Rangers
2012–13 season
ChairmanCraig Whyte
(until 14 May)
Malcolm Murray
(from 14 June)
ManagerAlly McCoist
GroundIbrox Stadium
Glasgow, Scotland
(Capacity: 50,987)
Scottish Third Division1st
P36 W25 D8 L3 F87 A29
Scottish CupFifth Round
League CupQuarter-finals
Challenge CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Andrew Little (22)
All:
Lee McCulloch (26)
Highest home attendance50,048 vs Berwick Rangers
(4 May 2013)
Lowest home attendance23,195 vs Elgin City
(2 December 2012)
Average home league attendance45,744

The 2012–13 season was the 133rd 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 that had to be resolved. In June 2012, a criminal investigation was launched into Craig Whyte's takeover of Rangers Football Club Plc after a preliminary examination of the information passed to police by administrators Duff & Phelps.[1] While 4 July saw ten of the other eleven Scottish Premier League clubs vote against Rangers being admitted to the league for the 2012–13 season, meaning the club had to apply for a place in the Scottish Football League.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4][5] The club 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.[6]

Further to this the SPL instigated an investigation into Rangers transfer dealings between 2001 and 2011, after allegations of dual contracts between Rangers Football Club PLC (the company that formerly owned Rangers) and its staff. The investigation was conducted by a commission headed by Lord Nimmo Smith and concluded in February 2013.[7] The commission's findings concluded that Rangers Football Club PLC 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 Rangers Football Club PLC.[8] 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 Rangers Football Club PLC had not contravened tax law with its use of Employee Benefit Trusts,[9] however HMRC subsequently launched an appeal against the first-tier verdict in March 2013.[10]

Turmoil continued inside Ibrox Stadium despite the return of Walter Smith as a non-executive director in November 2012.[11] The company owning the club, Rangers Football Club Ltd, was floated on the stock exchange the following month, raising over £22m from an Initial public offering.[12] The tenure of Charles Green as chief executive proved volatile, with a number of contentious issues arising throughout the season. This included the sacking of Spanish striker Francisco Sandaza for reportedly attempting to negotiate transfer away from the club,[13] and allegations from former chairman Craig Whyte that he and Green had an agreement over the purchase of Rangers that allowed Whyte to retain a stake in the company.[14] An internal investigation by the club later concluded that there was no link between Green and Whyte.[15] The culmination of Green's tenure resulted in him resigning as chief executive[16] after the club launched an internal investigation into alleged racist remarks Green had made to commercial director Imran Ahmad.[17]

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 Athletic and Berwick Rangers. The side clinched the Scottish Third Division title, and promotion to the Second Division, on 30 March after a goalless draw away to Montrose and second placed Queens Park losing.[18]

On a busy day in April, the SFA wrote to Rangers chief executive Charles Green seeking clarification about his business dealings with Craig Whyte,[19] the Police carried out a series of searches relating to the purchase of Rangers Football Club by Craig Whyte from David Murray[20] and, Whyte was ordered to pay £18m to the finance firm Ticketus after he lost a claim against him at the High Court in London.[21]

Players

Squad information

Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
GK Scotland Neil Alexander35 2008 (Winter) 94 0 2013 Free
GK Scotland Scott Gallacher23 2006 0 0 2015 Youth system
GK Scotland Blair Currie19 2009 0 0 2013 Youth system
GK Republic of Ireland Alan Smith19 2010 0 0 2014 Free
GK Scotland Liam Kelly18 2012 0 0 2015 Free
DF Romania Dorin Goian31 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 Cole21 2008 5 0 2013 Youth system
DF Scotland Kirk Broadfoot28 2007 121 1 2013 Free left on 29 August
DF Brazil Emílson Cribari33 2012 34 0 2014 Free
DF France Sébastien Faure22 2012 23 1 2015 Free
DF Greece Anestis Argyriou25 2012 27 0 2014 Free
DF Scotland Ross Perry23 2006 36 0 2015 Youth system
DF Northern Ireland Chris Hegarty20 2010 29 0 2015 Free
DF Canada Luca Gasparotto17 2011 4 0 2015 Free
DF Scotland Lee Wallace (vc)25 2011 76 6 2016 £1.5m
MF United States Alejandro Bedoya25 2011 13 1 2014 £0.4m left on 10 August
MF Scotland Lewis Macleod18 2010 31 3 2017 Youth system
MF Scotland Robbie Crawford20 2010 27 5 2017 Youth system
MF Scotland Andy Murdoch18 2011 1 0 2015 Youth system
MF Scotland Ian Black28 2012 38 2 2015 Free
MF Scotland Kyle Hutton22 2008 47 2 2014 Youth system
MF United States Maurice Edu26 2008 125 12 2013 £2.6m left on 25 August
MF Poland Kamil Wiktorski19 2009 0 0 2013 £0.1m left on 29 January
MF Northern Ireland Andrew Mitchell21 2010 9 0 2013 Free
MF Northern Ireland Dean Shiels28 2012 29 12 2016 Free
MF Scotland David Templeton24 2012 26 15 2016 £0.8m
MF Canada Fraser Aird18 2011 22 3 2018 Youth system
MF Australia Francesco Stella21 2012 0 0 2013 Free left on 15 January
MF Scotland Tom Walsh16 2012 1 0 2013 Youth system
MF Scotland Lee McCulloch (captain)34 2007 211 46 2015 £2.25m
MF Scotland Barrie McKay18 2011 42 4 2017 Free
MF Scotland Danny Stoney16 2012 3 0 2016 Youth system
FW England Kane Hemmings22 2008 10 1 2013 Youth system
FW Scotland Kal Naismith21 2008 24 3 2015 Youth system
FW Northern Ireland Andrew Little23 2007 60 32 2014 Youth system
FW Spain Francisco Sandaza28 2012 20 2 2015 Free left on 3 April
FW Scotland Kevin Kyle31 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

Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
MF Scotland Ian Black 27 Heart of Midlothian Transfer Summer 2015 Free [22]
MF Northern Ireland Dean Shiels 27 Kilmarnock Transfer Summer 2016 Free [23]
FW Spain Francisco Sandaza 27 St Johnstone Transfer Summer 2015 Free [24]
FW Scotland Kevin Kyle 31 Heart of Midlothian Transfer Summer 2013 Free [24]
DF Brazil Emílson Cribari 32 Cruzeiro Brazil Transfer Summer 2014 Free [24]
DF France Sébastien Faure 21 Lyon France Transfer Summer 2015 Free [25]
DF Greece Anestis Argyriou 24 AEK Athens Greece Transfer Summer 2014 Free [26]
MF Australia Francesco Stella 21 Siena Italy Transfer Summer 2013 Free [27]
MF Scotland David Templeton 23 Heart of Midlothian Transfer Summer 2016 £0.7m [28]
FW Russia Sergey Kundik 17 Spartak Moscow Russia Transfer n/a 2013 Free [29]

Total expenditure: £0.7m

Out

Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
DF England Kyle Bartley 21 Arsenal England Loan return Summer n/a [30]
DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac 32 Retired End of contract Summer n/a [31][32]
FW Northern Ireland David Healy 32 Bury England End of contract Summer n/a [33]
MF France Salim Kerkar 24 Charlton Athletic England End of contract Summer n/a [34]
GK Scotland Grant Adam 21 St Mirren End of contract Summer n/a [35]
MF Scotland Gordon Dick 19 Albion Rovers End of contract Summer n/a [36][37]
DF Scotland Ewan McNeil 18 Norwich City England End of contract Summer n/a [36]
MF Scotland Anthony Marenghi 18 Ayr United End of contract Summer n/a [36][38]
DF Scotland Adam Hunter 19 Ayr United End of contract Summer n/a [36]
DF Algeria Adel Gafaiti 17 Norwich City England End of contract Summer n/a [36]
DF Northern Ireland Josh Robinson 18 Crusaders Northern Ireland End of contract Summer n/a [30][36]
FW England Jack Werndly 19 St Neots Town England End of contract Summer n/a [30][36]
DF Scotland Robbie McIntyre 18 Huddersfield Town England End of contract Summer n/a [30][36]
GK Scotland Sam George 17 Clyde End of contract Summer n/a [36]
MF Scotland Rhys McCabe 19 Sheffield Wednesday England Rejection to transfer Summer Undisclosed [39][40][41]
FW Nigeria Sone Aluko 23 Hull City England Rejection to transfer Summer n/a [39][42]
DF Scotland Steven Whittaker 28 Norwich City England Rejection to transfer Summer n/a [39][43]
FW Scotland Steven Naismith 25 Everton England Rejection to transfer Summer n/a [39][44]
MF Scotland Jamie Ness 21 Stoke City England Rejection to transfer Summer n/a [45][46]
FW Northern Ireland Kyle Lafferty 24 Sion Switzerland Rejection to transfer Summer n/a [45][47]
GK Scotland Allan McGregor 30 Beşiktaş Turkey Rejection to transfer Summer n/a [45][48]
MF Northern Ireland Steven Davis 27 Southampton England Rejection to transfer Summer £0.8m [45][49][50]
MF Scotland John Fleck 20 Coventry City England Rejection to transfer Summer Free [51][52]
DF Norway Tom Skogsrud 19 Sandefjord Norway Rejection to transfer Summer n/a [30]
DF Norway Kim Skogsrud 19 Sandefjord Norway Rejection to transfer Summer n/a [30]
MF Spain Juan Manuel Ortiz 30 Granada Spain Contract terminated Summer n/a [53]
MF United States Alejandro Bedoya 25 Helsingborgs IF Sweden Transfer Summer Free [54]
DF Romania Dorin Goian 31 Spezia Italy Loan Summer n/a [55]
MF United States Maurice Edu 26 Stoke City England Transfer Summer £0.3m [56]
DF Scotland Kirk Broadfoot 28 Blackpool England Contract terminated Summer n/a [57]
DF United States Carlos Bocanegra 31 Racing Santander Spain Loan Summer n/a [58]
DF Scotland Kyle McAusland 19 Ayr United Loan n/a n/a [59]
FW England Kane Hemmings 21 Cowdenbeath Loan Winter n/a [60]
FW Scotland Calum Gallagher 18 Alloa Athletic Loan Winter n/a [61]
MF Australia Francesco Stella 21 Melbourne Victory Australia Contract terminated Winter n/a [62]
MF Poland Kamil Wiktorski 19 Dolcan Ząbki Poland Contract terminated Winter n/a
MF Scotland Gregor Fotheringham 18 Forfar Athletic Loan Winter n/a [63]
DF Scotland Stuart Urquhart 17 Dumbarton Loan n/a n/a [64]
FW Scotland Kevin Kyle 31 Free agent Contract terminated n/a n/a [65]
FW Spain Francisco Sandaza 28 Free agent Contract terminated n/a n/a [13]

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

New contracts

Pos.
 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 [66]
MF Northern Ireland Andrew Mitchell 20 Signed 1 year June 2013 [67]
FW Northern Ireland Andrew Little 23 Signed 2 years June 2014 [22][68]
MF Poland Kamil Wiktorski 19 Signed 1 year June 2013 [69]
MF Scotland Lewis Macleod 18 Signed 5 years June 2017 [70]
MF Scotland Barrie McKay 18 Signed 5 years June 2017 [70][71]
MF Scotland Robbie Crawford 19 Signed 5 years June 2017 [70]
DF Scotland Lee Wallace 25 Signed 5 years June 2017 [72]
MF Scotland Lee McCulloch 34 Signed 2 years June 2015 [73]
GK Scotland Neil Alexander 34 Rejected 1 year June 2014 [74]
MF Canada Fraser Aird 18 Signed 5 years June 2018 [75]
DF Scotland Kyle McAusland 20 Signed 2 years June 2015 [76]
DF Northern Ireland Chris Hegarty 20 Signed 2 years June 2015 [77]
FW Scotland Kal Naismith 20 Signed 2 years June 2015 [78]
DF Canada Luca Gasparotto 17 Signed 2 years June 2015 [79]
GK Scotland Scott Gallacher 23 Signed 2 years June 2015 [80]

Last updated: 18 February 2013

Squad statistics

Total Scottish Third Division Scottish CupLeague CupChallenge Cup
Pos.
 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 16 231 181 2 2 1
DFScotland Lee Wallace 42 424 333 3 412
MFScotland David Templeton 25 2615 2415 2
MFScotland Lewis Macleod 31 313 213 3 4 3
MFScotland Kyle Hutton 30 332 272 2 3 1
MFScotland Ian Black 37 382 292 3 3 3
MFScotland Robbie Crawford 9 275 214 212 2
MFScotland Tom Walsh 1 1
MFScotland Andy Murdoch 1 1
MFNorthern Ireland Andrew Mitchell 4 7 7
MFCanada Fraser Aird 11 223 193 2 1
MFScotland Barrie McKay 20 414 311 324 31
MFScotland Danny Stoney 3 3
MFScotland Lee McCulloch 38 3826 2817 324532
MFNorthern Ireland Dean Shiels 27 2912 217 33421
FWNorthern Ireland Andrew Little 34 3625 2822 3 3122
FWScotland Kal Naismith 5 243 171 42 3
FWSpain Francisco Sandaza 12 202 152 1 2 2
FWScotland Kevin Kyle 4 153 82 213 2
FWEngland Kane Hemmings 2 51 51
Last updated: 4 May 2013
Source: Wikipedia article
Ordered by position
0 shown as blank

Goal scorers

P
 Nat.
Name
League
 Scottish
Cup
 League
Cup
 Challenge
Cup
 Total
FW Scotland Lee McCulloch 17 2 5 2 26
FW Northern Ireland Andrew Little 22 1 2 25
MF Scotland David Templeton 15 15
MF Northern Ireland Dean Shiels 7 3 2 12
MF Scotland Robbie Crawford 4 1 5
MF Scotland Barrie McKay 1 2 1 4
DF Scotland Lee Wallace 3 1 4
FW Scotland Kal Naismith 1 2 3
FW Scotland Kevin Kyle 2 1 3
MF Scotland Lewis Macleod 3 3
MF Canada Fraser Aird 2 2
FW Spain Francisco Sandaza 2 2
MF Scotland Kyle Hutton 2 2
MF Scotland Ian Black 2 2
DF France Sébastien Faure 1 1
FW England Kane Hemmings 1 1
Own goal 1 1

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

Disciplinary record

P
 Nat.
Name
YC

RC
GK Scotland Neil Alexander 3
DF France Sébastien Faure 2
DF Romania Dorin Goian 1
DF United States Carlos Bocanegra 1
DF Brazil Emílson Cribari 5
DF Scotland Lee Wallace 2 1
DF Northern Ireland Chris Hegarty 3
DF Scotland Ross Perry 1
DF Greece Anestis Argyriou 1
MF Scotland Ian Black 13 2
MF Scotland Lewis Macleod 2
MF Scotland Lee McCulloch 9
MF Scotland Kyle Hutton 9
MF Canada Fraser Aird 2
MF Northern Ireland Dean Shiels 2
MF Scotland David Templeton 5
MF Scotland Robbie Crawford 1
MF Northern Ireland Andrew Mitchell 1
FW Northern Ireland Andrew Little 4
FW Spain Francisco Sandaza 1
FW Scotland Kevin Kyle 2 1
FW Scotland 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[81] Ginger Boot Winner August Scottish Football League
MF Scotland Lewis Macleod[82] Young Player of the Month November Scottish Football League
MAN Scotland Ally McCoist[83] Third Division Manager of the month December Scottish Football League
FW Northern Ireland Andrew Little[84] Ginger Boot Winner February Scottish Football League

Club

Matches

Scottish Third Division

Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
3 11 August 2012 Scottish Third Division 1 A Peterhead 2–2
Report Report link
Kick off
12:45 BST
Attendance
4,485
Referee
Peterhead Rangers
65' McAllister
82' McLaughlin
27' McKay
90' Little
4 18 August 2012 Scottish Third Division 2 H East Stirlingshire 5–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
49,118
Referee
Rangers East Stirlingshire
15' Little
43' Little
63' Sandaza
73' Little
90' McCulloch
2' (pen.) Quinn
6 26 August 2012 Scottish Third Division 3 A Berwick Rangers 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
12:00 BST
Attendance
4,140
Referee
Berwick Rangers Rangers
62' McLaren
45+2' Little
8 2 September 2012 Scottish Third Division 4 H Elgin City 5–1
Report Report link
Kick off
16:30 BST
Attendance
46,015
Referee
Rangers Elgin City
15' Duff
9 15 September 2012 Scottish Third Division 5 A Annan Athletic 0–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
2,517
Referee
11 23 September 2012 Scottish Third Division 6 H Montrose 4–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
45,081
Referee
Rangers Montrose
27' Shiels
55' Macleod
60' McCulloch
82' Crawford
35' (o.g.) Argyriou
14 6 October 2012 Scottish Third Division 7 A Stirling Albion 0–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
3,751
Referee
Stirling Albion Rangers
15 20 October 2012 Scottish Third Division 8 H Queen's Park 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
49,463
Referee
Rangers Queen's Park
57' McCulloch
90+1' McCulloch
16 28 October 2012 Scottish Third Division 9 A Clyde 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:45 GMT
Attendance
7,500
Referee
Clyde Rangers
Yellow card 68' Red card Neill
17' Shiels
80' McCulloch
19 10 November 2012 Scottish Third Division 10 H Peterhead 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
48,407
Referee
Rangers Peterhead
20 17 November 2012 Scottish Third Division 11 AR East Stirlingshire 6–2
Report Report link
Kick off
12:45 GMT
Attendance
2,834
Referee
East Stirlingshire Rangers
Red card 33' Züfle
41' Turner
58' (pen.) Quinn
12' (pen.) McCulloch
39' Little
49' Wallace
63' Kyle
71' Naismith
82' (pen.) McCulloch
22 8 December 2012 Scottish Third Division 14 H Stirling Albion 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
49,913
Referee
Rangers Stirling Albion
59' Templeton
90' Little
Yellow card 86' Red card McSorley
23 15 December 2012 Scottish Third Division 15 A Montrose 4–2
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
4,205
Referee
Montrose Rangers
16' Young
75' Gray
23' (pen.) McCulloch
67' Kyle
69' Shiels
90+5' Crawford
24 18 December 2012[96] Scottish Third Division 13 H Annan Athletic 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
42,135
Referee
Paul Robertson Scotland
Rangers Annan Athletic
29' Templeton
Red card 59' Wallace
64' Little
70' Templeton
25 22 December 2012[97] Scottish Third Division 12 A Elgin City 6–2
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
3,448
Referee
Elgin City Rangers
18' Moore
32' Nicolson
5' Little
24' Little
41' McCulloch
60' McCulloch
64' Macleod
83' Hutton
26 26 December 2012 Scottish Third Division 16 H Clyde 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
47,463
Referee
Rangers Clyde
21' Wallace
38' Templeton
76' Shiels
27 29 December 2012 Scottish Third Division 17 A Queen's Park 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:45 GMT
Attendance
30,117
Referee
Queen's Park Rangers
Yellow card 56' Red card Brough
90+1' Aird
28 2 January 2013 Scottish Third Division 18 A Annan Athletic 3–1
Report Report link
Kick off
12:45 GMT
Attendance
2,441
Referee
Annan Athletic Rangers
35' Love
29 5 January 2013 Scottish Third Division 19 H Elgin City 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
46,406
Referee
Rangers Elgin City
Red card 42' Harkins
87' (o.g.) Alexander
30 12 January 2013 Scottish Third Division 20 H Berwick Rangers 4–2
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
44,976
Referee
Rangers Berwick Rangers
9' Little
47' Little
53' Templeton
74' Little
65' Gray
73' McLaren
31 20 January 2013 Scottish Third Division 21 A Peterhead 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:00 GMT
Attendance
4,855
Referee
Peterhead Rangers
Yellow card 65' Red card McAllister
30' Sandaza
32 26 January 2013 Scottish Third Division 22 H Montrose 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
46,273
Referee
Rangers Montrose
45' (o.g.) Crawford
89' Gray
34 9 February 2013 Scottish Third Division 24 H Queen's Park 4–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
46,104
Referee
Rangers Queen's Park
50' Black
63' Little
78' Shiels
89' Little
35 16 February 2013 Scottish Third Division 25 A Clyde 4–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
7,600
Referee
Clyde Rangers
47' Watt
36 23 February 2013 Scottish Third Division 26 A Berwick Rangers 3–1
Report Report link
Kick off
12:00 GMT
Attendance
4,476
Referee
Berwick Rangers Rangers
6' (o.g.) Argyriou
9' (pen.) Shiels
45+1' Little
66' Faure
37 26 February 2013[96] Scottish Third Division 23 A Stirling Albion 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
3,707
Referee
Stirling Albion Rangers
51' Forsyth
16' Little
38 2 March 2013 Scottish Third Division 27 H East Stirlingshire 3–1
Report Report link
Kick off
12:00 GMT
Attendance
44,534
Referee
Rangers East Stirlingshire
51' Little
61' McCulloch
63' Little
40' Stirling
39 9 March 2013 Scottish Third Division 28 H Annan Athletic 1–2
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
34,441
Referee
Rangers Annan Athletic
59' Little
48' Love
55' Hopkirk
40 16 March 2013 Scottish Third Division 29 A Elgin City 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:45 GMT
Attendance
3,633
Referee
Elgin City Rangers
73' (pen.) McCulloch
Yellow card 87' Red card Black
41 23 March 2013 Scottish Third Division 30 H Stirling Albion 0–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:00 GMT
Attendance
44,608
Referee
42 30 March 2013 Scottish Third Division 31 A Montrose 0–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:00 GMT
Attendance
4,686
Referee
43 7 April 2013 Scottish Third Division 32 A Queen's Park 4–1
Report Report link
Kick off
12:00 BST
Attendance
11,492
Referee
Queen's Park Rangers
18' Templeton
35' Aird
68' Hemmings
86' Templeton
44 13 April 2013 Scottish Third Division 33 H Clyde 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
44,453
Referee
Rangers Clyde
55' McCulloch
89' Hutton
45 20 April 2013 Scottish Third Division 34 H Peterhead 1–2
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
43,961
Referee
Rangers Peterhead
23' Ross
56' McAllister
46 27 April 2013 Scottish Third Division 35 AR East Stirlingshire 4–2
Report Report link
Kick off
12:45 BST
Attendance
2,885
Referee
Barry Cook Scotland
East Stirlingshire Rangers
22' (pen.) Quinn
Red card 30' Turner
50' Quinn
6' Crawford
45+3' Templeton
65' Black
79' Templeton
47 4 May 2013 Scottish Third Division 36 H Berwick Rangers 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:45 BST
Attendance
50,048
Referee
Rangers Berwick Rangers
32' Aird

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

Scottish Cup

Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
13 29 September 2012 Scottish Cup R2 A Forres Mechanics 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
2,751
Referee
Forres Mechanics Rangers
18 3 November 2012 Scottish Cup R3 H Alloa Athletic 7–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
25,478
Referee
Rangers Alloa Athletic
2' Shiels
21' Shiels
33' McCulloch
72' McCulloch
73' Crawford
82' McKay
89' McKay
Red card 78' James Doyle
21 2 December 2012 Scottish Cup R4 H Elgin City 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
13:15 GMT
Attendance
23,195
Referee
Rangers Elgin City
43' Shiels
68' Kyle
85' Naismith
33 2 February 2013 Scottish Cup R5 A Dundee United 0–3
Report Report link
Kick off
12:45 GMT
Attendance
9,564
Referee
Dundee United Rangers
1' Russell
36' Daly
79' Russell
Red card 86' Naismith
Yellow card 88' Red card Black

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

League Cup

Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
2 7 August 2012 League Cup R1 H East Fife 4–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
38,160
Referee
Rangers East Fife
7 30 August 2012 League Cup R2 H Falkirk 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
26,450
Referee
Rangers Falkirk
12 26 September 2012 League Cup R3 H Motherwell 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:15 BST
Attendance
29,413
Referee
Rangers Motherwell
50' McCulloch
56' Shiels
17 31 October 2012 League Cup QF H Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–3
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
28,033
Referee
Rangers Inverness Caledonian Thistle
27' Shinnie
59' Warren
79' (pen.) Shinnie

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

Challenge Cup

Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
1 29 July 2012 Challenge Cup R1 A Brechin City 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:05 BST
Attendance
4,123
Referee
Brechin City Rangers
43' Jackson
4' Little
102' McCulloch
5 21 August 2012 Challenge Cup R2 A Falkirk 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
6,747
Referee
Falkirk Rangers
45' Little
10 18 September 2012 Challenge Cup QF H Queen of the South 2–2
(3-4 pen.)
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
23,932
Referee
Rangers Queen of the South
55' McKay
Yellow card 66' Red card Kyle
72' (pen.) McCulloch
49' Clark
Yellow card 90+2' Red card Gibson
90+4' Reilly

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

Friendlies

Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
1 10 April 2013 Friendly H Linfield Northern Ireland 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:15 BST
Attendance
12,543
Referee
John Beattie Scotland
Rangers Linfield
40' Hegarty
89' Murdoch

Last updated: 10 April 2013
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from 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 Promotion or qualification
1 Rangers (C, P) 36 25 8 3 87 29 +58 83 Promotion to League One
2 Peterhead 36 17 8 11 52 28 +24 59 Qualification for the 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
5 Elgin City 36 13 10 13 67 69 −2 49
Source: SPFL archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

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
ResultDWDWDWLWWWWWWWWWWWDWWDDWWWWLWDDWWLWW
Position514342411111111111111111111111111111
Updated to match(es) played on 22 April 2013. Source: 2012–13 Scottish Third Division
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

References

  1. ↑ "Rangers in crisis: Police asked to probe Craig Whyte takeover". BBC News. BBC. 25 June 2012.
  2. ↑ "Rangers refused SPL entry after chairmen vote". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 July 2012.
  3. ↑ Jordan, Thomas (13 July 2012). "Rangers will play in Division 3, SFL decides". The Herald. Glasgow: Times & Herald Group.
  4. ↑ "Signing ban not enough for SPL to approve newco". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "Rangers' SFA membership rubber-stamped". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 August 2012.
  6. ↑ "Signing ban not enough for SPL to approve newco". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 July 2012.
  7. ↑ "Reaction to the SPL Commission ruling". BBC Sport. BBC. 28 February 2013.
  8. ↑ McLaughlin, Chris (28 February 2013). "SPL Commission will not strip club of SPL titles". BBC Sport. BBC.
  9. ↑ "Former Rangers Football Club wins Big Tax Case appeal". BBC News. BBC. 20 November 2012.
  10. ↑ "HMRC launches appeal against Rangers tax case ruling". BBC News. BBC. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  11. 1 2 3 "Walter Smith becomes non-executive director at Rangers". BBC Sport. 11 November 2012.
  12. ↑ "Rangers share issue raises £22m". BBC News. BBC. 18 December 2012.
  13. 1 2 "Rangers terminate Francisco Sandaza contract after hoax call". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 April 2013.
  14. ↑ "Craig Whyte: I brought Charles Green in to buy Rangers". BBC News. BBC. 17 October 2012.
  15. ↑ "Charles Green cleared of close links with Craig Whyte". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 May 2013.
  16. 1 2 "Charles Green steps down as chief executive". Chris McLaughlin. BBC Sport. 19 April 2013.
  17. ↑ "Board orders investigation into Charles Green". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 April 2013.
  18. ↑ "Rangers celebrate Scottish Third Division title win". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 March 2013.
  19. ↑ McLaughlin, Chris (13 April 2013). "Rangers: SFA queries Charles Green's dealings with Craig Whyte". BBC Sport. BBC.
  20. ↑ "Rangers: Police carry out raids over Whyte club purchase". BBC Sport. BBC. 10 April 2013.
  21. ↑ "Craig Whyte: former Rangers owner loses Ticketus battle". BBC Sport. BBC. 10 April 2013.
  22. 1 2 "Ian Black and Andy Little sign three-year deals". BBC Sport. BBC. 28 July 2012.
  23. ↑ "Rangers clinch signing of Dean Shiels". BBC Sport. BBC. 31 July 2012.
  24. 1 2 3 "Rangers sign Kevin Kyle, Fran Sandaza and Emilson Cribari". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 August 2012.
  25. ↑ "Sebastian Faure becomes Rangers' sixth summer signing". BBC Sport. BBC. 21 August 2012.
  26. ↑ "Greek defender Anestis Argyriou wins contract". BBC Sport. BBC. 26 August 2012.
  27. ↑ "Rangers await clearance to confirm Francesco Stella signing". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 September 2012.
  28. ↑ "Rangers beat deadline to sign Hearts winger David Templeton". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 September 2012.
  29. ↑ Luís, Por Bruno AlvesSão. "Balsas negocia a contratação de atacante russo para o Maranhense". globoesporte.com.
  30. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Scottish Division Three ins and outs". BBC Sport. BBC. 10 August 2012.
  31. ↑ "Bosnian defender Sasa Papac to leave Rangers in summer". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 May 2012.
  32. ↑ "Papac calls it quits". Sky Sports. 28 August 2012.
  33. ↑ "Bury sign Northern Ireland striker David Healy on one-year deal". BBC Sport. BBC. 23 August 2012.
  34. ↑ "Charlton Athletic sign ex-Rangers winger Salim Kerkar". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 August 2012.
  35. ↑ "St Mirren sign goalkeeper Grant Adam on two-year deal". BBC Sport. BBC. 26 July 2012.
  36. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Dickson, Andrew (18 May 2012). "Nine Kids To Leave". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  37. ↑ "Albion Rovers sign up quintet". Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser. Glasgow: Trinity Mirror. 18 July 2012.
  38. ↑ "Scottish Division Two ins and outs". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 August 2012.
  39. 1 2 3 4 "Steven Naismith & Steven Whittaker oppose newco transfer". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 June 2012.
  40. ↑ "Rhys McCabe joins Sheffield Wednesday". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 July 2012.
  41. ↑ "Ally McCoist bullish on club future". BBC Sport. BBC. 12 October 2012.
  42. ↑ "Former winger Sone Aluko joins Hull City". BBC Sport. BBC. 25 July 2012.
  43. ↑ "Steven Whittaker signs for Norwich after leaving Rangers". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 June 2012.
  44. ↑ "Steven Naismith completes move from Rangers to Everton". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 July 2012.
  45. 1 2 3 4 Lamont, Alasdair (26 June 2012). "Davis, McGregor, Lafferty and Ness eye exit". BBC Sport. BBC Sport.
  46. ↑ "Jamie Ness rejects newco to join Stoke City". BBC Sport. BBC. 28 June 2012.
  47. ↑ "Kyle Lafferty signs for Sion after leaving Rangers". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 June 2012.
  48. ↑ "Former Rangers goalkeeper Allan McGregor signs for Besiktas". BBC Sport. BBC. 26 July 2012.
  49. ↑ "Rangers captain Steven Davis signs for Southampton". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 July 2012.
  50. ↑ "Southampton agree fee with Rangers for Steven Davis". BBC Sport. BBC. 21 July 2012.
  51. ↑ "John Fleck eyes exit as Kyle Hutton stays with newco". BBC Sport. BBC Sport. 27 June 2012.
  52. ↑ "John Fleck joins Coventry after leaving Rangers". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 July 2012.
  53. ↑ "Rangers agree to Ortiz departure". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 July 2012.
  54. ↑ "Alejandro Bedoya leaves Rangers for Celtic's Euro opponents". BBC Sport. BBC. 10 August 2012.
  55. ↑ "Dorin Goian leaves for Spezia loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 21 August 2012.
  56. ↑ "Maurice Edu agrees Stoke move from Rangers". BBC Sport. BBC. 25 August 2012.
  57. ↑ "Kirk Broadfoot to leave Rangers, confirms Ally McCoist". BBC Sport. BBC. 29 August 2012.
  58. ↑ "Carlos Bocanegra joins Racing Santander on loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 31 August 2012.
  59. ↑ Melvin, David (14 September 2012). "Loan Move For McAusland". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  60. ↑ "Cowdenbeath bring in trio on loan". BBC Sport. BBC Sport. 4 January 2013.
  61. ↑ Dickson, Andrew (11 January 2013). "Calum In Alloa Loan". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  62. ↑ Herron, Lindsay (15 January 2013). "Stella Moves On". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  63. ↑ Dickson, Andrew (31 January 2013). "Gregor In Forfar Loan". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  64. ↑ Melvin, David (15 February 2013). "Urquhart In Dumbarton Loan". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  65. ↑ Smith, Neil (16 March 2013). "Kevin Kyle Leaves Gers". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. Archived from the original on 19 March 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  66. ↑ "Chris Hegarty signs deal with newco". BBC Sport. BBC. 29 June 2012.
  67. ↑ "Andrew Mitchell signs as Alejandro Bedoya returns". BBC Sport. BBC. 2 July 2012.
  68. ↑ Melvin, David (28 July 2012). "Together We Are Stronger". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  69. ↑ Herron, Lindsay (31 July 2012). "Ally Wants More Deals". Rangers.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 August 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  70. 1 2 3 "Rangers hand teenage trio long-term deals". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 September 2012.
  71. ↑ Herron, Lindsay (30 January 2013). "McKay Seals Deal". Rangers.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  72. ↑ "Lee Wallace pens new five-year deal at Ibrox". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 September 2012.
  73. ↑ "Lee McCulloch signs contract extension until 2015". BBC Sport. BBC. 31 October 2012.
  74. ↑ Jackson, Keith (3 April 2013). "Neil Alexander: Rangers and me, the truth". Daily Record.
  75. ↑ Melvin, David (15 February 2013). "Aird Pens Five Year Deal". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  76. ↑ Melvin, David (4 February 2013). "McAusland Extends Contract". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  77. ↑ Melvin, David (14 February 2013). "Hegarty Pens New Deal". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  78. ↑ Dickson, Andrew (16 February 2013). "Kal Extends Ibrox Stay". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  79. ↑ Dickson, Andrew (19 February 2013). "Luca: Heads I Win". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  80. ↑ Dickson, Andrew (18 February 2013). "Gall Signs New Deal". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  81. ↑ "IRN-BRU SFL Phenomenal Awards - August 2012". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 28 September 2012. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012.
  82. ↑ Smith, Neil (14 December 2012). "Lewis Wins November Gong". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. Archived from the original on 17 December 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  83. ↑ "Rangers manager Ally McCoist wins December award". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  84. ↑ Herron, Lindsay (15 March 2013). "Little's National Recall". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  85. ↑ "Charles Green agrees takeover deal for club". BBC Sport. 13 May 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  86. 1 2 3 4 "Malcolm Murray is named new Ibrox chairman". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 June 2012.
  87. 1 2 3 "Mather Appointed". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. 24 April 2013.
  88. ↑ "Craig Mather appointed interim chief executive". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 April 2013.
  89. 1 2 3 Herron, Lindsay (17 October 2012). "New RFC Appointments". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  90. 1 2 "Rangers International Football Club plc" (PDF). Rangersshareoffer.com. 8 December 2012.
  91. ↑ "Charles Green ally Imran Ahmad leaves Ibrox". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 April 2013.
  92. ↑ "Jim Traynor appointed Ibrox director of communication". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 December 2012.
  93. ↑ "Yeates Leaves Rangers". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. 27 March 2013. Archived from the original on 30 March 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
  94. ↑ "Neil Murray Leaves RFC". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. 2 April 2013. Archived from the original on 4 April 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  95. ↑ McCafferty, Gavin (27 June 2012). "Rangers captain Steven Davis among players seeking exit". The Independent. Independent News & Media. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022.
  96. 1 2 Match re-arranged after Rangers progression in the Scottish Cup.
  97. ↑ "Elgin City v Rangers postponed on safety grounds". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 November 2012.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.