2011–12 Milton Keynes Dons F.C. season explained

Club:	Milton Keynes Dons
Season:	2011–12
Manager:	Karl Robinson
Chairman:	Pete Winkelman
Stadium:	Stadium mk
League:	League One
League Result:	5th (qualified for play-offs)
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	Third round
Cup2:	League Cup
Cup2 Result:	Third round
Cup3:	League Trophy
Cup3 Result:	First round
League Topscorer:	Dean Bowditch (12)
Season Topscorer:	Dean Bowditch (15)
Lowest Attendance:	4,110 (vs Nantwich Town) 12 November 2011, FA Cup R1
Average Attendance:	8,659 ^[1]
Largest Win:	6–0 (vs Nantwich Town) 12 November 2011, FA Cup R1
Prevseason:	2010–11
Nextseason:	2012–13
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The 2011–12 season was Milton Keynes Dons' eighth season in their existence as a professional association football club, and their fourth consecutive season competing in Football League One.

As well as competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012.

Competitions

League One

See main article: 2011–12 Football League One. Final table

width=20 style="background:#FFFFFF; color:black; border:1px solid red;"	Pos	width=175 style="background:#FFFFFF; color:black; border:1px solid red;"	Team	width=20 style="background:#FFFFFF; color:black; border:1px solid red;"	Pld	width=20 style="background:#FFFFFF; color:black; border:1px solid red;"	W	width=20 style="background:#FFFFFF; color:black; border:1px solid red;"	D	width=20 style="background:#FFFFFF; color:black; border:1px solid red;"	L	width=30 style="background:#FFFFFF; color:black; border:1px solid red;"	GF	width=30 style="background:#FFFFFF; color:black; border:1px solid red;"	GA	width=30 style="background:#FFFFFF; color:black; border:1px solid red;"	GD	width=20 style="background:#FFFFFF; color:black; border:1px solid red;"	Pts
3		46	27	9	10	92	51	+41	90
4	Huddersfield Town (P)	46	21	18	7	79	47	+32	81
5	Milton Keynes Dons	46	22	14	10	84	47	+37	80
6		46	18	19	9	69	44	+25	73
7		46	21	10	15	75	63	+12	73

Source: Sky Sports

Matches

Win

Draw

Loss

Date! style="background:#FFFFFF; color:black; border:1px solid red;"

Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
6 August 2011 – 15:00	Hartlepool United	Home	2–2	Chadwick, Ibehre	7,287	^[2]
13 August 2011 – 15:00	Exeter City	Away	2–0	Ibehre, Bowditch	4,832	^[3]
16 August 2011 – 19:45	Yeovil Town	Away	1–0	S. Baldock	3,274
20 August 2011 – 15:00	Chesterfield	Home	6–2	S. Baldock (3), Bowditch, Chadwick, O'Shea	7,011	^[4]
27 August 2011 – 15:00	Stevenage	Home	1–0	MacDonald	8,128	^[5]
3 September 2011 – 15:00	Carlisle United	Away	3–1	MacDonald, Bowditch, Lewington	4,919	^[6]
10 September 2011 – 15:00	Sheffield Wednesday	Away	1–3	Balanta	16,982	^[7]
17 September 2011 – 15:00	Huddersfield Town	Home	1–1	Lewington	8,243	^[8]
24 September 2011 – 15:00	Bury	Away	0–0		2,378	^[9]
27 September 2011 – 19:45	Charlton Athletic	Home	1–1	Williams	8,114	^[10]
1 October 2011 – 15:00	Notts County	Home	3–0	Balanta, Morrison, Powell	7,620	^[11]
10 October 2011 – 19:45	Oldham Athletic	Away	1–2	Morrison	2,408	^[12]
15 October 2011 – 15:00	Bournemouth	Home	2–2	Balanta, Morrison	8,927	^[13]
22 October 2011 – 15:00	Scunthorpe United	Home	0–0		10,554	^[14]
25 October 2011 – 19:45	Sheffield United	Away	1–2	Gleeson	16,367	^[15]
29 October 2011 – 15:00	Walsall	Away	2–0	Lewington, Ibehre	3,712	^[16]
5 November 2011 – 15:00	Rochdale	Home	3–1	Smith, MacDonald, Beevers	7,120	^[17]
19 November 2011 – 15:00	Colchester United	Away	5–1	MacDonald (2), Flanagan, Gleeson, Ibehre	4,247	^[18]
26 November 2011 – 15:00	Wycombe Wanderers	Home	4–3	Bowditch (2), Ibehre, Kouo-Doumbé	9,701	^[19]
10 December 2011 – 15:00	Tranmere Rovers	Away	2–0	Ibehre, Williams	4,314	^[20]
17 December 2011 – 15:00	Preston North End	Home	0–1		8,009	^[21]
26 December 2011 – 13:00	Leyton Orient	Away	3–0	Bowditch, Smith, MacDonald	4,162	^[22]
31 December 2011 – 15:00	Brentford	Away	3–3	Potter, Balanta, MacDonald	5,397	^[23]
2 January 2012 – 15:00	Colchester United	Home	1–0	MacKenzie	7,892	^[24]
21 January 2012 – 15:00	Notts County	Away	1–1	Flanagan	6,123	^[25]
24 January 2012 – 19:45	Stevenage	Away	2–4	O'Shea, Flanagan	3,345	^[26]
31 January 2012 – 19:45	Sheffield Wednesday	Home	1–1	Bywater (o.g.)	9,776	^[27]
4 February 2012 – 15:00	Huddersfield Town	Away	1–1	Gleeson	16,898	^[28]
14 February 2012 – 19:45	Charlton Athletic	Away	1–2	Bowditch	15,569	^[29]
18 February 2012 – 15:00	Oldham Athletic	Home	5–0	Bowditch, Powell (2), Kouo-Doumbé, Gleeson	7,817	^[30]
21 February 2012 – 19:45	Bury	Home	2–1	Bowditch (2)	6,405	^[31]
25 February 2012 – 15:00	Bournemouth	Away	1–0	Kouo-Doumbé	6,419	^[32]
3 March 2012 – 15:00	Hartlepool United	Away	1–1	O'Shea	4,955	^[33]
6 March 2012 – 19:45	Yeovil Town	Home	0–1		6,624	^[34]
10 March 2012 – 15:00	Exeter City	Home	3–0	Kouo-Doumbé, MacDonald, Ibehre	9,016	^[35]
17 March 2012 – 15:00	Chesterfield	Away	1–1	O'Shea	6,444	^[36]
20 March 2012 – 19:45	Leyton Orient	Home	4–1	MacDonald, Williams, Ibehre, Powell	6,842	^[37]
24 March 2012 – 15:00	Wycombe Wanderers	Away	1–1	Powell	5,572	^[38]
27 March 2012 – 19:45	Carlisle United	Home	1–2	Powell	8,608	^[39]
31 March 2012 – 15:00	Brentford	Home	1–2	Williams	11,570	^[40]
7 April 2012 – 15:00	Preston North End	Away	1–1	Potter	13,941	^[41]
9 April 2012 – 15:00	Tranmere Rovers	Home	3–0	Williams (2), Gleeson	7,355	^[42]
14 April 2012 – 15:00	Scunthorpe United	Away	3–0	Bowditch, Powell, Williams	4,111	^[43]
21 April 2012 – 15:00	Sheffield United	Home	1–0	Smith	15,938
28 April 2012 – 15:00	Rochdale	Away	2–1	O'Shea, Bowditch	2,213	^[44]
5 May 2012 – 15:00	Walsall	Home	0–1		10,607	^[45]

Play-offs

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Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
12 May 2012 – 12:30	Huddersfield Town	Home	0–2		11,893	^[46]
15 May 2012 – 19:45	Huddersfield Town	Away	2–1	Powell, Smith	15,085	^[47]

FA Cup

See main article: 2011–12 FA Cup. Matches

Win

Draw

Loss

Date! style="background:#FFFFFF; color:black; border:1px solid red;"

Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
12 November 2011 – 15:00	First round	Nantwich Town	Home	6–0		4,110	^[48]
3 December 2011 – 15:00	Second round	Barnet	Away	3–1	Potter, MacDonald, Powell	2,608	^[49]
7 January 2012 – 15:00	Third round		Home	1–1	Bowditch	19,506	^[50]
17 January 2012 – 20:00			Away	0–1		10,855	^[51]

League Cup

See main article: 2011–12 Football League Cup. Matches

Win

Draw

Loss

Date! style="background:#FFFFFF; color:black; border:1px solid red;"

Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
9 August 2011 – 19:45	First round	Cheltenham Town	Away	4–1	S. Baldock, Ibehre, Powell, Balanta	1,625	^[52]
23 August 2011 – 19:45	Second round	Norwich City	Away	4–0	Chawick (2), S. Baldock, Powell	13,009	^[53]
20 September 2011 – 19:45	Second round	Burnley	Away	1–2	Powell	4,134	^[54]

League Trophy

See main article: 2011–12 Football League Trophy. Matches

Win

Draw

Loss

Date! style="background:#FFFFFF; color:black; border:1px solid red;"

Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
30 August 2011 – 19:45	First round	Brentford	Home	3–3	MacDonald, Chadwick, Douglas (o.g.)	4,175	^[55]

Player details

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition.

Players with squad numbers struck through and marked left the club during the playing season.|}

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2011	MF				^[56]
22 July 2011	GK				^[57]
	MF
26 August 2011	FW			Undisclosed	^[58]
31 August 2011	MF				^[59]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
26 August 2011	FW			Undisclosed
31 January 2012	MF				^[60]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Name	From	End date	Ref.
1 August 2011	FW			January 2012
16 August 2011	DF			January 2012
31 August 2011	DF			31 December 2011
24 September 2011	FW			24 October 2011	^[61]
29 January 2012	MF			End of season	^[62]
31 January 2012	MF				^[63]
16 March 2012	FW				^[64]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Name	To	End date	Ref.
9 August 2011	FW			10 September 2011
24 November 2011				24 December 2011	^[65]
	MF			7 January 2012	^[66]
1 January 2012	DF			1 February 2012	^[67]
13 January 2012	FW			13 February 2012	^[68]
22 March 2012				End of season	^[69]
	DF		Tamworth

External links

• • Official Supporters Association website
• MK Dons news on MKWeb

Notes and References

1. Web site: League One 2011/2012 . WorldFootball.net . 7 February 2017 .
2. Web site: MK Dons 2-2 Hartlepool . BBC Sport . 6 August 2011 . 28 June 2019 .
3. Web site: Exeter 0-2 MK Dons . BBC Sport . 13 August 2011 . 28 June 2019 .
4. Web site: MK Dons 6-2 Chesterfield . BBC Sport . 20 August 2011 . 28 June 2019 .
5. Web site: MK Dons 1-0 Stevenage. BBC Sport . 27 August 2011 . 28 June 2019 .
6. Web site: Carlisle 1-3 MK Dons. BBC Sport . 3 September 2011 . 28 June 2019 .
7. Web site: Sheffield Wednesday 3-1 MK Dons . BBC Sport . 10 September 2011 . 28 June 2019 .
8. Web site: MK Dons 1-1 Huddersfield . BBC Sport . 17 September 2011 . 28 June 2019 .
9. Web site: Bury 0-0 MK Dons . BBC Sport . 24 September 2011 . 28 June 2019 .
10. Web site: MK Dons 1-1 Charlton . BBC Sport . 27 September 2011 . 28 June 2019 .
11. Web site: MK Dons 3-0 Notts County . BBC Sport . 1 October 2011 . 28 June 2019 .
12. Web site: Oldham 2-1 MK Dons . BBC Sport . 10 October 2011 . 28 June 2019 .
13. Web site: MK Dons 2-2 Bournemouth . BBC Sport . 15 October 2011 . 28 June 2019 .
14. Web site: MK Dons 0-0 Scunthorpe . BBC Sport . 22 October 2011 . 28 June 2019 .
15. Web site: Sheffield United 2-1 MK Dons . BBC Sport . 25 October 2011 . 28 June 2019 .
16. Web site: Walsall 0-2 MK Dons . BBC Sport . 29 October 2011 . 28 June 2019 .
17. Web site: Rochdale 1-3 MK Dons . BBC Sport . 5 November 2011 . 28 June 2019 .
18. Web site: Colchester 1-5 MK Dons . BBC Sport . 19 November 2011 . 28 June 2019 .
19. Web site: MK Dons 4-3 Wycombe . BBC Sport . 26 November 2011 . 28 June 2019 .
20. Web site: Tranmere 0-2 MK Dons . BBC Sport . 10 December 2011 . 28 June 2019 .
21. Web site: MK Dons 0-1 Preston . BBC Sport . 17 December 2011 . 28 June 2019 .
22. Web site: Leyton Orient 0-3 MK Dons . BBC Sport . 26 December 2011 . 28 June 2019 .
23. Web site: Brentford 3-3 MK Dons . BBC Sport . 26 December 2011 . 28 June 2019 .
24. Web site: MK Dons 1-0 Colchester . BBC Sport . 2 January 2012 . 29 June 2019 .
25. Web site: Notts County 1-1 MK Dons . BBC Sport . 21 January 2012 . 29 June 2019 .
26. Web site: Stevenage 4-2 MK Dons . BBC Sport . 24 January 2012 . 29 June 2019 .
27. Web site: Stevenage 4-2 MK Dons . BBC Sport . 24 January 2012 . 29 June 2019 .
28. Web site: Huddersfield 1-1 MK Dons . BBC Sport . 4 February 2012 . 29 June 2019 .
29. Web site: Charlton 2-1 MK Dons . BBC Sport . 14 February 2012 . 29 June 2019 .
30. Web site: MK Dons 5-0 Oldham . BBC Sport . 18 February 2012 . 29 June 2019 .
31. Web site: MK Dons 2-1 Bury . BBC Sport . 21 February 2012 . 29 June 2019 .
32. Web site: Bournemouth 0-1 MK Dons . BBC Sport . 25 February 2012 . 29 June 2019 .
33. Web site: Hartlepool 1-1 MK Dons . BBC Sport . 3 March 2012 . 29 June 2019 .
34. Web site: MK Dons 0-1 Yeovil . BBC Sport . 6 March 2012 . 29 June 2019 .
35. Web site: MK Dons 3-0 Exeter . BBC Sport . 10 March 2012 . 29 June 2019 .
36. Web site: Chesterfield 1-1 MK Dons . BBC Sport . 17 March 2012 . 29 June 2019 .
37. Web site: MK Dons 4-1 Leyton Orient . BBC Sport . 20 March 2012 . 29 June 2019 .
38. Web site: Wycombe 1-1 MK Dons . BBC Sport . 24 March 2012 . 29 June 2019 .
39. Web site: MK Dons 1-2 Carlisle . BBC Sport . 27 March 2012 . 29 June 2019 .
40. Web site: MK Dons 1-2 Brentford . BBC Sport . 31 March 2012 . 29 June 2019 .
41. Web site: Preston 1-1 MK Dons . BBC Sport . 7 April 2012 . 29 June 2019 .
42. Web site: MK Dons 3-0 Preston . BBC Sport . 9 April 2012 . 29 June 2019 .
43. Web site: MK Dons 3-0 Preston . BBC Sport . 14 April 2012 . 29 June 2019 .
44. Web site: Rochdale 1-2 MK Dons . BBC Sport . 28 April 2012 . 29 June 2019 .
45. Web site: MK Dons 0-1 Walsall . BBC Sport . 5 May 2012 . 29 June 2019 .
46. Web site: MK Dons 0-2 Huddersfield . BBC Sport . 12 May 2012 . 30 June 2019 .
47. Web site: Huddersfield 1-2 MK Dons (agg 3-2) . BBC Sport . 15 May 2012 . 30 June 2019 .
48. Web site: MK Dons 6-0 Nantwich Town . BBC Sport . 12 November 2011 . 30 June 2019 .
49. Web site: Barnet 1-3 MK Dons . BBC Sport . 3 December 2011 . 30 June 2019 .
50. Web site: MK Dons 1-1 QPR . BBC Sport . 7 January 2012 . 30 June 2019 .
51. Web site: QPR 1-0 MK Dons . BBC Sport . 17 January 2012 . 30 June 2019 .
52. Web site: Cheltenham 1-4 MK Dons . BBC Sport . 9 August 2011 . 30 June 2019 .
53. Web site: Norwich 0-4 MK Dons . BBC Sport . 23 August 2011 . 30 June 2019 .
54. Web site: Burnley 2-1 MK Dons. BBC Sport . 20 September 2011 . 30 June 2019 .
55. Web site: MK Dons 3-3 Brentford (3-4 on pens) . BBC Sport . 30 August 2011 . 30 June 2019 .
56. Web site: Transfers - June 2011 . BBC Sport . 6 June 2019 .
57. Web site: Transfers - July 2011 . 6 June 2019 .
58. Web site: Transfers - August 2011 . BBC Sport . 6 June 2019 .
59. Web site: MK Dons sign Anthony McNamee and Mark Beevers . BBC Sport . 31 August 2011 . 6 June 2019 .
60. Web site: Wycombe Wanderers sign Anthony McNamee and Matty Whichelow . BBC Sport . 31 January 2012 . 6 June 2019 .
61. Web site: Transfers - September 2011 . BBC Sport . 6 June 2019 .
62. Web site: Newcastle United's Alan Smith signs for MK Dons . BBC Sport . 29 January 2012 . 6 June 2019 .
63. Web site: MK Dons sign midfielder Paul Slane from Celtic . BBC Sport . 31 January 2012 . 6 June 2019 .
64. Web site: MK Dons sign Robert Hall from West Ham United . BBC Sport . 16 March 2012 . 6 June 2019 .
65. Web site: Transfers - November 2011 . BBC Sport . 6 June 2019 .
66. Web site: Marcello Trotta and Anthony McNamee join Wycombe Wanderers . BBC Sport . 24 November 2011 . 6 June 2019 .
67. Web site: Leyton Orient sign MK Dons defender Adam Chicksen . BBC Sport . 1 January 2012 . 6 June 2019 .
68. Web site: Aldershot recruit MK Dons forward Charlie Collins on loan . BBC Sport . 13 January 2012 . 6 June 2019 .
69. Web site: Tamworth sign MK Dons' George Baldock & Charlie Collins . BBC Sport . 22 March 2012 . 6 June 2019 .