2011–12 season | |||
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Chairman | Peter Coates | ||
Manager | Tony Pulis | ||
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The 2011–12 season is the 149th season in Stoke City F.C.'s history, their fourth in the Premier League and 112th in the league system of English football. Their 13th place finish in the 2010–11 season means it is their fourth successive season in the Premier League. Because FA Cup winners Manchester City qualify for the UEFA Champions League via their third place finish in the Premier League, as FA Cup runners-up, Stoke qualify for the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012.
Background
editThe 2010–11 season was Tony Pulis's fifth full season in charge at Stoke City and the team secured a fourth successive season in the Premier League after finishing 13th in the table.[1] Ibrahima Sonko and Eidur Gudjohnsen left the Britannia Stadium after their contracts came to an end.[2] Former captain Abdoulaye Faye was reunited with manager Sam Allardyce, after agreeing to join West Ham United on a free transfer.[3]
Review
editPre-season
editStoke completed their first signing of the season by capturing England defender Jonathan Woodgate on a free transfer.[4] Goals from Michael Tonge, Jon Walters and Andy Wilkinson helped the Potters round off their six day stay in Austria in comfortable style with a 3-1 victory against part-time Austrian outfit SV Thal.[5] Kenwyne Jones scored one goal and saw another disallowed as Stoke City drew 1-1 in their pre-season friendly against Conference National team Newport County.[6] Braces from Ben Marshall and Diego Arismendi, along with goals from Matthew Lund and Rory Delap, helped Stoke secure a comfortable 6-1 victory in the second friendly in Newport against Welsh Football League Division Two team Newport YMCA.[7] Stoke beat local Northern Premier League Division One South team Newcastle Town 6-0 with goals coming from trialist Robert Stambolziev, Kenwyne Jones, Jermaine Pennant, Glenn Whelan, and Jon Walters.[8] Stoke suffered their first defeats of their pre-season programme as League One team Brentford and League Two team Aldershot Town both beat the Potters 1-0 in the space of 24 hours.[9] Midfielder Matthew Lund agreed a deal to join League One team Oldham Athletic on loan until November 21st.[10] Jon Walters ensured that Stoke's first European campaign for 37 years got off to a dream start by scoring the only goal in Stoke's 1-0 Europa League victory against Hajduk Split.[11] Stoke gave the go-ahead for Carl Dickinson to join Championship team Watford for an undisclosed fee.[12] Tony Pulis gave his Europa League stars a good first half runout as Stoke battled out a 0-0 draw in their pre-season game against League One team Sheffield Wednesday.[13]
Match results
editLegend
editWin | Draw | Loss |
Premier League
editGame | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Notes |
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1 | 13 August 2011 | Chelsea | Home | ||||
2 | 20 August 2011 | Norwich City | Away | ||||
3 | 27 August 2011 | West Bromwich Albion | Away | ||||
4 | 10 September 2011 | Liverpool | Home | ||||
5 | 17 September 2011 | Sunderland | Away | ||||
6 | 24 September 2011 | Manchester United | Home | ||||
7 | 1 October 2011 | Swansea City | Away | ||||
8 | 15 October 2011 | Fulham | Home | ||||
9 | 22 October 2011 | Arsenal | Away | ||||
10 | 29 October 2011 | Newcastle United | Home | ||||
11 | 5 November 2011 | Bolton Wanderers | Away | ||||
12 | 19 November 2011 | Queens Park Rangers | Home | ||||
13 | 26 November 2011 | Blackburn Rovers | Home | ||||
14 | 3 December 2011 | Everton | Away | ||||
15 | 10 December 2011 | Tottenham Hotspur | Home | ||||
16 | 17 December 2011 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Away | ||||
17 | 21 December 2011 | Manchester City | Away | ||||
18 | 26 December 2011 | Aston Villa | Home | ||||
19 | 31 December 2011 | Wigan Athletic | Home | ||||
20 | 2 January 2012 | Blackburn Rovers | Away | ||||
21 | 14 January 2012 | Liverpool | Away | ||||
22 | 21 January 2012 | West Bromwich Albion | Home | ||||
23 | 31 January 2012 | Manchester United | Away | ||||
24 | 4 February 2012 | Sunderland | Home | ||||
25 | 11 February 2012 | Fulham | Away | ||||
26 | 25 February 2012 | Swansea City | Home | ||||
27 | 3 March 2012 | Norwich City | Home | ||||
28 | 10 March 2012 | Chelsea | Away | ||||
29 | 17 March 2012 | Tottenham Hotspur | Away | ||||
30 | 24 March 2012 | Manchester City | Home | ||||
31 | 31 March 2012 | Wigan Athletic | Away | ||||
32 | 7 April 2012 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Home | ||||
33 | 9 April 2012 | Aston Villa | Away | ||||
34 | 14 April 2012 | Everton | Home | ||||
35 | 21 April 2012 | Newcastle United | Away | ||||
36 | 28 April 2012 | Arsenal | Home | ||||
37 | 5 May 2012 | Queens Park Rangers | Away | ||||
38 | 13 May 2012 | Bolton Wanderers | Home |
FA Cup
editRound | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | 7 January 2012 |
Football League Cup
editRound | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 |
UEFA Europa League
editQualifying phase
editRound | Dates | Opponent | Venue | Result | Score F-A |
Goalscorers | Attendance | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q3 (1) | 28 July 2011 | Hajduk Split | H | W | 1-0 | Walters | 26,322 | [11] |
Player details
editSource[14]
No. | Pos. | Name | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europa League | Total | Discipline | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||||
1 | GK | Asmir Begović | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | DF | Danny Higginbotham | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | DF | Robert Huth | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
5 | DF | Danny Collins | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | MF | Glenn Whelan | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | MF | Jermaine Pennant | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | MF | Tom Soares | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | FW | Kenwyne Jones | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | FW | Ricardo Fuller | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11 | FW | Mamady Sidibe | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | DF | Marc Wilson | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | MF | Danny Pugh | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | MF | Salif Diao | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | DF | Ryan Shawcross | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | MF | Dean Whitehead | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | FW | Jonathan Walters | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | DF | Andrew Davies | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | MF | Michael Tonge | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
24 | MF | Rory Delap | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
26 | MF | Matthew Etherington | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
27 | GK | Carlo Nash | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
28 | DF | Andy Wilkinson | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
29 | GK | Thomas Sørensen | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 | DF | Ryan Shotton | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32 | MF | Diego Arismendi | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
35 | MF | Ben Marshall | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
36 | MF | Matthew Lund | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
38 | MF | Florent Cuvelier | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
39 | DF | Jonathan Woodgate | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
42 | FW | Louis Moult | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Transfers
editIn
editDate | Pos | Name | From | Fee | Notes |
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11 July 2011 | DF | Jonathan Woodgate | Free |
Out
editDate | Pos | Name | To | Fee | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
29 August 2011 | DF | Carl Dickinson | Watford | Undisclosed |
Loans out
editDate | Pos | Name | To | End date | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
28 August 2011 | MF | Matthew Lund | Oldham Athletic | 21 November 2011 |
References
edit- ^ "Final 2010/2011 Premier League Table". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
- ^ "Stoke City finalise pre-season programme". BBC Sport. 2011-06-01. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
- ^ "West Ham boss Sam Allardyce signs Stoke's Abdoulaye Faye". BBC Sport. 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
- ^ a b "Jonathan Woodgate joins Stoke City in pay-as-you-play deal". BBC Sport. 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
- ^ "Stoke City: Potters ease to Austrian victory". The Sentinel. 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
- ^ "Kenwyne Jones rescues draw for Stoke City at Newport". BBC Sport. 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
- ^ "Swansea City should not change, says Tony Pulis". BBC Sport. 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
- ^ "Jonathan Woodgate expected to make Stoke City debut". BBC Sport. 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
- ^ "Jonathan Woodgate plays as Stoke lose 1-0 at Aldershot". BBC Sport. 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
- ^ a b "Oldham Athletic sign Stoke City's Matthew Lund on loan". BBC Sport. 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
- ^ a b "Stoke 1 - 0 Hajduk Split". BBC Sport. 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
- ^ a b "Watford snap up Stoke City's Carl Dickinson". BBC Sport. 2011-07-30. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
- ^ "Jonathan Woodgate plays in Stoke City friendly". BBC Sport. 2011-07-31. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
- ^ "Stoke City". FootballSquads. Retrieved 2011-05-18.