2011–12 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Oldham Athletic's 15th consecutive season in the third tier of the English football league system. The team was managed by Paul Dickov and captained by Dean Furman following the departure of the previous captain, Reuben Hazell after the 2010–11 season.

Oldham Athletic A.F.C.
2011-12 season
ChairmanSimon Corney
ManagerPaul Dickov
League One16th
FA CupThird Round
League CupFirst Round
Football League TrophyNorthern Section Final
Top goalscorerLeague: Shefki Kuqi (11)
All: Shefki Kuqi (16)
Highest home attendance8,032 (6 August vs Sheffield United)
Lowest home attendance1,786 (9 August vs Carlisle United)
Average home league attendance5,012

As well as Hazell's departure, a number of other players, including goalkeeper Dean Brill, former youth team players Lewis Alessandra and Deane Smalley and highly rated midfielder Dale Stephens left the Latics before the start of the season. In their place, Dickov signed goalkeeper Alex Cisak from Accrington Stanley and Zander Diamond from Aberdeen. Jean-Yves Mvoto, who had been on loan at Oldham during the 2010–11 season was also signed on a permanent contract. Dickov made his highest profile signing of the summer on transfer deadline day, 31 August 2011, when he signed Finnish forward Shefki Kuqi following his release by Newcastle United. Kuqi became an immediate success, scoring 11 goals in his first 15 games for Oldham.

The Latics struggled with inconsistency in the league for the first half of the season, ending 2011 in 14th place in League One. However, propelled by Kuqi's goals and the form of loan signings Luca Scapuzzi and Robbie Simpson, Oldham progressed to the Northern Section Final of the Football League Trophy and the third round of the FA Cup, eventually losing over two legs to Chesterfield in the Football League Trophy and going down 5-1 to Premier League Liverpool in the FA Cup after a creditable display at Anfield.

The end of Oldham's cup runs coincided with a loss of form in the league and the end of Kuqi's goalscoring run. After starting 2012 eight points from the play-offs in 14th place, the Latics slipped into a relegation battle, winning only 5 of their next 20 matches before their League One status was guaranteed by a 1-1 draw at home with Preston North End. The season ended with a 2-1 victory at home to Carlisle, following which Oldham prepared for a summer of change, with a total of 18 first-team players out of contract for the 2012-13 season.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
14 Bury 46 15 11 20 60 79 19 56
15 Preston North End 46 13 15 18 54 68 14 54
16 Oldham Athletic 46 14 12 20 50 66 16 54
17 Yeovil Town 46 14 12 20 59 80 21 54
18 Scunthorpe United 46 10 22 14 55 59 4 52
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

Squad statistics

First-team squad

Includes all players who were awarded squad numbers during the season.[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Alex Cisak
2 DF Jean-Yves Mvoto
3 DF Paul Black
4 MF James Wesolowski (from August 2011)
5 DF Zander Diamond (to May 2012)
6 DF Nathan Clarke (from August 2011 to January 2012)
6 DF Reece Brown (from March 2012)
7 MF Filipe Morais
8 MF Dean Furman (Captain)
9 FW Reuben Reid
10 FW Robbie Simpson (from September to December 2011 and from January 2012)
11 MF Tom Adeyemi (from August 2011 to April 2012)
12 DF Bradley Diallo (from August 2011)
13 GK Dean Bouzanis (from November 2011)
14 FW Matt Smith
15 FW Ryan Brooke
16 DF James Tarkowski
17 MF Josh Parker
18 MF Chris Taylor
19 DF Kieran Lee
No. Position Player
20 MF Matthew Lund (to October 2011)
20 FW Luca Scapuzzi (from November 2011 to January 2012)
20 MF Youssouf M'Changama (from March 2012)
21 MF Kirk Millar
22 MF Djeny Bembo-Leta
23 MF Phillip McGrath
24 MF Connor Hughes
25 DF Matthew D Carr
26 DF Carl Winchester
27 MF Ryan Burns
28 GK Paul Gerrard (Player/Coach)
29 MF David Mellor
30 MF Andreas Mancini (from November 2011 to January 2012)
30 MF Keanu Marsh-Brown (from January 2012)
32 FW Shefki Kuqi (from August 2011)
33 GK Luke Simpson
36 FW Oumare Tounkara (from March 2012)
39 FW Harry Bunn (from March 2012)
41 DF Glenn Belezika
42 DF Alex Parks

Appearances, goals & disciplinary record

As of 6 May 2012
No Nat Pos Name Total League FA Cup League Cup JP Trophy
Apps Apps Apps Apps Apps
1GKAlex Cisak 47 (0)01138 (0)0114 (0)0001 (0)0004 (0)000
2DFJean-Yves Mvoto 43 (1)13235 (1)1223 (0)0001 (0)0004 (0)010
3DFPaul Black 18 (1)02013 (0)0202 (1)0001 (0)0002 (0)000
4MFJames Wesolowski 31 (0)46021 (0)3304 (0)1101 (0)0005 (0)020
6DFReece Brown 15 (0)03015 (0)0300 (0)0000 (0)0000 (0)000
7MFFilipe Morais 26 (19)55023 (13)5400 (4)0101 (0)0002 (2)000
8MFDean Furman 27 (2)26021 (2)1404 (0)1101 (0)0101 (0)000
9FWReuben Reid 19 (3)62017 (3)5200 (0)0001 (0)1001 (0)000
10FWRobbie Simpson 33 (3)96026 (3)6503 (0)2000 (0)0004 (0)110
12DFBradley Diallo 13 (3)03112 (3)0310 (0)0000 (0)0001 (0)000
13GKDean Bouzanis 8 (1)0008 (1)0000 (0)0000 (0)0000 (0)000
14FWMatt Smith 4 (31)3103 (25)3100 (2)0001 (0)0000 (4)000
16DFJames Tarkowski 14 (4)10113 (3)1010 (0)0000 (0)0001 (1)000
17FWJosh Parker 9 (9)0107 (6)0100 (2)0000 (1)0002 (0)000
18MFChris Taylor 46 (0)36038 (0)2403 (0)1101 (0)0104 (0)000
19DFKieran Lee 53 (0)25043 (0)2404 (0)0001 (0)0005 (0)010
20MFYoussouf M'Changama 8 (2)0008 (2)0000 (0)0000 (0)0000 (0)000
21MFKirk Millar 2 (3)0002 (2)0000 (0)0000 (0)0000 (1)000
24MFConnor Hughes 0 (4)0000 (4)0000 (0)0000 (0)0000 (0)000
26DFCarl Winchester 9 (4)0009 (3)0000 (0)0000 (1)0000 (0)000
28GKPaul Gerrard 1 (1)0000 (1)0000 (0)0000 (0)0001 (0)000
29DFDavid Mellor 20 (4)12019 (2)1001 (0)0100 (1)0000 (1)010
30MFKeanu Marsh-Brown 5 (7)1115 (6)1110 (0)0000 (0)0000 (1)000
32FWShefki Kuqi 48 (1)168039 (1)11704 (0)1100 (0)0005 (0)400
36FWOumare Tounkara 3 (5)1103 (5)1100 (0)0000 (0)0000 (0)000
39FWHarry Bunn 8 (3)0008 (3)0000 (0)0000 (0)0000 (0)000
41DFGlenn Belezika 0 (1)0000 (1)0000 (0)0000 (0)0000 (0)000
Players appeared for Oldham this season on loan who have returned to their parent club:
6DFNathan Clarke 19 (1)15016 (0)1401 (1)0000 (0)0002 (0)010
11MFTom Adeyemi 41 (4)34033 (3)2303 (1)0100 (0)0005 (0)100
20MFMatthew Lund 2 (1)0102 (1)0100 (0)0000 (0)0000 (0)000
20FWLuca Scapuzzi 15 (2)2108 (2)1104 (0)0000 (0)0003 (0)100
30MFAndreas Mancini 0 (2)0000 (1)0000 (0)0000 (0)0000 (1)000
Players released or transferred out during the season:
5DFZander Diamond 29 (2)22021 (2)2204 (0)0001 (0)0003 (0)000
TOTALS 64 75 6 50 59 6 6 7 0 1 2 0 7 7 0

Top scorers

Place Position Nation Name League One FA Cup League Cup JP Trophy Total
1FWShefki Kuqi1110416
2FWRobbie Simpson62019
3FWReuben Reid50106
4MFFilipe Morais50005
5MFJames Wesolowski31004
6MFTom Adeyemi20013
=FWMatt Smith30003
=MFChris Taylor21003
7DFZander Diamond20002
=MFDean Furman11002
=DFKieran Lee20002
=MFLuca Scapuzzi10012
8DFNathan Clarke10001
=MFKeanu Marsh-Brown10001
=MFDavid Mellor10001
=DFJean-Yves Mvoto10001
=DFJames Tarkowski10001
=FWOumare Tounkara10001
TOTALS 50 6 1 7 64

Transfers

Players transferred in
Date Pos. Name Previous Club Fee Ref.
30 June 2011 DF Jean-Yves Mvoto Sunderland Free [2]
6 July 2011 GK Alex Cisak Accrington Stanley Free [3]
14 July 2011 DF Zander Diamond Aberdeen Free [4]
5 August 2011 MF Josh Parker Queens Park Rangers Free [5]
8 August 2011 MF James Wesolowski Peterborough United Free [6]
19 August 2011 DF Bradley Diallo Olympique Marseille Free [7]
31 August 2011 FW Shefki Kuqi Unattached Free [8]
26 November 2011 GK Dean Bouzanis Unattached Free [9]
30 January 2012 FW Robbie Simpson Huddersfield Town Free [10]
30 January 2012 FW Keanu Marsh-Brown Unattached Free [11]
5 March 2012 MF Youssouf M'Changama Unattached Free [12]
Players transferred out
Date Pos. Name To Fee Ref.
21 June 2011 DF Cedric Evina Charlton Athletic Free [13]
23 June 2011 FW Lewis Alessandra Morecambe Free [14]
29 June 2011 MF Dale Stephens Charlton Athletic Undisclosed [15]
1 May 2012 DF Zander Diamond Released Free [16]
Players loaned in
Date from Pos. Name From Date to Ref.
28 July 2011 MF Matthew Lund Stoke City October 2011 [17]
19 August 2011 DF Nathan Clarke Huddersfield Town January 2012 [18]
31 August 2011 MF Tom Adeyemi Norwich City 9 April 2012 [19]
9 September 2011 FW Robbie Simpson Huddersfield Town 9 December 2011 [20]
3 November 2011 FW Luca Scapuzzi Manchester City 29 January 2012 [21]
3 November 2011 FW Andreas Mancini Manchester City 3 January 2012 [22]
2 January 2012 FW Robbie Simpson Huddersfield Town 2 February 2012 [23]
2 March 2012 DF Reece Brown Manchester United 6 May 2012 [24]
16 March 2012 FW Harry Bunn Manchester City 6 May 2012 [25]
23 March 2012 FW Oumare Tounkara Sunderland 6 May 2012 [26]
Players loaned out
Date from Pos. Name To Date to Ref.
10 September 2011 FW Ryan Brooke Barrow 9 October 2011 [27]
31 January 2012 FW Ryan Brooke Telford 29 April 2012 [28]
6 March 2012 DF Matthew D Carr Woodley Sports 22 April 2012 [29]
8 March 2012 MF Josh Parker Dagenham & Redbridge 6 May 2012 [30]
14 March 2012 FW Matt Smith Macclesfield Town 6 May 2012 [31]

Results & fixtures

Pre-season friendlies

23 July 2011 Oldham Athletic2 1BlackpoolBoundary Park
15:00 Smith  4'
Mellor  71'
Clarke  80'
26 July 2011 Oldham Athletic0 0BurnleyBoundary Park
19:45 Attendance: 2,153
30 July 2011 Fleetwood Town0 1Oldham AthleticHighbury Stadium
15:00 Diamond  34'

League One

6 August 2011 1Oldham Athletic0 2Sheffield UnitedBoundary Park
15:00 Maguire  48'
Cresswell  54'
Attendance: 8,032
13 August 2011 2Yeovil Town3 1Oldham AthleticHuish Park
15:00 Upson  49'
A. Williams  74'
Wotton  82' (pen.)
Reid  90+2' (pen.) Attendance: 3,237
16 August 2011 3Scunthorpe United1 2Oldham AthleticGlanford Park
19:45 Dagnall  63' Mellor  16'
Smith  82'
Attendance: 4,142
20 August 2011 4Oldham Athletic2 0RochdaleBoundary Park
15:00 Reid  32' (pen.)
Clarke  45+3'
Attendance: 5,266
27 August 2011 5Colchester United4 1Oldham AthleticColchester Community Stadium
15:00 Wordsworth  1', 45+5' (pen.)
Henderson  46'
Heath  56'
Reid  37' (pen.) Attendance: 3,023
3 September 2011 6Oldham Athletic1 1Huddersfield TownBoundary Park
15:00 Kuqi  6' Kay  16' Attendance: 6,213
10 September 2011 7Oldham Athletic1 1StevenageBoundary Park
15:00 Kuqi  19' Roberts  4' Attendance: 3,402
13 September 2011 8Walsall0 1Oldham AthleticBank's Stadium
19:45 Taylor  29' Attendance: 3,250
17 September 2011 9Leyton Orient1 3Oldham AthleticBrisbane Road
15:00 Porter  18' Kuqi  49'
Reid  65'
Smith  89'
Attendance: 3,699
24 September 2011 10Oldham Athletic0 2BrentfordBoundary Park
15:00 Douglas  38'
Weston  73'
Attendance: 3,777
1 October 2011 11Exeter City2 0Oldham AthleticSt James Park
15:00 Nardiello  18'
Bauza  49'
Attendance: 3,753
10 October 2011 12Oldham Athletic2 1MK DonsBoundary Park
19:45 Kuqi  43'
Adeyemi  56'
Morrison  85' Attendance: 2,408
15 October 2011 13Tranmere Rovers1 0Oldham AthleticPrenton Park
15:00 Baxter  18' Attendance: 5,117
22 October 2011 14Oldham Athletic2 0Wycombe WanderersBoundary Park
15:00 Wesolowski  59'
Dean Furman  80'
Attendance: 3,592
25 October 2011 15Preston3 3Oldham AthleticDeepdale
19:45 Tsoumou  28'
Proctor  32'
Devine  64'
Kuqi  41'
Wesolowski  44', 86'
Attendance: 11,370
29 October 2011 16Carlisle United3 3Oldham AthleticBrunton Park
15:00 Miller  45+2'
Zoko  48', 90+4'
Kuqi  22' (pen.), 38'
Adeyemi  33'
Attendance: 4,803
5 November 2011 17Oldham Athletic0 2BuryBoundary Park
15:00 Bishop  22', 30' Attendance: 5,149
19 November 2011 18Oldham Athletic5 2ChesterfieldBoundary Park
15:00 Lee  3'
Simpson  12', 17', 33'
Kuqi  58'
Westcarr  30'
Clarke  87'
Attendance: 3,699
26 November 2011 19Bournemouth0 0Oldham AthleticDean Court
15:00 Attendance: 5,478
10 December 2011 20Oldham Athletic0 2Sheffield WednesdayBoundary Park
15:00 Prutton  62'
Lowe  84' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,060
17 December 2011 21Charlton Athletic1 1Oldham AthleticThe Valley
15:00 Russell  60' Morais  84' Attendance: 19,564
26 December 2011 22Oldham Athletic0 1Hartlepool UnitedBoundary Park
15:00 Poole  7' Attendance: 4,459
31 December 2011 23Oldham Athletic3 2Notts CountyBoundary Park
15:00 Scapuzzi  27'
Morais  70'
Diamond  86'
Hughes  10'
Bishop  39'
Attendance: 3,623
2 January 2012 24Chesterfield1 1Oldham AthleticB2net Stadium
15:00 Bowery  34' Smith  45+3' Attendance: 6,723
7 January 2012 Postponed
(Clash with F.A. Cup)
Oldham AthleticP PColchester UnitedBoundary Park
15:00
14 January 2012 25Huddersfield Town1 0Oldham AthleticGalpharm Stadium
15:00 Lee  86' Attendance: 15,229
21 January 2012 26Oldham Athletic0 0Exeter CityBoundary Park
15:00 Attendance: 3,587
28 January 2012 Postponed
(Frozen Pitch)
StevenageP POldham AthleticBroadhall Way
15:00
4 February 2012 Postponed
(Frozen Pitch)
Oldham AthleticP PLeyton OrientBoundary Park
15:00
11 February 2012 Postponed
(Frozen Pitch)
BrentfordP POldham AthleticGriffin Park
15:00
14 February 2012 27Oldham Athletic2 1WalsallBoundary Park
19:45 Morais  2'
Simpson
Cuvelier  74' Attendance: 2,583
18 February 2012 28MK Dons5 0Oldham AthleticStadium MK
15:00 Bowditch  9' (pen.)
Powell  47', 66'
Doumbe  69'
Gleeson  78'
Attendance: 7,817
25 February 2012 29Oldham Athletic1 0Tranmere RoversBoundary Park
15:00 Kuqi  48' (pen.) Attendance: 3,866
28 February 2012 30Oldham Athletic1 1Colchester UnitedBoundary Park
19:45 Marsh-Brown  37' Wordsworth  81' Attendance: 3,956
3 March 2012 31Sheffield United2 3Oldham AthleticBrammall Lane
15:00 Lowton  22'
Evans  38'
Cresswell  65' (o.g.)
Lee  69'
Kuqi  90' (pen.)
Attendance: 17,267
6 March 2012 32Oldham Athletic1 2Scunthorpe UnitedBoundary Park
19:45 Morais  78' Mirfin  73'
Thompson  80'
Attendance: 4,376
10 March 2012 33Oldham Athletic1 2Yeovil TownBoundary Park
15:00 Diamond  55' Williams  10'
Williams  65'
Attendance: 4,689
13 March 2012 34Stevenage1 0Oldham AthleticBroadhall Way
19:45 Wilson  90' Attendance: 2,453
17 March 2012 35Rochdale3 2Oldham AthleticSpotland
15:00 Symes  3', 47', 70' Kuqi  21'
Reid  74'
Attendance: 4,671
20 March 2012 36Hartlepool United0 1Oldham AthleticVictoria Park
19:45 Mvoto  8' Attendance: 4,109
24 March 2012 37Oldham Athletic1 0BournemouthBoundary Park
15:00 Taylor  52' Attendance: 4,459
27 March 2012 38Oldham Athletic0 1Leyton OrientBoundary Park
19:45 Mooney  70' Attendance: 4,145
31 March 2012 39Notts County1 0Oldham AthleticMeadow Lane
15:00 Sheehan  89' Attendance: 6,326
3 April 2012 40Brentford2 0Oldham AthleticGriffin Park
19:45 Bean  2'
McGinn  67'
Attendance: 4,573
9 April 2012 42Sheffield Wednesday3 0Oldham AthleticHillsborough
12:45 Madine  43'
Llera  67'
Lowe  80'
Attendance: 22,232
14 April 2012 43Wycombe Wanderers2 2Oldham AthleticAdams Park
15:00 Beavon  34'
Grant  78'
Morais  14'
Simpson  90' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,109
21 April 2012 44Oldham Athletic1 1Preston North EndBoundary Park
15:00 Simpson  69' Holroyd  79' Attendance: 4,824
28 April 2012 45Bury0 0Oldham AthleticGigg Lane
15:00 Attendance: 5,111
5 May 2012 46Oldham Athletic2 1Carlisle UnitedBoundary Park
15:00 Tarkowski  49'
Diallo  64'
Tounkara  72'
Noble  56'
Taiwo  68'
Attendance: 5,152

FA Cup

12 November 2011 Round 1Oldham Athletic3 1Burton AlbionBoundary Park
15:00 Kuqi  4' (pen.)
Simpson  13'
Furman  35'
Zola  71' Attendance: 3,102
3 December 2011 Round 2Southend United1 1Oldham AthleticRoots Hall
15:00 Hall  67' Wesolowski  39' Attendance: 4,613
13 December 2011 Round 2
(Replay)
Oldham Athletic1 0Southend UnitedBoundary Park
19:45 Taylor  58' Attendance: 4,207
6 January 2012 Round 3Liverpool5 1Oldham AthleticAnfield
20:00 Bellamy  30'
Gerrard  45+1' (pen.)
Shelvey  68'
Carroll  89'
Downing  90+5'
Simpson  28' Attendance: 44,556

League Cup

Football League Trophy

Round 1 (N)bye
4 October 2011 Round 2 (N)Scunthorpe United0 1Oldham AthleticGlanford Park
19:45 Kuqi  26' Attendance: 2,106
8 November 2011 Quarter Final (N)Oldham Athletic3 1Crewe AlexandraBoundary Park
19:00 Kuqi  12', 59'
Scapuzzi  72'
Powell  54' Attendance: 2,163
6 December 2011 Semi Final (N)Oldham Athletic2 0Bradford CityBoundary Park
19:45 Adeyemi  61'
Kuqi  80'
Attendance: 5,697
17 January 2012 Final (N) (L1)
(Frozen Pitch)
ChesterfieldP POldham AthleticB2net Stadium
19:45
18 January 2012 Final (N) (L1)Chesterfield2 1Oldham AthleticB2net Stadium
19:45 Boden  49'
Whitaker  67' (pen.)
Simpson  58' Attendance: 5,724
30 January 2012 Final (N) (L2)Oldham Athletic0 1ChesterfieldBoundary Park
19:45 Lestor  88' Attendance: 5,622

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