2012–13 Preston North End F.C. season

Preston North End
2012–13 season
Manager Graham Westley (until 12 Feb.)
Simon Grayson (from 17 Feb.)
League One 14th
FA Cup 3rd Round
League Cup 3rd Round
League Trophy Area Semi-Final
Top goalscorer League: Nicky Wroe (8)
All: Nick Wroe (11)
Highest home attendance 12,014 vs Bury, 26 Dec 2012
Lowest home attendance 4,757 vs Yeovil Town, 3 Nov 2012
Average home league attendance 8,190

The 2012–13 season was Preston North End's 124th year in The Football League and their second consecutive in the third tier.

League One data

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Doncaster Rovers (C) (P) 46 25 9 12 62 44+18 84 Promotion to 2013–14 Football League Championship
2 Bournemouth (P) 46 24 11 11 76 53+23 83
3 Brentford 46 21 16 9 62 47+15 79 Qualification to League One Playoffs
4 Yeovil Town (P) 46 23 8 15 71 56+15 77
5 Sheffield United 46 19 18 9 56 42+14 75
6 Swindon Town 46 20 14 12 72 39+33 74
7 Leyton Orient 46 21 8 17 55 48+7 71
8 Milton Keynes Dons 46 19 13 14 62 45+17 70
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 54 628 64
14 Preston North End 46 14 17 15 54 49+5 59
15 Coventry City 46 18 11 17 66 59+7 55
16 Shrewsbury Town 46 13 16 17 54 606 55
17 Carlisle United 46 14 13 19 56 7721 55
18 Stevenage 46 15 9 22 47 6417 54
19 Oldham Athletic 46 14 9 23 46 5913 51
20 Colchester United 46 14 9 23 47 6821 51
21 Scunthorpe United (R) 46 13 9 24 49 7324 48 Relegation to 2013–14 League Two
22 Bury (R) 46 9 14 23 45 7328 41
23 Hartlepool United (R) 46 9 14 23 39 6728 41
24 Portsmouth (R) 46 10 12 24 51 6918 32

Updated to games played on 27 April 2013.
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Coventry City deducted 10 points for entering administration.
Portsmouth deducted 10 points for failing to pay footballing creditors
.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
15 5 5 5 24 19 +5 20 3 3 2 15 8 +7 2 2 3 9 11 −2

Last updated: 5 February 2013.
Source: PNEFC League One Results

Kit

Supplier: Puma
Sponsor(s): Magners (H), Tennant's Lager (A)

Home
Home Alternate
Away
Away Alternate
Alternative
2nd Alternative

Last updated: 11 September 2012.
Source: Historical Football Kit - NPower League One 2012-13

Squad

No. Name Position (s) Nationality Place of Birth Date of Birth (Age) Club caps Club goals Int. caps Int. goals Date signed Signed from Fee Contract End
Goalkeepers
1Thorsten StuckmannGKGermanyGütersloh17 March 19813201 November 2011Free AgentFree30 June 2013
23Declan RuddGKEnglandDiss16 January 199119 January 2013Norwich CityLoan31 May 2013
Defenders
2Keith KeaneRB/RMRepublic of IrelandLuton England20 November 1986 (aged 26)7 June 2012Luton TownFree30 June 2014
3Scott LairdLB/LM/CMEnglandTaunton15 May 198827 May 2012StevenageFree30 June 2014
4Paul HuntingtonCB/RBEnglandCarlisle17 September 19871 July 2012Yeovil TownFree30 June 2014
5Chris RobertsonCB/RBScotlandDundee11 October 1986 (aged 26)17131 January 2012Torquay UnitedUndisclosed30 June 2014
6Shane Cansdell-SherriffCB/LB/DMAustraliaSydney10 November 198216 May 2012Shrewsbury TownFree30 June 2014
16David BuchananLB/LMEnglandRochdale6 May 198624 May 2012Tranmere RoversFree30 June 2014
26Bailey WrightCB/RB/LBAustraliaMelbourne28 July 19921611 July 2009AcademyTrainee30 June 2013
27Luke FosterCBEnglandMexborough8 September 1985 (aged 27)18 December 2012Free AgentFree30 June 2013
28Ben DaviesCBEnglandBarrow-in-Furness11 August 199525 January 2013AcademyTrainee30 June 2014
Midfielders
8Nicky WroeCM/RMEnglandSheffield28 September 198516 May 2012Shrewsbury TownFree30 June 2014
11Lee HolmesLM/RM/AMEnglandMansfield2 April 198729 May 2012SouthamptonFree30 June 2014
13Joel ByromCMEnglandOswaldtwistle14 September 19861 July 2012StevenageFree30 June 2014
17Jeffrey MonakanaRM/LMEnglandEnfield5 November 199347630 May 2012ArsenalFree30 June 2014
18Andrew ProcterCMEnglandBlackburn13 June 1983 (aged 29)19020 January 202Accrington Stanley£75,00030 June 2014
19John WelshCM/RMEnglandLiverpool10 January 198414 May 2012Tranmere RoversFree30 June 2014
21John MousinhoCMEnglandIsleworth30 April 198629 May 2012StevenageFree30 June 2014
22Jack KingAM/CF/CBEnglandOxford20 August 198531 May 2012WokingFree30 June 2014
24Will HayhurstLM/RMRepublic of IrelandLongbridge24 February 1994101 January 2012AcademyTrainee30 June 2013
Forwards
9Graham CumminsCFNorthern IrelandCork29 December 198714231 January 2012Cork City£84,00030 June 2014
14Joe GarnerCF/RWEnglandBlackburn12 April 19888 January 2013WatfordFree30 June 2014
20Chris BeardsleyCFEnglandDerby28 February 19841 August 2012StevenageFree30 June 2014
29Stuart BeavonCF/RW/AMEnglandReading5 May 198431 August 2012Wycombe WanderersUndisclosed30 June 2014
Iain HumeCF/RW/AMCanadaEdinburgh30 October 1983602238614 September 2010Barnsley£880,00030 June 2014

Season statistics

Starts and goals

As of 16 July 2013
No. Pos Nat Player TotalLeague One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Germany Thorsten Stuckmann 25 0 22 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
2 DF Republic of Ireland Keith Keane 31 1 22+4 1 1 0 2 0 2 0
3 DF England Scott Laird 24 4 19 4 1 0 3 0 1 0
4 DF England Paul Huntington 44 4 34+3 3 3 0 3 0 1 1
5 DF Scotland Chris Robertson 28 1 16+5 0 3 1 0+1 0 2+1 0
6 DF Australia Shane Cansdell-Sherriff 22 1 14+1 1 3 0 2 0 2 0
8 MF England Nicky Wroe 47 11 36+2 8 3 0 3 3 2+1 0
9 FW Republic of Ireland Graham Cummins 23 3 5+13 2 0+1 0 0+1 0 3 1
11 MF England Lee Holmes 33 3 23+5 3 1+1 0 1 0 2 0
13 MF England Joel Byrom 26 3 12+9 2 1+1 1 1 0 2 0
14 FW England Joe Garner 15 0 9+5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
15 DF England Paul Connolly (on loan from Leeds United) 15 0 14+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF England David Buchanan 38 0 27+6 0 1 0 0+2 0 2 0
17 MF England Jeffrey Monakana 46 6 23+15 4 2 1 3 1 0+3 0
18 MF England Andrew Procter 23 1 6+9 0 0+2 0 1+1 0 3+1 1
19 MF England John Welsh 42 1 32+4 1 2 0 1+1 0 2 0
20 FW England Chris Beardsley 22 2 12+7 1 0 0 1+1 0 1 1
21 MF England John Mousinho 29 1 17+7 1 2 0 2 0 1 0
22 MF England Jack King 45 7 33+3 4 2+1 0 2 2 3+1 1
23 GK England Declan Rudd (on loan from Norwich City) 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF Republic of Ireland Will Hayhurst 25 4 18+3 4 0 0 1+1 0 2 0
26 DF Australia Bailey Wright 41 2 37+1 2 0 0 1 0 2 0
27 DF England Luke Foster 8 1 3+3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
28 DF England Ben Davies 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW England Stuart Beavon 37 9 30+1 6 3 1 1 0 2 2
Players who have left the club:
7 FW England David Amoo 23 1 6+11 0 0+2 1 1+1 0 2 0
10 FW England Lee Trundle 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
12 FW England Akpo Sodje 17 7 5+9 4 0 0 1 1 0+2 2
14 DF England Todd Kane (on loan from Chelsea) 5 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
15 FW England Chris Holroyd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 GK England Steve Simonsen 17 0 10 0 2 0 2 0 3 0
37 FW England Anthony Elding (on loan from Grimsby Town) 5 0 2+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers record

Place Position Nation Number Name League One FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total
1 MFEngland8Nicky Wroe803011
2 FWEngland29Stuart Beavon61029
3 FWEngland12Akpo Sodje40127
MFEngland22Jack King40217
5 MFEngland17Jeffrey Monakana41106
6 DFEngland3Scott Laird40004
DFEngland4Paul Huntington30014
MFRepublic of Ireland24Will Hayhurst40004
9 FWRepublic of Ireland9Graham Cummins20013
MFEngland11Lee Holmes30003
MFEngland13Joel Byrom21003
Own Goals30003
13 FWEngland20Chris Beardsley10012
DFAustralia26Bailey Wright20002
15 DFRepublic of Ireland2Keith Keane10001
DFScotland5Chris Robertson01001
DFAustralia6Shane Cansdell-Sherriff10001
FWEngland7David Amoo01001
MFEngland18Andrew Procter00011
MFEngland19John Welsh10001
MFEngland21John Mousinho10001
DFEngland27Luke Foster00011
TOTALS 52 5 7 10 74

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name League One FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
2Republic of IrelandDFKeith Keane90100010110
3EnglandDFScott Laird1000000010
4EnglandDFPaul Huntington5010200080
5ScotlandDFChris Robertson6000000060
6AustraliaDFShane Cansdell-Sherriff3010001050
7EnglandFWDavid Amoo0000001010
8EnglandMFNicky Wroe1000101030
9Republic of IrelandFWGraham Cummins3000000030
11EnglandMFLee Holmes2010001040
12EnglandFWAkpo Sodje1000101030
13EnglandMFJoel Byrom2000000020
14EnglandDFTodd Kane2000000020
14EnglandFWJoe Garner1000001020
15EnglandDFPaul Connolly4000000040
16EnglandDFDavid Buchanan1000100020
17EnglandMFJeffrey Monakana7010000080
18EnglandMFAndrew Procter2000001030
19EnglandMFJohn Welsh8000001090
20EnglandFWChris Beardsley1000200030
21EnglandMFJohn Mousinho4000000040
22EnglandMFJack King5000001060
24Northern IrelandMFWill Hayhurst1000000010
26AustraliaDFBailey Wright7000000070
27EnglandDFLuke Foster1000000010
28EnglandDFBen Davies3000000030
29EnglandFWStuart Beavon2000000020
TOTALS 82 0 5 0 7 0 7 0 101 0

Transfers

In

N
P
Name
EU
Country
Age
Type
Moving from
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
19 MF John Welsh EU England28 Free Tranmere Rovers Summer 2014 Free PNE Official
6 DF Shane Cansdell-Sherriff EU Australia29 Free Shrewsbury Town Summer 2014 Free Sky Sports
8 MF Nicky Wroe EU England26 Free Shrewsbury Town Summer 2014 Free Sky Sports
4 DF Paul Huntington EU England24 Free Yeovil Town Summer 2014 Free BBC Sport
7 FW David Amoo EU England21 Free Liverpool Summer 2013 Free BBC Sport
16 DF David Buchanan EU Northern Ireland
England
26 Free Tranmere Rovers Summer 2014 Free BBC Sport
N/A GK Ricard Wright EU England34 Free Ipswich Town Summer 2013 Free Official Site
3 DF Scott Laird EU England24 Free Stevenage Summer 2014 Free BBC Sport
11 MF Lee Holmes EU England25 Free Southampton Summer 2014 Free Official Site
17 MF Jeffrey Monakana EU England18 Free Arsenal Summer 2013 Free Official Site
21 MF John Mousinho EU England26 Free Stevenage Summer 2014 Free BBC Sport
2 MF Keith Keane EU Republic of Ireland25 Free Luton Town Summer 2014 Free BBC Sport
10 FW Lee Trundle EU England35 Free Neath Wales Summer 2013 Free BBC Sport
20 FW Chris Beardsley EU England28 Free Stevenage Summer Undisclosed Free BBC Sport
13 MF Joel Byrom EU England25 Free Stevenage Summer Undisclosed Free BBC Sport
23 GK Steve Simonsen EU England33 Free Sheffield United Summer 2013 Free BBC Sport
12 FW Akpo Sodje EU England32 Free Free Agent Summer 2013 Free BBC Sport
29 FW Stuart Beavon EU England28 Transfer Wycombe Wanderers Summer 2014 Undisclosed BBC Sport
14 FW Joe Garner EU England24 Free Transfer Watford Winter 2014 Free BBC Sport
35 GK Rhys Taylor EU Wales22 Free Transfer Chelsea Winter Non-Contract Free Chelsea FC

Loans In

No.
P
Name
Country
Age
Loan club
Started
Ended
Start source
End source
37 FW Anthony Elding England30 Grimsby Town 15 November 7 January BBC Sport Lancashire Evening Post
14 DF Todd Kane England19 Chelsea 5 December 7 January BBC Sport Lancashire Evening Post
15 DF Paul Connolly England31 Leeds United 15 January 30 May BBC Sport
23 GK Declan Rudd England24 Norwich City 29 January 30 May BBC Sport

Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

Out

N
P
Name
Country
Age
Type
Moving to
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Apps
Goals
Source
22 MF Graham Alexander Scotland
England
40 Contract Ended Retired Summer N/A 422 113 BBC Sport
33 FW Neil Mellor England29 Contract Ended Retired Summer N/A 149 20 BBC Sport
4 MF Ian Ashbee England35 Contract Ended Free Agent Summer N/A 31 0 Official Site
25 GK Andreas Arestidou England22 Contract Ended Morecambe Summer N/A 9 0 Official Site
50 DF Aaron Brown England28 Contract Ended Floriana Malta Summer N/A 4 0 Official Site
24 MF Seanan Clucas Northern Ireland19 Contract Ended Bristol Rovers Summer N/A 1 0 BBC Sport
18 DF Daniel Devine Northern Ireland19 Contract Ended Fleetwood Town Summer N/A 16 1 Official Site
27 FW Jamie Douglas Northern Ireland19 Contract Ended Dungannon Swifts Northern Ireland Summer N/A 7 1 Official Site
2 DF David Gray Scotland24 Contract Ended Stevenage Summer N/A 52 0 Sky Sports
42 DF Nicky Hunt England28 Contract Ended Rotherham United Summer N/A 16 1 BBC Sport
23 DF Scott Leather England19 Contract Ended Altrincham Summer N/A 2 0 Official Site
28 MF George Miller England20 Contract Ended Accrington Stanley Summer N/A 8 0 BBC Sport
21 GK Iain Turner Scotland28 Contract Ended Free Agent Summer N/A 29 1 Official Site
12 DF Brian McLean Scotland27 Contract Ended Dundee United Scotland Summer Free 18 2 Sky Sports
11 FW Juvhel Tsoumou Germany
Democratic Republic of the Congo
21 Contract Terminated Free Agent Summer Free 22 4 Sky Sports
36 DF Luke Clark England18 Contract Ended Accrington Stanley Summer Free 4 0 BBC Sport
N/A GK Richard Wright England34 Contract Terminated Manchester City Summer Free 0 0 BBC Sport
17 MF Paul Parry Wales31 Contract Ended Shrewsbury Town Summer Free 91 6 Shrewsbury Town
10 MF Barry Nicholson Scotland33 Free Transfer Fleetwood Town Summer Free 101 10 BBC Sport
20 MF Darel Russell England31 Contract Terminated Portsmouth Summer Free 32 1 BBC Sport
8 MF Paul Coutts Scotland23 Transfer Derby County Summer Undisclosed 85 5 dcfc.co.uk
3 DF Conor McLaughlin Northern Ireland20 Free Transfer Fleetwood Town Summer Free 28 0 Official Site
15 MF Adam Barton Republic of Ireland
England
21 Transfer Coventry City Summer Undisclosed 57 3 BBC Sport
16 MF Danny Mayor England21 Transfer Sheffield Wednesday Summer Undisclosed 76 3 BBC Sport
9 FW Proctor England20 Transfer Swansea City Summer Undisclosed 38 4 BBC Sport
6 DF Craig Morgan Wales27 Contract Ended Rotherham United Summer Free 58 3 BBC Sport
12 FW Akpo Sodje England32 Contract Ended Scunthorpe United Free 17 7 BBC Sport
15 FW Chris Holroyd England26 Contract Terminated Morecambe Winter Free 19 1 Lancashire Evening Post
7 FW David Amoo England21 Contract Terminated Tranmere Rovers Winter Free 22 1 BBC Sport
23 GK Steve Simonsen England33 Contract Terminated Dundee Scotland Winter Free 17 0 BBC Sport
10 FW Lee Trundle England36 Contract Terminated Chester Free 2 0 BBC Sport

EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable; Apps = Total number of competitive appearances (including substitute appearances) at the club prior to departure; Goals = Total number of competitive goals scored at the club prior to departure.

Loans Out

No.
P
Name
Country
Age
Loan club
Started
Ended
Start source
End source
15 FW Chris Holroyd England26 Macclesfield Town 25 August 7 January BBC Sport Lancashire Evening Post
FW Iain Hume Canada
Scotland
31 Doncaster Rovers 31 August 30 May BBC Sport
6 DF Shane Cansdell-Sherriff Australia32 Rochdale 30 January 30 May BBC Sport

Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

Results

Pre-season friendlies

League One

FA Cup

League Cup

League Trophy

Overall

Games played 56 (46 League One, 3 League Cup, 3 FA Cup, 4 League Trophy)
Games won 21 (14 League One, 2 League Cup, 2 FA Cup, 3 League Trophy)
Games drawn 17 (17 League One, 0 League Cup, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Trophy)
Games lost 18 (15 League One, 1 League Cup, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Trophy)
Goals scored 74 (52 League One, 7 League Cup, 5 FA Cup, 10 League Trophy)
Goals conceded 60 (46 League One, 4 League Cup, 1 FA Cup, 9 League Trophy)
Goal difference +14
Yellow cards 101 (82 League One, 7 League Cup, 5 FA Cup, 7 League Trophy)
Red cards 1 (1 League One, 0 League Cup, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Trophy)
Worst discipline Keith Keane (11 0 Red card)
Best result 5-0 vs Hartlepool United (H)
Worst result 0-3 vs Doncaster Rovers (H)
Most appearances Nicky Wroe (44 starts, 3 subs)
Top scorer Nicky Wroe (11 goals)
Points 59

References

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