2012–13 England Hockey League season

The 2012–13 English Hockey League season took place from September 2012 until April 2013. The end of season play offs were held on the 13 & 14 April for the men and the 20 & 21 April for the women. The Men's Championship was won by Beeston and the Women's Championship was won by Reading.

2012–13 England Hockey League

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The Men's Cup was won by Surbiton and the Women's Cup was won by Bowdon Hightown. [1] [2]

Men's Premier Division League Standings

[3]

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Beeston	18	14	1	3	82	38	44	43
2	Surbiton	18	9	5	4	54	39	15	32
3	Canterbury	18	10	0	8	59	57	2	30
4	Reading	18	8	5	5	56	46	10	29
5	East Grinstead	18	9	2	7	51	48	3	29
6	Cannock	18	7	3	8	47	53	-6	24
7	Hampstead and Westminster	18	6	4	8	30	48	-18	22
8	Loughborough Students	18	5	5	8	55	65	-10	20
9	Southgate	18	4	2	12	40	53	-13	14
10	Brooklands Manchester University	18	4	1	13	34	61	-27	13

	= Qualified for Play Offs
	= Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	Bee	Bro	Can	Can	EG	HW	Lou	Rea	Sou	Sub
Beeston	—	5–3	5–1	7–1	3–2	1–1	7–4	4–1	6–0	7–2
Brooklands MU	3–2	—	1–3	3–5	2–5	1–3	3–2	3–2	2–4	2–3
Cannock	2–8	1–1	—	2–3	3–5	1–2	5–3	1–1	5–4	2–2
Canterbury	5–7	4–2	2–6	—	2–3	6–1	6–0	1–8	3–2	2–3
East Grinstead	1–6	1–3	3–2	2–4	—	1–0	4–5	0–3	3–1	4–3
Hampstead and Westminster	1–5	2–1	0–4	0–3	1–1	—	3–2	3–7	2–4	2–2
Loughborough Students	3–5	5–2	3–4	6–5	3–3	2–3	—	6–6	2–2	2–2
Reading	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–4	4–5	3–3	2–2	—	3–2	2–5
Southgate	1–2	7–0	2–3	2–1	0–6	1–2	2–3	2–3	—	4–4
Surbiton	5–1	4–1	6–1	1–2	3–2	3–1	1–2	2–2	3–0	—

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Women's Investec Premier Division League Standings

[4]

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Leicester	18	13	3	2	50	16	42
2	Canterbury	18	12	4	2	57	28	40
3	Reading	18	11	3	4	50	30	36
4	Surbiton	18	10	4	4	39	24	34
5	Bowdon Hightown	18	9	4	5	43	32	31
6	Clifton	18	6	6	6	43	43	24
7	Sutton Coldfield	18	7	1	10	54	55	22
8	University of Birmingham	18	3	2	13	26	51	11
9	Olton & West Warwicks	18	3	0	13	25	54	11
10	Slough	18	1	1	16	18	72	4

	= Qualified for Play Offs
	= Relegated

Play Offs

Semi-finals

Division	Team 1	Team 2	Score
Men's Premier	Surbiton	Canterbury	5-3
Men's Premier	Beeston	Reading	2-2 (4-3 p)
Women's Premier	Leicester	Surbiton	2-2 (3-2 p)
Women's Premier	Reading	Canterbury	5-1

Finals

Division	Team 1	Team 2	Score
Men's Premier	Beeston	Surbiton	5-1 [5]
Women's Premier	Reading	Leicester	1-1 (2-0 p) [6]

Men's Cup

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Hampstead & Westminster	Beeston	4-3
Oxted	Bromley & Beckenham	3-2
Surbiton	Sheffield University Bankers	4-1
Cannock	Doncaster	4-1

Semi-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Surbiton	Oxted	6-1
Hampstead & Westminster	Cannock	2-2 (4-1 p)

Final

(Held at the Wakefield Hockey Club on 4 May)

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Surbiton	Hampstead & Westminster	3-1

Women's Cup

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Clifton	Sevenoaks	5-1
Bowdon Hightown	Chelmsford	4-0
Buckingham	Wimbledon	4-1
Sutton Coldfield	Liverpool Sefton	3-2

Semi-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Clifton	Sutton Coldfield	2-2 (3-1 p)
Bowdon Hightown	Buckingham	2-0

Final

(Held at Beeston Hockey Club on 27 April)

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Bowdon Hightown	Clifton	2-1

References

1. "2012-13 Men's Cup". England Hockey.
2. "2012-13 Women's Cup". England Hockey.
3. "2012-13 Men's Hockey League". Fixtures Live.
4. "2012-13 Women's Hockey League". Fixtures Live.
5. "Beeston Men's hockey team crowned champions". ITV.com.
6. "Reading crowned Investec Women's Hockey League Champions". Investec.