2011–12 Crystal Palace F.C. season

Crystal Palace
2011–12 season
Co-chairmen	Steve Parish; Martin Long
Manager	Dougie Freedman
Championship	17th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Chris Martin; Darren Ambrose (7); All: Darren Ambrose (10)[1]
Highest home attendance	21,002 vs. Reading,; 29 October 2011
Lowest home attendance	11,853 vs. Barnsley,; 20 March 2012
Average home league attendance	15,206[2]
Home colours	Away colours

The 2011–12 season was Crystal Palace's seventh consecutive season in the Championship. The previous campaign had seen club legend Dougie Freedman take over as a novice manager and lead the Eagles to safety and another season in the English second tier.

Statistics

Player statistics

Last updated on 28 April 2012.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ARG	Julián Speroni	43	0	41	0	0	0	2	0
2	DF	ENG	Nathaniel Clyne	32	0	29	0	0	0	3	0
3	DF	ENG	David Wright	25	0	22	0	1	0	2	0
4	DF	NOR	Jonathan Parr	45	2	35+4	2	0	0	4+2	0
5	DF	IRL	Paddy McCarthy	50	2	42+1	2	0	0	6+1	0
6	DF	ENG	Anthony Gardner	33	1	25+3	0	0	0	4+1	1
7	MF	ENG	Darren Ambrose	42	10	25+11	7	0	0	5+1	3
8	MF	RSA	Kagisho Dikgacoi	31	2	25+2	2	0	0	4	0
9	FW	NOR	Steffen Iversen	5	0	0+3	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
10	MF	IRL	Owen Garvan	23	3	13+9	3	1	0	0	0
11	FW	IRL	Sean Scannell[notes 1]	40	4	27+9	4	0	0	1+3	0
12	MF	ENG	Alex Marrow	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	1+1	0
14	MF	ENG	Kieron Cadogan	2	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
15	MF	AUS	Mile Jedinak	35	1	29+2	1	0	0	2+2	0
16	FW	ENG	Wilfried Zaha[notes 2]	48	9	34+7	6	0	0	6+1	3
17	FW	ENG	Glenn Murray	44	7	25+13	6	0	0	4+2	1
18	DF	ENG	Lee Hills	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	WAL	Jermaine Easter	37	6	18+15	5	0	0	2+2	1
20	MF	WAL	Jonny Williams[notes 3]	18	1	5+9	0	0	0	4	1
21	DF	ENG	Dean Moxey	29	0	20+4	0	0	0	5	0
22	DF	ENG	Alex Wynter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	ENG	Nathaniel Pinney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	ENG	Jack Holland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW	ENG	Antonio Pedroza	5	0	1+3	0	1	0	0	0
26	DF	ENG	Matthew Parsons	6	0	3+1	0	1	0	1	0
27	FW	ENG	Ibra Sekajja[notes 4]	2	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
28	MF	ENG	Stuart O'Keefe	19	0	13	0	1	0	5	0
29	MF	WAL	Andy Dorman[notes 5]	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	1+1	0
30	MF	IRL	Paul McShane	12	0	9+2	0	0	0	0+1	0
31	FW	ENG	Calvin Andrew	9	1	2+4	0	1	0	2	1
32	DF	ENG	Charlie Holness	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	ENG	Jake Caprice	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	GK	WAL	Lewis Price[notes 6]	10	0	4+1	0	1	0	4	0
35	FW	ENG	Chris Martin	28	7	20+6	7	0	0	2	0
36	MF	ENG	Kyle De Silva	7	0	2+4	0	1	0	0	0
38	FW	ENG	Kwesi Appiah[notes 7]	4	0	0+4	0	0	0	0	0
39	DF	ENG	Quade Taylor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	ENG	Ross Fitzsimons	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	MF	ENG	Kadell Daniel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have featured for Crystal Palace in this season before returning to their parent club:
35	DF	ENG	Andrew Davies	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
36	DF	NIR	Ryan McGivern	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF	BUL	Aleksandar Tunchev	10	0	9	0	0	0	1	0
37	DF	ISR	Dekel Keinan	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF	IRL	John Egan	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
38	DF	ENG	Peter Ramage	23	0	14+3	0	1	0	4+1	0
41	DF	SLE	Mustapha Dumbuya	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Ranking	No.	Player	Championship	League Cup	Total
1	7	Darren Ambrose	7	3	10
2	16	Wilfried Zaha	6	3	9
3	35	Chris Martin	7	0	7
4	17	Glenn Murray	6	1	7
5	19	Jermaine Easter	5	1	6
6	11	Sean Scannell	4	0	4
7	10	Owen Garvan	3	0	3
8	4	Jonathan Parr	2	0	2
	5	Paddy McCarthy	2	0	2
	8	Kagisho Dikgacoi	2	0	2
11	15	Mile Jedinak	1	0	1
12	6	Anthony Gardner	0	1	1
	20	Jonathan Williams	0	1	1
	3	Calvin Andrew	0	1	1
Total			43	11	54

Club

Starting 11

Based on overall appearances

Pos	Name	Appearances
GK	Julián Speroni	44
RB	Nathaniel Clyne	31
CB	Paddy McCarthy	48
CB	Anthony Gardner	29
LB	Jonathan Parr	39
DM	Mile Jedinák	31
DM	Kagisho Dikgacoi	28
RM	Wilfried Zaha	40
AM	Darren Ambrose	31
LM	Sean Scannell	28
CF	Glenn Murray	29

Management

Position	Staff
Manager	Dougie Freedman
Assistant manager	Lennie Lawrence
First-team coach	Tony Popovic
Reserve team manager	Curtis Fleming
Goalkeeping coach	Lee Turner
Chief scout	Steve Kember
Fitness coach	Scott Guyett
Academy manager	Gary Issott
Physiotherapists	Alex Manos and John Stannard

Source:

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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
18	Peterborough United	46	13	11	22	67	77	−10	50
19	Nottingham Forest	46	14	8	24	48	63	−15	50

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.

Matches

Results round 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	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	D	D	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	D	L
Position	18	8	5	4	5	8	12	12	9	12	8	5	3	3	4	6	9	10	10	13	11	8	10	8	11	13	13	15	14	14	12	13	13	12	11	13	11	14	13	15	16	16	16	16	17	17

Source: stats.football365.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Preseason

15 July 2011	Basingstoke Town	1–2	Crystal Palace XI	Basingstoke
19:00	Gradwell 85'	[ Report]	Zaha 17' Ambrose 75' (pen.)	Stadium: The Camrose

19 July 2011	Wycombe Wanderers	0–0	Crystal Palace	High Wycombe
19:45		[ Report]		Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 1,426

20 July 2011	East Grinstead Town	0–4	Crystal Palace XI	East Grinstead
19:30		[ Report]	Taylor 37' Cadogan 43' Andrew 54' Pinney 90'	Stadium: GAC Stadium

22 July 2011	Crawley Town	0–0	Crystal Palace	Crawley
19:45		[ Report]		Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,109

26 July 2011	Crystal Palace	1–0	Norwich City	London
19:30	Pinney 89'	[ Report]		Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 5,642 Referee: Pat Miller

27 July 2011	Dulwich Hamlet	4–3	Crystal Palace XI	London
19:45	James 4', 8', 61' Junior Kadi 80' (pen.)	[ Report]	Pinney 15', 33' 90' (o.g.)	Stadium: Champion Hill Attendance: 646

30 July 2011	Bournemouth	3–1	Crystal Palace	Bournemouth
15:00	Brillault 63' (o.g.) Barrett 74' Taylor 87'	[ Report]	Scannell 52'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 2,977

2 August 2011	Bromley	1–2	Crystal Palace XI	London
19:45	Aaron Rhule 10'	[ Report]	Joe Dolan 16' (o.g.)) Sekajja 75'	Stadium: Hayes Lane Referee: Michael O'Keefe

August

6 August 2011	Peterborough United	2–1	Crystal Palace	Peterborough
15:00	McCann 58' Ball 73'	Report	Scannell 33'	Stadium: London Road Attendance: 11,604 Referee: James Linington

13 August 2011	Crystal Palace	2–0	Burnley	London
15:00	Parr 10' Garvan 67' (pen.)	Report	Bartley 90+4'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 13,167 Referee: Brendan Malone

16 August 2011	Crystal Palace	2–1	Coventry City	London
20:00	Scannell 90' Easter 90+6'	Report	Jutkiewicz 48'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 12,330 Referee: Pat Miller

20 August 2011	Hull City	0–1	Crystal Palace	Kingston upon Hull
15:00		Report	Chester 15' (o.g.))	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 17,797 Referee: Graham Salisbury

27 August 2011	Crystal Palace	1–1	Blackpool	London
15:00	Murray 79'	Report	Baptiste 41'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 14,776 Referee: Andre Marriner

September

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

17 September 2011	Crystal Palace	0–1	Middlesbrough	London
15:00		Report	Emnes 65' Bennett 75'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 15,198 Referee: Gary Sutton

24 September 2011	Doncaster Rovers	1–0	Crystal Palace	Doncaster
15:00	Oster 65'	Report		Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 9,362 Referee: Chris Sarginson

27 September 2011	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–3	Crystal Palace	Brighton
19:45	Mackail-Smith 7'	Report	Zaha 80' Ambrose 89' Murray 90+1'	Stadium: Amex Stadium Attendance: 20,968 Referee: Andy D'Urso

October

1 October 2011	Crystal Palace	2–2	West Ham United	London
15:00	Ambrose 6' Murray 52'	Report	Nolan 16' Carew 80'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 20,074 Referee: Kevin Wright

15 October 2011	Watford	0–2	Crystal Palace	Watford
15:00		Report	Zaha 66' Easter 90+2'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 12,559 Referee: Mark Halsey

18 November 2011	Crystal Palace	1–0	Bristol City	London
20:00	Murray 81' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 11,869 Referee: Iain Williamson

22 October 2011	Ipswich Town	0–1	Crystal Palace	Ipswich
15:00	Cresswell 90+2'	Report	McCarthy 55'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 24,763 Referee: David Phillips

29 October 2011	Crystal Palace	0–0	Reading	London
15:00		Report		Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 21,002 Referee: Andy Woolmer

November

1 November 2011	Crystal Palace	0–0	Portsmouth	London
20:00		Report		Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 12,933 Referee: Darren Drysdale

5 November 2011	Cardiff City	2–0	Crystal Palace	Cardiff
15:00	Miller 69' Whittingham 80'	Report		Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 22,032 Referee: Steve Rushton

20 November 2011	Leicester City	3–0	Crystal Palace	Leicester
15:00	Beckford 55' Gallagher 71', 74'	Report		Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 22,449 Referee: Mark Brown

26 November 2011	Crystal Palace	0–0	Millwall	London
15:00		Report		Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 15,150 Referee: David Webb

December

2 December 2011	Crystal Palace	1–1	Derby County	London
19:45	Martin 15'	Report	McCarthy 75' (o.g.))	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 14,338 Referee: Andy D'Urso

6 December 2011	Barnsley	2–1	Crystal Palace	Barnsley
19:45	Vaz Tê 1', 77'	Report	Easter 33'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 9,524 Referee: Anthony Bates

10 December 2011	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Crystal Palace	Nottingham
15:00		Report	Murray 56'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 21,405 Referee: Phil Gibbs

19 December 2011	Crystal Palace	1–0	Birmingham City	London
19:45	Dikgacoi 84'	Report		Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 12,057 Referee: Keith Stroud

26 December 2011	Southampton	2–0	Crystal Palace	Southampton
13:00	Guly 34', 77'	Report		Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 31,524 Referee: Graham Salisbury

31 December 2011	Millwall	0–1	Crystal Palace	London
13:00		Report	Easter 23'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 16,085 Referee: Roger East

January

2 January 2012	Crystal Palace	1–2	Leicester City	London
13:00	Parr 41'	Report	Danns 19' Bamba 37' Howard 87'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 14,468 Referee: James Linington

14 January 2012	Crystal Palace	1–1	Leeds United	London
15:00	Martin 6' Scannell 45'	Report	Snodgrass 63'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 17,796 Referee: David Coote

21 January 2012	Blackpool	2–1	Crystal Palace	Blackpool
15:00	Grandin 85' Basham 90'	Report	Garvan 27' (pen.)	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 12,053 Referee: Nigel Miller

31 January 2012	Crystal Palace	1–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	London
20:00	Martin 64' (pen.)	Report	Barnes 74' (pen.)	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 17,271 Referee: Stuart Attwell

February

4 February 2012	Middlesbrough	0–0	Crystal Palace	Middlesbrough
15:00		Report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 15,725 Referee: Mark Heywood

14 February 2012	Bristol City	2–2	Crystal Palace	Bristol
19:45	Pitman 77', 90+3'	Report	Zaha 14' Ambrose 69' (pen.)	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 12,470 Referee: Lee Collins

18 February 2012	Crystal Palace	4–0	Watford	London
15:00	Zaha 22' Martin 38', 50' Dikgacoi 64'	Report		Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 13,324 Referee: Craig Pawson

25 February 2012	West Ham United	0–0	Crystal Palace	London
12:45		Report		Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 34,900 Referee: Graham Salisbury

March

3 March 2012	Crystal Palace	1–0	Peterborough United	London
15:00	Jedinak 76'	Report		Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 18,559 Referee: Scott Mathieson

6 March 2012	Coventry City	1–1	Crystal Palace	Coventry
19:45	McDonald 80'	Report	Ambrose 4' (pen.)	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 12,054 Referee: Mark Brown

10 March 2012	Burnley	1–1	Crystal Palace	Burnley
15:00	Rodriguez 2' (pen.)	Report	Ambrose 63' (pen.) Zaha 72'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 13,216 Referee: Dean Whitestone

17 March 2012	Crystal Palace	0–0	Hull City	London
15:00		Report		Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 13,324 Referee: Darren Drysdale

20 March 2012	Crystal Palace	1–0	Barnsley	London
20:00	Scannell 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 11,853 Referee: Trevor Kettle

24 March 2012	Derby County	3–2	Crystal Palace	Derby
15:00	S. Davies 6' Hendrick 29' Robinson 49' (pen.)	Report	Martin 79' Ambrose 90'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 25,222 Referee: Mick Russell

27 March 2012	Crystal Palace	1–1	Doncaster Rovers	London
20:00	Easter 57'	Report	Brown 76'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 13,401 Referee: Darren Deadman

31 March 2012	Crystal Palace	0–3	Nottingham Forest	London
15:00		Report	Majewski 53', 72', 82'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 14,928 Referee: Oliver Langford

April

7 April 2012	Birmingham City	3–1	Crystal Palace	Birmingham
15:00	Burke 21' Fahey 22' Murphy 32'	Report	Garvan 45'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 21,932 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

9 April 2012	Crystal Palace	0–2	Southampton	London
15:00		Report	Lambert 39', 56'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 18,753 Referee: Gary Sutton

14 April 2012	Crystal Palace	1–1	Ipswich Town	London
15:00	Martin 36'	Report	Scotland 59'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 17,961 Referee: Fred Graham

17 April 2012	Portsmouth	2–1	Crystal Palace	Portsmouth
19:45	Allan 32' Halford 55'	Report	Ambrose 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 14,847 Referee: Simon Hooper

21 April 2012	Reading	2–2	Crystal Palace	Reading
15:00	Gorkšs 20' Le Fondre 53'	Report	Zaha 14' Murray 76'	Stadium: Madjeski Stadium Attendance: 23,431 Referee: Andy D'Urso

28 April 2012	Crystal Palace	1–2	Cardiff City	London
12:30	Zaha 13'	Report	Whittingham 53' Cowie 62'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 15,510 Referee: Lee Mason

Football League Cup

23 August 2011 1	Crystal Palace	2–0	Crawley Town	London
19:30	Zaha 54', 58'	Report		Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 8,901 Referee: Michael Naylor

13 September 2011 2	Crystal Palace	2–1	Wigan Athletic	London
20:00	Ambrose 24' Williams 30'	Report	Watson 90+2'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 7,649 Referee: Keith Stroud

20 September 2011 3	Crystal Palace	2–1	Middlesbrough	London
20:00	Zaha 18' Andrew 52'	Report	Zemmama 55'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 5,448 Referee: Graham Scott

25 October 2011 4	Crystal Palace	2–0	Southampton	London
19:45	Ambrose 73' Easter 82' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 11,681 Referee: Mark Haywood

30 November 2011 5	Manchester United	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Crystal Palace	Manchester
19:45	Macheda 69' (pen.)	Report	Ambrose 65' Murray 98'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 52,623 Referee: Chris Foy

10 January 2012 Semi-final First leg	Crystal Palace	1–0	Cardiff City	London
20:00	Gardner 43'	Report		Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 22,147 Referee: Mike Dean

24 January 2012 Semi-final Second leg	Cardiff City	1–0 (1 - 1 agg.) (3 - 1 p)	Crystal Palace	Cardiff
19:45	Gardner 7' (o.g.)	Report	McCarthy 78'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 25,652 Referee: Howard Webb
	Penalties
	Miller Conway Gestede Whittingham		Easter Scannell Jedinak Parr

FA Cup

7 January 2012 3	Derby County	1–0	Crystal Palace	Derby
15:00	Robinson 9'	Report		Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 10,113 Referee: Darren Drysdale

End-of-season awards

Award	Winner
Crystal Palace F.C. Player of the Year	Jonathan Parr
Crystal Palace F.C. Young Player of the Year	Wilfried Zaha
Vice Presidents' Player of the Year	Jonathan Parr
Vice Presidents' Young Player of the Year	Jonathan Williams
Scholar Player of the Year	Jonathan Williams
Academy Player of the Year	Reise Allassani
Crystal Palace F.C. Goal of the Season	Darren Ambrose (vs. Manchester United, 30 November)

References

Notes

Scannell was born in Croydon, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland internationally through his father, as well as Jamaica, and has represented the Republic of Ireland at youth and B level.
Zaha was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, but was raised in England from the age of 4, and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for England in November 2012. He would switch his international allegiance back to the Ivory Coast in November 2016 and made his international debut for the Ivory Coast in January 2017.
Williams was born in Pembury, England, but also qualifies to represent Wales internationally through his father and represented them at U-17, U-19, and U-21 level before making his international debut for Wales in March 2013.
Sekajja was born in Mulago, Uganda, but was raised in England and has represented them at U-16 level.
Dorman was born in Chester, England, but was raised in Wales and made his international debut for Wales in May 2010.
Price was born in Bournemouth, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in November 2005.
Appiah was born in Thamesmead, England, but also qualifies to represent Ghana internationally and would make his international debut for Ghana in January 2015.

External links

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Crystal Palace F.C. on Soccerbase Archived 9 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine

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[3] Scannell was born in Croydon, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland internationally through his father, as well as Jamaica, and has represented the Republic of Ireland at youth and B level.

[4] Zaha was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, but was raised in England from the age of 4, and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for England in November 2012. He would switch his international allegiance back to the Ivory Coast in November 2016 and made his international debut for the Ivory Coast in January 2017.

[5] Williams was born in Pembury, England, but also qualifies to represent Wales internationally through his father and represented them at U-17, U-19, and U-21 level before making his international debut for Wales in March 2013.

[6] Sekajja was born in Mulago, Uganda, but was raised in England and has represented them at U-16 level.

[7] Dorman was born in Chester, England, but was raised in Wales and made his international debut for Wales in May 2010.

[8] Price was born in Bournemouth, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in November 2005.

[9] Appiah was born in Thamesmead, England, but also qualifies to represent Ghana internationally and would make his international debut for Ghana in January 2015.