2011–12 Crystal Palace F.C. season

The 2011-12 season was Crystal Palace's seventh consecutive season in the Championship. The previous campaign had seen club legend Dougie Freedman take over as a novice manager and lead the Eagles to safety and another season in the English second tier.

Crystal Palace
2011–12 season
Co-chairmenSteve Parish and Martin Long
ManagerDougie Freedman
Championship17th
FA CupThird round
League CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Chris Martin and Darren Ambrose (7)
All: Darren Ambrose (10)[1]
Highest home attendance21,002 (vs. Reading, 29 October)
Lowest home attendance11,853 (vs. Barnsley, 20 March)
Average home league attendance15,206[2]

Statistics

Player statistics

Last updated on 28 April 2012.
No. Pos Nat Player TotalChampionshipFA CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Julián Speroni 4304100020
2 DF Nathaniel Clyne 3202900030
3 DF David Wright 2502201020
4 DF Jonathan Parr 45235+42004+20
5 DF Paddy McCarthy 50242+12006+10
6 DF Anthony Gardner 33125+30004+11
7 MF Darren Ambrose 421025+117005+13
8 MF Kagisho Dikgacoi 31225+220040
9 FW Steffen Iversen 500+300+100+10
10 MF Owen Garvan 23313+931000
11 FW Sean Scannell[notes 1] 40427+94001+30
12 MF Alex Marrow 300+10001+10
14 MF Kieron Cadogan 20100+1000
15 MF Mile Jedinak 35129+21002+20
16 FW Wilfried Zaha[notes 2] 48934+76006+13
17 FW Glenn Murray 44725+136004+21
18 DF Lee Hills 00000000
19 FW Jermaine Easter 37618+155002+21
20 MF Jonny Williams[notes 3] 1815+900041
21 DF Dean Moxey 29020+400050
22 DF Alex Wynter 00000000
23 FW Nathaniel Pinney 00000000
24 DF Jack Holland 00000000
25 FW Antonio Pedroza 501+301000
26 DF Matthew Parsons 603+101010
27 FW Ibra Sekajja[notes 4] 20100+1000
28 MF Stuart O'Keefe 1901301050
29 MF Andy Dorman[notes 5] 300+10001+10
30 MF Paul McShane 1209+20000+10
31 FW Calvin Andrew 912+401021
32 DF Charlie Holness 00000000
33 MF Jake Caprice 00000000
34 GK Lewis Price[notes 6] 1004+101040
35 FW Chris Martin 28720+670020
36 MF Kyle De Silva 702+401000
38 FW Kwesi Appiah[notes 7] 400+400000
39 DF Quade Taylor 00000000
40 GK Ross Fitzsimons 00000000
45 MF Kadell Daniel 00000000
Players who have featured for Crystal Palace in this season before returning to their parent club:
35 DF Andrew Davies 20100010
36 DF Ryan McGivern 40400000
37 DF Aleksandar Tunchev 100900010
37 DF Dekel Keinan 30300000
37 DF John Egan 20101000
38 DF Peter Ramage 23014+30104+10
41 DF Mustapha Dumbuya 30201000

Goalscorers

Ranking No. Player Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1 7 Darren Ambrose 70310
2 16 Wilfried Zaha 6039
3 35 Chris Martin 7007
4 17 Glenn Murray 6017
5 19 Jermaine Easter 5016
6 11 Sean Scannell 4004
7 10 Owen Garvan 3003
8 4 Jonathan Parr 2002
5 Paddy McCarthy 2002
8 Kagisho Dikgacoi 2002
11 15 Mile Jedinak 1001
12 6 Anthony Gardner 0011
20 Jonathan Williams 0011
3 Calvin Andrew 0011
Total 4301154

Club

Starting 11

Based on overall appearances

PosNameAppearances
GK Julián Speroni44
RB Nathaniel Clyne31
CB Paddy McCarthy48
CB Anthony Gardner29
LB Jonathan Parr39
DM Mile Jedinák31
DM Kagisho Dikgacoi28
RM Wilfried Zaha40
AM Darren Ambrose31
LM Sean Scannell28
CF Glenn Murray29

Management

Position Staff
Manager Dougie Freedman
Assistant manager Lennie Lawrence
First-team coach Tony Popovic
Reserve team manager Curtis Fleming
Goalkeeping coach Lee Turner
Chief scout Steve Kember
Fitness coach Scott Guyett
Academy manager Gary Issott
Physiotherapists Alex Manos and John Stannard

Source:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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
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.

Matches

Results round by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHHAHAHAAHAHAHHAAHHAAHAAHHAHAAHAHAAHHAHHAHHAAH
ResultLWWWDLLLWDWWWDDLLDDLWWLWLDLDDDWDWDDDWLDLLLDLDL
Position18854581212912853346910101311810811131315141412131312111311141315161616161717
Source: stats.football365.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Preseason

15 July 2011 Basingstoke Town 1–2 Crystal Palace XI Basingstoke
19:00 Gradwell  85' [ Report] Zaha  17'
Ambrose  75' (pen.)
Stadium: The Camrose
19 July 2011 Wycombe Wanderers 0–0 Crystal Palace High Wycombe
19:45 [ Report] Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 1,426
20 July 2011 East Grinstead Town 0–4 Crystal Palace XI East Grinstead
19:30 [ Report] Taylor  37'
Cadogan  43'
Andrew  54'
Pinney  90'
Stadium: GAC Stadium
22 July 2011 Crawley Town 0–0 Crystal Palace Crawley
19:45 [ Report] Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,109
26 July 2011 Crystal Palace 1–0 Norwich City London
19:30 Pinney  89' [ Report] Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 5,642
Referee: Pat Miller
27 July 2011 Dulwich Hamlet 4–3 Crystal Palace XI London
19:45 James  4', 8', 61'
Junior Kadi  80' (pen.)
[ Report] Pinney  15', 33'
 90' (o.g.)
Stadium: Champion Hill
Attendance: 646
30 July 2011 Bournemouth 3–1 Crystal Palace Bournemouth
15:00 Brillault  63' (o.g.)
Barrett  74'
Taylor  87'
[ Report] Scannell  52' Stadium: Dean Court
Attendance: 2,977
2 August 2011 Bromley 1–2 Crystal Palace XI London
19:45 Aaron Rhule  10' [ Report] Joe Dolan  16' (o.g.))
Sekajja  75'
Stadium: Hayes Lane
Referee: Michael O'Keefe

August

6 August 2011 Peterborough United 2–1 Crystal Palace Peterborough
15:00 McCann  58'
Ball  73'
Report Scannell  33' Stadium: London Road
Attendance: 11,604
Referee: James Linington
13 August 2011 Crystal Palace 2–0 Burnley London
15:00 Parr  10'
Garvan  67' (pen.)
Report Bartley  90+4' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 13,167
Referee: Brendan Malone
16 August 2011 Crystal Palace 2–1 Coventry City London
20:00 Scannell  90'
Easter  90+6'
Report Jutkiewicz  48' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 12,330
Referee: Pat Miller
20 August 2011 Hull City 0–1 Crystal Palace Kingston upon Hull
15:00 Report Chester  15' (o.g.)) Stadium: KC Stadium
Attendance: 17,797
Referee: Graham Salisbury
27 August 2011 Crystal Palace 1–1 Blackpool London
15:00 Murray  79' Report Baptiste  41' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 14,776
Referee: Andre Marriner

September

10 September 2011 Leeds United 3–2 Crystal Palace Leeds
15:00 McCormack  8', 84'
Becchio  71'
Report McCarthy  12'
Scannell  21'
Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 23,916
Referee: Scott Mathieson
17 September 2011 Crystal Palace 0–1 Middlesbrough London
15:00 Report Emnes  65'
Bennett  75' 
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 15,198
Referee: Gary Sutton
24 September 2011 Doncaster Rovers 1–0 Crystal Palace Doncaster
15:00 Oster  65' Report Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Attendance: 9,362
Referee: Chris Sarginson
27 September 2011 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–3 Crystal Palace Brighton
19:45 Mackail-Smith  7' Report Zaha  80'
Ambrose  89'
Murray  90+1'
Stadium: Amex Stadium
Attendance: 20,968
Referee: Andy D'Urso

October

1 October 2011 Crystal Palace 2–2 West Ham United London
15:00 Ambrose  6'
Murray  52'
Report Nolan  16'
Carew  80'
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 20,074
Referee: Kevin Wright
15 October 2011 Watford 0–2 Crystal Palace Watford
15:00 Report Zaha  66'
Easter  90+2'
Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 12,559
Referee: Mark Halsey
18 November 2011 Crystal Palace 1–0 Bristol City London
20:00 Murray  81' (pen.) Report Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 11,869
Referee: Iain Williamson
22 October 2011 Ipswich Town 0–1 Crystal Palace Ipswich
15:00 Cresswell  90+2'  Report McCarthy  55' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 24,763
Referee: David Phillips
29 October 2011 Crystal Palace 0–0 Reading London
15:00 Report Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 21,002
Referee: Andy Woolmer

November

1 November 2011 Crystal Palace 0–0 Portsmouth London
20:00 Report Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 12,933
Referee: Darren Drysdale
5 November 2011 Cardiff City 2–0 Crystal Palace Cardiff
15:00 Miller  69'
Whittingham  80'
Report Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 22,032
Referee: Steve Rushton
20 November 2011 Leicester City 3–0 Crystal Palace Leicester
15:00 Beckford  55'
Gallagher  71', 74'
Report Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 22,449
Referee: Mark Brown
26 November 2011 Crystal Palace 0–0 Millwall London
15:00 Report Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 15,150
Referee: David Webb

December

2 December 2011 Crystal Palace 1–1 Derby County London
19:45 Martin  15' Report McCarthy  75' (o.g.)) Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 14,338
Referee: Andy D'Urso
6 December 2011 Barnsley 2–1 Crystal Palace Barnsley
19:45 Vaz Tê  1', 77' Report Easter  33' Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 9,524
Referee: Anthony Bates
10 December 2011 Nottingham Forest 0–1 Crystal Palace Nottingham
15:00 Report Murray  56' Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 21,405
Referee: Phil Gibbs
19 December 2011 Crystal Palace 1–0 Birmingham City London
19:45 Dikgacoi  84' Report Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 12,057
Referee: Keith Stroud
26 December 2011 Southampton 2–0 Crystal Palace Southampton
13:00 Guly  34', 77' Report Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 31,524
Referee: Graham Salisbury
31 December 2011 Millwall 0–1 Crystal Palace London
13:00 Report Easter  23' Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 16,085
Referee: Roger East

January

2 January 2012 Crystal Palace 1–2 Leicester City London
13:00 Parr  41' Report Danns  19'
Bamba  37'
Howard  87'
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 14,468
Referee: James Linington
14 January 2012 Crystal Palace 1–1 Leeds United London
15:00 Martin  6'
Scannell  45' 
Report Snodgrass  63' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 17,796
Referee: David Coote
21 January 2012 Blackpool 2–1 Crystal Palace Blackpool
15:00 Grandin  85'
Basham  90'
Report Garvan  27' (pen.) Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 12,053
Referee: Nigel Miller
31 January 2012 Crystal Palace 1–1 Brighton & Hove Albion London
20:00 Martin  64' (pen.) Report Barnes  74' (pen.) Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 17,271
Referee: Stuart Attwell

February

4 February 2012 Middlesbrough 0–0 Crystal Palace Middlesbrough
15:00 Report Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 15,725
Referee: Mark Heywood
14 February 2012 Bristol City 2–2 Crystal Palace Bristol
19:45 Pitman  77', 90+3' Report Zaha  14'
Ambrose  69' (pen.)
Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 12,470
Referee: Lee Collins
18 February 2012 Crystal Palace 4–0 Watford London
15:00 Zaha  22'
Martin  38', 50'
Dikgacoi  64'
Report Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 13,324
Referee: Craig Pawson
25 February 2012 West Ham United 0–0 Crystal Palace London
12:45 Report Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 34,900
Referee: Graham Salisbury

March

3 March 2012 Crystal Palace 1–0 Peterborough United London
15:00 Jedinak  76' Report Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 18,559
Referee: Scott Mathieson
6 March 2012 Coventry City 1–1 Crystal Palace Coventry
19:45 McDonald  80' Report Ambrose  4' (pen.) Stadium: Ricoh Arena
Attendance: 12,054
Referee: Mark Brown
10 March 2012 Burnley 1–1 Crystal Palace Burnley
15:00 Rodriguez  2' (pen.) Report Ambrose  63' (pen.)
Zaha  72'
Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 13,216
Referee: Dean Whitestone
17 March 2012 Crystal Palace 0–0 Hull City London
15:00 Report Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 13,324
Referee: Darren Drysdale
20 March 2012 Crystal Palace 1–0 Barnsley London
20:00 Scannell  90+3' Report Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 11,853
Referee: Trevor Kettle
24 March 2012 Derby County 3–2 Crystal Palace Derby
15:00 S. Davies  6'
Hendrick  29'
Robinson  49' (pen.)
Report Martin  79'
Ambrose  90'
Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 25,222
Referee: Mick Russell
27 March 2012 Crystal Palace 1–1 Doncaster Rovers London
20:00 Easter  57' Report Brown  76' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 13,401
Referee: Darren Deadman
31 March 2012 Crystal Palace 0–3 Nottingham Forest London
15:00 Report Majewski  53', 72', 82' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 14,928
Referee: Oliver Langford

April

7 April 2012 Birmingham City 3–1 Crystal Palace Birmingham
15:00 Burke  21'
Fahey  22'
Murphy  32'
Report Garvan  45' Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 21,932
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
9 April 2012 Crystal Palace 0–2 Southampton London
15:00 Report Lambert  39', 56' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 18,753
Referee: Gary Sutton
14 April 2012 Crystal Palace 1–1 Ipswich Town London
15:00 Martin  36' Report Scotland  59' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 17,961
Referee: Fred Graham
17 April 2012 Portsmouth 2–1 Crystal Palace Portsmouth
19:45 Allan  32'
Halford  55'
Report Ambrose  71' (pen.) Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 14,847
Referee: Simon Hooper
21 April 2012 Reading 2–2 Crystal Palace Reading
15:00 Gorkšs  20'
Le Fondre  53'
Report Zaha  14'
Murray  76'
Stadium: Madjeski Stadium
Attendance: 23,431
Referee: Andy D'Urso
28 April 2012 Crystal Palace 1–2 Cardiff City London
12:30 Zaha  13' Report Whittingham  53'
Cowie  62'
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 15,510
Referee: Lee Mason

Football League Cup

23 August 2011 1 Crystal Palace 2–0 Crawley Town London
19:30 Zaha  54', 58' Report Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 8,901
Referee: Michael Naylor
13 September 2011 2 Crystal Palace 2–1 Wigan Athletic London
20:00 Ambrose  24'
Williams  30'
Report Watson  90+2' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 7,649
Referee: Keith Stroud
20 September 2011 3 Crystal Palace 2–1 Middlesbrough London
20:00 Zaha  18'
Andrew  52'
Report Zemmama  55' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 5,448
Referee: Graham Scott
25 October 2011 4 Crystal Palace 2–0 Southampton London
19:45 Ambrose  73'
Easter  82' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 11,681
Referee: Mark Haywood
30 November 2011 5 Manchester United 1–2 (a.e.t.) Crystal Palace Manchester
19:45 Macheda  69' (pen.) Report Ambrose  65'
Murray  98'
Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 52,623
Referee: Chris Foy
10 January 2012 Semi-final
First leg
Crystal Palace 1–0 Cardiff City London
20:00 Gardner  43' Report Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 22,147
Referee: Mike Dean
24 January 2012 Semi-final
Second leg
Cardiff City 1–0
(1 - 1 agg.)
(3 - 1 p)
Crystal Palace Cardiff
19:45 Gardner  7' (o.g.) Report McCarthy  78'  Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 25,652
Referee: Howard Webb
Penalties
Miller
Conway
Gestede
Whittingham
Easter
Scannell
Jedinak
Parr

FA Cup

7 January 2012 3 Derby County 1–0 Crystal Palace Derby
15:00 Robinson  9' Report Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 10,113
Referee: Darren Drysdale

End-of-season awards

Award Winner
Crystal Palace F.C. Player of the Year Jonathan Parr
Crystal Palace F.C. Young Player of the Year Wilfried Zaha
Vice Presidents' Player of the Year Jonathan Parr
Vice Presidents' Young Player of the Year Jonathan Williams
Scholar Player of the Year Jonathan Williams
Academy Player of the Year Reise Allassani
Crystal Palace F.C. Goal of the Season Darren Ambrose (vs. Manchester United, 30 November)

References

Notes

  1. Scannell was born in Croydon, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland internationally through his father, as well as Jamaica, and has represented the Republic of Ireland at youth and B level.
  2. Zaha was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, but was raised in England from the age of 4, and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for England in November 2012. He would switch his international allegiance back to the Ivory Coast in November 2016 and made his international debut for the Ivory Coast in January 2017.
  3. Williams was born in Pembury, England, but also qualifies to represent Wales internationally through his father and represented them at U-17, U-19, and U-21 level before making his international debut for Wales in March 2013.
  4. Sekajja was born in Mulago, Uganda, but was raised in England and has represented them at U-16 level.
  5. Dorman was born in Chester, England, but was raised in Wales and made his international debut for Wales in May 2010.
  6. Price was born in Bournemouth, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in November 2005.
  7. Appiah was born in Thamesmead, England, but also qualifies to represent Ghana internationally and would make his international debut for Ghana in January 2015.
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