2011–12 Hartlepool United F.C. season

Hartlepool United F.C.
2011–12 season
Owner	IOR
Chairman	Ken Hodcroft
Manager	Mick Wadsworth; (until 6 December); Neale Cooper; (from 28 December)
Stadium	Victoria Park
League One	13th
FA Cup	First round ; (Eliminated by Stevenage)
League Cup	First round ; (Eliminated by Sheffield United)
Football League Trophy	First Round ; (Eliminated by Scunthorpe United)
Top goalscorer	League: Antony Sweeney (8); All: Antony Sweeney (9)
Highest home attendance	6,800 (vs Sheffield Wednesday)
Lowest home attendance	2,744 (vs Stevenage)
	← 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 season was

League Trophy

. The season covers the period from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012.

Players

As of End of Season.^[1]

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	Scott Flinders
2	DF	ENG	Neil Austin
3	MF	ENG	Ritchie Humphreys
4	DF	ENG	Gary Liddle
5	DF	ENG	Sam Collins
6	DF	ENG	Evan Horwood
7	FW	ENG	James Brown
8	FW	ENG	James Poole
9	FW	SCO	Colin Nish
10	FW	ENG	Adam Boyd
11	MF	ENG	Andy Monkhouse
14	MF	ENG	Nathan Luscombe
15	MF	ENG	Antony Sweeney
16	DF	ENG	Steven Haslam
18	DF	ENG	Jack Baldwin


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	ENG	Jordan Richards
20	MF	ENG	Paul Murray
21	GK	ENG	Andy Rafferty
23	FW	ENG	Callum Hassan
24	MF	PER	Nolberto Solano
26	DF	ENG	Paul Johnson
27	FW	NIR	Colin Larkin
28	DF	ENG	Josh Rowbotham
29	DF	ENG	Peter Hartley
30	DF	ENG	Darren Holden
33	FW	ENG	Luke James
34	MF	ENG	Lewis Hawkins
35	FW	ENG	Ryan Noble
36	MF	ENG	Greg Rutherford

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Player	From	Fee	Ref
13 May 2011	FW	James Poole	Manchester City	Free	^[2]
13 May 2011	MF	Nolberto Solano	Leicester City	Free	^[3]
27 June 2011	FW	Colin Nish	Hibernian	Free	^[4]
22 July 2011	DF	Jack Baldwin	Faversham Town	Undisclosed	^[5]
2 September 2011	DF	Stephen Wright	Brentford	Free	^[6]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Player	To	Fee	Ref
16 June 2011	MF	Leon McSweeney	Leyton Orient	Free	^[7]
23 June 2011	MF	Joe Gamble	Limerick	Free	^[8]
23 June 2011	FW	Denis Behan	Limerick	Free	^[8]
11 July 2011	DF	Dylan Purvis	Blyth Spartans	Free	^[8]
5 August 2011	FW	Michael Mackay	Consett	Free	^[8]
7 August 2011	FW	Billy Greulich	Durham City	Free	^[8]
10 August 2011	MF	Fabián Yantorno	Sud América	Free	^[8]
13 August 2011	MF	Billy Blackford	Whitby Town	Free	^[8]
15 September 2011	DF	Ármann Björnsson	ÍA	Free	^[8]
11 January 2012	DF	Jordan Mellish	Blyth Spartans	Free	^[9]
24 January 2012	DF	Stephen Wright	Wrexham	Free	^[10]^[11]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Player	From	Date until	Ref
2 March 2012	FW	Samuel Adjei	Newcastle United	2 April 2012	^[12]
20 March 2012	FW	Ryan Noble	Sunderland	1 June 2012	^[13]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Player	To	Date until	Ref
12 August 2011	FW	Callum Hassan	Harrogate Town	12 September 2011	^[14]
19 September 2011	FW	Callum Hassan	Whitby Town	19 October 2011	^[15]
19 September 2011	MF	Lewis Hawkins	Whitby Town	19 October 2011	^[15]
4 November 2011	DF	Paul Johnson	Workington	3 March 2012	^[16]^[17]
4 November 2011	FW	Steven Snaith	Workington	4 January 2012	^[16]
16 March 2012	DF	Paul Johnson	Darlington	1 June 2012	^[18]

Results

Pre-season friendlies

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

20 July 2011	Croft Park, Blyth
19:0	Armstrong ?'		Hassan ?' Poole ?', ?'

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

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

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

York City v Hartlepool United

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

2 August 2011	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
19:30	Solano 8'		Gyan 31' Colback 49' Larsson 59'	Attendance: 5,757

League One

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

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	14	14	18	50	55	−5	56	6	6	11	21	22	−1	8	8	7	29	33	−4

Results by matchday

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	D	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	D	W	L
Position	9	13	14	16	12	6	6	5	3	7	9	10	7	10	13	12	10	11	13	13	14	12	16	17	13	13	13	10	10	14	9	11	11	9	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	13	14	11	13

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

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

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

16 August 2011 3	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
19:45				Attendance: 5,506

20 August 2011 4	Stevenage	2–2	Hartlepool United	Broadhall Way, Stevenage
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, Rochdale
15:00	Akpa Akpro 16'		Boyd 7' Poole 47', 87'	Attendance: 2,600

3 September 2011 6	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Liddle 4' Luscombe 89'			Attendance: 5,152

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

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

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

Hartlepool United v Sheffield Wednesday

1 October 2011 10	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00			Johnson 33'	Attendance: 6,800

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

15 October 2011 12	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Boyd 89' (pen.)		Sam Collins 82' (o.g. )	Attendance: 5,421

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

25 October 2011 14	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
19:45			Akins 46', 66'	Attendance: 5,200

29 October 2011 15	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
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, Leyton
15:00	Cox 23'		Austin 54' (pen.)	Attendance: 4,424

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

26 November 2011 18	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00			N'Gala 25'	Attendance: 4,604

29 November 2011 19	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
19:45			Mellor 22'	Attendance: 4,156

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

17 December 2011 21	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00			Wordsworth 36'	Attendance: 4,029

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

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

2 January 2012 24	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Monkhouse 83'		Thompson 74'	Attendance: 5,289

7 January 2012 25	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Brown 74' James 80'			Attendance: 4,663

14 January 2012 26	St James Park, Exeter
15:00				Attendance: 4,016

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

28 January 2012 28	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	James 6' 67' Sweeney 17' Nish 81'			Attendance: 5,995

11 February 2012 29	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00				Attendance: 4,548

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

18 February 2012 31	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Sweeney 37' (53) Monkhouse 78'			Attendance: 4,718

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

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

3 March 2012 34	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Poole 40'		O'Shea 51'	Attendance: 4,955

6 March 2012 35	Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield
19:45	Lee 75'			Attendance: 12,316

Walsall v Hartlepool United

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

17 March 2012 37	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00				Attendance: 4,484

20 March 2012 38	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
19:45			Mvoto 8'	Attendance: 4,109

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

31 March 2012 40	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00			Evans 79' (pen.)	Attendance: 5,825

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

9 April 2012 42	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00				Attendance: 4,292

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

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

28 April 2012 45	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Sweeney 23' Noble 73'		Campbell-Ryce 34'	Attendance: 4,502

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

FA Cup

12 November 2011 1	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00		Summary	Laird 10' (pen.)	Attendance: 2,744 Referee: Mark Heywood

League Cup

9 August 2011	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
19:30	Sweeney 80'	Quinn 29'	Attendance: 2,774
	Penalties
	Collins Austin Nish	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

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		Other
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Scott Flinders	48	0	45	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
2	DF	ENG	Neil Austin	49	1	46	1	1	0	1	0	1	0
3	MF	ENG	Ritchie Humphreys	32	1	30	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF	ENG	Gary Liddle	40	4	37	4	1	0	1	0	1	0
5	DF	ENG	Sam Collins	37	1	36	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
6	DF	ENG	Evan Horwood	44	1	41	1	1	0	1	0	1	0
7	FW	ENG	James Brown	25	1	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
8	FW	ENG	James Poole	30	7	27	7	1	0	1	0	1	0
9	FW	SCO	Colin Nish	20	4	19	4	0	0	1	0	0	0
10	FW	ENG	Adam Boyd	36	6	33	6	1	0	1	0	1	0
11	MF	ENG	Andy Monkhouse	48	3	45	3	1	0	1	0	1	0
12	DF	ENG	Stephen Wright	11	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	ENG	Nathan Luscombe	16	1	13	1	1	0	1	0	1	0
15	MF	ENG	Antony Sweeney	42	9	39	8	1	0	1	1	1	0
16	DF	ENG	Steven Haslam	11	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17	MF	SWE	Samuel Adjei	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	ENG	Jack Baldwin	17	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	ENG	Jordan Richards	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	ENG	Paul Murray	46	1	45	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
21	GK	ENG	Andy Rafferty	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	ENG	Callum Hassan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	PER	Nolberto Solano	16	2	14	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
27	FW	IRL	Colin Larkin	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
28	DF	ENG	Josh Rowbotham	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	ENG	Peter Hartley	47	4	44	4	1	0	1	0	1	0
30	DF	ENG	Darren Holden	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	ENG	Luke James	19	3	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF	ENG	Lewis Hawkins	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	FW	ENG	Ryan Noble	9	2	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF	ENG	Greg Rutherford	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rank	Name	League One	League Cup	Other	Total
1	Antony Sweeney	8	1	0	9
2	James Poole	7	0	0	7
3	Adam Boyd	6	0	0	6
4	Peter Hartley	4	0	0	4
	Gary Liddle	4	0	0	4
	Colin Nish	4	0	0	4
7	Luke James	3	0	0	3
7	Andy Monkhouse	3	0	0	3
9	Neil Austin	2	0	0	2
	Ryan Noble	2	0	0	2
	Nolberto Solano	2	0	0	2
12	James Brown	1	0	0	1
	Sam Collins	1	0	)	1
	Ritchie Humphreys	1	0	0	1
	Nathan Luscombe	1	0	0	1
	Paul Murray	1	0	0	1

Clean Sheets

Rank	Name	League One	FA Cup	League Cup	Other	Total
1	Scott Flinders	13	0	0	0	13
2	Andy Rafferty	1	0	0	0	1

Penalties

Date	Name	Opposition	Scored?
20 August 2011	Adam Boyd	Stevenage	Y
15 October 2011	Adam Boyd	Wycombe Wanderers	Y
5 November 2011	Neil Austin	Leyton Orient	Y

Suspensions

Date Incurred	Name	Games Missed	Reason
13 August 2011	Nathan Luscombe	3	(vs. Walsall)
5 November 2011	Paul Murray	1	(vs. Leyton Orient)
12 November 2011	Scott Flinders	1	(vs. Stevenage)
31 March 2012	Peter Hartley	1	(vs. Sheffield United)

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

References

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