2012–13 RFU Championship, Play–offs, Semi–finals
The semi–finals followed a 1 v 4, 2 v 3 system - with the games being played over two legs and the higher placed team deciding who played at home in the first leg.


2012–13 RFU Championship, Play–offs, Semi–finals
Newcastle Falcons finished the regular season in first place and played fourth-placed finishers Leeds Carnegie, with both matches being shown on SkySports. The other semi–final was between second placed Nottingham and Bedford who finished third.


2012–13 RFU Championship, Play–offs, Semi–finals
Following the findings of an independent audit report, Leeds Carnegie, Newcastle Falcons and Nottingham Rugby met the "Minimum Standards Criteria" (MSC), and were eligible for promotion to the 2013–14 Aviva Premiership should they win the RFU Championship. Bedford Blues failed to meet the MSC but have the right to an appeal.


2012–13 RFU Championship, RFU Championship XV
The RFU Championship fielded a representative team for the first time against the Maori All Blacks, a touring team from New Zealand.


2012–13 RFU Championship, RFU Championship XV, Other tour match
Newcastle Falcons played a match against Tonga on Tuesday 13 November 2012 winning 24 – 13.


2012–13 RFU Championship, Season records, Team
63 – 7 Nottingham at home to Bristol on 4 November 2012


2012–13 RFU Championship, Season records, Team
53 - 13 Newcastle Falcons away to Moseley on 6 October 2012


2012–13 RFU Championship, Season records, Team
London Scottish at home to Rotherham Titans on 2 September 2012Bedford Blues away to Newcastle Falcons on 29 April 2013Newcastle Falcons at home to Bedford Blues on 29 April 2013


2012–13 RFU Championship, Season records, Team
Rotherham Titans away to Cornish Pirates on 11 November 2012Bedford Blues away to Newcastle Falcons on 8 March 2013


2012–13 RFU Championship, Season records, Player
Gary Law for Rotherham Titans at home to Jersey on 22 September 2012


2012–13 RFU Championship, Season records, Player
Matt Evans for Cornish Pirates away to Jersey on 1 September 2012 Allister Hogg for Newcastle Falcons away to London Scottish on 8 September 2012 James Stephenson for Bedford Blues at home to London Scottish on 15 September 2012 Charlie Hayter for Moseley away to Jersey on 15 September 2012 Phil Burgess for Cornish Pirates at home to Rotherham Titans on 11 November 2012 Johny Harris for Nottingham at home to Plymouth Albion on 3 March 2013


2012–13 RFU Championship, Season records, Player
James Arlidge for Nottingham at home to Bristol on 4 November 2012


2012–13 RFU Championship, Season records, Player
James Love for London Scottish at home to Rotherham Titans on 2 September 2012 Jake Sharp for Bedford Blues away to Newcastle Falcons on 29 April 2013 Jimmy Gopperth for Newcastle Falcons at home to Bedford Blues on 29 April 2013


2012–13 RFU Championship, Season records, Player
Gary Law for Rotherham Titans away to Cornish Pirates on 11 November 2012 Mark Atkinson for Bedford Blues away to Newcastle Falcons on 8 March 2013


2012–13 RFU Championship, Season records, Attendances
Newcastle Falcons at home to Bedford Blues on 29 May 2013


2012–13 RFU Championship, Season records, Attendances
London Scottish at home to Moseley on 24 November 2012


2012–13 RIT Tigers women's ice hockey season
The RIT Tigers represented the Rochester Institute of Technology in College Hockey America during the 2012-13 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season. This was the inaugural year at the Division I level. The Tigers had been the Division III National Champions in 2011-12, with a 28-1-1 record. In their move to Division I, and the College Hockey America conference, RIT had a modestly successful season, and reached the Semifinal level of the CHA Tournament.


2012–13 RIT Tigers women's ice hockey season, Awards and honors
Assistant captain Forward Tenicia Hiller was named to the All-CHA Second Team.


2012–13 RK Zamet season
The 2012–13 season was the 56th season in RK Zamet’s history. It is their 5th successive season in the Dukat Premier League, and 35th successive top tier season.


2012–13 RNK Split season
This article shows statistics of individual players for the RNK Split football club. It also lists all matches that RNK Split played in the 2012–13 season.


2012–13 RNK Split season, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012–13 RNK Split season, Player seasonal records
Competitive matches only. Updated to games played 30 November 2012.


2012–13 Radford Highlanders men's basketball team
The 2012–13 Radford Highlanders men's basketball team represented Radford University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Highlanders, led by second year head coach Mike Jones, played their home games at Dedmon Center and were members of the North Division of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 13–19, 7–9 in Big South play to finish in tie for third place in the North Division. They lost in the first round of the Big South Tournament to Winthrop.


2012–13 Radivoj Korać Cup
The 2012–13 Radivoj Korać Cup season is the eleventh season of the Serbian national basketball cup tournament.


2012–13 Radivoj Korać Cup
The competition starts on February 7 and will conclude with the Final on February 10, 2013.


2012–13 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season
The 2012–13 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season was the seventh season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


2012–13 Raith Rovers F.C. season
The 2012–13 season was Raith Rovers' fourth consecutive season in the Scottish First Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2008–09 season. Raith Rovers also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.


2012–13 Raith Rovers F.C. season, Management
Raith will be led by player-manager Grant Murray for the 2012–13 season, following the departure of John McGlynn. McGlynn signed a new one-year contract during the close season, and began leading the club for pre season. However, on 26 June 2012, McGlynn was appointed as the new manager of Heart of Midlothian, because he was under contract compensation was owed to Raith.


2012–13 Raith Rovers F.C. season, Results & fixtures, Pre season
A match against Alloa Athletic scheduled for 24 July, was cancelled.


2012–13 Raith Rovers F.C. season, Player statistics, Captains
Last updated: May 2011Source: Competitive match reports. Competitive matches onlyMatches started as captain onlyCountry: FIFA nationality; No. : Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.


2012–13 Raja CA Casablanca season
Raja Casablancas 63rd year in existence, they finished 4th last season and will be hoping to finish 1st so that they have the opportunity to play in the 2013 Club World Cup which is being held in Morocco. They start the season off with a new president Mohamed Boudrika who brought back manager Mohamed Fakhir who had previous spells with Raja Casablanca winning the league and Moroccan Cup as they were looking at bringing back the glory.


2012–13 Raja CA Casablanca season, Competitions, Friendly matches, First team matches
With Lots of new signings coming in Raja Casablanca prepared a lot of Friendly Matches to get the team ready for the new season. Raja Casablanca had a very good pre-season winning most of their matches and only losing once.


2012–13 Raja CA Casablanca season, Competitions, Friendly matches, 2012 Tournoi Antifi
The tournament is held in honor of the late Ahmed Antifi, a former leader of the hosts Racing de Casablanca and former vice-president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation.


2012–13 Raja CA Casablanca season, Competitions, Reserve team matches, Preseason
The Raja Casablanca Reserve team also had a lot of Pre - Season matches to build a strong team for the season.


2012–13 Ram Slam T20 Challenge
The 2012–13 Ram Slam T20 Challenge was the tenth season of the Ram Slam T20 Challenge, established by the Cricket South Africa. The tournament was previously known as the MiWay T20 Challenge and the Standard Bank Pro20 Series. The tournament was played between 15 February and 7 April 2013.


2012–13 Ram Slam T20 Challenge
The Highveld Lions beat the Titans in the final by 30 runs to win the tournament.


2012–13 Ram Slam T20 Challenge, Rules and regulations
The tournament is divided into a group stage and a knockout stage. In the group stage, teams face each other in a double round-robin tournament (i.e. each team plays every other team twice, once at home and once away). At the end of the group stage, the top team qualifies for the final. The teams in second and third take part in a play-off match with the winners contesting the final. If a match in the knockout stage ends with a tie, a Super Over will determine the winner.


2012–13 Ram Slam T20 Challenge, Rules and regulations
In the event of teams finishing on equal points, the right to play in the semi-finals will be determined in the following order of priority:


2012–13 Rangers F.C. season
The 2012–13 season was the 133rd season of competitive football by Rangers.


2012–13 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
Rangers played a total of 47 competitive matches during the 2012–13 season. Prior to the Rangers first team even kicking a ball in a football match that season, there were a series of off-the-field issues that had to be resolved. In June 2012, a criminal investigation was launched into Craig Whyte's takeover of Rangers Football Club Plc after a preliminary examination of the information passed to police by administrators Duff & Phelps.


2012–13 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
While 4 July saw ten of the other eleven Scottish Premier League clubs vote against Rangers being admitted to the league for the 2012–13 season, meaning the club had to apply for a place in the Scottish Football League. Over a week later, on 13 July, twenty-five of the thirty SFL member clubs voted to offer Rangers a place in the Third Division of the Football League for the start of the season.


2012–13 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
However, as part of the transfer of SFA membership from oldco to newco, both companies along with the SFA, SPL and SFL had to agree to a five-way agreement. The club received a twelve-month transfer ban which prevented it from registering any players over the age of eighteen, which began on 1 September and concluded at the end of the 2013 summer transfer window.


2012–13 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
Further to this the SPL instigated an investigation into Rangers transfer dealings between 2001 and 2011, after allegations of dual contracts between Rangers Football Club PLC (the company that formerly owned Rangers) and its staff. The investigation was conducted by a commission headed by Lord Nimmo Smith and concluded in February 2013. The commission's findings concluded that Rangers Football Club PLC did not fully disclose to the football authorities all payments that it made to players and staff; however, this non-disclosure did not effect the playing staff's eligibility.


2012–13 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
Therefore, instead of a potential penalty that included the stripping of titles won by the first team, the punishment was only a fine of £250,000 for Rangers Football Club PLC. Alongside the SPL investigation, HMRC's first tier tax tribunal's came to a conclusion during the season. On 20 November, the First-tier Tax Tribunal ruled that the Rangers Football Club PLC had not contravened tax law with its use of Employee Benefit Trusts, however HMRC subsequently launched an appeal against the first-tier verdict in March 2013.


2012–13 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
Turmoil continued inside Ibrox Stadium despite the return of Walter Smith as a non-executive director in November 2012. The company owning the club, Rangers Football Club Ltd, was floated on the stock exchange the following month, raising over £22m from an Initial public offering. The tenure of Charles Green as chief executive proved volatile, with a number of contentious issues arising throughout the season.


2012–13 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
This included the sacking of Spanish striker Francisco Sandaza for reportedly attempting to negotiate transfer away from the club, and allegations from former chairman Craig Whyte that he and Green had an agreement over the purchase of Rangers that allowed Whyte to retain a stake in the company. An internal investigation by the club later concluded that there was no link between Green and Whyte. The culmination of Green's tenure resulted in him resigning as chief executive after the club launched an internal investigation into alleged racist remarks Green had made to commercial director Imran Ahmad.


2012–13 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
The off the field drama was to be mirrored by some on field, at least initially, as Rangers struggled to get to grips with life in the Third Division. The very first match in August away to Peterhead ended in a 2–2 draw and that was only thanks to a late goal from Andrew Little with the Toon out playing Rangers for large spells in the match. The away day league formed resulted in subsequent draws to Annan Athletic and Berwick Rangers. The side clinched the Scottish Third Division title, and promotion to the Second Division, on 30 March after a goalless draw away to Montrose and second placed Queens Park losing.


2012–13 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
On a busy day in April, the SFA wrote to Rangers chief executive Charles Green seeking clarification about his business dealings with Craig Whyte, the Police carried out a series of searches relating to the purchase of Rangers Football Club by Craig Whyte from Sir David Murray and Whyte was ordered to pay £18m to the finance firm Ticketus after he lost a claim against him at the High Court in London.


2012–13 Rangers F.C. season, Matches, Scottish Third Division
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2012–13 Rangers F.C. season, Matches, Scottish Cup
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2012–13 Rangers F.C. season, Matches, League Cup
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2012–13 Rangers F.C. season, Matches, Challenge Cup
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2012–13 Rangers F.C. season, Matches, Friendlies
Last updated: 10 April 2013Source: Wikipedia article1Rangers goals come first.National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.


2012–13 Ranji Trophy
The 2012–13 Ranji Trophy was the 79th season of the Ranji Trophy. It was contested by 27 teams divided into three groups of nine teams each. The top three teams from Groups A and B proceeded to the quarterfinals along with the top two teams from Group C. Mumbai won this year's trophy for the 40th time by beating Saurashtra in the final at the Wankhede.


2012–13 Ranji Trophy
The season had a different grouping system compared to that of the previous seasons, which had Elite and Plate divisions. The new system also increased the number of matches of the tournament. The points awarded to outright wins were increased from five to six in order to encourage results. The knock-out matches will be played across five days instead of four. All these changes were recommended by the BCCI's Technical Committee in June 2012.


2012–13 Ranji Trophy, Points system
27 teams were divided into three groups of nine teams each. The top three teams from Groups A and B proceed to the quarterfinals along with the top two teams from Group C. The winner of this knock-out tournament wins the Ranji Trophy. These knock-out matches are decided on the first innings result if the final result is a draw.


2012–13 Ranji Trophy, Points system
Points in the group stage of the tournament are awarded as follows:


2012–13 Ravan Baku season
The Ravan Baku 2012-13 season was Ravan Baku's second Azerbaijan Premier League season. Ravan started the season under new manager Cevat Güler, having replaced Bahman Hasanov in preseason. Güler was sacked as manager on 25 August with Hasanov being brought in as caretaker manager until Ravan appointed Kemal Alispahić on 24 September. Alispahić himself was sacked on 21 December 2012, after 4 wins in 13 games, and was replaced by Ramil Aliyev. Ravan went on to finish 8th in the league. They also participate in the 2012–13 Azerbaijan Cup, reaching the Quarterfinals, where they went out 6-2 on aggregate to Khazar Lankaran.


2012–13 Ravan Baku season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012–13 Ravan Baku season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012–13 Ravan Baku season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012–13 Ravan Baku season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012–13 Ravan Baku season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012–13 Rayo Vallecano season
The 2012–13 Rayo Vallecano season was the 79th season in club history.


2012–13 Rayo Vallecano season, Squad, Starting 11
No. Position	Player2	Spain	DF	Tito5	Spain	DF	Álex Gálvez6	Spain	DF	Rodri8	Spain	MF	Adrián9	Spain	MF	José Carlos14	Spain	DF	Anaitz ArbillaNo. Position	Player17	Spain	MF	Roberto Trashorras19	Guinea	FW	Lass25	Spain	GK	David CobeñoColombia	DF	Johan Mojica (on loan from Colombia Llaneros F.C.) Spain	MF	Raúl BaenaMexico	FW	Nery Castillo


2012–13 Reading F.C. season
The 2012–13 season was Reading Football Club's third season in the Premier League, and the first since their relegation to the Championship in 2008. Reading secured automatic promotion on 17 April 2012 following a 1–0 win against Nottingham Forest and were crowned as Championship winners four days later. They began the season in August with a 1–1 draw against Stoke City but had to wait until mid-November for their first league win, a 2–1 win over Everton on 17 November 2012.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season
A run of four wins in six around January saw Brian McDermott and Adam Le Fondre named Manager of the Month and Player of the Month respectively, though one month later, after defeats by relegation rivals Wigan Athletic and Aston Villa, McDermott was sacked as the club's manager. He was replaced by Nigel Adkins on 26 March, ending Eamonn Dolan's two-week stint as caretaker manager. On 28 April, following a 0–0 home draw against Queens Park Rangers, Reading were relegated to the Championship for the 2013–14 season. They finished the season with six wins from 38 games, the lowest number in their history.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season
In addition to the Premier League, the club also participated in the two domestic cup competitions. After beating Peterborough United and QPR in the second and third rounds respectively, Reading were knocked out of the League Cup in the fourth round by Arsenal after a dramatic 7–5 extra time defeat. In the FA Cup they recorded victories over Crawley Town and Sheffield United, before a close 2–1 defeat by Manchester United in the fifth round. At the end of the season Adam Le Fondre, who was Reading's top scorer with 14 goals, was named the club's Player of the Season.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Promotion
On 17 April 2012, during the 2011–12 season, Reading required a better performance than rivals West Ham United to achieve automatic promotion from the Championship to the Premier League. On the evening, West Ham drew 1–1 with Bristol City, and Reading's Mikele Leigertwood scored an 81st-minute goal from an Ian Harte free kick against Nottingham Forest to secure promotion. Upon the final whistle, there was a pitch invasion at the Madejski Stadium.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season, Transfers
On 2 May, Reading announced that they would be renewing ten players contracts whilst 13 would be released. The players leaving included Andy Griffin, Brian Howard and Tomasz Cywka, as well as a number of youngsters. Experienced duo Ian Harte and Brynjar Gunnarsson were both handed one-year extensions along with several young professionals and scholars including Michael Hector and Gozie Ugwu. Reading completed their first signing of the season on 16 May with Garath McCleary signing a three-year deal on a Bosman transfer from Nottingham Forest.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season, Transfers
The club were linked with a number of players over the next six weeks before Danny Guthrie joined on a free transfer from Newcastle United, becoming Reading's second signing of the summer. The following week Pavel Pogrebnyak signed a four-year deal on a free transfer from Fulham following the approval of his work permit, and the day after, on 6 July, Irish youngster Pierce Sweeney joined for an undisclosed fee from Bray Wanderers.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season, Transfers
Nicky Shorey rejoined the club on a one-year deal on 10 July following his release from West Bromwich Albion, whilst three days later the first outgoing business of the season was completed with Mathieu Manset joining Sion on a three-year contract. On 17 July the club completed a double signing with Adrian Mariappa and Chris Gunter joining from Watford and Nottingham Forest respectively. Both signed on three-year deals for an undisclosed fee.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season, Transfers
Several young players left the club on loan during the summer. Left back Joseph Mills became the first outgoing player, joining Burnley on a season long loan on 17 July, whilst two days later Gozie Ugwu, having just signed a new 2-year contract, was loaned to Yeovil Town until 1 January 2013. The following week Michael Hector joined League One team Shrewsbury Town until 2 January 2013 and on 30 July Angus MacDonald joined AFC Wimbledon on a six-month deal.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season, Transfers
On 4 August there were two more loan departures with Karl Sheppard joining Accrington Stanley on a six-month loan and Brett Williams joining Woking on a season long deal. Two days later Michail Antonio left the club permanently, joining Sheffield Wednesday for an undisclosed fee and on 17 August, Mikkel Andersen joined Portsmouth on a one-month loan, with Jordan Obita joining him four days later on a similar deal. Having trained with the club since mid July, Stuart Taylor signed a one-year deal on 20 August, completing Reading's summer transfer business.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season, Friendlies
On 14 July the senior team played their first friendly away at AFC Wimbledon in a game they won 7–0. Adam Le Fondre scored twice to give Reading a 2–0 lead at half time, during which Reading made ten changes. Michail Antonio scored five minutes into the second half, before a 15-minute hat-trick for Simon Church and a goal from Jordan Obita completed the scoring. Stuart Taylor came on for the last 30 minutes, replacing Alex McCarthy, as he continued his trial with the club.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season, Friendlies
Reading then flew out to Portugal to play three friendlies, the first of which took place on 21 July against Portuguese third division side Quarteirense in Quarteira. The match finished 1–1 with a trademark Ian Harte free kick only enough for draw. Three days later they lost 0–2 to Sheffield Wednesday, the goals coming from Mike Jones and Chris O'Grady either side of half time. Reading's final game in Portugal was played on 27 July against first division side Olhanense.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season, Friendlies
In a surprisingly ill-tempered game, Reading earned a 1–1 draw with Danny Guthrie scoring for the Royals in the first half before Rui Duarte scored a second half penalty. On 4 August they drew 2–2 away at AFC Bournemouth thanks to goals from Adrian Mariappa and Hal Robson-Kanu before they travelled Brighton & Hove Albion for the Michael Kuipers testimonial three days later. Reading went 1–0 down to a Vicente penalty in the first half, before an 89th-minute equaliser from Robson-Kanu levelled the game. Reading's last friendly was on 11 August against Crystal Palace at the Madejski Stadium. Second half goals from Pavel Pogrebnyak and Adam Le Fondre were enough to complete a winning end to the pre-season.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season, Friendlies
In addition to the senior team, the club also fielded a Reading XI composed mainly of players from the development squad to face local non-league sides. Their first pre-season friendly was against Didcot Town on 10 July, and saw a team featuring a couple of trialists win 3–2. The Reading XI were 3–0 up at half time thanks to goals from Jordan Obita, Karl Sheppard and Ryan Edwards before Didcot scored twice in the second half. A week later the development side were in action again away to Ebbsfleet United.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season, Friendlies
For the second game in a row they won 3–2 with second half goals from Jordan Obita and Brett Williams adding to Jake Taylor's first half header. On 21 July, in addition to the senior team's friendly in Portugal, the Reading XI were in action away to Basingstoke Town and suffered a heavy 5–0 defeat. Three days later they faced Boreham Wood and won 2–1 thanks to two Dominic Samuel goals before a trip to Salisbury City on 28 July where they lost 1–0.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season, Friendlies
The Reading XI were soon in action again, earning a 2–1 win away at Hendon on 31 July and then a 1–0 victory over Hungerford Town on 4 August. Three days later they travelled away to Hemel Hempstead Town and earned a 1–1 draw with Jordan Obita scoring his fourth goal in seven pre-season games. The final Reading XI game saw the team came from 2–0 down to win 4–2 away against Eastleigh on 11 August. Goals from Jake Taylor, Aaron Tshibola and a double from Craig Tanner were enough to secure a seventh victory in nine games for the development squad.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, August
August began with news that Adam Federici had signed a new contract, keeping him with the club until 2015. On 15 August Reading were drawn at home to Peterborough United in the second round of the League Cup with the tie to be played on 28 August. Reading started their first season back in the Premier League with a 1–1 home draw against Stoke City on 18 August. Stoke took the lead in the first half after a mistake by Federici let Michael Kightly's shot spill into the net.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, August
In the 90th minute Dean Whitehead fouled Garath McCleary in the box, resulting in Whitehead receiving a second booking and allowing Adam Le Fondre to score the penalty and draw the game. Reading's next game against Chelsea was moved forward to 22 August from 1 September due to Chelsea's participation in the UEFA Super Cup on 31 August. Chelsea opened the scoring through a Frank Lampard penalty on 18 minutes, before a quick-fire double from Pavel Pogrebnyak and Danny Guthrie saw Reading take the lead.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, August
Gary Cahill brought things level again in the 69th minute before Fernando Torres, who was arguably in an offside position, gave Chelsea the lead again in the 81st minute. Branislav Ivanović then scored a break away goal in the 95th minute after Adam Federici was caught upfield for a last minute corner, securing a 4–2 win for Chelsea.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, August
Reading's fixture list experienced further disruption after the away game against Sunderland on 25 August was called off an hour before kickoff due to a waterlogged pitch at the Stadium of Light. The last game in August was the League Cup tie against Peterborough United, which ended 3–2 to Reading. Peterborough took the lead in the through Paul Taylor in the 12th minute, before three goals in four minutes saw Reading equalise, through Pavel Pogrebnyak, go behind again, thanks to Lee Tomlin, and then equalise again through Chris Gunter. Nathaniel Knight-Percival's own goal in the 39th minute then edged Reading ahead, and after a goalless second half they held out to progress to the third round.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, September
With the postponement of the Sunderland game, Reading faced a gap of nearly three weeks between the Peterborough United cup match and the league fixture against Tottenham Hotspur. To keep match fitness levels up the club arranged a friendly against Bray Wanderers, the club they signed defender Pierce Sweeney from during the summer, to take place on 2 September in Bray. Reading played a near full-strength side won the game emphatically 8–1 thanks to hat-tricks from Adam Le Fondre and Jay Tabb, as well as goals from Alex Pearce and Jem Karacan. Three days later the club submitted their 25-man squad for the Premier League campaign. All Reading's senior players were included except Brett Williams and Nicholas Bignall, who was recovering from a long-term injury.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, September
The team were finally back in competitive action on 16 September at home to Tottenham Hotspur, in a game they lost 3–1. Following several costly mistakes in the first three games Adam Federici was replaced in goal by Alex McCarthy, though he was powerless to prevent Spurs going 3–0 up thanks to goals from Jermain Defoe in the first half and a quick-fire double from Gareth Bale and Defoe in the second half. Hal Robson-Kanu pulled one back for the Royals in the 90th minute but it proved to be no more than a consolation goal.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, September
On 18 September Jordan Obita and Mikkel Andersen extended their loan spells at Portsmouth for another month and the next day Jem Karacan extended his contract with the club until June 2015. The following Saturday Reading made the trip to The Hawthorns to face West Bromwich Albion and despite several good saves from McCarthy, they lost 1–0 after a 71st minute Romelu Lukaku goal. The fourth round of the League Cup saw Reading travel to Queens Park Rangers on 26 September. QPR opened the scoring through Junior Hoilett before Kaspars Gorkšs equalised 2 minutes later.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, September
Djibril Cissé then restored QPR's lead in the 71st minute only for Nicky Shorey to make it 2–2 with a free kick five minutes later, his first goal since his return to the club. Reading scored again in the 81st minute with a flick from Pavel Pogrebnyak and it proved enough to secure a 3–2 win.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, September
Two days later Reading recalled Angus MacDonald from his loan with AFC Wimbledon having made six appearances for the League Two club and on 29 September it was reported that the club had taken Russian youngsters Sergey Kundik and Nikita Khaykin, formerly of Chelsea, on trial. On the same day, the final game of the month took place at the Madejski Stadium with Reading earning a 2–2 draw against Newcastle United. Reading twice took the lead through Jimmy Kebe and Noel Hunt but a late Demba Ba goal was enough to secure Newcastle a share of the points. Despite suspicions of handball, Ba's goal was allowed to stand and Reading entered October in 19th position and still without a win in the league.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, October
October began with news that Sean Morrison had signed a new deal with the club, keeping him at Reading until 2016. The start of the month also saw Steve Head, a former youth team player at Elm Park, brought in as head of scouting and recruitment to expand the club's scouting network. On 6 October the team travelled to Swansea City for the first league game of the month.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, October
Goals from Pavel Pogrebnyak and Noel Hunt gave Reading a 2–0 at half time against the run of play before Swansea came back in the second half, scoring twice through Michu and Wayne Routledge to secure a 2–2 draw. Reading were outplayed for much of the game, managing just eight shots compared to Swansea's 25.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, October
On 16 October it was revealed that Reading had taken Indian under-19 international Brandon Fernandes on a two-week trial from ASD Cape Town. Two days later Adam Le Fondre became the fourth player of the season to sign a new contract, penning a three-year deal and joining Adam Federici, Jem Karacan and Sean Morrison in committing his future to the club. The next day young defender Matt Partridge was the first player to depart during the month, joining Bognor Regis Town on a one-month loan.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, October
Reading's next league game was against Liverpool at Anfield on 20 October with Raheem Sterling scoring the only goal as Liverpool ran out 1–0 winners. Prior to the game Jason Roberts caused controversy by refusing to wear a Kick It Out T-shirt in protest at a perceived lack of action against racism by the organisation. Roberts was joined by several other high-profile players including Rio Ferdinand and Joleon Lescott in boycotting the campaign, although his stance was criticised by others including Alex Ferguson.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, October
On the same day Jordan Obita returned early from his loan spell at Portsmouth following a family bereavement, though Mikkel Andersen's stay at Fratton Park was extended for a third, and final month. Further loan news followed with Lawson D'Ath joining League Two side Cheltenham Town on a one-month loan on 25 October. The team were back in league action two days later at home to Fulham in a game that finished 3–3.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, October
Reading took the lead in the lead in the 26th minute through Mikele Leigertwood and remained in front until the 61st minute, when Fulham substitute Bryan Ruiz equalised. The visitors then took the lead through a Chris Baird header, setting up frantic last five minutes. Garath McCleary made it 2–2 before Dimitar Berbatov again put Fulham in the lead, only for Hal Robson-Kanu to grab a 90th-minute equaliser for Reading. The draw was not enough to drag the Royals out of the bottom three, and extended their winless run in the league to nine games.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, October
The final game of the month was the League Cup fourth round tie against Arsenal at the Madejski Stadium. In an extraordinary game, Reading lost 7–5 after extra time despite leading by four goals at one point. Reading had fired themselves into a 4–0 lead with only 37 minutes played after goals from Jason Roberts, a Laurent Koscielny own goal, Mikele Leigertwood and Noel Hunt. Theo Walcott got one back for the visitors just before half time as the visitors went into the break trailing by three goals.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, October
Olivier Giroud further reduced the deficit before Koscielny and Walcott scored in the closing minutes to make it 4–4 after 90 minutes. Marouane Chamakh gave Arsenal the lead in extra time only for substitute Pavel Pogrebnyak to again bring the scores level. Walcott then completed his hat-trick in injury time before Chamakh's second sealed the match for Arsenal. October closed with confirmation that the club would not be offering a contract to Brandon Fernandes following his two-week trial.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, November
On 1 November the postponed away game against Sunderland was rearranged to be played on 11 December at 19:45. Reading's winless run in the league continued as they drew 1–1 away to fellow strugglers Queens Park Rangers on 4 November. Kaspars Gorkšs opened the scoring in the 16th minute, acrobatically firing home from close range before QPR equalised in the second half through Djibril Cissé. The game ended on a sour note for Reading though after Alex McCarthy injured his shoulder in a collision with the goalpost. The club later confirmed that he had been to see a specialist and would be out for a "little while".


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, November
On 8 November Simon Church became the first of several loan departures during the month, joining Huddersfield Town on a one-month deal. Two days later the team faced Norwich City at the Madejski Stadium in a game that ended goalless and consigned Reading to a sixth draw in ten games. The following week Reading were again at home for the visit of Everton. The visitors took the lead in the 10th minute after a series of defensive errors allowed Steven Naismith to score from close range.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, November
Everton then had several chances to extend their lead before a second half Adam Le Fondre inspired comeback gave Reading a 2–1 lead. Having headed in a Nicky Shorey free-kick to draw the scores level, Le Fondre then converted a late penalty and Reading held on to earn their first Premier League win at the eleventh attempt.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, November
In mid-November a series of loan returns and departures were completed. Firstly, on 20 November, goalkeeper Mikkel Andersen returned from Portsmouth having made 19 appearances during his three-month stay. He was followed the next day by Michael Hector who was recalled early from Shrewsbury Town having fallen out of first team contention. Within hours of being recalled Hector was on the move again, joining Aldershot Town until January whilst Angus MacDonald joined Torquay United on a similar deal. Lawson D'Ath extended his stay at Cheltenham Town and was joined at the club by Jake Taylor with both signing until the beginning of January. The loan business was completed by Simon Church who extended his stay at Huddersfield for a further five weeks.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, November
Reading travelled away to Wigan Athletic on 24 November for their next league fixture, with the game ending in a 3–2 defeat. Sean Morrison's first league goal for the club put them into the lead before Jordi Gómez equalised after 58 minutes. Gómez then scored Wigan's second until a calamitous Ali Al-Habsi own goal levelled the scores again. The game looked set to finish 2–2 before a Wigan counter-attack allowed Gómez to seal his hat-trick and the win. Three days later the final game of the month saw Reading head north to face Aston Villa.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, November
Despite several chances, neither team could make the breakthrough until the last ten minutes when Christian Benteke scored a header to give Villa a vital 1–0 win. Although the win against Everton briefly lifted the Royals out of the bottom three, defeats by relegation rivals Wigan and Aston Villa meant they finished November in 19th, four points off safety.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, December
Reading started the month with a home game against Manchester United. The Royals took the lead through Hal Robson-Kanu before an Anderson strike and a Wayne Rooney penalty, following a Jay Tabb foul, gave United a 2–1 lead after 16 minutes. Three minutes later Adam Le Fondre headed in a Nicky Shorey corner to level the scores, before Sean Morrison put Reading back in front from another Shorey corner. Rooney scored his second after half an hour to again bring the visitors level before Robin van Persie scored five minutes later to give United a 4–3 lead and the win.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, December
With all seven goals coming in the first 35 minutes, the game equalled a Premier League record for most goals scored in the first half of a match. On 2 December the draw for the FA Cup third round took place with Reading handed an away tie against Crawley Town to be played in early January. Three days later Shaun Cummings became the latest player to commit his future to the club, signing a new two-and-a-half-year contract. The news was followed by confirmation that, despite initial hopes his injury sustained in November was not too serious, Alex McCarthy had been forced to undergo shoulder surgery, potentially ruling him out for the rest of the season.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, December
Reading's next league game was an away trip to Southampton on 8 December which they lost 1–0. A second half Jason Puncheon goal was enough to secure the win for Southampton in a game they dominated. Three days later Reading travelled north to play their postponed match against Sunderland, originally scheduled to be played in August. A disappointing performance saw Sunderland run out 3–0 winners with goals from James McClean and Steven Fletcher in the first half, and Stéphane Sessègnon in second half injury time.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, December
Academy graduate Dominic Samuel made his professional debut in the game, coming on in the 72nd minute and becoming Reading's youngest top flight player in the process. Controversy arose after the game when it emerged that Danny Guthrie had refused to travel with the team to Sunderland, stating that his "head was not in the right place" to play. He was fined two-weeks wages by the club and later issued an apology to his teammates and the fans.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, December
In a quiet month of loan activity young goalkeeper Jon Henly was the only outgoing player, joining Hungerford Town on 14 December on a one-month deal. On 17 December Reading were back at the Madejski Stadium to face Arsenal in what turned out to be another high scoring game between the two sides. The visitors took a 4–0 lead through Lukas Podolski and a Santi Cazorla hat-trick before the Royals gave themselves a lifeline with two quick goals from Le Fondre and Jimmy Kébé.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, December
Any hopes of a comeback were dashed after 80 minutes though when Theo Walcott scored Arsenal's fifth as the game finished 5–2. The following weekend Reading were away to Manchester City and despite putting in a much improved performance, they were beaten 1–0. The Royals held out for 93 minutes until Gareth Barry rose above Nicky Shorey to head past Adam Federici and snatch victory. Boxing day saw the visit of Swansea City with a 0–0 draw enough to end a run of seven straight defeats.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, December
Adam Le Fondre had a second half goal disallowed for handball though they created few other chances with Federici forced to pull off a number of saves to keep Swansea from scoring. On the same day Matt Partridge returned from his loan spell at Bognor Regis Town having spent two months with the Rocks. The last game of the month saw Reading clinch a vital 1–0 win over West Ham United at the Madejski.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, December
A mistake from James Collins allowed Pavel Pogrebnyak to score after just five minutes and the Royals held on for just their second win of the season. Despite a good end to the month, the team managed just four points from a possible 21 and remained in 19th place going into the new year. The year ended with the return of Simon Church from his loan spell at Huddersfield having been with the Yorkshire side since early November.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, January
The first game of the new year took place on 1 January against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane. Reading took the lead in the 4th minute when Ian Harte's free kick rebounded off the crossbar allowing Pavel Pogrebnyak to head in from close range. Spurs levelled within five minutes through Michael Dawson, before second half goals from Emmanuel Adebayor and Clint Dempsey secured a 3–1 win.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, January
Four days later Reading played their FA Cup third round match away to Crawley Town and quickly found themselves 1–0 down when Nicky Adams scored after just 14 seconds, the fastest ever FA Cup goal. Adam Le Fondre equalised in the 13th minute before Noel Hunt scored Reading's second just before half time. A Le Fondre penalty soon after half time sealed a 3–1 win and saw the Royals progress into the fourth round.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, January
The day after the match, the draw for the fourth round was made with Reading handed a home tie against Sheffield United to be played at the end of the month. On 12 January the team were back in Premier League action at home to West Bromwich Albion. The visitors took the lead after 19 minutes through Romelu Lukaku who then doubled the lead midway through the second half. With less than ten minutes remaining Jimmy Kébé pulled one back from close range, before winning a penalty which Adam Le Fondre converted to level the scores. The comeback was completed on 90 minutes when Pavel Pogrebnyak latched onto the end of a free kick, tapping it past Ben Foster and clinching what had seemed an unlikely win.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, January
The following weekend Reading travelled north to face Newcastle United and secured their first away win of the season thanks to another late comeback. Newcastle took the lead in the first half through a Yohan Cabaye freekick and remained in front until the 71st minute when substitute Adam Le Fondre equalised with his first touch. Le Fondre then won the game with his second goal six minutes later as Reading held on for a 2–1 victory. On 26 January Reading's FA Cup fourth round tie against Sheffield United took place at the Madejski Stadium.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, January
The Royals took the lead after six minutes through Noel Hunt and doubled their advantage just before half time when Mikele Leigertwood scored with a powerful shot from distance. Hunt grabbed his second five minutes after half time with Garath McCleary also getting on the score sheet as game finished 4–0. Following the match the Royals were drawn against Manchester United in the fifth round with the tie to be played in mid-February. Reading's final game of the month took place four days later with the visit of Chelsea to the Madejski.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, January
Goals from Juan Mata in first half injury time, and Frank Lampard midway through the second half had given Chelsea a comfortable lead but with 87 minutes gone Adam Le Fondre pulled one back for Reading. With the hosts still heading for defeat, Le Fondre then volleyed in a Hope Akpan flick-on to salvage a point in the fifth minute of stoppage time. Having secured seven points from a possible twelve in January, the draw with Chelsea took the Royals out of the relegation zone for the first time since November. For their roles in the revival, manager Brian McDermott was awarded the Premier League Manager of the Month award, whilst Le Fondre, who scored fives times in the league during January, was named Premier League Player of the Month.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, January, Transfers
Reading's first piece of business was announced on 31 December with Portuguese utility player Daniel Carriço joining the club for €750,000 from Sporting CP. On 8 January midfielder Hope Akpan signed on a three-and-a-half-year deal from Crawley Town for £300,000 plus add-ons, and he was followed by Stephen Kelly who joined from Fulham on a two-and-a-half-year contract three days later. In mid-January Stopilla Sonzu joined the club for four days to train and be assessed by the coaching staff with a view to a potential permanent transfer in the future.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, January, Transfers
No further deals were completed until 30 January when Nick Blackman joined from Sheffield United on a three-and-a-half-year contract for an undisclosed fee. Both Akpan and Blackman joined from their respective club within days of playing against Reading in the FA Cup. Following the closure of the transfer window manager Brian McDermott revealed that the club had tried, and failed, in last-minute deals to sign Tom Ince, and former Reading player Gylfi Sigurðsson.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, January, Transfers
As well as the four permanent transfers, January saw several players return to, and leave the club on loan. On 1 January Gozie Ugwu returned from his spell at Yeovil Town, whilst Michael Hector extended his stay at Aldershot Town the following day, keeping him with the club until the end of the month. Young striker Dominic Samuel joined Colchester United on a one-month youth loan on 3 January with Karl Sheppard returning from his spell at Accrington Stanley the same day.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, January, Transfers
The day after, Jake Taylor extended his loan with Cheltenham Town for another month, though Lawson D'Ath's deal with the Robins was not renewed and he returned to Reading having made three appearances. On 8 January Angus MacDonald's loan to Torquay United was extended until the end of the season and a week later Jon Henly returned after a one-month stay with Hungerford Town. Having returned from Yeovil two weeks earlier, Gozie Ugwu was on the move again, this time to Plymouth Argyle on a one-month youth loan on 17 January.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, January, Transfers
A final flurry of activity began on 28 January when Jake Taylor was recalled from Cheltenham having started just one game since his loan was extended. The following day Michael Hector returned from Aldershot and was immediately loaned out again, swapping places with Taylor and joining Cheltenham for a month. The last day of the month saw two young players move out on loan. Jordan Obita joined Oldham Athletic for one month whilst Karl Sheppard rejoined his former club Shamrock Rovers until July 2013. Deadline day also saw Dominic Samuel return from his spell at Colchester having made two appearances.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, February
The month began with a home game against Sunderland on 2 February which Reading won 2–1. The hosts took the lead through Jimmy Kébé in the 7th minute, only for Craig Gardner to equalise with a penalty midway through the first half. With only five minutes left, Kébé popped up again and headed in at the far post to seal victory for Reading and make it three wins from four matches. The following week Reading travelled away to Stoke City and after a goalless first half, found themselves 2–0 down thanks to goals from Robert Huth and Cameron Jerome.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, February
Adrian Mariappa pulled one back with his first goal for Reading in the 83rd minute, but Stoke held on for a 2–1 win, ending Reading's four-game unbeaten run. On 12 February, having fallen out of first team contention, Kaspars Gorkšs joined Wolverhampton Wanderers on a three-month loan with a view to a permanent deal.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, February
In preparation for their FA Cup fifth round tie away to Manchester United, Reading headed to Dubai for warm weather training. The match itself took place on 18 February with United prevailing 2–1 thanks to second half goals from Nani and Javier Hernández. A late Jobi McAnuff strike, his first goal of the season, proved no more than a consolation for the Royals. The following day, despite barely featuring because of injury, Gozie Ugwu extended his stay with Plymouth Argyle for a second month.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, February
The final game in February saw Wigan Athletic visit the Madejski Stadium for a crucial relegation clash. Wigan took the lead on 44 minutes through Arouna Koné, who then scored again just one minute later to give Wigan a 2–0 lead at the break. Maynor Figueroa made it 3–0 soon after the restart before Pavel Pogrebnyak completed a miserable day for the Royals when he was sent off for a reckless challenge after 56 minutes.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, February
Four days later the club announced that they had signed a partnership with Turkish side Galatasaray, paving the way for co-operation on academy, scouting and other matters. February ended with news that Michael Hector had extended his stay at Cheltenham Town, whilst Jake Taylor joined Crawley Town on a one-month loan.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, March
On 2 March Reading travelled to Everton for their first game of the month. Goals from Marouane Fellaini, Steven Pienaar and Kevin Mirallas gave Everton a commanding lead, with Hal Robson-Kanu's late strike only a consolation as the hosts ran 3–1 winners. The following week Jordan Obita extended his youth loan at Oldham Athletic until 1 April, whilst Jay Tabb moved to Ipswich Town on a one-month loan having fallen out of first-team contention. On 7 March, after nearly eight years with Reading, Brynjar Gunnarsson moved back to KR, the club he started his career with.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, March
Two days later Reading were at the Madejski Stadium to face fellow relegation rivals Aston Villa. The Royals took the lead through a Nathan Baker own goal but held on to it for just one minute before Christian Benteke levelled for Villa. Gabriel Agbonlahor then struck on the stroke of half time, and with no further goals in the second half, the game finished 2–1 to the visitors. The evening before the game, the club had received further bad news with Jason Roberts revealing that he would miss the rest of the season after having surgery on the hip injury he sustained against Southampton in December.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, March
On 11 March, after four successive defeats, manager Brian McDermott was sacked by the club. He was followed out of the club by first-team coaches Nigel Gibbs and Yannis Anastasiou, with Academy Manager Eamonn Dolan taking over first team duties in a caretaker capacity. On the same day, Gozie Ugwu was recalled early from his injury-plagued loan spell at Plymouth Argyle, whilst later that week, Lawson D'Ath and Charlie Losasso both left the club on loan, joining Exeter City and Isthmian Premier Division side Whitehawk respectively until the end of the season.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, March
On 16 March, Dolan took charge of his first and only game as caretaker manager away to Manchester United, with a solitary Wayne Rooney goal giving United a 1–0 win. Soon afterwards Reading announced their first transfer business of the forthcoming summer, with Icelandic duo Samúel Fridjónsson and Tómas Urbancic set to sign on 1 July. Fifteen days after McDermott was sacked, Nigel Adkins was appointed as the Reading's new manager on a three-year contract with his former assistant at Southampton, Andy Crosby, also joining the club.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, March
Adkins first game in charge took place on 30 March and saw Reading travel to Arsenal with the game finishing 4–1 to the Gunners. Hal Robson-Kanu again scored a late consolation, with Arsenal's four goals bringing their total against Reading this season to 16. The end of the month saw Michael Hector extend his loan with Cheltenham Town until the end of the season, and Jake Taylor return after a one-month spell at Crawley Town.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, April
April began with the return of Jordan Obita following his two-month spell at Oldham Athletic and the extension of Jay Tabb's loan at Ipswich Town until the end of the season. The first game of the month was at home against Southampton on 6 April with the Saints winning 2–0. A goal in each half from Jay Rodriguez and Adam Lallana were enough for a comfortable Southampton victory.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, April
Two days later Newcastle Jets player Craig Goodwin joined the club on trial for two weeks and though the trial was later extended to allow Goodwin to play in a reserve game, he was not offered a contract following its conclusion. On 11 April, Reading announced another young player would be joining the club over the summer with 17-year-old American goalkeeper Aleksander Gogic set to sign a two-year professional deal prior to the 2013–14 season. Reading's current goalkeeper Alex McCarthy was largely to thank for the Royals' 0–0 draw with Liverpool on 13 April, with his performance earning him the man-of-the-match award and giving Reading their first clean sheet in nine games against Liverpool.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, April
One week later the team travelled to Carrow Road to face Norwich City. After a goalless first half, Norwich struck twice in 90 seconds with a long range Garath McCleary shot not enough to salvage anything as the game finished 2–1 to the hosts. The last game of the month took place on 28 April as Reading faced 19th place Queens Park Rangers at the Madejski Stadium. Despite both teams needing a win to maintain any hope of avoiding relegation, a drab 0–0 draw condemned both to Championship football for the 2013–14 season.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, May
Reading travelled to Fulham on 4 May and recorded only their second away win of the season with two goals from Hal Robson-Kanu and one each from Jem Karacan and Adam Le Fondre securing a 4–2 victory. Le Fondre's strike also set a new Premier League record for most goals scored as a substitute. Ten days later, Reading played their last home game of the season against Manchester City, losing 0–2. Prior to kick-off, Le Fondre was named the Reading F.C. Player of the Season, with Alex McCarthy and Hal Robson-Kanu coming second and third respectively.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, May
On 16 May, McCarthy also became Reading's first youth graduate to be called up to the England squad since the start of the Academy era. On the same day the club announced they had agreed in principle to buy land at Bearwood Lakes Golf Club for a new training ground. The final game of the season took place on 19 May away to West Ham United. Garath McCleary and Le Fondre both scored for Reading, but a Kevin Nolan hat-trick helped the Hammers to a 4–2 win and consigned the Royals to a 22nd defeat in 38 games. The following week the club announced that ten senior players would be leaving the club upon the expiry of their contracts. Among those leaving were Noel Hunt, Ian Harte, Nicky Shorey and Jay Tabb.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Under-21s and Academy
Reading's application for Category 1 academy status under the new Elite Player Performance Plan meant that their under-21 and under-18 teams would compete in the new Professional Development League 1 for the 2012–13 season. Although the under-21 league games are predominantly contested by the younger players, one goalkeeper, and three outfield players over the age of 21 are eligible for selection for each fixture.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Under-21s and Academy
The under-21s first game of the season was a 3–1 defeat away to West Ham with Ryan Edwards scoring Reading's only goal. A heavy 6–1 defeat of West Bromwich Albion, and 3–0 victory over Norwich City followed before a run of four games without a win. They won a further two games, against Norwich and West Ham, but ended the first league phase with another four-game winless run which consigned them to seventh position. The second-from-bottom finish meant the under-21s were placed in Group 2 for the second phase of the competition.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Under-21s and Academy
They again began with a defeat, losing 3–1 away to Manchester City but went on to win six of their next eight games, including two wins over Stoke City and a 3–0, Dominic Samuel inspired victory over Man City. Their hopes of reaching the knockout stages were ended though after three successive defeats saw them finish in third place, with only the top team advancing. With six goals each, Lawson D'Ath and Dominic Samuel were Reading's joint top scorers over the season.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Under-21s and Academy
At the end of the season Charlie Losasso and Josh Webb, who had both featured regularly for the under-21s, were among the ten players released by the club. Reading also confirmed and that development coach, and under-21 manager, Chris Cummins would leave at the end of the season, having been with the club since 2011.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Under-21s and Academy
The under-18s also started their season against West Ham, drawing 2–2. They lost just one game during the initial league phase, a 3–2 defeat by Bolton, finishing top of the table with 11 wins from 14. The team also progressed in the FA Youth Cup, beating Brentford 5–1 at Griffin Park in December. By winning their league, the under-18s were placed in the Elite Group for the second half of the season.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Under-21s and Academy
They struggled initially, losing three of their first four matches and were also knocked out of the Youth Cup in the fourth round after a 2–0 home defeat by Bolton. Following the run of defeats, the under-18s won ten matches in a row, including doubles over Chelsea and Crystal Palace, finishing second in the group on goal difference to Fulham and qualifying for knockout stage. After beating Everton 4–0 in the semi-final Reading faced Fulham in the final but could not extend their winning run to twelve, losing 3–0. Following their successful season, the club offered eight scholars professional contracts for the 2013–14 season, including Uche Ikpeazu who was the top scorer in the country at under-18 level with 28 goals.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Squad, Left club during season
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2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Competitions
Updated to match played match played 19 May 2013Source: Competitions


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Competitions, League Cup
Reading entered the League Cup at the Second Round stage with the other Premier League clubs not involved in European competition. On 15 August, they were drawn at home to Peterborough United.


2012–13 Reading F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup
Reading entered the FA Cup at the Third Round stage with the other Premier League clubs, as well as those from the Championship. The draw was made on 2 December 2012, where Reading were drawn against Crawley Town on 5 January 2013.


2012–13 Real Betis season
The 2012–13 Real Betis season was the club's 78th season in its history.


2012–13 Real Madrid CF season
The 2012–13 season is the 109th season in Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's history and their 82nd consecutive season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football. It covers a period from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013. Real Madrid began the season by winning the Supercopa de España, defeating Barcelona on away goals.


2012–13 Real Madrid CF season
The team finished runners-up to Barça in La Liga and reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League for the third year in a row, where they were eliminated by Borussia Dortmund 3–4 on aggregate. It was Madrid's 16th successive season in the premier European club competition. Real also entered the Copa del Rey in the round of 32, going on a memorable run to the final, which saw them defeat Barcelona in the semi-finals before losing to Atlético Madrid 1–2 a.e.t. in a heartbreaking fashion, which meant that the team finished the season with one trophy out of four, despite being close to winning them all.


2012–13 Real Madrid CF season, Club, Official sponsors
Bwin• Adidas• Mahou• Movistar• Audi• Emirates• Coca- Cola• STC• BBVA• Samsung• Sanitas• Nivea• Solán de Cabras• Solaria


2012–13 Real Madrid CF season, Pre-season and friendlies
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2012–13 Real Madrid CF season, Statistics, Goals
Last updated: 1 June 2013Source: Match reports in Competitive matches


2012–13 Real Madrid CF season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Last updated: 1 June 2013Source: Competitive matches and ESPN.comOrdered by ,  and  = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.


2012–13 Real Madrid Castilla season, Players, Current squad
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2012–13 Real Madrid Castilla season, Players, Current squad
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2012–13 Real Madrid Castilla season, Players, Out on loan
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2012–13 Real Madrid Castilla season, Players, 2012–13 transfers, In
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2012–13 Real Madrid Castilla season, Players, 2012–13 transfers, Out
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2012–13 Real Madrid Castilla season, Statistics, Squad statistics
Ordered by minutes playedLast updated: 8 June 2013Source: Match reports in Competitive matches


2012–13 Real Madrid Castilla season, Statistics, Goals
Last updated: 8 June 2013Source: Match reports in Competitive matches


2012–13 Real Madrid Castilla season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Last updated: 8 June 2013Source: Match reports in Competitive matches


2012–13 Real Madrid Castilla season, Statistics, Overall
Last updated: 8 June 2013Source: Match reports in Competitive matches


2012–13 Real Phoenix season
The 2012–13 Real Phoenix season was the first and only season of the Real Phoenix professional indoor soccer club. Real Phoenix, a Southwestern Division team in the Professional Arena Soccer League, played their first six home games in the Barney Family Sports Complex in the greater Phoenix suburb of Queen Creek, Arizona. The team played the final two home games of the season at the Arizona Sports Complex in Glendale, Arizona. The team was led by general manager Rosario Lopez Jr., head coach Kevin Grub, and assistant coach Rodolfo Hernandez.


2012–13 Real Phoenix season, Season summary
Real Phoenix struggled in the regular season, ultimately earning a 4–12 record and last place in the PASL's four-team Southwestern Division, and failed to advance to the postseason. The team also struggled at the box office, placing 18th in the 19-team league for average home attendance.


2012–13 Real Phoenix season, Season summary
In late January 2013, the team informed the PASL that they were financially unable to complete their road schedule and the league revoked their franchise. The league sent a replacement squad coached by Kevin Leonard and filled out largely by members of his Texas Xtreme Premier Arena Soccer League team to cover Phoenix's road dates in south Texas. The team's final two home games were played with a squad of regular Real Phoenix players but with Kevin Leonard remaining as head coach.


2012–13 Real Phoenix season, Season summary
The team participated in the 2012–13 United States Open Cup for Arena Soccer. They lost to the Las Vegas Legends in the Wild Card round, abruptly ending their run in the tournament.


2012–13 Real Phoenix season, Schedule, Regular season
† Game also counts for US Open Cup, as listed in chart below. § Team relocated to Arizona Sports Complex for final two home games. ♥ Replacement squad after franchise revoked by league.


2012–13 Real Sociedad season
The 2012–13 season was Real Sociedad's 67th season in La Liga. The club's league campaign surpassed all expectations as 4th spot was achieved and the team qualified for the Champions league play-off round.


2012–13 Real Sociedad season, Season summary
The season began with mixed results. A series of home wins and away defeats were reminiscent of previous season's frustration. A convincing win in the Basque derby was the only exception during this disappointing period. Early in November, the club suffered a Copa del Rey defeat away to Segunda División side Córdoba. This was followed by a league defeat at home against 19th-ranked team Espanyol. With the match still in play, fans at the stadium called for Montanier's resignation.


2012–13 Real Sociedad season, Season summary
In the Copa del Rey, the team was incapable of overturning the first leg's deficit and exited the competition.


2012–13 Real Sociedad season, Season summary, An exceptional run
With an away victory to Málaga, Real Sociedad began a run that stretched from mid-November to the end of the season where the team suffered only two defeats. The team found stability with a 4–2–3–1 formation comprising Asier Illarramendi and Markel Bergara in the double 6 and Xabi Prieto just ahead of them as an attacking midfielder.


2012–13 Real Sociedad season, Season summary, Race for fourth
In April, it became clear that either Real Sociedad or Valencia would capture the fourth-place spot. On 28 April, a decisive match between these two took place at Anoeta. Real Sociedad was capable of coming back and won the match, thus opening a five-point gap with Valencia. In the following weeks, however, Valencia won three-straight games while Real Sociedad dropped points. Before the last matchday, Real Sociedad were two points behind Valencia and had to travel to relegation-threatened Deportivo de La Coruña. Real Sociedad won their match and Valencia lost theirs, sending the Basque team to fourth place and securing a spot at the UEFA Champions League play-off round.


2012–13 Real Sociedad season, Season summary, Race for fourth
Real Sociedad scored 70 goals that season, more than any other club bar Real Madrid and Barcelona and had the fourth-best defence.


2012–13 Real Sociedad season, Season summary, Race for fourth
Towards the end of the season, when it seemed like Philippe Montanier was about to renew his contract, he signed a contract with Rennes instead. Montanier was awarded the Ramón Cobo trophy, given to the best manager, by the Royal Spanish Football Federation's coaches committee.


2012–13 Real Sociedad season, Season summary, Dispute over TV broadcasting rights
Early in 2012, Real Sociedad filed lawsuit against Mediapro on the grounds that payments were not in time or were incomplete. This escalated to a legal case that was eventually won by Real Sociedad. The media group was told to pay what had been established in the contract and €7 million as compensation. Real Sociedad was in addition declared free to sign a broadcasting contract with whoever they wanted to. Weeks before the start of the new season Real Sociedad agreed a 3-year deal with Canal +. Mediapro appealed this decision and in May a provincial court declared that the infringement was not serious enough to justify the €7 million compensation. Real Sociedad had to refund this amount.


2012–13 Real Sociedad season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012–13 Real Sociedad season, Start formations
Lineup that started most of the club's competitive matches throughout the season.


2012–13 Real Valladolid season
The 2012–13 Real Valladolid season was the club's first season in La Liga since its relegation at the end of the 2009–10 season. The club's manager in the previous season, Miroslav Đukić, continued with the team.


2012–13 Real Valladolid season, Current squad, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012–13 Real Valladolid season, Current squad, Youth system
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012–13 Real Valladolid season, Current squad, Long-term injuries, Víctor Pérez's broken fibula
In the morning training of 5 January 2013, Víctor Pérez broke the fibula in his right leg fortuitously, and at the evening he underwent surgery in the Hospital Sagrado Corazón by Dr. Rafael Ramos, chief of Real Valladolid's medical service. The estimated time for recovery of his injury is about four months approximately, so he would miss the remainder of the season.


2012–13 Real Valladolid season, Competitions, La Liga
La Liga Winner (also qualified for 2013–14 UEFA Champions League Group Stage)  2013–14 UEFA Champions League Group Stage  2013–14 UEFA Champions League 4th Qualifying Round  2013–14 UEFA Europa League Group Stage  2013–14 UEFA Europa League 4th Qualifying Round   2013–14 UEFA Europa League 3rd Qualifying Round  Relegation to Liga Adelante


2012–13 Real Zaragoza season
The 2012–13 Real Zaragoza season is the 78th season in club history.


2012–13 Real Zaragoza season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012–13 Recreativo de Huelva season
The 2012–13 Recreativo de Huelva season is the 75th season in club history.


2012–13 Red Star Belgrade season
In season 2012–13 Red Star Belgrade will be competing in Serbian SuperLiga, Serbian Cup and UEFA Europa League.


2012–13 Red Star Belgrade season, Previous season positions
The club competed in Serbian SuperLiga, Serbian Cup in domestic and UEFA Europa League in European competitions. Finishing 2nd in domestic league, behind Partizan, won Serbian Cup (beat Borac Čačak in final) and losing to 6th placed team from French championship Rennais in Play-off round for UEFA Europa League.


2012–13 Red Star Belgrade season, Kit
Red Star Belgrade players are wearing a kit made by Legea for the 2012–13 season. The home colors are of a typical Red-White design with small stripes. The Away and third kit colors are swapped. Also both away and third kit are based on Udinese Calcio Away kits.


2012–13 Red Star Belgrade season, Players, Top scorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2012–13 Red Star Belgrade season, Competitions, Serbian SuperLiga
Red Star Belgrade will compete with 15 other teams in the Serbian SuperLiga.


2012–13 Red Star Belgrade season, Competitions, Serbian Cup
Red Star Belgrade will participate in the 7th Serbian Cup starting in the Round of 32.


2012–13 Red Star Belgrade season, Competitions, UEFA Europa League
By winning 2011–12 Serbian Cup, Red Star Belgrade qualified for the Europa League. They started in the second qualifying round against Belarus side Naftan Novopolotsk, and were eliminated in Play-off round by French side Bordeaux.


2012–13 Regional Four Day Competition
The 2012–13 Regional Four Day Competition is the 47th domestic first-class cricket tournament held in the West Indies. It will take place from 9 February 2013 – 7 May 2013. The seven teams based in the Caribbean will compete in a round-robin tournament followed by semi-finals involving the top four teams and a final match between the winners of the semi-finals. There is no touring team competing this edition of the tournament.


2012–13 Regional Four Day Competition, Points allocation
In the event of a match being abandoned without any play having taken place, or in the event of there being no 1st innings decision, three points each.


2012–13 Regional Super50
The 2012–13 Regional Super50 is the domestic one-day cricket competition in the West Indies. This edition of the Regional Super50 tournament will feature the six permanent first-class regions of the West Indies along with the Combined Campuses and Colleges team. The tournament will consist of a round-robin group stage followed by two semi-final matches for the top four finishers with the winners advancing to the final.


2012–13 Regionalliga
The 2012–13 Regionalliga was the fifth season of the Regionalliga as the fourth tier of the German football league system. From this season onwards, the structure of this tier has changed. The three division format administrated by the German FA has been replaced by five leagues, each of which is administrated by its respective regional FA. Additionally, the leagues will be structured on geographical affiliation, in contrast to the partially arbitrary divisional alignment. League champions will qualify for a promotion play-off. Additionally, the Regionalliga Südwest runners-up will qualify.


2012–13 Regionalliga, Regionalliga Nord
18 teams from Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein competed in the first season of the reformed Regionalliga Nord. Holstein Kiel won the championship and also won their promotion playoff, winning promotion to 3. Liga. Both VfB Lübeck and FC Oberneuland entered insolvency proceedings during the season; results involving these two teams were annulled. Kiel's promotion and the fact that no team was relegated from the 3. Liga meant that the number of relegated teams was reduced to just two.


2012–13 Regionalliga, Regionalliga Nordost
16 teams from Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia competed in the first season of the reformed Regionalliga Nordost. RB Leipzig won the league, suffering no defeats, and also won their promotion playoff, gaining promotion to 3. Liga. As SV Babelsberg 03 was relegated from 3. Liga and Leipzig won promotion, the standard two teams were relegated. In FC Carl Zeiss Jena, 1. FC Lok Leipzig and 1. FC Magdeburg, this fourth-tier league contains three teams that have been finalists in European competitions, Magdeburg even winning the 1974 European Cup Winners' Cup.


2012–13 Regionalliga, Regionalliga West
20 teams from North Rhine-Westphalia competed in the first season of the reformed Regionalliga West.


2012–13 Regionalliga, Regionalliga Südwest
19 teams from Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland competed in the first season of the newly formed Regionalliga Südwest.


2012–13 Regionalliga, Regionalliga Bayern
20 teams from Bavaria competed in the first season of the newly formed Regionalliga Bayern.


2012–13 Regionalliga, Promotion play-offs
The draw for the 2012–13 promotion play-offs was held on 12 May 2013.


2012–13 Regionalliga, Promotion play-offs, Summary
The first legs were played on 29 May, and the second legs were played on 2 and 4 June 2013.


2012–13 Republika Srpska Cup
The Republika Srpska 2012–13 was tenth season of the Republika Srpska national football tournament.


2012–13 Republika Srpska Cup
The competition started on 19 September 2012, and got concluded on 2 June 2013. FK Borac Banja Luka were the defending champions, while FK Radnik Bijeljina were the new champions after defeating Borac in the final.


2012–13 Republika Srpska Cup, Draw
The draws for the round of 32 was conducted in Banja Luka at 12:00 (CEST) on 6 September 2012. All 31 clubs were in the same pot, resulting that every club could get any other club as his opponent. The first-drawn team served as hosts.


2012–13 Republika Srpska Cup, Competition, Round of 32
This round consisted of 16 single-legged fixtures. All 31 clubs entered the competition from this round, while the matches were played on 12 September 2012. In case of a draw in the regular time, the winner would have been determined with a penalty shootout.


2012–13 Republika Srpska Cup, Competition, Round of 16
This round consisted of 8 single-legged fixtures. The date for the matches were determined with the draw which was held on October 4 . The matches took place on October 10. In a case of a draw in the regular time, the winner would have been determined with a penalty shootout.


2012–13 Republika Srpska Cup, Competition, Quarterfinals
This round consisted of 4 single-legged fixtures. The date for the matches were determined with the draw which was held on October 25 . The matches took place on November 7. In a case of a draw in the regular time, the winner would have been determined with a penalty shootout.


2012–13 Republika Srpska Cup, Competition, Semifinals
The four winners from the previous round played their opponents in this last hurdle before the final. The semifinals consisted of two two-legged fixtures. The first leg took part on 17 April, while the second leg was played on 15 May 2013.


2012–13 Republika Srpska Cup, Competition, Final
The final will be contested between Borac Banja Luka and Radnik on 30 May and 2 June 2013.


2012–13 Rhode Island Rams men's basketball team
The 2012–13 Rhode Island Rams basketball team represented the University of Rhode Island during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rams, led by first year head coach Dan Hurley, played their home games at the Ryan Center and were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 8–21, 3–13 in A-10 play finish in a tie for 14th place. They failed to qualify for the Atlantic 10 Tournament.


2012–13 Rice Owls men's basketball team
The 2012–13 Rice Owls men's basketball team representedRice University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Owls, led by fifth year head coach Ben Braun, played their home games at the Tudor Fieldhouse and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 5–26, 1–15 in C-USA play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Conference USA Tournament to Houston.


2012–13 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team
The 2012–13 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team represented the University of Richmond in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball during the 2012–13 season. Richmond competed as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) under eighth-year head basketball coach Chris Mooney and played its home games at the Robins Center.


2012–13 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team, 100 Years celebration
The University celebrated the 100th season of Spider basketball in several ways. Many former Spider players, coaches and teams were honored throughout the season and on January 22 the school announced their All-Time team, honored at halftime of their February 9 game against Saint Louis:


2012–13 Rider Broncs men's basketball team
The 2012–13 Rider Broncs men's basketball team represented Rider University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Broncs, led by first year head coach Kevin Baggett, played their home games at Alumni Gymnasium and were members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They finished the season 19–15, 12–6 in MAAC play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the MAAC Tournament to Fairfield. They were invited to the 2013 CIT where they defeated Hartford in the first round before losing in the second round to East Carolina.


2012–13 Riksserien season
The 2012–13 Riksserien season was the highest tier of women's ice hockey in Sweden. Eight teams competed in the league, with the top six participating in the 2013 Swedish Championship playoffs in women's ice hockey. MODO finished first in the regular season, but were eliminated in the semifinals by Brynäs IF, who would lose in the finals to AIK. The bottom two teams were forced to participate in a qualifier to keep their spots in the league, which resulted in HV71 being demoted to the second-tier league, Division 1.


2012–13 Riksserien season, 2013 Riksserien qualifier
The Riksserien qualifier (Swedish: Kval till Riksserien) was contested by the two teams with the best records from the 2012–13 Allettan season and the two teams with the worst records from the 2012–13 Riksserien. The teams played a single round robin tournament with one game between each team. The two team with the best records were qualified for play in the 2013–14 Riksserien season.


2012–13 Riksserien season, 2013 Riksserien qualifier
IF Sundsvall finished second, and thereby replaced third-placed HV71 in Svenska Serien.


2012–13 Rio Grande Valley Flash season
The 2012–13 Rio Grande Valley Flash season was the first season of the Rio Grande Valley Flash indoor soccer club. The Flash, a Central Division team in the Professional Arena Soccer League, played their home games in the State Farm Arena in Hidalgo, Texas. The team was led by owner Gerardo Guerra Lozano and head coach Mariano Bollella.


2012–13 Rio Grande Valley Flash season, Season summary
The Flash were successful in the regular season, compiling a 12–4 record and placing second in the competitive Central Division. The team split the first half of the season with four wins and four losses before winning the final regular season matches. The team also fared well at the box office, drawing the fourth-highest average attendance for home games this season. The Flash qualified for the postseason and earned the right to play for the Ron Newman Cup in the PASL National Championship. They defeated Central Division regular season champion Dallas Sidekicks in consecutive games and advanced to the PASL Semi-Finals in San Diego where they fell to the Detroit Waza in overtime.


2012–13 Rio Grande Valley Flash season, Season summary
The Flash did not participate in the 2012–13 United States Open Cup for Arena Soccer.


2012–13 Rio Grande Valley Flash season, Off-field moves
The team was originally organized in 2011 as the Monterrey Flash in the Liga Mexicana de Futbol Rápido Profesional (LMFR). Although successful (they won the league championship and finished second in the 2012 FIFRA Club Championship) owner Gerardo Guerra Lozano moved the team across the border to Texas and joined the PASL in September 2012. In mid-October 2012, the Flash announced that they had rejoined the LMFR and would participate in both leagues.


2012–13 Rio Grande Valley Flash season, Off-field moves
The team's initial logo matched the one used in Monterrey, with only the location named updated. On January 9, 2013, the Flash unveiled a new, sleeker logo during a press conference at Ford Arena.


2012–13 Rio Grande Valley Flash season, Off-field moves
The Flash held several pre-season promotion events including a friendly match against local media on November 14 and a "Student's Day" for local area schools during their November 15 match against the Texas South Devils of the National Premier Soccer League.


2012–13 Rio Grande Valley Flash season, Roster moves
On January 9, 2013, the team announced that it had signed a number of "soccer stars from Mexico" to play for the Flash during home games. The first such announced signing was Claudio "Diablo" Nuñez, formerly of the Tigres UANL. At the same press conference, the Flash announced the signing of goalkeeper Juan Gamboa, a Brownsville, Texas, native who played for The University of Texas at Brownsville.


2012–13 Rio Grande Valley Flash season, Roster moves
On January 31, 2013, the team announced the signing of Hector Nicanor. The veteran defender played for C.F. Monterrey and Monarcas Morelia in the Mexican Primera División of Liga MX in the mid-1990s.


2012–13 Rio Grande Valley Flash season, Awards and honors
In postseason honors, defender Damian Garcia was named to the 2012-13 PASL All-League Second Team.


2012–13 Robert Morris Colonials men's basketball team
The 2012–13 Robert Morris Colonials men's basketball team represented Robert Morris University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Colonials, led by third year head coach Andrew Toole, played their home games at the Charles L. Sewall Center and were members of the Northeast Conference. They finished the season 24–11, 14–4 in NEC play to be regular season NEC champions. They lost in the semifinals of the Northeast Conference Tournament to Mount St. Mary's. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they earned an automatic bid to the 2013 NIT where they hosted and defeated Kentucky in the first round before losing in the second round at Providence.


2012–13 Robert Morris Colonials women's ice hockey season
The Robert Morris Colonials women represented Robert Morris University in CHA women's ice hockey during the 2012-13 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season. The Colonials finished conference play in fourth place. They made it to the semifinal game of the CHA Tournament when they were narrowly defeated by Mercyhurst.


2012–13 Robert Morris Colonials women's ice hockey season, Awards and honors
Sophomore Forward Rebecca Vint was named to the CHA All-Conference First Team.


2012–13 Robert Morris Colonials women's ice hockey season, Awards and honors
Senior Defender Jamie Joslin was named to the CHA All-Conference Second Team Team.


2012–13 Rochdale A.F.C. season
The 2012–13 season is the 92nd season of competitive football for Rochdale A.F.C., a professional English football club based in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. Rochdale return to Football League Two for 2012–13 following a two-season stint in League One which ended with a last-place finish in 2011–12. Rochdale began their 2012–13 Football League Two season with a 0–0 draw with Northampton. They entered into three cup competitions in the first round due to the league table they are in. John Coleman's and Jimmy Bell's contracts were terminated by Rochdale on 21 January 2013 following a poor run in form.


2012–13 Rochdale A.F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012–13 Rockford Rampage season
The 2012–13 Rockford Rampage season was the first and only season of the new Rockford Rampage indoor soccer club. The Rampage, a Central Division team in the Professional Arena Soccer League, played their home games in the Victory Sports Complex in Loves Park, Illinois. The team was led by owner Saul Robles, head coach Jeff Kraft, and assistant coach Armando Sanchez.


2012–13 Rockford Rampage season, Season summary
The team had mixed results in the regular season. The Rampage started the season with a four-game win streak but stumbled as the team's best players were signed by the Chicago Soul of the Major Indoor Soccer League. Ultimately, the team finished 7–9 and failed to qualify for the postseason.


2012–13 Rockford Rampage season, Season summary
The Rampage participated in the 2012–13 United States Open Cup for Arena Soccer. They lost to the Chicago Mustangs in the Wild Card round, abruptly ending their run in the tournament.


2012–13 Rockford Rampage season, History
The previous indoor soccer franchise, founded in 2005 as the Rockford Thunder, was initially a member of the American Indoor Soccer League. They played home games at the Victory Sports Complex in Loves Park, Illinois. In August 2007, the team changed its name to "Rockford Rampage" to accommodate a women's fastpitch softball team, the Texas Thunder, which relocated to Rockford. The Rampage won the 2007–08 AISL Championship but the league folded soon after the season.


2012–13 Rockford Rampage season, History
In 2008, the Rampage became a founding member of the National Indoor Soccer League and relocated to the Rockford MetroCentre in downtown Rockford, Illinois. The team continued in that league (renamed "Major Indoor Soccer League" in 2009) until going on hiatus in October 2010. Current Rampage head coach Jeff Kraft also led these previous incarnations of the team. The new Rockford Rampage joined the Professional Arena Soccer League in August 2012.


2012–13 Rockford Rampage season, Off-field moves
In November 2012, the Rampage signed a marketing agreement that made Radioactive Energy Drink the team's "presenting sponsor" for this season. The beverage's logo was featured on the front of the team's uniform jerseys.


2012–13 Rockford Rampage season, Roster moves
The team held an open tryout at the Victory Sports Complex on Saturday, September 22, 2012.


2012–13 Rockford Rampage season, Awards and honors
On November 13, 2012, Rampage goalkeeper Ante Cop was named PASL Player of the Week for helping lead the team to a 3-0 start and for excellent defensive goalkeeping.


2012–13 Rockford Rampage season, Schedule, Regular season
† Game also counts for US Open Cup, as listed in chart below.


2012–13 Romanian Hockey League season
The 2012–13 Romanian Hockey League season was the 83rd season of the Romanian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Romania. Seven teams participated in the league, and HSC Csíkszereda won the championship.


2012–13 Ross County F.C. season
The 2012–13 season was Ross County's first season in the Scottish Premier League, having been promoted as champions of the Scottish First Division at the end of 2011–12 season. They also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.


2012–13 Ross County F.C. season, Summary, Season
During season 2012–13 Ross County finished fifth in the Scottish Premier League. They reached the second round of the League Cup and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.


2012–13 Ross County F.C. season, Player statistics, Captains
Last updated: 19 May 2013Source: Competitive match reports. Competitive matches onlyMatches started as captain onlyCountry: FIFA nationality; No. : Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.


2012–13 Rotherham United F.C. season
In the 2012–13 season, The Millers competed in League Two-the fourth tier in the football league. It was the 142nd season for the club since forming in 1870 as Thornhill and the fifth season in a row that Rotherham have been in League Two. It was a commemorative season for Rotherham United and a new chapter in the history books, as they returned home to Rotherham.


2012–13 Rotherham United F.C. season
They played their home games at The Don Valley Stadium in nearby city Sheffield, of which they had been shadowed by for 4 years since the dispute with Ken Booth, the owner of traditional home Millmoor-which forced them to leave. Rotherham's first game of the season was played on 18 August 2012, versus Burton Albion, in their new home; which was requested by chairman Tony Stewart because of the homecoming occasion. They came out victorious 3–0.


2012–13 Rotherham United F.C. season
Before the season began, the club were tipped by many bookies to lift the League Two title, leaving newly promoted Fleetwood Town and local rivals Chesterfield in their tracks. United were also tipped to be one of numerous favourites to contest the Football League Trophy, however they were out in the first round prior to a 1–0 defeat to York City.


2012–13 Rotherham United F.C. season
Just one week prior to the first league encounter, Rotherham faced a trip to Yorkshire rivals, Hull City, in a League Cup first round fixture. They were knocked out 7-6 on penalties.


2012–13 Rotherham United F.C. season
Rotherham United won promotion to League One after finishing second in the league.


2012–13 Rotherham United F.C. season, Kit
Rotherham wear traditional colours red and white as their home kit. On the right shoulder, there is a solid white bar, with the black Puma logo on it, due to them being the kit manufacturers. Below it is the town crest, put on as a symbolic representative of the move back to Rotherham. It retains the sponsorship of local shopping centre Parkgate. The away kit is an amber and black coloured strip.


2012–13 Rotherham United F.C. season, Kit
The reason behind the chosen colours is that in 1925, when Rotherham Town and Thornhill United merged to become Rotherham United, their first ever kit was amber with a black rugby-like 'V' design on the chest. However, this season's away top is a thick, black bar across the chest, with the badge on the left, Puma logo in the centre and the town crest on the right. This kit also retains sponsorship from last season, with One Town One Community.


2012–13 Rotherham United F.C. season, Season fixtures, Pre-season
The first training session of the season was held on week commencing 2 July 2012, 13 days previous to the first pre-season fixture against local team Parkgate. It was a vital time, as the players got a long jog and light training to get back into the football routine; as well as meeting the summer recruitments. On 14 July 2012, a few hours after the 0-6 victory against Parkgate, The Millers flew out to a training camp in the Algarve District of Portugal. On 18 July 2012, Rotherham locked horns with nearby training Oldham Athletic. Managed by Paul Dickov, Oldham were a stature of whom were a League One side. Surprisingly, Steve Evans' men came out on top 3–1. The players returned home the next day to prepare for the upcoming pre-season.


2012–13 Rotherham United F.C. season, Season fixtures, Pre-season
For Rotherham, not just the club but the fans too, this was a special pre-season. The first ever match at their new home venue The New York Stadium would be staged during this period of time. However, this match was just one quarter of stadia safety certificate matches. The opponents in these games, of which were two Yorkshire rivals in Barnsley and Doncaster Rovers, would stage 6,000 and 9,000 maximum capacity matches respectively. The 2012 Scottish Cup champions Hearts, and local rivals Sheffield United would both stage maximum (12,000) capacity matches, also respectively. These fixtures were simply to ensure that the facilities of the ground were able to cope with match-day standards.


2012–13 Rotherham United F.C. season, Season fixtures, Pre-season
Other games included away trips to Mansfield Town, Stocksbridge Park Steels, Stamford, a short journey to local lads Dinnington Town, and an encounter at Nene Park against Kettering Town.


2012–13 Rotherham United F.C. season, Season fixtures, Pre-season
Rotherham fans grew ever confident that the club would be successful this year. The performances were "too good for the league" according to many fans, and it was justified with victories over higher league outfits Oldham, Doncaster and Barnsley. Comments from other supporters suggested that the players brought in were Championship quality, and would tear other teams such as Barnet and Accrington Stanley to pieces.