The 2012–13 season was 126th season of Cheltenham Town's existence, and their 13th in the Football League since promotion from the Conference National in 2000.
Cheltenham's first game of the 2012–13 season was at home to Milton Keynes Dons in the League Cup, before then hosting Dagenham and Redbridge in their first League Two match of the season on 18 August 2012.
Cheltenham were in contention for automatic promotion until the final day of the season, but ultimately finished 5th and had to settle for the playoffs, in which they lost 2–0 on aggregate to Northampton Town.
First team As of 30 March 2013. No. Name Nationality Age Club apps. Club goals Previous club Notes Goalkeepers 1 Scott Brown 158 0 Bristol City 12 Connor Roberts 0 0 Everton Defenders 2 Keith Lowe 67 2 Hereford United 3 Billy Jones 0 0 Exeter City 5 Harry Hooman 2 0 Shrewsbury Town 6 Steve Elliott 79 3 Bristol Rovers 22 Sido Jombati 36 3 Bath City 27 Michael Hector 13 0 Reading Jack Deaman 0 0 Birmingham City 18 Lewis Tasker 72 4 Exeter City Midfielders 4 Darren Carter 32 6 Preston North End 7 Marlon Pack 81 7 Portsmouth 8 Sam Deering 0 0 Barnet 11 Jermaine McGlashan 16 2 Aldershot Town 16 Russell Penn 43 1 Burton Albion 21 Bagasan Graham 7 0 Queens Park Rangers 25 Jason Taylor 12 0 Rotherham United Forwards 9 Darryl Duffy 41 11 Bristol Rovers 14 Shaun Harrad 0 0 Bury 19 Paul Benson 13 4 Swindon Town 23 Kaid Mohamed 45 11 AFC Wimbledon 29 Byron Harrison 12 1 Wimbledon
Transfers
In Date Player Position Transferred fromFee 5 July 2012 Sam Deering MF Barnet Free 11 July 2012 Billy Jones DF Exeter City Free 2 August 2012 Chris Zebroski FW Bristol Rovers Undisclosed 3 August 2012 Shaun Harrad FW Bury Season-long loan 9 August 2012 Connor Roberts GK Everton Free 23 August 2012 Darren Carter MF Preston North End Free, six-month contract 25 October 2012 Lawson D'Ath MF Reading One month loan 25 October 2012 Jake Taylor MF Reading One month loan 25 January 2013 Luke McCullough DF Manchester United Loan, recalled 6 March 2013 28 January 2013 Jason Taylor MF Rotherham United Free 29 January 2013 Paul Benson FW Swindon Town Loan until end of season 30 January 2013 Michael Hector DF Reading Loan until end of season 31 January 2013 Byron Harrison FW Wimbledon Undisclosed fee 28 March 2013 Jack Deaman DF Birmingham City Loan until end of season
Out DatePlayerPositionTransferred toFee 3 July 2012 Luke Summerfield MF Shrewsbury Town Free Brian Smikle MF Hereford United Free 13 September 2012 Danny Andrew DF Cambridge United One month loan 13 December 2012 Danny Andrew DF Gloucester City One month loan 13 December 2012 Bagasan Graham FW Gloucester City One month loan 4 January 2013 Chris Zebroski FW Eastleigh Contract terminated 18 January 2013 Danny Andrew DF Gloucester City Free 31 January 2013 Alan Bennett DF Wimbledon Free 31 January 2013 Jeff Goulding FW Aldershot Town Free Competitions
Overall
League Two
Standings
Results summary
Results by round
Scores Overview Cheltenham Town score given first. OppositionHome ScoreAway ScoreAccrington Stanley 0–3 2–2Wimbledon 2–1 2–1Aldershot Town 1–1 1–0Barnet 1–0 0–0Bradford City 0–0 1–3Bristol Rovers 1–1 1–0Burton Albion 1–0 1–3Chesterfield 1–0 1–4Dagenham & Redbridge 2–0 0–1Exeter City 3–0 1–0Fleetwood Town 2–2 1–1Gillingham 1–0 1–1Morecambe 2–0 0–0Northampton Town 1–0 3–2Oxford United 2–1 0–1Plymouth Argyle 2–1 0–2Port Vale 1–1 2–3Rochdale 0–0 1–4Rotherham United 3–0 2–4 Southend United 1–3 2–1Torquay United 2–1 2–2Wycombe Wanderers 4–0 1–1York City 1–1 0–0
Matches
Pre-season friendlies
League Two
Play-offs
League Cup
Football League Trophy
See also 2012–13 in English football 2012–13 Football League Two
References