| Season | 2011–12 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Reading 2nd Championship title 2nd2nd tier title |
| Promoted | Reading F.C. Southampton F.C. West Ham United F.C. |
| Relegated | Doncaster Rovers Coventry City Portsmouth |
| Matches | 552 |
| Goals | 1,419 (2.57 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Rickie Lambert (27 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Peterborough United 7–1Ipswich Town West Ham 6–0Brighton & Hove Albion |
| Biggest away win | Millwall 0–6Birmingham City |
| Highest scoring | Leeds United 3–7Nottingham Forest (10 goals) |
| Longest winning run | 8 games[1] Reading |
| Longest unbeaten run | 12 games[1] Southampton Brighton |
| Longest winless run | 11 games[1] Coventry City |
| Longest losing run | 7 games[1] Ipswich Town |
| Highest attendance | 34,934[2] West Ham 2–1Hull City |
| Lowest attendance | 6,351[3] Peterborough United 4–3Cardiff City |
| Average attendance | 17,841[2] |
2012–13 → | |
The2011–12Football League Championship (known as thenpower Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth season of the league under its current title and nineteenth season under its current league division format.
Reading secured the Championship title on 21 April, following second-placedSouthampton's 2–1 defeat toMiddlesbrough. The result left Southampton four points behind Reading with only one game remaining.[4] Southampton were promoted on the final day of the season, after winning 4–0 at home toCoventry City, who were one of three teams relegated along withPortsmouth (who were deducted ten points midway through the season for entering administration) andDoncaster Rovers.West Ham United occupied the final promotion place as they returned to thePremier League after just one year. West Ham beat Blackpool in the Play-off final atWembley Stadium, sealing their return to the top division after narrowly missing out on automatic promotion.
Promoted toPremier League
Relegated toLeague One
Relegated fromPremier League
Promoted fromLeague One
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnsley | Resigned | 15 May 2011[7] | Pre-season | 1 June 2011[8] | ||
| West Ham United | Sacked | 15 May 2011[9] | Pre-season | 1 June 2011[10] | ||
| Cardiff City | Sacked | 30 May 2011[11] | Pre-season | 17 June 2011[12] | ||
| Nottingham Forest | Sacked | 12 June 2011[13] | Pre-season | 13 June 2011[14] | ||
| Birmingham City | Signed by Aston Villa | 17 June 2011[15] | Pre-season | 22 June 2011[16] | ||
| Watford | Signed byCardiff City | 17 June 2011[12] | Pre-season | 21 June 2011[17] | ||
| Doncaster Rovers | Sacked | 23 September 2011[18] | 24th | 23 September 2011[19] | ||
| Nottingham Forest | Resigned | 2 October 2011[20] | 21st | 14 October 2011[21] | ||
| Bristol City | Mutual consent | 3 October 2011[22] | 24th | 19 October 2011[23] | ||
| Portsmouth | Signed byNottingham Forest | 14 October 2011[21] | 18th | 10 November 2011[24] | ||
| Leicester City | Mutual consent | 24 October 2011[25] | 13th | 15 November 2011[26] | ||
| Hull City | Signed byLeicester City | 15 November 2011[26] | 9th | 10 January 2012[27] | ||
| Leeds United | Sacked | 1 February 2012[28] | 10th | 18 February 2012[29] | ||
| Hull City | Sacked | 8 May 2012[30] | Pre-season | 8 June 2012[31] | ||
| Birmingham City | Signed byNorwich City | 7 June 2012[32] | Pre-season | 26 June 2012 | ||
| Watford | Sacked | 2 July 2012[33] | Pre-season | 7 July 2012[34] |
| Team | New owner | Previous owner | Effective date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portsmouth | Convers Sport Initiatives | Balram Chainrai | 1 June 2011[35] |
| Portsmouth | Administration | Convers Sport Initiatives | 29 November 2011[36] |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reading(C, P) | 46 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 69 | 41 | +28 | 89 | Promotion to thePremier League |
| 2 | Southampton(P) | 46 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 85 | 46 | +39 | 88 | |
| 3 | West Ham United(O, P) | 46 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 81 | 48 | +33 | 86 | Qualification forChampionship play-offs |
| 4 | Birmingham City | 46 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 78 | 51 | +27 | 76 | |
| 5 | Blackpool | 46 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 79 | 59 | +20 | 75 | |
| 6 | Cardiff City | 46 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 66 | 53 | +13 | 75 | |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 52 | 51 | +1 | 70 | |
| 8 | Hull City | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 68 | |
| 9 | Leicester City | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 66 | 55 | +11 | 66 | |
| 10 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 66 | |
| 11 | Watford | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 56 | 64 | −8 | 64 | |
| 12 | Derby County | 46 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 50 | 58 | −8 | 64 | |
| 13 | Burnley | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 61 | 58 | +3 | 62 | |
| 14 | Leeds United | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 65 | 68 | −3 | 61 | |
| 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 | |
| 20 | Bristol City | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 44 | 68 | −24 | 49 | |
| 21 | Barnsley | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 49 | 74 | −25 | 48 | |
| 22 | Portsmouth(R) | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 50 | 59 | −9 | 40[a] | Relegation toLeague One |
| 23 | Coventry City(R) | 46 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 41 | 65 | −24 | 40 | |
| 24 | Doncaster Rovers(R) | 46 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 43 | 80 | −37 | 36 |
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||
| 3 | West Ham United | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||
| 6 | Cardiff City | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 3 | West Ham United | 2 | |||||||||
| 5 | Blackpool | 1 | |||||||||
| 4 | Birmingham City | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| 5 | Blackpool | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
The fixtures for theChampionship were released on 17 June 2011. The season kicked off on 5 August 2011 and concluded on 28 April 2012.[38]
| Home \ Away | BAR | BIR | BLP | B&HA | BRI | BUR | CAR | COV | CRY | DER | DON | HUL | IPS | LEE | LEI | MID | MIL | NOT | PET | POR | REA | SOU | WAT | WHU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnsley | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–5 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | |
| Birmingham City | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | |
| Blackpool | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | |
| Bristol City | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | |
| Burnley | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | |
| Cardiff City | 5–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | |
| Coventry City | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | |
| Crystal Palace | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | |
| Derby County | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |
| Doncaster Rovers | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |
| Hull City | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | |
| Ipswich Town | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 5–1 | |
| Leeds United | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–7 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | |
| Leicester City | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | |
| Middlesbrough | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | |
| Millwall | 0–0 | 0–6 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | |
| Nottingham Forest | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–4 | |
| Peterborough United | 3–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 7–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | |
| Portsmouth | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |
| Reading | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | |
| Southampton | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | |
| Watford | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–4 | |
| West Ham United | 1–0 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
Top goalscorers[edit]
| Top assists[edit]
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| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Tomlin | Peterborough United | Ipswich Town | 7–1 | 20 August 2011 |
| Rickie Lambert | Southampton | Nottingham Forest | 3–2 | 10 September 2011 |
| Chris Wood | Birmingham City | Millwall | 3–0 | 11 September 2011 |
| Darius Henderson | Millwall | Leicester City | 0–3 | 22 October 2011 |
| Jonjo Shelvey | Blackpool | Leeds United | 0–5 | 2 November 2011 |
| Rickie Lambert | Southampton | Brighton & Hove Albion | 3–0 | 19 November 2011 |
| Matt Phillips | Blackpool | Barnsley | 1–3 | 26 December 2011 |
| Ricardo Vaz Tê | Barnsley | Leeds United | 4–1Archived 31 December 2011 atArchive-It | 31 December 2011 |
| Darius Henderson | Millwall | Barnsley | 1–3 | 21 January 2012 |
| Nikola Žigić4 | Birmingham City | Leeds United | 1–4 | 31 January 2012 |
| Rickie Lambert | Southampton | Watford | 0–3 | 25 February 2012 |
| Rickie Lambert | Southampton | Millwall | 2–3 | 17 March 2012 |
| Garath McCleary4 | Nottingham Forest | Leeds United | 3–7 | 20 March 2012 |
| Charlie Austin | Burnley | Portsmouth | 1–5 | 31 March 2012 |
| Radosław Majewski | Nottingham Forest | Crystal Palace | 0–3 | 31 March 2012 |
| Ricardo Vaz Tê | West Ham United | Brighton & Hove Albion | 6–0 | 14 April 2012 |
| Matty Fryatt | Hull City | Barnsley | 3–1 | 17 April 2012 |
This article'sfactual accuracy may be compromised due to out-of-date information. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.(August 2012) |
| Rank | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cardiff City | 49 | 0 |
| 2 | Blackpool | 48 | 1 |
| 3 | Reading | 51 | 1 |
| 4 | Crystal Palace | 49 | 2 |
| = | Peterborough United | 49 | 2 |
| 6 | Southampton | 46 | 4 |
| 7 | Derby County | 54 | 1 |
| 8 | Barnsley | 55 | 2 |
| = | Coventry City | 55 | 2 |
| 10 | Birmingham City | 54 | 3 |
| = | Watford | 56 | 2 |
| 12 | Ipswich Town | 53 | 5 |
| 13 | Nottingham Forest | 57 | 4 |
| = | Burnley | 61 | 2 |
| 15 | Hull City | 64 | 1 |
| 16 | West Ham United | 60 | 6 |
| 17 | Doncaster Rovers | 67 | 3 |
| 18 | Millwall | 70 | 2 |
| 19 | Leicester City | 60 | 9 |
| 20 | Leeds United | 67 | 11 |
| = | Portsmouth | 73 | 4 |
| 22 | Bristol City | 72 | 5 |
| 23 | Middlesbrough | 71 | 7 |
| 24 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 83 | 8 |
Source:[1]
On 17 February 2012, Portsmouth entered administration for the second time in three years, incurring a 10-point penalty. Trevor Birch of the accountancy firmPannell Kerr Forster was appointed administrator of the club.[64]