The 2012–13

Football League One The English Football League One (often referred to as League One for short or Sky Bet League One for sponsorship purposes, and known as the Football League One from 2004 until 2016) is the second-highest division of the English Football Leag ...

(referred to as the Npower Football League One for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of the league under its current title and twenty-first season under its current league division format. The season began on 18 August 2012 and ended on 27 April 2013.

Changes from last season

Team changes

To League One

;Relegated from the

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Coventry City Coventry City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Coventry, West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. The team currently compete in the EFL Championship, Championship, the second tier of the English footbal ...

Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The team compete in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club play their home games at ...

;Promoted from

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Swindon Town Swindon Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The team currently competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club has played home matches at the County Ground sin ...

Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of English football. The club plays its home games at the New Meadow, having mo ...

Crawley Town Crawley Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crawley, West Sussex, England. The club was founded as Crawley Football Club in 1896, changed its name to Crawley Town Football Club in 1958. The team co ...

Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Crewe, Cheshire, that competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Railwaymen' because of ...

From League One

;Promoted to the

Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, south-east London, which compete in . Their home ground is The Valley, where the club have played since 1919. They have also played at The Mount in C ...

Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1867 as an offshoot of ...

Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . The team have played home games at the Kirklees Stadium since moving from Leeds Road in 1994. Th ...

;Relegated to

Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play their ho ...

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Exeter City Exeter City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Exeter, Devon, England. The team play in , the third tier of the English football league system. Known as "the Grecians", the origin of their nickname is subject to ...

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League table

Play-offs

Team overview

Stadia and locations

Personnel and sponsoring

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under

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eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. * ¹ According to current revision of

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Managerial changes

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

#- includes 1 goal for

Carlisle United Carlisle United Football Club ( , ) is a professional association football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They have played their home games at Brunton Par ...

#- includes 11 goals for Scunthorpe United

Assists

Hat-tricks

Scoring

*First goal of the season:

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for Sheffield United against Shrewsbury Town (''18 August 2012'') *Fastest goal of the season: 56 seconds,

A-Jay Leitch-Smith Jay Leitch-Smith (born 6 March 1990), known as A-Jay Leitch-Smith, is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Hyde United. A graduate of the Academy at Crewe Alexandra, he played on loan for Halifax Town, Newcastle ...

for Crewe Alexandra against Scunthorpe United (''21 August 2012'') *Latest goal of the season: 95 minutes and 26 seconds,

Paddy Madden Patrick Stephen Madden (born 4 March 1990) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Stockport County. Club career Bohemians Madden signed league forms with Bohemians on 8 July 2008, and scored several times for the ...

for Carlisle United against Portsmouth (''25 August 2012'') *Largest winning margin: 5 goals **Preston North End 5–0 Hartlepool United (''18 September 2012'') **Hartlepool United 0–5 Coventry City (''17 November 2012'') **Swindon Town 5–0 Tranmere Rovers (''21 December 2012'') **Swindon Town 5–0 Portsmouth (''1 January 2013'') *Highest scoring game: 8 goals **Sheffield United 5–3 Bournemouth (''1 September 2012'') *Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 5 goals **Brentford 5–1 Crewe Alexandra (''25 August 2012'') **Sheffield United 5–3 Bournemouth (''1 September 2012'') **Preston North End 5–0 Hartlepool United (''18 September 2012'') **Crawley Town 2–5 Tranmere Rovers (''22 September 2012'') **Hartlepool United 0–5 Coventry City (''17 November 2012'') **Milton Keynes Dons 5–1 Colchester United (''24 November 2012'') **Coventry City 5–1 Walsall (''8 December 2012'') **Swindon Town 5–0 Portsmouth (''1 January 2013'') **Colchester United 1–5 Tranmere Rovers (''23 February 2013'') *Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals **Sheffield United 5–3 Bournemouth (''1 September 2012'')

Clean sheets

*Most

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: 21 **Sheffield United *Fewest clean sheets: 5 **Scunthorpe United

Discipline

*Most yellow cards (club): 92 **Oldham Athletic *Most yellow cards (player): 12 **

Harry Arter Harry Nicholas Arter (born 28 December 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a central or defensive midfielder for club Nottingham Forest. He began his career at Charlton Athletic, progressing through the club's youth academy befor ...

(AFC Bournemouth) *Most red cards (club): 7 **Notts County *Most red cards (player): 3 **

Antony Kay Antony Roland Kay (born 21 October 1982) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for Cymru Premier side Bala Town. He began his career with hometown club Barnsley, and made his first-team debut in Aug ...

(Milton Keynes Dons)

Awards

Monthly awards

Other awards

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2012-13 Football League One EFL League One seasons 2012–13 Football League 3 Eng