2011–12 Hartlepool United F.C. season

Hartlepool United F.C.
	2011–12 season
Chairman	Ken Hodcroft
Manager	Mick Wadsworth (sacked 6 December 2011); Mickey Barron (caretaker until 28 December 2011); Neale Cooper
League One	13th
FA Cup	1st round
League Cup	1st round
Football League Trophy	1st Round (North East)
Top goalscorer	League: Antony Sweeney & James Poole (8); All: Antony Sweeney (9)
Highest home attendance	League: 6,800 vs Sheffield Wednesday (1 October 2011)
Lowest home attendance	League: 4,004 vs Chesterfield (14 April 2012); All: 2,744 vs Stevenage (12 November 2011)
Average home league attendance	4,960
← 2010–11	2012–13 →

League data

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	AFC Bournemouth	46	15	13	18	48	52	−4	58
12	Tranmere Rovers	46	14	14	18	49	53	−4	56
13	Hartlepool United	46	14	14	18	50	55	−5	56
14	Bury	46	15	11	20	60	79	−19	56
15	Preston North End	46	13	15	18	54	68	−14	54

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

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Scott Flinders	48	0	45+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
2	DF		Neil Austin	49	2	46+0	2	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
3	FW		Ritchie Humphreys	31	1	19+10	1	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
4	DF		Gary Liddle	42	5	37+2	5	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
5	DF		Sam Collins	37	1	35+1	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF		Evan Horwood	44	0	38+3	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
7	FW		James Brown	25	2	10+14	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
8	FW		James Poole	30	7	15+12	7	1+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
9	FW		Colin Nish	20	4	12+7	4	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
10	FW		Adam Boyd	36	6	13+20	6	0+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
11	MF		Andy Monkhouse	48	3	39+6	3	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
14	MF		Nathan Luscombe	16	1	3+10	1	0+1	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
15	MF		Antony Sweeney	42	8	39+0	7	1+0	0	1+0	1	0+1	0
16	DF		Steven Haslam	11	0	3+7	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
18	MF		Jack Baldwin	17	0	14+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	MF		Jordan Richards	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	MF		Paul Murray	46	1	44+1	1	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
21	GK		Andy Rafferty	2	0	1+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	FW		Callum Hassan	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	MF		Nolberto Solano	16	1	11+3	1	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
27	FW		Colin Larkin	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
28	DF		Josh Rowbotham	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	DF		Peter Hartley	47	4	44+0	4	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
30	DF		Darren Holden	3	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	MF		Luke James	19	4	12+7	4	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
34	MF		Lewis Hawkins	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
36	MF		Greg Rutherford	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players featured for Hartlepool but left before the end of the season:
12	DF		Stephen Wright	11	0	10+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players featured on loan for Hartlepool and returned to their parent club:
35	FW		Ryan Noble	9	2	9+0	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	MF		Samuel Adjei	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Top scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	League One	League Cup	Total
1	MF	15	Anthony Sweeney	7	1	8
2	FW	8	James Poole	7	0	7
3	FW	10	Adam Boyd	6	0	6
4	DF	4	Gary Liddle	5	0	5
5	FW	9	Colin Nish	4	0	4
=	MF	33	Luke James	4	0	4
=	DF	29	Peter Hartley	4	0	4
8	FW	11	Andy Monkhouse	3	0	3
9	DF	2	Neil Austin	2	0	2
=	FW	35	Ryan Noble	2	0	2
=	FW	7	James Brown	1	0	1
12	MF	14	Nathan Luscombe	1	0	1
=	MF	20	Paul Murray	1	0	1
=	MF	24	Nolberto Solano	1	0	1
=	MF	3	Ritchie Humphreys	1	0	1
=	DF	5	Sam Collins	1	0	1
			Totals	50	1	51

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	League One		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy		Total
29		DF	Peter Hartley	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	1
4		DF	Gary Liddle	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
20		MF	Paul Murray	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
2		DF	Neil Austin	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
11		MF	Andy Monkhouse	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
6		DF	Evan Horwood	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
5		DF	Sam Collins	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
18		DF	Jack Baldwin	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
9		FW	Colin Nish	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
7		FW	James Brown	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
14		MF	Nathan Luscombe	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
1		GK	Scott Flinders	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
24		MF	Nolberto Solano	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8		FW	James Poole	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
12		DF	Stephen Wright	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			Totals	50	3	2	1	2	0	0	0	54	4

Results

Pre-season friendlies

11 July 2011	Den Bosch	2–2	Hartlepool United	De Vliert
18:30	Reniers 50' Karg 53'		Mooney 21' Nish 28'

20 July 2011	Blyth Spartans	1–3	Hartlepool United	Croft Park
19:0	Armstrong ?'		Hassan ?' Poole ?', ?'

23 July 2011	Workington	2–3	Hartlepool United	Borough Park
15:00	McNiven ?' (pen.) Johnson ?' (o.g.)		Boyd ?' (pen.) Hassan ?' Sweeney ?'

25 July 2011	Whitby Town	0–2	Hartlepool United	Turnbull Ground
19:00			Larkin 45' Poole 54'

27 July 2011	Harrogate Town	0–3	Hartlepool United	Wetherby Road
19:30			Austin 48' Nish 54' Luscombe 90'

30 July 2011	York City	2–1	Hartlepool United	Bootham Crescent
15:00	Chambers Fyfield		Boyd	Attendance: 1,241

2 August 2011	Hartlepool United	1–3	Sunderland	Victoria Park
19:30	Solano 8'		Gyan 31' Colback 49' Larsson 59'	Attendance: 57,57

League One

6 August 2011 1	Milton Keynes Dons	2–2	Hartlepool United	Stadium:mk
15:00	Chadwick 53' Ibehre 90+1'		Boyd 20' James Poole 85'	Attendance: 7,287

13 August 2011 2	Hartlepool United	1–1	Walsall	Victoria Park
15:00	Nish 5'		Macken 3' (pen.)	Attendance: 5,170

16 August 2011 3	Hartlepool United	0–0	Huddersfield Town	Victoria Park
19:45				Attendance: 5,506

20 August 2011 4	Stevenage	2–2	Hartlepool United	Broadhall Way
15:00	Harrison 69' Laird 88'		Hartley 34' Boyd 41' (pen.)	Attendance: 2,831

27 August 2011 5	Rochdale	1–3	Hartlepool United	Spotland Stadium
15:00	Akpa Akpro 16'		Boyd 7' Poole 47', 87'	Attendance: 2,600

3 September 2011 6	Hartlepool United	2–0	Exeter City	Victoria Park
15:00	Liddle 4' Luscombe 89'			Attendance: 5,152

10 September 2011 7	Carlisle United	1–2	Hartlepool United	Brunton Park
15:00	Loy 74' (pen.)		Liddle 21' Boyd 41'	Attendance: 4,765

17 September 2011 8	Hartlepool United	3–0	Bury	Victoria Park
15:00	Solano 33' Nish 51', 74'			Attendance: 5,343

24 September 2011 9	Bournemouth	1–2	Hartlepool United	Dean Court
15:00	Gregory 37'		Solano 42' Horwood 87'	Attendance: 5,275

1 October 2011 10	Hartlepool United	0–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Victoria Park
15:00			Johnson 33'	Attendance: 6,800

9 October 2011 11	Notts County	3–0	Hartlepool United	Meadow Lane
16:30	Hawley 29', 55' Montano 90+1'			Attendance: 6,172

15 October 2011 12	Hartlepool United	1–3	Wycombe Wanderers	Victoria Park
15:00	Boyd 89' (pen.)		Donnelly 15' Beavon 36' Sam Collins 82' (o.g.)	Attendance: 5,421

22 October 2011 13	Chesterfield	2–3	Hartlepool United	B2net Stadium
15:00	Clarke 10' Holden 52'		Murray 17' Poole 19', 48'	Attendance: 5,937

25 October 2011 14	Hartlepool United	0–2	Tranmere Rovers	Victoria Park
19:45			Akins 46', 66'	Attendance: 5,200

29 October 2011 15	Hartlepool United	0–4	Charlton Athletic	Victoria Park
15:00			Wright-Phillips 9', 37' Hollands 55' Wagstaff 84'	Attendance: 5,333

5 November 2011 16	Leyton Orient	1–1	Hartlepool United	Brisbane Road
15:00	Cox 23'		Austin 54' (pen.)	Attendance: 4,424

19 November 2011 17	Scunthorpe United	0–2	Hartlepool United	Glanford Park
15:00			Monkhouse 21' Sweeney 77'	Attendance: 3,861

26 November 2011 18	Hartlepool United	0–1	Yeovil Town	Victoria Park
15:00			N'Gala 25'	Attendance: 4,604

29 November 2011 19	Hartlepool United	0–1	Preston North End	Victoria Park
19:45			Mellor 22'	Attendance: 4,156

10 December 2011 20	Brentford	2–1	Hartlepool United	Griffin Park
15:00	McGinn 80' Alexander 85'		Collins 83'	Attendance: 6,352

17 December 2011 21	Hartlepool United	0–1	Colchester United	Victoria Park
15:00			Wordsworth 36'	Attendance: 4,029

26 December 2011 22	Oldham Athletic	0–1	Hartlepool United	Boundary Park
15:00			Poole 7'	Attendance: 4,459

31 December 2011 23	Sheffield United	3–1	Hartlepool United	Bramall Lane
13:00	Flynn 12' Porter 34' Evans 42'		Hartley 90+3'	Attendance: 20,372

2 January 2012 24	Hartlepool United	1–2	Scunthorpe United	Victoria Park
15:00	Monkhouse 83'		Togwell 32' Thompson 74'	Attendance: 5,289

7 January 2012 25	Hartlepool United	2–0	Rochdale	Victoria Park
15:00	Brown 74' James 80' Monkhouse 86'		Widdowson 82'	Attendance: 4,663

14 January 2012 26	Exeter City	0–0	Hartlepool United	St James Park
15:00				Attendance: 4,016

21 January 2012 27	Sheffield Wednesday	2–2	Hartlepool United	Hillsborough Stadium
15:00	Johnson 58' Madine 75'		Hartley 38' 47' Liddle 71' Sweeney 87'	Attendance: 17,469

28 January 2012 28	Hartlepool United	4–0	Carlisle United	Victoria Park
15:00	James 6' 67' Brown 16' Sweeney 17' Liddle 55' Nish 81'		Miller 27' Michalík 90+2'	Attendance: 5,995

11 February 2012 29	Hartlepool United	0–0	AFC Bournemouth	Victoria Park
15:00	Brown 18' Austin 51' James 64' Liddle 86'			Attendance: 4,548

14 February 2012 30	Preston North End	1–0	Hartlepool United	Deepdale
19:45	Mayor 76'			Attendance: 14,191

18 February 2012 31	Hartlepool United	3–0	Notts County	Victoria Park
15:00	Sweeney 37' (53) Monkhouse 78' Austin 90+2'		Stewart 62' Bishop 65'	Attendance: 4,718

25 February 2012 32	Wycombe Wanderers	5–0	Hartlepool United	Adams Park
15:00	Hayes 5' (55) Doherty 11' Beavon 42' (71)			Attendance: 4,408

28 February 2012 33	Bury	1–2	Hartlepool United	Gigg Lane
19:45	Bishop 10' Worrall 79'		Humphreys 45+1' Horwood 62' Boyd 74'	Attendance: 2,072

3 March 2012 34	Hartlepool United	1–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Victoria Park
15:00	Poole 40'		O'Shea 51'	Attendance: 4,955

6 March 2012 35	Huddersfield Town	1–0	Hartlepool United	Galpharm Stadium
19:45	Lee 75'			Attendance: 12,316

10 March 2012 36	Walsall	0–0	Hartlepool United	Banks's Stadium
15:00			Austin 51' Murray 72'	Attendance: 3,751

17 March 2012 37	Hartlepool United	0–0	Stevenage	Victoria Park
15:00				Attendance: 4,484

20 March 2012 38	Hartlepool United	0–1	Oldham Athletic	Victoria Park
19:45	Murray 71' Liddle 89'		M'voto 8'	Attendance: 4,109

24 March 2012 39	Yeovil Town	0–1	Hartlepool United	Huish Park
15:00			Noble 65'	Attendance: 4,033

31 March 2012 40	Hartlepool United	0–1	Sheffield United	Victoria Park
15:00	Monkhouse 41' Hartley 50', 85' Collins 90'		Collins 40' Evans 79' (pen.)	Attendance: 5,825

6 April 2012 41	Colchester United	1–1	Hartlepool United	Colchester Community Stadium
15:00	Eastman 62' Sears 81' (pen.)		Sweeney 17'	Attendance: 3,921

9 April 2012 42	Hartlepool United	0–0	Brentford	Victoria Park
15:00				Attendance: 4,292

14 April 2012 43	Hartlepool United	1–2	Chesterfield	Victoria Park
15:00	Liddle 37'		Whitaker 59' Bowery 69'	Attendance: 4,004

21 April 2012 44	Tranmere Rovers	1–1	Hartlepool United	Prenton Park
15:00	Welsh 40' Williams 72'		Sweeney 69'	Attendance: 4,757

28 April 2012 45	Hartlepool United	2–1	Leyton Orient	Victoria Park
15:00	Sweeney 23' Noble 73'		Campbell-Ryce 34' Cox 56'	Attendance: 4,502

5 May 2012 46	Charlton Athletic	3–2	Hartlepool United	The Valley
15:00	Hollands 70' Haynes 78' Kermorgant 81'		Hartley 31' Liddle 86'	Attendance: 26,749

FA Cup

12 November 2011 1	Hartlepool United	0–1	Stevenage	Hartlepool
15:00	Flinders 8' Hartley 15' Liddle 26'	Summary	Laird 10' (pen.) Roberts 76'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 2,744 Referee: Mark Heywood

League Cup

9 August 2011	Hartlepool United	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Sheffield United	Victoria Park
19:30	Sweeney 80'		Quinn 29'	Attendance: 2,774
		Penalties
	Horwood Poole Luscombe Collins Austin Nish		Cresswell Collins Montgomery Quinn Lowton Philliskirk

Football League Trophy

30 August 2011 Round 1	Scunthorpe United	2–0	Hartlepool United	Glanford Park
19:00	Grant 59', 66'			Attendance: 1,763

Transfers

Players transferred in
Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
13 May 2011	FW	James Poole	Manchester City	Free	^[1]
13 May 2011	MF	Nolberto Solano	Leicester City	Free	^[2]
27 June 2011	FW	Colin Nish	Hibernian	Free	^[3]
22 July 2011	DF	Jack Baldwin	Faversham Town	Undisclosed	^[4]
2 September 2011	DF	Stephen Wright	Brentford	Free	^[5]
Players loaned in
Date from	Pos.	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
2 March 2012	FW	Samuel Adjei	Newcastle United	2 April 2012	^[6]
20 March 2012	FW	Ryan Noble	Sunderland	End of season	^[7]
Players loaned out
Date from	Pos.	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
12 August 2011	FW	Callum Hassan	Harrogate Town	12 September 2011	^[8]
19 September 2011	FW	Callum Hassan	Whitby Town	19 October 2011	^[9]
19 September 2011	MF	Lewis Hawkins	Whitby Town	19 October 2011	^[9]
4 November 2011	DF	Paul Johnson	Workington	3 March 2012	^[10]^[11]
4 November 2011	DF	Steve Snaith	Workington	4 January 2012	^[10]
16 March 2012	DF	Paul Johnson	Darlington	End of season	.^[12]
Players transferred out
Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
16 June 2011	MF	Leon McSweeney	Leyton Orient	Free	^[13]
23 June 2011	MF	Joe Gamble	Limerick	Free	^[14]
23 June 2011	FW	Denis Behan	Limerick	Free	^[14]
1 July 2011	DF	Dylan Purvis	Blyth Spartans	11 July 2011	^[14]
1 July 2011	FW	Michael Mackay	Consett	5 August 2011	^[14]
1 July 2011	DF	Ármann Björnsson	ÍA	?	^[14]
1 July 2011	MF	Billy Blackford	Whitby Town	?	^[14]
1 July 2011	FW	Billy Greulich	Durham City	?	^[14]
1 July 2011	MF	Fabián Yantorno	Sud América	?	^[14]
11 January 2012	DF	Jordan Mellish	Blyth Spartans	11 January 2012	^[15]
24 January 2012	DF	Stephen Wright	Wrexham	2 March 2012	^[16]^[17]

Awards

End of Season Awards	Winner
Hartlepool Mail Player of the Year	Peter Hartley
Players' Player of the Year	Peter Hartley
Michael Maidens' Goal of the Season	Luke James vs Rochdale
Supporters' Association Youth Team Player of the Year	Josh Rowbotham

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2011–12 Hartlepool United F.C. season

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