2012–13 Big Bash League season
In the first semi-final, Brisbane Heat defeated Melbourne Renegades by 15 runs to make it to the finals of the Big Bash League for the first time. In the other semi-final, Perth Scorchers defeated Melbourne Stars by 8 wickets in a rain curtailed match to make it to the finals for the second time in a row. Melbourne Stars failed to advance to the final for the second successive year.


2012–13 Big Bash League season
In the final, Brisbane Heat beat Perth Scorchers by 34 runs to lift their first Big Bash League title. Perth Scorchers finished runners-up for the second successive year.


2012–13 Big Bash League season
Aaron Finch of Melbourne Renegades was named Player of the tournament for scoring 332 runs in the tournament including an unbeaten century. Shaun Marsh of Perth Scorchers finished as the leading run-getter of the tournament as he amassed 412 runs in 9 innings. Ben Laughlin of Hobart Hurricanes was the leading wicket-taker of the tournament. He took 14 wickets in 8 matches.


2012–13 Big Bash League season
The highest individual score of the tournament was 112* by Luke Pomersbach of Brisbane Heat in the semi-final game against Melbourne Renegades. Lasith Malinga took the best bowling figures of the tournament, capturing 6 wickets for 7 runs for Melbourne Stars against Perth Scorchers. This was the best bowling figures in Twenty20 cricket of Malinga's career and also the best bowling in a Twenty20 game on Australian soil.


2012–13 Big Bash League season
The two finalists, Perth Scorchers and Brisbane Heat qualified for the 2013 Champions League Twenty20.


2012–13 Big Bash League season, Format
This season featured the same number of teams as the previous season but included a new format with an expanded group stage. This new format consists of 35 matches. The new group stage has each team play eight matches, two of which are against the same team. The four best performing teams from the group stage advance to the knockout stage.


2012–13 Big Bash League season, Format
The rules for the tournament deviate from those in the laws of cricket where any no-ball will be followed by a free hit.


2012–13 Big Bash League season, Signings
The official Player Signing Window opened on 9 July 2012 and closed on 20 July 2012. Each team had a salary cap of A$1 million and could sign up to a maximum of 18 players, but no fewer than 14, including two international players. The minimum playing contract was set at A$20,000.


2012–13 Big Bash League season, Signings
Unlike the 2011/12 inaugural season, Cricket Australia decided that each player had the opportunity to sign multi-year deals with the contract window opening on 9 July 2012 and ending on 20 July.


2012–13 Big Bash League season, Statistics, Highest team totals
The following table lists the five highest team scores during this season.


2012–13 Big Bash League season, Statistics, Most runs
The top five highest run scorers (total runs) in the season are included in this table.


2012–13 Big Bash League season, Statistics, Highest individual scores
This table contains the top five highest scores of the season made by a batsman in a single innings.


2012–13 Big Bash League season, Statistics, Most wickets
The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the season.


2012–13 Big Bash League season, Statistics, Best bowling figures
This table lists the top five players with the best bowling figures in the season.


2012–13 Big East Conference men's basketball season
The 2012–13 Big East Conference men's basketball season began with practices on October 2012 and ended with the 2013 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament at Madison Square Garden March 12–16, 2013 in Manhattan, New York. The regular season began in November, with the conference schedule starting on December 31, 2012. 2012-13 marked the 34th year of the Big East, and the 2013 men's basketball Championship marked the 31st anniversary of the Big East at Madison Square Garden, the longest-running conference tournament at one venue in the country. With West Virginia now in the Big 12, the 2012-13 Big East Conference schedule included 4 repeat games.


2012–13 Big East Conference men's basketball season
UConn was ineligible for postseason tournament participation due to low APR scores, The Huskies were also ineligible for the 2013 Big East Tournament; the school unsuccessfully appealed the ruling.


2012–13 Big East Conference men's basketball season
The 2012-13 season was the last for the Big East in its original form. In December 2012, the seven Big East schools that do not sponsor Division I FBS football—DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall, and Villanova, collectively called the "Catholic 7"—announced they would leave the Big East to start a new conference of their own. On March 8, 2013, the "Catholic 7" and the remaining Big East schools announced a separation agreement.


2012–13 Big East Conference men's basketball season
Under the agreement, the "Catholic 7" purchased the Big East name and the contract with Madison Square Garden for the conference tournament, and began operating under the Big East name beginning on July 1, 2013. The remaining schools, which kept the charter of the original Big East, announced on April 3 that they would operate as the American Athletic Conference (The American). This was also the final season for Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, and Syracuse, all of which left for the ACC on July 1, 2013. On the same day, SMU, UCF, Memphis, Houston, and Temple became full members of The American.


2012–13 Big East Conference men's basketball season, Preseason, Coaching changes
Jim Calhoun of Connecticut announced his retirement on September 13, 2012. Kevin Ollie, an assistant under Calhoun for the previous two years, was named Calhoun's successor.


2012–13 Big East Conference men's basketball season, Preseason, Predicted Big East results
At Big East media day on October 17, the conference released their predictions for standings and All-Big East teams.


2012–13 Big East Conference men's basketball season, Preseason, 2012-13 Preseason All-Big East Teams
Big East Preseason Player of the Year: Peyton Siva, LouisvilleBig East Preseason Rookie of the Year: Steven Adams, Pittsburgh


2012–13 Big East Conference men's basketball season, Regular season, Composite matrix
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games scheduled this season.


2012–13 Big East Conference men's basketball season, Rankings, Weekly honors
Throughout the conference regular season, the Big East names a player of the week and rookie of the week each Monday.


2012–13 Big East Conference men's basketball season, Awards and honors, Conference awards and teams
The Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, Rookie of the Year, and Scholar Athlete of the Year awards are  announced, after the conclusion of the first session of the Big East Tournament. The remainder of the individual awards are announced at the conclusion of the regular season.


2012–13 Big East Conference men's basketball season, Awards and honors, NBA Draft
Several players from the conference declared early for the NBA draft. Several players were among the 60 players invited to the 2013 NBA Draft Combine.


2012–13 Big East Conference men's basketball season, Awards and honors, NBA Draft
The following list includes all Big East players who were drafted in the 2013 NBA draft.


2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
The 2012–13 Big Ten men's basketball season began with practices in October 2012, followed by the start of the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in early-January 2013, and concluded in March with the 2013 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament at the United Center in Chicago. All conference regular season and tournament games were broadcast nationally. For the 37th consecutive season, the conference led the nation in attendance.


2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
The conference enjoyed nine postseason invitations including seven to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament (NCAA Tournament). Eight of the nine postseason participants posted at least one win. The Conference compiled a 19–9 postseason record including a 14–7 record in the NCAA Tournament. Michigan was runner up in the NCAA Tournament and Iowa was runnerup in the 2013 National Invitation Tournament.


2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
Trey Burke won almost every National Player of the Year award (Oscar Robertson Trophy, John R. Wooden Award, Associated Press POY, Sports Illustrated POY, NABC Player of the Year and Naismith College Player of the Year), while Victor Oladipo won the Sporting News POY and Adolph Rupp Trophy. Oladipo also shared NABC Defensive Player of the Year with Jeff Withey. Four Big Ten athletes (Burke, Oladipo, Cody Zeller and Deshaun Thomas) earned 2013 NCAA All-American recognition (Burke, Oladipo and Zeller as consensus All-Americans).


2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
In addition, Jordan Hulls won the Senior CLASS Award and Aaron Craft earned Men's Basketball Academic All-American of the Year. Burke was the Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year, Oladipo was the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, and Craft was the Most Outstanding Player at the 2013 Big Ten Tournament. Craft earned national defensive player of the year recognition by CBSSports.com. Burke also earned the Bob Cousy Award.


2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
With Oladipo, Zeller and Burke being selected 2nd, 4th and 9th respectively in the 2013 NBA Draft, the Big Ten had its first trio of top ten selections since the 1990 NBA Draft. All five players who declared early for  were drafted (Hardaway 24th and Thomas 58th).


2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Preseason
Five teams were ranked in the preseason AP Poll and USA Today/ESPN Coaches' poll: Indiana (number 1 AP/number 1 Coaches), Ohio State (4/4) Michigan (5/5), Michigan State (14/14) and Wisconsin (23/21). Minnesota was also receiving votes.


2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Preseason, Preseason watchlists
Below are lists selected by notable committees prior to the season that represent what they anticipate to be the most likely candidates to be recognized at the end of the season for their specific awards. They are called watchlists because they are lists of players to watch for each award.


2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Preseason, Preseason honors
The following players were selected to the CBS Sports, Associated Press, Sporting News and ESPN preseason All-American teams and the preseason media All-Big Ten team.


2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Preconference schedules
Ohio State won the four-team Hall of Fame Tipoff tournament on November 18 at Mohegan Sun Arena. Indiana won the four-team Legends Classic on November 20 at Barclays Center. Illinois won the eight-team Maui Invitational Tournament on November 21 at Lahaina Civic Center. Michigan won the sixteen-team NIT Season Tip-off tournament on November 23 at Madison Square Garden. On November 24, Northwestern won the four-team South Padre Island Invitational.


2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Preconference schedules, Early-season tournament victories
*Although these tournaments include more teams, only the number listed play for the championship.


2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Rankings
By achieving high rankings throughout the season, the Big Ten was able to keep at least three teams in the top 10 of the national polls during 10 of the 11 weeks of the conference portion of the season. As a result, the Big Ten set a record for most matchups between two top 10 opponents in conference play with a total of 9 such games. Michigan played in six with a 3–3 record and Indiana played in five, winning all of them. Michigan State, Minnesota and Ohio State also played in top 10 games.


2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Conference Schedules
Before the season, it was announced that for the sixth consecutive season, all regular season conference games and conference tournament games would be broadcast nationally by CBS Sports, ESPN Inc. family of networks including ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, and the Big Ten Network. During the season, the Big Ten led the nation in attendance for the 37th consecutive season with an average attendance of 13,114, which paced the nation's conferences by over 2,400 per game.


2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Conference Schedules, Conference matrix
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games remaining this season.


2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Conference Schedules, Conference matrix
On February 2, 2013, Michigan (number 1 AP/number 2 Coaches) and Indiana (3/3) appeared on ESPN's College GameDay at Assembly Hall. Indiana won 81–73, and the television broadcast of the game on ESPN set a Big Ten record for viewership with 4.035 million viewers.


2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Conference Schedules, Conference matrix
The Iowa vs. Nebraska game, scheduled for February 21, 2013 at the Devany Center, was rescheduled for February 23 due to a winter storm.


2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Big Ten Tournament seeding
These are the Big Ten standings including tiebreakers and conference tournament games. Bold indicates the winner of the Big Ten Tournament.


2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Big Ten Tournament seeding
All tournament games were nationally broadcast. The tournament set an attendance record with 124,000 spectators attending 6 sessions, shattering the 109,769 total set for the 2001 tournament.


2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Player of the week
Throughout the conference regular season, the Big Ten offices named one or two players of the week each Monday.


2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Player of the week
On December 11, Paul also earned United States Basketball Writers Association Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week recognition. On January 8, Burke earned the Oscar Robertson National Players of the Week. On April 1, Burke earned ESPN.com Player of the Week recognition.


2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Postseason, NCAA tournament
The Big Ten entered seven teams in the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, ranging from Indiana making its 37th trip and earning a number one seed to Minnesota making its 8th appearance and earningn an eleven seed. The Big Ten became the first conference to send four teams to the Sweet Sixteen in back-to-back years since the 1997 and 1998 tournaments. Although it was the Big Ten's fifth time advancing four teams, it was the first time with consecutive occurrences.


2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Postseason, NCAA tournament
Entering Sweet Sixteen round with four strong contenders spread across four regions, there was talk of the conference matching or surpassing the 1985 Big East Conference performance with three final four entrants. Only Michigan advanced. Burke was named South Regional Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Michigan made its fourth appearance in the final four, giving the conference a total of 43 such appearances. Michigan was part of the highest attendance National Championship game to date with an attendance of 74,326.


2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Postseason, National Invitation Tournament
Iowa made the school's first trip to the NIT semifinals at Madison Square Garden and marked the conference's second consecutive year sending a team to the semifinals.


2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Postseason, CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
There were no entrants from the Big Ten Conference in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament.


2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Postseason, 2013 NBA Draft
Junior Deshaun Thomas declared for the draft on April 5. On April 9, junior Oladipo entered the draft. On April 10 sophomore Zeller announced plans to enter the draft. On April 14, sophomore Burke entered the Draft. On April 17, Hardaway declared for the NBA Draft. Those 5 first team All-Big Ten selections were the only players from the conference to declare early for the NBA Draft. Burke, Hardaway, Trevor Mbakwe, Oladipo, Brandon Paul, Thomas, and Zeller were among the 60 players invited to the 2013 NBA Draft Combine. The following all-conference selections were listed as seniors: Jared Berggren, Mbakwe, Paul, Christian Watford and D. J. Richardson.


2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Postseason, 2013 NBA Draft
Victor Oladipo (2nd), Cody Zeller (4th) and Burke (9th) combined to give the Big Ten its first top ten trio since the 1990 NBA Draft. Hardaway (24th) joined his father (14th in 1989 NBA Draft) as a first round selection.


2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Honors and awards, Watchlists
On January 9, 4 Big Ten points guards (Burke, Keith Appling, Craft and Andre Hollins) among the 20 Cousy Award finalists. On January 10 the Wooden Award midseason top 25 list was announced and it included Burke, Brandon Paul and Deshaun Thomas. On January 31, Burke, Victor Oladipo, Thomas and Cody Zeller were named to the Oscar Robertson Trophy (USBWA National Player of the Year) midseason top 12 list, while Yogi Ferrell, Glenn Robinson III and Nik Stauskas were named to the Wayman Tisdale Award (USBWA National Freshman of the Year) top 12 midseason list.


2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Honors and awards, Watchlists
Jared Berggren, Aaron Craft, Jordan Hulls and Zeller were first team All-District selections placing them among the 40 candidates for the 15-man Academic All-American team. On February 26, Oladipo, Zeller, Thomas, Paul, Burke and Berggren were among the top 30 finalists for the Naismith Award. On March 4, Burke, Oladipo, Thomas and Zeller were announced on the 14-man Robertson watchlist, while Gary Harris was among 8 players on the Tisdale watchlist. On March 9, Burke, Oladipo, Thomas and Zeller were named as top 15 Wooden Award finalists. On March 11, Burke was named one of five finalists for the Cousy Award. On March 24, Burke and Oladipo was named among four finalists for the Naismith Award.


2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Honors and awards, All-Americans
Jordan Hulls was named a finalist for the Senior CLASS Award, making him one of ten Senior All-Americans. Craft, a repeat Academic All-America selection, was named the Men's Basketball Academic All-America Team Members of the Year. He was joined on the Academic All-America first team by Zeller, and Hulls was a third team selection.


2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Honors and awards, All-Americans
Burke and Oladipo were named a first-team All-American by Sporting News (TSN) on March 11, while Thomas was a second-team selection and Zeller was named to the third-team. Burke and Oladipo were also named to the first team by the USBWA On March 18, while Zeller was named to its second team. Burke and Zeller were named All-American by Sports Illustrated (SI) on March 19. On March 20 Burke and Oladipo were named to the CBSSports.com All-American first team, while Thomas was a second team selection, Zeller was a third team selection and Craft was Defensive Player of the Year.


2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Honors and awards, All-Americans
On March 26, Burke, Oladipo, Thomas, and Zeller were selected to the 21-man 2013 Lute Olson All-America Team. On March 28, Burke and Oladipo were named first team All-American by the NABC, while Zeller was a second team selection and Thomas was a third team selection. On April 1, the Associated Press gave the Big Ten the same recognitions as the NABC: 1st team: Burke and Oladipo, 2nd team: Zeller and 3rd team: Thomas. On the same day, Burke, Oladipo, Zeller and Thomas were named to the 10-man Wooden All-American team of finalists for the Wooden Award. Also on April 1, Glenn Robinson III and Gary Harris were named to the 21-man 2013 Kyle Macy Freshman All-America team.


2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Honors and awards, National awards
TSN named Oladipo National Player of the Year on March 13. SI also named Burke National Player of the Year on the 19th. On April 4, Burke was named Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year. Burke also won the Bob Cousy Award on April 4. On April 5, Burke won the Oscar Robertson Trophy from the USBWA as well as the John R. Wooden Award. Jordan Hulls won the Senior CLASS Award. On April 7, Burke won the NABC Player of the Year and Naismith College Player of the Year awards. Oladipo was named co-National Defensive Player of the Year (along with Jeff Withey) by the NABC. Oladipo also won the Adolph Rupp Trophy.


2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Honors and awards, All-Big Ten Awards and Teams
On March 11, The Big Ten announced most of its conference awards. On March 27, 38 Big Ten men's basketball players were recognized as Winter Academic All-Big Ten honorees for maintaining 3.0 averages.


2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Honors and awards, USBWA
On March 12, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association released its 2012–13 Men's All-District Teams, based upon voting from its national membership. There were nine regions from coast to coast, and a player and coach of the year were selected in each. The following lists all the Big Ten representatives selected within their respective regions.


2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Honors and awards, NABC
The National Association of Basketball Coaches announced their Division I All-District teams on March 26, recognizing the nation's best men's collegiate basketball student-athletes. Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC, 240 student-athletes, from 24 districts were chosen. The selections on this list were then eligible for the State Farm Coaches' Division I All-America teams. The following list represented the District 7 players chosen to the list.


2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Honors and awards, Coaching
Tom Izzo will be recognized with the 2013 Wayman Tisdale Humanitarian Award on April 15. John Beilein was selected as an assistant coach for the 2013 World University Games. Bo Ryan earned the NABC's Coaches vs. Cancer Champion Award.


2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Honors and awards, USA Basketball
In addition to Beilein being a coach for the World University Games, the Big Ten was represented at the games by Yogi Ferrell, Will Sheehey, Aaron White and Adreian Payne.


2012–13 Binghamton Bearcats men's basketball team
The 2012–13 Binghamton Bearcats men's basketball team  represented Binghamton University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bearcats, led by first year head coach Tommy Dempsey, played their home games at the Binghamton University Events Center and were members of the America East Conference.


2012–13 Binghamton Bearcats men's basketball team
The Bearcats finished the season with at 3–27, going 1–15 in American East play to finish in last place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the America East Tournament to Stony Brook.


2012–13 Binghamton Bearcats men's basketball team, Previous season
Binghamton lost the first 26 games of the 2011–12 season and were the last Division I school to remain winless until beating Vermont to end a two-season 27-game losing streak. The Bearcats finished the regular season with a 1–28 record, but beat UMBC in the First Round of the America East Tournament before losing to Stony Brook to end the season at 2–29, the worst record in school history and the second-worst winning percentage of all Division I schools during the season. As a result of the historically inept season, head coach Mark Macon and his staff were fired.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season
The 2012–13 season was Birmingham City Football Club's 110th season in the English football league system and second consecutive season in the Football League Championship. It ran from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season
Under the management of Lee Clark, who succeeded Chris Hughton in June 2012 with the club in financial turmoil and a transfer embargo in place, Birmingham finished the season in 12th place in the Championship, seven points clear of relegation and seven points outside the playoff positions. In the 2012–13 League Cup, they were eliminated in the second round by Coventry City, and they lost to Leeds United in the third round of the FA Cup after a replay.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season
Thirty-six players made at least one appearance in first-team competition, and there were seventeen different goalscorers. Wade Elliott appeared in 47 of the 50 matches over the season; Jack Butland played every minute of the 46 Championship matches. Despite injury forcing him to miss the last quarter of the season, Marlon King was again leading scorer; all but one of his 14 goals were scored in league games.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, Background and pre-season
Birmingham City finished fourth in the 2011–12 Football League Championship, achieving a play-off place against fifth-placed Blackpool. This they lost over two legs.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, Background and pre-season
The 2012–13 home kit had royal blue shirt and socks with white shorts, the change kit was all black, and there was a pink third shirt. It was manufactured by Diadora and carried the logo of the club's main sponsor, entertainment and leisure company EzeGroup.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, Background and pre-season
The first-team squad had a week's training in Westendorf, Austria, ending with a friendly match on 21 July, before returning to England to face Shrewsbury Town three days later.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, Championship, August–September
Jack Butland made his Birmingham debut – three days after his first game for England – as Birmingham opened their League campaign at home to Charlton Athletic with a 1–1 draw via a 94th-minute equaliser from substitute Nikola Žigić. At Sheffield Wednesday, he let a cross go through his hands onto Réda Johnson's head to open the scoring. Half-time substitute Žigić made the score 2–1, but Wednesday scored on the break, and Marlon King's late penalty was little consolation. Manager Lee Clark took responsibility for the defeat, blaming his use of a 4–3–3 starting formation.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, Championship, August–September
Žigić started alongside King at Watford, and loanee Ben Gordon made his debut in place of the injured David Murphy, but Steven Caldwell gave away a penalty in the third minute, Birmingham conceded a second goal after 17, and a poor performance was only enlivened when Morgaro Gomis came into the game with 25 minutes left.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, Championship, August–September
With Curtis Davies, Žigić and Darren Ambrose added to the injury list, Birmingham went into the home match against pointless Peterborough United with five teenagers on the substitutes' bench. A farcical own goal by goalkeeper Bobby Olejnik, whose attempted punch of Wade Elliott's free kick went back over his head and bounced over a defender on the line, gave Birmingham their first league win of the season; the goal was later awarded to Elliott. Transfer deadline signing Paul Caddis, making his debut at right back, was named man of the match.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, Championship, August–September
Birmingham's first away point of the season came at Nottingham Forest. Substitute Elliott set up King, whose shot was parried to Hayden Mullins who volleyed home from just inside the penalty area, and Nathan Redmond avoided two tackles to cross for King who doubled the lead after 71 minutes. Simon Cox controlled a long aerial ball with one touch and lobbed Butland with a second, and with four minutes remaining, man-of-the-match Pablo Ibáñez deflected the ball into his own net.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, Championship, August–September
Loanee Leroy Lita opened the scoring on his home debut in Birmingham's second league win, against Bolton Wanderers, but only days after Stephen Carr was sidelined for six months by knee surgery, Caddis dislocated a shoulder, leaving the team without a recognised right back. The attendance, of 14,693, was their lowest home league crowd for 15 years; according to the Birmingham Mail, fans blamed high ticket prices and financial uncertainty surrounding the club's ownership.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, Championship, August–September
Eight hundred fewer attended the visit of Barnsley, in which Murphy and Pablo went off injured, and Birmingham fan Craig Davies contributed four of the visitors' five goals in a 23-minute second-half spell to inflict Birmingham's worst home league defeat for 25 years. Lee Clark issued a public apology for the "embarrassing performance". Because Murphy's torn hamstring and Pablo's chipped bone in the foot were expected to keep them out for a month, reducing the club to two fit senior defenders, left-back Paul Robinson signed for a month as a free agent. He made a strong debut as Birmingham successfully defended a 1–0 lead, via Chris Burke's first goal of the season, a 25-yard (23 m) volley, at league leaders Brighton & Hove Albion. The second half was delayed for 25 minutes by floodlight failure.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, Championship, October–November
October began with a 2–1 defeat at Cardiff City. Lita neatly touched Elliott's free kick home, but Cardiff's goals came from defensive errors: Packwood played them onside for the first, and failure to deal with a corner allowed Mark Hudson to score the winner. New loanee James Hurst made his debut as a second-half substitute. Courtesy of half-price ticket offers, more than 18,000 saw Birmingham lose 1–0 to Huddersfield Town; Žigić was sent off for a high tackle and Mitch Hancox made his competitive debut as substitute for the injured Davies.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, Championship, October–November
Clark accused the players of failing to take responsibility, making it clear that he was "not sitting in the dressing room telling them not to tackle, to pussyfoot around, telling them to mis-place passes. They can't just hide behind me all the time, they've got to come out fighting." Butland produced what he described as the best performance of his career and Ravel Morrison, selected for the first time since August after problems with his attitude to training led Clark to consider terminating his loan, was influential as Birmingham narrowly failed to beat league leaders Leicester City.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, Championship, October–November
Away to Millwall, Birmingham went 3–0 down in a seven-minute spell in the first half, two of the three scored by former loanee Chris Wood, before Marlon King scored the first hat-trick of his senior career to secure the draw. On his 40th birthday, Lee Clark selected the same starting eleven away at Leeds United, where Lita scored the only goal of the game from 30 yards (27 m).


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, Championship, October–November
After Redmond gave the ball away in midfield, former Birmingham striker DJ Campbell scored the only goal of a dull meeting with Ipswich Town. Žigić, returning from suspension as a second-half substitute, missed two clear chances, with a free header and when one-on-one with the goalkeeper. Recalled to the starting eleven, Burke scored his second of the season three days later at home to Bristol City. Žigić made an assist for King, but his own profligacy continued, and he was clearly annoyed by Peter Løvenkrands' insistence on taking, and then missing, a stoppage-time penalty.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, Championship, October–November
A slow start at Blackburn Rovers was punished by Ruben Rochina's penalty after he was fouled by Murphy, but King equalised after Žigić hit the post. Robinson, deputising at centre half for the injured Davies, cleared off the line from Jordan Rhodes. For the third time this season, Birmingham went three goals behind, this time at home to Hull City where former Birmingham trainee Sone Aluko scored twice and took the corner that led to the third.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, Championship, October–November
Morrison's first goal for the club, a "spectacular volley" from Žigić's knockdown, began the attempted fightback, which continued immediately after the break when Žigić headed on Murphy's long ball to King who wrong-footed the goalkeeper to score his tenth of the season. Terry McDermott said afterwards that "to concede three goals at home and in the manner in which we did it is not acceptable to anybody."


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, Championship, October–November
The Birmingham Mail's Colin Tattum described the visit to Derby County as "a microcosm of what we've witnessed from Blues this campaign". An ineffective first half, in which they went one goal down, was followed by a lively second period, in which debutant loanee Rob Hall won a penalty, converted by King, and Løvenkrands headed a second goal, but the defence was unable to stop Derby regaining the lead. Davies's second-half header from a corner earned Birmingham a point at Blackpool, before November ended with the televised visit of third-placed Middlesbrough.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, Championship, October–November
Birmingham conceded after 15 minutes, but in first-half stoppage time, King was fouled by André Bikey for a penalty from which he equalised. Pablo's defensive hesitancy allowed Middlesbrough to regain the lead before Elliott chested down a defensive clearance on the edge of the penalty area and hit a dipping volley above the goalkeeper's hands. With ten minutes left, Løvenkrands picked up a loose ball in midfield and played a through ball that King ran onto and placed a "clinical finish" across the goalkeeper.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, Championship, December–January
King's 14th goal of the season came when he sliced a clearance into his own net to gift Wolverhampton Wanderers a win. Crystal Palace took a two-goal lead, and Løvenkrands was booked for diving in the penalty area, before substitute Žigić scored a well-placed header with his first touch before Papa Bouba Diop, on his first start, equalised with a powerful header from a corner. Teenage midfielder Callum Reilly made his league debut. Seven teenagers started the match, and Žigić played as a lone striker after Løvenkrands was injured during the pre-match warm-up, at home to Burnley.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, Championship, December–January
Davies opened the scoring with a header before Charlie Austin's headed equaliser was disallowed when the referee called play back for a foul on the player who had crossed the ball. Burnley took the lead in a two-minute spell in the second half before Žigić shot under the goalkeeper to equalise in the 89th minute. Two headed goals by Davies gave Birmingham a win at Barnsley to take them seven points clear of the relegation zone, though they were fortunate that Craig Davies, who scored four of Barnsley's five in the reverse fixture, missed a penalty. In what Clark thought "was our most inept performance for many, many weeks", at Bolton Wanderers, Žigić scored early but after Bolton secured a two-goal lead, his frustration got the better of him and he was booked twice in quick succession.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, Championship, December–January
With no senior striker available, Mullins injured in the warmup, and his replacement, Reilly, injured half an hour into the match, Birmingham lost at home to league leaders Cardiff City by a single goal, tapped in by Joe Mason after Butland failed to deal with a long-range shot. Reilly's first senior goal gave Birmingham the lead as Clark returned to the club that sacked him less than a year earlier, but a 93rd-minute equaliser secured Huddersfield Town a share of the points.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, Championship, December–January
Caldwell's header from Hall's corner opened the scoring at home to Brighton & Hove Albion; Brighton took the lead, but in stoppage time, goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak appeared to have substitute Žigić's header under control but allowed it drop into the net. Davies opened the scoring away at Burnley, again from Hall's corner, then Robinson conceded a penalty from which Ross Wallace equalised. After Dean Marney was sent off, Birmingham had more of the game. Žigić should have scored when his late header hit the post, but he compensated with a flick-on that King volleyed home.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, Championship, February–March
Former Birmingham manager Alex McLeish had tried to buy Chris Burke for Nottingham Forest during the January transfer window. Burke showed him what they were missing by scoring twice as Birmingham beat Forest 2–1, "a glorious left-foot effort off the underside of the bar from the edge of the area" and a second-half tap-in. On a poor pitch at Charlton Athletic, the home side took the lead after 88 minutes, but Elliott converted Burke's cross for a 94th-minute equaliser.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, Championship, February–March
Clark criticised Žigić for producing "possibly the worst training session in terms of a professional footballer I have ever come across", and dropped him for the visit of Watford. Birmingham were overrun, losing 4–0. Žigić's response was clearly acceptable to Clark, for he returned to the starting lineup for a goalless draw at home to Sheffield Wednesday, Birmingham's first clean sheet for three months, in which he failed to take several chances. February ended with a visit to Peterborough United.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, Championship, February–March
Žigić opened the scoring, Reilly hit the bar from distance, and a deflected Burke shot completed a 2–0 win, although Butland made what Peterborough manager Darren Ferguson called an "unbelievable double save", no penalty was awarded when Hancox appeared to foul Nathaniel Mendez-Laing, and Reilly was fortunate to avoid a second yellow card for a "cynical trip" on Kane Ferdinand. Clark substituted Reilly immediately after the incident.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, Championship, February–March
Clark's relief at George Boyd's leaving Peterborough lasted one match. Now at Hull City, Boyd took advantage of weak defending to tear Birmingham apart; Hull manager Steve Bruce claimed he "didn't know he was that good." Hancox was able to restrict the influence of Blackpool's Tom Ince, but a combination of bad luck, when a shot by Løvenkrands struck the inside of a goalpost, rolled along the line and came out, and a bad miss by Elliott late in the game restricted Birmingham to a draw.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, Championship, February–March
Redmond's first goal of the season, and loanee Wes Thomas's first two, took Birmingham above opponents Derby County and seven points clear of the relegation zone, and Žigić converted Shane Ferguson's cross at Middlesbrough to take them into the top half of the table for the first time since mid-September. March ended with an unexpected and emphatic 4–0 win at Crystal Palace, orchestrated by youngsters Redmond – according to Clark, "a super footballer, he plays high-tempo, he can beat people" – and Morrison – "a very, very talented young man ... he's like a kid in the park playing with his mates" – both of whom scored. Under pressure from Žigić, Damien Delaney turned the ball into his own net, and the fourth goal was a "sumptuous 30-yard free-kick" by Ferguson after Morrison was fouled.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, Championship, April–May
In complete contrast, Birmingham went three goals down in the first half at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers. Elliott scored twice late in the game from the penalty spot – the second from the rebound after the penalty was saved – and 17-year-old Koby Arthur made his debut. According to Clark, "quite simply, without the ball in the first half we were rubbish". The visitors' Chris Taylor was the centre of attention as Birmingham drew with Millwall. He was booked for diving when it seemed that Caddis had fouled him, then his goal-bound shot was touched in by teammate Richard Chaplow.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, Championship, April–May
Initially disallowed for offside, the referee then awarded a goal because he thought the ball had crossed the line unassisted; when the fourth official informed him that Chaplow had indeed got a touch, he disallowed the goal again. In the second half, Taylor scored the equaliser. A point was gained at Leicester City when Burke converted a stoppage-time penalty awarded when Thomas was fouled outside the area. A 1–0 win at Bristol City confirmed that club's relegation, and Mullins' second goal of the season at home to Leeds United left Birmingham in 10th place, still mathematically within reach of the play-off positions and finally safe from relegation.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, Championship, April–May
In the last away match of the season, Ipswich Town scored three times and had two disallowed in the first hour, a flat, uncompetitive defeat summed up by Clark as "I'm three stone overweight and even I could have gone out and played at that tempo." At home to Blackburn Rovers, they attacked from the start, but without reward until the 42nd minute, when Morrison received a pass from Gomis, slipped past two defenders, and shot from 20 yards (18 m) low into the corner of the net. Jordan Rhodes tied the scores in the second half, and despite Birmingham's greater possession and number of shots, they needed Robinson's late block of Cameron Stewart's shot to avoid another defeat.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, Championship, April–May
Clark said that he envisaged keeping "three or four" senior players for the next season, but his priority would be "building a young vibrant squad". He confirmed that the club would be unable to pay transfer fees, and the budget would be sharply reduced, "so players coming in will not be getting the same salaries as they have in the past."


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, League Cup
Birmingham entered the League Cup in the first round, in which they beat League Two club Barnet at home by five goals to one. Will Packwood made his first-team debut, Steven Caldwell scored his first goal for the club, and new signings Darren Ambrose and Peter Løvenkrands both scored. In the second round, they visited Coventry City of League One, who had just sacked their manager and were under joint caretakers Richard Shaw and former Birmingham captain Lee Carsley.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, League Cup
After Løvenkrands' header gave them an early lead and Chris Burke hit the bar, they fell behind midway through the first half. Jonathan Spector equalised just before half time with his first goal for the club, but the hosts took control, and Carl Baker scored Coventry's winner during extra time when the defence failed to deal with a cross.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, FA Cup
Birmingham entered the FA Cup in the third round, together with all other clubs in the top two divisions. Drawn away to fellow Championship side Leeds United, they prepared for the match by giving squad numbers to several youth players. Colin Doyle made his second appearance of the season in goal, and, with all senior strikers missing through injury or suspension, Ravel Morrison and Nathan Redmond played up front. Morrison's running put pressure on the Leeds defence, who were punished when Wade Elliott ran from deep before unleashing a "stunning long-range shot" to take the lead.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, FA Cup
After Birmingham failed to take advantage of their first-half superiority, Curtis Davies was robbed of the ball, leading to Luciano Becchio's equaliser on the hour. Shortly afterwards, Will Packwood broke his left tibia and fibula when landing awkwardly from an apparently innocuous aerial collision with Becchio. The 17-year-old Reece Hales made a late debut, and the game finished 1–1. Butland was left out of the team for the replay, to avoiding his becoming cup-tied and jeopardising a potential sale, and Becchio was absent ill.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, FA Cup
On a cold night, in front of only 7,400 home fans, Elliott gave Birmingham a first-half lead. Ross McCormack tied the scores in the second half, and six minutes later, the referee adjudged Paul Robinson to have handled the ball inside the penalty area, and El Hadji Diouf scored with a chipped penalty.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, Transfers
At the end of the 2011–12 season, Birmingham released first-team players Caleb Folan, Luke Hubbins, Cian Hughton, Ashley Sammons and Enric Vallès. In late June, goalkeeper Ben Foster's loan at West Bromwich Albion was made permanent and midfielder Jordon Mutch joined Cardiff City, both for undisclosed fees. Following publication of the 2011 accounts, and reflecting increased financial prudence and revenue raised from player sales, the Football League lifted the club's transfer embargo in early July.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, Transfers
In the next few days, they signed three players on free transfers – Denmark international forward Peter Løvenkrands, veteran goalkeeper David Lucas, and midfielder Hayden Mullins – and paid an undisclosed fee for Crystal Palace midfielder Darren Ambrose. Lucas signed a one-year deal and the others signed for two years. Before the transfer window closed, they added two loan signings: attacking midfielder Ravel Morrison from West Ham United for the season, and Chelsea left-back Ben Gordon until January. Despite rumours linking Žigić with Real Mallorca and Butland with Everton, the only movement on deadline day was a loan swap bringing Swindon Town full-back Paul Caddis in for the season with Adam Rooney going the other way.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, Transfers
When the loan window opened, Leroy Lita arrived on a three-month loan from Swansea City to replace Rooney. At the end of September, with the club reduced to two fit senior defenders, experienced left-back Paul Robinson joined as a free agent on a one-month contract and young West Bromwich Albion right-back James Hurst signed on a month's loan. Veteran midfielder Pape Bouba Diop joined as a free agent for a month in October.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, Transfers
The first departure of the January 2013 transfer window was third-choice goalkeeper David Lucas, who joined Fleetwood Town as goalkeeping coach. Fringe striker Jake Jervis left for Elazığspor, near the bottom of the Turkish Süper Lig, for a fee reported as €50,000; he scored on his debut away at Fenerbahçe. Diop was released in January when his monthly contract expired. After a potential sale of the club fell through in December, the chairman confirmed that player sales would be needed in the transfer window to relieve the financial difficulties: "no one is for sale and everyone is available".


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, Transfers
The only departure on deadline day was Butland, who had made it clear that he was not prepared to leave for a club where he would not be playing regular first-team football. and was reported to have rejected the chance to speak to Chelsea about a possible transfer. He signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Premier League club Stoke City, and returned to Birmingham on loan for the rest of the season. According to Stoke, the fee was an initial £3.3 million, rising to £3.5m. This freed up wages for the arrival on loan of AFC Bournemouth striker Wes Thomas.


2012–13 Birmingham City F.C. season, Transfers
After Rob Hall returned to West Ham for treatment to a groin injury at the end of February, Clark brought in Northern Ireland international winger Shane Ferguson on loan from Newcastle United.


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.


2012–13 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season
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.


2012–13 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, 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.


2012–13 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summary
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.


2012–13 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summary
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.


2012–13 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summary
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.


2012–13 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summary
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.


2012–13 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summary
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.


2012–13 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summary
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.


2012–13 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summary
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.


2012–13 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summary
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.


2012–13 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summary
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.


2012–13 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summary
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.


2012–13 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summary
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.


2012–13 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summary
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.


2012–13 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summary
On 19 March 2013 after 67 days in charge of the club Michael Appleton was sacked as manager of the club. following the second sacking of the season Gary Bowyer resumed caretaker manager for the second time.


2012–13 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summary
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.


2012–13 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summary
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.


2012–13 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summary
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.


2012–13 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summary
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’.


2012–13 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summary
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.


2012–13 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Summary
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.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season
The 2012–13 season was Blackpool F.C. 's second-consecutive season in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English professional football, and their 104th overall season in the Football League. They finished in 15th position. Tom Ince was the club's top scorer, with eighteen goals in all competitions.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season
Ian Holloway, in his fourth season, was manager until 3 November. He left to join Crystal Palace, at which point his assistant, Steve Thompson, took over in a caretaker capacity. On 7 November, after a second game in charge for Thompson, Blackpool appointed Michael Appleton in the role in a permanent capacity, on a one-year rolling contract. He became Blackpool's thirtieth full-time manager. Appleton, in turn, left the club for Blackburn Rovers on 11 January. Steve Thompson again took over as caretaker. One month and one week later, Paul Ince was appointed manager, again on a rolling contract.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Pre-season
Over the summer, the club released five players: forwards Lomana LuaLua, Daniel Bogdanović, Roman Bednář and Brett Ormerod, and defender Matt Hill. In addition, four loan players returned to their parent clubs: defender Danny Wilson, midfielder John Fleck, and forwards Nouha Dicko and Stephen Dobbie. Elliot Grandin, however, returned from an extended loan to Nice in his native France.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Pre-season
Blackpool made right-back Jake Caprice their first signing on 9 July. He arrived on a free transfer from Crystal Palace.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Pre-season
On 20 July, midfielder Isaiah Osbourne joined from Hibernian for a fee of £250,000.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Pre-season
Five days later, Portuguese midfielder Tiago Gomes was signed on a free transfer.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Pre-season
The following day, midfielder Keith Southern, the club's longest-serving current player, was sold to Huddersfield Town for £300,000, reuniting with his former manager at Blackpool, Simon Grayson. A testimonial match in honour of Southern's ten years of service to the Tangerines took place on 5 August. Everton were the visitors to Bloomfield Road, and Southern played the first fifteen minutes and the last fifteen minutes of the tie. The hosts won 2–0.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Pre-season
On 27 July, Ian Holloway made his fourth signing in Dundee United's 27-year-old Scotland international midfielder Scott Robertson. He arrived on a free transfer, and became the eighth Scot in the Blackpool squad.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Pre-season
As of 28 July, Ian Holloway had a first-team squad of 34 at his disposal. This included the four former Youth players who were handed professional contracts. They were forward Alex Addai, defender Matt Challoner, and midfielders Jamie Menagh and Curtis Thompson. While the squad were at their pre-season training camp in Portugal, Craig Sutherland suffered a knee injury that will put him out of action for twelve months.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Pre-season
The first of Blackpool's three pre-season friendlies took place at Wrexham, managed by former 'Pool striker Andy Morrell, on 28 July. Goals from Kevin Phillips and new signing Scott Robertson gave the visitors a 2–1 victory. Recent departure Brett Ormerod started for Wrexham, while Morrell came on as a second-half substitute after being urged on by the visiting support.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
On 18 June, the Football League fixtures were published. Blackpool had four Lancashire-derby fixtures this campaign, with Blackburn Rovers having been relegated from the Premier League last season. They joined Burnley as Blackpool's rivals in the Red Rose County.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
Blackpool officially kicked off their season on 12 August, with a League Cup first-round fixture against Morecambe at Bloomfield Road. The first-ever competitive meeting between the two Fylde Coast clubs ended with victory for the visitors. The Shrimps took the lead inside six minutes via Lewis Alessandra. Andrew Fleming doubled their lead eleven minutes into the second half. Alex Baptiste scored what proved to be a consolation for the hosts with thirteen minutes remaining.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
On 14 August, Blackpool completed a trio of signings. Danish-Algerian striker Adda Djeziri, who had played under Ian Holloway at Leicester City, joined from Viborg. Spaniard Alberto Noguera, a midfielder, signed from Atlético Madrid, while fellow midfielder, Englishman James Caton, also put pen to paper. All three had been on trial with the club.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
On the eve of their first League game of the season, striker Nouha Dicko re-joined the club on a season-long loan from Wigan Athletic, thus making the first-team squad total 38.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
The following day, a 2–0 victory at Millwall put Blackpool joint-top of the table with Burnley.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
Blackpool maintained their 100% start to the League campaign with a 2–1 win at home to Leeds United. Tom Lees put the visitors ahead in the 16th minute. The score remained the same until fifteen minutes from time, when Nouha Dicko opened his account for the season. Substitute Matt Phillips, reinstated to the matchday squad after submitting a transfer request at the weekend, netted the winner five minutes later. The win kept the Seasiders top of the table, two points clear of Sheffield Wednesday.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
On 23 August, Ivorian forward Anderson Banvo and Frenchman Brice Irie-Bi joined the club on one-year contracts. They will start out in the Seasiders' development squad.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
They made it three wins out of three with a 6–0 whitewash of Ipswich Town four days later.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
On 31 August, transfer-deadline day, Blackpool signed Nathan Eccleston from Liverpool for an undisclosed fee and Nathan Delfouneso from Aston Villa on a season-long loan.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
Blackpool's 100% start to the League campaign was ended on 1 September, with a single-goal defeat at Ian Holloway's former club Leicester City — a disputed penalty the difference. Blackpool remained top despite the defeat, however.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
On 4 September, former Rangers defender Kirk Broadfoot joined the club on a free transfer, becoming the ninth Scot at Ian Holloway's disposal.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
After a two-week break due to internationals, Blackpool travelled to Barnsley on 15 September. They came away with a draw — Tom Ince scoring his fifth goal in as many League games — and were knocked off the top of the table by Blackburn Rovers. Nathan Delfouneso became the 22nd player used by Ian Holloway in the club's five games thus far.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
Three days later, the Seasiders hosted Middlesbrough at Bloomfield Road. A double from Nathan Delfouneso, on his full debut, inside 40 minutes put Blackpool into the driving seat. Andre Bikey pulled one back on the stroke of half-time. Tom Ince made it 3–1 ten minutes into the second half, in the process making himself the division's leading scorer, with six goals. Elliot Grandin made it 4–1 from the penalty spot after he was fouled. The win kept Blackpool in second place, behind Blackburn Rovers, in what was their best start to a League season in 57 years.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
Two successive defeats ensued – 3–1 at home to Huddersfield Town, managed by former Blackpool boss Simon Grayson, and 3–0 at Cardiff City.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
A victory, at Hull City on 2 October, followed, but a third defeat in four games occurred at home to Charlton Athletic. After that result, Blackpool lay in eighth position, six points behind leaders Cardiff City.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
Four days later, Charlton Athletic dealt Blackpool their second-consecutive home defeat.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
A fourth loss in five outings occurred two weeks later, after an international break. It was a Lancashire derby against Burnley at Turf Moor. Charlie Austin netted the only goal of the game inside twenty minutes.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
Two successive home draws followed — against Nottingham Forest on 23 October and against Brighton & Hove Albion four days later.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
Ian Holloway resigned as manager on the morning of 3 November, a match day at Derby County, to become the new manager of Crystal Palace. Assistant manager Steve Thompson took charge in a caretaker capacity for the fixture, but Holloway's team selection stuck. Blackpool lost 4–1, their sixth defeat of their fourteen League games.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
Thompson remained in charge for the following game, in which Blackpool balanced their win/loss record with a 2–0 victory at Sheffield Wednesday.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
Portsmouth manager Michael Appleton was named as Holloway's successor on 7 November. His first game in charge was at home to Bolton Wanderers three days later. The match finished 2–2.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
A week later, Blackpool travelled to Bristol City and came home with a point after a 1–1 draw. A Tom Ince penalty — his tenth goal of the campaign — in the closing seconds of the game kept Appleton's unbeaten start intact. Blackpool climbed to 12th place in the table with the result.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
A third-successive draw followed, at home to Watford on 24 November. The Hornets went two goals ahead before the half-hour mark, but the hosts fought back to take a point with second-half strikes from Kevin Phillips and, in the final seconds of the game, Isaiah Osbourne.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
Three days later, Blackpool hosted Birmingham City. Tom Ince opened the scoring on 17 minutes, but Curtis Davies put City level three minutes into the second half. Blackpool sat sixteenth with the point.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
Into December, and Michael Appleton notched his first win with a 4–1 scoreline at Peterborough United. Wes Thomas, on loan from Bournemouth, put the visitors ahead on 51 minutes with his first goal for the Tangerines. Seven minutes later, Tom Ince doubled Blackpool's lead from the penalty spot. Dwight Gayle pulled one back for the Posh on 71 minutes, but Nouha Dicko restored Blackpool's two-goal cushion ten minutes later. Two minutes from time, Ince scored his second and Blackpool's fourth. The win lifted Blackpool to eleventh.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
On 8 December, Blackpool travelled to Ian Holloway's Crystal Palace. Nathan Delfouneso gave Blackpool the lead on 37 minutes. Owen Garvan equalised seven minutes in the second half. Glenn Murray put Palace ahead for the first time just after the hour mark, but substitute Nouha Dicko scored in the final minute to maintain Michael Appleton's unbeaten start to his Blackpool career.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
On 15 December, Blackpool faced Blackburn Rovers at Bloomfield Road. Wes Thomas scored his second goal of the season on 22 minutes. Kirk Broadfoot opened his scoring account for Blackpool with an 81st-minute header to give Blackpool the three points and extend their unbeaten run to eight.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
Wolves visited the seaside on 21 December, and came out the victors 2–1 in what was the halfway point of the campaign. Captain Alex Baptiste was Blackpool's scorer.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
Blackpool crossed the Pennines on Boxing Day to face Huddersfield Town. The spoils were shared in a 1–1 draw, Nathan Delfouneso scoring for the visitors.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
For their last fixture of 2012, Blackpool travelled north-east to take on Middlesbrough. They lost 4–2, with Wes Thomas and Chris Basham getting their goals.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
New Year's Day saw Hull City switch coasts. They returned to Yorkshire with a point after a goalless draw.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
On 11 January, after just two months in charge of the Seasiders, Michael Appleton quit to take over at Blackburn Rovers, leaving Karl Oyston the task of looking for a new manager for the second time this season.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
Steve Thompson was again put in temporary charge for the trip to Charlton Athletic the following day. The Tangerines lost 2–1, with Nathan Eccleston netting his first Blackpool goal.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
A week later, eventual champions Cardiff City travelled up the coast, looking to complete a double over Blackpool. They succeeded, with a 2–1 scoreline. gary Taylor-Fletcher scored the hosts' goal. Blackpool had now gone six games without a victory.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
This was remedied on 26 January with a victory at Wolves. Tom Ince scored both Blackpool goals in the 2–1 scoreline.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
Another defeat followed, however — this time at home to Barnsley, who went on to finish bottom of the table. Ince scored Blackpool's goal.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
On 9 February, Blackpool beat Millwall 2–1 at Bloomfield Road. Ince, with his fourth goal in three games, and Nathan Delfouneso did the damage for Blackpool.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
A long trip to Ipswich Town on 16 February proved fruitless, the Seasiders going down by a single goal.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
Paul Ince was named as Michael Appleton's successor on 18 February, and his first match in charge was at Leeds United two days later. They lost 2–0.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
Two goalless home draws followed — against Leicester City and Bristol City — leaving Blackpool without a goal to their name in 360 minutes of football.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
Another draw, this time 1–1, at Birmingham City occurred on 5 March. Kirk Broadfoot opened his scoring account for Blackpool.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
Paul Ince's first victory came on 9 March, at Watford, thanks to goals from Ince junior and Gary MacKenzie.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
This was cancelled out, however, with a defeat the following week, at home to Peterborough United, another side relegated at the end of the campaign.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
Blackpool made the short trip to Blackburn Rovers on 29 March. They would have expected to face former manager Michael Appleton, but he was relieved of his duties the previous week after 67 days in charge. The match finished 1–1. Gary MacKenzie found the net for the second-successive game.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
They did face a former manager in the next game, when Ian Holloway brought his Crystal Palace side to Bloomfield Road. Despite having Barry Ferguson sent off just before half time, Matt Phillips' goal was enough to give the hosts a valuable three points.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
A visit to Nottingham Forest on 6 April resulted in a point from a 1–1 draw. Ludovic Sylvestre scored for the Seasiders.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
Local rivals Burnley visited the seaside on 13 April. Blackpool exacted revenge for the defeat at Turf Moor in the reverse fixture with a single-goal victory. Ludovic Sylvestre scored the goal.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
A third clean sheet in four games followed with a goalless draw at home to Sheffield Wednesday.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
Blackpool travelled to the south coast to face Brighton on 20 April, and they suffered their heaviest defeat in recent memory after Gus Poyet's men ran out 6–1 winners. The hosts scored all seven goals: Hammond put through his own goal.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
Paul Ince got his fourth win the following week with a 2–1 scoreline against Derby County. Gary Taylor-Fletcher and Ludovic Sylvestre were on the mark for the hosts.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Season summary, Season proper
Blackpool's season was brought to a close with a 2–2 draw at Bolton Wanderers on 4 May. They led 2–0 before Bolton struck twice just before half time to level matters. Matt Phillips scored Blackpool's first, before Ludovic Sylvestre, with his fourth goal in six games, doubled the lead. The draw resulted in Wanderers' dropping out of the play-off zone in favour of Leicester City.


2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season, Statistics, Appearances and goals
Players used: 32Goals scored: 65 (62 League; 2 FA Cup; 1 League Cup) (includes two own-goals)


2012–13 Bobsleigh World Cup
The 2012–13 Bobsleigh World Cup was a multi race competition over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 9 November 2012 in Lake Placid, United States and ended on 17 February 2013 in Sochi, Russia. The World Cup is organised by the FIBT who also run World Cups and Championships in skeleton.


2012–13 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team
The 2012–13 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team represented Boise State University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Broncos, led by third year head coach Leon Rice, played their home games at Taco Bell Arena and were a member of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 21–11, 9–7 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Tournament to San Diego State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, the school's first ever at-large bid, where they lost in the First Four round to La Salle.


2012–13 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team, Schedule
On August 10, the Mountain West announced the conference schedule and Boise State also announced a few confirmed non conference games. The full schedule was released on August 17.


2012–13 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team, Season notes
Boise State's win over #11 Creighton on November 28 is the highest ranked team Boise State has ever beaten in program history. The previous highest ranked team they defeated was #15 Washington in 1998. Following the win over Creighton, the Broncos began to receive votes in both the AP and Coaches polls. Their win over LSU on December 14 was Boise State's first win ever against a team from the SEC. On December 30, Jr. Jeff Elorriaga set a Boise State and Mountain West record by making 10 3-pointers in a win against Corban.


2012–13 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team, Season notes
With 30 points against Corban, Elorriaga became the third Bronco this season to score 30 or more points (Marks 35 vs Creighton, Drmic 34 vs LSU). It is the first time in school history that three different Broncos have scored 30 points in a game during the same season. The 67-point win over Walla Walla on January 5 was the largest margin of victory in school history. The Broncos set a school record with 12 non-conference wins.


2012–13 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team, Season notes
On January 9, leading scorer Derrick Marks along with Mikey Thompson, Kenny Buckner and Darrious Hamilton were suspended for violation of team rules for the Mountain West opener vs Wyoming. The Broncos only played 7 players and won the game by 2. On January 23 vs Fresno State, the Broncos went 26 for 26 at the line to set a new school and Mountain West record for most made free throws with out a miss. The previous conference record was 23 for 23 set by Colorado State in 2011–12. Derrick Marks and Anthony Drmic were named to the Mountain All-Conference 2nd team. Their berth in the NCAA Tournament is the school's sixth overall appearance, first since 2008, and first at-large berth ever.


2012–13 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team, Gallery
Joe Hansted attempts a 3 vs Walla Walla on January 5.


2012–13 Bologna F.C. 1909 season
Bologna Football Club 1909 will take part of the 2012–13 season in the Italian Serie A. They will also take part in the Coppa Italia. This will be fifth consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football for Bologna.


2012–13 Bologna F.C. 1909 season, Overview, Team Kit
The kits for the 2012–13 season were made by the local Bolognese sportswear manufacture Macron, kit sponsor of Bologna since 2001. The kits were unveiled on 26 July, in the town of Andalo, the site of Bologna's preseason preparations. The home uniforms feature the classic red and blue stripes, and both the white way kit and anthracite third kit featuring blue and red trim around the collar. All shirts will feature the renewed sponsorship deals with NGM Mobile and Serenissima Ceramica.


2012–13 Bologna F.C. 1909 season, Squad, First team, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012–13 Bologna F.C. 1909 season, Statistics, Top scorers
This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2012–13 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season
The 2012–13 season was Bolton Wanderers first season in the Football League Championship since 2001 following their relegation from the Premier League. Bolton ultimately missed out on a play-off spot, being overtaken by Leicester City on the final day of the season, meaning Bolton spent the 2013–14 season in the Championship.


2012–13 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season
The season covered the period from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013.


2012–13 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Pre-season
On 24 May, Bolton announced an initial ten fixtures to precede the 2012–13 season. These took in away games at League One sides Crewe Alexandra, Portsmouth, Tranmere Rovers and League Two sides Morecambe and Accrington Stanley. They also played five non league sides, Bamber Bridge, Radcliffe Borough, Chorley, Barrow and Halifax Town. All five of the latter games, along with the game at Accrington Stanley and another game at Daisy Hill which was announced on 2 August, were played by a Development squad. An additional game, the only one to be played at the Reebok Stadium, against Barcelona B, the reserve side of Barcelona, was announced on 29 June. On 6 June, a tour of Scotland was announced, with the team visiting Ayr United, Hamilton Academical and Falkirk.


2012–13 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Pre-season
Bolton began their pre-season games at Ayr United where they drew 1–1, Marcos Alonso scoring midway through the second half before Mark Roberts equalised for the home side. Three days later, Bolton travelled to Hamilton Academical where, after a quiet first half, Hamilton won the game with two quick goals through Andy Ryan and Stephen Hendrie. Bolton completed their Scottish tour with a trip to Falkirk four days later. Falkirk striker Lyle Taylor scored after just fifteen seconds, lobbing Ádám Bogdán, with Chris Eagles equalising 14 minutes later. The game finished as a draw, meaning that Bolton finished their time in Scotland without a win.


2012–13 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Pre-season
The club's first game after returning to England was against Crewe Alexandra. Crewe took the lead on thirteen minutes through Max Clayton, but Bolton equalised when Martin Petrov converted a penalty midway though the first half. With no further goals scored, Bolton still remained without a win during the pre season. The first win of the pre-season came in the following game, when two early goals from Chris Eagles and David N'Gog, playing his first game after injury had kept him out of the previous fixtures, gave Bolton a 2–0 victory over Morecambe.


2012–13 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Pre-season
This was followed by a 3–0 loss at Portsmouth, where the home side scored two goals through Kieran Djilali and Liam Lawrence, with Ashley Harris scoring a third in the second half. New signing Benik Afobe made his first appearance for Bolton as a substitute during the game. Afobe made his second appearance for the club, and scored a hat trick, in Bolton's penultimate pre season game, as they beat Tranmere Rovers 3–1, Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro replying for the home team. Bolton concluded their pre-season with a 2–2 draw at home at Barcelona B. The home side, playing their only pre-season game at The Reebok Stadium, twice came from behind, Marvin Sordell and a Sergi Gómez own goal cancelling out efforts by Cristian Lobato and Iván Balliu.


2012–13 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Championship
The fixtures for the 2012–13 season were announced on 18 June at 09:00 BST, and revealed that Bolton would begin the season away from home at manager Owen Coyle's former club Burnley on 18 August 2012. On 15 August, midfielder Fabrice Muamba announced his retirement, following his cardiac arrest earlier in the year.


2012–13 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Championship, August
The season did not get off to the best of starts, with Bolton losing at Burnley. Goals from Martin Paterson and Charlie Austin gave the home side a 2–0 win. Keith Andrews and Benik Afobe made their debuts for Bolton, Andrews starting and Afobe coming on as a second-half substitute for Kevin Davies. This meant that Bolton began the season in the relegation zone, in twenty second place. Three days later, Bolton played their first home game of the season, against Derby County.


2012–13 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Championship, August
After a goalless first half, Bolton took the lead through Kevin Davies with 13 minutes left before Chris Eagles doubled the lead in added time to give Bolton their first win of the season and move them to 14th in the table. The following Friday, Bolton played in front of the television cameras for the first time this season, at home against Nottingham Forest. Forest took the lead when Lewis McGugan scored from 30 yards out, but Eagles equalised shortly before half time after a Kevin Davies header came back off a post. Marvin Sordell gave Bolton the lead four minutes into the second half, before Andy Reid equalised for Forest, the game finishing as a 2–2 draw. After the weekend results, Bolton had climbed one place to 13th. Bolton's Player of the Month for August was Chris Eagles.


2012–13 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Championship, September
Bolton began September away at Hull City on the first day of the month and took the lead through Chris Eagles' third goal of the season, a thirty five yard free kick. Sone Aluko scored an equaliser for the home side twelve minutes later before former Bolton player Abdoulaye Faye and Stephen Quinn scored two goals in quick succession shortly after half time to give Hull a 3–1 victory. Following their second defeat of the season, Bolton entered the first international break of the season in twentieth place in the division.


2012–13 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Championship, September
Bolton returned from the international break with a home fixture against Watford. A crowd of 16,608, Bolton's lowest league crowd since May 2001, saw Matt Mills score his first goal for the club early in the first half before Kevin Davies doubled the lead just before half time. Lloyd Doyley pulled one back for Watford, but Bolton held onto the lead and the victory took them up to 11th in the table. However, the next game saw them fall back to 15th as they lost 2–1 at Birmingham City.


2012–13 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Championship, September
An early Leroy Lita goal was cancelled out by Chris Eagles just before half time, but Marlon King scored from the penalty spot soon after the restart to give the home side the win. The following Saturday, Bolton picked up their first away win of the season at Sheffield Wednesday. Marcos Alonso scored his first goal of the season late in the first half, but Wednesday replied with a second half penalty by Ross Barkley. However, Bolton claimed the win when Mark Davies, with his own first goal of the season, regained the lead almost immediately.


2012–13 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Championship, September
The win took Bolton up to thirteenth position, but they failed to capitalize on this victory by losing 1–0 at home to Crystal Palace the following Saturday, Glenn Murray scoring the only goal of the game from the penalty spot after Zat Knight had fouled Wilfried Zaha. Bolton's Player of the Month for September was Chris Eagles again, winning it for the second month in a row.


2012–13 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Championship, October
A home game against Leeds United followed three days later. Kevin Davies scored his fourth and fifth goals of the season, but another conceded penalty, converted by Luciano Becchio, and a Sam Byram goal gave Leeds the draw. Bolton's last game before the next international break was away at Millwall. The home side took the lead through Darius Henderson midway through the first half but Chris Eagles equalised early in the second before missing a penalty. Bolton were ultimately punished for this miss by Henderson, who scored his second in stoppage time, giving Millwall the win. This meant that Bolton entered the international break in 18th place.


2012–13 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Championship, October
Three days later, on 9 October, manager Owen Coyle was relieved of his duties by the club, with Academy Director Jimmy Phillips and head of academy coaching and development, and former club manager, Sammy Lee being placed in temporary charge. Their first game in temporary charge was against Bristol City on 20 October. The away side took the lead early in the first half with Steven Davies scoring an overhead kick. He followed this up with a second from the penalty spot on 20 minutes.


2012–13 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Championship, October
Chris Eagles scored from a free-kick ten minutes later, his sixth of the season, to make the score 2–1 to Bristol City at half-time. Jay Spearing scored his first goal for the club midway through the second half to equalise and Martin Petrov scored with eight minutes to give Bolton a 3–2 win, which moved them up to 15th.


2012–13 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Championship, October
Bolton began a run of two away games on 23 October at Wolverhampton Wanderers with Phillips still in charge. Bolton took the lead through Benik Afobe's first league goal of the season but Wolves replied before half-time with two Kevin Doyle goals within a three-minute period. With time running out, former Wolves player Mark Davies scored in the first minute of stoppage time, his second of the season, to equalise. Despite getting a point, Bolton dropped a place in the table to 16th.


2012–13 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Championship, October
Dougie Freedman was named Bolton manager on 25 October with Phillips remaining in charge of team affairs for Bolton's next game away against Middlesbrough on 27 October. Bolton took the lead through Lee Chung-yong's first goal of the season shortly before half-time but two goals from Scott McDonald in the second half gave Middlesbrough the win. Following this loss, Bolton dropped two more places in the table to 18th. Bolton's Player of the Month for October was again Eagles, winning the award three months in a row.


2012–13 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Championship, November
After watching from the stands against Middlesbrough, Freedman took charge against league leaders Cardiff City on 3 November. Bolton fell behind in the 40th minute to a Craig Noone goal. In the second half, Freedman brought on David N'Gog for captain Kevin Davies and N'Gog had a goal incorrectly disallowed for offside before winning a penalty in the sixty ninth minute after being tripped by Kim Bo-kyung.


2012–13 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Championship, November
Martin Petrov converted the penalty to equalise and then N'Gog himself scored in the 74th minute to give Bolton a 2–1 lead before being sent off in stoppage time for a second bookable offence. Bolton held on for the three points, which moved them up one position in the table to seventeenth.


2012–13 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Championship, November
Bolton's next game was three days later against Leicester City with the game finishing goalless, which kept Bolton in 17th. An away game at Blackpool followed on 10 November, marking Freedman's first away game as manager. Bolton took the lead early in the first half with Mark Davies' third of the season, but Blackpool equalised three minutes later through Tom Ince. Bolton regained the lead late in the second half through Lee Chung-yong's second of the season but Blackpool equalised again ten minutes later, with Nathan Delfouneso scoring.


2012–13 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Championship, November
The game finished 2–2 and the point kept Bolton in seventeenth position for the third match running. The following weekend, Bolton's played at home against Barnsley. Kevin Davies opened the scoring midway through the first half with his fifth goal of the Season but Barnsley equalised through Craig Davies midway in the second half. The game finished 1–1, Bolton's third consecutive draw, and the point kept Bolton in seventeenth position for the fourth match in succession.


2012–13 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Championship, November
Bolton's next match was against Brighton & Hove Albion. Ádám Bogdán saved a penalty from Brighton's Ashley Barnes in the first half and the home side also hit the post three times. Despite this, the first half finished goalless. Shortly after the break, Bruno scored for Brighton to give them the lead. With the game heading towards a close, David N'Gog scored with the last kick of the game to equalise for Bolton. This was Bolton's fourth consecutive draw and they dropped one place in the table to eighteenth.


2012–13 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Championship, November
Bolton's last match of November came four days later, away against their geographically closest divisional rivals, Blackburn Rovers. Wolverhampton Wanderers' defeat the previous evening had already seen Bolton rise back to 17th. Kevin Davies, with his sixth goal of the season, scored early on and Bolton doubled the lead midway through the second half through Lee Chung-yong's third of the season. Jordan Rhodes pulled one back for Blackburn with eight minutes to go, but Bolton held on to claim their second away win of the season and remained in the same position in the league. This win meant Bolton had gone the month of November undefeated, the first time they had managed to go a month unbeaten for two years. Bolton's Player of the Month was Kevin Davies.


2012–13 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Championship, December
Bolton's first game of December was at home against Ipswich Town. Bolton took the lead in the sixth minute through Mark Davies' fourth goal of the season. DJ Campbell equalised for Ipswich from the penalty spot with 20 minutes to go which was followed by a Michael Chopra winner for Ipswich in the last minute. This was Dougie Freedman's first loss as Bolton manager and was the end of Bolton's six game unbeaten run. Following the loss, Bolton dropped one place in the table to 18th. The following weekend, Bolton travelled to Huddersfield Town.


2012–13 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Championship, December
Bolton went 1–0 down after a Zat Knight own goal. Bolton equalised through Mark Davies' 5th of the season and his second in consecutive games. Chris Eagles then missed a penalty but made up for it by scoring his seventh of the season to put Bolton 2–1 up. However James Vaughan equalised for Huddersfield with three minutes to go, giving Bolton another draw, which left them in 18th.


2012–13 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Championship, December
A week later, Bolton played Charlton Athletic at home. With the scores level at 0–0 for nearly all the match, substitute David N'Gog scored twice in the space of six minutes in the final 15 minutes to win the game 2–0 for Bolton. The points moved Bolton up five places, from 18th to 13th. A week later, Bolton played bottom of the table Peterborough United. Within the first six minutes, Peterborough were 2–0 up through goals from Lee Tomlin and Dwight Gayle.


2012–13 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Championship, December
Bolton pulled one back in first half stoppage time through a Keith Andrews penalty, his first goal of the season and his first for Bolton. Peterborough quickly got their two-goal advantage back though after the break when George Thorne scored and it then became a three-goal advantage when Mark Little scored. Andrews scored another penalty to reduce the deficit to two goals but Gabriel Zakuani scored to put it back to a three-goal advantage for Peterborough.


2012–13 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Championship, December
With ten minutes to go, Bolton pulled two back through Benik Afobe's third of the season and Martin Petrov's third of the season, but it wasn't enough as the match ended in a 5–4 defeat. This defeat was Bolton's second of the month and it caused them to drop three places to 16th.


2012–13 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Championship, December
Bolton's next game was against Sheffield Wednesday at home on Boxing Day. Wednesday won with a goal from Mamady Sidibé midway through the first half. This was Bolton's second consecutive defeat. Despite defeat, Bolton remained in 16th. Bolton's final game of the year was at home to Birmingham City. After falling behind to a Nikola Žigić header after 11 minutes, Bolton equalised and then pulled ahead before the first half was over through goals from Marcos Alonso and Lee Chung-yong, respectively. Keith Andrews then converted a second half penalty to wrap up the three points and send Bolton into the new year in 14th place, and eight points off the play-offs. Jay Spearing, on loan from Liverpool, was December's Player of the Month.


2012–13 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Championship, January
Bolton started 2013 with a loss at Leeds United, a solitary goal scored by Luciano Becchio from the penalty spot being the difference. A home draw against Millwall followed, with each team scoring a penalty in the first half. Andy Keogh converted for the away side before Keith Andrews equalised. Bolton's final league game of January saw Dougie Freedman return to Crystal Palace for the first time since leaving as well as Jacob Butterfield's first appearance against Bolton since his loan period finished. The match ended goalless, securing Bolton's first clean sheet in the league since the opening day of the 2011–12 season, as they spent the whole of the month in 16th position. Marvin Sordell was January's Player of the Month.


2012–13 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Championship, February
Bolton began February with a visit to Watford. The game saw Marvin Sordell's first return to his former club since leaving the previous year and it was the former Watford man who opened the scoring through a penalty midway through the first half. Watford equalised almost immediately when Matěj Vydra scored and completed the turn around in the second half through Almen Abdi. The result saw Bolton fall to twentieth place, three points off the relegation zone. Their next game was at home against Burnley. Burnley took the lead through David Edgar shortly after half-time. Craig Davies scored his first goal for Bolton 11 minutes later which was followed 25 minutes later by a David N'Gog winner, his fifth of the season. The win moved Bolton up three places to 17th.


2012–13 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Championship, February
Bolton's next match was away to Nottingham Forest after falling behind to an Andy Reid goal in the 59th minute, Bolton survived heavy pressure and equalised through Craig Davies' second goal in as many matches in the 77th minute. The match finished level despite Marcos Alonso being sent off for two bookable offences with ten minutes remaining to prevent returning Forest manager Billy Davies from starting his second spell in charge with a win.


2012–13 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Championship, February
Against another of Brian Clough's former sides, Derby County, Bolton took the lead late in the first half with a headed goal that was initially attributed to Craig Dawson but was later given as an own goal by Derby captain Richard Keogh. Bolton could not hold on to their lead, however, and conceded to another headed goal in the 81st minute; Jamie Ward's tenth goal of the season. The draw left Bolton four points from the relegation zone and 12 points from the play-off positions.


2012–13 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Championship, February
Bolton's next game was against second-placed Hull City. Within eight minutes, Bolton were 3–0 up with goals from Darren Pratley; his first of the season, Mark Davies; his sixth of the season and Craig Dawson's first for the club. Robbie Brady pulled one back for Hull with a free-kick, but two minutes later Dawson scored again to give Bolton back their three-goal cushion. This proved to be the last goal of the game and Bolton won 4–1. The win, their second consecutive at home, moved them up two places to 14th.