2012–13 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers
2012–13 season
Chairman Craig Whyte
(until 14 May)
Malcolm Murray
(from 14 June)
Manager Ally McCoist
Ground Ibrox Stadium
Glasgow, Scotland
(Capacity: 50,987)
Scottish Third Division 1st
P36 W25 D8 L3 F87 A29
Scottish Cup Fifth Round
League Cup Quarter-finals
Challenge Cup Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer League:
Andrew Little (22)
All:
Lee McCulloch (26)
Highest home attendance 50,048 vs Berwick Rangers
(4 May 2013)
Lowest home attendance 23,195 vs Elgin City
(2 December 2012)
Average home league attendance 45,744
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2012–13 season is the 132nd season of competitive football by Rangers.

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 to be resolved. On 4 July, ten of the other eleven Scottish Premier League clubs voted against the newco Rangers being admitted to the league for the 2012-13 season, leaving the club to apply for a place in the Scottish Football League.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3][4] The club were 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.[5]

Further to this the SPL instigated an investigation into Rangers transfer dealings between 2001 and 2011, after allegations of dual contracts between the Oldco (the company that formerly owned Rangers) and its staff. This investigation operated via a commission headed by Lord Nimmo Smith which concluded in February 2013.[6] The Commission's findings concluded that oldco Rangers 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. 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 the Oldco.[7] 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 Oldco had not contravened tax law with its use of Employee Benefit Trusts,[8] however just over a week before the Nimmo Smith Commission returned its verdict, HMRC launched an appeal against the First-tier verdict.[9]

Turmoil continued inside Ibrox despite the return on Walter Smith as a non-executive director in November 2012.[10] The company owning the club 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 violate with a number of contentious issues arising throughout the season included the sacking of Spanish striker Francisco Sandaza for reportedly attempting to negotiations transfer away from the club,[11] the allegations from former chairman Craig Whyte that he and Green had an agreement over the purchase of Rangers that allowed Whyte to retain a stakehold in the company.[12] An internal investigation by the club later concluded that there was no link between Green and Whyte.[13] The culmination of the of Greens tenure resulted in him resigning as chief executive[14] after the club launched an internal investigation into alleged racist remarks Green had made to commercial director Imran Ahmad.[15]

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 and Berwick. Rangers clinched the Scottish Third Division Title on 30 March after a goalless draw away to Montrose and Queens Park lost. Rangers are promoted to the Scottish Second Division next season

Players

Squad information

P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
GK Scotland Neil Alexander 35 2008 (Winter) 94 0 2013 Free
GK Scotland Scott Gallacher 23 2006 0 0 2015 Youth system
GK Scotland Blair Currie 19 2009 0 0 2013 Youth system
GK Republic of Ireland Alan Smith 19 2010 0 0 2014 Free
GK Scotland Liam Kelly 18 2012 0 0 2015 Free
DF Romania Dorin Goian 31 2011 42 1 2014 £0.8m out on season loan
DF United States Carlos Bocanegra (captain)33 2011 40 3 2014 £0.4m out on season loan
DF Scotland Darren Cole 21 2008 5 0 2013 Youth system
DF Scotland Kirk Broadfoot 28 2007 121 1 2013 Free left on 29 August
DF Brazil Emílson Cribari 33 2012 34 0 2014 Free
DF France Sébastien Faure 22 2012 23 1 2015 Free
DF Greece Anestis Argyriou 25 2012 27 0 2014 Free
DF Scotland Ross Perry 23 2006 36 0 2015 Youth system
DF Northern Ireland Chris Hegarty 20 2010 29 0 2015 Free
DF Canada Luca Gasparotto 17 2011 4 0 2015 Free
DF Scotland Lee Wallace (y)25 2011 76 6 2016 £1.5m
MF United States Alejandro Bedoya 25 2011 13 1 2014 £0.4m left on 10 August
MF Scotland Lewis Macleod 18 2010 31 3 2017 Youth system
MF Scotland Robbie Crawford 20 2010 27 5 2017 Youth system
MF Scotland Andy Murdoch 18 2011 1 0 2015 Youth system
MF Scotland Ian Black 28 2012 38 2 2015 Free
MF Scotland Kyle Hutton 22 2008 47 2 2014 Youth system
MF United States Maurice Edu 26 2008 125 12 2013 £2.6m left on 25 August
MF Poland Kamil Wiktorski 19 2009 0 0 2013 £0.1m left on 29 January
MF Northern Ireland Andrew Mitchell 21 2010 9 0 2013 Free
MF Northern Ireland Dean Shiels 28 2012 29 12 2016 Free
MF Scotland David Templeton 24 2012 26 15 2016 £0.8m
MF Canada Fraser Aird 18 2011 22 3 2018 Youth system
MF Australia Francesco Stella 21 2012 0 0 2013 Free left on 15 January
MF Scotland Tom Walsh 16 2012 1 0 2013 Youth system
MF Scotland Lee McCulloch (captain)34 2007 211 46 2015 £2.25m
MF Scotland Barrie McKay 18 2011 42 4 2017 Free
MF Scotland Danny Stoney 16 2012 3 0 2016 Youth system
FW England Kane Hemmings 22 2008 10 1 2013 Youth system
FW Scotland Kal Naismith 21 2008 24 3 2015 Youth system
FW Northern Ireland Andrew Little 23 2007 60 32 2014 Youth system
FW Spain Francisco Sandaza 28 2012 20 2 2015 Free left on 3 April
FW Scotland Kevin Kyle 31 2012 15 3 2013 Free left on 16 March
  • Last updated: 4 May 2013
  • Source: Players transfer and Wikipedia players' articles
  • Ordered by position on pitch.

Transfers

In

P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
MF Scotland Ian Black 27 Heart of Midlothian Transfer Summer 2015 Free [16]
MF Northern Ireland Dean Shiels 27 Kilmarnock Transfer Summer 2016 Free [17]
FW Spain Francisco Sandaza 27 St Johnstone Transfer Summer 2015 Free [18]
FW Scotland Kevin Kyle 31 Heart of Midlothian Transfer Summer 2013 Free [18]
DF Brazil Emílson Cribari 32 Cruzeiro Brazil Transfer Summer 2014 Free [18]
DF France Sébastien Faure 21 Lyon France Transfer Summer 2015 Free [19]
DF Greece Anestis Argyriou 24 AEK Athens Greece Transfer Summer 2014 Free [20]
MF Australia Francesco Stella 21 Siena Italy Transfer Summer 2013 Free [21]
MF Scotland David Templeton 23 Heart of Midlothian Transfer Summer 2016 £0.7m [22]

Total expenditure: £0.7m

Out

P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
DF England Kyle Bartley 21 Arsenal England Loan return Summer n/a [23]
DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac 32 Retired End of contract Summer n/a [24][25]
FW Northern Ireland David Healy 32 Bury England End of contract Summer n/a [26]
MF France Salim Kerkar 24 Charlton Athletic England End of contract Summer n/a [27]
GK Scotland Grant Adam 21 St Mirren End of contract Summer n/a [28]
MF Scotland Gordon Dick 19 Albion Rovers End of contract Summer n/a [29][30]
DF Scotland Ewan McNeil 18 Norwich City England End of contract Summer n/a [29]
MF Scotland Anthony Marenghi 18 Ayr United End of contract Summer n/a [29][31]
DF Scotland Adam Hunter 19 Ayr United End of contract Summer n/a [29]
DF Algeria Adel Gafaiti 17 Norwich City England End of contract Summer n/a [29]
DF Northern Ireland Josh Robinson 18 Crusaders Northern Ireland End of contract Summer n/a [23][29]
FW England Jack Werndly 19 St Neots Town England End of contract Summer n/a [23][29]
DF Scotland Robbie McIntyre 18 Huddersfield Town England End of contract Summer n/a [23][29]
GK Scotland Sam George 17 Clyde End of contract Summer n/a [29]
MF Scotland Rhys McCabe 19 Sheffield Wednesday England Rejection to transfer Summer Undisclosed [32][33][34]
FW Nigeria Sone Aluko 23 Hull City England Rejection to transfer Summer n/a [32][35]
DF Scotland Steven Whittaker 28 Norwich City England Rejection to transfer Summer n/a [32][36]
FW Scotland Steven Naismith 25 Everton England Rejection to transfer Summer n/a [32][37]
MF Scotland Jamie Ness 21 Stoke City England Rejection to transfer Summer n/a [38][39]
FW Northern Ireland Kyle Lafferty 24 Sion Switzerland Rejection to transfer Summer n/a [38][40]
GK Scotland Allan McGregor 30 Beşiktaş Turkey Rejection to transfer Summer n/a [38][41]
MF Northern Ireland Steven Davis 27 Southampton England Rejection to transfer Summer £0.8m [38][42][43]
MF Scotland John Fleck 20 Coventry City England Rejection to transfer Summer Free [44][45]
DF Norway Tom Skogsrud 19 Sandefjord Norway Rejection to transfer Summer n/a [23]
DF Norway Kim Skogsrud 19 Sandefjord Norway Rejection to transfer Summer n/a [23]
MF Spain Juan Manuel Ortiz 30 Granada Spain Contract terminated Summer n/a [46]
MF United States Alejandro Bedoya 25 Helsingborgs IF Sweden Transfer Summer Free [47]
DF Romania Dorin Goian 31 Spezia Italy Loan Summer n/a [48]
MF United States Maurice Edu 26 Stoke City England Transfer Summer £0.3m [49]
DF Scotland Kirk Broadfoot 28 Blackpool England Contract terminated Summer n/a [50]
DF United States Carlos Bocanegra 31 Racing Santander Spain Loan Summer n/a [51]
DF Scotland Kyle McAusland 19 Ayr United Loan n/a n/a [52]
FW England Kane Hemmings 21 Cowdenbeath Loan Winter n/a [53]
FW Scotland Calum Gallagher 18 Alloa Athletic Loan Winter n/a [54]
MF Australia Francesco Stella 21 Melbourne Victory Australia Contract terminated Winter n/a [55]
MF Poland Kamil Wiktorski 19 Free Agent Contract terminated Winter Free
MF Scotland Gregor Fotheringham 18 Forfar Athletic Loan Winter n/a [56]
DF Scotland Stuart Urquhart 17 Dumbarton Loan n/a n/a [57]
FW Scotland Kevin Kyle 31 Free Agent Contract terminated n/a n/a [58]
FW Spain Francisco Sandaza 28 Free Agent Contract terminated n/a n/a [11]

Last updated: 3 April 2013
 Total income: £1.1m

New Contracts

P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Status
Contract length
 Expiry date
 Source
GK Scotland Scott Gallacher 22 Signed 1 year June 2013
DF Northern Ireland Chris Hegarty 19 Signed 1 year June 2013 [59]
MF Northern Ireland Andrew Mitchell 20 Signed 1 year June 2013 [60]
FW Northern Ireland Andrew Little 23 Signed 2 years June 2014 [16][61]
MF Poland Kamil Wiktorski 19 Signed 1 year June 2013 [62]
MF Scotland Lewis Macleod 18 Signed 5 years June 2017 [63]
MF Scotland Barrie McKay 18 Signed 5 years June 2017 [63][64]
MF Scotland Robbie Crawford 19 Signed 5 years June 2017 [63]
DF Scotland Lee Wallace 25 Signed 5 years June 2017 [65]
MF Scotland Lee McCulloch 34 Signed 2 years June 2015 [66]
GK Scotland Neil Alexander 34 Rejected 1 year June 2014 [67]
MF Canada Fraser Aird 18 Signed 5 years June 2018 [68]
DF Scotland Kyle McAusland 20 Signed 2 years June 2015 [69]
DF Northern Ireland Chris Hegarty 20 Signed 2 years June 2015 [70]
FW Scotland Kal Naismith 20 Signed 2 years June 2015 [71]
DF Canada Luca Gasparotto 17 Signed 2 years June 2015 [72]
GK Scotland Scott Gallacher 23 Signed 2 years June 2015 [73]

Last updated: 18 February 2013

Squad statistics

Total Scottish Third Division Scottish Cup League CupChallenge Cup
P
 Nat.
 Name
 Sts
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
GKScotland Neil Alexander 47 47 36 4 4 3
DFGreece Anestis Argyriou 24 27 20 3 3 1
DFScotland Kirk Broadfoot 5 5 2 1 2
DFScotland Darren Cole 1 4 3 1
DFRomania Dorin Goian 4 4 2 1 1
DFBrazil Emílson Cribari 32 34 26 3 3 2
DFNorthern Ireland Chris Hegarty 28 29 24 3 1 1
DFUnited States Carlos Bocanegra 7 7 3 2 2
DFScotland Ross Perry 21 23 17 3 2 1
DFCanada Luca Gasparotto 1 4 4
DFFrance Sébastien Faure 16 23 1 18 1 2 2 1
DFScotland Lee Wallace 42 42 4 33 3 3 4 1 2
MFScotland David Templeton 25 26 15 24 15 2
MFScotland Lewis Macleod 31 31 3 21 3 3 4 3
MFScotland Kyle Hutton 30 33 2 27 2 2 3 1
MFScotland Ian Black 37 38 2 29 2 3 3 3
MFScotland Robbie Crawford 9 27 5 21 4 2 1 2 2
MFScotland Tom Walsh 1 1
MFScotland Andy Murdoch 1 1
MFNorthern Ireland Andrew Mitchell 4 7 7
MFCanada Fraser Aird 11 22 3 19 3 2 1
MFScotland Barrie McKay 20 41 4 31 1 3 2 4 3 1
MFScotland Danny Stoney 3 3
MFScotland Lee McCulloch 38 38 26 28 17 3 2 4 5 3 2
MFNorthern Ireland Dean Shiels 27 29 12 21 7 3 3 4 2 1
FWNorthern Ireland Andrew Little 34 36 25 28 22 3 3 1 2 2
FWScotland Kal Naismith 5 24 3 17 1 4 2 3
FWSpain Francisco Sandaza 12 20 2 15 2 1 2 2
FWScotland Kevin Kyle 4 15 3 8 2 2 1 3 2
FWEngland Kane Hemmings 2 5 1 5 1

Last updated: 4 May 2013
Source: Wikipedia article
Ordered by position
0 shown as blank

Top scorers

P
 Nat.
 Name
 L
 SC
 SLC
 SCC
 Total
FW Scotland style="text-align:left"|Lee McCulloch 17 2 5 2 26
FW Northern Ireland style="text-align:left"|Andrew Little 22 1 2 25
MF Scotland style="text-align:left"|David Templeton 15 15
MF Northern Ireland style="text-align:left"|Dean Shiels 7 3 2 12
MF Scotland style="text-align:left"|Robbie Crawford 4 1 5
MF Scotland style="text-align:left"|Barrie McKay 1 2 1 4
DF Scotland style="text-align:left"|Lee Wallace 3 1 4
FW Scotland style="text-align:left"|Kal Naismith 1 2 3
FW Scotland style="text-align:left"|Kevin Kyle 2 1 3
MF Scotland style="text-align:left"|Lewis Macleod 3 3
MF Canada style="text-align:left"|Fraser Aird 2 2
FW Spain style="text-align:left"|Francisco Sandaza 2 2
MF Scotland style="text-align:left"|Kyle Hutton 2 2
MF Scotland style="text-align:left"|Ian Black 2 2
DF France style="text-align:left"|Sébastien Faure 1 1
FW England style="text-align:left"|Kane Hemmings 1 1
style="text-align:left"|Own goal 1 1

Last updated: 4 May 2013
Source: Match reports
Only competitive matches

Disciplinary record

P
 Nat.
 Name
 YC

RC
GK Scotland style="text-align:left"|Neil Alexander 3
DF France style="text-align:left"|Sébastien Faure 2
DF Romania style="text-align:left"|Dorin Goian 1
DF United States style="text-align:left"|Carlos Bocanegra 1
DF Brazil style="text-align:left"|Emílson Cribari 5
DF Scotland style="text-align:left"|Lee Wallace 2 1
DF Northern Ireland style="text-align:left"|Chris Hegarty 3
DF Scotland style="text-align:left"|Ross Perry 1
DF Greece style="text-align:left"|Anestis Argyriou 1
MF Scotland style="text-align:left"|Ian Black 13 2
MF Scotland style="text-align:left"|Lewis Macleod 2
MF Scotland style="text-align:left"|Lee McCulloch 9
MF Scotland style="text-align:left"|Kyle Hutton 9
MF Canada style="text-align:left"|Fraser Aird 2
MF Northern Ireland style="text-align:left"|Dean Shiels 2
MF Scotland style="text-align:left"|David Templeton 5
MF Scotland style="text-align:left"|Robbie Crawford 1
MF Northern Ireland style="text-align:left"|Andrew Mitchell 1
FW Northern Ireland style="text-align:left"|Andrew Little 4
FW Spain style="text-align:left"|Francisco Sandaza 1
FW Scotland style="text-align:left"|Kevin Kyle 2 1
FW Scotland style="text-align:left"|Kal Naismith 1 1

Last updated: 4 May 2013
Source: Match reports
Only competitive matches

Awards

P
 Nat.
 Name
 Award Date From
FW Northern Ireland Andrew Little[74] Ginger Boot Winner August Scottish Football League
MF Scotland Lewis Macleod[75] Young Player of the Month November Scottish Football League
MAN Scotland Ally McCoist[76] Manager of the Month December Scottish Football League
FW Northern Ireland Andrew Little[77] Ginger Boot Winner February Scottish Football League

Club

Board of directors

Position Staff
Chairman Scotland Craig Whyte
(until 14 May)[78]
Scotland Malcolm Murray
(from 14 June)[79]
Chief executive England Charles Green
(from 14 June)[79]
(until 19 April)[14]
England Craig Mather
(interim from 24 April)[80]
Chief Operating Officer England Craig Mather
(from 24 April)[80]
Finance director England Brian Stockbridge
(from 14 June)[79]
Non-executive director England Imran Ahmad
(from 14 June)[79]
(until 17 October)[81]
Non-executive director Scotland Walter Smith
(from 11 November)[10]
Non-executive director Scotland Ian Hart
(from 11 November)[10]
Non-executive director England Philip Cartmell
(from 7 December)[82]
Non-executive director England Bryan Smart
(from 7 December)[82]

Source: Wikipedia article

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Manager Scotland Ally McCoist
Assistant manager Scotland Kenny McDowall
First-team coach Scotland Ian Durrant
Fitness coach Wales Adam Owen
Goalkeepers coach Scotland Jim Stewart

Source: Wikipedia article

Other staff

Position Staff
Head of Football administration Scotland Andrew Dickson
Head of Commerce England Imran Ahmad
(from 17 October)[81]
(until 27 April)[83]
Head of Sports development England Craig Mather
(from 17 October)[81]
(until 24 April)[80]
Head of Communications Scotland Jim Traynor
(from 8 December)[84]
Physiotherapist Scotland Philip Yeates
(until 27 March)[85]
Doctor Scotland Dr Paul Jackson
Chief scout Scotland Neil Murray
(until 2 April)[86]
First-team scout Scotland John Brown
(until 27 June)[87]
Masseur Scotland Davie Lavey
Kit controller Scotland Jimmy Bell
Video analyst Scotland Steve Harvey

Source: Wikipedia article

Matches

Scottish Third Division

M
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
311 August 2012Scottish Third Division1APeterhead2 – 2
418 August 2012Scottish Third Division2HEast Stirlingshire5 – 1
626 August 2012Scottish Third Division3ABerwick Rangers1 – 1
82 September 2012Scottish Third Division4HElgin City5 – 1
915 September 2012Scottish Third Division5AAnnan Athletic0 – 0
1123 September 2012Scottish Third Division6HMontrose4 – 1
146 October 2012Scottish Third Division7AStirling Albion0 – 1
1520 October 2012Scottish Third Division8HQueen's Park2 – 0
1628 October 2012Scottish Third Division9AClyde2 – 0
1910 November 2012Scottish Third Division10HPeterhead2 – 0
2017 November 2012Scottish Third Division11AREast Stirlingshire6 – 2
228 December 2012Scottish Third Division14HStirling Albion2 – 0
2315 December 2012Scottish Third Division15AMontrose4 – 2
2418 December 2012[88]Scottish Third Division13HAnnan Athletic3 – 0
2522 December 2012[89]Scottish Third Division12AElgin City6 – 2
2626 December 2012Scottish Third Division16HClyde3 – 0
2729 December 2012Scottish Third Division17AQueen's Park1 – 0
282 January 2013Scottish Third Division18AAnnan Athletic3 – 1
295 January 2013Scottish Third Division19HElgin City1 – 1
3012 January 2013Scottish Third Division20HBerwick Rangers4 – 2
3120 January 2013Scottish Third Division21APeterhead1 – 0
3226 January 2013Scottish Third Division22HMontrose1 – 1
349 February 2013Scottish Third Division24HQueen's Park4 – 0
3516 February 2013Scottish Third Division25AClyde4 – 1
3623 February 2013Scottish Third Division26ABerwick Rangers3 – 1
3726 February 2013[88]Scottish Third Division23AStirling Albion1 – 1
382 March 2013Scottish Third Division27HEast Stirlingshire3 – 1
399 March 2013Scottish Third Division28HAnnan Athletic1 – 2
4016 March 2013Scottish Third Division29AElgin City1 – 0
4123 March 2013Scottish Third Division30HStirling Albion0 – 0
4230 March 2013Scottish Third Division31AMontrose0 – 0
437 April 2013Scottish Third Division32AQueen's Park4 – 1
4413 April 2013Scottish Third Division33HClyde2 – 0
4520 April 2013Scottish Third Division34HPeterhead1 – 2
4627 April 2013Scottish Third Division35AREast Stirlingshire4 – 2
474 May 2013Scottish Third Division36HBerwick Rangers1 – 0

Last updated: 4 May 2013
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Scottish Cup

M
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
1329 September 2012Scottish CupR2AForres Mechanics1 – 0
183 November 2012Scottish CupR3HAlloa Athletic7 – 0
212 December 2012Scottish CupR4HElgin City3 – 0
332 February 2013Scottish CupR5ADundee United0 – 3

Last updated: 2 February 2013
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

League Cup

M
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
27 August 2012League CupR1HEast Fife4 – 0
730 August 2012League CupR2HFalkirk3 – 0
1226 September 2012League CupR3HMotherwell2 – 0
1731 October 2012League CupQFHInverness Caledonian Thistle0 – 3

Last updated: 26 September 2012
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Challenge Cup

M
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
129 July 2012Challenge CupR1ABrechin City2 – 1
521 August 2012Challenge CupR2AFalkirk1 – 0
1018 September 2012Challenge CupQFHQueen of the South2 – 2
(3-4 pen.)

Last updated: 29 July 2012
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Friendlies

M
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
110 April 2013FriendlyHLinfield Northern Ireland2 – 0

Last updated: 10 April 2013
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Scottish Third Division —— 1st 11 August4 May
Challenge Cup 1st Round— Quarter-finals 29 July18 September
League Cup 1st Round— Quarter-finals 7 August31 October
Scottish Cup 2nd Round— 5th Round 29 September2 February

Source: Competitions

Scottish Third Division

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Rangers (C) (P) 36 25 8 3 87 29+58 83 Promotion to the 2013–14 Scottish Second Division
2 Peterhead 36 17 8 11 52 28+24 59 Qualification to the Scottish Second Division Play-offs
3 Queen's Park 36 16 8 12 60 54+6 56
4 Berwick Rangers 36 14 7 15 59 55+4 49

Updated to games played on 4 May 2013.
Source: Wikipedia article
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) 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.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
36 25 8 3 87 29 +58 83 13 3 2 44 12 +32 12 5 1 43 17 +26

Last updated: 3 May 2013.
Source: Wikipedia article

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAAHHAHAHAAHHAHAAHHAH
Result D W D W D W L W W W W W W W W W W W D W W D D W W W W L W D D W W L W W
Position 5 1 4 3 4 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Last updated: 22 April 2013.
Source: Wikipedia article
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

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