# 2012–13 Morecambe F.C. season

During the 2012–13 English football season, Morecambe Football Club competed in Football League Two where they finished in 16th position with 58 points.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 60 | 69 | −9 | 60 |
| 15 | Wycombe Wanderers | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 50 | 60 | −10 | 60 |
| 16 | Morecambe | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 55 | 61 | −6 | 58 |
| 17 | York City | 46 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 50 | 60 | −10 | 55 |
| 18 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 51 | 68 | −17 | 54 |

## Results

Morecambe's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Football League Two

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 18 August 2012 | Exeter City | A | 3–0 | 3,792 | Fleming (2), Reid |
| 2 | 21 August 2012 | York City | H | 2–2 | 2,063 | Richard Brodie, Drummond |
| 3 | 25 August 2012 | Port Vale | H | 1–3 | 2,164 | Ellison |
| 4 | 1 September 2012 | Bristol Rovers | A | 3–0 | 5,207 | McDonald, Ellison, Fenton |
| 5 | 8 September 2012 | Fleetwood Town | H | 0–4 | 3,232 | |
| 6 | 15 September 2012 | Aldershot Town | A | 0–0 | 1,196 | |
| 7 | 18 September 2012 | Bradford City | A | 1–3 | 9,054 | Redshaw |
| 8 | 22 September 2012 | Plymouth Argyle | H | 2–3 | 1,865 | Redshaw, Richard Brodie |
| 9 | 28 September 2012 | Cheltenham Town | A | 0–2 | 2,563 | |
| 10 | 2 October 2012 | Chesterfield | H | 2–0 | 1,285 | McDonald, Alessandra |
| 11 | 6 October 2012 | Burton Albion | H | 0–0 | 1,585 | |
| 12 | 13 October 2012 | Rochdale | A | 2–1 | 2,493 | Redshaw (2) |
| 13 | 20 October 2012 | Southend United | H | 1–0 | 1,643 | Redshaw |
| 14 | 23 October 2012 | Rotherham United | A | 1–2 | 5,632 | Ellison |
| 15 | 27 October 2012 | Torquay United | A | 0–1 | 2,457 | |
| 16 | 6 November 2012 | Accrington Stanley | H | 0–0 | 1,410 | |
| 17 | 10 November 2012 | Barnet | H | 4–1 | 1,653 | Fleming, Ellison, Richard Brodie (2) |
| 18 | 17 November 2012 | Gillingham | A | 1–2 | 5,402 | Redshaw |
| 19 | 20 November 2012 | Northampton Town | A | 0–3 | 4,013 | |
| 20 | 24 November 2012 | AFC Wimbledon | H | 3–1 | 1,616 | Ellison (3) |
| 21 | 8 December 2012 | Wycombe Wanderers | A | 2–2 | 3,238 | Richard Brodie, Redshaw |
| 22 | 15 December 2012 | Oxford United | H | 1–1 | 1,385 | Ellison |
| 23 | 26 December 2012 | Fleetwood Town | A | 0–1 | 3,477 | |
| 24 | 29 December 2012 | Chesterfield | A | 1–1 | 6,358 | McCready |
| 25 | 1 January 2013 | Bradford City | H | 0–0 | 3,635 | |
| 26 | 8 January 2013 | Dagenham & Redbridge | H | 2–1 | 4,029 | Parrish, Burrow |
| 27 | 12 January 2013 | Plymouth Argyle | A | 1–2 | 6,401 | Williams |
| 28 | 18 January 2013 | Cheltenham Town | H | 0–0 | 1,586 | |
| 29 | 26 January 2013 | Dagenham & Redbridge | A | 2–1 | 1,370 | Williams, Drummond |
| 30 | 2 February 2013 | York City | A | 4–1 | 3,138 | Alessandra, Ellison, Redshaw (2) |
| 31 | 9 February 2013 | Exeter City | H | 0–3 | 1,840 | |
| 32 | 12 February 2013 | Aldershot Town | H | 2–1 | 1,226 | Risser (o.g.), McDonald |
| 33 | 16 February 2013 | Port Vale | A | 1–0 | 5,513 | Alessandra |
| 34 | 23 February 2013 | Bristol Rovers | H | 1–1 | 1,736 | Redshaw |
| 35 | 26 February 2013 | Burton Albion | A | 2–3 | 2,170 | Redshaw, Holroyd |
| 36 | 2 March 2013 | Rochdale | H | 3–0 | 2,028 | Fleming, McCready, Ellison |
| 37 | 9 March 2013 | Barnet | A | 1–4 | 2,012 | Redshaw |
| 38 | 12 March 2013 | Northampton Town | H | 1–1 | 1,366 | Redshaw |
| 39 | 16 March 2013 | Gillingham | H | 1–1 | 1,674 | Redshaw |
| 40 | 23 March 2013 | AFC Wimbledon | A | 0–2 | 3,902 | |
| 41 | 29 March 2013 | Oxford United | A | 1–1 | 5,523 | Redshaw |
| 42 | 1 April 2013 | Wycombe Wanderers | H | 0–1 | 1,702 | |
| 43 | 6 April 2013 | Rotherham United | H | 2–1 | 2,197 | Ellison, Threlfall |
| 44 | 12 April 2013 | Accrington Stanley | A | 0–2 | 2,473 | |
| 45 | 20 April 2013 | Torquay United | H | 0–2 | 2,033 | |
| 46 | 27 April 2013 | Southend United | A | 1–0 | 5,081 | Fleming |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 3 November 2012 | Rochdale | H | 1–1 | 1,893 | Fleming |
| R1 Replay | 13 November 2012 | Rochdale | A | 1–0 | 1,675 | McDonald |
| R2 | 1 December 2012 | Coventry City | A | 1–2 | 6,339 | Ellison |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 12 August 2012 | Blackpool | A | 2–1 | 6,083 | Alessandra, Fleming |
| R2 | 28 August 2012 | Sunderland | A | 0–2 | 22,871 | Richard Brodie, Mustoe |

### Football League Trophy

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 4 September 2012 | Accrington Stanley | A | 2–0 | 1,049 | Redshaw, Ellison |
| R2 | 9 October 2012 | Preston North End | H | 2–4 | 2,577 | |

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Barry Roche | 42 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Nick Fenton | 37(1) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43(1) | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Robbie Threlfall | 20(5) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23(5) | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Jordan Mustoe | 10(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11(1) | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Will Haining | 33(3) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37(4) | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Izak Reid | 9(9) | 1 | 1(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13(10) | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Andrew Wright | 39(1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45(1) | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Lewis Alessandra | 31(9) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0(2) | 0 | 36(11) | 4 |
| 10 | MF | Ryan Williams | 10(6) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10(6) | 2 |
| 10 | FW | Richard Brodie | 15(8) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 1(1) | 1 | 17(10) | 6 |
| 11 | FW | Kevin Ellison | 38(2) | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1(1) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 43(3) | 13 |
| 12 | MF | Dan Parkinson | 0(3) | 0 | 0(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(6) | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Jordan Burrow | 12(20) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15(20) | 1 |
| 15 | DF | Chris McCready | 37(3) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 42(3) | 2 |
| 16 | MF | Stewart Drummond | 41(3) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 45(5) | 2 |
| 17 | MF | Andrew Fleming | 29(3) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 36(3) | 7 |
| 18 | MF | Gary McDonald | 40(3) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46(3) | 4 |
| 19 | MF | Joe McGee | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Joe Mwasile | 1(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1(5) | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Aaron McGowan | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Andy Parrish | 23(2) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27(2) | 1 |
| 23 | DF | Chris Doyle | 1(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(3) | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Andreas Arestidou | 4(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6(2) | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Chris Holroyd | 8(8) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8(8) | 1 |
| 27 | FW | Jack Redshaw | 25(15) | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1(1) | 1 | 28(17) | 16 |
| 30 | FW | Danny Carlton | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(4) | 0 |