2011–12 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was the 126th season played by Shrewsbury Town F.C., an association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Shrewsbury competed in League Two, whilst also participating in the FA Cup, the Football League Cup and the Football League Trophy.

Shrewsbury Town F.C.
2011–12 season
ChairmanRoland Wycherley
ManagerGraham Turner
League Two2nd (promoted)
FA Cup3rd round
League Cup3rd round
Football League Trophy1st Round (North West)
Top goalscorerLeague: James Collins (14)
All: James Collins (16)
Highest home attendanceLeague: 9,441 vs Dagenham & Redbridge (28 April 2012)
All: 9,441 vs Dagenham & Redbridge (28 April 2012)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 4,871 vs Macclesfield Town (17 December 2011)
All: 4,048 vs Rotherham United (3 December 2011)
Average home league attendance5,769[1]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Swindon Town (C, P) 46 29 6 11 75 32 +43 93 Promotion to Football League One
2 Shrewsbury Town (P) 46 26 10 10 66 41 +25 88
3 Crawley Town (P) 46 23 15 8 76 54 +22 84
4 Southend United 46 25 8 13 77 48 +29 83 Qualification for League Two play-offs[a]
5 Torquay United 46 23 12 11 63 50 +13 81
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2012. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

Squad statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total League Two FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   ENG Chris Neal 39 0 35+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF   ENG Jermaine Grandison 43 2 36+2 2 1+0 0 2+1 0 1+0 0
3 DF   WAL Joe Jacobson 45 1 37+2 1 3+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
4 MF   ENG Sean McAllister 22 1 14+3 1 2+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF   ENG Ian Sharps 48 2 43+0 1 3+0 1 2+0 0 0+0 0
6 DF   AUS Shane Cansdell-Sherriff 43 4 35+2 4 3+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
7 MF   ENG Mark Wright 53 11 45+1 10 3+0 0 3+0 1 0+1 0
8 MF   ENG Nicky Wroe 44 5 32+6 4 1+1 0 3+0 1 0+1 0
9 FW   EIR James Collins 47 17 32+10 14 0+2 1 2+1 2 0+0 0
10 FW   ENG Marvin Morgan 49 11 26+16 8 3+0 0 3+0 3 0+1 0
12 DF   ENG Reuben Hazell 10 0 5+2 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
14 MF   ENG Matt Richards 48 5 35+7 5 3+0 0 1+1 0 1+0 0
15 DF   ENG Carl Regan 15 0 12+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
16 MF   ENG Lionel Ainsworth 27 2 19+2 2 2+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
17 FW   WAL Tom Bradshaw 10 1 5+3 1 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
18 DF   ENG Connor Goldson 7 0 2+2 0 0+1 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
20 MF   WAL Aaron Wildig 13 1 10+2 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 MF   ENG Jon Taylor 36 0 15+18 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
24 FW   ENG Terry Gornell 47 8 28+13 7 3+0 1 1+1 0 1+0 0
25 GK   ENG Ben Smith 14 0 11+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
Players featured for Shrewsbury but left before the end of the season:
11 MF   SCO Steven Leslie 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
Players on loan to Shrewsbury who returned to their parent club:
19 MF   EIR David McAllister 15 0 15+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 MF   ENG James Wallace 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 DF   NIR Conor McLaughlin 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 FW   SKN Romaine Sawyers 9 0 2+5 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF   ENG James Hurst 11 0 7+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0

Top scorers

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Place Position Nation Number Name League Two FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total
1 FW   9 James Collins 14 0 3 0 16
2 MF   7 Mark Wright 10 0 1 0 11
= FW   10 Marvin Morgan 8 0 3 0 11
4 FW   24 Terry Gornell 7 1 0 0 8
5 MF   8 Nicky Wroe 4 1 1 0 6
6 MF   14 Matt Richards 5 0 0 0 5
7 DF   6 Shane Cansdell-Sherriff 4 0 0 0 4
8 MF   16 Lionel Ainsworth 2 0 0 0 2
= DF   2 Jermaine Grandison 2 0 0 0 2
= DF   5 Ian Sharps 1 1 0 0 2
11 MF   4 Sean McAllister 1 0 0 0 1
= FW   17 Tom Bradshaw 1 0 0 0 1
= MF   20 Aaron Wildig 1 0 0 0 1
= DF   3 Joe Jacobson 1 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 64 3 7 0 74

Disciplinary record

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Number Nation Position Name League Two FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total
                   
10   FW Marvin Morgan 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
2   DF Jermaine Grandison 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
9   FW James Collins 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
14   MF Matt Richards 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
5   DF Ian Sharps 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
8   MF Nicky Wroe 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
3   DF Joe Jacobson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
24   FW Terry Gornell 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
4   MF Sean McAllister 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1
26   DF James Hurst 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1   GK Chris Neal 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
21   DF Conor McLaughlin 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
6   DF Shane Cansdell-Sherriff 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
23   MF Jon Taylor 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
12   DF Reuben Hazell 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
16   MF Lionel Ainsworth 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
7   MF Mark Wright 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
25   GK Ben Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
20   MF Aaron Wildig 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
19   MF James Wallace 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 59 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 63 5

Results

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Pre-Season Friendlies

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11 July 2011 The New Saints 2–1 Shrewsbury Town Park Hall
19:45 Williams   37'
Proctor   82'
Cork   39' Attendance: 496
26 July 2011 Kidderminster Harriers 2–1 Shrewsbury Town Aggborough
19:45 Vaughan   ?' (pen.)
Matt   89'
Ainsworth   74' Attendance: 753
29 July 2011 Shrewsbury Town 0–2 Tranmere Rovers Greenhous Meadow
19:30 Akins   11'
Weir   58'
Attendance: 1,047

League Two

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6 August 2011 1 Shrewsbury Town 1–1 Plymouth Argyle Greenhous Meadow
15:00 Collins   69' Fletcher   90' Attendance: 6,421
13 August 2011 2 Burton Albion 1–1 Shrewsbury Town Pirelli Stadium
15:00 Zola   14' Gornell   83' Attendance: 2,989
16 August 2011 3 Oxford United 2–0 Shrewsbury Town Kassam Stadium
19:45 Heslop   8'
Guy   52'
Attendance: 6,102
20 August 2011 4 Shrewsbury Town 2–0 Crewe Alexandra Greenhous Meadow
15:00 McAllister   23'
Wroe   90+1'
Attendance: 5,050
27 August 2011 5 Shrewsbury Town 2–1 Swindon Town Greenhous Meadow
15:00 Gornell   57'
Morgan   71'
Ritchie   25' Attendance: 5,323
3 September 2011 6 Gillingham 0–1 Shrewsbury Town MEMS Priestfield Stadium
15:00 Wroe   90+4' (pen.) Attendance: 4,869
10 September 2011 7 Shrewsbury Town 3–1 Hereford United Greenhous Meadow
13:00 Morgan   7', 79'
Wright   48'
Barkhuizen   73' Attendance: 5,684
13 September 2011 8 Bristol Rovers 1–0 Shrewsbury Town Memorial Stadium
19:45 Zebroski   19' Attendance: 5,065
17 September 2011 9 Port Vale 2–3 Shrewsbury Town Vale Park
13:00 Williamson   26', 81' Morgan   3'
Wright   14'
Ainsworth   50'
Attendance: 5,541
24 September 2011 10 Shrewsbury Town 2–0 Torquay United Greenhous Meadow
15:00 Collins   6', 49' Attendance: 5,263
30 September 2011 11 Southend United 3–0 Shrewsbury Town Roots Hall
19:45 Dickinson   27' (pen.)
Phillips   90+1'
Harris   90+5' (pen.)
Attendance: 6,394
8 October 2011 12 Shrewsbury Town 3–2 Barnet Greenhous Meadow
15:00 Richards   31'
Gornell   42'
Ainsworth   90+3'
Holmes   69'
Marshall   82'
Attendance: 5,192
15 October 2011 13 Crawley Town 2–1 Shrewsbury Town Broadfield Stadium
15:00 Torres   14'
Howell   43'
Wright   72' Attendance: 3,453
22 October 2011 14 Rotherham United 1–1 Shrewsbury Town Don Valley Stadium
15:00 Grabban   22' Cansdell-Sheriff   45' Attendance: 3,561
25 October 2011 15 Shrewsbury Town 1–0 Accrington Stanley Greenhous Meadow
19:45 Bradshaw   28' Attendance: 5,076
29 October 2011 16 Shrewsbury Town 0–0 AFC Wimbledon Greenhous Meadow
15:00 Attendance: 5,861
5 November 2011 17 Dagenham & Redbridge 0–2 Shrewsbury Town Victoria Road
15:00 Gornell   6'
Collins   90+5' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,726
19 November 2011 18 Northampton Town 2–7 Shrewsbury Town Sixfields Stadium
15:00 Tozer   49'
Akinfenwa   85'
Wright   18', 40'
Gornell   44'
Morgan   82'
Collins   88'
Jacobson   90+4'
Langmead   90+6' (o.g.)
Attendance: 5,039
26 November 2011 19 Shrewsbury Town 2–0 Morecambe Greenhous Meadow
15:00 Wroe   39' (pen.)
Wright   88'
Attendance: 5,623
10 December 2011 20 Aldershot Town 1–0 Shrewsbury Town Recreation Ground
15:00 Guttridge   67' Attendance: 2,384
26 December 2011 22 Cheltenham Town 0–0 Shrewsbury Town Abbey Business Stadium
15:00 Attendance: 5,004
31 December 2011 23 Bradford City 3–1 Shrewsbury Town Coral Windows Stadium
15:00 Hanson   24'
Wells   29'
Fagan   49'
Morgan   78' Attendance: 10,567
2 January 2012 24 Shrewsbury Town 1–1 Northampton Town Greenhous Meadow
15:00 Richards   34' Berahino   22' Attendance: 6,045
14 January 2012 25 Shrewsbury Town 2–0 Gillingham Greenhous Meadow
15:00 Cansdell-Sherriff   30'
Wright   87'
Attendance: 4,940
21 January 2012 26 Shrewsbury Town 2–1 Southend United Greenhous Meadow
15:00 Collins   53'
Grandison   82'
Hall   66' Attendance: 5,601
28 January 2012 27 Hereford United 0–2 Shrewsbury Town Edgar Street
13:00 Gornell   16'
Collins   27'
Attendance: 3,515
11 February 2012 28 Torquay United 1–0 Shrewsbury Town Plainmoor
15:00 Atieno   68' Attendance: 2,592
14 February 2012 29 Shrewsbury Town 1–0 Bristol Rovers Greenhous Meadow
19:45 Collins   86' Attendance: 4,928
18 February 2012 30 Barnet 1–2 Shrewsbury Town Underhill Stadium
15:00 McLeod   48' Kamdjo   45+1' (o.g.)
Collins   74'
Attendance: 2,046
21 February 2012 31 Swindon Town 2–1 Shrewsbury Town County Ground
19:45 Connell   64'   76' Richards   40' Attendance: 7,990
27 February 2012 32 Shrewsbury Town 2–1 Crawley Town Greenhous Meadow
19:45 Wright   44'
Morgan   74'
Akinde   33' Attendance: 5,229
3 March 2012 33 Crewe Alexandra 1–1 Shrewsbury Town Alexandra Stadium
15:00 Powell   22' Collins   5' Attendance: 5,086
6 March 2012 34 Shrewsbury Town 2–2 Oxford United Greenhous Meadow
19:45 Wright   54'
Richards   90+4'
Holmes   1'   38' Attendance: 5,205
10 March 2012 35 Shrewsbury Town 1–0 Burton Albion Greenhous Meadow
15:00 Sharps   51' Attendance: 5,840
17 March 2012 36 Plymouth Argyle 1–0 Shrewsbury Town Home Park
15:00 Wotton   21' Attendance: 5,931
20 March 2012 37 Shrewsbury Town 2–0 Cheltenham Town Greenhous Meadow
19:45 Wroe   1'
Gornell   57'
Attendance: 5,705
24 March 2012 38 Morecambe 0–1 Shrewsbury Town Globe Arena
15:00 Collins   68' Attendance: 2,175
31 March 2012 39 Shrewsbury Town 1–1 Aldershot Town Greenhous Meadow
15:00 Morgan   78' Payne   51' (pen.) Attendance: 5,588
6 April 2012 40 Macclesfield Town 1–3 Shrewsbury Town Moss Rose
19:45 Arnaud Mendy   85' Collins   33'   86'
Wright   83'
Attendance: 3,403
9 April 2012 41 Shrewsbury Town 1–0 Bradford City Greenhous Meadow
15:00 Grandison   16' Attendance: 6,272
14 April 2012 42 Shrewsbury Town 3–1 Rotherham United Greenhous Meadow
15:00 Gornell   45+2'   67'
Wildig   48'
Cresswell   2' Attendance: 5,873
17 April 2012 43 Shrewsbury Town 1–0 Port Vale Greenhous Meadow
19:45 Richards   55' Attendance: 7,678
21 April 2012 44 Accrington Stanley 1–1 Shrewsbury Town Crown Ground
15:00 Hughes   78' Gornell   31' Attendance: 3,275
5 May 2012 46 AFC Wimbledon 3–1 Shrewsbury Town Kingsmeadow
15:00 Harrison   47'
Moore   55'   61'
Cansdell-Sherriff   58' Attendance: 3,678

FA Cup

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12 November 2011 Round 1 Newport County 0–1 Shrewsbury Town Newport Stadium
12:30 BST Summary Gornell   41' Attendance: 2,362
Referee: Darren Drysdale
3 December 2011 Round 2 Shrewsbury Town 2–1 Rotherham United Greenhous Meadow
15:00 BST Sharps   48'
Wroe   83' (pen.)
Summary Grabban   42' Attendance: 4,048
Referee: Lee Collins
7 January 2012 Round 3 Middlesbrough 1–0 Shrewsbury Town Riverside Stadium
15:00 BST Emnes   40' Summary Attendance: 12,631
Referee: Tony Bates

League Cup

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9 August 2011 Round 1 Derby County 2–3 Shrewsbury Town Pride Park Stadium
19:45 Maguire   46'
Robinson   78'
Morgan   16', 37'
Collins   34'
Attendance: 7,073
23 August 2011 Round 2 Shrewsbury Town 3–1 Swansea City Greenhous Meadow
19:45 Morgan   19'
Wright   67'
Wroe   90+1'
Cansdell-Sherriff   10' (o.g.) Attendance: 4,063
20 September 2011 Round 3 Arsenal 3–1 Shrewsbury Town Emirates Stadium
19:45 Kieran Gibbs
Alex Oxlade Chamberlain
Youssi Benayoun
James Collins

Football League Trophy

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30 August 2011 Round 1 Walsall 2–1 Shrewsbury Town Bank's Stadium
19:45 Jarvis   17'
Taundry   35'
Butler   48' (o.g.) Attendance: 2,605

Transfers

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Players transferred in
Date Pos. Name Previous Club Fee Ref.
23 June 2011 FW   Marvin Morgan   Aldershot Town Free [2]
28 June 2011 DF   Joe Jacobson   Accrington Stanley Free (Bosman) [3]
30 June 2011 DF   Reuben Hazell   Oldham Athletic Free (Bosman) [4]
28 July 2011 MF   Matt Richards   Walsall Free (Bosman) [5]
29 July 2011 DF   Carl Regan   Bristol Rovers Free [6]
4 August 2011 FW   Terry Gornell   Accrington Stanley Undisclosed [7]
Players loaned in
Date from Pos. Name From Date to Ref.
3 November 2011 MF   James Wallace   Everton 5 January 2012 [8][9]
8 November 2011 MF   Aaron Wildig   Cardiff City End of season [10][11][12]
18 November 2011 DF   James Hurst   West Bromwich Albion 4 January 2012 [13]
12 January 2012 MF   David McAllister   Sheffield United 14 April 2012 [14][15]
27 January 2012 FW   Romaine Sawyers   West Bromwich Albion End of season [16][17]
2 March 2012 DF   Conor McLaughlin   Preston North End End of season [18]
Players loaned out
Date from Pos. Name To Date to Ref.
6 October 2011 MF   Steven Leslie   Hereford United 8 January 2012 [19][20][21]
6 March 2012 MF   Lionel Ainsworth   Burton Albion 6 April 2012 [22]
Players transferred out
Date Pos. Name To Fee Ref.
16 June 2011 FW   Matt Harrold   Bristol Rovers Undisclosed Fee [23]
Players released
Date Pos. Name Subsequent club Join date Ref.
8 June 2011 FW   Jake Robinson   Northampton Town 8 June 2011 [24]
23 June 2011 FW   Nathan Elder   Hayes & Yeading 12 August 2011 [25][26]
25 June 2011 MF   Craig Disley   Grimsby Town 26 June 2011 [27]
1 July 2011 MF   Benjamin van den Broek   Den Bosch 1 July 2011 (Bosman) [28]
1 July 2011 DF   Danny Taylor   Airbus UK 8 July 2011 [29][30]
1 July 2011 MF   Kevin McIntyre   Accrington Stanley 16 July 2011 [29][31]
1 July 2011 DF   Harry Hooman   Cheltenham Town 26 July 2011 [29][32]
1 July 2011 DF   David Raven   Tranmere Rovers 5 August 2011 [29][33]
1 July 2011 DF   Kelvin Lomax   Barrow 15 August 2011 [34]
27 January 2012 MF   Steven Leslie   Wrexham 27 January 2012 [35][36]

Awards

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End of Season Awards Winner[37]
Telegraph & Argus Bradford City Player of the Year Matt Richards
Players' Player of the Year Matt Richards
Player in the Community Ian Sharps
Young Player of the Year James Collins
Goal of the Season Matt Richards vs Oxford United

References

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