# 2012–13 Brentford F.C. season

During the 2012–13 English football season, Brentford competed in Football League One. During one of the club's most memorable seasons, the Bees took Premier League giants Chelsea to a replay in the fourth round of the FA Cup and suffered a dramatic last-minute defeat to Doncaster Rovers on the final day of the league season in a "winner takes all" match for automatic promotion to the Championship. The team rallied to beat Swindon Town in the play-off semi-finals, but were defeated by Yeovil Town in the final at Wembley Stadium.

## Season summary
### Pre-season

After a 9th-place finish in League One at the end of his first season as manager of Brentford, Uwe Rösler had a desire to imprint his mark on the playing squad and remarked that the key to challenging for promotion during the 2012–13 season would be to score more goals. Despite the purchase of the club by Matthew Benham, the need to continue operating on a similar budget to recent years meant that Rösler and sporting director Mark Warburton had to reduce the size of the squad and conduct a mass clear-out, releasing stalwarts Karleigh Osborne, Marcus Bean, Sam Wood and veteran forward Gary Alexander's loan at Crawley Town was made permanent. The contracts of defenders Craig Woodman, Marcel Eger and Pim Balkestein were cancelled and six days into the season, winger Myles Weston was sold to Gillingham for an undisclosed fee.
By the end of the off-season transfer window, seven new players had been signed on permanent contracts – left back Scott Barron, central defenders Tony Craig and Harlee Dean, midfielder Adam Forshaw, winger Stuart Dallas and forwards Farid El Alagui and Paul Hayes. Three players were signed on loan – left back Jake Bidwell and midfielders Tom Adeyemi and Ryan Fredericks. Bidwell and Adeyemi remained at Griffin Park for the duration of the season.

### Regular season

Brentford began the season with a disappointing 1–0 League Cup first round defeat to Walsall and hovered around mid-table in League One, before coming into form in late October 2012. New forward Paul Hayes failed to produce regular goals and was replaced by Huddersfield Town loanee Jimmy Spencer, who in turn was replaced by Marcello Trotta. The Fulham loanee would remain with the Bees for the duration of the season. Inspired by the form of attacking midfielder Harry Forrester, an unbeaten run of 9 wins and four draws in 13 matches between 23 October 2012 and 21 January 2013 firmly established the Bees as challengers for automatic promotion, rising as high as 2nd position in the table. Headway was also made in the FA Cup during the same period, with victories over Boreham Wood, Bradford City and Southend United setting up a fourth round tie versus West London neighbours Chelsea at Griffin Park on 27 January. In a match televised on ITV, Brentford twice took the lead (through a quick-reaction Marcello Trotta finish and a Harry Forrester penalty), but the Premier League club ensured a replay when Fernando Torres pulled the score back to 2–2 with seven minutes remaining. Brentford were comfortably beaten 4–0 at Stamford Bridge in the replay, which was again televised. The match ended on a sour note when Chelsea defender David Luiz's "sickening" late shoulder charge on Bees midfielder Jake Reeves went unpunished and left Reeves concussed.
The distraction of the Chelsea FA Cup matches had an impact on Brentford's league form, but the Bees rose back into the automatic promotion places for the first time since mid-December after a 1–0 victory over Preston North End at Griffin Park on 16 March. Though his fitness was an issue, the loan signing of Charlton Athletic's Bradley Wright-Phillips helped relieve the tired strikeforce of Clayton Donaldson and Marcello Trotta. Brentford entered the final seven fixtures of the season with the prospect of playing five matches away from home. Of the away fixtures, the team came away with just one victory and drew another three, which included a tempestuous 2–2 draw with Sheffield United at Bramall Lane in which three players were sent off (Tony Craig and Clayton Donaldson for the Bees) and Bradley Wright-Phillips salvaged the draw with an 89th-minute equaliser.

### The final day

Brentford went into the final day of the season in 3rd place, two points behind 2nd place Doncaster Rovers. The chances of a shot at the League One title were slim, with Bournemouth three points ahead at the top of the table, but with a goal difference of +7 over the Bees. Brentford faced Doncaster Rovers at Griffin Park in the final match of the season and needed to win to secure automatic promotion to the Championship. If Bournemouth drew their match, Doncaster could win the League One title with a victory. The circumstances echoed those of the final day of the 2001–02 season, when the Bees needed to beat 2nd-place Reading at Griffin Park to win automatic promotion, but could only draw 1–1 and were forced to settle for the playoffs. The straight red card which central defender Tony Craig had been shown versus Sheffield United two matches previously was upheld, which meant that he was unavailable for the Doncaster Rovers match and a possible play-off semi-final first leg. Utility player and captain Kevin O'Connor, still not fully fit after nearly six months out injured, was drafted in to play in an unfamiliar centre back role.
The match versus Doncaster Rovers (played in front of a sold out 12,300 crowd at Griffin Park) was tense and mostly played in midfield. Brentford failed to break down the Rovers defence and create many clear cut chances, though the Bees began to take control in the second half. In the midst of a late Brentford siege on the Doncaster goal, Rovers forward Billy Paynter missed an opportunity to win the match when he fired wide of Simon Moore's goal. In the 94th minute, deep into five minutes' injury time and with the score still 0–0, Brentford were given the opportunity to win the match and seal automatic promotion when they were awarded a penalty after Toumani Diagouraga was "flattened" by Jamie McCombe in the penalty area.
After referee Michael Oliver awarded the penalty, loan forward Marcello Trotta grabbed the ball from manager Uwe Rösler's designated penalty taker, captain Kevin O'Connor. Trotta later recalled that "I scored my last penalty and was feeling confident, so I stepped up to take it". Trotta smashed the spot-kick against the crossbar and from the resulting breakaway, James Coppinger scored to win the match and the League One title for Doncaster Rovers. The 1–0 defeat consigned Brentford to a two-legged play-off semi-final versus Swindon Town. Manager Rösler stated after the game that he had not wanted Trotta to take the penalty, but he refused to blame Trotta and would deal with the matter internally. Captain O'Connor told reporters that he "tried to follow orders, but Trotts has gone into the zone, got the ball and he was extremely confident. What can you say? If he scores it, it's perfect but unfortunately he's missed it and it's cost us". Despite the defeat, Brentford finished the season with the best home record in League One.

### Play-offs

Ahead of the two-legged play-off semi-final versus Swindon Town, manager Uwe Rösler revealed that he would pin a list of his nominated penalty takers to the dressing room wall. With Marcello Trotta an unused substitute during the first leg, captain Kevin O'Connor (still deputising for the suspended Tony Craig) converted an injury time penalty to salvage a 1–1 draw going into the second leg at Griffin Park. The second leg proved to be a "pulsating" match, with the Bees twice opening up a two-goal lead through strikes from Clayton Donaldson and an Adam Rooney own goal. The Robins pulled the score back to 3–2 through Joe Devera after an hour, before Aden Flint powered home an injury time header to level the score at 3–3 and force extra time. The goalless extra time period gave way to a penalty shootout in which Brentford emerged victorious, with Adam Forshaw converting the decisive penalty to spark a pitch invasion and send the Bees to the play-off final versus Yeovil Town at Wembley Stadium.
Despite Brentford dominating much of the play-off final, goals from Yeovil Town's Paddy Madden and Dan Burn effectively killed the contest before half time. After pulling a goal back early in the second half through Harlee Dean and despite bringing on attacking players Bradley Wright-Phillips, Paul Hayes and Sam Saunders, Brentford could not create many chances. Yeovil Town emerged 2–1 victors (cementing a treble of victories for the Glovers over the Bees during the season) and Brentford remained in League One.

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Doncaster Rovers (C, P) | 46 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 62 | 44 | +18 | 84 | Promotion to Football League Championship |
| 2 | Bournemouth (P) | 46 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 76 | 53 | +23 | 83 | Promotion to Football League Championship |
| 3 | Brentford | 46 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 62 | 47 | +15 | 79 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
| 4 | Yeovil Town (O, P) | 46 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 71 | 56 | +15 | 77 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
| 5 | Sheffield United | 46 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 56 | 42 | +14 | 75 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League Championship.

## Results
### League One
#### 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | HA | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | D | W | L | D | W | D | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | D | L | D | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | D | D | L |
| Position | 13 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Statto

#### Results
##### April
### Football League play-offs
### Football League Trophy
## Playing squad

    Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 2012–13 season.
| No | Position | Name | Date of birth (age) | Signed from | Signed in | Notes |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||
| 1 | GK | Richard Lee | (1982-10-05)5 October 1982 (aged 29) | Watford | 2010 | |
| 16 | GK | Antoine Gounet | (1988-10-16)16 October 1988 (aged 23) | Unattached | 2012 | |
| 21 | GK | Simon Moore | (1990-05-19)19 May 1990 (aged 22) | Farnborough | 2009 | |
| Defenders ||||||||
| 2 | DF | Kevin O'Connor (c) | (1982-02-24)24 February 1982 (aged 30) | Youth | 2000 | |
| 3 | DF | Scott Barron | (1985-09-02)2 September 1985 (aged 26) | Millwall | 2012 | |
| 5 | DF | Tony Craig | (1985-04-20)20 April 1985 (aged 27) | Millwall | 2012 | |
| 6 | DF | Harlee Dean | (1991-07-26)26 July 1991 (aged 21) | Southampton | 2012 | |
| 14 | DF | Shay Logan | (1988-01-29)29 January 1988 (aged 24) | Manchester City | 2011 | |
| 18 | DF | Lee Hodson | (1991-10-02)2 October 1991 (aged 20) | Watford | 2012 | On loan from Watford |
| 24 | DF | Jake Bidwell | (1993-03-21)21 March 1993 (aged 19) | Everton | 2012 | On loan from Everton |
| 26 | DF | Leon Redwood | (1991-09-23)23 September 1991 (aged 20) | Brighton & Hove Albion | 2012 | |
| 28 | DF | Alfie Mawson | (1994-01-19)19 January 1994 (aged 18) | Youth | 2011 | Loaned to Maidenhead United |
| 31 | DF | Aaron Pierre | (1993-02-17)17 February 1993 (aged 19) | Fulham | 2011 | |
| 33 | DF | Rob Kiernan | (1991-01-13)13 January 1991 (aged 21) | Wigan Athletic | 2012 | On loan from Wigan Athletic |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| 4 | MF | Adam Forshaw | (1991-10-08)8 October 1991 (aged 20) | Everton | 2012 | |
| 7 | MF | Sam Saunders | (1983-08-29)29 August 1983 (aged 28) | Dagenham & Redbridge | 2009 | |
| 8 | MF | Jonathan Douglas | (1981-11-22)22 November 1981 (aged 30) | Swindon Town | 2011 | |
| 12 | MF | Tom Adeyemi | (1991-10-24)24 October 1991 (aged 20) | Norwich City | 2012 | On loan from Norwich City |
| 15 | MF | Stuart Dallas | (1991-04-19)19 April 1991 (aged 21) | Crusaders | 2012 | |
| 19 | MF | Harry Forrester | (1991-01-02)2 January 1991 (aged 21) | Aston Villa | 2011 | |
| 20 | MF | Toumani Diagouraga | (1987-06-20)20 June 1987 (aged 25) | Peterborough United | 2010 | |
| 22 | MF | Jake Reeves | (1993-05-30)30 May 1993 (aged 19) | Youth | 2011 | Loaned to AFC Wimbledon |
| 27 | MF | Manny Oyeleke | (1992-12-24)24 December 1992 (aged 19) | Youth | 2011 | Loaned to Northampton Town |
| 34 | MF | Charlie Adams | (1994-05-16)16 May 1994 (aged 18) | Youth | 2011 | |
| Forwards ||||||||
| 9 | FW | Clayton Donaldson | (1984-02-07)7 February 1984 (aged 28) | Crewe Alexandra | 2011 | |
| 10 | FW | Farid El Alagui | (1985-02-10)10 February 1985 (aged 27) | Falkirk | 2012 | |
| 11 | FW | Marcello Trotta | (1992-09-29)29 September 1992 (aged 19) | Fulham | 2012 | On loan from Fulham |
| 17 | FW | Bradley Wright-Phillips | (1985-03-12)12 March 1985 (aged 27) | Charlton Athletic | 2013 | On loan from Charlton Athletic |
| 23 | FW | Paul Hayes | (1983-09-20)20 September 1983 (aged 28) | Charlton Athletic | 2012 | Loaned to Crawley Town |
| 30 | FW | Antonio German | (1991-01-02)2 January 1991 (aged 21) | Bromley | 2012 | Loaned to Gillingham |
| Players who left the club mid-season ||||||||
| 11 | MF | Jimmy Spencer | (1991-12-13)13 December 1991 (aged 20) | Huddersfield Town | 2012 | Returned to Huddersfield Town after loan |
| 11 | MF | Myles Weston | (1988-03-12)12 March 1988 (aged 24) | Notts County | 2009 | Transferred to Gillingham |
| 18 | MF | Ryan Fredericks | (1992-10-10)10 October 1992 (aged 19) | Tottenham Hotspur | 2012 | Returned to Tottenham Hotspur after loan |
| 32 | DF | Leon Legge | (1985-07-01)1 July 1985 (aged 27) | Tonbridge Angels | 2009 | Loaned to Gillingham, transferred to Gillingham |
| 32 | DF | Liam Moore | (1993-01-31)31 January 1993 (aged 19) | Leicester City | 2013 | Returned to Leicester City after loan |
* Source: Soccerbase

## Coaching staff

| Name | Role |
| Uwe Rösler | Manager |
| Alan Kernaghan | Assistant Manager |
| Peter Farrell | First Team Coach |
| Simon Royce | Goalkeeping Coach |
| Daryl Martin | Physiotherapist |
| Chris Haslam | Head of Conditioning |
| Darren Glenister | Sports Therapist |
| Chris Domoney | Masseur |
| Bob Oteng | Kit Man |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Substitute appearances in brackets.
| No | Pos | Nat | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | FL Trophy | Playoffs | Playoffs | Total | Total |
| No | Pos | Nat | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Richard Lee | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Kevin O'Connor | 6 (6) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 (6) | 1 |
| 3 | DF | | Scott Barron | 5 (7) | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (10) | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Adam Forshaw | 37 (6) | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 46 (7) | 3 |
| 5 | DF | | Tony Craig | 44 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Harlee Dean | 44 | 3 | 5 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 55 (1) | 4 |
| 7 | MF | | Sam Saunders | 13 (17) | 2 | 3 (4) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 22 (21) | 3 |
| 8 | MF | | Jonathan Douglas | 44 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 52 (1) | 4 |
| 9 | FW | | Clayton Donaldson | 43 (1) | 18 | 6 (1) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 54 (2) | 24 |
| 10 | FW | | Farid El Alagui | 7 (4) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 7 (5) | 3 |
| 11 | MF | | Myles Weston | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | | Shay Logan | 41 (4) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 49 (4) | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Stuart Dallas | 3 (4) | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 4 (7) | 0 |
| 16 | GK | | Antoine Gounet | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Bradley Wright-Phillips | 10 (5) | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 (1) | 0 | 11 (6) | 5 |
| 19 | MF | | Harry Forrester | 25 (11) | 8 | 4 (3) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 34 (15) | 11 |
| 20 | MF | | Toumani Diagouraga | 28 (11) | 1 | 4 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 (13) | 1 |
| 21 | GK | | Simon Moore | 43 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Jake Reeves | 4 (2) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (4) | 0 |
| 23 | FW | | Paul Hayes | 10 (13) | 4 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 0 (2) | 0 | 17 (15) | 6 |
| 30 | FW | | Antonio German | 0 (2) | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (5) | 1 |
| 31 | DF | | Aaron Pierre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
| 32 | DF | | Leon Legge | 3 (4) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | — | — | 6 (5) | 0 |
| 34 | MF | | Charlie Adams | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
| Players loaned in during the season ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | MF | | Jimmy Spencer | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 (2) | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Marcello Trotta | 16 (6) | 6 | 3 (2) | 3 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 (8) | 9 |
| 12 | MF | | Tom Adeyemi | 21 (9) | 2 | 4 (1) | 1 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 (10) | 3 |
| 18 | MF | | Ryan Fredericks | 1 (3) | 0 | — | — | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 (4) | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Jake Bidwell | 37 (3) | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 47 (3) | 0 |
| 32 | DF | | Liam Moore | 6 (1) | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 (1) | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Rob Kiernan | 5 (3) | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (3) | 0 |
* Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
* Source: Soccerbase

### Goalscorers

| No | Pos | Nat | Player | FL1 | FAC | FLC | FLT | FLP | Total |
| 9 | FW | | Clayton Donaldson | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 |
| 19 | MF | | Harry Forrester | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | FW | | Marcello Trotta | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 23 | FW | | Paul Hayes | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 17 | FW | | Bradley Wright-Phillips | 5 | — | — | — | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | MF | | Jonathan Douglas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | DF | | Harlee Dean | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | | Adam Forshaw | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | | Farid El Alagui | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | MF | | Tom Adeyemi | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | | Sam Saunders | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 | MF | | Toumani Diagouraga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | FW | | Antonio German | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | | Kevin O'Connor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Opponents | Opponents | Opponents | Opponents | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 62 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 83 |
* Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
* Source: Soccerbase

### Discipline

| No | Pos | Nat | Player | FL1 | FL1 | FAC | FAC | FLC | FLC | FLT | FLT | FLP | FLP | Total | Total | Pts |
| 8 | MF | | Jonathan Douglas | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 14 | DF | | Shay Logan | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | FW | | Clayton Donaldson | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 24 | DF | | Jake Bidwell | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | DF | | Harlee Dean | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | MF | | Adam Forshaw | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | DF | | Tony Craig | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 20 | MF | | Toumani Diagouraga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | MF | | Tom Adeyemi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 19 | MF | | Harry Forrester | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | MF | | Sam Saunders | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 17 | FW | | Bradley Wright-Phillips | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 22 | MF | | Jake Reeves | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | FW | | Marcello Trotta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | DF | | Kevin O'Connor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | GK | | Richard Lee | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | GK | | Simon Moore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 32 | DF | | Liam Moore | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | | Ryan Fredericks | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | | Scott Barron | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | | Farid El Alagui | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 75 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 86 | 6 | 104 |
* Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
* Source: ESPN FC

### Management

| Name | Nat | From | To | Record All Comps | Record All Comps | Record All Comps | Record All Comps | Record All Comps | Record League | Record League | Record League | Record League | Record League |
| Name | Nat | From | To | P | W | D | L | W % | P | W | D | L | W % |
| Uwe Rösler | | 11 August 2012 | 19 May 2013 | 59 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 042.37 | 46 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 045.65 |

### Summary

| Games played | 59 (46 League One, 7 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 2 Football League Trophy, 3 Football League play-offs) |
| Games won | 25 (21 League One, 3 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 1 Football League Trophy, 0 Football League play-offs) |
| Games drawn | 21 (16 League One, 3 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 Football League Trophy, 2 Football League play-offs) |
| Games lost | 13 (9 League One, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 1 Football League Trophy, 1 Football League play-offs) |
| Goals scored | 82 (62 League One, 13 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 2 Football League Trophy, 5 Football League play-offs) |
| Goals conceded | 68 (47 League One, 12 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 2 Football League Trophy, 6 Football League play-offs) |
| Clean sheets | 17 (15 League One, 1 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 1 Football League Trophy, 0 Football League play-offs) |
| Biggest league win | 5–1 versus Crewe Alexandra, 25 August 2012 |
| Worst league defeat | 3–0 versus Yeovil Town, 2 February 2013 |
| Most appearances | 56, Clayton Donaldson (44 League One, 7 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 1 Football League Trophy, 3 Football League play-offs), Harlee Dean (44 League One, 6 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 2 Football League Trophy, 3 Football League play-offs) |
| Top scorer (league) | 18, Clayton Donaldson |
| Top scorer (all competitions) | 24, Clayton Donaldson |

## Transfers & loans

Players transferred in :
| Date | Pos. | Name | Previous Club | Fee | Ref. |
| 1 July 2012 | MF | Stuart Dallas | Crusaders | n/a | |
| 1 July 2012 | DF | Harlee Dean | Southampton | Free | |
| 1 July 2012 | MF | Adam Forshaw | Everton | Free | |
| 11 July 2012 | FW | Farid El Alagui | Falkirk | Free | |
| 13 July 2012 | DF | Tony Craig | Millwall | Undisclosed | |
| 31 July 2012 | DF | Leon Redwood | Brighton & Hove Albion | Free | |
| 13 August 2012 | DF | Scott Barron | Millwall | Undisclosed | |
| 20 August 2012 | FW | Paul Hayes | Charlton Athletic | Free | |
| 10 April 2013 | DF | Jack Uttridge | Histon | Dual-registration | |
| Players loaned in ||||||
| Date from | Pos. | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 10 August 2012 | DF | Ryan Fredericks | Tottenham Hotspur | 25 October 2012 | |
| 28 August 2012 | DF | Jake Bidwell | Everton | End of season | |
| 29 August 2012 | MF | Tom Adeyemi | Norwich City | End of season | |
| 15 October 2012 | FW | Jimmy Spencer | Huddersfield Town | 21 November 2012 | |
| 15 November 2012 | DF | Rob Kiernan | Wigan Athletic | 2 January 2013 | |
| 22 November 2012 | DF | Lee Hodson | Watford | End of season | |
| 22 November 2012 | FW | Marcello Trotta | Fulham | End of season | |
| 11 January 2013 | DF | Rob Kiernan | Wigan Athletic | End of season | |
| 19 February 2013 | FW | Bradley Wright-Phillips | Charlton Athletic | End of season | |
| 19 February 2013 | DF | Liam Moore | Leicester City | 30 March 2013 | |
| 27 February 2013 | MF | Josh Rees | Arsenal | 1 April 2013 | |
| Players transferred out ||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | Subsequent club | Fee | Ref. |
| 16 August 2012 | MF | Myles Weston | Gillingham | Undisclosed | |
| 31 January 2013 | DF | Leon Legge | Gillingham | Undisclosed | |
| Players loaned out ||||||
| Date from | Pos. | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 5 November 2012 | MF | Jake Reeves | AFC Wimbledon | 3 December 2012 | |
| November 2012 | DF | Sam Beale | Northwood | January 2013 | |
| November 2012 | MF | Josh Clarke | Carshalton Athletic | January 2013 | |
| November 2012 | MF | Tyrell Miller-Rodney | Northwood | January 2013 | |
| 7 December 2012 | FW | Luke Norris | Boreham Wood | 11 January 2013 | |
| 13 December 2012 | DF | Alfie Mawson | Maidenhead United | 9 January 2013 | |
| 14 December 2012 | DF | Sam Griffiths | Carshalton Athletic | 10 January 2013 | |
| 1 January 2013 | DF | Leon Legge | Gillingham | 31 January 2013 | |
| 28 January 2013 | MF | Manny Oyeleke | Northampton Town | 1 March 2013 | |
| January 2013 | MF | Max Herbert | Ashford Town (Middlesex) | March 2013 | |
| January 2013 | MF | Myles Hippolyte | Southall | February 2013 | |
| 21 February 2013 | DF | Alfie Mawson | Maidenhead United | End of season | |
| 26 February 2013 | FW | Antonio German | Gillingham | 29 March 2013 | |
| February 2013 | MF | Josh Clarke | Carshalton Athletic | End of season | |
| February 2013 | MF | Tyrell Miller-Rodney | Carshalton Athletic | End of season | |
| February 2013 | DF | Stefan Tomasevic | Northwood | February 2013 | |
| 11 March 2013 | FW | Paul Hayes | Crawley Town | 27 April 2013 | |
| March 2013 | DF | Stefan Tomasevic | Northwood | April 2013 | |
| April 2013 | DF | Stefan Tomasevic | Hayes & Yeading United | End of season | |
| Players released ||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | Subsequent club | Join date | Ref. |
| 6 July 2012 | DF | Craig Woodman | Exeter City | 9 July 2012 | |
| 16 July 2012 | DF | Pim Balkestein | AFC Wimbledon | 17 July 2012 | |
| 6 December 2012 | DF | Michael Kamau | Chalfont St Peter | 2013 | |
| 30 June 2013 | FW | Antonio German | Gillingham | 1 July 2013 | |
| 30 June 2013 | GK | Antoine Gounet | Magreb '90 | November 2015 | |
| 30 June 2013 | DF | Sam Griffiths | Braintree Town | 6 August 2013 | |
| 30 June 2013 | DF | Leon Redwood | Chelmsford City | 9 August 2013 | |

## Kit

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| Home | Away | Third |
Source: Historical Football Kits

## Development Squad
### Playing squad

    Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 2012–13 senior season.
| # | Position | Name | Date of birth (age) | Signed from | Signed in | Notes |
| Defenders ||||||||
| — | DF | Sam Beale | (1993-11-15)15 November 1993 (aged 18) | Youth | Scholar | Loaned to Northwood |
| — | DF | Josh Clarke | (1994-07-05)5 July 1994 (aged 18) | Youth | Scholar | Loaned to Carshalton Athletic |
| — | DF | Sam Griffiths | (1992-11-02)2 November 1992 (aged 19) | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2011 | Loaned to Carshalton Athletic |
| 28 | DF | Alfie Mawson | (1994-01-19)19 January 1994 (aged 18) | Youth | 2011 | Loaned to Maidenhead United |
| 31 | DF | Aaron Pierre | (1993-02-17)17 February 1993 (aged 19) | Fulham | 2011 | |
| 26 | DF | Leon Redwood | (1991-09-23)23 September 1991 (aged 20) | Unattached | 2012 | |
| — | DF | Jack Uttridge | (1995-01-14)14 January 1995 (aged 17) | Histon | 2013 | Dual-registration |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| 34 | MF | Charlie Adams | (1994-05-16)16 May 1994 (aged 18) | Youth | 2011 | |
| — | MF | Tyrell Miller-Rodney | (1994-04-23)23 April 1994 (aged 18) | Youth | Scholar | Loaned to Carshalton Athletic and Northwood |
| 27 | MF | Manny Oyeleke | (1992-12-24)24 December 1992 (aged 19) | Youth | 2011 | Loaned to Northampton Town |
| Forwards ||||||||
| 30 | FW | Antonio German | (1991-01-02)2 January 1991 (aged 21) | Unattached | 2012 | Loaned to Gillingham |
| — | FW | Luke Norris | (1993-06-03)3 June 1993 (aged 19) | Youth | 2010 | Loaned to Boreham Wood |
| — | FW | Aaron Scott | (1993-10-26)26 October 1993 (aged 18) | Youth | Scholar | |
| Players who left the club mid-season ||||||||
| — | DF | Michael Kamau | (1993-01-22)22 January 1993 (aged 19) | Fulham | 2011 | Released |
| — | MF | Josh Rees | (1993-10-04)4 October 1993 (aged 18) | Arsenal | 2013 | Returned to Arsenal after loan |
* Source: brentfordfc.co.uk

### Results and table
#### Professional Development League Two South

| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 4 | Brentford DS | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 45 | 34 | 11 | 38 |

#### Middlesex Senior Charity Cup

* Source: brentfordfc.com

### Summary

| Games played | 23 (20 Professional Development League Two South, 3 Middlesex Senior Charity Cup) |
| Games won | 14 (12 Professional Development League Two South, 2 Middlesex Senior Charity Cup) |
| Games drawn | 2 (2 Professional Development League Two South, 0 Middlesex Senior Charity Cup) |
| Games lost | 7 (6 Professional Development League Two South, 1 Middlesex Senior Charity Cup) |
| Goals scored | 53 (45 Professional Development League Two South, 8 Middlesex Senior Charity Cup) |
| Goals conceded | 40 (34 Professional Development League Two South, 6 Middlesex Senior Charity Cup) |
| Clean sheets | 5 (4 Professional Development League Two South, 1 Middlesex Senior Charity Cup) |
| Biggest league win | 6–0 versus Colchester United DS, 14 September 2012 |
| Worst league defeat | 5–1 versus Charlton Athletic DS, 19 November 2012 |
| Most appearances | 22, Charlie Adams (19 Professional Development League Two South, 3 Middlesex Senior Charity Cup) |
| Top scorer (league) | 10, Luke Norris |
| Top scorer (all competitions) | 13, Luke Norris |

## Awards

* Supporters' Player of the Year: Clayton Donaldson
* Players' Player of the Year: Harlee Dean, Simon Moore
* Football League Family Excellence Award