# 2012–13 Manchester City L.F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Manchester City Ladies Football Club's 25th season of competitive football and its final season in the FA Women's Premier League. Despite only a fourth-placed finish, Manchester City were given a place in the expanded FA WSL the following season.

## Competitions
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Watford | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 17 | +15 | 38 | Admitted to FA WSL 2 |
| 3 | Leeds United | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 19 | +13 | 38 | Relegated to Northern / Southern Divisions |
| 4 | Manchester City | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 25 | Promoted to FA WSL 1 |
| 5 | Coventry City | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 27 | −2 | 25 | Relegated to Northern / Southern Divisions |
| 6 | Aston Villa | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 29 | −8 | 24 | Admitted to FA WSL 2 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 12 October 2014. Source: WSL

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Ground | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H |
| Result | W | D | L | L | W | D | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | D |
| Position | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 |

#### Matches
### WPL Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 7 | Advanced to Knock-out stage |
| 2 | Manchester City | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 | Advanced to Knock-out stage |
| 3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 4 | Advanced to Knock-out stage |
| 4 | Preston North End | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 | |
| 5 | Rochdale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
* ↑ Rochdale withdraw before playing any matches.

#### Knock-out stages
## Playing statistics

Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearances Red card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.
| Player | Pos. | League | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | WPL Cup | WPL Cup | WPL Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| Player | Pos. | Apps | | | Apps | | | Apps | | | Apps | | |
| Carly Bayley | | 11 | 1 | | | | | 4 | 1 | | 15 | 2 | |
| Sarah Buffel | | 15 | 4 | | | | | 2 | 1 | | 17 | 5 | |
| Danielle Brown | GK | 11 | | | | | | 2 | | | 13 | | |
| Sarah Danby | | 17 | 5 | | | | | 4 | | | 21 | 5 | |
| Charlotte Farrell | | 2 | | | | | | 2 | 1 | | 4 | 1 | |
| Chelsea Flanagan | | 2 | | | | | | 1 | | | 3 | | |
| Amanda Goodwin | | 10 | 3 | | | | | 3 | 1 | | 13 | 4 | |
| Nikki Harding | DF | 10 | | | | | | 1 | | | 11 | | |
| Krystle Johnston | FW | 17 | 6 | | | | | 4 | 1 | | 21 | 7 | |
| Saffron Jordan | | 14 | | | | | | 4 | | | 18 | | |
| Rebecca Lee | | 15 | 2 | | | | | 2 | | | 17 | 2 | |
| Kelly McLellan | | 8 | | | | | | 3 | | | 11 | | |
| Abbie McManus | DF | 17 | 2 | | | | | 3 | | | 20 | 2 | |
| Felicity Middleton | | 13 | | | | | | 2 | | | 15 | | |
| Chelsea Nightingale | DF | 17 | 1 | | | | | 2 | | | 19 | 1 | |
| Lindsay Savage | | 16 | 2 | | | | | 4 | 1 | | 20 | 3 | |
| Elizabeth Seasman | GK | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| Lynda Shepherd | MF | 18 | 2 | 1 | | | | 3 | | | 21 | 2 | 1 |
| Kimberley Turner | MF | 6 | | | | | | | | | 6 | | |
| Andrea Worrall | GK | 6 | | | | | | 1 | | | 7 | | |
| Nicola Worthington | | 5 | | | | | | 3 | | | 8 | | |
| Danielle Young | FW | 14 | 1 | | | | | 3 | 2 | | 17 | 3 | |
| Own goals | Own goals | | 3 | | | 0 | | | 0 | | | 3 | |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 32 | 1 | | 4 | 0 | | 8 | 0 | | 44 | 1 |
FA Cup appearance information not presently known