2012–13 Rangers F.C. season

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

Rangers

2012–13 season
Chairman	Craig Whyte (until 14 May) Malcolm Murray (from 14 June)
Manager	Ally McCoist
Ground	Ibrox Stadium Glasgow, Scotland (Capacity: 50,987)
Scottish Third Division	1st P36 W25 D8 L3 F87 A29
Scottish Cup	Fifth Round
League Cup	Quarter-finals
Challenge Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Andrew Little (22) All: Lee McCulloch (26)
Highest home attendance	50,048 vs Berwick Rangers (4 May 2013)
Lowest home attendance	23,195 vs Elgin City (2 December 2012)
Average home league attendance	45,744
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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 newco 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 Sir 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 Alexander	35	2008 (Winter)	94	0	2013	Free
GK		Scott Gallacher	23	2006	0	0	2015	Youth system
GK		Blair Currie	19	2009	0	0	2013	Youth system
GK		Alan Smith	19	2010	0	0	2014	Free
GK		Liam Kelly	18	2012	0	0	2015	Free
DF		Dorin Goian	31	2011	42	1	2014	£0.8m	out on season loan
DF		Carlos Bocanegra (captain)	33	2011	40	3	2014	£0.4m	out on season loan
DF		Darren Cole	21	2008	5	0	2013	Youth system
DF		Kirk Broadfoot	28	2007	121	1	2013	Free	left on 29 August
DF		Emílson Cribari	33	2012	34	0	2014	Free
DF		Sébastien Faure	22	2012	23	1	2015	Free
DF		Anestis Argyriou	25	2012	27	0	2014	Free
DF		Ross Perry	23	2006	36	0	2015	Youth system
DF		Chris Hegarty	20	2010	29	0	2015	Free
DF		Luca Gasparotto	17	2011	4	0	2015	Free
DF		Lee Wallace (vc)	25	2011	76	6	2016	£1.5m
MF		Alejandro Bedoya	25	2011	13	1	2014	£0.4m	left on 10 August
MF		Lewis Macleod	18	2010	31	3	2017	Youth system
MF		Robbie Crawford	20	2010	27	5	2017	Youth system
MF		Andy Murdoch	18	2011	1	0	2015	Youth system
MF		Ian Black	28	2012	38	2	2015	Free
MF		Kyle Hutton	22	2008	47	2	2014	Youth system
MF		Maurice Edu	26	2008	125	12	2013	£2.6m	left on 25 August
MF		Kamil Wiktorski	19	2009	0	0	2013	£0.1m	left on 29 January
MF		Andrew Mitchell	21	2010	9	0	2013	Free
MF		Dean Shiels	28	2012	29	12	2016	Free
MF		David Templeton	24	2012	26	15	2016	£0.8m
MF		Fraser Aird	18	2011	22	3	2018	Youth system
MF		Francesco Stella	21	2012	0	0	2013	Free	left on 15 January
MF		Tom Walsh	16	2012	1	0	2013	Youth system
MF		Lee McCulloch (captain)	34	2007	211	46	2015	£2.25m
MF		Barrie McKay	18	2011	42	4	2017	Free
MF		Danny Stoney	16	2012	3	0	2016	Youth system
FW		Kane Hemmings	22	2008	10	1	2013	Youth system
FW		Kal Naismith	21	2008	24	3	2015	Youth system
FW		Andrew Little	23	2007	60	32	2014	Youth system
FW		Francisco Sandaza	28	2012	20	2	2015	Free	left on 3 April
FW		Kevin Kyle	31	2012	15	3	2013	Free	left 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 Black	27	Heart of Midlothian	Transfer	Summer	2015	Free	[22]
MF		Dean Shiels	27	Kilmarnock	Transfer	Summer	2016	Free	[23]
FW		Francisco Sandaza	27	St Johnstone	Transfer	Summer	2015	Free	[24]
FW		Kevin Kyle	31	Heart of Midlothian	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free	[24]
DF		Emílson Cribari	32	Cruzeiro	Transfer	Summer	2014	Free	[24]
DF		Sébastien Faure	21	Lyon	Transfer	Summer	2015	Free	[25]
DF		Anestis Argyriou	24	AEK Athens	Transfer	Summer	2014	Free	[26]
MF		Francesco Stella	21	Siena	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free	[27]
MF		David Templeton	23	Heart of Midlothian	Transfer	Summer	2016	£0.7m	[28]
FW		Sergey Kundik	17	Spartak Moscow	Transfer	n/a	2013	Free	[29]

Total expenditure: £0.7m

Out

Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
DF		Kyle Bartley	21	Arsenal	Loan return	Summer	n/a	[30]
DF		Saša Papac	32	Retired	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[31][32]
FW		David Healy	32	Bury	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[33]
MF		Salim Kerkar	24	Charlton Athletic	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[34]
GK		Grant Adam	21	St Mirren	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[35]
MF		Gordon Dick	19	Albion Rovers	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[36][37]
DF		Ewan McNeil	18	Norwich City	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[36]
MF		Anthony Marenghi	18	Ayr United	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[36][38]
DF		Adam Hunter	19	Ayr United	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[36]
DF		Adel Gafaiti	17	Norwich City	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[36]
DF		Josh Robinson	18	Crusaders	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[30][36]
FW		Jack Werndly	19	St Neots Town	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[30][36]
DF		Robbie McIntyre	18	Huddersfield Town	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[30][36]
GK		Sam George	17	Clyde	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[36]
MF		Rhys McCabe	19	Sheffield Wednesday	Rejection to transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[39][40][41]
FW		Sone Aluko	23	Hull City	Rejection to transfer	Summer	n/a	[39][42]
DF		Steven Whittaker	28	Norwich City	Rejection to transfer	Summer	n/a	[39][43]
FW		Steven Naismith	25	Everton	Rejection to transfer	Summer	n/a	[39][44]
MF		Jamie Ness	21	Stoke City	Rejection to transfer	Summer	n/a	[45][46]
FW		Kyle Lafferty	24	Sion	Rejection to transfer	Summer	n/a	[45][47]
GK		Allan McGregor	30	Beşiktaş	Rejection to transfer	Summer	n/a	[45][48]
MF		Steven Davis	27	Southampton	Rejection to transfer	Summer	£0.8m	[45][49][50]
MF		John Fleck	20	Coventry City	Rejection to transfer	Summer	Free	[51][52]
DF		Tom Skogsrud	19	Sandefjord	Rejection to transfer	Summer	n/a	[30]
DF		Kim Skogsrud	19	Sandefjord	Rejection to transfer	Summer	n/a	[30]
MF		Juan Manuel Ortiz	30	Granada	Contract terminated	Summer	n/a	[53]
MF		Alejandro Bedoya	25	Helsingborgs IF	Transfer	Summer	Free	[54]
DF		Dorin Goian	31	Spezia	Loan	Summer	n/a	[55]
MF		Maurice Edu	26	Stoke City	Transfer	Summer	£0.3m	[56]
DF		Kirk Broadfoot	28	Blackpool	Contract terminated	Summer	n/a	[57]
DF		Carlos Bocanegra	31	Racing Santander	Loan	Summer	n/a	[58]
DF		Kyle McAusland	19	Ayr United	Loan	n/a	n/a	[59]
FW		Kane Hemmings	21	Cowdenbeath	Loan	Winter	n/a	[60]
FW		Calum Gallagher	18	Alloa Athletic	Loan	Winter	n/a	[61]
MF		Francesco Stella	21	Melbourne Victory	Contract terminated	Winter	n/a	[62]
MF		Kamil Wiktorski	19	Dolcan Ząbki	Contract terminated	Winter	n/a
MF		Gregor Fotheringham	18	Forfar Athletic	Loan	Winter	n/a	[63]
DF		Stuart Urquhart	17	Dumbarton	Loan	n/a	n/a	[64]
FW		Kevin Kyle	31	Free agent	Contract terminated	n/a	n/a	[65]
FW		Francisco Sandaza	28	Free agent	Contract terminated	n/a	n/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 Gallacher	22	Signed	1 year	June 2013
DF		Chris Hegarty	19	Signed	1 year	June 2013	[66]
MF		Andrew Mitchell	20	Signed	1 year	June 2013	[67]
FW		Andrew Little	23	Signed	2 years	June 2014	[22][68]
MF		Kamil Wiktorski	19	Signed	1 year	June 2013	[69]
MF		Lewis Macleod	18	Signed	5 years	June 2017	[70]
MF		Barrie McKay	18	Signed	5 years	June 2017	[70][71]
MF		Robbie Crawford	19	Signed	5 years	June 2017	[70]
DF		Lee Wallace	25	Signed	5 years	June 2017	[72]
MF		Lee McCulloch	34	Signed	2 years	June 2015	[73]
GK		Neil Alexander	34	Rejected	1 year	June 2014	[74]
MF		Fraser Aird	18	Signed	5 years	June 2018	[75]
DF		Kyle McAusland	20	Signed	2 years	June 2015	[76]
DF		Chris Hegarty	20	Signed	2 years	June 2015	[77]
FW		Kal Naismith	20	Signed	2 years	June 2015	[78]
DF		Luca Gasparotto	17	Signed	2 years	June 2015	[79]
GK		Scott Gallacher	23	Signed	2 years	June 2015	[80]

Last updated: 18 February 2013

Squad statistics

			Total			Scottish Third Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Challenge Cup
Pos.	Nat.	Name	Sts	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls
GK		Neil Alexander	47	47		36		4		4		3
DF		Anestis Argyriou	24	27		20		3		3		1
DF		Kirk Broadfoot	5	5		2				1		2
DF		Darren Cole	1	4		3		1
DF		Dorin Goian	4	4		2				1		1
DF		Emílson Cribari	32	34		26		3		3		2
DF		Chris Hegarty	28	29		24		3		1		1
DF		Carlos Bocanegra	7	7		3				2		2
DF		Ross Perry	21	23		17		3		2		1
DF		Luca Gasparotto	1	4		4
DF		Sébastien Faure	16	23	1	18	1	2		2		1
DF		Lee Wallace	42	42	4	33	3	3		4	1	2
MF		David Templeton	25	26	15	24	15	2
MF		Lewis Macleod	31	31	3	21	3	3		4		3
MF		Kyle Hutton	30	33	2	27	2	2		3		1
MF		Ian Black	37	38	2	29	2	3		3		3
MF		Robbie Crawford	9	27	5	21	4	2	1	2		2
MF		Tom Walsh		1		1
MF		Andy Murdoch		1		1
MF		Andrew Mitchell	4	7		7
MF		Fraser Aird	11	22	3	19	3	2		1
MF		Barrie McKay	20	41	4	31	1	3	2	4		3	1
MF		Danny Stoney		3		3
MF		Lee McCulloch	38	38	26	28	17	3	2	4	5	3	2
MF		Dean Shiels	27	29	12	21	7	3	3	4	2	1
FW		Andrew Little	34	36	25	28	22	3		3	1	2	2
FW		Kal Naismith	5	24	3	17	1	4	2			3
FW		Francisco Sandaza	12	20	2	15	2	1		2		2
FW		Kevin Kyle	4	15	3	8	2	2	1	3		2
FW		Kane Hemmings	2	5	1	5	1

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 McCulloch	17	2	5	2	26
FW		Andrew Little	22		1	2	25
MF		David Templeton	15				15
MF		Dean Shiels	7	3	2		12
MF		Robbie Crawford	4	1			5
MF		Barrie McKay	1	2		1	4
DF		Lee Wallace	3		1		4
FW		Kal Naismith	1	2			3
FW		Kevin Kyle	2	1			3
MF		Lewis Macleod	3				3
MF		Fraser Aird	2				2
FW		Francisco Sandaza	2				2
MF		Kyle Hutton	2				2
MF		Ian Black	2				2
DF		Sébastien Faure	1				1
FW		Kane Hemmings	1				1
		Own goal	1				1

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

Disciplinary record

P	Nat.	Name	YC		RC
GK		Neil Alexander	3
DF		Sébastien Faure	2
DF		Dorin Goian	1
DF		Carlos Bocanegra	1
DF		Emílson Cribari	5
DF		Lee Wallace	2		1
DF		Chris Hegarty	3
DF		Ross Perry	1
DF		Anestis Argyriou	1
MF		Ian Black	13	2
MF		Lewis Macleod	2
MF		Lee McCulloch	9
MF		Kyle Hutton	9
MF		Fraser Aird	2
MF		Dean Shiels	2
MF		David Templeton	5
MF		Robbie Crawford	1
MF		Andrew Mitchell	1
FW		Andrew Little	4
FW		Francisco Sandaza	1
FW		Kevin Kyle	2	1
FW		Kal Naismith	1		1

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

Awards

P	Nat.	Name	Award	Date	From
FW		Andrew Little[81]	Ginger Boot Winner	August	Scottish Football League
MF		Lewis Macleod[82]	Young Player of the Month	November	Scottish Football League
MAN		Ally McCoist[83]	Third Division Manager of the month	December	Scottish Football League
FW		Andrew Little[84]	Ginger Boot Winner	February	Scottish Football League

Club

Board of directors Position Staff Chairman Craig Whyte (until 14 May)[85] Malcolm Murray (from 14 June)[86] Chief executive Charles Green (from 14 June)[86] (until 19 April)[16] Craig Mather (interim from 24 April)[87] Chief Operating Officer Craig Mather (from 24 April)[88][87] Finance director Brian Stockbridge (from 14 June)[86] Non-executive director Imran Ahmad (from 14 June)[86] (until 17 October)[89] Non-executive director Walter Smith (from 11 November)[11] Non-executive director Ian Hart (from 11 November)[11] Non-executive director Philip Cartmell (from 7 December)[90] Non-executive director Bryan Smart (from 7 December)[90] Source: Wikipedia article

Coaching staff Position Staff 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 Position Staff 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	Score^1	Report
3	11 August 2012	Scottish Third Division	1	A	Peterhead	2–2	Report Report link Kick off 12:45 BST Attendance 4,485 Referee Stephen Finnie Peterhead Rangers  65' McAllister  82' McLaughlin  27' McKay  90' Little
4	18 August 2012	Scottish Third Division	2	H	East Stirlingshire	5–1	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 49,118 Referee Kevin Clancy Rangers East Stirlingshire  15' Little  43' Little  63' Sandaza  73' Little  90' McCulloch  2' (pen.) Quinn
6	26 August 2012	Scottish Third Division	3	A	Berwick Rangers	1–1	Report Report link Kick off 12:00 BST Attendance 4,140 Referee Mike Tumilty Berwick Rangers Rangers  62' McLaren  45+2' Little
8	2 September 2012	Scottish Third Division	4	H	Elgin City	5–1	Report Report link Kick off 16:30 BST Attendance 46,015 Referee David Somers Rangers Elgin City  24' Shiels  29' Templeton  45+2' McCulloch  49' Templeton  59' McCulloch  15' Duff
9	15 September 2012	Scottish Third Division	5	A	Annan Athletic	0–0	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 2,517 Referee Craig Charleston
11	23 September 2012	Scottish Third Division	6	H	Montrose	4–1	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 45,081 Referee Stephen Finnie Rangers Montrose  27' Shiels  55' Macleod  60' McCulloch  82' Crawford  35' (o.g.) Argyriou
14	6 October 2012	Scottish Third Division	7	A	Stirling Albion	0–1	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 3,751 Referee Bobby Madden Stirling Albion Rangers  9' Allison
15	20 October 2012	Scottish Third Division	8	H	Queen's Park	2–0	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 49,463 Referee John Beaton Rangers Queen's Park  57' McCulloch  90+1' McCulloch
16	28 October 2012	Scottish Third Division	9	A	Clyde	2–0	Report Report link Kick off 12:45 GMT Attendance 7,500 Referee Alan Muir Clyde Rangers  68'  Neill  17' Shiels  80' McCulloch
19	10 November 2012	Scottish Third Division	10	H	Peterhead	2–0	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 48,407 Referee Craig Charleston Rangers Peterhead  43' McCulloch  66' Wallace
20	17 November 2012	Scottish Third Division	11	AR	East Stirlingshire	6–2	Report Report link Kick off 12:45 GMT Attendance 2,834 Referee George Salmond East Stirlingshire Rangers  33' Züfle  41' Turner  58' (pen.) Quinn  12' (pen.) McCulloch  39' Little  49' Wallace  63' Kyle  71' Naismith  82' (pen.) McCulloch
22	8 December 2012	Scottish Third Division	14	H	Stirling Albion	2–0	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 49,913 Referee Mike Tumilty Rangers Stirling Albion  59' Templeton  90' Little  86'  McSorley
23	15 December 2012	Scottish Third Division	15	A	Montrose	4–2	Report Report link Kick off 12:30 GMT Attendance 4,205 Referee Bobby Madden Montrose Rangers  16' Young  75' Gray  23' (pen.) McCulloch  67' Kyle  69' Shiels  90+5' Crawford
24	18 December 2012[96]	Scottish Third Division	13	H	Annan Athletic	3–0	Report Report link Kick off 19:45 GMT Attendance 42,135 Referee Paul Robertson Rangers Annan Athletic  29' Templeton  59' Wallace  64' Little  70' Templeton
25	22 December 2012[97]	Scottish Third Division	12	A	Elgin City	6–2	Report Report link Kick off 12:30 GMT Attendance 3,448 Referee Brian Colvin Elgin City Rangers  18' Moore  32' Nicolson  5' Little  24' Little  41' McCulloch  60' McCulloch  64' Macleod  83' Hutton
26	26 December 2012	Scottish Third Division	16	H	Clyde	3–0	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 47,463 Referee Crawford Allan Rangers Clyde  21' Wallace  38' Templeton  76' Shiels
27	29 December 2012	Scottish Third Division	17	A	Queen's Park	1–0	Report Report link Kick off 12:45 GMT Attendance 30,117 Referee William Collum Queen's Park Rangers  56'  Brough  90+1' Aird
28	2 January 2013	Scottish Third Division	18	A	Annan Athletic	3–1	Report Report link Kick off 12:45 GMT Attendance 2,441 Referee Stephen Finnie Annan Athletic Rangers  35' Love  26' Templeton  63' Crawford  83' Templeton
29	5 January 2013	Scottish Third Division	19	H	Elgin City	1–1	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 46,406 Referee John Beaton Rangers Elgin City  9' Macleod  42' Harkins  87' (o.g.) Alexander
30	12 January 2013	Scottish Third Division	20	H	Berwick Rangers	4–2	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 44,976 Referee Steven McLean Rangers Berwick Rangers  9' Little  47' Little  53' Templeton  74' Little  65' Gray  73' McLaren
31	20 January 2013	Scottish Third Division	21	A	Peterhead	1–0	Report Report link Kick off 12:00 GMT Attendance 4,855 Referee Mike Tumilty Peterhead Rangers  65'  McAllister  30' Sandaza
32	26 January 2013	Scottish Third Division	22	H	Montrose	1–1	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 46,273 Referee Craig Charleston Rangers Montrose  45' (o.g.) Crawford  89' Gray
34	9 February 2013	Scottish Third Division	24	H	Queen's Park	4–0	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 46,104 Referee George Salmond Rangers Queen's Park  50' Black  63' Little  78' Shiels  89' Little
35	16 February 2013	Scottish Third Division	25	A	Clyde	4–1	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 7,600 Referee Kevin Clancy Clyde Rangers  47' Watt  9' Little  24' Little  44' Templeton  54' Templeton
36	23 February 2013	Scottish Third Division	26	A	Berwick Rangers	3–1	Report Report link Kick off 12:00 GMT Attendance 4,476 Referee Calum Murray Berwick Rangers Rangers  6' (o.g.) Argyriou  9' (pen.) Shiels  45+1' Little  66' Faure
37	26 February 2013[96]	Scottish Third Division	23	A	Stirling Albion	1–1	Report Report link Kick off 19:45 GMT Attendance 3,707 Referee Stephen Finnie Stirling Albion Rangers  51' Forsyth  16' Little
38	2 March 2013	Scottish Third Division	27	H	East Stirlingshire	3–1	Report Report link Kick off 12:00 GMT Attendance 44,534 Referee Brian Colvin Rangers East Stirlingshire  51' Little  61' McCulloch  63' Little  40' Stirling
39	9 March 2013	Scottish Third Division	28	H	Annan Athletic	1–2	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 34,441 Referee John McKendrick Rangers Annan Athletic  59' Little  48' Love  55' Hopkirk
40	16 March 2013	Scottish Third Division	29	A	Elgin City	1–0	Report Report link Kick off 12:45 GMT Attendance 3,633 Referee David Somers Elgin City Rangers  73' (pen.) McCulloch  87'  Black
41	23 March 2013	Scottish Third Division	30	H	Stirling Albion	0–0	Report Report link Kick off 12:00 GMT Attendance 44,608 Referee Craig Thomson
42	30 March 2013	Scottish Third Division	31	A	Montrose	0–0	Report Report link Kick off 12:00 GMT Attendance 4,686 Referee Kevin Clancy
43	7 April 2013	Scottish Third Division	32	A	Queen's Park	4–1	Report Report link Kick off 12:00 BST Attendance 11,492 Referee Craig Charleston Queen's Park Rangers  87' Shankland  18' Templeton  35' Aird  68' Hemmings  86' Templeton
44	13 April 2013	Scottish Third Division	33	H	Clyde	2–0	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 44,453 Referee Calum Murray Rangers Clyde  55' McCulloch  89' Hutton
45	20 April 2013	Scottish Third Division	34	H	Peterhead	1–2	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 43,961 Referee Euan Norris Rangers Peterhead  12' McCulloch  23' Ross  56' McAllister
46	27 April 2013	Scottish Third Division	35	AR	East Stirlingshire	4–2	Report Report link Kick off 12:45 BST Attendance 2,885 Referee Barry Cook East Stirlingshire Rangers  22' (pen.) Quinn  30' Turner  50' Quinn  6' Crawford  45+3' Templeton  65' Black  79' Templeton
47	4 May 2013	Scottish Third Division	36	H	Berwick Rangers	1–0	Report Report link Kick off 12:45 BST Attendance 50,048 Referee John McKendrick Rangers Berwick 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 to 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	Score^1	Report
13	29 September 2012	Scottish Cup	R2	A	Forres Mechanics	1–0	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 2,751 Referee Crawford Allan Forres Mechanics Rangers  16' Naismith
18	3 November 2012	Scottish Cup	R3	H	Alloa Athletic	7–0	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 25,478 Referee Iain Brines Rangers Alloa Athletic  2' Shiels  21' Shiels  33' McCulloch  72' McCulloch  73' Crawford  82' McKay  89' McKay  78' James Doyle
21	2 December 2012	Scottish Cup	R4	H	Elgin City	3–0	Report Report link Kick off 13:15 GMT Attendance 23,195 Referee Euan Norris Rangers Elgin City  43' Shiels  68' Kyle  85' Naismith
33	2 February 2013	Scottish Cup	R5	A	Dundee United	0–3	Report Report link Kick off 12:45 GMT Attendance 9,564 Referee Euan Norris Dundee United Rangers  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 to 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	Score^1	Report
2	7 August 2012	League Cup	R1	H	East Fife	4–0	Report Report link Kick off 19:45 BST Attendance 38,160 Referee John McKendrick Rangers East Fife  15' McCulloch  33' Shiels  47' Wallace  62' McCulloch
7	30 August 2012	League Cup	R2	H	Falkirk	3–0	Report Report link Kick off 19:45 BST Attendance 26,450 Referee Alan Muir Rangers Falkirk  18' McCulloch  32' Little  52' McCulloch
12	26 September 2012	League Cup	R3	H	Motherwell	2–0	Report Report link Kick off 19:15 BST Attendance 29,413 Referee Calum Murray Rangers Motherwell  50' McCulloch  56' Shiels
17	31 October 2012	League Cup	QF	H	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–3	Report Report link Kick off 19:45 GMT Attendance 28,033 Referee Steven McLean Rangers Inverness 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 to 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	Score^1	Report
1	29 July 2012	Challenge Cup	R1	A	Brechin City	2–1	Report Report link Kick off 15:05 BST Attendance 4,123 Referee George Salmond Brechin City Rangers  43' Jackson  4' Little  102' McCulloch
5	21 August 2012	Challenge Cup	R2	A	Falkirk	1–0	Report Report link Kick off 19:45 BST Attendance 6,747 Referee Calum Murray Falkirk Rangers  45' Little
10	18 September 2012	Challenge Cup	QF	H	Queen of the South	2–2 (3-4 pen.)	Report Report link Kick off 19:45 BST Attendance 23,932 Referee Stevie O'Reilly Rangers Queen 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 to 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	Score^1	Report
1	10 April 2013	Friendly		H	Linfield	2–0	Report Report link Kick off 19:15 BST Attendance 12,543 Referee John Beattie Rangers Linfield  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 to that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Scottish Third Division	—	—	1st	11 August	4 May
Challenge Cup	1st Round	—	Quarter-finals	29 July	18 September
League Cup	1st Round	—	Quarter-finals	7 August	31 October
Scottish Cup	2nd Round	—	5th Round	29 September	2 February

Source: Competitions

Scottish Third Division

Main article: 2012–13 Scottish Third Division

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Rangers (C, P)	36	25	8	3	87	29	+58	83	Promotion to League One
2	Peterhead	36	17	8	11	52	28	+24	59	Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs
3	Queen's Park	36	16	8	12	60	54	+6	56
4	Berwick Rangers	36	14	7	15	59	55	+4	49
5	Elgin City	36	13	10	13	67	69	−2	49

Source: SPFL archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

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
36	25	8	3	87	29	+58	83	13	3	2	44	12	+32	12	5	1	43	17	+26

Last updated: 3 May 2013.
Source: Wikipedia article

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	W
Position	5	1	4	3	4	2	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

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

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