2011–12 Middlesbrough F.C. season

Middlesbrough
2011–12 season
Chairman Steve Gibson
Manager Tony Mowbray
Stadium Riverside
Championship 7th
Top goalscorer League:
Marvin Emnes (12)
All:
Marvin Emnes (16)
Highest home attendance 27,794 (vs. Hull City, 26 December)
Lowest home attendance 14,336 (vs. Watford, 5 November)
Average home league attendance 17,221
Home colours
Away colours

The 2011-12 season was Middlesbrough's third consecutive season in the Championship. They also competed in the League Cup and the FA Cup.

League table

# Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts
C Reading 46 27 8 11 69 41 +28 89
P Southampton 46 26 10 10 85 46 +39 88
3 West Ham United 46 24 14 8 81 48 +33 86
4 Birmingham City 46 20 16 10 78 51 +27 76
5 Blackpool 46 20 15 11 79 59 +20 75
6 Cardiff City 46 19 18 9 66 53 +13 75
7 Middlesbrough 46 18 16 12 52 51 +1 70
8 Hull City 46 19 11 16 47 44 +3 68
9 Leicester City 46 18 12 16 66 55 +11 66
10 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 17 15 14 52 52 +0 66
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
16 Millwall 46 15 12 19 55 57 -2 57
17 Crystal Palace 46 13 17 16 46 51 -5 56
18 Peterborough United 46 13 11 22 67 77 -10 50
19 Nottingham Forest 46 14 8 24 48 63 -15 50
20 Bristol City 46 12 13 21 44 68 -24 49
21 Barnsley 46 13 9 24 49 74 -25 48
R Portsmouth* 46 13 11 22 50 59 -9 40
R Coventry City 46 9 13 24 41 65 -24 40
R Doncaster Rovers 46 8 12 26 43 80 -37 36

* – Portsmouth deducted ten points

Promotion to Premier League
Qualification to Championship playoffs
Relegation to League One
Last updated: 13:28, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Results and fixtures

Pre-season

      Win       Draw       Loss

Note: Results are given with Middlesbrough score listed first. Man of the Match is according to mfc.co.uk.

Game Date Venue Opponent Result
F–A
Attendance Middlesbrough goalscorers Man of the match
114 July 2011ATurkey İstanbul BB1–1 Unknown Franks 86' Coyne
217 July 2011ACroatia Varaždin3–2 UnknownKarlo 12' o.g., Lita 28', Bates 79'Williams
319 July 2011ATurkey Antalyaspor 0–0 Unknown Ripley
423 July 2011AEngland Darlington 2–4 3,223 Lita 16', Kink 29' Lita
526 July 2011AEngland Carlisle United 0–22,218Ripley
629 July 2011HNetherlands PSV Eindhoven 2–320,151McDonald 12', 38' McMahon

League Cup

FA Cup

Main article: 2011–12 FA Cup

Championship

Players

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
4 DF Matthew Bates England 41 Club captain
17 MF Barry Robson Scotland 8
29 DF Tony McMahon England 3

Last updated: 17 August 2011
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

First-team squad

As of 6 April 2012
No. Pos Nat Player TotalChampionship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England Jason Steele 36 0 34 0 2 0 0 0
2 DF England Justin Hoyte 44 0 39 0 3 0 2 0
3 DF England Joe Bennett 45 1 40+1 1 2 0 2 0
4 DF England Matthew Bates 42 2 37 2 3 0 1+1 0
5 MF Morocco Merouane Zemmama 17 2 7+8 1 0 0 2 1
6 DF Scotland Stephen McManus 27 0 21+3 0 0 0 3 0
7 FW Australia Scott McDonald 36 9 31+2 9 2 0 1 0
8 MF Scotland Kevin Thomson 29 0 14+12 0 2 0 1 0
9 FW Netherlands Marvin Emnes 48 18 37+5 14 2+1 1 2+1 3
10 MF England Nicky Bailey 39 2 37 2 0 0 2 0
11 FW England Adam Hammill 10 0 8+2 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF Australia Rhys Williams 40 2 34+1 2 3 0 1+1 0
15 DF England Seb Hines 27 2 20+3 1 2 0 2 1
16 FW Nigeria Bartholomew Ogbeche 18 3 5+12 3 1 0 0 0
17 MF Scotland Barry Robson 39 9 37+0 7 1 1 1 1
18 MF Argentina Julio Arca 33 0 22+8 0 1 0 1+1 0
19 MF Scotland Andy Halliday 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW England Luke Williams 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
21 GK Wales Danny Coyne 6 0 1 0 1+1 0 3 0
22 MF France Malaury Martin 18 3 0+15 3 1 0 2 0
24 MF Scotland Cameron Park 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
25 FW England Curtis Main 13 2 0+12 2 1 0 0 0
29 DF England Tony McMahon 39 1 28+6 1 2 0 3 0
30 FW England Lukas Jutkiewicz 21 3 17+2 2 2 1 0 0
31 GK England Connor Ripley 2 0 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
33 MF England Richard Smallwood 19 0 7+7 0 1+1 0 2+1 0
35 DF England Bruno Pilatos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 MF Belgium Faris Haroun 35 2 23+9 2 1 0 1+1 0
40 DF England Paul Weldon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 DF England Adam Reach 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0
Players featured for club who have been sent out on loan:
Players featured for club who have left:
GK Nigeria Carl Ikeme 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland Lee Miller 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
FW England Alex Nimely 10 0 0+9 0 0 0 1 0
FW Estonia Tarmo Kink 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0

Disciplinary record

Name Number Position Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card
Scotland Barry Robson 17 MF 13 1 0 0 0 0 13 1
England Joe Bennett 3 DF 9 1 0 0 1 0 10 1
England Tony McMahon 29 DF 7 1 0 0 1 0 8 1
England Nicky Bailey 10 MF 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Australia Rhys Williams 14 MF 6 1 1 0 0 0 7 0
Belgium Faris Haroun 38 MF 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Scotland Kevin Thomson 8 MF 3 2 1 0 0 0 4 2
Scotland Stephen McManus 6 DF 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Australia Scott McDonald 7 FW 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Argentina Julio Arca 18 MF 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 1
England Matthew Bates 4 DF 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
England Seb Hines 2 DF 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Nigeria Bartholomew Ogbeche 16 FW 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
France Malaury Martin 22 MF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Netherlands Marvin Emnes 9 FW 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
England Justin Hoyte 2 DF 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
England Curtis Main 2 FW 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
England Richard Smallwood 33 MF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
England Lukas Jutkiewicz 30 FW 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Morocco Merouane Zemmama 5 MF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Nigeria Carl Ikeme 13 GK 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 77 7 3 0 3 0 83 7

Suspensions served

Date Matches Missed Player Reason Opponents Missed
14 August 1 Tony McMahon Red card Barnlsey (A)
18 September 1 Joe Bennett Red card Crystal Palace (CC)
30 October 1 Barry Robson 5x Derby County (H)
17 December 1 Tony McMahon 5x Cardiff City (A)
7 January 2 Barry Robson 10x Shrewsbury (FA), Burnley (H)
22 January 1 Kevin Thomson Red card Sunderland (FA)
22 January 1 Julio Arca Red card Sunderland (FA)
14 February 1 Kevin Thomson Red card Millwall (A)
4 March 1 R.Williams Red card Barnsley (H)
12 January 3 Barry Robson Red card Birmingham (A), West Ham (A), Bristol City (H)
8 April 2 Joe Bennett 10x Hull City (A), Derby County (A)

Key: (H) = League Home, (A) = League Away, (FA) = FA Cup, (CC) = League Cup

Top scorers

Name Championship FA Cup League
Cup
Total
Netherlands Marvin Emnes 14 1 3 18
Scotland Barry Robson 7 1 1 9
Australia Scott McDonald 9 0 0 9
Nigeria Bartholomew Ogbeche 3 0 0 3
France Malaury Martin 3 0 0 3
England Lukas Jutkiewicz 2 1 0 3
England Curtis Main 2 0 0 2
Australia Rhys Williams 2 0 0 2
Belgium Faris Haroun 2 0 0 2
England Matthew Bates 2 0 0 2
England Nicky Bailey 2 0 0 2
Morocco Merouane Zemmama 1 0 1 2
England Joe Bennett 1 0 0 1
England Tony McMahon 1 0 0 1
England Seb Hines 1 0 1 2
Total 52 3 6 61

Penalties

Date Penalty Taker Scored Opponent Competition
9 August Marvin Emnes Yes Walsall League Cup
1 November Barry Robson Yes Doncaster Rovers Championship
3 March Barry Robson Yes Portsmouth Championship

Assists

Name Championship FA Cup League
Cup
Total
Scotland Barry Robson 9 0 0 9
England Justin Hoyte 5 0 1 6
Australia Scott McDonald 4 0 0 4
England Tony McMahon 3 0 1 4
Australia Rhys Williams 4 0 0 4
England Joe Bennett 2 0 1 3
Argentina Julio Arca 2 0 0 2
Belgium Faris Haroun 1 0 0 1
England Nicky Bailey 1 0 0 1
Netherlands Marvin Emnes 3 0 0 3
England Curtis Main 1 1 0 2
France Malaury Martin 0 1 0 1
England Seb Hines 1 0 0 1
England Lukas Jutkiewicz 2 0 0 2

Contracts

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
Status
Contract length
Expiry date
Source
9 FW Netherlands Emnes 23 Signed 3 years July 2015 MFC
33 MF England Smallwood 20 Signed 2 years July 2014 MFC
14 MF Australia R.Williams 23 Signed 4.5 years July 2016 MFC

Last updated:

Transfers

Summer

Players in

Player From Fee
England Curtis Main Free Agent Free
France Malaury Martin Free Agent Free
Nigeria Carl Ikeme Wolverhampton Wanderers Three-month loan[1]
Argentina Julio Arca Free Agent Free
Belgium Faris Haroun Free Agent Free
England Alex Nimely Manchester City Three-month loan[2]
Nigeria Bartholomew Ogbeche Free Agent Free[3]
England Adam Hammill Wolverhampton Loan til End of Season[4]

Players out

Player To Fee
Republic of Ireland Willo Flood Scotland Dundee United Free
England Andrew Taylor Wales Cardiff City Free
Scotland Kris Boyd Turkey Eskişehirspor Free
France Didier Digard France Nice Undisclosed
England Ben Gibson England Plymouth Argyle Three-month loan
England Leroy Lita Wales Swansea City £1.75m
Germany Maximilian Haas Free agent Released
Scotland Cameron Park England Barnsley Three-month loan
Scotland Lee Miller England Carlisle United Free
England Jonathan Grounds England Chesterfield One-month loan
England Jonathan Franks England Oxford United Five-month loan
Scotland Andy Halliday England Walsall Two-month loan
England Adam Reach England Darlington One-month loan
Estonia Tarmo Kink Free agent Released[5]
England Ben Gibson England York City Season loan[6]
Scotland Stephen McManus England Bristol City Season loan[7]
England Jonathan Franks England Yeovil End of Season loan
England Jonathan Grounds England Yeovil End of Season loan

Honours

Individual
  • Middlesbrough Official Supporters Club Player of the Year:
  • Middlesbrough Official Supporters Club Young Player of the Year:

Team of the Week
Date Player(s)
20/21 August Barry Robson
27/28 August Tony McMahon
10/11 September Joe Bennett
17 September Matthew Bates, Marvin Emnes
1/2 October Stephen McManus
22/23 October Rhys Williams
5/6 November Barry Robson
10/11 December Joe Bennett
17/18 December Bartholomew Ogbeche

Notes and references

    1. "Carl Stays for Third Month". MFC.
    2. "Boro move for City starlet". Sky Sports.
    3. "Boro finalise Ogbeche deal". Sky Sports.
    4. "Boro move for Hammill". Sky Sports.
    5. "Tarmo's Boro Farewell". Middlesbrough F.C. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
    6. "Ben Goes On Loan". Middlesbrough F.C. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
    7. "Big Mick Goes On Loan". Middlesbrough F.C. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
    8. "Mowbray named Manager of the Month". The Football League. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
    9. "Mowbray named Manager of the Month". The Football League. 7 January 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
    10. "Emnes named Player of the Month". The Football League. 8 September 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
    11. "Bates named Player of the Month". The Football League. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
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