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2012-13 Football League Championship

Football League Championship
Season 2012–13
Champions Cardiff City
(1st divisional title)
Promoted Cardiff City
Hull City
Crystal Palace
Relegated Peterborough United
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Bristol City
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1494 (2.71 per match)
Top goalscorer Glenn Murray ~ 30 goals
Biggest home win Blackpool 6–0 Ipswich Town
Leicester City 6–0 Ipswich Town
Biggest away win Barnsley 0–6 Charlton Athletic
Highest scoring (9 goals)
Charlton Athletic 5–4 Cardiff City
Peterborough United 5–4 Bolton Wanderers
Longest winning run 6 games
Nottingham Forest
Longest unbeaten run 14 games
Crystal Palace
Longest winless run 12 games
Huddersfield Town
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Longest losing run 7 games
Bristol City
Peterborough United
Sheffield Wednesday
Highest attendance 33,010
Derby County v Nottingham Forest
Lowest attendance 5,435
Peterborough United v Bristol City
Average attendance 17,331

The 2012–13 Football League Championship (known as the npower Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of the league under its current title and twentieth season under its current league division format. The season began on 17 August 2012 with promotion candidates Cardiff City hosting newly promoted Huddersfield Town at Cardiff City Stadium and finished on 27 May 2013 with the play-off final.

Of the 24 teams which participate, eighteen of these remain following the 2011–12 Football League Championship. They were joined by Charlton Athletic, Sheffield Wednesday and Huddersfield Town from 2011–12 Football League One, and Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers and Wolverhampton Wanderers from the 2011–12 Premier League. The final place was decided on 26 May 2012, as Huddersfield Town defeated Sheffield United 8–7 on penalties, in the 2012 Football League One play-off Final.

Cardiff City won the league in their first season since a controversial rebrand; they achieved promotion to the top flight for the first time since 1960 and became the second Welsh club to play in the Premier League. The second automatic promotion spot was won by Hull City with a 2–2 draw against Cardiff on the final day after a dramatic finale to the season. Watford, just two points behind, had to settle for a place in the playoffs, joining Brighton & Hove Albion, Crystal Palace, and Leicester City, who secured their place with a last-minute goal over rivals Nottingham Forest. In the playoffs, Watford defeated Leicester City 3–2, Crystal Palace defeated Brighton 2–0, and in the final Watford was upset by Crystal Palace to gain the promotion. Bristol City, Wolverhampton Wanderers, and Peterborough United were relegated. Peterborough gained 54 points, the highest ever for a relegated team in Championship history. Wolves' relegation was the first time a team had been relegated from the top tier to the third tier in consecutive seasons since Swindon Town in 1994 and 1995. They also became the first team to achieve this feat twice.


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