2011–12 Barnsley F.C. season

02011-05-15 15 May 2011 – Mark Robins resigns as manager after 2 years in charge of Barnsley.^[1]
02011-05-20 20 May 2011 – Barnsley are granted permission by Rochdale to speak to manager Keith Hill.^[2]
02011-06-01 1 June 2011 – Keith Hill is appointed as manager on a year contract. David Flitcroft is appointed as assistant manager.^[3]

Championship

Standings

Team		Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Southampton	25	14	5	6	47	28	+19	47
2	West Ham United	25	14	5	6	40	23	+17	47
3	Cardiff City	25	12	9	4	41	27	+14	45
4	Middlesbrough	25	12	9	4	30	23	+7	45
5	Reading	25	11	6	8	32	25	+7	39
6	Hull City	25	12	3	10	26	25	+1	39
7	Blackpool	25	10	8	7	39	31	+8	38
8	Leeds United	25	11	5	9	39	36	+3	38
9	Derby County	25	11	4	10	30	33	-3	37
10	Burnley	25	11	3	11	37	33	+4	36
11	Crystal Palace	25	10	6	9	24	24	+0	36
12	Leicester City	25	9	8	8	33	28	+5	35
13	Brighton & Hove Albion	25	10	5	10	26	28	-2	35
14	Birmingham City	23	9	7	7	31	25	+6	34
15	Peterborough United	25	9	6	10	44	41	+3	33
16	Barnsley	25	9	6	10	35	38	-3	33
17	Portsmouth	24	8	7	9	27	25	+2	31
18	Watford	25	7	9	9	27	34	-7	30
19	Bristol City	25	7	6	12	23	34	-11	27
20	Ipswich Town	24	8	3	13	34	47	-13	27
21	Millwall	25	6	8	11	24	28	-4	26
22	Nottingham Forest	25	7	3	15	21	39	-18	24
23	Doncaster Rovers	25	6	4	15	22	43	-21	22
24	Coventry City	25	4	7	14	20	34	-14	19


	Promotion to Premier League
	Qualification to Championship playoffs
	Relegation to League One
	Last updated: 21:42, 3 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
22	8	6	8	30	32	−2	30	5	2	4	17	15	+2	3	4	4	13	17	−4

Last updated: 22 December 2011
Source: [1]

Result round by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	D	L	L	W	D	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	L
Position	14	18	20	16	17	15	16	17	18	16	17	15	17	19	18	18	15	14	13	8	12	13

Last updated: 22 December 2011.
Source: []
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Squad details

No.	Name	Place of birth	Date of birth	Club apps.	Club goals	Int. caps	Int. goals	Previous club	Date joined	Fee	End
1	Luke Steele	Peterborough	24 September 1984	119	0	–	–	West Bromwich Albion	21 May 2008	Free	2013
2	Bobby Hassell	Derby	4 June 1980	253	7	–	–	Mansfield Town	1 July 2004	Free	2012
3	James McEveley	Liverpool	11 February 1985	18	1	3	0	Derby County	6 July 2010	Free	2012
4	Rob Edwards	Madeley	25 December 1982	–	–	–	–	Blackpool	1 July 2011	Free	2013
5	Nathan Doyle	Derby	12 January 1987	79	2	–	–	Hull City	13 January 2010	Free	2012
6	Stephen Foster	Warrington	18 September 1980	168	9	–	–	Burnley	27 August 2007	£100,000	2012
7	Danny Haynes	London	19 January 1988	20	6	–	–	Bristol City	21 January 2011	Undisclosed	2013
8	Jim O'Brien	Vale of Leven	28 September 1987	34	1	–	–	Motherwell	1 June 2010	Undisclosed	2013
9	Craig Davies	Burton upon Trent	9 January 1986	–	–	5	0	Chesterfield	1 July 2011	Free	2013
10	Matt Done	Oswestry	22 July 1988	–	–	–	–	Rochdale	21 June 2011	Undisclosed	2013
11	David Perkins	Heysham	21 June 1982	–	–	–	–	Colchester United	1 June 2011	Free	2013
12	David Preece	Sunderland	26 August 1976	7	0	–	–	Odense Boldklub	16 July 2009	Free	2012
14	Scott Wiseman	Hull	13 December 1985	–	–	–	–	Rochdale	21 June 2011	Undisclosed	2014
15	Jim McNulty	Liverpool	13 February 1985	–	–	–	–	Brighton & Hove Albion	24 June 2011	Undisclosed	2013
17	Miles Addison	Newham	7 January 1989	–	–	–	–	Derby County	24 June 2011	Loan	2011
18	Ricardo Vaz Tê	Lisbon	1 October 1986	–	–	–	–	Hibernian	3 August 2011	Free	2012
19	Jacob Butterfield	Bradford	10 June 1990	75	3	–	–	N/A	1 July 2007	Trainee	2011
20	Danny Drinkwater	Manchester	5 March 1990	–	–	–	–	Manchester United	23 August 2011	Loan	2012
21	Cameron Park	Middlesbrough	6 July 1992	–	–	–	–	Middlesbrough	23 August 2011	Loan	2011
22	Luke Potter	Barnsley	17 July 1989	21	0	–	–	N/A	1 July 2006	Trainee	2011
24	Reuben Noble-Lazarus	Huddersfield	16 August 1993	11	0	–	–	N/A	29 September 2008	Trainee	2013
25	Kern Miller	Boston	9 February 1991	–	–	–	–	Lincoln City	4 January 2011	Free
27	Andy Gray	Harrogate	15 November 1977	65	13	2	0	Charlton Athletic	21 August 2009	Undisclosed	2012
29	Alastair Taylor	Sheffield	13 September 1991	3	0	–	–	N/A	1 July 2010	Trainee	2012
31	Jordan Clarke	Barnsley	22 September 1993	4	0	–	–	N/A	1 April 2011	Trainee	2012
32	Danny Rose		10 December 1993	1	0	–	–	1 June 2010	Trainee	N/A
33	Paul Digby		2 February 1995	–	–	–	–	1 August 2011	N/A	Trainee
34	John Stones	Barnsley	28 May 1994	–	–	–	–	7 December 2011	N/A	Trainee	2013

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Last Updated 22 December 2011

No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1		GK	Luke Steele	22	0	21+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
2		DF	Bobby Hassell	14	0	13+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
3		DF	Jay McEveley	19	0	16+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
4		DF	Rob Edwards	10	0	9+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
5		MF	Nathan Doyle	11	0	9+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
6		DF	Stephen Foster	20	1	20+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
7		FW	Danny Haynes	12	0	4+7	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
8		MF	Jim O'Brien	21	1	16+4	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
9		FW	Craig Davies	17	8	12+4	8	0+0	0	1+0	0
10		MF	Matt Done	13	1	8+4	1	0+0	0	0+1	0
11		MF	David Perkins	18	0	16+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
12		GK	David Preece	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14		DF	Scott Wiseman	20	0	12+7	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
15		DF	Jim McNulty	21	1	19+1	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
17		DF	Miles Addison	7	0	4+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
18		FW	Ricardo Vaz Tê	17	7	9+7	7	0+0	0	1+0	0
19		MF	Jacob Butterfield	22	5	21+0	5	0+0	0	1+0	0
20		MF	Danny Drinkwater	15	1	14+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
21		MF	Cameron Park	3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22		DF	Luke Potter	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24		FW	Reuben Noble-Lazarus	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25		MF	Kern Miller	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
27		FW	Andy Gray	13	4	12+1	4	0+0	0	0+0	0
29		MF	Alistair Taylor	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
30		GK	Lukas Lidakevicius	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31		FW	Jordan Clark	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32		FW	Danny Rose	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33		MF	Paul Digby	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
34		DF	John Stones	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Player who left Barnsley during the season
		FW	Nile Ranger	5	0	3+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Top scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Championship	Total
1	FW	9	Craig Davies	8	8
2	FW	18	Ricardo Vaz Tê	7	7
3	MF	19	Jacob Butterfield	5	5
4	FW	27	Andy Gray	4	4
5	MF	10	Matt Done	1	1
	MF	20	Danny Drinkwater	1	1
	DF	6	Stephen Foster	1	1
	DF	15	Jim McNulty	1	1
	MF	8	Jim O'Brien	1	1
			Totals	29	29

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
11		MF	David Perkins	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	1
8		MF	Jim O'Brien	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
20		MF	Danny Drinkwater	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
27		FW	Andy Gray	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
4		DF	Rob Edwards	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
3		DF	Jay McEveley	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2		DF	Bobby Hassell	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
6		DF	Stephen Foster	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
9		FW	Craig Davies	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5		MF	Nathan Doyle	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
14		DF	Scott Wiseman	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
			Totals	30	1	0	0	1	0	31	1

Suspensions served

Date	Player	Reason	Games Missed
1 November	Jim O'Brien	Reached five yellow cards	Brighton & Hove Albion (A)
6 November	Danny Drinkwater	Reached five yellow cards	Doncaster Rovers (H)
26 November	David Perkins	Sent off vs Leeds United	Peterborough (A), Crystal Palace (H), Ipswich (H)

Transfers

In

N	P	Name	EU	Country	Age	Type	Moving from	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
9	FW	Davies	EU	WAL ENG	25	Free Transfer	Chesterfield	Summer	2013	Free	BBC Sport
11	MF	Perkins	EU	ENG	29	Free Transfer	Colchester United	Summer	2013	Free	BBC Sport
10	MF	Done	EU	ENG	22	Transfer	Rochdale	Summer	2013	Undisclosed	Barnsley
14	DF	Wiseman	EU	ENG	25	Transfer	Rochdale	Summer	2014	Undisclosed	BBC Sport
15	DF	McNulty	EU	SCO ENG	26	Transfer	Brighton & Hove Albion	Summer	2013	Undisclosed	Sky Sports
4	DF	Edwards	EU	WAL ENG	28	Free Transfer	Blackpool	Summer	2013	Free	BBC Sport
18	FW	Vaz Tê	EU	POR	24	Free Transfer	Hibernian	Summer	2012	Free	Sky Sports
34	DF	Stones	EU	ENG	17	Promoted	Youth system		2013	Youth system	BBC Sport

Loans in

No.	P	Name	Country	Age	Loan Club	Started	Ended	Start Source	End Source
17	DF	Addison	ENG	23	Derby County	24 Jun		BBC Sport
21	MF	Park	SCO	19	Middlesbrough	23 Aug		BBC Sport
20	MF	Drinkwater	ENG	21	Manchester United	23 Aug		BBC Sport
40	FW	Ranger	ENG	20	Newcastle United	18 Nov	22 Dec	BBC Sport	Tribal Football

Sources: For loan start source see "Start Source". For loan end source see "End Source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan Club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

Out

N	P	Name	Country	Age	Type	Moving to	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Apps	Goals	Source
20	MF	Colace	ARG	27	Free Transfer	Estudiantes Tecos	Summer	Free	108	0	BBC Sport
30	FW	Bennett	ENG	19	Out of Contract		Summer	Free	4	0	BBC Sport
26	DF	Conor Branson	ENG	19	Out of Contract		Summer	Free	0	0	BBC Sport
11	MF	Devaney	ENG	30	Out of Contract		Summer	Free	176	18	BBC Sport
33	DF	Hill	ENG	31	Out of Contract	Blackpool	Summer	Free	24	2	Sky Sports
28	MF	Fearnehough	ENG	19	Out of Contract		Summer	Free	0	0	BBC Sport
16	FW	Dickinson	ENG	25	Free Transfer	Plymouth Argyle	Summer	Free	4	0	Sky Sports
4	DF	Shackell	ENG	27	Transfer	Derby County	Summer	&10000000001000000000000£1,000,000	46	4	BBC Sport
16	MF	Lovre	SRB	29	Released			Free	23	2	BBC Sport

EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable; Apps = Total number of competitive appearances (including substitute appearances) at the club prior to departure; Goals = Total number of competitive goals scored at the club prior to departure.

Loans out

N	P	Name	Country	Age	Type	Moving to	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Apps	Goals	Source
25	DF	Miller	ENG	20	Loan	Accrington Stanley	Summer	6 Month Loan	0	0	BBC Sport

Contracts

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Status	Contract length	Expiry date	Source
27	FW	SCO	Gray	33	Signed	1 year	2012	BBC Sport
24	FW	ENG	Noble-Lazarus	17	Signed	2 years	2013	BBC Sport
29	MF	ENG	Taylor	19	Signed	1 year	2012	BBC Sport
12	GK	ENG	Preece	34	Signed	1 year	2012	Barnsley F.C.

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Fixtures and results

Pre-season

Friendly 23 July 2011	Barnsley	5–1	Grimsby Town	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Davies 24', 59' (pen.) Vaz Te 45' Haynes 71' Butterfield 90'	Report	Duffy 57'	Stadium: Oakwell

Friendly 26 July 2011	Barnsley	2–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Barnsley
19:30 BST	Perkins 7' O'Brien 80'	Report		Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 6,519

Friendly 30 July 2011	Scunthorpe United	0–5	Barnsley	Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire
15:00 BST		Report	Vaz Tê 8' Davies 15', 33' Reid 20' Doyle 44'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 1,432 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Championship

1 6 August	Nottingham Forest	0–0	Barnsley	Nottingham
15:00				Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 22,951

2 13 August	Barnsley	0–1	Southampton	Barnsley
15:00			Connolly 30'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 10,501

3 16 August	Barnsley	1–3	Middlesbrough	Barnsley
19:45	McManus 4' (o.g.)		McDonald 11' Robson 13' Emnes 44'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 10,603

4 20 August	Reading	1–2	Barnsley	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Robson-Kanu 74' (pen.)		Foster 27' Done 68'	Attendance: 15,878

5 27 August	Millwall	0–0	Barnsley	The Den
15:00				Attendance: 10,033

6 10 September	Barnsley	1–1	Leicester City	Oakwell
15:00	Butterfield 38'		King 46'	Attendance: 10,862

7 17 September	Barnsley	1–1	Watford	Oakwell
15:00	Gray 57'		Sordell 37'	Attendance: 9,733

8 24 September	Birmingham City	1–1	Barnsley	St Andrew's
15:00	Burke 86'		Butterfield 33'	Attendance: 17,836

9 27 September	Derby County	1–1	Barnsley	Pride Park Stadium
19:45	S Davies 62' (pen.)		Butterfield 35'	Attendance: 23,454

10 1 October	Barnsley	2–0	Coventry City	Oakwell
15:00	Gray 42' (pen.)			Attendance: 9,497

11 15 October	Portsmouth	2–0	Barnsley	Fratton Park
15:00	Norris 61' Varney 62'			Attendance: 11,261

12 18 October	Barnsley	2–0	Burnley	Oakwell
19:45	Butterfield 21' Vaz Tê 81'			Attendance: 9,692

13 22 October	Cardiff City	5–3	Barnsley	Cardiff City Stadium
15:00	Miller 10' Mason 34' Gunnarsson 38', 71' Cowie 60'		Drinkwater 36' McNulty 82' Vaz Tê 86'	Attendance: 20,665

14 29 October	Barnsley	1–2	Bristol City	Oakwell
15:00	Davies 74'		Adomah 14' Maynard 90+3'	Attendance: 8,900

15 1 November	Barnsley	2–1	Hull City	Oakwell
19:45	Davies 48' Gray 59'		Fryatt 79'	Attendance: 9,869

16 6 November	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–0	Barnsley	Falmer Stadium
15:00	Greer 44' Harley 57'			Attendance: 19,841

17 19 November	Barnsley	2–0	Doncaster Rovers	Oakwell
15:00	Davies 30', 64'			Attendance: 11,783

18 26 November	Leeds United	1–2	Barnsley	Elland Road
15:00	McCormack 55'		Vaz Tê 27' Davies 43'	Attendance: 25,900

19 3 December	Peterborough United	3–4	Barnsley	London Road Stadium
15:00	Boyd 64' Bennet 68' Frecklington 70'		O'Brien 17' Butterfield 45+1' Vaz Tê 55' Davies 78'	Attendance: 8,320

20 6 December	Barnsley	2–1	Crystal Palace	Oakwell
19:45	Vaz Tê 1', 77'		Easter 33'	Attendance: 9,524

21 10 December	Barnsley	3–5	Ipswich Town	Oakwell
15:00	Davies 14' (pen.), 89' Vaz Tê 39'		Andrews 46', 49' Collins 66' Chopra 68' Scotland 83'	Attendance: 9,107

22 17 December	West Ham United	1–0	Barnsley	Boleyn Ground
15:00	Diop 6'			Attendance: 34,749

23 26 December	Barnsley	1–3	Blackpool	Oakwell
15:00	Done 18'		M. Phillips 37', 67', 82' (pen.)	Attendance: 11,776

24 31 December	Barnsley	4–1	Leeds United	Oakwell
15:00	Vaz Tê 16', 51', 72' Davies 61'		Becchio 90+1'	Attendance: 17,499

25 2 January	Doncaster Rovers	2–0	Barnsley	Keepmoat Stadium
15:00	Hayter 14' Bennett 89'			Attendance: 11,446

League Cup

1st Round 9 August 2011	Barnsley	0–2	Morecambe	Barnsley
19:45 BST		Report	Carlton 49' Ellison 86'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 4,331 Referee: Brown

References

^ "Mark Robins resigns as Barnsley manager". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 15 May 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/barnsley/9484019.stm. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
^ "Barnsley to open talks with Rochdale boss Keith Hill". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 20 May 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/barnsley/9492313.stm. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
^ "Barnsley appoint Rochdale boss Keith Hill as manager". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 1 June 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13595001.stm. Retrieved 1 June 2011.

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