2012–13 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season
114th competitive season of Wolverhampton Wanderers / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 2012–13 season was the 114th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. The club competed in the second tier of the English football system, the Football League Championship. They had returned to the second level having been relegated from the Premier League after three seasons during the previous season.
2012–13 season | |||
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Chairman | Steve Morgan | ||
Manager | Ståle Solbakken (until 5 January) Dean Saunders (from 7 January) | ||
Championship | 23rd (relegated) | ||
FA Cup | 3rd round | ||
League Cup | 3rd round | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (14) All: Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (15) | ||
Highest home attendance | 28,595 (vs Ipswich, 29 December 2012) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 11,555 (vs Aldershot, 11 August 2012) | ||
Average home league attendance | 21,662 | ||
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Norwegian manager Ståle Solbakken was appointed to begin the season as the club's manager,[1] but he was sacked on 5 January with the team in 18th place and having been eliminated from the FA Cup by at that time non-league club Luton Town.[2] He was swiftly replaced by former Doncaster Rovers manager Dean Saunders who oversaw the remaining twenty games.[3]
After Saunders failed to bring any upturn, the club suffered relegation for a second successive season to drop into the third level for the first time since 1988–89.[4] This made them the only club to twice experience back-to-back relegations from the top flight, having already suffered this previously in the mid 1980s.[5] Three days after their relegation was confirmed, Saunders was fired having held the post for only four months.[6]