2012–13 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season

Tranmere Rovers F.C.
2012–13 season
Chairman Peter Johnson
Manager Ronnie Moore
League One 11th
FA Cup Third round
Football League Cup Second round
Football League Trophy First round
Top goalscorer League:
Jake Cassidy (11)
All:
Jake Cassidy (11)
Highest home attendance 10,587 vs
Milton Keynes Dons
(16 November)
Lowest home attendance 4,342 vs
Stevenage
(24 March)
Average home league attendance 6,196
(10th in the league)[1]
Home colours
Away colours
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 season was the 112th season of competitive association football and the 86th season in the Football League played by Tranmere Rovers Football Club, a professional football club based in Birkenhead, Wirral. During the season, Tranmere Rovers competed in Football League One under Ronnie Moore in his first full season in charge.

Season summary

Tranmere enjoyed a fine start to the season, standing top of League One at the end of January. Injuries to key players including Andy Robinson, Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro and captain James Wallace sparked a dramatic downturn in form. Tranmere fell to sixth by the end of March and finished the season 11th with no goals scored in their final six games.

Background and pre-season

League One

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
9 Walsall 46 17 17 12 65 58 +7 68
10 Crawley Town 46 18 14 14 59 58 +1 68
11 Tranmere Rovers 46 19 10 17 58 48 +10 67
12 Notts County 46 16 17 13 61 49 +12 65
13 Crewe Alexandra 46 18 10 18 54 62 −8 64
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2013. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
46 19 10 17 58 48  +10 67 10 6 7 31 21  +10 9 4 10 27 27  0

Last updated: 3 May 2013.
Source: Football League Official Site

Results by matchday

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GroundHAAHAHHAHAAHAHHAAHHAHAAHHAHAAHAHHAHAHAAHHAAHAH
Result W W D W D W W W D W W W L L D W W L D D D D L W W W W L W L L L L W D L W L L W L L L L L D
Position 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 6 3 3 6 4 5 7 5 6 7 7 9 10 11

Last updated: 3 May 2013.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

FA Cup

Main article: 2012–13 FA Cup

Football League Cup

Football League Trophy

Players

Transfers, contract extensions and loans are listed from the last day of the previous season till the final day of this season

Transfers

In
Date Player Age Previous club Ends Fee
7 June 2012England Danny Harrison29Rotherham United1 July 2013Free[2]
19 June 2012France Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro27Rochdale1 July 2014Free[3]
26 June 2012England James Wallace20Everton1 July 2014Undisclosed[4]
5 July 2012England Paul Black22Oldham Athletic1 July 2013Free[5]
26 July 2012Northern Ireland Jason Mooney23Wycombe Wanderers1 July 2013Free[6]
1 August 2012Sierra Leone Abdulai Bell-Baggie20Salisbury City1 July 2013Free[7]
3 August 2012England Joe Thompson23Rochdale1 July 2014Free[8]
9 January 2013England David Amoo21Preston North End1 July 2013Free[9]
Out
Date Player Age Status Next club Fee
8 May 2012England Joss Labadie21ReleasedNotts CountyFree[10]
8 May 2012England Enoch Showunmi30ReleasedNotts CountyFree[10]
8 May 2012Republic of Ireland Martin Devaney31ReleasedKidderminster HarriersFree[10]
8 May 2012Northern Ireland Robbie Weir23ReleasedBurton AlbionFree[10]
8 May 2012England Andy Coughlin19ReleasedWrexhamFree[10]
8 May 2012England Mustafa Tiryaki25Released1461 TrabzonFree[10]
8 May 2012England David Raven27ReleasedInverness Caledonian ThistleFree[10]
14 May 2012England John Welsh28TransferPreston North EndFree[11]
24 May 2012Northern Ireland David Buchanan26TransferPreston North EndFree[12]
3 August 2012England Lucas Akins23TransferStevenageUndisclosed[13]
20 November 2012England Will Vaulks19ReleasedFalkirkFree[14]
3 January 2013Northern Ireland Mark McChrystal28ReleasedBristol RoversFree[15]
29 April 2013England Paul Black23ReleasedMansfield TownFree[16]
29 April 2013England Danny Harrison30ReleasedChesterFree[16]
29 April 2013England Adam McGurk 24ReleasedBurton AlbionFree[16]
29 April 2013England David Amoo22ReleasedCarlisle UnitedFree[16]
29 April 2013England Michael Kay23ReleasedChesterFree[16]

Contract extensions

Date Player Age Ends
11 May 2012Wales Ian Goodison391 July 2013[17]
11 May 2012Wales Ash Taylor211 July 2014[17]
16 May 2012England Andy Robinson321 July 2013[18]
29 January 2013England Cole Stockton181 July 2015[19]
31 January 2013England Jake Kirby181 July 2015[20]
7 February 2013England Danny Holmes241 July 2015[21]
4 March 2013England Max Power191 July 2015[22]
7 March 2013Sierra Leone Abdulai Bell-Baggie201 July 2015[23]

Loans

In
Player Age Signed from Date
Started Ended
Scotland Liam Palmer20Sheffield Wednesday17 July[24][25]end of the season
Wales Jake Cassidy19Wolverhampton Wanderers2 August[26]1 January[27]
England Ben Gibson19Middlesbrough14 August[28][29]13 December[30]
Spain Román Golobart20Wigan Athletic31 August[31]3 October[32]
England Jake Jervis21Birmingham City20 October[33]19 November[34]
England Nathan Eccleston21Blackpool25 October[35]19 November[34]
Montserrat Donervon Daniels18West Bromwich Albion22 November[36][37][38]19 March[39]
Scotland Michael O'Halloran21Bolton Wanderers22 November[40][41][42]end of the season
Republic of Ireland Paul Corry22Sheffield Wednesday15 February[43]18 March[44]
Mali Mamady Sidibé33Stoke City21 February[45]end of the season
England Ben Gibson20Middlesbrough14 March[46]end of the season
Republic of Ireland Sean McGinty19Manchester United28 March[47]end of the season
Out
Player Age Signed to Date
Started Ended
England Will Vaulks18Workington21 August[48][49][50]20 November[14]
Northern Ireland Mark McChrystal28Scunthorpe United20 November[51]24 December[52]
England Joe Thompson23Rochdale1 March[53]4 April[54]

Season statistics

No. Nat Player Total League
One		 FA
Cup		 League
Cup		 League
Trophy		 Discipline Signed†
A G A G A G A G A G Red card Status Joined Left
Goalkeepers
1 Wales Owain Fôn Williams 51+0 – 45+0 – 3+0 – 2+0 – 1+0 – 3 – – – –
23 England Sam Ramsbottom – – – – – – – – – – – – youth – –
33 Northern Ireland Jason Mooney 1+0 – 1+0 – – – – – – – – – – – –
Defenders
2 England Danny Holmes 49+0 2 43+0 2 3+0 – 2+0 – 1+0 – 7 – – – –
3 England Paul Black 2+9 – 2+8 – 0+1 – – – – – – – – – 29.04[16]
4 Wales Ash Taylor 47+0 2 44+0 2 2+0 – 1+0 – – – 6 – – – –
5 Jamaica Ian Goodison 10+2 – 9+1 – 1+1 – – – – – 3 – – – –
14 Ivory Coast Zoumana Bakayogo 52+0 5 46+0 5 3+0 – 2+0 – 1+0 – 6 – – – –
18 Northern Ireland Mark McChrystal – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 03.01[15]
19 England Michael Kay 4+5 – 3+3 – – – 1+1 – 0+1 – 1 – – – 29.04[16]
20 England Will Vaulks – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 20.11[14]
21 England Ben Gibson 33+0 1 28+0 1 2+0 – 2+0 – 1+0 – 5 – loan –
14.03[46] 		13.12[30]
–
23 Spain Román Golobart 2+0 – 1+0 – – – – – 1+0 – – – loan 31.08[31] 03.10[32]
23 Montserrat Donervon Daniels 11+3 1 10+3 1 1+0 – – – – – 2 – loan 22.11[36] 19.03[39]
27 Republic of Ireland Sean McGinty 3+0 – 3+0 – – – – – – – 1 – loan 28.03[47] –
Midfielders
6 Scotland Liam Palmer 45+1 – 42+1 – 1+0 – 2+0 – – – 3 1 loan – –
7 England Joe Thompson 11+13 2 7+12 1 1+1 1 2+0 – 1+0 – – – – – –
8 England James Wallace 23+0 2 19+0 2 2+0 – 2+0 – – – 4 – – – –
10 England Andy Robinson 38+0 10 33+0 10 3+0 – 2+0 – – – 5 – – – –
12 England Danny Harrison 7+11 – 4+9 – 2+0 – 0+2 – 1+0 – – – – – 29.04[16]
15 England Jake Kirby 0+6 – 0+4 – 0+1 – – – 0+1 – – – – – –
17 England Max Power 27+5 4 25+2 3 1+2 1 0+1 – 1+0 – 5 – – – –
22 Sierra Leone Abdulai Bell-Baggie 21+13 2 20+11 1 – – 0+2 1 1+0 – – – – – –
24 Republic of Ireland Paul Corry 5+1 – 5+1 – – – – – – – 1 – loan 15.02[43] 18.03[44]
Forwards
9 Wales Jake Cassidy 28+0 11 26+0 11 – – 1+0 – 1+0 – 1 – loan – 01.01[27]
11 Northern Ireland Adam McGurk 23+7 4 20+7 3 2+0 1 – – 1+0 – 2 – – – 29.04[16]
16 England Cole Stockton 9+27 6 5+26 3 3+0 2 1+0 1 0+1 – 1 – – – –
18 England David Amoo 6+5 1 6+5 1 – – – – – – 1 – – 09.01[9] 29.04[16]
20 Scotland Michael O'Halloran 19+6 3 17+6 3 2+0 – – – – – 1 – loan 22.11[40] –
24 England Jake Jervis 5+0 1 4+0 1 1+0 – – – – – 1 – loan 20.10[33] 19.11[34]
25 England Nathan Eccleston 1+0 – 1+0 – – – – – – – – – loan 25.10[35] 19.11[34]
23 Mali Mamady Sidibé 10+0 – 10+0 – – – – – – – 1 – loan 21.02[45] –
26 France Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro 29+1 8 27+1 8 – – 2+0 – – – – 1 – – –
Own goals – – – – –
Total 52 65 46 58 3 5 2 2 1 0 60 2

† Statuses are mentioned for youth academy players without senior contract and players who were signed on non-contract basis or on loan. Dates joined and left are mentioned only for players who changed club between the first and the last matchday of the season.

Last updated: 27 April 2013.
Source: 11v11.com

References

  1. ↑ "Football League attendance report - season 2013/14" (PDF). Football League. 3 May 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "Danny Harrison re-signs for Tranmere Rovers". BBC. 7 June 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Tranmere sign striker Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro from Rochdale". BBC. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "Everton midfielder James Wallace joins Tranmere Rovers". BBC. 26 June 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "Tranmere sign ex-Oldham full-back Paul Black on free transfer". BBC. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
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  13. ↑ "Akins Leaves Rovers". Tranmere Rovers F.C. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
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  33. 1 2 "Rovers Land Loan Striker". Tranmere Rovers F.C. 20 October 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
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  44. 1 2 "Corry's Loan Ends". Tranmere Rovers F.C. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  45. 1 2 "Striker Sidibe Joins Rovers On Loan". Tranmere Rovers F.C. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
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  47. 1 2 "United Defender Joins Rovers On Loan". Tranmere Rovers F.C. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
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