2011–12

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Map showing the locations of the 24 teams in League Two during the 2011–12 season

The 2011–12 season was the 129th season of football played by Bristol Rovers, and their 85th in the Football League. The team spent it in League Two, the fourth level of English football, after having been relegated from League One at the end of 2010–11.

The footballing year began with a new manager at the helm and an almost entirely new playing staff. Despite early optimism things rapidly turned sour, and after a run of 8 league games without a win, stretching from the beginning of November to the start of January, he was relieved of his duties after just a few months in the job. Many fans had turned against the manager long before this point, not helped by the very public falling out he had with previous club captain and caretaker manager Stuart Campbell which saw Campbell leave the club in December.

Buckle's assistant Shaun North was left in charge of the first team until a replacement could be found. He was thrown in at the deep end as his first ever game as a professional manager was an FA Cup tie against Premier League side Aston Villa, in a game screened live on national television. North remained in charge for three games, recording one win and one draw in the league to go with the defeat to Villa in the cup.

On 18 January the club named Mark McGhee as the new manager and he immediately brought about an upturn in form, with very few changes to Buckle's playing staff. He also opted to keep North on as assistant boss to help with the transitional period, rather than bringing in his own man. This no doubt helped speed up the new manager's familiarity with the strengths and weaknesses of each member of the squad.

The Gas ended the season comfortably in mid table, finishing 13th, which although was significantly below the pre-season expectations of promotion, it was something of a relief considering the team's flirtation with the relegation zone towards the end of Buckle's tenure at the helm.

Season summary

Summary of the 2011–12 season
Division:	npower League Two
League position (won, drawn, lost):	13th (w:15, d:12, l:19)
FA Cup:	Third round
League Cup:	Second round
League Trophy:	First round
Personnel
Chairman:	Nick Higgs
Manager:	Paul Buckle (until early January) Shaun North (caretaker) Mark McGhee (January onwards)
Assistant manager:	Shaun North
Captain:	Matt Gill
Statistics
Top goalscorer (all competitions):	Matt Harrold (18)
Top goalscorer (league only):	Matt Harrold (16)
Most appearances (all competitions):	Lee Brown (48)
Most appearances (league only):	Lee Brown (42)
Biggest win:	Bristol Rovers 7-1 Burton Albion (14-04-2012)
Heaviest defeat:	Dagenham & Redbridge 4-0 Bristol Rovers (05-05-2012)
Highest attendance (home, league):	8,427 (Bristol Rovers 1-2 Torquay United (13-08-2011))
Highest attendance (home, cup):	10,883 (Bristol Rovers 1-3 Aston Villa (07-01-2012))
Highest attendance (away, league):	10,023 (Bradford City 2-2 Bristol Rovers (10-09-2011))
Highest attendance (away, cup):	2,236 (AFC Totton 1-6 Bristol Rovers (04-12-2011))
Lowest attendance (home, league):	5,024 (Bristol Rovers 0-2 Barnet (19-11-2011))
Lowest attendance (home, cup):	3,787 (Bristol Rovers 3-1 Corby Town (12-11-2011))
Lowest attendance (away, league):	1,643 (Accrington Stanley 2-1 Bristol Rovers (05-11-2011))
Lowest attendance (away, cup):	771 (Wycombe Wanderers 3-1 Bristol Rovers (06-09-2011))

Fixtures

Pre-season

See 2011–12 pre-season for more details

The club arranged nine pre-season warmup matches, three nominally at home, although one of those was played at Twerton Park, and six away. There was originally a game scheduled against Kidderminster Harriers on 26 July, but after a game against Reading was arranged on the same day Kiddy pulled out of the fixture as they wanted to face a full strength team and Rovers would only play a reserve XI.

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
6 July	Mangotsfield United	Away	5–1	1,169	L.Brown, McGleish, Richards, Swallow (2)
8 July	Bath City	Away	2–0	1,200	Anyinsah, W.Brown
11 July	Salisbury City	Away	5–2	603	Bolger, Anyinsah, Dutton (og), McGleish, Zebroski
14 July	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Home1	2–2	841	McGleish (pen), McLaggon
19 July	Burnley	Home	2–0	2,500	Harrold, Richards
21 July	Weston-super-Mare	Away	2–0		Lines, McLaggon
26 July	Reading	Home	1–2	3,309	Kuffour
30 July	Gloucester City	Away	3–2	425	Virgo, Anthony, McGleish
1 August	Bitton	Away	1–2		Richards

¹ Game played at Twerton Park

Competitive matches

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers	League Pos
6 August	League Two	AFC Wimbledon	Away	3–2	4,629	McGleish, Harrold, Virgo (pen)	2nd
10 August	League Cup	Watford	Home	Match postponed for policing reasons
13 August	League Two	Torquay United	Home	1–2	8,427	Anthony	11th
16 August	League Two	Northampton Town	Home	2–1	5,812	Kuffour, Harrold	7th
20 August	League Two	Macclesfield Town	Away	0–0	1,865		8th
23 August	League Cup	Watford	Home	1–1	4,432	Harrold
Bristol Rovers progress to the second round after winning the penalty shootout 4–2
27 August	League Two	Hereford United	Home	0–0	6,342		10th
30 August	League Cup	Leyton Orient	Away	2–3	1,881	Zebroski, Richards
3 September	League Two	Crawley Town	Away	1–4	3,693	L.Brown	14th
6 September	League Trophy	Wycombe Wanderers	Away	1–3	771	Harrold
10 September	League Two	Bradford City	Away	2–2	10,023	Harrold, Richards	16th
13 September	League Two	Shrewsbury Town	Home	1–0	5,065	Zebroski	12th
17 September	League Two	Aldershot Town	Home	0–1	5,640		16th
24 September	League Two	Morecambe	Away	3–2	2,583	Bolger, McGleish, Anyinsah	12th
1 October	League Two	Cheltenham Town	Home	1–3	6,108	L. Brown	15th
8 October	League Two	Oxford United	Away	0–3	9,291		17th
14 October	League Two	Rotherham United	Home	5–2	5,395	McGleish (2), Bolger, L. Brown, Anyinsah	12th
22 October	League Two	Burton Albion	Away	1–2	3,094	Harold	14th
25 October	League Two	Port Vale	Home	0–3	5,444		16th
29 October	League Two	Dagenham & Redbridge	Home	2–0	5,475	Anyinsah, Harrold (pen)	15th
5 November	League Two	Accrington Stanley	Away	1–2	1,643	Anyinsah	16th
12 November	FA Cup	Corby Town	Home	3–1	3,787	Scott McGleish (pen), Mustapha Carayol, Chris Zebroski
19 November	League Two	Barnet	Home	0–2	5,024		17th
26 November	League Two	Southend United	Away	1–1	6,237	Harrold	18th
4 December	FA Cup	AFC Totton	Away	6–1	2,236	Anyinsah, Carayol, Woodards, Anthony, Richards (2)
10 December	League Two	Swindon Town	Home	1–1	7,726	Woodards	18th
17 December	League Two	Gillingham	Away	1–4	7,750	Carayol	18th
26 December	League Two	Plymouth Argyle	Home	2–3	8,090	Harrold (2, 1 pen)	18th
31 December	League Two	Crewe Alexandra	Home	2–5	5,037	Harrold, McGleish	19th
2 January	League Two	Barnet	Away	0–2	2,537		19th
7 January	FA Cup	Aston Villa	Home	1–3	10,883	McGleish
10 January	League Two	Hereford United	Away	2–1	2,411	L. Brown, McGleish	17th
14 January	League Two	Crawley Town	Home	0–0	5,082		18th
21 January	League Two	Cheltenham Town	Away	2–0	5,288	Zebroski, Richards	17th
28 January	League Two	Bradford City	Home	2–1	6,164	L. Brown, Richards	16th
4 February	League Two	Aldershot Town	Away	Match postponed due to frozen pitch
11 February	League Two	Morecambe	Home	2–1	5,381	L. Brown, McGleish (pen)	15th
14 February	League Two	Shrewsbury Town	Away	0–1	4,928		15th
18 February	League Two	Oxford United	Home	0–0	6,512		16th
25 February	League Two	Rotherham United	Away	1–0	3,937	Dorman	16th
3 March	League Two	Macclesfield Town	Home	0–0	5,420		16th
6 March	League Two	Northampton Town	Away	2–3	4,028	Stanley, L. Brown	16th
10 March	League Two	Torquay United	Away	2–2	3,920	Harrold, Zebroski	16th
17 March	League Two	AFC Wimbledon	Home	1–0	5,828	Carayol	14th
20 March	League Two	Plymouth Argyle	Away	1–1	7,531	Harrold	15th
24 March	League Two	Southend United	Home	1–0	6,258	Harrold (pen)	14th
27 March	League Two	Aldershot Town	Away	0–1	2,870		14th
31 March	League Two	Swindon Town	Away	0–0	9,645		14th
6 April	League Two	Gillingham	Home	2–2	6,160	Richards, Carayol	14th
9 April	League Two	Crewe Alexandra	Away	0–3	4,139		15th
14 April	League Two	Burton Albion	Home	7–1	5,353	Carayol, Richards (3), Harrold (2, 1 pen), Paterson	14th
21 April	League Two	Port Vale	Away	0–1	4,066		15th
28 April	League Two	Accrington Stanley	Home	5–1	7,073	Harrold (2, 1 pen), Dorman, Lund (2)	12th
5 May	League Two	Dagenham & Redbridge	Away	0–4	2,377		13th

Squad

No	Nat	Name	Pos	League		FA Cup		Carling Cup		JP Trophy		Total
				Apps	Gls	Apps	Gls	Apps	Gls	Apps	Gls	Apps	Gls
1		Scott Bevan	GK	37	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	42	0
20		Michael Poke	GK	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
20		Conor Gough	GK	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25		Lance Cronin	GK	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
38		Matt Macey	GK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2		Michael Smith	Def	20	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	22	0
3		Gary Sawyer	Def	24	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	27	0
4		Danny Woodards	Def	39	1	3	1	1	0	1	0	44	2
5		Cian Bolger	Def	39	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	43	2
14		Lee Brown	Def	42	7	3	0	2	0	1	0	48	7
15		Byron Anthony	Def	16	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	20	2
19		Adam Virgo	Def	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	11	1
22		Charlie Clough	Def	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30		Michael Boateng	Def	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
33		Aaron Downes	Def	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
37		Tom Parkes	Def	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
4		Chris Lines	Mid	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6		Craig Stanley	Mid	34	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	39	1
7		Stuart Campbell	Mid	11	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	13	0
8		Matt Gill	Mid	33	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	36	0
11		Mustapha Carayol	Mid	30	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	35	6
16		Joe Anyinsah	Mid	31	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	33	5
17		Jim Paterson	Mid	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	1
21		Wayne Brown	Mid	12	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	15	0
23		Ben Swallow	Mid	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23		Matthew Lund	Mid	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	2
24		Ollie Clarke	Mid	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29		Darren Jefferies	Mid	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
31		Shaquille Hunter	Mid	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33		Oliver Norburn	Mid	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
34		Andy Dorman	Mid	25	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	28	2
35		Jordan Goddard	Mid	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9		Matt Harrold	Fwd	40	16	2	0	1	1	1	1	44	18
10		Scott McGleish	Fwd	27	7	2	2	2	0	1	0	32	9
17		Jo Kuffour	Fwd	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	1
18		Eliot Richards	Fwd	32	7	2	2	1	1	1	0	36	10
26		Chris Zebroski	Fwd	39	3	2	1	2	1	0	0	43	5
27		Kayne McLaggon	Fwd	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
28		Lamar Powell	Fwd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32		Mitch Harding	Fwd	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
34		Scott Rendell	Fwd	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0

Midfielder Charlie Reece was officially still on the books of Bristol Rovers during this season, but after being told in the summer that he was free to leave if he could find another club he was not allocated a squad number.

Match lineups

No	Nat	Player	League game
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
1		Scott Bevan
2		Michael Smith
3		Gary Sawyer
4		Chris Lines
4		Danny Woodards
5		Cian Bolger
6		Craig Stanley
7		Stuart Campbell
8		Matt Gill
9		Matt Harrold
10		Scott McGleish																																	On loan at Barnet
11		Mustapha Carayol
14		Lee Brown
15		Byron Anthony																															On loan at Hereford United
16		Joe Anyinsah
17		Jo Kuffour											On loan at Gillingham
17		Jim Paterson
18		Eliot Richards
19		Adam Virgo
20		Michael Poke
20		Conor Gough
21		Wayne Brown
22		Charlie Clough							On loan at Bath City																												On loan at AFC Telford
23		Ben Swallow						On loan at Bath City
23		Matthew Lund
24		Ollie Clarke																																							On loan at Clevedon
25		Lance Cronin																																On loan at Ebbsfleet United
26		Chris Zebroski
27		Kayne McLaggon														On loan at Tonbridge
28		Lamar Powell
29		Darren Jefferies
30		Michael Boateng														On loan at Tonbridge								On loan at Sutton United
31		Shaquille Hunter
32		Mitch Harding
33		Oliver Norburn
33		Aaron Downes
34		Scott Rendell
34		Andy Dorman
35		Jordan Goddard
37		Tom Parkes
38		Matt Macey

Awards

The Suporters' Club awards dinner was held on 3 May 2012 and four trophies were handed out. These were the traditional Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year awards, along with the more recent additions of Goal of the Season and Youth Team Player of the Year.

• Player of the Year: Danny Woodards
• Young Player of the Year: Eliot Richards
• Goal of the Season: Mustapha Carayol's 42nd-minute strike in the 7–1 win over Burton Albion on 14 April 2012
• Youth Team Player of the Year: Mitch Harding

Beginning in January, the club also ran a Player of the Month competition, with the winner voted for online by the fans. There were three winners in all, with no poll held for games played in April or May.

• January: Aaron Downes
• February: Michael Poke
• March: Danny Woodards

The award became known as something of a curse after both Downes and Poke suffered serious injuries immediately after winning the title. Although Woodards managed to stay fit for a few games after winning he suffered a broken leg in the final game of the season, two days after picking up the Player of the Year award.

Statistics

Goalscorers

Player	League	Cups	Total
Matt Harrold	16	2	18
Eliot Richards	7	3	10
Scott McGleish	7	2	9
Lee Brown	7	0	7
Mustapha Carayol	4	2	6
Joe Anyinsah	4	1	5
Chris Zebroski	3	2	5
Byron Anthony	1	1	2
Cian Bolger	2	0	2
Andy Dorman	2	0	2
Matthew Lund	2	0	2
Danny Woodards	1	1	2
Jo Kuffour	1	0	1
Jim Paterson	1	0	1
Craig Stanley	1	0	1
Adam Virgo	1	0	1

Discipline

Only bookings received while playing for Bristol Rovers are included in this list. Cautions received while out on loan, prior to joining or after leaving The Gas are not given.

Player	Red	Yellow
Cian Bolger
Tom Parkes
Ben Swallow
Chris Zebroski
Mustapha Carayol
Craig Stanley
Matt Gill
Matt Harrold
Gary Sawyer
Danny Woodards
Byron Anthony
Andy Dorman
Eliot Richards
Lee Brown
Matthew Lund
Joe Anyinsah
Stuart Campbell
Jim Paterson
Wayne Brown
Aaron Downes
Scott McGleish
Michael Poke
Scott Rendell

League table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
11	Aldershot Town	46	19	9	18	54	52	2	66
12	Port Vale	46	29	9	17	68	60	8	59*
13	Bristol Rovers	46	15	12	19	60	70	-10	57
14	Accrington Stanley	46	14	15	17	54	66	-12	57
15	Morecambe	46	14	14	18	63	57	6	56

* Port Vale deducted 10 points for entering administration.

League progress

The chart below shows Rovers' progress in the league table over the course of the 2011–12 season. The x-axis shows the number of games played and the y-axis represents The Pirates' position in the league at that point of the season.

Team kit

Bristol Rovers team kit for the 2011-12 season. Copyright Historical Football Kits and reproduced by kind permission.

Bristol Rovers team kit for the 2011-12 season. Copyright Historical Football Kits and reproduced by kind permission.

The kit manufacturer was again Erreà, who have been providing team wear since 2005. The home kit featured the traditional blue and white quarters, while the away kit, which was also quartered, was black and green.

As has been the norm at the club since the 2009–10 season, the shirt sponsor was selected via a random draw from a number of companies who paid to take part. This years first prize winners, and sponsors of the home shirt, were McCarthy Waste Management, while the away shirt sponsors were Edinburgh-based couriers ITS.

There was also a third place prize in the draw, which was sponsorship of the South Stand at the Memorial Stadium, and that went to Brunel Professional Risks.

The club's announcement of the winners can be found at http://www.bristolrovers.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10328~2327731,00.html

Transfers

Players in

Date	Name	Nationality	From	Contract	Fee
20 June	Mustapha Carayol	Gambia	Lincoln City	2 years	Undisclosed
20 June	Matt Harrold	England	Shrewsbury Town	2 years	Undisclosed
1 July	Scott Bevan	England	Torquay United	2 years	Free
1 July	Lee Brown	England	Queens Park Rangers	2 years	Free
1 July	Lance Cronin	England	Gillingham		Free
1 July	Matt Gill	England	Norwich City	3 years	Free
1 July	Scott McGleish	England	Leyton Orient		Free
1 July	Michael Smith	Northern Ireland	Ballymena United	2 years
1 July	Craig Stanley	England	Morecambe	2 years	Free
1 July	Adam Virgo	Scotland	Yeovil Town	2 years	Free
4 July	Chris Zebroski	England	Torquay United		Undisclosed
6 July	Joe Anyinsah	England	Charlton Athletic		Free
11 July	Cian Bolger	Republic of Ireland	Leicester City	10 months	Loan
11 July	Kayne McLaggon	Wales	Salisbury City	1 year
19 July	Michael Boateng	England	Carshalton Athletic	1 year	Free
26 August	Danny Woodards	England	Milton Keynes Dons	1 year	Free
23 September	Oliver Norburn	England	Leicester City	3 months	Loan
7 October	Scott Rendell	England	Wycombe Wanderers	1 month	Loan
10 November	Andy Dorman	Wales	Crystal Palace	6 months	Loan
1 January	Aaron Downes	Australia	Chesterfield	4 months	Loan
1 January	Michael Poke	England	Brighton & Hove Albion	3 months	Loan
30 January	Matthew Lund	Northern Ireland	Stoke City	3 months	Loan
31 January	Jim Paterson	Scotland	Unattached	5 months	Signed
9 February	Tom Parkes	England	Leicester City	1 month	Loan
4 May	Conor Gough	England	Charlton Athletic	1 week	Loan

Players out

Date	Name	Nationality	To	Contract	Fee
12 August	Chris Lines	England	Sheffield Wednesday	3 years	£50,000
31 August	Ben Swallow	Wales	Bath City	3 months	Loan
9 September	Charlie Clough	England	Bath City	3 months	Loan
30 September	Jo Kuffour	England	Gillingham	3 months	Loan
20 October	Michael Boateng	England	Tonbridge Angels	2 months	Loan
20 October	Kayne McLaggon	Wales	Tonbridge Angels	2 months	Loan
20 October	Charlie Reece	England	Gloucester City	1 month	Loan
20 December	Stuart Campbell	Scotland	Tampa Bay Rowdies		Released
12 January	Jo Kuffour	England	Gillingham
30 January	Charlie Reece	England	Tamworth	1 month	Loan
31 January	Ben Swallow	Wales	York City	4 months	Released
17 February	Byron Anthony	Wales	Hereford United	3 months	Loan
20 February	Lance Cronin	England	Ebbsfleet United	3 months	Loan
1 March	Scott McGleish	England	Barnet	2 months	Loan
9 March	Charlie Clough	England	AFC Telford United	1 month	Loan
26 March	Ollie Clarke	England	Clevedon Town	1 month	Loan
30 June	Byron Anthony	Wales	Hereford United	Non-contract	Released
30 June	Michael Boateng	England	Bromley		Released
30 June	Charlie Clough	England	Dorchester Town		Released
30 June	Lance Cronin	England	Macclesfield Town		Released
30 June	Darren Jefferies	England	Frome Town		Released
30 June	Scott McGleish	England	Whitehawk		Released
30 June	Kayne McLaggon	Wales	Weston-super-Mare		Released
30 June	Lamar Powell	England	Bath City		Released
30 June	Charlie Reece	England	Worcester City	1 year	Released
30 June	Gary Sawyer	England	Leyton Orient	2 years	Free

Seasons

1883–84 • 1884–85 • 1885–86 • 1886–87 • 1887–88 • 1888–89 • 1889–90
1890–91 • 1891–92 • 1892–93 • 1893–94 • 1894–95 • 1895–96 • 1896–97 • 1897–98 • 1898–99 • 1899–00
1900–01 • 1901–02 • 1902–03 • 1903–04 • 1904–05 • 1905–06 • 1906–07 • 1907–08 • 1908–09 • 1909–10
1910–11 • 1911–12 • 1912–13 • 1913–14 • 1914–15 • 1915–16 • 1916–17 • 1917–18 • 1918–19 • 1919–20
1920–21 • 1921–22 • 1922–23 • 1923–24 • 1924–25 • 1925–26 • 1926–27 • 1927–28 • 1928–29 • 1929–30
1930–31 • 1931–32 • 1932–33 • 1933–34 • 1934–35 • 1935–36 • 1936–37 • 1937–38 • 1938–39 • 1939–40
1940–41 • 1941–42 • 1942–43 • 1943–44 • 1944–45 • 1945–46 • 1946–47 • 1947–48 • 1948–49 • 1949–50
1950–51 • 1951–52 • 1952–53 • 1953–54 • 1954–55 • 1955–56 • 1956–57 • 1957–58 • 1958–59 • 1959–60
1960–61 • 1961–62 • 1962–63 • 1963–64 • 1964–65 • 1965–66 • 1966–67 • 1967–68 • 1968–69 • 1969–70
1970–71 • 1971–72 • 1972–73 • 1973–74 • 1974–75 • 1975–76 • 1976–77 • 1977–78 • 1978–79 • 1979–80
1980–81 • 1981–82 • 1982–83 • 1983–84 • 1984–85 • 1985–86 • 1986–87 • 1987–88 • 1988–89 • 1989–90
1990–91 • 1991–92 • 1992–93 • 1993–94 • 1994–95 • 1995–96 • 1996–97 • 1997–98 • 1998–99 • 1999–00
2000–01 • 2001–02 • 2002–03 • 2003–04 • 2004–05 • 2005–06 • 2006–07 • 2007–08 • 2008–09 • 2009–10
2010–11 • 2011–12 • 2012–13 • 2013–14