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]

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[edit]

Player statistics[edit]

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 ARG Julián Speroni 43 0 41 0 0 0 2 0
2 DF England ENG Nathaniel Clyne 32 0 29 0 0 0 3 0
3 DF England ENG David Wright 25 0 22 0 1 0 2 0
4 DF Norway NOR Jonathan Parr 45 2 35+4 2 0 0 4+2 0
5 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Paddy McCarthy 50 2 42+1 2 0 0 6+1 0
6 DF England ENG Anthony Gardner 33 1 25+3 0 0 0 4+1 1
7 MF England ENG Darren Ambrose 42 10 25+11 7 0 0 5+1 3
8 MF South Africa RSA Kagisho Dikgacoi 31 2 25+2 2 0 0 4 0
9 FW Norway NOR Steffen Iversen 5 0 0+3 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
10 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Owen Garvan 23 3 13+9 3 1 0 0 0
11 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Sean Scannell[notes 1] 40 4 27+9 4 0 0 1+3 0
12 MF England ENG Alex Marrow 3 0 0+1 0 0 0 1+1 0
14 MF England ENG Kieron Cadogan 2 0 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
15 MF Australia AUS Mile Jedinak 35 1 29+2 1 0 0 2+2 0
16 FW England ENG Wilfried Zaha[notes 2] 48 9 34+7 6 0 0 6+1 3
17 FW England ENG Glenn Murray 44 7 25+13 6 0 0 4+2 1
18 DF England ENG Lee Hills 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 FW Wales WAL Jermaine Easter 37 6 18+15 5 0 0 2+2 1
20 MF Wales WAL Jonny Williams[notes 3] 18 1 5+9 0 0 0 4 1
21 DF England ENG Dean Moxey 29 0 20+4 0 0 0 5 0
22 DF England ENG Alex Wynter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 FW England ENG Nathaniel Pinney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF England ENG Jack Holland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 FW England ENG Antonio Pedroza 5 0 1+3 0 1 0 0 0
26 DF England ENG Matthew Parsons 6 0 3+1 0 1 0 1 0
27 FW England ENG Ibra Sekajja[notes 4] 2 0 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
28 MF England ENG Stuart O'Keefe 19 0 13 0 1 0 5 0
29 MF Wales WAL Andy Dorman[notes 5] 3 0 0+1 0 0 0 1+1 0
30 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Paul McShane 12 0 9+2 0 0 0 0+1 0
31 FW England ENG Calvin Andrew 9 1 2+4 0 1 0 2 1
32 DF England ENG Charlie Holness 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 MF England ENG Jake Caprice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 GK Wales WAL Lewis Price[notes 6] 10 0 4+1 0 1 0 4 0
35 FW England ENG Chris Martin 28 7 20+6 7 0 0 2 0
36 MF England ENG Kyle De Silva 7 0 2+4 0 1 0 0 0
38 FW England ENG Kwesi Appiah[notes 7] 4 0 0+4 0 0 0 0 0
39 DF England ENG Quade Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 GK England ENG Ross Fitzsimons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 MF England ENG 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 ENG Andrew Davies 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
36 DF Northern Ireland NIR Ryan McGivern 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
37 DF Bulgaria BUL Aleksandar Tunchev 10 0 9 0 0 0 1 0
37 DF Israel ISR Dekel Keinan 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
37 DF Republic of Ireland IRL John Egan 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
38 DF England ENG Peter Ramage 23 0 14+3 0 1 0 4+1 0
41 DF Sierra Leone SLE Mustapha Dumbuya 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0

Goalscorers[edit]

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[edit]

Management[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Results round by round[edit]

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

Preseason[edit]

15 July 2011 Basingstoke Town 1–2 Crystal Palace XI Basingstoke
19:00 Gradwell 85' [ Report] Zaha 17'
Ambrose 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
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 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 4', 8', 61'
Junior Kadi 80' (pen.)
[ Report] Pinney 15', 33'
90' (o.g.)
Stadium: Champion Hill
Attendance: 646
30 July 2011 Bournemouth 3–1 Crystal Palace Bournemouth
15:00 Brillault 63' (o.g.)
Barrett 74'
Taylor 87'
[ Report] Scannell 52' Stadium: Dean Court
Attendance: 2,977
2 August 2011 Bromley 1–2 Crystal Palace XI London
19:45 Aaron Rhule 10' [ Report] Joe Dolan 16' (o.g.))
Sekajja 75'
Stadium: Hayes Lane
Referee: Michael O'Keefe

Football League Championship[edit]

August[edit]

13 August 2011 Crystal Palace 2–0 Burnley London
15:00 Parr 10'
Garvan 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 90'
Easter 90+6'
Report Jutkiewicz 48' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 12,330
Referee: Pat Miller
20 August 2011 Hull City 0–1 Crystal Palace Kingston upon Hull
15:00 Report Chester 15' (o.g.)) Stadium: KC Stadium
Attendance: 17,797
Referee: Graham Salisbury
27 August 2011 Crystal Palace 1–1 Blackpool London
15:00 Murray 79' Report Baptiste 41' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 14,776
Referee: Andre Marriner

September[edit]

10 September 2011 Leeds United 3–2 Crystal Palace Leeds
15:00 McCormack 8', 84'
Becchio 71'
Report McCarthy 12'
Scannell 21'
Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 23,916
Referee: Scott Mathieson
17 September 2011 Crystal Palace 0–1 Middlesbrough London
15:00 Report Emnes 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 65' Report Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Attendance: 9,362
Referee: Chris Sarginson

October[edit]

1 October 2011 Crystal Palace 2–2 West Ham United London
15:00 Ambrose 6'
Murray 52'
Report Nolan 16'
Carew 80'
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 20,074
Referee: Kevin Wright
15 October 2011 Watford 0–2 Crystal Palace Watford
15:00 Report Zaha 66'
Easter 90+2'
Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 12,559
Referee: Mark Halsey
18 November 2011 Crystal Palace 1–0 Bristol City London
20:00 Murray 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 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[edit]

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 69'
Whittingham 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 55'
Gallagher 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[edit]

2 December 2011 Crystal Palace 1–1 Derby County London
19:45 Martin 15' Report McCarthy 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 1', 77' Report Easter 33' Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 9,524
Referee: Anthony Bates
10 December 2011 Nottingham Forest 0–1 Crystal Palace Nottingham
15:00 Report Murray 56' Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 21,405
Referee: Phil Gibbs
19 December 2011 Crystal Palace 1–0 Birmingham City London
19:45 Dikgacoi 84' Report Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 12,057
Referee: Keith Stroud
26 December 2011 Southampton 2–0 Crystal Palace Southampton
13:00 Guly 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 23' Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 16,085
Referee: Roger East

January[edit]

2 January 2012 Crystal Palace 1–2 Leicester City London
13:00 Parr 41' Report Danns 19'
Bamba 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 6'
Scannell Yellow card 45' Red card
Report Snodgrass 63' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 17,796
Referee: David Coote
21 January 2012 Blackpool 2–1 Crystal Palace Blackpool
15:00 Grandin 85'
Basham 90'
Report Garvan 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 64' (pen.) Report Barnes 74' (pen.) Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 17,271
Referee: Stuart Attwell

February[edit]

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 77', 90+3' Report Zaha 14'
Ambrose 69' (pen.)
Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 12,470
Referee: Lee Collins
18 February 2012 Crystal Palace 4–0 Watford London
15:00 Zaha 22'
Martin 38', 50'
Dikgacoi 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[edit]

3 March 2012 Crystal Palace 1–0 Peterborough United London
15:00 Jedinak 76' Report Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 18,559
Referee: Scott Mathieson
6 March 2012 Coventry City 1–1 Crystal Palace Coventry
19:45 McDonald 80' Report Ambrose 4' (pen.) Stadium: Ricoh Arena
Attendance: 12,054
Referee: Mark Brown
10 March 2012 Burnley 1–1 Crystal Palace Burnley
15:00 Rodriguez 2' (pen.) Report Ambrose 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 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 6'
Hendrick 29'
Robinson 49' (pen.)
Report Martin 79'
Ambrose 90'
Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 25,222
Referee: Mick Russell
27 March 2012 Crystal Palace 1–1 Doncaster Rovers London
20:00 Easter 57' Report Brown 76' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 13,401
Referee: Darren Deadman
31 March 2012 Crystal Palace 0–3 Nottingham Forest London
15:00 Report Majewski 53', 72', 82' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 14,928
Referee: Oliver Langford

April[edit]

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

Football League Cup[edit]

23 August 2011 1 Crystal Palace 2–0 Crawley Town London
19:30 Zaha 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 24'
Williams 30'
Report Watson 90+2' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 7,649
Referee: Keith Stroud
20 September 2011 3 Crystal Palace 2–1 Middlesbrough London
20:00 Zaha 18'
Andrew 52'
Report Zemmama 55' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 5,448
Referee: Graham Scott
25 October 2011 4 Crystal Palace 2–0 Southampton London
19:45 Ambrose 73'
Easter 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 69' (pen.) Report Ambrose 65'
Murray 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 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 7' (o.g.) Report McCarthy Yellow card 78' Red card Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 25,652
Referee: Howard Webb
Penalties
Miller soccer ball with red X
Conway soccer ball with check mark
Gestede soccer ball with check mark
Whittingham soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with red X Easter
soccer ball with red X Scannell
soccer ball with check mark Jedinak
soccer ball with red X Parr

FA Cup[edit]

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

End-of-season awards[edit]

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[edit]

Notes[edit]

  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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