerbase

No	Pos	Nat	Player	FL1	FAC	FLC	FLT	FLP	Total
9	FW		Clayton Donaldson	18	4	0	2	2	24
19	MF		Harry Forrester	8	3	0	0	0	11
11	FW		Marcello Trotta	6	3	—	0	0	9
23	FW		Paul Hayes	4	1	—	1	0	6
17	FW		Bradley Wright-Phillips	5	—	—	—	0	5
8	MF		Jonathan Douglas	4	0	0	0	0	4
6	DF		Harlee Dean	3	0	0	0	1	4
4	MF		Adam Forshaw	3	0	0	0	0	3
10	FW		Farid El Alagui	3	0	0	0	0	3
12	MF		Tom Adeyemi	2	1	—	0	0	3
7	MF		Sam Saunders	2	0	0	1	0	3
20	MF		Toumani Diagouraga	1	0	0	0	0	1
30	FW		Antonio German	1	0	0	0	0	1
2	DF		Kevin O'Connor	0	0	0	0	1	1
Opponents				0	0	0	0	1	1
Total				62	12	0	4	5	83

• Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
• Source: Soccerbase

No	Pos	Nat	Player	FL1		FAC		FLC		FLT		FLP		Total		Pts
8	MF		Jonathan Douglas	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	10
14	DF		Shay Logan	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	9
9	FW		Clayton Donaldson	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	9
24	DF		Jake Bidwell	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	9
6	DF		Harlee Dean	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	8
4	MF		Adam Forshaw	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	8
5	DF		Tony Craig	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	7
20	MF		Toumani Diagouraga	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	6	0	6
12	MF		Tom Adeyemi	3	1	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	3	1	6
19	MF		Harry Forrester	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	5
7	MF		Sam Saunders	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	5
17	FW		Bradley Wright-Phillips	4	0	—		—		—		0	0	4	0	4
22	MF		Jake Reeves	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	4
11	FW		Marcello Trotta	3	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	3	0	3
2	DF		Kevin O'Connor	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
1	GK		Richard Lee	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
21	GK		Simon Moore	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
32	DF		Liam Moore	1	0	—		—		—		—		1	0	1
18	MF		Ryan Fredericks	1	0	—		0	0	0	0	—		1	0	1
3	DF		Scott Barron	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
10	FW		Farid El Alagui	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Total				75	5	3	0	2	1	3	0	3	0	86	6	104

• Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
• Source: ESPN FC

Name	Nat	From	To	Record All Comps					Record League
				P	W	D	L	W %	P	W	D	L	W %
Uwe Rösler		11 August 2012	19 May 2013	59	25	21	13	042.37	46	21	16	9	045.65

Players transferred in
Date	Pos.	Name	Previous Club	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2012	MF	Stuart Dallas	Crusaders	n/a	[39]
1 July 2012	DF	Harlee Dean	Southampton	Free	[40]
1 July 2012	MF	Adam Forshaw	Everton	Free	[40]
11 July 2012	FW	Farid El Alagui	Falkirk	Free	[41]
13 July 2012	DF	Tony Craig	Millwall	Undisclosed	[42]
31 July 2012	DF	Leon Redwood	Brighton & Hove Albion	Free	[43]
13 August 2012	DF	Scott Barron	Millwall	Undisclosed	[44]
20 August 2012	FW	Paul Hayes	Charlton Athletic	Free	[45]
10 April 2013	DF	Jack Uttridge	Histon	Dual-registration	[46]
Players loaned in
Date from	Pos.	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
10 August 2012	DF	Ryan Fredericks	Tottenham Hotspur	25 October 2012	[47]
28 August 2012	DF	Jake Bidwell	Everton	End of season	[9]
29 August 2012	MF	Tom Adeyemi	Norwich City	End of season	[48]
15 October 2012	FW	Jimmy Spencer	Huddersfield Town	21 November 2012	[12]
15 November 2012	DF	Rob Kiernan	Wigan Athletic	2 January 2013	[49]
22 November 2012	DF	Lee Hodson	Watford	End of season	[13]
22 November 2012	FW	Marcello Trotta	Fulham	End of season	[13]
11 January 2013	DF	Rob Kiernan	Wigan Athletic	End of season	[50]
19 February 2013	FW	Bradley Wright-Phillips	Charlton Athletic	End of season	[20]
19 February 2013	DF	Liam Moore	Leicester City	30 March 2013	[51]
27 February 2013	MF	Josh Rees	Arsenal	1 April 2013	[52]
Players transferred out
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Fee	Ref.
16 August 2012	MF	Myles Weston	Gillingham	Undisclosed	[53]
31 January 2013	DF	Leon Legge	Gillingham	Undisclosed	[54]
Players loaned out
Date from	Pos.	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
5 November 2012	MF	Jake Reeves	AFC Wimbledon	3 December 2012	[55]
November 2012	DF	Sam Beale	Northwood	January 2013	[56]
November 2012	MF	Josh Clarke	Carshalton Athletic	January 2013	[56]
November 2012	MF	Tyrell Miller-Rodney	Northwood	January 2013	[56]
7 December 2012	FW	Luke Norris	Boreham Wood	11 January 2013	[57]
13 December 2012	DF	Alfie Mawson	Maidenhead United	9 January 2013	[58]
14 December 2012	DF	Sam Griffiths	Carshalton Athletic	10 January 2013	[59]
1 January 2013	DF	Leon Legge	Gillingham	31 January 2013	[60]
28 January 2013	MF	Manny Oyeleke	Northampton Town	1 March 2013	[61]
January 2013	MF	Max Herbert	Ashford Town (Middlesex)	March 2013	[62]
January 2013	MF	Myles Hippolyte	Southall	February 2013	[62]
21 February 2013	DF	Alfie Mawson	Maidenhead United	End of season	[63]
26 February 2013	FW	Antonio German	Gillingham	29 March 2013	[64]
February 2013	MF	Josh Clarke	Carshalton Athletic	End of season	[63]
February 2013	MF	Tyrell Miller-Rodney	Carshalton Athletic	End of season	[63]
February 2013	DF