2011–12 Middlesbrough F.C. season

Middlesbrough
2011-12 season
Chairman	Steve Gibson
Manager	Tony Mowbray
Top goalscorer	League: Marvin Emnes (7); All: Marvin Emnes (10)
Highest home attendance	27,794 vs. Hull City, 26 December 2011
Lowest home attendance	14,336 vs. Watford, 5 November 2011
Average home league attendance	17,221
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2010-11 2012-13 →

The 2011-12 Season is Middlesbrough's third consecutive season in the Championship. They will also compete in the League Cup and the FA Cup.

League table

Template:2011–12 Football League Championship table

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.

Game	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result F–A	Attendance	Boro Goalscorers	Man of the Match
1	14 July 2011	A	İstanbul BB	1–1	Unknown	Franks 86'	Coyne
2	17 July 2011	A	Varaždin	3-2	Unknown	Karlo 12' og, Lita 28', Bates 79'	Williams
3	19 July 2011	A	Antalyaspor	0-0	Unknown		Ripley
4	23 July 2011	A	Darlington	2-4	3,223	Lita 16', Kink 29'	Lita
5	26 July 2011	A	Carlisle United	0-2	2,218		Ripley
6	29 July 2011	H	PSV Eindhoven	2-3	20,151	McDonald 12', 38'	McMahon

League Cup

9 August 2011 1	Walsall	0 – 3	Middlesbrough	Bank's Stadium
19:45			Emnes 17', 37', 52' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,564

24 August 2011 2	Peterborough United	0 - 2	Middlesbrough	London Road Stadium
19:45			Robson 17' Hines 27'	Attendance: 5,012

20 September 2011 3	Crystal Palace	2 - 1	Middlesbrough	Selhurst Park
20:00	Zaha 17' Andrew 52'		Zemmama 54'	Attendance: 5,448

FA Cup

7 January 2012 3	Middlesbrough	1 - 0	Shrewsbury	Riverside Stadium
15:00	Emnes 41'			Attendance: 12,631

29 January 2012 4	Sunderland	1 - 1	Middlesbrough	Stadium of Light
1:30	Campbell 58'		Robson 16'	Attendance: 33,347

8 Febuary 2012 Replay	Middlesbrough	1 - 2	Sunderland	Riverside Stadium
19:45	Jutkiewicz 57'		Colback 41' Sessègnon 113'	Attendance: 26,707

Championship

6 August 2011 1	Middlesbrough	2 – 2	Portsmouth	Riverside Stadium
15:00	Emnes 24' Williams 54'		Norris 47' Varney 90+2'	Attendance: 18,196

13 August 2011 2	Leeds United	0 - 1	Middlesbrough	Elland Road
15:00			Emnes 67'	Attendance: 25,650

16 August 2011 3	Barnsley	1 – 3	Middlesbrough	Oakwell
19:45	McManus 4' (o.g.)		McDonald 11' Robson 13' Emnes 44'	Attendance: 10,603

21 August 2011 4	Middlesbrough	3 – 1	Birmingham City	Riverside Stadium
15:00	Robson 48' Haroun 69' Martin 72'		Rooney 36' (pen.)	Attendance: 17,567

27 August 2011 5	Middlesbrough	1 - 1	Coventry City	Riverside Stadium
15:00	Emnes 21'		Jutkiewicz 72'	Attendance: 17,432

10 September 2011 6	Burnley	0 – 2	Middlesbrough	Turf Moor
15:00			Bailey 10' Bennett 49'	Attendance: 15,220

17 September 2011 7	Crystal Palace	0 – 1	Middlesbrough	Selhurst Park
15:00			Emnes 65'	Attendance: 15,198

24 September 2011 8	Middlesbrough	0 - 0	Ipswich Town	Riverside Stadium
15:00				Attendance: 17,741

28 September 2011 9	Middlesbrough	0 - 0	Leicester City	Riverside Stadium
19:45				Attendance: 16,883

1 October 2011 10	Reading	0 - 0	Middlesbrough	Madjeski Stadium
15:00				Attendance: 17,418

15 October 2011 11	Middlesbrough	1 - 1	Millwall	Riverside Stadium
15:00	Robson 24'		Trotter 55'	Attendance: 16,669

18 October 2011 12	Nottingham Forest	2 - 0	Middlesbrough	City Ground
19:45	Tudgay 35', McGugan 55'			Attendance: 20,630

22 October 2011 13	Middlesbrough	2 - 0	Derby County	Riverside Stadium
15:00	R.Williams 44', Emnes 51'			Attendance: 17,407

29 October 2011 14	Southampton	3 - 0	Middlesbrough	St. Mary's Stadium
15:00	do Prado 15', 29' Connolly 79'			Attendance: 26,630

1 November 2011 15	Doncaster Rovers	1 - 3	Middlesbrough	Keepmoat Stadium
19:45	Sharp 12'		Robson 29', 64' (pen.) Emnes 45+2'	Attendance: 9,792

5 November 2011 16	Middlesbrough	1 - 0	Watford	Riverside Stadium
17:20	McDonald 41'			Attendance: 14,366

19 November 2011 17	Middlesbrough	2 - 2	Blackpool	Riverside Stadium
15:00	McDonald 15', 73'		Sylvestre 21' Shelvey 78'	Attendance: 18,128

26 November 2011 18	Peterborough United	1 - 1	Middlesbrough	London Road Stadium
15:00	Taylor 81'		Bates 54'	Attendance: 10,013

29 November 2011 19	Middlesbrough	0 - 2	West Ham	Riverside Stadium
15:00			Piquionne 9' Cole 90'	Attendance: 18,457

3 December 2011 20	Bristol City	0 - 1	Middlesbrough	Ashton Gate
17:20			Martin 90'	Attendance: 14,467

10 December 2011 21	Middlesbrough	1 - 0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Riverside Stadium
15:00	McDonald 21'			Attendance: 16,594

17 December 2011 22	Cardiff City	2 - 3	Middlesbrough	Cardiff City Stadium
15:00	Turner 22' Gunnarsson 43'		Ogbeche 15' McDonald 60' Haroun 76'	Attendance: 23,373

26 December 2011 23	Middlesbrough	1 - 0	Hull City	Riverside Stadium
15:00	Robson 87'			Attendance: 27,794

31 December 2011 24	Middlesbrough	1 - 1	Peterborough United	Riverside Stadium
15:00	McDonald 51'		Rowe 86'	Attendance: 18,899

2 January 2012 25	Blackpool	3 - 0	Middlesbrough	Bloomfield Road
15:00	Phillips 49' LuaLua 57' Hines 70' (o.g.)			Attendance: 13,499

14 January 2012 26	Middlesbrough	0 - 2	Burnley	Riverside Stadium
15:00			Rodriguez 5' Trippier 28'	Attendance: 17,001

Players

Captains

No.	P	Name	No. games	Notes
4	DF	Matthew Bates	26	Club captain
29	DF	Tony McMahon	3
17	MF	Barry Robson	1

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.

Squad

As of 1 November 2011

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Jason Steele	16	0	15+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Justin Hoyte	22	0	19+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Joe Bennett	28	1	25+0	1	1+0	0	2+0	0
4	DF	ENG	Matthew Bates	27	1	24+0	1	1+0	0	1+1	0
5	MF	MAR	Merouane Zemmama	14	1	5+7	0	0+0	0	2+0	1
6	DF	SCO	Stephen McManus	19	0	14+2	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
7	FW	AUS	Scott McDonald	26	7	24+0	7	1+0	0	1+0	0
8	MF	SCO	Kevin Thomson	12	0	3+7	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
9	FW	NED	Marvin Emnes	29	10	22+2	7	1+1	0	2+1	3
10	MF	ENG	Nicky Bailey	26	1	24+0	1	0+0	0	2+0	0
11	FW	EST	Tarmo Kink	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
14	MF	AUS	Rhys Williams	28	2	25+0	2	1+0	0	1+1	0
15	DF	ENG	Seb Hines	6	1	1+3	0	0+0	0	2+0	1
16	FW	NGA	Bartholomew Ogbeche	10	1	4+5	1	1+0	0	0+0	0
17	MF	SCO	Barry Robson	23	7	22+0	6	0+0	0	1+0	1
18	MF	ARG	Julio Arca	21	0	12+7	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
19	MF	SCO	Andy Halliday	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	FW	ENG	Luke Williams	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
21	GK	WAL	Danny Coyne	4	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	3+0	0
22	MF	FRA	Malaury Martin	10	2	0+8	2	0+0	0	2+0	0
25	FW	ENG	Curtis Main	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	DF	ENG	Tony McMahon	24	0	20+1	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
30	FW	ENG	Lukas Jutkiewicz	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	GK	ENG	Connor Ripley	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	MF	ENG	Richard Smallwood	7	0	2+1	0	1+0	0	2+1	0
35	DF	ENG	Bruno Pilatos	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
38	MF	BEL	Faris Haroun	23	2	13+8	2	0+0	0	1+1	0
40	DF	ENG	Paul Weldon	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
41	DF	ENG	Adam Reach	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players featured for club who have been sent out on loan:
24	MF	SCO	Cameron Park	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
Players featured for club who have left:
	GK	NGA	Carl Ikeme	10	0	10+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Lee Miller	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
	FW	ENG	Alex Nimely	10	0	0+9	0	0+0	0	1+0	0

Disciplinary record

Name	Number	Position	Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
Name	Number	Position
Barry Robson	17	MF	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Tony McMahon	29	DF	5	1	0	0	1	0	6	1
Faris Haroun	38	MF	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Joe Bennett	3	DF	3	1	0	0	1	0	4	1
Nicky Bailey	10	MF	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Stephen McManus	6	DF	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Scott McDonald	7	FW	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Rhys Williams	14	MF	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Matthew Bates	4	DF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Kevin Thomson	8	MF	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
Malaury Martin	22	MF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Marvin Emnes	9	FW	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bartholomew Ogbeche	16	FW	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Julio Arca	18	MF	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
Justin Hoyte	2	DF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Carl Ikeme	13	GK	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
TOTALS			43	2	1	0	3	0	47	2

Suspensions served

Date	Matches Missed	Player	Reason	Opponents Missed
14 August	1	Tony McMahon		Barnlsey (A)
18 September	1	Joe Bennett		Crystal Palace (CC)
30 October	1	Barry Robson	5x	Derby County (H)
17 December	1	Tony McMahon	5x	Cardiff City (A)
7 January	2	Barry Robson	10x	Shrewsbury (FA), Burnley (H)

Key: (H) = League Home, (A) = League Away, (FA) = FA Cup, (CC) = League Cup

Top scorers

Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
Marvin Emnes	7	1	3	11
Barry Robson	6	0	1	7
Scott McDonald	7	0	0	7
Rhys Williams	2	0	0	2
Malaury Martin	2	0	0	2
Faris Haroun	2	0	0	2
Bartholomew Ogbeche	1	0	0	1
Nicky Bailey	1	0	0	1
Joe Bennett	1	0	0	1
Matthew Bates	1	0	0	1
Seb Hines	0	0	1	1
Total	31	0	5	36

Penalties

Date	Penalty Taker	Scored	Opponent	Competition
9 August	Marvin Emnes	Yes	Walsall	League Cup
1 November	Barry Robson	Yes	Doncaster Rovers	Championship

Assists

Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
Barry Robson	4	0	0	4
Scott McDonald	3	0	0	3
Tony McMahon	3	0	1	4
Justin Hoyte	3	0	1	4
Rhys Williams	2	0	0	2
Joe Bennett	2	0	1	3
Julio Arca	2	0	0	2
Faris Haroun	1	0	0	1
Nicky Bailey	1	0	0	1
Marvin Emnes	1	0	0	1
Malaury Martin	0	1	0	1

Contracts

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Status	Contract length	Expiry date	Source
9	FW		Emnes	23	Signed	3 years	July 2015	MFC
33	MF		Smallwood	20	Signed	2 years	July 2014	MFC

Transfers

Summer

Players in

Player	From	Fee
Curtis Main	Free Agent	Free
Malaury Martin	Free Agent	Free
Carl Ikeme	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Three-month loan^[1]
Julio Arca	Free Agent	Free
Faris Haroun	Free Agent	Free
Alex Nimely	Manchester City	Three-month loan^[2]
Bartholomew Ogbeche	Free Agent	Free^[3]

Players out

Player	To	Fee
Willo Flood	Dundee United	Free
Andrew Taylor	Cardiff City	Free
Kris Boyd	Eskişehirspor	Free
Didier Digard	Nice	Undisclosed
Ben Gibson	Plymouth Argyle	Three-month loan
Leroy Lita	Swansea City	£1.75m
Maximilian Haas	Free agent	Released
Cameron Park	Barnsley	Three-month loan
Lee Miller	Carlisle United	Free
Jonathan Grounds	Chesterfield	One-month loan
Jonathan Franks	Oxford United	Five-month loan
Andy Halliday	Walsall	Two-month loan
Adam Reach	Darlington	One-month loan

Honours

Individual

Football League Championship Manger of the Month:
- September – Tony Mowbray (Won)^[4]
- December – Tony Mowbray (Won)^[5]

Football League Championship Player of the Month:
- August – Marvin Emnes (Won)^[6]
- September – Matthew Bates (Won)^[7]
- December – Nicky Bailey (Nominated)

Team of the Week
Date	Player(s)
20/21 August	Barry Robson
27/28 August	Tony McMahon
10/11 September	Joe Bennett
17 September	Matthew Bates, Marvin Emnes
1/2 October	Stephen McManus
22/23 October	Rhys Williams
5/6 November	Barry Robson
10/11 December	Joe Bennett
17/18 December	Bartholomew Ogbeche

Notes and references

^ "Carl Stays for Third Month". MFC.
^ "Boro move for City starlet". Sky Sports.
^ "Boro finalise Ogbeche deal". Sky Sports.
^ "Mowbray named Manager of the Month". The Football League. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
^ "Mowbray named Manager of the Month". The Football League. 7 January 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
^ "Emnes named Player of the Month". The Football League. 8 September 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
^ "Bates named Player of the Month". The Football League. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2011.

[1] "Carl Stays for Third Month". MFC.

[2] "Boro move for City starlet". Sky Sports.

[3] "Boro finalise Ogbeche deal". Sky Sports.

[4] "Mowbray named Manager of the Month". The Football League. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2011.

[5] "Mowbray named Manager of the Month". The Football League. 7 January 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2012.

[6] "Emnes named Player of the Month". The Football League. 8 September 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2011.

[7] "Bates named Player of the Month". The Football League. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2011.

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