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

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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

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Squad information

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Matches

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Scottish Third Division

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Game
Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score1
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
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
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
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
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
11 23 September 2012 Scottish Third Division 6 H Montrose 4–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
45,081
Referee
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
42 30 March 2013 Scottish Third Division 31 A Montrose 0–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:00 GMT
Attendance
4,686
Referee
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
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
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
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
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
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 from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Scottish Cup

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Game
Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score1
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
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
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
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
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 from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

League Cup

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Game
Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score1
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
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
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
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
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 from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Challenge Cup

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Game
Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score1
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
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
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
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 from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Friendlies

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Game
Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score1
Report
1 10 April 2013 Friendly H Linfield   2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:15 BST
Attendance
12,543
Referee
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 from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Competitions

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Overall

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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

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Standings

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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) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results summary

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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

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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

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