2011–12 Crystal Palace F.C. season

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Crystal Palace
2011–12 season
Co-chairmenSteve Parish
Martin Long
ManagerDougie Freedman
Championship17th
FA CupThird round
League CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Chris Martin
Darren Ambrose (7)

All: Darren Ambrose (10)[1]
Highest home attendance21,002 vs. Reading,
29 October 2011
Lowest home attendance11,853 vs. Barnsley,
20 March 2012
Average home league attendance15,206[2]
Away colours

The 2011–12 season was Crystal Palace's seventh consecutive season in the Championship. The previous campaign had seen club legend Dougie Freedman take over as a novice manager and lead the Eagles to safety and another season in the English second tier.

Statistics[]

Player statistics[]

Last updated on 28 April 2012.
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Argentina Julián Speroni 43 0 41 0 0 0 2 0
2 DF England Nathaniel Clyne 32 0 29 0 0 0 3 0
3 DF England David Wright 25 0 22 0 1 0 2 0
4 DF Norway Jonathan Parr 45 2 35+4 2 0 0 4+2 0
5 DF Republic of Ireland Paddy McCarthy 50 2 42+1 2 0 0 6+1 0
6 DF England Anthony Gardner 33 1 25+3 0 0 0 4+1 1
7 MF England Darren Ambrose 42 10 25+11 7 0 0 5+1 3
8 MF South Africa Kagisho Dikgacoi 31 2 25+2 2 0 0 4 0
9 FW Norway Steffen Iversen 5 0 0+3 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
10 MF Republic of Ireland Owen Garvan 23 3 13+9 3 1 0 0 0
11 FW Republic of Ireland Sean Scannell[notes 1] 40 4 27+9 4 0 0 1+3 0
12 MF England Alex Marrow 3 0 0+1 0 0 0 1+1 0
14 MF England Kieron Cadogan 2 0 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
15 MF Australia Mile Jedinak 35 1 29+2 1 0 0 2+2 0
16 FW England Wilfried Zaha[notes 2] 48 9 34+7 6 0 0 6+1 3
17 FW England Glenn Murray 44 7 25+13 6 0 0 4+2 1
18 DF England Lee Hills 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 FW Wales Jermaine Easter 37 6 18+15 5 0 0 2+2 1
20 MF Wales Jonny Williams[notes 3] 18 1 5+9 0 0 0 4 1
21 DF England Dean Moxey 29 0 20+4 0 0 0 5 0
22 DF England Alex Wynter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 FW England Nathaniel Pinney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF England Jack Holland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 FW England Antonio Pedroza 5 0 1+3 0 1 0 0 0
26 DF England Matthew Parsons 6 0 3+1 0 1 0 1 0
27 FW England Ibra Sekajja[notes 4] 2 0 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
28 MF England Stuart O'Keefe 19 0 13 0 1 0 5 0
29 MF Wales Andy Dorman[notes 5] 3 0 0+1 0 0 0 1+1 0
30 MF Republic of Ireland Paul McShane 12 0 9+2 0 0 0 0+1 0
31 FW England Calvin Andrew 9 1 2+4 0 1 0 2 1
32 DF England Charlie Holness 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 MF England Jake Caprice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 GK Wales Lewis Price[notes 6] 10 0 4+1 0 1 0 4 0
35 FW England Chris Martin 28 7 20+6 7 0 0 2 0
36 MF England Kyle De Silva 7 0 2+4 0 1 0 0 0
38 FW England Kwesi Appiah[notes 7] 4 0 0+4 0 0 0 0 0
39 DF England Quade Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 GK England Ross Fitzsimons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 MF England Kadell Daniel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who have featured for Crystal Palace in this season before returning to their parent club:
35 DF England Andrew Davies 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
36 DF Northern Ireland Ryan McGivern 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
37 DF Bulgaria Aleksandar Tunchev 10 0 9 0 0 0 1 0
37 DF Israel Dekel Keinan 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
37 DF Republic of Ireland John Egan 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
38 DF England Peter Ramage 23 0 14+3 0 1 0 4+1 0
41 DF Sierra Leone Mustapha Dumbuya 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0

Goalscorers[]

Ranking No. Player Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1 7 England Darren Ambrose 7 0 3 10
2 16 England Wilfried Zaha 6 0 3 9
3 35 England Chris Martin 7 0 0 7
4 17 England Glenn Murray 6 0 1 7
5 19 Wales Jermaine Easter 5 0 1 6
6 11 Republic of Ireland Sean Scannell 4 0 0 4
7 10 Republic of Ireland Owen Garvan 3 0 0 3
8 4 Norway Jonathan Parr 2 0 0 2
5 Republic of Ireland Paddy McCarthy 2 0 0 2
8 South Africa Kagisho Dikgacoi 2 0 0 2
11 15 Australia Mile Jedinak 1 0 0 1
12 6 England Anthony Gardner 0 0 1 1
20 Wales Jonathan Williams 0 0 1 1
3 England Calvin Andrew 0 0 1 1
Total 43 0 11 54

Club[]

Starting 11[]

Based on overall appearances

Pos Name Appearances
GK Argentina Julián Speroni 44
RB England Nathaniel Clyne 31
CB Republic of Ireland Paddy McCarthy 48
CB England Anthony Gardner 29
LB Norway Jonathan Parr 39
DM Australia Mile Jedinák 31
DM South Africa Kagisho Dikgacoi 28
RM England Wilfried Zaha 40
AM England Darren Ambrose 31
LM Republic of Ireland Sean Scannell 28
CF England Glenn Murray 29

Management[]

Position Staff
Manager Scotland Dougie Freedman
Assistant manager England Lennie Lawrence
First-team coach Australia Tony Popovic
Reserve team manager Republic of Ireland Curtis Fleming
Goalkeeping coach England Lee Turner
Chief scout England Steve Kember
Fitness coach Australia Scott Guyett
Academy manager England Gary Issott
Physiotherapists England Alex Manos and John Stannard

Source:[citation needed]

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
15 Ipswich Town 46 17 10 19 69 77 −8 61
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
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.

Matches[]

Results round by round[]

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHHAHAHAAHAHAHHAAHHAAHAAHHAHAAHAHAAHHAHHAHHAAH
ResultLWWWDLLLWDWWWDDLLDDLWWLWLDLDDDWDWDDDWLDLLLDLDL
Position18854581212912853346910101311810811131315141412131312111311141315161616161717
Source: stats.football365.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Preseason[]

15 July 2011 Basingstoke Town 1–2 Crystal Palace XI Basingstoke
19:00 Goal 85' [ Report] Zaha Goal 17'
Ambrose Goal 75' (pen.)
Stadium: The Camrose
19 July 2011 Wycombe Wanderers 0–0 Crystal Palace High Wycombe
19:45 [ Report] Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 1,426
20 July 2011 East Grinstead Town 0–4 Crystal Palace XI East Grinstead
19:30 [ Report] Taylor Goal 37'
Cadogan Goal 43'
Andrew Goal 54'
Pinney Goal 90'
Stadium:
22 July 2011 Crawley Town 0–0 Crystal Palace Crawley
19:45 [ Report] Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,109
26 July 2011 Crystal Palace 1–0 Norwich City London
19:30 Pinney Goal 89' [ Report] Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 5,642
Referee: Pat Miller
27 July 2011 Dulwich Hamlet 4–3 Crystal Palace XI London
19:45 James Goal 4'8'61'
Junior Kadi Goal 80' (pen.)
[ Report] Pinney Goal 15'33'
Goal 90' (o.g.)
Stadium: Champion Hill
Attendance: 646
30 July 2011 Bournemouth 3–1 Crystal Palace Bournemouth
15:00 Brillault Goal 63' (o.g.)
Barrett Goal 74'
Taylor Goal 87'
[ Report] Scannell Goal 52' Stadium: Dean Court
Attendance: 2,977
2 August 2011 Bromley 1–2 Crystal Palace XI London
19:45 Aaron Rhule Goal 10' [ Report] Joe Dolan Goal 16' (o.g.))
Sekajja Goal 75'
Stadium: Hayes Lane
Referee: Michael O'Keefe

Football League Championship[]

August[]

6 August 2011 Peterborough United 2–1 Crystal Palace Peterborough
15:00 McCann Goal 58'
Ball Goal 73'
Report Scannell Goal 33' Stadium: London Road
Attendance: 11,604
Referee:
13 August 2011 Crystal Palace 2–0 Burnley London
15:00 Parr Goal 10'
Garvan Goal 67' (pen.)
Report Bartley Red card 90+4' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 13,167
Referee: Brendan Malone
16 August 2011 Crystal Palace 2–1 Coventry City London
20:00 Scannell Goal 90'
Easter Goal 90+6'
Report Jutkiewicz Goal 48' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 12,330
Referee:
20 August 2011 Hull City 0–1 Crystal Palace Kingston upon Hull
15:00 Report Chester Goal 15' (o.g.)) Stadium: KC Stadium
Attendance: 17,797
Referee:
27 August 2011 Crystal Palace 1–1 Blackpool London
15:00 Murray Goal 79' Report Baptiste Goal 41' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 14,776
Referee: Andre Marriner

September[]

10 September 2011 Leeds United 3–2 Crystal Palace Leeds
15:00 McCormack Goal 8'84'
Becchio Goal 71'
Report McCarthy Goal 12'
Scannell Goal 21'
Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 23,916
Referee: Scott Mathieson
17 September 2011 Crystal Palace 0–1 Middlesbrough London
15:00 Report Emnes Goal 65'
Bennett Yellow card 75' Red card
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 15,198
Referee: Gary Sutton
24 September 2011 Doncaster Rovers 1–0 Crystal Palace Doncaster
15:00 Oster Goal 65' Report Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Attendance: 9,362
Referee:
27 September 2011 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–3 Crystal Palace Brighton
19:45 Mackail-Smith Goal 7' Report Zaha Goal 80'
Ambrose Goal 89'
Murray Goal 90+1'
Stadium: Amex Stadium
Attendance: 20,968
Referee: Andy D'Urso

October[]

1 October 2011 Crystal Palace 2–2 West Ham United London
15:00 Ambrose Goal 6'
Murray Goal 52'
Report Nolan Goal 16'
Carew Goal 80'
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 20,074
Referee:
15 October 2011 Watford 0–2 Crystal Palace Watford
15:00 Report Zaha Goal 66'
Easter Goal 90+2'
Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 12,559
Referee: Mark Halsey
18 November 2011 Crystal Palace 1–0 Bristol City London
20:00 Murray Goal 81' (pen.) Report Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 11,869
Referee: Iain Williamson
22 October 2011 Ipswich Town 0–1 Crystal Palace Ipswich
15:00 Cresswell Yellow card 90+2' Red card Report McCarthy Goal 55' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 24,763
Referee: David Phillips
29 October 2011 Crystal Palace 0–0 Reading London
15:00 Report Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 21,002
Referee: Andy Woolmer

November[]

1 November 2011 Crystal Palace 0–0 Portsmouth London
20:00 Report Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 12,933
Referee: Darren Drysdale
5 November 2011 Cardiff City 2–0 Crystal Palace Cardiff
15:00 Miller Goal 69'
Whittingham Goal 80'
Report Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 22,032
Referee: Steve Rushton
20 November 2011 Leicester City 3–0 Crystal Palace Leicester
15:00 Beckford Goal 55'
Gallagher Goal 71'74'
Report Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 22,449
Referee: Mark Brown
26 November 2011 Crystal Palace 0–0 Millwall London
15:00 Report Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 15,150
Referee: David Webb

December[]

2 December 2011 Crystal Palace 1–1 Derby County London
19:45 Martin Goal 15' Report McCarthy Goal 75' (o.g.)) Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 14,338
Referee: Andy D'Urso
6 December 2011 Barnsley 2–1 Crystal Palace Barnsley
19:45 Vaz Tê Goal 1'77' Report Easter Goal 33' Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 9,524
Referee: Anthony Bates
10 December 2011 Nottingham Forest 0–1 Crystal Palace Nottingham
15:00 Report Murray Goal 56' Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 21,405
Referee: Phil Gibbs
19 December 2011 Crystal Palace 1–0 Birmingham City London
19:45 Dikgacoi Goal 84' Report Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 12,057
Referee: Keith Stroud
26 December 2011 Southampton 2–0 Crystal Palace Southampton
13:00 Guly Goal 34'77' Report Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 31,524
Referee: Graham Salisbury
31 December 2011 Millwall 0–1 Crystal Palace London
13:00 Report Easter Goal 23' Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 16,085
Referee: Roger East

January[]

2 January 2012 Crystal Palace 1–2 Leicester City London
13:00 Parr Goal 41' Report Danns Goal 19'
Bamba Goal 37'
Howard Red card 87'
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 14,468
Referee: James Linington
14 January 2012 Crystal Palace 1–1 Leeds United London
15:00 Martin Goal 6'
Scannell Yellow card 45' Red card
Report Snodgrass Goal 63' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 17,796
Referee: David Coote
21 January 2012 Blackpool 2–1 Crystal Palace Blackpool
15:00 Grandin Goal 85'
Basham Goal 90'
Report Garvan Goal 27' (pen.) Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 12,053
Referee: Nigel Miller
31 January 2012 Crystal Palace 1–1 Brighton & Hove Albion London
20:00 Martin Goal 64' (pen.) Report Barnes Goal 74' (pen.) Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 17,271
Referee: Stuart Attwell

February[]

4 February 2012 Middlesbrough 0–0 Crystal Palace Middlesbrough
15:00 Report Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 15,725
Referee: Mark Heywood
14 February 2012 Bristol City 2–2 Crystal Palace Bristol
19:45 Pitman Goal 77'90+3' Report Zaha Goal 14'
Ambrose Goal 69' (pen.)
Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 12,470
Referee: Lee Collins
18 February 2012 Crystal Palace 4–0 Watford London
15:00 Zaha Goal 22'
Martin Goal 38'50'
Dikgacoi Goal 64'
Report Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 13,324
Referee: Craig Pawson
25 February 2012 West Ham United 0–0 Crystal Palace London
12:45 Report Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 34,900
Referee: Graham Salisbury

March[]

3 March 2012 Crystal Palace 1–0 Peterborough United London
15:00 Jedinak Goal 76' Report Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 18,559
Referee: Scott Mathieson
6 March 2012 Coventry City 1–1 Crystal Palace Coventry
19:45 McDonald Goal 80' Report Ambrose Goal 4' (pen.) Stadium: Ricoh Arena
Attendance: 12,054
Referee: Mark Brown
10 March 2012 Burnley 1–1 Crystal Palace Burnley
15:00 Rodriguez Goal 2' (pen.) Report Ambrose Goal 63' (pen.)
Zaha Red card 72'
Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 13,216
Referee: Dean Whitestone
17 March 2012 Crystal Palace 0–0 Hull City London
15:00 Report Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 13,324
Referee: Darren Drysdale
20 March 2012 Crystal Palace 1–0 Barnsley London
20:00 Scannell Goal 90+3' Report Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 11,853
Referee: Trevor Kettle
24 March 2012 Derby County 3–2 Crystal Palace Derby
15:00 S. Davies Goal 6'
Hendrick Goal 29'
Robinson Goal 49' (pen.)
Report Martin Goal 79'
Ambrose Goal 90'
Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 25,222
Referee: Mick Russell
27 March 2012 Crystal Palace 1–1 Doncaster Rovers London
20:00 Easter Goal 57' Report Brown Goal 76' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 13,401
Referee: Darren Deadman
31 March 2012 Crystal Palace 0–3 Nottingham Forest London
15:00 Report Majewski Goal 53'72'82' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 14,928
Referee: Oliver Langford

April[]

7 April 2012 Birmingham City 3–1 Crystal Palace Birmingham
15:00 Burke Goal 21'
Fahey Goal 22'
Murphy Goal 32'
Report Garvan Goal 45' Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 21,932
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
9 April 2012 Crystal Palace 0–2 Southampton London
15:00 Report Lambert Goal 39'56' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 18,753
Referee: Gary Sutton
14 April 2012 Crystal Palace 1–1 Ipswich Town London
15:00 Martin Goal 36' Report Scotland Goal 59' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 17,961
Referee: Fred Graham
17 April 2012 Portsmouth 2–1 Crystal Palace Portsmouth
19:45 Allan Goal 32'
Halford Goal 55'
Report Ambrose Goal 71' (pen.) Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 14,847
Referee: Simon Hooper
21 April 2012 Reading 2–2 Crystal Palace Reading
15:00 Gorkšs Goal 20'
Le Fondre Goal 53'
Report Zaha Goal 14'
Murray Goal 76'
Stadium: Madjeski Stadium
Attendance: 23,431
Referee: Andy D'Urso
28 April 2012 Crystal Palace 1–2 Cardiff City London
12:30 Zaha Goal 13' Report Whittingham Goal 53'
Cowie Goal 62'
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 15,510
Referee: Lee Mason

Football League Cup[]

23 August 2011 1 Crystal Palace 2–0 Crawley Town London
19:30 Zaha Goal 54'58' Report Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 8,901
Referee: Michael Naylor
13 September 2011 2 Crystal Palace 2–1 Wigan Athletic London
20:00 Ambrose Goal 24'
Williams Goal 30'
Report Watson Goal 90+2' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 7,649
Referee: Keith Stroud
20 September 2011 3 Crystal Palace 2–1 Middlesbrough London
20:00 Zaha Goal 18'
Andrew Goal 52'
Report Zemmama Goal 55' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 5,448
Referee: Graham Scott
25 October 2011 4 Crystal Palace 2–0 Southampton London
19:45 Ambrose Goal 73'
Easter Goal 82' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 11,681
Referee: Mark Haywood
30 November 2011 5 Manchester United 1–2 (a.e.t.) Crystal Palace Manchester
19:45 Macheda Goal 69' (pen.) Report Ambrose Goal 65'
Murray Goal 98'
Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 52,623
Referee: Chris Foy
10 January 2012 Semi-final
First leg
Crystal Palace 1–0 Cardiff City London
20:00 Gardner Goal 43' Report Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 22,147
Referee: Mike Dean
24 January 2012 Semi-final
Second leg
Cardiff City 1–0
(1 - 1 agg.)
(3 - 1 p)
Crystal Palace Cardiff
19:45 Gardner Goal 7' (o.g.) Report McCarthy Yellow card 78' Red card Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 25,652
Referee: Howard Webb
Penalties
Miller Penalty missed
Conway Penalty scored
Gestede Penalty scored
Whittingham Penalty scored
Penalty missed Easter
Penalty missed Scannell
Penalty scored Jedinak
Penalty missed Parr

FA Cup[]

7 January 2012 3 Derby County 1–0 Crystal Palace Derby
15:00 Robinson Goal 9' Report Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 10,113
Referee: Darren Drysdale

End-of-season awards[]

Award Winner
Crystal Palace F.C. Player of the Year Jonathan Parr
Crystal Palace F.C. Young Player of the Year Wilfried Zaha
Vice Presidents' Player of the Year Jonathan Parr
Vice Presidents' Young Player of the Year Jonathan Williams
Scholar Player of the Year Jonathan Williams
Academy Player of the Year Reise Allassani
Crystal Palace F.C. Goal of the Season Darren Ambrose (vs. Manchester United, 30 November)

References[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Scannell was born in Croydon, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland internationally through his father, as well as Jamaica, and has represented the Republic of Ireland at youth and B level.
  2. ^ Zaha was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, but was raised in England from the age of 4, and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for England in November 2012. He would switch his international allegiance back to the Ivory Coast in November 2016 and made his international debut for the Ivory Coast in January 2017.
  3. ^ Williams was born in Pembury, England, but also qualifies to represent Wales internationally through his father and represented them at U-17, U-19, and U-21 level before making his international debut for Wales in March 2013.
  4. ^ Sekajja was born in Mulago, Uganda, but was raised in England and has represented them at U-16 level.
  5. ^ Dorman was born in Chester, England, but was raised in Wales and made his international debut for Wales in May 2010.
  6. ^ Price was born in Bournemouth, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in November 2005.
  7. ^ Appiah was born in Thamesmead, England, but also qualifies to represent Ghana internationally and would make his international debut for Ghana in January 2015.

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