2011–12 Peterborough United F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Peterborough United's 51st season in the Football League, competing in the Football League Championship after being promoted from Football League One, beating Huddersfield Town 3–0 in the Play-off final.

Peterborough United
2011–12 season
ChairmanDarragh MacAnthony
ManagerDarren Ferguson
StadiumLondon Road Stadium
Championship18th
FA Cup3rd Round
Football League Cup2nd Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Paul Taylor (12)
All: Paul Taylor (12)
Highest home attendanceLeague: 13,517 vs West Ham United (27 March 2012)
All: 13,517 vs West Ham United (27 March 2012)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 6,351 vs Cardiff City (18 October 2011)
All: 6,351 vs Cardiff City (18 October 2011)
Average home league attendanceLeague: 9,766
All: 9,766

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 Joe Lewis
2 DF   ENG Mark Little
3 DF   ENG Matthew Briggs (on loan from Fulham)
4 DF   ENG Ryan Bennett
5 DF   COD Gabriel Zakuani
7 FW   ENG Nicky Ajose (on loan to Chesterfield)
8 MF   ENG Lee Tomlin
9 FW   ENG David Ball
10 MF   SCO George Boyd
11 MF   NIR Grant McCann (club captain)
12 FW   ENG Emile Sinclair
13 GK   ENG Joe Day (on loan to Alfreton Town)
14 MF   ENG Tommy Rowe
15 FW   ENG Dave Hibbert
17 MF   ENG Joe Newell
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF   ENG Shaun Brisley (on loan from Macclesfield Town)
19 GK   ENG Barry Richardson
20 FW   ENG Tyrone Barnett (on loan from Crawley Town)
21 MF   IRL Daniel Kearns
23 MF   IRL Lee Frecklington
25 MF   ENG Nathan Ralph (on loan to Kettering Town)
26 FW   ENG Paul Taylor
27 DF   ENG Craig Alcock
29 DF   RSA Kgosi Ntlhe
31 FW   ENG Jaanai Gordon-Hutton
33 DF   ENG Peter Grant
34 MF   ENG Dan Lawlor
44 MF   ENG Nathaniel Mendez-Laing
FW   ENG Danny Mills (on loan to Kettering Town)
DF   ENG Scott Griffiths (on loan to Rotherham United)

Detailed overview edit

No. Name Nat. Place of birth Date of birth Club apps. Club goals Int. caps Int. goals Previous club Date joined Fee
1 Joe Lewis   Broome, Norfolk 6 October 1987 200 0 Norwich City 8 January 2008 £400,000
2 Mark Little   Worcester 20 August 1988 53 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 30 June 2010 Free
3 Matthew Briggs   London 9 March 1991 Fulham 7 February 2012 Loan
4 Ryan Bennett   Orsett 6 March 1990 96 7 Norwich City 31 January 2012 Loan
5 Gabriel Zakuani   Kinshasa 31 May 1986 107 3 1 0 Fulham 1 January 2009 £500,000
7 Nicky Ajose   Bury 7 October 1991 Manchester United 5 July 2011 £300,000
8 Lee Tomlin   Leicester 12 January 1988 47 11 Rushden & Diamonds 6 August 2010 Undisclosed
9 David Ball   Whitefield, Greater Manchester 14 December 1989 21 5 Manchester City 31 January 2011 Undisclosed
10 George Boyd     Chatham 2 October 1985 215 60 Stevenage 1 January 2007 £260,000
11 Grant McCann   Belfast 14 April 1980 45 13 33 4 Scunthorpe United 24 May 2010 Free
12 Emile Sinclair   Leeds 29 December 1987 Macclesfield Town 31 August 2011 £250,000
13 Joe Day   13 August 1990 Rushden & Diamonds 7 April 2011 Undisclosed
14 Tommy Rowe   Wythenshawe 24 September 1988 78 9 Stockport County 1 July 2009 Undisclosed
15 David Hibbert   Stafford 28 January 1986 12 1 Shrewsbury Town 31 May 2010 Free
16 Ryan Tunnicliffe   Bury 30 December 1992 Manchester United 1 July 2011 Loan
17 Joe Newell   Birmingham 15 March 1992 2 0 N/A 21 April 2011 Trainee
18 Shaun Brisley   Macclesfield 6 May 1990 - - - - Macclesfield Town 9 February 2012 Loan
19 Barry Richardson   Wallsend 5 August 1969 Cheltenham Town 3 February 2010 Free
20 Tyrone Barnett   Birmingham 28 October 1985 Crawley Town 21 February 2012 Loan
21 Daniel Kearns   Belfast 26 August 1991 Dundalk 30 August 2011 Undisclosed
23 Lee Frecklington     Lincoln 8 September 1985 57 3 Lincoln City 15 May 2009 Undisclosed
25 Nathan Ralph   Great Dunmow 14 February 1993 N/A 1 June 2011 Trainee
26 Paul Taylor   Liverpool 4 October 1987 Anderlecht 28 February 2011 Free
27 Craig Alcock   Truro 8 December 1987 Yeovil Town 7 July 2011 Undisclosed
28 Paul Jones   Snodland 28 June 1986 Exeter City 24 June 2011 Free
Danny Mills   Peterborough 27 November 1991 3 0 Crawley Town 24 July 2009 Undisclosed
Scott Griffiths   London 27 November 1985 21 0 Dagenham & Redbridge 22 January 2010 Undisclosed

Friendly matches edit

16 July Friendly Barnet 2–2 Peterborough United Barnet, Greater London
15:00 BST McLeod   1'
Holmes   15'
Report Frecklington   29'
Tomlin   48'
Stadium: Underhill Stadium
Attendance: 531
20 July Friendly Notts County 2–3 Peterborough United Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
19:45 BST Westcarr   48'
Bencherif   62'
Report McCann   22'
Rowe   27'
Boyd   37'
Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 1,248
23 July Friendly St Neots Town 3–7 Peterborough United Hunts Post Community Stadium
13:00 BST Hope   30'
Konuda   33'
Hilliard   55'
Taylor   13'
Boyd   35', 37'
Tomlin   48'
Frecklington   65'
Ajose   90'
26 July Friendly Crawley Town 2–4 Peterborough United Broadfield Stadium
15:00 BST Barnett   27'
Howell   28'
Report Rowe   43'
Ajose   54'
Ball   70'
Taylor   75'
Attendance: 615

Championship edit

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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
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 13 10 23 67 82  −15 49 10 3 10 42 41  +1 3 7 13 25 41  −16

Last updated: 28 April 2012.
Source: [citation needed]

Results edit

14 August 2011 2 Blackpool 2–1 Peterborough United Bloomfield Road
15:00 Phillips   44'   48'   82' Boyd
17 August 2011 3 Millwall 2–2 Peterborough United The Den
19:45 Trotter   32'
Bouazza   55'
  72' Frecklington
  75' Taylor
20 August 2011 4 Peterborough United 7–1 Ipswich Town London Road Stadium
17:20 Taylor   30'  40'
Tomlin   38'  42'  90+3'
McCann  48' (pen.)   56'
  23' Andrews
27 September 2011 9 Portsmouth 2–3 Peterborough United Fratton Park
15:00 BST Zakuani   8'
Benjani   54'
Frecklington   4', 21'
Huseklepp   90+5' (og)
18 October 2011 12 Peterborough United 4–3 Cardiff City London Road Stadium
19:45 BST Boyd   21'
McCann   24', 87' (pen.)
Taylor   90+2'
Cowie   6'
Whittingham   60'
Gunnarsson   79'
22 October 2011 13 Peterborough United 2–3 Leeds United London Road Stadium
15:00 BST Zakuani   23'
Tomlin   37'
Little   88'
Keogh   4'
Clayton   54'
O'Dea   90+5'
29 October 2011 14 Watford 3–2 Peterborough United Vicarage Road
15:00 BST Yeates   5'
Sordell   31' (pen.), 33'
Frecklington   15'
Sinclair   39'
5 November 2011 16 Peterborough United 3–2 Derby County London Road Stadium
15:00 GMT Taylor   37'
Rowe   51'
McCann   90+3'
Robinson   28', 32'
29 November 2011 19 Reading 3–2 Peterborough United Madjeski Stadium
19:45 GMT Church   27'
Le Fondre   78'
Robson-Kanu   80'
Rowe   16'
Sinclair   90'
3 December 2011 20 Peterborough United 3–4 Barnsley London Road Stadium
15:00 GMT Boyd   64'
Bennett   68'
Frecklington   70'
O'Brien   17'
Butterfield   45+1'
Vaz Tê   55'
Davies   78'
Attendance: 8,320
10 December 2011 21 Leicester City 1–1 Peterborough United King Power Stadium
15:00 GMT Gallagher   56' Tomlin   71' Attendance: 25,948
17 December 2011 22 Peterborough United 1–0 Coventry City London Road Stadium
15:00 GMT Sinclair   66' Attendance: 8,062
26 December 2011 23 Nottingham Forest 0–1 Peterborough United City Ground
15:00 GMT Boyd   20' Attendance: 24,376
31 December 2011 24 Middlesbrough 1–1 Peterborough United Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT McDonald   51' Rowe   87' Attendance: 18,899
2 January 2012 25 Peterborough United 1–1 Birmingham City London Road Stadium
15:00 GMT Sinclair   1' King   90+4' Attendance: 11,167
14 January 2012 26 Hull City 1–0 Peterborough United Kingston Communications Stadium
15:00 GMT Koren   27' Attendance: 18,074
21 January 2012 27 Peterborough United 1–2 Brighton & Hove Albion London Road Stadium
15:00 GMT Ball   72' Buckley   32' (88) Attendance: 9,474
28 January 2012 28 Peterborough United 0–3 Portsmouth London Road Stadium
15:45 GMT Huseklepp   5', 79'
Pearce   40'
Attendance: 7,555
4 February 2012 29 Burnley 1–1 Peterborough United Turf Moor
15:00 GMT Rodriguez   87' Taylor Attendance: 13,258
14 February 2012 30 Cardiff City 3–1 Peterborough United Cardiff City Stadium
19:45 GMT Whittingham   34'
Gestede   38'
Vučkić   40'
Taylor   90' Attendance: 21,342
18 February 2012 31 Peterborough United 3–0 Bristol City London Road Stadium
15:00 GMT Tomlin   7', 84'
Ball   62'
Attendance: 7,004
25 February 2012 32 Doncaster Rovers 1–1 Peterborough United Keepmoat Stadium
15:00 GMT Barnes   45' Barnett   90+2' Attendance: 10,375
3 March 2012 33 Crystal Palace 1–0 Peterborough United Selhurst Park
15:00 GMT Jedinak   76' Attendance: 18,559
6 March 2012 34 Peterborough United 0–3 Millwall London Road Stadium
19:45 GMT Bouazza   5'
Keogh   70'
Kane   89'
Attendance: 6,392
10 March 2012 35 Peterborough United 3–1 Blackpool London Road Stadium
15:00 GMT Barnett   27'
Taylor   43'
Boyd   86'
Dicko   80'
17 March 2012 36 Ipswich Town 3–2 Peterborough United Portman Road
15:00 GMT Leadbitter   15'
Murphy   77'
Cresswell   85'
Barnett   34'
Sinclair   83'
20 March 2012 37 Peterborough United 3–1 Reading London Road Stadium
19:45 GMT Boyd   25'
Barnett   34'
Taylor   82'
Hunt   20'
24 March 2012 38 Barnsley 1–0 Peterborough United Oakwell
15:00 GMT Cotterill   24'
Doyle   32'
14 April 2012 43 Leeds United 4–1 Peterborough United Elland Road
15:00 UTC Paynter   45', 73'
McCormack   47', 48'
Newell   38'
17 April 2012 44 Peterborough United 1–3 Southampton London Road Stadium
19:45 UTC Rowe   86' Hooiveld   5'
Sharp   10', 57'
21 April 2012 45 Peterborough United 2–2 Watford London Road Stadium
15:00 UTC Tomlin   14' (pen.)
Taylor   54'
Deeney   26'
Murray   48'

League Cup edit

9 August 2011 R1 Stevenage 3–4 (a.e.t.) Peterborough United Lamex Stadium
19:45 Long   32'
Bostwick   80'
Beardsley   117'
Ball   16', 65'
Boyd   96'
Tomlin  120+1' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,414
23 August 2011 R2 Peterborough United 0–2 Middlesbrough London Road Stadium
19:45   4' Robson
  27' Hines
Attendance: 5,012
Referee: Gibbs

FA Cup edit

8 January 2012 3 Peterborough United 0–2 Sunderland London Road Stadium
15:30 Bennett   90' Report Larsson   48'
McClean   58'
Cattermole   88'
Attendance: 8,954
Referee: Martin Atkinson

Player statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

As of 29 April 2012
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   ENG Joe Lewis 12 0 11+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF   ENG Mark Little 37 1 26+8 1 0+1 0 2+0 0
5 DF   COD Gabriel Zakuani 42 1 40+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
7 FW   ENG Nicky Ajose 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF   ENG Lee Tomlin 40 9 31+6 8 1+0 0 2+0 1
9 FW   ENG David Ball 24 6 6+16 4 0+0 0 1+1 2
10 FW   SCO George Boyd 48 8 45+0 7 1+0 0 2+0 1
11 MF   NIR Grant McCann 42 8 38+3 8 0+0 0 1+0 0
12 FW   ENG Emile Sinclair 29 10 14+14 10 1+0 0 0+0 0
13 GK   ENG Joe Day 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF   ENG Tommy Rowe 45 3 39+3 3 1+0 0 2+0 0
15 FW   ENG Dave Hibbert 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 MF   ENG Joe Newell 15 1 8+6 1 0+1 0 0+0 0
18 DF   ENG Shaun Brisley 11 0 11+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 FW   ENG Tyrone Barnett 13 4 12+1 4 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF   IRL Daniel Kearns 19 0 5+13 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
23 MF   IRL Lee Frecklington 39 5 35+2 5 0+0 0 2+0 0
25 MF   ENG Nathan Ralph 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 FW   ENG Paul Taylor 47 12 36+8 12 1+0 0 1+1 0
27 DF   ENG Craig Alcock 44 0 40+1 0 1+0 0 1+1 0
28 GK   ENG Paul Jones 37 0 35+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
29 DF   RSA Kgosi Ntlhe 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
35 MF   ENG Charlie Coulson 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players featured for club who have left:
DF   WAL Grant Basey 4 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF   ENG Ryan Bennett 35 1 32+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF   ENG Matthew Briggs 5 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Ben Gordon 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
DF   ENG Tom Kennedy 8 0 6+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Ryan Tunnicliffe 29 0 10+16 0 1+0 0 1+1 0
DF   ENG Scott Wootton 14 0 7+4 0 1+0 0 1+1 0

Goalscorers edit

N P Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
26 FW Paul Taylor 12 0 0 12
12 FW Emile Sinclair 10 0 0 10
8 FW Lee Tomlin 8 0 1 9
10 MF George Boyd 7 0 1 8
11 MF Grant McCann 8 0 0 8
9 FW David Ball 4 0 2 6
23 MF Lee Frecklington 5 0 0 5
20 FW Tyrone Barnett 4 0 0 4
14 MF Tommy Rowe 4 0 0 4
4 DF Ryan Bennett 1 0 0 1
2 DF Mark Little 1 0 0 1
17 MF Joe Newell 1 0 0 1
5 DF Gabriel Zakuani 1 0 0 1
Totals 65 0 4 69

Disciplinary record edit

No. Pos. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
               
23 MF Lee Frecklington 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 1
8 FW Lee Tomlin 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 1
11 FW Grant McCann 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
27 DF Craig Alcock 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
4 DF Ryan Bennett 3 0 1 0 1 0 5 0
10 MF George Boyd 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
26 FW Paul Taylor 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
14 MF Tommy Rowe 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
5 DF Gabriel Zakuani 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
29 MF Kgosi Ntlhe 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
6 DF Scott Wootton 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
20 FW Tyrone Barnett 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
3 DF Matthew Briggs 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
18 DF Shaun Brisley 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
21 MF Daniel Kearns 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
30 DF Tom Kennedy 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2 DF Mark Little 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17 MF Joe Newell 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
12 FW Emile Sinclair 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 53 2 1 0 2 0 57 2

Penalties edit

Date Penalty taker Scored Opponent Competition
9 August Lee Tomlin   Stevenage League Cup Round 1
20 August Grant McCann   Ipswich Town Championship Match 4
18 October Grant McCann   Cardiff City Championship Match 12

Suspensions served edit

Date Matches Missed Player Reason Opponents Missed
22 October 3 Lee Tomlin   vs Leeds United Watford (A), Southampton (A), Derby County (H)
1 November 1 Lee Frecklington   vs Southampton Derby County (H), Birmingham City (A), Middlesbrough (H)

Transfers edit

In edit

No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
13 GK   Day 20 EU Rushden & Diamonds Transfer Summer 2015 Undisclosed BBC Sport
28 GK   Jones 24 EU Exeter City Transfer Summer 2013 Free BBC Sport
7 FW   Ajose 19 EU Manchester United Transfer Summer 2015 £300,000 BBC Sport
27 DF   Alcock 23 EU Yeovil Town Transfer Summer 2014 Undisclosed Sky Sports
21 MF    Kearns 20 EU Dundalk   Transfer Summer 2014 Undisclosed Sky Sports
12 FW   Sinclair 23 EU Macclesfield Town Transfer Summer 2014 £250,000 Peterborough United

  • Total spending:   ~ £550,000+
Notes
1Although officially undisclosed, The Evening Telegraph reported the fee to be £300,000.[1]

Loans in edit

No.
P
Name
Country
Age
Loan club
Started
Ended
Start source
End source
16 MF Tunnicliffe   31 Manchester United 1 July 29 February BBC Sport
6 DF Wootton   20 Manchester United 1 July 23 January BBC Sport The Posh Site
20 DF Thompson   20 Celtic 9 August 18 January Sky Sports The Posh Site
18 DF Gordon   20 Chelsea 18 August 2 January BBC Sport Soccerbase
30 DF Kennedy   26 Leicester City 30 September 1 January Sky Sports
4 DF Bennett   21 Norwich City 31 January 29 February BBC Sport Evening News
3 DF Briggs   33 Fulham 7 February 7 March BBC Sport
18 DF Brisley   22 Macclesfield Town 9 February 30 June BBC Sport
20 FW Barnett   26 Crawley Town 21 February 30 June BBC Sport
Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

Out edit

N
P
Name
Country
Age
Type
Moving to
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Apps
Goals
Source
17 DF Nana  
 
21 Free Transfer Northampton Town Summer Free 16 0 BBC Sport
21 MF Davies   27 Released Northampton Town Summer Free 28 1 BBC Sport
MF Green   21 Released Dagenham & Redbridge Summer Free 31 2 BBC Sport
18 MF Whelpdale   24 Transfer Gillingham Summer Undisclosed 143 13 Gillingham F.C.
12 FW Mackail-Smith   27 Transfer Brighton & Hove Albion Summer £2.5m1 212 99 BBC Sport
6 DF Lee   25 Transfer Gillingham Summer Undisclosed 177 16 Gillingham F.C.
FW Howe   24 Transfer Torquay United Summer Free 15 1 BBC Sport
MF Geohaghon   26 Free Transfer Barnet Summer Free 19 1 BBC Sport
21 MF Wesolowski   23 Free Transfer Oldham Athletic Summer Free 39 2 BBC Sport
18 DF Piergianni   19 Free Transfer Stockport County Summer Free 1 0 BBC Sport
3 DF Basey   23 Transfer Wycombe Wanderers Winter Free 13 1 The Posh Site
24 DF Langmead   26 Free Transfer Northampton Town Winter Free 41 4 The Posh Site
4 DF Bennett   21 Transfer Norwich City Winter £3.2m2 96 7 BBC Sport

EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

  • Total income:   ~ £5,700,000+
Notes

1Although officially undisclosed The Evening Telegraph reported the transfer fee was £2.5 million.[2]

2Although officially undisclosed The Evening Telegraph reported the transfer fee was £3.2 million.

Loans outs edit

No.
P
Name
Country
Age
Loan club
Started
Ended
Start source
End source
FW Mills   20 Tamworth 8 August 1 January BBC Sport Soccerbase
24 DF Langmead   26 Northampton Town 9 August 5 January Sky Sports The Posh Site
FW Ball   21 Rochdale 31 August 12 October BBC Football BBC Sport
DF Griffiths   26 Crawley Town 8 September 1 January 2012 BBC Football Soccerbase
7 FW Ajose   20 Scunthorpe United 22 September 29 November BBC Sport Soccerbase
13 GK Day   33 Alfreton Town 6 October 30 June BBC Sport The Posh Site
3 DF Basey  
 
23 Wycombe Wanderers 6 October 31 December BBC Sport Soccerbase
DF Griffiths   38 Rotherham United 10 January 30 June The Posh Site
FW Mills   32 Kettering Town 13 January 30 June The Posh Site
25 DF Ralph   31 Kettering Town 13 January The Posh Site
Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

Contracts edit

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Status
Contract length
Expiry date
Source
5 DF   Zakuani 25  Y Signed 3 years June 2014 BBC Sport
4 DF   Bennett 21  Y Signed 4 years June 2015 BBC Sport
14 MF   Rowe 22  Y Signed 3 years June 2014 BBC Sport
23 MF  
 
Frecklington 26  Y Signed 1.5 years June 2014 BBC Sport
17 MF   Newell 18  Y Signed 4 years June 2016 The Posh Site
10 MF  
 
Boyd 26  N Rejected Undisclosed Undisclosed The Posh Site
26 FW   Taylor 24  N Rejected 4 years June 2015 BBC Sport
28 GK   Jones 25  N Rejected Undisclosed Undisclosed Sky Sports

Overall summary edit

Summary edit

Games played 49 (46 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 2 League Cup)
Games won 14 (13 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Games drawn 11 (11 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Games lost 24 (22 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Goals scored 70 (66 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 4 League Cup)
Goals conceded 84 (77 Championship, 2 FA Cup, 5 League Cup)
Goal difference -14
Clean sheets 4 (4 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Yellow cards 57 (53 Championship, 2 FA Cup, 2 League Cup)
Red cards 2 (2 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Worst discipline 5  , 1   Lee Frecklington & Lee Tomlin
Best result 7–1 vs Ipswich Town
Worst result 0–3 vs Portsmouth & Millwall
Most appearances Ryan Bennett (34)
Top scorer 12, Paul Taylor
Points 50

Competition summary edit

Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
2011–12 Football League Championship 18th 6 August 2011 28/29 April 2012
2011–12 Football League Cup 1st Round 2nd Round 9 August 2011 24 August 2011
FA Cup 3rd round 3rd round 8 January 2012 8 January 2012

Updated to match played 24 August 2011
Source: Competitions

References edit

  1. ^ Alan Swann (5 July 2011). "Posh bid for Ajose accepted by Man Utd". The Evening Telegraph. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  2. ^ Alan Swann (4 July 2011). "Mackail-Smith signs for Brighton". The Evening Telegraph. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011.