2011–12 Walsall F.C. season

Walsall F.C.

2011-12 season

Chairman

Jeff Bonser

Manager

Dean Smith

Top goalscorer

League:
Adam Chambers (1)
Jon Macken (1)
All:
Adam Chambers (1)
Jon Macken (1)

Highest home attendance

4,753 vs. Leyton Orient, 6 August 2011

Lowest home attendance

3,564 vs. Middlesbrough, 9 August 2011

Average home attendance

4,159

← 2010-11

2012-13 →

1 League data
- 1.1 League table
2 Squad statistics
3 Results
4 Transfers
5 Trialists
6 References

League data

League table

Team		Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Charlton Athletic	24	16	6	2	49	19	+30	54
2	Sheffield Wednesday	24	15	4	5	45	31	+14	49
3	Sheffield United	24	14	5	5	45	27	+18	47
4	Milton Keynes Dons	24	13	7	4	48	25	+23	46
5	Huddersfield Town	24	11	11	2	45	25	+20	44
6	Stevenage	24	10	8	6	33	21	+12	38
7	Carlisle United	24	10	8	6	36	37	-1	38
8	Brentford	24	9	8	7	29	28	+1	35
9	Bury	24	10	4	10	32	36	-4	34
10	Bournemouth	24	9	6	9	29	30	-1	33
11	Notts County	24	9	5	10	40	37	+3	32
12	Colchester United	24	8	8	8	34	38	-4	32
13	Preston North End	24	9	5	10	37	42	-5	32
14	Oldham Athletic	24	8	7	9	32	36	-4	31
15	Leyton Orient	24	8	7	9	26	33	-7	31
16	Tranmere Rovers	23	8	5	10	24	27	-3	29
17	Hartlepool United	24	8	5	11	28	34	-6	29
18	Scunthorpe United	24	4	11	9	31	38	-7	23
19	Walsall	24	4	10	10	23	30	-7	22
20	Exeter City	24	5	7	12	22	39	-17	22
21	Yeovil Town	24	4	9	11	26	37	-11	21
22	Wycombe Wanderers	24	5	5	14	28	40	-12	20
23	Rochdale	23	4	8	11	23	39	-16	20
24	Chesterfield	24	3	7	14	29	45	-16	16


	Promotion to Championship
	Qualification to League One playoffs
	Relegation to League Two
	Last updated: 17:13, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 28 December 2011

No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy
No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1		GK	Jimmy Walker	22	0	18+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
2		DF	Darryl Westlake	17	0	13+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
3		DF	Mat Sadler	29	0	24+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
4		DF	Andy Butler	25	2	20+0	2	2+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
5		DF	Oliver Lancashire	14	0	9+1	0	3+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
6		DF	Manny Smith	20	1	17+1	1	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
7		MF	Adam Chambers	24	2	18+0	2	4+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
8		FW	Ryan Jarvis	21	3	8+8	2	0+3	0	1+0	0	1+0	1
9		FW	Will Grigg	21	3	12+6	3	2+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
10		FW	Jon Macken	22	5	16+1	4	4+0	1	1+0	0	0+0	0
11		MF	Kevan Hurst	19	1	15+2	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
12		DF	Lee Beevers	21	0	13+3	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
14		MF	Richard Taundry	28	1	19+3	0	3+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	1
15		MF	Jamie Paterson	17	2	11+4	2	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16		FW	Alex Nicholls	29	5	13+10	4	4+0	1	0+1	0	1+0	0
17		FW	George Bowerman	11	2	0+7	1	0+3	1	0+1	0	0+0	0
18		MF	Claude Gnakpa	23	2	8+10	1	1+2	1	1+0	0	1+0	0
19		MF	Anton Peterlin	21	0	14+3	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
20		MF	Jake Jones	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21		GK	David Grof	8	0	6+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
22		FW	Joey Butlin	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23		FW	Connor Deards	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24		MF	Dave Martin	5	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
24		MF	Mark Wilson	6	1	4+0	0	2+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
24		DF	Malvind Benning	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25		MF	Andy Halliday	7	0	2+4	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26		DF	Jamie Tank	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31		GK	Liam Maher	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Top scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	League One	FA Cup	FL Trophy	Total
1	FW	10	Jon Macken	4	1	0	5
2	FW	4	Alex Nicholls	4	1	0	5
3	FW	8	Ryan Jarvis	2	0	1	3
4	FW	9	Will Grigg	3	0	0	3
5	MF	7	Adam Chambers	2	0	0	2
=	MF	18	Claude Gnakpa	1	1	0	2
=	FW	17	George Bowerman	1	1	0	2
			TOTALS	8	0	2	10

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	League One		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy		Total
4		DF	Andy Butler	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
7		MF	Adam Chambers	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
11		MF	Kevan Hurst	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
10		FW	Jon Macken	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
14		MF	Richard Taundry	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
18		MF	Claude Gnakpa	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16		FW	Alex Nicholls	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19		MF	Anton Peterlin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1		GK	Jimmy Walker	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	10	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	12	2

Walker

Beevers

Smith

Butler (C)

Sadler

Gnakpa

Taundry

Chambers

Paterson

Macken

Nicholls

Results

Pre-season friendlies

13 July 2011	Greenock Morton	0 - 2	Walsall	Cappielow Park
19:30			Chambers Gnakpa

15 July 2011	Gretna 2008	0 - 0	Walsall	Raydale Park
19:30

19 July 2011	Walsall	2 – 3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Bank's Stadium
19:45	Macken 20' Grigg 42'		Kightly 14' Griffiths 40' Berra 66'	Attendance: 5,065

21 July 2011	Walsall	1 – 3	Aston Villa	Bank's Stadium
19:45	Bowerman 80'		Bent 8', 36' Heskey 39'	Attendance: 7,170

26 July 2011	Cheltenham Town	3 – 2	Walsall	Abbey Business Stadium
19:45	Spencer 10' Mohamed 45+1' Low 69'		Nicholls 20' Paterson 87'	Attendance: 839

30 July 2011	Port Vale	1 – 1	Walsall	Vale Park
13:00	Rigg 8'		McCombe 60' (og.)	Attendance: 1,101

League One

1 6 August 2011	Walsall	1 – 0	Leyton Orient	Bank's Stadium
15:00	Chambers 21'			Attendance: 4,753

2 13 August 2011	Hartlepool United	1 – 1	Walsall	Victoria Park
15:00	Nish 5'		Macken 3' (pen.)	Attendance: 5,170

3 16 August 2011	Sheffield United	3 – 2	Walsall	Bramall Lane
19:45	Lowton 59' Williamson 68' Cresswell 74' (pen.)		Hurst 46' Grigg 51'	Attendance: 16,443

4 20 August 2011	Walsall	1 – 1	Yeovil Town	Bank's Stadium
15:00	Macken 19'		G. Williams 42'	Attendance: 4,247

5 27 August 2011	Bournemouth	0 – 2	Walsall	Seward Stadium
15:00			Jarvis 15' (pen.), 55'	Attendance: 5,092

6 3 September 2011	Walsall	0 – 1	Brentford	Bank's Stadium
15:00			Donaldson 27'	Attendance: 3,972

7 10 September 2011	Notts County	2 – 1	Walsall	Meadow Lane
15:00	L. Hughes 38' Montano 65'		Butler 61'	Attendance: 6,218

8 13 September 2011	Walsall	0 – 1	Oldham Athletic	Bank's Stadium
19:45			Taylor 29'	Attendance: 3,250

9 17 September 2011	Walsall	2 – 2	Scunthorpe United	Bank's Stadium
15:00	Chambers 22' Grigg 83'		Thompson 78' Ryan 90+4'	Attendance: 3,619

10 24 September 2011	Colchester United	1 – 0	Walsall	Colchester Community Stadium
15:00	Wordsworth 33' (pen.)			Attendance: 3,103

11 1 October 2011	Walsall	1 – 1	Carlisle United	Bank's Stadium
15:00	Grigg 33'		Robson 50'	Attendance: 3,831

12 8 October 2011	Wycombe Wanderers	1 – 1	Walsall	Adams Park
15:00	Strevens 49'		Nicholls 81'	Attendance: 7,097

13 15 October 2011	Walsall	1 – 0	Preston North End	Bank's Stadium
15:00	Nicholls 10'			Attendance: 4,834

14 22 October 2011	Tranmere Rovers	2 – 1	Walsall	Prenton Park
15:00	Weir 59' Tiryaki 80'		Butler 73'	Attendance: 4,469

15 25 October 2011	Walsall	1 – 2	Exeter City	Bank's Stadium
19:45	Nicholls 12'		Nardiello 8', 78'	Attendance: 4,003

16 29 October 2011	Walsall	0 – 2	MK Dons	Bank's Stadium
15:00			Lewington 35' Ibehre 45'	Attendance: 3,712

17 5 November 2011	Huddersfield Town	1 – 1	Walsall	Galpharm Stadium
15:00	Novak 67'		Paterson 78'	Attendance: 13,005

18 19 November 2011	Walsall	2 – 4	Bury	Bank's Stadium
15:00	Macken 28' (pen.) Bowerman 90+3'		Sweeney 6' Jones 46' Schumacher 63' John-Lewis 87'	Attendance: 4,785

19 26 November 2011	Stevenage	0 – 0	Walsall	Broadhall Way
15:00				Attendance: 3,140

20 10 December 2011	Walsall	1 – 1	Charlton Athletic	Bank's Stadium
15:00	Macken 36'		Kermorgant 45'	Attendance: 4,537

21 17 December 2011	Chesterfield	1 – 1	Walsall	B2net Stadium
15:00	Lester 90'		Nicholls 29'	Attendance: 6,236

22 26 December 2011	Walsall	2 – 1	Sheffield Wednesday	Bank's Stadium
15:00	Gnakpa 90+1' Smith 90+4'		Lowe 60'	Attendance: 8,603

23 31 December 2011	Walsall	0 – 0	Rochdale	Bank's Stadium
13:00				Attendance: 3,907

24 2 January 2012	Bury	2 – 1	Walsall	Gigg Lane
15:00	Sadlero.g 20' Sweeney 40'		Paterson 39'	Attendance: 3,095

FA Cup

League Cup

1 9 August 2011	Walsall	0 – 3	Middlesbrough	Bank's Stadium
19:45			Emnes 17', 37', 52' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,564

Football League Trophy

Round 1 30 August 2011	Walsall	2 – 1	Shrewsbury Town	Bank's Stadium
19:45	Jarvis 17' Taundry 35'		Butler 48' (o.g.)	Attendance: 2,605

Transfers

Players transferred in
Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
27 June 2011	DF	Mat Sadler	Watford	Free Transfer	^[1]
28 June 2011	MF	Kevan Hurst	Carlisle United	Free Transfer	^[2]
30 June 2011	FW	Ryan Jarvis	Leyton Orient	Free Transfer	^[3]
1 July 2011	MF	Claude Gnakpa	Luton Town	Free Transfer	^[4]
8 July 2011	MF	Adam Chambers	Leyton Orient	Free Transfer	^[5]
14 July 2011	DF	Lee Beevers	Colchester United	Free Transfer	^[6]
19 July 2011	GK	David Grof	Notts County	Free Transfer	^[7]
27 July 2011	MF	Anton Peterlin	Free Agent	Free	^[8]
Players transferred out
Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
29 May 2011	DF	Tom Williams	Free Agent	Free Transfer
29 May 2011	MF	Julian Gray	Nea Salamis Famagusta	Free Transfer
29 May 2011	GK	Tim Cooney	Free Agent	Free Fransfer
29 May 2011	DF	Sean Geddes	Free Agent	Free Transfer
29 May 2011	FW	Darren Byfield	Free Agent	Free Transfer
29 May 2011	MF	Emmanuel Ledesma	Club Social y Deportivo Defensa y Justicia	Free Transfer
29 June 2011	GK	Jonny Brain	Free Agent	Free Transfer
29 June 2011	GK	David Bevan	Free Agent	Free Transfer
29 June 2011	DF	Aaron Lescott	Free Agent	Free Transfer
29 June 2011	DF	Alex Hickman	Free Agent	Free Transfer
29 June 2011	FW	Steve Jones	AFC Telford	Free Transfer
1 July 2011	DF	Clayton McDonald	Port Vale	Free Transfer	^[9]
28 July 2011	MF	Matt Richards	Shrewsbury Town	Free Transfer
3 August 2011	MF	Paul Marshall	Rochdale	Free Transfer
Players loaned in
Date from	Pos.	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
13 September 2011	MF	Dave Martin	Derby County	20 October 2011^[10]	^[11]
28 October 2011	MF	Mark Wilson	Doncaster Rovers	29 November 2011
25 November 2011	MF	Andy Halliday	Middlesbrough	Present
Players loaned out
Date from	Pos.	Name	To	Date to	Ref.

Trialists

July 2011 Aaron Ryan Goalkeeper

References

^ "Walsall sign ex-Birmingham City defender Mat Sadler". BBC Football. 27 June 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13930337.stm.
^ "Walsall bring in winger Kevan Hurst". BBC Football. 28 June 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13949656.stm.
^ "Walsall agree deal for striker Ryan Jarvis". BBC Football. 30 June 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13976374.stm.
^ "Walsall add former Luton winger Claude Gnakpa to squad". BBC Football. 1 July 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13997538.stm.
^ "Chambers makes Saddlers switch". Sky Sports. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12875_7028279,00.html.
^ "Walsall sign ex-Colchester United defender Lee Beevers". BBC Football. 14 July 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14150796.stm.
^ "Goalkeeper David Grof signs one-year Walsall contract". BBC Football. 19 July 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14201294.stm.
^ "Walsall sign Anton Peterlin on a one-year contract". BBC Football. 27 July 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14313890.stm.
^ "Port Vale agree deals with Sheffield United duo". BBC Football. 1 July 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/9528029.stm.
^ "Martin Back From Saddlers Loan". Derby County F.C.. 20 October 2011. http://www.dcfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10270~2487857,00.html.
^ "Martin Makes Saddlers Switch". dcfc.co.uk. 13 September 2011. http://www.dcfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10270~2449524,00.html.

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