2011–12 England Hockey League season

The 2011–12 English Hockey League season took place from September 2011 until April 2012. The women's league received sponsorship from Investec.[1] The Men's Championship was won by Reading and the Women's Championship was won by Leicester.

2011–12 England Hockey League
2010–11 (previous) (next) 2012–13

The Men's Cup was won by Beeston and the Women's Cup was won by the University of Birmingham. [2] [3]

Men's Premier Division League Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 East Grinstead 18 13 2 3 79 34 +45 41 Qualified for round two play off
2 Beeston 18 11 2 5 55 32 +23 35 Qualified for positional play off
3 Reading 18 9 4 5 42 32 +10 31
4 Cannock 18 9 3 6 36 30 +6 30 Qualified for round one play off
5 Surbiton 18 8 3 7 47 36 +11 27
6 Loughborough Students 18 7 2 9 33 43 −10 23
7 Hampstead and Westminster 18 7 2 9 38 49 −11 23
8 Southgate 18 5 3 10 22 43 −21 18
9 University of Exeter 18 5 2 11 32 57 −25 17 Relegated
10 Bowdon 18 4 1 13 36 64 −28 13
Source: [4]

Results

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Home \ Away Bee Bow Can EGr H&W Lou Rea Sou Sub UoE
Beeston 4–1 3–1 8–6 4–0 1–0 1–3 3–0 4–1 5–0
Bowdon 3–3 2–1 0–6 4–3 2–3 1–2 2–3 1–4 4–3
Cannock 2–2 3–2 4–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 4–0 1–3 4–1
East Grinstead 3–2 6–1 1–1 11–1 3–2 2–3 0–0 4–3 6–1
Hampstead and Westminster 3–2 4–3 0–2 3–4 4–0 2–2 3–3 2–1 3–1
Loughborough Students 1–2 4–2 4–1 1–7 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–4 5–2
Reading 2–1 7–1 0–1 1–8 0–1 0–2 6–0 2–2 4–2
Southgate 0–3 1–0 1–2 0–3 5–3 4–1 0–2 1–0 2–4
Surbiton 5–4 6–2 1–2 3–5 2–0 3–0 3–4 4–1 1–1
University of Exeter 1–3 1–5 4–3 0–2 1–4 4–3 3–2 2–0 1–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play Offs

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Match Date Team 1 Team 2 Score
Round one Mar 31 Beeston Cannock 5-3
Positional Mar 31 Beeston Reading 1-3
Round two Apr 1 Beeston Surbiton 3-2
Round two Apr 1 East Grinstead Reading 8-1
Round three Apr 14 Reading Beeston 5-1
Final [5][6] Apr 15 Reading East Grinstead 5-4

Women's Investec Premier Division League Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Reading 18 14 2 2 69 17 +52 44 Qualified for round two play off
2 Leicester 18 12 3 3 42 20 +22 39 Qualified for positional play off
3 Canterbury 18 10 3 5 48 28 +20 33
4 Clifton 18 10 2 6 43 25 +18 32 Qualified for round one play off
5 Bowdon Hightown 18 7 4 7 42 35 +7 25
6 Olton & West Warwicks 18 7 2 9 43 49 −6 23
7 University of Birmingham 18 6 4 8 39 39 0 22
8 Sutton Coldfield 18 6 2 10 41 57 −16 20
9 Slough 18 5 4 9 26 41 −15 19
10 Cannock 18 0 0 18 10 92 −82 0 Relegated
Source: [7]

Play Offs

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Match Date Team 1 Team 2 Score
Round one Mar 31 Clifton Bowdon Hightown 1-2
Positional Mar 31 Leicester Canterbury 4-1
Round two Apr 1 Reading Bowdon Hightown 2-0
Round three Apr 14 Leicester Canterbury 3-2
Final [8] Apr 15 Leicester Reading 1-1 (3-2 p)


Men's Cup

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Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Team 2 Score
Hampstead & Westminster Canterbury 3-2
Bowdon Southgate 4-1
Brooklands MU Bromley & Beckenham w/o
Beeston Cannock 3-2

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Team 2 Score
Hampstead & Westminster Bowdon 5-4
Beeston Brooklands MU 4-3

Final

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(Held at the Cannock on 13 May)

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Beeston Hampstead & Westminster 2-1


Women's Cup

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Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Team 2 Score
Clifton Chelmsford 4-0
Surbiton Sevenoaks 3-0
Buckingham Doncaster 7-1
Univ of Birmingham Sutton Coldfield 4-3

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Team 2 Score
Surbiton Clifton 1-0
Univ of Birmingham Buckingham 5-0

Final

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(Held at Cannock on 13 May)

Team 1 Team 2 Score
University of Birmingham Surbiton 4-1

References

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  1. ^ "Investec Support Brings Prize Money to Women's Hockey". Sport Focus.com.
  2. ^ "2011-12 Men's Cup". England Hockey.
  3. ^ "2011-12 Women's Cup". England Hockey.
  4. ^ "2011-12 Men's Hockey League". Fixtures Live.
  5. ^ "Men's England Hockey League Championship Final: Reading 5-4 East Grinstead". Top of the D.
  6. ^ "Investec Finals Weekend - Day Two". England Hockey.
  7. ^ "2011-12 Women's Hockey League". Fixtures Live.
  8. ^ "Investec Finals Weekend - Day Two". England Hockey.