2011–12 Football League One

The 2011–12 Football League One (referred to as the Npower Football League One 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 One

Season	2011–12
Champions	Charlton Athletic (3rd divisional title)
Promoted	Charlton Athletic Sheffield Wednesday Huddersfield Town
Relegated	Wycombe Wanderers Chesterfield Exeter City Rochdale
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,489 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jordan Rhodes (36)
Biggest home win	Brentford 5–0 Leyton Orient (20 August 2011) Milton Keynes Dons 5–0 Oldham Athletic (18 February 2012) Wycombe Wanderers 5–0 Hartlepool United (25 February 2012)
Biggest away win	Wycombe Wanderers 0–6 Huddersfield Town (6 January 2012) Yeovil Town 0–6 Stevenage (14 April 2012)
Highest scoring	Milton Keynes Dons 6–2 Chesterfield (20 August 2011) Sheffield Wednesday 4–4 Huddersfield Town (17 December 2011)
Longest winning run	7 games Preston North End[1]
Longest unbeaten run	18 games Huddersfield Town[1]
Longest winless run	17 games Chesterfield[1]
Longest losing run	5 games AFC Bournemouth Bury Chesterfield Exeter Leyton Orient Oldham Athletic Wycombe Wanderers[1]
Highest attendance	38,082 Sheffield Wednesday v Wycombe Wanderers (5 May 2012)[2]
Lowest attendance	1,930 Rochdale v Exeter (14 April 2012)[2]
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

Team changes

From League One

Promoted to the Championship

• Brighton & Hove Albion
• Southampton
• Peterborough United

Relegated to League Two

• Dagenham & Redbridge
• Bristol Rovers
• Plymouth Argyle
• Swindon Town

To League One

Relegated from the Championship

• Sheffield United
• Scunthorpe United
• Preston North End

Promoted from League Two

• Chesterfield
• Bury
• Wycombe Wanderers
• Stevenage

Rules changes

• The Football League agreed to use the new UEFA financial regulations. Football League One clubs decided to introduce the Salary Cost Management Protocol (SCMP) from this season, teams will only be allowed to spend a fixed proportion of their total turnover on player wages.^[3]

Team overview

Stadia and locations

AFC Bournemouth

Brentford

Bury

Carlisle

Charlton

Colchester

Chesterfield

Exeter

Hartlepool

Huddersfield

Leyton Orient

MK Dons

Notts County

Oldham

Preston

Rochdale

Scunthorpe

Sheffield United

Sheffield Wednesday

Stevenage

Tranmere

Walsall

Wycombe

Yeovil

Locations of teams in the 2011–12 Football League One

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Bournemouth	Bournemouth	Seward Stadium	10,700
Brentford	London	Griffin Park	12,763
Bury	Bury	Gigg Lane	11,840
Carlisle United	Carlisle	Brunton Park	16,981
Charlton Athletic	London	The Valley	27,111
Chesterfield	Chesterfield	B2net Stadium	10,338
Colchester United	Colchester	Colchester Community Stadium	10,064
Exeter City	Exeter	St James Park	8,830
Hartlepool United	Hartlepool	Victoria Park	8,240
Huddersfield Town	Huddersfield	Galpharm Stadium	24,500
Leyton Orient	London	Brisbane Road	9,271
Milton Keynes Dons	Milton Keynes	Stadium:mk	22,000
Notts County	Nottingham	Meadow Lane	21,388
Oldham Athletic	Oldham	Boundary Park	10,638
Preston North End	Preston	Deepdale	23,408
Rochdale	Rochdale	Spotland	10,249
Scunthorpe United	Scunthorpe	Glanford Park	9,088
Sheffield United	Sheffield	Bramall Lane	32,702
Sheffield Wednesday	Sheffield	Hillsborough	39,812
Stevenage	Stevenage	Broadhall Way	6,722
Tranmere Rovers	Birkenhead	Prenton Park	16,789
Walsall	Walsall	Bescot Stadium	11,300
Wycombe Wanderers	High Wycombe	Adams Park	10,284
Yeovil Town	Yeovil	Huish Park	9,565

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Team Captain	Chairman	Kit maker	Sponsor
AFC Bournemouth	Paul Groves (caretaker) Shaun Brooks (caretaker)	Darryl Flahavan	Eddie Mitchell Maxim Demin	Fila	Focal Point
Brentford	Uwe Rösler	Kevin O'Connor	Greg Dyke	Puma	Hertings Fixings (H) Bathwise (A)
Bury	Richard Barker	Steven Schumacher	Brian Fenton	Surridge	Bury Metropolitan Council
Carlisle United	Greg Abbott	Paul Thirlwell	Andrew Jenkins	Carbrini	Eddie Stobart Transport
Charlton Athletic	Chris Powell	Johnnie Jackson	Michael Slater	Macron	Krbs.com
Chesterfield	John Sheridan	Mark Allott	Barrie Hubbard	Respect	Vodka Kick
Colchester United	John Ward	Kemal Izzet	Robbie Cowling	Puma	ROL Cruise
Exeter City	Paul Tisdale	David Noble	Edward Chorlton	Carbrini	Flybe
Hartlepool United	Neale Cooper	Sam Collins	Ken Hodcroft	Nike	Dove Energy
Huddersfield Town	Simon Grayson	Peter Clarke	Dean Hoyle	Umbro	Kirklees College (H) RadianB (A)
Leyton Orient	Russell Slade	Matthew Spring	Barry Hearn	Puma	PartyCasino.com
Milton Keynes Dons	Karl Robinson	Dean Lewington	Pete Winkelman	ISC	Doubletree by Hilton
Notts County	Keith Curle	Neal Bishop	Ray Trew	Fila	Fraser Brown (H) Vision Express (A)
Oldham Athletic	Paul Dickov	Dean Furman	Simon Corney	Carbrini	Carbrini
Preston North End	Graham Westley	Paul Coutts	Peter Ridsdale	Puma	Tennent's Lager
Rochdale	John Coleman	Gary Jones	Chris Dunphy	Carbrini	The Co-operative Society
Scunthorpe United	Alan Knill	Cliff Byrne	J. Steven Wharton	Nike	Rainham Steel
Sheffield United	Danny Wilson	Chris Morgan	Kevin McCabe	Macron	Westfield Health (H) Gilder group Volkswagen (A)
Sheffield Wednesday	Dave Jones	Rob Jones	Milan Mandarić	Puma	Gilder group Volkswagen (H) Westfield Health (A)
Stevenage	Gary Smith	Mark Roberts	Phil Wallace	Puma	ServerChoice
Tranmere Rovers	Ronnie Moore	John Welsh	Peter Johnson	Carbrini	Wirral
Walsall	Dean Smith	Andy Butler	Jeff Bonser	Admiral	Surestop
Wycombe Wanderers	Gary Waddock	Gareth Ainsworth	Steve Hayes	Kappa	Dreams
Yeovil Town	Gary Johnson	Paul Huntington	John Fry	Vandanel	Jones's Building Contractors

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Sheffield United	Micky Adams	Sacked	10 May 2011[4]	Pre-season	Danny Wilson	27 May 2011[5]
Brentford	Nicky Forster	End of contract	19 May 2011[6]	Pre-season	Uwe Rösler	10 June 2011[7]
Rochdale	Keith Hill	Signed by Barnsley	1 June 2011[8]	Pre-season	Steve Eyre	13 June 2011[9]
Hartlepool United	Mick Wadsworth	Sacked	6 December 2011[10]	13th	Neale Cooper	28 December 2011[11]
Preston North End	Phil Brown		14 December 2011[12]	10th	Graham Alexander David Unsworth	14 December 2011[13]
Rochdale	Steve Eyre		19 December 2011[14]	22nd	John Coleman	24 January 2012[15]
Yeovil Town	Terry Skiverton	Demotion to Assistant Manager	9 January 2012[16]	21st	Gary Johnson	9 January 2012[16]
Preston North End	Graham Alexander David Unsworth	End of tenure as caretakers	13 January 2012	14th	Graham Westley	13 January 2012[17]
Stevenage	Graham Westley	Signed by Preston North End	13 January 2012	7th	Gary Smith	25 January 2012[18]
Huddersfield Town	Lee Clark	Sacked	15 February 2012[19]	4th	Simon Grayson	20 February 2012[20]
Notts County	Martin Allen		18 February 2012	11th	Keith Curle	20 February 2012[21]
Sheffield Wednesday	Gary Megson		29 February 2012[22]	3rd	Dave Jones	1 March 2012[23]
Tranmere Rovers	Les Parry		4 March 2012[24]	19th	Ronnie Moore	4 March 2012[25]
AFC Bournemouth	Lee Bradbury		25 March 2012[26]	13th	Paul Groves (caretaker) Shaun Brooks (caretaker)	25 March 2012

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Charlton Athletic (C, P)	46	30	11	5	82	36	+46	101	Promotion to Football League Championship
2	Sheffield Wednesday (P)	46	28	9	9	81	48	+33	93
3	Sheffield United	46	27	9	10	92	51	+41	90	Qualification for League One play-offs[a]
4	Huddersfield Town (O, P)	46	21	18	7	79	47	+32	81
5	Milton Keynes Dons	46	22	14	10	84	47	+37	80
6	Stevenage	46	18	19	9	69	44	+25	73
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
12	Tranmere Rovers	46	14	14	18	49	53	−4	56
13	Hartlepool United	46	14	14	18	50	55	−5	56
14	Bury	46	15	11	20	60	79	−19	56
15	Preston North End	46	13	15	18	54	68	−14	54
16	Oldham Athletic	46	14	12	20	50	66	−16	54
17	Yeovil Town	46	14	12	20	59	80	−21	54
18	Scunthorpe United	46	10	22	14	55	59	−4	52
19	Walsall	46	10	20	16	51	57	−6	50
20	Leyton Orient	46	13	11	22	48	75	−27	50
21	Wycombe Wanderers (R)	46	11	10	25	65	88	−23	43	Relegation to Football League Two
22	Chesterfield (R)	46	10	12	24	56	81	−25	42
23	Exeter City (R)	46	10	12	24	46	75	−29	42
24	Rochdale (R)	46	8	14	24	47	81	−34	38

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; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League Championship.

Play-offs

Main article: 2012 Football League play-offs

	Semifinals							Final
	3	Sheffield United	0	1	1
	6	Stevenage	0	0	0
								3	Sheffield United	0 (7)
								4	Huddersfield Town (p)	0 (8)
	4	Huddersfield Town	2	1	3
	5	Milton Keynes Dons	0	2	2

Results

The fixtures for the League One were released on 17 June 2011. The season kick-off was announced for 6 August 2011, and concluded on 5 May 2012.^[27]

Home \ Away	BOU	BRE	BRY	CRL	CHA	CHF	COL	EXE	HAR	HUD	LEY	MKD	NTC	OLD	PNE	ROC	SCU	SHU	SHW	STE	TRA	WAL	WYC	YEO
AFC Bournemouth		1–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–3	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–3	2–1	0–2	2–0	0–0
Brentford	1–1		3–0	4–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–4	5–0	3–3	0–0	2–0	1–3	2–0	0–0	0–2	1–2	0–1	0–2	0–0	5–2	2–0
Bury	1–0	1–1		0–2	1–2	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–2	3–3	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	2–4	0–0	0–3	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–4	3–2
Carlisle United	2–1	2–2	4–1		0–1	2–1	1–0	4–1	1–2	2–1	4–1	1–3	0–3	3–3	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–2	3–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–2	3–2
Charlton Athletic	3–0	2–0	1–1	4–0		3–1	0–2	2–0	3–2	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–4	1–1	5–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–0
Chesterfield	1–0	2–3	1–0	4–1	0–4		0–1	0–2	2–3	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–4	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	4–0	2–2
Colchester United	1–1	2–1	4–1	1–1	0–2	1–2		2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–5	4–2	4–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–6	4–2	1–0	1–1	2–2
Exeter City	0–2	1–2	3–2	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–1		0–0	0–4	3–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	3–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–0	4–2	1–3	1–1
Hartlepool United	0–0	0–0	3–0	4–0	0–4	1–2	0–1	2–0		0–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–2	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–1
Huddersfield Town	0–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–2	2–0	1–0		2–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	2–0
Leyton Orient	1–3	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–3		0–3	0–3	1–3	2–1	2–1	1–3	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–3	2–2
Milton Keynes Dons	2–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–1	6–2	1–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	4–1		3–0	5–0	0–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–1	4–3	0–1
Notts County	3–1	1–1	2–4	2–0	1–2	1–0	4–1	2–1	3–0	2–2	1–2	1–1		1–0	0–0	2–0	3–2	2–5	1–2	1–0	3–2	2–1	1–1	3–1
Oldham Athletic	1–0	0–2	0–2	2–1	0–1	5–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	3–2		1–1	2–0	1–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–2
Preston North End	1–3	1–3	1–1	3–3	2–2	0–0	2–4	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	3–3		0–1	0–0	2–4	0–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–2	4–3
Rochdale	1–0	1–2	3–0	0–0	2–3	1–1	2–2	3–2	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–2	0–1	3–2	1–1		1–0	2–5	0–0	1–5	0–2	3–3	2–1	0–0
Scunthorpe United	1–1	0–0	1–3	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–2	2–3	0–3	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0		1–1	1–3	1–1	4–2	0–1	4–1	2–1
Sheffield United	2–1	2–0	4–0	1–0	0–2	4–1	3–0	4–4	3–1	0–3	3–1	2–1	2–1	2–3	2–1	3–0	2–1		2–2	2–2	1–1	3–2	3–0	4–0
Sheffield Wednesday	3–0	0–0	4–1	2–1	0–1	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–2	4–4	1–0	3–1	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	3–2	1–0		0–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	2–1
Stevenage	2–2	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–2	0–1	4–2	0–2	1–0	1–1	4–2	1–2	2–1	5–1		2–1	0–0	1–1	0–0
Tranmere Rovers	0–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–0		2–1	2–0	0–0
Walsall	2–2	0–1	2–4	1–1	1–1	3–2	3–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–2	3–2	2–1	1–1	0–1		2–0	1–1
Wycombe Wanderers	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	3–2	0–0	3–1	5–0	0–6	4–2	1–1	3–4	2–2	3–4	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	1–1		2–3
Yeovil Town	1–3	2–1	1–3	0–3	2–3	3–2	3–2	2–2	0–1	0–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	0–1	2–3	0–6	2–1	2–1	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2012. Source: The Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals[28] 1 Jordan Rhodes Huddersfield Town 36 2 Ched Evans Sheffield United 29 3 Bradley Wright-Phillips Charlton Athletic 22 4 Stuart Beavon Wycombe Wanderers 21 5 Gary Madine Sheffield Wednesday 18 6 Andy Williams Yeovil Town 16 7 Lee Miller Carlisle United 14 8 François Zoko Carlisle United 13 Anthony Wordsworth Colchester United Lee Novak Huddersfield Town Jeff Hughes Notts County Lee Williamson Sheffield United

Top assists Rank Player Club Assists[29] 1 Stephen Quinn Sheffield United 14 2 Clayton Donaldson Brentford 13 Ched Evans Sheffield United 4 Chris Lines Sheffield Wednesday 12 Alan Judge Notts County 6 Lee Novak Huddersfield Town 11 Lee Miller Carlisle United 8 Dean Bowditch Milton Keynes Dons 10 Charlie MacDonald Milton Keynes Dons Danny Green Charlton Athletic Jack Hunt Huddersfield Town Richard Cresswell Sheffield United

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Anthony Wordsworth for Colchester United against Preston North End (6 August 2011)^[30]
• Highest scoring game: 8 goals – Milton Keynes Dons 6–2 Chesterfield (20 August 2011), Sheffield Wednesday 4–4 Huddersfield Town (17 December 2011)Sheffield United 4–4 Exeter City (29 October 2011)
• Most goals scored in a game by one team: 6 goals – Milton Keynes Dons 6–2 Chesterfield (20 August 2011), Colchester United 1–6 Stevenage (26 December 2011), Wycombe Wanderers 0–6 Huddersfield Town (6 January 2012, Yeovil Town 0–6 Stevenage (14 April 2012))
• Widest winning margin: 6 goals – Wycombe Wanderers 0–6 Huddersfield Town (6 January 2012, Yeovil Town 0–6 Stevenage (14 April 2012))
• Most goals scored by a player in a game: 5 goals Jordan Rhodes - Wycombe Wanderers 0–6 Huddersfield Town (6 January 2012)
• Fewest games failed to score in:
• Most games failed to score in:

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Notes
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August	Karl Robinson	Milton Keynes Dons	Ryan Lowe	Sheffield Wednesday	[31][32]
September	Martin Allen	Notts County	Neil Mellor	Preston North End	[33][34]
October	Lee Clark	Huddersfield Town	Jordan Rhodes	Huddersfield Town	[35][36]
November	Chris Powell	Charlton Athletic	Michael Morrison	Charlton Athletic	[37][38]
December	Danny Wilson	Sheffield United	Jordan Rhodes	Huddersfield Town	[39][40]
January	Chris Powell	Charlton Athletic	Johnnie Jackson	Charlton Athletic	[41][42]
February	Chris Powell	Charlton Athletic	Dean Bowditch	Milton Keynes Dons	[43][44]
March	Dave Jones	Sheffield Wednesday	Ched Evans	Sheffield United	[45][46]
April	Dave Jones	Sheffield Wednesday	Miguel Llera	Sheffield Wednesday	[47][48]

Other awards

Month	Award	Player	Club	Notes
August	Young Player of the Month	Harry Maguire	Sheffield United	[49]
September	Young Player of the Month	Gary Madine	Sheffield Wednesday	[50]
February	Young Player of the Month	Kieron Freeman	Notts County	[51]
April	Young Player of the Month	Luke Freeman	Stevenage	[52]