At the start of the 2012–13 season, Schumacher started the season well when he set up Bury’s only goal of the game, in a 2–1 loss against Middlesbrough in the first round of the League Cup. However, Schumacher was sent-off in a 2–1 loss against Doncaster Rovers. After serving a one match suspension, he returned to the starting line–up against Notts County on 1 September 2012, as the club lost 2–0. Since returning from suspension, Schumacher regained his first team place for Bury, playing in either the centre–midfield and attacking midfield positions. It wasn’t until on 13 October 2012 when he scored his first goal of the season in the second round of the Football League Trophy against Rochdale, which played throughout 120 minutes and scored the winning penalty to go through to the next round. Schumacher later scored six more goals by the end of the year. This also included when he scored in the last minutes in the last sixteen of the Football League Trophy against Preston North End, which played throughout 120 minutes and converted one of the penalty successfully, as Bury lose 5–4 in the penalty shoot-out on 18 December 2012. Schumacher later added three more goals in the second half of the season. However, he suffered hernia injury, which resulted a surgery and kept him sidelined for the rest of this season. By the time Schumacher suffered an injury, he was the club's top scorer with ten goals in forty–four appearance. Without his leadership, Bury struggled and was relegated to League Two, which he described the season as 'frustrating'. Despite this, Schumacher won three awards for the 2012–13 season: Bury Times Player of the season, Forever Bury Player of the Season and Frank Hoult Memorial Player's Player of the season.