2012–13 Brentford F.C. season

Brentford F.C.
	2012–13 season
Chairman	Greg Dyke
Manager	Uwe Rösler
League One	3rd (Play-off Runners Up)
FA Cup	4th Round
League Cup	1st Round
Football League Trophy	Quarter Finals (Southern Section)
Top goalscorer	League: Clayton Donaldson (18); All: Clayton Donaldson (24)
Highest home attendance	12,300 (v Doncaster Rovers, 27 April 2013, League One
Lowest home attendance	2,643 (v Bradford City, 18 December 2012, FA Cup 2nd Round Replay)
Home colours	Away colours
← 2011–12	2013–14 →

2012-13 was Brentford's 4th season in League One and saw them narrowly miss out on automatic promotion following a dramatic final day defeat at home to Doncaster Rovers.The season finished with Brentford losing the play-off Final to Yeovil Town.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Richard Lee	5	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
2	MF		Kevin O'Connor	16	1	6+6	0	1	0	1	0	2	1
3	DF		Scott Barron	17	0	5+7	0	0+3	0	0	0	2	0
4	MF		Adam Forshaw	53	3	37+6	3	6	0	0+1	0	3	0
5	DF		Tony Craig	55	0	44	0	7	0	1	0	3	0
6	DF		Harlee Dean	56	4	44	3	5+1	0	1	0	5	1
7	MF		Sam Saunders	43	3	13+17	2	3+4	0	1	0	1+4	1
8	MF		Jonathan Douglas	53	4	44	4	6	0	1	0	1+1	0
9	FW		Clayton Donaldson	56	24	43+1	18	6+1	4	1	0	4	2
10	MF		Farid El Alagui	12	3	7+4	3	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
11	MF		Myles Weston	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
11	FW		Jimmy Spencer	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW		Marcello Trotta	29	9	16+6	6	3+2	3	0	0	2	0
12	MF		Tom Adeyemi	39	3	21+9	2	4+1	1	0	0	4	0
14	DF		Shaleum Logan	53	0	41+4	0	4	0	1	0	3	0
15	MF		Stuart Dallas	11	0	3+4	0	1+2	0	0	0	0+1	0
16	GK		Antoine Gounet	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Bradley Wright-Phillips	17	5	10+5	5	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
18	MF		Ryan Fredericks	5	0	1+3	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
18	DF		Lee Hodson	18	0	7+6	0	3	0	0	0	2	0
19	FW		Harry Forrester	47	11	23+11	8	4+3	3	1	0	4+1	0
20	MF		Toumani Diagouraga	49	1	28+11	1	4+1	0	0+1	0	4	0
21	GK		Simon Moore	52	0	43	0	4	0	1	0	4	0
22	MF		Jake Reeves	10	0	4+2	0	0+2	0	1	0	1	0
23	FW		Paul Hayes	32	6	10+13	4	5	1	0	0	2+2	1
24	DF		Jake Bidwell	50	0	37+3	0	6	0	0	0	4	0
27	MF		Manny Oyeleke	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF		Antonio German	5	1	0+2	1	0+1	0	0	0	0+2	0
31	DF		Aaron Pierre	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
32	DF		Leon Legge	11	0	3+4	0	2	0	0	0	1+1	0
32	DF		Liam Moore	7	0	6+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF		Rob Kiernan	9	0	5+3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
34	MF		Charlie Adams	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Goalscorers

Pos.	Player	FL1	FAC	FLT	Total
1	Donaldson	18	4	2	24
2	Forrester	8	3	0	11
3	Trotta	6	3	0	9
4	Hayes	4	1	1	6
5	Wright-Phillips	5	0	0	5
6=	Douglas	4	0	0	4
6=	Dean	3	0	1	4
8=	Forshaw	3	0	0	3
8=	El Alagui	3	0	0	3
8=	Saunders	2	0	1	3
8=	Adeyemi	2	1	0	3
12=	O'Connor	1	0	0	1
12=	Diagouraga	1	0	0	1
12=	German	1	0	0	1
12=	Own Goal	1	0	0	1
	Totals	62	12	5	79

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Player
			Totals	0	0

Transfers

Date	Pos	Name	Previous Club	Fee	Ref.
Players transferred in
21 May 2012	DF/MF	Harlee Dean	Southampton	free	^[1]
22 May 2012	MF	Adam Forshaw	Everton	undisclosed	^[2]
3 July 2012	ST	Farid El Alagui	Falkirk	undisclosed
13 July 2012	DF	Tony Craig	Millwall	undisclosed
13 August 2012	MF	Scott Barron	Millwall	undisclosed
20 August 2012	CF	Paul Hayes	Charlton Athletic	free
Players loaned in
10 August 2012	DF	Ryan Fredericks	Tottenham	25 October 2012	^[3]
16 October 2012	FW	Jimmy Spencer	Huddersfield Town	November 2012	^[4]
15 November 2012	DF	Rob Kiernan	Wigan Athletic	January 2013	^[5]
22 November 2012	FW	Marcello Trotta	Fulham	May 2013	^[6]
22 November 2012	DF	Lee Hodson	Watford	May 2013	^[7]
20 February 2013	DF	Liam Moore	Leicester City	May 2013	^[8]
Date from	Pos.	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
Players loaned out
31 December 2012	DF	Leon Legge	Gillingham	January 2013	^[9]
Date from	Pos.	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
Players transferred out
17 August 2012	MF	Myles Weston	Gillingham		^[10]
31 January 2012	DF	Leon Legge	Gillingham		^[11]
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Fee	Ref
Players released
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.

League Data

League Table

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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	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	HA	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	L	D	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	D	L
Position	13	18	9	11	6	8	12	9	11	11	9	8	10	9	11	8	8	9	7	5	4	2	3	4	4	3	4	3	6	7	6	7	5	4	5	6	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

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	21	16	9	62	47	+15	79	14	6	3	37	22	+15	7	10	6	25	25	0

Last updated: 12 August 2013.
Source: Telegraph

Results

League One

August

18 August 2012 1	Bury	0 - 0	Brentford	Gigg Lane
15:00	Lockwood 54'	Report		Attendance: 2659 Referee: Boyeson

21 August 2012 2	Brentford	1 - 3	Yeovil	Griffin Park
19:45	Donaldson 55'	Report	Hayter 23', 80' Hinds 49' Webster 53' Ayling 74' Craig 84' (o.g.)	Attendance: 5269 Referee: Berry

25 August 2012 3	Brentford	5 - 1	Crewe Alexandra	Griffin Park
15:00	Donaldson 13', 89' El Alagui 20', 45+2' Dean 84'	Report	Pogba 48' Murphy 63'	Attendance: 4858 Referee: Scott

September

1 September 2012 4	Brentford	2 - 2	Walsall	Bescot Stadium
15:00	Douglas 28' Donaldson 90'	Report	Paterson Bowerman 29'	Attendance: 3434 Referee: Haywood

8 September 2012 5	Brentford	1 - 0	Colchester United	Bescot Stadium
15:00	Saunders 37' El Alagui 88'	Report		Attendance: 5449 Referee: Attwell

13 September 2012 6	Leyton Orient	1 - 0	Brentford	Brisbane Road
19:45	McSweeney 57' Cook 73' Brunt 75'	Report	Craig 40' Bidwell 80'	Attendance: 3333 Referee: Dowd

18 September 2012 7	Bournemouth	2 - 2	Brentford	Deans Court
19:45	Tubbs 17' Charlie Daniels 25' (pen.)	Report	Francis 10' (o.g.) Forrester 68'	Attendance: 5,117 Referee: Langford

22 September 2012 8	Brentford	1 - 0	Oldham Athletic	Griffin Park
15:00	Forshaw 17'	Report		Attendance: 5251 Referee: Graham

29 September 2012 9	Tranmere Rovers	1 - 1	Brentford	Prenton Park
15:00	Akpa Akpro 60'	Report	Douglas 90+6'	Attendance: 5720 Referee: Lewis

October

2 October 2012 10	Brentford	0 - 0	Shrewsbury Town	Griffin Park
19:45		Report		Attendance: 4,384 Referee: Robinson

6 October 2012 11	Brentford	2 - 1	Crawley Town	Griffin Park
15:00	Donaldson 23', 76'	Report	Adams 59'	Attendance: 5607 Referee: Naylor

13 October 2012 12	Scunthorpe United	1 - 1	Brentford	Glanford Park
15:00	Clarke 77'	Report	Forrester 43'	Attendance: 3,008 Referee: Kettle

20 October 2012 13	Doncaster Rovers	2 - 1	Brentford	Keepmoat Stadium
15:00	Cotterill 74' Paynter 84'	Report	Douglas 45'	Attendance: 6555 Referee: Haines

23 October 2012 14	Brentford	2 - 1	Coventry City	Keepmoat Stadium
15:00	Forrester 41' 90+4' (pen.)	Report	McGoldrick 7'	Attendance: 5,415 Referee: Stroud

27 October 2012 15	Brentford	2 - 2	Hartlepool United	Griffin Park
15:00	Hayes 11', 58'	Report	Dean 25' (o.g.) Craig 90'	Attendance: 5213 Referee: Phillips

November

6 November 2012 16	Portsmouth	0 - 1	Brentford	Fratton Park
15:00		Report	Donaldson 7'	Attendance: 11,328 Referee: Scott Mathieson

10 November 2012 17	Brentford	2 - 1	Carlisle United	Griffin Park
15:00	Jonathan Douglas 20' Hayes 61'	Report	Garner 26'	Attendance: 7,673 Referee: Davis

17 November 2012 18	Preston North End	1 - 1	Brentford	Deepdale
15:00	Laird 62'	Report	German 89'	Attendance: 8,804 Referee: Miller

20 November 2012 19	Swindon Town	0 - 1	Brentford	County Ground
19:45		Report	Donaldson 59'	Attendance: 7431 Referee: Whitestone

24 November 2012 20	Brentford	2 - 0	Sheffield United	Griffin Park
15:00	Donaldson 3' Forrester 29'	Report		Attendance: 7763 Referee: Andy D'Urso

December

8 December 2012 21	Brentford	3 - 2	Milton Keynes Dons	Griffin Park
15:00	Donaldson 43', 89' Forrester 72'	Report	Lowe 14' Gleeson 53'	Attendance: 5883 Referee: Collins

15 December 2012 22	Notts County	1 - 2	Brentford	Meadow Lane
15:00	Craig 20' (o.g.)	Report	Forrester 36' Donaldson 88'	Attendance: 5,307 Referee: Trevor Kettle

26 December 2012 23	Colchester United	1 - 3	Brentford	Colchester Community Stadium
15:00	Thompson 10' Wright 23' Potts 79'	Report	Trotta 4' Forshaw 12' Douglas 18' Adeyemi 34', 45' Lee 78' Dean 85'	Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Gavin Ward

29 December 2012 24	Shresbury Town	0 - 0	Brentford	New Meadow
15:00		Report		Attendance: 5,715 Referee: Bond

January

1 January 2013 25	Brentford	0 - 0	Bournemouth	Griffin Park
15:00	Trotta 16'	Report		Attendance: 8,059 Referee: Robinson

12 January 2013 26	Oldham Atletic	0 - 2	Brentford	Boundary Park
	Baxter 5'		Dondaldson 5', 82' 66' Diagouraga 69' Forrester 75' Forshaw 90'	Attendance: 4615 Referee: Haines

19 January 2013 27	Brentford	1 - 2	Tranmere Rovers	Griffin Park
15:00	Harlee Dean 41' 50' Douglas 75' Bidwell 90'	Report	Robinson 42' (pen.) Bakayogo 56' McGurk 66' 75' Williams 75' Power 90'	Attendance: 6948 Referee: Deadman

22 January 2013 28	Brentford	2 - 2	Leyton Orient	Griffin Park
19:45	Hayes 16' Donaldson 39' Bidwell 43', 57'	Report	Rowlands 6' Cook 86'	Attendance: 4523 Referee: Tierney

February

2 February 2013 29	Yeovil Town	3 - 0	Brentford	Huish Park
15:00	Upson 28' 40' Madden 34' McAllister 80' Burn 84'	Report	Logan 29'	Attendance: 4106 Referee: Linington

9 February 2013 30	Brentford	2 - 2	Bury	Griffin Park
15:00	Forrester 52' Trotta 68'	Report	Ebanks-Landell 48' Soares 65' Ajose 76'	Attendance: 5137 Referee: Coote

12 February 2013 31	Brentford	2 - 0	Stevenage	Griffin Park
19:45	Dean 38' Adeyemi 44' Forshaw 67' Trotta 86'	Report		Attendance: 7022 Referee: Hooper

23 February 2013 32	Brentford	0 - 0	Walsall	Griffin Park
15:00		Summary	Brandy 38' Mantom 75'	Attendance: 4,781 Referee: Fred Graham

26 February 2013 33	Crawley Town	1 - 2	Brentford	Broadfield Stadium
19:45	Connolly 1' O'Brien 47' Adams 65'	Summary	Forshaw 5', 59' Saunders 16' Donaldson 32' Dean 45+4'	Referee: Lee Collins

March

2 March 2013 34	Brentford	1 - 0	Scunthorpe United	Griffin Park
15:00	Adeyemi 70' Douglas 90+1'	Summary	Slocombe 7'	Attendance: 5,400 Referee: Phil Gibbs

5 March 2013 35	Stevenage	1 - 0	Brentford	Broadhall Way
19:45	Dunne 58' Haber 76'	Summary	Wright-Phillips 66'	Attendance: 2,794 Referee: Craig Pawson

9 March 2013 36	Carlisle United	2 - 0	Brentford	Brunton Park
15:00	O'Hanlon 23' Thirlwell 41' Beck 53'	Summary	Dean 36' Wright-Phillips 87'	Attendance: 3,858 Referee: Scott Duncan

12 March 2013 37	Brentford	2 - 1	Swindon Town	Griffin Park
19:45	Moore 41' Logan 54' Saunders 73' (pen.) Donaldson 76' Wright-Phillips 90+2'	Summary	Ferry 32' Foderingham 71' Thompson 86'	Attendance: 5,867 Referee: Stuart Attwell

16 March 2013 38	Brentford	1 - 0	Preston North End	Griffin Park
15:00	Diagouraga 20' Trotta 80' Logan 90' Saunders 90+4' (pen.) 90+5'	Summary	Buchanan 54'	Attendance: 6,512 Referee: Gavin Ward

29 March 2013 39	Brentford	2 - 1	Notts County	Griffin Park
15:00	Diagouraga 21' Wright-Phillips 70'	Report	Judge 74'	Attendance: 7,412 Referee: Andy D'Urso

April

1 April 2013 40	Milton Keynes Dons	2 - 0	Brentford	Stadium mk
15:00	Bowditch 14' Gleeson 85'	Report		Attendance: 10,455 Referee: Stephen Martin

6 April 2013 41	Coventry City	1 - 1	Brentford	Ricoh Arena
15:00	Baker 45' (pen)	Report	Forrester 47'	Attendance: 10,642 Referee: Scott Mathieson

10 April 2013 42	Crewe Alexandra	0 - 2	Brentford	Alexandra Stadium
19:45		Report	Wright-Phillips 12' Trotta 83'	Attendance: 4,594 Referee: Robert Madley

13 April 2013 43	Brentford	3 - 2	Portsmouth	Griffin Park
15:00	Wright-Phillips 21' (85) Clayton Donaldson 86'	Report	Connolly 26' Cooper 58'	Attendance: 9,149 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

16 April 2013 44	Sheffield United	2 - 2	Brentford	Bramall Lane
19:45	Long 24' Maguire 26', 72' Doyle 38' McMahon 45+4' Robson 62' (pen) Kitson 28' 68'	Report	Moore 23' Trotta 24' (pen) Jake Reeves 28' Donaldson 45', 77' Craig Logan 81' Wright-Phillips 89'	Attendance: 23,431 Referee: Keith Stroud

20 April 2013 45	Hartlepool United	1 - 1	Brentford	Victoria Park
17:20	James 25'	Report	Trotta 39'	Attendance: 3,541 Referee: Michael Naylor

27 April 2013 46	Brentford	0 - 1	Doncaster Rovers	Griffin Park
15:00		Report	James Coppinger 90+6'	Attendance: 12,300 Referee: Oliver

Play-Offs

4 May 2013 Play Off 1st Leg	Swindon Town	1 - 1	Brentford	County Ground
17:20	Luongo 70'	Report	Kevin O'Connor 90' (pen)	Attendance: 10,595 Referee: Eltringham

6 May 2013 Play Off 2nd Leg	Brentford	3 - 3 (5 – 4 p)	Swindon Town	Griffin Park
16:30	A. Rooney 24' (o.g.) Donaldson 40', 47'	Report	A. Rooney 44' Devera 57' Flint 90'	Attendance: 9,109 Referee: Miller
		Penalties
	Saunders Hayes Dean Craig Forshaw		Devera Flint Collins Storey Roberts

19 May 2013 Play Off Final	Brentford	1 - 2	Yeovil Town	Wembley Stadium
13:30	Dean 51'	Report	Madden 6' Burn 42'	Attendance: 41,955 Referee: D'Urso

FA Cup

3 November 2012 1	Boreham Wood	0 - 2	Brentford	Meadow Park
15:00	Reynalds 18' Jones 46'	Report	Donaldson 16' Forrester 44'	Attendance: 1,495 Referee: Lewis

30 November 2012 2	Bradford City	1-1	Brentford	Valley Parade
19:45	Hanson 70'	Report	Logan 43' 66'	Attendance: 3,620 Referee: Sutton

18 December 2012 Round 2 Replay	Brentford	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Bradford City	Griffin Park
19:45	Trotta 45' (pen.), 102' Donaldson 103' Forrester 106'	Report	Reid 34' Connell 94' (pen.)	Attendance: 2643 Referee: Scott

5 January 2013 Round 3	Southend United	2–2	Brentford	Roots Hall
15:00	Corr 39', 54'	Summary	Adeyemi 29' Cresswell 38' (o.g.)	Attendance: 5,540 Referee: Dean Whitestone

15 January 2013 Round 3 Replay	Brentford	2–1	Southend United	Griffin Park
19:45	Hayes 26' Donaldson 76'	Summary	Corr 69' Prosser 72'	Attendance: 6,526 Referee: Darren Drysdale

27 January 2013 Round 4	Brentford	2–2	Chelsea	Griffin Park
12:00	Trotta 42' Forrester 73' (pen.)	Summary	Cahill 44' Oscar 55' Turnbull 71' Fernando Torres 83'	Attendance: 12,146 Referee: Jonathan Moss

17 February 2013 Round 4 Replay	Chelsea	4–0	Brentford	Stamford Bridge
12:00	Mata 55' Oscar 68' Ivanović 69' Lampard 71' Terry 81' David Luiz 85'	Summary		Attendance: 40,961 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

League Cup

11 August 2012 1	Walsall	1 - 0	Brentford	Banks's Stadium
15:00	Hemmings 8'	Report		Attendance: 2248 Referee: Woolmer

League Trophy

9 October 2012 2	Brentford	1 - 0	Crawley Town	Griffin Park
19:45	Forrester 6' Saunders 73'	Report		Attendance: 2739 Referee: Williamson

4 December 2012 Quarter Finals	Southend United	2 - 1	Brentford	Roots Hall
19:45	Mkandawire 27' Hurst 39' Timlin 76'	Report	Diagouraga 54' Saunders 76' Hayes 83'	Attendance: 3052 Referee: Russel

Management

Name	Nat	From	To	Record All Comps					Record League
Name	Nat	From	To	P	W	D	L	W %	P	W	D	L	W %
Uwe Rösler		10 June 2011	present	4	1	1	2	25.00\| style="text-align:center" \|3	1	1	1	33.33

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