Football League One 2012/13

Football League One 2012/13
master	Doncaster Rovers
Climbers	Doncaster Rovers AFC Bournemouth Yeovil Town (as play-off winner)
Relegated	Scunthorpe United Bury Hartlepool United Portsmouth FC
Teams	24
Games	552
Gates	1,367  (ø 2.48 per game)
Top scorer	Paddy Madden , 23 goals
← Football League One 2011/12 Football League One 2013/14 →
↑ Football League Championship 2012/13 Football League Two 2012/13 ↓

The Football League One 2012/13 was the ninth season of the English Football League One as the third highest division behind the Premier League and the Football League Championship as well as the 21st season of the second highest division of the Football League after the introduction of the Premier League in 1992. It started on August 18, 2012. The last game day was April 27, 2013. The two best-ranked clubs, Doncaster Rovers and AFC Bournemouth , were promoted directly to the Football League Championship, the clubs in places three to six played in play -off mode for the third promotion place. The play-off final was won by fourth-placed Yeovil Town . Scunthorpe United , Bury FC , Hartlepool United and Portsmouth FC had to relegate .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Doncaster Rovers (A)	46	25th	9	12	062:440	+18	84
2.	Bournemouth AFC	46	24	11	11	076:530	+23	83
3.	Brentford FC	46	21st	16	9	062:470	+15	79
4th	Yeovil Town	46	23	8th	15th	071:560	+15	77
5.	Sheffield United	46	19th	18th	9	056:420	+14	75
6th	Swindon Town (N)	46	20th	14th	12	072:390	+33	74
7th	Leyton Orient	46	21st	8th	17th	055:480	+7	71
8th.	Milton Keynes Dons	46	19th	13	14th	062:450	+17	70
9.	Walsall FC	46	17th	17th	12	065:580	+7	68
10.	Crawley Town (N)	46	18th	14th	14th	059:580	+1	68
11.	Tranmere Rovers	46	19th	10	17th	058:480	+10	67
12.	Notts County	46	16	17th	13	061:490	+12	65
13.	Crewe Alexandra (N)	46	18th	10	18th	054:620	−8	64
14th	Preston North End	46	14th	17th	15th	054:490	+5	59
15th	Coventry City (A) 1	46	18th	11	17th	066:590	+7	55
16.	Shrewsbury Town (N)	46	13	16	17th	054:600	−6	55
17th	Carlisle United	46	14th	13	19th	056:770	−21	55
18th	Stevenage FC	46	15th	9	22nd	047:640	−17	54
19th	Oldham Athletic	46	14th	9	23	046:590	−13	51
20th	Colchester United	46	14th	9	23	047:680	−21	51
21st	Scunthorpe United	46	13	9	24	049:730	−24	48
22nd	Bury FC	46	9	14th	23	045:730	−28	41
23.	Hartlepool United	46	9	14th	23	039:670	−28	41
24.	Portsmouth FC (A) 1	46	10	12	24	051:690	−18	32

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

Promoted to the Football League Championship 2013/14

Participation in the play-off games for promotion

Relegation to Football League Two in 2013/14

(A)	Relegated from the Football League Championship 2011/12
(N)	Newcomer from Football League Two 2011/12

Play-off games

	Semi-finals [first leg / second leg / total (n. E.) ]							Final at Wembley Stadium
	3	Brentford FC	1	3	4 (5)
	6th	Swindon Town	1	3	4 (4)
								3	Brentford FC	1
								4th	Yeovil Town	2
	4th	Yeovil Town	0	2	2
	5	Sheffield United	1	0	1

List of goalscorers

Pl.	player	society	Gates
1	Paddy Madden	Yeovil Town	23
2	Leon Clarke	Coventry City	19th
	Will Grigg	Walsall FC
	Brett Pitman	Bournemouth AFC
5	Clayton Donaldson	Brentford FC	18th
6th	Kevin Lisbie	Leyton Orient	16
	David McGoldrick	Coventry City
8th	James Collins	Swindon Town	14th
	James Hayter	Yeovil Town
10	Jose Baxter	Oldham Athletic	13
	Lewis Grabban	Bournemouth AFC
	Billy Paynter	Doncaster Rovers
	Matt Ritchie	Bournemouth AFC

Source: Football League Statistics, Leading Scorers

Web links

• English Football League Tables
• Official website of the Football League (English)
• Season games on kicker.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Football League Statistics ( English ) The Football League Limited & FL Interactive Limited. Archived from the original on November 8, 2013. Retrieved April 10, 2019.