2011–12 Walsall F.C. season

Walsall F.C.

2011–12 season
Chairman	Jeff Bonser
Manager	Dean Smith
Top goalscorer	League: Alex Nicholls (5) Jon Macken (5) All: Alex Nicholls (6) Jon Macken (6)
Highest home attendance	8,603 vs. Sheffield Wednesday, 26 December 2012
Lowest home attendance	1,802 vs. Dagenham & Redbridge, 13 December 2011
Average home league attendance	4,303
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

League data

League 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)

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Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Jimmy Walker	29	0	24	0	3	0	1	0	1	0
2	DF		Darryl Westlake	21	0	14+3	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
3	DF		Mat Sadler	51	1	46	1	3	0	1	0	1	0
4	DF		Andy Butler	48	5	42	5	2+1	0	1	0	2	0
5	DF		Oliver Lancashire	24	1	17+3	1	3	0	1	0	0	0
6	DF		Manny Smith	36	1	31+2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
7	MF		Adam Chambers	36	2	26+3	2	4	0	1	0	2	0
9	FW		Will Grigg	33	4	17+12	4	2+1	0	0	0	1	0
10	FW		Jon Macken	42	8	33+4	7	4	1	1	0	0	0
11	MF		Kevan Hurst	37	3	30+4	2	0	0	1	0	1+1	1
12	DF		Lee Beevers	40	0	28+7	0	4	0	0	0	0+1	0
14	MF		Richard Taundry	42	1	31+4	0	3+1	0	1	0	1+1	1
15	MF		Jamie Paterson	36	3	24+10	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW		Alex Nicholls	52	8	32+13	7	4	1	0+1	0	2	0
17	FW		George Bowerman	26	4	3+19	3	0+3	1	0+1	0	0	0
19	MF		Anton Peterlin	31	0	20+6	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	1+1	0
20	MF		Jake Jones	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	GK		David Grof	25	0	22+1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
22	FW		Joey Butlin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW		Connor Deards	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF		Malvind Benning	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF		Florent Cuvelier	18	4	17+1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF		Jamie Tank	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Sam Mantom	13	3	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF		Emmanuel Ledesma	10	4	9+1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK		Liam Maher	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players played for Walsall this season who are no longer at the club or out on loan:
8	FW		Ryan Jarvis	25	3	9+10	2	0+3	0	1	0	1+1	1
18	MF		Claude Gnakpa	26	2	8+12	1	1+2	1	1	0	2	0
24	MF		Dave Martin	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	MF		Mark Wilson	6	1	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
25	MF		Andy Halliday	8	0	2+5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Top scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	League One	FA Cup	League Cup	FL Trophy	Total
1	FW		10	Jon Macken	5	1	0	0	6
2	FW		4	Alex Nicholls	5	1	0	0	5
3	FW		8	Ryan Jarvis	2	0	0	1	3
4	FW		9	Will Grigg	3	0	0	0	3
5	MF		7	Adam Chambers	2	0	0	0	2
=	MF		18	Claude Gnakpa	1	1	0	0	2
=	FW		17	George Bowerman	1	1	0	0	2
				TOTALS	8	0	0	2	10

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	League One		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy		Total
4		DF	Andy Butler	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
7		MF	Adam Chambers	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1
6		DF	Manny Smith	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
12		DF	Lee Beevers	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
3		DF	Mat Sadler	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
14		MF	Richard Taundry	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
18		FW	Claude Gnakpa	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
11		MF	Kevan Hurst	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
1		GK	Jimmy Walker	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1
			TOTALS	10	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	12	2

Most Started Walsall players

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	Banks'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	Banks'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	Banks'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	Banks's Stadium
19:45			Taylor  29'	Attendance: 3,250

9 17 September 2011	Walsall	2–2	Scunthorpe United	Banks'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	Banks'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	Banks'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	Banks's Stadium
19:45	Nicholls  12'		Nardiello  8', 78'	Attendance: 4,003

16 29 October 2011	Walsall	0–2	MK Dons	Banks'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	Banks'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	Banks'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	Banks's Stadium
15:00	Gnakpa  90+1' Smith  90+4'		Lowe  60'	Attendance: 8,603

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

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

25 7 January 2012	Walsall	2–2	Bournemouth	Banks's Stadium
15:00	Macken  15' Butler  44'		Symes pen  62' Fletcher  90+3'	Attendance: 3,658

26 14 January 2012	Brentford	0–0	Walsall	Griffin Park
15:00				Attendance: 4,867

27 21 January 2012	Carlisle United	1–1	Walsall	Brunton Park
15:00	Miller  7'		Nicholls  82' pen	Attendance: 5,051

28 31 January 2012	Walsall	0–1	Notts County	Banks's Stadium
19:45			Hughes  3'	Attendance: 3,647

29 14 February 2012	Oldham Athletic	1–2	Walsall	Boundary Park
19:45	Morais  2' Simpson  31'		Cuvelier  74'	Attendance: 2,583

30 18 February 2012	Walsall	2–0	Wycombe Wanderers	Banks's Stadium
15:00	Hurst  62' Bowerman  85'			Attendance: 3,491

31 21 February 2012	Scunthorpe United	0–1	Walsall	Glanford Park
19:45			Cuvelier  34'	Attendance: 3,455

32 25 February 2012	Preston North End	0–0	Walsall	Deepdale
15:00				Attendance: 11,091

33 3 March 2012	Leyton Orient	1–1	Walsall	Matchroom Stadium
15:00	Cox  34'		Lancashire  90+4'	Attendance: 4,183

34 6 March 2012	Walsall	3–2	Sheffield United	Banks's Stadium
19:45	Mantom  55' Macken  73' Nicholls  81'		Williamson  65' Evans  76'	Attendance: 5,003

35 10 March 2012	Walsall	0–0	Hartlepool United	Banks's Stadium
15:00				Attendance: 3,751

36 17 March 2012	Yeovil Town	2–1	Walsall	Huish Park
15:00	Williams  63' (84)		Mantom  44'	Attendance: 3,705

37 20 March 2012	Sheffield Wednesday	2–2	Walsall	Hillsborough
19:45	Lowe  60' Madine  90+5'		Macken  58' Paterson  73'	Attendance: 18,869

38 24 March 2012	Walsall	1–1	Stevenage	Banks's Stadium
15:00	Butler  3'		Bostwick  60'	Attendance: 4,786

39 27 March 2012	Walsall	3–1	Colchester United	Banks's Stadium
19:45	Ledesma  38' Sadler  44' Bowerman  73'		Wordsworth  11'	Attendance: 3,331

40 31 March 2012	Rochdale	3–3	Walsall	Spotland Stadium
15:00	Kennedy  66' Symes  82' (pen.) Akpa Akpro  90+3'		Ledesma  25' Widdowson  38' (o.g.) Butler  90+4'	Attendance: 2,516

41 7 April 2012	Walsall	3–2	Chesterfield	Banks's Stadium
15:00	Ledesma  27' (33) Mantom  58'		Moussa  20' Randall  54' Juan  87' Ridehalgh  90+2'	Attendance: 4,051

42 9 April 2012	Charlton Athletic	1–0	Walsall	The Valley (London)
15:00	Pritchard  17' N'Guessan  35' Solly  59'		Ledesma  66'	Attendance: 15,253

43 14 April 2012	Walsall	0–1	Tranmere Rovers	Banks's Stadium
15:00	Beevers  30', 90+4' Butler  61'		Welsh  48' Robinson  62' Buchanan  69' McGurk  90+3'	Attendance: 3,895

44 21 April 2012	Exeter City	4–2	Walsall	St James Park, Exeter
15:00	Nardiello  50' Gow  69' (77) Sercombe  88'		Smith  12', 66' Nicholls  30' Cuvelier  55'  71' Ledesma  90+6'	Attendance: 4,307

45 28 April 2012	Walsall	1–1	Huddersfield Town	Banks's Stadium
15:00	Cuvelier  49'		Novak  2'	Attendance: 4,646

46 5 May 2012	Milton Keynes Dons	0–1	Walsall	Stadium mk
15:00	Gleeson  80'		Grigg  18'	Attendance: 10,607

FA Cup

Round 1 12 November 2011	Exeter City	1–1	Walsall	Exeter
15:00	Noble  90+4'	Summary	Wilson  21' Butler  27' Beevers  29'	Stadium: St James Park, Exeter Attendance: 3,026 Referee: James Linington

Round 1 Replay 23 November 2011	Walsall	3–2 (aet)	Exeter City	Walsall
19:45	Macken  64' Nicholls  69' Bowerman  98'	Summary	Logan  41' Frear  77' Nichols  108'	Stadium: Banks's Stadium Attendance: 2,089 Referee: Dean Mohareb

Round 2 3 December 2011	Dagenham & Redbridge	1–1	Walsall	Dagenham
15:00	Nurse  81'	Summary	Gnakpa  76' Jarvis  90+4'	Stadium: Victoria Road (Dagenham) Attendance: 1,237 Referee: Darren Deadman

Round 2 Replay 13 December 2011	Walsall	0–0 (2–3 p)	Dagenham & Redbridge	Walsall
19:45		Summary	Ogogo  55' Woodall  112'	Stadium: Banks's Stadium Attendance: 1,802 Referee: Eddie Llderton
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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

round 2 4 October 2011	Rochdale	1 – 1 (3–1 pens)	Walsall	Spotland
19:45	Ball  49'		Hurst  66'	Attendance: 2,089

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	Plymouth Argyle	Free Transfer	[8]
Players transferred out
Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
29 May 2011	DF	Tom Williams	Kettering Town	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	Stourbridge	Free Transfer
29 May 2011	FW	Darren Byfield	Free Agent	Free Transfer
29 May 2011	MF	Emmanuel Ledesma	Defensa y Justicia	Free Transfer
29 June 2011	GK	Jonny Brain	Nantwich Town	Free Transfer
29 June 2011	GK	David Bevan	Daventry Town	Free Transfer
29 June 2011	DF	Aaron Lescott	Halesowen Town	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
27 January 2012	MF	Claude Gnakpa	Inverness	Free Transfer
Players loaned in
Date from	Pos.	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
27 January 2012	MF	Florent Cuvelier	Stoke City	End Of Season
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	9 January 2012
Players loaned out
Date from	Pos.	Name	To	Date to	Ref.

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