2012–13 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

Season Key Events

• 27 May 2012: Goals from Nick Powell and Byron Moore secure a 2–0 win over Cheltenham Town in the 2011-12 Football League Two play-off final at Wembley.
• 1 June 2012: The club announce that they will be releasing David Artell, Lee Bell, Carl Martin, Danny Shelley, Jordan Brown, Jason Oswell, Caspar Hughes, Michael Koral, Danny Ting and Jordan Connerton.
• 4 June 2012: The club announce that youngster Paris Bateman has signed his first professional contract after graduating from the famed Crewe Academy.
• 6 June 2012: It is announced that Harry Clayton has re-signed on a new one-year deal.
• 8 June 2012: The club announces that Andy White has also re-signed a new one-year deal.
• 13 June 2012: Crewe announce that Nick Powell has signed a four-year contract with Manchester United for £4m.
• 14 June 2012: The club announces the re-signing of Ollie Turton, on a new one-year contract.
• 28 June 2012: Crewe announce the signing of Torquay defender Mark Ellis for an undisclosed fee.
• 3 July 2012: Goalkeeper Steve Phillips re-signs at the club on a new two-year deal, which involves him acting as the academy's goal-keeping coach. Also, the club announces the signing of defender Gregor Robertson on a two-year contract after he was released by Chesterfield at the end of the 2011–12 season.
• 6 July 2012: Crewe announce the signing of Mathias Pogba from Conference National side Wrexham.
• 9 July 2012: Goalkeeper Alan Martin re-signs with the club on a new six-month deal.
• 10 July 2012: The signing of Ebbsfleet United winger Michael West is announced for a nominal compensation package.
• 14 July 2012: Crewe announce that striker Byron Moore has re-signed on a two-year deal.
• 16 July 2012: The club announces the re-signing of defender Kelvin Mellor on a new two-year deal.
• 25 July 2012: The club announce the signing of midfielder Abdul Osman on a free transfer and a two-year contract.
• 30 July 2012: The club announces the departure of striker Shaun Miller on a two-year deal to Sheffield United for an undisclosed fee.
• 11 August 2012: The season proper kicks off with a 5 – 0 victory over Hartlepool United in the First Round of the Football League Cup.
• 13 August 2012: The re-signing of defender Adam Dugdale on a three-year deal is announced by the club.
• 18 August 2012: The league campaign starts with a loss to Notts County; the club's first loss in twenty competitive matches.
• 21 August 2012: Striker Harry Bunn joins the club from Manchester City on a six-month loan deal. Crewe beat Scunthorpe United 2–1 for their first win of the league campaign.
• 28 August 2012: Crewe are knocked out of the Football League Cup in the second round with a 2 – 0 loss away to West Ham United.
• 31 August 2012: Club captain Ashley Westwood is signed by Aston Villa for an undisclosed fee on a four-year deal.
• 7 September 2012: Midfielder Chuks Aneke becomes Crewe's second loanee of the season signing an initial one month contract from Arsenal.
• 7 April 2013: Crewe are crowned champions of the Football League Trophy thanks to goals from Luke Murphy and Max Clayton.

  Results

Pre Season

League One

League Cup

Football League Trophy

FA Cup

League table

Squad

First Team squad

Squad statistics

Appearances

Appearances formatted as starts + substitutions.

Goalscorers

Players highlighted in light grey denote the player had scored for the club before leaving for another club

Players highlighted in light cyan denote the player has scored for the club after arriving at Crewe during the season

Players highlighted in Blonde denote the player has scored for the club before leaving the club on loan for part/the rest of the season

Pos.	Playing Pos.	Nation	Name	League One	FA Cup	League Cup	JP Trophy	Total
1	FW	France	Mathias Pogba	7	1	2	1	11
2	MF	England	Luke Murphy	3	1		1	5
3	FW	England	Max Clayton	1		2	1	4
3	FW	England	A-Jay Leitch-Smith	3		1		4
3	DF	England	Mark Ellis	4	1			5
3	MF	England	Chuks Aneke	4	1			5
3	FW	Finland	Lauri Dalla Valle	5				5
8	MF	Australia	Bradden Inman	2				2
9	DF	England	Matt Tootle	1				1
			Total Goals	29	4	5	3	41

Disciplinary record

Players highlighted in light grey denote the player has received a yellow/red card for the club before leaving for another club

Players highlighted in light cyan denote the player has received a yellow/red card for the club after arriving at Crewe during the season

Players highlighted in Blonde denote the player has received a yellow/red card for the club before leaving the club on loan for part/the rest of the season
;Notes

Transfers

Summer

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#	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date	Notes
24	DF	Paris Bateman	Crewe Academy	Free	4 June 2012
22	FW	Harry Clayton	Crewe Academy	Free	6 June 2012
5	DF	Mark Ellis	Torquay United	Undisclosed	1 July 2012
15	DF	Gregor Robertson	Chesterfield	Free	3 July 2012
9	FW	Mathias Pogba	Wrexham	Nominal	6 July 2012
23	MF	Michael West	Ebbsfleet United	Undisclosed	10 July 2012
19	MF	Abdul Osman	Unattached	Free	25 July 2012
25	FW	Harry Bunn	Manchester City	Loan	21 August 2012
26	MF	Chuks Aneke	Arsenal	Loan	7 September 2012

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