2011–12 Crystal Palace F.C. season

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.

Crystal Palace

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

Statistics

Player statistics

Last updated on 28 April 2012.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Julián Speroni	43	0	41	0	0	0	2	0
2	DF		Nathaniel Clyne	32	0	29	0	0	0	3	0
3	DF		David Wright	25	0	22	0	1	0	2	0
4	DF		Jonathan Parr	45	2	35+4	2	0	0	4+2	0
5	DF		Paddy McCarthy	50	2	42+1	2	0	0	6+1	0
6	DF		Anthony Gardner	33	1	25+3	0	0	0	4+1	1
7	MF		Darren Ambrose	42	10	25+11	7	0	0	5+1	3
8	MF		Kagisho Dikgacoi	31	2	25+2	2	0	0	4	0
9	FW		Steffen Iversen	5	0	0+3	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
10	MF		Owen Garvan	23	3	13+9	3	1	0	0	0
11	FW		Sean Scannell[notes 1]	40	4	27+9	4	0	0	1+3	0
12	MF		Alex Marrow	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	1+1	0
14	MF		Kieron Cadogan	2	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
15	MF		Mile Jedinak	35	1	29+2	1	0	0	2+2	0
16	FW		Wilfried Zaha[notes 2]	48	9	34+7	6	0	0	6+1	3
17	FW		Glenn Murray	44	7	25+13	6	0	0	4+2	1
18	DF		Lee Hills	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Jermaine Easter	37	6	18+15	5	0	0	2+2	1
20	MF		Jonny Williams[notes 3]	18	1	5+9	0	0	0	4	1
21	DF		Dean Moxey	29	0	20+4	0	0	0	5	0
22	DF		Alex Wynter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW		Nathaniel Pinney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF		Jack Holland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW		Antonio Pedroza	5	0	1+3	0	1	0	0	0
26	DF		Matthew Parsons	6	0	3+1	0	1	0	1	0
27	FW		Ibra Sekajja[notes 4]	2	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
28	MF		Stuart O'Keefe	19	0	13	0	1	0	5	0
29	MF		Andy Dorman[notes 5]	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	1+1	0
30	MF		Paul McShane	12	0	9+2	0	0	0	0+1	0
31	FW		Calvin Andrew	9	1	2+4	0	1	0	2	1
32	DF		Charlie Holness	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF		Jake Caprice	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	GK		Lewis Price[notes 6]	10	0	4+1	0	1	0	4	0
35	FW		Chris Martin	28	7	20+6	7	0	0	2	0
36	MF		Kyle De Silva	7	0	2+4	0	1	0	0	0
38	FW		Kwesi Appiah[notes 7]	4	0	0+4	0	0	0	0	0
39	DF		Quade Taylor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK		Ross Fitzsimons	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	MF		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		Andrew Davies	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
36	DF		Ryan McGivern	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF		Aleksandar Tunchev	10	0	9	0	0	0	1	0
37	DF		Dekel Keinan	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF		John Egan	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
38	DF		Peter Ramage	23	0	14+3	0	1	0	4+1	0
41	DF		Mustapha Dumbuya	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0

Goalscorers

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

1. http://origin-www.cpfc.co.uk/page/Statistics/0,,10323,00.html
2. http://origin-www.cpfc.co.uk/page/Attendance/0,,10323~201110323,00.html

Notes

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Sekajja was born in Mulago, Uganda, but was raised in England and has represented them at U-16 level.
5. Dorman was born in Chester, England, but was raised in Wales and made his international debut for Wales in May 2010.
6. Price was born in Bournemouth, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in November 2005.
7. 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

• Crystal Palace F.C. official website
• Crystal Palace F.C. on Soccerbase