2011–12 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was West Bromwich Albion's second consecutive season in the Premier League, their sixth in total. During the season, they competed in the League Cup and the FA Cup. Albion finished the season in 10th place after their last league game was a 2–3 loss against Arsenal.

West Bromwich Albion
2011–12 season
ChairmanJeremy Peace
ManagerRoy Hodgson
StadiumThe Hawthorns
Premier League10th
FA CupFourth round
(eliminated by Norwich City)
League CupSecond round
(eliminated by Everton)
Top goalscorerLeague:
Peter Odemwingie (10)

All:
Peter Odemwingie (11)
Highest home attendance26,358 (vs. Arsenal)
Lowest home attendance12,454 (vs. Cardiff City)
Average home league attendance24,639

The club introduced the "Baggies Brick Road" outside the East Stand of their home ground, The Hawthorns. Supporters were given the opportunity to purchase personalised bricks to add to the walkway. The first bricks were laid by broadcaster Adrian Chiles and comedian Frank Skinner, both of whom are Albion fans.[1]

Players edit

First-team squad edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ENG Ben Foster (on loan from Birmingham City)
3 DF   SWE Jonas Olsson (vice-captain)
5 MF   CMR Somen Tchoyi
6 DF   ENG Liam Ridgewell
7 MF   SCO James Morrison[notes 1]
8 MF   IRL Keith Andrews
9 FW   IRL Shane Long
11 MF   NIR Chris Brunt (club captain)
12 DF   IRL Steven Reid[notes 2]
13 GK   HUN Márton Fülöp
14 MF   ENG Jerome Thomas
17 MF   SCO Graham Dorrans
19 GK   ENG Luke Daniels
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF   ENG Nicky Shorey
21 MF   COD Youssuf Mulumbu[notes 3]
22 MF   HUN Zoltán Gera
23 DF   NIR Gareth McAuley
24 FW   NGA Peter Odemwingie[notes 4]
25 DF   ENG Craig Dawson
26 DF   ENG James Hurst
28 DF   ENG Billy Jones
29 MF   ENG George Thorne
30 DF   ROU Gabriel Tamaș
31 FW   IRL Simon Cox[notes 5]
32 FW   GUF Marc-Antoine Fortuné
33 MF   AUT Paul Scharner

Reserves and academy edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
36 MF   ENG Adil Nabi
37 FW   WAL Kayleden Brown[notes 6]
38 FW   ENG Saido Berahino[notes 7]
No. Pos. Nation Player
39 FW   ENG Kemar Roofe
42 DF   ENG Cameron Gayle
43 MF   ENG Jamie Edge

Out on loan edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF   ENG Joe Mattock (at Brighton & Hove Albion)
15 FW   NZL Chris Wood (at Bristol City)
16 MF   SCO Scott Allan (at Portsmouth)
18 DF   CHI Gonzalo Jara (at Brighton & Hove Albion)
27 MF   ENG Sam Mantom (at Walsall)
No. Pos. Nation Player
34 DF   ENG Paul Downing (at Barnet)
35 MF   SKN Romaine Sawyers[notes 8] (at Shrewsbury Town)
40 DF   ENG Liam O'Neil (at VPS)
41 FW   ENG Lateef Elford-Alliyu[notes 9] (at Bury)
GK   WAL Boaz Myhill[notes 10] (at Birmingham City)

Results and fixtures edit

Pre-season edit

West Brom played no early home pre-season friendlies this season, because of development and leveling of the pitch at The Hawthorns.[2]

13 July 2011 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 West Bromwich Albion Santa Clara, California, USA
03:30 a.m. (BST) Bingham   3'
Stephenson   45'
Report Thomas   53' Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium
Attendance: 6,872
Referee: Alejandro Mariscal
17 July 2011 Ventura County Fusion 2–4 West Bromwich Albion Ventura, California, USA
23:00 (BST) Riley   29'
Barrera   49'
Report Dorrans   3'
Cox   54'
Brunt   58' (pen.)
Bednář   66'
Stadium: Ventura College
Attendance: –
Referee: –
21 July 2011 Portland Timbers 2–3 West Bromwich Albion Portland, Oregon, USA
04:00 a.m. (BST) Johnson   26'
Lowry   29'
Report Morrison   65'
Tchoyi   68'
Tamaș   90'
Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: –
Referee: A Chapman
26 July 2011 Rochdale 3–0 West Bromwich Albion Rochdale
19:30 Grimes   6'
Jones   28' (pen.)
Akpa Akpro   79'
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1,743
Referee: J Moss
27 July 2011 Southampton 2–2 West Bromwich Albion Southampton
19:45 Cork   73'
Lambert   85'
Report Cox   58', 75' Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 7,038
Referee: K Stroud
30 July 2011 Bristol City 0–1 West Bromwich Albion Bristol
15:00 Report Dawson   88' Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 7,346
Referee: S. Hooper
4 August 2011 Olympiacos 2–2 West Brom Piraeus, Greece
21:00   2'
  18' (pen.)
Dorrans   4'
Thomas   47'
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: –
Referee: –
7 August 2011 West Bromwich Albion 1–1 Parma West Bromwich
15:00 Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: –
Referee: –

Premier League edit

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHAAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAH
ResultLLLWLDDWWLLWLDLWWDLLLWDLWWWLDLLWLWWDDL
Position171819142019171212131410141415131091215151515151413101412141413131310101010
Source: WorldFootball.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
14 August 2011 1 West Bromwich Albion 1–2 Manchester United West Bromwich
16:00 BST Long   37'
Reid   38'
Scharner   86'
Cox   90+2'
  13' Rooney
Young   56'
Anderson   78'
  81' (o.g.) Reid
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 25,360 (2,600 away)
Referee: Mike Jones
20 August 2011 2 Chelsea 2–1 West Bromwich Albion London
17:30 BST Anelka   53'
Malouda   83'
  4' Long Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 41,091 (1,500 away)
28 August 2011 3 West Bromwich Albion 0–1 Stoke City West Bromwich
15:00 BST   89' Shotton Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 22,909 (1,764 away)
11 September 2011 4 Norwich City 0–1 West Bromwich Albion Norwich
13:30 BST   3' Odemwingie Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 26,158
17 September 2011 5 Swansea City 3–0 West Bromwich Albion Swansea
15:00 BST Sinclair   14' (pen.)
Lita   24'
Dyer   49'
Report Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 20,341 (2,100 away)
Referee: Martin Atkinson
24 September 2011 6 West Bromwich Albion 0–0 Fulham West Bromwich
15:00 BST Report Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 23,835 (887 away)
Referee: Stuart Attwell
1 October 2011 7 Sunderland 2–2 West Bromwich Albion Sunderland
15:00 BST Bendtner   24'
Elmohamady   26'
Report   4' Morrison
  5' Long
Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 34,815
Referee: Lee Mason
16 October 2011 8 West Bromwich Albion 2–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers West Bromwich
12:00 BST Brunt   8'
Odemwingie   75'
Report Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 24,872 (2,600 away)
Referee: Chris Foy
22 October 2011 9 Aston Villa 1–2 West Bromwich Albion Birmingham
15:00 Bent   23' (pen.) Report Olsson   45'
Scharner   57'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 34,152 (2,800 away)
Referee: Phil Dowd
29 October 2011 10 West Bromwich Albion 0–2 Liverpool West Bromwich
17:30 BST Report Adam   9' (pen.)
Carroll   45+1'
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 25,522
Referee: Lee Mason
5 November 2011 11 Arsenal 3–0 West Bromwich Albion London
15:00 GMT Van Persie   22'
Vermaelen   39'
Arteta   79'
Report Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 60,091
Referee: Michael Oliver
19 November 2011 12 West Bromwich Albion 2–1 Bolton Wanderers West Bromwich
15:00 GMT Thomas   16'
Long   56'
Report Klasnić   21' (pen.) Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 26,221
Referee: Neil Swarbrick
26 November 2011 13 West Bromwich Albion 1–3 Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich
15:00 GMT Mulumbu   8' report Adebayor   25', 90+3'
Defoe   81'
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 24,801 (2,600 away)
Referee: Lee Probert
3 December 2011 14 Queens Park Rangers 1–1 West Bromwich Albion London
15:00 BST Helguson   20' Report Long   81' Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 17,290 (1,643 away)
Referee: Martin Atkinson
10 December 2011 15 West Bromwich Albion 1–2 Wigan Athletic West Bromwich
15:00 GMT Reid   33' report Moses   37'
Gómez   57' (pen.)
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 26,446 (700 away)
Referee: Mike Dean
17 December 2011 16 Blackburn Rovers 1–2 West Bromwich Albion Blackburn
15:00 GMT Dann   72' Report Morrison   52'
Odemwingie   89'
Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 22,909 (2,564 away)
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
21 December 2011 17 Newcastle United 2–3 West Bromwich Albion Newcastle upon Tyne
20:00 GMT Ba   31', 81' Report Odemwingie   20'
McAuley   44'
Scharner   85'
Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 51,060
Referee: Taylor
26 December 2011 18 West Bromwich Albion 0–0 Manchester City West Bromwich
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 25,938
Referee: Lee Mason
1 January 2012 19 West Bromwich Albion 0–1 Everton West Bromwich
12:45 GMT Report Anichebe   87' Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 23,038
Referee: Stuart Attwell
3 January 2012 20 Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 West Bromwich Albion London
19:45 GMT Defoe   63' Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,062 (980 away)
Referee: Mark Halsey
14 January 2012 21 West Bromwich Albion 1–2 Norwich City West Bromwich
15:00 GMT Long   68' (pen.) Report Surman   43'
Morison   79'
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 24,474 (2,598 away)
Referee: Mike Dean
21 January 2012 22 Stoke City 1–2 West Bromwich Albion Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT Jerome   86' Report Morrison   35'
Dorrans   90+1'
Stadium: Britannia Stadium
Attendance: 26,865 (2,095 away)
Referee: Anthony Taylor
1 February 2012 23 Fulham 1–1 West Bromwich Albion London
19:45 GMT Dempsey   69' Report Tchoyi   82' Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 25,689
Referee: Mark Halsey
4 February 2012 24 West Bromwich Albion 1–2 Swansea City West Bromwich
15:00 GMT Fortuné   54' Report Sigurðsson   55'
Graham   59'
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 24,274
Referee: Jonathan Moss
12 February 2012 25 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–5 West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton
13:30 GMT Fletcher   45' report Odemwingie   34', 77', 88'
Olsson   64'
Andrews   85'
Stadium: Molineux Stadium
Attendance: 27,131 (2,359 away)
Referee: Lee Mason
25 February 2012 26 West Bromwich Albion 4–0 Sunderland West Bromwich
15:00 GMT Odemwingie   3', 48'
James Morrison   41'
Andrews   90+1'
report Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 25,311
Referee: Chris Foy
3 March 2012 27 West Bromwich Albion 1–0 Chelsea West Bromwich
15:00 GMT McAuley   82' report Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 24,838 (2,600 away)
Referee: Phil Dowd
11 March 2012 28 Manchester United 2–0 West Bromwich Albion Manchester
15:00 BST Rooney   35', 71' report Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 75,598 (1,886 away)
Referee: Lee Probert
17 March 2012 29 Wigan Athletic 1–1 West Bromwich Albion Wigan
15:00 BST McArthur   54' Report Scharner   65' Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 21,379 (4,600 away)
Referee: Michael Oliver
25 March 2012 30 West Bromwich Albion 1–3 Newcastle United West Bromwich
16:00 BST Long   52' Report Cissé   6', 34'
Ben Arfa   12'
Williamson   69'
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 25,049
Referee: Chris Foy
31 March 2012 31 Everton 2–0 West Bromwich Albion Liverpool
15:00 BST McAuley   18' (o.g.)
Anichebe   87'
Report Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 32,051
Referee: Peter Walton
7 April 2012 32 West Bromwich Albion 3–0 Blackburn Rovers West Bromwich
15:00 Martin Olsson   7' (o.g.)
Fortuné   69'
Ridgewell   85'
Report Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 23,414 (871 away)
Referee: Lee Probert
11 April 2012 33 Manchester City 4–0 West Bromwich Albion Manchester
19:45 Agüero   6', 54'
Tevez   61'
Silva   64'
Report Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 46,746 (1,184 away)
Referee: Friend
14 April 2012 34 West Bromwich Albion 1–0 Queens Park Rangers West Bromwich
15:00 Dorrans   22',   70'
Mulumbu   51'
Ridgewell   61'
Report Diakité   56' Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 25,521 (2,597 away)
Referee: Moss
22 April 2012 35 Liverpool 0–1 West Bromwich Albion Liverpool
16:00 Shelvey   90+4' Report Odemwingie   75' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 43,660 (1,647 away)
Referee: Swarbrick
28 April 2012 36 West Bromwich Albion 0–0 Aston Villa West Bromwich
15:00 Report Warnock   37'
Hutton   43'
Clark   59'
Heskey   62'
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 25,984 (2,595 away)
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
6 May 2012 37 Bolton Wanderers 2–2 West Bromwich Albion Bolton
14:00 Petrov   24' (pen.)
Boyata   38'
Jones   72' (o.g.)
Report Jones   45'
Long   54'
Andrews   56'
Brunt   73',   75'
Morrison   90'
Stadium: Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 25,662 (4,780 away)
Referee: Kevin Friend
13 May 2012 38 West Bromwich Albion 2–3 Arsenal The Hawthorns
15:00 Long   11'
Dorrans   15'
[1] Benayoun   4'
Santos   30'
Koscielny   54'
Attendance: 26,358 (2,600 away)
Referee: Mike Jones

League Cup edit

23 August 2011 R2 AFC Bournemouth 1–4 West Bromwich Albion Bournemouth
19:45 Lovell   48' Thomas   7'
Fortuné   42', 78'
Cox   53'
Stadium: Seward Stadium
Attendance: 6,911 (864 away)
21 September 2011 R3 Everton 2–1 (a.e.t.) West Bromwich Albion Liverpool
20:00 Fellaini   89'
Neville   103'
Brunt   57' (pen.) Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 17,647

FA Cup edit

7 January 2012 R3 West Bromwich Albion 4–2 Cardiff City West Bromwich
15:00 Odemwingie   7'
Cox   33', 61', 90'
Earnshaw   36'
Mason   50'
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 12,454 (2,003 away)
28 January 2012 R4 West Bromwich Albion 1–2 Norwich City West Bromwich
15:00 Fortuné   54' Holt   35'
Jackson   85'
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 17,434 (3,797 away)

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
8 Liverpool 38 14 10 14 47 40 +7 52 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]
9 Fulham 38 14 10 14 48 51 −3 52
10 West Bromwich Albion 38 13 8 17 45 52 −7 47
11 Swansea City 38 12 11 15 44 51 −7 47
12 Norwich City 38 12 11 15 52 66 −14 47
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Liverpool won the League Cup and thus qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round.

Players statistics edit

As of 31 May 2012
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   ENG Ben Foster 39 0 37 0 2 0 0 0
2 DF   ENG Joe Mattock 3 0 0 0 1 0 1+1 0
3 DF   SWE Jonas Olsson 34 2 33 2 0 0 1 0
4 DF   SVK Marek Cech 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
5 MF   CMR Somen Tchoyi 21 1 6+12 1 0+2 0 1 0
6 DF   ENG Liam Ridgewell 13 1 13 1 0 0 0 0
7 MF   SCO James Morrison 33 5 23+7 5 2 0 0+1 0
8 MF   IRL Keith Andrews 14 2 8+6 2 0 0 0 0
9 FW   IRL Shane Long 34 8 24+8 8 0+1 0 1 0
11 MF   NIR Chris Brunt 28 3 23+4 2 0 0 1 1
12 DF   IRL Steven Reid 22 1 21+1 1 0 0 0 0
13 GK   HUN Márton Fülöp 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
14 MF   ENG Jerome Thomas 31 2 26+3 1 1 0 1 1
17 MF   SCO Graham Dorrans 35 3 16+15 3 2 0 2 0
18 DF   CHI Gonzalo Jara 7 0 1+3 0 2 0 1 0
20 DF   ENG Nicky Shorey 26 0 22+3 0 1 0 0 0
21 MF   COD Youssuf Mulumbu 36 1 34+1 1 1 0 0 0
22 MF   HUN Zoltán Gera 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF   NIR Gareth McAuley 36 2 32 2 1+1 0 2 0
24 FW   NGA Peter Odemwingie 32 11 25+5 10 1 1 1 0
25 DF   ENG Craig Dawson 12 0 6+2 0 2 0 1+1 0
27 MF   ENG Sam Mantom 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
28 DF   ENG Billy Jones 21 0 17+1 0 1 0 2 0
29 MF   ENG George Thorne 6 0 1+2 0 1 0 2 0
30 DF   ROU Gabriel Tamaș 10 0 7+1 0 1+1 0 0 0
31 FW   IRL Simon Cox 22 4 7+11 0 2 3 2 1
32 FW   FRA Marc-Antoine Fortuné 20 5 12+5 2 1+1 1 1 2
33 MF   AUT Paul Scharner 30 3 18+11 3 0 0 0+1 0
43 FW   CZE Roman Bednář 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0

Captains edit

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
11 MF Chris Brunt   10 Club captain

Last updated: 6 June 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.

Top scorers edit

Last updated on 20 May 2012 (Not fully Checked)
Place Position Nation Number Name Premiership FA Cup League Cup Total
1 FW   24 Peter Odemwingie 10 1 0 11
2 FW   9 Shane Long 8 0 0 8
3 FW   32 Marc-Antoine Fortuné 2 1 2 5
4 MF   7 James Morrison 5 0 0 5
= FW   31 Simon Cox 0 3 1 4
4 MF   33 Paul Scharner 3 0 0 3
5 DF   3 Jonas Olsson 2 0 0 2
= MF   8 Keith Andrews 2 0 0 2
= MF   11 Chris Brunt 2 0 1 3
= MF   14 Jerome Thomas 1 0 1 2
= DF   23 Gareth McAuley 2 0 0 2
11 MF   5 Somen Tchoyi 1 0 0 1
= DF   6 Liam Ridgewell 1 0 0 1
= MF   12 Steven Reid 1 0 1 2
= MF   17 Graham Dorrans 3 0 0 3
= MF   21 Youssuf Mulumbu 1 0 0 1
= / / Own Goals 1 0 0 1
Totals 44 5 7 56

Transfers edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Morrison was born in Darlington, England, and represented them at U-17, U-18, U-19, and U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his grandparents and made his international debut for Scotland in May 2008.
  2. ^ Reid was born in Kingston upon Thames, England, and represented them at U-16 level, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandfather and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 2001.
  3. ^ Mulumbu was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), but also qualified to represent France internationally and represented them at U-20 and U-21 level before making his international debut for the Democratic Republic of the Congo in March 2008.
  4. ^ Odemwingie was born in Tashkent, Uzbek SRR, Soviet Union (now Uzbekistan), but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally through his father and made his international debut for Nigeria in May 2002.
  5. ^ Cox was born in Tilehurst, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandfather and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in May 2011.
  6. ^ Brown was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and represented them at U-17 and U-19 level.
  7. ^ Berahino was born in Bujumbura, Burundi, but was raised in England from the age of 10 and represented them at every youth level between U-16 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Burundi in September 2018.
  8. ^ Sawyers was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualified to represent Saint Kitts and Nevis internationally and represented them at U-23 level before making his international debut for Saint Kitts and Nevis in October 2012.
  9. ^ Elford-Alliyu was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, but also qualified to represent England internationally and represented them at U-17 level.
  10. ^ Myhill was born in Modesto, California, United States, but was raised in England from the age of 1, qualifying to represent any of the home nations. He represented England at U-17, U-18, and U-20 level before making his international debut for Wales in March 2008.
  11. ^ Barnes was born in Barking and Dagenham, England, and represented them at U-19 level, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his grandparents, declared for them internationally in 2014, and would make his international debut for Jamaica in May 2015.
  12. ^ Méïté was born in Colombes, France, but also qualified to represent the Ivory Coast internationally and made his international debut for the Ivory Coast in 2003.
  13. ^ Kiely was born in Salford, England, and represented them at U-15, U-16, and U-18 level, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in November 1999.

References edit

  1. ^ "West Brom building on celebrity fan base". Express & Star. 18 November 2011. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Chairman reveals stadium plans". WBA Official Site. 7 June 2011. Archived from the original on 18 September 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  3. ^ Shown on Match of the Day on 31 January.