2012–13 Football League Championship

Football League Championship
Season	2012–13
Champions	Cardiff City; (1st divisional title)
Promoted	Cardiff City; Hull City; Crystal Palace
Relegated	Peterborough United; Wolverhampton Wanderers; Bristol City
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,494 (2.71 per match)
Top goalscorer	Glenn Murray ~ 30 goals
Biggest home win	Blackpool 6–0 Ipswich Town; Leicester City 6–0 Ipswich Town
Biggest away win	Barnsley 0–6 Charlton Athletic
Highest scoring	(9 goals) ; Charlton Athletic 5–4 Cardiff City; Peterborough United 5–4 Bolton Wanderers
Longest winning run	6 games; Nottingham Forest
Longest unbeaten run	14 games; Crystal Palace
Longest winless run	12 games; Huddersfield Town; Wolverhampton Wanderers
Longest losing run	7 games; Bristol City; Peterborough United; Sheffield Wednesday
Highest attendance	33,010; Derby County v Nottingham Forest
Lowest attendance	5,435; Peterborough United v Bristol City
Average attendance	17,331
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Football League Championship (known as the

npower Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of the league under its current title and twentieth season under its current league division format. The season began on 17 August 2012 with promotion candidates Cardiff City hosting newly promoted Huddersfield Town at Cardiff City Stadium and finished on 27 May 2013 with the play-off final

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Of the 24 teams which participate, eighteen of these remain following the 2011–12 Football League Championship. They were joined by Charlton Athletic, Sheffield Wednesday and Huddersfield Town from 2011–12 Football League One, and Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers and Wolverhampton Wanderers from the 2011–12 Premier League. The final place was decided on 26 May 2012, as Huddersfield Town defeated Sheffield United 8–7 on penalties, in the 2012 Football League One play-off final.

Cardiff City won the league in their first season since a controversial rebrand; they achieved promotion to the top flight for the first time since 1960 and became the second Welsh club to play in the Premier League. The second automatic promotion spot was won by Hull City with a 2–2 draw against Cardiff on the final day after a dramatic finale to the season. Watford, just two points behind, had to settle for a place in the playoffs, joining Brighton & Hove Albion, Crystal Palace, and Leicester City, who secured their place with a last-minute goal over rivals Nottingham Forest. In the playoffs, Watford defeated Leicester City 3–2, Crystal Palace defeated Brighton 2–0, and in the final Watford was upset by Crystal Palace to gain the promotion. Bristol City, Wolverhampton Wanderers, and Peterborough United were relegated. Peterborough gained 54 points, the highest ever for a relegated team in Championship history. Wolves' relegation was the first time a team had been relegated from the top tier to the third tier in consecutive seasons since Swindon Town in 1994 and 1995. They also became the first team to achieve this feat twice.

Changes from last season

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from League One

Relegated from Premier League

From Championship

Promoted to Premier League

Relegated to League One

Rules changes

On 25 April 2012, it was announced that financial fair play rules would be introduced for teams within The Championship.^[2] This means that clubs have agreed to new rules on sustainable financing which includes:

Acceptable losses of £4 million in the 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons, reducing to £2 million in 2015–16 season
Acceptable amounts of shareholder investment of £8 million in the 2011–12 season, £6 million in the 2012–13 season, reducing to £3 million in 2015–16 season
New rules on providing accounts
New penalties for teams that fail to abide by the rules

Also the 2011–12 season saw Football League clubs vote for five substitutes instead of seven. However, on 1 June 2012, Football League clubs re-voted with the outcome of seven substitutes instead of five, ahead of the 2012–13 Football League season.^[3]

Team overview

Stadia and locations

Leeds United

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Locations of teams in the 2012–13 Football League Championship

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Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Barnsley	Barnsley	Oakwell	23,009
Birmingham City	Birmingham	St Andrew's	30,079
Blackburn Rovers	Blackburn	Ewood Park	31,154
Blackpool	Blackpool	Bloomfield Road	17,338
Bolton Wanderers	Bolton	Reebok Stadium	28,100
Brighton & Hove Albion	Brighton	Falmer Stadium	30,750
Bristol City	Bristol	Ashton Gate	21,497
Burnley	Burnley	Turf Moor	22,546
Cardiff City	Cardiff	Cardiff City Stadium	26,828
Charlton Athletic	Charlton, London	The Valley	27,111
Crystal Palace	South Norwood, London	Selhurst Park	26,309
Derby County	Derby	Pride Park Stadium	33,597
Huddersfield Town	Huddersfield	John Smith's Stadium	24,500
Hull City	Kingston upon Hull	KC Stadium	25,586
Ipswich Town	Ipswich	Portman Road	30,311
Leeds United	Leeds	Elland Road	39,460
Leicester City	Leicester	King Power Stadium	32,500
Middlesbrough	Middlesbrough	Riverside Stadium	34,988
Millwall	South Bermondsey, London	The Den	20,146
Nottingham Forest	Nottingham	City Ground	30,576
Peterborough United	Peterborough	London Road Stadium	15,460
Sheffield Wednesday	Sheffield	Hillsborough	39,812
Watford	Watford	Vicarage Road	17,477
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Wolverhampton	Molineux	31,700

Team	Manager	Chairman	Team captain	Kit maker	Sponsor
Barnsley	David Flitcroft	Patrick Cryne	Bobby Hassell	Nike	C.K. Beckett
Birmingham City	Lee Clark	Peter Pannu	Stephen Carr	Diadora^[4]	EZE Group
Blackburn Rovers	Gary Bowyer (caretaker)	Paul Agnew	Scott Dann	Umbro	PROBIZ
Blackpool	Paul Ince	Karl Oyston	Alex Baptiste	Fila	Wonga
Bolton Wanderers	Dougie Freedman	Phil Gartside	Kevin Davies	adidas	188BET
Brighton & Hove Albion	Gus Poyet (suspended)	Tony Bloom	Gordon Greer	Erreà	BrightonandHoveJobs.com
Bristol City	Sean O'Driscoll	Keith Dawe	Liam Fontaine	adidas	Blackthorn
Burnley	Sean Dyche	Mike Garlick John Banaszkiewicz	Jason Shackell	Puma	Premier Range
Cardiff City	Malky Mackay	Mehmet Dalman	Mark Hudson	Puma	Malaysia
Charlton Athletic	Chris Powell	Michael Slater	Johnnie Jackson	Nike	Andrews Air-conditioning
Crystal Palace	Ian Holloway	Steve Parish Martin Long	Paddy McCarthy	Avec	GAC Logistics (front), Jelly Communications (back)
Derby County	Nigel Clough	Andrew Appleby	Richard Keogh	Kappa	buymobiles.net
Huddersfield Town	Mark Robins	Dean Hoyle	Peter Clarke	Umbro	Rekorderlig Cider (H) RadianB (A)
Hull City	Steve Bruce	Assem Allam	Jack Hobbs	adidas	Cash Converters
Ipswich Town	Mick McCarthy	Marcus Evans	Carlos Edwards	Mitre	Marcus Evans
Leeds United	Brian McDermott	Ken Bates	Lee Peltier	Macron	Enterprise Insurance
Leicester City	Nigel Pearson	Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha	Wes Morgan	Puma	King Power (Front), Amazing Thailand (Back)
Middlesbrough	Tony Mowbray	Steve Gibson	Rhys Williams	adidas	Ramsdens
Millwall	Steve Lomas	John Berylson	Paul Robinson	Macron	racing+
Nottingham Forest	Billy Davies	Fawaz Al-Hasawi	Danny Collins	Umbro	John Pye Auctions
Peterborough United	Darren Ferguson	Darragh MacAnthony	Gabriel Zakuani	Nike	Energy Park Peterborough
Sheffield Wednesday	Dave Jones	Milan Mandarić	Martin Taylor	Puma	Front: Gilder Group Honda (H), Westfield Health (A) Back: GCI Com
Watford	Gianfranco Zola	Gino Pozzo	John Eustace	Puma	Football Manager/Football Manager Handheld
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Kenny Jackett	Steve Morgan	Karl Henry	BURRDA	What House? (back)

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Hull City	Nick Barmby	Sacked	8 May 2012^[5]	Pre-season	Steve Bruce	8 June 2012^[6]
Birmingham City	Chris Hughton	Signed by Norwich City	7 June 2012^[7]		Lee Clark	26 June 2012
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Terry Connor	End of contract	30 June 2012^[8]		Ståle Solbakken	1 July 2012¹
Watford	Sean Dyche	Sacked	2 July 2012^[9]		Gianfranco Zola	7 July 2012^[10]
Nottingham Forest	Steve Cotterill	Sacked	12 July 2012^[11]		Sean O'Driscoll	19 July 2012^[12]
Blackburn Rovers	Steve Kean	Resigned	28 September 2012^[13]	3rd	Henning Berg	31 October 2012^[14]
Bolton Wanderers	Owen Coyle	Sacked	9 October 2012^[15]	18th	Dougie Freedman	23 October 2012^[16]
Burnley	Eddie Howe	Signed by Bournemouth	12 October 2012^[17]	16th	Sean Dyche	30 October 2012^[18]
Crystal Palace	Dougie Freedman	Signed by Bolton Wanderers	23 October 2012^[16]	4th	Ian Holloway	3 November 2012^[19]
Ipswich Town	Paul Jewell	Mutual consent	24 October 2012^[20]	24th	Mick McCarthy	1 November 2012^[21]
Blackpool	Ian Holloway	Signed by Crystal Palace	2 November 2012^[22]	12th	Michael Appleton	7 November 2012^[23]
Nottingham Forest	Sean O'Driscoll	Sacked	26 December 2012^[24]	8th	Alex McLeish	27 December 2012^[25]
Blackburn Rovers	Henning Berg		27 December 2012^[26]	17th	Michael Appleton	11 January 2013^[27]
Barnsley	Keith Hill		29 December 2012^[28]	24th	David Flitcroft	13 January 2013^[29]
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Ståle Solbakken		5 January 2013^[30]	18th	Dean Saunders	7 January 2013^[31]
Blackpool	Michael Appleton	Signed by Blackburn Rovers	11 January 2013^[32]	14th	Paul Ince	18 February 2013^[33]
Bristol City	Derek McInnes	Sacked	12 January 2013^[34]	24th	Sean O'Driscoll	14 January 2013^[35]
Huddersfield Town	Simon Grayson	Sacked	24 January 2013^[36]	18th	Mark Robins	14 February 2013^[37]
Nottingham Forest	Alex McLeish	Mutual consent	5 February 2013^[38]	11th	Billy Davies	7 February 2013^[39]
Blackburn Rovers	Michael Appleton	Sacked	19 March 2013^[40]	18th	Gary Bowyer	24 May 2013^[41]
Leeds United	Neil Warnock	Resigned	1 April 2013^[42]	12th	Brian McDermott	12 April 2013^[43]
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Dean Saunders	Sacked	7 May 2013^[44]	23rd	Kenny Jackett	1 June 2013^[45]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Cardiff City (C, P)	46	25	12	9	72	45	+27	87	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Hull City (P)	46	24	7	15	61	52	+9	79	Promotion to the Premier League
3	Watford	46	23	8	15	85	58	+27	77	Qualification for Championship play-offs
4	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	19	18	9	69	43	+26	75
5	Crystal Palace (P, O)	46	19	15	12	73	62	+11	72
6	Leicester City	46	19	11	16	71	48	+23	68
7	Bolton Wanderers	46	18	14	14	69	61	+8	68
8	Nottingham Forest	46	17	16	13	63	59	+4	67
9	Charlton Athletic	46	17	14	15	65	59	+6	65
10	Derby County	46	16	13	17	65	62	+3	61
11	Burnley	46	16	13	17	62	60	+2	61
12	Birmingham City	46	15	16	15	63	69	−6	61
13	Leeds United	46	17	10	19	57	66	−9	61
14	Ipswich Town	46	16	12	18	48	61	−13	60
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
20	Millwall	46	15	11	20	51	62	−11	56
21	Barnsley	46	14	13	19	56	70	−14	55
22	Peterborough United (R)	46	15	9	22	66	75	−9	54	Relegation to Football League One
23	Wolverhampton Wanderers (R)	46	14	9	23	55	69	−14	51
24	Bristol City (R)	46	11	8	27	59	84	−25	41

Semifinals					Final

3	Watford	0	3	3

6	Leicester City	1	1	2
					3	Watford	0

					5	(a.e.t.)	1
4	Brighton & Hove Albion	0	0	0

5	Crystal Palace	0	2	2

2012–13 Football League Championship

Changes from last season

Team changes

To Championship

From Championship

Rules changes

Team overview

Stadia and locations

Personnel and sponsoring

Managerial changes

League table

Play-offs

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

Assists

Penalties

Hat-tricks

Scoring

Clean sheets

Discipline

Monthly awards

Final day of the season

References

Home \ Away	BAR	BIR	BLB	BLP	BOL	B&HA	BRI	BUR	CAR	CHA	CRY	DER	HUD	HUL	IPS	LEE	LEI	MID	MIL	NOT	PET	SHW	WAT	WOL
Barnsley		1–2	1–3	1–1	2–3	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–6	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–4	0–2	0–1	1–0	2–1
Birmingham City	0–5		1–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	0–1	2–3	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–4	2–3
Blackburn Rovers	2–1	1–1		1–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–4	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–2	3–0	2–3	1–0	1–0	0–1
Blackpool	1–2	1–1	2–0		2–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–3	0–0	6–0	2–1	0–0	4–1	2–1	2–2	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–2
Bolton Wanderers	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–2		1–0	3–2	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	4–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–0
Brighton & Hove Albion	5–1	0–1	1–1	6–1	1–1		2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	2–1	4–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–3	2–0
Bristol City	5–3	0–1	3–5	1–1	1–2	0–0		3–4	4–2	0–2	4–1	0–2	1–3	1–2	2–1	2–3	0–4	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–2	1–1	2–0	1–4
Burnley	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–3	3–1		1–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	5–2	3–3	1–1	2–0
Cardiff City	1–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	4–0		0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	3–1
Charlton Athletic	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	2–2	4–1	0–1	5–4		0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–4	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–2	1–2	2–1
Crystal Palace	0–0	0–4	2–0	2–2	0–0	3–0	2–1	4–3	3–2	2–1		3–0	1–1	4–2	5–0	2–2	2–2	4–1	2–2	1–1	3–2	2–1	2–3	3–1
Derby County	2–0	3–2	1–1	4–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–2	1–1	3–2	0–1		3–0	1–2	0–1	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	5–1	0–0
Huddersfield Town	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0		0–1	0–0	2–4	0–2	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	2–3	2–1
Hull City	1–0	5–2	2–0	2–3	3–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–0		2–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	4–1	1–2	1–3	1–3	0–1	2–1
Ipswich Town	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–3	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	3–0	1–2	2–2	1–2		3–0	1–0	4–0	3–0	3–1	1–1	0–3	0–2	0–2
Leeds United	1–0	0–1	3–3	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–3	2–0		1–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–6	1–0
Leicester City	2–2	2–2	3–0	1–0	3–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–2	4–1	6–1	3–1	6–0	1–1		1–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	0–1	1–2	2–1
Middlesbrough	2–3	0–1	1–0	4–2	2–1	0–2	1–3	3–2	2–1	2–2	2–1	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–2		1–2	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–2	2–0
Millwall	1–2	3–3	1–2	0–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	0–2	0–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	4–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–1		0–1	1–5	1–2	1–0	0–2
Nottingham Forest	0–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	3–1	2–1	2–2	0–1	6–1	1–2	1–0	4–2	2–3	0–0	1–4		2–1	1–0	0–3	3–1
Peterborough United	2–1	0–2	1–4	1–4	5–4	0–0	1–2	2–2	2–1	2–2	1–2	3–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–3	1–2	0–1		1–0	3–2	0–2
Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	3–2	3–2	0–2	1–2	3–1	2–3	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–3	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	3–2	0–1	2–1		1–4	0–0
Watford	4–1	2–0	4–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	2–2	3–3	0–0	3–4	2–2	2–1	4–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–1		2–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	3–3	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–3	1–0	0–2	2–2	2–1	3–2	0–1	1–2	0–3	1–0	1–1