2012–13 Burnley F.C. season
# 2012–13 Burnley F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Burnley's third consecutive season in the Championship. They also competed in the FA Cup and the League Cup.

## Match details

### Football League Championship

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Charlton Athletic | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 65 | 59 | +6 | 65 |
| 10 | Derby County | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 65 | 62 | +3 | 61 |
| 11 | Burnley | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 62 | 60 | +2 | 61 |
| 12 | Birmingham City | 46 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 63 | 69 | −6 | 61 |
| 13 | Leeds United | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 57 | 66 | −9 | 61 |

**Matches**

| Date | League position | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 18 August 2012 | 1st | Bolton Wanderers | H | W | 2–0 | Paterson 39', Austin 56' | 18,407 |
| 21 August 2012 | 8th | Middlesbrough | A | L | 2–3 | Austin 41', Stanislas 86' | 15,559 |
| 25 August 2012 | 18th | Huddersfield Town | A | L | 0–2 | | 15,483 |
| 1 September 2012 | 22nd | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | L | 1–3 | Greer 60' o.g. | 11,413 |
| 15 September 2012 | 15th | Peterborough United | H | W | 5–2 | McCann 7', Bostwick 39' o.g., Austin (2) 74', 81' pen., Stanislas 86' | 10,979 |
| 19 September 2012 | 19th | Leicester City | A | L | 1–2 | Marney 10' | 18,480 |
| 22 September 2012 | 16th | Derby County | A | W | 2–1 | Austin (2) 32', 89' | 21,347 |
| 29 September 2012 | 16th | Millwall | H | D | 2–2 | Mee 19', Austin 43' | 11,192 |
| 2 October 2012 | 15th | Sheffield Wednesday | H | D | 3–3 | Austin (3) 22', 38', 84' | 12,122 |
| 6 October 2012 | 16th | Crystal Palace | A | L | 3–4 | McCann 26', Paterson 29', Austin 81' | 20,863 |
| 20 October 2012 | 15th | Blackpool | H | W | 1–0 | Austin 19' | 12,925 |
| 23 October 2012 | 14th | Bristol City | A | W | 4–3 | Austin (2) 9', 59' pen., Paterson 60', McCann 90' | 11,836 |
| 27 October 2012 | 14th | Cardiff City | A | L | 0–4 | | 21,191 |
| 3 November 2012 | 13th | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H | W | 2–0 | Paterson 18', Austin 53' | 12,295 |
| 6 November 2012 | 10th | Leeds United | H | W | 1–0 | Austin 83' | 14,470 |
| 10 November 2012 | 13th | Ipswich Town | A | L | 1–2 | Vokes 80' | 16,297 |
| 17 November 2012 | 15th | Charlton Athletic | H | L | 0–1 | | 11,405 |
| 24 November 2012 | 13th | Hull City | A | W | 1–0 | Marney 40' | 17,782 |
| 27 November 2012 | 14th | Barnsley | A | D | 1–1 | Austin 5' | 8,610 |
| 2 December 2012 | 14th | Blackburn Rovers | H | D | 1–1 | Vokes 89' | 21,341 |
| 8 December 2012 | 17th | Nottingham Forest | A | L | 0–2 | | 19,672 |
| 15 December 2012 | 16th | Watford | H | D | 1–1 | Austin 27' pen. | 14,896 |
| 22 December 2012 | 14th | Birmingham City | A | D | 2–2 | Ings 66', Wallace 68' | 17,284 |
| 26 December 2012 | 13th | Derby County | H | W | 2–0 | Austin 40', Duff 74' | 13,779 |
| 29 December 2012 | 13th | Leicester City | H | L | 0–1 | | 13,050 |
| 1 January 2013 | 12th | Sheffield Wednesday | A | W | 2–0 | Treacy 64', Wallace 77' pen. | 23,677 |
| 12 January 2013 | 10th | Crystal Palace | H | W | 1–0 | Stanislas 81' | 11,564 |
| 19 January 2013 | 7th | Millwall | A | W | 2–0 | Vokes 19', Ings 59' | 9,384 |
| 26 January 2013 | 8th | Birmingham City | H | L | 1–2 | Wallace 56' pen. | 11,576 |
| 2 February 2013 | 7th | Peterborough United | A | D | 2–2 | Austin 1', Paterson 85' | 6,648 |
| 9 February 2013 | 9th | Bolton Wanderers | A | L | 1–2 | Edgar 55' | 19,767 |
| 19 February 2013 | 11th | Middlesbrough | H | D | 0–0 | | 12,394 |
| 23 February 2013 | 12th | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | L | 0–1 | | 25,836 |
| 26 February 2013 | 13th | Huddersfield Town | H | L | 0–1 | | 11,266 |
| 2 March 2013 | 11th | Charlton Athletic | A | W | 1–0 | Austin 43' | 20,065 |
| 5 March 2013 | 11th | Barnsley | H | D | 1–1 | Austin 9' | 10,584 |
| 11 March 2013 | 11th | Hull City | H | L | 0–1 | | 10,450 |
| 17 March 2013 | 11th | Blackburn Rovers | A | D | 1–1 | Shackell 32' | 20,735 |
| 29 March 2013 | 13th | Watford | A | D | 3–3 | Austin (2) 1', 24' pen., Vokes 90+3' | 15,435 |
| 1 April 2013 | 13th | Nottingham Forest | H | D | 1–1 | Stanislas 68' | 13,618 |
| 6 April 2013 | 11th | Bristol City | H | W | 3–1 | Shackell 52', McCann 61', Paterson 90+1' | 11,539 |
| 13 April 2013 | 14th | Blackpool | A | L | 0–1 | | 14,437 |
| 16 April 2013 | 17th | Leeds United | A | L | 0–1 | | 16,788 |
| 20 April 2013 | 15th | Cardiff City | H | D | 1–1 | Edgar 90+1' | 13,264 |
| 27 April 2013 | 14th | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A | W | 2–1 | Ings 8', Paterson 53' | 24,199 |
| 4 May 2013 | 11th | Ipswich Town | H | W | 2–0 | Stanislas 60', Paterson 86' | 12,820 |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Third round | 5 January 2013 | Barnsley | A | L | 0–1 | | 5,091 | |

### Football League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| First round | 14 August 2012 | Port Vale | A | W | 3–1 | McCann 11', Austin 29', Marney 42' | 4,055 |
| Second round | 28 August 2012 | Plymouth Argyle | H | D | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p) | Austin 37' | 4,119 |
| Third round | 25 September 2012 | Swindon Town | A | L | 1–3 | Austin 74' | 7,353 |

## Statistics

    Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
    Players with names struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
    Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Burnley.
    Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.
    Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Lee Grant | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Kieran Trippier | 45 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | NIR | Daniel Lafferty | 22 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 (2) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NIR | Michael Duff | 23 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 26 (2) | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Jason Shackell (C) | 44 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | IRL | Chris McCann | 40 (1) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 42 (1) | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Ross Wallace | 33 (3) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 36 (4) | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Dean Marney | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 (1) | 1 | 40 (1) | 3 | 12 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | WAL | Sam Vokes | 13 (33) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 14 (35) | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | NIR | Martin Paterson | 28 (11) | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 (11) | 8 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Junior Stanislas | 27 (8) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 28 (9) | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | DEN | Brian Jensen | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Danny Ings | 15 (17) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 (17) | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | CAN | David Edgar | 20 (7) | 2 | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 (8) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Luke O'Neill | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | George Porter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Joseph Mills * | 9 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 (1) | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Cameron Stewart * † | 2 (7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (7) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | SWE | Alexander Kačaniklić * † | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Marvin Bartley | 8 (13) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 (14) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | JAM | Dane Richards | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | WAL | Brian Stock | 19 (6) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 (6) | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Charlie Austin | 37 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 28 | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | IRL | Keith Treacy | 4 (11) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 (11) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | SCO | Alex MacDonald | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | IRL | Kevin Long | 13 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ENG | Jon Stewart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | NZL | Cameron Howieson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ENG | Steven Hewitt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | ENG | Tom Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | ENG | Ben Mee | 16 (3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 (3) | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 39 | FW | ENG | Wes Fletcher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | ENG | Joe Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | FW | NIR | Shay McCartan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Transfers

### In

| # | Pos | Player | From | Fee | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 16 | DF | Luke O'Neill | Mansfield Town | Undisclosed | 15 June 2012 |
| 17 | MF | George Porter | Leyton Orient | Undisclosed | 3 July 2012 |
| 5 | DF | Jason Shackell | Derby County | Undisclosed | 5 July 2012 |
| 18 | DF | Joseph Mills | Reading | Season-long loan | 17 July 2012 |
| 9 | FW | Sam Vokes | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Undisclosed | 31 July 2012 |
| 22 | MF | Brian Stock | Doncaster Rovers | Undisclosed | 11 August 2012 |
| 19 | MF | Cameron Stewart | Hull City | Loan | 31 August 2012 |
| 21 | MF | Dane Richards | Vancouver Whitecaps | Undisclosed | 1 January 2013 |
| 19 | MF | Alexander Kačaniklić | Fulham | Loan | 1 March 2013 |

### Out

| # | Pos | Player | To | Fee | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | MF | Alex-Ray Harvey | | Released | 8 May 2012 |
| | FW | Dominic Knowles | | Released | 8 May 2012 |
| | MF | Dave Lynch | | Released | 8 May 2012 |
| | FW | Ross Wilson | | Released | 8 May 2012 |
| | DF | André Amougou | | Released | 18 May 2012 |
| | DF | Clarke Carlisle | | Released | 18 May 2012 |
| | DF | Brian Easton | | Released | 18 May 2012 |
| | FW | Jay Rodriguez | Southampton | Undisclosed | 10 June 2012 |
| | FW | Zavon Hines | | Released | 17 July 2012 |
| 34 | DF | Tom Anderson | Barrow | Loan | 8 August 2012 |
| 40 | FW | Joe Jackson | Barrow | Loan | 8 August 2012 |
| 28 | DF | Kevin Long | Portsmouth | Loan | 18 August 2012 |
| 27 | FW | Alex MacDonald | Plymouth Argyle | Loan | 31 August 2012 |
| 30 | GK | Jon Stewart | Alfreton Town | Loan | 31 August 2012 |
| | DF | Alex Coleman | Droylsden | Loan | 7 September 2012 |
| | MF | Adam Evans | Droylsden | Loan | 15 September 2012 |
| | FW | Mehdi Lazaar | | Released | 31 December 2012 |
| 17 | MF | George Porter | Colchester United | Loan | 1 January 2013 |
| 42 | FW | Shay McCartan | Hyde | Loan | 31 January 2013 |
| 33 | MF | Steven Hewitt | Alfreton Town | Loan | 31 January 2013 |
| 27 | FW | Alex MacDonald | Burton Albion | Loan | 31 January 2013 |
| 34 | DF | Tom Anderson | Hyde | Loan | 8 February 2013 |
| 32 | MF | Cameron Howieson | Doncaster Rovers | Loan | 21 February 2013 |
| 39 | MF | Wes Fletcher | Yeovil Town | Loan | 28 February 2013 |
| | MF | Luke Gallagher | Droylsden | Loan | 8 March 2013 |
| | FW | Jason Gilchrist | Droylsden | Loan | 8 March 2013 |
| 21 | MF | Dane Richards | FK Bodø/Glimt | Loan | 4 April 2013 |
