2011–12 Leeds United F.C. season
2011–12 season | ||||
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Chairman | Ken Bates | |||
Manager | Simon Grayson | |||
The Championship | 5th (ongoing) | |||
League Cup | 3rd round | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Ross McCormack (9) All: Ross McCormack (10) | |||
Highest home attendance | League: 25,650 vs Middlesbrough (14 Aug 2011) All: 31,031 vs Manchester United (20 Sept 2011) | |||
Lowest home attendance | League: 22,363 vs Hull City (14 Aug 2011) All: 17,665 vs Bradford City (9 Aug 2010) | |||
Average home league attendance | League: 23,412 All: 23,680 | |||
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This article will detail Leeds United A.F.C.'s 2011–12 season in The Championship.
Events
This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2011–12 season, presented in chronological order (starting from 11 May 2011 and ending on the final day of the club's final match in the 2011-12 season. This list does not include transfers or new contracts, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the matches section.
May
- 11 May: Chairman, Ken Bates reveals that defender Federico Bessone and striker Mike Grella have been placed on the transfer list[1]
June
- 30 June: The players return for pre-season training with only one new face, goalkeeper Paul Rachubka[2]
July
- 11 July: Long serving Club President, George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood KBE passes away at the age of 88. Lord Harewood became President of the club in 1961 and was also President of the FA from 1963 to 1972.[3]
- 13 July: Patricia Lascelles, Countess of Harewood accepts Chairman, Ken Bates' offer of becoming the new Club Patron after the passing of her husband, Lord Harewood.[4]
- 16 July: Manager, Simon Grayson bans his players for social networking website Twitter after striker Davide Somma revealed on his Twitter account, against the wishes of the boss he would be out injured for "five or six months". At the time of the ban, professionals Adam Clayton, Max Gradel, Mike Grella, Will Hatfield, Ross McCormack, Ramón Núñez, Lloyd Sam, Charlie Taylor, Zac Thompson, Somma and a handful of Academy players had Twitter accounts. Andy O'Brien previously tweeted, but deleted his account after receiving abuse from other users.[5]
Players
First team squad information
- Last updated: 14 Oct 2011
- Source: Wikipedia players' articles, Leeds United, Sky Sports
- Ordered by Squad Number.
Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in The Championship (and playoffs), League One (and playoffs), FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.
1Player first came to the club on loan and was transferred the following year.
2Player made one appearance for the club during his first spell at the club in the League Cup against Portsmouth on 26 October 2004.[6]
3Player made fifty eight appearances (scoring six goals) for the club during his first spell at the club[7]
Squad stats
Total | Football League Championship | FA Cup | FL Cup | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N |
Pos. |
Name |
Nat. |
GS |
App |
Gls |
Min |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
Notes | ||
1 | GK | Lonergan | 12 | 12 | 1114 | 10 | 2 | |||||||||
2 | RB | Connolly | 5 | 2 | 440 | 2 | ||||||||||
3 | CB | Kisnorbo | 8 | 9 | 747 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||
4 | CB | Bruce | ||||||||||||||
5 | CB | O'Brien | 3 | 4 | 278 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
7 | MF | Väyrynen | 4 | 79 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
8 | DM | Brown | 5 | 5 | 372 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
9 | FW | Paynter | 1 | 42 | 1 | |||||||||||
10 | FW | Becchio | 1 | 6 | 1 | 199 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
11 | RW | Sam | 2 | 8 | 279 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||
12 | GK | Rachubka | 1 | 2 | 112 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
14 | CM | Howson | 12 | 12 | 1097 | 9 | 3 | |||||||||
15 | CM | Clayton | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1028 | 9 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
16 | LM | Pugh | 3 | 3 | 2 | 269 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
18 | FW | Forssell | 5 | 124 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||
19 | LB | Parker | 1 | 1 | 95 | 1 | ||||||||||
20 | LW | Núñez | 5 | 10 | 5 | 535 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
22 | RB | Lees | 10 | 10 | 2 | 969 | 9 | 2 | 1 | Started 2 games at CB | ||||||
23 | RW | Snodgrass | 11 | 12 | 1 | 929 | 10 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
26 | CB | Bromby | 3 | 6 | 351 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
27 | FW | Somma | ||||||||||||||
28 | LB | White | 9 | 9 | 762 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||
29 | CM | Thompson | 1 | 3 | 131 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
30 | GK | Cairns | ||||||||||||||
31 | LB | C. Taylor | 1 | 3 | 133 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
32 | LB | L. Turner | ||||||||||||||
38 | FW | Keogh | 10 | 10 | 1 | 786 | 8 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
44 | FW | McCormack | 13 | 13 | 10 | 1006 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
48 | CB | O'Dea | 12 | 12 | 1131 | 10 | 2 | |||||||||
Players who have been avaliable for selection this season, but have now permanently left the club: | ||||||||||||||||
7 | LW | Gradel | 4 | 5 | 1 | 336 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
13 | FW | Grella | ||||||||||||||
21 | LB | Bessone |
Most frequent starting line-up
Most frequent starting line-up uses the team's most used formation: 4-4-2.
The players used are those who have played the most games in each respective position, not necessarily who have played most games out of all the players.
Captains
No. | P | Name | Country | No. games | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
14 | CM | Howson | 12 | Club captain | |
3 | CB | Kisnorbo | 1 | Vice captain |
Last updated: 14 Oct 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.
Assists
R | Player | Position | The Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Snodgrass | RW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
2 | McCormack | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Clayton | CM | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
4 | Becchio | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Forssell | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Howson | CM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Taylor | LB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Sam | RW | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Last updated: 14 Oct 2011
Source: BBC Sport
Disciplinary record
N |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Notes | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
14 | CM | Howson | 3 | 1 | |||
7 | LW | Gradel | 2 | 1 | |||
15 | CM | Clayton | 3 | ||||
48 | LB | O'Dea | 3 | ||||
3 | DF | Kisnorbo | 1 | 1 | |||
28 | MF | White | 1 | 1 | |||
8 | DM | Brown | 2 | ||||
44 | FW | McCormack | 2 | ||||
23 | FW | Snodgrass | 2 | ||||
26 | DF | Bromby | 1 | ||||
38 | FW | Keogh | 1 | ||||
1 | GK | Lonergan | 1 | ||||
5 | DF | O'Brien | 1 | ||||
16 | MF | Pugh | 1 | ||||
31 | LB | Taylor | 1 |
Last updated: 23 Sep 2011
Source: BBC Sport
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.
Transfers
In
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1Includes an option of the club extending the contract by one year.[8][9]
2Although the fee was officially 'undiscolosed', the Yorkshire Evening Post confirmed that the fee was £200k[10]
Loans In
No. |
P |
Name |
Country |
Age |
Loan club |
Started |
Ended |
Start source |
End source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
48 | DF | Darren O'Dea | 37 | Celtic | 4 Aug | Leeds United | |||
38 | FW | Andy Keogh | 38 | Wolves | 15 Aug | Leeds United | |||
16 | MF | Danny Pugh | 42 | Stoke City | 22 Sep | Leeds United |
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.
Loans Out
No. |
P |
Name |
Country |
Age |
Loan club |
Started |
Ended |
Start source |
End source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
13 | FW | Mike Grella | 24 | Brentford | 26 Aug | 29 Aug | Leeds United | Leeds United |
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.
Out
N |
P |
Name |
Country |
Age |
Type |
Moving to |
Transfer window |
Transfer fee |
Apps |
Goals |
Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | GK | Kasper Schmeichel | 24 | Transferred | Leicester City | Summer | £1.5m | 40 | 0 | Leeds United | |
— | MF | Elliott Kebbie | 16 | Out of Contract | Barcelona | Summer | n/a | 0 | 0 | BBC Sport | |
12 | GK | Shane Higgs | 34 | Out of Contract | Summer | n/a | 29 | 0 | Leeds United | ||
6 | DF | Richard Naylor | 34 | Out of Contract | Doncaster Rovers | Summer | n/a | 76 | 4 | Leeds United | |
— | MF | James Baxendale | 18 | Out of Contract | Doncaster Rovers | Summer | n/a | 0 | 0 | Leeds United | |
— | DF | Jonny Birbeck | 18 | Out of Contract | Summer | n/a | 0 | 0 | Leeds United | ||
— | DF | James Booker | 18 | Out of Contract | Summer | n/a | 0 | 0 | Leeds United | ||
8 | MF | Neil Kilkenny | 25 | Out of Contract | Bristol City | Summer | n/a | 144 | 11 | BBC Sport | |
16 | MF | Bradley Johnson | 24 | Out of Contract | Norwich City | Summer | n/a | 140 | 17 | BBC Sport | |
13 | FW | Mike Grella | 24 | Released | Brentford | Summer | n/a | 42 | 5 | Leeds United | |
21 | DF | Federico Bessone | 27 | Released | Swansea | Summer | n/a | 8 | 0 | BBC Football | |
7 | MF | Max Gradel | 23 | Transferred | Saint-Étienne | Summer | Undisclosed | 84 | 25 | Leeds United |
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.
New Contracts
N |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
Status |
Contract length |
Expiry date |
Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
20 | MF | Ramón Núñez | 25 | Signed | 1 year | June 2012 | Leeds United | |
— | DF | Nathan Turner | 18 | Signed | 1 year | June 2012 | Leeds United | |
32 | MF | Lewis Turner | 18 | Signed | 1 year | June 2012 | Leeds United | |
31 | DF | Charlie Taylor | 17 | Signed | 3 years | June 2014 | Leeds United | |
— | DF | Monty Gimpel | 17 | Signed | 1 year | June 2012 | Leeds United | |
30 | GK | Alex Cairns | 18 | Signed | 1 year1 | June 2012 | Leeds United | |
22 | DF | Tom Lees | 20 | Signed | 4 years | June 2015 | Leeds United |
1The contract includes the option to extend the contract by a further year.
Club
Club officials
Position | Staff |
---|---|
Patron | The Countess of Harewood |
Chairman | Ken Bates |
Directors | Yvonne Allen Ken Bates Shaun Harvey Peter Lorimer |
Chief Executive Officer | Shaun Harvey |
Last updated: 9 Sep 2011
Source: We Are Leeds, 9 August 2011 {{citation}}
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Includes staff currently registered with club only.
First team coaching and medical staff
Position | Staff |
---|---|
Manager | Simon Grayson |
First Team Coaches | Ian Miller Glynn Snodin |
Goalkeeping Coach | Andy Beasley |
Head Physio | Harvey Sharman |
Fitness Coach | Matt Pears |
Assistant Physio | Paul Perkins |
Performance Analyst | Alex Davies |
Last updated: 7 May 2011
Source: Yorkshire Evening Pos (August 4, 2010)
Includes staff currently registered with club only.
Other staff
Position | Staff |
---|---|
Head of Football Administration | Alison Royston |
Technical Director | Gwyn Williams |
Chief Scout | Mervyn Day |
Kit Man | Chris Beasley |
Groundsman | Norman Southernwood |
Last updated: 7 May 2011
Source: Leeds United A.F.C. 2009/10 Season Official Handbook
Includes staff currently registered with club only.
Other information
Mascot | Lucas the Kop Cat |
Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Elland Road (39,460 / 105x68m) |
Updated to match played 7 May 2011
Source: Leeds United
Competitions
Overall summary
Competition | Started round | Current position / round |
Final position / round |
First match | Last match |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Football League Championship | — | 7th | 6 August 2011 | ||
FL Cup | R1 | R3 | R3 | 9 August 2011 | 20 September 2011 |
FA Cup | — | — |
Updated to match played 20 Sep 2011
Source: Competitions
Detailed overall summary
Total | Home | Away | |
---|---|---|---|
Games played | 13 | 7 | 6 |
Games won | 7 | 5 | 2 |
Games drawn | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Games lost | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Biggest win | 4-1 vs Hull City | 4-1 vs Hull City | 3-0 vs Doncaster Rovers |
Biggest loss | 0-3 vs Manchester United | 0-3 vs Manchester United | 1-3 vs Southampton |
Clean sheets | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Goals scored | 25 | 13 | 12 |
Goals conceded | 21 | 10 | 11 |
Goal difference | +5 | +4 | +1 |
Average GF per game | 1.92 | 1.86 | 2 |
Average GA per game | 1.62 | 1.43 | 1.83 |
Winning rate | 53.85% | 71.43% | 33.33% |
Yellow cards | 24 | 13 | 11 |
Red cards | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Most appearances | McCormack (13) | Lees (7) Lonergan (7) McCormack (7) |
Howson (6) McCormack (6) O'Dea (6) |
Most minutes played | O'Dea (1131) | Lonergan (658) | Howson (568) O'Dea (568) |
Top scorer | McCormack (10) | McCormack (5) | McCormack (5) |
Top assister | Snodgrass (9) | Snodgrass (3) | Snodgrass (6) |
Last updated: 14 Oct 2011
Source: Competitive matches
Championship
Table
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Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
Last updated: 14 Oct 2011.
Source: The Football League
Results by round
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Results
Pre-Season Friendlies
13 July 2011 | Falkirk | 0 - 2 | Leeds United | Falkirk Stadium |
19:45 | Report | Scobbie 37' (o.g.) Snodgrass 53' |
16 July 2011 | Motherwell | 1 - 2 | Leeds United | Fir Park |
15:00 | Murphy 39' | Report | Bruce 68' Núñez 75' |
19 July 2011 | Rochdale | 0 - 1 | Leeds United | Spotland Stadium |
19:30 | Report | Gradel 30' | Attendance: 3935 |
23 July 2011 | Sheffield Wednesday | 1 – 1 | Leeds United | Hillsborough Stadium |
13:00 | Prutton 8' | Report | Gradel 84' (pen.) |
26 July 2011 | Sandefjord | 1 – 1 | Leeds United | Adeccoligaen |
19:00 | Stokke 87' | Report | Núñez 90' |
31 July 2011 | Leeds United | 3 – 2 | Newcastle United | Elland Road |
14:00 | Kisnorbo 5' Sam 67' Paynter 85' |
S. Taylor 35' Vučkić 77' |
Attendance: 20,457 |
The Championship
06 August 2011 1 | Southampton | 3 - 1 | Leeds United | St Mary's Stadium |
17:20 | Hammond 10' Lallana 25' Connolly 52' |
Report | Gradel 90+5' (pen.) | Attendance: 25,860 Referee: K. Wright |
13 August 2011 2 | Leeds United | 0 - 1 | Middlesbrough | Elland Road |
15:00 | Gradel 26' Howson 59' |
Report | Emnes 67' McMahon 45+2' |
Attendance: 25,650 Referee: A. Taylor |
16 August 2011 3 | Leeds United | 4 – 1 | Hull City | Elland Road |
19:45 | McCormack 17' Lees 40' Snodgrass 47' Nunez 68' |
Report | Lees 21' (o.g.) | Attendance: 22,363 Referee: E. Ilderton |
21 August 2011 4 | West Ham United | 2 – 2 | Leeds United | Boleyn Ground |
13:15 | Cole 6' Kisnorbo 62' (o.g.) |
Report | McCormack 59' Clayton 90+1' |
Attendance: 28,252 Referee: M. Oliver |
27 August 2011 5 | Ipswich Town | 2 – 1 | Leeds United | Portman Road |
15:00 | Scotland 77' Andrews 90' |
Report | McCormack 34' White 48' |
Attendance: 19,758 Referee: Andy D'Urso |
10 September 2011 6 | Leeds United | 3 – 2 | Crystal Palace | Elland Road |
15:00 | McCormack 8' Becchio 71' McCormack 84' |
Report | McCarthy 12' Scannell 21' |
Attendance: 23,916 Referee: S. Mathieson |
17 September 2011 7 | Leeds United | 2 – 1 | Bristol City | Elland Road |
15:00 | Clayton 3' McCormack 86' |
Report | Kilkenny 11' |
Attendance: 22,655 Referee: F. Graham |
23 September 2011 8 | Brighton | 3 – 3 | Leeds United | The Amex |
19:45 | Mackail-Smith 48' Barnes 60' Mackail-Smith 85' |
Report | Keogh 19' McCormack 24' McCormack 90+2' |
Attendance: 20,646 Referee: L. Probert |
1 October 2011 8 | Leeds United | 1 – 0 | Portsmouth | Elland Road |
15:00 | Pugh 14' | Report | Attendance: 22,467 Referee: N. Miller |
FA Cup
Carling Cup
9 August 2011 Round 1 | Leeds United | 3 - 2 | Bradford City | Elland Road |
19:45 | Nunez 46', 75' McCormack 70' |
Report | Compton 31' Flynn 57' |
Attendance: 17,667 Referee: C. Webster |
23 August 2011 Round 2 | Doncaster Rovers | 1 - 2 | Leeds United | Keepmoat Stadium |
19:45 | Hayter 2' | Report | Nunez 30', 83' | Attendance: 8,505 Referee: M. Brown |
20 September 2011 Round 3 | Leeds United | 0 - 3 | Manchester United | Elland Road |
19:45 | Report | Owen 15', 32' Giggs 45+1' |
Attendance: 31,031 Referee: M. Jones |
References
- ^ "Thom Kirwin (Thomkirwin) on Twitter". Twitter. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
- ^ "Hitting the Ground Running". Leeds United. 30 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
- ^ "Sadness at Passing of Our President". Leeds United. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
- ^ "Lady Harewood To Be New Club Patron". Leeds United. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
- ^ "LUFC Leeds ban players from social network". Vital Football. 16 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
- ^ "Portsmouth 2 - 1 Leeds". BBC Sport. 26 Oct 2004. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
- ^ "Danny Pugh". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
- ^ "Brown Signs Up For United". Leeds United. 2011. Retrieved 1 Aug 2011.
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External links
- 2011–12 Leeds United F.C. season on BBC Sport: Club news – Recent results and fixtures
- Official Website
- Sky Sports
- Soccerbase
- ESPNsoccernet