| ROUND | R1 | R2 | QF | SF | F | ||||||||
| N | S | N | S | N | S | N | S | l1N | l1S | l2N | l2S | f | |
| Season archive |
| Northern Section | ||||||
| Tuesday, 4 September 2012 | ||||||
| r1 | Rochdale | 2-2 | Fleetwood Town | p4-2 | ||
| r1 | Carlisle United | 1-1 | Preston North End | p1-3 | ||
| r1 | Port Vale | 2-0 | Tranmere Rovers | |||
| r1 | Coventry City | 0-0 | Burton Albion | p10-9 | ||
| r1 | Chesterfield | 2-1 | Oldham Athletic | |||
| r1 | Scunthorpe United | 1-2 | Notts County | |||
| r1 | Accrington Stanley | 0-2 | Morecambe | |||
| r1 | Rotherham United | 0-1 | York City | |||
| Southern Section | ||||||
| Tuesday, 4 September 2012 | ||||||
| r1 | Bristol Rovers | 0-3 | Yeovil Town | |||
| r1 | Southend United | 2-1 | AFC Wimbledon | |||
| r1 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 3-2 | Stevenage | |||
| r1 | Crawley Town | 3-2 | Gillingham | |||
| r1 | Portsmouth | 2-2 | Bournemouth | p4-3 | ||
| r1 | Northampton Town | 1-0 | Milton Keynes Dons | |||
| r1 | Exeter City | 0-0 | Aldershot Town | p3-4 | ||
| Wednesday, 5 September 2012 | ||||||
| r1 | Oxford United | 1-0 | Swindon Town | |||
| 2 | +2 | Jennison MYRIE-WILLIAMS (Port Vale, 1p) |
| +2 | Jamie McGUIRE (Fleetwood Town) | |
| +2 | Ed UPSON (Yeovil Town) | |
| +2 | Shaun MacDONALD (Bournemouth) |