2012–13 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season

Huddersfield Town

2012–13 season
Chairman	Dean Hoyle
Manager	Simon Grayson (until 24 January 2013) Mark Lillis (from 24 January 2013 until 14 February 2013) Mark Robins (from 14 February 2013)
Stadium	John Smith's Stadium
Championship	19th
FA Cup	Fifth round (knocked out by Wigan Athletic)
League Cup	First round (knocked out by Preston North End)
Top goalscorer	League: James Vaughan (14) All: James Vaughan (14)
Highest home attendance	21,614 vs. Barnsley (3 May 2013)
Lowest home attendance	11,495 vs. Leicester City (26 January 2013)
Biggest win	3–0 vs Millwall (20 April 2013)
Biggest defeat	1–6 vs Leicester City (1 January 2013)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2012–13 campaign was Huddersfield Town's first season back in the second tier of English football, since the 2000–01 season.

They qualified to play in the 2012–13 Football League Championship after they beat Sheffield United in the final at Wembley Stadium on 26 May 2012. After the match finished 0–0 after extra time, the Terriers won the penalty shoot-out 8–7, after every player on the pitch took a penalty. The decisive penalty was taken by the United goalkeeper Steve Simonsen, who saw his penalty go over the crossbar, giving Huddersfield the glory, and promotion to the Football League Championship.

This was meant to be Simon Grayson's first full season in charge of the Terriers, but instead he was sacked on 24 January 2013, following a run of 12 consecutive league games without a win. After Town legend Mark Lillis steadied the ship for 5 games, the Coventry City boss Mark Robins was appointed as the new manager on 14 February 2013.

Squad at the start of the season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Kit

The 2012–13 season was the club's second with technical kit supplier Umbro, and their first with home sponsor Rekorderlig Cider. Radian B continued their away shirt sponsorship. The Club introduced new home and away kits, and retained the away kit from the previous season as a third kit. Alternate shorts and socks were available for all outfield kits in the event of a colour clash, however in away games where the home kit could have theoretically been worn, the away kit was worn instead.

The home shirt is the club's traditional blue and white stripes but with a chequered pattern of light and darker blue within the stripes, and was worn for the first time in the pre-season friendly at Guiseley. It was worn with white shorts and black socks, except in the away games at Crystal Palace and Burnley, in which it was worn with white socks. The away shirt is dark navy with a broad white stripe across the shoulders and collar, and was worn for the first time in the pre-season friendly at Kilmarnock. The goalkeeper kits featured a striking geometric pattern across the front.

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): Rekorderlig Cider (home), Radian B (away)

Home

Home alternate

Away

Away alternate

Third

Third alternate

GK home

GK away

GK third

Last updated: 11 September 2012.
Source: Npower Championship 2012-12 – Historical Football Kits

Review

Town made their first signing of the summer on 22 June, with the transfer of winger/striker Sean Scannell from Crystal Palace for an undisclosed fee. On 27 June, Scotland under-21 international defender Paul Dixon signed on a free transfer from Dundee United. Young midfielder Oliver Norwood signed from Manchester United on a 3-year-deal, beating Championship rivals Barnsley to his signature. On 6 July, Simon Grayson raided his former club Leeds United to sign Adam Clayton on an undisclosed fee, just 2 years after bringing him to Elland Road. On 11 July, Welsh defender Joel Lynch joined after being released by Nottingham Forest. On 26 July, Blackpool midfielder Keith Southern signed on a 2-year-deal, reuniting him with Simon Grayson, who managed him at Bloomfield Road. On 7 August, defender Anthony Gerrard was signed on a 3-year-deal from fellow Championship side Cardiff City in a deal believed to be worth £350,000. On 24 August, Norwich City striker James Vaughan joined the club on a season-long loan deal. As the transfer window shut on 31 August, Town signed winger Adam Hammill on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers until January 2013. On 28 September, after being snubbed by the club on transfer deadline day, Jermaine Beckford joined on a 3-month loan deal from divisional rivals, Leicester City. On 8 November, Welsh international striker Simon Church joined on a month's loan from Premier League side Reading. He returned to Reading on 31 December after his extension expired. On 8 January 2013, Beckford's Leicester teammate, Neil Danns joined on loan for the remainder of the season. On 22 February, new manager Mark Robins brought back a familiar face to the Terriers, by signing recently capped Jamaican international Theo Robinson on loan from Derby County for the remainder of the season. On 11 April, Town signed striker Daniel Carr from non-league side Dulwich Hamlet for £100,000, which will see the striker join up with the Terriers once this season has concluded. On 26 April, Irish youngster Jake Carroll was signed from St Patrick's Athletic on an undisclosed fee, and like Carr, will join up with the Terriers after this season is concluded.

On 10 August, Antony Kay became the first departure of the season, when he left to sign a 2-year-deal at Milton Keynes Dons. The following day, defender Jamie McCombe had his contract terminated, which paved the way for a move to Doncaster Rovers. On 24 August, defender Liam Ridehalgh rejoined Chesterfield on a one-month loan deal. His teammate, Chris Atkinson joined him on 12 September. On 30 August, Town fans were left distraught after their prized possession, Jordan Rhodes was sold to their Championship rivals Blackburn Rovers for £8 million, a record selling fee for Town, as well as a record purchasing for Blackburn, and it was also the highest fee paid for a player between 2 non-Premier League clubs. Kallum Higginbotham joined Carlisle United on a 3-month loan deal on 20 September. On 16 October, young striker Jimmy Spencer joined Brentford on a month's loan. On 22 November, as the loan window shut, Ridehalgh was recalled from his loan at Chesterfield and sent on loan to their divisional rivals, Rotherham United. On 5 December, youngster Jordan Sinnott, joined Conference North side Altrincham (managed by his father and ex-Town player, Lee) on loan for a month. On 7 December, young duo Matt Crooks and James Burke joined Radcliffe Borough on a month's loan. Young strike duo Max Leonard and Connor Loftus were sent out on a month's loan to Garforth Town and Mossley on 21 December. Following his return from Carlisle, Kallum Higginbotham still found himself out of the picture at Huddersfield, so joined Scottish Premier League side Motherwell on loan for the rest of the season on 9 January. The following day, Jimmy Spencer went out on loan for the second time, joining Crawley Town for the remainder of the season, but he returned to Huddersfield on 6 February with a knee injury, making no appearances for the Red Devils. As the transfer window shut on 31 January, midfielder Anton Robinson joined League Two leaders Gillingham on loan for the rest of the season. However, he returned to the club on 11 April, after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligaments, which will rule him out of football for 9 months.

Squad at the end of the season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
22 June	MF	Sean Scannell	Crystal Palace	Undisclosed Fee
27 June	DF	Paul Dixon	Dundee United	Free
29 June	MF	Oliver Norwood	Manchester United	Undisclosed Fee
6 July	MF	Adam Clayton	Leeds United	Undisclosed Fee
11 July	DF	Joel Lynch	Nottingham Forest	Free
26 July	MF	Keith Southern	Blackpool	Undisclosed Fee
7 August	DF	Anthony Gerrard	Cardiff City	£350,000
11 April	FW	Daniel Carr	Dulwich Hamlet	£100,000
26 April	DF	Jake Carroll	St Patrick's Athletic	Undisclosed Fee

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Expiry
24 August	FW	James Vaughan	Norwich City	End of season
31 August	MF	Adam Hammill	Wolverhampton Wanderers	January 2013
28 September	FW	Jermaine Beckford	Leicester City	December 2012
8 November	FW	Simon Church	Reading	December 2012
21 November	FW	Jimmy Spencer	Brentford	Loan Return
22 November	DF	Liam Ridehalgh	Chesterfield	Loan Return
26 November	MF	Chris Atkinson	Chesterfield	Loan Cancelled
7 December	FW	Kallum Higginbotham	Carlisle United	Loan Cancelled
8 January	MF	Neil Danns	Leicester City	End of Season
6 February	FW	Jimmy Spencer	Crawley Town	Loan Cancelled
22 February	FW	Theo Robinson	Derby County	End of Season
11 April	MF	Anton Robinson	Gillingham	Loan Cancelled

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
29 May	DF	Greg Pearson		Released
18 June	MF	Gary Roberts	Swindon Town	Free
21 June	FW	Danny Cadamarteri	Carlisle United	Free
21 June	MF	Tommy Miller	Swindon Town	Free
18 July	DF	Nathan Clarke	Leyton Orient	Free
25 July	MF	Aidan Chippendale	Accrington Stanley	Free
1 August	DF	Gary Naysmith	Aberdeen	Free
10 August	DF	Antony Kay	Milton Keynes Dons	Free
11 August	DF	Jamie McCombe	Doncaster Rovers	Free
30 August	FW	Jordan Rhodes	Blackburn Rovers	£8,000,000
25 February	GK	Simon Thomas	Vancouver Whitecaps	Free

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Expiry
24 August	DF	Liam Ridehalgh	Chesterfield	September 2012
12 September	MF	Chris Atkinson	Chesterfield	October 2012
20 September	FW	Kallum Higginbotham	Carlisle United	December 2012
16 October	FW	Jimmy Spencer	Brentford	November 2012
22 November	DF	Liam Ridehalgh	Rotherham United	December 2012
5 December	MF	Jordan Sinnott	Altrincham	January 2013
7 December	DF	James Burke	Radcliffe Borough	January 2013
7 December	MF	Matt Crooks	Radcliffe Borough	January 2013
21 December	FW	Max Leonard	Garforth Town	January 2013
21 December	FW	Connor Loftus	Mossley	January 2013
9 January	MF	Kallum Higginbotham	Motherwell	End of Season
10 January	FW	Jimmy Spencer	Crawley Town	End of Season
14 January	MF	Adam Hammill	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Loan Expired
31 January	MF	Anton Robinson	Gillingham	End of Season

Statistics

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Championship	17 August 2012	4 May 2013	Matchday 1	19th	46	15	13	18	53	73	−20	032.61
FA Cup	5 January 2013	17 February 2013	Third round	Fifth round	4	2	1	1	5	6	−1	050.00
League Cup	13 August 2012	13 August 2012	First round	First round	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Total					51	17	14	20	58	81	−23	033.33

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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
20	Millwall	46	15	11	20	51	62	−11	56
21	Barnsley	46	14	13	19	56	70	−14	55

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	15	13	18	51	71	−20	58	7	10	6	26	24	+2	8	3	12	25	47	−22

Result round by round

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 4 May 2013

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Alex Smithies	50	0	46	0	3	0	1	0
2	DF	ENG	Calum Woods	30	0	20+7	0	3	0	0	0
3	DF	SCO	Paul Dixon	40	0	29+8	0	2	0	1	0
4	MF	NIR	Oliver Norwood	43	3	37+2	3	2+2	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	Peter Clarke	47	0	42+1	0	3	0	1	0
6	DF	IRL	Anthony Gerrard	43	1	32+6	1	4	0	1	0
7	MF	IRL	Sean Scannell	38	3	22+12	2	3+1	1	0	0
8	MF	ENG	Adam Clayton	46	5	43	4	2	1	1	0
9	FW	ENG	Lee Novak	39	6	23+12	4	1+2	2	1	0
10	MF	ENG	Oscar Gobern	17	0	13+2	0	0+1	0	1	0
11	MF	ENG	Danny Ward	29	2	17+11	2	0	0	1	0
12	DF	ENG	Tom Clarke	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
13	GK	ENG	Ian Bennett	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0
14	MF	ENG	Adam Hammill	16	2	6+10	2	0	0	0	0
15	DF	SCO	Murray Wallace	7	1	3+3	1	1	0	0	0
16	MF	SCO	Scott Arfield	26	1	9+12	1	4	0	0+1	0
17	FW	SCO	Jordan Rhodes	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
17	FW	JAM	Theo Robinson	6	0	4+2	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW	ENG	James Vaughan	37	14	31+2	14	2+2	0	0	0
19	FW	IRL	Alan Lee	25	2	1+20	2	2+1	0	0+1	0
20	FW	WAL	Simon Church	7	1	7	1	0	0	0	0
20	MF	ENG	Neil Danns	18	2	17	2	1	0	0	0
21	FW	JAM	Jermaine Beckford	22	9	14+7	8	1	1	0	0
22	MF	ENG	Anton Robinson	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	ENG	Keith Southern	30	1	24+5	1	0	0	1	0
30	FW	ENG	Jimmy Spencer	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
31	MF	ENG	Chris Atkinson	9	1	3+4	1	2	0	0	0
32	DF	ENG	Jack Hunt	44	0	39+1	0	3	0	1	0
33	DF	WAL	Joel Lynch	22	1	20+2	1	0	0	0	0
39	MF	ENG	Jordan Sinnott	3	0	0+1	0	2	0	0	0

Top scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	FW		18	James Vaughan	14	0	0	14
2	FW		21	Jermaine Beckford	8	1	0	9
3	FW		9	Lee Novak	4	2	0	6
4	MF		8	Adam Clayton	4	1	0	5
5=	MF		4	Oliver Norwood	3	0	0	3
	MF		7	Sean Scannell	2	1	0	3
7=	MF		11	Danny Ward	2	0	0	2
	MF		14	Adam Hammill	2	0	0	2
	FW		17	Jordan Rhodes	2	0	0	2
	FW		19	Alan Lee	2	0	0	2
	MF		20	Neil Danns	2	0	0	2
12=	DF		6	Anthony Gerrard	1	0	0	1
	DF		15	Murray Wallace	1	0	0	1
	MF		16	Scott Arfield	1	0	0	1
	FW		20	Simon Church	1	0	0	1
	MF		24	Keith Southern	1	0	0	1
	MF		31	Chris Atkinson	1	0	0	1
	DF		33	Joel Lynch	1	0	0	1
				Own goals	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	53	5	0	58

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
18		FW	James Vaughan	10	0	2	0	0	0	12	0
8		MF	Adam Clayton	9	0	2	0	0	0	11	0
3		DF	Paul Dixon	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
6		DF	Anthony Gerrard	7	1	1	0	0	0	8	1
33		DF	Joel Lynch	8	1	0	0	0	0	8	1
32		DF	Jack Hunt	6	1	1	0	0	0	7	1
2		DF	Calum Woods	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
24		MF	Keith Southern	6	1	0	0	0	0	6	1
5		DF	Peter Clarke	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
9		FW	Lee Novak	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
4		MF	Oliver Norwood	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
20		MF	Neil Danns	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
21		FW	Jermaine Beckford	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
10		MF	Oscar Gobern	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
11		MF	Danny Ward	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
14		MF	Adam Hammill	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
16		MF	Scott Arfield	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
19		FW	Alan Lee	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1		GK	Alex Smithies	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20		FW	Simon Church	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			Totals	94	4	9	0	1	0	104	4

Results

Pre-season

Championship

FA Cup

Football League Cup

Under 21s

U21 Professional Development League 2 North

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Leicester City U21s	22	14	5	3	52	28	+24	47	Knockout stage
2	Huddersfield Town U21s	22	12	4	6	36	28	+8	40
3	Derby County U21s	22	11	4	7	32	31	+1	37
4	Nottingham Forest U21s	22	10	5	7	24	25	−1	35
5	Birmingham City U21s	22	9	5	8	36	30	+6	32

Knockout stage

Under 18s

U18 Professional Development League 2 North

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Leeds United U18s	22	15	2	5	52	28	+24	47	Knockout stage
2	Huddersfield Town U18s	22	11	5	6	46	34	+12	38
3	Sheffield Wednesday U18s	22	11	5	6	41	37	+4	38
4	Nottingham Forest U18s	22	10	7	5	44	35	+9	37
5	Crewe Alexandra U18s	22	10	3	9	42	38	+4	33

Knockout stage

FA Youth Cup

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