2011–12 Football League Championship

Football League Championship
Season	2011–12
Matches played	297
Goals scored	751 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rickie Lambert (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Peterborough United 7–1 Ipswich Town
Biggest away win	Leeds United 0–5 Blackpool
Highest scoring	Peterborough United 7–1 Ipswich Town Cardiff City 5–3 Barnsley Barnsley 3–5 Ipswich Town
Longest winning run	4 games^[1] Reading Barnsley Birmingham City Derby County Hull City Middlesbrough Southampton West Ham United
Longest unbeaten run	11 games^[1] Middlesbrough
Longest winless run	11 games^[1] Coventry City
Longest losing run	7 games^[1] Ipswich Town
Highest attendance	34,936^[2] West Ham United 1–0 Coventry City
Lowest attendance	6,351^[2] Peterborough United 4–3 Cardiff City
Average attendance	17,594^[1]
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 Football League Championship (referred to as the Npower Football League Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the eighth season of the league under its current title and nineteenth season under its current league division format.

Changes from last season

Team changes

From Championship

Promoted to Premier League

Relegated to League One

To Championship

Relegated from Premier League

Promoted from League One

Rule changes

The Football Association and the Football Association of Wales will now both decide on disciplinary action for Welsh clubs in the Premier League and the Football League.^[3]
Only five substitutes can be named on match days, reduced from last season's seven named substitutes.^[4]

Team overview

Stadia and locations

Barnsley

Birmingham City

Blackpool

Brighton & Hove Albion

Locations of teams in the 2011–12 Football League Championship

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Barnsley	Barnsley	Oakwell	23,009
Birmingham City	Birmingham	St Andrew's Stadium	30,079
Blackpool	Blackpool	Bloomfield Road	16,220
Brighton & Hove Albion	Brighton	American Express Community Stadium	22,500
Bristol City	Bristol	Ashton Gate	21,497
Burnley	Burnley	Turf Moor	22,546
Cardiff City	Cardiff	Cardiff City Stadium	26,828
Coventry City	Coventry	Ricoh Arena	32,609
Crystal Palace	London	Selhurst Park	26,309
Derby County	Derby	Pride Park Stadium	33,597
Doncaster Rovers	Doncaster	Keepmoat Stadium	15,231
Hull City	Kingston upon Hull	KC Stadium	25,404
Ipswich Town	Ipswich	Portman Road	30,311
Leeds United	Leeds	Elland Road	39,460
Leicester City	Leicester	King Power Stadium	32,500
Middlesbrough	Middlesbrough	Riverside Stadium	34,988
Millwall	London	The Den	20,146
Nottingham Forest	Nottingham	City Ground	30,576
Peterborough United	Peterborough	London Road Stadium	15,460
Portsmouth	Portsmouth	Fratton Park	20,224
Reading	Reading	Madjeski Stadium	24,224
Southampton	Southampton	St Mary's Stadium	32,689
Watford	Watford	Vicarage Road	23,500
West Ham United	London	Boleyn Ground	35,303

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Chairman	Team captain	Kit maker	Sponsor
Barnsley	Hill, KeithKeith Hill	Cryne, PatrickPatrick Cryne	Butterfield, JacobJacob Butterfield	Nike	C.K. Beckett
Birmingham City	Hughton, ChrisChris Hughton	Hui, VicoVico Hui	Carr, StephenStephen Carr	Xtep	RationalFX
Blackpool	Holloway, IanIan Holloway	Oyston, KarlKarl Oyston	Ferguson, BarryBarry Ferguson	Fila	Wonga.com
Brighton & Hove Albion	Poyet, GusGus Poyet	Bloom, TonyTony Bloom	Greer, GordonGordon Greer	Errea	BrightonandHoveJobs.com
Bristol City	McInnes, DerekDerek McInnes	Sexstone, ColinColin Sexstone	Carey, LouisLouis Carey	adidas	RSG (Home) & Bristol City Community Trust (Away)
Burnley	Howe, EddieEddie Howe	Kilby, BarryBarry Kilby	McCann, ChrisChris McCann	Puma	Fun88
Cardiff City	Mackay, MalkyMalky Mackay	Tien Ghee, Datuk ChanDatuk Chan Tien Ghee	Hudson, MarkMark Hudson	Puma	Malaysia
Coventry City	Thorn, AndyAndy Thorn	Vacant	Clingan, SammySammy Clingan	Puma	City Link
Crystal Palace	Freedman, DougieDougie Freedman	Parish, SteveSteve Parish Long, MartinMartin Long	Mccarthy, PaddyPaddy McCarthy	Nike	GAC Logistics
Derby County	Clough, NigelNigel Clough	Appleby, AndrewAndrew Appleby	Barker, ShaunShaun Barker	adidas	buymobiles.net
Doncaster Rovers	Saunders, DeanDean Saunders	Ryan, JohnJohn Ryan	Stock, BrianBrian Stock	Nike	One Call Insurance
Hull City	Barmby, NickNick Barmby	Allam, AssemAssem Allam	Hobbs, JackJack Hobbs	adidas	Cash Converters
Ipswich Town	Jewell, PaulPaul Jewell	Marcus Evans	Leadbitter, GrantGrant Leadbitter	Mitre	Marcus Evans
Leeds United	Grayson, SimonSimon Grayson	Bates, KenKen Bates	Howson, JonnyJonny Howson	Macron	Enterprise Insurance
Leicester City	Pearson, NigelNigel Pearson	Vichai Raksriaksorn	Mills, MattMatt Mills	BURRDA	King Power
Middlesbrough	Mowbray, TonyTony Mowbray	Gibson, SteveSteve Gibson	Bates, MatthewMatthew Bates	adidas	Ramsdens
Millwall	Jackett, KennyKenny Jackett	Berylson, JohnJohn Berylson	Robinson, PaulPaul Robinson	Macron	racing+
Nottingham Forest	Cotterill, SteveSteve Cotterill	Clark, FrankFrank Clark	Chambers, LukeLuke Chambers	Umbro	Victor Chandler
Peterborough United	Ferguson, DarrenDarren Ferguson	MacAnthony, DarraghDarragh MacAnthony	McCann, GrantGrant McCann	Nike	Energy Park Peterborough
Portsmouth	Michael Appleton	Vladimir Antonov	Lawrence, LiamLiam Lawrence	Kappa	Jobsite
Reading	Mcdermott, BrianBrian McDermott	Madejski, JohnJohn Madejski	McAnuff, JobiJobi McAnuff	Puma	Waitrose
Southampton	Adkins, NigelNigel Adkins	Cortese, NicolaNicola Cortese	Hammond, DeanDean Hammond	Umbro	aap³
Watford	Dyche, SeanSean Dyche	Taylor, GrahamGraham Taylor	Eustace, JohnJohn Eustace	BURRDA	BURRDA
West Ham United	Allardyce, SamSam Allardyce	Sullivan, DavidDavid Sullivan Gold, DavidDavid Gold	Nolan, KevinKevin Nolan	Macron	SBOBET

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Barnsley	Robins, MarkMark Robins	Resigned	15 May 2011^[5]	Pre-season	Hill, KeithKeith Hill	1 June 2011^[6]
West Ham United	Grant, AvramAvram Grant	Sacked	15 May 2011^[7]	Pre-season	Allardyce, SamSam Allardyce	1 June 2011^[8]
Cardiff City	Jones, DaveDave Jones	Sacked	30 May 2011^[9]	Pre-season	Mackay, MalkyMalky Mackay	17 June 2011^[10]
Nottingham Forest	Davies, BillyBilly Davies	Sacked	12 June 2011^[11]	Pre-season	McClaren, SteveSteve McClaren	13 June 2011^[12]
Birmingham City	McLeish, AlexAlex McLeish	Signed by Aston Villa	12 June 2011^[13]	Pre-season	Hughton, ChrisChris Hughton	22 June 2011^[14]
Watford	Mackay, MalkyMalky Mackay	Signed by Cardiff City	17 June 2011^[10]	Pre-season	Dyche, SeanSean Dyche	21 June 2011^[15]
Doncaster Rovers	O'Driscoll, SeanSean O'Driscoll	Sacked	23 September 2011^[16]	24th	Saunders, DeanDean Saunders	23 September 2011^[17]
Nottingham Forest	McClaren, SteveSteve McClaren	Resigned	2 October 2011^[18]	21st	Cotterill, SteveSteve Cotterill	14 October 2011^[19]
Bristol City	Millen, KeithKeith Millen	Mutual consent	3 October 2011 ^[20]	24th	McInnes, DerekDerek McInnes	19 October 2011^[21]
Portsmouth	Cotterill, SteveSteve Cotterill	Signed by Nottingham Forest	14 October 2011^[19]	18th	Michael Appleton	10 November 2011^[22]
Leicester City	Eriksson, SvengoranSven-Göran Eriksson	Mutual consent	24 October 2011^[23]	13th	Pearson, NigelNigel Pearson	15 November 2011^[24]
Hull City	Pearson, NigelNigel Pearson	Signed by Leicester City	15 November 2011^[24]	9th	Barmby, NickNick Barmby	15 November 2011

Ownership changes

Team	New owner	Previous owner	Effective date
Portsmouth	Convers Sport Initiatives	Balram Chainrai	1 June 2011^[25]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Southampton	25	14	5	6	47	28	+19	47	Promotion to the 2012–13 Premier League
2	West Ham United	25	14	5	6	40	23	+17	47	Promotion to the 2012–13 Premier League
3	Cardiff City	25	12	9	4	41	27	+14	45	Qualification to the 2011–12 League Championship Playoffs
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	Ipswich Town	24	8	3	13	34	47	−13	27
20	Millwall	24	6	8	10	24	27	−3	26
21	Bristol City	24	6	6	12	22	34	−12	24
22	Nottingham Forest	25	7	3	15	21	39	−18	24	Relegation to the 2012–13 League One
23	Doncaster Rovers	25	6	4	15	22	42	−20	22
24	Coventry City	25	4	7	14	20	34	−14	19

Updated to games played on 2 January 2012
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

The fixtures for the Championship were released on 17 June 2011. The season kicked off on 5 August 2011 and is scheduled to conclude on 28 April 2012.^[26]

Home \ Away¹	BAR	BIR	BLP	B&H	BRI	BUR	CAR	COV	CPA	DER	DON	HUL	IPS	LEE	LEI	MID	MIL	NOT	PET	POR	REA	SOT	WAT	WHU
Barnsley			1–3		1–2	2–0		2–0	2–1		2–0	2–1	3–5	4–1	1–1	1–3						0–1	1–1
Birmingham City	1–1		3–0	0–0		2–1		1–0			2–1			1–0	2–0		3–0		1–1					1–1
Blackpool		2–2			5–0		1–1			0–1	2–1		2–0			3–0	1–0	1–2	2–1		1–0		0–0
Brighton & Hove Albion	2–0		2–2			0–1		2–1	1–3		2–1	0–0		3–3				1–0	2–0			3–0		0–1
Bristol City		0–2		0–1		3–1	a					1–1	0–3			0–1		0–0	1–2	0–0	2–3	2–0
Burnley			3–1				1–1				3–0	1–0	4–0	1–2	1–3	0–2		5–1		0–1	0–1	1–1	2–2
Cardiff City	5–3	1–0		1–3	3–1				2–0		2–0		2–2		0–0	2–3		1–0			3–1	2–1
Coventry City			2–2	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–1			2–0		0–1			0–1			1–0			1–1	2–4	0–0	1–2
Crystal Palace		1–0	1–1		1–0	2–0		2–1		1–1					1–2	0–1	0–0			0–0	0–0			2–2
Derby County	1–1	2–1		0–1	2–1	1–2	0–3				3–0	0–2		1–0	a		3–0	a		3–1		1–1		2–1
Doncaster Rovers	2–0				1–1			1–1	1–0			1–1		0–3	2–1	1–3		0–1				1–0	0–0	0–1
Hull City		2–1	0–1			2–3	2–1		0–1	0–1					2–1		2–0			1–0	1–0		3–2	0–2
Ipswich Town				3–1	3–0			3–0	0–1	1–0	2–3	0–1		2–1				1–3		1–0	2–3	2–5	1–2
Leeds United	1–2		0–5		2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–2			4–1				0–1	2–0			1–0	0–1
Leicester City			2–0	1–0	1–2			a	3–0	4–0			1–1	0–1			0–3	a	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–2	2–0
Middlesbrough		3–1	2–2	1–0				1–1		2–0		1–0	0–0		0–0		1–1		1–1	2–2				0–2
Millwall	0–0			1–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	3–0	0–1		3–2		4–1					2–0	2–2	1–0				0–0
Nottingham Forest	0–0	1–3					0–1		0–1	1–2		0–1	3–2	0–4	2–2	2–0			0–1		1–0			1–4
Peterborough United	3–4	1–1				2–1	4–3	1–0	2–1	3–2	1–2	0–1	7–1	2–3		1–1
Portsmouth	2–0		1–0	0–1			1–1	2–1			3–1				1–1			3–0	2–3		1–0	1–1	2–0
Reading	1–2	1–0		3–0			1–2			2–2	2–0		1–0			0–0	2–2		3–2			1–1	0–2	3–0
Southampton		4–1	2–2	3–0	0–1				2–0			2–1		3–1		3–0	1–0	3–2	2–1	a			4–0	1–0
Watford		2–2		1–0	2–2		1–1		0–2	0–1	4–1			1–1			2–1	0–1	3–2	2–0				0–4
West Ham United	1–0		4–0		0–0	1–2	0–1	1–0		3–1			0–1	2–2	3–2		a		1–0	4–3

Updated to games played on 2 January 2012
Source: The Football League
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Statistics

Updated: 30 December 2011

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[27]
1	Rickie Lambert	Southampton	15
2	Ross McCormack	Leeds United	10
3	Keith Andrews	Ipswich Town	9
	Darius Henderson	Millwall
	Billy Sharp	Doncaster Rovers
	Chris Wood	Birmingham City
	Guly Do Prado	Southampton
8	Charlie Austin	Burnley	8
	Craig Davies	Barnsley
	Matt Fryatt	Hull City
	Lukas Jutkiewicz	Coventry City
	Grant McCann	Peterborough United
	Robert Snodgrass	Leeds United
	Carlton Cole	West Ham United

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists^[28]
1	Robert Snodgrass	Leeds United	9
2	Frazer Richardson	Southampton	8
2	Mark Yeates	Watford	8
4	Ben Davies	Derby County	7
	Guly do Prado	Southampton
	Peter Whittingham	Cardiff City
	Jacob Butterfield	Barnsley
	Rickie Lambert	Southampton
9	Matthew Taylor	West Ham United	6
	Junior Stanislas	Burnley
	George Boyd	Peterborough United
	Craig Mackail-Smith	Brighton
	Jimmy Kebe	Reading
	Chris Burke	Birmingham

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Football League Championship hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Lee Tomlin	Peterborough United	Ipswich Town	7–1	20 August 2011
Rickie Lambert	Southampton	Nottingham Forest	3–2	10 September 2011
Chris Wood	Birmingham City	Millwall	3–0	11 September 2011
Darius Henderson	Millwall	Leicester City	0–3	22 October 2011
Jonjo Shelvey	Blackpool	Leeds United	0–5	2 November 2011
Rickie Lambert	Southampton	Brighton & Hove Albion	3–0	19 November 2011
Matt Phillips	Blackpool	Barnsley	1–3	26 December 2011
Ricardo Vaz Te	Barnsley	Leeds United	4–1	31 December 2011

Scoring

First goal of the season: Gary Taylor-Fletcher for Blackpool against Hull City (5 August 2011)^[29]
Fastest goal of the season: 7 seconds – Ricardo Vaz Tê for Barnsley against Crystal Palace (6 December 2011)^[30]
Latest goal of the season: 98 minutes and 25 seconds – Jem Karacan for Reading against Burnley (15 October 2011)^[31]
Most goals in a game: 8 goals^[32]
- Peterborough United 7–1 Ipswich Town (20 August 2011)
- Cardiff City 5–3 Barnsley (22 October 2011)
- Barnsley 3–5 Ipswich Town (10 December 2011)
Most goals scored in a game by one team: 7 goals – Peterborough United 7–1 Ipswich Town (20 August 2011)^[32]
Widest winning margin: 6 goals – Peterborough United 7–1 Ipswich Town (20 August 2011)^[32]
Widest away winning margin: 5 goals – Leeds United 0–5 Blackpool (2 November 2011)^[32]
Highest scoring draw: 6 goals – Brighton & Hove Albion 3–3 Leeds United (23 September 2011)^[32]
Most games failed to score in: 10 – Millwall^[33]
Fewest games failed to score in: 2 – Cardiff City and Southampton^[33]

Disciplinary record by team

As of 11 December 2011 (UTC)

Rank	Team
1	Cardiff City	23	0
2	Burnley	24	1
3	Watford	27	0
4	Coventry City	24	2
=	Reading	28	0
6	Southampton	25	2
=	Birmingham City	27	1
=	Blackpool	29	0
=	Crystal Palace	29	0
10	Bristol City	30	0
11	Peterborough United	27	2
=	Barnsley	29	1
13	Ipswich Town	26	3
=	Derby County	30	1
15	Doncaster Rovers	33	1
=	Millwall	35	0
17	West Ham United	31	3
=	Portsmouth	33	2
=	Nottingham Forest	33	2
20	Middlesbrough	34	2
21	Hull City	38	1
22	Leeds United	32	5
=	Leicester City	34	4
24	Brighton & Hove Albion	50	2

Source: ^[1]

Most yellow cards (player): 9 - Lewis Dunk (Brighton & Hove Albion)^[1]
Most red cards (player): 2 - Matt Mills (Leicester City)^[1]

Clean sheets

Most clean sheets: 11 - Crystal Palace, Middlesbrough, West Ham United^[1]
Fewest clean sheets: 0 - Peterborough United^[1]

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Notes
Month	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Notes
August	Gus Poyet	Brighton & Hove Albion	Marvin Emnes	Middlesbrough	^[34]^[35]
September	Tony Mowbray	Middlesbrough	Matthew Bates	Middlesbrough	^[36]
October	Chris Hughton	Birmingham City	Nathaniel Clyne	Crystal Palace	^[37]^[38]
November	Malky Mackay	Cardiff City	Billy Sharp	Doncaster Rovers	^[39]^[40]

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