2012–13 Swindon Town F.C. season
The 2012–13 season will be Swindon Town's first season in the League One since 2010–11. Swindon will seek to achieve back-to-back promotions after winning promotion from League Two. The club will also compete in the FA Cup, League Cup and the Football League Trophy.
Chronological list of events
- 6 October 2012: The club are placed under a Football League transfer embargo for breaking limits on wages and transfer fees.
- 15 October 2012: Jeremy Wray is replaced by former British diplomat Sir William Patey as chairman.
- 6 November 2012: The transfer embargo is lifted by the Football League.
- 3 January 2013: Sir William Patey tells the BBC that no money will be available for transfers.
- 5 January 2013: Paolo Di Canio offers to spend between £20,000-£30,000 of his own money to keep his loan players at the club.
- 12 January 2013: Swindon Town officially back the Football Supporters' Federation's 'Safe Standing' campaign after a poll conducted by fan website, 'The Washbag', shows overwhelming support in favour of the return of stadia terracing.
- 13 January 2013: On-loan midfielder John Bostock returns to Tottenham Hotspur.
- 16 January 2013: Majority shareholder Andrew Black confirms that he is actively trying to sell the club.
- 20 January 2013: Paolo Di Canio, club staff and supporters successfully rally together to clear snow from the County Ground pitch ahead of the League One fixture with Shrewsbury Town.
- 22 January 2013: Swindon Town accept an apology from The League Paper after staff writer, Chris Dunlavy, suggested the club committed "financial doping" and "virtually cheated" their way to the League Two title during the 2011/12 season.
- 25 January 2013: Chairman Sir William Patey announces that he will quit once the takeover of the club is completed.
- 30 January 2013: The club announce that an agreement had been made to sell the Swindon Town to a consortium fronted by businessman Jed McCrory. The takeover is subject to Football League approval.
- 30 January 2013: Matt Ritchie joins Bournemouth for £500,000. Swindon Town state that the transfer was a necessity as the club try and avoid administration.
- 31 January 2013: The loan-to-permanent transfer of Cheltenham Town midfielder Marlon Pack along with loan deals for Charlton Athletic duo Bradley Wright-Phillips and Danny Green are blocked by the Football League, who refuse to ratify the deals before the takeover of the club is approved.
- 1 February 2013: Paolo Di Canio releases a statement announcing that he is considering his future with the club.
- 1 February 2013: The Board release a statement to assure supporters that work is continuing to secure the sale of the club and responds to Paolo Di Canio's statement by reiterating the Italian manager still has the support of the club.
- 18 February 2013: Paolo Di Canio resigns.
- 19 February 2013: Fabrizio Piccareta is caretaker manager for the 3–1 victory at Tranmere Rovers. However, Di Canio's former assistant resigns shortly afterwards.
- 20 February 2013: Senior players Tommy Miller & Darren Ward are appointed co-caretaker managers.
- 21 February 2013: Jed McCrory's consortium take full control of the club.
- 21 February 2013: Swindon Town legend Fraser Digby is appointed interim goalkeeper coach as a temporary replacement for Domenico Doardo who resigned days before.
- 21 February 2013: It is reported by the Mail Online that on the night of 20 February, Paolo Di Canio "stole into the manager’s office under darkness and caused damage by tearing down pictures of his successful reign at the club".
- 21/22 February 2013: Majority shareholder Andrew Black uses social network website Twitter to explain his decision to sell the club.
- 22 February 2013: Exiled midfielder Luke Rooney returns to the first team set-up.
- 22 February 2013: Michael Peacock is appointed interim fitness & conditioning coach.
- 28 February 2013: Kevin MacDonald is appointed manager.
- 6 March 2013: Chief Executive Nick Watkins leaves the club.
- 28 March 2013: The Football League lift transfer embargo.
League data
Sponsors
Pre-Season
During the final stages of the 2011/12 season Swindon Town confirmed two pre-season friendlies, the first confirmed fixture was a home tie against Championship side Crystal Palace. Shortly afterwards the club announced that a local friendly with fellow Wiltshire outfit Salisbury City was confirmed to take place at the Raymond McEnhill Stadium on 3 August.In June 2012, it was announced that the club would be spending two weeks of pre-season training in Italy between Sunday 1st – Saturday 14 July. The team based themselves close to Bardolino near Lake Garda. It was later confirmed that Swindon would play a local Select XI consisting on Serie D standard players and Bayern Munich II. An away fixture against Non-League side Weston-super-Mare was later confirmed.
Results
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The fixture list for the 2012/13 season was announced on 18 June 2012. It was confirmed that Swindon would begin their campaign with an away fixture at Hartlepool United.August
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The F.A. Cup">2012–13 FA Cup">The F.A. Cup
Results
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Results
[2012–13 Football League Trophy]
Results
Club Information
Andrew Black Era (up until 21 February 2013)
| Position | Name |
| Chairman |  Jeremy Wray ' Sir William Patey ' |
| Directors | Sir William Patey, Russell Backhouse, Andrew Black, Nick Watkins |
| Chief Executive | Nick Watkins |
| Manager |  Paolo Di Canio |
| Assistant Manager | Fabrizio Piccareta |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Domenico Doardo |
| Fitness Coach | Claudio Donatelli |
| Youth Team Manager |  Paul Bodin |
| Centre of Excellence | Jeremy Newton |
| Physio | Paul Godfrey |
Jed McCrory Era (from 21 February 2013)
| Position | Name |
| Chairman | Jed McCrory |
| Directors | Jed McCrory Lee Power |
| General Manager | Steve Murrall |
| Manager | Kevin MacDonald |
| Assistant Manager | Mark Cooper |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Fraser Digby ' |
| Fitness & Conditioning Coach | Michael Peacock ' |
| Youth Team Manager | Paul Bodin |
| Centre of Excellence | Jeremy Newton |
| Physio | Paul Godfrey |
Manager Season Stats
As of 1 May 2013. Only competitive matches for the 2012/13 season are countedSquad Details
Appearances and goals
Captains
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Games |
| 12 | MF | | Alan McCormack | 42 |
| 8 | DF | | Simon Ferry | 5 |
| 18 | MF | | Tommy Miller | 4 |
| 5 | DF | | Joe Devera | 1 |
Goalscorers
| Name | League | FA Cup | League Cup | JP Trophy | Total |
| James Collins | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| Andy Williams | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Matt Ritchie | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Adam Rooney | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Raffaele De Vita | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Simon Ferry | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Paul Benson | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Gary Roberts | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Miles Storey | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Danny Hollands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alan Navarro | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Troy Archibald-Henville | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Aden Flint | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Darren Ward | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Massimo Luongo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chris Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tommy Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 72 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 84 |
Hat-tricks
Includes all competitive matches.Penalties awarded
Includes all competitive matches.Clean sheets
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Suspensions
Monthly & Weekly Awards
| Date | Player | Award |
| 28/08/12 | Matt Ritchie | League One Team of the Week |
| 24/09/12 | Darren Ward | League One Team of the Week |
| 01/10/12 | Jay McEveley | League One Team of the Week |
| 01/10/12 | Simon Ferry | League One Team of the Week |
| 08/10/12 | Aden Flint | League One Team of the Week |
| 15/10/12 | Jay McEveley | League One Team of the Week |
| 22/10/12 | Nathan Thompson | League One Team of the Week |
| 29/10/12 | Wes Foderingham | League One Team of the Week |
| 12/11/12 | Wes Foderingham | League One Team of the Week |
| 12/11/12 | Matt Ritchie | League One Team of the Week |
| 19/11/12 | James Collins | League One Team of the Week |
| 17/12/12 | Wes Foderingham | League One Team of the Week |
| 17/12/12 | Raffaele De Vita | League One Team of the Week |
| 22/01/13 | Wes Foderingham | League One Team of the Week |
| 22/01/13 | Alan McCormack | League One Team of the Week |
| 12/02/13 | Simon Ferry | League One Team of the Week |
| 11/03/13 | Alan McCormack | League One Team of the Week |
| 25/03/13 | Alan McCormack | League One Team of the Week |
| 22/03/12 | Aden Flint | League One Team of the Week |
| 22/03/12 | Gary Roberts | League One Team of the Week |
| 2012/13 | Nathan Thompson | Swindon Town Player of the Season |
| 2013/13 | Wes Foderingham | PFA Team of the Year |
Transfers
Trial players
| Nat. | Player | Notes | Ref |
| Luke McCormick | Rehabilitation | |
| Paul Mooney | Trial | |
| Simone Materazzi | Trial | |
| Zavon Hines | Trial | |
| Iain Turner | Trial | |
| Claudio Hoban | Samsung Win A Pro Contract finalist | |
| Kayden Jackson | Samsung Win A Pro Contract finalist | |
| Jack Sherratt | Samsung Win A Pro Contract finalist |