2011–12 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season

Tranmere Rovers F.C.

2011–12 season
Chairman	Peter Johnson
Manager	Les Parry (until 4 March 2012) Ronnie Moore
FA Cup	Round 1 (eliminated by Cheltenham Town)
League Cup	Round 1 (eliminated by Doncaster Rovers)
League Trophy	Quarter-Final (eliminated by Chesterfield)
Home colours Away colours
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 season is the 85th season of Tranmere Rovers F.C. as a professional club in the Football League.

Results

Pre-Season Friendlies

16 July 2011	Prestatyn Town	2 - 1	Tranmere Rovers	Bastion Road
15:00	Griffiths  45' Cooke  89'		McGurk  16'

22 July 2011	Aberystwyth	7 – 0	Tranmere Rovers	Park Avenue (Aberystwyth)
19:00

23 July 2011	Altrincham	2 – 0	Tranmere Rovers	Moss Lane
15:00	Clee

27 July 2011	Tranmere Rovers	1 – 1	Manchester United XI	Prenton Park
19:30	McChrystal  3'		Lingard  33'

29 July 2011	Shrewsbury Town	0 – 2	Tranmere Rovers	Greenhous Meadow
19:30			Akins  11' Weir  58'	Attendance: 1,047

2 August 2011	Tranmere Rovers	2 – 0	Liverpool XI	Prenton Park
19:00	Buchanan  36' Tiryaki  52'

League One

1 6 August 2011	Tranmere Rovers	1 – 0	Chesterfield	Prenton Park
15:00	Weir  74'			Attendance: 5,755

2 13 August 2011	Leyton Orient	0 – 1	Tranmere Rovers	Brisbane Road
15:00			Buchanan  60'	Attendance: 3,658

3 16 August 2011	Notts County	3 – 2	Tranmere Rovers	Meadow Lane
19:45	Kelly  52' Pearce  60' J. Hughes  90+7' (pen.)		Welsh  10' Labadie  80'	Attendance: 4,883

4 20 August 2011	Tranmere Rovers	1 – 1	Sheffield United	Prenton Park
15:00	Labadie  80'		Montgomery  44'	Attendance: 6,244

5 27 August 2011	Brentford	0 – 2	Tranmere Rovers	Griffin Park
15:00			Weir  28' Robinson  46'	Attendance: 5,381

6 3 September 2011	Tranmere Rovers	0 – 0	Yeovil Town	Prenton Park
15:00				Attendance: 5,037

7 10 September 2011	Huddersfield Town	2 – 0	Tranmere Rovers	Galpharm Stadium
15:00	Roberts  24' Arfield  82'			Attendance: 12,013

8 13 September 2011	Tranmere Rovers	1 – 2	Carlisle United	Prenton Park
19:45	Akins  51'		Miller  3' Berrett  35' (pen)	Attendance: 4,219

9 17 September 2011	Tranmere Rovers	2 – 0	Wycombe Wanderers	Prenton Park
15:00	Showunmi  9' Taylor  60'			Attendance: 4,297

10 24 September 2011	Preston North End	2 – 1	Tranmere Rovers	Deepdale
15:00	Alexander  37' (pen.) Mayor  71'		Baxter  60'	Attendance: 17,281

11 1 October 2011	Tranmere Rovers	0 – 0	Bournemouth	Prenton Park
15:00				Attendance: 4,179

12 8 October 2011	Charlton Athletic	1 – 1	Tranmere Rovers	The Valley
15:00	Jackson  80' (pen.)		McGurk  33'	Attendance: 15,038

13 15 October 2011	Tranmere Rovers	1 – 0	Oldham Athletic	Prenton Park
15:00	Baxter  18'			Attendance: 5,117

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	Hartlepool United	0 – 2	Tranmere Rovers	Victoria Park
19:45			Akins  46', 66'	Attendance: 5,200

16 29 October 2011	Scunthorpe United	4 – 2	Tranmere Rovers	Glanford Park
15:00	Duffy  20' Grant  44', 67' (pen.) Dagnall  52'		Tiryaki  4', 32'	Attendance: 4,282

17 5 November 2011	Tranmere Rovers	0 – 0	Colchester United	Prenton Park
15:00				Attendance: 4,312

18 19 November 2011	Tranmere Rovers	1 – 2	Sheffield Wednesday	Prenton Park
15:00	Baxter  38'		Lines  45+1' Lowe  80'	Attendance: 6,652

19 26 November 2011	Exeter City	3 – 0	Tranmere Rovers	St James Park
15:00	Bennett  41' Coles  66' Logan  78'			Attendance: 4,108

20 10 December 2011	Tranmere Rovers	0 – 2	MK Dons	Prenton Park
15:00	Bennett  41' Coles  66' Logan  78'		Ibehre  19' Williams  60'	Attendance: 4,314

21 17 December 2011	Stevenage	2 – 1	Tranmere Rovers	Broadhall Way
15:00	Beardsley  38' Roberts  84'		Labadie  90+3' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,376

22 26 December 2011	Tranmere Rovers	P – P	Rochdale	Prenton Park
15:00

23 30 December 2011	Tranmere Rovers	2–0	Bury	Prenton Park
19:45	Labadie  24' Taylor  90'			Attendance: 5,253

24 2 January 2012	Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	Tranmere Rovers	Hillsborough Stadium
15:00	R. Johnson  2' Lines  7'		Goodison  82'	Attendance: 24,254

25 7 January 2012	Tranmere Rovers	2–2	Brentford	Prenton Park
15:00	Devaney  4' Dean  55' (og)		Alexander  22' Donaldson  32'	Attendance: 4,432

26 14 January 2012	Yeovil Town	2–1	Tranmere Rovers	Huish Park
15:00	Edwards  19' Williams  90+5'		McGurk  9'	Attendance: 4,083

27 17 January 2012	Tranmere Rovers	0–0	Rochdale	Prenton Park
19:45				Attendance: 4,153

28 21 January 2012	Bournemouth	2–1	Tranmere Rovers	Dean Court
15:00	Thomas  18' Pugh  30'		Devaney  4'	Attendance: 5,807

29 28 January 2012	Tranmere Rovers	1–1	Huddersfield Town	Prenton Park
15:00	McGurk  51'		Rhodes  49'	Attendance: 5,851

League Cup

Round 1 9 August 2011	Doncaster Rovers	3 – 0	Tranmere Rovers	Keepmoat Stadium
19:45	Brown  5' (pen.) Mason  29' Bennett  59'			Attendance: 4,339

JP Trophy

Round 1 30 August 2011	Tranmere Rovers	1 – 1 (4 – 2 p)	Port Vale	Prenton Park
19:00	Taylor  88'	Report	Taylor  50'	Attendance: 2,546 Referee: Mark Heywood
		Penalties
	Labadie Power Welsh Weir Taylor		Roberts Martin Pope McDonald	|

Round 2 4 October 2011	Accrington Stanley	1 – 2 *	Tranmere Rovers	Crown Ground
19:45	Bakayogo  9' (o.g.) *Abandoned after 39 minutes	report	Taylor  20' Tiryaki  35'

Squad Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 15 April 2012^[1]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		JP Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Owain Fôn Williams	34	0	32+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
2	DF		Michael Kay	5	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
3	DF		Zoumana Bakayogo	26	0	6+18	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
4	MF		Joss Labadie	28	2	9+18	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
5	DF		Ian Goodison	40	0	37+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF		Mark McChrystal	18	0	15+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
7	FW		Enoch Showunmi	27	0	20+6	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
8	MF		John Welsh	42	1	39+1	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
9	FW		Mustafa Tiryaki	30	0	14+14	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
10	MF		Robbie Weir	37	2	29+6	2	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
11	MF		Andy Robinson	23	1	17+4	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
12	MF		Ash Taylor	36	1	34+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	1
13	GK		Andy Coughlin	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	FW		Adam McGurk	29	0	24+4	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
16	DF		David Buchanan	39	1	39+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	FW		Lucas Akins	42	1	33+7	1	0+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
18	MF		Ryan Donaldson	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	DF		David Raven	19	0	17+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
20	MF		Max Power	4	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
22	GK		John Courtney	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	MF		Martin Devaney	20	0	15+3	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	GK		Paul Rachubka	10	0	10+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
			Michael Kay	6	0	4+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
			Lateef Elford-Alliyu	4	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
			Jake Cassidy	6	0	3+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
			Jose Baxter	14	0	14+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Ryan Brunt	14	0	11+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
			James Wallace	15	0	15+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
			Cole Stockton	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
			Danny Holmes	22	0	21+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Top Scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	League One	FA Cup	League Cup	JP Trophy	Total
1	MF		4	Joss Labadie	2	0	0	0	2
=	MF		10	Robbie Weir	2	0	0	0	2
2	FW		17	Lucas Akins	1	0	0	0	1
=	DF		16	David Buchanan	1	0	0	0	1
=	MF		11	Andy Robinson	1	0	0	0	1
=	MF		12	Ash Taylor	0	0	0	1	1
=	MF		8	John Welsh	1	0	0	0	1
				TOTALS	8	0	0	1	9

Disciplinary Record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	League One		FA Cup		League Cup		JP Trophy		Total
14		FW	Adam McGurk	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1
19		DF	David Raven	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
25		MF	Martin Devaney	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
8		MF	John Welsh	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
4		MF	Joss Labadie	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
11		MF	Andy Robinson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
16		DF	David Buchanan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5		DF	Ian Goodison	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2		DF	Michael Kay	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
6		DF	Mark McChrystal	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
7		FW	Enoch Showunmi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9		FW	Mustafa Tiryaki	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10		MF	Robbie Weir	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	18	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	21	2

League statistics

Table

Team		Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
C	Charlton Athletic	46	30	11	5	82	36	+46	101
P	Sheffield Wednesday	46	28	9	9	81	48	+33	93
3	Sheffield United	46	27	9	10	92	51	+41	90
P	Huddersfield Town	46	21	18	7	79	47	+32	81
5	Milton Keynes Dons	46	22	14	10	84	47	+37	80
6	Stevenage	46	18	19	9	69	44	+25	73
7	Notts County	46	21	10	15	75	63	+12	73
8	Carlisle United	46	18	15	13	65	66	-1	69
9	Brentford	46	18	13	15	63	52	+11	67
10	Colchester United	46	13	20	13	61	66	-5	59
11	Bournemouth	46	15	13	18	48	52	-4	58
12	Tranmere Rovers	46	14	14	18	49	53	-4	56
13	Hartlepool United	46	14	14	18	50	55	-5	56
14	Bury	46	15	11	20	60	79	-19	56
15	Preston North End	46	13	15	18	54	68	-14	54
16	Oldham Athletic	46	14	12	20	50	66	-16	54
17	Yeovil Town	46	14	12	20	59	80	-21	54
18	Scunthorpe United	46	10	22	14	55	59	-4	52
19	Walsall	46	10	20	16	51	57	-6	50
20	Leyton Orient	46	13	11	22	48	75	-27	50
R	Wycombe Wanderers	46	11	10	25	65	88	-23	43
R	Chesterfield	46	10	12	24	56	81	-25	42
R	Exeter City	46	10	12	24	46	75	-29	42
R	Rochdale	46	8	14	24	47	81	-34	38

	Promotion to Championship
	Qualification to League One playoffs
	Relegation to League Two
	Last updated: 15:56, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Transfers

Players transferred in
Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
27 June 2011	DF	Danny Holmes	The New Saints	Free
1 July 2011	GK	Owain Fôn Williams	Rochdale	Free	[2]
1 July 2011	DF	Michael Kay	Sunderland	Free	[3]
1 July 2011	DF	Robbie Weir	Sunderland	Free	[4]
29 July 2011	DF	David Buchanan	Hamilton Academical	Free	[5]
2 August 2011	MF	Martin Devaney	Barnsley	Free	[6]
5 August 2011	DF	David Raven	Shrewsbury Town	Free	[7]
5 August 2011	FW	Mustafa Tiryaki	Havant & Waterlooville	Free
Players transferred out
Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
31 May 2011	DF	Liam Benson	Colwyn Bay	Free
1 July 2011	DF	Aaron Cresswell	Ipswich Town	Undisclosed	[8]
12 July 2011	MF	Ryan Fraughan	Stockport County	Free	[9]
13 July 2011	FW	Dale Jennings	Bayern Munich II	Undisclosed	[10]
16 July 2011	FW	Sam Morrow	Ross County	Free
21 July 2011	MF	Alan Mahon	Unattached	Mutual consent	[11]
1 August 2011	MF	Jack Mackreth	Barrow	Free
11 August 2011	MF	Nick Wood	Mansfield Town	Free
17 August 2011	GK	Tony Warner	Wellington Phoenix	Free	[12]
Players loaned in
Date from	Pos.	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
16 September 2011	MF	Ryan Donaldson	Newcastle United	16 October 2011	[13]
Players loaned out
Date from	Pos.	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
25 August 2011	DF	Danny Holmes	Fleetwood Town	25 September 2011	[14]

References

Tranmere Rovers F.C. seasons 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 99–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

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