# 2012–13 Bristol City F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Bristol City's 111th season in the Football League. It was their 6th in the Football League Championship (Second Tier) since joining in 2007.
Bristol City had three kits that season, using the previous season's away kit (yellow and navy) as their third kit, however it was never used in the campaign.

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 20 | Millwall | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 51 | 62 | −11 | 56 | |
| 21 | Barnsley | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 56 | 70 | −14 | 55 | |
| 22 | Peterborough United (R) | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 66 | 75 | −9 | 54 | Relegation to Football League One |
| 23 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (R) | 46 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 55 | 69 | −14 | 51 | Relegation to Football League One |
| 24 | Bristol City (R) | 46 | 11 | 8 | 27 | 59 | 84 | −25 | 41 | Relegation to Football League One |

## Squad

| No. | Name | Position (s) | Place of Birth | Date of Birth (Age) | Club caps | Club goals | Int. caps | Int. goals | Date signed | Signed from | Fee | Contract End |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Tom Heaton | GK | Chester | (1986-04-15)15 April 1986 (aged 27) | – | – | – | – | 27 July 2012 | Cardiff City | Free | 30 June 2013 |
| 22 | Dean Gerken | GK | Rochford | (1985-05-22)22 May 1985 (aged 28) | 56 | 0 | – | – | 1 July 2009 | Colchester United | £400,000 | 30 June 2013 |
| 32 | Lewis Carey | GK | Tunbridge Wells | (1993-06-02)2 June 1993 (aged 19) | – | – | – | – | 1 July 2012 | Academy | Trainee | 30 June 2013 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Richard Foster | RB/LB/LM | Aberdeen | (1985-07-31)31 July 1985 (aged 27) | 21 | 0 | – | – | 6 January 2012 | Aberdeen | £260,000 | 30 June 2014 |
| 3 | Mark Wilson | RB/LB/RM | Glasgow | (1984-06-05)5 June 1984 (aged 28) | – | – | 1 | 0 | 16 August 2012 | Celtic | Free | 30 June 2013 |
| 4 | Liam Fontaine | CB/LB | London | (1986-01-07)7 January 1986 (aged 27) | 244 | 6 | – | – | 12 June 2006 | Fulham | £200,000 | 30 June 2014 |
| 5 | Lewin Nyatanga | CB/LB | Burton upon Trent | (1988-08-18)18 August 1988 (aged 24) | 90 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 14 July 2009 | Derby County | £500,000 | 30 June 2013 |
| 6 | Louis Carey | CB/RB | Bristol | (1977-01-22)22 January 1977 (aged 36) | 625 | 15 | – | – | 31 January 2005 | Coventry City | Free | 30 June 2013 |
| 12 | James Wilson | CB/LB/RB | Chepstow | (1989-02-26)26 February 1989 (aged 24) | 28 | 1 | – | – | 6 May 2006 | Academy | Trainee | 30 June 2014 |
| 17 | Greg Cunningham | LB/LM | Carnmore | (1991-01-31)31 January 1991 (aged 22) | – | – | 2 | 0 | 5 July 2012 | Manchester City | Undisclosed | 30 June 2016 |
| 19 | Brendan Moloney | RB/CB/LB | Killarney | (1989-01-18)18 January 1989 (aged 24) | – | – | – | – | 25 January 2013 | Nottingham Forest | Free | 30 June 2015 |
| 28 | Aaron Amadi-Holloway | CB/RB/LB | | (1993-02-21)21 February 1993 (aged 20) | – | – | – | – | 1 July 2012 | Academy | Trainee | 30 June 2013 |
| 39 | Matthew Bates | CB/RB/DM | Stockton | (1986-12-10)10 December 1986 (aged 26) | – | – | – | – | 17 November 2012 | Free agent | Free | 30 June 2013 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 8 | Neil Kilkenny | CM/AM | Enfield | (1985-12-19)19 December 1985 (aged 27) | 43 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 24 June 2011 | Leeds United | Free | 30 June 2014 |
| 10 | Liam Kelly | CM/DM/RM | Milton Keynes | (1990-02-10)10 February 1990 (aged 23) | – | – | 1 | 0 | 11 January 2013 | Kilmarnock | £220,000 | 30 June 2016 |
| 11 | Brian Howard | CM/LM | Winchester | (1983-01-23)23 January 1983 (aged 30) | – | – | – | – | 15 February 2013 | Free agent | Free | 30 June 2013 |
| 14 | Cole Skuse | DM/RM | Bristol | (1986-03-29)29 March 1986 (aged 27) | 280 | 9 | – | – | 1 July 2004 | Academy | Trainee | 30 June 2013 |
| 15 | Stephen Pearson | LM/CM/AM | Lanark | (1982-10-02)2 October 1982 (aged 30) | 30 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 6 January 2012 | Derby County | Free | 30 June 2014 |
| 21 | Paul Anderson | RW/LW | Melton Mowbray | (1988-07-23)23 July 1988 (aged 24) | – | – | – | – | 26 July 2012 | Nottingham Forest | Free | 30 June 2014 |
| 24 | Bobby Reid | CM/AM | Bristol | (1993-02-02)2 February 1993 (aged 20) | 1 | 0 | – | – | 29 April 2011 | Academy | Trainee | 30 June 2015 |
| 25 | Marvin Elliott | DM/CM | London | (1984-09-15)15 September 1984 (aged 28) | 199 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 30 July 2007 | Millwall | £440,000 | 30 June 2014 |
| 26 | Joe Bryan | LM/LB | Bristol | (1993-09-17)17 September 1993 (aged 19) | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 August 2011 | Academy | Trainee | 30 June 2015 |
| 27 | Albert Adomah | RM/RW | London | (1987-12-13)13 December 1987 (aged 25) | 95 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 July 2011 | Barnet | £150,000 | 30 June 2014 |
| 35 | Toby Ajala | WG/ST | London | (1991-09-27)27 September 1991 (aged 21) | – | – | – | – | 2012 | Hayes & Yeading United | Free | 30 June 2013 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sam Baldock | ST/RW | Buckingham | (1989-03-15)15 March 1989 (aged 24) | – | – | – | – | 21 August 2012 | West Ham United | £1,100,000 | 30 June 2015 |
| 9 | Jon Stead | ST/RW | Huddersfield | (1983-04-07)7 April 1983 (aged 30) | 53 | 15 | – | – | 23 August 2010 | Ipswich Town | £250,000 | 30 June 2013 |
| 16 | Steve Davies | ST/LW | Liverpool | (1987-12-29)29 December 1987 (aged 25) | – | – | – | – | 20 August 2012 | Derby County | £750,000 | 30 June 2015 |
| 18 | Ryan Taylor | ST | Rotherham | (1988-05-04)4 May 1988 (aged 25) | 8 | 1 | – | – | 1 July 2011 | Rotherham United | Undisclosed | 30 June 2014 |
| 29 | Wesley Burns | ST/RW/CM | Cardiff | (1995-10-28)28 October 1995 (aged 17) | – | – | – | – | 18 December 2012 | Academy | Trainee | 30 June 2014 |

### Statistics

    As of 11 June 2013
| 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 | Tom Heaton | 44 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Richard Foster | 31 | 0 | 27+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Mark Wilson | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Liam Fontaine | 43 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | WAL | Lewin Nyatanga | 20 | 2 | 18+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Louis Carey | 17 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ENG | Sam Baldock | 34 | 10 | 23+11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Neil Kilkenny | 24 | 0 | 15+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Jon Stead | 30 | 5 | 21+7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Liam Kelly | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Brian Howard | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | WAL | James Wilson | 8 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Cole Skuse | 27 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | SCO | Stephen Pearson | 38 | 3 | 33+3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ENG | Steve Davies | 38 | 13 | 21+16 | 13 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | IRL | Greg Cunningham | 31 | 1 | 29+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Ryan Taylor | 26 | 1 | 16+9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | IRL | Brendan Moloney | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Paul Anderson | 30 | 3 | 18+11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ENG | Dean Gerken | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Bobby Reid | 5 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Marvin Elliott | 33 | 3 | 25+7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Joe Bryan | 12 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Albert Adomah | 42 | 7 | 30+11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | WAL | Aaron Amadi-Holloway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | WAL | Wes Burns | 7 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | ENG | Lewis Carey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | ENG | Matthew Bates | 13 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players featured for club who have left: ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | COD | Yannick Bolasie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Jersey | Brett Pitman | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Martyn Woolford | 17 | 3 | 10+5 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | SCO | Stephen McManus (on loan from Middlesbrough) | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Jody Morris | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ENG | Matthew Briggs (on loan from Fulham) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | CMR | George Elokobi (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | ENG | Neil Danns (on loan from Leicester City) | 9 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | SCO | Danny Wilson (on loan from Liverpool) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source:

#### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Name | Championship | FA Cup | League Trophy | Total |
| 1 | 16 | FW | Steve Davies | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | 7 | FW | Sam Baldock | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | 27 | MF | Albert Adomah | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 9 | FW | Jon Stead | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 21 | MF | Paul Anderson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 25 | MF | Marvin Elliott | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 15 | MF | Stephen Pearson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 11 | MF | Martyn Woolford | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 5 | DF | Lewin Nyatanga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 38 | MF | Neil Danns | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 17 | DF | Greg Cunningham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 4 | DF | Liam Fontaine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 19 | DF | Stephen McManus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 18 | MF | Ryan Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 57 | 0 | 1 | 58 |

#### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Name | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Tom Heaton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Stephen Foster | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Liam Fontaine | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Lewin Nyatanga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Louis Carey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Sam Baldock | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Neil Kilkenny | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Liam Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Martyn Woolford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | James Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Cole Skuse | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Stephen Pearson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Steve Davies | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Greg Cunningham | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Stephen McManus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Jody Morris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Marvin Elliott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Joe Bryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Albert Adomah | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Wes Burns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | Neil Danns | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 20 | MF | Jody Morris | 33 | EU | St Johnstone | Free | Summer | 2013 | Free |
| 17 | DF | Greg Cunningham | 21 | EU | Manchester City | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | Undisclosed |
| 21 | MF | Paul Anderson | 24 | EU | Nottingham Forest | Free | Summer | 2014 | Free |
| 1 | GK | Tom Heaton | 26 | EU | Cardiff City | Free | Summer | 2013 | Free |
| 3 | DF | Mark Wilson | 28 | EU | Celtic | Free | Summer | 2013 | Free |
| 16 | FW | Steve Davies | 24 | EU | Derby County | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | £750,000 |
| 7 | FW | Sam Baldock | 23 | EU | West Ham United | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | £1,100,000 |
| 39 | DF | Matthew Bates | 25 | EU | Free agent | Free transfer | | 2013 | Free |
| 10 | MF | Liam Kelly | 22 | EU | Kilmarnock | Transfer | Winter | 2016 | £220,000 |
| 19 | DF | Brendan Moloney | 24 | EU | Nottingham Forest | Free transfer | Winter | 2015 | Free |
| 11 | MF | Brian Howard | 30 | EU | Free agent | Free transfer | | 2013 | Free |

### Loans in

| No. | P | Name | Age | Loan club | Started | Ended |
| 30 | DF | George Elokobi | 26 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 26 September | 27 December |
| 19 | DF | Stephen McManus | 30 | Middlesbrough | 17 October | 17 January |
| 29 | DF | Matthew Briggs | 21 | Fulham | 26 October | 26 November |
| 38 | MF | Neil Danns | 30 | Leicester City | 15 November | 3 January |
| 40 | DF | Danny Wilson | 21 | Liverpool | 22 November | January |

### Out

| N | P | Name | Age | Type | Moving to | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Apps | Goals | Source |
| 25 | DF | Danny Ball | 20 | Contract ended | Bath City | Summer | Free | 0 | 0 | Non League Daily |
| 20 | MF | Jamal Campbell-Ryce | 29 | Contract ended | Notts County | Summer | Free | 65 | 2 | |
| 16 | FW | David Clarkson | 26 | Contract ended | Bristol Rovers | Summer | Free | 63 | 11 | |
| 24 | FW | Marlon Jackson | 21 | Contract ended | Hereford United | Summer | Free | 5 | 0 | |
| 1 | GK | David James | 41 | Contract ended | | Summer | Free | 79 | 0 | |
| 3 | DF | Jamie McAllister | 34 | Contract ended | Yeovil Town | Summer | Free | 210 | 4 | |
| 30 | DF | Henry Muggeridge | - | Contract ended | | Summer | Free | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | DF | Christian Ribeiro | 22 | Contract ended | Scunthorpe United | Summer | Free | 17 | 0 | |
| 7 | MF | Yannick Bolasie | 23 | Transfer | Crystal Palace | Summer | £550,000 | 23 | 1 | |
| 10 | FW | Brett Pitman | 24 | Transfer | Bournemouth | Winter | Undisclosed | 75 | 19 | |
| 11 | MF | Martyn Woolford | 27 | Transfer | Millwall | Winter | Undisclosed | 59 | 4 | |
| 23 | DF | Joe Edwards | 22 | Transfer | Yeovil Town | Summer | Undisclosed | 4 | 0 | |
| 20 | MF | Jody Morris | 34 | Contract terminated | Free agent | Winter | Free | 4 | 0 | |

### Loans out

| No. | P | Name | Country | Age | Loan club | Started | Ended | Start source | End source |
| 23 | DF | Joe Edwards | | 22 | Yeovil Town | 21 September | 22 December | | |
| 10 | FW | Brett Pitman | | 24 | Bournemouth | 20 November | 3 January | | |

### Contracts

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Status | Contract length | Expiry date |
| 6 | DF | Louis Carey | 35 | Signed | 1 year | June 2013 |
| 32 | GK | Lewis Carey | 19 | Signed | 1 year | June 2013 |
| 23 | DF | Joe Edwards | 21 | Signed | 1 year | June 2013 |
| 37 | MF | Stephen Pearson | 29 | Signed | 2 years | June 2014 |
| 29 | MF | Aaron Amadi-Holloway | 19 | Signed | 1 year | June 2013 |
| 26 | MF | Joe Bryan | 19 | Signed | 3 years | June 2015 |
| 24 | MF | Bobby Reid | 19 | signed | 3 years | June 2015 |
| 39 | DF | Matthew Bates | 26 | Signed | 6 months | June 2013 |