2012–13 Middlesbrough F.C. season

Results and fixtures

Players

First team squad

Team statistics

Transfers

Honours

References

Pre season

League Cup

FA Cup

Championship

Captains

Squad

Disciplinary record

Top scorers

Contracts

League table

Suspensions served

Penalties

Middlesbrough

2012–13 season

Chairman

Steve Gibson

Manager

Tony Mowbray

Stadium

Riverside

Football League Championship

16th

FA Cup

Fifth round

League Cup

Quarter-finals

Top goalscorer

League:
Scott McDonald (12)
All:
Scott McDonald (13)

Highest home attendance

28,229 (vs Sheffield Wednesday)

Lowest home attendance

12,579 (vs Hastings United)

Average home league attendance

17,587

Home colours

Away colours

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The 2012–13 season is Middlesbrough's fourth consecutive season in the Championship. They will also compete in the League Cup and the FA Cup.

22 July 2012	Falkirk	3 – 7	Middlesbrough	Falkirk Stadium
16:05GMT	Taylor 5', 39', 47' (pen.)	Report	Williams 15', 20' Leadbitter 31' Ledesma 53' Bailey 56' McDonald 78', 90'	Attendance: 1,621

27 July 2012	Middlesbrough	5 – 0	Tottenham Hotspur XI	Algarve, Portugal
18:00GMT	Bailey 28' McDonald 67' Main 68' Park 71' Halliday 90' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: N/A

31 July 2012	Hartlepool United	2 – 2	Middlesbrough	Victoria Park
19:30GMT	Sweeney 17' Collins 80'	Report	McDonald 33' Reach 35'	Attendance: 3,663 (1,916 Boro)

3 August 2012	Carlisle United	1 – 2	Middlesbrough	Brunton Park
TBA GMT	Miller 53'	Report	Main 29' Park 65'	Attendance: 1,988

4 August 2012	York City	1 – 2	Middlesbrough	Bootham Crescent
15:00 GMT	Reed 71' (pen.)	Report	McDonald 23' Zemmama	Attendance: 1,865 (645 Boro)

8 August 2012	Scunthorpe United	3 – 2	Middlesbrough	Glanford Park
19:30 GMT	Grella 45' Walker 56' Grant 80'	Report	Park 5' Main 23' (pen.)	Attendance: 922 (149 Boro)

Main article: 2012–13 Football League Cup

1 11 August 2012	Bury	1 – 2	Middlesbrough	Gigg Lane
15:00 GMT	Hughes 63'	Report	Emnes 33' Leadbitter 61'	Attendance: 2,964 (1,121 Boro)

2 28 August 2012	Gillingham	0 – 2	Middlesbrough	Priestfield Stadium
19:45 GMT		Report	Carayol 23' Park 90'	Attendance: 5,146 (463 Boro)

3 25 September 2012	Preston North End	1 – 3	Middlesbrough	Deepdale
19:45 GMT	King 39'	Report	Ledesma 13' Zemmama 18' Smallwood 62'	Attendance: 4,959

4 30 October 2012	Sunderland	0 – 1	Middlesbrough	Stadium of Light
19:45 GMT		Report	McDonald 39'	Attendance: 32,535 (2,781 Boro)

5/QF 12 December 2012	Swansea City	1 – 0	Middlesbrough	Liberty Stadium
19:45 GMT	Hines 80' (o.g.)	Report		Attendance: 15,048 (709 Boro)

Main article: 2012–13 FA Cup

3 6 January 2013	Middlesbrough	4 – 1	Hastings United	Riverside
15:00 GMT	Zemmama 21', 67' Halliday 47' Miller 84'	Report	Goldberg 68'	Attendance: 12,579

4 26 January 2013	Middlesbrough	2 – 1	Aldershot Town	Riverside
15:00 GMT	Jutkiewicz 83', 90+6'	Report	Hylton 86'	Attendance: 12,684

5 27 February 2013	Middlesbrough	0 – 2	Chelsea	Riverside
19:45 GMT		Report	Ramires 51' Moses 73'	Attendance: 27,856

Main article: 2012–13 Football League Championship

1 18 August 2012	Barnsley	1 – 0	Middlesbrough	Oakwell
15:00 GMT	Davies 45'	Report		Attendance: 12,203 (3,872 Boro)

2 21 August 2012	Middlesbrough	3 – 2	Burnley	Riverside
19:45 GMT	Bailey 42' Reach 78' L.Williams 88'	Report	Austin 41' Junior Stanislas 86'	Attendance: 15,559

3 25 August 2012	Middlesbrough	2 – 1	Crystal Palace	Riverside
15:00 GMT	Hines 41' Zemmama 52'	Report	Easter 55' (pen.)	Attendance: 15,494

4 1 September 2012	Millwall	3 – 1	Middlesbrough	The Den
12:45 GMT	Keogh 34', 86' Trotter 25'	Report	Emnes 42' (pen.)	Attendance: 9,576 (768 Boro)

5 15 September 2012	Middlesbrough	2 – 0	Ipswich Town	Riverside
15:00 GMT	L.Williams 34' Carayol 90+3'	Report		Attendance: 14,887

6 18 September 2012	Blackpool	4 – 1	Middlesbrough	Bloomfield Road
19:45 GMT	Delfouneso 9', 35' Ince 55' Grandin 85' (pen.)	Report	Bikey 45+1'	Attendance: 12,736 (More than 500 Boro)

7 21 September 2012	Blackburn Rovers	1 – 2	Middlesbrough	Ewood Park
19:45 GMT	Hanley 89'	Report	Jutkiewicz 7', 60'	Attendance: 13,405 (765 Boro)

8 29 September 2012	Middlesbrough	1 – 2	Leicester City	Riverside
15:00 GMT	Bailey 48'	Report	Vardy 62' Dyer 89'	Attendance: 15,679

9 3 October 2012	Middlesbrough	2 – 2	Derby County	Riverside
19:45 GMT	Jutkiewicz 18', 81'	Report	Robinson 15' (pen.) Coutts 89'	Attendance: 13,377

10 6 October 2012	Watford	1 – 2	Middlesbrough	Vicarage Road
15:00 GMT	Deeney 1'	Report	Emnes 30' McDonald 77'	Attendance: 12,006 (935 Boro)

11 21 October 2012	Brighton & Hove Albion	0 – 1	Middlesbrough	American Express Community Stadium
15:00 GMT		Report	Emnes 21'	Attendance: 26,293 (1,216 Boro)

12 23 October 2012	Middlesbrough	2 – 0	Hull City	Riverside
19:45 GMT	Haroun 59' Miller 66'	Report		Attendance: 14,129

13 27 October 2012	Middlesbrough	2 – 1	Bolton Wanderers	Riverside
15:00 GMT	McDonald 66', 84'	Report	Lee 42'	Attendance: 16,200

14 3 November 2012	Charlton Athletic	1 – 4	Middlesbrough	The Valley
15:00 GMT	Hulse 12'	Report	Woodgate 27' McDonald 53' Ledesma 63' Smallwood 90'	Attendance: 17,736 (1,686 Boro)

16 9 November 2012	Middlesbrough	3 – 1	Sheffield Wednesday	Riverside
19:45 GMT	Hoyte 13' Miller 60' Jutkiewicz 76'	Report	Madie 48'	Attendance: 28,229

17 17 November 2012	Cardiff City	1 – 0	Middlesbrough	Cardiff City Stadium
15:00 GMT	Connolly 18'	Report		Attendance: 21,578 (739 Boro)

18 24 November 2012	Middlesbrough	1 – 3	Bristol City	Riverside
15:00 GMT	Miller 34'	Report	Adomah 13' Pearson 62' Davies 88'	Attendance: 20,585

19 27 November 2012	Middlesbrough	3 – 0	Huddersfield Town	Riverside
19:45 GMT	McDonald 28', 85' Ledesma 66'	Report		Attendance: 21,850

20 30 November 2012	Birmingham City	3 – 2	Middlesbrough	St Andrews
19:45 GMT	King 45+2' (pen.) Elliott 66'	Report	Leadbitter 14' McDonald 62'	Attendance: 15,332 (522 Boro)

21 8 December 2012	Peterborough United	2 – 3	Middlesbrough	London Road
15:00 GMT	Gayle 37', 51'	Report	Haroun 9', 20' Miller 76'	Attendance: 6,612 (1,725 Boro)

22 15 December 2012	Middlesbrough	2 – 0	Wolverhampton Wandereres	Riverside
15:00 GMT	Emnes 87' (pen.) McDonald 90+3'	Report		Attendance: 15, 662

23 22 December 2012	Leeds United	2 – 1	Middlesbrough	Elland Road
15:00 GMT	Luciano Becchio 44', 72'	Report	Jutkiewicz 29'

24 26 December 2012	Middlesbrough	1 – 0	Blackburn Rovers	Riverside
15:00 GMT	Jutkiewicz 67'	Report		Attendance: 22,882

25 29 December 2012	Middlesbrough	4 – 2	Blackpool	Riverside
15:00 GMT	Miller 14' Smallwood 36' McDonald 62' Reach 88'	Report	Thomas 59' Basham 76'	Attendance: 18,164

26 1 January 2013	Derby County	3 – 1	Middlesbrough	Pride Park
15:00 GMT	Jacobs 19' Hendrick 42' Sammon 64'	Report	Jutkiewicz 90+2'	Attendance: 22,523 (1,181 Boro)

27 12 January 2013	Middlesbrough	1 – 2	Watford	Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT	McDonald 90'	Report	Vydra 45', 83'	Attendance: 17,499

28 18 January 2013	Leicester City	1 – 0	Middlesbrough	King Power Stadium
20:00 GMT	Nugent 70'	Report		Attendance: 8,585(400 Boro)

29 2 February 2013	Ipswich Town	4 – 0	Middlesbrough	Portman Road
15:00 GMT	Smith 38', 78' McGoldrick 47' McLean 56'	Report		Attendance: 16,389(685 Boro)

30 9 February 2013	Middlesbrough	2 – 3	Barnsley	Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT	Carayol 49' Main 62'	Report	O'Brien 6' Golbourne 69' Scotland 75'	Attendance: 15,034

31 12 February 2013	Middlesbrough	1 – 0	Leeds United	Riverside Stadium
19:45 GMT	Main 81'	Report		Attendance: 18,388

32 16 February 2013	Crystal Palace	4 – 1	Middlesbrough	Selhurst Park
15:00 GMT	Glenn Murray 8', 57' Ramage 48' Phillips 85'	Report	Faris Haroun 80'	Attendance: 17,213 (1,632 Boro)

34 23 February 2013	Middlesbrough	1 – 2	Millwall	Riverside Stadium
17:20 GMT	Main 75'	Report	George Friend 24' (o.g.) Woolford 39'	Attendance: 15,377

35 2 March 2013	Middlesbrough	2 – 1	Cardiff City	Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT	Dyer 13' Ameobi 17'	Report	Gunnarsson 67'	Attendance: 15,440

36 5 March 2013	Huddersfield Town	2 – 1	Middlesbrough	John Smith's Stadium
19:45 GMT	Lee 86' Ward 90+2'		McDonald 78'	Attendance: 12,705

37 9 March 2013	Bristol City	2 – 0	Middlesbrough	Ashton Gate
15:00 GMT	Adomah 33' Davies 53'	Report		Attendance: 13,524 (616 Boro)

38 16 March 2013	Middlesbrough	0 – 1	Birmingham City	Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT		Report	Zigic 81'	Attendance: 14,348

39 30 March 2013	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3 – 2	Middlesbrough	Molineux Stadium
15:00 GMT	McManus 17' (o.g.) Sigurðarson 48' Doyle 70'	Report	Leadbitter 25', 52'	Attendance: 21,277 (589 Boro)

41 6 April 2013	Hull City	1 – 0	Middlesbrough	KC Stadium
15:00 GMT	Brady 62'	Report		Attendance: 17,901 (1,086 Boro)

42 13 April 2013	Middlesbrough	0 – 2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT		Report	Orlandi 59' López 75'	Attendance: 14,925

43 16 April 2013	Middlesbrough	1 – 0	Nottingham Forest	Riverside Stadium
19:45 GMT	Carayol 42'	Report		Attendance: 13,861

44 20 April 2013	Bolton Wanderers	2 – 1	Middlesbrough	Reebok Stadium
15:00 GMT	Eagles 52' Sordell 58' (pen.)	Report	Dyer 56'	Attendance: 18,425 (701 Boro)

45 27 April 2013	Middlesbrough	2 – 2	Charlton Athletic	Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT	Emnes 76' McDonald 86'	Report	Pritchard 1' R.Williams 16' (o.g.)	Attendance: 15,011

46 4 May 2013	Sheffield Wednesday	2 – 0	Middlesbrough	Hillsborough Stadium
15:00 GMT	Howard 8' Lita 30'	Report		Attendance: 17,901 (1,086 Boro)

No.	P	Name	No. Games	Notes
14	DF	R. Williams	25	Club captain
39	DF	Woodgate	14
7	MF	Leadbitter	10
10	MF	Bailey	4

Last updated: June2012
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

No.	Name	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Jason Steele	GK	(1990-08-18) 18 August 1990	Middlesbrough Academy
31	Connor Ripley	GK	(1993-02-13) 13 February 1993	Middlesbrough Academy
32	Jayson Leutwiler	GK	(1989-04-25) 25 April 1989	Basel
Defenders
2	Justin Hoyte	DF	(1984-11-20) 20 November 1984	Arsenal
4	George Friend	DF	(1987-10-17) 17 October 1987	Doncaster Rovers
15	Seb Hines	DF	(1988-05-29) 29 May 1988	Middlesbrough Academy
21	Stuart Parnaby	DF	(1982-07-19) 19 July 1982	Birmingham City
25	Adam Reach	DF	(1993-02-03) 3 February 1993	Middlesbrough Academy
39	Jonathan Woodgate	DF	(1980-01-22) 22 January 1980	Stoke City
40	Ben Gibson	DF	(1993-03-01) 1 March 1993	Middlesbrough Academy
Midfielders
5	Merouane Zemmama	MF	(1983-10-07) 7 October 1983	Hibernian
7	Grant Leadbitter	MF	(1986-01-07) 7 January 1986	Ipswich Town
8	Sammy Ameobi	MF	(1992-05-01) 1 May 1992	Newcastle United
11	Emmanuel Ledesma	MF	(1988-05-24) 24 May 1988	Walsall
14	Rhys Williams	MF	(1988-07-14) 14 July 1988	Middlesbrough Academy
18	Andy Halliday	MF	(1991-10-11) 11 October 1991	Livingston
19	Mustapha Carayol	MF	(1988-09-04) 4 September 1988	Bristol Rovers
24	Cameron Park	MF	(1992-07-06) 6 July 1992	Middlesbrough Academy
33	Richard Smallwood	MF	(1990-12-29) 29 December 1990	Middlesbrough Academy
38	Faris Haroun	MF	(1985-09-22) 22 September 1985	Germinal Beerschot
Forwards
9	Marvin Emnes	FW	(1988-05-27) 27 May 1988	Sparta Rotterdam
17	Lukas Jutkiewicz	FW	(1989-03-28) 28 March 1989	Coventry City
22	Luke Williams	FW	(1993-06-11) 11 June 1993	Middlesbrough Academy
23	Curtis Main	FW	(1992-06-20) 20 June 1992	Darlington
27	Scott McDonald	FW	(1983-08-21) 21 August 1983	Celtic

As of 21 November 2012

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Jason Steele	53	0	46	0	3	0	4	0
2	DF		Justin Hoyte	34	1	29+2	1	0	0	3	0
3	DF		Andre Bikey	37	1	32+1	1	2	0	2	0
4	DF		George Friend	39	0	34	0	1	0	4	0
5	MF		Merouane Zemmama	22	4	4+13	1	1+2	2	1+1	1
6	DF		Stephen McManus	10	0	7	0	1	0	2	0
7	MF		Grant Leadbitter	47	3	42	3	1+1	0	3	0
8	MF		Sammy Ameobi	9	1	6+3	1	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Marvin Emnes	28	6	19+5	5	1	0	2+1	1
10	MF		Nicky Bailey	35	2	19+9	2	3	0	4	0
11	MF		Emmanuel Ledesma	33	4	14+14	2	0+1	0	4	2
12	MF		Kieron Dyer	9	2	7+2	2	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Rhys Williams	28	0	21+2	0	3	0	2	0
15	DF		Seb Hines	27	1	17+4	1	1+1	0	4	0
16	MF		Josh McEachran	38	0	35+3	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Lukas Jutkiewicz	26	10	18+6	8	1	2	1	0
18	MF		Andy Halliday	24	1	13+6	0	2+0	1	2+1	0
19	MF		Mustapha Carayol	21	4	12+6	3	1	0	2	1
21	DF		Stuart Parnaby	18	0	10+4	0	2	0	1+1	0
22	FW		Luke Williams	14	2	3+8	2	1	0	1+1	0
23	FW		Curtis Main	14	3	6+7	3	1	0	0	0
24	MF		Cameron Park	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
25	DF		Adam Reach	20	2	9+7	2	2	0	0+2	0
26	MF		Jordan Jones	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
27	FW		Scott McDonald	35	13	25+7	12	1	0	2	1
29	DF		Bryn Morris	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
30	FW		Ishmael Miller	30	6	14+11	5	1+1	1	1+2	0
31	GK		Connor Ripley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	GK		Jayson Leutwiler	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
33	MF		Richard Smallwood	28	3	13+9	2	2	0	2+2	1
35	DF		Christian Burgess	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
38	MF		Faris Haroun	29	4	20+3	4	1+1	0	2+2	0
39	DF		Jonathan Woodgate	25	1	24	1	0	0	1	0
40	DF		Ben Gibson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Players featured for club who have been sent out on loan:
Players featured for club who have left:
	MF		Kevin Thomson	12	0	5+4	0	1	0	1+1	0
	MF		Julio Arca	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0

Name	Number	Position	Championship		FA Cup	League Cup	Total
Name	Number	Position
Grant Leadbitter	7	MF	10		1		11
Scott McDonald	27	FW	3			2	5
Emmanuel Ledesma	11	MF	4				4
Andre Bikey	3	DF	4				4
Rhys Williams	14	DF	4				4
Jonathan Woodgate	39	DF	3				3
Kevin Thomson	8	MF	2		1		3
Seb Hines	15	DF	2		1		3
Nicky Bailey	10	MF	2		1		3
Josh McEachran	16	MF	3				3
Jason Steele	1	GK	2				2
Faris Haroun	38	MF	2				2
George Friend	4	DF	2				2
Andy Halliday	18	DF	1		1		2
Curtis Main	23	FW		1				1
Stuart Parnaby	21	DF	1				1
Adam Reach	25	MF	1				1
Ishmael Miller	30	FW	1				1
Lukas Jutkiewicz	17	FW	1				1
Justin Hoyte	2	DF	1				1
Josh McEachran	16	MF	1				1
Mustapha Carayol	19	MF	1				1
Merouane Zemmama	5	MF	1				1
Stephen McManus	6	DF			1		1
Richard Smallwood	33	MF				1	1
Jayson Leutwiler	32	GK				1	1

Date	Matches Missed	Player	Reason	Opponents Missed
25 November	1	Grant Leadbitter	5 x	Huddersfield (H)
9 February	1	Curtis Main	{{{1}}}	Crystal Palace (A)

Key: (H) = League Home, (A) = League Away, (FA) = FA Cup, (CC) = League Cup

Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
Scott McDonald	10		1	11
Lukas Jutkiewicz	8	2		10
Ishmael Miller	5	1		6
Marvin Emnes	4		1	5
Mustapha Carayol	3		1	4
Merouane Zemmama	1	2	1	4
Faris Haroun	3			3
Emmanuel Ledesma	2		1	3
Richard Smallwood	2		1	3
Curtis Main	3			3
Luke Williams	2			2
Nicky Bailey	2			2
Adam Reach	2			2
Grant Leadbitter	1		1	2
Jonathan Woodgate	1			1
Justin Hoyte	1			1
Andre Bikey	1			1
Seb Hines	1			1
Andy Halliday		1		1
Cameron Park			1	1

Date	Penalty Taker	Scored	Opponent	Competition
1 September	Marvin Emnes	Yes	Millwall	Championship
15 December	Marvin Emnes	Yes	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Championship
6 January	Ishmael Miller	No	Hastings United	FA Cup
18 January	Marvin Emnes	No	Leicester City	Championship

N	P	Name	Age	Status	Contract length	Expiry date	Source
15	DF	Seb Hines	24	Signed	3 years	July 2016	MFC]
25	DF	Adam Reach	19	Signed	4 years	July 2016	MFC]
23	FW	Curtis Main	20	Signed	3 years	July 2015	MFC]
	DF	Ben Gibson	19	Signed	4 years	July 2016	MFC]
18	DF	Andy Halliday	21	Signed	2 years	June 2015	MFC]

Last updated:

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
C	Cardiff City	46	25	12	9	72	45	+27	87
P	Hull City	46	24	7	15	61	52	+9	79
3	Watford	46	23	8	15	85	58	+27	77
4	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	19	18	9	69	43	+26	75
P	Crystal Palace	46	19	15	12	73	62	+11	72
6	Leicester City	46	19	11	16	71	48	+23	68
7	Bolton Wanderers	46	18	14	14	69	61	+8	68
8	Nottingham Forest	46	17	16	13	63	59	+4	67
9	Charlton Athletic	46	17	14	15	65	59	+6	65
10	Derby County	46	16	13	17	65	62	+3	61
11	Burnley	46	16	13	17	62	60	+2	61
12	Birmingham City	46	15	16	15	63	69	−6	61
13	Leeds United	46	17	10	19	57	66	−9	61
14	Ipswich Town	46	16	12	18	48	61	−13	60
15	Blackpool	46	14	17	15	62	63	−1	59
16	Middlesbrough	46	18	5	23	61	70	−9	59
17	Blackburn Rovers	46	14	16	16	55	62	−7	58
18	Sheffield Wednesday	46	16	10	20	53	61	−8	58
19	Huddersfield Town	46	15	13	18	53	73	−20	58
20	Millwall	46	15	11	20	51	62	−11	56
21	Barnsley	46	14	13	19	56	70	−14	55
R	Peterborough United	46	15	9	22	66	75	−9	54
R	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	14	9	23	55	69	−14	51
R	Bristol City	46	11	8	27	59	84	−25	41


	Promotion to Premier League
	Qualification to Championship playoffs
	Relegation to League One
	Last updated: 13:56, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

Player	From	Fee
Grant Leadbitter	Free agent	Free^[1]
Stuart Parnaby	Free agent	Free^[2]
Christian Burgess	Free agent	Free^[3]
Jonathan Woodgate	Free agent	Free^[4]
Emmanuel Ledesma	Free agent	Free^[5]
George Friend	Doncaster Rovers	Undisclosed^[6]
Mustapha Carayol	Bristol Rovers	Undisclosed^[7]
Justin Hoyte	Free agent	Resigned with Boro^[8]
Jayson Leutwiler	Free agent	Free
Josh McEachran	Chelsea	Season-long loan^[9]
Ishmael Miller	Nottingham Forest	Season-long loan^[10]
Andre Bikey	Free agent	Free^[11]
Kieron Dyer	Free agent	Free^[12]

Out

Player	To	Fee
Barry Robson	Vancouver Whitecaps	Free^[13]
Jonathan Franks	Hartlepool United	Free^[14]
Jonathan Grounds	Oldham Athletic	Free^[15]
Tony McMahon	Sheffield United	Free^[16]
Joe Bennett	Aston Villa	Undisclosed (rumoured to be £3,000,000 plus add-ons to £4,250,000 - plus sell-on clause)^[17]
Danny Coyne	Sheffield United	Free
Matthew Bates	Bristol City	Free^[18]
Bartholomew Ogbeche	Released	Free agent
Malaury Martin	Released	Free agent
Kevin Thomson	Released	Free agent
Julio Arca	Released	Free agent^[19]
Stephen McManus	Released	End of contract
Nicky Bailey	Released	End of contract
Andre Bikey	Released	End of contract

Trials in

Player	Previous Club	Status
Jayson Leutwiler	Basel	Successful
Jamie Ashdown	Portsmouth	Unsuccessful
Walid Abeid	Fulham	Unsuccessful
Nabil Souni	Sion	Unsuccessful
Romeo Castelen	Hamburg	Unsuccessful
Eduardo Favretto	Free agent	Unsuccessful
Carlos Rodrigues Corrêa	Dynamo Kyiv	Unsuccessful
Jacobo Sanz Ovejero	Free agent	Unsuccessful

Loans out

Player	To	Length	Expiry
Ben Gibson	Tranmere Rovers	One month^[20]	14 September 2012
Charlie Wyke	Hartlepool United	Three months month^[21]	9 January 2012
Stephen McManus	Bristol City	Three months^[22]	17 January 2012

Team of the Week
Date	Player(s)
17/18 September	Jason Steele, Andre Bikey
6/7 October	Grant Leadbitter
20/21 October	Jason Steele, Jonathan Woodgate
27/28 October	Scott McDonald
3/4 November	Jonathan Woodgate, Emmanuel Ledesma
11/12 December	Faris Haroun
15/16 December	Jason Steele

15 6 November 2012

Nottingham Forest

Middlesbrough

City Ground

Attendance: 20,150 (1,617 Boro)

↑ "Middlesbrough sign midfielder Grant Leadbitter". BBC Sport. BBC. 29 May 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
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Middlesbrough Football Club

The club	History Seasons Managers Players Records Reserves and Academy Survival from liquidation Player of the Year

Rivalries	Tyne–Tees derby Tees–Wear derby

Stadia	Linthorpe Road Ayresome Park Riverside Stadium Rockliffe Park

Middlesbrough F.C. seasons

1880–81 1881–82 1882–83 1883–84 1884–85 1885–86 1886–87 1887–88 1888–89 1889–90

1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 99–1900

1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10

1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20

1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 99–2000

2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

2012–13 in English football

« 2011–12

2013–14 »

FA competitions

Premier and Football Leagues

Men	Premier League Football League (Championship, League One, League Two) League Cup (Final) Football League Trophy (Final) Play-offs (Championship Final, League One Final, League Two Final)

Women	Super League ('12, '13) FA Women's Premier League

Youth	Professional Development League (U21, U18)

Football Conference

Football Conference (National, North, South)
Play-offs (National Final)

Level 7–8

Level 9–10

European competitions

Men	Champions League (Final) Europa League (Final)

Women	Champions League (Final)

Related to national teams

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group H)

Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Chelsea Everton Fulham Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Queens Park Rangers Reading Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wigan Athletic

Championship	Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Burnley Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Derby County Huddersfield Town Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Middlesbrough Millwall Nottingham Forest Peterborough United Sheffield Wednesday Watford Wolverhampton Wanderers

League One	Bournemouth Brentford Bury Carlisle United Colchester United Coventry City Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Hartlepool United Leyton Orient Milton Keynes Dons Notts County Oldham Athletic Portsmouth Preston North End Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Stevenage Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall Yeovil Town

League Two	Accrington Stanley AFC Wimbledon Aldershot Town Barnet Bradford City Bristol Rovers Burton Albion Cheltenham Town Chesterfield Dagenham & Redbridge Exeter City Fleetwood Town Gillingham Morecambe Northampton Town Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Rochdale Rotherham United Southend United Torquay United Wycombe Wanderers York City

Conference National	AFC Telford United Alfreton Town Barrow Braintree Town Cambridge United Dartford Ebbsfleet United Forest Green Rovers Gateshead Grimsby Town Hereford United Hyde Kidderminster Harriers Lincoln City Luton Town Macclesfield Town Mansfield Town Newport County Nuneaton Town Southport Stockport County Tamworth Woking Wrexham

Others	Halifax Town F.C. United of Manchester