# 2012–13 Ipswich Town F.C. season

The 2012–13 season is Ipswich Town's eleventh consecutive season in the Football League Championship, the second-highest division in the English football league system. In addition to competing in the Championship, Ipswich Town also competed in the League Cup and the FA Cup.

## First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Scott Loach |
| 2 | DF | WAL | Elliott Hewitt |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Aaron Cresswell |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Luke Chambers |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Richard Stearman (on loan from Woverhampton Wanderers) |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Patrick Kisnorbo (on loan from Leeds United) |
| 7 | MF | TRI | Carlos Edwards (captain) |
| 8 | MF | SEN | Guirane N'Daw (on loan from Saint-Étienne) |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Jay Emmanuel-Thomas |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Michael Chopra |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Lee Martin |
| 12 | GK | ENG | Arran Lee-Barrett |
| 13 | GK | WAL | Jason Brown |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Anthony Wordsworth |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Tyrone Mings |
| 16 | FW | ENG | David McGoldrick (on loan from Nottingham Forest) |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Andy Drury |
| 18 | MF | IRL | Jay Tabb (on loan from Reading) |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Luke Hyam |
| 20 | DF | NZL | Tommy Smith |
| 21 | DF | ENG | Reece Brown (on loan from Manchester United) |
| 22 | MF | NIR | Josh Carson |
| 25 | FW | ENG | Aaron McLean (on loan from Hull City) |
| 26 | FW | ENG | Paul Taylor |
| 27 | FW | IRL | Daryl Murphy (on loan from Celtic) |
| 35 | FW | ENG | Frank Nouble |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | IRL | Damien Delaney (to Crystal Palace) |
| 5 | FW | ENG | DJ Campbell (loan return to Queens Park Rangers) |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Danny Higginbotham (loan return to Stoke City) |
| 13 | GK | IRL | Stephen Henderson (loan return to West Ham United) |
| 14 | FW | TRI | Jason Scotland (to Barnsley) |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Massimo Luongo (loan return to Tottenham Hotspur) |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Richie Wellens (loan return to Leicester City) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Ryan Stevenson (to Heart of Midlothian) |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Nathan Ellington (released) |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Bilel Mohsni (loan return to Southend United) |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Nigel Reo-Coker (to Vancouver Whitecaps) |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Bradley Orr (loan return to Blackburn Rovers) |
| 25 | FW | ENG | Tyrone Barnett (loan return to Peterborough United) |
| – | DF | CTA | Kelly Youga (released) |

### Under-23 squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | FW | IRL | Ronan Murray |
| 29 | DF | ENG | Jack Ainsley |
| 31 | MF | ENG | Byron Lawrence |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 32 | MF | NIR | Cormac Burke |
| 34 | FW | ENG | Jack Marriott |

## First-team coaching staff

Until 24 October:
| Position | Name |
| Manager | Paul Jewell |
| Assistant Manager | Chris Hutchings |
| Assistant Manager | Sean McCarthy |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Malcolm Webster |
| Fitness Coach | Andy Liddell |
| Head Physiotherapist | Matt Byard |
| Assistant Head Physiotherapist | Alex Chapman |
| Kitman | Paul Beesley |
From 1 November:
| Position | Name |
| Manager | Mick McCarthy |
| Assistant Manager | Terry Connor |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Malcolm Webster |
| Fitness Coach | Andy Liddell |
| Head Physiotherapist | Matt Byard |
| Assistant Head Physiotherapist | Alex Chapman |
| Kitman | Paul Beesley |

## Competitions
### Football League Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 12 | Birmingham City | 46 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 63 | 69 | −6 | 61 |
| 13 | Leeds United | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 57 | 66 | −9 | 61 |
| 14 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 48 | 61 | −13 | 60 |
| 15 | Blackpool | 46 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 62 | 63 | −1 | 59 |
| 16 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 18 | 5 | 23 | 61 | 70 | −9 | 59 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 4 May 2013. Source: Table

#### 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | L | D | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | L | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | L |
| Position | 15 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 14 |

#### May
### FA Cup
### Football League Cup
## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 30 May 2012 | RB | Elliott Hewitt | Macclesfield Town | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2012 | CM | Cheick Kourouma | Genoa | Free transfer |
| 9 July 2012 | CB | Luke Chambers | Nottingham Forest | Free transfer |
| 19 July 2012 | GK | Scott Loach | Watford | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2012 | CF | Paul Taylor | Peterborough United | Undisclosed |
| 14 October 2012 | DM | Nigel Reo-Coker | Free agent | Free transfer |
| 13 November 2012 | LB | Kelly Youga | Free Agent | Free transfer |
| 13 December 2012 | LB | Tyrone Mings | Chippenham Town | £10,000 |
| 8 January 2013 | CF | Frank Nouble | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Undisclosed |
| 30 January 2013 | CM | Anthony Wordsworth | Colchester United | Undisclosed |
| 28 March 2013 | GK | Jason Brown | Free agent | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 24 July 2012 | CM | Massimo Luongo | Tottenham Hotspur | 30 June 2013 |
| 24 August 2012 | DM | Guirane N'Daw | Saint-Étienne | 30 June 2013 |
| 31 August 2012 | CF | Daryl Murphy | Celtic | 30 June 2013 |
| 4 October 2012 | CM | Richie Wellens | Leicester City | 11 November 2012 |
| 5 October 2012 | CF | DJ Campbell | Queens Park Rangers | 2 January 2013 |
| 5 October 2012 | CB | Bilel Mohsni | Southend United | 1 January 2013 |
| 16 October 2012 | GK | Stephen Henderson | West Ham United | 2 January 2013 |
| 31 October 2012 | CB | Danny Higginbotham | Stoke City | 1 January 2013 |
| 14 November 2012 | RB | Bradley Orr | Blackburn Rovers | 27 January 2013 |
| 19 November 2012 | CF | Tyrone Barnett | Peterborough United | 13 December 2012 |
| 3 January 2013 | CB | Patrick Kisnorbo | Leeds United | 30 June 2013 |
| 4 January 2013 | CF | Aaron McLean | Hull City | 30 June 2013 |
| 4 January 2013 | CF | David McGoldrick | Nottingham Forest | 30 June 2013 |
| 29 January 2013 | RB | Richard Stearman | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 30 June 2013 |
| 31 January 2013 | GK | Stephen Henderson | West Ham United | 30 March 2013 |
| 25 February 2013 | CB | Reece Brown | Manchester United | 30 June 2013 |
| 7 March 2013 | LM | Jay Tabb | Reading | 5 May 2013 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2012 | CB | Ibrahima Sonko | Akhisar Belediyespor | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2012 | CM | Jimmy Bullard | Milton Keynes Dons | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2012 | GK | Richard Wright | Preston North End | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2012 | CM | Grant Leadbitter | Middlesbrough | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2012 | CM | Lee Bowyer | Retired | Retired |
| 1 July 2012 | LB | Mark Kennedy | Retired | Retired |
| 1 July 2012 | GK | Cody Cropper | Southampton | Free transfer |
| 23 August 2012 | RB | Jaime Peters | Free agent | Mutual consent |
| 30 August 2012 | CB | Damien Delaney | Crystal Palace | Free transfer |
| 31 August 2012 | AM | Ryan Stevenson | Heart of Midlothian | Free transfer |
| 23 November 2012 | CM | Colin Healy | Free agent | Mutual consent |
| 21 December 2012 | CM | Cheick Kourouma | Free Agent | Released |
| 12 January 2013 | DM | Nigel Reo-Coker | Vancouver Whitecaps | Mutual Consent |
| 28 January 2013 | CF | Jason Scotland | Barnsley | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2013 | CF | Nathan Ellington | Free agent | Mutual Consent |
| 11 March 2013 | LB | Kelly Youga | Free agent | Released |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 16 November 2012 | CF | Nathan Ellington | Scunthorpe United | 6 January 2013 |
| 10 January 2013 | CF | Ronan Murray | Plymouth Argyle | 28 April 2013 |
| 12 February 2013 | RB | Joe Whight | Chelmsford City | 30 June 2013 |
| 26 February 2013 | RB | Jack Ainsley | Chelmsford City | 30 June 2013 |
| 14 March 2013 | LW | Josh Carson | York City | 15 April 2013 |
| 30 March 2013 | CF | Tom Winter | Leiston | 30 June 2013 |

## Squad statistics

All statistics updated as of end of season

### Appearances and goals

| 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 |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ENG | Scott Loach | 25 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ENG | Arran Lee-Barrett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | WAL | Jason Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | WAL | Elliott Hewitt | 8 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Aaron Cresswell | 49 | 4 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Luke Chambers | 46 | 3 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Richard Stearman | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Patrick Kisnorbo | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Tyrone Mings | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | NZL | Tommy Smith | 41 | 4 | 37+1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | DF | ENG | Reece Brown | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ENG | Jack Ainsley | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | TRI | Carlos Edwards | 46 | 3 | 42+1 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SEN | Guirane N'Daw | 34 | 1 | 32+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Lee Martin | 37 | 0 | 33+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Anthony Wordsworth | 7 | 1 | 2+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Andy Drury | 30 | 0 | 20+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | IRL | Jay Tabb | 9 | 1 | 7+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Luke Hyam | 32 | 1 | 26+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | NIR | Josh Carson | 7 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | NIR | Cormac Burke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ENG | Jay Emmanuel-Thomas | 32 | 2 | 10+19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Michael Chopra | 36 | 5 | 14+19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ENG | David McGoldrick | 14 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ENG | Aaron McLean | 8 | 1 | 4+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | ENG | Paul Taylor | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | IRL | Daryl Murphy | 40 | 7 | 32+7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | IRL | Ronan Murray | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | ENG | Jack Marriott | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | ENG | Frank Nouble | 17 | 2 | 6+11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | IRL | Damien Delaney | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | FW | ENG | DJ Campbell | 17 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Danny Higginbotham | 12 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | IRL | Stephen Henderson | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | TRI | Jason Scotland | 14 | 2 | 2+10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Massimo Luongo | 11 | 1 | 6+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Ryan Stevenson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Richie Wellens | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Nathan Ellington | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Bilel Mohsni | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Nigel Reo-Coker | 11 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Bradley Orr | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ENG | Tyrone Barnett | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: end of season Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 5 | FW | | DJ Campbell | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 27 | FW | | Daryl Murphy | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | FW | | Michael Chopra | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 20 | DF | | Tommy Smith | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 16 | FW | | David McGoldrick | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | DF | | Aaron Cresswell | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | DF | | Luke Chambers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | | Carlos Edwards | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | FW | | Jason Scotland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | | Jay Emmanuel-Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | FW | | Frank Nouble | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | MF | | Massimo Luongo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | Guirane N'Daw | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | | Luke Hyam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | FW | | Aaron McLean | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | | Anthony Wordsworth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | | Jay Tabb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 47 | 1 | 3 | 51 |

### Clean sheets

| No. | Nat | Player | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 13 | | Stephen Henderson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1 | | Scott Loach | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | Total | Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| 11 | MF | | Lee Martin | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | Guirane N'Daw | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | | Luke Hyam | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Michael Chopra | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Richard Stearman | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | | Luke Chambers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Andy Drury | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | | Tommy Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Aaron Cresswell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | FW | | DJ Campbell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Jay Emmanuel-Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Massimo Luongo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Nigel Reo-Coker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Bradley Orr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Patrick Kisnorbo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | | Stephen Henderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Richie Wellens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Bilel Mohsni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | | Daryl Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 49 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 2 |

## Awards
### Player awards

| Award | Player |
| Player of the Year | Tommy Smith |
| Players' Player of the Year | Luke Chambers |
| Young Player of the Year | Jack Marriott |
| Goal of the Season | Aaron Cresswell |