2012 Sligo Rovers F.C. season

Sligo Rovers F.C.

2012 season
Chairman	Dermot Kelly
Coach	Ian Baraclough
Stadium	The Showgrounds, Sligo
League of Ireland	1st (champions)
FAI Cup	2nd Round
League of Ireland Cup	Semi-finalists
Setanta Sports Cup	Semi-finalists
Europa League	2nd Qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Danny North (14) All: Danny North (17)
Highest home attendance	6,097 (26 October vs Shamrock Rovers, League of Ireland)
Lowest home attendance	1,378 (9 April vs Monaghan United, League of Ireland Cup)
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The 2012 Sligo Rovers F.C. season was the club's 68th season competing in the League of Ireland and the team's first season under the management of Ian Baraclough. It was the team's seventh consecutive season in the Premier Division. Sligo Rovers won their first title in 35 years.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Squad

No.	Name	Nationality	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Club Apps.	Club Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Gary Rogers		GK	(1981-09-25) 25 September 1981	St Patricks Athletic	2012	35	0
12	Richard Brush		GK	(1984-11-26) 26 November 1984	Shamrock Rovers	2012	142	0
23	Ciaran Kelly		GK	(1980-05-04) 4 May 1980	Athlone Town	2009	93	0
Defenders
2	Alan Keane		RB	(1984-09-23) 23 September 1984	Galway United	2009	156	17
3	Iarfhlaith Davoren		LB	(1986-05-12) 12 May 1986	Galway United	2010	99	1
4	Gavin Peers		CB	(1985-11-10) 10 November 1985	Mansfield Town	2006	249	20
6	Jeff Henderson		CB	(1991-12-19) 19 December 1991	Newcastle United	2012	6	0
11	Ross Gaynor		LB	(1987-09-09) 9 September 1987	Dundalk	2012	36	1
20	Jason McGuinness		CB	(1982-08-12) 12 August 1982	Bohemians	2011	73	7
24	Jake Dykes		LB/CB	(1995-06-30) 30 June 1995	N/A	2012	4	0
28	Martin Owens		RB	(1993-02-12) 12 February 1993	N/A	2012	6	0
Midfielders
5	Danny Ventre (captain)		DM / CM	(1986-01-23) 23 January 1986	Accrington Stanley	2007	194	7
7	John Dillon		RW	(1988-08-02) 2 August 1988	Crewe Alexandra	2010	97	12
14	Pascal Millien		RW	(1986-05-03) 3 May 1986	Tampa Bay Rowdies	2012	26	2
15	Joseph Ndo		CM	(1976-04-28) 28 April 1976	Bohemians	2010	108	9
15	Lee Lynch		CM	(1991-11-27) 27 November 1991	Drogheda United	2012	36	4
22	David Cawley		DM / CM	(1991-09-17) 17 September 1991	Ipswich Town	2012	34	2
26	Ryan Connolly		LW	(1992-01-13) 13 January 1992	Derby	2012	8	0
29	Seamus Conneely		CM / RW	(1988-07-09) 9 July 1988	Sheffield United	2012	16	1
Forwards
9	Mark Quigley		ST	(1985-10-27) 27 October 1985	Dundalk	2012	32	13
10	Rafael Cretaro		ST / RW	(1981-10-15) 15 October 1981	Bohemians	2011	362	62
27	Danny North		ST	(1987-09-07) 7 September 1987	St Patricks Athletic	2012	23	17
39	Liam Buchanan		ST	(1985-03-27) 27 March 1985	Dunfermline Athletic	2012	10	2

Transfers

In

Player	Country	Position	Signed From
Gary Rogers		Goalkeeper	St Patrick's Athletic
Lee Lynch		Midfielder	Drogheda United
Romauld Boco		Midfielder	Shanghai East Asia
Ross Gaynor		Midfielder	Dundalk
Mark Quigley		Forward	Dundalk
Danny North		Forward	St Patrick's Athletic
Richard Brush		Goalkeeper	Shamrock Rovers
David Cawley		Midfielder	Ipswich Town
Pascal Millien		Midfielder	Tampa Bay Rowdies
Ryan Connolly		Midfielder	Derby County
Seamus Conneely		Defender	Sheffield United
Jeff Henderson		Defender	Newcastle United
Liam Buchanan		Forward	Dunfermline

Out

Player	Country	Position	Sold To
Brendan Clarke		Goalkeeper	St Patrick's Athletic
Conor Powell		Defender	Shamrock Rovers
Derek Foran		Defender	Dundalk
Richie Ryan		Midfielder	Dundee United
John Russell		Midfielder	St Patrick's Athletic
Matthew Blinkhorn		Forward	York City
Eoin Doyle		Forward	Hibernian
Daryl Horgan		Midfielder	Cork City
Aaron Greene		Midfielder	Shamrock Rovers
Romuald Boco		Midfielder	Accrinton Stanley

Squad statistics

Appearances, goals and cards

Last Updated – 30 October 2012

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FAI Cup		League Cup		Setanta Cup		Europa League		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Gary Rogers	29	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	35	0	0	0
2	DF	Alan Keane	17	1	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	24	1	2	2
3	DF	Iarfhlaith Davoren	11(2)	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	17(2)	0	5	0
4	DF	Gavin Peers	28	4	1	0	1	0	4	0	2	1	36	5	10	0
5	MF	Danny Ventre	25	0	1	0	3	0	4	0	2	0	35	0	7	1
6	DF	Jeff Henderson	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0(1)	0	5(1)	0	1	0
7	MF	John Dillon	8(10)	0	0	0	1(2)	0	2(1)	0	0	0	11(13)	0	1	0
8	MF	Romauld Boco	21	2	0	0	3	0	3(1)	2	2	0	29(1)	4	5	0
9	FW	Mark Quigley	22(3)	10	1	1	1	0	3(1)	2	1	0	28(4)	13	4	1
10	FW	Raffaele Cretaro	19(8)	6	0(1)	0	3	2	1(2)	0	1	0	24(11)	8	2	0
11	MF	Ross Gaynor	25(2)	0	1	0	2	1	4	0	2	0	34(2)	1	6	0
12	GK	Richard Brush	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
14	MF	Pascal Millien	11(9)	2	0(1)	0	0(2)	0	0(1)	0	1(1)	0	12(14)	2	0	0
15	MF	Joseph Ndo	23	1	0	0	1(1)	0	3(1)	0	2	0	29(2)	1	2	0
16	MF	Lee Lynch	17(10)	2	1	0	1(2)	1	4	0	0(1)	0	22(14)	3	3	0
17	FW	Mark McGoldrick	0(1)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0	0	0
18	FW	Liam Martin	0(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0	0	0
20	DF	Jason McGuinness	25	3	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	31	4	1	1
21	DF	Colm McLoughlin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	David Cawley	17(9)	2	1	0	2	0	1(2)	0	2	0	23(11)	2	6	0
23	GK	Ciaran Kelly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	Jake Dykes	0(2)	0	1	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	1(3)	0	1	0
26	MF	Ryan Connolly	1(5)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0(1)	0	2(6)	0	0	0
27	FW	Danny North	16	14	1	0	1	2	2(1)	1	2	0	22(1)	18	4	0
28	DF	Martin Owens	0(5)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1(5)	0	0	0
29	DF	Seamus Conneely	11(2)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	14(2)	1	1	0
39	FW	Liam Buchanan	1(9)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(9)	2	0	0

Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. Last updated 22 October 2012

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Setanta Cup	FAI Cup	League Cup	Europa League	Total
1		27	Danny North	14	1	0	2	0	17
2		9	Mark Quigley	10	2	1	0	0	13
3		10	Raffaele Cretaro	6	0	2	0	0	8
4		4	Gavin Peers	4	0	0	0	1	5
5		8	Romuald Boco	2	2	0	0	0	4
5		16	Lee Lynch	3	0	0	1	0	4
5		20	Jason McGuinness	3	0	0	0	1	4
8		14	Pascal Millien	2	0	0	0	0	2
8		22	David Cawley	2	0	0	0	0	2
8		39	Liam Buchanan	1	0	0	0	0	1
11		2	Alan Keane	1	0	0	0	0	1
11		11	Ross Gaynor	0	0	0	1	0	1
11		15	Joseph Ndo	1	0	0	0	0	1
11		29	Seamus Conneely	1	0	0	0	0	1

Top Assists

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal. Last updated 22 October 2012

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Setanta Cup	FAI Cup	League Cup	Europa League	Total
1		11	Ross Gaynor	0	2	0	0	0	2
2		15	Joseph Ndo	5	1	0	0	1	7
3		10	Raffaele Cretaro	5	0	0	1	0	6
4		16	Lee Lynch	3	1	1	0	0	5
5		2	Alan Keane	3	0	0	0	0	3
5		4	Gavin Peers	3	0	0	0	0	3
5		8	Romuald Boco	3	0	0	0	0	3
5		9	Mark Quigley	3	0	0	0	0	3
9		14	Pascal Millien	2	0	1	0	0	3
10		27	Danny North	0	0	1	0	1	2
11		5	Danny Ventre	1	0	0	0	0	1
11		7	John Dillon	1	0	0	0	0	1
11		20	Jason McGuinness	1	0	0	0	0	1
11		26	Ryan Connolly	0	0	0	1	0	1
11		28	Martin Owens	0	0	0	1	0	1
11		29	Seamus Conneely	1	0	0	0	0	1

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name				Notes
2	DF		Keane	2		1
3	DF		Davoren	4
4	DF		Peers	7
5	MF		Ventre	6		1
7	MF		Dillon	1
8	MF		Boco	3
9	FW		Quigley	2		1
10	FW		Cretaro	2		0
11	MF		Gaynor	5
15	MF		Ndo	1
16	MF		Lynch	2
20	DF		McGuinness	1	1
22	MF		Cawley	4
24	DF		Dykes	1
27	FW		North	4
29	MF		Conneely	1

Last updated: 22 October 2012
Source:
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.
Notes: League only

Technical staff

• Manager: Ian Baraclough
• Assistant Manager: Gerry Carr
• Coach: Maurice Monaghan

Competitions

League of Ireland

League table

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sligo Rovers	30	17	10	3	53	23	+30	61
2	Drogheda United	30	17	6	7	51	36	+15	57
3	St. Pats	30	15	10	5	44	22	+22	55
4	Shamrock Rovers	30	14	10	6	56	37	+19	52

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	17	10	3	53	23	+30	61	11	4	1	37	13	+24	6	6	2	16	10	+6

Last updated: 30 October 2012.
Source:

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	L
Position	6	5	4	2	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: 30 October 2011.
Source: Wikipedia article
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

      Win       Draw       Loss

Round 1 2 March	Shelbourne	1–1	Sligo Rovers	Tolka Park, Dublin
20:00 IWT	Philip Hughes  42'	(Report)	Jason McGuinness  90'	Attendance: 1,918 Referee: Derek Tomney

Round 2 10 March	Sligo Rovers	2–1	UCD	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19:45 IWT	Danny North  23' Jason McGuinness  90'	(Report)	Paul O'Connor  90'	Attendance: 2,097 Referee: Rob Rogers

Round 3 16 March	Sligo Rovers	1–0	Bohemians	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19:45 IWT	Lee Lynch  76'	(Report)		Attendance: 2,573 Referee: Graham Kelly

Round 4 23 March	Monaghan United	0–1	Sligo Rovers	Gortakeegan, Monaghan
20:00 IWT		(Report)	Danny North  49'	Attendance: 750 Referee: Richie Winter

Round 5 31 March	Sligo Rovers	3–0	Dundalk	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19:45 IWT	Danny North  48', 90' Gavin Peers  54'	(Report)		Attendance: 2,586 Referee: Paul McLaughlin

Round 6 6 April	Bray Wanderers	1–2	Sligo Rovers	Carlisle Grounds, Bray
19:45 IWT	Kieran Waters  19'	(Report)	Raffaele Cretaro  10' Danny North  49'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Alan Kelly

Round 7 14 April	Sligo Rovers	1–1	Derry City	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19:05 IWT	Danny North  24'	(Report)	David McDaid  35'	Attendance: 2,488 Referee: Richie Winter

Round 8 20 April	Cork City	0–1	Sligo Rovers	Turners Cross, Cork
19:45 IWT		(Report)	Danny North  79'	Attendance: 3,142 Referee: Neil Doyle

Round 9 27 April	Sligo Rovers	1–1	St Pats	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19:05 IWT	Kenny Browne O.G.  18'	(Report)	Sean O'Connor  72'	Attendance: 1,947 Referee: Alan Kelly

Round 10 4 May	Drogheda United	1–3	Sligo Rovers	Hunky Dorys Park, Drogheda
19:45 IWT	Declan O'Brien  39'	(Report)	Gavin Peers  10' Danny North  35', 80'	Attendance: 1,087 Referee: Damien Hancock

Round 11 12 May	Sligo Rovers	3–0	Shamrock Rovers	The Showgrounds, Sligo
13:45 IWT	Danny North  30', 77' David Cawley  37'	(Report)		Attendance: 2,823 Referee: Tom Connolly

Round 12 18 May	Sligo Rovers	3–0	Shelbourne	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19:45 IWT	Danny North  43', 47' Pascal Millien  84'	(Report)		Attendance: 2,477 Referee: Paul Tuite

Round 13 21 May	UCD	1–0	Sligo Rovers	UCD Bowl, Dublin
19:45 IWT	Graham Rusk  29'	(Report)		Attendance: 653 Referee: Padraig Sutton

Round 14 1 June	Bohemians	0–0	Sligo Rovers	Dalymount Park, Dublin
19:45 IWT		(Report)		Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Damien Hancock

Round 15 23 June	Sligo Rovers	v	Monaghan United	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19:45 IWT

Round 16 29 June	Dundalk	1–2	Sligo Rovers	Oriel Park, Dundalk
19:45 IWT	Michael Rafter  36'	(Report)	Danny North  43', 49'	Attendance: 500 Referee: Dave McKeon

Round 17 7 July	Sligo Rovers	1–1	Bray Wanderers	The Showgrounds, Sligo
15:45 IWT	Alan Keane  63'	(Report)	Jason Byrne  49'	Attendance: 1,778 Referee: Graham Kelly

Round 18 13 July	Derry City	1–2	Sligo Rovers	Brandywell Stadium, Derry
19:05 IWT	David McDaid  65'	(Report)	David Cawley  55' Mark Quigley  86'	Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Damien Hancock

Round 19 23 July	Sligo Rovers	2–2	Cork City	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19:00 IWT	Mark Quigley  64', 83'	(Report)	Ian Turner  7' Vinny Sullivan  58'	Attendance: 2,227 Referee: Paul Tuite

Round 20 24 August	St. Patrick's Athletic	0–0	Sligo Rovers	Richmond Park, Dublin
19:45 IWT		(Report)		Referee: Neil Doyle

Round 21 4 August	Sligo Rovers	4–1	Drogheda United	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19:45 IWT	Mark Quigley  10' Seamus Conneely  42' Romuald Boco  60' Joseph Ndo  80'	(Report)	Peter Hynes  75'	Attendance: 2,550 Referee: Alan Kelly

Round 22 13 August	Shamrock Rovers	1–1	Sligo Rovers	Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
20:00 IWT	Ronan Finn  49'	(Report)	Mark Quigley  32'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Anthony Buttimer

Round 23 17 August	Shelbourne	1–3	Sligo Rovers	Tolka Park, Dublin
20:00 IWT	Paddy Kavanagh  83'	(Report)	Jason McGuinness  2' Gavin Peers  16' Mark Quigley  76'	Attendance: 1,205 Referee: Paul Tuite

Round 24 20 August	Sligo Rovers	3–0	UCD	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19:45 IWT	Mark Quigley  38' Pascal Millien  40' Romuald Boco  76'	(Report)		Attendance: 2,375 Referee: Paul McLaughlin

Round 25 3 September	Sligo Rovers	3–1	Bohemians	The Showgrounds, Sligo
20:00 IWT	Quigley  12' Cretaro  26' Lynch  38'	(Report)	Pender  90+3'	Attendance: 3,127 Referee: Damien Hancock

Round 26 7 September	Monaghan United	v	Sligo Rovers	Gortakeegan, Monaghan
20:00 IWT

Round 27 10 September	Sligo Rovers	3–0	Dundalk	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19:45 IWT	Quigley  10' Peers  49' Buchanan  86'	(Report)		Attendance: 3,265 Referee: Tom Connolly

Round 28 21 September	Bray Wanderers	0–0	Sligo Rovers	Carlisle Grounds, Bray
19:05 IWT		(Report)		Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Anthony Buttimer

Round 29 29 September	Sligo Rovers	4–1	Derry City	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19:45 IWT	McBride  14' (o.g.) Cretaro  36', 55' Lynch  76'	(Report)	McDaid  69'	Attendance: 4,083 Referee: Paul Tuite

Round 30 5 October	Cork City	0–0	Sligo Rovers	Turners Cross, Cork
20:00 IWT		(Report)		Attendance: 3,071 Referee: Derek Tomney

Round 31 13 October	Sligo Rovers	3–2	St Pats	The Showgrounds, Sligo
15:45 IWT	Cretaro  21', 24' Quigley  89'	(Report)	Fagan  53' Forrester  60'	Attendance: 5,621 Referee: Damien Hancock

Round 32 19 October	Drogheda United	2–1	Sligo Rovers	Hunky Dorys Park, Drogheda
19:05 IWT	McNally  30' Gannon  89'	(Report)	Buchanan  46'	Attendance: 1,181 Referee: Tom Connolly

Round 33 26 October	Sligo Rovers	0–2	Shamrock Rovers	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19:45 IWT		(Report)	Twigg  10', 57'	Attendance: 6,097 Referee: Anthony Buttimer

FAI Cup

      Win       Draw       Loss

Third round

25 May	Sligo Rovers	1–3	Monaghan United	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19:45 IWT	Mark Quigley  8'	(Report)	Tony Griffiths  29' Jason Marks  72' Keith Quinn  84'	Referee: Paul McLoughlin

Setanta Cup

      Win       Draw       Loss

quarter-final

First Leg 5 March	Sligo Rovers	2–0	Glentoran	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19:45 IWT	Romauld Boco  37' Mark Quigley  63'	(Report)		Attendance: 2,145 Referee: Padraic Sutton

Second Leg 20 March	Glentoran	1–1	Sligo Rovers	The Oval, Belfast
19:45 IWT	Sean Ward  22'	(Report)	Danny North  89'	Attendance: 800 Referee: R Heatherington

Sligo Rovers won 3–1 on aggregate

semi-final

First Leg 16 April	Crusaders	2–0	Sligo Rovers	Seaview, Belfast
19:45 IWT	David Rainey  41', 81'	(Report)		Attendance: 800 Referee: Neil Doyle

Second Leg 23 April	Sligo Rovers	2–1 (aet)	Crusaders	The Showgrounds, Sligo
20:00 IWT	Romauld Boco  35' Mark Quigley  48'	(Report)	Colin Coates  105'	Attendance: 1,780 Referee: Arnold Hunter

Sligo Rovers lost 3–2 on aggregate

EA Sports Cup

      Win       Draw       Loss

Second round

9 April	Sligo Rovers	3–1	Monaghan United	The Showgrounds, Sligo
18:30 IWT	Conor McMahon O.G.  24', 67' Ross Gaynor  79'	(report)	Owen Humphrey  55'	Attendance: 1,378 Referee: Padraig Sutton

quarter-final

26 June	Sligo Rovers	4–0	Derry City	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19:45 IWT	Raffaele Cretaro  50', 83' Danny North  78', 85'	(report)		Attendance: 1,430 Referee: Rob Rodgers

semi-final

6 August	Drogheda United	2–1	Sligo Rovers	Hunky Dorys Park, Drogheda
15:00 IWT	Gavin Brennan  26' Tiarnan Mulvenna  29'	(report)	Lee Lynch  60'	Referee: Padraig Sutton

Europa League

      Win       Draw       Loss

2nd Qualifying Round

First Leg 19 July	Spartak Trnava	3–1	Sligo Rovers	Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava
19:00	Miroslav Karhan  38' Martin Mikovic  44', 45'	(Report)	Gavin Peers  69'	Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs

Second Leg 26 July	Sligo Rovers	1–1	Spartak Trnava	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19:00	Jason McGuinness  90'	(Report)	Peter Cvirik  70'	Attendance: 3,754 Referee: Maksim Layushkin

Sligo Rovers lost 4–2 on aggregate

Pre-Season Friendlies

      Win       Draw       Loss

28 January	Boyle Celtic	0–3	Sligo Rovers	Celtic Park, Boyle
18:00 IWT		(Report)	Romauld Boco  52' Raffaele Cretaro  55' Aaron Greene  70'	Referee: Paul Deering

4 February	SD Galway	0–1	Sligo Rovers	Drom, Galway
14:00 IWT		(Report)	Mark Quigley  60'

13 February	Limerick	2–3	Sligo Rovers	Terryland Park, Galway
19:45 IWT	Derek O'Brien  5' Dawid Janczyk  65'	[(Report)]	Raffaele Cretaro  20', 40' Alan Keane  30'

18 February	Sligo Rovers	3–0	Athlone Town	The Showgrounds, Sligo
18:00 IWT	Raffaele Cretaro  20' Pascal Millien  70' Danny North  80'	(Report)		Referee: Paul Deering

25 February	Longford Town	0–3	Sligo Rovers	Flancare Park, Longford
14:30 IWT		[(Report)]	Raffaele Cretaro  20', 40' Danny North  60'

3 April	Castlebar Celtic	2–1	Sligo Rovers	Celtic Park, Castlebar
19:30 IWT		[(Report)]	Liam Martin  50'

16 June	Westport United	0–4	Sligo Rovers	Sports Park, Westport
19:00 IWT		[(Report)]	Raffaele Cretaro  05', 30' Jeff Henderson  55' Liam Martin  70'

Records

Overall

	Total	Home	Away
Games played	40	22	18
Games won	21	15	6
Games drawn	12	5	7
Games lost	7	1	6
Biggest win	4–0 vs Derry City	4–0 vs Derry City	3–1 vs Drogheda United & Shelbourne
Biggest loss	0–2 vs Crusaders & Shamrock Rovers & 1–3 vs Monaghan United & 1–3 vs Spartak Trnava	1–3 vs Monaghan United & 0–2 Shamrock Rovers	0–2 vs Crusaders & 1–3 vs Spartak Trnava
Biggest win (League)	3–0 vs Dundalk & Shamrock Rovers & Shelbourne & Dundalk & 4–1 vs Drogheda United & Derry City	3–0 vs Dundalk & Shamrock Rovers & Shelbourne & Dundalk & 4–1 vs Drogheda United & Derry City	3–1 vs Drogheda United & Shelbourne
Biggest win (Cup)	4–0 vs Derry City	4–0 vs Derry City
Biggest loss (League)	0–2 vs Shamrock Rovers	0–2 vs Shamrock Rovers	0–1 vs UCD & 1–2 vs Drogheda United
Biggest loss (Cup)	0–2 vs Crusaders & 1–3 vs Monaghan United & 1–3 vs Spartak Trnava	1–3 vs Monaghan United	0–2 vs Crusaders & 1–3 vs Spartak Trnava
Biggest loss (Europe)	1–3 vs Spartak Trnava		1–3 vs Spartak Trnava
Clean sheets	13	8	5
Goals scored	69	50	19
Goals conceded	36	19	17
Goal difference	+33	+31	+2
Consecutive Victories	4	5	2
Unbeaten run	10	10	4
Consecutive Defeats	2	1	2
Winless Run	3	3	3
Average GF per game	1.73	2.27	1.06
Average GA per game	0.9	0.86	0.94
Yellow cards	64	28	36
Red cards	5	3	2
Most appearances	Gavin Peers & Lee Lynch & Ross Gaynor (36)	–
Most minutes played	Gary Rogers(3,150)	–
Top scorer	Danny North (17)
Top assists	Ross Gaynor(11)	–
Points	61/90 (67.78%)	37/48 (77.08%)	24/42 (57.14%)
Winning rate	56.67%	68.75%	42.86%

References

External links

• Sligo Rovers FC Website
• The Showgrounds home of Sligo Rovers FC
• Sligo Rovers Supporters Forum
• 2012 Sligo Rovers F.C. season at Soccerway

Teams of the League of Ireland Premier Division Bohemians Bray Wanderers Cork City Derry City Drogheda United Dundalk Galway United Limerick Longford Town Shamrock Rovers Sligo Rovers St Patrick's Athletic First Division Athlone Town Cabinteely Cobh Ramblers Finn Harps Shelbourne UCD Waterford United Wexford Youths

Sligo Rovers F.C. – current squad 1 Coulter 2 Keane 3 Ledwith 4 Peers (c) 5 Folan 6 Henderson 7 Devaney 8 Cawley 9 Corcoran 10 Cretaro 11 Wearen 12 Puri 14 Boylan 15 Dykes 16 Keating 17 Ward 18 Russell 19 Donnellan 20 Armstrong 21 Nielsen 22 Beattie 23 Taheny 24 Flatley 25 Connolly 26 McManus 42 Brush Manager: Heary

2012 in Republic of Ireland association football « 2011 2013 » League competitions League of Ireland Cup competitions FAI Cup (Final) League of Ireland Cup (Final) Club seasons Premier Division Bohemians Bray Wanderers Cork City Derry City Drogheda United Dundalk Monaghan United Shamrock Rovers Shelbourne Sligo Rovers St Patrick's Athletic UCD First Division Athlone Town Finn Harps Limerick FC Longford Town Mervue United SD Galway Waterford United Wexford Youths