# 2012–13 Peterborough United F.C. season

The 2012–13 season is Peterborough United's second consecutive season in the Championship.

## Events of the season
### June

* 11 June – Mark Robson leaves to join Barnet as manager.
* 29 June – Preston North End midfielder Paul Coutts rejects an offer to re-join Peterborough.

### July

* 4 July – Gavin Strachan is promoted to first team coach.
* 5 July – Stevenage rejects a joint £1 million bid for Lawrie Wilson and Michael Bostwick.
* 6 July – Defender Gabriel Zakuani is named club captain.

### November

* 12 November – Tyrone Barnett, Nathaniel Mendez-Laing, Emile Sinclair and Gabriel Zakuani are placed on the transfer list following a breach of club discipline.

### May

* 4 May – Peterborough are relegated back to League One following a 3–2 loss at Crystal Palace.

## Championship data
### 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 |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 5 May 2013. Source:

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AUT | Bobby Olejnik |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Craig Alcock |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Shaun Brisley |
| 5 | DF | COD | Gabriel Zakuani (Vice Club Captain)) |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Michael Bostwick |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Danny Swanson |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Lee Tomlin |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Tyrone Barnett |
| 10 | MF | SCO | George Boyd (on loan at Hull City) |
| 11 | MF | NIR | Grant McCann |
| 12 | FW | ENG | Emile Sinclair (on loan at Doncaster Rovers) |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Joe Day |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Tommy Rowe (Captain)) |
| 15 | FW | ENG | Dave Hibbert |
| 16 | MF | IRL | Daniel Kearns (on loan at Rotherham United) |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Joe Newell |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Kane Ferdinand |
| 19 | DF | ENG | Mark Little |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Nathaniel Knight-Percival |
| 21 | FW | ENG | Nicky Ajose (on loan at Bury) |
| 22 | FW | ENG | Jonson Clarke-Harris (on loan at Bury) |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Davide Petrucci (on loan from Manchester United) |
| 24 | DF | RSA | Kgosi Ntlhe |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Peter Grant |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Jack Payne (on loan from Gillingham) |
| 28 | FW | ENG | Jaani Gordon-Hutton |
| 30 | MF | ENG | Michael Richens |
| 33 | MF | ENG | Alex Pritchard (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) |
| 34 | FW | ENG | Dwight Gayle |
| 36 | MF | ENG | Charlie Coulson |
| 38 | MF | BEL | Florent Cuvelier (on loan from Stoke City) |
| 44 | MF | ENG | Nathaniel Mendez-Laing |

### Statistics

    As of 5 May 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 | AUT | Bobby Olejnik | 49 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Craig Alcock | 29 | 0 | 23+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Shaun Brisley | 31 | 0 | 23+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | COD | Gabriel Zakuani | 34 | 1 | 30+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Michael Bostwick | 42 | 5 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Danny Swanson | 30 | 2 | 10+17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | ENG | Lee Tomlin | 44 | 13 | 39+3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Tyrone Barnett | 18 | 1 | 10+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | NIR | Grant McCann | 43 | 8 | 28+12 | 8 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Joe Day | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Tommy Rowe | 32 | 5 | 30+1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | ENG | Dave Hibbert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Joe Newell | 33 | 1 | 22+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Kane Ferdinand | 32 | 1 | 15+16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ENG | Mark Little | 44 | 1 | 39+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Nathaniel Knight-Percival | 33 | 0 | 29+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Davide Petrucci (on loan from Manchester United) | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | RSA | Kgosi Ntlhe | 15 | 1 | 9+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Peter Grant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Jack Payne (on loan from Gillingham) | 14 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Jaani Gordon-Hutton | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ENG | Jermaine Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ENG | Alex Pritchard (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | ENG | Dwight Gayle | 29 | 13 | 28+1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | ENG | Regan Carthey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | ENG | Charlie Coulson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | BEL | Florent Cuvelier (on loan from Stoke City) | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | ENG | Nathaniel Mendez-Laing | 21 | 3 | 13+8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Scott Griffiths | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players currently out on loan: ||||||||||||
| 10 | MF | SCO | George Boyd (at Hull City) | 34 | 7 | 30+1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | ENG | Emile Sinclair (at Doncaster Rovers) | 13 | 3 | 5+8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | IRL | Daniel Kearns (at Rotherham United) | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ENG | Nicky Ajose (at Bury) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ENG | Jonson Clarke-Harris (at Bury) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left during the course of the season: ||||||||||||
| 23 | MF | IRL | Lee Frecklington | 6 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | ENG | Paul Taylor | 5 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 31 | DF | ENG | Scott Wootton (on loan from Manchester United) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ENG | George Thorne (on loan from West Bromwich Albion) | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | ENG | Saido Berahino (on loan from West Bromwich Albion) | 10 | 2 | 7+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Name | Championship | FA Cup | League Trophy | Total |
| 1 | 8 | MF | Lee Tomlin | 11 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 1 | 34 | FW | Dwight Gayle | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | 11 | MF | Grant McCann | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | 10 | MF | George Boyd | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | 6 | MF | Michael Bostwick | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 14 | MF | Tommy Rowe | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | 12 | FW | Emile Sinclair | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 44 | FW | Nathaniel Mendez-Laing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 7 | MF | Danny Swanson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 26 | FW | Paul Taylor | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 38 | FW | Saido Berahino | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 5 | DF | Gabriel Zakuani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 9 | FW | Tyrone Barnett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 17 | MF | Joe Newell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 18 | MF | Kane Ferdinand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 19 | DF | Mark Little | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 23 | MF | Davide Petrucci | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 24 | DF | Kgosi Ntlhe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 31 | DF | Scott Wootton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 33 | MF | George Thorne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 64 | 0 | 6 | 70 |

#### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Name | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Bobby Olejnik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Shaun Brisley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Gabriel Zakuani | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Michael Bostwick | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Danny Swanson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Lee Tomlin | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Tyrone Barnett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | George Boyd | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Grant McCann | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Emile Sinclair | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Joe Newell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Mark Little | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Nathaniel Knight-Percival | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Davide Petteruci | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Lee Frecklington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Kgosi Ntlhe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Paul Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | Dwight Gayle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | Nathaniel Mendez-Laing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 55 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 1 |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 20 | DF | Nathaniel Knight-Percival | 25 | EU | Wrexham | Free | Summer | 2014 | Free | BBC Sport |
| | DF | Sage | 17 | EU | Youth system | Promoted | Summer | 2014 | Youth system | Official Site |
| 35 | DF | Charlie Coulson | 16 | EU | Youth system | Promoted | Summer | 2015 | Youth system | BBC Sport |
| 9 | FW | Tyrone Barnett | 26 | EU | Crawley Town | Transfer | Summer | 2014 | £1,200,000 | BBC Sport |
| 4 | DF | Shaun Brisley | 22 | EU | Macclesfield Town | Transfer | Summer | 2014 | Undisclosed | BBC Sport |
| 7 | MF | Danny Swanson | 25 | EU | Dundee United | Free | Summer | 2014 | Free | BBC Sport |
| 1 | GK | Bobby Olejnik | 25 | EU | Torquay United | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | £300,000$^1$ | BBC Sport |
| 44 | FW | Nathaniel Mendez-Laing | 20 | EU | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | £100,000$^2$ | Official Site |
| 6 | MF | Michael Bostwick | 24 | EU | Stevenage | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | Undisclosed | BBC Sport |
| | DF | Richens | 17 | EU | Youth system | Promoted | Summer | 2015 | Youth system | BBC Sport |
| 22 | FW | Jonson Clarke-Harris | 18 | EU | Coventry City | Free | Summer | 2014 | Free | Official Site |
| 18 | MF | Kane Ferdinand | 19 | EU | Southend United | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | £200,000 | BBC Sport |
| 34 | FW | Dwight Gayle | 21 | EU | Dagenham & Redbridge | Transfer | Winter | 2017 | £500,000 | BBC Sport |
* Total spending: ~ £2,300,000+

#### Notes

$^1$Although officially undisclosed, the Peterborough Evening Telegraph reported the fee to be around £300,000. $^2$Although officially undisclosed, the Express and Star reported the fee to be £100,000.

### Loans in

| No. | P | Name | Age | Loan club | Started | Ended | Start source | End source |
| 38 | FW | Saido Berahino | 19 | West Bromwich Albion | 1 October | 6 December | BBC Sport | Peterborough United FC |
| 34 | FW | Dwight Gayle | 21 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 20 November | 2 January | BBC Sport | BBC Sport |
| 33 | MF | George Thorne | 19 | West Bromwich Albion | 21 November | 28 December | BBC Sport | BBC Sport |
| 23 | MF | Davide Petrucci | 33 | Manchester United | 9 January | 31 May | BBC Sport | |
| 31 | DF | Scott Wootton | 21 | Manchester United | 9 January | 5 February | BBC Sport | Sky Sports |
| | MF | Jack Payne | 21 | Gillingham | 26 January | 31 May | Peterborough United FC | |
| 33 | MF | Alex Pritchard | 19 | Tottenham Hotspur | 31 January | 31 May | BBC Sport | |
| 38 | MF | Florent Cuvelier | 20 | Stoke City | 27 March | 31 May | BBC Sport | |

### Out

| N | P | Name | Age | Type | Moving to | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Apps | Goals | Source |
| 1 | GK | Joe Lewis | 24 | Out of Contract | Cardiff City | Summer | Free | 190 | 0 | South Wales Echo |
| 28 | GK | Paul Jones | 25 | Out of Contract | Crawley Town | Summer | Free | 41 | 0 | Sky Sports |
| 25 | MF | Nathan Ralph | 19 | Free Transfer | Yeovil Town | Summer | Free | 0 | 0 | BBC Sport |
| 36 | MF | Matt Breeze | 19 | Contract Terminated | Worcester City | Summer | Free | 0 | 0 | None-League 365 |
| 9 | FW | David Ball | 22 | Transfer | Fleetwood Town | Summer | Undisclosed | 45 | 11 | BBC Sport |
| 26 | FW | Paul Taylor | 24 | Transfer | Ipswich Town | Summer | Undisclosed | 53 | 14 | Ipswich Town FC |
| 23 | MF | Lee Frecklington | 27 | Transfer | Rotherham United | Winter | Undisclosed | 102 | 10 | BBC Sport |

### Loans out

| No. | P | Name | Age | Loan club | Started | Ended | Start source | End source |
| 21 | FW | Nicky Ajose | 32 | Crawley Town | 17 August | 1 January | BBC Sport | |
| 16 | MF | Daniel Kearns | 21 | York City | 4 October | 29 November | BBC Sport | BBC Sport |
| | DF | Scott Griffiths | 38 | Plymouth Argyle | 9 October | 20 November | BBC Sport | |
| 22 | FW | Jonson Clarke-Harris | 18 | Southend United | 12 October | 12 November | BBC Sport | Sky Sports |
| 23 | MF | Lee Frecklington | 27 | Rotherham United | 19 October | 20 November | BBC Sport | Peterborough United FC |
| 44 | FW | Nathaniel Mendez-Laing | 32 | Portsmouth | 15 November | | BBC Sport | |
| 9 | FW | Tyrone Barnett | 27 | Ipswich Town | 19 November | 13 December | BBC Sport | BBC Sport |
| 12 | FW | Emile Sinclair | 25 | Barnsley | 20 November | 5 January | BBC Sport | Sky Sports |
| 23 | MF | Lee Frecklington | 27 | Rotherham United | 22 November | 2 January | Peterborough United FC | BBC Sport |
| 12 | FW | Emile Sinclair | 25 | Doncaster Rovers | 5 January | 31 May | Sky Sports | |
| 16 | MF | Daniel Kearns | 21 | Rotherham United | 9 January | 31 May | BBC Sport | |
| 21 | FW | Nicky Ajose | 21 | Bury | 23 January | 31 May | BBC Sport | |
| 22 | FW | Jonson Clarke-Harris | 18 | Bury | 15 February | 31 May | BBC Sport | |
| 10 | MF | George Boyd | 27 | Hull City | 21 February | 31 May | BBC Sport | |