2012–13 Football League Two

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Football League Two
Season 2012–13
Champions Gillingham
(2nd divisional title)
Promoted 1st Gillingham
2nd Rotherham United
3rd Port Vale
7th Bradford City
Relegated Barnet
Aldershot Town
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1415 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorer Tom Pope
(31 goals)[1]
Biggest home win Port Vale 7–1 Burton Albion
Biggest away win Morecambe 0–4 Fleetwood Town
AFC Wimbledon 0–4 Southend United
Fleetwood Town 0–4 Burton Albion
Oxford United 0–4 Rotherham United
Highest scoring 8 goals
Burton Albion 6–2 AFC Wimbledon
Port Vale 6–2 Rotherham United
Port Vale 7–1 Burton Albion
Longest winning run 5 games
Rotherham United
Longest unbeaten run 10 games
Southend United
Longest winless run 16 games
York City
Longest losing run 7 games
Torquay United
Highest attendance 13,461[2]
Bradford City v Rotherham United
(16 April 2013)
Lowest attendance 1,031[2]
Accrington Stanley v Dagenham & Redbridge
(5 January 2013)
Average attendance 4,390[2]

The 2012–13 Football League Two (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
Relegated to Conference National

To League Two

Relegated from League One
Promoted from Conference National

Team overview

Stadia and locations

Note: Table shows mathematically qualified teams as of 28 April 2012 in alphabetical order.[3]

Locations of League Two 2012–13 teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Accrington Stanley Accrington Crown Ground 5,057
AFC Wimbledon Kingston upon Thames Greater London Kingsmeadow 4,850
Aldershot Town Aldershot Recreation Ground 7,100
Barnet Barnet Greater London Underhill Stadium 5,260
Bradford City Bradford Valley Parade 25,136
Bristol Rovers Bristol Memorial Stadium 12,011
Burton Albion Burton upon Trent Pirelli Stadium 6,912
Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Whaddon Road 7,066
Chesterfield Chesterfield Proact Stadium 10,338
Dagenham & Redbridge Dagenham Greater London Victoria Road 6,078
Exeter City Exeter St James Park 8,830
Fleetwood Town Fleetwood Highbury Stadium 5,094
Gillingham Gillingham Priestfield Stadium 11,582
Morecambe Morecambe Globe Arena 6,476
Northampton Town Northampton Sixfields Stadium 7,653
Oxford United Oxford Kassam Stadium 12,500
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Home Park 16,388
Port Vale Stoke-on-Trent Vale Park 19,052
Rochdale Rochdale Spotland Stadium 10,249
Rotherham United Rotherham New York Stadium 12,021
Southend United Southend-on-Sea Roots Hall 12,392
Torquay United Torquay Plainmoor 6,104
Wycombe Wanderers High Wycombe Adams Park 10,284
York City York Bootham Crescent 7,872

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Manager Chairman Team captain Kit maker Sponsor
Accrington Stanley James Beattie Peter Marsden Dean Winnard Samurai Sportswear Clever Boxes
AFC Wimbledon Neal Ardley Erik Samuelson Mat Mitchel-King Tempest Sports Football Manager (H)
Sports Interactive (A)
Aldershot Town Andy Scott Kris Machala Ben Herd Erreà EBB Paper
Barnet Edgar Davids Anthony Kleanthous Jonathan Fortune Surridge Pulse Fitness
Bradford City Phil Parkinson Mark Lawn
Julian Rhodes		 Gary Jones Nike Map Group UK
Bristol Rovers John Ward Nick Higgs Matthew Gill Erreà Opus Recruitment (H)
CR Windows (A)
Burton Albion Gary Rowett Ben Robinson John McGrath TAG Mr Cropper
Cheltenham Town Mark Yates Paul Baker Russell Penn Erreà Mira Showers
Chesterfield Paul Cook Dave Allen Sam Hird Puma Kick Energy
Dagenham & Redbridge Wayne Burnett Dave Andrews Abu Ogogo Vandanel West & Coe Funeral Directors
Exeter City Paul Tisdale Edward Chorlton Danny Coles Joma Flybe.com
Fleetwood Town Graham Alexander Andy Pilley Steve McNulty Nike BES Commercial Gas
Gillingham Martin Allen Paul Scally Adam Barrett Vandanel Medway Electrical & Mechanical Services
Morecambe Jim Bentley Peter McGuigan Will Haining Fila Carbrini
Northampton Town Aidy Boothroyd David Cardoza John Johnson Erreà Jackson Grundy
Oxford United Chris Wilder Ian Lenagan Jake Wright Nike Bridle Insurance
Plymouth Argyle John Sheridan James Brent Darren Purse Puma Bond Timber
Port Vale Micky Adams Paul Wildes Doug Loft Sondico UK Windows Systems Ltd (H)
Rochdale Keith Hill Chris Dunphy Gary Jones Fila Co-Operative
Rotherham United Steve Evans Tony Stewart Johnny Mullins Puma Parkgate Shopping
Southend United Phil Brown Ron Martin Chris Barker Nike InsureandGo
Torquay United Alan Knill Simon Baker Lee Mansell Sondico Sparkworld
Wycombe Wanderers Gareth Ainsworth Ivor Beeks MBE Gareth Ainsworth Kukri Dreams
York City Nigel Worthington Jason McGill Chris Smith Nike benenden health

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Burton Albion Paul Peschisolido Sacked 17 March 2012[4] Pre-season Gary Rowett 10 May 2012[5]
Gillingham Andy Hessenthaler Resigned 8 May 2012[6] Pre-season Martin Allen 5 July 2012[7]
Barnet Martin Allen End of contract 31 May 2012 Pre-season Mark Robson
Edgar Davids		 11 June 2012[8]
11 October 2012[9]
Chesterfield John Sheridan Sacked 28 August 2012[10] 18th Paul Cook 25 October 2012[11]
AFC Wimbledon Terry Brown Sacked 19 September 2012[12] 21st Neal Ardley 10 October 2012[13]
Wycombe Wanderers Gary Waddock Sacked 22 September 2012[14] 21st Gareth Ainsworth 8 November 2012[15]
Accrington Stanley Paul Cook Signed by Chesterfield 25 October 2012[11] 16th Leam Richardson 1 November 2012[16]
Fleetwood Town Micky Mellon Sacked 1 December 2012[17] 8th Graham Alexander 6 December 2012
Bristol Rovers Mark McGhee Sacked 15 December 2012[18] 23rd John Ward 17 December 2012
Barnet Mark Robson Mutual consent 29 December 2012 22nd Edgar Davids 29 December 2012[19]
Plymouth Argyle Carl Fletcher Sacked 1 January 2013[20] 21st John Sheridan 6 January 2013[21]
Rochdale John Coleman Sacked 21 January 2013[22] 14th Keith Hill 22 January 2013[23]
Aldershot Town Dean Holdsworth Sacked 20 February 2013[24] 20th Andy Scott 22 February 2013[25]
Dagenham & Redbridge John Still Signed by Luton Town 26 February 2013[26] 16th Wayne Burnett 2 May 2013[27]
York City Gary Mills Sacked 2 March 2013[28] 18th Nigel Worthington 4 March 2013[29]
Southend United Paul Sturrock Sacked 24 March 2013[30] 9th Phil Brown 25 March 2013[31]
Torquay United Martin Ling Sacked 29 April 2013[32] 19th Alan Knill 7 May 2013[33]
Accrington Stanley Leam Richardson Signed by Chesterfield 30 April 2013[34] 18th James Beattie 13 May 2013[35]

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 Conference National.

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Gillingham (C, P) 46 23 14 9 66 39 +27 83 Promotion to Football League One
2 Rotherham United (P) 46 24 7 15 74 59 +15 79
3 Port Vale (P) 46 21 15 10 87 52 +35 78
4 Burton Albion 46 22 10 14 71 65 +6 76 Qualification for League Two play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
5 Cheltenham Town 46 20 15 11 58 51 +7 75
6 Northampton Town 46 21 10 15 64 55 +9 73
7 Bradford City (O, P) 46 18 15 13 63 52 +11 69
8 Chesterfield 46 18 13 15 60 45 +15 67
9 Oxford United 46 19 8 19 59 60 −1 65
10 Exeter City 46 18 10 18 63 62 +1 64
11 Southend United 46 16 13 17 61 55 +6 61
12 Rochdale 46 16 13 17 68 70 −2 61
13 Fleetwood Town 46 15 15 16 55 57 −2 60
14 Bristol Rovers 46 16 12 18 60 69 −9 60
15 Wycombe Wanderers 46 17 9 20 50 60 −10 60
16 Morecambe 46 15 13 18 55 61 −6 58
17 York City 46 12 19 15 50 60 −10 55
18 Accrington Stanley 46 14 12 20 51 67 −16 54
19 Torquay United 46 13 14 19 55 62 −7 53
20 AFC Wimbledon 46 14 11 21 54 76 −22 53
21 Plymouth Argyle 46 13 13 20 46 55 −9 52
22 Dagenham & Redbridge 46 13 12 21 55 62 −7 51
23 Barnet (R) 46 13 12 21 47 59 −12 51 Relegation to the Conference Premier
24 Aldershot Town (R) 46 11 15 20 42 60 −18 48
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2013. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

Play-offs

  Semifinals Final
                     
4  Burton Albion 3 1 4  
7  Bradford City 2 3 5  
    6  Northampton Town 0
  7  Bradford City 3
5  Cheltenham Town 0 0 0
6  Northampton Town 1 1 2  

Results

Home ╲ Away ACC WIM ALD BAR BRA BRO BRT CHL CHF D&R EXE FLE GIL MOR NOR OXF PLY PTV ROC ROT STD TOR WYC YOR
Accrington Stanley 4–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 3–3 2–2 1–0 0–2 0–3 0–3 1–1 2–0 2–4 0–3 1–1 2–0 2–3 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–1
AFC Wimbledon 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–2 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–3 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–1 0–4 0–1 2–2 3–2
Aldershot Town 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 3–2 1–2 1–3 4–2 0–3 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–2
Barnet 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 3–2 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–3 4–1 4–0 2–2 1–4 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–3
Bradford City 2–1 5–1 1–1 3–0 4–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–4 0–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–1
Bristol Rovers 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 3–3 3–0 0–1 3–2 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–2 0–3 3–1 0–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–3 3–2 1–0 0–0
Burton Albion 1–0 6–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 3–2 4–2 0–1 3–2 3–2 3–3 4–0 1–0 1–1 3–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–1
Cheltenham Town 0–3 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–3 2–1 4–0 1–1
Chesterfield 4–3 2–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 4–1 1–2 4–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 3–0
Dagenham & Redbridge 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 4–3 2–4 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–3 2–1 5–0 0–3 2–2 3–0 0–1
Exeter City 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 4–1 1–2 3–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 0–3 3–0 1–3 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 3–0 0–1 3–2 1–1
Fleetwood Town 1–3 1–1 4–1 2–1 2–2 0–3 0–4 1–1 1–3 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 2–5 0–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0
Gillingham 1–0 2–2 4–0 0–1 3–1 4–0 4–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–3 2–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1
Morecambe 0–0 3–1 2–1 4–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–3 0–4 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–3 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 2–2
Northampton Town 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–3 0–0 3–1 3–0 3–1 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 3–3 1–0 3–1 0–2
Oxford United 5–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–3 2–4 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–4 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–0
Plymouth Argyle 0–0 1–2 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 3–2 0–1 1–3 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0
Port Vale 3–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 4–0 7–1 3–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–1 2–2 3–0 4–0 2–2 6–2 1–2 1–1 4–1 2–2
Rochdale 0–3 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 4–1 1–1 2–2 2–3 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 4–2 1–0 4–1 2–3
Rotherham United 4–1 1–0 2–0 0–2 4–0 1–3 3–0 4–2 1–0 1–2 4–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 2–3 0–3 1–0 2–3 1–1
Southend United 0–1 1–3 1–2 2–2 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–2 3–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0
Torquay United 3–1 2–3 4–3 3–2 1–3 3–3 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 0–0 0–1 4–2 1–3 1–4 1–2 2–1
Wycombe Wanderers 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–3 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–2 2–1 4–0
York City 1–1 0–3 0–0 1–2 0–2 4–1 3–0 0–0 2–2 3–2 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–4 1–1 3–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–3

Updated to games played on 27 April 2013.
Source: The Football League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Season statistics

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Tom Pope4 Port Vale Rotherham United 6–2[37] 8 September 2012
Tom Pope Port Vale Bristol Rovers 4–0[38] 20 November 2012
Tom Pope Port Vale Cheltenham Town 3–2[39] 29 March 2013
Jon Parkin Fleetwood Town Morecambe 0–4[40] 8 September 2012
Tom Craddock4 Oxford United Accrington Stanley 5–0[41] 20 October 2012
Ricky Holmes Barnet Burton Albion 3–2[42] 21 December 2012
Kevin Ellison Morecambe AFC Wimbledon 3–1[43] 24 November 2012
  • 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, Sam Morsy for Port Vale against Morecambe (25 August 2012)[44]
  • Latest goal of the season: 94 minutes and 17 seconds, Jason Walker for York City against Chesterfield (8 September 2012)[45] and Oliver Norburn for Bristol Rovers against Cheltenham Town (5 February 2013)[46]
  • Largest winning margin: 6 goals
    • Port Vale 7–1 Burton Albion (5 April 2013)

Most league wins

Rotherham United 24

Clean sheets

Discipline

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Reference
Manager Club Player Club
August Martin Allen Gillingham Jake Wright Oxford United [49][50]
September Micky Adams Port Vale Tom Pope Port Vale [51][52]
October Mark Yates Cheltenham Town Ashley Vincent Port Vale [53][54]
November Paul Sturrock Southend United Adebayo Akinfenwa Northampton Town [55][56]
December Gary Rowett Burton Albion Ashley Grimes Rochdale [57][58]
January Martin Allen Gillingham Tom Parkes Bristol Rovers [59][60]
February Gary Rowett Burton Albion Jacques Maghoma Burton Albion
March John Sheridan Plymouth Argyle Jason Banton Plymouth Argyle [61][62]
April Nigel Worthington York City Chris Smith York City [63][64]

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