The 2012–13

Football League Two The English Football League Two, simply known as League Two and for sponsorship purposes as Sky Bet League Two, is a professional association football league in England. EFL League Two is the fourth division of the English Football League (EFL ...

(referred to as the Npower Football League Two for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of the league under its current title and twentieth season under its current league division format. It started on 18 August 2012 and finished on 27 April 2013 with all matches that day kicking off simultaneously.

Changes from last season

Team changes

From League Two

;Promoted to League One *

Swindon Town Swindon Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The team, known as the "Robins", currently compete in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded as Swindon A ...

Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The team currently competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1886, the club were inaugur ...

Crawley Town Crawley Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crawley, West Sussex, England. The team currently competes in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded in 1896 as Crawley Foo ...

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' ...

;Relegated to

Conference National The National League, officially known as Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in England. The National League is the first division of the National League (English football), National Le ...

Hereford United Hereford United Football Club was an association football club based in Hereford, England. They played at Edgar Street for their entire history. They were nicknamed 'The Whites' or 'The Lilywhites', after their predominantly white kit, or 'Th ...

* Macclesfield Town

To League Two

;Relegated from League One *

Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers Football Club () is a professional association football club based in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third level of the English football league system. Founded in 188 ...

* Chesterfield *

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

Rochdale Rochdale ( ) is a town in Greater Manchester, England, and the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale. In the United Kingdom 2021 Census, 2021 Census, the town had a population of 111,261, compared to 223,773 for the wid ...

;Promoted from

* Fleetwood Town *

York City York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system, as of the 2024–25 seas ...

Team overview

Stadia and locations

''Note: Table shows mathematically qualified teams as of 28 April 2012 in alphabetical order.''

Personnel and sponsoring

Managerial changes

League table

Twenty-four teams contest the division: 18 sides remaining in the division from last season, four relegated from League One, and two promoted from

Play-offs

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

Assists

Hat-tricks

* ⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Scoring

*First goal of the season: Troy Brown for Aldershot Town against Plymouth Argyle (''18 August 2012'') *Fastest goal of the season: 14 seconds,

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for Port Vale against Morecambe (''25 August 2012'') *Latest goal of the season: 94 minutes and 17 seconds, Jason Walker for York City against Chesterfield (''8 September 2012'') and Oliver Norburn for Bristol Rovers against Cheltenham Town (''5 February 2013'') *Largest winning margin: 6 goals **Port Vale 7–1 Burton Albion (''5 April 2013'')

Most league wins

Rotherham United Rotherham United Football Club, nicknamed The Millers, is a professional association football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. The team plays in EFL League One, the third tier of English football, after suffering relegation fr ...

Clean sheets

*Most

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: 13 **Fleetwood Town *Fewest clean sheets: 6 **AFC Wimbledon

Discipline

*Most yellow cards (club): 44 **Fleetwood Town *Most yellow cards (player): 7 **

Tom Parkes Thomas Peter Wilson Parkes (born 15 January 1992) is an English professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), defender for National League (division), National League club Hartlepool United F.C., H ...

(Bristol Rovers) ** Kevin Ellison (Morecambe) ** Josh Scowen (Wycombe Wanderers) **

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(Fleetwood Town) ** Rene Howe (Torquay United) *Most red cards (club): 6 **Bristol Rovers *Most red cards (player): 2 **

Edgar Davids Edgar Steven Davids (; born 13 March 1973) is a Dutch former professional association football, footballer. Davids was nicknamed "The Pitbull" because of his marking ability, aggression, and hard tackling style of play. After beginning his care ...

(Barnet)

Monthly awards

References

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