2012–13 Crawley Town F.C. season
The 2012–13 season was the 63rd season in which Crawley Town played senior football, and the eight as a fully professional team. Crawley Town competed in Football League One, the third tier of English football, following automatic promotion from League Two during the 2011–12 season.
Sean O'Driscoll, who was appointed Crawley manager in May 2012, left the club just two months later to manage Nottingham Forest, despite not having taken charge of a competitive game. Richie Barker succeeded as manager on 7 August 2012, after agreeing compensation with Bury.
On 5 January 2013, in their third round FA Cup tie with Premier League side Reading, Crawley had a record attendance of 5,880 at Broadfield Stadium.
Crawley finished the season in 10th place.
Table
Results
Pre-season
League One
August
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
FA Cup
Football League Cup
Football League Trophy
Transfers
In
Although the list below displays a previous club column, many of the players were free agents at the time of signing. The column also refers to the clubs the players were most recently contracted to, although many of them were on loan before joining Crawley.| Date | Position | Player | Previous Club | Fee |
| 28 May 2012 | GK |  Paul Jones | Peterborough United | Free |
| 8 June 2012 | DF | Mat Sadler | Walsall | Free |
| 8 June 2012 | MF |  Nicky Adams | Rochdale | Free |
| 9 July 2012 | DF |  Mark Connolly | Bolton Wanderers | Free |
| 25 July 2012 | DF | Shaun Cooper | Bournemouth | Free |
| 24 August 2012 | DF | Joe Walsh | Swansea City | Free |
| 31 August 2012 | MF | Mike Jones | Sheffield Wednesday | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2013 | FW | Lateef Elford-Alliyu | Bury | Free |
| 10 January 2013 | MF | Matt Sparrow | Brighton & Hove Albion | Free |
| 16 January 2013 | FW | Jamie Proctor | Swansea City | Undisclosed |
| 23 January 2013 | DF |  Mustapha Dumbuya | Portsmouth | Free |
| 23 January 2013 | DF | Connor Essam | Gillingham | Free |
Loaned In
Out
Loaned Out
Statistics
All statistics accurate as of 7 June 2013.Quick Stats/Facts
| League goals scored | 59 |
| All goals scored | 74 |
| League goals conceded | 58 |
| All goals conceded | 71 |
| Fastest goal | Nicky Adams vs Reading |
| Biggest wins | 3 – 0 vs Scunthorpe United 3 – 0 vs Colchester United |
| Highest scoring game | 2 – 5 vs Tranmere Rovers |
| Longest unbeaten run | 7 games |
| Longest winless run | 7 games |
| Longest losing run | 2 games |
| Televised games | 0 – 3 vs Portsmouth 1 – 1 vs Swindon Town 1 – 1 vs Doncaster Rovers |