2011–12 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season

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Tranmere Rovers F.C.
2011–12 season
ChairmanPeter Johnson
ManagerLes Parry (until 4 March 2012)
Ronnie Moore
FA CupFirst round
Football League CupFirst round
Football League TrophyArea quarterfinal
Top goalscorerLeague:
Joss Labadie
Lucas Akins
Jake Cassidy (5)
All:
four players (5)
Highest home attendance8,526 vs
Stevenage
(6 April)
Lowest home attendance4,153 vs
Rochdale
(17 January)
Average home league attendance5,130
(12th in the league)[1]
Away colours

The 2011–12 season was the 111th season of competitive association football and the 85th season in the Football League played by Tranmere Rovers Football Club, a professional football club based in Birkenhead, Wirral.

Background and pre-season[]

Main article: 2010–11 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season

Pre-season matches[]

16 July 2011 Prestatyn Town 2–1 Tranmere Rovers Prestatyn
15:00 Griffiths 45'
Cooke 89'		 McGurk 16' Stadium: Bastion Road
22 July 2011 Aberystwyth Town 7–0 Tranmere Rovers Aberystwyth
19:00 Stadium: Park Avenue
23 July 2011 Altrincham 2–0 Tranmere Rovers Altrincham
15:00 Clee Stadium: Moss Lane
27 July 2011 Tranmere Rovers 1–1 Manchester United XI Birkenhead
19:30 McChrystal 3' Lingard 33' Stadium: Prenton Park
29 July 2011 Shrewsbury Town 0–2 Tranmere Rovers Shrewsbury
19:30 Akins 11'
Weir 58'		 Stadium: Greenhous Meadow
Attendance: 1,047
2 August 2011 Tranmere Rovers 2–0 Liverpool XI Birkenhead
19:00 Buchanan 36'
Tiryaki 52'		 Stadium: Prenton Park

League One[]

Main article: 2011–12 Football League One

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
10 Colchester United 46 13 20 13 61 66 −5 59
11 AFC Bournemouth 46 15 13 18 48 52 −4 58
12 Tranmere Rovers 46 14 14 18 49 53 −4 56
13 Hartlepool United 46 14 14 18 50 55 −5 56
14 Bury 46 15 11 20 60 79 −19 56
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

Results by matchday[]

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GroundHAAHAHAHHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAHHHAAHAHAAHAH
ResultWWLDWDLLWLDDWWWLDLLLLWLDLDLDLDDLLDWWDWWLWLWDLD
Position735655101210111212118678812151512161717161717171717171920191616151213111311111312
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2012. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

6 August 2011 1 Tranmere Rovers 1–0 Chesterfield Birkenhead
15:00 Weir 74' BBC report
TRFC report		 Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 5,755
13 August 2011 2 Leyton Orient 0–1 Tranmere Rovers Leyton
15:00 BBC report
TRFC report		 Buchanan 60' Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 3,658
16 August 2011 3 Notts County 3–2 Tranmere Rovers Nottingham
19:45 Kelly 52'
Pearce 60'
J. Hughes 90+7' (pen.)		 BBC report
TRFC report		 Welsh 10'
Labadie 80'
Raven Yellow card 18' Yellow-red card 90+4'
McGurk Red card 90+6'		 Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 4,883
20 August 2011 4 Tranmere Rovers 1–1 Sheffield United Birkenhead
15:00 Labadie 80' BBC report
TRFC report		 Montgomery 44' Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 6,244
27 August 2011 5 Brentford 0–2 Tranmere Rovers Brentford
15:00 BBC report
TRFC report		 Weir 28'
Robinson 46'		 Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 5,381
3 September 2011 6 Tranmere Rovers 0–0 Yeovil Town Birkenhead
15:00 BBC report
TRFC report		 Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 5,037
10 September 2011 7 Huddersfield Town 2–0 Tranmere Rovers Huddersfield
15:00 Roberts 24'
Arfield 82'		 BBC report
TRFC report		 Stadium: Galpharm Stadium
Attendance: 12,013
13 September 2011 8 Tranmere Rovers 1–2 Carlisle United Birkenhead
19:45 Akins 51' BBC report
TRFC report		 Miller 3'
Berrett 35' (pen)		 Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 4,219
17 September 2011 9 Tranmere Rovers 2–0 Wycombe Wanderers Birkenhead
15:00 Showunmi 9'
Taylor 60'		 BBC report
TRFC report		 Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 4,297
24 September 2011 10 Preston North End 2–1 Tranmere Rovers Preston
15:00 Alexander 37' (pen.)
Mayor 71'
Parry Yellow card 18' Yellow-red card 75'		 BBC report
TRFC report		 Baxter 60' Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 17,281
1 October 2011 11 Tranmere Rovers 0–0 Bournemouth Birkenhead
15:00 BBC report
TRFC report		 Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 4,179
8 October 2011 12 Charlton Athletic 1–1 Tranmere Rovers London
15:00 Jackson 80' (pen.) BBC report
TRFC report		 McGurk 33' Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 15,038
15 October 2011 13 Tranmere Rovers 1–0 Oldham Athletic Birkenhead
15:00 Baxter 18' BBC report
TRFC report		 Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 5,117
22 October 2011 14 Tranmere Rovers 2–1 Walsall Birkenhead
15:00 Weir 59'
Tiryaki 80'		 BBC report
TRFC report		 Butler 73' Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 4,469
25 October 2011 15 Hartlepool United 0–2 Tranmere Rovers Hartlepool
19:45 BBC report
TRFC report		 Akins 46', 66' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 5,200
29 October 2011 16 Scunthorpe United 4–2 Tranmere Rovers Scunthorpe
15:00 Duffy 20'
Grant 44', 67' (pen.)
Dagnall 52'		 BBC report
TRFC report		 Tiryaki 4', 32'
Baxter Red card 63'		 Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 4,282
5 November 2011 17 Tranmere Rovers 0–0 Colchester United Birkenhead
15:00 BBC report
TRFC report		 Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 4,312
19 November 2011 18 Tranmere Rovers 1–2 Sheffield Wednesday Birkenhead
15:00 Baxter 38' BBC report
TRFC report		 Lines 45+1'
Lowe 80'		 Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 6,652
26 November 2011 19 Exeter City 3–0 Tranmere Rovers Exeter
15:00 Bennett 41'
Coles 66'
Logan 78'		 BBC report
TRFC report		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 4,108
10 December 2011 20 Tranmere Rovers 0–2 Milton Keynes Dons Birkenhead
15:00 BBC report
TRFC report		 Ibehre 19'
Williams 60'		 Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 4,314
17 December 2011 21 Stevenage 2–1 Tranmere Rovers Stevenage
15:00 Beardsley 38'
May Red card 70'
Roberts 84'		 BBC report
TRFC report		 Labadie 90+3' (pen.) Stadium: Broadhall Way
Attendance: 3,376
30 December 2011 22 Tranmere Rovers 2–0 Bury Birkenhead
19:45 Labadie 24'
Taylor 90'		 BBC report
TRFC report		 Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 5,253
2 January 2012 23 Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 Tranmere Rovers Sheffield
15:00 R. Johnson 2'
Lines 7'		 BBC report
TRFC report		 Goodison 82' Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 24,254
7 January 2012 24 Tranmere Rovers 2–2 Brentford Birkenhead
15:00 Devaney 4'
Dean 55' (og)		 BBC report
TRFC report		 Alexander 22'
Donaldson 32'		 Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 4,432
14 January 2012 25 Yeovil Town 2–1 Tranmere Rovers Yeovil
15:00 Edwards 19'
Williams 90+5'		 BBC report
TRFC report		 McGurk 9' Stadium: Huish Park
Attendance: 4,083
17 January 2012 26 Tranmere Rovers 0–0 Rochdale Birkenhead
19:45 BBC report
[ TRFC report]		 Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 4,153
21 January 2012 27 Bournemouth 2–1 Tranmere Rovers Bournemouth
15:00 Thomas 18'
Pugh 30'		 BBC report
TRFC report		 Devaney 4' Stadium: Dean Court
Attendance: 5,807
28 January 2012 28 Tranmere Rovers 1–1 Huddersfield Town Birkenhead
15:00 McGurk 51' BBC report
TRFC report		 Rhodes 49' Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 5,851
4 February 2012 29 Wycombe Wanderers 2–1 Tranmere Rovers High Wycombe
15:00 Whichelow 23'
Ainsworth 30'		 BBC report
TRFC report		 McGurk 5' Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 4,398
14 February 2012 30 Carlisle United 0–0 Tranmere Rovers Carlisle
19:45 BBC report
TRFC report		 Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 4,152
18 February 2012 31 Tranmere Rovers 1–1 Charlton Athletic Birkenhead
15:00 Brunt 33' BBC report
TRFC report		 Morrison 60' Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 4,685
25 February 2012 32 Oldham Athletic 1–0 Tranmere Rovers Oldham
15:00 Kuqi 48' (pen.) BBC report
TRFC report		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 3,866
3 March 2012 33 Chesterfield 1–0 Tranmere Rovers Chesterfield
15:00 Bowery 75' BBC report
TRFC report		 Stadium: Proact Stadium
Attendance: 5,861
6 March 2012 34 Tranmere Rovers 1–1 Notts County Birkenhead
19:45 Welsh 90+3' BBC report
TRFC report		 Stewart 5' Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 4,565
10 March 2012 35 Tranmere Rovers 2–0 Leyton Orient Birkenhead
15:00 Robinson 35'
Showunmi 45+1'		 BBC report
TRFC report		 Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 6,824
13 March 2012 36 Tranmere Rovers 2–1 Preston North End Birkenhead
19:45 Showunmi 15'
Robinson 67'		 BBC report
TRFC report		 Cummins 12' Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 4,612
17 March 2012 37 Sheffield United 1–1 Tranmere Rovers Sheffield
15:00 Evans 31' BBC report
TRFC report		 Akins 54' Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 17,444
20 March 2012 38 Rochdale 0–2 Tranmere Rovers Rochdale
19:45 BBC report
TRFC report		 Wallace 28'
Cassidy 82'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,618
24 March 2012 39 Tranmere Rovers 2–0 Exeter City Birkenhead
15:00 Labadie 49'
Cassidy 90+3'		 BBC report
TRFC report		 Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 4,786
31 March 2012 40 Bury 2–0 Tranmere Rovers Bury
15:00 Sodje 67'
Coke 72'		 BBC report
TRFC report		 Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 3,733
6 April 2012 41 Tranmere Rovers 3–0 Stevenage Birkenhead
15:00 Cassidy 2', 11'
Akins 77'		 BBC report
TRFC report		 Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 8,526
9 April 2012 42 Milton Keynes Dons 3–0 Tranmere Rovers Milton Keynes
15:00 Williams 10' (pen.), 74' (pen.)
Gleeson 42'		 BBC report
TRFC report		 Stadium: Stadium:mk
Attendance: 7,355
14 April 2012 43 Walsall 0–1 Tranmere Rovers Walsall
15:00 Beevers Yellow card 30' Yellow-red card 90' BBC report
TRFC report		 Robinson 62' Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Attendance: 3,895
21 April 2012 44 Tranmere Rovers 1–1 Hartlepool United Birkenhead
15:00 Welsh 40'
Fon Williams Red card 72'		 BBC report
TRFC report		 Sweeney 69' Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 4,757
28 April 2012 45 Colchester United 4–2 Tranmere Rovers Colchester
15:00 Henderson 4'
Eastman 46'
Goodison 66' (o.g.)
Sears 84'		 BBC report
TRFC report		 Wallace 52'
Cassidy 72'		 Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
Attendance: 4,061
5 May 2012 46 Tranmere Rovers 1–1 Scunthorpe United Birkenhead
15:00 McCrystal 27' BBC report
TRFC report		 Thompson 61' Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 4,952

FA Cup[]

Main article: 2011–12 FA Cup
12 November 2011 First round Tranmere Rovers 0–1 Cheltenham Town Birkenhead
15:00 BBC report
TRFC report		 Duffy 21' (pen.) Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 3,211
Referee: Craig Pawson

Football League Cup[]

Main article: 2011–12 Football League Cup
9 August 2011 First round Doncaster Rovers 3–0 Tranmere Rovers Doncaster
19:45 Brown 5' (pen.)
Mason 29'
Bennett 59'		 BBC report
TRFC report		 Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Attendance: 4,339
Referee: Gary Sutton

Football League Trophy[]

Main article: 2011–12 Football League Trophy
30 August 2011 First round Tranmere Rovers 1–1
(4–2 p)		 Port Vale Birkenhead
19:00 Taylor 88' BBC report
TRFC report		 Taylor 50' Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 2,546
Referee: Mark Heywood
Penalties
Labadie soccer ball with check mark
Power soccer ball with check mark
Welsh soccer ball with red X
Weir soccer ball with check mark
Taylor soccer ball with check mark		 Roberts soccer ball with red X
Martin soccer ball with check mark
Pope soccer ball with red X
McDonald soccer ball with check mark
4 October 2011 Second round Accrington Stanley 1–2 * Tranmere Rovers Accrington
19:45 Bakayogo 9' (o.g.)
*Abandoned after 39 minutes		 BBC report Taylor 20'
Tiryaki 35'		 Stadium: Crown Ground
12 October 2011 Second round replay Accrington Stanley 0–1 Tranmere Rovers Accrington
19:45 BBC report
TRFC report		 Taylor 39' Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,509
Referee: James Adcock
8 November 2011 Area quarterfinal Chesterfield 4–3 Tranmere Rovers Chesterfield
19:45 Mendy 32'
Bowery 54', 80'
Westcarr 90+1'		 BBC report
TRFC report		 McGurk 9'
Showunmi 70'
Tiryaki 72'		 Stadium: Proact Stadium
Attendance: 3,152
Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Players[]

Transfers, contract extensions and loans are listed from the last day of the previous season till the final day of this season

Transfers[]

Contract extensions[]

Date Player Age Ends
23 May 2011 England Adam McGurk 22 1 July 2012[12]
28 June 2011 England Andy Robinson 31 1 July 2012[13]
30 June 2011 Northern Ireland Mark McChrystal 27 1 July 2013[14]
29 July 2011 England Lucas Akins 22 1 July 2012[15]

Loans[]

Season statistics[]

No. Nat Player Total League
One 		FA
Cup 		League
Cup 		League
Trophy 		Discipline Signed†
A G A G A G A G A G Yellow card Red card Status Joined Left
Goalkeepers
1 Wales Owain Fôn Williams 40+0 – 35+0 – 1+0 – 1+0 – 3+0 – 2 1 – – –
13 England Andy Coughlin 1+1 – 1+1 – – – – – – – – – – – –
22 England John Courtney – – – – – – – – – – – – youth – –
23 England Paul Rachubka 10+0 – 10+0 – – – – – – – 1 – loan 24.11[20] 31.01
Defenders
2 England Michael Kay 7+2 – 4+2 – – – 1+0 – 2+0 – 3 – – – –
3 Ivory Coast Zoumana Bakayogo 12+18 – 8+18 – – – 1+0 – 3+0 – – – – – –
5 Jamaica Ian Goodison 44+2 1 41+2 1 1+0 – 1+0 – 1+0 – 3 – – – –
6 Northern Ireland Mark McChrystal 20+1 1 17+1 1 – – 1+0 – 2+0 – 3 – – – –
12 Wales Ash Taylor 40+1 4 36+1 2 1+0 – – – 3+0 2 1 – – – –
15 England Danny Holmes 26+1 – 25+1 – – – – – 1+0 – 1 – – – –
16 Northern Ireland David Buchanan 44+0 1 41+0 1 1+0 – – – 2+0 – 5 – – – –
19 England David Raven 18+2 – 17+0 – 1+0 – 0+1 – 0+1 – 2 1 – – –
Midfielders
4 England Joss Labadie 11+20 5 9+18 5 0+1 – – – 2+1 – 8 – – – –
8 England John Welsh 48+1 3 43+1 3 1+0 – 1+0 – 3+0 – 10 – – – –
10 Northern Ireland Robbie Weir 33+11 3 29+10 3 1+0 – 1+0 – 2+1 – 7 – – – –
11 England Andy Robinson 23+5 4 21+4 4 1+0 – 1+0 – 0+1 – 3 – – – –
18 England Ryan Donaldson 1+0 – 1+0 – – – – – – – – – loan 16.09[16] 16.10
20 England Max Power 2+4 – 2+2 – – – – – 0+2 – 1 – – – –
21 England Jose Baxter 15+0 3 14+0 3 – – – – 1+0 – – 1 loan 23.09[17] 08.01
25 Republic of Ireland Martin Devaney 18+5 2 16+4 2 0+1 – 1+0 – 1+0 – 4 – – – –
27 England James Wallace 18+0 2 18+0 2 – – – – – – 7 – loan 19.01[23] –
29 England Jake Kirby 0+1 – 0+1 – – – – – – – – – – – –
Forwards
7 England Enoch Showunmi 21+9 4 21+6 3 0+1 – 0+1 – 0+1 1 1 – – – –
9 England Mustafa Tiryaki 21+14 4 16+14 3 1+0 – 1+0 – 3+0 1 4 – – – –
14 Northern Ireland Adam McGurk 28+7 5 25+6 4 1+0 – 1+0 – 1+1 1 5 1 – – –
17 England Lucas Akins 40+9 5 36+8 5 1+0 – 0+1 – 3+0 – 2 – – – –
18 Wales Jake Cassidy 7+3 5 7+3 5 – – – – – – 1 – loan 16.03[28] –
24 England Lateef Elford-Alliyu 2+2 – 2+2 – – – – – – – – – loan 16.01[22] 16.02
26 England Cole Stockton 0+1 – 0+1 – – – – – – – – – – – –
28 England Ryan Brunt 11+4 1 11+4 1 – – – – – – – – loan 27.01[26] –
Own goals 1 1 – – –
Total 51 54 46 49 1 0 1 5 3 5 72 4

† Statuses are mentioned for youth academy players without senior contract and players who were signed on non-contract basis or on loan. Dates joined and left are mentioned only for players who changed club between the first and the last matchday of the season.

Last updated: 3 May 2014.
Source: 11v11.com

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