# 2012–13 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Blackburn Rovers' 125th season as a professional football club. It was their first season back in the Football League Championship after an 11-year run in the Premier league English football.
Despite relegation the new season began with the owners backing Steve Kean. There were many signings in the summer, the most notable one being the signing of Jordan Rhodes for £8 million. The fee was a record transfer for a championship team and shattered the previous transfer record.

## Summary

Rovers started the season with four wins in the first six games. Their first defeat came in their seventh game against Middlesbrough at Ewood Park. Their performance in that game piled on intense pressure and speculation against Kean.
A week later, after Kean had travelled with the players to the capital on Friday for the game against Charlton, he attended a press conference in the afternoon, but news came at 7pm that he had resigned. Rumours suggested alleged outside interference. He described his position 'untenable' and no longer prepared to carry on as manager.
The sudden and unexpected nature of Kean's departure meant assistant manager Eric Black was the obvious choice for caretaker. Rovers started slowly under the temporary boss waiting four games before the first win. However, Rovers did manage to collect eight points and three clean sheets.
The search for a new manager took the Rovers board an entire month before finally opting for former Rovers defender Henning Berg. The choice of an out-of-work manager and football pundit for Norwegian TV surprised many who were calling for an experienced and a big name manager.
Berg's reign began with disappointment, his debut game against Crystal Palace marked the end of Blackburn's unbeaten away run. His solitary victory came at Peterborough; the same match saw Jordan Rhodes's first hat-trick for Rovers. Rovers were unlucky under Berg, especially against Huddersfield and Burnley when they succumbed to late equalisers. The team began to lack confidence and it showed in their results.
During Berg's ten games in charge Rovers lost six times, dropping from the play-offs spots to 17th place, the poor run of form forced the owners to sack the manager and the coaching staff a day later on Boxing Day.
After the sacking Reserve team coach Gary Bowyer and Youth coach Terry McPhillips took on the reigns and under caretaker management Rovers started brightly, helping Rovers gain a win over Barnsley which ended Rovers six match winless run, while their second win over Nottingham Forest ended an eleven-game run without a clean sheet. Rovers carried on the momentum into the FA cup with a win over Bristol City.
On Wednesday 9 January. Derek Shaw confirmed Rovers's interest in Blackpool manager Michael Appleton despite an announcement a week earlier from global adviser that a move for a new manager would be put on hold till the end of January. Just before Friday evening fixture Rovers named Michael Appleton as the manager. Bowyer's brief spell in charge remained unbeaten as they finished the game against Wolves with a draw.
Appleton took training on the Monday and wasted no time bring in his own staff, choosing Ashley Westwood as the assistant manager and John Keeley as goalkeeping coach. Appleton's tenure started badly with a loss to Charlton which wasn't a good spectacle. Rovers started slowly and the poor atmosphere partly blamed by the presence of the Venky's who had visited Ewood Park to watch the game. Rovers conceded first, but failed to establish control despite pulling a goal back from Jordan Rhodes, Charlton quickly retook the lead and the game finished 2–1 to the away team.
Michael Appleton's second game was much more encouraging, they were destined to win the game until a clumsy foul by substitute David Goodwillie after injury time resulted in a penalty, Brighton duly converted the penalty and snatched an unlikely draw in front of 12,230, lowest crowd at Ewood park in the league. At the third attempt, Rovers managed their first victory under Appleton with a conclusive 3–0 win over Derby County in the 4th round of the FA cup. Appleton's first win at Ewood Park occurred in the following match, 2–0 victory over Bristol City.
Appleton used the January transfer window as an opportunity to trim the squad, at least 10 players were either released or moved out on loan. Rovers missed out on the permanent transfer of DJ Campbell at the last minute, but managed to secure him on a loan agreement, later in February Man City youth defender Karim Rekik and former Rover David Bentley joined the squad. Rovers win over Ipswich saw Jordan Rhodes score for the seventh successive game, a record only achieved by four Rovers players. Rhodes could have extended the run to eight games if it were for the referee not awarding a penalty for a blatant handball by Brighton defender el-Abd.
In the next game Rovers produced one of the shocks of the FA cup with a 1–0 win over Arsenal, they came into the game as clear under-dogs and kept under sustained pressure throughout the game, but forward Kazim Richards strike on 72 minutes put Rovers into the lead, the team fought on to secure a famous victory at the Emirates for the first time.
Rovers experienced their first defeat in 7 outings in the following game against Hull. More defeats followed against Leicester, Peterborough and Bolton, the point they picked up in that period was a scoreless draw to Leeds. Rovers carried on the poor run of results into the FA cup losing out in a replay with Millwall. In the east Lancashire derby against Burnley, Rovers stole a point with a last gasp strike deep into stoppage time scored by David Dunn.
On 19 March 2013 after 67 days in charge of the club Michael Appleton was sacked as manager of the club. following the second sacking of the season Gary Bowyer resumed caretaker manager for the second time.
Rovers winless run extended to 11 games as they were beaten 3–0 at Cardiff before slipping to a 3–2 loss at Sheffield Wednesday. The Hillsborough defeat put Rovers in the Championship's bottom three and left fans with deep fears of a second successive relegation.
Many supporters were then left puzzled as Gary Bowyer was asked to travel to India with Paul Agnew and Derek Shaw to meet the owners ahead of a crucial home game against Derby. But Bowyer returned saying reassurances he had received from the owners would help the squad, and Rovers beat Derby 2–0 before following that up with victory over Huddersfield.
A 4–0 loss at Watford kept them in the mix but then followed a comeback triumph at Millwall that put Rovers five points away from the relegation zone with only two games left to play. A home draw against Crystal Palace then left them effectively safe.
But there remained issues off the field, with internal problems played out in court during Henning Berg's £2.25m claim against the club. Berg won the case, but before that Rovers' own lawyers admitted the club was 'out of control' and 'a shambles'.
They added that Shaw was operating without the authority of the owners and was subject to a disciplinary investigation over Berg's contract. Rovers finished the season in 17th place in the Championship after a 1–1 draw at Birmingham on the final day. Jordan Rhodes netted again but his tally of 29 league goals left him one behind Championship top scorer Glenn Murray, of Crystal Palace.
Rovers finished four points clear of the bottom three, but three points adrift of Burnley. Off the field Derek Shaw and secretary Ian Silvester travelled to India to meet the owners, but Shaw's future remained unclear after the talks. Both returned to England and went back to work as normal.

## Division stats
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 15 | Blackpool | 46 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 62 | 63 | −1 | 59 |
| 16 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 18 | 5 | 23 | 61 | 70 | −9 | 59 |
| 17 | Blackburn Rovers | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 55 | 62 | −7 | 58 |
| 18 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 53 | 61 | −8 | 58 |
| 19 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 53 | 73 | −20 | 58 |

### Split table

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 1 January 2013. Source: BBC Football

## Fixtures and results
### Pre-season friendlies

* Pre-season game against N.E.C. on 5 August 2012 at Stadion de Goffert cancelled due to fan unrest. However behind closed doors training match played ending 0–0. It has since been confirmed Rovers fans were not involved and had been an issue with Dutch fans.

### Championship

All results are from the BBC's website.
August
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May

#### Match by Match

| 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 | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | D | L | D | W | W | L | D | D | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | D | W | W | D | L | D | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | D |
| Position | 13 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 17 |

### FA Cup
## Club
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 4 May 2013 52 games ~ 46 League games + 5 FA cup games + 1 League cup game
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Paul Robinson | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Bradley Orr | 22 | 0 | 18+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | POR | Nuno Henrique | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Martin Olsson | 33 | 0 | 27+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Gaël Givet | 16 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Jason Lowe | 42 | 0 | 31+5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | POR | Fabio Nunes | 7 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | David Dunn | 18 | 1 | 9+6 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Leon Best | 8 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Mauro Formica (on loan at Palermo) | 16 | 1 | 12+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | SCO | Jordan Rhodes | 47 | 28 | 41+1 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | NOR | Morten Gamst Pedersen | 33 | 1 | 17+11 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | ENG | Danny Murphy | 35 | 2 | 31+2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SWE | Marcus Olsson | 28 | 1 | 19+4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | NOR | Joshua King | 19 | 2 | 11+5 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Scott Dann | 52 | 5 | 46 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Lee Williamson | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | POR | Paulo Jorge (on loan at Beroe) | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | NGA | Dickson Etuhu | 21 | 1 | 19+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ENG | Todd Kane (on loan from Chelsea) | 14 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | POR | Edinho Júnior (on loan at Shillong Lajong) | 2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | POR | Nuno Gomes | 20 | 4 | 8+10 | 4 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ENG | Anton Forrester | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | NED | Karim Rekik (on loan from Manchester City) | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ESP | Rubén Rochina (on loan at Real Zaragoza) | 22 | 5 | 11+8 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Josh Morris | 10 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | SCO | David Goodwillie | 10 | 1 | 2+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Raheem Hanley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | WAL | Adam Henley | 17 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | POL | Grzegorz Sandomierski (on loan from Racing Genk) | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Sebastian Usai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | SCO | Grant Hanley | 44 | 3 | 35+4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ENG | Cameron Stewart (on loan from Hull City) | 7 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | BRA | Bruno Ribeiro (on loan at Clube Atlético Linense) | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | ENG | Jake Kean | 24 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | ENG | David Bentley (on loan from Tottenham) | 7 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | ENG | David Jones (on loan from Wigan) | 12 | 2 | 11+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | ENG | Robbie Cotton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | POR | Diogo Rosado (on loan at Benfica) | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | TUR | Colin Kazim-Richards (on loan from Galatasaray) | 31 | 5 | 22+6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | ESP | Hugo Fernadez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | NZL | Tim Payne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | ENG | Kellen Daly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | ENG | Ryan Edwards (on loan at Fleetwood Town) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | IRL | John O'Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players that played for Blackburn Rovers this season that have left the club: ||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | ENG | DJ Campbell (on loan from Queens Park Rangers) | 7 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | MNE | Simon Vukčević | 11 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Assists

    As of 16 August 2014
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Name | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 12 | MF | Morten Gamst Pedersen | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 16 | DF | Scott Dann | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 11 | FW | Jordan Rhodes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 7 | MF | Fabio Nunes | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 13 | MF | Danny Murphy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 39 | FW | Colin Kazim-Richards | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 6 | MF | Jason Lowe | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 23 | FW | Rubén Rochina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 8 | MF | David Dunn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 10 | MF | Mauro Formica | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 15 | FW | Joshua King | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 3 | DF | Martin Olsson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 21 | FW | Nuno Gomes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 14 | MF | Marcus Olsson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | 27 | DF | Adam Henley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 36 | MF | David Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 18 | MF | Dickson Etuhu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 19 | DF | Todd Kane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 31 | DF | Grant Hanley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 25 | FW | David Goodwillie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 5 | 1 | 48 |

### Penalties

| Date | Penalty Taker | Scored | Opponent | Competition |
| 27 Oct | Kazim-Richards | No (Hit crossbar) | Watford | Championship |
| 6 Nov | Danny Murphy | Yes | Huddersfield Town | Championship |
| 10 Nov | Ruben Rochina | Yes | Birmingham City | Championship |
| 11 Jan | Jordan Rhodes | Yes | Wolves | Championship |
| 22 Jan | Jordan Rhodes | Yes | Brighton | Championship |
| 6 Apr | Jordan Rhodes | Yes | Sheffield Wednesday | Championship |
| 13 Apr | Jordan Rhodes | Yes | Derby County | Championship |
| 23 Apr | Jordan Rhodes | Yes | Millwall | Championship |
| Date | Penalty Taker | Scored | Opponent | Competition |
| 29 Sep | Johnnie Jackson | No (Saved) | Charlton Athletic | Championship |
| 3 Nov | Glenn Murray | Yes | Crystal Palace | Championship |
| 3 Nov | Glenn Murray | No (Saved) | Crystal Palace | Championship |
| 22 Jan | David López | Yes | Brighton | Championship |
| 12 Feb | Vicenté | Yes | Brighton | Championship |
| 1 Apr | Peter Whittingham | Yes | Cardiff City | Championship |
| 6 Apr | Leroy Lita | Yes | Sheffield Wednesday | Championship |

#### Managerial changes

| Manager | Appointed | Matches | Departure | Date of vacancy | Position |
| Steve Kean | | 1-7 | Resigned | 28 September 2012 | 3rd |
| Eric Black | 29 September 2012 | 8-13 | Replaced | 3 November 2012 | 5th |
| Henning Berg | 3 November 2012 | 14-23 | Sacked | 27 December 2012 | 17th |
| Gary Bowyer | 28 December 2012 | 24-26 | Replaced | 12 January 2013 | 12th |
| Michael Appleton | 12 January 2013 | 27-37 | Sacked | 19 March 2013 | 18th |
| Gary Bowyer | 20 March 2013 | 38-46 | | | |

## Transfers
### Summer
#### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 25 June 2012 | MF | Danny Murphy | Fulham | Free |
| 2 July 2012 | FW | Leon Best | Newcastle United | £3,000,000 |
| 3 July 2012 | FW | Nuno Gomes | Braga | Free |
| 4 July 2012 | MF | Fabio Nunes | Portimonense | Undisclosed |
| 23 July 2012 | MF | Paulo Jorge | Porto B | Undisclosed |
| 23 July 2012 | FW | Edinho Júnior | Olhanense | Nominal fee |
| 3 August 2012 | MF | Dickson Etuhu | Fulham | £1,500,000 |
| 29 August 2012 | FW | Jordan Rhodes | Huddersfield Town | £8,000,000 |
| 31 August 2012 | MF | Diogo Rosado | Sporting Lisbon | Free |
| 31 August 2012 | DF | Nuno Henrique | Académica | Nominal fee |
* Total spent ~ £12,500,000 + Undisclosed fees

#### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 28 June 2012 | FW | Yakubu | Guangzhou R&F | £1,000,000 |
| 27 June 2012 | FW | Junior Hoilett | Queens Park Rangers | Bosman (Undisclosed compensation; est ~£4,000,000) |
| 31 June 2012 | DF | Míchel Salgado | Released | Retired |
| 31 June 2012 | MF | Vince Grella | Melbourne Heart | Free |
| 31 June 2012 | FW | Zac Aley | Warrington Town | Free |
| 31 June 2012 | DF | Jamie Maclaren | Released | End of contract |
| 31 June 2012 | MF | Hérold Goulon | Released | End of contract |
| 30 July 2012 | DF | Matty Pearson | Rochdale | Free |
| 31 July 2012 | DF | Jackson Ramm | Colchester United | Free |
| 10 August 2012 | FW | Nick Blackman | Sheffield United | Undisclosed |
| 22 August 2012 | MF | Radosav Petrović | Gençlerbirliği | Undisclosed |
| 29 August 2012 | GK | Mark Bunn | Norwich City | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2012 | MF | Steven Nzonzi | Stoke City | £3,000,000 (up to ~£4,000,000 with add-ons) |
* Total sold ~ £9,000,000 + Undisclosed fees

#### Loan in

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Loan length |
| 10 August 2012 | FW | Colin Kazim-Richards | Galatasaray | Season-long loan |
| 31 August 2012 | GK | Grzegorz Sandomierski | Genk | Season-long loan |
| 21 November 2012 | FW | Joshua King | Manchester United | 1 Month loan |

#### Loan out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Loan length |
| 2 July 2012 | DF | Ryan Edwards | Rochdale | 6-month loan |
| 8 August 2012 | FW | Jordan Slew | Oldham Athletic | 6-month loan |
| 14 August 2012 | DF | Myles Anderson | Aldershot Town | 1-month loan |
| 15 August 2012 | DF | Anthony O'Connor | Burton Albion | 1-month loan |
| 31 August 2012 | FW | David Goodwillie | Crystal Palace | 4 and a half month loan |
| 27 September 2012 | FW | Micah Evans | Chesterfield | 3-month loan |
| 25 October 2012 | DF | Josh Morris | Rotherham United | 1-month loan |
| 26 October 2012 | FW | Osayamen Osawe | Accrington Stanley | 1-month loan |
| 9 November 2012 | GK | Christopher Dilo | Hyde | 1-month loan |
| 14 November 2012 | DF | Bradley Orr | Ipswich Town | 3-month loan (until 26 January 2013) |
| 22 November 2012 | DF | Jack O'Connell | Rotherham United | 1-month loan |

### January
#### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 2 January 2013 | FW | Joshua King | Manchester United | Undisclosed |
| 30 January 2013 | FW | Anton Forrester | Everton | Free transfer |
| 8 February 2013 | MF | Lee Williamson | Free agent | Free transfer |
* Total spent ~ Undisclosed fee

#### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 4 January 2013 | DF | Myles Anderson | Exeter City | Free |
| 30 January 2013 | MF | Amine Linganzi | Released | Contract terminated by mutual consent |
| 31 January 2013 | MF | Simon Vukčević | Released | Contract terminated by mutual consent |
* Total sold ~ £0

#### Loan in

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Loan length | Source |
| 9 January 2013 | DF | Todd Kane | Chelsea | 1 month youth loan | |

#### Emergency Loans

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Loan length |
| 8 February 2013 | FW | DJ Campbell | Queens Park Rangers | 3-month loan |
| 15 February 2013 | MF | David Bentley | Tottenham Hotspur | 3-month loan |
| 15 February 2013 | DF | Karim Rekik | Manchester City | 3-month loan |
| 1 March 2013 | MF | Cameron Stewart | Hull City | 3-month loan |
| 2 March 2013 | MF | David Jones | Wigan | 3-month loan |
| 15 March 2013 | DF | Todd Kane | Chelsea | 1-month loan |

#### Loan out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Loan length |
| 6 January 2013 | DF | Bruno Ribeiro | Clube Atlético Linense | 6-month loan |
| 12 January 2013 | FW | Curtis Haley | Chorley | 1-month loan |
| 14 January 2013 | DF | Anthony O'Connor | Burton Albion | 6-month loan |
| 24 January 2013 | CM | Mauro Formica | Palermo | 6-month loan |
| 24 January 2013 | DF | Jack O'Connell | York City | 1-month loan |
| 30 January 2013 | GK | Christopher Dilo | Hyde | 1-month loan |
| 30 January 2013 | FW | Osayamen Osawe | Hyde | 1-month loan |
| 31 January 2013 | FW | Jordan Slew | Rotherham United | 1-month loan |
| 31 January 2013 | MF | Diogo Rosado | Benfica | 5-month loan |
| 31 January 2013 | FW | Micah Evans | Macclesfield Town | 1-month loan |
| 31 January 2013 | FW | Rubén Rochina | Real Zaragoza | 5-month loan |
| 11 February 2013 | MF | Paulo Jorge | Beroe Stara Zagora | 4-month loan |
| 13 February 2013 | FW | Edinho Júnior | Shillong Lajong | 4-month loan |
| 21 February 2013 | DF | Ryan Edwards | Fleetwood Town | 1-month loan |