This 2012–13 season in League One was Crewe's 89th competitive season in the

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and first upon return to League One after an absence spanning over three seasons.

Season key events

*27 May 2012: Goals from

Nick Powell Nicholas Edward Powell (born 23 March 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or as a striker for Stockport County. He began his career at Crewe Alexandra, initially as a forward, making his debut at ...

and

Byron Moore Byron Curtis Moore (born 24 August 1988) is an English footballer who plays as a winger or as a forward and has also been utilised as a wing-back. He plays for club Nantwich Town. A graduate of the Crewe Alexandra Academy, he made his sen ...

secure a 2–0 win over

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in the 2011-12 Football League Two play-off final at

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. *1 June 2012: The club announce that they will be releasing

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Lee Bell Lee Bell (born 26 January 1983) is an English former professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently manager of Crewe Alexandra F.C., Crewe Alexandra. He began his career at Crewe Alexandra, also playi ...

Carl Martin Carl Clarke Martin (born 24 October 1986) is an English professional football coach and former player who played as a defender. He last played in 2015 for Wealdstone. Club career Martin was born in Camden, London. He started his career in no ...

Danny Shelley Daniel Steven Shelley (born 28 December 1990) is an English footballer who plays for Leek Town in the Northern Premier League after being released by Crewe Alexandra. Having been at the club since the age of 14, he made his full debut for the ...

, Jordan Brown, Jason Oswell,

Caspar Hughes Caspar Dennis Shankly Hughes (born 9 June 1993) is an English footballer. He plays as a midfielder for Nantwich Town having started his career at Crewe Alexandra. Career Hughes was born in Crewe, Cheshire. He made his debut for Crewe Alexandra ...

, Michael Koral, Danny Ting and

Jordan Connerton Jordan Stuart Connerton (born 2 October 1989) is an English footballer who last played as a striker for Lancaster City. Career Early career He started his football career with Lancaster City at the age of just sixteen years of age playing in t ...

. *4 June 2012: The club announce that youngster Paris Bateman has signed his first professional contract after graduating from the famed Crewe Academy. *6 June 2012: It is announced that Harry Clayton has re-signed on a new one-year deal. *8 June 2012: The club announces that Andy White has also re-signed a new one-year deal. *13 June 2012: Crewe announce that

has signed a four-year contract with

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for £4m. *14 June 2012: The club announces the re-signing of

Ollie Turton Oliver Anthony Turton (born 6 December 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right back or central midfielder for club Huddersfield Town. He has also played for Crewe Alexandra and Blackpool. He will become a free agent on ...

, on a new one-year contract. *28 June 2012: Crewe announce the signing of

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defender Mark Ellis for an undisclosed fee. *3 July 2012: Goalkeeper

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re-signs at the club on a new two-year deal, which involves him acting as the

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's goal-keeping coach. Also, the club announces the signing of defender Gregor Robertson on a two-year contract after he was released by Chesterfield at the end of the 2011–12 season. *6 July 2012: Crewe announce the signing of Mathias Pogba from

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side

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. *9 July 2012: Goalkeeper Alan Martin re-signs with the club on a new six-month deal. *10 July 2012: The signing of

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winger Michael West is announced for a nominal compensation package. *14 July 2012: Crewe announce that striker

has re-signed on a two-year deal. *16 July 2012: The club announces the re-signing of defender Kelvin Mellor on a new two-year deal. *25 July 2012: The club announce the signing of midfielder

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on a free transfer and a two-year contract. *30 July 2012: The club announces the departure of striker

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on a two-year deal to

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for an undisclosed fee. *11 August 2012: The season proper kicks off with a 5 – 0 victory over

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in the first round of the

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. *13 August 2012: The re-signing of defender Adam Dugdale on a three-year deal is announced by the club. *18 August 2012: The league campaign starts with a loss to

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; the club's first loss in twenty competitive matches. *21 August 2012: Striker Harry Bunn joins the club from

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on a six-month loan deal. Crewe beat

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2–1 for their first win of the league campaign. *28 August 2012: Crewe are knocked out of the

in the second round with a 2 – 0 loss away to

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. *31 August 2012: Club captain Ashley Westwood is signed by

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for an undisclosed fee on a four-year deal. *7 September 2012: Midfielder

Chuks Aneke Chukwuemeka Ademola Amachi "Chuks" Aneke (born 3 July 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward. He is a free agent. Aneke began his career as a youngster with Arsenal, and spent time on loan with Football League clubs ...

becomes Crewe's second loanee of the season signing an initial one-month contract from

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. *7 April 2013: Crewe are crowned champions of the

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thanks to goals from Luke Murphy and

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Results

Pre-season

League One

League Cup

Football League Trophy

FA Cup

League table

Squad

First team squad

''Players' ages as of 27 April 2013''

Squad statistics

Appearances

Appearances formatted as ''starts + substitutions''. , - , colspan="14", ''Players that have played for Crewe Alexandra this season that have left the club or are currently out on loan:''

Goalscorers

Players highlighted in light grey denote the player had scored for the club before leaving for another club
Players highlighted in light cyan denote the player has scored for the club after arriving at Crewe during the season
Players highlighted in

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denote the player has scored for the club before leaving the club on loan for part/the rest of the season

Disciplinary record

Players highlighted in light grey denote the player has received a yellow/red card for the club before leaving for another club
Players highlighted in light cyan denote the player has received a yellow/red card for the club after arriving at Crewe during the season
Players highlighted in

denote the player has received a yellow/red card for the club before leaving the club on loan for part/the rest of the season ;Notes

Transfers

Summer

In

Out

References

External links

Crewe Alexandra F.C. Official Website
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Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crewe, Cheshire, England. Its first team competes in League Two, the fourth level of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Railwaymen' ...