2011–12 Football League Championship

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.

Football League Championship
Season2011–12
ChampionsReading
2nd Championship title
2nd 2nd tier title
PromotedReading
Southampton
West Ham United
RelegatedDoncaster Rovers
Coventry City
Portsmouth
Matches played552
Goals scored1,419 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorerRickie Lambert (27 goals)
Biggest home winPeterborough United 7–1 Ipswich Town
West Ham 6–0 Brighton & Hove Albion
Biggest away winMillwall 0–6 Birmingham City
Highest scoringLeeds United 3–7 Nottingham Forest (10 goals)
Longest winning run8 games[1]
Reading
Longest unbeaten run12 games[1]
Southampton
Brighton
Longest winless run11 games[1]
Coventry City
Longest losing run7 games[1]
Ipswich Town
Highest attendance34,934[2]
West Ham 2–1 Hull City
Lowest attendance6,351[3]
Peterborough United 4–3 Cardiff City
Average attendance17,841[2]

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.

Changes from last season

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Team changes

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From Championship

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Promoted to Premier League

Relegated to League One

To Championship

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Relegated from Premier League

Promoted from League One

Rule changes

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Team overview

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Stadia and locations

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Team Location Stadium Capacity
Barnsley Barnsley Oakwell 23,009
Birmingham City Birmingham St Andrew's 30,079
Blackpool Blackpool Bloomfield Road 16,220
Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton Falmer Stadium 22,374
Bristol City Bristol Ashton Gate 21,497
Burnley Burnley Turf Moor 22,546
Cardiff City Cardiff Cardiff City Stadium 26,828
Coventry City Coventry Ricoh Arena 32,609
Crystal Palace London Selhurst Park 26,309
Derby County Derby Pride Park Stadium 33,597
Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Keepmoat Stadium 15,231
Hull City Kingston upon Hull KC Stadium 25,404
Ipswich Town Ipswich Portman Road 30,311
Leeds United Leeds Elland Road 39,460
Leicester City Leicester King Power Stadium 32,500
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium 34,988
Millwall London The Den 20,146
Nottingham Forest Nottingham City Ground 30,576
Peterborough United Peterborough London Road Stadium 15,460
Portsmouth Portsmouth Fratton Park 20,224
Reading Reading Madejski Stadium 24,224
Southampton Southampton St Mary's Stadium 32,689
Watford Watford Vicarage Road 23,500
West Ham United London Boleyn Ground 35,303

Personnel and sponsoring

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Team Manager Chairman Team captain Kit maker Sponsor
Barnsley Keith Hill Patrick Cryne Jacob Butterfield Nike C.K. Beckett
Birmingham City Chris Hughton Vico Hui Stephen Carr Xtep RationalFX
Blackpool Ian Holloway Karl Oyston Barry Ferguson Fila Wonga.com
Brighton & Hove Albion Gus Poyet Tony Bloom Gordon Greer Errea BrightonandHoveJobs.com
Bristol City Derek McInnes Colin Sexstone Louis Carey adidas RSG (Home) & Bristol City Community Trust (Away)
Burnley Eddie Howe Barry Kilby Chris McCann Puma Fun88
Cardiff City Malky Mackay Datuk Chan Tien Ghee Mark Hudson Puma Malaysia
Coventry City Andy Thorn Vacant Sammy Clingan Puma City Link
Crystal Palace Dougie Freedman Steve Parish
Martin Long
Paddy McCarthy Nike GAC Logistics
Derby County Nigel Clough Andrew Appleby Shaun Barker adidas buymobiles.net
Doncaster Rovers Dean Saunders John Ryan Brian Stock Nike One Call Insurance
Hull City Steve Bruce Assem Allam Jack Hobbs adidas Cash Converters
Ipswich Town Paul Jewell Marcus Evans Grant Leadbitter Mitre Marcus Evans
Leeds United Neil Warnock Ken Bates Robert Snodgrass Macron Enterprise Insurance
Leicester City Nigel Pearson Vichai Raksriaksorn Matt Mills BURRDA King Power (Front), Amazing Thailand (Back)
Middlesbrough Tony Mowbray Steve Gibson Matthew Bates adidas Ramsdens
Millwall Kenny Jackett John Berylson Paul Robinson Macron racing+
Nottingham Forest Sean O'Driscoll Nigel Doughty
Frank Clark
Dan Harding Umbro John Pye & Sons Auctioneers
Peterborough United Darren Ferguson Darragh MacAnthony Grant McCann Nike Energy Park Peterborough
Portsmouth Michael Appleton Under Administration Liam Lawrence Kappa Jobsite
Reading Brian McDermott John Madejski Jobi McAnuff Puma Waitrose
Southampton Nigel Adkins Nicola Cortese Dean Hammond Umbro aap3
Watford Gianfranco Zola Gino Pozzo John Eustace BURRDA BURRDA
West Ham United Sam Allardyce David Sullivan
David Gold
Kevin Nolan Macron SBOBET

Managerial changes

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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]

Ownership changes

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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]

League table

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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
Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2012. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Portsmouth were deducted 10 points for entering administration.[36]

Play-offs

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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

Results

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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]

Home \ Away BAR BIR BLP B&HA BRI BUR CAR COV CRY DER DON HUL IPS LEE LEI MID MIL NOT PET POR REA SOU WAT WHU
Barnsley 1–3 1–3 0–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 3–2 2–0 2–1 3–5 4–1 1–1 1–3 1–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–4 0–1 1–1 0–4
Birmingham City 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–1
Blackpool 1–1 2–2 3–1 5–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–3 3–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–4
Brighton & Hove Albion 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–3 2–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 3–3 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 3–0 2–2 0–1
Bristol City 2–0 0–2 1–3 0–1 3–1 1–2 3–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–3 0–3 3–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–3 2–0 0–2 1–1
Burnley 2–0 1–3 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 4–0 1–2 1–3 0–2 1–3 5–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–2
Cardiff City 5–3 1–0 1–3 1–3 3–1 0–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–3 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–3 0–0 1–0 3–1 3–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 0–2
Coventry City 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 2–3 2–1 0–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–4 0–0 1–2
Crystal Palace 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–3 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 4–0 2–2
Derby County 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 0–3 1–0 3–2 3–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–1
Doncaster Rovers 2–0 1–3 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–3 0–3 2–1 1–3 0–3 0–1 1–1 3–4 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1
Hull City 3–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 3–0 2–3 2–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 3–2 0–2
Ipswich Town 1–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 0–1 1–0 2–3 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–3 1–3 3–2 1–0 2–3 2–5 1–2 5–1
Leeds United 1–2 1–4 0–5 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–2 3–2 4–1 3–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 3–7 4–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–1
Leicester City 1–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 4–0 4–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 3–2 2–0 1–2
Middlesbrough 2–0 3–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–2 2–1 1–0 0–2
Millwall 0–0 0–6 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 3–0 0–1 0–0 3–2 2–0 4–1 0–1 2–1 1–3 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–2 2–3 0–2 0–0
Nottingham Forest 0–0 1–3 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 3–2 0–4 2–2 2–0 3–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–4
Peterborough United 3–4 1–1 3–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 4–3 1–0 2–1 3–2 1–2 0–1 7–1 2–3 1–0 1–1 0–3 0–1 0–3 3–1 1–3 2–2 0–2
Portsmouth 2–0 4–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–5 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–3 0–1 3–0 2–3 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–1
Reading 1–2 1–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–2 2–2 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 0–2 3–0
Southampton 2–0 4–1 2–2 3–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 4–0 2–0 4–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 0–2 3–0 1–0 3–2 2–1 2–2 1–3 4–0 1–0
Watford 2–1 2–2 0–2 1–0 2–2 3–2 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 4–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 3–2 2–0 1–2 0–3 0–4
West Ham United 1–0 3–3 4–0 6–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 3–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 4–3 2–4 1–1 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2012. Source: The Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

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As of 30 April 2012

Hat-tricks

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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
  • 4 Player scored 4 goals

Scoring

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Disciplinary record by team

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As of 8 April 2012 (UTC)
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]

Clean sheets

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Monthly awards

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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]

Events

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Portsmouth administration

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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]

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