The 2012–13 season was the 63rd season in which Crawley Town played senior football, and the eighth as a fully professional team. Crawley Town competed in Football League One, the third tier of English football, following consecutive automatic promotions from the 2010–11 Football Conference and the 2011–12 Football League Two during the past two seasons.
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.[3]Richie Barker succeeded as manager on 7 August 2012, after agreeing compensation with Bury.[4]
Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 2,739 Referee: Williamson
Transfers
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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.