2011–12 Macclesfield Town F.C. season

2011-12 season

Chairman

Mike Rance

Manager

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This page shows the progress of Macclesfield Town F.C. in the 2011-12 football season. This year they play their games in League Two in the English league system, 4th tier.

1 League Data
- 1.1 League Table
- 1.2 Results Summary
2 Squad Statistics
3 Results
4 Transfers
5 References

League Data

League Table

Team		Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Crawley Town	24	15	5	4	47	29	+18	50
2	Cheltenham Town	24	15	4	5	37	21	+16	49
3	Southend United	23	14	4	5	42	24	+18	46
4	Swindon Town	24	13	4	7	38	19	+19	43
5	Shrewsbury Town	24	12	6	6	35	24	+11	42
6	Gillingham	24	12	5	7	41	29	+12	41
7	Burton Albion	24	11	7	6	38	36	+2	40
8	Oxford United	24	10	8	6	33	24	+9	38
9	Torquay United	24	10	8	6	36	30	+6	38
10	Rotherham United	24	10	7	7	41	36	+5	37
11	Accrington Stanley	24	9	9	6	32	26	+6	36
12	Morecambe	24	9	8	7	39	28	+11	35
13	Port Vale	24	10	5	9	42	34	+8	35
14	Macclesfield Town	24	8	6	10	23	26	-3	30
15	Crewe Alexandra	24	9	3	12	29	35	-6	30
16	Aldershot Town	23	8	3	12	24	29	-5	27
17	AFC Wimbledon	24	7	5	12	30	46	-16	26
18	Bradford City	24	6	7	11	28	33	-5	25
19	Bristol Rovers	24	6	5	13	30	47	-17	23
20	Barnet	24	6	5	13	28	45	-17	23
21	Hereford United	24	5	7	12	23	39	-16	22
22	Dagenham & Redbridge	24	6	3	15	25	41	-16	21
23	Northampton Town	24	4	6	14	28	48	-20	18
24	Plymouth Argyle	24	4	6	14	24	44	-20	18


	Promotion to League One
	Qualification to League Two playoffs
	Relegation to Conference National
	Last updated: 16:58, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Results Summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
4	1	1	2	4	3	+1	4	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1	0	1	4	2	+2

Source: Macclesfield Town F.C.

Squad Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 13 September 2011

No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		League Cup		JP Trophy
No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1		GK	José Veiga	10	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
2		DF	Jonathan Bateson	5	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
3		DF	Carl Tremarco	9	0	7+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
4		MF	Scott Kay	9	0	5+2	0	0+0	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
5		DF	Nat Brown	10	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
6		DF	Paul Morgan	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7		MF	Lewis Chalmers	9	0	6+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
8		MF	Ross Draper	10	1	8+0	1	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
9		FW	George Donnelly	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
10		FW	Vinny Mukendi	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
11		MF	Colin Daniel	3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
12		MF	Arnaud Mendy	4	1	0+3	1	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
13		GK	Jack Cudworth	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14		DF	Tony Diagne	10	2	8+0	2	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
15		FW	John Grant	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16		DF	Shaun Brisley	10	1	8+0	1	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
17		MF	Sam Wedgbury	10	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
18		FW	Waide Fairhurst	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19		FW	Tom Fisher	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20		MF	Matt Hamshaw	7	0	2+3	0	0+0	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
23		FW	Ben Tomlinson	8	3	4+3	3	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
24		DF	Elliott Hewitt	6	0	4+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
25		MF	Michael Thomas	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26		MF	Adam Roberts	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27		DF	Jack Lane	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28		FW	Greg Daniels	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30		GK	Andrew Mills	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players played for Peterborough this season who have left the club:
		FW	Emile Sinclair	7	4	4+1	1	0+0	0	2+0	3	0+0	0

Top Scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	League Two	League Cup	Total
1	FW	9	Emile Sinclair	1	3	4
2	FW	23	Ben Tomlinson	3	0	3
3	DF	14	Tony Diagne	2	0	2
4	DF	16	Shaun Brisley	1	0	1
=	MF	8	Ross Draper	1	0	1
=	MF	12	Arnaud Mendy	1	0	1
			TOTALS	9	3	12

Disciplinary Record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	League Two		FA Cup		League Cup		JP Trophy		Total
4		MF	Scott Kay	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
8		MF	Ross Draper	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3		DF	Carl Tremarco	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5		DF	Nat Brown	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11		MF	Colin Daniel	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	0

Results

Pre-Season Friendlies

8 July 2011	Parkgate	2 – 5	Macclesfield Town
19:30	Forbes-Swindels Laight		Tomlinson Draper Kymantas Wedgbury	Attendance: 120

9 July 2011	Buxton	1 – 3	Macclesfield Town	The Silverlands
15:00	Johnson		Brisley Tremarco Diagne

16 July 2011	Nantwich Town	1 – 0	Macclesfield Town	The Weaver Stadium
15:00

19 July 2011	Macclesfield Town	2 – 2	Derby County	Moss Rose
19:30	Brisley 12' Sinclair 46'		Ball 13', 62'

23 July 2011	Macclesfield Town	1 – 1	Chesterfield	Moss Rose
15:00	Sinclair 8'		Bowery 39'

26 July 2011	Leek Town	0 – 1	Macclesfield Town	Harrison Park
19:30			Chalmers 90' (pen.)

30 July 2011	Macclesfield Town	1 – 0	Notts County	Moss Rose
15:00	Fairhurst 57'			Attendance: 572

Npower League Two

1 6 August 2011	Macclesfield Town	0 – 1	Dagenham & Redbridge	Moss Rose
15:00			Elito 60'	Attendance: 1,566

2 13 August 2011	Crawley Town	2 – 0	Macclesfield Town	Broadfield Stadium
15:00	Barnett 57' Thomas 75'			Attendance: 2,389

3 16 August 2011	Hereford United	0 – 4	Macclesfield Town	Edgar Street
19:45			Diagne 53' Draper 81' Tomlinson 90', 90+2'	Attendance: 1,609

4 20 August 2011	Macclesfield Town	0 – 0	Bristol Rovers	Moss Rose
15:00				Attendance: 1,865

5 27 August 2011	Macclesfield Town	4 – 0	AFC Wimbledon	Moss Rose
15:00	Brisley 3' Diagne 24' Sinclair 48' Mendy 87'			Attendance: 1,881

6 3 September 2011	Torquay United	3 – 0	Macclesfield Town	Plainmoor
15:00	Saah 63' McPhee 75' O'Kane 90'			Attendance: 2,307

7 10 September 2011	Cheltenham Town	2 – 0	Macclesfield Town	Abbey Business Stadium
15:00	Goulding 34' (pen.) Spencer 88'			Attendance: 2,268

8 13 September 2011	Macclesfield Town	1 – 1	Morecambe	Moss Rose
19:45	Tomlinson 1'		Carlton 16'	Attendance: 1,527

9 17 September 2011	Macclesfield Town	3 – 1	Northampton Town	Moss Rose
15:00	Tomlinson 36', 84' Daniel 88'		Jackson 44'	Attendance: 2,033

10 24 September 2011	Plymouth Argyle	2 – 0	Macclesfield Town	Home Park
15:00	Feeney 20' Williams 53'			Attendance: 6,005

11 30 September 2011	Macclesfield Town	2 – 0	Swindon Town	Moss Rose
19:45	Donnelly 62' Draper 83'			Attendance: 2,317

12 8 October 2011	Aldershot Town	1 – 2	Macclesfield Town	Recreation Ground
15:00	Hylton 41'		Donnelly 53' Draper 73'	Attendance: 2,341

13 15 October 2011	Macclesfield Town	1 – 1	Oxford United	Moss Rose
15:00	Diagne 60'		Hall 90+4'	Attendance: 2,293

14 22 October 2011	Crewe Alexandra	0 – 1	Macclesfield Town	Alexandra Stadium
15:00			Draper 19'	Attendance: 3,877

15 25 October 2011	Macclesfield Town	1 – 0	Bradford City	Moss Rose
19:45	Chalmers 66' (pen.)			Attendance: 2,373

16 29 October 2011	Macclesfield Town	0 – 2	Southend United	Moss Rose
15:00			Hall 39' Ferdinand 62'	Attendance: 2,174

17 5 November 2011	Burton Albion	1 – 0	Macclesfield Town	Pirelli Stadium
15:00	Kee 11'			Attendance: 2,698

18 19 November 2011	Macclesfield Town	1 – 1	Accrington Stanley	Moss Rose
15:00	Brisley 19'		Stockley 79'	Attendance: 1,792

19 25 November 2011	Barnet	2 – 1	Macclesfield Town	Underhill Stadium
19:45	McLeod 41' (pen.) 45' (pen.)		Hamshaw 61'	Attendance: 2,200

20 10 December 2011	Macclesfield Town	0 – 0	Gillingham	Moss Rose
15:00				Attendance: 1,724

21 17 December 2011	Shrewsbury Town	1 – 0	Macclesfield Town	New Meadow
15:00	Cansdell-Sherriff 49'			Attendance: 4,871

22 26 December 2011	Macclesfield Town	0 – 0	Rotherham United	Moss Rose
15:00				Attendance: 3,132

23 31 December 2011	Macclesfield Town	2 – 1	Port Vale	Moss Rose
13:00	Tomlinson 37' (o.g.) Donnelly 71'		Richards 61'	Attendance: 4,214

24 2 January 2012	Accrington Stanley	4 – 0	Macclesfield Town	Crown Ground
15:00	Lindfield 13' Long 45+1' Evans 62' Procter 76'			Attendance: 1,704

FA Cup

Round 1 12 November 2011	East Thorruck	0 – 3	Macclesfield Town	Rookery Hill
14:00			Tremarco 43' Hamshaw 61' Donnelly 65'	Attendance: 1,207

Round 2 3 December 2011	Chelmsford City	1 – 1	Macclesfield Town	Melbourne Stadium
15:00	Cornhill 35'		Diagne 64'

Round 2 Replay 14 December 2011	Macclesfield Town	1 – 0	Chelmsford City	Moss Rose
20:05	Tremarco 26'

Round 3 7 January 2012	Macclesfield Town	–	Bolton Wanderers	Moss Rose
15:00

Carling Cup

Round 1 9 August 2011	Hull City	0 – 2	Macclesfield Town	KC Stadium
19:45			Sinclair 17', 59'	Attendance: 4,826

Round 2 24 August 2011	Bolton Wanderers	2 – 1	Macclesfield Town	Reebok Stadium
20:00	Tuncay 56' Petrov 73'		Sinclair 11'	Attendance: 6,777 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

JP Trophy

Transfers

Players transferred in
Date	Pos.	Name	Previous Club	Fee	Ref.
24 June 2011	DF	Jonathan Bateson	Accrington Stanley	Free Transfer	^[1]
25 June 2011	MF	Scott Kay	Manchester City	Free Transfer	^[2]
29 June 2011	FW	Ben Tomlinson	Worksop Town	Undisclosed Fee	^[3]
11 July 2011	MF	Arnaud Mendy	Derby County	Free Transfer (Unattached)	^[4]
19 July 2011	FW	Waide Fairhurst	Doncaster Rovers	Undisclosed Fee	^[5]
5 August 2011	FW	John Grant	Barrow	Free	^[6]
22 September 2011	GK	Steve Collis	Peterborough United	Free	^[7]
Players transferred out
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Fee	Ref.
18 June 2011	MF	Izak Reid	Morecambe	(Tribunal decision)	^[8]
29 June 2011	FW	Tyrone Barnett	Crawley Town	£150,000	^[9]
31 August 2011	FW	Emile Sinclair	Peterborough United	Undisclosed	^[10]
Players loaned in
Date from	Pos.	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
9 September 2011	FW	George Donnelly	Fleetwood Town	9 October 2011	^[11]
Players loaned out
Date from	Pos.	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
Players released
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
1 June 2011	MF	Paul Bolland	Mansfield Town	1 July 2011 (Bosman)	^[12]
3 June 2011	MF	Matthew Lowe	Nantwich Town	1 July 2011	^[13]^[14]
23 June 2011	MF	Hamza Bencherif	Notts County	1 July 2011 (Bosman)	^[15]
1 July 2011	DF	Jason Beardsley	Mickleover Sports	12 August 2011	^[13]^[16]
1 July 2011	FW	Ricky Sappleton	Unattached		^[13]

References

^ "Macclesfield Town sign up defender Jon Bateson". BBC Football. 24 June 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13909642.stm.
^ "Midfielder Scott Kay joins Macclesfield Town". BBC Football. 25 June 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13916696.stm.
^ "Macclesfield Town sign Worksop striker Ben Tomlinson". BBC Football. 29 June 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/macclesfield_town/9526350.stm.
^ "Silkmen Sign Mendy". www.mtfc.co.uk. 11 July 2011. http://www.mtfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10393~2390582,00.html?.
^ "Macclesfield Town sign Waide Fairhurst from Doncaster". BBC Football. 19 July 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14208906.stm.
^ "John Grant joins Macclesfield Town on non-contract deal". BBC Football. 5 August 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14422234.stm.
^ "Goalkeeper Steve Collis signs Macclesfield Town deal". BBC Football. 22 September 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15020703.stm.
^ "Morecambe recruit Izak Reid from Macclesfield Town". BBC Football. 18 June 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13823665.stm.
^ "Crawley sign striker Tyrone Barnett from Macclesfield". BBC Football. 29 June 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crawley_town/9525987.stm.
^ "Emile Heads for Posh". Macclesfield Town F.C.. http://www.mtfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10393~2437290,00.html.
^ "Macclesfield sign Fleetwood Town's George Donnelly on loan". BBC Football. 9 September 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14851960.stm.
^ "Mansfield sign Macclesfield midfielder Paul Bolland". BBC Football. 1 June 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13621373.stm.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Silkmen look to build on 2011". Macclesfield Town F.C.. http://www.mtfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10393~2357276,00.html.
^ "Nantwich boss Jimmy Quinn nets a hat-trick of signings". Crewe Chronicle. http://www.crewechronicle.co.uk/crewe-sport/other-sports/2011/06/08/football-nantwich-boss-jimmy-quinn-nets-a-hat-trick-of-signings-96135-28836193/.
^ "Notts County sign Algerian midfielder Hamza Bencherif". BBC Football. 23 June 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13887590.stm.
^ "Beardsley in as Sports look positively at new season". Mickleover People. http://www.mickleoverpeople.co.uk/Beardsley-Sports-look-positively-new-season/story-13118563-detail/story.html.

2011–12 in English football

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FA competitions

FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds, Final) · Community Shield · FA Trophy (Final) · FA Youth Cup

Premier and Football Leagues

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