2012–13 Milton Keynes Dons F.C. season

Milton Keynes Dons
	2012–13 season
Chairman	Pete Winkelman
Manager	Karl Robinson
League One	8th
FA Cup	5th round; (eliminated by Barnsley)
League Cup	3rd round; (eliminated by Sunderland)
Football League Trophy	1st round (southern section); (eliminated by Northampton Town)
Top goalscorer	League: Ryan Lowe (11); All: Dean Bowditch, Ryan Lowe (12)
Highest home attendance	16,459 F.A. Cup 2nd Round v AFC Wimbledon
Lowest home attendance	3,444 – Football League Trophy 1st Round v Northampton Town
Average home league attendance	8,350
← 2011–12	2013–14 →

The 2012–13 season was the 9th season in which Milton Keynes Dons have been in existence under that name. They competed in League One, the third tier of English football, and were managed by Karl Robinson.

League table

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Results

League One

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	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	D	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	D	D	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	W
Position	4	6	10	8	10	8	7	4	3	5	5	7	8	10	8	8	7	2	3	2	6	5	6	7	6	6	10	11	13	12	14	13	13	11	12	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	10	7	9	8

Last updated: 21 January 2016.
Source: Statto
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

August

18 August 2012 (2012-08-18) 1	Milton Keynes Dons	2–0	Oldham Athletic	Stadium mk, Milton Keynes
15:00 BST	Potter 34' Powell 59'	Report		Attendance: 7,409 Referee: Williamson

August 21, 2012 (2012-08-21) 2	Bournemouth	1–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Dean Court, Bournemouth
19:45 BST	Grabban 17'	Report	Powell 62'	Attendance: 5,407 Referee: Malone

25 August 2012 (2012-08-25) 3	Swindon Town	1–0	Milton Keynes Dons	County Ground, Swindon
15:00 BST	Ritchie 17'	Report		Attendance: 8,299 Referee: Phillips

September

1 September 2012 (2012-09-01) 4	Milton Keynes Dons	2–0	Carlisle United	Stadium mk, Milton Keynes
15:00 BST	Chadwick 12' Lowe 65'	Report		Attendance: 7,227 Referee: Langford

8 September 2012 (2012-09-08) 5	Walsall	1–0	Milton Keynes Dons	Banks's Stadium, Walsall
15:00 BST	Holden 17'	Report		Attendance: 3,657 Referee: Miller

15 September 2012 6	Milton Keynes Dons	1–0	Yeovil Town	Stadium mk, Milton Keynes
15:00 BST	MacDonald 75'	Report		Attendance: 7,235 Referee: Boyeson

18 September 2012 7	Milton Keynes Dons	1–1	Notts County	Stadium mk, Milton Keynes
19:45 BST	O'Shea 68'	Report	Bishop 27'	Attendance: 7,121 Referee: Ilderton

22 September 2012 (2012-09-22) 8	Bury	1–4	Milton Keynes Dons	Gigg Lane, Bury
15:00 BST	MacDonald 33', 55', 66' Chadwick 90'	Report	John-Lewis 81'	Attendance: 2,321 Referee: Haywood

29 September 2012 (2012-09-29) 9	Milton Keynes Dons	1–0	Crewe Alexandra	Stadium mk, Milton Keynes
15:00 BST	MacDonald 8'	Report		Attendance: 11,037 Referee: Adock

October

2 October 2012 10	Coventry City	1–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Ricoh Arena, Coventry
19:45 BST	Wood 34'	Report	Gleeson 42'	Attendance: 9,848 Referee: Madley

6 October 2012 11	Milton Keynes Dons	2–2	Portsmouth	Stadium mk, Milton Keynes
15:00 BST	Webster 40' (o.g.) Potter 72'	Report	McLeod 4' Gyepes 20'	Attendance: 10,409 Referee: Coote

14 October 2012 12	Preston North End	0–0	Milton Keynes Dons	Deepdale, Preston
13:15 BST		Report		Attendance: 8,327 Referee: Pawson

20 October 2012 13	Milton Keynes Dons	0–1	Stevenage	Stadium mk, Milton Keynes
		Report	Akins 27'	Attendance: 9,190 Referee: Madley

24 October 2012 14	Crawley Town	2–0	Milton Keynes Dons	Broadfield Stadium, Crawley
	Clarke 21', 90'	Report		Attendance: 2,853 Referee: Hooper

27 October 2012 15	Scunthorpe United	0–3	Milton Keynes Dons	Glanford Park, Scunthorpe
		Report	Chadwick 17', 30' Smith 60'	Attendance: 2,737 Referee: Whitestone

November

7 November 2012 (2012-11-07) 16	Milton Keynes Dons	1–0	Leyton Orient	Stadium mk, Milton Keynes
	Lowe 41'	Report		Attendance: 6,985 Referee: Lewis

10 November 2012 17	Milton Keynes Dons	1–0	Sheffield United	Stadium mk, Milton Keynes
	Williams 90', pen.'	Report		Attendance: 9,835 Referee: Sheldrake

16 November 2012 18	Tranemere Rovers	0–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Prenton Park, Birkenhead
	Gleeson 87'	Report		Attendance: 10,587 Referee: Naylor

20 November 2012 19	Shrewsbury Town	2–2	Milton Keynes Dons	New Meadow, Shrewsbury
19:45	Rodgers 65' Wright 72'	Report	Balanta 45' Bowditch 90'	Attendance: 4,747 Referee: Drysdale

24 November 2012 20	Milton Keynes Dons	5–1	Colchester United	Stadium mk, Milton Keynes
	Chadwick 28', 64' Williams 37', pen.' Otsemobor Lowe 82'	Report		Attendance: 7,443 Referee: Deadman

December

8 December 2012 (2012-12-08) 21	Brentford	3–2	Milton Keynes Dons	Griffin Park, Brentford
	Donaldson 43', 89' Forrester 72'	Report	Lowe 14' Gleeson 53'	Attendance: 5,833 Referee: Collins

15 December 2012 22	Milton Keynes Dons	1–0	Hartpool United	Stadium mk, Milton Keynes
	Ryan Lowe 16'	Report		Attendance: 7,164 Referee: East

26 December 2012 23	Milton Keynes Dons	2–4	Walsall	Stadium mk, Milton Keynes
	Lowe 6' Bowditch 31'	Report	Brandy 15' Grigg 25', 43' Paterson 90'	Attendance: 8,700 Referee: Attwell

29 December 2012 24	Milton Keynes Dons	2–3	Coventry	Stadium mk, Milton Keynes
	Powell 15' Lowe 38'	Report	Moussa 27' Elliott 49', 51'	Attendance: 13,620 Referee: Woolmer

January

1 January 2013 (2013-01-01) 25	Notts County	1–2	Milton Keynes Dons	Meadow Lane, Nottingham
15:00	Campbell-Ryce 56'	Report	Potter 06' Powell 13'	Attendance: 5,325

12 January 2013 26	Milton Keynes Dons	1–1	Bury	Stadium mk, Milton Keynes
15:00	Bowditch 15'	Report	Schumacher 66'	Attendance: 7,384

29 January 2013 27	Yeovil Town	2–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Huish Park, Yeovil
19:45	Madden 25', 78'	Report	Kay 66'	Attendance: 3,152 Referee: Russell

February

2 February 2013 (2013-02-02) 28	Milton Keynes Dons	0–3	Bournemouth	Stadium mk, Milton Keynes
15:00		Report	Grabban 09' Pugh 45' Arter 94'	Attendance: 9,233 Referee: Mathieson

9 February 2013 29	Oldham Athletic	3–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Boundary Park, Oldham
15:00	Barnard 22' M'voto 44' Iwelumo 53'	Report	Powell 39'	Attendance: 4,094 Referee: Whitestone

12 February 2013 30	Doncaster Rovers	0–0	Milton Keynes Dons	Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster
19:45		Report		Attendance: 6,423 Referee: Handley

23 February 2013 31	Carlisle United	1–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Brunton Park, Carlisle
15:00	Beck 85'	Report	Chicksen 36'	Attendance: 4,283 Referee: Wright

26 February 2013 32	Portsmouth	1–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Fratton Park, Carlisle
19:45	Connolly 22'	Report	Williams 27'	Attendance: 9,815 Referee: Hill

March

2 March 2013 (2013-03-02) 33	Milton Keynes Dons	1–1	Preston North End	Stadium mk, Milton Keynes
15:00	Chicksen 02'	Report	Hayhurst 07'	Attendance: 8,412

5 March 2013 34	Milton Keynes Dons	3–0	Doncaster Rovers	Milton Keynes
19:45	Mcleod 40' Powell 56' Gleeson 83'	Report		Stadium: Stadium mk Attendance: 6,804 Referee: Stroud

9 March 2013 35	Sheffield United	0–0	Milton Keynes Dons	Sheffield
15:00		Report		Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 17,936 Referee: Boyeson

12 March 2013 36	Milton Keynes Dons	2–3	Shrewsbury Town	Stadium mk, Milton Keynes
19:45	Lowe 27', 47'	Report	Eaves 16', 19' Kay 69' (o.g.)	Attendance: 6,622 Referee: Phillips

16 March 2013 37	Milton Keynes Dons	3–0	Tranmere Rovers	Stadium mk, Milton Keynes
15:00	Lewington 9' Gleeson 43' Potter 51'	Report		Attendance: 9,682 Referee: Langford

19 March 2013 38	Crewe Alexandra	2–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Gresty Road, Crewe
19:45	Pogba 40', 94'	Report	Bamford 31'	Attendance: 3,770 Referee: Robinson

29 March 2013 39	Hartlepool United	0–2	Milton Keynes Dons	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00		Report	Bamford 7' Bowditch 62'	Attendance: 3,269 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

April

1 April 2013 (2013-04-01) 40	Milton Keynes Dons	2–0	Brentford	Stadium mk, Milton Keynes
15:00	Bowditch 14' Gleeson 85'	Report		Attendance: 10,455 Referee: Stephen Martin

6 April 2013 41	Milton Keynes Dons	0–0	Crawley Town	Stadium mk, Milton Keynes
15:00		Report		Attendance: 7,746 Referee: Bond

9 April 2013 42	Milton Keynes Dons	2–0	Swindon Town	Stadium mk, Milton Keynes
19:45	Doumbé 58' Lowe 89'	Report		Attendance: 8,608 Referee: Haywood

13 April 2013 43	Leyton Orient	2–0	Milton Keynes Dons	Brisbane Road, Leyton
15:00	Sawyer 81' Lisbie 90'	Report		Attendance: 4,634 Referee: D'Urso

16 April 2013 44	Colchester United	0–2	Milton Keynes Dons	Brisbane Road, Leyton
19:45		Report	Powell 08' Bamford 78'	Attendance: 3,175

20 April 2013 45	Milton Keynes Dons	0–1	Scunthorpe United	Stadium mk, Milton Keynes
15:00		Report	Hawley 41'	Attendance: 9,752 Referee: Linington

27 April 2013 46	Stevenage	0–2	Milton Keynes Dons	Stevenage
15:00		Report	Bamford 33' Lowe 77'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 3,801 Referee: Phillips

FA Cup

2 November 2012 (2012-11-02) 1st round	Cambridge City	0–0	Milton Keynes Dons	City Ground, Cambridge
19.30 BST		Report		Attendance: 1,564 Referee: Adcock

13 November 2012 1st round replay	Milton Keynes Dons	6–1	Cambridge City	Stadium mk, Milton Keynes
19:45 BST	Williams 12', 74' (pen.) O'Shea 43' Bowditch 45' Alli 75' Chicksen 77'	Report	Theobald 60'	Attendance: 4,126 Referee: Miller

2 December 2012 2nd round	Milton Keynes Dons	2–1	AFC Wimbledon	Stadium mk, Milton Keynes
12:30 BST	Gleeson 45' Otsemober 90'	Report	Midson 59'	Attendance: 16,459 Referee: Mathieson

5 January 2013 3rd round	Sheffield Wednesday	0–0	Milton Keynes Dons	Hillsborough Stadium, Owlerton
15:00 BST		Report		Attendance: 11,462 Referee: Oliver

15 January 2013 3rd round Replay	Milton Keynes Dons	2–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Stadium mk, Milton Keynes
19:45 BST	Wlliams 28' (pen.) Bowditch 75'	Report		Attendance: 6,786 Referee: Collins

26 January 2013 4th round	Queens Park Rangers	2–4	Milton Keynes Dons	Loftus Road, Shepherd's Bush
15:00 BST	Bothroyd 83' Fábio 90+2'	Report	Traoré 4' (o.g.) Lowe 40' Harley 50' Potter 56'	Attendance: 18,081 Referee: Dean

26 January 2013 5th round	Milton Keynes Dons	1–3	Barnsley	Stadium mk, Milton Keynes
15:00 BST	Bowditch 61'	Report	Harewood 3', 90' Dagnall 19'	Attendance: 14,475 Referee: Jones

Football League Cup

11 August 2012 1st round	Cheltenham Town	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	Milton Keynes Dons	Abbey Business Stadium, Cheltenham
15:00 BST	Mohamed 58'	Report	Bowditch 45+2'	Attendance: 1,660 Referee: Steve Rushton
		Penalties
	Jones Duffy Harrad Mohamed		Bowditch MacDonald MacKenzie Kay Lowe

28 August 2012 2nd round	Milton Keynes Dons	2–1	Blackburn Rovers	Stadium mk, Milton Keynes
19:45 BST	Chadwick 52', 68'	Report	Goodwillie 83'	Attendance: 5,873 Referee: Mick Russell

25 September 2012 3rd round	Milton Keynes Dons	0–2	Sunderland	Stadium mk, Milton Keynes
19.45 BST		Report	Gardner 54' McClean 82'	Attendance: 10,489 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Football League Trophy

4 September 2012 1st round (southern)	Northampton Town	1–0	Milton Keynes Dons	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
19.45 BST	Robinson 11'	Report		Attendance: 3,444 Referee: Carl Berry

Statistics

First team squad

Squad No.	Name	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	David Martin	GK	(1986-01-22)22 January 1986 (age 26)	Liverpool
16	Ian McLoughlin	GK	(1991-08-09)9 August 1991 (age 20)	Ipswich Town
50	Charlie Burns	GK	(1995-05-27)27 May 1995 (age 17)	MK Dons youth
Defenders
2	Jon Otsemobor	RB	(1983-03-23)23 March 1983 (age 29)	Sheffield Wednesday
3	Dean Lewington	RB	(1984-05-18)18 May 1984 (age 28)	Wimbledon
4	Mathias Doumbé	RB	(1979-10-28)28 October 1979 (age 32)	Plymouth Argyle
5	Gary MacKenzie	CB	(1985-10-15)15 October 1985 (age 20)	Dundee
6	Shaun Williams	CB	(1986-10-19)19 October 1986 (age 25)	Sporting Fingal
12	Adam Chicksen	LB	(1991-09-27)27 September 1991 (age 20)	MK Dons youth
15	Tom Flanagan	CB	(1991-10-21)21 October 1991 (age 21)	MK Dons youth
18	George Baldock	RB	(1993-03-09)9 March 1993 (age 19)	MK Dons youth
22	Brendan Galloway	LB	(1996-03-17)17 March 1996 (age 16)	MK Dons youth
24	Antony Kay	CB	(1988-05-23)23 May 1988(age 29)	Huddersfield Town
27	Mason Spence	CB	(1994-11-20)20 November 1994 (age 17)	MK Dons youth
30	Harry Hickford	CB	(1995-06-23)23 June 1995 (age 17)	MK Dons youth
Midfielders
7	Stephen Gleeson	CM	(1988-08-03)3 August 1988 (age 23)	Wolverhampton Wanderers
8	Darren Potter	CM	(1984-12-21)21 December 1984 (age 27)	Sheffield Wednesday
9	Dean Bowditch	LW	(1986-06-15)15 June 1986 (age 26)	Yeovil Town
11	Alan Smith	CM	(1980-10-28)28 October 1980 (age 32)	Newcastle United
13	Jimmy Bullard^{[lower-alpha 2]}	CM	(1978-10-03)3 October 1978 (age 33)	Ipswich Town
20	Ryan Harley	AM	(1985-01-22)22 January 1985 (age 27)	Brighton (loan)
21	Dele Alli	CM	(1996-04-11)11 April 1996 (age 16)	MK Dons youth
23	Jay O'Shea^{[lower-alpha 3]}	RW	(1988-10-10)10 October 1988 (age 23)	Birmingham City
23	Chris Lines^{[lower-alpha 4]}	CM	(1985-11-30)30 November 1985 (age 26)	Sheffield Wednesday (loan)
26	Luke Chadwick	RM	(1980-11-18)18 November 1980 (age 31)	Norwich City
28	Scott Allan^{[lower-alpha 5]}	RW	(1991-11-28)28 November 1991 (age 20)	West Bromwich Albion (loan)
31	Giorgio Rasulo	RM	(1997-01-23)23 January 1997 (age 15)	MK Dons youth
32	Zeli Ismail	RM	(1993-12-12)12 December 1993 (age 18)	Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan)
Forwards
10	Charlie MacDonald	ST	(1981-02-13)13 February 1981 (age 31)	Brentford
13	Izale McLeod^{[lower-alpha 6]}	ST	(1984-10-15)15 October 1984 (age 28)	Portsmouth
14	Ryan Lowe	ST	(1978-09-18)18 September 1978 (age 33)	Sheffield Wednesday
17	Daniel Powell	RW	(1991-03-12)12 March 1991 (age 21)	MK Dons Youth
19	Jabo Ibehre	ST	(1983-01-28)28 January 1983 (age 29)	Walsall
25	Jordan Ivey-Ward	ST	(1993-10-20)20 October 1993 (age 18)	MK Dons youth
28	Ibra Sekajja^{[lower-alpha 7]}	ST	(1992-10-31)31 October 1992 (age 19)	Crystal Palace (loan)
29	Ángelo Balanta	LW	(1990-07-01)1 July 1990 (age 21)	Queens Park Rangers (loan)
33	Patrick Bamford	ST	(1993-09-05)5 September 1993 (age 18)	Chelsea (loan)

↑ Age as of 30 June, 2012
↑ Bullard wore the no.13 shirt from August until he retired on the 1 October 2012.^[3]
↑ O'Shea wore the no.23 shirt until leaving the club on 11 January 2013.^[4]
↑ Lines was assigned the no.23 shirt for his loan from 23 January 2013.^[5]
↑ Allan wore the no.28 shirt during his month loan from 29 September 2012.^[6]
↑ McLeod wore the no.13 shirt upon his return to the club on 3 January 2013.^[7]
↑ Sekajja wore the no.28 shirt during his loan spell from 7 November 2012 to 1 January 2013.^[8]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
6 July 2012	RB	Jon Otsemobor	Free Agent	Free	^[9]
1 August 2012	ST	Ryan Lowe	Sheffield Wednesday	Undisclosed	^[10]
10 August 2012	CB	Antony Kay	Huddersfield Town	Free transfer	^[11]
28 August 2012	CM	Jimmy Bullard	Free Agent	Free	^[12]
3 January 2013	CF	Izale McLeod	Portsmouth	Free	^[13]

Top Scorers

Statistics accurate as of 31 March 2014.^[1]

Rank	Player	Position	League One	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	Ryan Lowe	FW	11	1	0	12
2	Dean Bowditch	FW	8	3	1	12
3	Luke Chadwick	MF	6	0	2	8
4	Stephen Gleeson	MF	6	1	0	7
5	Daniel Powell	MF	7	0	0	7
6	Shaun Williams	DF	3	3	0	6
7	Darren Potter	MF	4	1	0	5
8	Patrick Bamford	FW	4	0	0	4
9	Adam Chicksen	DF	2	1	0	3
10	Jon Otsemobor	DF	1	1	0	2
11	Jay O'Shea	MF	1	1	0	2
12	Charlie MacDonald	FW	2	0	0	2
13	Antony Kay	DF	1	0	0	1
14	Dean Lewington	DF	1	0	0	1
15	Mathias Kouo-Doumbé	DF	1	0	0	1
16	Alan Smith	MF	1	0	0	1
17	Angelo Balanta	MF	1	0	0	1
18	Izale McLeod	FW	1	0	0	1
19	Dele Alli	MF	0	1	0	1
20	Ryan Harley	MF	0	1	0	1
Total			62	15	8	85

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[3] Age as of 30 June, 2012

[5] Bullard wore the no.13 shirt from August until he retired on the 1 October 2012.^[3]

[7] O'Shea wore the no.23 shirt until leaving the club on 11 January 2013.^[4]

[9] Lines was assigned the no.23 shirt for his loan from 23 January 2013.^[5]

[11] Allan wore the no.28 shirt during his month loan from 29 September 2012.^[6]

[13] McLeod wore the no.13 shirt upon his return to the club on 3 January 2013.^[7]

[15] Sekajja wore the no.28 shirt during his loan spell from 7 November 2012 to 1 January 2013.^[8]

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