# 2012–13 Exeter City F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Exeter City's 111th season in existence and their first season back in League Two, the fourth tier of English football, following their relegation from League One in the previous season. The club finished 10th in League Two, and also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy, where they were eliminated in the first round in all three competitions. The season covered the period from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013.

## Competitions
### League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Chesterfield | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 60 | 45 | +15 | 67 |
| 9 | Oxford United | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 59 | 60 | −1 | 65 |
| 10 | Exeter City | 46 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 63 | 62 | +1 | 64 |
| 11 | Southend United | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 61 | 55 | +6 | 61 |
| 12 | Rochdale | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 68 | 70 | −2 | 61 |

#### Matches

League Two match details :
| Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 18 August 2012 | 15:00 | Morecambe | H | L | 0–3 | | 3,792 |
| 21 August 2012 | 19:45 | Aldershot Town | A | W | 2–1 | Cureton 14', 73' | 2,678 |
| 25 August 2012 | 15:00 | Accrington Stanley | A | W | 3–0 | Gow 14', 54', Bauzà 90+3' | 1,149 |
| 1 September 2012 | 15:00 | Burton Albion | H | W | 3–0 | Cureton 19', Davies 41', O'Flynn 89' | 3,707 |
| 8 September 2012 | 15:00 | Oxford United | A | W | 4–2 | Cureton 11', 50', Bennett 27', O'Flynn 72' | 6,405 |
| 15 September 2012 | 15:00 | York City | H | D | 1–1 | O'Flynn 83' | 4,092 |
| 18 September 2012 | 19:45 | Wycombe Wanderers | H | W | 3–2 | Davies 29', Cureton 54', Coles 67' | 3,365 |
| 22 September 2012 | 15:00 | Southend United | A | L | 1–2 | Bennett 51' | 4,964 |
| 29 September 2012 | 15:00 | Bristol Rovers | H | L | 1–2 | Cureton 66' | 5,054 |
| 2 October 2012 | 20:00 | Barnet | A | W | 2–1 | Cureton 35', 67' | 1,483 |
| 6 October 2012 | 15:00 | Port Vale | H | L | 0–2 | | 3,938 |
| 13 October 2012 | 15:00 | Northampton Town | A | L | 0–3 | | 4,607 |
| 20 October 2012 | 15:00 | Chesterfield | H | L | 0–1 | | 3,668 |
| 23 October 2012 | 19:45 | Dagenham & Redbridge | A | D | 1–1 | Cureton 51' | 1,487 |
| 27 October 2012 | 15:00 | Cheltenham Town | A | L | 0–3 | | 3,545 |
| 6 November 2012 | 19:45 | AFC Wimbledon | H | W | 2–0 | Cureton 32', O'Flynn 71' | 3,249 |
| 10 November 2012 | 15:00 | Fleetwood Town | H | D | 2–2 | Cureton 24', O'Flynn 57' pen. | 3,540 |
| 17 November 2012 | 15:00 | Bradford City | A | W | 1–0 | Cureton 44' | 10,434 |
| 20 November 2012 | 19:45 | Gillingham | A | W | 3–2 | Gow 27', Cureton 54', 87' | 6,851 |
| 24 November 2012 | 15:00 | Rotherham United | H | L | 0–1 | | 3,954 |
| 8 December 2012 | 15:00 | Rochdale | A | W | 3–2 | Baldwin 24', O'Flynn 27', 38' | 1,796 |
| 15 December 2012 | 12:00 | Plymouth Argyle | H | D | 1–1 | Sercombe 34' | 6,447 |
| 26 December 2012 | 15:00 | Oxford United | H | L | 1–3 | Cureton 67' pen. | 4,437 |
| 29 December 2012 | 15:00 | Barnet | H | D | 2–2 | Coles 34', Bennett 45' | 4,085 |
| 1 January 2013 | 15:00 | Wycombe Wanderers | A | W | 1–0 | Hause 83' o.g. | 3,679 |
| 5 January 2013 | 15:00 | York City | A | W | 2–1 | Rodman 14' o.g., Keohane 53' | 3,506 |
| 12 January 2013 | 15:00 | Southend United | H | W | 3–0 | O'Flynn 43', 87', Bennett 80' | 3,971 |
| 15 January 2013 | 20:00 | Torquay United | A | D | 1–1 | Gow 84' pen. | 4,476 |
| 28 January 2013 | 19:45 | Torquay United | H | L | 0–1 | | 4,824 |
| 2 February 2013 | 15:00 | Aldershot Town | H | D | 0–0 | | 3,755 |
| 9 February 2013 | 15:00 | Morecambe | A | W | 3–0 | Cureton 61', 90+3' | 1,840 |
| 15 February 2013 | 19:45 | Accrington Stanley | H | W | 2–0 | Keohane 79', 82' | 3,924 |
| 23 February 2013 | 15:00 | Burton Albion | A | L | 2–4 | Bauzà 70', Bennett 74' | 2,823 |
| 26 February 2013 | 19:45 | Port Vale | A | W | 2–0 | Cureton 11', Coles 33' | 4,480 |
| 2 March 2013 | 15:00 | Northampton Town | H | W | 3–0 | Nicholls 22' o.g., Cureton 59', Gosling 83' | 4,666 |
| 6 March 2013 | 19:45 | Bristol Rovers | A | L | 0–2 | | 7,107 |
| 9 March 2013 | 15:00 | Fleetwood Town | A | D | 0–0 | | 2,097 |
| 12 March 2013 | 19:45 | Gillingham | H | D | 0–0 | | 3,608 |
| 16 March 2013 | 15:00 | Bradford City | H | W | 4–1 | Duke 11' o.g., D'Ath 45+1', Bennett 84', O'Flynn 89' | 4,199 |
| 30 March 2013 | 13:00 | Plymouth Argyle | A | L | 0–1 | | 13,251 |
| 1 April 2013 | 15:00 | Rochdale | H | L | 1–2 | Cureton 45+1' | 3,979 |
| 6 April 2013 | 15:00 | Dagenham & Redbridge | H | L | 0–1 | | 3,755 |
| 9 April 2013 | 19:45 | Rotherham United | A | L | 1–4 | Coles 77' | 6,703 |
| 13 April 2013 | 15:00 | AFC Wimbledon | A | D | 2–2 | Reid 36', 61' | 4,749 |
| 20 April 2013 | 15:00 | Cheltenham Town | H | L | 0–1 | | 5,247 |
| 27 April 2013 | 15:00 | Chesterfield | A | L | 0–4 | | 5,762 |

### FA Cup

FA Cup match details :
| Round | Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref. |
| First round | 3 November 2012 | 15:00 | Bury | A | L | 0–1 | | 1,821 | |

### League Cup

League Cup match details :
| Round | Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref. |
| First round | 14 August 2012 | 19:45 | Crystal Palace | H | L | 1–2 | O'Flynn 2' | 3,650 | |

### Football League Trophy

Football League Trophy match details :
| Round | Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref. |
| First round | 4 September 2012 | 19:15 | Aldershot Town | H | D | 0–0 (3–4 p) | | 1,944 | |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League One | League One | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | JP Trophy | JP Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | POL | Artur Krysiak | 35 | 0 | 32+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Steve Tully | 24 | 0 | 20+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Scot Bennett | 36 | 5 | 33+0 | 5 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Danny Coles | 38 | 3 | 36+0 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Liam Sercombe | 23 | 1 | 18+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SCO | Alan Gow | 26 | 4 | 19+4 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Elliott Frear | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | IRL | John O'Flynn | 31 | 11 | 18+10 | 10 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Tom Nichols | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ESP | Guillem Bauza | 17 | 2 | 3+12 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | IRL | Jimmy Keohane | 26 | 3 | 12+13 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Aaron Dawson | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Craig Woodman | 36 | 0 | 34+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Pat Baldwin | 36 | 1 | 33+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | ENG | Jamie Cureton | 35 | 20 | 31+2 | 20 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Matt Oakley | 35 | 0 | 31+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Arron Davies | 28 | 3 | 22+5 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ENG | Kevin Amankwaah | 31 | 0 | 22+7 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | NIR | Tommy Doherty | 27 | 0 | 18+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ENG | Mark Molesley | 6 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ENG | Jake Gosling | 5 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ENG | Jordan Moore-Taylor | 7 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | WAL | Elliott Chamberlain | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | ENG | Jacob Cane | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | ENG | Jamie Reid | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 37 | GK | ENG | Rhys Evans | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Name | League | FA Cup | League Cup | JP Trophy | Total |
| Scot Bennett | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Danny Coles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Liam Sercombe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alan Gow | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| John O'Flynn | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Guillem Bauza | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jimmy Keohane | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Pat Baldwin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jamie Cureton | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Arron Davies | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jake Gosling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| OWN GOALS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 18 June 2012 | GK | Rhys Evans | Staines Town | Free |
| 2 July 2012 | DF | Kevin Amankwaah | Rochdale | Free |
| 2 July 2012 | DF | Pat Baldwin | Southend United | Free |
| 5 July 2012 | MF | Arron Davies | Northampton Town | Free |
| 5 July 2012 | MF | Tommy Doherty | Free Agent | Free |
| 9 July 2012 | DF | Craig Woodman | Brentford | Free |
| 31 July 2012 | MF | Matt Oakley | Leicester City | Free |
| 31 July 2012 | FW | Jamie Cureton | Leyton Orient | Free |
| 20 August 2012 | FW | Elliott Chamberlain | Leicester City | Free |

### Loans in

| Date | Position | Name | Club | Return | Ref. |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 10 May 2012 | FW | Daniel Nardiello | Rotherham United | Free |
| 10 May 2012 | DF | Luke O'Brien | Oxford United | Free |
| 15 May 2012 | MF | Callum McNish | Braintree Town | Free |
| 21 May 2012 | MF | David Noble | Rotherham United | Free |
| 21 May 2012 | MF | Chris Shephard | Eastbourne Borough | Free |
| 21 May 2012 | FW | Richard Logan | Wycombe Wanderers | Free |
| 21 May 2012 | GK | Lenny Pidgeley | Newport County | Free |
| 25 May 2012 | MF | James Dunne | Stevenage | Tribunal |
| 26 June 2012 | DF | Troy Archibald-Henville | Swindon Town | Tribunal |
| 6 July 2012 | DF | Richard Duffy | Port Vale | Free |
| 11 July 2012 | DF | Billy Jones | Cheltenham Town | Free |
| 26 July 2012 | DF | Jonathan Fortune | Barnet | Free |

### Loans out

| Date | Position | Name | Club | Return | Ref. |

### Trial players

| Nat. | Player | Notes | Ref |
| | Stephen Brogan | Trial | |
| | Elliott Chamberlain | Trial | |

## Summary

| Games Played | 37 (34 League Two, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 1 JP Trophy) |
| Games Won | 15 (15 League Two, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 JP Trophy) |
| Games Drawn | 8 (7 League Two, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 1 JP Trophy) |
| Games Lost | 14 (12 League Two, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 0 JP Trophy) |
| Goals Scored | 51 (50 League Two, 0 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 0 JP Trophy) |
| Goals conceded | 48 (45 League Two, 1 FA Cup, 2 League Cup, 0 JP Trophy) |
| Goal Difference | +3 |
| Clean Sheets | 0 (0 League Two, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 JP Trophy) |
| Yellow Cards | 0 (0 League Two, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 JP Trophy) |
| Red Cards | 0 (0 League Two, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 JP Trophy) |
| Worst Discipline | TBC (0 yellows, 0 reds) |
| Best Result | 3–0 vs. Burton Albion F.C., Southend United F.C., Northampton Town F.C.: 0–3 vs. Accrington Stanley F.C., Morecambe F.C. |
| Worst Result | 0–3 vs. Morecambe F.C.:, 3–0 vs. Northampton Town F.C., Cheltenham Town F.C. |
| Most Appearances | Danny Coles (38 appearances) |
| Top Scorer | Jamie Cureton (20 goals) |
| Points | 52 |