 Just four days later, he scored with a "looping shot" in injury-time as Stevenage came from a goal down to draw 1–1 at home against Tranmere Rovers.Shortly after featuring in the club's defeat to Tranmere Rovers in March 2013, Tansey had a hernia operation, an injury that ruled him out of first-team action for a month.He returned as a late second-half substitute in Stevenage's last game of the season, a 2–0 loss to Milton Keynes Dons on 27 April 2013.