| Club: | Crawley Town F.C. |
| Season: | 2012–13 |
| Manager: | Sean O'Driscoll (until 19 July) Richie Barker |
| Chairman: | Victor Marley |
| League: | League One |
| League Result: | 10th |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Third round |
| Cup2: | League Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Third round |
| Cup3: | Football League Trophy |
| Cup3 Result: | Second round (southern) |
| League Topscorer: | Billy Clarke (8) Nicky Adams (8) |
| Season Topscorer: | Billy Clarke (12)[1] |
| Highest Attendance: | League: 5,058 (vs. Portsmouth, 9 September) All: 5,880 (vs. Reading, 5 January) |
| Lowest Attendance: | League: 2,544 (vs. Crewe Alexandra, 26 March) All: 1,249 (vs. Gillingham, 4 September) |
| Average Attendance: | 3,351[2] |
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| Prevseason: | 2011–12 |
| Nextseason: | 2013–14 |
The 2012–13 season was the 63rd season in which Crawley Town played senior football, and the eighth as a fully professional team. Crawley Town competed in Football League One, the third tier of English football, following consecutive automatic promotions from the 2010–11 Football Conference and the 2011–12 Football League Two during the past two seasons.
Sean O'Driscoll, who was appointed Crawley manager in May 2012, left the club just two months later to manage Nottingham Forest, despite not having taken charge of a competitive game.[3] Richie Barker succeeded as manager on 7 August 2012, after agreeing compensation with Bury.[4]
On 5 January 2013, in their third round FA Cup tie with Premier League side Reading, Crawley had a record attendance of 5,880 at Broadfield Stadium.[5]
Crawley finished the season in 10th place.
See main article: 2012–13 Football League One.
See main article: 2012–13 FA Cup.
See main article: 2012–13 Football League Cup.
See main article: 2012–13 Football League Trophy.
Although the list below displays a previous club column, many of the players were free agents at the time of signing. The column also refers to the clubs the players were most recently contracted to, although many of them were on loan before joining Crawley.
| Date | Position | Player | Previous Club | Fee | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 May 2012 | GK | Paul Jones | Peterborough United | Free | [6] |
| 8 June 2012 | DF | Mat Sadler | Walsall | Free | [7] |
| 8 June 2012 | MF | Nicky Adams | Rochdale | Free | |
| 9 July 2012 | DF | Mark Connolly | Bolton Wanderers | Free | [8] |
| 25 July 2012 | DF | Shaun Cooper | Bournemouth | Free | [9] |
| 24 August 2012 | DF | Joe Walsh | Swansea City | Free | [10] |
| 31 August 2012 | MF | Mike Jones | Sheffield Wednesday | Undisclosed | [11] |
| 1 January 2013 | FW | Lateef Elford-Alliyu | Bury | Free | [12] |
| 10 January 2013 | MF | Matt Sparrow | Brighton & Hove Albion | Free | [13] |
| 16 January 2013 | FW | Jamie Proctor | Swansea City | Undisclosed | [14] |
| 23 January 2013 | DF | Mustapha Dumbuya | Portsmouth | Free | [15] |
| 23 January 2013 | DF | Connor Essam | Gillingham | Free | |
| Date | Position | Player | Loaned From | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2012 | FW | Jonathan Forte | Southampton | 3 months | [16] |
| 17 August 2012 | FW | Nicky Ajose | Peterborough United | Until January 2013 | |
| 24 September 2012 | DF | Nathan Byrne | Tottenham Hotspur | Until January 2013 | [17] |
| 10 January 2013 | FW | Jimmy Spencer | Huddersfield Town | 4 months | |
| 29 January 2013 | GK | Jonny Maddison | Sunderland | 4 months | [18] |
| 13 February 2013 | FW | Aiden O'Brien | Millwall | 3 months | [19] |
| 28 February 2013 | MF | Jake Taylor | Reading | 1 month | [20] |
| 11 March 2013 | FW | Paul Hayes | Brentford | 1 month | [21] |
| Date | Position | Player | New Club | Fee | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 December 2012 | MF | Scott Neilson | Luton Town | Undisclosed | [22] |
| 21 December 2012 | DF | Charlie Wassmer | Free agent | Free (released) | [23] |
| 31 December 2012 | MF | Scott Davies | Free agent | Free (released) | [24] |
| 8 January 2013 | MF | Hope Akpan | Reading | Undisclosed | [25] |
| 21 January 2013 | DF | Claude Davis | Rotherham United | Free (released) | [26] |
| 25 January 2013 | GK | Michel Kuipers | Free agent | Free (released) | [27] |
| 31 January 2013 | FW | John Akinde | Free agent | Free (released) | [28] |
| Date | Position | Player | Loaned To | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 July 2012 | FW | Richard Brodie | Morecambe | 6 months | [29] |
| 19 September 2012 | MF | Scott Neilson | Grimsby Town | 3 months | [30] |
| 4 January 2013 | MF | Richard Brodie | Grimsby Town | 4 months | [31] |
| 24 January 2013 | DF | Shaun Cooper | Portsmouth | 1 month | [32] |
| 31 January 2013 | FW | Gary Alexander | AFC Wimbledon | 4 months | [33] |
All statistics accurate as of 7 June 2013.[1] [34]
| League goals scored | 59 (goals per game) |
| All goals scored | 74 (goals per game) |
| League goals conceded | 58 (goals per game) |
| All goals conceded | 71 (goals per game) |
| Fastest goal | Nicky Adams (14 seconds) vs Reading (5 January 2013)[35] |
| Biggest wins | 3 – 0 vs Scunthorpe United (18 August 2012) 3 – 0 vs Colchester United (1 January 2013) |
| Highest scoring game | 2 – 5 vs Tranmere Rovers (22 September 2012) |
| Longest unbeaten run (league) | 7 games |
| Longest winless run (league) | 7 games |
| Longest losing run (league) | 2 games |
| Televised games | 0 – 3 vs Portsmouth (9 September 2012 – Sky Sports 1) 1 – 1 vs Swindon Town (2 February 2013 – Sky Sports 2) 1 – 1 vs Doncaster Rovers (18 February 2013 – Sky Sports 1) |
| width=90 | Player | width=40 | Position | width=40 | Nation | width=40 | League One | width=40 | FA Cup | width=40 | League Cup | width=40 | League Trophy | width=40 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Clarke | FW |  | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||
| Nicky Adams | MF | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | |||||||||
| Hope Akpan | MF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Josh Simpson | MF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Jamie Proctor | FW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Gary Alexander | FW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Kyle McFadzean | DF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| Jonathan Forte | FW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| Matt Sparrow | MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| Nicky Ajose | FW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| Joe Walsh | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Nathan Byrne | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Dannie Bulman | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Mark Connolly | DF | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Paul Hayes | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Mat Sadler | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Scott Neilson | MF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Total | 51 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 66 | ||||||||||
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