2012–13 Rangers F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was the 133rd season of competitive football by Rangers.

Rangers
2012–13 season
ChairmanCraig Whyte
(until 14 May)
Malcolm Murray
(from 14 June)
ManagerAlly McCoist
GroundIbrox Stadium
Glasgow, Scotland
(Capacity: 50,987)
Scottish Third Division1st
P36 W25 D8 L3 F87 A29
Scottish CupFifth Round
League CupQuarter-finals
Challenge CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Andrew Little (22)

All:
Lee McCulloch (26)
Highest home attendance50,048 vs Berwick Rangers
(4 May 2013)
Lowest home attendance23,195 vs Elgin City
(2 December 2012)
Average home league attendance45,744

Overview

Rangers played a total of 47 competitive matches during the 2012–13 season. Prior to the Rangers first team even kicking a ball in a football match that season, there were a series of off-the-field issues that had to be resolved. In June 2012, a criminal investigation was launched into Craig Whyte's takeover of Rangers Football Club Plc after a preliminary examination of the information passed to police by administrators Duff & Phelps.[1] While 4 July saw ten of the other eleven Scottish Premier League clubs vote against Rangers being admitted to the league for the 2012–13 season, meaning the club had to apply for a place in the Scottish Football League.[2] Over a week later, on 13 July, twenty-five of the thirty SFL member clubs voted to offer Rangers a place in the Third Division of the Football League for the start of the season.[3] However, as part of the transfer of SFA membership from oldco to newco, both companies along with the SFA, SPL and SFL had to agree to a five-way agreement.[4][5] The club received a twelve-month transfer ban which prevented it from registering any players over the age of eighteen, which began on 1 September and concluded at the end of the 2013 summer transfer window.[6]

Further to this the SPL instigated an investigation into Rangers transfer dealings between 2001 and 2011, after allegations of dual contracts between Rangers Football Club PLC (the company that formerly owned Rangers) and its staff. The investigation was conducted by a commission headed by Lord Nimmo Smith and concluded in February 2013.[7] The commission's findings concluded that Rangers Football Club PLC did not fully disclose to the football authorities all payments that it made to players and staff; however, this non-disclosure did not effect the playing staff's eligibility. Therefore, instead of a potential penalty that included the stripping of titles won by the first team, the punishment was only a fine of £250,000 for Rangers Football Club PLC.[8] Alongside the SPL investigation, HMRC's first tier tax tribunal's came to a conclusion during the season. On 20 November, the First-tier Tax Tribunal ruled that the Rangers Football Club PLC had not contravened tax law with its use of Employee Benefit Trusts,[9] however HMRC subsequently launched an appeal against the first-tier verdict in March 2013.[10]

Turmoil continued inside Ibrox Stadium despite the return of Walter Smith as a non-executive director in November 2012.[11] The company owning the club, Rangers Football Club Ltd, was floated on the stock exchange the following month, raising over £22m from an Initial public offering.[12] The tenure of Charles Green as chief executive proved volatile, with a number of contentious issues arising throughout the season. This included the sacking of Spanish striker Francisco Sandaza for reportedly attempting to negotiate transfer away from the club,[13] and allegations from former chairman Craig Whyte that he and Green had an agreement over the purchase of Rangers that allowed Whyte to retain a stake in the company.[14] An internal investigation by the club later concluded that there was no link between Green and Whyte.[15] The culmination of Green's tenure resulted in him resigning as chief executive[16] after the club launched an internal investigation into alleged racist remarks Green had made to commercial director Imran Ahmad.[17]

The off the field drama was to be mirrored by some on field, at least initially, as Rangers struggled to get to grips with life in the Third Division. The very first match in August away to Peterhead ended in a 2–2 draw and that was only thanks to a late goal from Andrew Little with the Toon out playing Rangers for large spells in the match. The away day league formed resulted in subsequent draws to Annan Athletic and Berwick Rangers. The side clinched the Scottish Third Division title, and promotion to the Second Division, on 30 March after a goalless draw away to Montrose and second placed Queens Park losing.[18]

On a busy day in April, the SFA wrote to Rangers chief executive Charles Green seeking clarification about his business dealings with Craig Whyte,[19] the Police carried out a series of searches relating to the purchase of Rangers Football Club by Craig Whyte from David Murray[20] and, Whyte was ordered to pay £18m to the finance firm Ticketus after he lost a claim against him at the High Court in London.[21]

Players

Squad information

Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Since
App
Goals
Ends
Transfer fee
Notes
GK Neil Alexander352008 (Winter)9402013Free
GK Scott Gallacher232006002015Youth system
GK Blair Currie192009002013Youth system
GK Alan Smith192010002014Free
GK Liam Kelly182012002015Free
DF Dorin Goian3120114212014£0.8mout on season loan
DF Carlos Bocanegra (captain)3320114032014£0.4mout on season loan
DF Darren Cole212008502013Youth system
DF Kirk Broadfoot28200712112013Freeleft on 29 August
DF Emílson Cribari3320123402014Free
DF Sébastien Faure2220122312015Free
DF Anestis Argyriou2520122702014Free
DF Ross Perry2320063602015Youth system
DF Chris Hegarty2020102902015Free
DF Luca Gasparotto172011402015Free
DF Lee Wallace (vc)2520117662016£1.5m
MF Alejandro Bedoya2520111312014£0.4mleft on 10 August
MF Lewis Macleod1820103132017Youth system
MF Robbie Crawford2020102752017Youth system
MF Andy Murdoch182011102015Youth system
MF Ian Black2820123822015Free
MF Kyle Hutton2220084722014Youth system
MF Maurice Edu262008125122013£2.6mleft on 25 August
MF Kamil Wiktorski192009002013£0.1mleft on 29 January
MF Andrew Mitchell212010902013Free
MF Dean Shiels28201229122016Free
MF David Templeton24201226152016£0.8m
MF Fraser Aird1820112232018Youth system
MF Francesco Stella212012002013Freeleft on 15 January
MF Tom Walsh162012102013Youth system
MF Lee McCulloch (captain)342007211462015£2.25m
MF Barrie McKay1820114242017Free
MF Danny Stoney162012302016Youth system
FW Kane Hemmings2220081012013Youth system
FW Kal Naismith2120082432015Youth system
FW Andrew Little23200760322014Youth system
FW Francisco Sandaza2820122022015Freeleft on 3 April
FW Kevin Kyle3120121532013Freeleft on 16 March
  • Last updated: 4 May 2013
  • Source: Players transfer and Wikipedia players' articles
  • Ordered by position on pitch.

Transfers

In

Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
MF Ian Black27Heart of MidlothianTransferSummer2015Free[22]
MF Dean Shiels27KilmarnockTransferSummer2016Free[23]
FW Francisco Sandaza27St JohnstoneTransferSummer2015Free[24]
FW Kevin Kyle31Heart of MidlothianTransferSummer2013Free[24]
DF Emílson Cribari32Cruzeiro TransferSummer2014Free[24]
DF Sébastien Faure21Lyon TransferSummer2015Free[25]
DF Anestis Argyriou24AEK Athens TransferSummer2014Free[26]
MF Francesco Stella21Siena TransferSummer2013Free[27]
MF David Templeton23Heart of MidlothianTransferSummer2016£0.7m[28]
FW Sergey Kundik17Spartak Moscow Transfern/a2013Free[29]

Total expenditure: £0.7m

Out

Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
DF Kyle Bartley21Arsenal Loan returnSummern/a[30]
DF Saša Papac32RetiredEnd of contractSummern/a[31][32]
FW David Healy32Bury End of contractSummern/a[33]
MF Salim Kerkar24Charlton Athletic End of contractSummern/a[34]
GK Grant Adam21St MirrenEnd of contractSummern/a[35]
MF Gordon Dick19Albion RoversEnd of contractSummern/a[36][37]
DF Ewan McNeil18Norwich City End of contractSummern/a[36]
MF Anthony Marenghi18Ayr UnitedEnd of contractSummern/a[36][38]
DF Adam Hunter19Ayr UnitedEnd of contractSummern/a[36]
DF Adel Gafaiti17Norwich City End of contractSummern/a[36]
DF Josh Robinson18Crusaders End of contractSummern/a[30][36]
FW Jack Werndly19St Neots Town End of contractSummern/a[30][36]
DF Robbie McIntyre18Huddersfield Town End of contractSummern/a[30][36]
GK Sam George17ClydeEnd of contractSummern/a[36]
MF Rhys McCabe19Sheffield Wednesday Rejection to transferSummerUndisclosed[39][40][41]
FW Sone Aluko23Hull City Rejection to transferSummern/a[39][42]
DF Steven Whittaker28Norwich City Rejection to transferSummern/a[39][43]
FW Steven Naismith25Everton Rejection to transferSummern/a[39][44]
MF Jamie Ness21Stoke City Rejection to transferSummern/a[45][46]
FW Kyle Lafferty24Sion Rejection to transferSummern/a[45][47]
GK Allan McGregor30Beşiktaş Rejection to transferSummern/a[45][48]
MF Steven Davis27Southampton Rejection to transferSummer£0.8m[45][49][50]
MF John Fleck20Coventry City Rejection to transferSummerFree[51][52]
DF Tom Skogsrud19Sandefjord Rejection to transferSummern/a[30]
DF Kim Skogsrud19Sandefjord Rejection to transferSummern/a[30]
MF Juan Manuel Ortiz30Granada Contract terminatedSummern/a[53]
MF Alejandro Bedoya25Helsingborgs IF TransferSummerFree[54]
DF Dorin Goian31Spezia LoanSummern/a[55]
MF Maurice Edu26Stoke City TransferSummer£0.3m[56]
DF Kirk Broadfoot28Blackpool Contract terminatedSummern/a[57]
DF Carlos Bocanegra31Racing Santander LoanSummern/a[58]
DF Kyle McAusland19Ayr UnitedLoann/an/a[59]
FW Kane Hemmings21CowdenbeathLoanWintern/a[60]
FW Calum Gallagher18Alloa AthleticLoanWintern/a[61]
MF Francesco Stella21Melbourne Victory Contract terminatedWintern/a[62]
MF Kamil Wiktorski19Dolcan Ząbki Contract terminatedWintern/a
MF Gregor Fotheringham18Forfar AthleticLoanWintern/a[63]
DF Stuart Urquhart17DumbartonLoann/an/a[64]
FW Kevin Kyle31Free agentContract terminatedn/an/a[65]
FW Francisco Sandaza28Free agentContract terminatedn/an/a[13]

Last updated: 3 April 2013
Total income: £1.1m

New contracts

Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Status
Contract length
Expiry date
Source
GK Scott Gallacher22Signed1 yearJune 2013
DF Chris Hegarty19Signed1 yearJune 2013[66]
MF Andrew Mitchell20Signed1 yearJune 2013[67]
FW Andrew Little23Signed2 yearsJune 2014[22][68]
MF Kamil Wiktorski19Signed1 yearJune 2013[69]
MF Lewis Macleod18Signed5 yearsJune 2017[70]
MF Barrie McKay18Signed5 yearsJune 2017[70][71]
MF Robbie Crawford19Signed5 yearsJune 2017[70]
DF Lee Wallace25Signed5 yearsJune 2017[72]
MF Lee McCulloch34Signed2 yearsJune 2015[73]
GK Neil Alexander34Rejected1 yearJune 2014[74]
MF Fraser Aird18Signed5 yearsJune 2018[75]
DF Kyle McAusland20Signed2 yearsJune 2015[76]
DF Chris Hegarty20Signed2 yearsJune 2015[77]
FW Kal Naismith20Signed2 yearsJune 2015[78]
DF Luca Gasparotto17Signed2 yearsJune 2015[79]
GK Scott Gallacher23Signed2 yearsJune 2015[80]

Last updated: 18 February 2013

Squad statistics

TotalScottish Third DivisionScottish CupLeague CupChallenge Cup
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Sts
App
Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
GK Neil Alexander4747 36 4 4 3
DF Anestis Argyriou2427 20 3 3 1
DF Kirk Broadfoot55 2 1 2
DF Darren Cole14 3 1
DF Dorin Goian44 2 1 1
DF Emílson Cribari3234 26 3 3 2
DF Chris Hegarty2829 24 3 1 1
DF Carlos Bocanegra77 3 2 2
DF Ross Perry2123 17 3 2 1
DF Luca Gasparotto14 4
DF Sébastien Faure162311812 2 1
DF Lee Wallace424243333 412
MF David Templeton25261524152
MF Lewis Macleod313132133 4 3
MF Kyle Hutton303322722 3 1
MF Ian Black373822923 3 3
MF Robbie Crawford9275214212 2
MF Tom Walsh 1 1
MF Andy Murdoch 1 1
MF Andrew Mitchell47 7
MF Fraser Aird112231932 1
MF Barrie McKay20414311324 31
MF Danny Stoney 3 3
MF Lee McCulloch3838262817324532
MF Dean Shiels27291221733421
FW Andrew Little34362528223 3122
FW Kal Naismith524317142 3
FW Francisco Sandaza122021521 2 2
FW Kevin Kyle415382213 2
FW Kane Hemmings25151
Last updated: 4 May 2013
Source: Wikipedia article
Ordered by position
0 shown as blank

Goal scorers

P
Nat.
Name
League
Scottish
Cup

League
Cup

Challenge
Cup

Total
FW Lee McCulloch1725226
FW Andrew Little221225
MF David Templeton1515
MF Dean Shiels73212
MF Robbie Crawford415
MF Barrie McKay1214
DF Lee Wallace314
FW Kal Naismith123
FW Kevin Kyle213
MF Lewis Macleod33
MF Fraser Aird22
FW Francisco Sandaza22
MF Kyle Hutton22
MF Ian Black22
DF Sébastien Faure11
FW Kane Hemmings11
Own goal11

Last updated: 4 May 2013
Source: Match reports
Only competitive matches

Disciplinary record

P
Nat.
Name
YC

RC
GK Neil Alexander3
DF Sébastien Faure2
DF Dorin Goian1
DF Carlos Bocanegra1
DF Emílson Cribari5
DF Lee Wallace21
DF Chris Hegarty3
DF Ross Perry1
DF Anestis Argyriou1
MF Ian Black132
MF Lewis Macleod2
MF Lee McCulloch9
MF Kyle Hutton9
MF Fraser Aird2
MF Dean Shiels2
MF David Templeton5
MF Robbie Crawford1
MF Andrew Mitchell1
FW Andrew Little4
FW Francisco Sandaza1
FW Kevin Kyle21
FW Kal Naismith11

Last updated: 4 May 2013
Source: Match reports
Only competitive matches

Awards

P
Nat.
Name
AwardDateFrom
FW Andrew Little[81]Ginger Boot WinnerAugustScottish Football League
MF Lewis Macleod[82]Young Player of the MonthNovemberScottish Football League
MAN Ally McCoist[83]Third Division Manager of the monthDecemberScottish Football League
FW Andrew Little[84]Ginger Boot WinnerFebruaryScottish Football League

Club

Source: Wikipedia article

Coaching staff

PositionStaff
Manager Ally McCoist
Assistant manager Kenny McDowall
First-team coach Ian Durrant
Head of Sports Science Adam Owen
Goalkeepers coach Jim Stewart

Source: Wikipedia article

Other staff

PositionStaff
Head of Football
Administration
Andrew Dickson
Head of Commercial Imran Ahmad
(from 17 October)[89]
(until 27 April)[91]
Head of Sports
Development
Craig Mather
(from 17 October)[89]
(until 24 April)[87]
Head of Communications Jim Traynor
(from 8 December)[92]
Physiotherapist Philip Yeates
(until 27 March)[93]
Steve Walker
Doctor Dr Paul Jackson
Chief scout Neil Murray
(until 2 April)[94]
First-team scout John Brown
(until 27 June)[95]
Masseur Davie Lavey
Kit controller Jimmy Bell
Video analyst Steve Harvey

Source: Wikipedia article

Matches

Scottish Third Division

Game
Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score1
Report
311 August 2012Scottish Third Division1APeterhead2–2
ReportReport link
Kick off
12:45 BST
Attendance
4,485
Referee
PeterheadRangers
65' McAllister
82' McLaughlin
27' McKay
90' Little
418 August 2012Scottish Third Division2HEast Stirlingshire5–1
ReportReport link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
49,118
Referee
RangersEast Stirlingshire
15' Little
43' Little
63' Sandaza
73' Little
90' McCulloch
2' (pen.) Quinn
626 August 2012Scottish Third Division3ABerwick Rangers1–1
ReportReport link
Kick off
12:00 BST
Attendance
4,140
Referee
Berwick RangersRangers
62' McLaren
45+2' Little
82 September 2012Scottish Third Division4HElgin City5–1
ReportReport link
Kick off
16:30 BST
Attendance
46,015
Referee
RangersElgin City
15' Duff
915 September 2012Scottish Third Division5AAnnan Athletic0–0
ReportReport link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
2,517
Referee
1123 September 2012Scottish Third Division6HMontrose4–1
ReportReport link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
45,081
Referee
RangersMontrose
27' Shiels
55' Macleod
60' McCulloch
82' Crawford
35' (o.g.) Argyriou
146 October 2012Scottish Third Division7AStirling Albion0–1
ReportReport link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
3,751
Referee
Stirling AlbionRangers
1520 October 2012Scottish Third Division8HQueen's Park2–0
ReportReport link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
49,463
Referee
RangersQueen's Park
57' McCulloch
90+1' McCulloch
1628 October 2012Scottish Third Division9AClyde2–0
ReportReport link
Kick off
12:45 GMT
Attendance
7,500
Referee
ClydeRangers
 68'  Neill
17' Shiels
80' McCulloch
1910 November 2012Scottish Third Division10HPeterhead2–0
ReportReport link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
48,407
Referee
RangersPeterhead
2017 November 2012Scottish Third Division11AREast Stirlingshire6–2
ReportReport link
Kick off
12:45 GMT
Attendance
2,834
Referee
East StirlingshireRangers
 33' Züfle
41' Turner
58' (pen.) Quinn
12' (pen.) McCulloch
39' Little
49' Wallace
63' Kyle
71' Naismith
82' (pen.) McCulloch
228 December 2012Scottish Third Division14HStirling Albion2–0
ReportReport link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
49,913
Referee
RangersStirling Albion
59' Templeton
90' Little
 86'  McSorley
2315 December 2012Scottish Third Division15AMontrose4–2
ReportReport link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
4,205
Referee
MontroseRangers
16' Young
75' Gray
23' (pen.) McCulloch
67' Kyle
69' Shiels
90+5' Crawford
2418 December 2012[96]Scottish Third Division13HAnnan Athletic3–0
ReportReport link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
42,135
Referee
Paul Robertson
RangersAnnan Athletic
29' Templeton
 59' Wallace
64' Little
70' Templeton
2522 December 2012[97]Scottish Third Division12AElgin City6–2
ReportReport link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
3,448
Referee
Elgin CityRangers
18' Moore
32' Nicolson
5' Little
24' Little
41' McCulloch
60' McCulloch
64' Macleod
83' Hutton
2626 December 2012Scottish Third Division16HClyde3–0
ReportReport link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
47,463
Referee
RangersClyde
21' Wallace
38' Templeton
76' Shiels
2729 December 2012Scottish Third Division17AQueen's Park1–0
ReportReport link
Kick off
12:45 GMT
Attendance
30,117
Referee
Queen's ParkRangers
 56'  Brough
90+1' Aird
282 January 2013Scottish Third Division18AAnnan Athletic3–1
ReportReport link
Kick off
12:45 GMT
Attendance
2,441
Referee
Annan AthleticRangers
35' Love
295 January 2013Scottish Third Division19HElgin City1–1
ReportReport link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
46,406
Referee
RangersElgin City
 42' Harkins
87' (o.g.) Alexander
3012 January 2013Scottish Third Division20HBerwick Rangers4–2
ReportReport link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
44,976
Referee
RangersBerwick Rangers
9' Little
47' Little
53' Templeton
74' Little
65' Gray
73' McLaren
3120 January 2013Scottish Third Division21APeterhead1–0
ReportReport link
Kick off
12:00 GMT
Attendance
4,855
Referee
PeterheadRangers
 65'  McAllister
30' Sandaza
3226 January 2013Scottish Third Division22HMontrose1–1
ReportReport link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
46,273
Referee
RangersMontrose
45' (o.g.) Crawford
89' Gray
349 February 2013Scottish Third Division24HQueen's Park4–0
ReportReport link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
46,104
Referee
RangersQueen's Park
50' Black
63' Little
78' Shiels
89' Little
3516 February 2013Scottish Third Division25AClyde4–1
ReportReport link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
7,600
Referee
ClydeRangers
47' Watt
3623 February 2013Scottish Third Division26ABerwick Rangers3–1
ReportReport link
Kick off
12:00 GMT
Attendance
4,476
Referee
Berwick RangersRangers
6' (o.g.) Argyriou
9' (pen.) Shiels
45+1' Little
66' Faure
3726 February 2013[96]Scottish Third Division23AStirling Albion1–1
ReportReport link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
3,707
Referee
Stirling AlbionRangers
51' Forsyth
16' Little
382 March 2013Scottish Third Division27HEast Stirlingshire3–1
ReportReport link
Kick off
12:00 GMT
Attendance
44,534
Referee
RangersEast Stirlingshire
51' Little
61' McCulloch
63' Little
40' Stirling
399 March 2013Scottish Third Division28HAnnan Athletic1–2
ReportReport link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
34,441
Referee
RangersAnnan Athletic
59' Little
48' Love
55' Hopkirk
4016 March 2013Scottish Third Division29AElgin City1–0
ReportReport link
Kick off
12:45 GMT
Attendance
3,633
Referee
Elgin CityRangers
73' (pen.) McCulloch
 87'  Black
4123 March 2013Scottish Third Division30HStirling Albion0–0
ReportReport link
Kick off
12:00 GMT
Attendance
44,608
Referee
4230 March 2013Scottish Third Division31AMontrose0–0
ReportReport link
Kick off
12:00 GMT
Attendance
4,686
Referee
437 April 2013Scottish Third Division32AQueen's Park4–1
ReportReport link
Kick off
12:00 BST
Attendance
11,492
Referee
Queen's ParkRangers
18' Templeton
35' Aird
68' Hemmings
86' Templeton
4413 April 2013Scottish Third Division33HClyde2–0
ReportReport link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
44,453
Referee
RangersClyde
55' McCulloch
89' Hutton
4520 April 2013Scottish Third Division34HPeterhead1–2
ReportReport link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
43,961
Referee
RangersPeterhead
23' Ross
56' McAllister
4627 April 2013Scottish Third Division35AREast Stirlingshire4–2
ReportReport link
Kick off
12:45 BST
Attendance
2,885
Referee
Barry Cook
East StirlingshireRangers
22' (pen.) Quinn
 30' Turner
50' Quinn
6' Crawford
45+3' Templeton
65' Black
79' Templeton
474 May 2013Scottish Third Division36HBerwick Rangers1–0
ReportReport link
Kick off
12:45 BST
Attendance
50,048
Referee
RangersBerwick Rangers
32' Aird

Last updated: 4 May 2013
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Scottish Cup

Game
Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score1
Report
1329 September 2012Scottish CupR2AForres Mechanics1–0
ReportReport link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
2,751
Referee
Forres MechanicsRangers
183 November 2012Scottish CupR3HAlloa Athletic7–0
ReportReport link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
25,478
Referee
RangersAlloa Athletic
2' Shiels
21' Shiels
33' McCulloch
72' McCulloch
73' Crawford
82' McKay
89' McKay
 78' James Doyle
212 December 2012Scottish CupR4HElgin City3–0
ReportReport link
Kick off
13:15 GMT
Attendance
23,195
Referee
RangersElgin City
43' Shiels
68' Kyle
85' Naismith
332 February 2013Scottish CupR5ADundee United0–3
ReportReport link
Kick off
12:45 GMT
Attendance
9,564
Referee
Dundee UnitedRangers
1' Russell
36' Daly
79' Russell
 86' Naismith
 88'  Black

Last updated: 2 February 2013
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

League Cup

Game
Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score1
Report
27 August 2012League CupR1HEast Fife4–0
ReportReport link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
38,160
Referee
RangersEast Fife
730 August 2012League CupR2HFalkirk3–0
ReportReport link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
26,450
Referee
RangersFalkirk
1226 September 2012League CupR3HMotherwell2–0
ReportReport link
Kick off
19:15 BST
Attendance
29,413
Referee
RangersMotherwell
50' McCulloch
56' Shiels
1731 October 2012League CupQFHInverness Caledonian Thistle0–3
ReportReport link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
28,033
Referee
RangersInverness Caledonian Thistle
27' Shinnie
59' Warren
79' (pen.) Shinnie

Last updated: 26 September 2012
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Challenge Cup

Game
Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score1
Report
129 July 2012Challenge CupR1ABrechin City2–1
ReportReport link
Kick off
15:05 BST
Attendance
4,123
Referee
Brechin CityRangers
43' Jackson
4' Little
102' McCulloch
521 August 2012Challenge CupR2AFalkirk1–0
ReportReport link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
6,747
Referee
FalkirkRangers
45' Little
1018 September 2012Challenge CupQFHQueen of the South2–2
(3-4 pen.)
ReportReport link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
23,932
Referee
RangersQueen of the South
55' McKay
 66'  Kyle
72' (pen.) McCulloch
49' Clark
 90+2'  Gibson
90+4' Reilly

Last updated: 29 July 2012
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Friendlies

Game
Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score1
Report
110 April 2013FriendlyHLinfield 2–0
ReportReport link
Kick off
19:15 BST
Attendance
12,543
Referee
John Beattie
RangersLinfield
40' Hegarty
89' Murdoch

Last updated: 10 April 2013
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Competitions

Overall

CompetitionStarted roundCurrent
position / round
Final
position / round
First matchLast match
Scottish Third Division1st11 August4 May
Challenge Cup1st RoundQuarter-finals29 July18 September
League Cup1st RoundQuarter-finals7 August31 October
Scottish Cup2nd Round5th Round29 September2 February

Source: Competitions

Scottish Third Division

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or qualification
1Rangers (C, P)3625838729+5883Promotion to League One
2Peterhead36178115228+2459Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs
3Queen's Park36168126054+656
4Berwick Rangers36147155955+449
5Elgin City361310136769−249
Source: SPFL archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
3625838729 +588313324412 +3212514317 +26

Last updated: 3 May 2013.
Source: Wikipedia article

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAAHHAHAHAAHHAHAAHHAH
ResultDWDWDWLWWWWWWWWWWWDWWDDWWWWLWDDWWLWW
Position514342411111111111111111111111111111
Updated to match(es) played on 22 April 2013. Source: 2012–13 Scottish Third Division
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

References