2011–12 West Ham United F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was West Ham United's first season back in the Football League Championship, after being relegated from the Premier League at the conclusion of 2010–11 campaign. They also competed in the League Cup and the FA Cup. It was their first season under Sam Allardyce, who was appointed in May 2011 after the sacking of the club's previous manager, Avram Grant. On 19 May 2012, West Ham gained promotion back to the Premier League at the first attempt, as they won the play-off final by defeating Blackpool 2–1 at Wembley.

West Ham United

2011–12 season
Chairmen	David Gold David Sullivan
Manager	Sam Allardyce
Home stadium	Boleyn Ground
Championship	3rd (promoted via the playoffs)
League Cup	First Round
FA Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Carlton Cole (14) All: Carlton Cole (15)
Highest home attendance	35,000[1] 0v0 Hull City 28 April 2012
Lowest home attendance	19,879 0v0 Aldershot Town 24 August 2011
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

Season summary

Sam Allardyce was appointed as the club's new manager on 1 June 2011,^[2] after his predecessor Avram Grant was sacked following the club's relegation with a 3–2 defeat at Wigan Athletic.^[3]

For the majority of the season West Ham looked on course for automatic promotion, and even briefly topped the division on 1 March, but eventually finished third, after being beaten to automatic promotion by Southampton on the final day of the season, despite a 2–1 win against Hull City.^[4] Failure to win a league game in March saw West Ham overtaken by Reading, who defeated the Hammers 4–2 in a key game at Upton Park, and Southampton. and despite a late rally the team had to settle for a play-off place. West Ham's 13 away wins constituted a club record for any league season.^{[citation needed]} They also recorded the fewest defeats (8) of any team in the Championship this season and had the second best goal difference, but 14 draws saw the club miss out on automatic promotion.

West Ham faced Cardiff City in the semi-finals of the play-offs, with the Hammers comfortably beating the Bluebirds 5–0 on aggregate.^[5] West Ham then sealed their promotion back to the Premier League on 19 May 2012, beating Blackpool 2–1 at Wembley with goals from Carlton Cole and Ricardo Vaz Tê.^[6] This was West Ham's first appearance at the national stadium since the 1981 League Cup Final.

League table

Main article: 2011–12 Football League Championship

Pos	Team v t e	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

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

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Robert Green 2 DF  NZL Winston Reid 3 DF  NIR George McCartney 4 MF  ENG Kevin Nolan (captain) 5 DF  ENG James Tomkins 7 FW  ENG Sam Baldock 8 FW  ENG Nicky Maynard 9 FW  ENG Carlton Cole 10 MF  WAL Jack Collison 11 FW  NOR John Carew 12 FW  POR Ricardo Vaz Te 14 MF  ENG Matthew Taylor 15 DF  SEN Abdoulaye Faye 16 MF  ENG Mark Noble (vice-captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  IRL Joey O'Brien 18 DF  FRA Julien Faubert 20 DF  CIV Guy Demel 21 MF  SEN Papa Bouba Diop 22 MF  ENG Henri Lansbury (on loan from Arsenal) 23 MF  ENG Ravel Morrison 24 FW  ENG Frank Nouble 25 DF  WAL Danny Collins 26 FW  PAR Brian Montenegro 28 GK  HUN Peter Kurucz 29 GK  CZE Marek Štěch 32 MF  ENG Gary O'Neil 46 FW  ENG Robert Hall 48 DF  ENG Danny Potts

Out on loan

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 MF  MEX Pablo Barrera (at Real Zaragoza) 30 FW  FRA Frédéric Piquionne (at Doncaster Rovers)

Results

Pre-season

Young Boys Bern v West Ham United

11 July 2011	Young Boys Bern	2–1	West Ham United	Grenchen, Switzerland
	Schneuwly 17' Affolter 39'	Report	Nouble 21'	Stadium: Stadion Brühl

FC Basel v West Ham United

13 July 2011	FC Basel	2–1	West Ham United	Grenchen, Switzerland
	Pak 53' Yapi 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Stanislas 75' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Brühl

FC Copenhagen v West Ham United

20 July 2011	FC Copenhagen	0–1	West Ham United	Copenhagen, Denmark
		Report	Sears 89'	Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 8,907

Wycombe Wanderers v West Ham United

23 July 2011	Wycombe Wanderers	0–0	West Ham United	High Wycombe
		Report		Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 4,352

Dagenham & Redbridge v West Ham United

26 July 2011	Dagenham & Redbridge	0–1	West Ham United	Dagenham
		Report	Cole 35'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 4,016

West Ham United v Real Zaragoza

30 July 2011	West Ham United	2–0	Real Zaragoza	London
	Taylor 24' Sears 89'	Report		Stadium: Upton Park

Championship

Main article: 2011–12 Football League Championship

West Ham United v Cardiff City

7 August 2011	West Ham United	0–1	Cardiff City	London
13:00		Report	Miller 90+1'	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 25,680 Referee: Howard Webb

Doncaster Rovers v West Ham United

13 August 2011	Doncaster Rovers	0–1	West Ham United	Doncaster
15:00		Report	Nolan 5'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 11,344 Referee: Scott Mathieson

Watford v West Ham United

16 August 2011	Watford	0–4	West Ham United	Watford
19:45		Report	Tomkins 3' O'Brien 45' Cole 71' Parker 90+1'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 14,747 Referee: Dean Whitestone

West Ham United v Leeds United

21 August 2011	West Ham United	2–2	Leeds United	London
13:15	Cole 6' Kisnorbo 62' (o.g.)	Report	McCormack 59' Clayton 90+1'	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 28,252 Referee: Michael Oliver

Nottingham Forest v West Ham United

28 August 2011	Nottingham Forest	1–4	West Ham United	Nottingham
13:15	Findley 70'	Report	Chambers 21' (o.g.) Nolan 24' Cole 32' Reid 77'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 21,379 Referee: Graham Salisbury

West Ham United v Portsmouth

10 September 2011	West Ham United	4–3	Portsmouth	London
15:00	Taylor 9' Lansbury 53' Noble 72' (pen.) Cole 76' Piquionne  90+4'	Report	Varney 8' Norris 60' Halford 90+7' (pen.)	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 33,465 Referee: Roger East

Millwall v West Ham United

17 September 2011	Millwall	0–0	West Ham United	London
12:30		Report		Stadium: The Den Attendance: 16,078 Referee: Lee Mason

West Ham United v Peterborough United

24 September 2011	West Ham United	1–0	Peterborough United	London
15:00	Noble 11' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 29,895 Referee: Anthony Bates

West Ham United v Ipswich Town

27 September 2011	West Ham United	0–1	Ipswich Town	London
19:45		Report	Bowyer 89'	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 27,709 Referee: Keith Stroud

Crystal Palace v West Ham United

1 October 2011	Crystal Palace	2–2	West Ham United	London
15:00	Ambrose 6' Murray 52'	Report	Nolan 16' Carew 80'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 20,074 Referee: Kevin Wright

West Ham United v Blackpool

15 October 2011	West Ham United	4–0	Blackpool	London
15:00	Carew 12' Baldock 47' 51' Collison 57'	Report		Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 31,448 Referee: Andy D'Urso

Southampton v West Ham United

18 October 2011	Southampton	1–0	West Ham United	Southampton
19:45	Hooiveld 45'	Report		Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 32,152 Referee: Darren Deadman

Brighton & Hove Albion v West Ham United

24 October 2011	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–1	West Ham United	Brighton
19:45		Report	Nolan 17'	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 20,686 Referee: Kevin Friend

West Ham United v Leicester City

29 October 2011	West Ham United	3–2	Leicester City	London
15:00	Baldock 20', 71' Faubert 22'	Report	King 59', 75'	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 30,410 Referee: James Linington

West Ham United v Bristol City

1 November 2011	West Ham United	0–0	Bristol City	London
19:45		Report		Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 27,980 Referee: Mark Heywood

Hull City v West Ham United

5 November 2011	Hull City	0–2	West Ham United	Kingston upon Hull
15:00		Report	Baldock 49' Collison 57'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 21,756 Referee: Nigel Miller

Coventry City v West Ham United

19 November 2011	Coventry City	1–2	West Ham United	Coventry
15:00	Platt 33'	Report	Cole 69' Piquionne 75'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 20,524 Referee: Keith Stroud

West Ham United v Derby County

26 November 2011	West Ham United	3–1	Derby County	London
17:20	Cole 44' Nolan 64' Noble 74' (pen.)	Report	Priskin 34'	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 27,864 Referee: Colin Webster

Middlesbrough v West Ham United

29 November 2011	Middlesbrough	0–2	West Ham United	Middlesbrough
19:45		Report	Piquionne 9' Cole 90+4'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 18,457 Referee: Mike Dean

West Ham United v Burnley

3 December 2011	West Ham United	1–2	Burnley	London
15:00	Nolan 52'	Report	McCann 57' Vokes 75'	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 26,274 Referee: Fred Graham

Reading v West Ham United

10 December 2011	Reading	3–0	West Ham United	Reading
15:00	Pearce 66' Church 80' 86'	Report	O'Brien  65' Collison  84'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 24,026 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

West Ham United v Barnsley

17 December 2011	West Ham United	1–0	Barnsley	London
15:00	Diop 6'	Report		Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 34,749 Referee: Scott Mathieson

Birmingham City v West Ham United

26 December 2011	Birmingham City	1–1	West Ham United	Birmingham
17:30	Murphy 81'	Report	Cole 4'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 20,214 Referee: Darren Deadman

Derby County v West Ham United

31 December 2011	Derby County	2–1	West Ham United	Derby
13:00	Ball 2' Green 10'	Report	Nouble 42'	Stadium: Pride Park Attendance: 28,067 Referee: Moss

West Ham United v Coventry City

2 January 2012	West Ham United	1–0	Coventry City	London
15:00	Nolan 66'	Report		Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 34,936 Referee: Simon Hooper

Portsmouth v West Ham United

14 January 2012	Portsmouth	0–1	West Ham United	Portsmouth
15:00		Report	Noble 24' (pen.)	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 18,492 Referee: Kevin Friend

West Ham United v Nottingham Forest

21 January 2012	West Ham United	2–1	Nottingham Forest	London
15:00	Noble 45+3' (pen.) 63' (pen.)	Report	McGugan 90+3'	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 31,718 Referee: Anthony Bates

Ipswich Town v West Ham United

31 January 2012	Ipswich Town	5–1	West Ham United	Ipswich
19:45	Chopra 3' Murphy 44' Martin 45+3' (pen.) Emmanuel-Thomas 64', 90+4'	Report	Collison 45'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 22,185 Referee: Fred Graham

West Ham United v Millwall

4 February 2012	West Ham United	2–1	Millwall	London
12:30	Nolan  9' Cole 45+2' Reid 69'	Report	Trotter 66'	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 27,774 Referee: Mike Jones

West Ham United v Southampton

14 February 2012	West Ham United	1–1	Southampton	London
19:45	Taylor  18' Noble 21' (pen.)	Report	Hooiveld 75'	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 32,875 Referee: Lee Probert

Blackpool v West Ham United

21 February 2012	Blackpool	1–4	West Ham United	Blackpool
20:00	Phillips 75'	Report	Tomkins 23' Maynard 32' Green  53' O'Neil 74' Vaz Tê 90'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 13,043 Referee: Oliver Langford

West Ham United v Crystal Palace

25 February 2012	West Ham United	0–0	Crystal Palace	London
12:45		Report		Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 34,900 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Cardiff City v West Ham United

4 March 2012	Cardiff City	0–2	West Ham United	Cardiff
13:00		Summary	Nolan 43' McCartney 77'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 23,872 Referee: Chris Foy

West Ham United v Watford

7 March 2012	West Ham United	1–1	Watford	London
19:45	Vaz Tê 87'	Report	Murray 68'	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 31,674 Referee: Keith Stroud

West Ham United v Doncaster Rovers

10 March 2012	West Ham United	1–1	Doncaster Rovers	London
15:00	Nolan 9'	Report	Coppinger 73'	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 34,650 Referee: Andy D'Urso

Leeds United v West Ham United

17 March 2012	Leeds United	1–1	West Ham United	Leeds
15:00	Becchio 83'	Report	Collins 90'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 33,366 Referee: Peter Walton

West Ham United v Middlesbrough

20 March 2012	West Ham United	1–1	Middlesbrough	London
19:45	Bennett 67' (o.g.)	Report	Ogbeche 84'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 27,250 Referee: Scott Mathieson

Burnley v West Ham United

24 March 2012	Burnley	2–2	West Ham United	Burnley
15:00	Bartley 25' Paterson 36'	Report	Nolan 68' Tomkins 70'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 15,246 Referee: Mark Heywood

Peterborough v West Ham United

27 March 2012	Peterborough	0–2	West Ham United	Peterborough
19:45		Report	Vaz Tê 51' O'Neil 57'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 13,517 Referee: Christopher Sarginson

West Ham United v Reading

31 March 2012	West Ham United	2–4	Reading	London
15:00	Cole 8' Vaz Tê 77'	Report	Gorkšs 44' Hunt 45+2' Harte 59' (pen.) Leigertwood 84'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 33,350 Referee: Chris Foy

Barnsley v West Ham United

6 April 2012	Barnsley	0–4	West Ham United	Barnsley
17:15		Report	Nolan 7' Maynard 23' Noble 35' Vaz Tê 55'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 11,151 Referee: Anthony Bates

West Ham United v Birmingham City

9 April 2012	West Ham United	3–3	Birmingham City	London
17:20 BST	Vaz Té 45+3', 89' (pen.) Cole 70'	Report	Mutch 27' King 30' Burke 45+4'	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 31,045 Referee: Jonathan Moss

West Ham United v Brighton

14 April 2012	West Ham United	6–0	Brighton	London
15:00	Vaz Tê 3', 8', 62' Nolan 11' Cole 64' Dicker 78' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 32,339 Referee: Roger East

Bristol City v West Ham United

17 April 2012	Bristol City	1–1	West Ham United	Bristol
19:45	Skuse 29'	Report	Tomkins 25'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 16,669 Referee: Craig Pawson

Leicester City v West Ham United

23 April 2012	Leicester City	1–2	West Ham United	Leicester
19:45	Beckford 34'	Report	Reid 39' Collison 58'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 23,172 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

West Ham United v Hull City

28 April 2012	West Ham United	2–1	Hull City	London
12:30	Cole 36', 49'	Report	Evans 81'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Nigel Miller

Championship play-offs

Main article: 2012 Football League play-offs

Cardiff City v West Ham United

3 May 2012 Semi-Final 1st Leg	Cardiff City	0–2	West Ham United	Cardiff
19:45 BST		Report	Collison 9', 41'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 23,029 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

West Ham United v Cardiff City

7 May 2012 Semi-Final 2nd Leg	West Ham United	3–0 (5–0 agg.)	Cardiff City	London
16:30 BST	Nolan 15' Vaz Tê 40' Maynard 90'	Report		Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 34,682 Referee: Mike Dean

Blackpool v West Ham United

19 May 2012 Final	Blackpool	1–2	West Ham United	London
15:00 BST	Ince 48'	Report	Cole 35' Vaz Tê 87'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 78,325 Referee: Howard Webb

Football League Cup

See also: 2011–12 Football League Cup

West Ham United v Aldershot Town

24 August 2011[7] R1	West Ham United	1–2	Aldershot Town	London
19:45	Stanislas 16' McNaughton  47'	Report	Guttridge 78' Hylton 89'	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 19,879 Referee: Graham Scott

FA Cup

See also: 2011–12 FA Cup

Sheffield Wednesday v West Ham United

8 January 2012 R3	Sheffield Wednesday	1–0	West Ham United	Sheffield
15:00	O'Grady 88' Morrison  90'	Report	O'Neil  17' Baldock 49' McCartney  72' Potts  90+10'	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 17,916 Referee: Keith Stroud

Statistics

Overview

Competition	Record
	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Championship	46	24	14	8	81	48	+33	052.17
Play-offs	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	100.00
FA Cup	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
League Cup	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total	51	27	14	10	89	52	+37	052.94

Goalscorers

Rank	Pos	No.	Nat	Name	Championship	Play-offs	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	ST	9		Carlton Cole	14	1	0	0	15
2	MF	4		Kevin Nolan	12	1	0	0	13
3	ST	12		Ricardo Vaz Te	10	2	0	0	12
4	MF	16		Mark Noble	8	0	0	0	8
5	MF	10		Jack Collison	4	2	0	0	6
6	ST	7		Sam Baldock	5	0	0	0	5
7	DF	5		James Tomkins	4	0	0	0	4
	Own goals				4	0	0	0	4
9	DF	2		Winston Reid	3	0	0	0	3
	ST	8		Nicky Maynard	2	1	0	0	3
11	ST	11		John Carew	2	0	0	0	2
	ST	30		Frederic Piquionne	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	32		Gary O'Neil	2	0	0	0	2
14	DF	3		George McCartney	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	8		Scott Parker	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	14		Matthew Taylor	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	17		Joey O'Brien	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	18		Julien Faubert	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	21		Papa Bouba Diop	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	22		Henri Lansbury	1	0	0	0	1
	ST	24		Frank Nouble	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	25		Danny Collins	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	25		Junior Stanislas	0	0	0	1	1
Totals					81	7	0	1	89

League position by matchday

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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	W
Position	22	14	5	7	5	4	5	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		Play-offs		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ENG	Robert Green	45	0	42	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK	ESP	Manuel Almunia	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK	BEL	Ruud Boffin	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF	NZL	Winston Reid	33	3	27+1	3	3	0	1	0	1	0
3	DF	NIR	George McCartney	43	1	36+2	1	0+3	0	1	0	1	0
5	DF	ENG	James Tomkins	47	4	42+2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	SEN	Abdoulaye Faye	29	0	25+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	IRL	Joey O'Brien	33	1	27+5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
20	DF	CIV	Guy Demel	10	0	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	COD	Herita Ilunga	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
25	DF	WAL	Danny Collins	11	1	4+7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF	ENG	Callum McNaughton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
48	DF	ENG	Danny Potts	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF	ENG	Kevin Nolan	46	13	42	12	3	1	0	0	1	0
8	MF	ENG	David Bentley	5	0	2+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	ENG	Scott Parker	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	WAL	Jack Collison	35	6	26+5	4	3	2	1	0	0	0
12	MF	MEX	Pablo Barrera	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	MF	ENG	Matthew Taylor	32	1	26+2	1	3	0	0	0	0+1	0
16	MF	ENG	Mark Noble	48	8	43+2	8	3	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	FRA	Julien Faubert	37	1	28+6	1	0+2	0	0	0	1	0
21	MF	SEN	Papa Bouba Diop	16	1	14+2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	ENG	Henri Lansbury	24	1	13+9	1	0+1	0	1	0	0	0
23	MF	ENG	Ravel Morrison	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	ENG	Junior Stanislas	2	1	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
32	MF	ENG	Gary O'Neil	20	2	9+7	2	3	0	1	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	ENG	Sam Baldock	24	5	10+13	5	0	0	1	0	0	0
8	FW	ENG	Nicky Maynard	16	3	9+5	2	0+2	1	0	0	0	0
9	FW	ENG	Carlton Cole	43	15	28+12	14	3	1	0	0	0	0
11	FW	NOR	John Carew	21	2	7+12	2	0	0	1	0	1	0
12	FW	POR	Ricardo Vaz Te	18	12	13+2	10	3	2	0	0	0	0
19	FW	ENG	Freddie Sears	12	0	2+8	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
24	FW	ENG	Frank Nouble	5	1	1+2	1	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
26	FW	PAR	Brian Montenegro	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
30	FW	FRA	Frederic Piquionne	21	2	8+12	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
46	FW	ENG	Robert Hall	4	0	0+3	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0

Transfers

Summer

Main article: List of English football transfers summer 2011

In

#	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date	Notes
15	DF	Abdoulaye Faye	Stoke City	Free	14 June 2011	[8]
4	MF	Kevin Nolan	Newcastle United	Undisclosed	16 June 2011	[9]
14	MF	Matt Taylor	Bolton Wanderers	Undisclosed	23 July 2011	[10]
17	MF	Joey O'Brien	Bolton Wanderers	Free	30 July 2011	[11]
11	FW	John Carew	Aston Villa	Free	6 August 2011	[12]
3	DF	George McCartney	Sunderland	Season-long loan	10 August 2011	[13]
7	FW	Sam Baldock	Milton Keynes Dons	Undisclosed	26 August 2011	[14]
26	FW	Brian Montenegro	Deportivo Maldonado	Season-long loan	29 August 2011	[15]
21	MF	Papa Bouba Diop	AEK Athens	Free	30 August 2011	[16]
8	MF	David Bentley	Tottenham Hotspur	Season-long loan	31 August 2011	[17]
22	MF	Henri Lansbury	Arsenal	Season-long loan	31 August 2011	[18]
20	DF	Guy Demel	Hamburger SV	Undisclosed	31 August 2011	[19]

Out

Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date	Notes
MF	Anthony Edgar	Yeovil Town[20]	Free	16 June 2011	[21]
DF	Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson	VfL Bochum	Free	16 June 2011	[21]
DF	Danny Gabbidon	QPR	Free	24 July 2011	[21]
DF	Lars Jacobsen	Copenhagen	Free	16 September 2011	[21]
DF	Jonathan Spector	Birmingham City	Free	1 August 2011	[21]
DF	Matthew Upson	Stoke City	Free	16 June 2011	[21]
ST	Demba Ba	Newcastle United	Free	17 June 2011	[22]
DF	Manuel da Costa	Lokomotiv Moscow	Undisclosed	22 June 2011	[23]
MF	Thomas Hitzlsperger	VfL Wolfsburg	Contract terminated	22 June 2011	[24]
MF	Radoslav Kováč	FC Basel	Undisclosed	24 June 2011	[25]
MF	Kieron Dyer	QPR	Free	13 July 2011	[26]
MF	Luís Boa Morte	Larissa	Contract terminated	3 August 2011	[27]
DF	Jordan Spence	Bristol City	Season-long loan	3 August 2011	[28]
MF	Olly Lee	Dagenham & Redbridge	Two-month loan	5 August 2011	[29][30]
FW	Cristian Montano	Notts County	Two-month loan	5 August 2011	[31][32]
FW	Zavon Hines	Burnley	Fee set by tribunal	18 August 2011	[33]
MF	Pablo Barrera	Real Zaragoza	Season-long loan	26 August 2011	[34]
MF	Scott Parker	Tottenham Hotspur	£5 million	31 August 2011	[35]
MF	Junior Stanislas	Burnley	Undisclosed	31 August 2011	[36]
MF	Ahmed Abdulla	Swindon Town	Four-month loan	31 August 2011	[37]
DF	Jordan Brown	Aldershot Town	One-month loan	31 August 2011	[38]

Winter

Main article: List of English football transfers winter 2011–12

In

#	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date	Notes
13	GK	Manuel Almunia	Arsenal	One-month emergency loan	30 September 2011	[39]
25	DF	George John	FC Dallas	Two-month loan	13 January 2012	[40]
N/A	ST	Joe Dixon	Unattached	Free	18 January 2012	[41]
23	MF	Ravel Morrison	Manchester United	Undisclosed	31 January 2012	[42]
12	MF	Ricardo Vaz Tê	Barnsley	Undisclosed	31 January 2012	[43]
8	ST	Nicky Maynard	Bristol City	Undisclosed	31 January 2012	[44]
25	DF	Danny Collins	Stoke City	Season-long loan	9 March 2012	[45]

Out

Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date	Notes
DF	Callum McNaughton	AFC Wimbledon	Four-month extended loan	9 September 2011	[46][47]
FW	Robert Hall	Oxford United	Three-month extended loan	12 September 2011	[48][49]
FW	Frank Nouble	Gillingham	Three-month extended loan	15 September 2011	[50][51]
FW	Cristian Montaño	Swindon Town	One-month loan	13 October 2011	[52]
FW	Cristian Montaño	Dagenham & Redbridge	Two-month extended loan	17 November 2011	[53]
GK	Péter Kurucz	Rochdale	One-month loan	2 January 2012	[54]
DF	Callum Driver	Burton Albion	One-month loan	5 January 2012	[55]
DF	Callum McNaughton	AFC Wimbledon	Free	6 January 2012	[56]
MF	George Moncur	AFC Wimbledon	One-month loan	6 January 2012	[57]
MF	Olly Lee	Gillingham	One-month loan	17 February 2012	[58]
GK	Marek Štěch	Leyton Orient	One-month emergency loan	24 February 2012	[59]
FW	Frédéric Piquionne	Doncaster Rovers	One-month loan	6 March 2012	[60]
GK	Ruud Boffin		Released	22 April 2012	[61]