2011–12 Burnley F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Burnley's second consecutive season in the Championship. They also competed in the FA Cup and the League Cup.

Burnley

2011–12 season
Chairman	Barry Kilby
Manager	Eddie Howe
Ground	Turf Moor
Championship	13th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Charlie Austin (16) All: Jay Rodriguez (21)
Highest home attendance	17,226 v Leeds United (19 November 2011)
Lowest home attendance	4,069 v Burton Albion (9 August 2011)
Average home league attendance	14,048
Home colours Away colours
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League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

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.

Match details

Football League Championship

Main article: 2011–12 Football League Championship

Football League Championship match details

Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
6 August 2011	8th	Watford	H	D	2–2	Austin 77', Treacy 84'	14,617	[1]
13 August 2011	19th	Crystal Palace	A	L	0–2		13,167	[2]
20 August 2011	21st	Cardiff City	H	D	1–1	Austin 2'	13,428	[3]
27 August 2011	15th	Derby County	A	W	2–1	Austin (2) 49', 74'	23,913	[4]
10 September 2011	19th	Middlesbrough	H	L	0–2		15,220	[5]
17 September 2011	21st	Peterborough United	A	L	1–2	Treacy 45'	7,901	[6]
24 September 2011	21st	Southampton	H	D	1–1	Austin 53'	14,170	[7]
27 September 2011	16th	Nottingham Forest	H	W	5–1	Rodriguez (2) 5', 15', McCann 29', Wallace 44', Austin 71'	13,265	[7]
1 October 2011	14th	Millwall	A	W	1–0	Rodriguez 37'	10,460	[8]
15 October 2011	15th	Reading	H	L	0–1		13,664	[9]
18 October 2011	17th	Barnsley	A	L	0–2		9,692	[10]
22 October 2011	16th	Coventry City	A	W	2–1	Wallace 73', Austin 90+4'	12,785	[11]
29 October 2011	15th	Blackpool	H	W	3–1	Austin 20', Wallace 29', Bartley 79'	15,614	[12]
1 November 2011	17th	Leicester City	H	L	1–3	Wallace 23'	13,286	[13]
5 November 2011	19th	Bristol City	A	L	1–3	Wallace 46'	12,187	[14]
19 November 2011	21st	Leeds United	H	L	1–2	Rodriguez 10'	17,226	[15]
22 November 2011	21st	Birmingham City	A	L	1–2	Bartley 49'	16,253	[16]
26 November 2011	16th	Hull City	A	W	3–2	Edgar (2) 78', 82', Rodriguez 90+3'	20,238	[17]
29 November 2011	14th	Ipswich Town	H	W	4–0	Vokes 33', McCann (2) 45', 66', Rodriguez 77'	12,499	[18]
3 December 2011	10th	West Ham United	A	W	2–1	McCann 57', Vokes 75'	26,274	[19]
10 December 2011	15th	Portsmouth	H	L	0–1		13,411	[20]
17 December 2011	11th	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	W	1–0	Trippier 32'	19,641	[21]
26 December 2011	9th	Doncaster Rovers	H	W	3–0	Rodriguez 37' pen., Paterson 84', Hird 90+5' o.g.	16,756	[22]
31 December 2011	7th	Hull City	H	W	1–0	Paterson 34'	15,071	[23]
2 January 2012	10th	Leeds United	A	L	1–2	Austin 69'	27,295	[24]
14 January 2012	10th	Middlesbrough	A	W	2–0	Rodriguez 6', Trippier 28'	17,001	[25]
21 January 2012	12th	Derby County	H	D	0–0		14,302	[26]
31 January 2012	9th	Nottingham Forest	A	W	2–0	Rodriguez (2) 3', 64'	23,147	[27]
4 February 2012	11th	Peterborough United	H	D	1–1	Rodriguez 87'	13,258	[28]
11 February 2012	11th	Southampton	A	L	0–2		24,099	[29]
14 February 2012	10th	Barnsley	H	W	2–0	Rodriguez 3', Austin 63'	12,355	[30]
17 February 2012	10th	Reading	A	L	0–1		17,185	[31]
25 February 2012	11th	Millwall	H	L	1–3	Rodriguez 90+3' pen.	13,000	[32]
3 March 2012	12th	Watford	A	L	2–3	Rodriguez 41', Nosworthy 50' o.g.	11,612	[33]
10 March 2012	13th	Crystal Palace	H	D	1–1	Rodriguez 2' pen.	13,216	[34]
18 March 2012	14th	Cardiff City	A	D	0–0		21,276	[35]
21 March 2012	16th	Ipswich Town	A	L	0–1		16,564	[36]
24 March 2012	16th	West Ham United	H	D	2–2	Bartley 25', Paterson 36'	15,246	[37]
31 March 2012	16th	Portsmouth	A	W	5–1	Trippier 16', Ings 47', Austin (3) 74', 90+3', 90+6'	15,739	[38]
3 April 2012	16th	Birmingham City	H	L	1–3	Ings 74'	13,221	[39]
6 April 2012	13th	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	W	1–0	Austin 23'	13,516	[40]
9 April 2012	12th	Doncaster Rovers	A	W	2–1	McQuoid 36', Austin 76' pen.	8,350	[41]
14 April 2012	11th	Coventry City	H	D	1–1	Austin 20'	13,398	[42]
17 April 2012	11th	Leicester City	A	D	0–0		19,806	[43]
17 April 2012	12th	Blackpool	A	L	0–4		14,141	[44]
28 April 2012	13th	Bristol City	H	D	1–1	Ings 76'	13,369	[45]

FA Cup

Main article: 2011–12 FA Cup

FA Cup match details

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
Third round	7 January 2012	Norwich City	A	L	1–4	Rodriguez 15'	22,898	[46]

Football League Cup

Main article: 2011–12 Football League Cup

Football League Cup match details

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
First round	9 August 2011	Burton Albion	H	W	6–3 (a.e.t.)	Rodriguez (4) 57' pen., 67' pen., 94', 107', Austin 83', Wallace 91'	4,069	[47]
Second round	23 August 2011	Barnet	H	W	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Rodriguez 38', Elliott 64', McCann 105'	4,273	[48]
Third round	20 September 2011	Milton Keynes Dons	H	W	2–1	Trippier 59', Bikey 89'	4,134	[49]
Fourth round	25 October 2011	Cardiff City	A	L	0–1		11,601	[50]

Transfers

In

#	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date
36	DF	Ben Mee	Manchester City	Season-Long Loan	14 July 2011[51]
2	DF	Kieran Trippier	Manchester City	Season-Long Loan	26 July 2011[52]
26	MF	Keith Treacy	Preston North End	Undisclosed	2 August 2011
30	GK	Jon Stewart	Unattached	Free Transfer	3 August 2011
14	FW	Danny Ings	Bournemouth	Undisclosed	15 August 2011[53]
16	FW	Zavon Hines	West Ham United	Undisclosed	18 August 2011
11	MF	Junior Stanislas	West Ham United	Undisclosed	31 August 2011
19	FW	Sam Vokes	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Loan	18 November 2011[54]
2	DF	Kieran Trippier	Manchester City	Undisclosed	3 January 2012[55]
36	DF	Ben Mee	Manchester City	Undisclosed	17 January 2012[56]
19	FW	Josh McQuoid	Millwall	Loan	20 January 2012
3	DF	Daniel Lafferty	Derry City	Undisclosed	30 January 2012

Out

#	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date
	MF	Kevin McDonald	Sheffield United	Released	12 May 2011
	FW	Steven Thompson	St Mirren	Released	12 May 2011
	MF	Remco van der Schaaf	Randers	Free Transfer	1 July 2011
	MF	Chris Anderson		Released	1 July 2011
	DF	Chris Lynch		Released	1 July 2011
	MF	Michael King		Released	1 July 2011
	DF	Nik Kudiersky		Released	1 July 2011
	MF	Graham Alexander	Preston North End	Released	4 July 2011
40	DF	Clarke Carlisle	Preston North End	Season-Long Loan	14 July 2011
	FW	Chris Iwelumo	Watford	Undisclosed	19 July 2011[57]
	DF	Tyrone Mears	Bolton Wanderers	Undisclosed	29 July 2011[58]
	MF	Chris Eagles		Undisclosed
28	DF	Kevin Long	Accrington Stanley	Five-Month Loan	5 August 2011
3	DF	Danny Fox	Southampton	Undisclosed	11 August 2011
39	FW	Wes Fletcher	Accrington Stanley	Five-Month Loan	15 August 2011
38	MF	Alex-Ray Harvey	Fleetwood Town	One-Month Loan	19 August 2011
34	MF	Joe McKee	St Mirren	Five-Month Loan	24 August 2011
18	DF	Leon Cort	Charlton Athletic	Season-long Loan	29 August 2011
11	MF	Wade Elliott	Birmingham City	Undisclosed	31 August 2011
	MF	Dave Lynch	Droylsden	Loan	5 October 2011
39	FW	Wes Fletcher	Crewe Alexandra	Loan	25 November 2011
	MF	Dave Lynch	Stalybridge Celtic	Loan	9 January 2012
38	MF	Alex-Ray Harvey	Barrow	Loan	10 January 2012[59]
44	FW	Joe Jackson		Loan
18	DF	Leon Cort		Released	10 January 2012
17	DF	Richard Eckersley		Released	25 January 2012
28	DF	Kevin Long	Rochdale	Loan	27 January 2012
27	FW	Alex MacDonald	Plymouth Argyle	Loan	31 January 2012
40	DF	Clarke Carlisle	Northampton Town	Loan	31 January 2012
	MF	Dave Lynch	Nantwich Town	Loan	10 February 2012
30	GK	Jon Stewart	Alfreton Town	Loan	3 March 2012
	MF	Ross Wilson	Silsden	Loan	12 March 2012
16	FW	Zavon Hines	Bournemouth	Loan	22 March 2012
26	MF	Keith Treacy	Sheffield Wednesday	Loan	22 March 2012
21	DF	André Amougou	Bristol City	Loan	22 March 2012

Squads

First team squad

No.	Name	Nationality	Position (s)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Lee Grant		GK	Sheffield Wednesday
12	Brian Jensen		GK	West Bromwich Albion
30	Jon Stewart		GK	Bournemouth
Defenders
2	Kieran Trippier		RB	Manchester City
3	Daniel Lafferty		LB	Derry City
4	Michael Duff		CB	Cheltenham Town
15	David Edgar		CB	Newcastle United
21	André Amougou		CB	Reading
24	Brian Easton		LB	Hamilton Academical
36	Ben Mee		CB	Manchester City
Midfielders
6	Chris McCann (captain)		CM	Home Farm
7	Ross Wallace		LW / RW	Preston North End
8	Dean Marney (vice-captain)		CM	Hull City
11	Junior Stanislas		LW / RW	West Ham United
20	Marvin Bartley		DM / CM	Bournemouth
26	Keith Treacy		LW / RW	Preston North End
Forwards
9	Jay Rodriguez		ST / LW	Burnley Centre of Excellence
10	Martin Paterson		ST / RW	Scunthorpe United
14	Danny Ings		CF / ST	Bournemouth
16	Zavon Hines		ST / LW / RW	West Ham United
19	Josh McQuoid		CF / ST	Millwall
23	Charlie Austin		ST / CF	Swindon Town
27	Alex MacDonald		ST	Burnley Centre of Excellence

Development squad & Scholars

No.	Name	Nationality	Position (s)	Signed from
Defenders
28	Kevin Long		CB	Cork City
Midfielders
32	Cameron Howieson		AM	Mosgiel
33	Steven Hewitt		CM	Burnley Centre of Excellence
38	Alex-Ray Harvey		CM	Burnley Centre of Excellence
	Dave Lynch		CM	Burnley Centre of Excellence
Forwards
37	Dominic Knowles		ST	Burnley Centre of Excellence
42	Shay McCartan		ST	Glenavon
44	Joe Jackson		ST	Burnley Centre of Excellence
	Mehdi Lazaar		ST	R.R.F.C. Montegnée
	Ross Wilson		ST	Burnley Centre of Excellence

Coaching staff

Position	Name	Nationality
Manager:	Eddie Howe	English
Assistant Manager:	Jason Tindall	English
Development Squad:	Jason Blake	English
Goalkeeping Coach:	Billy Mercer	English
Chief Scout:	Tim Henderson	English
Head Physiotherapist:	Alasdair Beattie	English
Assistant Physiotherapists:	Luke Bussey	English
	Andrew Schofield	English
Director of Youth Development:	Martin Dobson	English
Youth Team Coach:	Terry Pashley	English
Centre of Excellence Manager:	Vince Overson	English

Statistics

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Players with names struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Burnley.

Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.

Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Lee Grant	42 (1)	0	1	0	4	0	47 (1)	0	4	0
2	DF	ENG	Kieran Trippier	46	3	0	0	4	1	50	4	5	1
3	DF	SCO	Danny Fox †	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
3	DF	NIR	Daniel Lafferty	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0
4	DF	NIR	Michael Duff	30 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	31 (1)	0	7	0
6	MF	IRL	Chris McCann	45 (1)	4	1	0	2 (2)	1	48 (3)	5	6	0
7	MF	SCO	Ross Wallace	41 (3)	5	1	0	3 (1)	1	45 (4)	6	8	0
8	MF	ENG	Dean Marney	29 (8)	0	1	0	4	0	34 (8)	0	9	0
9	FW	ENG	Jay Rodriguez	36	15	1	1	4	5	41	21	4	0
10	FW	NIR	Martin Paterson	9 (5)	3	1	0	0	0	10 (5)	3	4	0
11	MF	ENG	Wade Elliott †	2 (2)	0	0	0	2	1	4 (2)	1	1	0
11	MF	ENG	Junior Stanislas	25 (6)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	25 (7)	0	1	0
12	GK	DEN	Brian Jensen	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
14	FW	ENG	Danny Ings	9 (6)	3	0	0	0	0	9 (6)	3	2	0
15	DF	CAN	David Edgar	44	2	1	0	2 (2)	0	47 (2)	2	5	0
16	FW	ENG	Zavon Hines	0 (13)	0	0	0	2 (1)	0	2 (14)	0	2	0
17	DF	ENG	Richard Eckersley †	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	GUY	Leon Cort †	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	WAL	Sam Vokes * †	3 (6)	2	0	0	0	0	3 (6)	2	1	0
19	FW	NIR	Josh McQuoid * †	9 (8)	1	0	0	0	0	9 (8)	1	0	0
20	MF	ENG	Marvin Bartley	24 (14)	3	0 (1)	0	1 (2)	0	25 (17)	3	4	1
21	DF	CMR	André Bikey	9 (5)	0	1	0	2	1	12 (5)	1	2	0
23	FW	ENG	Charlie Austin	30 (11)	16	1	0	2 (2)	1	33 (13)	17	2	0
24	DF	SCO	Brian Easton	17 (4)	0	1	0	3	0	21 (4)	0	3	0
26	MF	IRL	Keith Treacy	16 (8)	2	0	0	3	0	19 (8)	2	2	0
27	FW	SCO	Alex MacDonald	0 (5)	0	0 (1)	0	1	0	1 (6)	0	1	0
28	DF	IRL	Kevin Long	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	ENG	Jon Stewart	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	NZL	Cameron Howieson	0 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0	0
33	MF	ENG	Steven Hewitt	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
34	MF	SCO	Joe McKee	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF	IRL	Adam Evans	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	DF	ENG	Ben Mee	29 (2)	0	1	0	3	0	33 (2)	0	4	0
37	FW	ENG	Dominic Knowles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	MF	ENG	Alex-Ray Harvey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW	ENG	Wes Fletcher	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
40	DF	ENG	Clarke Carlisle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	FW	NIR	Shay McCartan	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
44	FW	ENG	Joe Jackson	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
45	GK	ENG	Ben Woodhead	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0