2011–12 Brentford F.C. season

During the 2011–12 English football season, Brentford competed in Football League One. In a season of transition under new manager Uwe Rösler, the Bees finished in 9th place.

Brentford

2011–12 season
Chairman	Greg Dyke
Manager	Uwe Rösler
Stadium	Griffin Park
League One	9th
FA Cup	Second round
Football League Cup	First round
Football League Trophy	Semi-final
Top goalscorer	League: Gary Alexander (12) All: Gary Alexander (14)
Highest home attendance	8,095
Lowest home attendance	3,015
Average home league attendance	5,643
Home colours Away colours
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Season summary

Uwe Rösler was announced as Brentford manager on 10 June 2011.

After guiding Brentford away from the League One relegation zone and securing a mid-table finish at the end of the 2010–11 season, Nicky Forster was passed over for the full-time manager's job in favour of Uwe Rösler.^[1] Rösler's appointment was part of an overhaul behind the scenes at Griffin Park, with Forster's first team coach Mark Warburton retained by the club and installed in the newly created role of sporting director.^[2] Medical and analysis teams were added to the backroom staff and a Development Squad was introduced to replace the reserve team.^[2][3] Manager Rösler brought in six new players before the beginning of the season – defenders Marcel Eger and Shay Logan, midfielders Jonathan Douglas and Harry Forrester, loan winger Niall McGinn and forward Clayton Donaldson.^[4] Two more players would arrive before the end of the summer transfer window, defender Adam Thompson and forward Mike Grella.^[4] Grella was a late replacement for Charlie MacDonald, who transferred to Milton Keynes Dons.^[5]

Despite falling at the first hurdle to League Two club Hereford United in the first round of the League Cup, Brentford enjoyed a strong start to the league season, winning five of the opening seven matches to climb as high as 4th place.^[6] By the end of 2011, the Bees were on the edge of the playoff places and had exited all the cup competitions, having been knocked out of the FA Cup and Football League Trophy at the second round and Southern Area semi-final stages respectively.^[6] Manager Uwe Rösler spent much of the first half of the season overhauling the squad, loaning out Pim Balkestein, Ryan Blake, Michael Spillane and Sam Wood,^[7] with six loan players arriving between 8 September and 24 November as cover during an injury crisis.^[4] Leading goalscorer Gary Alexander was loaned out for the final two months of the season.^[8]

Just 3 wins from a 16-match spell between 17 December 2011 and 20 March 2012 dropped Brentford back into mid-table.^[6] Though the team finished the season strongly (winning six and drawing two of the final 9 matches), too many dropped points at home saw the Bees finish in 9th place,^[6] six points below the playoff zone.^[9] The season proved to be one of transition and the loan signings of left back Jake Bidwell, centre back Harlee Dean and midfielder Adam Forshaw proved to be shrewd,^[4] with the trio returning for the 2012–13 season (Bidwell on loan, Dean and Forshaw on permanent transfers) and all playing a major part in Brentford's future success.^[10][11] Teenage Development Squad midfielder Jake Reeves was blooded during the season and was described as "a big option" by Rösler.^[12]

League table

Main article: 2011–12 Football League One

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Notts County	46	21	10	15	75	63	+12	73
8	Carlisle United	46	18	15	13	65	66	−1	69
9	Brentford	46	18	13	15	63	52	+11	67
10	Colchester United	46	13	20	13	61	66	−5	59
11	AFC Bournemouth	46	15	13	18	48	52	−4	58

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

Results

Pre-season friendlies

Strømmen IF v Brentford

12 July 2011 Practice match	Strømmen IF	0–0	Brentford	Strømmen Stadion
		Report

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Tonbridge Angels v Brentford

16 July 2011	Tonbridge Angels	0–10	Brentford	Longmead Stadium
		Report	MacDonald Alexander Norris Spillane

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Hampton & Richmond Borough v Brentford

19 July 2011	Hampton & Richmond Borough	1–6	Brentford	Beveree Stadium
19:45	Duff	Report	Eger Wood Alexander Norris pen.' McGinn Spillane	Attendance: 1,027

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Brentford v Stoke City

22 July 2011	Brentford	1–0	Stoke City	Griffin Park
19:45	MacDonald 72'	Report		Attendance: 2,946

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Brentford v Watford

26 July 2011	Brentford	0–0	Watford	Griffin Park
19:45		Report		Attendance: 2,491

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Aldershot Town v Brentford

30 July 2011	Aldershot Town	1–2	Brentford	Recreation Ground
15:00	Rankine 32' (pen.)	Report	Alexander 38' (pen.) MacDonald 76'	Attendance: 1,147 Referee: Danny McDermid

League One

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	D	D	L	W	D	L	W	W	D	D	D	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	W
Position	4	9	5	4	7	4	4	5	8	6	9	7	8	10	11	8	9	9	7	6	7	8	7	8	8	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

Source: Statto
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	18	13	15	63	52	+11	67	10	6	7	36	24	+12	8	7	8	27	28	−1

Source: Statto

Results

Brentford v Yeovil Town

6 August 2011 1	Brentford	2–0	Yeovil Town	Griffin Park
15:00	Alexander 30' (pen.) Logan 76'	Report		Attendance: 6,278 Referee: Pat Miller

Sheffield United v Brentford

13 August 2011 2	Sheffield United	2–0	Brentford	Bramall Lane
15:00	Slew 49' Cresswell 70'	Report		Attendance: 17,769 Referee: David Webb

Exeter City v Brentford

16 August 2011 3	Exeter City	1–2	Brentford	St James Park
19:45	Bauza 66' (pen.)	Report	Dunne 18' (o.g.) Donaldson 37'	Attendance: 4,344

Brentford v Leyton Orient

20 August 2011 4	Brentford	5–0	Leyton Orient	Griffin Park
15:00	McGinn 6' Legge 52' Saunders 54', 75' Bean 89'	Report		Attendance: 5,399

Brentford v Tranmere Rovers

27 August 2011 5	Brentford	0–2	Tranmere Rovers	Griffin Park
15:00		Report	Weir 28' Robinson 46'	Attendance: 5,381

Walsall v Brentford

3 September 2011 6	Walsall	0–1	Brentford	Bescot Stadium
15:00	Nicholls  70'	Report	Donaldson 27' Spillane  90+1'	Attendance: 3,972 Referee: Chris Foy

Wycombe Wanderers v Brentford

10 September 2011 7	Wycombe Wanderers	0–1	Brentford	Adams Park
15:00		Report	O'Connor 36' (pen.)	Attendance: 5,045 Referee: Stroud

Brentford v Colchester United

13 September 2011 8	Brentford	1–1	Colchester United	Griffin Park
19:45	Donaldson 56'	Report	Wordsworth 90+1'	Attendance: 4,714 Referee: Ward

Brentford v Preston North End

17 September 2011 9	Brentford	1–3	Preston North End	Griffin Park
15:00	McGinn 21'	Report	Mellor 10', 73' Hume 32'	Attendance: 6,090 Referee: D'Urso

Oldham Athletic v Brentford

24 September 2011 10	Oldham Athletic	0–2	Brentford	Boundary Park
15:00		Report	Douglas 38' Weston 73'	Attendance: 3,777 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Brentford v Huddersfield Town

1 October 2011 11	Brentford	0–4	Huddersfield Town	Griffin Park
15:00		Report	Rhodes 36', 76' Novak 70' Roberts 78'	Attendance: 6,101 Referee: Graham

Carlisle United v Brentford

8 October 2011 12	Carlisle United	2–2	Brentford	Brunton Park
15:00	Berrett 23' Clarkson 63' (o.g.)	Report	Clarkson 9' Diagouraga 88'	Attendance: 4,184 Referee: Lewis

Brentford v Scunthorpe United

15 October 2011 13	Brentford	0–0	Scunthorpe United	Griffin Park
15:00		Report		Attendance: 4,907 Referee: East

Notts County v Brentford

22 October 2011 14	Notts County	1–1	Brentford	Meadow Lane
15:00	J Hughes 38' (pen.)	Report	Donaldson 46'	Attendance: 6,735 Referee: Mark Haywood

Brentford v Stevenage

25 October 2011 15	Brentford	0–1	Stevenage	Griffin Park
19:45		Report	Beardsley 73'	Attendance: 4,771 Referee: Simon Hooper

Brentford v Chesterfield

29 October 2011 16	Brentford	2–1	Chesterfield	Griffin Park
15:00	Saunders 24' Bennett 82'	Report	Clarke 27'	Attendance: 4,566 Referee: Ian Williamson

Sheffield Wednesday v Brentford

5 November 2011 17	Sheffield Wednesday	0–0	Brentford	Hillsborough Stadium
15:00		Report		Attendance: 18,107 Referee: D'Urso

Brentford v Charlton Athletic

19 November 2011 18	Brentford	0–1	Charlton Athletic	Griffin Park
15:00		Report	Wright-Phillips 64'	Attendance: 8,095 Referee: Ilderton

Rochdale v Brentford

26 November 2011 19	Rochdale	1–2	Brentford	Spotland Stadium
15:00	Holness 65'	Report	Alexander 11' (pen.) Saunders 78'	Attendance: 2,466 Referee: Sutton

Brentford v Hartlepool United

10 December 2011 20	Brentford	2–1	Hartlepool United	Griffin Park
15:00	McGinn 80' Alexander 85'	Report	Collins 83'	Attendance: 6,352 Referee: Carl Berry

Bury v Brentford

17 December 2011 21	Bury	1–1	Brentford	Gigg Lane
15:00	John-Lewis 85'	Report	Alexander 61' (pen.)	Attendance: 4,008 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Brentford v Bournemouth

26 December 2011 22	Brentford	1–1	Bournemouth	Griffin Park
15:00	Legge 90+4'	Report	Sheringham 19'	Attendance: 6,338 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Brentford v Milton Keynes Dons

31 December 2011 23	Brentford	3–3	Milton Keynes Dons	Griffin Park
15:00	Alexander 65' (75), pen.' Legge 90+2'	Report	Potter 4' Balanta 6' MacDonald 41'	Attendance: 5,397 Referee: Gavin Ward

Charlton Athletic v Brentford

2 January 2012 24	Charlton Athletic	2–0	Brentford	The Valley
15:15	Morrison 31' Green 90'	Report		Attendance: 17,506 Referee: Graham Scott

Tranmere Rovers v Brentford

7 January 2012 25	Tranmere Rovers	2–2	Brentford	Prenton Park
15:00	Devaney 4' Dean 55' (o.g.)	Report	Alexander 22' Donaldson 32'	Attendance: 4,432 Referee: Dean Mohareb

Brentford v Walsall

14 January 2012 26	Brentford	0–0	Walsall	Griffin Park
15:00		Report		Attendance: 4,867 Referee: Mark Brown

Huddersfield Town v Brentford

21 January 2012 27	Huddersfield Town	3–2	Brentford	Kirklees Stadium
17:20	Lee 41' McCombe 45+2' Rhodes 50'	Report	Alexander 21', pen.', 29'	Attendance: 14,405 Referee: C Webster

Brentford v Wycombe Wanderers

28 January 2012 28	Brentford	5–2	Wycombe Wanderers	Griffin Park
15:00	Alexander 10', 29', 81' Saunders 22' Diagouraga 73'	Report	Winfield 47' Strevens 76'	Attendance: 5,560 Referee: Mark Heywood

Colchester United v Brentford

14 February 2012 29	Colchester United	2–1	Brentford	Colchester Community Stadium
19:45	Gillespie 83', 85'	Report	McGinn 57'	Attendance: 2,923 Referee: James Linington

Brentford v Carlisle United

20 February 2012 30	Brentford	4–0	Carlisle United	Griffin Park
19:45	Dean 28' Saunders 32' Berahino 41', 53'	Report		Attendance: 4,292 Referee: Anthony Bates

Scunthorpe United v Brentford

25 February 2012 31	Scunthorpe United	0–0	Brentford	Glanford Park
15:00	Reid  16'	Report	Bean  39' Legge  90+2'	Attendance: 3,844 Referee: Steve Rushton

Yeovil Town v Brentford

3 March 2012 32	Yeovil Town	2–1	Brentford	Huish Park
15:00	Upson  42' Williams 49' 87'	Report	Saunders 25' Douglas  76'	Attendance: 3,930 Referee: Roger East

Brentford v Exeter City

6 March 2012 33	Brentford	2–0	Exeter City	Griffin Park
19:45	Saido Berahino 41' 69'	Report	Logan  38' O'Brien  40' Noble  67'	Attendance: 4,124 Referee: Darren Deadman

Brentford v Sheffield United

10 March 2012 34	Brentford	0–2	Sheffield United	Griffin Park
15:00	Diagouraga  22'	Report	Evans 6' 51' Maguire  61' Cresswell  90+1'	Attendance: 7,414 Referee: Chris Sarginson

Leyton Orient v Brentford

17 March 2012 35	Leyton Orient	2–0	Brentford	Brisbane Road
15:00	Lisbie 29' Smith 45' Forbes  83'	Report	Logan  40' Donaldson  64'	Attendance: 4,173 Referee: Paul Tierney

Bournemouth v Brentford

20 March 2012 36	Bournemouth	1–0	Brentford	Dean Court
19:45	Fogden 45' Francis  49'	Report	Thompson  44'	Attendance: 4,563 Referee: Dean Mohareb

Brentford v Rochdale

24 March 2012 37	Brentford	2–0	Rochdale	Griffin Park
15:00	Diagouraga 32' Donaldson 85'	Report	Jordan  33'	Attendance: 4,919 Referee: Brendan Malone

Preston North End v Brentford

27 March 2012 38	Preston North End	1–3	Brentford	Deepdale
19:45	Procter  26' Parry 42' (pen.) Robertson  45+1' Coutts  65'	Report	Logan 9' Donaldson 22' (pen.) 53' Forrester  44' Bidwell  81'	Attendance: 9,148 Referee: James Adcock

Milton Keynes Dons v Brentford

31 March 2012 39	Milton Keynes Dons	1–2	Brentford	Stadium mk
15:00	Smith  34' Flanagan  59' MacDonald  61' Lewington  81' Williams 88' (pen.)	Report	Donaldson 12' Douglas 26' Thompson  75' Bean  81' Diagouraga  86' Osborne  89'	Attendance: 11,570 Referee: Gary Sutton

Brentford v Oldham Athletic

3 April 2012 40	Brentford	2–0	Oldham Athletic	Griffin Park
19:45	Bean 2' McGinn 67' Dean  85'	Report	Simpson  28' Filipe Morais  45+2' Furman  90+2'	Attendance: 4,593 Referee: Nigel Miller

Brentford v Bury

7 April 2012 41	Brentford	3–0	Bury	Griffin Park
15:00	Saunders 44' 63' Logan  60' 68'	Report	Schmacher  51' Jones  70' Clarke  80'	Attendance: 5,192 Referee: Simon Hooper

Hartlepool United v Brentford

9 April 2012 42	Hartlepool United	0–0	Brentford	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Austin  83'	Report	Douglas  42' Saunders  51' Morrison  81'	Attendance: 4,292 Referee: Rob Lewis

Brentford v Notts County

14 April 2012 43	Brentford	0–0	Notts County	Griffin Park
15:00	Bidwell  73' Logan  77'	Report	Hughes  29' Chilvers  38' Stewart  86'	Attendance: 7,079 Referee: Lee Collins

Stevenage v Brentford

21 April 2012 44	Stevenage	2–1	Brentford	Broadhall Way
15:00	Lascelles  33' Reid 52' Freeman 61'  89'	Report	Douglas  72' Saunders  82' 90+1' Bidwell  90+1'	Attendance: 4,256 Referee: Carl Berry

Brentford v Sheffield Wednesday

28 April 2012 45	Brentford	1–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Griffin Park
15:00	Douglas  33' Donaldson 62' (pen.)	Report	Beevers  27' Treacy 38' Miguel Llera  58' 66' Buxton  90+3'	Attendance: 7,381 Referee: Chris Sarginson

Chesterfield v Brentford

5 May 2012 46	Chesterfield	2–3	Brentford	B2net Stadium
15:00	Moussa 69' Darikwa  76' Allott 90+3'	Report	Legge 12' Diagouraga 59' Donaldson 80'	Attendance: 5,699 Referee: Danny McDermid

FA Cup

Main article: 2011–12 FA Cup

Brentford v Basingstoke Town

12 November 2011 1st Round	Brentford	1–0	Basingstoke Town	Griffin Park
13:00	Saunders 9'	Report		Attendance: 3,553 Referee: Masaaki Toma

Brentford v Wrexham

3 December 2011 2nd Round	Brentford	0–1	Wrexham	Griffin Park
15:00		Report	Tolley 33'	Attendance: 3,452 Referee: Roger East

Football League Cup

Main article: 2011–12 Football League Cup

Hereford United v Brentford

9 August 2011 1st Round	Hereford United	1–0	Brentford	Edgar Street
19:45	Arquin 90+2'	Report		Attendance: 1,767 Referee: Phil Gibbs

Football League Trophy

Main article: 2011–12 Football League Trophy

Milton Keynes Dons v Brentford

30 August 2011 Round 1	Milton Keynes Dons	3–3 (3–4 p)	Brentford	Stadium:mk
19:45	MacDonald 19' Chadwick 30' Douglas 86' (o.g.)	Report	Thompson 27' Alexander 56', 82'	Attendance: 4,175 Referee: L. Collins
	Penalties
	Smith Lewington Potter Bowditch Gleeson		Alexander Douglas Reeves Grella

Charlton Athletic v Brentford

5 October 2011 Round 2	Charlton Athletic	0–3	Brentford	The Valley
19:45		Report	Adams 2' O'Connor 24' (pen.) Diagouraga 61'	Attendance: 3,486 Referee: James Linington

Brentford v Bournemouth

8 November 2011 Southern QF	Brentford	6–0	Bournemouth	Griffin Park
19:45	Saunders 5' Grella 23', 48', 82', 84' Logan 77'	Report		Attendance: 3,015 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Barnet v Brentford

6 December 2011 Southern SF	Barnet	0–0 (5–3 p)	Brentford	Underhill Stadium
19:45		Report		Attendance: 1,970 Referee: Oliver Langford
	Penalties
	Hughes Holmes Deering McLeod Senda		Alexander Douglas Reeves Sam Saunders

• Sources: Statto, brentfordfc.co.uk, brentfordfc.co.uk

Playing squad

Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 2011–12 season.

No	Position	Name	Nationality	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Richard Lee		(1982-10-05)5 October 1982 (aged 28)	Watford	2010
21	GK	Antoine Gounet		(1988-10-16)16 October 1988 (aged 22)	Unattached	2012
31	GK	Simon Moore		(1990-05-19)19 May 1990 (aged 21)	Farnborough	2009
Defenders
3	DF	Craig Woodman		(1982-12-22)22 December 1982 (aged 28)	Wycombe Wanderers	2010
5	DF	Marcel Eger		(1983-03-23)23 March 1983 (aged 28)	St. Pauli	2011
6	DF	Pim Balkestein		(1987-04-29)29 April 1987 (aged 24)	Ipswich Town	2010	Loaned to Rochdale and AFC Wimbledon
14	DF	Shay Logan		(1988-01-29)29 January 1988 (aged 23)	Manchester City	2011
17	DF	Ryan Blake		(1991-12-08)8 December 1991 (aged 18)	Youth	2009	Loaned to Farnborough and Hampton & Richmond Borough
22	DF	Karleigh Osborne		(1988-03-19)19 March 1988 (aged 23)	Youth	2004
23	DF	Adam Thompson		(1992-09-28)28 September 1992 (aged 18)	Watford	2012	On loan from Watford
24	DF	Jake Bidwell		(1993-03-21)21 March 1993 (aged 18)	Everton	2011	On loan from Everton
25	DF	Harlee Dean		(1991-07-26)26 July 1991 (aged 20)	Southampton	2011	On loan from Southampton
30	DF	Alfie Mawson		(1994-01-19)19 January 1994 (aged 17)	Youth	2011
32	DF	Leon Legge		(1985-07-01)1 July 1985 (aged 26)	Tonbridge Angels	2009
Midfielders
2	MF	Kevin O'Connor (c)		(1982-02-24)24 February 1982 (aged 29)	Youth	2000
4	MF	Marcus Bean		(1984-11-02)2 November 1984 (aged 26)	Blackpool	2008
7	MF	Sam Saunders		(1983-08-29)29 August 1983 (aged 27)	Dagenham & Redbridge	2009
8	MF	Jonathan Douglas		(1981-11-22)22 November 1981 (aged 29)	Swindon Town	2011
11	MF	Myles Weston		(1988-03-12)12 March 1988 (aged 23)	Notts County	2009
16	MF	Sam Wood		(1986-08-09)9 August 1986 (aged 24)	Bromley	2008	Loaned to Rotherham United
18	MF	Niall McGinn		(1987-07-20)20 July 1987 (aged 24)	Celtic	2011	On loan from Celtic
19	MF	Harry Forrester		(1991-01-02)2 January 1991 (aged 20)	Aston Villa	2011
20	MF	Toumani Diagouraga		(1987-06-20)20 June 1987 (aged 24)	Peterborough United	2010
27	MF	Manny Oyeleke		(1992-12-24)24 December 1992 (aged 18)	Youth	2011
40	MF	Jake Reeves		(1993-05-30)30 May 1993 (aged 18)	Youth	2011
Forwards
9	FW	Clayton Donaldson		(1984-02-07)7 February 1984 (aged 27)	Crewe Alexandra	2011
17	FW	Clinton Morrison		(1979-05-14)14 May 1979 (aged 32)	Sheffield Wednesday	2012	On loan from Sheffield Wednesday
28	FW	Antonio German		(1991-01-02)2 January 1991 (aged 20)	Bromley	2012
29	FW	Gary Alexander		(1979-08-15)15 August 1979 (aged 31)	Millwall	2010	Loaned to Crawley Town
33	FW	Luke Norris		(1993-06-30)30 June 1993 (aged 18)	Youth	2011
Players who left the club mid-season
10	FW	Saido Berahino		(1993-08-04)4 August 1993 (aged 18)	West Bromwich Albion	2012	Returned to West Bromwich Albion after loan
10	FW	Mike Grella		(1987-01-23)23 January 1987 (aged 24)	Leeds United	2011	Loaned from Leeds United before transferring permanently Released
10	FW	Charlie MacDonald		(1981-02-13)13 February 1981 (aged 30)	Southend United	2008	Transferred to Milton Keynes Dons
12	MF	Adam Forshaw		(1991-10-08)8 October 1991 (aged 19)	Everton	2012	Returned to Everton after loan
12	DF	Michael Spillane		(1989-03-23)23 March 1989 (aged 22)	Norwich City	2010	Loaned to Dagenham & Redbridge Transferred to Dagenham & Redbridge
17	FW	Kirk Hudson		(1986-12-12)12 December 1986 (aged 24)	Aldershot Town	2010	Released
21	GK	Conor Devlin		(1991-09-23)23 September 1991 (aged 19)	Unattached	2011	Released
21	GK	Simon Royce		(1971-09-09)9 September 1971 (aged 39)	Gillingham	2010	Retired
23	GK	Dale Bennett		(1990-01-06)6 January 1990 (aged 21)	Watford	2012	Returned to Watford after loan
24	DF	Blair Adams		(1991-09-08)8 September 1991 (aged 19)	Sunderland	2011	Returned to Sunderland after loan
25	DF	Miguel Llera		(1979-08-07)7 August 1979 (aged 31)	Blackpool	2011	Returned to Blackpool after loan
26	FW	David Clarkson		(1985-09-10)10 September 1985 (aged 25)	Bristol City	2011	Returned to Bristol City after loan
26	FW	Piero Mingoia		(1991-10-20)20 October 1991 (aged 19)	Watford	2011	Returned to Watford after loan

• Source: Soccerbase

Coaching staff

Name	Role
Uwe Rösler	Manager
Alan Kernaghan	Assistant Manager
Peter Farrell	First team Coach
Simon Royce	Goalkeeping Coach
Ben Wood	Physiotherapist
Chris Haslam	Head of Conditioning
Darren Glenister	Sports Therapist
Chris Domoney	Masseur
Bob Oteng	Kit Man

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Substitute appearances in brackets.

No	Pos	Nat	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy		Total
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Richard Lee	37	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	42	0
2	MF		Kevin O'Connor	9 (5)	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	13 (5)	2
3	DF		Craig Woodman	18	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	22	0
4	MF		Marcus Bean	22 (10)	2	0 (1)	0	1	0	3	0	26 (11)	2
5	DF		Marcel Eger	13 (3)	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	19 (3)	0
6	DF		Pim Balkestein	2 (3)	0	—		0	0	—		2 (3)	0
7	MF		Sam Saunders	29 (8)	10	2	1	1	0	2 (1)	1	34 (9)	12
8	MF		Jonathan Douglas	46	2	1	0	1	0	3	0	51	2
9	FW		Clayton Donaldson	40 (6)	11	0 (2)	0	1	0	2	0	43 (8)	11
10	FW		Mike Grella	1 (10)	0	2	0	—		1 (3)	4	4 (13)	4
10	FW		Charlie MacDonald	0 (3)	0	—		1	0	—		1 (3)	0
11	MF		Myles Weston	11 (15)	1	1	0	0 (1)	0	3	0	15 (16)	1
12	DF		Michael Spillane	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
14	DF		Shay Logan	26 (1)	3	2	0	1	0	2	1	31 (1)	4
16	MF		Sam Wood	3 (2)	0	0	0	1	0	0 (2)	0	4 (4)	0
19	MF		Harry Forrester	7 (12)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8 (12)	0
20	MF		Toumani Diagouraga	30 (5)	4	2	0	0	0	3	1	35 (5)	3
22	DF		Karleigh Osborne	22 (3)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	24 (3)	0
27	MF		Manny Oyeleke	1	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0
28	FW		Antonio German	0 (2)	0	—		—		—		0 (2)	0
29	FW		Gary Alexander	20 (4)	12	2	0	0 (1)	0	1 (2)	2	23 (7)	14
31	GK		Simon Moore	9 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	11 (1)	0
32	DF		Leon Legge	23 (5)	4	1 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	24 (7)	4
33	FW		Luke Norris	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
40	MF		Jake Reeves	7 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (2)	0	7 (4)	0
Players loaned in during the season
10	FW		Saido Berahino	5 (3)	4	—		—		—		5 (3)	4
12	MF		Adam Forshaw	6 (1)	0	—		—		—		6 (1)	0
17	FW		Clinton Morrison	4 (4)	0	—		—		—		4 (4)	0
18	MF		Niall McGinn	27 (10)	5	1 (1)	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	29 (12)	5
23	DF		Dale Bennett	5	1	0	0	—		0	0	5	1
23	DF		Adam Thompson	16 (4)	0	—		—		2	1	18 (4)	1
24	DF		Blair Adams	6 (1)	0	1	0	—		0 (1)	1	7 (2)	1
24	DF		Jake Bidwell	24	0	—		—		1	0	25	0
25	DF		Harlee Dean	23 (3)	1	1	0	—		1	0	25 (3)	1
25	DF		Miguel Llera	10 (1)	0	1	0	—		2	0	13 (1)	0
26	FW		David Clarkson	4	1	—		—		1	0	5	1

• Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
• Source: Soccerbase

Goalscorers

No	Pos	Nat	Player	FL1	FAC	FLC	FLT	Total
29	FW		Gary Alexander	12	0	0	2	14
7	MF		Sam Saunders	10	1	0	1	12
9	FW		Clayton Donaldson	11	0	0	0	11
18	MF		Niall McGinn	5	0	0	0	5
10	FW		Saido Berahino	4	—	—	—	4
32	DF		Leon Legge	4	0	0	0	4
14	DF		Shay Logan	3	0	0	1	4
10	FW		Mike Grella	0	0	—	4	4
20	MF		Toumani Diagouraga	2	0	0	1	3
4	MF		Marcus Bean	2	0	0	0	2
8	MF		Jonathan Douglas	2	0	0	0	2
2	MF		Kevin O'Connor	1	0	0	1	2
23	DF		Dale Bennett	1	0	—	0	1
26	FW		David Clarkson	1	—	—	0	1
25	DF		Harlee Dean	1	0	—	0	1
11	MF		Myles Weston	1	0	0	0	1
23	DF		Adam Thompson	0	—	—	1	1
24	DF		Blair Adams	0	0	—	1	1
Total				63	1	0	9	72

• Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
• Source: Soccerbase

Discipline

No	Pos	Nat	Player	FL1		FAC		FLC		FLT		Total		Pts
8	MF		Jonathan Douglas	8	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	11	0	11
4	MF		Marcus Bean	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	7
20	MF		Toumani Diagouraga	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	6
5	DF		Marcel Eger	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5
7	MF		Sam Saunders	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5
25	DF		Miguel Llera	1	1	0	0	—		1	0	2	1	5
23	DF		Adam Thompson	4	0	—		—		0	0	4	0	4
24	DF		Jake Bidwell	4	0	—		—		0	0	4	0	4
14	DF		Shay Logan	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4
25	DF		Harlee Dean	3	0	0	0	—		0	0	3	0	3
29	FW		Gary Alexander	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
32	DF		Leon Legge	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
22	DF		Karleigh Osborne	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
9	FW		Clayton Donaldson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
10	FW		Mike Grella	1	0	0	0	—		1	0	2	0	2
17	FW		Clinton Morrison	1	0	—		—		—		1	0	1
19	MF		Harry Forrester	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1	GK		Richard Lee	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
2	MF		Kevin O'Connor	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
12	DF		Michael Spillane	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
11	MF		Myles Weston	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
3	DF		Craig Woodman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Total				62	1	2	0	1	0	6	0	71	1	74

• Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
• Source: ESPN FC

International caps

No	Pos	Nat	Player	Caps	Goals	Ref
4	MF		Marcus Bean	1	0	[13]

Management

Name	Nat	From	To	Record All Comps					Record League
				P	W	D	L	W %	P	W	D	L	W %
Uwe Rösler		6 August 2011	5 May 2012	53	21	15	17	039.62|	46	18	13	15	039.13

Summary

Games played	53 (46 League One, 2 FA Cup, 4 League Cup, 7 Football League Trophy)
Games won	21 (18 League One, 1 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 2 Football League Trophy)
Games drawn	15 (13 League One, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 2 Football League Trophy)
Games lost	17 (15 League One, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 0 Football League Trophy)
Goals scored	76 (63 League One, 1 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 12 Football League Trophy)
Goals conceded	57 (52 League One, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 3 Football League Trophy)
Clean sheets	20 (16 League One, 1 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 3 Football League Trophy)
Biggest league win	5–0 versus Leyton Orient, 20 August 2011
Worst league defeat	4–0 versus Huddersfield Town, 1 October 2011
Most appearances	51, Clayton Donaldson (46 League One, 2 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 2 Football League Trophy), Jonathan Douglas (46 League One, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 3 Football League Trophy)
Top scorer (league)	12, Gary Alexander
Top scorer (all competitions)	14, Gary Alexander

Transfers & loans

Players transferred in
Date	Pos.	Name	Previous Club	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2011	MF	Liam Bellamy	Charlton Athletic	Free	[14]
1 July 2011	FW	Clayton Donaldson	Crewe Alexandra	Free	[15]
1 July 2011	MF	Jonathan Douglas	Swindon Town	Free	[16]
1 July 2011	DF	Marcel Eger	St. Pauli	Free	[17]
1 July 2011	DF	Sam Griffiths	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Free	[14]
1 July 2011	DF	Michael Kamau	Fulham	Free	[14]
1 July 2011	DF	Shay Logan	Manchester City	Free	[18]
1 July 2011	DF	Aaron Pierre	Fulham	Free	[14]
4 August 2011	MF	Harry Forrester	Aston Villa	Free	[19]
26 August 2011	FW	Mike Grella	Leeds United	Free	[20]
29 September 2011	MF	Josh Ekim	Unattached	Free	[21]
3 November 2011	GK	Conor Devlin	Unattached	Free	[22]
8 January 2012	MF	Jack Warburton	Leicester City	Free	[23]
26 January 2012	FW	Antonio German	Bromley	Free	[24]
28 January 2012	GK	Antoine Gounet	Unattached	Free	[25]
Players loaned in
Date from	Pos.	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
12 July 2011	MF	Niall McGinn	Celtic	End of season	[26]
25 August 2011	DF	Adam Thompson	Watford	25 October 2011	[27]
26 August 2011	FW	Mike Grella	Leeds United	31 August 2011	[5]
8 September 2011	DF	Blair Adams	Sunderland	24 November 2011	[28]
8 September 2011	DF	Miguel Llera	Blackpool	22 November 2011	[28]
16 September 2011	FW	David Clarkson	Bristol City	16 October 2011	[29]
27 October 2011	DF	Dale Bennett	Watford	28 November 2011	[30]
24 November 2011	DF	Jake Bidwell	Everton	End of season	[31]
24 November 2011	DF	Harlee Dean	Southampton	End of season	[32]
1 January 2012	DF	Dale Bennett	Watford	1 February 2012	[33]
5 January 2012	MF	Piero Mingoia	Watford	23 January 2012	[34]
9 February 2012	FW	Saido Berahino	West Bromwich Albion	3 April 2012	[35]
9 February 2012	DF	Adam Thompson	Watford	End of season	[36]
22 February 2012	MF	Adam Forshaw	Everton	April 2012	[37]
22 March 2012	FW	Clinton Morrison	Sheffield Wednesday	End of season	[38]
Players transferred out
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Fee	Ref.
26 August 2011	FW	Charlie MacDonald	Milton Keynes Dons	£35,000	[5]
Players loaned out
Date from	Pos.	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
19 August 2011	DF	Pim Balkestein	Rochdale	1 January 2012	[39]
28 October 2011	DF	Ryan Blake	Farnborough	2 December 2011	[40]
17 November 2011	DF	Michael Spillane	Dagenham & Redbridge	6 January 2012	[41]
24 November 2011	MF	Sam Wood	Rotherham United	3 May 2012	[42]
19 January 2012	DF	Ryan Blake	Hampton & Richmond Borough	27 February 2012	[43]
9 March 2012	FW	Gary Alexander	Crawley Town	End of season	[8]
9 March 2012	DF	Pim Balkestein	AFC Wimbledon	9 April 2012	[44]
12 March 2012	MF	Liam Bellamy	Ebbsfleet United	End of season	[45]
13 March 2012	GK	Tom Warren	Dover Athletic	End of season	[46]
Players released
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
18 August 2011	FW	Nicky Forster	Lingfield	August 2011	[47]
5 December 2011	GK	Conor Devlin	Cliftonville	May 2012	[48]
2011	GK	Simon Royce	Retired		[49]
5 January 2012	DF	Michael Spillane	Dagenham & Redbridge	6 January 2012	[50]
31 January 2012	FW	Mike Grella	Bury	27 February 2012	[51]
12 March 2012	FW	Kirk Hudson	Canvey Island	21 August 2012	[52]
18 May 2012	DF	Marcel Eger	Retired		[53]
30 June 2012	FW	Gary Alexander	Crawley Town	1 July 2012	[54]
30 June 2012	MF	Marcus Bean	Colchester United	1 July 2012	[54]
30 June 2012	MF	Liam Bellamy	Ebbsfleet United	1 July 2012	[55]
30 June 2012	DF	Ryan Blake	Ebbsfleet United	1 August 2012	[56]
30 June 2012	MF	Josh Ekim	Hayes & Yeading	15 August 2012	[57]
30 June 2012	DF	Karleigh Osborne	Millwall	13 July 2012	[54]
30 June 2012	MF	Sam Wood	Wycombe Wanderers	3 July 2012	[54]

Kit

Supplier: Puma
Sponsor(s): Hertings (home), Bathwise (away)

Home

Away

Source: brentfordfc.co.uk, brentfordfc.co.uk

Development Squad

Playing squad

Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 2011–12 senior season.

#	Position	Name	Nationality	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Notes
Defenders
17	DF	Ryan Blake		(1991-12-08)8 December 1991 (aged 19)	Youth	2009	Loaned to Farnborough and Hampton & Richmond Borough
—	DF	Sam Griffiths		(1992-11-02)2 November 1992 (aged 18)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2011
—	DF	Michael Kamau		(1993-01-22)22 January 1993 (aged 18)	Fulham	2011
—	DF	Aaron Pierre		(1993-02-17)17 February 1993 (aged 18)	Fulham	2011
Midfielders
—	MF	Liam Bellamy		(1991-10-16)16 October 1991 (aged 19)	Charlton Athletic	2011	Loaned to Ebbsfleet United
—	MF	Josh Ekim		(1991-01-17)17 January 1991 (aged 20)	Unattached	2011
40	MF	Jake Reeves		(1993-05-30)30 May 1993 (aged 18)	Youth	2011
—	MF	Jack Warburton		(1993-04-27)27 April 1993 (aged 18)	Leicester City	2012
Forwards
28	FW	Antonio German		(1991-01-02)2 January 1991 (aged 20)	Unattached	2012

• Source: brentfordfc.co.uk

Summary

Games played	18
Games won	3
Games drawn	5
Games lost	10
Goals scored	30
Goals conceded	42
Clean sheets	1
Biggest win	7–0 versus Nike Academy, 22 February 2012
Worst league defeat	3–0 on two occasions; 4–1 versus Northwood, 30 July 2011
Most appearances	18, Aaron Pierre
Top scorer	4, Antonio German, Luke Norris, Manny Oyeleke, Sam Wood

• Source: brentfordfc.co.uk

Awards

• Supporters' Player of the Year: Jonathan Douglas^[58]
• Community Player of the Year: Marcus Bean^[58]
• Football League Family Excellence Award^[59]