2012–13 Football League One

The 2012–13 Football League One (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.

Football League One

Season	2012–13
Champions	Doncaster Rovers (1st divisional title)
Promoted	Doncaster Rovers Bournemouth Yeovil Town
Relegated	Scunthorpe United Portsmouth Hartlepool United Bury
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,367 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorer	Paddy Madden (23 goals)
Biggest home win	Preston North End 5–0 Hartlepool United Swindon Town 5–0 Portsmouth Swindon Town 5–0 Tranmere Rovers
Biggest away win	Hartlepool United 0–5 Coventry City
Highest scoring	8 goals Sheffield United 5–3 Bournemouth
Longest winning run	8 games Bournemouth Yeovil Town
Longest unbeaten run	16 games Sheffield United
Longest winless run	22 games Portsmouth
Longest losing run	9 games Colchester United, Portsmouth
Highest attendance	23,431 Sheffield United v Brentford (16 April 2013)[1]
Lowest attendance	1,396 Bury v Stevenage (19 March 2013)[1]
Average attendance	6,319[1]
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

Changes from last season

Team changes

To League One

Relegated from the Championship

• Portsmouth
• Coventry City
• Doncaster Rovers

Promoted from League Two

• Swindon Town
• Shrewsbury Town
• Crawley Town
• Crewe Alexandra

From League One

Promoted to the Championship

• Charlton Athletic
• Sheffield Wednesday
• Huddersfield Town

Relegated to League Two

• Wycombe Wanderers
• Chesterfield
• Exeter City
• Rochdale

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Doncaster Rovers (C, P)	46	25	9	12	62	44	+18	84	Promotion to Football League Championship
2	Bournemouth (P)	46	24	11	11	76	53	+23	83
3	Brentford	46	21	16	9	62	47	+15	79	Qualification for League One play-offs[a]
4	Yeovil Town (O, P)	46	23	8	15	71	56	+15	77
5	Sheffield United	46	19	18	9	56	42	+14	75
6	Swindon Town	46	20	14	12	72	39	+33	74
7	Leyton Orient	46	21	8	17	55	48	+7	71
8	Milton Keynes Dons	46	19	13	14	62	45	+17	70
9	Walsall	46	17	17	12	65	58	+7	68
10	Crawley Town	46	18	14	14	59	58	+1	68
11	Tranmere Rovers	46	19	10	17	58	48	+10	67
12	Notts County	46	16	17	13	61	49	+12	65
13	Crewe Alexandra	46	18	10	18	54	62	−8	64
14	Preston North End	46	14	17	15	54	49	+5	59
15	Coventry City	46	18	11	17	66	59	+7	55[b]
16	Shrewsbury Town	46	13	16	17	54	60	−6	55
17	Carlisle United	46	14	13	19	56	77	−21	55
18	Stevenage	46	15	9	22	47	64	−17	54
19	Oldham Athletic	46	14	9	23	46	59	−13	51
20	Colchester United	46	14	9	23	47	68	−21	51
21	Scunthorpe United (R)	46	13	9	24	49	73	−24	48	Relegation to Football League Two
22	Bury (R)	46	9	14	23	45	73	−28	41
23	Hartlepool United (R)	46	9	14	23	39	67	−28	41
24	Portsmouth (R)	46	10	12	24	51	69	−18	32[c]

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) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League Championship.
2. On 28 March Coventry City were deducted ten points for entering administration.^[2]
3. On 20 April Portsmouth were deducted ten points after coming out of administration.^[3]

Play-offs

Main article: 2013 Football League play-offs § League One

	Semifinals							Final
	3	Brentford (p)	1	3	4 (5)
	6	Swindon Town	1	3	4 (4)
								3	Brentford	1
								4	Yeovil Town	2
	4	Yeovil Town	0	2	2
	5	Sheffield United	1	0	1

Team overview

Stadia and locations

Bournemouth

Brentford

Bury

Carlisle

Colchester

Coventry City

Crawley

Crewe Alexandra

Doncaster

Hartlepool

Leyton Orient

MK Dons

Notts County

Oldham

Portsmouth

Preston

Scunthorpe

Sheffield United

Shrewsbury Town

Swindon

Stevenage

Tranmere

Walsall

Yeovil

Locations of League One 2012–13 teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Bournemouth	Bournemouth	Dean Court	10,700
Brentford	Brentford, Greater London	Griffin Park	12,763
Bury	Bury	Gigg Lane	11,840
Carlisle United	Carlisle	Brunton Park	16,981
Colchester United	Colchester	Colchester Community Stadium	10,064
Coventry City	Coventry	Ricoh Arena	32,609
Crawley Town	Crawley	Broadfield Stadium	5,996
Crewe Alexandra	Crewe	Alexandra Stadium	10,153
Doncaster Rovers	Doncaster	Keepmoat Stadium	15,231
Hartlepool United	Hartlepool	Victoria Park	8,240
Leyton Orient	Leyton, Greater London	Brisbane Road	9,271
Milton Keynes Dons	Milton Keynes	Stadium:mk	22,000
Notts County	Nottingham	Meadow Lane	21,388
Oldham Athletic	Oldham	Boundary Park	10,638
Portsmouth	Portsmouth	Fratton Park	20,224
Preston North End	Preston	Deepdale	23,408
Scunthorpe United	Scunthorpe	Glanford Park	9,088
Sheffield United	Sheffield	Bramall Lane	32,702
Shrewsbury Town	Shrewsbury	Greenhous Meadow	9,875
Stevenage	Stevenage	Broadhall Way	6,722
Swindon Town	Swindon	County Ground	15,728
Tranmere Rovers	Birkenhead	Prenton Park	16,789
Walsall	Walsall	Bescot Stadium	11,300
Yeovil Town	Yeovil	Huish Park	9,565

Personnel and sponsoring

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager1	Team captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Bournemouth	Eddie Howe	Miles Addison	Fila	Energy Consulting
Brentford	Uwe Rösler	Kevin O'Connor	Puma	SkyeX
Bury	Kevin Blackwell	Steven Schumacher	Surridge	Bury Council
Carlisle United	Greg Abbott	Lee Miller	Fila	Eddie Stobart Transport
Colchester United	Joe Dunne	Kemal Izzet	Puma	Sponsors on a match-by-match basis (H) JobServe (A)
Coventry City	Steven Pressley	Carl Baker	Puma	City Link
Crawley Town	Richie Barker	Josh Simpson	Puma	Global Freight Solutions
Crewe Alexandra	Steve Davis	Luke Murphy	Carbrini	Mornflake Oats
Doncaster Rovers	Paul Dickov	Rob Jones	Nike	One Call Insurance
Hartlepool United	Colin Cooper	Sam Collins	Nike	Dove Energy
Leyton Orient	Russell Slade	Nathan Clarke	Nike	Samsung (H) FIFA 13 (A)
Milton Keynes Dons	Karl Robinson	Dean Lewington	Vandanel	Case Security
Notts County	Chris Kiwomya	Neal Bishop	Fila	3663 (H) Vision Express (A & 3rd)
Oldham Athletic	Lee Johnson	Dean Furman	Fila	Carbrini
Portsmouth	Guy Whittingham	Johnny Ertl	Kappa	Jobsite
Preston North End	Simon Grayson	John Mousinho	Puma	Magners (H) Tennent's Lager (A)
Scunthorpe United	Brian Laws	Paul Reid	Nike	Rainham Steel
Sheffield United	David Weir	Michael Doyle	Macron	Westfield Health (H) Redtooth (A & 3rd)
Shrewsbury Town	Graham Turner	Matt Richards	Joma	Greenhous
Stevenage	Graham Westley	Mark Roberts	Puma	Stapleton's Tyres
Swindon Town	Kevin MacDonald	Alan McCormack	Adidas	Samsung (H) FIFA 13 (A)
Tranmere Rovers	Ronnie Moore	James Wallace	Fila	Wirral
Walsall	Dean Smith	Andy Butler	Diadora	SR Timber Merchants
Yeovil Town	Gary Johnson	Jamie McAllister	Vandanel	W+S Recycling

• ¹ According to current revision of List of English Football League managers

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Bournemouth	Lee Bradbury	Sacked	25 March 2012[4]	Pre-season	Paul Groves	11 May 2012[5]
Crawley Town	Steve Evans	Signed by Rotherham United	9 April 2012[6]	Pre-season	Sean O'Driscoll	16 May 2012[7]
Crawley Town	Sean O'Driscoll	Signed by Nottingham Forest	19 July 2012[8]	Pre-season	Richie Barker	7 August 2012[9]
Bury	Richie Barker	Signed by Crawley Town	7 August 2012[9]	Pre-season	Kevin Blackwell	26 September 2012[10]
Coventry City	Andy Thorn	Sacked	26 August 2012[11]	14th	Mark Robins	19 September 2012[12]
Colchester United	John Ward	Sacked	24 September 2012[13]	22nd	Joe Dunne	27 September 2012[14]
Bournemouth	Paul Groves	Sacked	3 October 2012[15]	20th	Eddie Howe	12 October 2012[16]
Hartlepool United	Neale Cooper	Resigned	24 October 2012[17]	24th	John Hughes	14 November 2012
Scunthorpe United	Alan Knill	Sacked	29 October 2012[18]	22nd	Brian Laws	30 October 2012[18]
Portsmouth	Michael Appleton	Signed by Blackpool	7 November 2012[19]	17th	Guy Whittingham	24 April 2013[20]
Doncaster Rovers	Dean Saunders	Signed by Wolverhampton Wanderers	6 January 2013	2nd	Brian Flynn	17 January 2013[21]
Oldham Athletic	Paul Dickov	Resigned	3 February 2013[22]	20th	Lee Johnson	18 March 2013[23]
Notts County	Keith Curle	Sacked	3 February 2013[24]	10th	Chris Kiwomya	23 February 2013[25]
Preston North End	Graham Westley	Sacked	13 February 2013[26]	17th	Simon Grayson	18 February 2013[27]
Coventry City	Mark Robins	Signed by Huddersfield Town	14 February 2013[28]	8th	Steven Pressley	8 March 2013[29]
Swindon Town	Paolo Di Canio	Resigned	18 February 2013	6th	Kevin MacDonald	28 February 2013[30]
Stevenage	Gary Smith	Sacked	20 March 2013	15th	Graham Westley	30 March 2013[31]
Sheffield United	Danny Wilson	Sacked	10 April 2013[32]	5th	David Weir	10 June 2013
Doncaster Rovers	Brian Flynn	Appointed as "Director of Football"	3 May 2013[33]	1st	Paul Dickov	20 May 2013[34]
Hartlepool United	John Hughes	Sacked	9 May 2013[35]	24th	Colin Cooper	24 May 2013[36]

Results

Home \ Away	BOU	BRE	BRY	CRL	COL	COV	CRA	CRE	DON	HAR	LEY	MKD	NTC	OLD	POR	PNE	SCU	SHU	SHR	STE	SWI	TRA	WAL	YEO
Bournemouth		2–2	4–1	3–1	1–0	0–2	3–0	3–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	3–0
Brentford	0–0		2–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	5–1	0–1	2–2	2–2	3–2	2–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–3
Bury	2–2	0–0		1–1	1–2	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	2–1	0–2	1–4	0–2	0–1	2–0	1–2	2–1	0–2	2–2	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	3–2
Carlisle United	2–4	2–0	2–1		0–2	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–3	3–0	1–4	1–1	0–4	3–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	2–1	2–2	0–3	0–3	3–3
Colchester United	0–1	1–3	2–0	2–0		1–3	1–1	1–2	1–2	3–1	2–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–5	2–0	2–0
Coventry City	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–2		3–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	5–1	0–1
Crawley Town	3–1	1–2	3–2	1–1	3–0	2–0		2–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–3	1–0	3–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–5	2–2	0–1
Crewe Alexandra	1–2	0–2	1–0	1–0	3–2	1–0	2–0		1–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	2–0	0–1
Doncaster Rovers	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–4	0–1	0–2		3–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–3	4–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–1
Hartlepool United	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	0–0	0–5	0–1	3–0	1–1		2–1	0–2	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	2–2	0–2	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0
Leyton Orient	3–1	1–0	2–0	4–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–2	1–0		2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–3	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	4–1
Milton Keynes Dons	0–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	5–1	2–3	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–0		1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–3	0–1	2–0	3–0	2–4	1–0
Notts County	3–3	1–2	4–1	1–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–2		1–0	3–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–2
Oldham Athletic	0–1	0–2	1–2	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	3–0	2–0	3–1	2–2		1–0	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–0
Portsmouth	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–3	2–0	1–2	2–0	0–1	1–3	2–3	1–1	0–2	0–1		0–0	2–1	3–0	3–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–2
Preston North End	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–3	0–3	5–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–1		3–0	0–1	1–2	2–0	4–1	1–0	1–3	3–2
Scunthorpe United	1–2	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–3	1–2	2–1	0–3	2–2	2–2	2–1	2–3		1–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–3	1–1	0–4
Sheffield United	5–3	2–2	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–2	0–2	3–3	0–0	2–3	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–0		1–0	4–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–2
Shrewsbury Town	0–3	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–2	4–1	3–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–0	3–2	1–0	0–1	1–2		2–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–3
Stevenage	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–2	2–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–2	2–0	1–2	2–1	1–4	1–0	4–0	1–1		0–4	1–1	3–1	0–2
Swindon Town	4–0	0–1	0–1	4–0	0–1	2–2	3–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	5–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	3–0		5–0	2–2	4–1
Tranmere Rovers	0–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–2	3–1	1–3		0–0	3–2
Walsall	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	4–0	2–2	2–2	0–3	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	1–4	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–2	2–0		2–2
Yeovil Town	0–1	3–0	2–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	0–0	4–1	1–2	3–1	3–0	0–1	2–1	1–3	0–2	1–0	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2013. Source: The Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers As of 27 April 2013 Rank Player Club Goals[37] 1 Paddy Madden Yeovil Town1 23 2 Leon Clarke Coventry City2 19 Will Grigg Walsall Brett Pitman Bournemouth 5 Clayton Donaldson Brentford 18 6 Kevin Lisbie Leyton Orient 16 David McGoldrick Coventry City 8 James Hayter Yeovil Town 14 9 Jose Baxter Oldham Athletic 13 James Collins Swindon Town Lewis Grabban Bournemouth Billy Paynter Doncaster Rovers - includes 1 goal for Carlisle United - includes 11 goals for Scunthorpe United

Assists As of 27 April 2013 Rank Player Club Assists[38] 1 David Cotterill Doncaster Rovers 20 2 Mark Duffy Scunthorpe United 15 3 Dean Cox Leyton Orient 14 4 Lee Croft Oldham Athletic 12 5 Dean Bowditch Milton Keynes Dons 11 Alan Judge Notts County Matt Ritchie Bournemouth 8 Evan Horwood Hartlepool 10 Marvin Morgan Shrewsbury Town Luke Murphy Crewe Alexandra Ed Upson Yeovil Town

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Andy Robinson	Tranmere Rovers	Carlisle United	0–3[39]	21 August 2012
Jake Cassidy	Tranmere Rovers	Colchester United	4–0[40]	1 September 2012
Dean Bowditch	Milton Keynes Dons	Bury	1–4[41]	22 September 2012
Nicky Wroe	Preston North End	Scunthorpe United	2–3[42]	23 October 2012
Dani Lopez	Stevenage	Sheffield United	4–0[44]	16 March 2013

Scoring

• First goal of the season: David McAllister for Sheffield United against Shrewsbury Town (18 August 2012)
• Fastest goal of the season: 56 seconds, A-Jay Leitch-Smith for Crewe Alexandra against Scunthorpe United (21 August 2012)^[45]
• Latest goal of the season: 95 minutes and 26 seconds, Paddy Madden for Carlisle United against Portsmouth (25 August 2012)^[46]
• 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 clean sheets: 21^[1]
  • Sheffield United
• Fewest clean sheets: 5^[1]
  • Scunthorpe United

Discipline

• Most yellow cards (club): 92^[47]
  • Oldham Athletic
• Most yellow cards (player): 12^[48]
  • Harry Arter (AFC Bournemouth)
• Most red cards (club): 7^[47]
  • Notts County
• Most red cards (player): 3^[48]
  • Antony Kay (Milton Keynes Dons)

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Reference
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August	Ronnie Moore	Tranmere Rovers	Andy Robinson	Tranmere Rovers	[49][50]
September	Ronnie Moore	Tranmere Rovers	Jake Cassidy	Tranmere Rovers	[51][52]
October	Danny Wilson	Sheffield United	George Long	Sheffield United	[53][54]
November	Eddie Howe	Bournemouth	Kevin Lisbie	Leyton Orient	[55][56]
December	Mark Robins	Coventry City	David McGoldrick	Coventry City	[57][58]
January	Dean Smith	Walsall	Paddy Madden	Yeovil Town	[59][60]
February	John Hughes	Hartlepool United	Peter Hartley	Hartlepool United	[61][62]
March	Russell Slade	Leyton Orient	Brett Pitman	Bournemouth	[63][64]
April	Eddie Howe	Bournemouth	Matt Smith	Oldham Athletic	[65][66]

Other awards

Month	Award	Player	Club	Notes
August	Young Player of the Month	Max Clayton	Crewe Alexandra	[67]
September	Young Player of the Month	George Bowerman	Walsall	[68]
February	Young Player of the Month	George Long	Sheffield United	[69]