Manager: Dudley (Wolverhampton)
Twitter name: @dudleyben
Since: 2005 (co-founder and committee member – charts and graphs)
Trophy cabinet: Empty (best finish – second in 2005/06)
Last season: 3rd
Sympathies: Liverpool
Darts music: Forever Young – Alphaville
Outlook: Fans of the club were resigned to the manager’s lack of silverware at this level, but after some competent signings at auction expectation is growing in N5. Light in midfield, but with the potential for goals from defence and up front, could this finally be their year?
No Brambles.
| Howard, T | EVE | £8m |
| Samba, C | QPR | £17m |
| Vermaelen, T | ARS | £17m |
| Kolorov, A | MCY | £0.5m |
| Smalling, C | MUN | £0.5m |
| Sessegnon, S | SUN | £6.5m |
| Jarvis, M | WHM | £7.5m |
| Sissoko, M | NEW | £14m |
| Adam, C | STO | £0.5m |
| Sturridge, D | LIV | £43m |
| Long, S | WBA | £1.5m |
| Total | £116m |
Second transfer window – 1 February 2013
| Out | In | ||||
| Skrtel, M | LIV | £17m | Samba, C | QPR | £17m |
| Rangel, A | SWA | £3m | Kolorov, A | MCY | £0.5m |
| Mulumbu, Y | WBA | £1.5m | Sissoko, M | NEW | £14m |
| Torres, F | CHE | £37m | Sturridge, D | LIV | £43m |
| Adebayor, E | TOT | £1m | Long, S | WBA | £1.5m |
First transfer window – 26 October 2012
| Out | In | ||||
| Nelsen, R | QPR | £0.5m | Smalling, C | MUN | £0.5m |
| Etherington, M | STO | £6m | Sessegnon, S | SUN | £6.5m |
| Miyaichi, R | WIG | £5.5m | Jarvis, M | WHM | £7.5m |
| Milner, J | MCY | £0.5m | Adam, C | STO | £0.5m |
| Dembele, M | TOT | £2.5m | Adebayor, E | TOT | £1m |
