2011–12 Leeds United F.C. season

Leeds United

2011–12 season
Chairman	Ken Bates
Manager	Simon Grayson (until 1 Feb 2012)[1] Neil Redfearn (c) (until 19 Feb 2012)[2] Neil Warnock
Stadium	Elland Road
The Championship	14th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Ross McCormack (18) All: Ross McCormack (19)
Highest home attendance	33,366 vs West Ham United (17 Mar 2012, The Championship)
Lowest home attendance	17,665 vs Bradford City (9 Aug 2011, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	23,369
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 season was Leeds United A.F.C.'s second season back in the second tier of English football which initially saw the club challenging for the play-offs positions but dismal form in spring resulted in a 14th position finish. In other competitions, the squad only saw one round of the FA Cup with defeat at the hands of Arsenal for the second year in a row and reached the 3rd round of the League Cup, losing to rivals Manchester United.

A turbulent February saw Reserve Team Manager Neil Redfearn in charge of the team for four games with Manager Simon Grayson relieved of his duties and replaced by veteran promotion specialist Neil Warnock.^[2] Ross McCormack drastically improved his performance from the 2010-11 season by scoring 19 goals - the most in the squad. He narrowly lost out on Player of the Year to Robert Snodgrass who was made Club Captain by Warnock following the sale of influential local skipper Jonny Howson in January.^[3] Young Player of the Year went to Tom Lees who led an injection of the youth into the side with Aidan White establishing himself in the starting line-up and debuts being handed to youngsters Zac Thompson, Charlie Taylor and keeper Alex Cairns.

Off the field, the club's directors reported a healthy profit of £3.5m,^[4] but found themselves at war with some supporters following the controversial £7m summer renovation of the Elland Road stadium^[5] - a summer which saw a contrasting £0.7m spent on players' transfers and £5.2m received in player sales. Chairman Ken Bates also came under scrutiny from fans following the departures of fans' favourite Howson and 2010-11 Player of the Year Max Gradel.^[6]

Events

This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2011–12 season, presented in chronological order (starting from 11 May 2011 and ending on the final day of the club's final match in the 2011–12 season. This list does not include transfers or new contracts, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the matches section.

May

• 11 May: Chairman, Ken Bates reveals that defender Federico Bessone and striker Mike Grella have been placed on the transfer list^[7]

June

• 30 June: The players return for pre-season training with only one new face, goalkeeper Paul Rachubka^[8]

July

• 11 July: Long serving Club President, George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood KBE passes away at the age of 88. Lord Harewood became President of the club in 1961 and was also President of the FA from 1963 to 1972.^[9]
• 13 July: Patricia Lascelles, Countess of Harewood accepts Chairman, Ken Bates' offer of becoming the new Club Patron after the passing of her husband, Lord Harewood.^[10]
• 16 July: Manager, Simon Grayson bans his players from social networking website Twitter after striker Davide Somma revealed on his Twitter account, against the wishes of the boss, that he would be out injured for "five or six months". At the time of the ban, professionals Adam Clayton, Max Gradel, Mike Grella, Will Hatfield, Ross McCormack, Ramón Núñez, Lloyd Sam, Charlie Taylor, Zac Thompson, Somma and a handful of Academy players had Twitter accounts. Andy O'Brien previously tweeted, but deleted his account after receiving abuse from other users.^[11]

October

• 21 October: It is revealed that a planned statue of former manager Don Revie by Graham Ibbeson, will be located opposite the East Stand of Elland Road.^[12]
• 24 October: The club announce that several new hospitality suites will open for the first time for the home game against Cardiff City on 30 October. The suites form part of the ongoing redevelopment of Elland Road's East Stand.^[13]

November

• 8 November: Leeds receive the Level Playing Field Award following an audit of Elland Road to access its suitability for disabled staff and fans.^[14]
• 19 November: Simon Grayson announces that Andy O'Brien will not play for the club again after revealing that O'Brien refused to play in the match against Burnley^[15]
• 27 November: The club extends its sympathies to the family of former player Gary Speed who died earlier in the day, reportedly after committing suicide.^[16][17] Leeds later announced that a new suite in the East Stand of Elland Road would be named in Speed's honour,^[18] while the team wore black armbands and took part in a minute's applause for Speed before the away game against Nottingham Forest on 29 November and the home game against Millwall on 3 December.^[19][20]

February

• 1 February: Simon Grayson is sacked as manager following the 4-1 home defeat to Birmingham City the previous day. In an official statement, the club's chief executive Shaun Harvey, stated that Leeds made the decision in the belief that "a new managerial team will be able to get more out of the existing squad of players" and ensure a play-off finish.^[21] Reserve team manager Neil Redfearn is appointed caretaker manager with immediate effect.
• 18 February: After nearly three weeks of speculation, Neil Warnock is announced as the new club manager with an 18-month contract.^[22] A number of high-profile managers were confirmed to have applied for the post, including Raddy Antic,^[23] Phil Brown,^[24] Sven-Göran Eriksson^[25] and Albert Ferrer.^[26] Redfearn and his coaching staff return to their usual jobs at the club.

Players

First team squad information

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Lonergan, AndyAndy Lonergan	28	2011	38	0	2014	£200k	Leeds United
2	DF		Connolly, PaulPaul Connolly	28	2010	63	0	2013	Free	Leeds United
3	DF		Kisnorbo, PatrickPatrick Kisnorbo	31	2009	57	1	2013	Free	Leeds United
4	DF		Bruce, AlexAlex Bruce	27	2010	34	1	2012	£300k	Leeds United
5	DF		O'Brien, AndyAndy O'Brien^1	32	2010	37	2	2013	Undisclosed	Leeds United
6	MF		Rogers, RobbieRobbie Rogers	24	2012	4	0	2013	Free	Leeds United
8	MF		Brown, MichaelMichael Brown	35	2011	26	1	2012	Free	Leeds United
9	FW		Paynter, BillyBilly Paynter	27	2010	27	3	2013	Free	Leeds United
10	FW		Becchio, LucianoLuciano Becchio	28	2008	190	67	2014	£300k	Leeds United
11	MF		Sam, LloydLloyd Sam	27	2010	39	3	2012	Free	Leeds United
12	GK		Rachubka, PaulPaul Rachubka	30	2011	7	0	2013	Free	Leeds United
15	MF		Clayton, AdamAdam Clayton	23	2010	49	6	2013	Undisclosed	Leeds United
16	MF		Pugh, DannyDanny Pugh^2	29	2011 2004	94	8	2014 2006	£500k PX	Leeds United
18	FW		Forssell, MikaelMikael Forssell	31	2011	17	0	2012	Free	BBC Sport
20	MF		Núñez, RamónRamón Núñez	26	2010	25	5	2015	Free	Leeds United
22	DF		Lees, TomTom Lees	21	2008	45	2	2015	Youth system	Leeds United
23	FW		Snodgrass, RobertRobert Snodgrass (captain)	24	2008	190	41	2013	£ 35k	Leeds United
24	GK		Taylor, MaikMaik Taylor	40	2011	0	0	2012	Free	Leeds United
26	MF		Webber, DannyDanny Webber	30	2012	13	1	2012	Free	Leeds United
26	DF		Bromby, LeighLeigh Bromby	31	2009	64	1	2013	£250k	Leeds United
27	FW		Somma, DavideDavide Somma	27	2009	34	12	2014	Free	Leeds United
28	DF		White, AidanAidan White	20	2008	65	0	2012	Youth system	Leeds United
29	DF		Thompson, ZacZac Thompson	19	2011	11	0	2013	Free	Leeds United
30	GK		Cairns, AlexAlex Cairns	19	2011	1	0	2014	Youth system	Leeds United
31	DF		Taylor, CharlieCharlie Taylor	18	2011	4	0	2014	Youth system	Leeds United
32	DF		Turner, LewisLewis Turner	19	2011	0	0	2012	Youth system	Leeds United
33	DF		Robinson, PaulPaul Robinson	33	2012	10	0	2012	Loan	BBC Sport
44	FW		McCormack, RossRoss McCormack	25	2010	70	21	2013	£350k	Leeds United

• Last updated: 28 April 2012
• Source: Wikipedia players' articles, Leeds United, Sky Sports
• Ordered by Squad Number.

Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in The Championship (and playoffs), League One (and playoffs), FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.
¹Player first came to the club on loan and was transferred the following year.
²Player made fifty eight appearances (scoring six goals) for the club during his first spell at the club^[27]

Squad stats

				Total				2011–12 Football League Championship		FA Cup		2011-12 Football League Cup
N	P	Name	Nat.	GS	App		Min	App		App		App		Notes
1	GK	Lonergan		31	31		2907	28		1		2
2	RB	Connolly		23	25		2171	23				2
3	CB	Kisnorbo		19	21		1773	19				2
4	RB	Bruce		4	4		300	4
5	CB	O'Brien		4	6		394	4				2
6	AM	Rogers			1		10	1
8	DM	Brown		18	22	1	1608	20	1	1		1
9	FW	Paynter			2		57	2
10	FW	Becchio		22	36	11	2305	34	11	1		1
11	LW	Sam		5	19		782	17				2		Started several games at RW
12	GK	Rachubka		6	7		440	6				1
15	CM	Clayton		40	41	6	3708	38	6	1		2
16	LM	Pugh		26	29	2	2407	28	2	1				Started several games at LB
18	FW	Forssell		1	13		294	11		1		1
20	LW	Núñez		8	20	5	919	16	1	1		3	4	Started several games at AM
22	CB	Lees		35	38	2	3311	35	2	1		2		Started several games at RB
23	RW	Snodgrass		35	37	13	3295	35	13			2
24	GK	M. Taylor
25	FW	Webber		1	6		228	6
26	CB	Bromby		4	7		395	5				2
27	FW	Somma
28	LB	White		37	38		3229	35		1		2		Started several games at LW
29	RB	Thompson		6	8		601	6		1		1		Started several games at CM
30	GK	Cairns			1		47	1
31	LB	C. Taylor		1	3		133	1				2
32	LB	L. Turner
33	LB	Robinson		4	4		365	4
44	FW	McCormack		38	42	17	3274	38	16	1		3	1	Started several games at LW
48	CB	O'Dea		35	34	2	3241	31	2	1		2		Started several games at LB
Players who have been available for selection this season, but have now permanently left the club:
7	LW	Gradel		4	5	1	336	4	1			1
7	AM	Väyrynen		3	12		357	10		1		1
13	FW	Grella
14	CM	Howson		22	22	1	1981	19	1			3
14	RB	Smith		3	3		261	3
17	RW	Townsend		7	7	1	522	6	1	1
19	LB	Parker		1	1		95					1
21	LB	Bessone
21	GK	McCarthy		6	6		564	6
25	CM	Delph		3	3		435	3
38	FW	Keogh		19	24	2	1524	22	2			2

Last updated: 24 Mar 2012
Source: Leeds United
Ordered by Squad Numbers
0 shown as blank

Most frequent starting line-up

Lonergan

Connolly

Lees

O'Dea

White

Howson

Clayton

Snodgrass

Pugh

Becchio

McCormack

Most frequent starting line-up uses the team's most used formation: 4–4–2.
The players used are those who have played the most games in each respective position, not necessarily who have played most games out of all the players.

Captains

No.	P	Name	Country	No. games	Notes
14	CM	Howson		22	Club captain (to Jan)
23	LW	Snodgrass		14	Club captain (from Feb)
1	GK	Lonergan		8	Vice captain #2 (until Jan) Club captain (Jan - Feb)
3	CB	Kisnorbo		6	Vice captain #1

Last updated: 28 April 2012
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.

Assists

R	Player	Position	The Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	Snodgrass	RW	15	0	0	15
2	McCormack	FW	6	0	0	6
	Clayton	CM	4	0	2	6
4	Sam	LW	3	0	1	4
5	Lees	CB	3	0	0	3
	Connolly	RB	3	0	0	3
	White	LB	3	0	0	3
8	Becchio	FW	2	0	0	2
	Howson	CM	2	0	0	2
10	Brown	DM	1	0	0	1
	Forssell	FW	1	0	0	1
	Lonergan	GK	1	0	0	1
	Paynter	FW	1	0	0	1
	Pugh	LM	1	0	0	1
	C. Taylor	LB	1	0	0	1
	Webber	RW	1	0	0	1

Last updated: 28 April 2012
Source: BBC Sport

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name				Notes
48	LB		O'Dea	11	1
15	CM		Clayton	12
8	DM		Brown	7		1
2	RB		Connolly	7	1
23	RW		Snodgrass	8
16	LW		Pugh	6
14	CM		Howson	4	1
10	FW		Becchio	5
28	LB		White	3		1
7	LW		Gradel	2	1
3	CB		Kisnorbo	2		1
44	FW		McCormack	3
33	LB		Robinson	3
22	CB		Lees	1		1
7	CM		Väyrynen	2
29	CM		Thompson			1
26	CB		Bromby	1
38	FW		Keogh	1
1	GK		Lonergan	1
5	CB		O'Brien	1
11	LW		Sam	1
31	LB		C. Taylor	1
17	RW		Townsend	1

Last updated: 28 April 2012
Source: BBC Sport
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Transfers

In

N	P	Name	EU	Country	Age	Type	Moving from	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
12	GK	Paul Rachubka	EU		30	Free Agent	Blackpool	Summer	2013	Free	Leeds United
8	MF	Michael Brown	EU		34	Free Agent	Portsmouth	Summer	2012^1	Free	Leeds United
1	GK	Andy Lonergan	EU		27	Transferred	Preston North End	Summer	2014	£200k^2	Leeds United
18	FW	Mikael Forssell	EU		30	Free Agent	Hannover 96	Summer	2012	Free	BBC Sport
7	MF	Mika Väyrynen	EU		29	Free Agent	Heerenveen	Summer	2012^1	Free	BBC Sport
24	GK	Maik Taylor	EU		40	Free Agent	Birmingham City	Summer	2012	Free	Leeds United
16	MF	Danny Pugh	EU		29	Transferred	Stoke City	Winter	2014	£500k	Leeds United
6	MF	Robbie Rogers	EU		24	Free Agent	Columbus Crew	Winter	2013	Free	Leeds United
25	MF	Danny Webber	EU		30	Free Agent	Portsmouth	Winter	2012	Free	Leeds United

¹Includes an option of the club extending the contract by one year.^[28][29]
2Although the fee was officially 'undisclosed', the Yorkshire Evening Post confirmed that the fee was £200k^[30]

Loans In

No.	P	Name	Country	Age	Loan club	Started	Ended	Start source	End source
48	DF	Darren O'Dea		25	Celtic	4 Aug	20 Apr	Leeds United	Leeds United
38	FW	Andy Keogh		25	Wolverhampton Wanderers	15 Aug	2 Jan	BBC Sport	Leeds United
16	MF	Danny Pugh		29	Stoke City	22 Sep	2 Jan	Leeds United	Sky Sports
21	GK	Alex McCarthy		22	Reading	4 Nov	3 Jan	Yorkshire Evening Post	Leeds United
17	MF	Andros Townsend		20	Tottenham Hotspur	1 Jan	23 Feb	Leeds United	Leeds United
25	MF	Fabian Delph		22	Aston Villa	20 Jan	22 Feb	BBC Sport	Leeds United
14	DF	Adam Smith		20	Tottenham Hotspur	31 Jan	27 Feb	Leeds United	Leeds United
33	DF	Paul Robinson		33	Bolton Wanderers	6 Mar	28 Apr	BBC Sport	BBC Sport
—	GK	Sean McDermott		18	Arsenal	9 Mar	9 Apr	Arsenal	Donegal Democrat

Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

Loans Out

No.	P	Name	Country	Age	Loan club	Started	Ended	Start source	End source
13	FW	Mike Grella		24	Brentford	26 Aug	29 Aug	Leeds United	Leeds United
—	MF	Will Hatfield		25	Accrington Stanley	14 Oct	31 Dec	Leeds United	Accrington Stanley
9	FW	Billy Paynter		27	Brighton & Hove Albion	27 Oct	2 Jan	Leeds United	Leeds United
4	DF	Alex Bruce		32	Huddersfield Town	24 Oct	31 Dec	Leeds United	Leeds United
12	GK	Paul Rachubka		30	Tranmere Rovers	14 Nov	30 Jan	Leeds United	Leeds United
31	DF	Charlie Taylor		18	York City	1 Jan	30 Jan	Leeds United	Leeds United
19	DF	Ben Parker		24	Carlisle United	26 Jan	25 Feb	Leeds United	Fans Network
30	GK	Alex Cairns		19	Barrow	31 Jan	2 Mar	Leeds United	Barrow
12	GK	Paul Rachubka		35	Leyton Orient	7 Mar		Leyton Orient
24	GK	Maik Taylor		40	Millwall	12 Mar	28 Apr	BBC Sport	BBC Sport
11	MF	Sam, LloydLloyd Sam		32	Notts County	14 Mar		Leeds United

Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

Out

N	P	Name	Country	Age	Type	Moving to	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Apps	Goals	Source
1	GK	Kasper Schmeichel		24	Transferred	Leicester City	Summer	£1.0m^1	40	0	Leeds United
—	MF	Elliott Kebbie		16	Out of Contract	Atlético Madrid	Summer	£ 500k^2	0	0	BBC Sport
12	GK	Shane Higgs		34	Out of Contract	Northampton Town	Summer	n/a	29	0	Leeds United
6	DF	Richard Naylor		34	Out of Contract	Doncaster Rovers	Summer	n/a	76	4	Leeds United
—	MF	James Baxendale		18	Out of Contract	Doncaster Rovers	Summer	n/a	0	0	Leeds United
—	DF	Jonny Birbeck		18	Out of Contract		Summer	n/a	0	0	Leeds United
—	DF	James Booker		18	Out of Contract		Summer	n/a	0	0	Leeds United
8	MF	Neil Kilkenny		25	Out of Contract	Bristol City	Summer	n/a	144	11	BBC Sport
16	MF	Bradley Johnson		24	Out of Contract	Norwich City	Summer	n/a	140	17	BBC Sport
13	FW	Mike Grella		24	Released	Brentford	Summer	n/a	42	5	Leeds United
21	DF	Federico Bessone		27	Released	Swansea City	Summer	n/a	8	0	BBC Football
7	MF	Max Gradel		23	Transferred	Saint-Étienne	Summer	£1.7m^1	84	25	Leeds United
—	MF	Will Hatfield		20	Released	Accrington Stanley	Winter	n/a	0	0	Sky Sports
14	MF	Jonathan Howson		23	Transferred	Norwich City	Winter	£2.0m^1	225	29	BBC Sport
19	DF	Ben Parker		24	Released	Guiseley	Winter	n/a	55	1	Leeds United
7	MF	Mika Väyrynen		30	Released	HJK	Winter	n/a	10	0	Leeds United

EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.
¹Although the fees were officially 'undisclosed', chairman Ken Bates confirmed that the Gradel fee was approximately £1,700,000, Schmeichel fee - £1,000,000 and Howson fee - £2,000,000^[31]
2Despite being out of contract, Atletico Madrid were legally obliged to pay his former club an undisclosed fee which was later reported to be £500,000^[32]

New Contracts

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Status	Contract length	Expiry date	Source
20	MF		Núñez, RamónRamón Núñez	25	Signed	1 year	June 2012	Leeds United
—	DF		Turner, NathanNathan Turner	18	Signed	1 year	June 2012	Leeds United
32	MF		Turner, LewisLewis Turner	18	Signed	1 year	June 2012	Leeds United
31	DF		Taylor, CharlieCharlie Taylor	17	Signed	3 years	June 2014	Leeds United
16	MF		Johnson, BradleyBradley Johnson	24	Rejected	Unknown	n/a	Leeds United
—	DF		Gimpel, MontyMonty Gimpel	17	Signed	1 year	June 2012	Leeds United
30	GK		Cairns, AlexAlex Cairns	18	Signed	1 year^1	June 2012	Leeds United
8	MF		Kilkenny, NeilNeil Kilkenny	25	Rejected	Unknown	n/a	Leeds United
22	DF		Lees, TomTom Lees	20	Signed	4 years	June 2015	Leeds United
20	MF		Núñez, RamónRamón Núñez	25	Signed	4 years^1	June 2015	Leeds United
29	MF		Thompson, ZacZac Thompson	18	Signed	2 years	June 2013	Leeds United
28	MF		White, AidanAidan White	20	Rejected	4 years	n/a	Leeds United
24	GK		Taylor, MaikMaik Taylor	40	Signed	6 months	June 2012	Leeds United
14	MF		Howson, JonathanJonathan Howson	23	Rejected	Unknown	n/a	Leeds United
30	GK		Cairns, AlexAlex Cairns	19	Signed	2 years	June 2014	Leeds United

Last updated:
¹The contract includes the option to extend the contract by a further year.

Club

Kit

Supplier: Macron
Sponsor(s): Enterprise Insurance
Features: OHS

Home

Away

Third

Source: Home, Away

Club officials

Position	Staff
Patron	The Countess of Harewood
Chairman	Ken Bates
Directors	Yvonne Allen Ken Bates Shaun Harvey Peter Lorimer
Chief Executive Officer	Shaun Harvey

Last updated: 9 September 2011
Source: "none", We Are Leeds, 9 August 2011

Includes staff currently registered with club only.

First team coaching and medical staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Neil Warnock^1
Assistant Manager	Mick Jones^1
First Team Coach	Ronnie Jepson^1
Head Physio	Harvey Sharman
Fitness Coach	Matt Pears
Assistant Physio	Paul Perkins
Performance Analyst	Alex Davies

Last updated: 24 February 2012
Source: Yorkshire Evening Post (4 August 2010)

Includes staff currently registered with club only.
¹Appointed in February 2012

Other staff

Position	Staff
Head of Football Administration	Alison Royston
Technical Director	Gwyn Williams
Chief Scout	Mervyn Day
Kit Man	Chris Beasley
Groundsman	Norman Southernwood

Last updated: 7 May 2011
Source: Leeds United A.F.C. 2009/10 Season Official Handbook

Includes staff currently registered with club only.

Former staff

Position	Staff	Date	Reason	Notes	Source
Manager	Simon Grayson	1 Feb	Sacked		Leeds United
First Team Coach	Ian Miller	1 Feb	Sacked		Yorkshire Evening Post
First Team Coach	Glynn Snodin	1 Feb	Sacked		Yorkshire Evening Post
Goalkeeping Coach	Andy Beasley	1 Feb	Sacked		Yorkshire Evening Post
Caretaker Assistant Manager	Andy O'Brien	13 Feb	Temporary	Appointed on 4 Feb	Leeds United
Caretaker Manager	Neil Redfearn	19 Feb	Temporary	Appointed on 1 Feb	Leeds United
Caretaker Goalkeeping Coach	Andy Leaning	19 Feb	Temporary	Appointed on 4 Feb	Leeds United
Caretaker Assistant Manager	Mervyn Day	19 Feb	Temporary	Appointed on 14 Feb	Leeds United

Date = Date the staff member left the club. Reason = Reason for departure from the club.

Other information

Mascot	Lucas the Kop Cat
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Elland Road (39,460 / 105x68m)

Last updated: 7 May 2011
Source: Leeds United

Competitions

Overall summary

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
2011–12 Football League Championship	—	14th	6 August 2011	28 April 2012
2011-12 Football League Cup	1st Round	3rd Round	9 August 2011	20 September 2011
FA Cup	3rd round	3rd Round	9 January 2012	9 January 2012

Last updated: 28 April 2012
Source: Competitions

Detailed overall summary

	Total	Home	Away
Games played	50	25	25
Games won	19	10	9
Games drawn	10	3	7
Games lost	21	12	9
Biggest win	4–0 vs Notts. Forest	4–1 vs Hull City	4–0 vs Notts. Forest
Biggest loss	0–5 vs Blackpool	0–5 vs Blackpool	1–4 vs Barnsley
Clean sheets	10	2	8
Goals scored	70	37	33
Goals conceded	75	46	29
Goal difference	0	-4	+4
Average GF per game	1.4	1.48	1.32
Average GA per game	1.5	1.84	1.16
Winning rate	41.86%	42.86%	40.91%
Yellow cards	81	39	42
Red cards	9	6	3
Most appearances	McCormack (49)	Lees (24) McCormack (24)	McCormack (25)
Most minutes played	Clayton (3618)	Clayton (1828)	Clayton (1790)
Top scorer	McCormack (19)	McCormack (11)	McCormack (8)
Top assister	Snodgrass (15)	Snodgrass (7)	Snodgrass (8)

Last updated: 28 April 2012
Source: Competitive matches

Championship

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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

Updated to games played on 28 April 2012.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	17	10	19	65	68	−3	61	9	3	11	34	41	−7	8	7	8	31	27	+4

Last updated: 28 April 2012.
Source: The Football League

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	H
Result	L	L	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	D	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	D	L
Position	23	23	13	13	19	12	11	9	11	5	10	5	5	7	10	7	5	5	5	5	6	6	8	10	8	11	9	10	9	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	13	14

Last updated: 28 April 2012.
Source: Competitive Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Pre-season

Falkirk v Leeds United

13 July 2011	Falkirk	0 – 2	Leeds United	Falkirk Stadium
19:45		Report	Scobbie  37' (o.g.) Snodgrass  53'

Motherwell v Leeds United

16 July 2011	Motherwell	1 – 2	Leeds United	Fir Park
15:00	Murphy  39'	Report	Bruce  68' Núñez  75'

Rochdale v Leeds United

19 July 2011	Rochdale	0 – 1	Leeds United	Spotland Stadium
19:30		Report	Gradel  30'	Attendance: 3935

Sheffield Wednesday v Leeds United

23 July 2011	Sheffield Wednesday	1 – 1	Leeds United	Hillsborough Stadium
13:00	Prutton  8'	Report	Gradel  84' (pen.)

Sandefjord v Leeds United

26 July 2011	Sandefjord	1 – 1	Leeds United	Adeccoligaen
19:00	Stokke  87'	Report	Núñez  90'

Leeds United v Newcastle United

31 July 2011	Leeds United	3 – 2	Newcastle United	Elland Road
14:00	Kisnorbo  5' Sam  67' Paynter  85'		S. Taylor  35' Vučkić  77'	Attendance: 20,457

Championship

Southampton v Leeds United

6 August 2011 1	Southampton	3 – 1	Leeds United	St Mary's Stadium
17:20	Hammond  10' Lallana  25' Connolly  52'	Report	Gradel  90+5' (pen.)	Attendance: 25,860 (3,097 Leeds) Referee: K. Wright

Leeds United v Middlesbrough

13 August 2011 2	Leeds United	0 – 1	Middlesbrough	Elland Road
15:00	Gradel  26' Howson  59'	Report	Emnes  67' McMahon  45+2'	Attendance: 25,650 Referee: A. Taylor

Leeds United v Hull City

16 August 2011 3	Leeds United	4 – 1	Hull City	Elland Road
19:45	McCormack  17' Lees  40' Snodgrass  47' Nunez  68'	Report	Lees  21' (o.g.)	Attendance: 22,363 Referee: E. Ilderton

West Ham United v Leeds United

21 August 2011 4	West Ham United	2 – 2	Leeds United	Upton Park
13:15	Cole  6' Kisnorbo  62' (o.g.)	Report	McCormack  59' Clayton  90+1'	Attendance: 28,252 Referee: M. Oliver

Ipswich Town v Leeds United

27 August 2011 5	Ipswich Town	2 – 1	Leeds United	Portman Road
15:00	Scotland  77' Andrews  90'	Report	McCormack  34' White  48'	Attendance: 19,758 Referee: Andy D'Urso

Leeds United v Crystal Palace

10 September 2011 6	Leeds United	3 – 2	Crystal Palace	Elland Road
15:00	McCormack  8' Becchio  71' McCormack  84'	Report	McCarthy  12' Scannell  21'	Attendance: 23,916 Referee: S. Mathieson

Leeds United v Bristol City

17 September 2011 7	Leeds United	2 – 1	Bristol City	Elland Road
15:00	Clayton  3' McCormack  86' Kisnorbo  64'	Report	Kilkenny  11'	Attendance: 22,655 Referee: F. Graham

Brighton v Leeds United

23 September 2011 8	Brighton	3 – 3	Leeds United	The Amex
19:45	Mackail-Smith  48', 85' Barnes  60'	Report	Keogh  19' McCormack  24', 90+2'	Attendance: 20,646 (2,200 Leeds) Referee: L. Probert

Leeds United v Portsmouth

1 October 2011 9	Leeds United	1 – 0	Portsmouth	Elland Road
15:00	Pugh  14'	Report		Attendance: 22,467 Referee: N. Miller

Doncaster Rovers v Leeds United

14 October 2011 10	Doncaster Rovers	0 – 3	Leeds United	Keepmoat
19:45		Report	Pugh  20' McCormack  51' Lees  64'	Attendance: 12,926 (4,209 Leeds) Referee: K. Friend

Leeds United v Coventry City

18 October 2011 11	Leeds United	1 – 1	Coventry City	Elland Road
19:45	O'Dea  26'	Report	Wood  93'	Attendance: 21,528 Referee: A. Haines

Peterborough United v Leeds United

22 October 2011 12	Peterborough United	2 – 3	Leeds United	London Road
12:00	Zakuani  23' Little  88' Tomlin  36'	Report	Keogh  4' Clayton  54' O'Dea  90+5'	Attendance: 12,880 Referee: K. Stroud

Birmingham City v Leeds United

26 October 2011 13	Birmingham City	1 – 0	Leeds United	St. Andrew's
19:45	Žigić  35'	Report		Attendance: 21,426 (3,102 Leeds) Referee: C. Foy

Leeds United v Cardiff City

30 October 2011 14	Leeds United	1 – 1	Cardiff City	Elland Road
13:15	Snodgrass  72'	Report	Mason  16'	Attendance: 20,270 Referee: Phil Dowd

Leeds United v Blackpool

2 November 2011 15	Leeds United	0 – 5	Blackpool	Elland Road
19:45	Lees  25'	Report	LuaLua  12', 64' Shelvey  26' (pen.), 30', 77'	Attendance: 22,423 Referee: R. East

Leicester City v Leeds United

6 November 2011 16	Leicester City	0 – 1	Leeds United	King Power Stadium
15:00		Report	Clayton  69'	Attendance: 27,270 (3,319 Leeds) Referee: O. Langford

Burnley v Leeds United

19 November 2011 17	Burnley	1 – 2	Leeds United	Turf Moor
12:45	Rodriguez  10'	Report	Snodgrass  76', 89'	Attendance: 17,226 Referee: S. Mathieson

Leeds United v Barnsley

26 November 2011 18	Leeds United	1 – 2	Barnsley	Elland Road
15:00	McCormack  55'	Report	Vaz Tê  27' Davies  43' Perkins  88'	Attendance: 25,900 Referee: G. Salisbury

Nottingham Forest v Leeds United

29 November 2011 19	Nottingham Forest	0 – 4	Leeds United	City Ground
19:45	Reid  78'	Report	Snodgrass  20' Howson  45' Becchio  49' Clayton  66'	Attendance: 23,577 (3,597 Leeds) Referee: D. Deadman

Leeds United v Millwall

3 December 2011 20	Leeds United	2 – 0	Millwall	Elland Road
12:45	Snodgrass  62', 65'	Report		Attendance: 27,161 Referee: M. Oliver

Watford v Leeds United

10 December 2011 21	Watford	1 – 1	Leeds United	Vicarage Road
15:00	Kightly  28' Sordell	Report	Snodgrass  90+5' (pen.)	Attendance: 13,573 (2,062 Leeds) Referee: E. Ilderton

Leeds United v Reading

17 December 2011 22	Leeds United	0 – 1	Reading	Elland Road
15:00		Report	Church  2'	Attendance: 23,162 Referee: C. Webster

Derby County v Leeds United

26 December 2011 23	Derby County	1 – 0	Leeds United	Pride Park
13:00	Ward  67'	Report		Attendance: 33,010 (4,172 Leeds) Referee: A. Bates

Barnsley v Leeds United

31 December 2011 24	Barnsley	4 – 1	Leeds United	Oakwell
13:00	Vaz Tê  16', 51', 72' Davies  61'	Report	Becchio  90+1'	Attendance: 17,499 Referee: R. Swarbrick

Leeds United v Burnley

2 January 2012 25	Leeds United	2 – 1	Burnley	Elland Road
15:00	Easton  88' (o.g.) McCormack  90+7'	Report	Austin  69' Trippier  28'	Attendance: 27,295 Referee: M. Brown

Crystal Palace v Leeds United

14 January 2012 26	Crystal Palace	1 – 1	Leeds United	Selhurst Park
15:00	C. Martin  6' Scannell  44'	Report	Snodgrass  63'	Attendance: 17,796 (4,004 Leeds) Referee: D. Coote

Leeds United v Ipswich Town

21 January 2012 27	Leeds United	3 – 1	Ipswich Town	Elland Road
15:00	Snodgrass  74' McCormack  82' Becchio  90'	Report	Drury  34' McCarthy  70'	Attendance: 22,844 Referee: G. Eltringham

Leeds United v Birmingham City

31 January 2012 28	Leeds United	1 – 4	Birmingham City	Elland Road
19:45	McCormack  19'	Report	Žigić  31', 61', 64', 68'	Attendance: 19,628 Referee: M. Dean

Bristol City v Leeds United

4 February 2012 29	Bristol City	0 – 3	Leeds United	Ashton Gate
15:00	Wilson  44' Bolasie  57'	Report	Snodgrass  40' McCormack  79' Becchio  90+2'	Attendance: 15,257 (1,962 Leeds) Referee: J. Linington

Leeds United v Brighton

11 February 2012 30	Leeds United	1 – 2	Brighton	Elland Road
15:00	Becchio  79'	Report	Mackail-Smith  77' Navarro  90'	Attendance: 23,171 Referee: G. Salisbury

Coventry City v Leeds United

14 February 2012 31	Coventry City	2 – 1	Leeds United	Ricoh Arena
19:45	McSheffrey  21' (pen.), 90+2' (pen.)	Report	McCormack  32'	Attendance: 15,704 (3,214 Leeds) Referee: P. Miller

Leeds United v Doncaster Rovers

18 February 2012 32	Leeds United	3 – 2	Doncaster Rovers	Elland Road
15:00	Townsend  55' Clayton  80' Becchio  90+9'	Report	Bakayoyo  32', 54'	Attendance: 21,181 Referee: K. Stroud

Portsmouth v Leeds United

25 February 2012 33	Portsmouth	0 – 0	Leeds United	Fratton Park
15:00		Report		Attendance: 17,571 Referee: P. Gibbs

Leeds United v Southampton

3 March 2012 34	Leeds United	0 – 1	Southampton	Elland Road
15:00		Report	Lambert  16'	Attendance: 20,901 Referee: N. Miller

Hull City v Leeds United

6 March 2012 35	Hull City	0 – 0	Leeds United	KC Stadium
19:45		Report		Attendance: 22,676 Referee: S. Attwell

Middlesbrough v Leeds United

11 March 2012 36	Middlesbrough	0 – 2	Leeds United	Riverside
12:15	Robson  85'	Report	Snodgrass  18' Becchio  27'	Attendance: 21,301 Referee: C. Boyeson

Leeds United v West Ham United

17 March 2012 37	Leeds United	1 – 1	West Ham United	Elland Road
15:00	Becchio  83'	Report	Collins  89'	Attendance: 33,366 Referee: P. Walton

Leeds United v Nottingham Forest

20 March 2012 38	Leeds United	3 – 7	Nottingham Forest	Elland Road
19:45	Snodgrass  6' (pen.) Becchio  53' Brown  55'	Report	Guedioura  8' McCleary  46', 56', 60', 71' Blackstock  52', 81'	Attendance: 21,367 Referee: E. Ilderton

Millwall v Leeds United

24 March 2012 39	Millwall	0 – 1	Leeds United	The Den
15:00		Report	McCormack  65'	Attendance: 14,309 Referee: L. Probert

Leeds United v Watford

31 March 2012 40	Leeds United	0 – 2	Watford	Elland Road
15:00	Connolly  90+3'	Report	Iwelumo  5', 89'	Attendance: 21,766 Referee: P. Tierney

Reading v Leeds United

6 April 2012 41	Reading	2 – 0	Leeds United	Madejski Stadium
14:00	Le Fondre  84', 90'	Report	Thompson  12'	Attendance: 22,775 Referee: D. Drysdale

Leeds United v Derby County

9 April 2012 42	Leeds United	0 – 2	Derby County	Elland Road
15:00	Brown  25'	Report	Bryson  32' Davies  66'	Attendance: 21,363 Referee: O. Langford

Leeds United v Peterborough United

14 April 2012 43	Leeds United	4 – 1	Peterborough United	Elland Road
15:00	Paynter  45+4', 72' McCormack  47', 48'	Report	Newell  38'	Attendance: 19,469 Referee: D. Phillips

Blackpool v Leeds United

17 April 2012 44	Blackpool	1 – 0	Leeds United	Bloomfield Road
20:00	Ángel  79'	Report	O'Dea  86'	Attendance: 14,134 Referee: T. Bates

Cardiff City v Leeds United

21 April 2012 45	Cardiff City	1 – 1	Leeds United	Cardiff City Stadium
12:30	Mason  41'	Report	Becchio  73'	Attendance: 25,109 Referee: M. Halsey

Leeds United v Leicester City

28 April 2012 46	Leeds United	1 – 2	Leicester City	Elland Road
12:30	Webber  82'	Report	Waghorn  39' Panayiotou  90+4'	Attendance: 25,664 Referee: D. McDermid

FA Cup

Arsenal v Leeds United

9 January 2012 Round 3	Arsenal	1 – 0	Leeds United	Emirates Stadium
19:45	Henry  78' Arshavin  90+2'	Report	43' O'Dea  64' Townsend	Attendance: 59,615 (5,100 Leeds) Referee: M. Clattenburg

League Cup

Leeds United v Bradford City

9 August 2011 Round 1	Leeds United	3 – 2	Bradford City	Elland Road
19:45	Nunez  46', 75' McCormack  70'	Report	Compton  31' Flynn  57'	Attendance: 17,667 Referee: C. Webster

Doncaster Rovers v Leeds United

23 August 2011 Round 2	Doncaster Rovers	1 – 2	Leeds United	Keepmoat Stadium
19:45	Hayter  2'	Report	Nunez  30', 83'	Attendance: 8,505 Referee: M. Brown

Leeds United v Manchester United

20 September 2011 Round 3	Leeds United	0 – 3	Manchester United	Elland Road
19:45		Report	Owen  15', 32' Giggs  45+1'	Attendance: 31,031 Referee: M. Jones

Awards

Internal Awards

Official Player of the Year Awards

The results of the 2011-12 Leeds United A.F.C. Player of the Year Awards were announced at a dinner on 30 April 2012 at Elland Road.^[33]

• Player of the Year: Robert Snodgrass
• Young Player of the Year: Tom Lees
• Players' Player of the Year: Robert Snodgrass
• Goal of the Season: Adam Clayton (vs Leicester City, 6 November)
• Fastest Goal of the Season: Adam Clayton (vs Bristol City, 17 September)
• Best Contribution to Community: Aidan White
• Chairman's Special Award: Neil Redfearn

External Awards

Championship Team of the Week

The following Leeds players have been selected in the official 2011-12 Championship team of the week.^[34]

• 23 August: Darren O'Dea
• 19 September: Adam Clayton
• 26 September: Ross McCormack
• 3 October: Danny Pugh
• 17 October: Tom Lees, Ross McCormack
• 5 December: Tom Lees, Danny Pugh, Robert Snodgrass
• 16 January: Andros Townsend
• 6 February: Robert Snodgrass
• 20 February: Adam Clayton
• 12 March: Andy Lonergan, Darren O'Dea
• 26 March: Andy Lonergan
• 16 April: Tom Lees

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External links

• 2011–12 Leeds United F.C. season on BBC Sport: Club news – Recent results – Upcoming fixtures
• Official Website
• Sky Sports
• Soccerbase
• ESPNsoccernet