2012–13 Hartlepool United F.C. season
# 2012–13 Hartlepool United F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Hartlepool United's 104th year in existence and their sixth consecutive season in League One. Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013.

## Players

    As of End of Season.

### Current 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 | Scott Flinders |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Neil Austin |
| 3 | MF | ENG | Ritchie Humphreys |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Sam Collins |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Evan Horwood |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Jonathan Franks |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Simon Walton |
| 10 | FW | ENG | James Poole |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Andy Monkhouse |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Nathan Luscombe |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Antony Sweeney |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Josh Rowbotham |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Greg Rutherford |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Jack Baldwin |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | ENG | Jordan Richards |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Andy Rafferty |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Darren Holden |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Nathan Buddle |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Paul Johnson |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Lewis Hawkins |
| 29 | DF | ENG | Peter Hartley |
| 31 | GK | ENG | Adam McHugh |
| 32 | GK | ENG | Mark Foden |
| 33 | FW | ENG | Luke James |
| 37 | FW | ENG | Zak Boagey |
| 38 | MF | ENG | Brad Walker |
| 39 | FW | ENG | Steve Howard |

## Transfers

### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Player | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 17 May 2012 | MF | Jonathan Franks | Middlesbrough | Free |
| 6 July 2012 | MF | Simon Walton | Plymouth Argyle | Free |
| 11 July 2012 | FW | Steve Howard | Leicester City | Free |

### Loans in

| Date | Position | Player | From | End date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 September 2012 | MF | Craig Lynch | Sunderland | 8 October 2012 |
| 5 October 2012 | FW | Ryan Noble | Sunderland | 10 December 2012 |
| 9 October 2012 | FW | Charlie Wyke | Middlesbrough | 9 April 2013 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 19 May 2012 | MF | Nolberto Solano | Retired | — |
| 6 June 2012 | FW | James Brown | Gateshead | Free |
| 21 June 2012 | MF | Gary Liddle | Notts County | Free |
| 17 August 2012 | FW | Callum Hassan | Workington | Free |
| 20 August 2012 | FW | Adam Boyd | Celtic Nation | Free |
| 24 August 2012 | FW | Colin Larkin | Lincoln City | Free |
| 18 September 2012 | DF | Steve Haslam | AFC Fylde | Free |
| 29 January 2013 | MF | Paul Murray | Oldham Athletic | Free |

### Loans out

| Date | Position | Player | To | End date | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 22 August 2012 | FW | Colin Nish | Dundee | 1 June 2013 | |
| 15 February 2013 | DF | Paul Johnson | Workington | 1 June 2013 | |

## Results

### League One

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

**Results by matchday**

| 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 |
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| Result | D | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | D | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | D | D |
| Position | 13 | 20 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 |

## Squad statistics

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League One | League One | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Other | Other |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Scott Flinders | 49 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Neil Austin | 42 | 2 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | ENG | Ritchie Humphreys | 32 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Sam Collins | 43 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Evan Horwood | 40 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Jonathan Franks | 48 | 4 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Simon Walton | 37 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | James Poole | 38 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Andy Monkhouse | 36 | 7 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Nathan Luscombe | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Antony Sweeney | 35 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Greg Rutherford | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Jack Baldwin | 34 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ENG | Jordan Richards | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Paul Murray | 17 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Darren Holden | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Craig Lynch | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Lewis Hawkins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ENG | Peter Hartley | 46 | 2 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ENG | Luke James | 27 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | ENG | Ryan Noble | 12 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | ENG | Charlie Wyke | 26 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | ENG | Zak Boagey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Name | League One | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Andy Monkhouse | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Jonathan Franks | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | James Poole | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Luke James | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Steve Howard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Jack Baldwin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Peter Hartley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Evan Horwood | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Antony Sweeney | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Charlie Wyke | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Ritchie Humphreys | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Craig Lynch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Ryan Noble | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Greg Rutherford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Simon Walton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

### Clean Sheets

| Rank | Name | League One | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Scott Flinders | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |

### Penalties

| Date | Name | Opposition | Scored? |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 September 2012 | Steve Howard | Scunthorpe United | N |
| 15 September 2012 | Simon Walton | Bournemouth | Y |
| 13 October 2012 | Neil Austin | Doncaster Rovers | Y |
| 23 October 2012 | Neil Austin | Bury | N |
| 24 November 2012 | Evan Horwood | Walsall | Y |
| 13 April 2013 | Simon Walton | Tranmere Rovers | N |

### Suspensions

| Date Incurred | Name | Games Missed | Reason |
| - | - | - | - |
| 8 September 2012 | Neil Austin | 1 | (vs. Carlisle United) |
| 20 November 2012 | Neil Austin | 3 | (vs. Oldham Athletic) |
| 29 March 2013 | Simon Walton | 1 | (vs. Milton Keynes Dons) |
