2011–12 Football League One Explained

Competition:	Football League One
Season:	2011–12
Winners:	Charlton Athletic (3rd divisional title)
Promoted:	Charlton Athletic Sheffield Wednesday Huddersfield Town
Relegated:	Wycombe Wanderers Chesterfield Exeter City Rochdale
Matches:	552
Total Goals:	1489
League Topscorer:	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 Wins:	7 games Preston North End^[1]
Longest Unbeaten:	18 games Huddersfield Town
Longest Winless:	17 games Chesterfield
Longest Losses:	5 games AFC Bournemouth Bury Chesterfield Exeter Leyton Orient Oldham Athletic Wycombe Wanderers
Highest Attendance:	38,082 Sheffield Wednesday v Wycombe Wanderers (5 May 2012)^[2]
Lowest Attendance:	1,930 Rochdale v Exeter (14 April 2012)
Prevseason:	2010–11
Nextseason:	2012–13

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

• Brighton & Hove Albion
• Southampton
• Peterborough United

Relegated to League Two

• Dagenham & Redbridge
• Bristol Rovers
• Plymouth Argyle
• Swindon Town

To League One

Relegated from the Championship

• Sheffield United
• Scunthorpe United
• Preston North End

Promoted from League Two

• Chesterfield
• Bury
• Wycombe Wanderers
• Stevenage

Rules changes

• The Football League agreed to use the new UEFA financial regulations. Football League One clubs decided to introduce the Salary Cost Management Protocol (SCMP) from this season, teams will only be allowed to spend a fixed proportion of their total turnover on player wages.^[3]

Team overview

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
			10,700
			12,763
			11,840
			16,981
			27,111
			10,338
			10,064
			8,830
			8,240
			24,500
			9,271
			22,000
			21,388
			10,638
			23,408
			10,249
			9,088
			32,702
			39,812
			6,722
			16,789
			11,300
			10,284
			9,565

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Team Captain	Chairman	Kit maker	Sponsor
AFC Bournemouth	Paul Groves (caretaker) Shaun Brooks (caretaker)	Darryl Flahavan	Eddie Mitchell Maxim Demin	Fila	Focal Point
Brentford	Uwe Rösler	Kevin O'Connor	Greg Dyke	Puma	Hertings Fixings (H) Bathwise (A)
Bury	Richard Barker	Steven Schumacher	Brian Fenton	Surridge	Bury Metropolitan Council
Carlisle United	Greg Abbott	Paul Thirlwell	Andrew Jenkins	Carbrini	Eddie Stobart Transport
Charlton Athletic		Johnnie Jackson	Michael Slater	Macron	Krbs.com
Chesterfield	John Sheridan	Mark Allott	Barrie Hubbard	Respect	Vodka Kick
Colchester United	John Ward	Kemal Izzet	Robbie Cowling	Puma	ROL Cruise
Exeter City	Paul Tisdale	David Noble	Edward Chorlton	Carbrini	Flybe
Hartlepool United	Neale Cooper	Sam Collins	Ken Hodcroft	Nike	Dove Energy
Huddersfield Town	Simon Grayson	Peter Clarke	Dean Hoyle	Umbro	Kirklees College (H) RadianB (A)
Leyton Orient	Russell Slade	Matthew Spring	Barry Hearn	Puma	PartyCasino.com
Milton Keynes Dons	Karl Robinson	Dean Lewington	Pete Winkelman	ISC	Doubletree by Hilton
Notts County	Keith Curle	Neal Bishop	Ray Trew	Fila	Fraser Brown (H) Vision Express (A)
Oldham Athletic	Paul Dickov	Dean Furman	Simon Corney	Carbrini	Carbrini
Preston North End	Graham Westley	Paul Coutts	Peter Ridsdale	Puma	Tennent's Lager
Rochdale	John Coleman	Gary Jones	Chris Dunphy	Carbrini	The Co-operative Society
Scunthorpe United	Alan Knill	Cliff Byrne	J. Steven Wharton	Nike	Rainham Steel
Sheffield United	Danny Wilson	Chris Morgan	Kevin McCabe	Macron	Westfield Health (H) Gilder group Volkswagen (A)
Sheffield Wednesday	Dave Jones	Rob Jones	Milan Mandarić	Puma	Gilder group Volkswagen (H) Westfield Health (A)
Stevenage	Gary Smith	Mark Roberts	Phil Wallace	Puma	ServerChoice
Tranmere Rovers	Ronnie Moore	John Welsh	Peter Johnson	Carbrini	Wirral
Walsall	Dean Smith	Andy Butler	Jeff Bonser	Admiral	Surestop
Wycombe Wanderers	Gary Waddock	Gareth Ainsworth	Steve Hayes	Kappa	Dreams
Yeovil Town	Gary Johnson	Paul Huntington	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	Micky Adams	Sacked	10 May 2011^[4]	Pre-season	Danny Wilson	27 May 2011^[5]
Brentford	Nicky Forster	End of contract	19 May 2011^[6]	Pre-season	Uwe Rösler	10 June 2011^[7]
Rochdale	Keith Hill	Signed by Barnsley	1 June 2011^[8]	Pre-season	Steve Eyre	13 June 2011^[9]
Hartlepool United	Mick Wadsworth	Sacked	6 December 2011^[10]	13th	Neale Cooper	28 December 2011^[11]
Preston North End	Phil Brown		14 December 2011^[12]	10th	Graham Alexander David Unsworth	14 December 2011^[13]
Rochdale	Steve Eyre		19 December 2011^[14]	22nd	John Coleman	24 January 2012^[15]
Yeovil Town	Terry Skiverton	Demotion to Assistant Manager	9 January 2012^[16]	21st	Gary Johnson	9 January 2012
Preston North End	Graham Alexander David Unsworth	End of tenure as caretakers	13 January 2012	14th	Graham Westley	13 January 2012^[17]
Stevenage	Graham Westley	Signed by Preston North End	13 January 2012	7th	Gary Smith	25 January 2012^[18]
Huddersfield Town	Lee Clark	Sacked	15 February 2012^[19]	4th	Simon Grayson	20 February 2012^[20]
Notts County	Martin Allen		18 February 2012	11th	Keith Curle	20 February 2012^[21]
Sheffield Wednesday	Gary Megson		29 February 2012^[22]	3rd	Dave Jones	1 March 2012^[23]
Tranmere Rovers	Les Parry		4 March 2012^[24]	19th	Ronnie Moore	4 March 2012^[25]
AFC Bournemouth	Lee Bradbury		25 March 2012^[26]	13th	Paul Groves (caretaker) Shaun Brooks (caretaker)	25 March 2012

League table

Play-offs

See main article: 2012 Football League play-offs.

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]

Statistics

Top goalscorers

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

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists^[29]
1	Stephen Quinn	Sheffield United	14
2	Clayton Donaldson	Brentford	13
	Ched Evans	Sheffield United
4	Chris Lines	Sheffield Wednesday	12
	Alan Judge	Notts County
6	Lee Novak	Huddersfield Town	11
	Lee Miller	Carlisle United
8	Dean Bowditch	Milton Keynes Dons	10
	Charlie MacDonald	Milton Keynes Dons
	Danny Green	Charlton Athletic
	Jack Hunt	Huddersfield Town
	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
	width=22%	Manager	width=22%	Club		width=22%	Player	width=22%	Club
August	Karl Robinson	Milton Keynes Dons	Ryan Lowe	Sheffield Wednesday	^[31] ^[32]
September	Martin Allen	Notts County	Neil Mellor	Preston North End	^[33] ^[34]
October	Lee Clark	Huddersfield Town	Jordan Rhodes	Huddersfield Town	^[35] ^[36]
November	Chris Powell	Charlton Athletic	Michael Morrison	Charlton Athletic	^[37] ^[38]
December	Danny Wilson	Sheffield United	Jordan Rhodes	Huddersfield Town	^[39] ^[40]
January	Chris Powell	Charlton Athletic	Johnnie Jackson	Charlton Athletic	^[41] ^[42]
February	Chris Powell	Charlton Athletic	Dean Bowditch	Milton Keynes Dons	^[43] ^[44]
March	Dave Jones	Sheffield Wednesday	Ched Evans	Sheffield United	^[45] ^[46]
April	Dave Jones	Sheffield Wednesday	Miguel Llera	Sheffield Wednesday	^[47] ^[48]

Other awards

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: English League One 2011-2012 : Full Longest Sequences. 2014-01-08. statto.com.
2. Web site: Divisional Attendance. 2014-01-08. football-league.co.uk.
3. News: League agrees to new Uefa financial regulations . BBC Sport . British Broadcasting Corporation . 10 July 2011 . 10 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110610111534/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13724949.stm. 10 June 2011 . live.
4. News: Sheffield United sack manager Micky Adams . BBC Sport. 10 May 2011 . 11 May 2011.
5. News: Danny Wilson unveiled as Sheffield United manager . BBC Sport. 27 May 2011 . 28 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110527112419/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/13564627.stm. 27 May 2011 . live.
6. News: Brentford striker Nicky Forster announces retirement . BBC Sport. 19 May 2011 . 28 May 2011.
7. News: Uwe Rosler named as Brentford manager . BBC Sport. 10 June 2011 . 10 June 2011.
8. News: Barnsley appoint Rochdale boss Keith Hill as manager . BBC Sport . British Broadcasting Corporation . 1 June 2011 . 1 June 2011.
9. News: Rochdale appoint Steve Eyre as manager . BBC Sport . British Broadcasting Corporation . 13 June 2011 . 13 June 2011.
10. News: Hartlepool United sack head coach Mick Wadsworth . BBC Sport . British Broadcasting Corporation . 6 December 2011 . 11 December 2011.
11. News: Neale Cooper returns to take Hartlepool job . BBC Sport. 28 December 2011.
12. News: Manager Phil Brown leaves Preston North End . BBC Sport. 14 December 2011 . 14 December 2011.
13. Web site: Brown sacked by Preston . . 14 December 2011 . 14 December 2011.
14. News: Manager Steve Eyre sacked by Rochdale . BBC Sport . British Broadcasting Corporation . 19 December 2011 . 20 December 2011.
15. News: Rochdale appoint Accrington Stanley's John Coleman as boss . BBC Sport . British Broadcasting Corporation . 24 January 2012 . 27 January 2012.
16. News: Gary Johnson replaces Terry Skiverton as Yeovil Town manager . BBC Sport . British Broadcasting Corporation . 9 January 2012 . 9 January 2012 .
17. News: Preston agree compensation deal for Graham Westley . BBC Sport . British Broadcasting Corporation . 13 January 2012 . 13 January 2012.
18. News: Stevenage appoint Gary Smith as Graham Westley's successor . BBC Sport . British Broadcasting Corporation . 25 January 2012 . 27 January 2012.
19. News: Huddersfield Town sack manager Lee Clark . BBC Sport . British Broadcasting Corporation . 15 February 2012 . 17 February 2012.
20. News: Huddersfield Town appoint Simon Grayson as new manager on three and a half-year deal . The Daily Telegraph. 20 February 2012 . 20 February 2012.
21. News: Notts County appoint Keith Curle as manager after sacking Martin Allen . The Guardian. UK . 20 February 2012 . 20 February 2012.
22. News: Gary Megson is sacked by Sheffield Wednesday . BBC Sport . British Broadcasting Corporation . 29 February 2012 . 3 March 2012.
23. News: Sheffield Wednesday appoint Dave Jones as new manager . BBC Sport . British Broadcasting Corporation . 2 March 2012 . 3 March 2012.
24. News: Tranmere Rovers sack manager Les Parry . 4 March 2012 . 4 March 2012.
25. News: Moore for Les at Tranmere . 4 March 2012 . 4 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131121023328/http://www.clubcall.com/tranmere-rovers/moore-for-les-at-tranmere-1392236.html . 21 November 2013 . dead .
26. News: Cherries part company with Bradbury . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120328030348/http://www.afcb.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10324~2692424%2C00.html . 28 March 2012 . 13 May 2013 .
27. News: Key Dates Revealed . pressassociation . . 30 April 2011 . 30 April 2011.
28. News: Divisional Scorers . Football League . 17 August 2011 . 14 April 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120421013410/http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/DivisionalScorers/0%2C%2C10794~201125%2C00.html . 21 April 2012 .
29. News: Divisional Assists . Football League . 25 August 2011 . 14 April 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120110130807/http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/DivisionalAssists/0%2C%2C10794~201125%2C00.html . 10 January 2012 .
30. News: Preston 2 – 4 Colchester . BBC Sport . British Broadcasting Corporation . 6 August 2011 . 12 August 2011.
31. News: Robinson named Manager of the Month . Football League . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111202031942/http://www.football-league.co.uk/league1/news/20110909/robinson-named-manager-of-the-month_2293324_2444560 . 2 December 2011 .
32. News: Lowe named Player of the Month . Football League . 2 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111125193242/http://www.football-league.co.uk/league1/news/20110909/lowe-named-player-of-the-month_2293324_2444844 . 25 November 2011 . dead.
33. News: Allen named Manager of the Month . Football League . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130729020224/http://www.football-league.co.uk/league1/news/20111007/allen-named-manager-of-the-month_2293324_2468330 . 29 July 2013 .
34. News: Mellor named Player of the Month . https://archive.today/20120731072407/http://www.football-league.co.uk/league1/news/20111007/mellor-named-player-of-the-month_2293324_2468357 . dead . 2012-07-31 . Football League .
35. News: Clark named Manager of the Month . Football League . 4 November 2011 . 29 April 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130728145652/http://www.football-league.co.uk/league1/news/20111104/clark-named-manager-of-the-month_2293324_2504602 . 28 July 2013 .
36. News: Rhodes named Player of the Month . https://archive.today/20120908095646/http://www.football-league.co.uk/league1/news/20111104/rhodes-named-player-of-the-month_2293324_2504668 . dead . 8 September 2012 . Football League . 4 November 2011 . 29 April 2012 .
37. News: Powell named Manager of the Month . Football League . 9 December 2011 . 29 April 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120205202949/http://www.football-league.co.uk/league1/news/20111209/powell-named-manager-of-the-month_2293324_2538279 . 5 February 2012 .
38. News: Morrison named Player of the Month . Football League . 9 December 2011 . 29 April 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120110165219/http://www.football-league.co.uk/league1/news/20111209/morrison-named-player-of-the-month_2293324_2538309 . 10 January 2012 .
39. News: Wilson named Manager of the Month . https://archive.today/20120731105353/http://www.football-league.co.uk/league1/news/20120106/wilson-named-manager-of-the-month_2293324_2567662 . dead . 31 July 2012 . Football League . 6 January 2012 . 29 April 2012 .
40. News: Rhodes named Player of the Month . https://archive.today/20120731082844/http://www.football-league.co.uk/league1/news/20120106/rhodes-named-player-of-the-month_2293324_2567638 . dead . 31 July 2012 . Football League . 6 January 2012 . 29 April 2012 .
41. News: Powell named Manager of the Month . https://archive.today/20120907061359/http://www.football-league.co.uk/league1/news/20120210/powell-named-manager-of-the-month_2293324_2601995 . dead . 7 September 2012 . Football League . 10 February 2012 . 29 April 2012 .
42. News: Jackson named Player of the Month . https://archive.today/20120801081828/http://www.football-league.co.uk/league1/news/20120210/jackson-named-player-of-the-month_2293324_2602006 . dead . 1 August 2012 . Football League . 10 February 2012 . 29 April 2012 .
43. News: Powell named Manager of the Month . Football League . 9 March 2012 . 29 April 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130728171314/http://www.football-league.co.uk/league1/news/20120309/powell-named-manager-of-the-month_2293324_2641616 . 28 July 2013 .
44. News: Bowditch named Player of the Month . https://archive.today/20120804222258/http://www.football-league.co.uk/league1/news/20120309/bowditch-named-player-of-the-month_2293324_2641577 . dead . 4 August 2012 . Football League . 9 March 2012 . 29 April 2012 .
45. News: Jones named Manager of the Month . https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20141104160442/http://www.football-league.co.uk/sky-bet-league-1/news/ . dead . 4 November 2014 . Football League . 6 April 2012 . 29 April 2012 .
46. News: Evans named Player of the Month . https://archive.today/20120731023612/http://www.football-league.co.uk/league1/news/20120406/evans-named-player-of-the-month_2293324_2711151 . dead . 31 July 2012 . Football League . 6 April 2012 . 29 April 2012 .
47. News: Jones named Manager of the Month . Football League . 4 May 2012 . 2 June 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120615201458/http://www.football-league.co.uk/league1/news/20120504/jones-named-manager-of-the-month_2293324_2758084 . 15 June 2012 .
48. News: Llera named Player of the Month . Football League . 4 May 2012 . 2 June 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120615062730/http://www.football-league.co.uk/league1/news/20120504/llera-named-player-of-the-month_2293324_2711151 . 15 June 2012 .
49. News: Maguire named Young Player of the Month . Football League . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111201110902/http://www.football-league.co.uk/league1/news/20110916/maguire-named-young-player-of-the-month_2293324_2452296 . 1 December 2011 .
50. News: Madine named Young Player of the Month . Football League . 12 January 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111129234226/http://www.football-league.co.uk/league1/news/20111014/madine-named-young-player-of-the-month_2293324_2481770 . 29 November 2011 . dead.
51. News: Freeman named Young Player of the Month . Football League . 2 June 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120426211342/http://www.football-league.co.uk/latestnews/20120316/freeman-named-young-player-of-the-month_2293301_2659952 . 26 April 2012 . dead.
52. News: Freeman named Young Player of the Month . Football League . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121022104240/http://www.football-league.co.uk/league1/news/20120511/freeman-named-young-player-of-the-month_2293324_2766493 . 22 October 2012 .