 Eight days later he entered the 2–1 win over Luton in the 2012 Conference Premier play-off Final at Wembley as a 78th-minute substitute, a result that meant the club returned to the Football League after an eight-year absence with promotion to League Two.Reed scored his first goal of 2012–13 with the opening goal of a 1–1 home draw with AFC Wimbledon in the FA Cup first round on 3 November 2012.He was loaned to Conference Premier side Cambridge United for the rest of the season on 11 February 2013.