League One 2011–12 | ||
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Season information | ||
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Winners | Charlton Athletic | |
Promoted | Charlton Athletic Sheffield Wednesday Huddersfield Town | |
Relegated | Wycombe Wanderers Chesterfield Exeter City Rochdale | |
Season statistics | ||
Matches played | 552 | |
Goals scored | 1,489 | |
Average | 2.7 per match | |
Top goalscorer | Jordan Rhodes (36) | |
Biggest home win | Brentford 5-0 Leyton Orient MK Dons 5-0 Oldham Wycombe 5-0 Hartlepool United | |
Biggest away win | Wycombe 0-6 Huddersfield Yeovil 0-6 Stevenage | |
Highest scoring | MK Dons 6-2 Chesterfield Sheffield Wed. 4-4 Huddersfield | |
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2012–13 →
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The 2011–12 Football League One (referred to as the Npower League One for sponsorship reasons) was the 8th season of the Football League One under its current title and the 19th season under its current league division format.
Changes from last season[]
Team changes[]
The following teams have changed division since the 2015–16 season.
To League One[]Promoted from League Two Relegated from The Championship |
From League One[]Promoted to The Championship Relegated to League Two |
Teams[]
Stadia and Locations[]
Managerial changes[]
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Sheffield United | ![]() |
Sacked | 10 May 2011 | Pre-season | ![]() |
27 May 2011 |
Brentford | ![]() |
End of contract | 19 May 2011 | Pre-season | ![]() |
10 June 2011 |
Rochdale | ![]() |
Signed by Barnsley | 1 June 2011 | Pre-season | ![]() |
13 June 2011 |
Hartlepool United | ![]() |
Sacked | 6 December 2011 | 13th | ![]() |
28 December 2011 |
Preston North End | ![]() |
14 December 2011 | 10th | ![]() ![]() |
14 December 2011 | |
Rochdale | ![]() |
19 December 2011 | 22nd | ![]() |
24 January 2012 | |
Yeovil Town | ![]() |
Demotion to Assistant Manager | 9 January 2012 | 21st | ![]() |
9 January 2012 |
Preston North End | ![]() ![]() |
End of tenure as caretakers | 13 January 2012 | 14th | ![]() |
13 January 2012 |
Stevenage | ![]() |
Signed by Preston North End | 13 January 2012 | 7th | ![]() |
25 January 2012 |
Huddersfield Town | ![]() |
Sacked | 15 February 2012 | 4th | ![]() |
20 February 2012 |
Notts County | ![]() |
18 February 2012 | 11th | ![]() |
20 February 2012 | |
Sheffield Wednesday | ![]() |
29 February 2012 | 3rd | ![]() |
1 March 2012 | |
Tranmere Rovers | ![]() |
4 March 2012 | 19th | ![]() |
4 March 2012 | |
Bournemouth | ![]() |
25 March 2012 | 13th | ![]() ![]() |
25 March 2012 |
League table[]
Pos |
Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Qualification or relegation |
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1 | ![]() |
46 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 82 | 36 | +46 | 101 | Promotion to the Football League Championship |
2 | ![]() |
46 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 81 | 48 | +33 | 93 | |
3 | ![]() |
46 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 92 | 51 | +41 | 90 | Qualification to the League One play-offs |
4 | ![]() |
46 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 79 | 47 | +32 | 81 | |
5 | ![]() |
46 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 84 | 47 | +37 | 80 | |
6 | Stevenage | 46 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 69 | 44 | +25 | 73 | |
7 | Notts County | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 75 | 63 | +12 | 73 | |
8 | Carlisle United | 46 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 65 | 66 | −1 | 69 | |
9 | ![]() |
46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 63 | 52 | +11 | 67 | |
10 | Colchester United | 46 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 61 | 66 | −5 | 59 | |
11 | ![]() |
46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 48 | 52 | −4 | 58 | |
12 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 49 | 53 | −4 | 56 | |
13 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 50 | 55 | −5 | 56 | |
14 | Bury | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 60 | 79 | −19 | 56 | |
15 | ![]() |
46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 54 | 68 | −14 | 54 | |
16 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 50 | 66 | −16 | 54 | |
17 | Yeovil Town | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 59 | 80 | −21 | 54 | |
18 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 10 | 22 | 14 | 55 | 59 | −4 | 52 | |
19 | Walsall | 46 | 10 | 20 | 16 | 51 | 57 | −6 | 50 | |
20 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 48 | 75 | −27 | 50 | |
21 | Wycombe Wanderers (R) | 46 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 65 | 88 | −23 | 43 | Relegation to the Football League Two |
22 | Chesterfield (R) | 46 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 56 | 81 | −25 | 42 | |
23 | Exeter City (R) | 46 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 46 | 75 | −29 | 42 | |
24 | Rochdale (R) | 46 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 47 | 81 | −34 | 38 |
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
Results[]
The fixtures for the League One were released on 17 June 2011. The season kick-off was announced for 6 August 2011, and concluded on 5 May 2012.
Home \ Away | ![]() |
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BRY | CLU | ![]() |
CHF | COL | EXE | HPL | ![]() |
LEY | ![]() |
NTC | OLD | ![]() |
ROC | SCU | ![]() |
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STV | TRA | WAL | WYC | YEO |
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1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
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1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | |
Bury | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 3–2 | |
Carlisle United | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | |
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3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
Chesterfield | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | |
Colchester United | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–6 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | |
Exeter City | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | |
Hartlepool United | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | |
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0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |
Leyton Orient | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | |
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2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 0–1 | |
Notts County | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | |
Oldham Athletic | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | |
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1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–3 | |
Rochdale | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | |
Scunthorpe United | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | |
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2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–4 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | |
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3–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 4–4 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
Stevenage | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
Tranmere Rovers | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
Walsall | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
Wycombe Wanderers | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 0–6 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | |
Yeovil Town | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–6 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
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.
Play-offs[]
- Main article: 2012 Football League play-offs
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
3 | Sheffield United | ||||||||||||
6 | Stevenage | ||||||||||||
3 | Sheffield United | 0 (7) | |||||||||||
4 | Huddersfield Town (p) | 0 (8) | |||||||||||
4 | Huddersfield Town | ||||||||||||
5 | Milton Keynes Dons |
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