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2011–12 West Ham United F.C. season

English football team season

Field	Value
club	West Ham United
season	2011–12
chrtitle	Chairmen
chairman	David Gold
David Sullivan
mgrtitle	Manager
manager	Sam Allardyce
stdtitle	Home stadium
stadium	Boleyn Ground
league	[Championship](2011-12-football-league-championship)
league result	3rd (promoted via the playoffs)
cup1	[League Cup](2011-12-football-league-cup)
cup1 result	First Round
cup2	[FA Cup](2011-12-fa-cup)
cup2 result	Third round
league topscorer	Carlton Cole (14)
season topscorer	Carlton Cole (15)
highest attendance	35,000 v Hull City
28 April 2012
lowest attendance	19,879 v Aldershot Town
24 August 2011
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nextseason	[2012–13](2012-13-west-ham-united-f-c-season)

David Sullivan 28 April 2012 24 August 2011

The 2011–12 season was West Ham Uniteds first season back in the Football League Championship, after being relegated from the Premier League at the conclusion of 2010–11 campaign. They also competed in the League Cup and the FA Cup. It was their first season under Sam Allardyce, who was appointed in May 2011 after the sacking of the club's previous manager, Avram Grant. On 19 May 2012, West Ham gained promotion back to the Premier League at the first attempt, as they won the play-off final by defeating Blackpool 2–1 at Wembley.

Season summary

Sam Allardyce was appointed as the club's new manager on 1 June 2011, after his predecessor Avram Grant was sacked following the club's relegation with a 3–2 defeat at Wigan Athletic.

For the majority of the season West Ham looked on course for automatic promotion, and even briefly topped the division on 1 March, but eventually finished third, after being beaten to automatic promotion by Southampton on the final day of the season, despite a 2–1 win against Hull City. Failure to win a league game in March saw West Ham overtaken by Reading, who defeated the Hammers 4–2 in a key game at Upton Park, and Southampton. and despite a late rally the team had to settle for a play-off place. West Ham's 13 away wins constituted a club record for any league season. They also recorded the fewest defeats (8) of any team in the Championship this season and had the second best goal difference, but 14 draws saw the club miss out on automatic promotion.

West Ham faced Cardiff City in the semi-finals of the play-offs, with the Hammers comfortably beating the Bluebirds 5–0 on aggregate. West Ham then sealed their promotion back to the Premier League on 19 May 2012, beating Blackpool 2–1 at Wembley with goals from Carlton Cole and Ricardo Vaz Tê. This was West Ham's first appearance at the national stadium since the 1981 League Cup Final.

League table

Main article: 2011–12 Football League Championship

Squad

Out on loan

Results

Pre-season

Affolter Yapi Sears

Championship

Main article: 2011–12 Football League Championship

O'Brien
Cole
Parker Kisnorbo Clayton Nolan
Cole
Reid Lansbury Noble Cole Piquionne Norris Halford Murray Carew Baldock
Collison Faubert Collison Piquionne Nolan
Noble Cole Vokes Church
Collison Green Murphy
Martin
Emmanuel-Thomas Cole
Reid Noble Maynard
Green
O'Neil
Vaz Tê McCartney Paterson Tomkins O'Neil Vaz Tê Hunt
Harte
Leigertwood Maynard Noble Vaz Tê Cole King Burke Nolan Cole Dicker Collison

Championship play-offs

Main article: 2012 Football League play-offs

Vaz Tê Maynard Vaz Tê

Football League Cup

McNaughton Hylton

FA Cup

Morrison Baldock 49' McCartney
Potts

Statistics

Overview

Competition	Record	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Total
[Championship](2011-12-football-league-championship)
[Play-offs](2012-football-league-play-offs)
[FA Cup](2011-12-fa-cup)
[League Cup](2011-12-football-league-cup)

Goalscorers

Rank	Pos	No.	Nat	Name	Championship	Play-offs	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	ST	9	ENG	Carlton Cole	14	1	0	0	15
2	MF	4	ENG	Kevin Nolan	12	1	0	0	13
3	ST	12	POR	Ricardo Vaz Te	10	2	0	0	12
4	MF	16	ENG	Mark Noble	8	0	0	0	8
5	MF	10	WAL	Jack Collison	4	2	0	0	6
6	ST	7	ENG	Sam Baldock	5	0	0	0	5
7	DF	5	ENG	James Tomkins	4	0	0	0	4
Own goals	4	0	0	0	4
9	DF	2	NZL	Winston Reid	3	0	0	0	3
	ST	8	ENG	Nicky Maynard	2	1	0	0	3
11	ST	11	NOR	John Carew	2	0	0	0	2
	ST	30	FRA	Frederic Piquionne	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	32	ENG	Gary O'Neil	2	0	0	0	2
14	DF	3	NIR	George McCartney	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	8	ENG	Scott Parker	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	14	ENG	Matthew Taylor	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	17	IRE	Joey O'Brien	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	18	FRA	Julien Faubert	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	21	SEN	Papa Bouba Diop	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	22	ENG	Henri Lansbury	1	0	0	0	1
	ST	24	ENG	Frank Nouble	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	25	WAL	Danny Collins	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	25	ENG	Junior Stanislas	0	0	0	1	1

League position by matchday

Appearances and goals

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Transfers

Summer

Main article: List of English football transfers summer 2011

In

#	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date
15	DF	SEN Abdoulaye Faye	Stoke City	Free	14 June 2011
4	MF	ENG Kevin Nolan	Newcastle United	Undisclosed	16 June 2011
14	MF	ENG Matt Taylor	Bolton Wanderers	Undisclosed	23 July 2011
17	MF	IRE Joey O'Brien	Bolton Wanderers	Free	30 July 2011
11	FW	NOR John Carew	Aston Villa	Free	6 August 2011
3	DF	NIR George McCartney	Sunderland	Season-long loan	10 August 2011
7	FW	ENG Sam Baldock	Milton Keynes Dons	Undisclosed	26 August 2011
26	FW	PAR Brian Montenegro	URU Deportivo Maldonado	Season-long loan	29 August 2011
21	MF	SEN Papa Bouba Diop	GRE AEK Athens	Free	30 August 2011
8	MF	ENG David Bentley	Tottenham Hotspur	Season-long loan	31 August 2011
22	MF	ENG Henri Lansbury	Arsenal	Season-long loan	31 August 2011
20	DF	CIV Guy Demel	GER Hamburger SV	Undisclosed	31 August 2011

Out

Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date
MF	ENG Anthony Edgar	Yeovil Town	Free	16 June 2011
DF	ISL Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson	GER VfL Bochum	Free	16 June 2011
DF	WAL Danny Gabbidon	QPR	Free	24 July 2011
DF	DEN Lars Jacobsen	DEN Copenhagen	Free	16 September 2011
DF	USA Jonathan Spector	Birmingham City	Free	1 August 2011
DF	ENG Matthew Upson	Stoke City	Free	16 June 2011
ST	SEN Demba Ba	Newcastle United	Free	17 June 2011
DF	POR Manuel da Costa	RUS Lokomotiv Moscow	Undisclosed	22 June 2011
MF	GER Thomas Hitzlsperger	GER VfL Wolfsburg	Contract terminated	22 June 2011
MF	CZE Radoslav Kováč	SUI FC Basel	Undisclosed	24 June 2011
MF	ENG Kieron Dyer	QPR	Free	13 July 2011
MF	POR Luís Boa Morte	GRE AEL	Contract terminated	3 August 2011
DF	ENG Jordan Spence	Bristol City	Season-long loan	3 August 2011
MF	ENG Olly Lee	Dagenham & Redbridge	Two-month loan	5 August 2011
FW	COL Cristian Montano	Notts County	Two-month loan	5 August 2011
FW	ENG Zavon Hines	Burnley	Fee set by tribunal	18 August 2011
MF	MEX Pablo Barrera	ESP Real Zaragoza	Season-long loan	26 August 2011
MF	ENG Scott Parker	Tottenham Hotspur	£5 million	31 August 2011
MF	ENG Junior Stanislas	Burnley	Undisclosed	31 August 2011
MF	KSA Ahmed Abdulla	Swindon Town	Four-month loan	31 August 2011
DF	ENG Jordan Brown	Aldershot Town	One-month loan	31 August 2011

Winter

Main article: List of English football transfers winter 2011–12

In

#	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date
13	GK	ESP Manuel Almunia	Arsenal	One-month emergency loan	30 September 2011
25	DF	USA George John	USA FC Dallas	Two-month loan	13 January 2012
N/A	ST	ENG Joe Dixon	Unattached	Free	18 January 2012
23	MF	ENG Ravel Morrison	Manchester United	Undisclosed	31 January 2012
12	MF	POR Ricardo Vaz Tê	Barnsley	Undisclosed	31 January 2012
8	ST	ENG Nicky Maynard	Bristol City	Undisclosed	31 January 2012
25	DF	WAL Danny Collins	Stoke City	Season-long loan	9 March 2012

Out

Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date
DF	ENG Callum McNaughton	AFC Wimbledon	Four-month extended loan	9 September 2011
FW	ENG Robert Hall	Oxford United	Three-month extended loan	12 September 2011
FW	ENG Frank Nouble	Gillingham	Three-month extended loan	15 September 2011
FW	COL Cristian Montaño	Swindon Town	One-month loan	13 October 2011
FW	COL Cristian Montaño	Dagenham & Redbridge	Two-month extended loan	17 November 2011
GK	HUN Péter Kurucz	Rochdale	One-month loan	2 January 2012
DF	ENG Callum Driver	Burton Albion	One-month loan	5 January 2012
DF	ENG Callum McNaughton	AFC Wimbledon	Free	6 January 2012
MF	ENG George Moncur	AFC Wimbledon	One-month loan	6 January 2012
MF	ENG Olly Lee	Gillingham	One-month loan	17 February 2012
GK	CZE Marek Štěch	Leyton Orient	One-month emergency loan	24 February 2012
FW	FRA Frédéric Piquionne	Doncaster Rovers	One-month loan	6 March 2012
GK	BEL Ruud Boffin		Released	22 April 2012

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