 He then went on to score in Stevenage's next two home games; scoring with a long-range strike in a 2–2 draw against Bury, before netting the only goal of the game courtesy of a curling free-kick in a 1–0 win over Scunthorpe United.A month later, Tansey scored another long-range strike, this time in Stevenage's 4–1 loss to Preston North End, briefly tying the game in the first-half after the ball had dropped to him on the edge of the area.A goal in the club's 1–1 away draw with Bournemouth on 20 November 2012 took his goal tally to five for the season.