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2011–12 Walsall F.C. season

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Walsall F.C.
2011–12 season
ChairmanJeff Bonser
ManagerDean Smith
StadiumBescot Stadium
League One19th
FA CupSecond round
League CupFirst round
Football League TrophySecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Alex Nicholls (7)
Jon Macken (7)

All:
Alex Nicholls (8)
Jon Macken (8)
Highest home attendance8,603 vs. Sheffield Wednesday, 26 December 2012
Lowest home attendance1,802 vs. Dagenham & Redbridge, 13 December 2011
Average home league attendance4,303

The 2011–12 season was the 124th season of competitive association football played by Walsall. It was the club's fifth consecutive season in League One since achieving promotion during the 2006–07 season. The club also competed in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
17 Yeovil Town 46 14 12 20 59 80 −21 54
18 Scunthorpe United 46 10 22 14 55 59 −4 52
19 Walsall 46 10 20 16 51 57 −6 50
20 Leyton Orient 46 13 11 22 48 75 −27 50
21 Wycombe Wanderers (R) 46 11 10 25 65 88 −23 43 Relegation to Football League Two
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
(R) Relegated

Squad statistics

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Source:[1][2]
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
Players with squad numbers struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Walsall.
Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.
Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
No. Pos. Nat. Name Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
League FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total Discipline
1 GK  ENG Jimmy Walker 24 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 29 0 3 1
2 DF  ENG Darryl Westlake 14 (3) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 18 (3) 0 0 0
3 DF  ENG Mat Sadler 46 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 52 1 2 1
4 DF  ENG Andy Butler 42 5 2 (1) 0 1 0 2 0 47 (1) 5 8 2
5 DF  ENG Olly Lancashire 17 (3) 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 21 (3) 1 0 0
6 DF  ENG Manny Smith 31 (2) 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 36 (2) 1 8 1
7 MF  ENG Adam Chambers 26 (3) 2 4 0 1 0 2 0 33 (3) 2 3 1
8 FW  ENG Ryan Jarvis 9 (10) 2 0 (3) 0 1 0 1 (1) 1 11 (14) 3 0 1
9 FW  NIR Will Grigg 17 (12) 4 2 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 20 (13) 4 0 0
10 FW  IRL Jon Macken 33 (4) 7 4 1 1 0 0 0 38 (4) 8 4 0
11 MF  ENG Kevan Hurst 30 (4) 2 0 0 1 0 1 (1) 1 32 (5) 3 6 0
12 DF  WAL Lee Beevers 28 (7) 0 4 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 32 (8) 0 5 1
14 DF  ENG Richard Taundry 31 (4) 0 3 (1) 0 1 0 1 (1) 1 36 (6) 1 3 0
15 MF  ENG Jamie Paterson 24 (10) 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 26 (10) 3 1 0
16 FW  ENG Alex Nicholls 32 (13) 7 4 1 0 (1) 0 2 0 38 (14) 8 2 0
17 FW  ENG George Bowerman 3 (19) 3 0 (3) 1 0 (1) 0 0 0 3 (23) 4 1 0
18 MF  FRA Claude Gnakpa 8 (12) 1 1 (2) 1 1 0 2 0 12 (14) 2 3 0
19 MF  USA Anton Peterlin 20 (6) 0 1 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 1 (1) 0 22 (9) 0 2 0
20 MF  ENG Jake Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 GK  HUN Dávid Gróf 22 (1) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 24 (1) 0 0 0
24 MF  ENG Dave Martin * 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 1 1
24 MF  ENG Mark Wilson * 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 0
24 DF  ENG Mal Benning 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF  SCO Andy Halliday * 2 (5) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 (5) 0 0 0
25 MF  BEL Florent Cuvelier * 17 (1) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 (1) 4 2 0
27 MF  ENG Sam Mantom * 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 3 0 0
28 MF  ARG Emmanuel Ledesma 9 (1) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 (1) 4 2 0
31 GK  ENG Liam Maher 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players not included in matchday squads
No. Pos. Nat. Name
22 FW  ENG Joey Butlin
23 FW  ENG Connor Deards
26 DF  ENG Jamie Tank

Results

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Pre-season friendlies

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13 July 2011 Greenock Morton 0–2 Walsall Cappielow Park
19:30 Chambers
Gnakpa
15 July 2011 Gretna 2008 0–0 Walsall Raydale Park
19:30
19 July 2011 Walsall 2–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers Bank's Stadium
19:45 Macken 20'
Grigg 42'
Kightly 14'
Griffiths 40'
Berra 66'
Attendance: 5,065
21 July 2011 Walsall 1–3 Aston Villa Bank's Stadium
19:45 Bowerman 80' Bent 8', 36'
Heskey 39'
Attendance: 7,170
26 July 2011 Cheltenham Town 3–2 Walsall Abbey Business Stadium
19:45 Spencer 10'
Mohamed 45+1'
Low 69'
Nicholls 20'
Paterson 87'
Attendance: 839
30 July 2011 Port Vale 1–1 Walsall Vale Park
13:00 Rigg 8' McCombe 60' (og.) Attendance: 1,101

League One

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6 August 2011 1 Walsall 1–0 Leyton Orient Banks's Stadium
15:00 Chambers 21' Attendance: 4,753
13 August 2011 2 Hartlepool United 1–1 Walsall Victoria Park
15:00 Nish 5' Macken 3' (pen.) Attendance: 5,170
16 August 2011 3 Sheffield United 3–2 Walsall Bramall Lane
19:45 Lowton 59'
Williamson 68'
Cresswell 74' (pen.)
Hurst 46'
Grigg 51'
Attendance: 16,443
20 August 2011 4 Walsall 1–1 Yeovil Town Banks's Stadium
15:00 Macken 19' G. Williams 42' Attendance: 4,247
27 August 2011 5 Bournemouth 0–2 Walsall Seward Stadium
15:00 Jarvis 15' (pen.), 55' Attendance: 5,092
3 September 2011 6 Walsall 0–1 Brentford Banks's Stadium
15:00 Donaldson 27' Attendance: 3,972
10 September 2011 7 Notts County 2–1 Walsall Meadow Lane
15:00 L. Hughes 38'
Montano 65'
Butler 61' Attendance: 6,218
13 September 2011 8 Walsall 0–1 Oldham Athletic Banks's Stadium
19:45 Taylor 29' Attendance: 3,250
17 September 2011 9 Walsall 2–2 Scunthorpe United Banks's Stadium
15:00 Chambers 22'
Grigg 83'
Thompson 78'
Ryan 90+4'
Attendance: 3,619
24 September 2011 10 Colchester United 1–0 Walsall Colchester Community Stadium
15:00 Wordsworth 33' (pen.) Attendance: 3,103
1 October 2011 11 Walsall 1–1 Carlisle United Banks's Stadium
15:00 Grigg 33' Robson 50' Attendance: 3,831
8 October 2011 12 Wycombe Wanderers 1–1 Walsall Adams Park
15:00 Strevens 49' Nicholls 81' Attendance: 7,097
15 October 2011 13 Walsall 1–0 Preston North End Banks's Stadium
15:00 Nicholls 10' Attendance: 4,834
22 October 2011 14 Tranmere Rovers 2–1 Walsall Prenton Park
15:00 Weir 59'
Tiryaki 80'
Butler 73' Attendance: 4,469
25 October 2011 15 Walsall 1–2 Exeter City Banks's Stadium
19:45 Nicholls 12' Nardiello 8', 78' Attendance: 4,003
29 October 2011 16 Walsall 0–2 MK Dons Banks's Stadium
15:00 Lewington 35'
Ibehre 45'
Attendance: 3,712
5 November 2011 17 Huddersfield Town 1–1 Walsall Galpharm Stadium
15:00 Novak 67' Paterson 78' Attendance: 13,005
19 November 2011 18 Walsall 2–4 Bury Banks's Stadium
15:00 Macken 28' (pen.)
Bowerman 90+3'
Sweeney 6'
Jones 46'
Schumacher 63'
John-Lewis 87'
Attendance: 4,785
26 November 2011 19 Stevenage 0–0 Walsall Broadhall Way
15:00 Attendance: 3,140
10 December 2011 20 Walsall 1–1 Charlton Athletic Banks's Stadium
15:00 Macken 36' Kermorgant 45' Attendance: 4,537
17 December 2011 21 Chesterfield 1–1 Walsall B2net Stadium
15:00 Lester 90' Nicholls 29' Attendance: 6,236
26 December 2011 22 Walsall 2–1 Sheffield Wednesday Banks's Stadium
15:00 Gnakpa 90+1'
Smith 90+4'
Lowe 60' Attendance: 8,603
31 December 2011 23 Walsall 0–0 Rochdale Banks's Stadium
13:00 Attendance: 3,907
2 January 2012 24 Bury 2–1 Walsall Gigg Lane
15:00 Sadler o.g 20'
Sweeney 40'
Paterson 39' Attendance: 3,095
7 January 2012 25 Walsall 2–2 Bournemouth Banks's Stadium
15:00 Macken 15'
Butler 44'
Symes pen 62'
Fletcher 90+3'
Attendance: 3,658
14 January 2012 26 Brentford 0–0 Walsall Griffin Park
15:00 Attendance: 4,867
21 January 2012 27 Carlisle United 1–1 Walsall Brunton Park
15:00 Miller 7' Nicholls 82' pen Attendance: 5,051
31 January 2012 28 Walsall 0–1 Notts County Banks's Stadium
19:45 Hughes 3' Attendance: 3,647
14 February 2012 29 Oldham Athletic 1–2 Walsall Boundary Park
19:45 Morais 2'
Simpson 31'
Cuvelier 74' Attendance: 2,583
18 February 2012 30 Walsall 2–0 Wycombe Wanderers Banks's Stadium
15:00 Hurst 62'
Bowerman 85'
Attendance: 3,491
21 February 2012 31 Scunthorpe United 0–1 Walsall Glanford Park
19:45 Cuvelier 34' Attendance: 3,455
25 February 2012 32 Preston North End 0–0 Walsall Deepdale
15:00 Attendance: 11,091
3 March 2012 33 Leyton Orient 1–1 Walsall Matchroom Stadium
15:00 Cox 34' Lancashire 90+4' Attendance: 4,183
6 March 2012 34 Walsall 3–2 Sheffield United Banks's Stadium
19:45 Mantom 55'
Macken 73'
Nicholls 81'
Williamson 65'
Evans 76'
Attendance: 5,003
10 March 2012 35 Walsall 0–0 Hartlepool United Banks's Stadium
15:00 Attendance: 3,751
17 March 2012 36 Yeovil Town 2–1 Walsall Huish Park
15:00 Williams 63' (84) Mantom 44' Attendance: 3,705
20 March 2012 37 Sheffield Wednesday 2–2 Walsall Hillsborough
19:45 Lowe 60'
Madine 90+5'
Macken 58'
Paterson 73'
Attendance: 18,869
24 March 2012 38 Walsall 1–1 Stevenage Banks's Stadium
15:00 Butler 3' Bostwick 60' Attendance: 4,786
27 March 2012 39 Walsall 3–1 Colchester United Banks's Stadium
19:45 Ledesma 38'
Sadler 44'
Bowerman 73'
Wordsworth 11' Attendance: 3,331
31 March 2012 40 Rochdale 3–3 Walsall Spotland Stadium
15:00 Kennedy 66'
Symes 82' (pen.)
Akpa Akpro 90+3'
Ledesma 25'
Widdowson 38' (o.g.)
Butler 90+4'
Attendance: 2,516
7 April 2012 41 Walsall 3–2 Chesterfield Banks's Stadium
15:00 Ledesma 27' (33)
Mantom 58'
Moussa 20'
Randall 54'
Juan Yellow card 87'
Ridehalgh Yellow card 90+2'
Attendance: 4,051
9 April 2012 42 Charlton Athletic 1–0 Walsall The Valley (London)
15:00 Pritchard Yellow card 17'
N'Guessan 35'
Solly Yellow card 59'
Ledesma Yellow card 66' Attendance: 15,253
14 April 2012 43 Walsall 0–1 Tranmere Rovers Banks's Stadium
15:00 Beevers Yellow card 30' Yellow-red card 90+4'
Butler Yellow card 61'
Welsh Yellow card 48'
Robinson 62'
Buchanan Yellow card 69'
McGurk 90+3'
Attendance: 3,895
21 April 2012 44 Exeter City 4–2 Walsall St James Park, Exeter
15:00 Nardiello 50'
Gow 69' (77)
Sercombe 88'
Smith Yellow card 12' Yellow-red card 66'
Nicholls 30'
Cuvelier 55' Yellow card 71'
Ledesma Yellow card 90+6'
Attendance: 4,307
28 April 2012 45 Walsall 1–1 Huddersfield Town Banks's Stadium
15:00 Cuvelier 49' Novak 2' Attendance: 4,646
5 May 2012 46 Milton Keynes Dons 0–1 Walsall Stadium mk
15:00 Gleeson Yellow card 80' Grigg 18' Attendance: 10,607

FA Cup

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12 November 2011 First round Exeter City 1–1 Walsall Exeter
15:00 Noble 90+4' Summary Wilson 21'
Butler Yellow card 27'
Beevers Yellow card 29'
Stadium: St James Park, Exeter
Attendance: 3,026
Referee: James Linington
23 November 2011 First round replay Walsall 3–2 (a.e.t.) Exeter City Walsall
19:45 Macken 64'
Nicholls 69'
Bowerman 98'
Summary Logan 41'
Frear 77'
Nichols Yellow card 108'
Stadium: Banks's Stadium
Attendance: 2,089
Referee: Dean Mohareb
3 December 2011 Second round Dagenham & Redbridge 1–1 Walsall Dagenham
15:00 Nurse 81' Summary Gnakpa 76'
Jarvis Red card 90+4'
Stadium: Victoria Road (Dagenham)
Attendance: 1,237
Referee: Darren Deadman
13 December 2011 Second round replay Walsall 0–0
(2–3 p)
Dagenham & Redbridge Walsall
19:45 Summary Ogogo Yellow card 55'
Woodall Yellow card 112'
Stadium: Banks's Stadium
Attendance: 1,802
Referee: Eddie Llderton

League Cup

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9 August 2011 First round Walsall 0–3 Middlesbrough Bank's Stadium
19:45 Emnes 17', 37', 52' (pen.) Attendance: 3,564

Football League Trophy

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30 August 2011 First round Walsall 2–1 Shrewsbury Town Bank's Stadium
19:45 Jarvis 17'
Taundry 35'
Butler 48' (o.g.) Attendance: 2,605
4 October 2011 Second round Rochdale 1–1
(3–1 p)
Walsall Spotland
19:45 Ball 49' Hurst 66' Attendance: 2,089

Transfers

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Players transferred in
Date Pos. Name From Fee Ref.
27 June 2011 DF England Mat Sadler England Watford Free Transfer [3]
28 June 2011 MF England Kevan Hurst England Carlisle United Free Transfer [4]
30 June 2011 FW England Ryan Jarvis England Leyton Orient Free Transfer [5]
1 July 2011 MF France Claude Gnakpa England Luton Town Free Transfer [6]
8 July 2011 MF England Adam Chambers England Leyton Orient Free Transfer [7]
14 July 2011 DF Wales Lee Beevers England Colchester United Free Transfer [8]
19 July 2011 GK Hungary David Grof England Notts County Free Transfer [9]
27 July 2011 MF United States Anton Peterlin England Plymouth Argyle Free Transfer [10]
Players transferred out
Date Pos. Name To Fee Ref.
29 May 2011 DF Cyprus Tom Williams England Kettering Town Free Transfer
29 May 2011 MF England Julian Gray Cyprus Nea Salamis Famagusta Free Transfer
29 May 2011 GK England Tim Cooney Free Agent Free Fransfer
29 May 2011 DF England Sean Geddes England Stourbridge Free Transfer
29 May 2011 FW Jamaica Darren Byfield Free Agent Free Transfer
29 May 2011 MF Argentina Emmanuel Ledesma Argentina Defensa y Justicia Free Transfer
29 June 2011 GK England Jonny Brain England Nantwich Town Free Transfer
29 June 2011 GK Republic of Ireland David Bevan England Daventry Town Free Transfer
29 June 2011 DF England Aaron Lescott England Halesowen Town Free Transfer
29 June 2011 DF England Alex Hickman Free Agent Free Transfer
29 June 2011 FW Northern Ireland Steve Jones England AFC Telford Free Transfer
1 July 2011 DF England Clayton McDonald England Port Vale Free Transfer [11]
28 July 2011 MF England Matt Richards England Shrewsbury Town Free Transfer
3 August 2011 MF England Paul Marshall England Rochdale Free Transfer
27 January 2012 MF France Claude Gnakpa Scotland Inverness Free Transfer
Players loaned in
Date from Pos. Name From Date to Ref.
27 January 2012 MF Belgium Florent Cuvelier England Stoke City End Of Season
13 September 2011 MF England Dave Martin England Derby County 20 October 2011[12] [13]
28 October 2011 MF England Mark Wilson England Doncaster Rovers 29 November 2011
25 November 2011 MF Scotland Andy Halliday England Middlesbrough 9 January 2012
Players loaned out
Date from Pos. Name To Date to Ref.

References

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  1. ^ "Walsall". FootballSquads. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Squad stats". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Walsall sign ex-Birmingham City defender Mat Sadler". BBC Football. 27 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Walsall bring in winger Kevan Hurst". BBC Football. 28 June 2011.
  5. ^ "Walsall agree deal for striker Ryan Jarvis". BBC Football. 30 June 2011.
  6. ^ "Walsall add former Luton winger Claude Gnakpa to squad". BBC Football. 1 July 2011.
  7. ^ "Chambers makes Saddlers switch". Sky Sports.
  8. ^ "Walsall sign ex-Colchester United defender Lee Beevers". BBC Football. 14 July 2011.
  9. ^ "Goalkeeper David Grof signs one-year Walsall contract". BBC Football. 19 July 2011.
  10. ^ "Walsall sign Anton Peterlin on a one-year contract". BBC Football. 27 July 2011.
  11. ^ "Port Vale agree deals with Sheffield United duo". BBC Football. 1 July 2011.
  12. ^ "Martin Back From Saddlers Loan". Derby County F.C. 20 October 2011. Archived from the original on 21 October 2011.
  13. ^ "Martin Makes Saddlers Switch". dcfc.co.uk. 13 September 2011. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012.