2012–13 Nelson F.C. season

Nelson
2012–13 season
Chairman Fayyaz Ahmed
Manager Robert Grimes
Michael Morrison
(until 17 October 2012)
Mark Fell
(from 6 November 2012)
Stadium Little Wembley
NWCFL First Division 10th
FA Vase Second qualifying round
Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy First round
Top goalscorer League: Ashley Higgins (11)
All: Ashley Higgins (11)
Highest home attendance 106 (v Atherton Laburnum Rovers, NWCFL First Division, 8 August 2012)
Lowest home attendance 18 (v Eccleshall, NWCFL First Division, 27 October 2012)
Average home league attendance 53

The 2012–13 season was the 29th season in the North West Counties Football League played by Nelson F.C., an English football club based in Nelson, Lancashire. It was their second consecutive season in North West Counties Football League First Division since the club re-entered the league in 2011. The season covers the period from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013.

Nelson finished in 10th position in the North West Counties Football League First Division. They also reached the second qualifying round of the FA Vase and the first round of the Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy.

They started the season under the leadership of Robert Grimes and Michael Morrison as joint player-managers following the departure of Paul Paynter. This was the pairs first venture into management having played for NWCFL Premier Division champions Ramsbottom United in the previous campaign.[1] In October 2012, Nelson parted company with the duo after a spell of poor form. The club coach, Shadab Iftikhar, was appointed as caretaker manager.[2] In November 2012, Nelson appointed Mark Fell of West Lancashire Football League side Whinney Hill as the new first team manager.[3]


Match results

North West Counties Football League First Division

Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Ref
4 August 2012 IrlamA W3–1Egan (3) 50 [4]
8 August 2012 Atherton Laburnum RoversH W5–2Grimes (2), Cliff, Boyle, Higgins 106 [5]
11 August 2012 Leek County School Old BoysH W2–1Egan, Whitwell 75 [6]
18 August 2012 Daisy HillA D2–2Boyle, Grimes 37 [7]
19 September 2012 West Didsbury & ChorltonH D2–2Grimes, Ahmed 55 [8]
22 September 2012 Ashton TownA L0–1 29 [9]
13 October 2012 ChaddertonA L2–4W. Morrison, Egan 49 [10]
20 October 2012 Daisy HillH L0–2 53 [11]
27 October 2012 EccleshallH L0–4 18 [12]
10 November 2012 Northwich VillaA D2–2Taylor, McDonald 27 [13]
13 November 2012 Holker Old BoysA L0–4 32 [14]
26 December 2012 Holker Old BoysH W3–0Higgins (2), Anderton 35 [15]
5 January 2013 Atherton CollieriesA L2–5Higgins (2) 52 [16]
12 January 2013 AFC DarwenH L1–2Hutchinson 55 [17]
2 February 2013 Cheadle TownH W3–1Higgins, Anderton, Mackenzie 30 [18]
9 February 2013 Oldham BoroH W1–0Turner 40 [19]
12 February 2013 Abbey HeyA L1–5Ahmed 30 [20]
16 February 2013 Atherton CollieriesH L0–3 49 [21]
19 February 2013 Rochdale TownA D2–2Turner, Higgins 19 [22]
23 February 2013 FormbyA L2–3Taylor, Welch 50 [23]
25 February 2013 Oldham BoroA W2–1Robinson, Higgins 25 [24]
2 March 2013 IrlamH W5–1Higgins (3), Johnson, Barski 77 [25]
6 March 2013 FormbyH L1–6Barski 34 [26]
9 March 2013 West Didsbury & ChorltonA L2–3Taylor, Barski 40 [27]
12 March 2013 Atherton Laburnum RoversA D3–3T. Murphy (2), Turner 33 [28]
20 March 2013 Rochdale TownH W3–2Anderton (2), Stockdale 39 [29]
1 April 2013 AFC DarwenA L2–3Anderton, Eaton 100 [30]
3 April 2013 EccleshallA D1–1Khan 37 [31]
6 April 2013 Ashton TownH D1–1Stockdale 75 [32]
10 April 2013 Abbey HeyH L1–3Turner 76 [33]
13 April 2013 Cheadle TownA W3–2Wilkinson, Taylor, Hafeji 20 [34]
20 April 2013 ChaddertonH D1–1Stockdale 55 [35]
23 April 2013 Leek County School Old BoysA D2–2Matthews, N. Murphy 25 [36]
27 April 2013 Northwich VillaH W4–1Turner, Jones (3) 40 [37]

FA Vase

Main article: FA Vase
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Ref
First qualifying round 1 September 2012 Appleby FrodinghamH W3–2Boyle (2), Scott 30 [38]
Second qualifying round 15 September 2012 Wigan Robin ParkH L2–3Boyle (2) 29 [39]

Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy

Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Ref
First round 24 October 2012 Bacup BoroughH L0–2 40 [40]

League Challenge Cup

Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Ref
First round 6 October 2012 Rochdale TownH L1–2Hodgkinson 15 [41]

First Division Trophy

Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Ref
Second round 24 November 2012 Abbey HeyA L0–2 28 [42]

Player details

As of match played 27 April 2013.[43][44]
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
Name Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
League Cup Total
Abubakar, AkramAkram Abubakar 100010
Ahmed, AdnanAdnan Ahmed 9 (2)22011 (2)2
Alad, SafwaanSafwaan Alad 100010
Ali, MuhammedMuhammed Ali 0 (2)0000 (2)0
Anderton, ThomasThomas Anderton 20 (1)51021 (1)5
Barrett, PaulPaul Barrett 200020
Barski, BrandonBrandon Barski 11 (4)30 (1)011 (5)3
Beattie, WarrenWarren Beattie 100010
Botham, LeeLee Botham 2 (2)0002 (2)0
Boyle, DanielDaniel Boyle 622 (1)48 (1)6
Bridson, BenjaminBenjamin Bridson 000 (1)00 (1)0
Cain, PhilPhil Cain 500050
Carrington, BillyBilly Carrington 502070
Cliff, JoshuaJoshua Cliff 613 (1)09 (1)1
Cosgrave, MartinMartin Cosgrave 001010
Dent, JordanJordan Dent 200 (1)02 (1)0
Diggins, ThomasThomas Diggins 101020
Doyle, ThomasThomas Doyle 6 (2)0006 (2)0
Eaton, AndrewAndrew Eaton 1 (2)1001 (2)1
Egan, NathanNathan Egan 5 (1)51 (1)06 (2)5
Everall, StephenStephen Everall 201030
Fagan, DanielDaniel Fagan 202040
Fairweather, JakeJake Fairweather 100010
Fearon, MatthewMatthew Fearon 11 (3)01012 (3)0
Field, AntonyAntony Field 100010
Finch, DanielDaniel Finch 19 (2)01020 (2)0
Flannery, IanIan Flannery 001010
Geoghegan, RichardRichard Geoghegan 100010
Graham, BenjaminBenjamin Graham 001010
Grimes, RobertRobert Grimes 7430104
Hafeji, KalimKalim Hafeji 0 (2)1000 (2)1
Hayhurst, TylerTyler Hayhurst 000 (1)00 (1)0
Higgins, AshleyAshley Higgins 16 (4)111017 (4)11
Hodgkinson, JonathanJonathan Hodgkinson 1 (1)0213 (1)1
Hodgkiss, LydonLydon Hodgkiss 201030
Hussain, JunaidJunaid Hussain 0 (1)0000 (1)0
Hutchinson, LiamLiam Hutchinson 8 (5)10 (1)09 (5)1
Johnson, DanielDaniel Johnson 7 (1)1108 (1)1
Jones, MaxMax Jones 11 (8)30011 (8)3
Karim, AdamAdam Karim 100010
Khan, ImranImran Khan 0 (1)1000 (1)1
Knight, WilliamWilliam Knight 0 (1)00 (1)00 (2)0
Lawless, NathanNathan Lawless 600 (1)06 (1)0
Lloyd, JakeJake Lloyd 4 (5)0004 (5)0
MacKenzie, DarrenDarren MacKenzie 1 (6)1001 (6)1
Malkin, SeanSean Malkin 2 (6)01 (1)03 (7)0
Matthews, JerromeJerrome Matthews 210021
McDonald, JontiJonti McDonald 2 (3)1204 (3)1
Melcalfe, ScottScott Melcalfe 603090
Mohammed, JaveedJaveed Mohammed 201030
Moore, RyanRyan Moore 101020
Morrison, MichaelMichael Morrison 702 (1)09 (1)0
Morrison, WayneWayne Morrison 1 (2)1001 (2)1
Mulkerrin, DominicDominic Mulkerrin 0 (1)0101 (1)0
Murphy, NicholasNicholas Murphy 710071
Murphy, ThomasThomas Murphy 22 (1)21023 (1)2
Naylor, AndrewAndrew Naylor 5 (1)0005 (1)0
Nwachukwu, AlexAlex Nwachukwu 1 (5)0001 (5)0
O'Brien, PatrickPatrick O'Brien 1 (2)0001 (2)0
Orr, NicholasNicholas Orr 100010
Pickup, KieronKieron Pickup 101020
Pilkington, MichaelMichael Pilkington 0 (1)0000 (1)0
Pollard, AnthonyAnthony Pollard 1 (1)0001 (1)0
Rashid, SheheryarSheheryar Rashid 0 (1)0101 (1)0
Roberts, JoeJoe Roberts 101020
Robinson, IainIain Robinson 6 (1)1006 (1)1
Rogers, LukeLuke Rogers 301040
Scott, JamieJamie Scott 501060
Scott, PaulPaul Scott 0 (2)0212 (2)1
Stansfield, LukeLuke Stansfield 000 (1)00 (1)0
Stockdale, AdamAdam Stockdale 19300193
Szmidt, BlazeyBlazey Szmidt 3 (3)0104 (3)0
Taylor, NatNat Taylor 22 (1)41023 (1)4
Thomason, JamallJamall Thomason 1 (1)0001 (1)0
Thompson, LukeLuke Thompson 701080
Turner, ChrisChris Turner 23530265
Welch, RalphRalph Welch 310031
Whitwell, MatthewMatthew Whitwell 611071
Wilkinson, JoeJoe Wilkinson 810081
Wisniewski, DanielDaniel Wisniewski 0 (2)0000 (2)0
Woodhead, BenjaminBenjamin Woodhead 15000150
Worrell, NathanNathan Worrell 500050

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