2011–12 Accrington Stanley F.C. season

During the 2011–12 season, Accrington Stanley F.C. competed in League Two. This was their 6th season in the Football League and 14th was their second highest position.

Accrington Stanley
2011–12 season
ChairmanIlyas Khan
ManagerJohn Coleman (until 24 January 2012)
Leam Richardson (Caretaker manager until 15 February 2012)
Paul Cook
League Two14th
FA Cup1st round
League Cup1st round
Football League Trophy2nd round (North)
Top goalscorerLeague: Pádraig Amond (7)
All: Pádraig Amond (8)
Highest home attendanceLeague: 3,275 vs Shrewsbury Town (21 Apr 2012)
All: 3,275 vs Shrewsbury Town (21 Apr 2012)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 1,308 vs Dagenham & Redbridge (31 Jan 2012)
All: 1,069 vs Carlisle United (6 Sep 2011)

It was a year of transition for Stanley with long serving manager John Coleman and his assistant Jimmy Bell leaving the club to join League One side Rochdale.[1] Former player Paul Cook was appointed the new manager[2] with his assistant being Leam Richardson, who was caretaker manager in the intervening spell.[3]

The end of the season saw chairman Ilyas Khan step down. He said he had been racially abused since taking over the club in March 2011.[4]

Stanley also made the news in October 2011, when on-loan defender Tom Bender was knocked out in a collision with team mate Ian Dunbavin and Tranmere Rovers striker Lucas Akins in a Football League Trophy tie. Consequently, the game was abandoned with Tranmere leading 2–1. Bender was treated for 30 minutes on the pitch before being taken to hospital where he regained consciousness and made a full recovery.[5]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
12 Port Vale 46 20 9 17 68 60 +8 59[lower-alpha 1]
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
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
Notes:
  1. On 9 March Port Vale were deducted ten points for entering administration.[6]

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals
No. Pos Nat Player TotalLeague TwoFA CupLeague CupFL Trophy
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Sean Murdoch 15012+101+001+000+00
2 DF Danny Coid 23116+511+000+001+00
3 DF Dean Winnard 34130+011+001+002+00
4 DF Sean Hessey 20217+021+000+100+10
5 DF Aristote Nsiala (on loan) 19019+000+000+000+00
5 DF Kern Miller (on loan) 302+000+001+000+00
6 DF Rob Kiernan (on loan) 303+000+000+000+00
6 MF Andrew Procter 29325+021+001+002+01
7 FW Craig Lindfield 42529+1040+001+001+11
8 MF Charlie Barnett 44127+1511+001+000+00
9 FW Kurtis Guthrie 1606+700+001+002+00
10 MF Ian Craney 2517+1510+001+002+00
11 MF Luke Joyce 47343+021+011+002+00
12 DF Peter Murphy 41436+240+000+102+00
13 MF Luke Dobie (on loan) 500+400+100+000+00
14 MF Kevin McIntyre 49244+121+001+002+00
15 MF Alan Burton 100+100+000+000+00
16 FW Bobby Grant (on loan) 838+030+000+000+00
16 DF Leam Richardson 100+100+000+000+00
17 MF Jamie Devitt (on loan) 16215+120+000+000+00
17 DF Kevin Long (on loan) 26424+040+001+001+00
18 DF Liam Willis 201+100+000+000+00
18 FW Nat Taylor 301+100+000+100+00
19 FW Louis Moult (on loan) 501+300+000+001+00
19 FW James Spray (on loan) 303+000+000+000+00
19 FW Micah Evans (on loan) 24314+931+000+000+00
20 DF Tom Bender (on loan) 400+200+100+001+00
21 FW Wes Fletcher (on loan) 12210+020+000+000+20
21 FW Michael Smith (on loan) 634+230+000+000+00
21 FW Jayden Stockley (on loan) 1035+431+000+000+00
22 GK Lee Nicholls (on loan) 909+000+000+000+00
23 FW Padraig Amond (on loan) 45837+570+100+001+11
24 MF Ryan Hopper 401+300+000+000+00
25 GK Ian Dunbavin 27025+000+000+002+00
27 MF Bryan Hughes 22315+631+000+000+00
29 DF Michael Liddle (on loan) 12012+000+000+000+00
30 DF Will Hatfield 1734+1330+000+000+00
37 FW Marcus Carver 201+100+000+000+00

Top scorers
Place Position Nation Number Name League Two FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total
1 FW 23 Padraig Amond 7 0 0 1 8
2 FW 7 Craig Lindfield 4 0 0 1 5
3 DF 17 Kevin Long 4 0 0 0 4
= DF 12 Peter Murphy 4 0 0 0 4
5 FW 21 Jayden Stockley 3 0 0 0 3
= FW 21 Michael Smith 3 0 0 0 3
= FW 19 Micah Evans 3 0 0 0 3
= MF 30 Will Hatfield 3 0 0 0 3
= MF 16 Bobby Grant 3 0 0 0 3
= MF 27 Bryan Hughes 3 0 0 0 3
= MF 6 Andrew Procter 2 0 0 1 3
= MF 11 Luke Joyce 2 1 0 0 3
13 FW 21 Wes Fletcher 2 0 0 0 2
= DF 4 Sean Hessey 2 0 0 0 2
= MF 17 Jamie Devitt 2 0 0 0 2
= MF 14 Kevin McIntyre 2 0 0 0 2
17 DF 3 Dean Winnard 1 0 0 0 1
= MF 10 Ian Craney 1 0 0 0 1
= DF 2 Danny Coid 1 0 0 0 1
= MF 8 Charlie Barnett 1 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 53 1 0 3 57

Disciplinary record
Number Nation Position Name League Two FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total
5DFAristote Nsiala111000000111
14MFKevin McIntyre6110000071
12DFPeter Murphy7100000071
4DFSean Hessey5100001061
6MFAndrew Procter5001000051
11MFLuke Joyce5100000051
7FWCraig Lindfield5000000050
3DFDean Winnard3000100040
2DFDanny Coid3000000030
17MFJamie Devitt3000000030
8MFCharlie Barnett2100000021
29DFMichael Liddle2100000021
30DFWill Hatfield2000000020
16MFBobby Grant2000000020
17DFKevin Long1100000011
21FWWes Fletcher1000000010
19FWJames Spray1000000010
23FWPadraig Amond1000000010
27MFBryan Hughes1000000010
10MFIan Craney1000000010
25GKIan Dunbavin1000000010
9FWKurtis Guthrie1000000010
TOTALS 69 8 1 1 1 0 1 0 72 9

Results

Pre-Season Friendlies
16 July 2011 Accrington Stanley 1–2 Blackburn Rovers Crown Ground
12:15 Guthrie  54' Andrews  15'
Kalinić  66'
23 July 2011 Barrow 0–1 Accrington Stanley Holker Street
15:00 Coid  54' Attendance: 403
26 July 2011 Marine 0–0 Accrington Stanley The Arriva Stadium
19:30
30 July 2011 Stockport County 1–0 Accrington Stanley Edgeley Park
15:00 McConville  33' (pen.)

League Two
6 August 2011 1 Northampton Town 0–0 Accrington Stanley Sixfields Stadium
15:00 Attendance: 4,621
13 August 2011 2 Accrington Stanley 1–2 Southend United Crown Ground
15:00 Procter  40' Dickinson  2' (pen.)
Hall  67'		 Attendance: 1,491
16 August 2011 3 Accrington Stanley 1–0 Bradford City Crown Ground
19:45 Fletcher  77' Attendance: 2,652
20 August 2011 4 Port Vale 4–1 Accrington Stanley Vale Park
15:00 Rigg  19', 43'
Roberts  23'
Pope  37'		 Murphy  81' Attendance: 4,615
27 August 2011 5 Accrington Stanley 2–1 Burton Albion Crown Ground
15:00 Winnard  72'
Fletcher  81'		 Richards  39' Attendance: 1,362
3 September 2011 6 Barnet 0–0 Accrington Stanley Underhill Stadium
15:00 Attendance: 2,380
10 September 2011 7 Gillingham 1–1 Accrington Stanley MEMS Priestfield Stadium
15:00 Rooney  88' (pen.) Craney  84' Attendance: 4,619
13 September 2011 8 Accrington Stanley 1–1 Rotherham United Crown Ground
19:45 Hessey  83' Cresswell  38' Attendance: 1,486
17 September 2011 9 Accrington Stanley 0–2 Crewe Alexandra Crown Ground
15:00 Leitch-Smith  11'
Moore  14'		 Attendance: 1,503
24 September 2011 10 Oxford United 1–1 Accrington Stanley Kassam Stadium
15:00 McLaren  35' Murphy  62' Attendance: 6,472
1 October 2011 11 Accrington Stanley 3–2 Aldershot Town Crown Ground
15:00 Hessey  10'
Coid  56'
Barnett  88'		 Hylton  7', 24' Attendance: 1,438
8 October 2011 12 Plymouth Argyle 2–2 Accrington Stanley Home Park
15:00 Walton  27' (pen.)
Soukouna  45'		 Long  55'
Amond  66'		 Attendance: 8,013
15 October 2011 13 Accrington Stanley 0–2 Swindon Town Crown Ground
15:00 Jervis  38'
Montano  58'		 Attendance: 1,663
21 October 2011 14 Accrington Stanley 0–1 Cheltenham Town Crown Ground
19:45 Goulding  44' Attendance: 1,641
25 October 2011 15 Shrewsbury Town 0–1 Accrington Stanley New Meadow
19:45 Bradshaw  28' Attendance: 5,076
29 October 2011 16 Crawley Town 1–1 Accrington Stanley Broadfield Stadium
15:00 Akpan  80' Murphy  40' Attendance: 2,967
5 November 2011 17 Accrington Stanley 2–1 Bristol Rovers Crown Ground
15:00 Evans  5'
Long  30'		 Anyinsah  47' Attendance: 1,643
19 November 2011 18 Macclesfield Town 1–1 Accrington Stanley Moss Rose
15:00 Brisley  19' Stockley  79' Attendance: 1,792
26 November 2011 19 Accrington Stanley 3–0 Dagenham & Redbridge Crown Ground
15:00 Lindfield  57'
Amond  83', 84'		 Attendance: 1,308
10 December 2011 20 AFC Wimbledon 0–2 Accrington Stanley Kingsmeadow
15:00 Amond  3'
Lindfield  24'		 Attendance: 4,053
17 December 2011 21 Accrington Stanley 3–1 Torquay United Crown Ground
15:00 Hughes  13'
Stockley  62'
Long  89'		 McPhee  90+1' Attendance: 1,404
26 December 2011 22 Morecambe 1–2 Accrington Stanley Globe Arena
15:00 Drummond  55' Stockley  34'
Hughes  75'		 Attendance: 2,569
30 December 2011 23 Hereford United 1–1 Accrington Stanley Edgar Street
20:00 Arquin  5' Evans  72' Attendance: 2,057
2 January 2012 24 Accrington Stanley 4–0 Macclesfield Town Crown Ground
15:00 Lindfield  13'
Long  45+1'
Evans  62'
Procter  76'		 Attendance: 1,704
6 January 2012 25 Burton Albion 0–2 Accrington Stanley Perelli Stadium
19:45 McIntyre  31'
Austin  65' (o.g.)		 Attendance: 2,486
14 January 2012 26 Accrington Stanley 0–3 Barnet Crown Ground
15:00 Holmes  23'
Hughes  45+1'
Deering  54'		 Attendance: 1,652
21 January 2012 27 Aldershot Town 0–0 Accrington Stanley Recreation Ground
15:00 Attendance: 2,581
28 January 2012 28 Accrington Stanley 4–3 Gillingham Crown Ground
15:00 Michael Smith  1' (19), 45+1'
Luke Joyce  31'		 Danny Jackman  7'
Gavin Tomlin  70' (85)		 Attendance: 1,734
4 February 2012 29 Crewe Alexandra P – P Accrington Stanley Alexandra Stadium
15:00
11 February 2012 30 Accrington Stanley P – P Oxford United Crown Ground
15:00
14 February 2012 31 Rotherham United 1–0 Accrington Stanley Recreation Ground
19:45 Harrad  28' (pen) Attendance: 2,572
18 February 2012 32 Accrington Stanley 0–4 Plymouth Argyle Crown Ground
15:00 MacDonald  3', 24'
Purse  72'
Daley  90'		 Attendance: 2,186
21 February 2012 29 Crewe Alexandra 2–0 Accrington Stanley Alexandra Stadium
19:45 Clayton  81'
Murphy  90+2'		 Attendance: 3,179
25 February 2012 33 Swindon Town 2–0 Accrington Stanley County Ground
15:00 Benson  8', 29' Attendance: 7,962
3 March 2012 34 Accrington Stanley 2–2 Port Vale Crown Ground
15:00 Amond  45'
Hatfield  88'		 McCombe  27'
Shuker  56'		 Attendance: 2,093
6 March 2012 35 Bradford City 1–1 Accrington Stanley Valley Parade
19:45 Wells  50' Hatfield  90+1' Attendance: 9,379
10 March 2012 36 Southend United 2–2 Accrington Stanley Roots Hall
15:00 Prosser  65'
Benyon  74'		 Devitt  41'
Amond  90+1'		 Attendance: 5,964
17 March 2012 37 Accrington Stanley 2–1 Northampton Town Crown Ground
15:00 Devitt  42'
Lindfield  87'		 Williams  69' Attendance: 1,803
20 March 2012 38 Accrington Stanley 1–1 Morecambe Crown Ground
19:45 Murphy  14' Carlton  70' Attendance: 1,924
24 March 2012 39 Dagenham & Redbridge 2–1 Accrington Stanley Victoria Road
15:00 Woodall  85'
Doe  90+2'		 Nsiala  37'  90+1'
Grant  43'		 Attendance: 1,476
27 March 2012 30 Accrington Stanley 0–2 Oxford United Crown Ground
19:45 Hall  42' (73) Attendance: 1,408
31 March 2012 40 Accrington Stanley 2–1 AFC Wimbledon Crown Ground
15:00 Joyce  4'
Hatfield  80'		 Moore  30' Attendance: 1,627
6 April 2012 41 Torquay United 1–0 Accrington Stanley Plainmoor
15:00 Howe  73' Attendance: 3,934
9 April 2012 42 Accrington Stanley 2–1 Hereford United Crown Ground
15:00 Grant  47'
Amond  85'		 Evans  57' Attendance: 1,749
14 April 2012 43 Cheltenham Town 4–1 Accrington Stanley Abbey Business Stadium
15:00 Lowe  12'
Burgess  56'
Pack  62'
Kaid Mohamed  90+2'		 Grant  76' Attendance: 3,217
21 April 2012 44 Accrington Stanley 1–1 Shrewsbury Town Crown Ground
15:00 Hughes  78' Gornell  31' Attendance: 3,275
28 April 2012 45 Bristol Rovers 5–1 Accrington Stanley Memorial Stadium
15:00 Harrold  11' (22), pen.'
Dorman  29'
Lund  58' (78)		 McIntyre  38' Attendance: 7,073
5 May 2012 46 Accrington Stanley 0–1 Crawley Town Crown Ground
15:00 Nsiala  83' Neilson  67' Attendance: 2,299

FA Cup
12 November 2011 Round 1 Notts County 4–1 Accrington Stanley Meadow Lane
15:00 Hawley  34' (89)
Judge  47'
Sheehan  80'		 Joyce  85' Attendance: 3,613

League Cup
9 August 2011 Round 1 Accrington Stanley 0–2 Scunthorpe United Crown Ground
19:45 Dagnall  82' (pen.)
Barcham  90+3'		 Attendance: 1,356

Football League Trophy
6 September 2011 Round 1 (N) Accrington Stanley 3–2 Carlisle United Crown Ground
19:45 Lindfield  35'
Amond  86'
Procter  90'		 McGovern  61'
Zoko  68'		 Attendance: 1,069
4 October 2011 Round 2 (N) Accrington Stanley A – A Tranmere Rovers Crown Ground
19:45
12 October 2011 Round 2 (N) Accrington Stanley 0–1 Tranmere Rovers Crown Ground
19:45 Taylor  39' Attendance: 1,509

Transfers
Players transferred in
Date Pos. Name Previous Club Fee Ref.
30 June 2011 DF Danny Coid Blackpool Free [7]
16 July 2011 MF Kevin McIntyre Shrewsbury Town Free [8]
19 July 2011 FW Kurtis Guthrie Trinity Free [9]
28 July 2011 GK Sean Murdoch Hamilton Academical Free [10]
27 October 2011 MF Bryan Hughes ÍBV Free [11]
18 January 2012 MF Liam Willis Wigan Athletic Free [12]
10 February 2012 FW Will Hatfield FC Halifax Town Free [13]
Players transferred out
Date Pos. Name To Fee Ref.
24 June 2011 DF Jonathan Bateson Macclesfield Town Free [14]
28 June 2011 DF Joe Jacobson Shrewsbury Town Free [15]
28 June 2011 MF Jimmy Ryan Scunthorpe United Tribunal [16]
6 July 2011 GK Alex Cisak Oldham Athletic Free [17]
4 August 2011 FW Terry Gornell Shrewsbury Town Undisclosed [18]
19 January 2012 FW Nat Taylor Clitheroe Free [19][20]
23 January 2012 MF Andrew Procter Preston North End Undisclosed [21]
14 March 2012 GK Sean Murdoch Unattached [22]
Players loaned in
Date from Pos. Name From Date to Ref.
28 July 2011 DF Kern Miller Barnsley January 2012 [10]
5 August 2011 DF Kevin Long Burnley 5 January 2012 [23]
15 August 2011 FW Wes Fletcher Burnley 25 October 2011 [24][25]
19 August 2011 FW Louis Moult Stoke City 19 September 2011 [26]
26 August 2011 FW Pádraig Amond Paços de Ferreira End of season [27]
30 August 2011 DF Thomas Bender Colchester United 24 February 2012 [28][29]
3 October 2011 FW James Spray Wolverhampton Wanderers 31 October 2011 [30]
14 October 2011 FW Will Hatfield Leeds United 31 December 2011 [31][32]
14 October 2011 FW Luke Dobie Middlesbrough 3 January 2012 [33]
31 October 2011 FW Micah Evans Blackburn Rovers End of season [34][35]
4 November 2011 FW Jayden Stockley Bournemouth 9 January 2012 [36][37]
5 January 2012 DF Aristote Nsiala Everton End of season [38][39]
18 January 2012 FW Michael Smith Charlton Athletic 12 March 2012 [12][40]
17 February 2012 MF Jamie Devitt Hull City End of season [41][42]
24 February 2012 GK Lee Nicholls Wigan Athletic End of season [43]
24 February 2012 MF Michael Liddle Sunderland End of season [44][45]
15 March 2012 MF Bobby Grant Scunthorpe United 18 April 2012 [46]
16 March 2012 DF Rob Kiernan Wigan Athletic End of season [47]
Players loaned out
Date from Pos. Name To Date to Ref.
24 November 2011 FW Kurtis Guthrie Southport 5 January 2012 [48]
20 January 2012 MF Andrew Procter Preston North End 23 January 2012 [21]

References
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  2. "Cook leaves Rovers for Accrington". RTÉ Sport. 13 February 2012. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012.
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  9. "Accrington Stanley sign striker Kurtis Guthrie". BBC Football. 19 July 2011.
  10. "Accrington Stanley sign Kern Miller and Sean Murdoch". BBC Football. 28 July 2011.
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  20. "Clitheror bring in three". Pitchero. 23 January 2012.
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  34. "Accrington Stanley sign Evans from Blackburn Rovers". BBC Sport. 31 October 2011.
  35. "Micah Evans". Blackburn Rovers F.C. 16 January 2012.
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  39. "Stanley extend Nsiala loan". Everton F.C. 15 February 2012.
  40. "Michael Smith returns to Charlton from Accrington". BBC Football. 12 March 2012.
  41. "Devitt Joins Stanley On Loan". Hull City A.F.C. 17 February 2012. Archived from the original on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
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  43. "Nicholls Joins Accrington On Loan". Wigan Athletic F.C. 24 February 2012. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012.
  44. "Accrington Stanley land Sunderland defender Michael Liddle". Tribal Football. 25 February 2012.
  45. "Liddle extends Stanley stay". Sky Sports. 27 March 2012.
  46. "Accrington Stanley sign Scunthorpe United's Bobby Grant". BBC Sport. 15 March 2012.
  47. "Accrington Stanley sign Wigan defender Rob Kiernan". BBC Sport. 16 March 2012.
  48. "Southport sign Kurtis Guthrie and Andrew Parry". BBC Football. 24 November 2011.
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