2011–12 Football League

The 2011–12 Football League (known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 113th season of the Football League. It began in August 2011 and concluded in May 2012, with the promotion play-off finals. The Football League is contested through three Divisions. The divisions are the Championship, League One and League Two. The winner and the runner up of the League Championship are automatically promoted to the Premier League and they are joined by the winner of the Championship playoff. The bottom two teams in League Two are relegated to the Conference Premier.

The Football League

Season	2011–12
Champions	Reading
Promoted	Reading Southampton West Ham United
Relegated	Hereford United Macclesfield Town
New Clubs in League	Crawley Town A.F.C. Wimbledon
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

Promotion and relegation

From Premier League

Relegated to Championship

• Birmingham City
• Blackpool
• West Ham United

From Championship

Promoted to Premier League

• Queens Park Rangers
• Norwich City
• Swansea City

Relegated to League One

• Preston North End
• Sheffield United
• Scunthorpe United

From League One

Promoted to Championship

• Brighton & Hove Albion
• Southampton
• Peterborough United

Relegated to League Two

• Dagenham & Redbridge
• Bristol Rovers
• Plymouth Argyle
• Swindon Town

From League Two

Promoted to League One

• Chesterfield
• Bury
• Wycombe Wanderers
• Stevenage

Relegated to Conference Premier

• Lincoln City
• Stockport County

From Conference Premier

Promoted to League Two

• Crawley Town
• AFC Wimbledon

Championship

This section is transcluded from 2011–12 Football League Championship. (edit | history)

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Reading (C, P)	46	27	8	11	69	41	+28	89	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Southampton (P)	46	26	10	10	85	46	+39	88
3	West Ham United (O, P)	46	24	14	8	81	48	+33	86	Qualification for Championship play-offs
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
22	Portsmouth (R)	46	13	11	22	50	59	−9	40^[a]	Relegation to 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 match(es) played on 28 April 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. Portsmouth were deducted 10 points for entering administration.^[1]

Play-offs

Main article: 2012 Football League play-offs

	Semi-finals							Final
	3	West Ham United	2	3	5
	6	Cardiff City	0	0	0
								3	West Ham United	2
								5	Blackpool	1
	4	Birmingham City	0	2	2
	5	Blackpool	1	2	3

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.^[2]

Home \ Away	BAR	BIR	BLP	B&HA	BRI	BUR	CAR	COV	CRY	DER	DON	HUL	IPS	LEE	LEI	MID	MIL	NOT	PET	POR	REA	SOU	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	4–0	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 match(es) played on 28 April 2012. Source: The Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

League One

This section is transcluded from 2011–12 Football League One. (edit | history)

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Charlton Athletic (C, P)	46	30	11	5	82	36	+46	101	Promotion to Football League Championship
2	Sheffield Wednesday (P)	46	28	9	9	81	48	+33	93
3	Sheffield United	46	27	9	10	92	51	+41	90	Qualification for League One play-offs^[a]
4	Huddersfield Town (O, P)	46	21	18	7	79	47	+32	81
5	Milton Keynes Dons	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	Brentford	46	18	13	15	63	52	+11	67
10	Colchester United	46	13	20	13	61	66	−5	59
11	AFC Bournemouth	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	Preston North End	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 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

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 Championship.

Play-offs

Main article: 2012 Football League play-offs

	Semifinals							Final
	3	Sheffield United	0	1	1
	6	Stevenage	0	0	0
								3	Sheffield United	0 (7)
								4	Huddersfield Town (p)	0 (8)
	4	Huddersfield Town	2	1	3
	5	Milton Keynes Dons	0	2	2

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.^[3]

Home \ Away	BOU	BRE	BRY	CRL	CHA	CHF	COL	EXE	HAR	HUD	LEY	MKD	NTC	OLD	PNE	ROC	SCU	SHU	SHW	STE	TRA	WAL	WYC	YEO
AFC Bournemouth		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
Brentford	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
Charlton Athletic	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
Huddersfield Town	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
Milton Keynes Dons	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
Preston North End	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
Sheffield United	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
Sheffield Wednesday	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

Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2012. Source: The Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

League Two This section is transcluded from 2011–12 Football League Two. (edit | history) Table 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 for League Two play-offs^[a] 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^[b] 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 the 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: Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One. On 9 March Port Vale were deducted ten points for entering administration.^[4] Play-offs Main article: 2012 Football League 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.^[5] Home \ Away ACC WIM ALD BAR BRA BRR BRT CHL CRA CRE D&R GIL HER MAC MOR NOR OXF PLY PTV ROT SHR STD SWI TOR Accrington Stanley 2–1 3–2 0–3 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 3–0 4–3 2–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–4 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 3–1 AFC Wimbledon 0–2 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–3 4–0 4–1 2–5 1–3 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–3 0–2 1–2 3–2 1–2 3–1 1–4 1–1 2–0 Aldershot Town 0–0 1–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–3 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 Barnet 0–0 4–0 2–1 0–4 2–0 3–6 2–2 1–2 2–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–3 0–2 0–1 Bradford City 1–1 1–2 1–2 4–2 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 3–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 3–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 Bristol Rovers 5–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 2–1 7–1 1–3 0–0 2–5 2–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–3 0–3 5–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 Burton Albion 0–2 3–2 0–4 1–2 2–2 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 3–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–4 Cheltenham Town 4–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 0–2 2–0 3–1 0–1 2–1 0–3 0–0 2–0 1–2 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 Crawley Town 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 3–1 4–1 3–0 4–2 1–1 3–1 1–2 0–3 2–0 1–1 3–1 4–1 2–0 3–2 3–0 2–1 3–0 0–3 0–1 Crewe Alexandra 2–0 3–3 2–2 3–1 1–0 3–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 3–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–3 2–0 0–3 Dagenham & Redbridge 2–1 0–2 2–5 3–0 1–0 4–0 1–1 0–5 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–3 1–2 3–2 0–2 2–3 1–0 1–1 Gillingham 1–1 3–4 1–0 3–1 0–0 4–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 3–4 1–2 5–4 2–0 2–0 4–3 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 Hereford United 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 2–0 1–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–6 0–4 0–3 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–3 0–2 2–3 1–2 3–2 Macclesfield Town 1–1 4–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–3 2–2 2–2 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–3 0–2 2–0 1–2 Morecambe 1–2 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–3 2–2 3–1 6–0 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–2 0–0 3–3 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 Northampton Town 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–2 1–3 3–2 2–3 2–3 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–3 3–2 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–7 2–5 1–2 0–0 Oxford United 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 5–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–2 Plymouth Argyle 2–2 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 1–1 0–2 1–4 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–2 Port Vale 4–1 1–2 4–0 1–2 3–2 1–0 3–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–4 3–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–3 2–3 0–2 0–0 Rotherham United 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 3–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 3–0 1–0 4–2 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–4 1–2 0–1 Shrewsbury Town 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 Southend United 2–2 2–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 4–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 3–0 0–2 3–0 1–4 4–1 Swindon Town 2–0 2–0 2–0 4–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 2–0 3–3 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 5–0 3–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 Torquay United 1–0 4–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 2–2 2–2 1–3 1–1 1–0 2–5 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 3–3 1–0 0–0 1–0 Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2012. Source: The Football League Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table at time of departure Incoming manager Date of appointment Position in table at time of appointment Bristol Rovers Dave Penney Sacked 7 March 2011^[6] 2010–11 season Paul Buckle 30 May 2011^[7] Pre-season Swindon Town Paul Hart 28 April 2011^[8] 2010–11 season Paolo di Canio 20 May 2011^[9] Morecambe Sammy McIlroy Mutual consent 9 May 2011^[10] Pre-season Jim Bentley 13 May 2011^[11] Sheffield United Micky Adams Sacked 10 May 2011^[12] Danny Wilson 27 May 2011^[13] Barnet Giuliano Grazioli End of tenure as caretaker 13 May 2011 Lawrie Sanchez 13 May 2011^[14] West Ham United Avram Grant Sacked 15 May 2011^[15] 2010–11 season Sam Allardyce 1 June 2011^[16] Barnsley Mark Robins Resigned 15 May 2011^[17] Pre-season Keith Hill 1 June 2011^[18] Brentford Nicky Forster End of contract 19 May 2011^[19] Uwe Rösler 10 June 2011^[20] Torquay United Paul Buckle Signed by Bristol Rovers 30 May 2011^[7] Martin Ling 13 June 2011^[21] Cardiff City Dave Jones Sacked 30 May 2011^[22] Malky Mackay 17 June 2011^[23] Rochdale Keith Hill Signed by Barnsley 1 June 2011^[18] Steve Eyre 13 June 2011^[24] Nottingham Forest Billy Davies Sacked 12 June 2011^[25] Steve McClaren 13 June 2011^[26] Birmingham City Alex McLeish Signed by Aston Villa 17 June 2011^[27] Chris Hughton 22 June 2011^[28] Watford Malky Mackay Signed by Cardiff City 17 June 2011^[23] Sean Dyche 21 June 2011^[29] Bradford City Peter Jackson Resigned 25 August 2011^[30] 21st Phil Parkinson 28 August 2011^[31] 21st Plymouth Argyle Peter Reid Sacked 18 September 2011^[32] 24th Carl Fletcher 1 November 2011^[33] 24th Doncaster Rovers Sean O'Driscoll 23 September 2011^[34] 24th Dean Saunders 23 September 2011^[34] 24th Nottingham Forest Steve McClaren Resigned 2 October 2011^[35] 21st Steve Cotterill 14 October 2011^[36] 21st Bristol City Keith Millen Mutual consent 3 October 2011^[37] 24th Derek McInnes 19 October 2011^[38] 24th Portsmouth Steve Cotterill Signed by Nottingham Forest 14 October 2011^[36] 18th Michael Appleton 10 November 2011^[39] 16th Leicester City Sven-Göran Eriksson Mutual consent 24 October 2011^[40] 13th Nigel Pearson 15 November 2011^[41] 12th Crewe Alexandra Dario Gradi Resigned 10 November 2011^[42] 18th Steve Davis 10 November 2011^[42] 18th Northampton Town Gary Johnson Mutual consent 14 November 2011^[43] 20th Aidy Boothroyd 30 November 2011^[44] 21st Hull City Nigel Pearson Signed by Leicester City 15 November 2011^[41] 9th Nick Barmby 10 January 2012^[45] 6th Hartlepool United Mick Wadsworth Sacked 6 December 2011^[46] 13th Neale Cooper 28 December 2011^[47] 12th Preston North End Phil Brown 14 December 2011^[48] 10th Graham Westley 14 January 2012^[49] 14th Rochdale Steve Eyre 19 December 2011^[50] 22nd John Coleman 24 January 2012^[51] 23rd Bristol Rovers Paul Buckle 3 January 2012^[52] 19th Mark McGhee 18 January 2012^[53] 18th Yeovil Town Terry Skiverton Appointed as Assistant Manager 9 January 2012^[54] 21st Gary Johnson 9 January 2012^[54] 21st Stevenage Graham Westley Signed by Preston North End 14 January 2012^[49] 7th Gary Smith 25 January 2012^[55] 6th Accrington Stanley John Coleman Signed by Rochdale 24 January 2012^[51] 10th Paul Cook 13 February 2012^[56] 8th Leeds United Simon Grayson Sacked 1 February 2012^[57] 10th Neil Warnock 18 February 2012^[58] 11th Huddersfield Town Lee Clark 15 February 2012^[59] 4th Simon Grayson 20 February 2012^[60] 4th Notts County Martin Allen 18 February 2012^[61] 11th Keith Curle 20 February 2012^[62] 11th Sheffield Wednesday Gary Megson 29 February 2012^[63] 3rd Dave Jones 2 March 2012^[64] 3rd Tranmere Rovers Les Parry 4 March 2012^[65] 19th Ronnie Moore 5 March 2012^[66] 19th Hereford United Jamie Pitman Reappointed on Coaching Staff 5 March 2012^[67] 21st Richard O'Kelly 5 March 2012^[67] 21st Burton Albion Paul Peschisolido Sacked 17 March 2012^[68] 17th Gary Rowett 10 May 2012^[69] 2012–13 season Macclesfield Town Gary Simpson Mutual consent 18 March 2012^[70] 21st Brian Horton 19 March 2012^[71] 21st Rotherham United Andy Scott Sacked 19 March 2012^[72] 11th Steve Evans 9 April 2012^[73] 10th Bournemouth Lee Bradbury 25 March 2012^[74] 13th Paul Groves 11 May 2012^[75] 2012–13 season Crawley Town Steve Evans Signed by Rotherham United 9 April 2012^[73] 4th Sean O'Driscoll 16 May 2012^[76] Barnet Lawrie Sanchez Sacked 16 April 2012^[77] 22nd Martin Allen 16 April 2012^[77] 22nd Burton Albion Paul Peschisolido Sacked 17 March 2012^[78] 2011–12 season Gary Rowett 10 May 2012^[69] Pre-season Bournemouth Lee Bradbury 25 March 2012^[79] Paul Groves 11 May 2012^[75] Crawley Town Steve Evans Signed by Rotherham United 9 April 2012^[80] Sean O'Driscoll 16 May 2012^[76] Hull City Nick Barmby Sacked 8 May 2012^[81] Pre-season Steve Bruce 8 June 2012^[82] Gillingham Andy Hessenthaler Mutual Consent 8 May 2012^[83] Martin Allen 5 July 2012^[84] Barnet Martin Allen End of contract 31 May 2012^[85] Mark Robson 11 June 2012^[85] Birmingham City Chris Hughton Signed by Norwich City 7 June 2012^[86] Lee Clark 26 June 2012^[87] Wolverhampton Wanderers Terry Connor End of contract 30 June 2012^[88] Ståle Solbakken 1 July 2012^[88] Watford Sean Dyche Sacked 6 July 2012^[89] Gianfranco Zola 7 July 2012^[90] Nottingham Forest Steve Cotterill 12 July 2012^[91] Sean O'Driscoll 19 July 2012^[92] Crawley Town Sean O'Driscoll Signed by Nottingham Forest 19 July 2012^[92] Richard Barker 7 August 2012^[93] Bury Richard Barker Signed by Crawley Town 7 August 2012^[93] Kevin Blackwell 26 September 2012^[94] 24th Coventry City Andy Thorn Sacked 26 August 2012^[95] 14th Mark Robins 19 September 2012^[96] 23rd Chesterfield John Sheridan 28 August 2012^[97] 18th Paul Cook 25 October 2012^[98] 13th AFC Wimbledon Terry Brown 19 September 2012^[99] 21st Neal Ardley 10 October 2012^[100] 21st Wycombe Wanderers Gary Waddock 22 September 2012^[101] 21st Gareth Ainsworth 7 November 2012^[102] 22nd Colchester United John Ward 24 September 2012^[103] 22nd Joe Dunne 27 September 2012^[104] 22nd Blackburn Rovers Steve Kean Resigned 28 September 2012^[105] 3rd Henning Berg 31 October 2012^[106] 5th Bournemouth Paul Groves Sacked 3 October 2012^[107] 20th Eddie Howe 12 October 2012^[108] 21st Bolton Wanderers Owen Coyle 9 October 2012^[109] 18th Dougie Freedman 25 October 2012^[110] 16th Barnet N/A N/A N/A N/A Edgar Davids^[n 1] 12 October 2012^[111] 24th Burnley Eddie Howe Signed by Bournemouth 12 October 2012^[108] 16th Sean Dyche 30 October 2012^[112] 14th Ipswich Town Paul Jewell Mutual Consent 24 October 2012^[113] 24th Mick McCarthy 1 November 2012^[114] 24th Hartlepool United Neale Cooper Resigned 24 October 2012^[115] 24th John Hughes 13 November 2012^[116] 24th Crystal Palace Dougie Freedman Signed by Bolton Wanderers 25 October 2012^[110] 4th Ian Holloway 3 November 2012^[117] 4th Accrington Stanley Paul Cook Signed by Chesterfield 25 October 2012^[98] 16th Leam Richardson 1 November 2012^[118] 12th Scunthorpe United Alan Knill Sacked 29 October 2012^[119] 22nd Brian Laws 29 October 2012^[119] 22nd Blackpool Ian Holloway Signed by Crystal Palace 3 November 2012^[117] 12th Michael Appleton 7 November 2012^[120] 12th Portsmouth Michael Appleton Signed by Blackpool 7 November 2012^[120] 17th TBA TBA TBA Fleetwood Town Micky Mellon Sacked 1 December 2012^[121] 7th Graham Alexander 6 December 2012^[122] 7th Bristol Rovers Mark McGhee 15 December 2012^[123] 23rd John Ward 17 December 2012^[124] 23rd Nottingham Forest Sean O'Driscoll 26 December 2012^[125] 8th Alex McLeish 27 December 2012^[126] 8th Blackburn Rovers Henning Berg 27 December 2012^[127] 17th Michael Appleton 11 January 2013^[128] 13th Barnet Mark Robson^[n 2] Mutual Consent 28 December 2012^[129] 21st N/A N/A N/A Barnsley Keith Hill Sacked 29 December 2012^[130] 24th David Flitcroft 13 January 2013^[131] 23rd Plymouth Argyle Carl Fletcher 1 January 2013^[132] 20th John Sheridan 6 January 2013^[133] 23rd Wolverhampton Wanderers Ståle Solbakken 5 January 2013^[134] 18th Dean Saunders 7 January 2013^[135] 18th Doncaster Rovers Dean Saunders Signed by Wolverhampton Wanderers 7 January 2013^[135] 2nd Brian Flynn 17 January 2013^[136] 2nd Blackpool Michael Appleton Signed by Blackburn Rovers 11 January 2013^[128] 14th Paul Ince 18 February 2013^[137] 14th Bristol City Derek McInnes Sacked 12 January 2013^[138] 24th Sean O'Driscoll 14 January 2013^[139] 24th Rochdale John Coleman 21 January 2013^[140] 14th Keith Hill 22 January 2013^[141] 14th Huddersfield Town Simon Grayson 24 January 2013^[142] 18th Mark Robins 14 February 2013^[143] 18th Oldham Athletic Paul Dickov Resigned 3 February 2013^[144] 20th TBA TBA TBA Notts County Keith Curle Sacked 3 February 2013^[145] 10th TBA TBA TBA Nottingham Forest Alex McLeish Mutual Consent 5 February 2013^[146] 11th Billy Davies 7 February 2013^[147] 11th Preston North End Graham Westley Sacked 13 February 2013^[148] 17th Simon Grayson 18 February 2013^[149] 17th Coventry City Mark Robins Signed by Huddersfield Town 14 February 2013^[143] 8th Paul Dickov 24 February 2013 8th Swindon Town Paolo Di Canio Resigned 18 February 2013^[150] 6th Kevin MacDonald 28 February 2013 6th Aldershot Town Dean Holdsworth Sacked 20 February 2013^[151] 20th Andy Scott 22 February 2013^[152] 20th Notes Davids and Robson each have the title of joint head coach at Barnet. 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