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2011–12 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season

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Shrewsbury Town F.C.
2011–12 season
ChairmanRoland Wycherley
ManagerGraham Turner
League Two2nd (promoted)
FA Cup3rd round
League Cup3rd round
Football League Trophy1st Round (North West)
Top goalscorerLeague: James Collins (14)
All: James Collins (16)
Highest home attendanceLeague: 9,441 vs Dagenham & Redbridge (28 April 2012)
All: 9,441 vs Dagenham & Redbridge (28 April 2012)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 4,871 vs Macclesfield Town (17 December 2011)
All: 4,048 vs Rotherham United (3 December 2011)
Average home league attendance5,769[1]

The 2011–12 season was the 126th season played by Shrewsbury Town F.C., an association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Shrewsbury competed in League Two, whilst also participating in the FA Cup, the Football League Cup and the Football League Trophy.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Swindon Town (C, P) 46 29 6 11 75 32 +43 93 Promotion to Football League One
2 Shrewsbury Town (P) 46 26 10 10 66 41 +25 88
3 Crawley Town (P) 46 23 15 8 76 54 +22 84
4 Southend United 46 25 8 13 77 48 +29 83 Qualification for League Two play-offs[a]
5 Torquay United 46 23 12 11 63 50 +13 81
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) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

Squad statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total League Two FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England ENG Chris Neal 39 0 35+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF England ENG Jermaine Grandison 43 2 36+2 2 1+0 0 2+1 0 1+0 0
3 DF Wales WAL Joe Jacobson 45 1 37+2 1 3+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
4 MF England ENG Sean McAllister 22 1 14+3 1 2+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF England ENG Ian Sharps 48 2 43+0 1 3+0 1 2+0 0 0+0 0
6 DF Australia AUS Shane Cansdell-Sherriff 43 4 35+2 4 3+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
7 MF England ENG Mark Wright 53 11 45+1 10 3+0 0 3+0 1 0+1 0
8 MF England ENG Nicky Wroe 44 5 32+6 4 1+1 0 3+0 1 0+1 0
9 FW Ireland EIR James Collins 47 17 32+10 14 0+2 1 2+1 2 0+0 0
10 FW England ENG Marvin Morgan 49 11 26+16 8 3+0 0 3+0 3 0+1 0
12 DF England ENG Reuben Hazell 10 0 5+2 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
14 MF England ENG Matt Richards 48 5 35+7 5 3+0 0 1+1 0 1+0 0
15 DF England ENG Carl Regan 15 0 12+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
16 MF England ENG Lionel Ainsworth 27 2 19+2 2 2+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
17 FW Wales WAL Tom Bradshaw 10 1 5+3 1 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
18 DF England ENG Connor Goldson 7 0 2+2 0 0+1 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
20 MF Wales WAL Aaron Wildig 13 1 10+2 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 MF England ENG Jon Taylor 36 0 15+18 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
24 FW England ENG Terry Gornell 47 8 28+13 7 3+0 1 1+1 0 1+0 0
25 GK England ENG Ben Smith 14 0 11+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
Players featured for Shrewsbury but left before the end of the season:
11 MF Scotland SCO Steven Leslie 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
Players on loan to Shrewsbury who returned to their parent club:
19 MF Ireland EIR David McAllister 15 0 15+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 MF England ENG James Wallace 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 DF Northern Ireland NIR Conor McLaughlin 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 FW Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN Romaine Sawyers 9 0 2+5 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF England ENG James Hurst 11 0 7+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0

Top scorers

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Place Position Nation Number Name League Two FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total
1 FW Republic of Ireland 9 James Collins 14 0 3 0 16
2 MF England 7 Mark Wright 10 0 1 0 11
= FW England 10 Marvin Morgan 8 0 3 0 11
4 FW England 24 Terry Gornell 7 1 0 0 8
5 MF England 8 Nicky Wroe 4 1 1 0 6
6 MF England 14 Matt Richards 5 0 0 0 5
7 DF Australia 6 Shane Cansdell-Sherriff 4 0 0 0 4
8 MF England 16 Lionel Ainsworth 2 0 0 0 2
= DF England 2 Jermaine Grandison 2 0 0 0 2
= DF England 5 Ian Sharps 1 1 0 0 2
11 MF England 4 Sean McAllister 1 0 0 0 1
= FW Wales 17 Tom Bradshaw 1 0 0 0 1
= MF Wales 20 Aaron Wildig 1 0 0 0 1
= DF Wales 3 Joe Jacobson 1 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 64 3 7 0 74

Disciplinary record

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Number Nation Position Name League Two FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
10 England FW Marvin Morgan 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
2 England DF Jermaine Grandison 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
9 Republic of Ireland FW James Collins 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
14 England MF Matt Richards 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
5 England DF Ian Sharps 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
8 England MF Nicky Wroe 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
3 Wales DF Joe Jacobson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
24 England FW Terry Gornell 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
4 England MF Sean McAllister 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1
26 England DF James Hurst 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1 England GK Chris Neal 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
21 Northern Ireland DF Conor McLaughlin 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
6 Australia DF Shane Cansdell-Sherriff 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
23 England MF Jon Taylor 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
12 England DF Reuben Hazell 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
16 England MF Lionel Ainsworth 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 England MF Mark Wright 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
25 England GK Ben Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
20 Wales MF Aaron Wildig 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
19 England MF James Wallace 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 59 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 63 5

Results

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Pre-Season Friendlies

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11 July 2011 The New Saints 2–1 Shrewsbury Town Park Hall
19:45 Williams 37'
Proctor 82'
Cork 39' Attendance: 496
26 July 2011 Kidderminster Harriers 2–1 Shrewsbury Town Aggborough
19:45 Vaughan ?' (pen.)
Matt 89'
Ainsworth 74' Attendance: 753
29 July 2011 Shrewsbury Town 0–2 Tranmere Rovers Greenhous Meadow
19:30 Akins 11'
Weir 58'
Attendance: 1,047

League Two

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6 August 2011 1 Shrewsbury Town 1–1 Plymouth Argyle Greenhous Meadow
15:00 Collins 69' Fletcher 90' Attendance: 6,421
13 August 2011 2 Burton Albion 1–1 Shrewsbury Town Pirelli Stadium
15:00 Zola 14' Gornell 83' Attendance: 2,989
16 August 2011 3 Oxford United 2–0 Shrewsbury Town Kassam Stadium
19:45 Heslop 8'
Guy 52'
Attendance: 6,102
20 August 2011 4 Shrewsbury Town 2–0 Crewe Alexandra Greenhous Meadow
15:00 McAllister 23'
Wroe 90+1'
Attendance: 5,050
27 August 2011 5 Shrewsbury Town 2–1 Swindon Town Greenhous Meadow
15:00 Gornell 57'
Morgan 71'
Ritchie 25' Attendance: 5,323
3 September 2011 6 Gillingham 0–1 Shrewsbury Town MEMS Priestfield Stadium
15:00 Wroe 90+4' (pen.) Attendance: 4,869
10 September 2011 7 Shrewsbury Town 3–1 Hereford United Greenhous Meadow
13:00 Morgan 7', 79'
Wright 48'
Barkhuizen 73' Attendance: 5,684
13 September 2011 8 Bristol Rovers 1–0 Shrewsbury Town Memorial Stadium
19:45 Zebroski 19' Attendance: 5,065
17 September 2011 9 Port Vale 2–3 Shrewsbury Town Vale Park
13:00 Williamson 26', 81' Morgan 3'
Wright 14'
Ainsworth 50'
Attendance: 5,541
24 September 2011 10 Shrewsbury Town 2–0 Torquay United Greenhous Meadow
15:00 Collins 6', 49' Attendance: 5,263
30 September 2011 11 Southend United 3–0 Shrewsbury Town Roots Hall
19:45 Dickinson 27' (pen.)
Phillips 90+1'
Harris 90+5' (pen.)
Attendance: 6,394
8 October 2011 12 Shrewsbury Town 3–2 Barnet Greenhous Meadow
15:00 Richards 31'
Gornell 42'
Ainsworth 90+3'
Holmes 69'
Marshall 82'
Attendance: 5,192
15 October 2011 13 Crawley Town 2–1 Shrewsbury Town Broadfield Stadium
15:00 Torres 14'
Howell 43'
Wright 72' Attendance: 3,453
29 October 2011 16 Shrewsbury Town 0–0 AFC Wimbledon Greenhous Meadow
15:00 Attendance: 5,861
5 November 2011 17 Dagenham & Redbridge 0–2 Shrewsbury Town Victoria Road
15:00 Gornell 6'
Collins 90+5' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,726
19 November 2011 18 Northampton Town 2–7 Shrewsbury Town Sixfields Stadium
15:00 Tozer 49'
Akinfenwa 85'
Wright 18', 40'
Gornell 44'
Morgan 82'
Collins 88'
Jacobson 90+4'
Langmead 90+6' (o.g.)
Attendance: 5,039
26 November 2011 19 Shrewsbury Town 2–0 Morecambe Greenhous Meadow
15:00 Wroe 39' (pen.)
Wright 88'
Attendance: 5,623
10 December 2011 20 Aldershot Town 1–0 Shrewsbury Town Recreation Ground
15:00 Guttridge 67' Attendance: 2,384
26 December 2011 22 Cheltenham Town 0–0 Shrewsbury Town Abbey Business Stadium
15:00 Attendance: 5,004
31 December 2011 23 Bradford City 3–1 Shrewsbury Town Coral Windows Stadium
15:00 Hanson 24'
Wells 29'
Fagan 49'
Morgan 78' Attendance: 10,567
2 January 2012 24 Shrewsbury Town 1–1 Northampton Town Greenhous Meadow
15:00 Richards 34' Berahino 22' Attendance: 6,045
14 January 2012 25 Shrewsbury Town 2–0 Gillingham Greenhous Meadow
15:00 Cansdell-Sherriff 30'
Wright 87'
Attendance: 4,940
21 January 2012 26 Shrewsbury Town 2–1 Southend United Greenhous Meadow
15:00 Collins 53'
Grandison 82'
Hall 66' Attendance: 5,601
28 January 2012 27 Hereford United 0–2 Shrewsbury Town Edgar Street
13:00 Gornell 16'
Collins 27'
Attendance: 3,515
11 February 2012 28 Torquay United 1–0 Shrewsbury Town Plainmoor
15:00 Atieno 68' Attendance: 2,592
14 February 2012 29 Shrewsbury Town 1–0 Bristol Rovers Greenhous Meadow
19:45 Collins 86' Attendance: 4,928
18 February 2012 30 Barnet 1–2 Shrewsbury Town Underhill Stadium
15:00 McLeod 48' Kamdjo 45+1' (o.g.)
Collins 74'
Attendance: 2,046
21 February 2012 31 Swindon Town 2–1 Shrewsbury Town County Ground
19:45 Connell 64' 76' Richards 40' Attendance: 7,990
27 February 2012 32 Shrewsbury Town 2–1 Crawley Town Greenhous Meadow
19:45 Wright 44'
Morgan 74'
Akinde 33' Attendance: 5,229
3 March 2012 33 Crewe Alexandra 1–1 Shrewsbury Town Alexandra Stadium
15:00 Powell 22' Collins 5' Attendance: 5,086
6 March 2012 34 Shrewsbury Town 2–2 Oxford United Greenhous Meadow
19:45 Wright 54'
Richards 90+4'
Holmes 1' 38' Attendance: 5,205
10 March 2012 35 Shrewsbury Town 1–0 Burton Albion Greenhous Meadow
15:00 Sharps 51' Attendance: 5,840
17 March 2012 36 Plymouth Argyle 1–0 Shrewsbury Town Home Park
15:00 Wotton 21' Attendance: 5,931
20 March 2012 37 Shrewsbury Town 2–0 Cheltenham Town Greenhous Meadow
19:45 Wroe 1'
Gornell 57'
Attendance: 5,705
24 March 2012 38 Morecambe 0–1 Shrewsbury Town Globe Arena
15:00 Collins 68' Attendance: 2,175
31 March 2012 39 Shrewsbury Town 1–1 Aldershot Town Greenhous Meadow
15:00 Morgan 78' Payne 51' (pen.) Attendance: 5,588
6 April 2012 40 Macclesfield Town 1–3 Shrewsbury Town Moss Rose
19:45 Arnaud Mendy 85' Collins 33' 86'
Wright 83'
Attendance: 3,403
9 April 2012 41 Shrewsbury Town 1–0 Bradford City Greenhous Meadow
15:00 Grandison 16' Attendance: 6,272
14 April 2012 42 Shrewsbury Town 3–1 Rotherham United Greenhous Meadow
15:00 Gornell 45+2' 67'
Wildig 48'
Cresswell 2' Attendance: 5,873
17 April 2012 43 Shrewsbury Town 1–0 Port Vale Greenhous Meadow
19:45 Richards 55' Attendance: 7,678
21 April 2012 44 Accrington Stanley 1–1 Shrewsbury Town Crown Ground
15:00 Hughes 78' Gornell 31' Attendance: 3,275
5 May 2012 46 AFC Wimbledon 3–1 Shrewsbury Town Kingsmeadow
15:00 Harrison 47'
Moore 55' 61'
Cansdell-Sherriff 58' Attendance: 3,678

FA Cup

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12 November 2011 Round 1 Newport County 0–1 Shrewsbury Town Newport Stadium
12:30 BST Summary Gornell 41' Attendance: 2,362
Referee: Darren Drysdale
3 December 2011 Round 2 Shrewsbury Town 2–1 Rotherham United Greenhous Meadow
15:00 BST Sharps 48'
Wroe 83' (pen.)
Summary Grabban 42' Attendance: 4,048
Referee: Lee Collins
7 January 2012 Round 3 Middlesbrough 1–0 Shrewsbury Town Riverside Stadium
15:00 BST Emnes 40' Summary Attendance: 12,631
Referee: Tony Bates

League Cup

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9 August 2011 Round 1 Derby County 2–3 Shrewsbury Town Pride Park Stadium
19:45 Maguire 46'
Robinson 78'
Morgan 16', 37'
Collins 34'
Attendance: 7,073
23 August 2011 Round 2 Shrewsbury Town 3–1 Swansea City Greenhous Meadow
19:45 Morgan 19'
Wright 67'
Wroe 90+1'
Cansdell-Sherriff 10' (o.g.) Attendance: 4,063
20 September 2011 Round 3 Arsenal 3–1 Shrewsbury Town Emirates Stadium
19:45 Kieran Gibbs
Alex Oxlade Chamberlain
Youssi Benayoun
James Collins

Football League Trophy

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30 August 2011 Round 1 Walsall 2–1 Shrewsbury Town Bank's Stadium
19:45 Jarvis 17'
Taundry 35'
Butler 48' (o.g.) Attendance: 2,605

Transfers

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Players transferred in
Date Pos. Name Previous Club Fee Ref.
23 June 2011 FW England Marvin Morgan England Aldershot Town Free [2]
28 June 2011 DF Wales Joe Jacobson England Accrington Stanley Free (Bosman) [3]
30 June 2011 DF England Reuben Hazell England Oldham Athletic Free (Bosman) [4]
28 July 2011 MF England Matt Richards England Walsall Free (Bosman) [5]
29 July 2011 DF England Carl Regan England Bristol Rovers Free [6]
4 August 2011 FW England Terry Gornell England Accrington Stanley Undisclosed [7]
Players loaned in
Date from Pos. Name From Date to Ref.
3 November 2011 MF England James Wallace England Everton 5 January 2012 [8][9]
8 November 2011 MF Wales Aaron Wildig Wales Cardiff City End of season [10][11][12]
18 November 2011 DF England James Hurst England West Bromwich Albion 4 January 2012 [13]
12 January 2012 MF Republic of Ireland David McAllister England Sheffield United 14 April 2012 [14][15]
27 January 2012 FW Saint Kitts and Nevis Romaine Sawyers England West Bromwich Albion End of season [16][17]
2 March 2012 DF Northern Ireland Conor McLaughlin England Preston North End End of season [18]
Players loaned out
Date from Pos. Name To Date to Ref.
6 October 2011 MF Scotland Steven Leslie England Hereford United 8 January 2012 [19][20][21]
6 March 2012 MF England Lionel Ainsworth England Burton Albion 6 April 2012 [22]
Players transferred out
Date Pos. Name To Fee Ref.
16 June 2011 FW England Matt Harrold England Bristol Rovers Undisclosed Fee [23]
Players released
Date Pos. Name Subsequent club Join date Ref.
8 June 2011 FW England Jake Robinson England Northampton Town 8 June 2011 [24]
23 June 2011 FW England Nathan Elder England Hayes & Yeading 12 August 2011 [25][26]
25 June 2011 MF England Craig Disley England Grimsby Town 26 June 2011 [27]
1 July 2011 MF Netherlands Benjamin van den Broek Netherlands Den Bosch 1 July 2011 (Bosman) [28]
1 July 2011 DF England Danny Taylor Wales Airbus UK 8 July 2011 [29][30]
1 July 2011 MF England Kevin McIntyre England Accrington Stanley 16 July 2011 [29][31]
1 July 2011 DF England Harry Hooman England Cheltenham Town 26 July 2011 [29][32]
1 July 2011 DF England David Raven England Tranmere Rovers 5 August 2011 [29][33]
1 July 2011 DF England Kelvin Lomax England Barrow 15 August 2011 [34]
27 January 2012 MF Scotland Steven Leslie Wales Wrexham 27 January 2012 [35][36]

Awards

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End of Season Awards Winner[37]
Telegraph & Argus Bradford City Player of the Year Matt Richards
Players' Player of the Year Matt Richards
Player in the Community Ian Sharps
Young Player of the Year James Collins
Goal of the Season Matt Richards vs Oxford United

References

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  2. ^ "Shrewsbury Town sign ex-Aldershot striker Marvin Morgan". BBC Football. 23 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Shrewsbury Town sign Accrington defender Joe Jacobson". BBC Football. 28 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Ex-Oldham defender Reuben Hazell joins Shrewsbury Town". BBC Football. 30 June 2011.
  5. ^ "Shrewsbury Town sign ex-Walsall midfielder Richards". BBC Football. 28 July 2011.
  6. ^ "Carl Regan signs one-year Shrewsbury Town contract". BBC Football. 29 July 2011.
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  8. ^ "Everton loan James Wallace to Shrewsbury Town". BBC Sport. 3 November 2011.
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  20. ^ "Hereford extend loan of Steve Leslie from Shrewsbury". BBC Sport. 7 November 2011.
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  23. ^ "Bristol Rovers sign Shrewsbury Town's Matt Harrold". BBC Football. 16 June 2011.
  24. ^ "Northampton Town sign striker Jake Robinson". BBC Football. 8 June 2011.
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  28. ^ "Shrewsbury Town's Benjamin van den Broek to return home". BBC Sport. 1 April 2011.
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  31. ^ "Accrington Stanley sign midfielder Kevin McIntyre". BBC Sport. 16 July 2011.
  32. ^ "Cheltenham Town sign ex-Shrews defender Harry Hooman". BBC Sport. 26 July 2011.
  33. ^ "Tranmere Rovers sign defender David Raven". BBC Sport. 5 August 2011.
  34. ^ "Barrow sign defenders Kelvin Lomax and Cliff Moyo". BBC Sport. 15 August 2011.
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  36. ^ "Reds Capture Scottish Winger". Wrexham F.C. 27 January 2012. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012.
  37. ^ "Matt Richards delighted at awards night haul". Shrewsbury Town F.C. 1 May 2012.