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

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

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

16 August 2011 3	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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

25 October 2011 15	Hartlepool United	0 – 2	Tranmere Rovers	Victoria Park
19:45			Akins 46', 66'	Attendance: 5,200

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

League Cup

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

JP Trophy

30 August 2011 Round 1	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

4 October 2011 Round 2	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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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	Number	Name	League One	JP Trophy	Total
1	MF	4	Joss Labadie	2	0	2
=	MF	10	Robbie Weir	2	0	2
2	FW	17	Lucas Akins	1	0	1
=	DF	16	David Buchanan	1	0	1
=	MF	11	Andy Robinson	1	0	1
=	MF	12	Ash Taylor	0	1	1
=	MF	8	John Welsh	1	0	1
			TOTALS	8	1	9

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
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

↑ http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/page/Appearances/0,,10365~201110365,00.html
↑ "Tranmere Rovers sign goalkeeper Owain Fon Williams". BBC Football. 1 July 2011.
↑ "Tranmere Rovers Football Club". Retrieved 30 April 2013.
↑ "Tranmere seal deals for Robbie Weir and Michael Kay". Retrieved 30 April 2013.
↑ "Buchanan earns Rovers deal". Sky Sports.
↑ "Tranmere Rovers sign winger Martin Devaney". BBC Football. 2 August 2011.
↑ "Tranmere Rovers sign defender David Raven". BBC Football. 5 August 2011.
↑ "Ipswich Town sign Tranmere defender Aaron Cresswell". BBC Football. 1 July 2011.
↑ "Stockport County sign Miles, Fraughan and Nolan". BBC Football. 12 July 2011.
↑ "Jennings completes Bayern move". Sky Sports.
↑ "Mahon's Rovers deal cancelled". Sky Sports.
↑ "Warner makes Wellington switch". Sky Sports.
↑ "Tranmere sign Ryan Donaldson on loan from Newcastle". BBC Football.
↑ "Holmes joins Fleetwood on loan". Sky Sports.

Tranmere Rovers F.C. seasons

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2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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FA competitions

Premier and Football Leagues

Men	Premier League (Academy, Reserve) Football League (Championship, League One, League Two) League Cup (Final) Football League Trophy (Final) Play-offs (Championship Final, League One Final, League Two Final)

Women	Super League ('11, '12) Premier League

Football Conference

Football Conference (Premier, North, South)

Level 7–8

Level 9–10

European competitions

Men	Champions League (Final) Europa League (Final)

Women	Champions League (Final)

Related to national teams

Men	UEFA Euro 2012 qualification (Group G)

Women	UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualification (Group 6)

Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Chelsea Everton Fulham Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Queens Park Rangers Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers

Championship	Barnsley Birmingham City Blackpool Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Burnley Cardiff City Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Doncaster Rovers Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Middlesbrough Millwall Nottingham Forest Peterborough United Portsmouth Reading Southampton Watford West Ham United

League One	Bournemouth Brentford Bury Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Chesterfield Colchester United Exeter City Hartlepool United Huddersfield Town Leyton Orient Milton Keynes Dons Notts County Oldham Athletic Preston North End Rochdale Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Stevenage Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wycombe Wanderers Yeovil Town

League Two	Accrington Stanley AFC Wimbledon Aldershot Town Barnet Bradford City Bristol Rovers Burton Albion Cheltenham Town Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Dagenham & Redbridge Gillingham Hereford United Macclesfield Town Morecambe Northampton Town Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swindon Town Torquay United

Conference Premier	AFC Telford United Alfreton Town Barrow Bath City Braintree Town Cambridge United Darlington Ebbsfleet United Fleetwood Town Forest Green Rovers Gateshead Grimsby Town Hayes & Yeading United Kettering Town Kidderminster Harriers Lincoln City Luton Town Mansfield Town Newport County Southport Stockport County Tamworth Wrexham York City

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