2011–12 Rotherham United F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Rotherham United's 87st season in their existence and the fourth consecutive season in League Two.[1] Along with competing in League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, the League Cup and the Football League Trophy.

Rotherham United F.C.
2011-12 season
ChairmanTony Stewart
ManagerAndy Scott (sacked 19 March 2012)
Darren Patterson (caretaker to 10 April 2012)
Steve Evans
League Two10th
FA Cup2nd round
League Cup1st round
Football League Trophy2nd Round (North)
Top goalscorerLeague: Lewis Grabban (17)
All: Lewis Grabban (20)
Highest home attendanceLeague: 5,368 vs Bradford City (2 January 2012)
All: 6,737 vs Sheffield United (4 October 2011)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 2,447 vs Crewe Alexandra (6 March 2012)
All: 2,447 vs Crewe Alexandra (6 March 2012)
Average home league attendance3,498

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
8 Gillingham 46 20 10 16 79 62 +17 70
9 Oxford United 46 17 17 12 59 48 +11 68
10 Rotherham United 46 18 13 15 67 63 +4 67
11 Aldershot Town 46 19 9 18 54 52 +2 66
12 Port Vale 46 20 9 17 68 60 +8 59[lower-alpha 1]
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
Notes:
  1. On 9 March Port Vale were deducted ten points for entering administration.[2]

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals
No. Pos Nat Player TotalLeague TwoFA CupLeague CupFL Trophy
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2 DF Dale Tonge 36028+401+100+101+00
3 DF Tom Newey 24015+502+001+001+00
4 MF Danny Harrison 45235+622+001+001+00
5 DF Ryan Cresswell 17413+340+001+000+00
6 DF Luke Foster 601+401+000+000+00
7 MF Gareth Evans 34729+371+000+100+00
8 MF Jason Taylor 42238+121+001+001+00
9 FW Alex Revell 431140+0102+000+001+01
11 MF Danny Schofield 41135+211+101+001+00
12 MF Marcus Marshall 1718+711+001+000+00
15 MF Mark Bradley 22118+310+000+001+00
16 FW Paul Warne 300+300+000+000+00
17 DF Johnny Mullins 37234+121+000+000+10
18 MF Ben Pringle 23414+740+001+001+00
21 GK Andy Warrington 907+000+001+001+00
22 DF Troy Brown 614+210+000+000+00
23 FW Lewis Grabban 472039+4172+031+001+00
24 DF Michael Raynes 36031+200+101+001+00
29 MF Alec Denton 100+100+000+000+00
Players played for Rotherham this season who have now left the club:
10 FW Adam le Fondre 544+040+001+000+00
20 FW Chris Holroyd 1905+1001+100+100+10
Players played for Rotherham this season on loan who returned to their parent club:
1 GK Conrad Logan 21019+002+000+000+00
1 GK Rhys Taylor 20020+000+000+000+00
10 FW Brett Williams 1324+721+100+000+00
10 FW Shaun Harrad 836+230+000+000+00
10 FW Sam Hoskins 822+620+000+000+00
19 DF Guy Branston 402+002+000+000+00
25 DF Jon Harley 12011+100+000+000+00
25 DF Scott Griffiths 808+000+000+000+00
26 MF Sam Wood 27124+211+000+000+00
27 DF Richard Naylor 505+000+000+000+00
28 MF Kieron Cadogan 1317+610+000+000+00

Top scorers
Place Position Nation Number Name League Two FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total
1FW23Lewis Grabban1730020
2FW9Alex Revell1000111
3MF7Gareth Evans70007
4FW10Adam le Fondre40004
=MF18Ben Pringle40004
=DF5Ryan Cresswell40004
7FW10Shaun Harrad30003
8DF17Johnny Mullins20002
=FW9Brett Williams20002
=MF4Danny Harrison20002
=MF8Jason Taylor20002
=FW10Sam Hoskins20002
13DF22Troy Brown10001
=MF11Danny Schofield10001
=MF12Marcus Marshall10001
=MF26Sam Wood10001
=MF15Mark Bradley10001
=MF28Kieron Cadogan10001
TOTALS 6730171

Disciplinary record
Number Nation Position Name League Two FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total
11MFDanny Schofield8100000081
5DFRyan Cresswell6100000061
24DFRyan Cresswell5100000051
12MFMarcus Marshall1021100041
4MFDanny Harrison3010000040
23FWLewis Grabban4000000040
3DFTom Newey3100000031
2DFDale Tonge2110000031
19DFGuy Branston0020000020
8DFJohnny Mullins2000000020
9FWAlex Revell2000000020
15MFMark Bradley2000000020
8MFJason Taylor2000000020
21GKAndy Warrington1000000010
1GKConrad Logan1000000010
6DFLuke Foster1000000010
7MFGareth Evans1000000010
27DFRichard Naylor1000000010
18MFBen Pringle1000000010
26MFSam Wood1000000010
10FWSam Hoskins1000000010
TOTALS 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 1

Results

Pre-Season Friendlies
16 July 2011 Grimsby Town1 – 3Rotherham UnitedBlundell Park
15:00 Duffy  81' Cresswell  20'
Grabban  44'
Holroyd  80'		 Attendance: 2,135
19 July 2011 Rotherham United1 – 2Sheffield WednesdayDon Valley Stadium
19:45 Le Fondre  83' Buxton  50'
Madine  65'		 Attendance: 5,589
26 July 2011 Stocksbridge Park Steels3 – 0Rotherham UnitedLook Local Stadium
19:45 Riordan  29'
Bradley  32' (o.g.)
Telling  37'
27 July 2011 Rotherham United0 – 2Scunthorpe UnitedDon Valley Stadium
19:45 Ryan  9'
Grant  19' (pen.)		 Attendance: 702
30 July 2011 Rotherham United1 – 3Huddersfield TownDon Valley Stadium
15:00 Holroyd  54' McDermott  63'
Novak  72'
Rhodes  82'		 Attendance: 1,012

League Two
6 August 2011 1Rotherham United1 – 0Oxford UnitedDon Valley Stadium
15:00 Grabban  48' Attendance: 4,484
13 August 2011 2Plymouth Argyle1 – 4Rotherham UnitedHome Park
15:00 Atkinson  49' Evans  52', 59'
le Fondre  82', 87'		 Attendance: 6,015
16 August 2011 3Crewe Alexandra1 – 2Rotherham UnitedAlexandra Stadium
19:45 Moore  74' le Fondre  15'
Pringle  72'		 Attendance: 3,458
20 August 2011 4Rotherham United2 – 2BarnetDon Valley Stadium
15:00 Brown  49'
le Fondre  82'		 Kamdjo  36'
McLeod  63' (pen.)		 Attendance: 3,546
27 August 2011 5Rotherham United3 – 0GillinghamDon Valley Stadium
15:00 Harrison  53'
Grabban  63'
Evans  78'		 Attendance: 3,740
3 September 2011 6Swindon Town3 – 2Rotherham UnitedCounty Ground
12:15 Ritchie  39'
Connell  69', 81'		 Revell  21', 65' Attendance: 6,304
10 September 2011 7Rotherham United3 – 1Dagenham & RedbridgeDon Valley Stadium
15:00 Evans  8'
Grabban  29', 38'		 Doe  21' Attendance: 3,286
13 September 2011 8Accrington Stanley1 – 1Rotherham UnitedCrown Ground
19:45 Hessey  83' Cresswell  38' Attendance: 1,486
17 September 2011 9Torquay United3 – 3Rotherham UnitedPlainmoor
15:00 Bodin  11'
Nicholson  42'
Howe  47'		 Grabban  3', 34'
Cresswell  9'		 Attendance: 2,330
24 September 2011 10Rotherham United0 – 4Southend UnitedDon Valley Stadium
15:00 Gilbert  10'
Timlin  47', 60'
Harris  64'		 Attendance: 3,433
1 October 2011 11Port Vale2 – 0Rotherham UnitedVale Park
15:00 Richards  18', 26' Attendance: 4,983
8 October 2011 12Rotherham United0 – 1Burton AlbionDon Valley Stadium
15:00 Richards  8' Attendance: 3,645
14 October 2011 13Bristol Rovers5 – 2Rotherham UnitedMemorial Stadium (Bristol)
19:45 McGleish  10', 29' (pen.)
Bolger  32'
Lee Brown  58'
Anyinsah  88'		 Taylor  37'
Schofield  53'		 Attendance: 5,395
22 October 2011 14Rotherham United1 – 1Shrewsbury TownDon Valley Stadium
15:00 Grabban  22' Cansdell-Sherriff  45' Attendance: 3,561
25 October 2011 15Morecambe3 – 3Rotherham UnitedGlobe Arena
19:45 McDonald  3'
Wilson  28' (pen.)  37' (pen.)		 Grabban  39' (pen.)
Evans  58'
Revell  64'		 Attendance: 3,012
29 October 2011 16Northampton Town1 – 1Rotherham UnitedSixfields Stadium
15:00 Logan  24' (o.g.) Evans  2' Attendance: 4,182
5 November 2011 17Rotherham United2 – 0Aldershot TownDon Valley Stadium
15:00 Grabban  14'
Holroyd  41'		 Attendance: 3,284
19 November 2011 18Bradford City2 – 3Rotherham UnitedValley Parade
15:00 Mitchell  34'
Flynn  90+2' (pen.)		 Grabban  22' (pen.)
Revell  51'
Marshall  57'		 Attendance: 10,551
26 November 2011 19Rotherham United1 – 2Crawley TownDon Valley Stadium
15:00 Williams  20' Barnett  48'
Simpson  68'		 Attendance: 3,962
10 December 2011 20Hereford United2 – 3Rotherham UnitedEdgar Street
15:00 Arquin  34'
Facey  42'		 Mullins  13', 65'
Revell  23'		 Attendance: 1,908
17 December 2011 21Rotherham United1 – 0AFC WimbledonDon Valley Stadium
15:00 Wood  78' Attendance: 3,343
26 December 2011 22Macclesfield0 – 0Rotherham UnitedMoss Rose
15:00 Attendance: 3,132
30 December 2011 23Cheltenham1 – 0Rotherham UnitedWhaddon Road
15:00 Pack  11' Attendance: 3,582
2 January 2012 24Rotherham United3 – 0Bradford CityDon Valley Stadium
15:00 Grabben  63', 68' (pen.)
Williams  74'		 Attendance: 5,368
14 January 2012 25Rotherham United1 – 2Swindon TownDon Valley Stadium
15:00 Revell  54' Ritchie  19' (20) Attendance: 4,236
21 January 2012 26Rotherham United0 – 1Port ValeDon Valley Stadium
15:00 Marc Richards  57'(pen.) Attendance: 3,189
28 January 2012 27Dag & Red3 – 2Rotherham UnitedVictoria Road
15:00 Nurse  50'
Bradley  62'(OG)
Doe  78'		 Harrison  28'
Revell  63'		 Attendance: 3,189
10 February 2012 28Southend0 – 2Rotherham UnitedRoots Hall
20:00 Hoskins  9'
Naylor  45'
Taylor  48'
Revell  83'		 Attendance: 4,717
14 February 2012 29Rotherham United1 – 0Accrington StanleyDon Valley Stadium
19:45 Harrad  28' (pen.) Nsiala  68' Attendance: 2,572
18 February 2012 30Burton Albion1 – 1Rotherham UnitedPirelli Stadium
15:00 Zola  40'
Dyer  42'		 Harrad  55'
Harrison  72'
Revell  84'		 Attendance: 3,313
21 February 2012 31Gillingham0 – 0Rotherham UnitedPriestfield Stadium
19:45 Mullins  33'
Grabban  37'		 Attendance: 3,248
25 February 2012 32Rotherham United0 – 1Bristol RoversDon Valley Stadium
15:00 Dorman  90+2' Attendance: 3,937
3 March 2012 33Barnet1 – 1Rotherham UnitedUnderhill Stadium
15:00 Byrne  7'
Holmes  32'
Kamdjo  35'
Hughes  57'
Downing  59'  65'		 Bradley  6'
Pringle  50'
Mullins  74'		 Attendance: 1,765
6 March 2012 34Rotherham United1 – 1Crewe AlexandraDon Valley Stadium
15:00 Grabban  62'
Wood  72'
Pringle  82'		 Davis  16' (pen.) Attendance: 2,447
10 March 2012 35Rotherham United1 – 0Plymouth ArgyleDon Valley Stadium
15:00 Grabban  70' (pen.)
Taylor  90+4'		 Attendance: 3,475
13 March 2012 36Rotherham United0 – 1Torquay UnitedDon Valley Stadium
19:45 Mansell  26' Attendance: 2,538
17 March 2012 37Oxford United2 – 1Rotherham UnitedKassam Stadium
15:00 Rendell  45+2'  88'
Hall  52'
Whing  90+3'		 Bradley  23'
Revell  77'
Grabban  83' (pen.)		 Attendance: 6,756
20 March 2012 38Rotherham United4 – 2Macclesfield TownDon Valley Stadium
19:45 Bradley  37'
Pringle  57'
Revell  68'
Cadogan  77'		 Smith  65'
Chalmers  73' (pen.)		 Attendance: 2,505
24 March 2012 39Crawley Town3 – 0Rotherham UnitedBroadfield Stadium
15:00 Clarke  43'
Alexander  53' (pen.)
Mills  67'		 Hoskins  68' Attendance: 2,766
31 March 2012 40Rotherham United1 – 0Hereford UnitedDon Valley Stadium
15:00 Grabban  43'
Schofield  83'		 Attendance: 3,237
6 April 2012 41AFC Wimbledon1 – 2Rotherham UnitedKingsmeadow
15:00 Moore  65' Cresswell  12'
Pringle  34'
Hoskins  83'		 Attendance: 4,387
9 April 2012 42Rotherham United1 – 0Cheltenham TownDon Valley Stadium
15:00 Cresswell  90+3' Attendance: 3,066
14 April 2012 43Shrewsbury Town3 – 1Rotherham UnitedGreenhous Meadow
15:00 Wroe  19'
Gornell  45+2' (67)
Wildig  48'
Cansdell-Sherriff  88'		 Cresswell  2'  44'
Taylor  19'
Grabban  30'		 Attendance: 5,873
21 April 2012 44Rotherham United3 – 2MorecambeDon Valley Stadium
15:00 Grabban  21' (90+1)
Cresswell  45'  74'
Taylor  48'		 Burrow  39'
Redshaw  75' (pen.)		 Attendance: 2,876
28 April 2012 45Aldershot Town2 – 2Rotherham UnitedRecreation Ground (Aldershot)
15:00 Vincenti  20'  76'
Payne  48'
Madjo  56'
Roberts  74'  85'		 Evans  11' (pen.)
Hoskins  30'
Newey  45+1'  82'
Schofield  78'		 Attendance: 2,578
5 May 2012 46Rotherham United1 – 1Northampton TownDon Valley Stadium
15:00 Revell  31' Carlisle  81'
Akinfenwa  90+4'		 Attendance: 4,729

FA Cup
12 November 2011 First Round ProperBarrow1 – 2Rotherham UnitedHolker Street, Barrow
15:00 Rutherford  16' Report Grabban  82', 87' (pen.) Attendance: 3,030
3 December 2011 Second Round ProperShrewsbury Town2 – 1Rotherham UnitedNew Meadow, Shrewsbury
15:00 Sharps  48'
Wroe  83' (pen.)		 Report Grabban  42' (pen.)
Marshall  45' 		 Attendance: 4,048

League Cup
9 August 2011 Round 1Rotherham United1 – 4Leicester CityDon Valley Stadium
19:45 Mills  13' (o.g.) Gallagher  36'
Schlupp  53', 63', 71'		 Attendance: 3,717

Football League Trophy
4 October 2011 Round 2Rotherham United1 – 2Sheffield UnitedDon Valley Stadium
15:00 Revell  69' Porter  9'
Evans  90+7'		 Attendance: 6,737

Managerial change
Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Andy Scott Sacked 19 March 2012[3] 11th Steve Evans 9 April 2012[4]

Following Rotherham's defeat to Oxford United on 17 March 2012, the club found themselves eight points from the play-off places in League Two. This prompted chairman Tony Stewart to sack Andy Scott two days later.[3] Steve Evans was appointed as the new manager on a 3-year deal on 9 April.[4]

Transfers
Players transferred in
Date Pos. Name From Fee Ref.
3 June 2011 FW Gareth Evans Bradford City Free [5]
3 June 2011 MF Ben Pringle Derby County Free [5]
1 July 2011 DF Troy Brown Ipswich Town Free [6]
4 July 2011 FW Lewis Grabban Brentford Free [7]
5 August 2011 DF Michael Raynes Scunthorpe United Undisclosed [8]
31 August 2011 FW Alex Revell Leyton Orient Undisclosed [9]
13 January 2012 DF Richard Naylor Doncaster Rovers Free [10]
Players loaned in
Date from Pos. Name From Date to Ref.
12 July 2011 GK Conrad Logan Leicester City January 2012 [11]
28 August 2011 FW Brett Williams Reading January 2012 [12]
14 October 2011 DF Guy Branston Bradford City 14 January 2012 [13]
14 October 2011 DF Jon Harley Notts County 14 January 2012 [13][14]
24 November 2011 MF Sam Wood Brentford 3 May 2012 [15][16]
2 January 2012 GK Rhys Taylor Chelsea End of season [17][18]
10 January 2012 DF Scott Griffiths Peterborough United End of season [19]
26 January 2012 MF Kieron Cadogan Crystal Palace 3 May 2012 [20]
8 February 2012 FW Shaun Harrad Bury 8 March 2012 [21]
15 March 2012 FW Sam Hoskins Southampton End of season [22]
Players loaned out
Date from Pos. Name To Date to Ref.
24 November 2011 MF Ollie Banks Buxton 9 January 2012 [23]
6 January 2012 DF Troy Brown Aldershot Town End of Season [24]
13 January 2012 MF Ollie Banks Stalybridge Celtic End of season [25]
27 January 2012 MF Marcus Marshall Macclesfield Town 30 April 2012 [26][27]
24 February 2012 GK Jamie Annerson Bradford City End of season [28]
Players transferred out
Date Pos. Name To Fee Ref.
20 June 2011 FW Ryan Taylor Bristol City Tribunal [29]
27 August 2011 FW Adam le Fondre Reading £500,000 [30]
20 January 2012 FW Chris Holroyd Preston North End Undisclosed [31]
Players released
Date Pos. Name Subsequent club Join date Ref.
1 June 2011 MF Kevin Ellison Morecambe 1 July 2011 [32][33]
22 June 2011 FW Ian Thomas-Moore Retired
1 July 2011 MF Nicky Law Motherwell 1 July 2011 (Bosman) [34]
1 July 2011 DF Nick Fenton Morecambe 1 August 2011 [32][35]
1 July 2011 MF Grant Darley Stalybridge Celtic 11 August 2011 [32][36]
1 July 2011 MF Stephen Brogan Alfreton Town 11 August 2011 [32][37]
1 July 2011 DF Jamie Green Grimsby Town 1 September 2011 [32][38]
1 July 2011 DF Luke Ashworth Harrogate Town 9 September 2011 [32][39]
2 August 2011 FW Tom Pope Port Vale Free [40]

Awards
End of Season Awards Winner[41]
Player of the SeasonJonny Mullins
Community Player of the SeasonAndy Warrington
Goal of the SeasonLewis Grabban vs Shrewsbury Town

References
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  4. "Rotherham United appoint Crawley Town boss Steve Evans". BBC Sport. 9 April 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  5. "Rotherham United sign up Ben Pringle and Gareth Evans". BBC Football. 3 June 2011.
  6. "Troy Brown joins Rotherham from Ipswich". BBC Football. 1 July 2011.
  7. "Rotherham United sign Brentford striker Lewis Grabban". BBC Football. 4 July 2011.
  8. "Rotherham United sign Michael Raynes from Scunthorpe". BBC Football. 5 August 2011.
  9. "Rotherham sign Orient striker Alex Revell". BBC Football. 31 August 2011.
  10. "Rotherham United snap up veteran Richard Naylor". BBC Football. 13 January 2012.
  11. "Rotherham United sign Leicester goalkeeper Logan on loan". BBC Football. 12 July 2011.
  12. "Rotherham sign Reading striker Brett Williams on loan". BBC Football. 28 August 2011.
  13. "Rotherham United sign Guy Branston and Jon Harley". BBC Sport. 5 October 2011.
  14. "Rotherham extend Jon Harley's loan deal until January". BBC Sport. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
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  18. "Rotherham United extend Rhys Taylor's loan from Chelsea". BBC Sport. 31 January 2012.
  19. "Scott Griffiths makes Rotherham United loan switch". BBC Sport. 10 January 2012.
  20. "Rotherham sign Crystal Palace's Kieron Cadogan on loan". BBC Sport. 26 January 2012.
  21. "Rotherham United sign Shaun Harrad from Bury on emergency loan". BBC Sport. 8 February 2012.
  22. "Striker Joins Millers". Southampton FC. 15 March 2012.
  23. "Banks joins Buxton". Rotherham United F.C. 24 November 2011.
  24. "Aldershot bring defenders Troy Brown and Sonny Bradley". BBC Football. 6 January 2012.
  25. "Banks loaned to Stalybridge". Sky Sports. 13 January 2012.
  26. "Silkmen take Marshall". Macclesfield Town F.C. 27 January 2012. Archived from the original on 28 January 2012.
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  28. "Annerson arrives at City". Bradford City A.F.C. 23 February 2012. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012.
  29. "Bristol City sign Rotherham United striker Ryan Taylor". BBC Football. 20 June 2011.
  30. "Royals confirm Le Fondre deal". Sky Sports.
  31. "Preston North End sign Procter, Holroyd & McAllister". BBC Sport.
  32. "Rotherham United offer new deals to six players". BBC Football. 10 May 2011.
  33. "Morecambe sign former Rotherham winger Kevin Ellison". BBC Football. 1 June 2011.
  34. "Nicky Law completes move to Motherwell". BBC Football. 1 July 2011.
  35. "Morecambe complete the signing of Nick Fenton". BBC Football. 2 August 2011.
  36. "Stalybridge Celtic make 2 new signings". Non-League Football Forum. 11 August 2011.
  37. "Reds make it a total of 3 new faces". Alfreton F.C. 11 August 2011.
  38. "Grimsby Town snap up defender Jamie Green". BBC Football. 1 September 2011.
  39. "Former Latics defender joins Harrogate". Pitchero. 9 September 2011.
  40. "Port Vale sign ex-Rotherham striker Tom Pope". BBC Football. 2 August 2011.
  41. "Mullins collects Player of the Season award". Rotherham United F.C. 9 May 2012.
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