2011–12 Football League Championship

Football League Championship 2011-12
Season information
Winners	Reading
Promoted	Reading Southampton West Ham United (Play-off Winner)
Relegated	Doncaster Rovers Coventry City Portsmouth
Season statistics
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1419
Average	(2.57 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rickie Lambert (27 goals)
Biggest home win	Peterborough United 7–1 Ipswich Town West Ham 6–0 Brighton & Hove Albion
Biggest away win	Millwall 0–6 Birmingham City
Highest scoring	Leeds United 3–7 Nottingham Forest (10 goals)
← 2010-11	2012-13 →

The 2011–12 Football League Championship (known as the npower Football League Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth season of the league under its current title and nineteenth season under its current league division format.

Reading secured the Championship title on 21 April, following second-placed Southampton's 2–1 defeat to Middlesbrough. The result left Southampton four points behind Reading with only one game remaining. Southampton were promoted on the final day of the season, after winning 4–0 at home to Coventry City, who were one of three teams relegated along with Portsmouth (who were deducted ten points midway through the season for entering administration) and Doncaster Rovers. West Ham United occupied the final promotion place as they returned to the Premier League after just one year. West Ham beat Blackpool in the Play-off final at Wembley Stadium, sealing their return to the top division after narrowly missing out on automatic promotion.

Start of season

Teams promoted to Premier League 2011-12

• QPR (Champions)
• Norwich City (Runners-up)
• Swansea City (Play-Off Winner)

Teams promoted from League One 2010-11

• Brighton and HA (Champions)
• Southampton (Runners-up)
• Peterborough United (Play-Off Winner)

Rule changes

• The Football Association and the Football Association of Wales will now both decide on disciplinary action for Welsh clubs in the Premier League and the Football League.
• Only five substitutes can be named on match days, reduced from last season's seven named substitutes.

Team overview

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Barnsley	Barnsley	Oakwell	23,009
Birmingham City	Birmingham	St Andrew's Stadium	30,079
Blackpool	Blackpool	Bloomfield Road	16,220
Brighton & Hove Albion	Brighton	American Express Community Stadium	22,374
Bristol City	Bristol	Ashton Gate	21,497
Burnley	Burnley	Turf Moor	22,546
Cardiff City	Cardiff	Cardiff City Stadium	26,828
Coventry City	Coventry	Ricoh Arena	32,609
Crystal Palace	London	Selhurst Park	26,309
Derby County	Derby	Pride Park Stadium	33,597
Doncaster Rovers	Doncaster	Keepmoat Stadium	15,231
Hull City	Kingston upon Hull	KC Stadium	25,404
Ipswich Town	Ipswich	Portman Road	30,311
Leeds United	Leeds	Elland Road	39,460
Leicester City	Leicester	King Power Stadium	32,500
Middlesbrough	Middlesbrough	Riverside Stadium	34,988
Millwall	London	The Den	20,146
Nottingham Forest	Nottingham	City Ground	30,576
Peterborough United	Peterborough	London Road Stadium	15,460
Portsmouth	Portsmouth	Fratton Park	20,224
Reading	Reading	Madejski Stadium	24,224
Southampton	Southampton	St Mary's Stadium	32,689
Watford	Watford	Vicarage Road	23,500
West Ham United	London	Boleyn Ground	35,303

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Chairman	Team captain	Kit maker	Sponsor
Barnsley	Hill, KeithKeith Hill	Cryne, PatrickPatrick Cryne	Butterfield, JacobJacob Butterfield	Nike	C.K. Beckett
Birmingham City	Hughton, ChrisChris Hughton	Hui, VicoVico Hui	Carr, StephenStephen Carr	Xtep	RationalFX
Blackpool	Holloway, IanIan Holloway	Oyston, KarlKarl Oyston	Ferguson, BarryBarry Ferguson	Fila	Wonga.com
Brighton & Hove Albion	Poyet, GusGus Poyet	Bloom, TonyTony Bloom	Greer, GordonGordon Greer	Errea	BrightonandHoveJobs.com
Bristol City	McInnes, DerekDerek McInnes	Sexstone, ColinColin Sexstone	Carey, LouisLouis Carey	adidas	RSG (Home) & Bristol City Community Trust (Away)
Burnley	Howe, EddieEddie Howe	Kilby, BarryBarry Kilby	McCann, ChrisChris McCann	Puma	Fun88
Cardiff City	Mackay, MalkyMalky Mackay	Tien Ghee, Datuk ChanDatuk Chan Tien Ghee	Hudson, MarkMark Hudson	Puma	Malaysia
Coventry City	Thorn, AndyAndy Thorn	Vacant	Clingan, SammySammy Clingan	Puma	City Link
Crystal Palace	Freedman, DougieDougie Freedman	Parish, SteveSteve Parish Long, MartinMartin Long	Mccarthy, PaddyPaddy McCarthy	Nike	GAC Logistics
Derby County	Clough, NigelNigel Clough	Appleby, AndrewAndrew Appleby	Barker, ShaunShaun Barker	adidas	buymobiles.net
Doncaster Rovers	Saunders, DeanDean Saunders	Ryan, JohnJohn Ryan	Stock, BrianBrian Stock	Nike	One Call Insurance
Hull City	Bruce, SteveSteve Bruce	Allam, AssemAssem Allam	Hobbs, JackJack Hobbs	adidas	Cash Converters
Ipswich Town	Jewell, PaulPaul Jewell	Evans, MarcusMarcus Evans	Leadbitter, GrantGrant Leadbitter	Mitre	Marcus Evans
Leeds United	Warnock, NeilNeil Warnock	Bates, KenKen Bates	Snodgrass, RobertRobert Snodgrass	Macron	Enterprise Insurance
Leicester City	Pearson, NigelNigel Pearson	Vichai Raksriaksorn	Mills, MattMatt Mills	BURRDA	King Power (Front), Amazing Thailand (Back)
Middlesbrough	Mowbray, TonyTony Mowbray	Gibson, SteveSteve Gibson	Bates, MatthewMatthew Bates	adidas	Ramsdens
Millwall	Jackett, KennyKenny Jackett	Berylson, JohnJohn Berylson	Robinson, PaulPaul Robinson	Macron	racing+
Nottingham Forest	O'Driscoll, SeanSean O'Driscoll	Doughty, NigelNigel Doughty Clark, FrankFrank Clark	, Dan HardingDan Harding	Umbro	John Pye & Sons Auctioneers
Peterborough United	Ferguson, DarrenDarren Ferguson	MacAnthony, DarraghDarragh MacAnthony	McCann, GrantGrant McCann	Nike	Energy Park Peterborough
Portsmouth	Appleton, MichaelMichael Appleton	Under Administration	Lawrence, LiamLiam Lawrence	Kappa	Jobsite
Reading	Mcdermott, BrianBrian McDermott	Madejski, JohnJohn Madejski	McAnuff, JobiJobi McAnuff	Puma	Waitrose
Southampton	Adkins, NigelNigel Adkins	Cortese, NicolaNicola Cortese	Hammond, DeanDean Hammond	Umbro	aap3
Watford	Zola, GianfrancoGianfranco Zola	Pozzo, GinoGino Pozzo	Eustace, JohnJohn Eustace	BURRDA	BURRDA
West Ham United	Allardyce, SamSam Allardyce	Sullivan, DavidDavid Sullivan Gold, DavidDavid Gold	Nolan, KevinKevin Nolan	Macron	SBOBET

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Barnsley	Robins, MarkMark Robins	Resigned	15 May 2011	Pre-season	Hill, KeithKeith Hill	1 June 2011
West Ham United	Grant, AvramAvram Grant	Sacked	15 May 2011	Pre-season	Allardyce, SamSam Allardyce	1 June 2011
Cardiff City	Jones, DaveDave Jones	Sacked	30 May 2011	Pre-season	Mackay, MalkyMalky Mackay	17 June 2011
Nottingham Forest	Davies, BillyBilly Davies	Sacked	12 June 2011	Pre-season	McClaren, SteveSteve McClaren	13 June 2011
Birmingham City	McLeish, AlexAlex McLeish	Signed by Aston Villa	17 June 2011	Pre-season	Hughton, ChrisChris Hughton	22 June 2011
Watford	Mackay, MalkyMalky Mackay	Signed by Cardiff City	17 June 2011	Pre-season	Dyche, SeanSean Dyche	21 June 2011
Doncaster Rovers	O'Driscoll, SeanSean O'Driscoll	Sacked	23 September 2011	24th	Saunders, DeanDean Saunders	23 September 2011
Nottingham Forest	McClaren, SteveSteve McClaren	Resigned	2 October 2011	21st	Cotterill, SteveSteve Cotterill	14 October 2011
Bristol City	Millen, KeithKeith Millen	Mutual consent	3 October 2011	24th	McInnes, DerekDerek McInnes	19 October 2011
Portsmouth	Cotterill, SteveSteve Cotterill	Signed by Nottingham Forest	14 October 2011	18th	Michael Appleton	10 November 2011
Leicester City	Eriksson, SvengoranSven-Göran Eriksson	Mutual consent	24 October 2011	13th	Pearson, NigelNigel Pearson	15 November 2011
Hull City	Pearson, NigelNigel Pearson	Signed by Leicester City	15 November 2011	9th	Barmby, NickNick Barmby	10 January 2012
Leeds United	Grayson, SimonSimon Grayson	Sacked	1 February 2012	10th	Warnock, NeilNeil Warnock	18 February 2012
Hull City	Barmby, NickNick Barmby	Sacked	8 May 2012	Pre-season	Bruce, SteveSteve Bruce	8 June 2012
Birmingham City	Hughton, ChrisChris Hughton	Signed by Norwich City	7 June 2012	Pre-season	Lee Clark	26 June 2012
Watford	Dyche, SeanSean Dyche	Sacked	2 July 2012	Pre-season	Gianfranco Zola	7 July 2012

Ownership changes

Team	New owner	Previous owner	Effective date
Portsmouth	Convers Sport Initiatives	Balram Chainrai	1 June 2011
Portsmouth	Administration	Convers Sport Initiatives	29 November 2011

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Reading  (C)	46	27	8	11	69	41	+28	89	Promotion to the  2012–13 Premier League
2	Southampton  (P)	46	26	10	10	85	46	+39	88
3	West Ham United  (Q)	46	24	14	8	81	48	+33	86	Qualification for the  2012 League Championship playoffs
4	Birmingham City	46	20	16	10	78	51	+27	76
5	Blackpool  (Q)	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	43	+4	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	47	63	−16	50
20	Bristol City	46	12	13	21	44	68	−24	49
21	Barnsley	46	13	9	24	49	74	−25	48
22	Portsmouth  (R)	46	13	11	22	50	59	−9	040‡	Relegation to the  2012–13 League One
23	Coventry City  (R)	46	9	13	24	41	65	−24	40
24	Doncaster Rovers  (R)	46	8	12	26	43	80	−37	36

Updated to games played on 28 April 2012
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Playoffs

Main article:2012 Football League play-offs

		Semi-finals				Final
	3	West Ham United
	6	Cardiff City
						3	West Ham United	2
						5	Blackpool	1
	4	Birmingham City
	5	Blackpool

Results

The fixtures for the Championship were released on 17 June 2011. The season kicked off on 5 August 2011 and concluded on 28 April 2012.

Home \ Away

BAR

BIR

BPL

BHA

BRC

BUR

CDC

COV

CRY

DER

DON

HUL

IPS

LEE

LEI

MID

MIL

NTF

PET

POR

REA

SOT

WAT

WHU

Barnsley

1–3

1–3

0–0

1–2

2–0

0–1

2–0

2–1

3–2

2–0

2–1

3–5

4–1

1–1

1–3

1–3

1–1

1–0

2–0

0–4

0–1

1–1

0–4

Birmingham City

1–1

3–0

0–0

2–2

2–1

1–1

1–0

3–1

2–2

2–1

0–0

2–1

1–0

2–0

3–0

3–0

1–2

1–1

1–0

2–0

0–0

3–0

1–1

Blackpool

1–1

2–2

3–1

5–0

4–0

1–1

2–1

2–1

0–1

2–1

1–1

2–0

1–0

3–3

3–0

1–0

1–2

2–1

1–1

1–0

3–0

0–0

1–4

Brighton & Hove Albion

2–0

1–1

2–2

2–0

0–1

2–2

2–1

1–3

2–0

2–1

0–0

3–0

3–3

1–0

1–1

2–2

1–0

2–0

2–0

0–1

3–0

2–2

0–1

Bristol City

2–0

0–2

1–3

0–1

3–1

1–2

3–1

2–2

1–1

2–1

1–1

0–3

0–3

3–2

0–1

1–0

0–0

1–2

0–0

2–3

2–0

0–2

1–1

Burnley

2–0

1–3

3–1

1–0

1–1

1–1

1–1

1–1

0–0

3–0

1–0

4–0

1–2

1–3

0–2

1–3

5–1

1–1

0–1

0–1

1–1

2–2

2–2

Cardiff City

5–3

1–0

1–3

1–3

3–1

0–0

2–2

2–0

2–0

2–0

0–3

2–2

1–1

0–0

2–3

0–0

1–0

3–1

3–2

3–1

2–1

1–1

0–2

Coventry City

1–0

1–1

2–2

2–0

1–0

1–2

1–1

1–1

2–0

0–2

0–1

2–3

2–1

0–1

3–1

0–1

1–0

2–2

2–0

1–1

2–4

0–0

1–2

Crystal Palace

1–0

1–0

1–1

1–1

1–0

2–0

1–2

2–1

1–1

1–1

0–0

1–1

1–1

1–2

0–1

0–0

0–3

1–0

0–0

0–0

0–2

4–0

2–2

Derby County

1–1

2–1

2–1

0–1

2–1

1–2

0–3

1–0

3–2

3–0

0–2

0–0

1–0

0–1

0–1

3–0

1–0

1–1

3–1

0–1

1–1

1–2

2–1

Doncaster Rovers

2–0

1–3

1–3

1–1

1–1

1–2

0–0

1–1

1–0

1–2

1–1

2–3

0–3

2–1

1–3

0–3

0–1

1–1

3–4

1–1

1–0

0–0

0–1

Hull City

3–1

2–1

0–1

0–0

3–0

2–3

2–1

0–2

0–1

0–1

0–0

2–2

0–0

2–1

2–1

2–0

2–1

1–0

1–0

1–0

0–2

3–2

0–2

Ipswich Town

1–0

1–1

2–2

3–1

3–0

1–0

3–0

3–0

0–1

1–0

2–3

0–1

2–1

1–2

1–1

0–3

1–3

3–2

1–0

2–3

2–5

1–2

5–1

Leeds United

1–2

1–4

0–5

1–2

2–1

2–1

1–1

1–1

3–2

0–2

3–2

4–1

3–1

1–2

0–1

2–0

3–7

4–1

1–0

0–1

0–1

0–2

1–1

Leicester City

1–2

3–1

2–0

1–0

1–2

0–0

2–1

2–0

3–0

4–0

3–0

2–1

1–1

0–1

2–2

0–3

0–0

1–1

1–1

0–2

3–2

2–0

1–2

Middlesbrough

2–0

3–1

2–2

1–0

1–1

0–2

0–2

1–1

0–0

2–0

0–0

1–0

0–0

0–2

0–0

1–1

2–1

1–1

2–2

0–2

2–1

1–0

0–2

Millwall

0–0

0–6

2–2

1–1

1–2

0–1

0–0

3–0

0–1

0–0

3–2

2–0

4–1

0–1

2–1

1–3

2–0

2–2

1–0

1–2

2–3

0–2

0–0

Nottingham Forest

0–0

1–3

0–0

1–1

0–1

0–2

0–1

2–0

0–1

1–2

1–2

0–1

3–2

0–4

2–2

2–0

3–1

0–1

2–0

1–0

0–3

1–1

1–4

Peterborough United

3–4

1–1

3–1

1–2

3–0

2–1

4–3

1–0

2–1

3–2

1–2

0–1

7–1

2–3

1–0

1–1

0–3

0–1

0–3

3–1

1–3

2–2

0–2

Portsmouth

2–0

4–1

1–0

0–1

0–0

1–5

1–1

2–1

2–1

1–2

3–1

2–0

0–1

0–0

1–1

1–3

0–1

3–0

2–3

1–0

1–1

2–0

0–1

Reading

1–2

1–0

3–1

3–0

1–0

1–0

1–2

2–0

2–2

2–2

2–0

0–1

1–0

2–0

3–1

0–0

2–2

1–0

3–2

1–0

1–1

0–2

3–0

Southampton

2–0

4–1

2–2

3–0

0–1

2–0

1–1

4–0

2–0

4–0

2–0

2–1

1–1

3–1

0–2

3–0

1–0

3–2

2–1

2–2

1–3

4–0

1–0

Watford

2–1

2–2

0–2

1–0

2–2

3–2

1–1

0–0

0–2

0–1

4–1

1–1

2–1

1–1

3–2

2–1

2–1

0–1

3–2

2–0

1–2

0–3

0–4

West Ham United

1–0

3–3

4–0

6–0

0–0

1–2

0–1

1–0

0–0

3–1

1–1

2–1

0–1

2–2

3–2

1–1

2–1

2–1

1–0

4–3

2–4

1–1

1–1

Updated to games played on 28 April 2012
Source: The Football League
¹The 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 30 April 2012.

Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Rickie Lambert Southampton 27 2 Ricardo Vaz Tê Barnsley/West Ham 22 3 Billy Sharp Doncaster Rovers/Southampton 19 4 Ross McCormack Leeds United 18 5 Kevin Phillips Blackpool 16 Charlie Austin Burnley Marlon King Birmingham City Matty Fryatt Hull City 9 Jay Rodriguez Burnley 15 Darius Henderson Millwall David Nugent Leicester City

Top assists Rank Player Club Assists 1 Chris Burke Birmingham City 16 2 Robert Snodgrass Leeds United 15 3 Rickie Lambert Southampton 14 4 Peter Whittingham Cardiff City 13 5 Jobi McAnuff Reading 11 Danny Fox Southampton Stephen Crainey Blackpool Liam Lawrence Portsmouth/Cardiff City George Boyd Peterborough 10 Frazer Richardson Southampton 10 Ben Davies Derby County James Henry Millwall Jimmy Kébé Reading Adam Lallana Southampton Gary Taylor-Fletcher Blackpool

Hat-tricks

Main article:List of Football League Championship hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Tomlin, LeeLee Tomlin	Peterborough United	Ipswich Town	7–1	20 August 2011
Lambert, RickieRickie Lambert	Southampton	Nottingham Forest	3–2	10 September 2011
Wood, ChrisChris Wood	Birmingham City	Millwall	3–0	11 September 2011
Henderson, DariusDarius Henderson	Millwall	Leicester City	0–3	22 October 2011
Shelvey, JonjoJonjo Shelvey	Blackpool	Leeds United	0–5	2 November 2011
Lambert, RickieRickie Lambert	Southampton	Brighton & Hove Albion	3–0	19 November 2011
Phillips, MattMatt Phillips	Blackpool	Barnsley	1–3	26 December 2011
Vaz Te, RicardoRicardo Vaz Tê	Barnsley	Leeds United	4–1	31 December 2011
Henderson, DariusDarius Henderson	Millwall	Barnsley	1–3	21 January 2012
Žigić, NikolaNikola Žigić4	Birmingham City	Leeds United	1–4	31 January 2012
Lambert, RickieRickie Lambert	Southampton	Watford	0–3	25 February 2012
Lambert, RickieRickie Lambert	Southampton	Millwall	2–3	17 March 2012
Mccleary, GarathGarath McCleary4	Nottingham Forest	Leeds United	3–7	20 March 2012
Austin, CharlieCharlie Austin	Burnley	Portsmouth	1–5	31 March 2012
Majewski, RadosławRadosław Majewski	Nottingham Forest	Crystal Palace	0–3	31 March 2012
Vaz Te, RicardoRicardo Vaz Tê	West Ham United	Brighton & Hove Albion	6–0	14 April 2012
Fryatt, MattyMatty Fryatt	Hull City	Barnsley	3–1	17 April 2012

• ⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Gary Taylor-Fletcher for Blackpool against Hull City (5 August 2011)
• Fastest goal of the season: 7 seconds – Ricardo Vaz Tê for Barnsley against Crystal Palace (6 December 2011)
• Latest goal of the season: 98 minutes and 49 seconds – Luciano Becchio for Leeds United against Doncaster Rovers (18 February 2012)
• Most goals in a game: 10 goals
  • Leeds United 3–7 Nottingham Forest (20 March 2012)
• Most goals scored in a game by one team: 7 goals – Peterborough United 7–1 Ipswich Town (20 August 2011), Leeds United 3–7 Nottingham Forest (20 March 2012).
• Widest winning margin: 6 goals – Peterborough United 7–1 Ipswich Town (20 August 2011), Millwall 0–6 Birmingham City (14 January 2012), West Ham United 6–0 Brighton & Hove Albion (14 April 2012)
• Widest away winning margin: 6 goals – Millwall 0–6 Birmingham City (14 January 2012)
• Highest scoring draw: 6 goals – Brighton & Hove Albion 3–3 Leeds United (23 September 2011), West Ham United 3–3 Birmingham City (9 April 2012)
• Most games failed to score in: 19 – Nottingham Forest
• Fewest games failed to score in: 6 – Birmingham City

Disciplinary record by team

As of 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Rank	Team
1	Cardiff City	49	0
2	Blackpool	48	1
3	Reading	51	1
4	Crystal Palace	49	2
=	Peterborough United	49	2
6	Southampton	46	4
7	Derby County	54	1
8	Barnsley	55	2
=	Coventry City	55	2
10	Birmingham City	54	3
=	Watford	56	2
12	Ipswich Town	53	5
13	Nottingham Forest	57	4
=	Burnley	61	2
15	Hull City	64	1
16	West Ham United	60	6
17	Doncaster Rovers	67	3
18	Millwall	70	2
19	Leicester City	60	9
20	Leeds United	67	11
=	Portsmouth	73	4
22	Bristol City	72	5
23	Middlesbrough	71	7
24	Brighton & Hove Albion	83	8

Source:

• Most yellow cards (player): 12 – Barry Robson (Middlesbrough)
• Most red cards (player): 2 – Neil Danns (Leicester City), Matt Mills (Leicester City), Matt Sparrow (Brighton & Hove Albion), Kevin Thomson (Middlesbrough)

Clean sheets

• Most clean sheets: 20 – Reading
• Fewest clean sheets: 4 – Peterborough United

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Notes
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August	Gus Poyet	Brighton & Hove Albion	Marvin Emnes	Middlesbrough
September	Tony Mowbray	Middlesbrough	Matthew Bates	Middlesbrough
October	Chris Hughton	Birmingham City	Nathaniel Clyne	Crystal Palace
November	Malky Mackay	Cardiff City	Billy Sharp	Doncaster Rovers
December	Tony Mowbray	Middlesbrough	Alex Pearce	Reading
January	Chris Hughton	Birmingham City	Curtis Davies	Birmingham City
February	Brian McDermott	Reading	Adam Federici	Reading
March	Brian McDermott	Reading	Garath McCleary	Nottingham Forest
April	Kenny Jackett	Millwall	Ricardo Vaz Tê	West Ham United

Events

Portsmouth Administration

On 17 February 2012, Portsmouth entered administration for the second time in three years, incurring a 10-point penalty. Trevor Birch of the accountancy firm Pannell Kerr Forster was appointed administrator of the club.

2011–12 in English football
FA competitions
FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds, Final) · Community Shield · FA Trophy (Final)
League cups
Football League Cup (Final) · Football League Trophy (Final) ·
Premier and Football League
Premier League · Football League (Championship · League One · League Two)
Football Conference
Football Conference (Premier · North · South)
European competitions
Champions League (Final) · Europa League (Final)
National teams
UEFA Euro 2012 qualification (Group G)
Other
Summer 2011 transfers · Winter 2011–12 transfers · Summer 2012 transfers
2010-11                                                        2012-13