2012–13 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season explained

Club:	Shrewsbury Town F.C.
Season:	2012–13
Manager:	Graham Turner
Chairman:	Roland Wycherley
League:	League One
League Result:	16th
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	1st Round vs Hereford United
Cup2:	League Cup
Cup2 Result:	1st Round vs Leeds United
Cup3:	Football League Trophy
Cup3 Result:	2nd Round vs Crewe Alexandra
League Topscorer:	Marvin Morgan (7)
Season Topscorer:	Marvin Morgan (7)
Highest Attendance:	8,021 vs Portsmouth 27 April 2013
Lowest Attendance:	2,063 vs Crewe Alexandra (All) 9 October 2012 4,711 vs Yeovil (League) 23 October 2012
Average Attendance:	5,734 (11th in the league)^[1]
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Prevseason:	2011–12
Nextseason:	2013–14

The 2012–13 season was Shrewsbury's first season back in League One following promotion from League Two the previous season. They also participated in the FA Cup, the Football League Trophy and the League Cup.

Season review

See main article: 2012–13 Football League One. Shrewsbury entered the League Cup at the first round stage, but were knocked out by Leeds United after losing 4–0. They entered the Football League Trophy at the second round stage on 9 October 2012, and where beaten at home by Crewe Alexandra 1–2. They entered the FA Cup at the second round stage on 3 November away to Hereford United.

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee
		Elliott Turner	Trainee	Free
15 May 2012	MF	Asa Hall	Oxford United	Free
29 May 2012	MF	Aaron Wildig	Cardiff City	Free
20 June 2012	FW	Ryan Doble	Southampton	Free
3 July 2012	MF	Luke Summerfield	Cheltenham Town	Free
6 July 2012	GK	Chris Weale	Leicester City	Free
6 July 2012	GK	Joe Anyon	Lincoln City	Free
9 July 2012	MF	Paul Parry	Preston North End	Free

Date from	Date to	Position	Name	From
24 July 2012	2 January 2013^[2]	DF	Michael Hector	Reading
28 September 2012	28 November 2012^[3] ^[4]	DF	Lee Collins	Barnsley
28 September 2012	28 October 2012^[5]	FW	Sam Winnall	Wolverhampton Wanderers
25 October 2012	25 November 2012^[6]	DF	Jeremy Helan	Manchester City
26 October 2012	26 November 2012^[7]	FW	Jamie Proctor	Swansea City

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee
16 May 2012	DF	Shane Cansdell-Sherriff	Preston North End	Free
16 May 2012	MF	Nicky Wroe	Preston North End	Free
22 May 2012	DF	Ian Sharps	Rotherham United	Free
18 June 2012	MF	Lionel Ainsworth	Rotherham United	Free
July 2012	GK	Chris Neal	Port Vale	Free
2012	FW	James Collins	Swindon Town	£125,000
10 August 2012	GK	Ben Smith	Rochdale	Free

Date	Position	Name	Joined
June 2012	MF	Sean McAllister	Port Vale
June 2012	DF	Carl Regan	Notts County
15 October 2012^[8]	DF	Reuben Hazell

See main article: 2012–13 FA Cup.

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Updated 16 January 2013

News: Football League attendance report – season 2013/14 . Football League . 3 May 2015 . 3 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151208043839/http://www.football-league.co.uk/documents/average-attendance549-2006711.pdf . 8 December 2015 . dead . dmy-all .
Web site: Hector Loaned . 24 July 2012 . . 25 March 2020.
Web site: Defender Joins On Loan . 28 September 2012 . . 25 March 2020.
Web site: Shrewsbury Town extend Lee Collins loan from Barnsley . 30 October 2012 . BBC Sport . en-gb . 25 March 2020.
Web site: Shrewsbury Town sign Lee Collins and Sam Winnall on loan . 28 September 2012 . BBC Sport . 25 March 2020.
Web site: Shrewsbury sign Helan from City . 25 October 2012 . BBC Sport . 25 October 2012.
Web site: Swansea City striker Jamie Proctor joins Shrewsbury Town on loan . 26 October 2012 . BBC Sport . 31 October 2012.
Web site: Reuben Hazell . 15 October 2012 . . 16 October 2012.