2011–12 Football League Two

Football League Two
Season 2011–12
Champions Swindon Town
(2nd divisional title)
Promoted Swindon Town
Shrewsbury Town
Crawley Town
Crewe Alexandra
Relegated Hereford United
Macclesfield Town
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1458 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorer 18 goals
Izale McLeod
Jack Midson
Biggest home win

Morecambe 6–0 Crawley Town
(10 September)

Bristol Rovers 7–1 Burton Albion
(14 April)
Biggest away win Hereford United 1–6 Gillingham
(17 September)
Northampton Town 2–7 Shrewsbury Town
(19 November)
Dagenham & Redbridge 0–5 Cheltenham Town
(18 February)
Highest scoring Barnet 3–6 Burton Albion
(29 October)
Northampton Town 2–7 Shrewsbury Town
(19 November)
Gillingham 5–4 Hereford United
(28 February)
Longest winning run 10 matches – Swindon Town
(31 December – 28 February)
Longest unbeaten run 16 matches – Crewe Alexandra
(18 February-5 May)
Longest winless run 18 matches – Macclesfield Town
(2 January–5 May)
Longest losing run 9 matches – Dagenham & Redbridge
(8 October – 10 December)
Highest attendance 17,014 – 25 February (Bradford City vs Hereford United)
Lowest attendance 1,207 – 6 March (Morecambe vs Cheltenham Town)

The 2011–12 Football League Two (referred to as the Npower Football League Two for sponsorship reasons) is the eighth season of the league under its current title and nineteenth season under its current league division format.

Changes from last season

Team changes

From League Two

Promoted to League One

Relegated to Conference National

To League Two

Relegated from League One

Promoted from Conference National

Team overview

Stadia and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Accrington Stanley Accrington Crown Ground 5,057
AFC Wimbledon London Kingsmeadow 4,720
Aldershot Town Aldershot Recreation Ground 7,100
Barnet London Underhill Stadium 6,200
Bradford City Bradford Valley Parade 25,136
Bristol Rovers Bristol Memorial Stadium 12,011
Burton Albion Burton upon Trent Pirelli Stadium 6,912
Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Abbey Business Stadium 7,066
Crawley Town Crawley Broadfield Stadium 4,996
Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra Stadium 10,153
Dagenham & Redbridge London Victoria Road 6,078
Gillingham Gillingham Priestfield Stadium 11,582
Hereford United Hereford Edgar Street 5,075
Macclesfield Town Macclesfield Moss Rose 6,355
Morecambe Morecambe Globe Arena 6,476
Northampton Town Northampton Sixfields Stadium 7,653
Oxford United Oxford Kassam Stadium 12,500
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Home Park 16,388
Port Vale Stoke-on-Trent Vale Park 19,052
Rotherham United Sheffield Don Valley Stadium 10,000
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Greenhous Meadow 9,875
Southend United Southend-on-Sea Roots Hall 12,392
Swindon Town Swindon County Ground 14,700
Torquay United Torquay Plainmoor 6,104

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Manager Chairman Team captain Kit maker Sponsor
Accrington Stanley Paul Cook Ilyas Khan Dean Winnard Samurai Sportswear Clever Boxes
AFC Wimbledon Terry Brown Erik Samuelson Jamie Stuart Tempest Sports Sports Interactive (H)
Football Manager (A)
Aldershot Town Dean Holdsworth Kris Machala Ben Herd Erreà EBB Paper
Barnet Martin Allen Anthony Kleanthous Mark Hughes Surridge Pulse Fitness
Bradford City Phil Parkinson Mark Lawn and Julian Rhodes Michael Flynn Nike Map Group UK
Bristol Rovers Mark McGhee Nick Higgs Matthew Gill Erreà McCarthy Waste (H)
ITS (A)
Burton Albion Gary Rowett (caretaker)
Kevin Poole (caretaker)
Ben Robinson John McGrath TAG Mr Cropper
Cheltenham Town Mark Yates Paul Baker Alan Bennett Erreà Mira Showers
Crawley Town Craig Brewster (caretaker) Victor Manley Pablo Mills Puma
Crewe Alexandra Steve Davis John Bowler David Artell
Lee Bell
Carbrini Mornflake Cereal
Dagenham & Redbridge John Still Dave Andrews Mark Arber Vandanel West & Coe Funeral Directors
Gillingham Andy Hessenthaler Paul Scally Andy Frampton Vandanel Medway Electrical & Mechanical Services
Hereford United Richard O'Kelly David Keyte Stefan Stam Admiral Cargill
Macclesfield Town Glyn Chamberlain Mike Rance Paul Morgan adidas Voi Jeans
Morecambe Jim Bentley Peter McGuigan Will Haining Puma Bench
Northampton Town Aidy Boothroyd David Cardoza John Johnson Erreà Jackson Grundy
Oxford United Chris Wilder Kelvin Thomas Jake Wright Nike Bridle Insurance
Plymouth Argyle Carl Fletcher James Brent Simon Walton Puma Bond Timber
Port Vale Micky Adams Vacant Marc Richards Vandanel Harlequin Property
Rotherham United Steve Evans Tony Stewart Ryan Cresswell Puma Parkgate Shopping
Shrewsbury Town Graham Turner Roland Wycherley Ian Sharps Joma Greenhous
Southend United Paul Sturrock Ron Martin Chris Barker Nike InsureandGo
Swindon Town Paolo Di Canio Jeremy Wray Paul Caddis Adidas Samsung (H)
FIFA 12 (A)
Torquay United Martin Ling Simon Baker Lee Mansell Vandanel Sparkworld

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Bristol Rovers Dave Penney Sacked 7 March 2011[1] Pre-season Paul Buckle 30 May 2011[2]
Swindon Town Paul Hart 28 April 2011[3] Pre-season Paolo Di Canio 20 May 2011[4]
Morecambe Sammy McIlroy Mutual consent 9 May 2011[5] Pre-season Jim Bentley 13 May 2011[6]
Barnet Giuliano Grazioli End of tenure as caretaker 13 May 2011 Pre-season Lawrie Sanchez 13 May 2011[7]
Torquay United Paul Buckle Signed by Bristol Rovers 30 May 2011[2] Pre-season Martin Ling 13 June 2011[8]
Bradford City Peter Jackson Resigned 25 August 2011[9] 21st Phil Parkinson 28 August 2011[10]
Plymouth Argyle Peter Reid Sacked 18 September 2011[11] 24th Carl Fletcher 18 September 2011[12]
Crewe Alexandra Dario Gradi Resigned 10 November 2011[13] 18th Steve Davis 10 November 2011[14]
Northampton Town Gary Johnson Mutual consent 14 November 2011[15] 20th Aidy Boothroyd 30 November 2011[16]
Bristol Rovers Paul Buckle Sacked 3 January 2012[17] 19th Mark McGhee 18 January 2012[18]
Accrington Stanley John Coleman Signed by Rochdale 24 January 2012[19] 10th Paul Cook 13 February 2012[20]
Hereford United Jamie Pitman Sacked 5 March 2012[21] 21st Richard O'Kelly 5 March 2012
Burton Albion Paul Peschisolido 17 March 2012[22] 17th Gary Rowett (caretaker)
Kevin Poole (caretaker)
17 March 2012[22]
Macclesfield Gary Simpson Mutual consent 18 March 2012[23] 21st Brian Horton 19 March 2012[24]
Rotherham United Andy Scott Sacked 19 March 2012[25] 11th Steve Evans 9 April 2012[26]
Crawley Town Steve Evans Signed by Rotherham United 9 April 2012[26] 4th Craig Brewster (caretaker) 9 April 2012
Barnet Lawrie Sanchez Sacked 16 April 2012[27] 22nd Martin Allen 16 April 2012[28]
Macclesfield Brian Horton Resigned 30 April 2012[29] 24th Glyn Chamberlain 30 April 2012

League table

A total of 24 teams contest the division: 18 sides remaining in the division from last season, four relegated from League One, and two promoted from Conference National.

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 to League Two play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
5 Torquay United 46 23 12 11 63 50 +13 81
6 Cheltenham Town 46 23 8 15 66 50 +16 77
7 Crewe Alexandra (O, P) 46 20 12 14 67 59 +8 72
8 Gillingham 46 20 10 16 79 62 +17 70
9 Oxford United 46 17 17 12 59 48 +11 68
10 Rotherham United 46 18 13 15 67 63 +4 67
11 Aldershot Town 46 19 9 18 54 52 +2 66
12 Port Vale 46 20 9 17 68 60 +8 59[lower-alpha 2]
13 Bristol Rovers 46 15 12 19 60 70 10 57
14 Accrington Stanley 46 14 15 17 54 66 12 57
15 Morecambe 46 14 14 18 63 57 +6 56
16 AFC Wimbledon 46 15 9 22 62 78 16 54
17 Burton Albion 46 14 12 20 54 81 27 54
18 Bradford City 46 12 14 20 54 59 5 50
19 Dagenham & Redbridge 46 14 8 24 50 72 22 50
20 Northampton Town 46 12 12 22 56 79 23 48
21 Plymouth Argyle 46 10 16 20 47 64 17 46
22 Barnet 46 12 10 24 52 79 27 46
23 Hereford United (R) 46 10 14 22 50 70 20 44 Relegation to Conference Premier
24 Macclesfield Town (R) 46 8 13 25 39 64 25 37
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) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.
  2. On 9 March Port Vale were deducted ten points for entering administration.[30]

Play-offs

  Semifinals Final
                     
4  Southend United 0 2 2  
7  Crewe Alexandra 1 2 3  
    6  Cheltenham Town 0
  7  Crewe Alexandra 2
5  Torquay United 0 1 1
6  Cheltenham Town 2 2 4  

Results

The fixtures for the League Two were released on 17 June 2011. The season started on 6 August 2011, and is scheduled to conclude on 5 May 2012.[31]

Home ╲ Away ACC WIM ALDBARBRABROBRTCHLCRACRED&RGILHERMACMORNOROXFPLYPTVROTSHRSTDSWITOR
Accrington Stanley 21 32 03 10 21 21 01 01 02 30 43 21 40 11 21 02 04 22 11 11 12 02 31
AFC Wimbledon 02 12 11 31 23 40 41 25 13 21 31 11 21 11 03 02 12 32 12 31 14 11 20
Aldershot Town 00 11 41 10 10 20 10 01 31 11 12 10 12 10 01 03 00 12 22 10 20 21 01
Barnet 00 40 21 04 20 36 22 12 20 22 22 11 21 02 12 02 20 13 11 12 03 02 01
Bradford City 11 12 12 42 22 11 01 12 30 01 22 11 10 22 21 21 11 11 23 31 20 00 10
Bristol Rovers 51 10 01 02 21 71 13 00 25 20 22 00 00 21 21 00 23 03 52 10 10 11 12
Burton Albion 02 32 04 12 22 21 02 00 10 11 10 02 10 32 01 11 21 11 11 11 02 20 14
Cheltenham Town 41 00 20 20 31 02 20 31 01 21 03 00 20 12 22 00 21 20 10 00 30 10 01
Crawley Town 11 11 22 10 31 41 30 42 11 31 12 03 20 11 31 41 20 32 30 21 30 03 01
Crewe Alexandra 20 33 22 31 10 30 32 10 11 41 12 10 01 01 11 31 32 11 12 11 13 20 03
Dagenham & Redbridge 21 02 25 30 10 40 11 05 11 21 21 01 20 12 01 01 23 12 32 02 23 10 11
Gillingham 11 34 10 31 00 41 31 10 01 34 12 54 20 20 43 10 30 11 00 01 12 31 20
Hereford United 11 21 02 10 20 12 23 11 11 01 10 16 04 03 00 01 11 12 23 02 23 12 32
Macclesfield Town 11 40 01 00 10 00 02 13 22 22 01 00 22 11 31 11 11 21 00 13 02 20 12
Morecambe 12 12 20 01 11 23 22 31 60 12 12 21 01 10 12 00 22 00 33 01 10 01 12
Northampton Town 00 10 31 12 13 32 23 23 01 11 21 11 13 32 02 21 00 12 11 27 25 12 00
Oxford United 11 10 11 21 11 30 22 13 11 01 21 00 22 11 12 20 51 21 21 20 02 20 22
Plymouth Argyle 22 02 10 00 10 11 21 12 11 01 00 01 11 20 11 41 11 02 14 10 22 01 12
Port Vale 41 12 40 12 32 10 30 12 22 11 01 21 10 10 04 30 30 10 20 23 23 02 00
Rotherham United 10 10 20 22 30 01 01 10 12 11 31 30 10 42 32 11 10 10 01 11 04 12 01
Shrewsbury Town 10 00 11 32 10 10 10 20 21 20 10 20 31 10 20 11 22 11 10 31 21 21 20
Southend United 22 20 01 30 01 11 01 40 00 10 11 10 10 20 11 22 21 20 30 02 30 14 41
Swindon Town 20 20 20 40 00 00 20 10 30 30 40 20 33 10 30 10 12 10 50 32 21 20 20
Torquay United 10 40 10 10 12 22 22 22 13 11 10 25 20 30 11 10 00 31 21 33 10 00 10

Updated to games played on 5 May 2012.
Source: The Football League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Statistics

As of 14 April 2012.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[32]
1 Jack Midson AFC Wimbledon 18
Izale McLeod Barnet
Lewis Grabban Rotherham United
Adebayo Akinfenwa Northampton Town
5 Marc Richards Port Vale 17
6 Matt Harrold Bristol Rovers 16
7 Kevin Ellison Morecambe 15
8 James Collins Shrewsbury Town 14
Nick Powell Crewe Alexandra
10 James Hanson Bradford City 13
Tyrone Barnett Crawley Town
Bilel Mohsni Southend United
Rene Howe Torquay United

Top assists

Rank Player Club Assists[33]
1 Ryan Hall Southend United 19
2 Matt Ritchie Swindon Town 14
3 Peter Leven Oxford United 11
Luke Rooney Gillingham/Swindon Town
5 Michael Jacobs Northampton Town 10
Kyel Reid Bradford City
Tom Pope Port Vale
8 Eunan O'Kane Torquay United 9
Mark Wright Shrewsbury Town
Danny Jackman Gillingham

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Notes
Manager Club Player Club
August Andy Scott Rotherham United Mark Arber Dagenham & Redbridge [34][35]
September Paul Sturrock Southend United Danny Carlton Morecambe [36][37]
October Steve Evans Crawley Town Danny Hylton Aldershot Town [38][39]
November Mark Yates Cheltenham Town Billy Kee Burton Albion [40][41]
December Phil Parkinson Bradford City Bryan Hughes Accrington [42][43]
January Martin Ling Torquay United Mark Ellis Torquay United [40][41]
February Paolo Di Canio Swindon Town Paul Benson Swindon Town [44][45]
March Martin Ling Torquay United Lee Mansell Torquay United [46][47]
April Graham Turner Shrewsbury Town Bilel Mohsni Southend United [48][49]

References

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  3. "Swindon bring in Paul Bodin as manager for Paul Hart". BBC Sport. 30 April 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
  4. "Swindon Town confirm Paolo di Canio as new manager". BBC Sport. 20 May 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  5. "Manager Sammy McIlroy leaves Morecambe". BBC Sport. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
  6. "Morecambe appoint Jim Bentley as boss". BBC Sport. 13 May 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
  7. "Lawrie Sanchez appointed as Barnet boss". BBC Sport. 13 May 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  8. "Torquay United appoint Martin Ling as manager". BBC Sport. 13 June 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  9. "Bradford manager Jackson resigns". BBC Sport. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  10. "Phil Parkinson appointed Bradford City manager". BBC Sport. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  11. "Peter Reid sacked as manager of Plymouth Argyle". BBC Sport. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  12. "Plymouth Argyle confirm Carl Fletcher as manager". BBC Sport. 1 November 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  13. "Dario Gradi steps down as Crewe Alexandra manager". BBC Sport. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  14. "Dario Gradi proud to leave legacy at Crewe Alexandra". BBC Sport. 11 November 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  15. "Gary Johnson leaves as Northampton Town boss". BBC Sport. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  16. "Aidy Boothroyd named Northampton Town boss". BBC Sport. 30 November 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
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  18. "Mark McGhee named Bristol Rovers manager". BBC Sport. 18 January 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  19. "Rochdale appoint Accrington Stanley's John Coleman as boss". BBC Sport. 24 January 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
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  35. "Arber named Player of the Month". Football League.
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  37. "Carlton named Player of the Month". Football League.
  38. "Evans named Manager of the Month". Football League.
  39. "Hylton named Player of the Month". Football League.
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  41. 1 2 "Kee named Player of the Month". Football League.
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  47. "Mansell named Player of the Month". Football League. 6 April 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
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