The 2012–13 season was Stockport County's 131st season in football. They competed in the Conference National. The season ran from 11 August 2012 to 20 April 2013.
Background
This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2012–13 season, presented in chronological order. This list does not include [|transfers], which are listed in the transfers section below, or match [|results], which are in the results section. On 18 May 2012 Stockport announced that Alan Lord would be Jim Gannon's assistant manager for the 2012–13 season.
Summary
Results summary
Results by round
Conference National table
Statistics
Goalscorers
Penalties Awarded
Assists
Disciplinary record
Note: Cards from all competitions are included.
Player Awards
Manager Awards
Overall Statistics
Review
Pre-season
On 7 March 2012 Stockport announced that they would be playing Wigan Athletic in a pre season friendly on Friday 3 August 2012. On 19 April Stockport announced that a second premier league side would be playing against them in a friendly. On 27 April Stockport announced that they would be playing against a Manchester City XI in a friendly on 28 July. On 16 May Stockport confirmed three away pre-season fixtures with matches against Cheadle Town, Buxton and Trafford being confirmed On 29 May Stockport announced two more pre-season friendlies. One away to Halifax Town and one at home to Fleetwood Town On 11 June the friendly against Buxton at The Silverlands was cancelled and replaced two days later with an away friendly against Lancaster
Results
Legend
Pre season friendlies
1The Player scored during their trial period at the club
Conference National
FA Cup
FA Trophy
Team
Stockport started squad building for 2012–13 season in April 2012. Stockport confirmed the signing of Danny Hattersley in April stating his contract was until the end of the 2013 season. The same day the club announced that Ian Ormson had earned a professional contract which he had signed, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2013–14 season. A week later the club confirmed that Danny Whitehead had become the second player to sign a contract that keeps him at the club until the ending of the 2013–14 season. On 9 May 2012 the club revealed its retained list, Sean Newton had signed with Stockport after a successful loan spell, with Jordan Rose, Danny Rowe, Nabil Bounab and Bernhard Hirmer all leaving the club. Contracts were also offered to Danny O'Donnell, Joe Connor, Andy Halls, Carl Piergianni and Cameron Darkwah. Tom Elliott was also offered a contract but chose to leave and go to Cambridge United for and undisclosed fee. On 18 May Stockport confirmed the signing of Alex Kenyon from Lancaster City and Craig Hobson from Stalybridge Celtic on free transfers. On 23 MayRyan Fraughan left the club after completing a transfer to Welsh side The New Saints. On 14 June Stockport revealed that Tom Collins would be signing on a two-year deal from Hayes & Yeading. On 27 June 2012 Danny Hattersley's contract was extended by a further year on 27 June 2012, meaning he would stay at the club until the end of the 2013–14 season. A day later it was confirmed that James Tunnicliffe had re-signed for the club. On 29 June the club confirmed that 4 players had all signed their first professional contracts and therefore had been promoted from the youth team.
Squad
The numbers in brackets are the player's unique Stockport County Appearance Number, showing his position in the list of players to make their debut for the club in a senior competitive game.
