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2011–12 Middlesbrough F.C. season

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The 2011–12 season was Middlesbrough's third consecutive season in the Championship. They also competed in the FA Cup and the League Cup.

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Middlesbrough
2011–12 season
ChairmanSteve Gibson
ManagerTony Mowbray
StadiumRiverside
Championship7th
FA CupFourth round
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Marvin Emnes (14)

All:
Marvin Emnes (18)
Highest home attendance27,794 (vs. Hull City, 26 December)
Lowest home attendance14,336 (vs. Watford, 5 November)
Average home league attendance17,221
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Results and fixtures

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss

Note: Results are given with Middlesbrough score listed first. Man of the Match is according to mfc.co.uk.

More information Game, Date ...
Game Date Venue Opponent Result
F–A
Attendance Middlesbrough goalscorers Man of the match
114 July 2011Aİstanbul BB1–1UnknownFranks 86'Coyne
217 July 2011AVaraždin3–2UnknownKarlo 12' o.g., Lita 28', Bates 79'Williams
319 July 2011AAntalyaspor0–0UnknownRipley
423 July 2011ADarlington2–43,223Lita 16', Kink 29'Lita
526 July 2011ACarlisle United0–22,218Ripley
629 July 2011HPSV Eindhoven2–320,151McDonald 12', 38'McMahon
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Championship

League table

More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
5 Blackpool 46 20 15 11 79 59 +20 75 Qualification for Championship play-offs
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
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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.

Results summary

More information Overall, Home ...
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
46 18 16 12 52 51  +1 70 8 10 5 22 21  +1 10 6 7 30 30  0
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Results by matchday

More information Round, Ground ...
Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAAHHAAHHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHAHHAAHAAHAAHHA
ResultDWWWDWWDDDDLWLWWDDLWWWWDLLLDDWWLWWLLDDDDLLWDWL
Position9623431222332433344343324445686854465557887777
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Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

6 August 2011 1 Middlesbrough 2–2 Portsmouth Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT Emnes 24'
Williams 54'
Report Norris 47'
Varney 90+2'
Attendance: 18,196 (597 Portsmouth)
13 August 2011 2 Leeds United 0–1 Middlesbrough Elland Road
15:00 GMT Report Emnes 67' Attendance: 25,650 (2,237 Boro)
16 August 2011 3 Barnsley 1–3 Middlesbrough Oakwell
19:45 GMT McManus red-colored football 4' (o.g.) Report McDonald 11'
Robson 13'
Emnes 44'
Attendance: 10,603 (1,879 Boro)
21 August 2011 4 Middlesbrough 3–1 Birmingham City Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT Robson 48'
Haroun 69'
Martin 72'
Report Rooney 36' (pen.) Attendance: 17,567 (591 Birmingham)
27 August 2011 5 Middlesbrough 1–1 Coventry City Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT Emnes 21' Report Jutkiewicz 72' Attendance: 17,432 (295 Coventry)
10 September 2011 6 Burnley 0–2 Middlesbrough Turf Moor
15:00 GMT Report Bailey 10'
Bennett 49'
Attendance: 15,220 (2,091 Boro)
17 September 2011 7 Crystal Palace 0–1 Middlesbrough Selhurst Park
15:00 GMT Report Emnes 65' Attendance: 15,198 (1,595 Boro)
24 September 2011 8 Middlesbrough 0–0 Ipswich Town Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT Report Attendance: 17,741 (434 Ipswich)
28 September 2011 9 Middlesbrough 0–0 Leicester City Riverside Stadium
19:45 GMT Report Attendance: 16,883 (615 Leicester)
1 October 2011 10 Reading 0–0 Middlesbrough Madjeski Stadium
15:00 GMT Report Attendance: 17,418 (1,435 Boro)
15 October 2011 11 Middlesbrough 1–1 Millwall Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT Robson 24' Report Trotter 55' Attendance: 16,669 (270 Millwall)
18 October 2011 12 Nottingham Forest 2–0 Middlesbrough City Ground
19:45 GMT Tudgay 35'
McGugan 55'
Report Attendance: 20,630 (1,344 Boro)
22 October 2011 13 Middlesbrough 2–0 Derby County Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT R. Williams 44'
Emnes 51'
Report Attendance: 17,407 (931 Derby)
29 October 2011 14 Southampton 3–0 Middlesbrough St. Mary's Stadium
15:00 GMT Do Prado 15', 29'
Connolly 79'
Report Attendance: 26,630 (1,644 Boro)
1 November 2011 15 Doncaster Rovers 1–3 Middlesbrough Keepmoat Stadium
19:45 GMT Sharp 12' Report Robson 29', 64' (pen.)
Emnes 45+2'
Attendance: 9,792 (2,273 Boro)
5 November 2011 16 Middlesbrough 1–0 Watford Riverside Stadium
17:20 GMT McDonald 41' Report Attendance: 14,366 (209 Watford)
19 November 2011 17 Middlesbrough 2–2 Blackpool Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT McDonald 15', 73' Report Sylvestre 21'
Shelvey 78'
Attendance: 18,128 (1,292 Blackpool)
26 November 2011 18 Peterborough United 1–1 Middlesbrough London Road Stadium
15:00 GMT Taylor 81' Report Bates 54' Attendance: 10,013
29 November 2011 19 Middlesbrough 0–2 West Ham United Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT Report Piquionne 9'
Cole 90'
Attendance: 18,457 (1,243 West Ham)
3 December 2011 20 Bristol City 0–1 Middlesbrough Ashton Gate
17:20 GMT Report Martin 90' Attendance: 14,467 (612 Boro)
10 December 2011 21 Middlesbrough 1–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT McDonald 21' Report Attendance: 16,594 (679 Brighton)
17 December 2011 22 Cardiff City 2–3 Middlesbrough Cardiff City Stadium
15:00 GMT Turner 22'
Gunnarsson 43'
Report Ogbeche 15'
McDonald 60'
Haroun 76'
Attendance: 23,373 (560 Boro)
26 December 2011 23 Middlesbrough 1–0 Hull City Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT Robson 87' Report Attendance: 27,794 (2,704 Hull)
31 December 2011 24 Middlesbrough 1–1 Peterborough United Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT McDonald 51' Report Rowe 86' Attendance: 18,899 (343 Peterborough)
2 January 2012 25 Blackpool 3–0 Middlesbrough Bloomfield Road
15:00 GMT Phillips 49'
LuaLua 57'
Hines red-colored football 70' (o.g.)
Report Attendance: 13,499 (2,092 Boro)
14 January 2012 26 Middlesbrough 0–2 Burnley Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT Report Rodriguez 5'
Trippier 28'
Attendance: 17,001 (1,213 Burnley)
21 January 2012 27 Coventry City 3–1 Middlesbrough Ricoh Arena
15:00 GMT McSheffrey 36'
Nimely 57'
Bates red-colored football 64' (o.g.)
Report McDonald 66' Attendance: 14,112 (1,541 Boro)
1 February 2012 28 Leicester City 2–2 Middlesbrough King Power Stadium
19:45 GMT Nugent 7'
Beckford 86'
Report McDonald 17'
McMahon 79'
Attendance: 20,512 (551 Boro)
4 February 2012 29 Middlesbrough 0–0 Crystal Palace Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT Report Attendance: 15,725 (397 Crystal Palace)
14 February 2012 30 Middlesbrough 2–1 Nottingham Forest Riverside Stadium
19:45 GMT Emnes 45'
Jutkiewicz 46'
Report Lynch 66' Attendance: 14,799 (462 Nottingham Forest)
22 February 2012 31 Millwall 1–3 Middlesbrough The Den
19:45 GMT Henderson 43' Report Emnes 15', 38'
Main 86'
Attendance: 9,286 (547 Boro)
25 February 2012 32 Middlesbrough 0–2 Reading Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT Report Hunt 17'
Harte 80'
Attendance: 17,314 (271 Reading)
3 March 2012 33 Portsmouth 1–3 Middlesbrough Fratton Park
15:00 GMT Halford 65' (pen.) Report Robson 55' (pen.)
Bates 62'
Emnes 82'
Attendance: 16,770 (836 Boro)
7 March 2012 34 Middlesbrough 2–0 Barnsley Riverside Stadium
19:45 GMT Hines 60'
Ogbeche 90+3'
Report Attendance: 14,745 (330 Barnsley)
11 March 2012 35 Middlesbrough 0–2 Leeds United Riverside Stadium
12:15 GMT Report Snodgrass 18'
Becchio 27'
Attendance: 21,301 (2,914 Leeds)
17 March 2012 36 Birmingham City 3–0 Middlesbrough St Andrew's
15:00 GMT Žigić 11'
King 57'
Fahey 59'
Report Attendance: 19,927 (1,085 Boro)
20 March 2012 37 West Ham United 1–1 Middlesbrough Upton Park
19:45 GMT Faye 68' Report Ogbeche 84' Attendance: 27,250
25 March 2012 38 Middlesbrough 1–1 Bristol City Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT Martin 56' Report Eprahim 13' Attendance: 15,725
27 March 2012 39 Ipswich Town 1–1 Middlesbrough Portman Road
19:45 GMT Leadbitter 74' Report Jutkiewicz 63' Attendance: 18,727 (493 Boro)
31 March 2012 40 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–1 Middlesbrough Falmer Stadium
15:00 GMT Calderón 72' Report Emnes 61' Attendance: 20,553 (2,072 Boro)
7 April 2012 41 Middlesbrough 0–2 Cardiff City Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT Report Turner 11'
Mason 18'
Attendance: 17,564
9 April 2012 42 Hull City 2–1 Middlesbrough KC Stadium
15:00 GMT King 57'
Fryatt 88'
Report Emnes 12' Attendance: 19,613 (2,850 Boro)
14 April 2012 43 Derby County 0–1 Middlesbrough Pride Park
15:00 GMT Report Main 80' Attendance: 24,654 (1,200 Boro)
17 April 2012 44 Middlesbrough 0–0 Doncaster Rovers Riverside Stadium
19:45 GMT Report Attendance: 14,967
21 April 2012 45 Middlesbrough 2–1 Southampton Riverside Stadium
17:20 GMT Bailey 45+1'
Zemmama 77'
Report Sharp 1' Attendance: 19.007
28 April 2012 46 Watford 2–1 Middlesbrough Vicarage Road
12:30 GMT Iwelumo 68'
Deeney 88'
Report Emnes 84' Attendance: 14,022 (2,020 Boro)

FA Cup

7 January 2012 Third round Middlesbrough 1–0 Shrewsbury Town Riverside Stadium
15:00 GMT Emnes 41' Report Attendance: 12,631 (917 Shrewsbury)
Referee: Tony Bates
29 January 2012 Fourth round Sunderland 1–1 Middlesbrough Stadium of Light
1:30 GMT Campbell 58' Report Robson 16' Attendance: 33,347 (3,000 Boro)
Referee: Kevin Friend
8 February 2012 Fourth round replay Middlesbrough 1–2 (a.e.t.) Sunderland Riverside Stadium
19:45 GMT Jutkiewicz 57' Report Colback 41'
Sessègnon 113'
Attendance: 26,707 (4,253 Sunderland)
Referee: Anthony Taylor

League Cup

9 August 2011 First round Walsall 0–3 Middlesbrough Bank's Stadium
19:45 GMT Report Emnes 17', 37', 52' (pen.) Attendance: 3,564 (602 Boro)
Referee: Darren Deadman
24 August 2011 Second round Peterborough United 0–2 Middlesbrough London Road Stadium
19:45 GMT Report Robson 3'
Hines 27'
Attendance: 5,012 (782 Boro)
Referee: Philip Gibbs
20 September 2011 Third round Crystal Palace 2–1 Middlesbrough Selhurst Park
20:00 GMT Zaha 17'
Andrew 52'
Report Zemmama 54' Attendance: 5,448 (606 Boro)
Referee: Graham Scott

Players

Captains

More information No., P ...
No. P Name Country No. games Notes
4 DF Matthew Bates England 41 Club captain
17 MF Barry Robson Scotland 8
29 DF Tony McMahon England 3
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Last updated: 17 August 2011
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

First-team squad

As of 6 April 2012
More information No., Pos ...
No. Pos Nat Player TotalChampionshipFA CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK England ENG Jason Steele 3603402000
2 DF England ENG Justin Hoyte 4403903020
3 DF England ENG Joe Bennett 45140+112020
4 DF England ENG Matthew Bates 422372301+10
5 MF Morocco MAR Merouane Zemmama 1727+810021
6 DF Scotland SCO Stephen McManus 27021+300030
7 FW Australia AUS Scott McDonald 36931+292010
8 MF Scotland SCO Kevin Thomson 29014+1202010
9 FW Netherlands NED Marvin Emnes 481837+5142+112+13
10 MF England ENG Nicky Bailey 3923720020
11 FW England ENG Adam Hammill 1008+200000
14 MF Australia AUS Rhys Williams 40234+12301+10
15 DF England ENG Seb Hines 27220+312021
16 FW Nigeria NGA Bartholomew Ogbeche 1835+1231000
17 MF Scotland SCO Barry Robson 39937+071111
18 MF Argentina ARG Julio Arca 33022+80101+10
19 MF Scotland SCO Andy Halliday 100+100000
20 FW England ENG Luke Williams 1000000+10
21 GK Wales WAL Danny Coyne 60101+1030
22 MF France FRA Malaury Martin 1830+1531020
24 MF Scotland SCO Cameron Park 1000000+10
25 FW England ENG Curtis Main 1320+1221000
29 DF England ENG Tony McMahon 39128+612030
30 FW England ENG Lukas Jutkiewicz 21317+222100
31 GK England ENG Connor Ripley 20100+1000
33 MF England ENG Richard Smallwood 1907+701+102+10
35 DF England ENG Bruno Pilatos 00000000
38 MF Belgium BEL Faris Haroun 35223+92101+10
40 DF England ENG Paul Weldon 00000000
41 DF England ENG Adam Reach 200+100+1000
Players featured for club who have been sent out on loan:
Players featured for club who have left:
GK Nigeria NGA Carl Ikeme 1001000000
FW Scotland SCO Lee Miller 1000000+10
FW England ENG Alex Nimely 1000+900010
FW Estonia EST Tarmo Kink 200+100+1000
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Disciplinary record

More information Name, Number ...
Name Number Position Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
Scotland Barry Robson 17 MF 13 1 0 0 0 0 13 1
England Joe Bennett 3 DF 9 1 0 0 1 0 10 1
England Tony McMahon 29 DF 7 1 0 0 1 0 8 1
England Nicky Bailey 10 MF 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Australia Rhys Williams 14 MF 6 1 1 0 0 0 7 0
Belgium Faris Haroun 38 MF 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Scotland Kevin Thomson 8 MF 3 2 1 0 0 0 4 2
Scotland Stephen McManus 6 DF 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Australia Scott McDonald 7 FW 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Argentina Julio Arca 18 MF 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 1
England Matthew Bates 4 DF 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
England Seb Hines 2 DF 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Nigeria Bartholomew Ogbeche 16 FW 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
France Malaury Martin 22 MF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Netherlands Marvin Emnes 9 FW 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
England Justin Hoyte 2 DF 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
England Curtis Main 2 FW 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
England Richard Smallwood 33 MF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
England Lukas Jutkiewicz 30 FW 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Morocco Merouane Zemmama 5 MF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Nigeria Carl Ikeme 13 GK 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 77 7 3 0 3 0 83 7
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Suspensions served

More information Date, Matches Missed ...
DateMatches MissedPlayerReasonOpponents Missed
14 August1Tony McMahonRed cardBarnlsey (A)
18 September1Joe BennettRed cardCrystal Palace (CC)
30 October1Barry Robson5x Yellow cardDerby County (H)
17 December1Tony McMahon5x Yellow cardCardiff City (A)
7 January2Barry Robson10x Yellow cardShrewsbury Town (FA), Burnley (H)
22 January1Kevin ThomsonRed cardSunderland (FA)
22 January1Julio ArcaRed cardSunderland (FA)
14 February1Kevin ThomsonRed cardMillwall (A)
4 March1R.WilliamsRed cardBarnsley (H)
12 January3Barry RobsonRed cardBirmingham (A), West Ham (A), Bristol City (H)
8 April2Joe Bennett10x Yellow cardHull City (A), Derby County (A)
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Key: (H) = League Home, (A) = League Away, (FA) = FA Cup, (CC) = League Cup

Top scorers

More information Name, Championship ...
Name Championship FA Cup League
Cup
Total
Netherlands Marvin Emnes 14 1 3 18
Scotland Barry Robson 7 1 1 9
Australia Scott McDonald 9 0 0 9
Nigeria Bartholomew Ogbeche 3 0 0 3
France Malaury Martin 3 0 0 3
England Lukas Jutkiewicz 2 1 0 3
England Curtis Main 2 0 0 2
Australia Rhys Williams 2 0 0 2
Belgium Faris Haroun 2 0 0 2
England Matthew Bates 2 0 0 2
England Nicky Bailey 2 0 0 2
Morocco Merouane Zemmama 1 0 1 2
England Joe Bennett 1 0 0 1
England Tony McMahon 1 0 0 1
England Seb Hines 1 0 1 2
Total523661
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Penalties

More information Date, Penalty Taker ...
DatePenalty TakerScoredOpponentCompetition
9 AugustMarvin EmnesYesWalsallLeague Cup
1 NovemberBarry RobsonYesDoncaster RoversChampionship
3 MarchBarry RobsonYesPortsmouthChampionship
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Assists

More information Name, Championship ...
Name Championship FA Cup League
Cup
Total
Scotland Barry Robson 9 0 0 9
England Justin Hoyte 5 0 1 6
Australia Scott McDonald 4 0 0 4
England Tony McMahon 3 0 1 4
Australia Rhys Williams 4 0 0 4
England Joe Bennett 2 0 1 3
Argentina Julio Arca 2 0 0 2
Belgium Faris Haroun 1 0 0 1
England Nicky Bailey 1 0 0 1
Netherlands Marvin Emnes 3 0 0 3
England Curtis Main 1 1 0 2
France Malaury Martin 0 1 0 1
England Seb Hines 1 0 0 1
England Lukas Jutkiewicz 2 0 0 2
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Contracts

More information No., Pos. ...
No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Status
Contract length
Expiry date
Source
9 FW Netherlands Emnes 23 Signed 3 years July 2015 MFC
33 MF England Smallwood 20 Signed 2 years July 2014 MFC
14 MF Australia R.Williams 23 Signed 4.5 years July 2016 MFC
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Transfers

In

More information Date, Player ...
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Loans in

More information Date, Player ...
Date Player From Duration
Nigeria Carl Ikeme Wolverhampton Wanderers Three months[3]
England Alex Nimely Manchester City Three months[4]
1 March 2012 England Adam Hammill Wolverhampton Until end of season[5]
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Out

More information Date, Player ...
Date Player To Fee
30 June 2011 Republic of Ireland Willo Flood Scotland Dundee United Released[6][7]
30 June 2011 Germany Maximilian Haas Free agent Released[6]
England Andrew Taylor Wales Cardiff City Free
Scotland Kris Boyd Turkey Eskişehirspor Free
France Didier Digard France Nice Undisclosed
England Leroy Lita Wales Swansea City £1.75m
Scotland Lee Miller England Carlisle United Free
Estonia Tarmo Kink Free agent Released[8]
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Loans out

More information Date, Player ...
Date Player To Duration
England Ben Gibson England Plymouth Argyle Three months
Scotland Cameron Park England Barnsley Three months
England Jonathan Grounds England Chesterfield One month
31 August 2011 England Jonathan Franks England Oxford United Until 1 January[9]
Scotland Andy Halliday England Walsall Two months
England Adam Reach England Darlington One month
England Ben Gibson England York City Until end of season[10]
Scotland Stephen McManus England Bristol City Until end of season[11]
22 February 2012 England Jonathan Franks England Yeovil Until end of season[12][13]
22 February 2012 England Jonathan Grounds England Yeovil Until end of season[12][13]
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Honours

More information Team of the Week, Date ...
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