# 2012–13 Torquay United F.C. season

The 2012–13 Torquay United F.C. season was Torquay United's 77th season in the Football League and their fourth consecutive season in League Two. The season ran from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013.

## First team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Michael Poke |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Joe Oastler |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Kevin Nicholson |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Aaron Downes |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Brian Saah |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Damon Lathrope |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Lee Mansell |
| 8 | FW | ENG | Ryan Jarvis |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Rene Howe |
| 11 | MF | IRL | Ian Morris |
| 12 | DF | ENG | Daniel Leadbitter |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Martin Rice |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Lloyd Macklin |
| 15 | FW | WAL | Billy Bodin |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Angus MacDonald (on loan from Reading) |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Craig Easton |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Danny Stevens |
| 20 | MF | WAL | Nathan Craig |
| 21 | DF | ENG | Thomas Cruise |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Ashley Yeoman |
| 26 | FW | ENG | Elliot Benyon (on loan from Southend United) |
| 29 | MF | ENG | Niall Thompson |

## End of season honours

At the end of the 2012–13 season four awards were given out, for Young Player of the Season, Top Goalscorer, Players' Player of the Season and Supporters' Player of the Season.
* Young Player of the Season - Daniel Sullivan
* Top Goalscorer - Rene Howe
* Players' Player of the Season - Brian Saah
* Supporters' Player of the Season - Aaron Downes

## League Two
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 17 | York City | 46 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 50 | 60 | −10 | 55 |
| 18 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 51 | 68 | −17 | 54 |
| 19 | Torquay United | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 55 | 62 | −7 | 53 |
| 20 | AFC Wimbledon | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 54 | 76 | −22 | 53 |
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 52 |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 9 March 2013. Source: Torquay United

### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | W | D | D | L | W | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | D | D | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | D | D | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | D |
| Position | 14 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 19 |

## Club statistics
### First team appearances

    As of 11 May 2013
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Michael Poke | 46 | 0 | 43+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Joe Oastler | 40 | 1 | 37+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Kevin Nicholson | 43 | 1 | 40+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Aaron Downes | 41 | 5 | 38+0 | 5 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Brian Saah | 46 | 1 | 43+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Damon Lathrope | 30 | 0 | 21+7 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Lee Mansell | 45 | 2 | 42+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | ENG | Ryan Jarvis | 40 | 9 | 25+12 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Rene Howe | 45 | 16 | 42+0 | 16 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | EIR | Ian Morris | 12 | 1 | 9+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ENG | Daniel Leadbitter | 15 | 0 | 9+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Martin Rice | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Lloyd Macklin | 16 | 0 | 3+13 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | WAL | Billy Bodin | 45 | 5 | 40+3 | 5 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Angus MacDonald | 14 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Saul Halpin | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Craig Easton | 23 | 0 | 18+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Danny Stevens | 25 | 3 | 15+8 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | WAL | Nathan Craig | 32 | 1 | 28+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ENG | Thomas Cruise | 18 | 0 | 6+10 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Karl Baker | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Ashley Yeoman | 14 | 2 | 4+9 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Joss Labadie | 7 | 4 | 7+0 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Jordan Chapell | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | ENG | Elliot Benyon | 15 | 5 | 12+3 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ENG | George Artemi | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ENG | Niall Thompson | 21 | 0 | 3+15 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ENG | Kyrtis MacKenzie | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | ENG | Daniel Sullivan | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ENG | Jake Hutchings | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | ENG | Conor Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
Source: Torquay United

### Top scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | League Two | FA Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Rene Howe | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | FW | 8 | Ryan Jarvis | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | DF | 4 | Aaron Downes | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| = | FW | 26 | Elliot Benyon | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | FW | 15 | Billy Bodin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| = | MF | 24 | Joss Labadie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | 19 | Danny Stevens | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 7 | Lee Mansell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 20 | Nathan Craig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 11 | Ian Morris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | 3 | Kevin Nicholson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | 2 | Joe Oastler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | 5 | Brian Saah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | 23 | Ashley Yeoman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Totals | 53 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55 |
Source: Torquay United

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy | Total | Total |
| 9 | FW | Rene Howe | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Joe Oastler | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Aaron Downes | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Lee Mansell | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | GK | Michael Poke | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Damon Lathrope | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Daniel Leadbitter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Angus MacDonald | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Brian Saah | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Nathan Craig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Craig Easton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Lloyd Macklin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Niall Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | Totals | 39 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 4 |
Source: Torquay United

### Transfers
#### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 5 July 2012 | FW | Billy Bodin | Swindon Town | Undisclosed |
| 24 July 2012 | DF | Aaron Downes | Unattached | Free |
| 28 August 2012 | MF | Karl Baker | Unattached | Free |
| 10 September 2012 | DF | George Artemi | Unattached | Free |
| 11 October 2012 | GK | Conor Thompson | Chippenham Town | Free |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Expiry date |
| 22 November 2012 | DF | Angus MacDonald | Reading | End of season |
| 11 February 2013 | FW | Elliot Benyon | Southend United | End of season |
| 6 March 2013 | MF | Joss Labadie | Notts County | End of season |
| 13 March 2013 | MF | Jordan Chapell | Sheffield United | End of season |

#### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 11 July 2012 | MF | Chris McPhee | Released | Free |
| 26 July 2012 | MF | Eunan O'Kane | AFC Bournemouth | Undisclosed |
| 10 January 2013 | DF | George Artemi | Released | n/a |
| 17 Mau 2013 | ST | Ryan Jarvis | York City | Free |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Expiry date |
| 9 March 2013 | MF | Karl Baker | Bideford | End of season |
| 9 March 2013 | MF | Saul Halpin | Bideford | End of season |
| 9 March 2013 | DF | Kyrtis MacKenzie | Taunton Town | End of season |