Football League Two 2012/13

Football League Two 2012/13
master	Gillingham FC
Climbers	Gillingham FC Rotherham United Port Vale Bradford City
Relegated	Barnet FC Aldershot Town
Teams	24
Games	552
Gates	1415  (ø 2.56 per game)
Top scorer	Tom Pope , 31 goals
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The Football League Two 2012/13 was the ninth season of the English Football League Two as the fourth highest English division behind the Premier League , the Football League Championship and the Football League One as well as the 21st season of the third 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 three top-ranked clubs, Gillingham FC , Rotherham United and Port Vale , were promoted directly to Football League One, the clubs places four to seven played in play-off mode for fourth promotion place. Seventh-placed Bradford City won the play-off final . FC Barnet and Aldershot Town had to relegate .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Gillingham FC	46	23	14th	9	066:390	+27	83
2.	Rotherham United	46	24	7th	15th	074:590	+15	79
3.	Port Vale	46	21st	15th	10	087:520	+35	78
4th	Burton Albion	46	22nd	10	14th	071:650	+6	76
5.	Cheltenham Town	46	20th	15th	11	058:510	+7	75
6th	Northampton Town	46	21st	10	15th	064:550	+9	73
7th	Bradford City	46	18th	15th	13	063:520	+11	69
8th.	Chesterfield FC (A)	46	18th	13	15th	060:450	+15	67
9.	Oxford United	46	19th	8th	19th	060:610	−1	65
10.	Exeter City (A)	46	18th	10	18th	063:620	+1	64
11.	Southend United	46	16	13	17th	061:550	+6	61
12.	Rochdale AFC (A)	46	16	13	17th	068:700	−2	61
13.	Fleetwood Town (N)	46	15th	15th	16	055:570	−2	60
14th	Bristol Rovers	46	16	12	18th	060:690	−9	60
15th	Wycombe Wanderers (A)	46	17th	9	20th	050:600	−10	60
16.	Morecambe FC	46	15th	13	18th	055:610	−6	58
17th	York City (N)	46	12	19th	15th	050:600	−10	55
18th	Accrington Stanley	46	14th	12	20th	051:680	−17	54
19th	Torquay United	46	13	14th	19th	055:620	−7	53
20th	AFC Wimbledon	46	14th	11	21st	054:760	−22	53
21st	Plymouth Argyle	46	13	13	20th	046:550	−9	52
22nd	Dagenham & Redbridge	46	13	12	21st	055:620	−7	51
23.	Barnet FC	46	13	12	21st	047:590	−12	51
24.	Aldershot Town	46	11	15th	20th	042:600	−18	48

Promoted to Football League One 2013/14

Participation in the play-off games for promotion

Relegated to the Conference National 2013/14

(A)	Relegated from Football League One 2011/12
(N)	Newcomer from the Conference National 2011/12

Play-off games

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

Goal scorers

Pl.	player	society	Gates
1	Tom Pope	Port Vale	30th
2	Jamie Cureton	Exeter City	21st
3	Daniel Nardiello	Rotherham United	19th
4th	Nahki Wells	Bradford City	18th
5	Adebayo Akinfenwa	Northampton Town	16
	Rene Howe	Torquay United

Web links

• Official website of the Football League (English)
• Final table and match days on kicker.de
• Final table on rsssf.com