Season | 2011–12 |
---|---|
Champions |
Reading (2nd divisional title) |
Promoted |
Reading Southampton West Ham United |
Relegated |
Doncaster Rovers Coventry City Portsmouth |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1,419 (2.57 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Rickie Lambert (27 goals) |
Biggest home win |
Peterborough United 7–1
Ipswich Town West Ham 6–0 Brighton & Hove Albion |
Biggest away win | Millwall 0–6 Birmingham City |
Highest scoring | Leeds United 3–7 Nottingham Forest (10 goals) |
Longest winning run | 8 games
[1] Reading |
Longest unbeaten run | 12 games
[1] Southampton Brighton |
Longest winless run | 11 games
[1] Coventry City |
Longest losing run | 7 games
[1] Ipswich Town |
Highest attendance | 34,934
[2] West Ham 2–1 Hull City |
Lowest attendance | 6,351
[3] Peterborough United 4–3 Cardiff City |
Average attendance | 17,841 [2] |
←
2010–11
2012–13 → |
The 2011–12 Football League Championship (known as the npower Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth season of the league under its current title and nineteenth season under its current league division format.
Reading secured the Championship title on 21 April, following second-placed Southampton's 2–1 defeat to Middlesbrough. The result left Southampton four points behind Reading with only one game remaining. [4] Southampton were promoted on the final day of the season, after winning 4–0 at home to Coventry City, who were one of three teams relegated along with Portsmouth (who were deducted ten points midway through the season for entering administration) and Doncaster Rovers. West Ham United occupied the final promotion place as they returned to the Premier League after just one year. West Ham beat Blackpool in the Play-off final at Wembley Stadium, sealing their return to the top division after narrowly missing out on automatic promotion.
Promoted to Premier League
Relegated to League One
Relegated from Premier League
Promoted from League One
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barnsley | Mark Robins | Resigned | 15 May 2011 [7] | Pre-season | Keith Hill | 1 June 2011 [8] |
West Ham United | Avram Grant | Sacked | 15 May 2011 [9] | Pre-season | Sam Allardyce | 1 June 2011 [10] |
Cardiff City | Dave Jones | Sacked | 30 May 2011 [11] | Pre-season | Malky Mackay | 17 June 2011 [12] |
Nottingham Forest | Billy Davies | Sacked | 12 June 2011 [13] | Pre-season | Steve McClaren | 13 June 2011 [14] |
Birmingham City | Alex McLeish | Signed by Aston Villa | 17 June 2011 [15] | Pre-season | Chris Hughton | 22 June 2011 [16] |
Watford | Malky Mackay | Signed by Cardiff City | 17 June 2011 [12] | Pre-season | Sean Dyche | 21 June 2011 [17] |
Doncaster Rovers | Sean O'Driscoll | Sacked | 23 September 2011 [18] | 24th | Dean Saunders | 23 September 2011 [19] |
Nottingham Forest | Steve McClaren | Resigned | 2 October 2011 [20] | 21st | Steve Cotterill | 14 October 2011 [21] |
Bristol City | Keith Millen | Mutual consent | 3 October 2011 [22] | 24th | Derek McInnes | 19 October 2011 [23] |
Portsmouth | Steve Cotterill | Signed by Nottingham Forest | 14 October 2011 [21] | 18th | Michael Appleton | 10 November 2011 [24] |
Leicester City | Sven-Göran Eriksson | Mutual consent | 24 October 2011 [25] | 13th | Nigel Pearson | 15 November 2011 [26] |
Hull City | Nigel Pearson | Signed by Leicester City | 15 November 2011 [26] | 9th | Nick Barmby | 10 January 2012 [27] |
Leeds United | Simon Grayson | Sacked | 1 February 2012 [28] | 10th | Neil Warnock | 18 February 2012 [29] |
Hull City | Nick Barmby | Sacked | 8 May 2012 [30] | Pre-season | Steve Bruce | 8 June 2012[ citation needed] |
Birmingham City | Chris Hughton | Signed by Norwich City | 7 June 2012 [31] | Pre-season | Lee Clark | 26 June 2012 |
Watford | Sean Dyche | Sacked | 2 July 2012 [32] | Pre-season | Gianfranco Zola | 7 July 2012 [33] |
Team | New owner | Previous owner | Effective date |
---|---|---|---|
Portsmouth | Convers Sport Initiatives | Balram Chainrai | 1 June 2011 [34] |
Portsmouth | Administration | Convers Sport Initiatives | 29 November 2011 [35] |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Reading (C, P) | 46 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 69 | 41 | +28 | 89 | Promotion to the Premier League |
2 | Southampton (P) | 46 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 85 | 46 | +39 | 88 | |
3 | West Ham United (O, P) | 46 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 81 | 48 | +33 | 86 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
4 | Birmingham City | 46 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 78 | 51 | +27 | 76 | |
5 | Blackpool | 46 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 79 | 59 | +20 | 75 | |
6 | Cardiff City | 46 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 66 | 53 | +13 | 75 | |
7 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 52 | 51 | +1 | 70 | |
8 | Hull City | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 68 | |
9 | Leicester City | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 66 | 55 | +11 | 66 | |
10 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 66 | |
11 | Watford | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 56 | 64 | −8 | 64 | |
12 | Derby County | 46 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 50 | 58 | −8 | 64 | |
13 | Burnley | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 61 | 58 | +3 | 62 | |
14 | Leeds United | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 65 | 68 | −3 | 61 | |
15 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 69 | 77 | −8 | 61 | |
16 | Millwall | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 55 | 57 | −2 | 57 | |
17 | Crystal Palace | 46 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 56 | |
18 | Peterborough United | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 67 | 77 | −10 | 50 | |
19 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 14 | 8 | 24 | 48 | 63 | −15 | 50 | |
20 | Bristol City | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 44 | 68 | −24 | 49 | |
21 | Barnsley | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 49 | 74 | −25 | 48 | |
22 | Portsmouth (R) | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 50 | 59 | −9 | 40 [a] | Relegation to League One |
23 | Coventry City (R) | 46 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 41 | 65 | −24 | 40 | |
24 | Doncaster Rovers (R) | 46 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 43 | 80 | −37 | 36 |
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||
3 | West Ham United | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||
6 | Cardiff City | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
3 | West Ham United | 2 | |||||||||
5 | Blackpool | 1 | |||||||||
4 | Birmingham City | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
5 | Blackpool | 1 | 2 | 3 |
The fixtures for the Championship were released on 17 June 2011. The season kicked off on 5 August 2011 and concluded on 28 April 2012. [37]
Top goalscorers
|
Top assists
|
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lee Tomlin | Peterborough United | Ipswich Town | 7–1 | 20 August 2011 |
Rickie Lambert | Southampton | Nottingham Forest | 3–2 | 10 September 2011 |
Chris Wood | Birmingham City | Millwall | 3–0 | 11 September 2011 |
Darius Henderson | Millwall | Leicester City | 0–3 | 22 October 2011 |
Jonjo Shelvey | Blackpool | Leeds United | 0–5 | 2 November 2011 |
Rickie Lambert | Southampton | Brighton & Hove Albion | 3–0 | 19 November 2011 |
Matt Phillips | Blackpool | Barnsley | 1–3 | 26 December 2011 |
Ricardo Vaz Tê | Barnsley | Leeds United | 4–1 Archived 31 December 2011 at Archive-It | 31 December 2011 |
Darius Henderson | Millwall | Barnsley | 1–3 | 21 January 2012 |
Nikola Žigić4 | Birmingham City | Leeds United | 1–4 | 31 January 2012 |
Rickie Lambert | Southampton | Watford | 0–3 | 25 February 2012 |
Rickie Lambert | Southampton | Millwall | 2–3 | 17 March 2012 |
Garath McCleary4 | Nottingham Forest | Leeds United | 3–7 | 20 March 2012 |
Charlie Austin | Burnley | Portsmouth | 1–5 | 31 March 2012 |
Radosław Majewski | Nottingham Forest | Crystal Palace | 0–3 | 31 March 2012 |
Ricardo Vaz Tê | West Ham United | Brighton & Hove Albion | 6–0 | 14 April 2012 |
Matty Fryatt | Hull City | Barnsley | 3–1 | 17 April 2012 |
This article's
factual accuracy may be compromised due to out-of-date information. (August 2012) |
Rank | Team | ||
---|---|---|---|
1 | Cardiff City | 49 | 0 |
2 | Blackpool | 48 | 1 |
3 | Reading | 51 | 1 |
4 | Crystal Palace | 49 | 2 |
= | Peterborough United | 49 | 2 |
6 | Southampton | 46 | 4 |
7 | Derby County | 54 | 1 |
8 | Barnsley | 55 | 2 |
= | Coventry City | 55 | 2 |
10 | Birmingham City | 54 | 3 |
= | Watford | 56 | 2 |
12 | Ipswich Town | 53 | 5 |
13 | Nottingham Forest | 57 | 4 |
= | Burnley | 61 | 2 |
15 | Hull City | 64 | 1 |
16 | West Ham United | 60 | 6 |
17 | Doncaster Rovers | 67 | 3 |
18 | Millwall | 70 | 2 |
19 | Leicester City | 60 | 9 |
20 | Leeds United | 67 | 11 |
= | Portsmouth | 73 | 4 |
22 | Bristol City | 72 | 5 |
23 | Middlesbrough | 71 | 7 |
24 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 83 | 8 |
Source: [1]
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Manager | Club | Player | Club | ||
August | Gus Poyet | Brighton & Hove Albion | Marvin Emnes | Middlesbrough | [45] [46] |
September | Tony Mowbray | Middlesbrough | Matthew Bates | Middlesbrough | [47] [48] |
October | Chris Hughton | Birmingham City | Nathaniel Clyne | Crystal Palace | [49] [50] |
November | Malky Mackay | Cardiff City | Billy Sharp | Doncaster Rovers | [51] [52] |
December | Tony Mowbray | Middlesbrough | Alex Pearce | Reading | [53] [54] |
January | Chris Hughton | Birmingham City | Curtis Davies | Birmingham City | [55] [56] |
February | Brian McDermott | Reading | Adam Federici | Reading | [57] [58] |
March | Brian McDermott | Reading | Garath McCleary | Nottingham Forest | [59] [60] |
April | Kenny Jackett | Millwall | Ricardo Vaz Tê | West Ham United | [61] [62] |
On 17 February 2012, Portsmouth entered administration for the second time in three years, incurring a 10-point penalty. Trevor Birch of the accountancy firm Pannell Kerr Forster was appointed administrator of the club. [63]