2011–12 Middlesbrough F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Middlesbrough's third consecutive season in the Championship. They also competed in the FA Cup and the League Cup.

Middlesbrough
2011–12 season
ChairmanSteve Gibson
ManagerTony Mowbray
StadiumRiverside
Championship7th
FA CupFourth round
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Marvin Emnes (14)

All:
Marvin Emnes (18)
Highest home attendance27,794 (vs. Hull City, 26 December)
Lowest home attendance14,336 (vs. Watford, 5 November)
Average home league attendance17,221

Results and fixtures edit

Pre-season edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

Note: Results are given with Middlesbrough score listed first. Man of the Match is according to mfc.co.uk.

Game Date Venue Opponent Result
F–A
Attendance Middlesbrough goalscorers Man of the match
1 14 July 2011 A   İstanbul BB 1–1 Unknown Franks 86' Coyne
2 17 July 2011 A   Varaždin 3–2 Unknown Karlo 12' o.g., Lita 28', Bates 79' Williams
3 19 July 2011 A   Antalyaspor 0–0 Unknown Ripley
4 23 July 2011 A   Darlington 2–4 3,223 Lita 16', Kink 29' Lita
5 26 July 2011 A   Carlisle United 0–2 2,218 Ripley
6 29 July 2011 H   PSV Eindhoven 2–3 20,151 McDonald 12', 38' McMahon

Championship edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
5 Blackpool 46 20 15 11 79 59 +20 75 Qualification for Championship play-offs
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
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.

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 18 16 12 52 51  +1 70 8 10 5 22 21  +1 10 6 7 30 30  0

Results by matchday edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAAHHAAHHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHAHHAAHAAHAAHHA
ResultDWWWDWWDDDDLWLWWDDLWWWWDLLLDDWWLWWLLDDDDLLWDWL
Position9623431222332433344343324445686854465557887777
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

6 August 2011 1 Middlesbrough 2–2 Portsmouth Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT Emnes   24'
Williams   54'
Report Norris   47'
Varney   90+2'
Attendance: 18,196 (597 Portsmouth)
13 August 2011 2 Leeds United 0–1 Middlesbrough Elland Road
15:00 GMT Report Emnes   67' Attendance: 25,650 (2,237 Boro)
16 August 2011 3 Barnsley 1–3 Middlesbrough Oakwell
19:45 GMT McManus   4' (o.g.) Report McDonald   11'
Robson   13'
Emnes   44'
Attendance: 10,603 (1,879 Boro)
21 August 2011 4 Middlesbrough 3–1 Birmingham City Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT Robson   48'
Haroun   69'
Martin   72'
Report Rooney   36' (pen.) Attendance: 17,567 (591 Birmingham)
27 August 2011 5 Middlesbrough 1–1 Coventry City Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT Emnes   21' Report Jutkiewicz   72' Attendance: 17,432 (295 Coventry)
10 September 2011 6 Burnley 0–2 Middlesbrough Turf Moor
15:00 GMT Report Bailey   10'
Bennett   49'
Attendance: 15,220 (2,091 Boro)
17 September 2011 7 Crystal Palace 0–1 Middlesbrough Selhurst Park
15:00 GMT Report Emnes   65' Attendance: 15,198 (1,595 Boro)
24 September 2011 8 Middlesbrough 0–0 Ipswich Town Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT Report Attendance: 17,741 (434 Ipswich)
28 September 2011 9 Middlesbrough 0–0 Leicester City Riverside Stadium
19:45 GMT Report Attendance: 16,883 (615 Leicester)
1 October 2011 10 Reading 0–0 Middlesbrough Madjeski Stadium
15:00 GMT Report Attendance: 17,418 (1,435 Boro)
15 October 2011 11 Middlesbrough 1–1 Millwall Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT Robson   24' Report Trotter   55' Attendance: 16,669 (270 Millwall)
18 October 2011 12 Nottingham Forest 2–0 Middlesbrough City Ground
19:45 GMT Tudgay   35'
McGugan   55'
Report Attendance: 20,630 (1,344 Boro)
22 October 2011 13 Middlesbrough 2–0 Derby County Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT R. Williams   44'
Emnes   51'
Report Attendance: 17,407 (931 Derby)
29 October 2011 14 Southampton 3–0 Middlesbrough St. Mary's Stadium
15:00 GMT Do Prado   15', 29'
Connolly   79'
Report Attendance: 26,630 (1,644 Boro)
1 November 2011 15 Doncaster Rovers 1–3 Middlesbrough Keepmoat Stadium
19:45 GMT Sharp   12' Report Robson   29', 64' (pen.)
Emnes   45+2'
Attendance: 9,792 (2,273 Boro)
5 November 2011 16 Middlesbrough 1–0 Watford Riverside Stadium
17:20 GMT McDonald   41' Report Attendance: 14,366 (209 Watford)
19 November 2011 17 Middlesbrough 2–2 Blackpool Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT McDonald   15', 73' Report Sylvestre   21'
Shelvey   78'
Attendance: 18,128 (1,292 Blackpool)
26 November 2011 18 Peterborough United 1–1 Middlesbrough London Road Stadium
15:00 GMT Taylor   81' Report Bates   54' Attendance: 10,013
29 November 2011 19 Middlesbrough 0–2 West Ham United Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT Report Piquionne   9'
Cole   90'
Attendance: 18,457 (1,243 West Ham)
3 December 2011 20 Bristol City 0–1 Middlesbrough Ashton Gate
17:20 GMT Report Martin   90' Attendance: 14,467 (612 Boro)
10 December 2011 21 Middlesbrough 1–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT McDonald   21' Report Attendance: 16,594 (679 Brighton)
17 December 2011 22 Cardiff City 2–3 Middlesbrough Cardiff City Stadium
15:00 GMT Turner   22'
Gunnarsson   43'
Report Ogbeche   15'
McDonald   60'
Haroun   76'
Attendance: 23,373 (560 Boro)
26 December 2011 23 Middlesbrough 1–0 Hull City Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT Robson   87' Report Attendance: 27,794 (2,704 Hull)
31 December 2011 24 Middlesbrough 1–1 Peterborough United Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT McDonald   51' Report Rowe   86' Attendance: 18,899 (343 Peterborough)
2 January 2012 25 Blackpool 3–0 Middlesbrough Bloomfield Road
15:00 GMT Phillips   49'
LuaLua   57'
Hines   70' (o.g.)
Report Attendance: 13,499 (2,092 Boro)
14 January 2012 26 Middlesbrough 0–2 Burnley Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT Report Rodriguez   5'
Trippier   28'
Attendance: 17,001 (1,213 Burnley)
21 January 2012 27 Coventry City 3–1 Middlesbrough Ricoh Arena
15:00 GMT McSheffrey   36'
Nimely   57'
Bates   64' (o.g.)
Report McDonald   66' Attendance: 14,112 (1,541 Boro)
1 February 2012 28 Leicester City 2–2 Middlesbrough King Power Stadium
19:45 GMT Nugent   7'
Beckford   86'
Report McDonald   17'
McMahon   79'
Attendance: 20,512 (551 Boro)
4 February 2012 29 Middlesbrough 0–0 Crystal Palace Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT Report Attendance: 15,725 (397 Crystal Palace)
14 February 2012 30 Middlesbrough 2–1 Nottingham Forest Riverside Stadium
19:45 GMT Emnes   45'
Jutkiewicz   46'
Report Lynch   66' Attendance: 14,799 (462 Nottingham Forest)
22 February 2012 31 Millwall 1–3 Middlesbrough The Den
19:45 GMT Henderson   43' Report Emnes   15', 38'
Main   86'
Attendance: 9,286 (547 Boro)
25 February 2012 32 Middlesbrough 0–2 Reading Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT Report Hunt   17'
Harte   80'
Attendance: 17,314 (271 Reading)
3 March 2012 33 Portsmouth 1–3 Middlesbrough Fratton Park
15:00 GMT Halford   65' (pen.) Report Robson   55' (pen.)
Bates   62'
Emnes   82'
Attendance: 16,770 (836 Boro)
7 March 2012 34 Middlesbrough 2–0 Barnsley Riverside Stadium
19:45 GMT Hines   60'
Ogbeche   90+3'
Report Attendance: 14,745 (330 Barnsley)
11 March 2012 35 Middlesbrough 0–2 Leeds United Riverside Stadium
12:15 GMT Report Snodgrass   18'
Becchio   27'
Attendance: 21,301 (2,914 Leeds)
17 March 2012 36 Birmingham City 3–0 Middlesbrough St Andrew's
15:00 GMT Žigić   11'
King   57'
Fahey   59'
Report Attendance: 19,927 (1,085 Boro)
20 March 2012 37 West Ham United 1–1 Middlesbrough Upton Park
19:45 GMT Faye   68' Report Ogbeche   84' Attendance: 27,250
25 March 2012 38 Middlesbrough 1–1 Bristol City Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT Martin   56' Report Eprahim   13' Attendance: 15,725
27 March 2012 39 Ipswich Town 1–1 Middlesbrough Portman Road
19:45 GMT Leadbitter   74' Report Jutkiewicz   63' Attendance: 18,727 (493 Boro)
31 March 2012 40 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–1 Middlesbrough Falmer Stadium
15:00 GMT Calderón   72' Report Emnes   61' Attendance: 20,553 (2,072 Boro)
7 April 2012 41 Middlesbrough 0–2 Cardiff City Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT Report Turner   11'
Mason   18'
Attendance: 17,564
9 April 2012 42 Hull City 2–1 Middlesbrough KC Stadium
15:00 GMT King   57'
Fryatt   88'
Report Emnes   12' Attendance: 19,613 (2,850 Boro)
14 April 2012 43 Derby County 0–1 Middlesbrough Pride Park
15:00 GMT Report Main   80' Attendance: 24,654 (1,200 Boro)
17 April 2012 44 Middlesbrough 0–0 Doncaster Rovers Riverside Stadium
19:45 GMT Report Attendance: 14,967
21 April 2012 45 Middlesbrough 2–1 Southampton Riverside Stadium
17:20 GMT Bailey   45+1'
Zemmama   77'
Report Sharp   1' Attendance: 19.007
28 April 2012 46 Watford 2–1 Middlesbrough Vicarage Road
12:30 GMT Iwelumo   68'
Deeney   88'
Report Emnes   84' Attendance: 14,022 (2,020 Boro)

FA Cup edit

7 January 2012 Third round Middlesbrough 1–0 Shrewsbury Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT Emnes   41' Report Attendance: 12,631 (917 Shrewsbury)
Referee: Tony Bates
29 January 2012 Fourth round Sunderland 1–1 Middlesbrough Stadium of Light
1:30 GMT Campbell   58' Report Robson   16' Attendance: 33,347 (3,000 Boro)
Referee: Kevin Friend
8 February 2012 Fourth round replay Middlesbrough 1–2 (a.e.t.) Sunderland Riverside Stadium
19:45 GMT Jutkiewicz   57' Report Colback   41'
Sessègnon   113'
Attendance: 26,707 (4,253 Sunderland)
Referee: Anthony Taylor

League Cup edit

9 August 2011 First round Walsall 0–3 Middlesbrough Bank's Stadium
19:45 GMT Report Emnes   17', 37', 52' (pen.) Attendance: 3,564 (602 Boro)
Referee: Darren Deadman
24 August 2011 Second round Peterborough United 0–2 Middlesbrough London Road Stadium
19:45 GMT Report Robson   3'
Hines   27'
Attendance: 5,012 (782 Boro)
Referee: Philip Gibbs
20 September 2011 Third round Crystal Palace 2–1 Middlesbrough Selhurst Park
20:00 GMT Zaha   17'
Andrew   52'
Report Zemmama   54' Attendance: 5,448 (606 Boro)
Referee: Graham Scott

Players edit

Captains edit

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
4 DF Matthew Bates   41 Club captain
17 MF Barry Robson   8
29 DF Tony McMahon   3

Last updated: 17 August 2011
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

First-team squad edit

As of 6 April 2012
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   ENG Jason Steele 36 0 34 0 2 0 0 0
2 DF   ENG Justin Hoyte 44 0 39 0 3 0 2 0
3 DF   ENG Joe Bennett 45 1 40+1 1 2 0 2 0
4 DF   ENG Matthew Bates 42 2 37 2 3 0 1+1 0
5 MF   MAR Merouane Zemmama 17 2 7+8 1 0 0 2 1
6 DF   SCO Stephen McManus 27 0 21+3 0 0 0 3 0
7 FW   AUS Scott McDonald 36 9 31+2 9 2 0 1 0
8 MF   SCO Kevin Thomson 29 0 14+12 0 2 0 1 0
9 FW   NED Marvin Emnes 48 18 37+5 14 2+1 1 2+1 3
10 MF   ENG Nicky Bailey 39 2 37 2 0 0 2 0
11 FW   ENG Adam Hammill 10 0 8+2 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF   AUS Rhys Williams 40 2 34+1 2 3 0 1+1 0
15 DF   ENG Seb Hines 27 2 20+3 1 2 0 2 1
16 FW   NGA Bartholomew Ogbeche 18 3 5+12 3 1 0 0 0
17 MF   SCO Barry Robson 39 9 37+0 7 1 1 1 1
18 MF   ARG Julio Arca 33 0 22+8 0 1 0 1+1 0
19 MF   SCO Andy Halliday 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW   ENG Luke Williams 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
21 GK   WAL Danny Coyne 6 0 1 0 1+1 0 3 0
22 MF   FRA Malaury Martin 18 3 0+15 3 1 0 2 0
24 MF   SCO Cameron Park 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
25 FW   ENG Curtis Main 13 2 0+12 2 1 0 0 0
29 DF   ENG Tony McMahon 39 1 28+6 1 2 0 3 0
30 FW   ENG Lukas Jutkiewicz 21 3 17+2 2 2 1 0 0
31 GK   ENG Connor Ripley 2 0 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
33 MF   ENG Richard Smallwood 19 0 7+7 0 1+1 0 2+1 0
35 DF   ENG Bruno Pilatos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 MF   BEL Faris Haroun 35 2 23+9 2 1 0 1+1 0
40 DF   ENG Paul Weldon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 DF   ENG Adam Reach 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0
Players featured for club who have been sent out on loan:
Players featured for club who have left:
GK   NGA Carl Ikeme 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Lee Miller 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
FW   ENG Alex Nimely 10 0 0+9 0 0 0 1 0
FW   EST Tarmo Kink 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0

Disciplinary record edit

Name Number Position Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
               
  Barry Robson 17 MF 13 1 0 0 0 0 13 1
  Joe Bennett 3 DF 9 1 0 0 1 0 10 1
  Tony McMahon 29 DF 7 1 0 0 1 0 8 1
  Nicky Bailey 10 MF 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
  Rhys Williams 14 MF 6 1 1 0 0 0 7 0
  Faris Haroun 38 MF 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
  Kevin Thomson 8 MF 3 2 1 0 0 0 4 2
  Stephen McManus 6 DF 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
  Scott McDonald 7 FW 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  Julio Arca 18 MF 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 1
  Matthew Bates 4 DF 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  Seb Hines 2 DF 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  Bartholomew Ogbeche 16 FW 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  Malaury Martin 22 MF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  Marvin Emnes 9 FW 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  Justin Hoyte 2 DF 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
  Curtis Main 2 FW 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  Richard Smallwood 33 MF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  Lukas Jutkiewicz 30 FW 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  Merouane Zemmama 5 MF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  Carl Ikeme 13 GK 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 77 7 3 0 3 0 83 7

Suspensions served edit

Date Matches Missed Player Reason Opponents Missed
14 August 1 Tony McMahon   Barnlsey (A)
18 September 1 Joe Bennett   Crystal Palace (CC)
30 October 1 Barry Robson 5x   Derby County (H)
17 December 1 Tony McMahon 5x   Cardiff City (A)
7 January 2 Barry Robson 10x   Shrewsbury (FA), Burnley (H)
22 January 1 Kevin Thomson   Sunderland (FA)
22 January 1 Julio Arca   Sunderland (FA)
14 February 1 Kevin Thomson   Millwall (A)
4 March 1 R.Williams   Barnsley (H)
12 January 3 Barry Robson   Birmingham (A), West Ham (A), Bristol City (H)
8 April 2 Joe Bennett 10x   Hull City (A), Derby County (A)

Key: (H) = League Home, (A) = League Away, (FA) = FA Cup, (CC) = League Cup

Top scorers edit

Name Championship FA Cup League
Cup
Total
  Marvin Emnes 14 1 3 18
  Barry Robson 7 1 1 9
  Scott McDonald 9 0 0 9
  Bartholomew Ogbeche 3 0 0 3
  Malaury Martin 3 0 0 3
  Lukas Jutkiewicz 2 1 0 3
  Curtis Main 2 0 0 2
  Rhys Williams 2 0 0 2
  Faris Haroun 2 0 0 2
  Matthew Bates 2 0 0 2
  Nicky Bailey 2 0 0 2
  Merouane Zemmama 1 0 1 2
  Joe Bennett 1 0 0 1
  Tony McMahon 1 0 0 1
  Seb Hines 1 0 1 2
Total 52 3 6 61

Penalties edit

Date Penalty Taker Scored Opponent Competition
9 August Marvin Emnes Yes Walsall League Cup
1 November Barry Robson Yes Doncaster Rovers Championship
3 March Barry Robson Yes Portsmouth Championship

Assists edit

Name Championship FA Cup League
Cup
Total
  Barry Robson 9 0 0 9
  Justin Hoyte 5 0 1 6
  Scott McDonald 4 0 0 4
  Tony McMahon 3 0 1 4
  Rhys Williams 4 0 0 4
  Joe Bennett 2 0 1 3
  Julio Arca 2 0 0 2
  Faris Haroun 1 0 0 1
  Nicky Bailey 1 0 0 1
  Marvin Emnes 3 0 0 3
  Curtis Main 1 1 0 2
  Malaury Martin 0 1 0 1
  Seb Hines 1 0 0 1
  Lukas Jutkiewicz 2 0 0 2

Contracts edit

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Status
Contract length
Expiry date
Source
9 FW   Emnes 23 Signed 3 years July 2015 MFC
33 MF   Smallwood 20 Signed 2 years July 2014 MFC
14 MF   R.Williams 23 Signed 4.5 years July 2016 MFC

Transfers edit

Summer edit

Honours edit

Notes and references edit

  1. ^ "Carl Stays for Third Month". MFC. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Boro move for City starlet". Sky Sports.
  3. ^ "Boro finalise Ogbeche deal". Sky Sports.
  4. ^ "Boro move for Hammill". Sky Sports.
  5. ^ "Tarmo's Boro Farewell". Middlesbrough F.C. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  6. ^ "Ben Goes On Loan". Middlesbrough F.C. Archived from the original on 11 February 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  7. ^ "Big Mick Goes On Loan". Middlesbrough F.C. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  8. ^ "Mowbray named Manager of the Month". The Football League. 8 October 2011. Archived from the original on 29 July 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
  9. ^ "Mowbray named Manager of the Month". The Football League. 7 January 2012. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  10. ^ "Emnes named Player of the Month". The Football League. 8 September 2011. Archived from the original on 26 November 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  11. ^ "Bates named Player of the Month". The Football League. 8 October 2011. Archived from the original on 14 December 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2011.