The 2012–13

Football League Two The English Football League Two (often referred to as League Two for short or Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship purposes, and known as the Football League Two from 2004 until 2016) is the third and lowest division of the English Football Le ...

(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 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 ...

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 mov ...

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 com ...

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 ...

;Relegated to

Conference National The National League, known as the Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest level of the National League System and fifth-highest of the overall English football league system. It is the highest league that is semi-profes ...

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 Macclesfield Town Football Club was an English professional football club based in Macclesfield, Cheshire, that was wound-up after a High Court ruling on 16 September 2020. Initially known as Macclesfield F.C., the club was formed in 1874 and ...

To League Two

;Relegated from

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 ...

* Chesterfield *

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 ...

Rochdale Rochdale ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, at the foothills of the South Pennines in the dale on the River Roch, northwest of Oldham and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough ...

;Promoted from

Fleetwood Town Fleetwood Town Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Fleetwood, Lancashire. Established in 1997, the current Fleetwood Town F.C. is the fourth incarnation of the club; it was originally formed ...

York City York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team compete in the National League, at the fifth tier of the English football league sys ...

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

, 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 Troy Fitzgerald Brown (born July 2, 1971) is an American football coach and former player who is the wide receivers and kick returners coach for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played as a wide receiver and ki ...

for Aldershot Town against Plymouth Argyle (''18 August 2012'') *Fastest goal of the season: 14 seconds, Sam Morsy 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 Oliver Lewis Norburn (born 26 October 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Blackpool. Born in England, he plays for the Grenada national team. He made his debut for the team in 2021 and played at the 2021 CONCA ...

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 football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . The club's colours were initially yellow and black, but changed to red and white around ...

Clean sheets

*Most

clean sheets In team sports, a shutout ( US) or clean sheet ( UK) is a game in which one team prevents the other from scoring any points. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball. Shutouts are usuall ...

: 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 footballer who plays as a defender for Livingston. Club career Leicester City Born in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, Parkes started his career at Leicester Ci ...

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

Junior Brown Jamieson "Junior" Brown (born June 12, 1952) is an American country guitarist and singer. He has released twelve studio albums in his career, and has charted twice on the '' Billboard'' country singles charts. Brown's signature instrument is t ...

(Fleetwood Town) **

Rene Howe Jermaine Renee Howe (born 22 October 1986), known as Rene Howe, is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ware. Howe began his senior career at Bedford Town in 2003, making 81 league appearances prior to joining Kettering ...

(Torquay United) *Most red cards (club): 6 **Bristol Rovers *Most red cards (player): 2 ** Edgar Davids (Barnet)

Monthly awards

References

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