2011–12 Football League One

Football League One
Season 2011–12
Champions Charlton Athletic
(3rd divisional title)
Promoted Charlton Athletic
Sheffield Wednesday
Huddersfield Town
Relegated Wycombe Wanderers
Chesterfield
Exeter City
Rochdale
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1,489 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorer Jordan Rhodes (36)
Biggest home win Brentford 5–0 Leyton Orient
(20 August 2011)
Milton Keynes Dons 5–0 Oldham Athletic
(18 February 2012)
Wycombe Wanderers 5–0 Hartlepool United
(25 February 2012)
Biggest away win

Wycombe Wanderers 0–6 Huddersfield Town
(6 January 2012)

Yeovil Town 0–6 Stevenage
(14 April 2012)
Highest scoring Milton Keynes Dons 6–2 Chesterfield
(20 August 2011)
Sheffield Wednesday 4–4 Huddersfield Town
(17 December 2011)
Longest winning run 7 games
Preston North End[1]
Longest unbeaten run 18 games
Huddersfield Town[1]
Longest winless run 17 games
Chesterfield[1]
Longest losing run 5 games
Bournemouth
Bury
Chesterfield
Exeter
Leyton Orient
Oldham Athletic
Wycombe Wanderers[1]
Highest attendance 38,082
Sheffield Wednesday v Wycombe Wanderers (5 May 2012)[2]
Lowest attendance 1,930
Rochdale v Exeter (14 April 2012)[2]

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

Team changes

From League One

Promoted to the Championship

Relegated to League Two

To League One

Relegated from the Championship

Promoted from League Two

Rules changes

Team overview

Stadia and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Bournemouth Bournemouth Seward Stadium 10,700
Brentford London Griffin Park 12,763
Bury Bury Gigg Lane 11,840
Carlisle United Carlisle Brunton Park 16,981
Charlton Athletic London The Valley 27,111
Chesterfield Chesterfield B2net Stadium 10,338
Colchester United Colchester Colchester Community Stadium 10,064
Exeter City Exeter St James Park 8,830
Hartlepool United Hartlepool Victoria Park 8,240
Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Galpharm Stadium 24,500
Leyton Orient London Brisbane Road 9,271
Milton Keynes Dons Milton Keynes Stadium:mk 22,000
Notts County Nottingham Meadow Lane 21,388
Oldham Athletic Oldham Boundary Park 10,638
Preston North End Preston Deepdale 23,408
Rochdale Rochdale Spotland 10,249
Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe Glanford Park 9,088
Sheffield United Sheffield Bramall Lane 32,702
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Hillsborough 39,812
Stevenage Stevenage Broadhall Way 6,722
Tranmere Rovers Birkenhead Prenton Park 16,789
Walsall Walsall Bescot Stadium 11,300
Wycombe Wanderers High Wycombe Adams Park 10,284
Yeovil Town Yeovil Huish Park 9,565

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Manager Team Captain Chairman Kit maker Sponsor
Bournemouth England Paul Groves (caretaker)
England Shaun Brooks (caretaker)
England Darryl Flahavan England Eddie Mitchell
Russia Maxim Demin
Fila Focal Point
Brentford Germany Uwe Rösler Republic of Ireland Kevin O'Connor England Greg Dyke Puma Hertings Fixings (H)
Bathwise (A)
Bury England Richard Barker England Steven Schumacher England Brian Fenton Surridge Bury Metropolitan Council
Carlisle United England Greg Abbott England Paul Thirlwell England Andrew Jenkins Carbrini Eddie Stobart Transport
Charlton Athletic England Chris Powell England Johnnie Jackson England Michael Slater Macron Krbs.com
Chesterfield Republic of Ireland John Sheridan England Mark Allott England Barrie Hubbard Respect Vodka Kick
Colchester United England John Ward England Kemal Izzet England Robbie Cowling Puma ROL Cruise
Exeter City England Paul Tisdale England David Noble England Edward Chorlton Carbrini Flybe.com
Hartlepool United Scotland Neale Cooper England Sam Collins England Ken Hodcroft Nike Dove Energy
Huddersfield Town England Simon Grayson England Peter Clarke England Dean Hoyle Umbro Kirklees College (H)
RadianB (A)
Leyton Orient England Russell Slade England Matthew Spring England Barry Hearn Puma PartyCasino.com
Milton Keynes Dons England Karl Robinson England Dean Lewington England Pete Winkelman ISC Doubletree by Hilton
Notts County England Keith Curle England Neal Bishop England Ray Trew Fila Fraser Brown (H)
Vision Express (A)
Oldham Athletic Scotland Paul Dickov South Africa Dean Furman England Simon Corney Carbrini Carbrini
Preston North End England Graham Westley Scotland Paul Coutts England Peter Ridsdale Puma Tennent's Lager
Rochdale England John Coleman England Gary Jones England Chris Dunphy Carbrini The Co-operative Society
Scunthorpe United Wales Alan Knill Republic of Ireland Cliff Byrne England J. Steven Wharton Nike Rainham Steel
Sheffield United Northern Ireland Danny Wilson England Chris Morgan England Kevin McCabe Macron Westfield Health (H)
Gilder group Volkswagen (A)
Sheffield Wednesday England Dave Jones England Rob Jones Serbia Milan Mandarić Puma Gilder group Volkswagen (H)
Westfield Health (A)
Stevenage England Gary Smith England Mark Roberts England Phil Wallace Puma ServerChoice
Tranmere Rovers England Ronnie Moore England John Welsh England Peter Johnson Carbrini Wirral
Walsall England Dean Smith England Andy Butler England Jeff Bonser Admiral Surestop
Wycombe Wanderers Republic of Ireland Gary Waddock England Gareth Ainsworth England Steve Hayes Kappa Dreams
Yeovil Town England Gary Johnson England Paul Huntington England John Fry Vandanel Jones's Building Contractors

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Sheffield United England Micky Adams Sacked 10 May 2011[4] Pre-season Northern Ireland Danny Wilson 27 May 2011[5]
Brentford England Nicky Forster End of contract 19 May 2011[6] Pre-season Germany Uwe Rösler 10 June 2011[7]
Rochdale England Keith Hill Signed by Barnsley 1 June 2011[8] Pre-season England Steve Eyre 13 June 2011[9]
Hartlepool United England Mick Wadsworth Sacked 6 December 2011[10] 13th Scotland Neale Cooper 28 December 2011[11]
Preston North End England Phil Brown 14 December 2011[12] 10th Scotland Graham Alexander
England David Unsworth
14 December 2011[13]
Rochdale England Steve Eyre 19 December 2011[14] 22nd England John Coleman 24 January 2012[15]
Yeovil Town England Terry Skiverton Demotion to Assistant Manager 9 January 2012[16] 21st England Gary Johnson 9 January 2012[16]
Preston North End Scotland Graham Alexander
England David Unsworth
End of tenure as caretakers 13 January 2012 14th England Graham Westley 13 January 2012[17]
Stevenage England Graham Westley Signed by Preston North End 13 January 2012 7th England Gary Smith 25 January 2012[18]
Huddersfield Town England Lee Clark Sacked 15 February 2012[19] 4th England Simon Grayson 20 February 2012[20]
Notts County England Martin Allen 18 February 2012 11th England Keith Curle 20 February 2012[21]
Sheffield Wednesday England Gary Megson 29 February 2012[22] 3rd England Dave Jones 1 March 2012[23]
Tranmere Rovers England Les Parry 4 March 2012[24] 19th England Ronnie Moore 4 March 2012[25]
Bournemouth England Lee Bradbury 25 March 2012[26] 13th England Paul Groves (caretaker)
England Shaun Brooks (caretaker)
25 March 2012

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Charlton Athletic (C, P) 46 30 11 5 82 36 +46 101 Promotion to Football League Championship
2 Sheffield Wednesday (P) 46 28 9 9 81 48 +33 93
3 Sheffield United 46 27 9 10 92 51 +41 90 Qualification for League One play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
4 Huddersfield Town (O, P) 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 AFC 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
21 Wycombe Wanderers (R) 46 11 10 25 65 88 23 43 Relegation to Football League Two
22 Chesterfield (R) 46 10 12 24 56 81 25 42
23 Exeter City (R) 46 10 12 24 46 75 29 42
24 Rochdale (R) 46 8 14 24 47 81 34 38
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2012. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League Championship.

Play-offs

  Semifinals Final
                     
3 Sheffield United 0 1 1  
6 Stevenage 0 0 0  
    3 Sheffield United 0 (7)
  4 Huddersfield Town (p) 0 (8)
4 Huddersfield Town 2 1 3
5 Milton Keynes Dons 0 2 2  

Results

The fixtures for the League One were released on 17 June 2011. The season kick-off was announced for 6 August 2011, and concluded on 5 May 2012.[27]

Home ╲ Away BOU BRE BRYCRLCHACHFCOLEXEHARHUDLEYMKDNTCOLDPNEROCSCUSHUSHWSTETRAWALWYCYEO
Bournemouth 10 12 11 01 03 11 20 12 20 12 01 21 00 10 11 20 02 20 13 21 02 20 00
Brentford 11 30 40 01 21 11 20 21 04 50 33 00 20 13 20 00 02 12 01 02 00 52 20
Bury 10 11 02 12 11 41 20 12 33 11 00 22 00 10 24 00 03 21 12 20 21 14 32
Carlisle United 21 22 41 01 21 10 41 12 21 41 13 03 33 00 21 00 32 32 10 00 11 22 32
Charlton Athletic 30 20 11 40 31 02 20 32 20 20 21 24 11 52 11 22 10 11 20 11 10 21 30
Chesterfield 10 23 10 41 04 01 02 23 02 00 11 13 11 02 21 14 01 10 11 10 11 40 22
Colchester United 11 21 41 11 02 12 20 11 11 11 15 42 41 30 00 11 11 11 16 42 10 11 22
Exeter City 02 12 32 00 01 21 11 00 04 30 02 11 20 12 31 00 22 21 11 30 42 13 11
Hartlepool United 00 00 30 40 04 12 01 20 00 21 11 30 01 01 20 12 01 01 00 02 11 13 01
Huddersfield Town 01 32 11 11 10 10 32 20 10 22 11 21 10 31 22 10 01 02 21 20 11 30 20
Leyton Orient 13 20 10 12 10 11 01 30 11 13 03 03 13 21 21 13 11 01 00 01 11 13 22
Milton Keynes Dons 22 12 21 12 11 62 10 30 22 11 41 30 50 01 31 00 10 11 10 30 01 43 01
Notts County 31 11 24 20 12 10 41 21 30 22 12 11 10 00 20 32 25 12 10 32 21 11 31
Oldham Athletic 10 02 02 21 01 52 11 00 01 11 01 21 32 11 20 12 02 02 11 10 21 20 12
Preston North End 13 13 11 33 22 00 24 10 10 10 02 11 20 33 01 00 24 02 00 21 00 32 43
Rochdale 10 12 30 00 23 11 22 32 13 22 02 12 01 32 11 10 25 00 15 02 33 21 00
Scunthorpe United 11 00 13 12 11 22 11 10 02 22 23 03 00 12 11 10 11 13 11 42 01 41 21
Sheffield United 21 20 40 10 02 41 30 44 31 03 31 21 21 23 21 30 21 22 22 11 32 30 40
Sheffield Wednesday 30 00 41 21 01 31 20 30 22 44 10 31 21 30 20 20 32 10 01 21 22 20 21
Stevenage 22 21 30 10 10 22 00 00 22 22 01 42 02 10 11 42 12 21 51 21 00 11 00
Tranmere Rovers 00 22 20 12 11 10 00 20 11 11 20 02 11 10 21 00 11 11 12 30 21 20 00
Walsall 22 01 24 11 11 32 31 12 00 11 10 02 01 01 10 00 22 32 21 11 01 20 11
Wycombe Wanderers 01 01 02 11 12 32 00 31 50 06 42 11 34 22 34 30 11 10 12 01 21 11 23
Yeovil Town 13 21 13 03 23 32 32 22 01 01 22 01 10 31 21 31 22 01 23 06 21 21 10

Updated to games played on 5 May 2012.
Source: The Football League
1 ^ The 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

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[28]
1 Scotland Jordan Rhodes Huddersfield Town 36
2 Wales Ched Evans Sheffield United 29
3 England Bradley Wright-Phillips Charlton Athletic 22
4 England Stuart Beavon Wycombe Wanderers 21
5 England Gary Madine Sheffield Wednesday 18
6 England Andy Williams Yeovil Town 16
7 Scotland Lee Miller Carlisle United 14
8 Ivory Coast François Zoko Carlisle United 13
England Anthony Wordsworth Colchester United
England Lee Novak Huddersfield Town
Northern Ireland Jeff Hughes Notts County
Jamaica Lee Williamson Sheffield United

Top assists

Rank Player Club Assists[29]
1 Republic of Ireland Stephen Quinn Sheffield United 14
2 England Clayton Donaldson Brentford 13
Wales Ched Evans Sheffield United
4 England Chris Lines Sheffield Wednesday 12
Republic of Ireland Alan Judge Notts County
6 England Lee Novak Huddersfield Town 11
Scotland Lee Miller Carlisle United
8 England Dean Bowditch Milton Keynes Dons 10
England Charlie MacDonald Milton Keynes Dons
England Danny Green Charlton Athletic
England Jack Hunt Huddersfield Town
England Richard Cresswell Sheffield United

Scoring

  • First goal of the season: Anthony Wordsworth for Colchester United against Preston North End (6 August 2011)[30]
  • Highest scoring game: 8 goals – Milton Keynes Dons 6–2 Chesterfield (20 August 2011), Sheffield Wednesday 4–4 Huddersfield Town (17 December 2011)Sheffield United 4–4 Exeter City (29 October 2011)
  • Most goals scored in a game by one team: 6 goals – Milton Keynes Dons 6–2 Chesterfield (20 August 2011), Colchester United 1–6 Stevenage (26 December 2011), Wycombe Wanderers 0–6 Huddersfield Town (6 January 2012, Yeovil Town 0–6 Stevenage (14 April 2012))
  • Widest winning margin: 6 goals – Wycombe Wanderers 0–6 Huddersfield Town (6 January 2012, Yeovil Town 0–6 Stevenage (14 April 2012))
  • Most goals scored by a player in a game: 5 goals Jordan Rhodes - Wycombe Wanderers 0–6 Huddersfield Town (6 January 2012)
  • Fewest games failed to score in:
  • Most games failed to score in:

Awards

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Notes
Manager Club Player Club
August England Karl Robinson Milton Keynes Dons England Ryan Lowe Sheffield Wednesday [31][32]
September England Martin Allen Notts County England Neil Mellor Preston North End [33][34]
October England Lee Clark Huddersfield Town Scotland Jordan Rhodes Huddersfield Town [35][36]
November England Chris Powell Charlton Athletic England Michael Morrison Charlton Athletic [37][38]
December Northern Ireland Danny Wilson Sheffield United Scotland Jordan Rhodes Huddersfield Town [39][40]
January England Chris Powell Charlton Athletic England Johnnie Jackson Charlton Athletic [41][42]
February England Chris Powell Charlton Athletic England Dean Bowditch Milton Keynes Dons [43][44]
March England Dave Jones Sheffield Wednesday Wales Ched Evans Sheffield United [45][46]
April England Dave Jones Sheffield Wednesday Spain Miguel Llera Sheffield Wednesday [47][48]

Other awards

Month Award Player Club Notes
August Young Player of the Month England Harry Maguire Sheffield United [49]
September Young Player of the Month England Gary Madine Sheffield Wednesday [50]
February Young Player of the Month Wales Kieron Freeman Notts County [51]
April Young Player of the Month England Luke Freeman Stevenage [52]

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