2011–12 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season

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League One
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During the 2011–12 season,

Football League Championship
, after a remarkable season with many twists and turns.

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Charlton Athletic (C, P) 46 30 11 5 82 36 +46 101 Promotion to Football League Championship
2 Sheffield Wednesday (P) 46 28 9 9 81 48 +33 93
3 Sheffield United 46 27 9 10 92 51 +41 90 Qualification for League One play-offs[a]
4 Huddersfield Town (O, P) 46 21 18 7 79 47 +32 81
5 Milton Keynes Dons 46 22 14 10 84 47 +37 80
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
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League Championship.

Review

Pre-season

Pre-season for

Huddersfield Town on a free transfer. The first game the Owls played in their pre-season was against recently promoted Russian Premier League side FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod
, the game ended in a goalless draw.

On 14 July 2011, Sheffield Wednesday confirmed 'a groundbreaking sponsorship deal', where both Sheffield clubs (Sheffield Wednesday and rivals Sheffield United) announced at a joint press conference that they would share the same club sponsors, in a collaborative 'twin sponsorship'. This deal was the first of its kinds in the history of British football, whereby two rival clubs shared the same sponsor. The sponsorship deal was with Westfield Health and Volkswagen, with Sheffield Wednesday wearing the Volkswagen logo on their home shirts, and Sheffield United on their away, and Westfield Health on the away shirts of the Owls, and the home of the Blades.

Having arrived back home from the tour in Austria, Sheffield Wednesday faced their first opponents back in

James O'Brien on the eightieth, it ended in a 2–0 loss. Again, a day later on 27 July, the Owls XI played a match, this against local side Hallam FC, whom are six leagues below the first team of Sheffield Wednesday. At half time the game was level at 1–1, with the Wednesday XI scoring their first goal of the pre-season campaign, after they conceded in the third minute from a goal by Matthew Thompson, then Brad Tomlinson equalising in the thirty-second. Thompson scored his second goal of the game to put Hallam FC back in front, and then thirteen minutes later Hallam FC finished off the game with a goal from David Heaver. Although the Owls XI did score a second with six minutes to go thanks to a goal from Mitcham Husbands, the game did finish in a 3–2 loss. The final friendly for the Sheffield Wednesday first team was at home to Premier League side Stoke City on 30 July. Playing their toughest opposition of the pre-season, The Owls managed to end the game in a goalless draw. The final game for the Sheffield Wednesday XI was against Alfreton Town. With Alfreton Town only two leagues below the first team, it was by far their toughest opponents of the pre-season. However, although the game was going to be tough, the outcome turned out to be an embarrassing loss for the Wednesday youngsters – losing by an abysmal 14–0. The game started with an own goal by goalkeeper Sean Cuff, and then thirteen more goals followed, including hat-tricks from Nathan Arnold, Nathan Jarman
, and Paul Clayton.

August

August kicked off with the start of the new season, with Sheffield Wednesday playing in their second consecutive season in the

Bradford City. Gary Megson's intentions for this competition were clear again, as just another unimportant fixture, of which was a distraction to the club. He gave a debut to youngster Ayo Obileye who became one of the youngest ever players to play for the club, at the age of 16 years and 363 days. The competition however states that a club has to start at least 'six first team players', so The Owls were unable to make as many changes as they would have liked, but instead three of their 'first team players' were subbed within the first seventeen minutes of the game. One player who did come on was Cecil Nyoni, who was given is second ever career appearance. The game finished goalless and went to penalties, with Bradford City going through 3–1 on penalties. Throughout that game there were many reports that Bury striker Ryan Lowe was in the later stages of signing for the club. It was confirmed after the game that he indeed had signed on a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee, rumoured to be around £1million. The next day saw the last day of the transfer window, The Owls let go Giles Coke
on loan to Bury for six months, and Mark Beevers on loan to Milton Keynes Dons.

September

The beginning of September saw Sheffield Wednesday face promotion rivals Charlton Athletic away at

James O'Connor
scored the opener, and a double-brace from Gary Madine, including one from the penalty-spot, made the game finish 3–0.

October

The beginning of October saw Wednesday travel to

2011-12 FA Cup
, with the game due to be played on the weekend of 12 November.

November

The

Football League Two side, this time Aldershot Town. Back to the league and Wednesday were away to Tranmere Rovers. Everton loanee Jose Baxter gave Tranmere Rovers the lead before Chris Lines scored his second goal for Wednesday in two consecutive weeks on the brink of half-time. The Owls did manage to come out with a win though, as Ryan Lowe struck with ten-minutes to go. With the emergency-loan market to end soon, Megson brought in three new players in the last week of November. Firstly, right back James Tavernier was brought in for just over a month from Newcastle United as regular Lewis Buxton had picked up a hamstring injury. Also, with central defensive problems and injuries, Miguel Llera was brought in on loan from Football League Championship club Blackpool. The final addition to the squad came from Premier League club Arsenal as the highly anticipated youngster Sanchez Watt came in for a one-month loan, after top scorer Gary Madine was ruled out for three weeks with an injury. At Hillsborough Stadium on 26 November Sheffield Wednesday edged out a close encounter with Leyton Orient
, but thanks to another goal from Benin international Reda Johnson on the nineteenth minute, The Owls won 1–0.

December

The first of many league games in December came at Hillsborough Stadium in the FA Cup against Aldershot Town. The Owls obviously went into the game favourites, due to Aldershot Town being a league below them. The game was a close encounter though and it was Ryan Lowe's goal that separated the sides meaning The Owls went through to the next round 1–0. Round 3 saw Sheffield Wednesday drawn against top Football League Championship side West Ham United at home. Sheffield Wednesday played

Emmanuele Smith scored at the far post in the ninety-third minute. Sheffield Wednesday had given away three vital points in the matter of minutes, at the dying moments of the game. After throwing away five points in stoppage time over the last two weeks, Wednesday somehow had still managed to hold onto that second spot. However, this can be seen as even more frustrating as The Owls could have been six points clear in the automatic promotion spot. The team's character and strength was shown though in the next game, when they were away at Preston North End and won 0–2. Goals from loanees Danny Batth and Ben Marshall in the first-half secured the points for The Owls on New Year's Eve
. That same day the last piece of news about Sheffield Wednesday in 2011 was that Stephen Bywater had signed on a permanent deal from Derby County on a free transfer. Bywater had impressed manager Gary Megson, after spending the previous three months at the club due to usual first choice goalkeeper Nicky Weaver had been out with an injury.

January

The start of 2012 was highly anticipated by Sheffield Wednesday with knowledge of the possibility of being promoted to the Football League Championship at the end of season in May. The key aim was to gain automatic promotion and that was a task that had so far in the first half of the season been greatly helped by on loan

Kevin Phillips scored from the spot in the ninety-minute, meaning a replay had to be played – something that neither team wanted due to their league focuses. The draw for the FA Cup saw the winner of the replay to play Premier League side Everton in the fifth round of the competition. After this Tottenham Hotspur young midfielder John Bostock join The Owls on loan until the end of the season. Mid-week and the last day of the month saw Sheffield Wednesday away to fifth place Milton Keynes Dons. Sheffield Wednesday were six points ahead of Milton Keynes Dons in fourth place; however they had played one more game than Milton Keynes Dons. An effort from distance saw the ball hit the bar and then hit goalkeeper Stephen Bywater's leg and roll into the net, giving Milton Keynes Dons the lead after seventeen minutes. Ten minutes later however a corner for Sheffield Wednesday saw Gary MacKenzie
put the ball into his own net after the ball bounced off his knee, making it two own goals in the game. The game finished 1–1 and as a result Sheffield Wednesday went home happy with. However, the bad news of the month was Sheffield Wednesday were unable to extend key player Ben Marshall's loan until the end of the season. Marshall had made twenty-two appearances for the club, scoring five goals, and was signed by Football League Championship club Leicester City for over a million pounds. The loss of Marshall could have affected the team coming up to the 'business' and most crucial part of the season, and with Sheffield Wednesday only winning one of their last four gains with Ben Marshall, how much of an effect would his loss have on Sheffield Wednesday's automatic promotion hopes?

February

On the first weekend of February Sheffield Wednesday played Yeovil Town at Hillsborough Stadium. The game ended up being one of the toughest wins of the season, with Wednesday winning 2–1 after a first-half goal from almost nothing by

North Derbyshire rivals Chesterfield away. Chesterfield were second-to-bottom of the league, but in a derby game form usually 'goes out of the window'. Sheffield Wednesday conceded a penalty on the seventy-eighth minute that Dean Morgan finished and ended the game 1–0 to Chesterfield. Sheffield United won again and with it being the later stages of the season Sheffield Wednesday felt their automatic promotion chances were gone and rivals Sheffield United would beat them to it. Sheffield Wednesday in such a poor run of form, their poorest of the season, it could not have come at a worse time for the club as they face Sheffield United in the Steel City derby at the last weekend of February. Meanwhile, Gary Megson had signed Michail Antonio
from Reading on loan until the end of the season after other winger Jermaine Johnson had been put aside injured. Rumours in the media had been suggesting that Gary Megson was not going to last much longer as manager of the club, although Wednesday fans dismissed this as the club still had the chance of getting promoted as they were third in the league even though the club had lost their last four matches in all competitions. Sheffield United were clear favourites having won their last three games, but saw themselves all level at 0–0 at half-time. A surprisingly even contest saw Sheffield Wednesday just having the better of the play in the second half in front of the largest crowd of the season of over 36,000. Then quite amazingly a ball down the right-hand side by debutant Michail Antonio saw Lewis Buxton cross the ball into the box first time and Chris O'Grady headed into the back of the net. The Sheffield Wednesday supporters went crazy and all the players went to celebrate with supposedly under-pressure manager Gary Megson. Although having conceded late goals in the past Wednesday went on to win 1–0. However, after that win Sheffield United were two points ahead of Sheffield Wednesday and if they won their games in hand it could potentially be eight points, leaving Sheffield Wednesday still with hardly any hope of reaching the automatic promotion spot. Mid-week saw Sheffield United win one of their games in hand to put them five points clear and that same night probably the most surprising and shocking news of the season was confirmed, Sheffield Wednesday manager Gary Megson had been sacked.

March

Megson had been sacked just days after his 'best win of my (Gary Megson) career', leaving the club third in the table with sixty points from thirty-three games. The news was a surprise to all supporters of football across the country and Sheffield Wednesday fans were unhappy with the dismissal of manager and Wednesday supporter himself Gary Megson. With Milan Mandaric taking such a big decision, it was in hope of 'still reaching the automatic promotion spot', although still with some games left it would prove to be a very difficult, and looking an almost impossible task for any manager. With rivals Sheffield United second in the league, having the potential to go eight points clear and although losing against Wednesday still seemingly in good form. And a team in such a high position in the league and having a much bigger goal difference the chances of Sheffield Wednesday catching them up and going ahead of them looked very slim. Assistant manager

Dave Jones. Dave Jones was rumoured to take the job ever since and before Gary Megson's dismissal. The game against Rochdale the next day finished goalless with Dave Jones watching from the sidelines. Meanwhile, at Sheffield an amazing game took place at Bramall Lane, as Sheffield United were leading comfortably by 2–0 at half time before Oldham Athletic scored two in four minutes to equalise, and then The Blades went down to ten men and then nine as they conceded a penalty in the last minute of the game. Former-Sheffield Wednesday striker Shefki Kuqi scored from the spot and Oldham Athletic won 2–3. This meant Sheffield Wednesday caught up by one point. Dave Jones's first game in charge was shortly after his appointment in a mid-week game at Hillsborough Stadium against Bury. The Owls took an early lead on the eleventh minute with Michail Antonio getting his first goal for the club, Antonio went on to score another as Gary Madine and Ryan Lowe scored as Wednesday won 4–1, a great start to Dave Jones's Sheffield Wednesday managerial career. Meanwhile, Walsall won Sheffield United 3–2, The Owls catching-up by a further three points meaning they were one point behind, however Sheffield United still had a game in hand meaning they could potentially be four points ahead. A second consecutive home game saw Sheffield Wednesday face Bournemouth. Fans could not believe their eyes as goals from Danny Batth, Miles Addison (own goal), and Michail Antonio saw Wednesday 3–0 up inside ten minutes, but that is how the game finished. Sheffield Wednesday were disappointed however as Sheffield United managed to get back to winning ways as they won Brentford 0–2, their wonder top-scorer Ched Evans getting both. Mid-week saw The Blades play their game in hand and drew 1–1 with Colchester United and suddenly was only two points ahead after having the potential to be eight just weeks before. Also, young goalkeeper was loaned to Worksop Town for the rest of the season to get some experience around a first-team squad. Sheffield Wednesday however faced Notts County the next weekend away, and they were incredible form, having been 4–0 up on top of the league Charlton Athletic at just half-time. A tough battle as it was expected to be fortunately saw Sheffield Wednesday win 1–2, by far Dave Jones's toughest game yet. Goals from Ryan Lowe and Gary Madine, before Lloyd Sam pulled a late goal back for Notts County. At Bramall Lane Sheffield United only drew with Tranmere Rovers, meaning Sheffield Wednesday were now level on points, however The Blades had a significant better goal difference. Back at Hillsborough Stadium and The Owls faced Walsall, the team that brought back bad memories for Wednesday fans having conceded two goals in stoppage time the last time the teams met. At half-time it was goalless while Sheffield United were comfortably beating Notts County by a surprisingly large amount of 0–4. With The Blades bound to win their game, Sheffield Wednesday had to stay on track with them. However, Sheffield Wednesday found themselves 1–2 down and after pushing late for an equaliser, it was the last kick of the game as Gary Madine scored in the ninety-fifth minute against relegation-threatened Walsall. The fans went home disappointed as they felt it was a game they could have won, however it was seconds away from being a 'catastrophy' as Dave Jones described it. After not impressing in the team, loanee John Bostock was recalled by Tottenham Hotspur after making six appearances for the club, meanwhile as the emergency-loan transfer market came towards a close Dave Jones brought in Keith Treacy on loan from Burnley and Nile Ranger
on loan from Newcastle United – both on loan until the end of the season. The next game was against Leyton Orient, Reda Johnson's goal won the game for The Owls, as both Keith Treacy and Nile Ranger made their debuts for the club after coming off the bench. Sheffield United did not play as their opponents Chesterfield played in the Football League Trophy, this meaning that Sheffield Wednesday temporarily went into second as Sheffield United played rivals Chesterfield mid-week and won 4–1. The last game of a quite long, but incredible month, came and Sheffield Wednesday featured in an early kick-off live on Sky Sports. They won 2–0, after a double-brace by Madine, while later Sheffield United also won again 0–1. Both teams in form, it set up a fantastic end of the season as April came closer and could decide the two fierce rivals between automatic promotion and who would have to settle for the play-offs.

April

The first week of April saw new Sheffield Wednesday manager Dave Jones win the Football League One Manager of the Month award, while Michail Antonio just missed out on Player of the Month award. 7 April saw another early kick-off with Sheffield Wednesday playing West Yorkshire rivals Huddersfield Town who were six points behind Sheffield Wednesday in fourth place and with a game in hand – meaning if they won Wednesday and their game in hand they would be above The Owls on goal difference. While Sheffield Wednesday of course were still trying to catch Sheffield United and every game was seen as a must win game. After a goalless first half Sheffield Wednesday seemed to be much of the better team, which was surprising considering the importance of the game for both teams, as well as both teams being next to each other in the table. It was a much closer contest in relation to goals, as the last meeting at Hillsborough Stadium finished an amazing 4–4. On the fifty-fourth minute Spaniard Miguel Llera struck a free-kick round the wall and into the bottom corner, scoring his first goal for Wednesday and giving them a well deserved lead. Then Nile Ranger found himself through on goal eighteen minutes later and having missed a 'sitter' and hitting the bar earlier, he showed composure to double The Owls' lead and the game finished 0–2. Sheffield Wednesday went home happy in knowledge of the importance of the game and the fact that they won comfortably compared to what was expected to be a very tough game. Sheffield United played later on in the day and again won as they edged out a 2–1 victory over Bournemouth. Two days later on the

Matthew Lowton equalised to make it 2–2 with five minutes to go plus stoppage time. It was the most tense and heart-racing moments of both Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday as they knew one goal for The Blades in those final moments could be the decisive goal in the automatic promotion race. A fabulous save from Chris Day
in the final minutes was able to stop Sheffield United and they could only manage to draw. Meaning Sheffield Wednesday after such an amazing season, for fans of both clubs and the neutral, were now second and in the driving seat for automatic promotion.

May

Wednedayites celebrating on the pitch, following promotion to the Championship, on 5 May 2012

May. Probably one of the most important months in Sheffield Wednesday's recent history. It could see them get promoted to the Football League Championship and from their, who knows, maybe even the Premier League. One game left in the league, one point ahead of their most fierce rivals Sheffield United and at the end of such an amazing season, with so many twists and turns, particularly in football in Sheffield, all Sheffield Wednesday had to do was win their last game. They played fourth-to-bottom placed Wycombe Wanderers who had already been relegated to the Football League Two the previous week. The game at Hillsborough Stadium was highly anticipated with Wycombe Wanderers fans only bringing around 200 fans, Wednesday supporters were given an extra 6,000 seats, including in the away end. Meaning over 37,000 Sheffield Wednesday fans would be cheering the team on to win the last game of the season and to get them promoted. Hillsborough Stadium was completely sold-out and was the biggest attendance of the season, at the last game of the season. Sheffield United were to play away to Exeter City who were second-to-bottom in the league and also already relegated. Both teams were expected to win. But with so many twists and turns in the season would there be one more on the final day of the season? Would this twist see Sheffield United promoted and Sheffield Wednesday heading for the play-offs? Or would Sheffield Wednesday stay concentrated on the game ahead and continue their unbeaten run under manager Dave Jones for one last important win? All would be told between ninety minutes of football kicking off at three o'clock on Saturday 5 May 2012. At Hillsborough Stadium within the first twenty-minutes, Jose Semedo blasted the ball over from close range and should have done better, while on the twenty-fourth minute of the Sheffield United game at

St James Park striker Alan Gow put Exeter City in front, and a minute later even better news for Sheffield Wednesday as they took the lead as Michail Antonio did well as he finished with the ball bouncing awkwardly. Things were getting better and better for Wednesday on the most crucial game of the season as James Beattie got sent-off for Sheffield United for a professional foul. Hillsborough Stadium saw Lewis Buxton go down either in the penalty box or on the outside, the referee judged that the foul was committed outside the box and then Nile Ranger had a goal disallowed for offside. However, in the other game, even though The Blades were down to ten-men, just before half-time Lee Williamson equalised and put Sheffield United on level terms at the break, while Sheffield Wednesday were on the way to the Football League Championship as they were ahead by a goal to nil. After the break and Sheffield United came back fighting as Kevin McDonald put The Blades ahead and hoping Sheffield Wednesday would conceded. However, five minutes later on the fifty-second minute, Nile Ranger doubled Sheffield Wednesday's lead and put The Owls on course to promotion. Exeter City did equalise late on into added time but it would not even matter as Sheffield Wednesday won anyway and fans ran onto the pitch in celebration while the players did a lap of honour to show their appreciation. After catching Sheffield United the majority of the last half of the season, the table finished with Wednesday three points ahead in second-place and were automatically promoted to the Football League Championship. An end to quite a remarkable season, as Sheffield Wednesday looked upon games such as the 4–4 draw with Huddersfield Town – conceding in the ninety-seventh minute, being eight points behind their rivals, winning Sheffield United at home and so many other twists and turns. It was the perfect ending of the season for Sheffield Wednesday Football Club. A day after this saw the end of the season club awards. It proved to be a successful night for vice-Captain Jose Semedo as he won both the Fans' Player of the Season and the Players' Player of the Season. Semedo said 'This is a tremendous honour and one I will remember forever. I have to say thank you for everyone who voted for me and thank you everyone at the club. This season has been unbelievable for me and the team.'. Other awards saw Chris O'Grady's header at the Sheffield United home game named Goal of the Season. The Outstanding Contribution award was handed to chairman Milan Mandaric after he rescued Wednesday from the brink of administration, stabilised the club on all levels before steering the Owls to automatic promotion the Championship this season. Captain Rob Jones won the Owls' Player in the Community award, while youngster Jarrod Kyle lifted the Academy Player of the Year award. In further celebrations of promotion Wednesday were invited by the Lord Mayor of Sheffield to a Civic Reception in the centre of the city. Fans were packed out on the streets in their thousands to see the players and continue to celebrate the club's season success.[1]

Players and staff

Current squad

As of 22 April 2012

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 England ENG Nicky Weaver
2 DF England ENG Lewis Buxton
3 DF England ENG Julian Bennett
4 DF England ENG Danny Batth (on loan from Wolves)
5 DF England ENG
Rob Jones (captain
)
6 MF Portugal POR
José Semedo
7 MF England ENG David Prutton
8 MF England ENG Chris Lines
9 FW England ENG Chris O'Grady
10 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Keith Treacy (on loan from Burnley)
11 MF Jamaica JAM
Jermaine Johnson
12 MF Scotland SCO Liam Palmer
13 DF England ENG Mark Beevers
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW England ENG Gary Madine
15 MF England ENG Chris Sedgwick
16 MF England ENG Mike Jones
17 DF Benin BEN
Reda Johnson
20 DF England ENG Jon Otsemobor
21 DF England ENG Daniel Jones
24 GK England ENG Arron Jameson
27 MF England ENG Michail Antonio (on loan from Reading)
30 FW England ENG Ryan Lowe
31 FW England ENG Nile Ranger (on loan from Newcastle United)
32 DF Spain ESP Miguel Llera
43 GK England ENG Stephen Bywater

Players on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
18 Defender (association football) Scotland SCO Mark Reynolds (on loan at Aberdeen)
19 Forward (association football) Republic of Ireland IRL Clinton Morrison (on loan at Brentford)
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 Midfielder England ENG Giles Coke (on loan at Bury)
23 GK England ENG Richard O'Donnell (on loan at Macclesfield Town)

Youth squad

As of 25 February 2012.[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
– GK England ENG Lee Wall
– GK England ENG Cameron Dawson
– DF England ENG Ayo Obileye
– DF England ENG Matthew Tumilty
– DF England ENG Johnny Fenwick
– DF England ENG Marc Peacock
– DF England ENG Niall Smith
– DF England ENG Nick Hague
– DF England ENG Tom Rowbotham
– MF England ENG Emmanuel Dieseruvwe
No. Pos. Nation Player
– MF England ENG Hayden White
– MF England ENG Elias Moses
– MF England ENG Matty Kingston
– MF England ENG Scott Canham
– FW Australia AUS Jarrod Kyle
– FW England ENG Wale Ayoola
– FW England ENG Mitcham Husbands
– FW England ENG Brad Tomlinson
– FW Slovenia SVN Roy Rudonja

International Call-Ups

No Pos Name Team Competition Opposition Date Caps Goals Ref
12
MF
 Liam Palmer Scotland Scotland U-21
2013 UEFA U-21 Euro Qualifier
 Bulgaria U-21 5 September 2011 3 0 [3]
12
MF
 Liam Palmer Scotland Scotland U-21
2013 UEFA U-21 Qualifier
 Luxembourg U-21 6 October 2011 4 0 [4]
17 DF Réda Johnson Benin Benin 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifier Rwanda 9 October 2011 9 0 [5]
12
MF
 Liam Palmer Scotland Scotland U-21
2013 UEFA U-21 Qualifier
 Austria U-21 10 October 2011 5 0 [6]
12
MF
 Liam Palmer Scotland Scotland U-21
2013 UEFA U-21 Qualifier
 Netherlands U-21 14 November 2011 6 0 [7]
12
MF
 Liam Palmer ScotlandScotland U-21
Friendly
 Italy U-21 25 April 2012 7 0 [8]
12
MF
 Liam Palmer Scotland Scotland U-21
2013 UEFA U-21 Qualifier
 Bulgaria U-21 31 May 2012 8 0 [9]

Coaching and Medical Staff

  • Manager:
    Dave Jones
  • Assistant Manager:England Terry Burton
  • First Team Coach:England Neil Thompson
  • Goalkeeping Coach:England Andy Rhodes
  • Director of Performance:England Alex Armstrong
  • Head Physiotherapist:England Paul Smith
  • Assistant Physiotherapist:England Dean Taylor

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 5 May 2012
No. Pos Nat Player Total League One FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England ENG Nicky Weaver 10 0 8+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF England ENG Lewis Buxton 40 1 37+1 1 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF England ENG Julian Bennett 29 2 20+5 2 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF England ENG Danny Batth 49 2 44+0 2 4+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF England ENG
Rob Jones
 38 4 33+1 4 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
6 MF Portugal POR
José Semedo
 52 1 46+0 1 4+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
7 MF England ENG David Prutton 32 2 22+6 2 2+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
8 MF England ENG Chris Lines 54 4 42+5 3 5+0 1 1+1 0 0+0 0
9 FW England ENG Chris O'Grady 39 7 27+7 5 4+1 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Keith Treacy 7 1 2+5 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 MF Jamaica JAM
Jermaine Johnson
 39 4 21+12 4 4+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
12 MF Scotland SCO Liam Palmer 29 1 14+8 1 3+0 0 2+1 0 1+0 0
13 DF England ENG Mark Beevers 10 0 4+3 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
14 FW England ENG Gary Madine 43 18 38+2 18 1+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
15 MF England ENG Chris Sedgwick 21 1 9+5 1 4+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
16 MF England ENG Mike Jones 14 0 10+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 DF Benin BEN
Reda Johnson
 32 7 24+2 7 4+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
20 DF England ENG Jon Otsemobor 20 0 11+3 0 3+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF England ENG Daniel Jones 7 0 2+2 0 1+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
24 GK England ENG Arron Jameson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 DF England ENG Matthew Tumilty 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
27 MF England ENG Michail Antonio 14 5 14+0 5 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 DF England ENG Ayo Obileye 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
30 FW England ENG Ryan Lowe 41 9 21+15 8 4+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 FW England ENG Nile Ranger 8 2 7+1 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 DF Spain ESP Miguel Llera 24 4 19+5 4 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
43 GK England ENG Stephen Bywater 34 0 32+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players that have featured for Sheffield Wednesday in a match day squad this season who are out on loan:
18 DF Scotland SCO Mark Reynolds 6 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
19 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Clinton Morrison 41 3 18+12 1 4+2 1 2+2 1 1+0 0
22 MF England ENG Giles Coke 3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+1 0
23 GK England ENG Richard O'Donnell 11 0 6+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 0+1 0
26 MF Zimbabwe ZIM Cecil Nyoni 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
34 GK England ENG Sean Cuff 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players that have featured for Sheffield Wednesday in a match day squad this season who are not now at the club:
10 MF England ENG John Bostock 6 0 4+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 MF England ENG Ben Marshall 22 5 22+0 5 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 MF Republic of Ireland IRL
James O'Connor
 22 1 11+7 1 1+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
27 FW Nigeria NGA Danny Uchechi 5 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
27 DF England ENG James Tavernier 6 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 DF Slovenia SVN David Kašnik 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 FW England ENG David McGoldrick 4 1 3+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 FW England ENG Sanchez Watt 6 0 4+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Top scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name League One FA Cup League Cup JP Trophy Total
1 FW England 14 Gary Madine 18 0 0 0 18
= FW England 30 Ryan Lowe 8 1 0 0 9
3 FW England 9 Chris O'Grady 5 2 0 0 7
= DF Benin 17
Reda Johnson
 7 0 0 0 7
= MF England 27 Michail Antonio 5 0 0 0 5
= MF England 10 Ben Marshall 5 0 0 0 5
7 DF England 5
Rob Jones
 4 0 0 0 4
= MF Jamaica 11
Jermaine Johnson
 4 0 0 0 4
= MF England 8 Chris Lines 3 1 0 0 4
10 FW Republic of Ireland 19 Clinton Morrison 1 1 1 0 3
= DF Spain 32 Miguel Llera 3 0 0 0 3
12 MF England 7 David Prutton 2 0 0 0 2
= DF England 3 Julian Bennett 2 0 0 0 2
= DF England 4 Danny Batth 2 0 0 0 2
= FW England 31 Nile Ranger 2 0 0 0 2
16 MF England 15 Chris Sedgwick 1 0 0 0 1
= MF Scotland 12 Liam Palmer 1 0 0 0 1
= MF Portugal 6
Jose Semedo
 1 0 0 0 1
= DF England 2 Lewis Buxton 1 0 0 0 1
= MF Republic of Ireland 16
James O'Connor
 1 0 0 0 1
= FW England 32 David McGoldrick 1 0 0 0 1
= MF Republic of Ireland 10 Keith Treacy 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 69 5 1 0 75

Assists

Place Position Nation Number Name League One FA Cup League Cup JP Trophy Total
1 MF England 8 Chris Lines 11 1 1 0 13
2 MF England 10 Ben Marshall 6 0 0 0 6
3 DF England 2 Lewis Buxton 4 0 0 0 4
= MF Portugal 6
Jose Semedo
 4 0 0 0 4
= FW England 9 Chris O'Grady 2 2 0 0 4
= MF England 27 Michail Antonio 4 0 0 0 4
= MF England 10 Keith Treacy 4 0 0 0 4
8 MF England 19 Clinton Morrison 2 1 0 0 3
= MF Jamaica 11
Jermaine Johnson
 3 0 0 0 3
= DF Spain 32 Miguel Llera 3 0 0 0 3
12 MF Scotland 12 Liam Palmer 2 0 0 0 2
= DF England 5
Rob Jones
 2 0 0 0 2
= MF Republic of Ireland 16
James O'Connor
 1 1 0 0 2
= DF England 20 Jon Otsemobor 2 0 0 0 2
= DF England 3 Julian Bennett 2 0 0 0 2
16 MF England 16 Mike Jones 1 0 0 0 1
= FW England 30 Ryan Lowe 1 0 0 0 1
= MF England 7 David Prutton 1 0 0 0 1
= MF England 15 Chris Sedgwick 1 0 0 0 1
= DF England 4 Danny Batth 1 0 0 0 1
= FW England 31 Nile Ranger 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 58 5 1 0 64

Sheffield Wednesday Man of the Match

Place Position Nation Number Name League One FA Cup League Cup JP Trophy Total
1 MF England 27 Michail Antonio 6 0 0 0 6
= DF Spain 32 Miguel Llera 6 0 0 0 6
3 MF England 10 Ben Marshall 5 0 0 0 5
4 DF England 4 Danny Batth 3 1 0 0 4
= FW England 14 Gary Madine 4 0 0 0 4
= FW England 9 Chris O'Grady 2 2 0 0 4
= MF Portugal 6
José Semedo
 4 0 0 0 4
8 MF Jamaica 11
Jermaine Johnson
 3 0 0 0 3
= DF Benin 17 Réda Johnson 3 0 0 0 3
10 DF England 5
Rob Jones
 2 0 0 0 2
= MF England 8 Chris Lines 1 1 0 0 2
= MF Scotland 12 Liam Palmer 1 0 1 0 2
13 DF England 13 Mark Beevers 1 0 0 0 1
= DF England 2 Lewis Buxton 1 0 0 0 1
= GK England 43 Stephen Bywater 0 1 0 0 1
= FW Republic of Ireland 19 Clinton Morrison 1 0 0 0 1
= MF Republic of Ireland 16
James O'Connor
 0 0 1 0 1
= GK England 23 Richard O'Donnell 0 0 0 1 1
= MF England 7 David Prutton 1 0 0 0 1
= MF Republic of Ireland 10 Keith Treacy 1 0 0 0 1
= GK England 1 Nicky Weaver 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 46 5 2 1 54

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name League One FA Cup League Cup JP Trophy Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
14 England FW Gary Madine 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 1
11 Jamaica MF
Jermaine Johnson
 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
17 Benin DF
Reda Johnson
 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 0
5 England DF
Rob Jones
 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
6 Portugal MF
José Semedo
 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
4 England DF Danny Batth 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
8 England MF Chris Lines 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
19 Republic of Ireland FW Clinton Morrison 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
30 England FW Ryan Lowe 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
32 Spain DF Miguel Llera 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2 England DF Lewis Buxton 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
31 England FW Nile Ranger 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
10 England MF Ben Marshall 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
7 England MF David Prutton 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
16 Republic of Ireland MF
James O'Connor
 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
15 England MF Chris Sedgwick 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
3 England DF Julian Bennett 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
12 Scotland MF Liam Palmer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
27 England DF James Tavernier 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10 England MF John Bostock 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
25 England DF Matthew Tumilty 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
22 England MF Giles Coke 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
18 Scotland DF Mark Reynolds 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
9 England FW Chris O'Grady 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
13 England DF Mark Beevers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 71 2 6 0 6 0 0 0 83 2

Matches

Pre-season

12 July 2011
REMAX Arena, Irdning, Austria
18:00
16 July 2011 Worksop Town 0–3 Sheffield Wednesday Sandy Lane, Worksop
15:00 Buxton 11'
Madine 21'
Beevers 67'
19 July 2011 Rotherham United 1–2 Sheffield Wednesday Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield
19:45 Le Fondre 83' Buxton 50'
Madine 65'		 Attendance: 5,589
20 July 2011
Look Local Stadium, Stocksbridge
19:45
Ward
84'
23 July 2011 Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 Leeds United Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield
13:00 Prutton 8' Gradel 84' (pen.)
24 July 2011
BT Local Business Stadium, Dronfield
15:00 James Gregory 5'
Danny Kirkland 28'
Connor Higginson ?'
26 July 2011 Barnsley 2–0 Sheffield Wednesday Oakwell, Barnsley
19:30
O'Brien
80'		 Attendance: 6,519
27 July 2011
Sandygate Road, Sheffield
19:45 Matthew Thompson 3', 57'
David Heavar 70'		 Brad Tomlinson 32'
Mitchell Husband 84'
30 July 2011 Sheffield Wednesday 0–0 Stoke City Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield
13:00 Attendance: 3,959
31 July 2011[10] Alfreton Town 14–0 Sheffield Wednesday XI North Street, Alfreton
14:00 Cuff 2' (o.g.)
Law 6', 85'
Arnold 21', 23', 38'
Senior 32'
Jarman 40', 43', 60'
Clayton 45', 54', 80' (pen)
Hall 63'[11]		 Report Attendance: 538

League One

6 August 2011 1 Sheffield Wednesday 2–0 Rochdale Hillsborough Stadium
15:00
R. Jones 17' Yellow card 69'
Morrison Yellow card 53'
Prutton
72'		 Trotman Yellow card 69' Attendance: 21,174
13 August 2011 2
Bournemouth
2–0 Sheffield Wednesday Dean Court
15:00 Barrett 38'
Molesley Yellow card 56'
Arter 83'
R. Jones
Yellow card 90+1'		 Attendance: 6,901
Bury v Sheffield Wednesday
16 August 2011 3 Bury 2–1 Sheffield Wednesday Gigg Lane Stadium
19:45
Hughes
Yellow card 65'
R. Johnson Yellow card 18'
Sedgwick
47'		 Attendance: 5,219
20 August 2011 4 Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 Notts County Hillsborough Stadium
15:00 Bennett 53'
Madine 68'		 J. Hughes 10' (pen.)
Judge Yellow card 24'
Sheehan Yellow card 36'
Bishop Yellow card 63' Yellow-red card 78'		 Attendance: 16,979
27 August 2011 5 Sheffield Wednesday 3–2 Scunthorpe United Hillsborough Stadium
15:00 Madine 5', 70'
Marshall 17'
Grant 67'
Duffy
85'		 Attendance: 16,862
5 September 2011 6
The Valley
19:45 Wright-Phillips 3'
Morrison Yellow card 35'
Semedo Yellow card 42'
Morrison 56' Yellow card 62'
Prutton
Yellow card 72'		 Attendance: 14,014
10 September 2011 7 Sheffield Wednesday 3–1 Milton Keynes Dons Hillsborough Stadium
15:00 Batth Yellow card 34'
Madine 54', 63'
Palmer 89'
Balanta
77'		 Attendance: 16,982
13 September 2011 8 Stevenage 5–1 Sheffield Wednesday Broadhall Way
19:45
Reid 6'
Mousinho 10'
Bostwick 17'
Wilson 38'
Charles
67'
J. Johnson
Red card 87'		 Attendance: 4,339
17 September 2011 9 Yeovil Town 2–3 Sheffield Wednesday Huish Park
15:00
MacLean Yellow card 66'
Ehmer
Yellow card 72'
O'Connor Yellow card 46'
Bennett 53'
Madine
72'		 Attendance: 4,445
24 September 2011 10 Sheffield Wednesday 3–0 Exeter City Hillsborough Stadium
15:00
R. Johnson
Yellow card 67'
Noble Yellow card 50'
Nardiello
Yellow card 56'		 Attendance: 16,995
1 October 2011 11
Victoria Park
15:00
Collins
Yellow card 27'
R. Johnson 33'
Madine Yellow card 50'
Sedgwick
Yellow card 90+4'		 Attendance: 6,800
8 October 2011 12 Sheffield Wednesday 3–1 Chesterfield Hillsborough Stadium
15:00
O'Connor Yellow card 51'
Madine 59'
Marshall
87'		 Downes Yellow card 25'
Clarke 79'		 Attendance: 24,514
16 October 2011 13 Sheffield United 2–2 Sheffield Wednesday Bramall Lane
12:00 Quinn 11'
Evans 20' Yellow card 56'
Cresswell Yellow card 37'
Williamson Yellow card 65'
R. Johnson Yellow card 65'
O'Grady 82'
Madine
86'		 Attendance: 28,136
22 October 2011 14 Sheffield Wednesday 2–0 Colchester United Hillsborough Stadium
15:00
R. Johnson
70' Yellow card 77'
Wilson
Yellow card 70'		 Attendance: 17,634
25 October 2011 15 Carlisle United 3–2 Sheffield Wednesday Brunton Park
19:45
Michalik Yellow card 33'
Noble Yellow card 41' 64'
Miller 50'
Loy
56'
J. Johnson
Yellow card 90+3'		 Attendance: 6,058
29 October 2011 16 Wycombe Wanderers 1–2 Sheffield Wednesday Adams Park
15:00 Ibe 29' Yellow card 31'
Ainsworth Yellow card 31' Yellow-red card 73'
Winfield Yellow card 89'
Semedo 23'
Lowe 35'
Marshall
Yellow card 36'		 Attendance: 6,448
5 November 2011 17 Sheffield Wednesday 0–0 Brentford Hillsborough Stadium
15:00 Batth Yellow card 30'
O'Connor Yellow card 50'
Lee
Yellow card 87'		 Attendance: 18,107
19 November 2011 18 Tranmere Rovers 1–2 Sheffield Wednesday Prenton Park
15:00 Welsh Yellow card 16'
Baxter 38'
Weir Yellow card 58'
R. Jones Yellow card 72'
Batth Yellow card 77'
Lowe
80'		 Attendance: 6,652
26 November 2011 19 Sheffield Wednesday 1–0 Leyton Orient Hillsborough Stadium
15:00
R. Johnson
19'		 Attendance: 18,355
10 December 2011 20 Oldham Athletic 0–2 Sheffield Wednesday Boundary Park
15:00 Parker Yellow card 68'
Kuqi Yellow card 84'
Semedo Yellow card 59'
Prutton 62'
Tavernier Yellow card 79'
Lowe 84' (pen.
)		 Attendance: 7,060
17 December 2011 21
Huddersfield Town
Hillsborough Stadium
15:00
Semedo
Yellow card 90+3'
Bruce Yellow card 52'
Miller Yellow card 74'
Gobern
Yellow card 84'		 Attendance: 28,600
26 December 2011 22 Walsall 2–1 Sheffield Wednesday Bescot Stadium
15:00
Smith
90+4'		 Lowe 60'
Marshall Yellow card 66'		 Attendance: 8,603
31 December 2011 23
Deepdale Stadium
13:00 Batth 4'
Marshall 42'		 Attendance: 15,904
2 January 2012 24 Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 Tranmere Rovers Hillsborough Stadium
15:00
Semedo
Yellow card 87'		 Goodison 82' Attendance: 24,254
14 January 2012 25 Sheffield Wednesday 0–1 Charlton Athletic Hillsborough Stadium
15:00
R. Jones
Yellow card 81'		 Jackson 28'
Kermorgant Yellow card 42'		 Attendance: 26,759
21 January 2012 26 Sheffield Wednesday 2–2 Hartlepool United Hillsborough Stadium
15:00
J. Johnson 58'
Madine
75'		 Hartley Yellow card 38' 47'
Horwood Yellow card 59'
Liddle Yellow card 71'
Sweeney 87'		 Attendance: 17,469
24 January 2012 27 Scunthorpe United 1–3 Sheffield Wednesday Glanford Park
19:45 Robertson 55'
Walker Yellow card 75'
J. Johnson 47'
Madine Yellow card 51'
Palmer
Yellow card 52'		 Attendance: 5,727
31 January 2012 28
Stadium mk
19:45 Bywater 17' (o.g.)
Flanagan Yellow card 58'
Lewington Yellow card 73'
R. Johnson
Yellow card 90'		 Attendance: 9,776
4 February 2012 29 Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 Yeovil Town Hillsborough Stadium
15:00
J. Johnson 57' Yellow card 89'
Lowe
Yellow card 90+3'		 Upson Yellow card 28'
Obika 41'		 Attendance: 17,213
11 February 2012 30
St James Park
15:00
Noble
84'
J. Johnson
65' Yellow card 84'		 Attendance: 5,555
14 February 2012 31 Sheffield Wednesday 0–1 Stevenage Hillsborough Stadium
19:45
R. Jones Yellow card 90'
Batth
Yellow card 90+4'
Roberts Yellow card 13'
Laird 45'
Ashton
Yellow card 78'		 Attendance: 16,185
18 February 2012 32
B2net Stadium
13:00 Morgan 78' (pen.) Lowe Yellow card 20'
Bostock Yellow card 87'		 Attendance: 9,279
26 February 2012 33 Sheffield Wednesday 1–0 Sheffield United Hillsborough Stadium
13:00 O'Grady 73' Attendance: 36,364
3 March 2012 34 Rochdale 0–0 Sheffield Wednesday Spotland Stadium
15:00
Jones
soccer ball with red X 79'		 Attendance: 5,361
6 March 2012 35 Sheffield Wednesday 4–1 Bury Hillsborough Stadium
19:45 Antonio 11', 58'
Madine 51'
Lowe 64'		 Worrall Yellow card 43'
Schumacher 72'		 Attendance: 17,684
10 March 2012 36
Bournemouth
Hillsborough Stadium
15:00
R. Jones
Yellow card 78'		 Attendance: 19,416
17 March 2012 37 Notts County 1–2 Sheffield Wednesday Meadow Lane
15:00 Chilvers Yellow card 42'
Sheehan Yellow card 45'
Sam 88'		 Lowe 53'
Madine 66'
O'Grady Yellow card 89'		 Attendance: 12,410
20 March 2012 38 Sheffield Wednesday 2–2 Walsall Hillsborough Stadium
19:45
Semedo Yellow card 90+3'
Madine
90+5'		 Smith Yellow card 39'
Macken 58' Yellow card 90'
Paterson 73'
Hurst Yellow card 80'		 Attendance: 18,869
24 March 2012 39 Leyton Orient 0–1 Sheffield Wednesday Matchroom Stadium
15:00
R. Johnson
49' Yellow card 69'		 Attendance: 6,196
31 March 2012 40 Sheffield Wednesday 2–0 Preston North End Hillsborough Stadium
12:45
(Live on Sky Sports)
R. Jones
Yellow card 88'		 Wright Yellow card 19'
Ehmer Yellow card 27'
Parry Yellow card 58'		 Attendance: 18069
7 April 2012 41
Galpharm Stadium
12:30 Batth Yellow card 44'
Llera 54' Yellow card 90+2'
Ranger 72'		 Attendance: 18646
9 April 2012 42
Oldham Athletic
Hillsborough Stadium
12:45
(Live on Sky Sports)		 Madine 43'
Llera 67'
Lowe 80'		 Bunn Yellow card 1' Attendance: 22,232
Colchester United v Sheffield Wednesday
14 April 2012 43 Colchester United 1–1 Sheffield Wednesday Colchester Community Stadium
15:00 Henderson 3'
Gillespie Yellow card 44'
Wordsworth Yellow card 54'
Izzet Yellow card 70'		 Llera 52' Yellow card 71'
Ranger Yellow card 62'		 Attendance: 6,643
21 April 2012 44 Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 Carlisle United Hillsborough Stadium
15:00 Lines 26'
Antonio 90+5'
Ranger Yellow card 90+8'
Murphy Yellow card 9'
Simek Yellow card 39'
Berrett 82'
Noble
Yellow card 90+7'		 Attendance: 21,934
28 April 2012 45 Brentford 1–2 Sheffield Wednesday Griffin Park
15:00 Douglas Yellow card 33'
Donaldson 62' (pen.)		 Beevers Yellow card 27'
Treacy 38'
Llera Yellow card 58' 66'
Buxton Yellow card 90+3'		 Attendance: 7,381
5 May 2012 46 Sheffield Wednesday* 2–0 Wycombe Wanderers Hillsborough Stadium
15:00 Antonio 25'
Ranger 52' Yellow card 53'		 Bloomfield Yellow card 28'
Eastmond Yellow card 40'
Lewis Yellow card 83'		 Attendance: 38,082
Note: *
Football League Championship
.

League Cup

Main article: 2011–12 Football League Cup
11 August 2011 Round 1
Sheffield Wednesday
0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)		 Blackpool Hillsborough Stadium
19:45
(Live on ESPN)		 Reynolds Yellow card 31'
Tumilty Yellow card 77'
Coke Yellow card 103'		 Report Eastham Red card 78'
Clarke Yellow card 112'		 Attendance: 5,240
Penalties
O'Connor
soccer ball with check mark
Llera
soccer ball with check mark
Blackburn Rovers v Sheffield Wednesday
24 August 2011 Round 2 Blackburn Rovers 3–1 Sheffield Wednesday Ewood Park
20:00 Rochina 3', 4'
Goodwillie 7'
R. Johnson Yellow card 57'
Lines
Yellow card 78'		 Attendance: 8,607

FA Cup

13 November 2011 Round 1 Morecambe 1–2 Sheffield Wednesday Morecambe
15:15
(Live on ESPN)		 Wilson 62' (pen.) Report Lines 18'
O'Grady 52'		 Stadium:
Globe Arena

Attendance: 4,160
Referee: David Webb
3 December 2011 Round 2 Sheffield Wednesday 1–0 Aldershot Town Sheffield
15:00 Lowe 49'
Bennett Yellow card 83'		 Report Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 10,162
Referee: Graham Salisbury
8 January 2012 Round 3 Sheffield Wednesday 1–0 West Ham United Sheffield
15:00 O'Grady 88'
Morrison Yellow card 90'		 Report
Potts
Yellow card 90+10'		 Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 17,916
Referee: Keith Stroud
28 January 2012 Round 4 Blackpool 1–1 Sheffield Wednesday Blackpool
15:00
K. Phillips 90+3' (pen.
)		 [1] Morrison 52'
Lines Yellow card 85'
Batth Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 14,042
Referee: David Deadman
7 February 2012 Round 4 Replay Sheffield Wednesday 0–3 Blackpool Sheffield
19:45
(Live on ESPN)
R. Johnson
Yellow card 45'		 [2] M. Phillips 7'
LuaLua 14'
Sylvestre 54'		 Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 10,274
Referee: Andy D'Urso

Football League Trophy

Main article:
2011-12 Football League Trophy
30 August 2011 Round 1 Bradford City 0–0
(3–1 p)		 Sheffield Wednesday Valley Parade
19:45
(Live on ESPN)		 Flynn Yellow card 85' Attendance: 3,519
Penalties
Jones soccer ball with check mark
Flynn soccer ball with check mark
Hannah soccer ball with check mark		 Morrison soccer ball with red X
Palmer soccer ball with red X
Coke soccer ball with check mark
Sedgwick soccer ball with red X

Transfers

Players transferred in
Date Pos. Name From Fee Ref.
7 July 2011 DF
José Semedo
 England Charlton Athletic Free Transfer
24 May 2011 MF England David Prutton England Swindon Town Free Transfer [12]
24 May 2011 DF
Rob Jones
 England Scunthorpe United Free Transfer [12]
5 July 2011 DF England Julian Bennett England Nottingham Forest Free Transfer [13]
10 August 2011 ST England Chris O'Grady
Rochdale
 Undisclosed [14]
12 August 2011 MF England Chris Lines England Bristol Rovers £50,000 [15]
30 August 2011 ST England Ryan Lowe England Bury Undisclosed [16]
1 January 2012 GK England Stephen Bywater Free Agent N/A [17]
10 January 2012 DF Spain Miguel Llera England Blackpool Free [18]
13 January 2012 MF England Mike Jones England Bury Undisclosed [19]
Players transferred out
Date Pos. Name To Fee Ref.
24 June 2011 MF Republic of Ireland Darren Potter England Milton Keynes Dons Free [20]
1 July 2011 MF Scotland Gary Teale Scotland St Mirren Free [21]
7 July 2011 MF England Tommy Miller
Huddersfield Town
 Free [22]
8 July 2011 DF England Michael Morrison England Charlton Athletic Undisclosed [23]
10 May 2011 DF England Richard Hinds Unattached Free [24]
28 June 2011 DF England Tommy Spurr England Doncaster Rovers Undisclosed [25]
15 June 2011 ST Republic of Ireland Paul Heffernan Scotland Kilmarnock Free [26]
11 January 2012 MF
James O'Connor
Orlando City
 Free [27]
Players loaned in
Date from Pos. Name From Date to Ref.
26 July 2011 DF England Danny Batth England Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 January 2012 [28]
11 August 2011 FW Nigeria Danny Uchechi
FC Dender
 February 2011 [29]
17 August 2011 MF England Ben Marshall England Stoke City January 2012 [30]
30 August 2011 DF Slovenia David Kašnik
Olimpija Ljubljana
 February 2012 [31]
15 September 2011 FW England David McGoldrick England Nottingham Forest 15 October 2011 [32]
20 September 2011 GK England Stephen Bywater England Derby County 17 December 2011 [33]
21 November 2011 DF England James Tavernier England Newcastle United 21 January 2012 [34]
23 November 2011 FW England Sanchez Watt England Arsenal 16 January 2012 [35]
21 December 2011 DF England Danny Batth England Wolverhampton Wanderers End of the season [36]
30 January 2012 MF England John Bostock England Tottenham Hotspur End of the season (recalled on 19 March 2012) [37]
21 February 2012 MF England Michail Antonio England Reading End of the season [38]
22 March 2012 MF Republic of Ireland Keith Treacy England Burnley End of the season [39]
22 March 2012 FW England Nile Ranger England Newcastle United End of the season [40]
Players loaned out
Date from Pos. Name To Date to Ref.
31 August 2011 DF England Mark Beevers England Milton Keynes Dons 31 December 2011 [41]
31 August 2011 MF England Giles Coke England Bury 31 October 2011 [42]
24 September 2011 FW Republic of Ireland Clinton Morrison England Milton Keynes Dons 24 October 2011 [43]
6 January 2012 DF Scotland Mark Reynolds Scotland Aberdeen End of the season [44]
10 January 2012 GK England Sean Cuff England Cambridge United 10 February 2012 [45]
13 January 2012 MF England Giles Coke England Bury End of the season [46]
24 February 2012 GK England Richard O'Donnell England Macclesfield Town 22 March 2012 [47]
16 March 2012 GK England Sean Cuff England Worksop Town End of the season [48]
20 March 2012 GK England Richard O'Donnell England Macclesfield Town End of the season [49]
22 March 2012 FW Republic of Ireland Clinton Morrison England Brentford End of the season [50]
23 March 2012 MF Zimbabwe Cecil Nyoni England Frickley Athletic End of the season [51]

Awards

Sheffield Wednesday End of Season Awards

Award Winner Ref
Player of the Year
Jose Semedo
 [52]
Players' Player of the Year
Jose Semedo
 [52]
Goal of the Season England Chris O'Grady (v. Sheffield United, 26 February 2012) [52]
Outstanding Contribution
Milan Mandaric
 [52]
Owls' Player in the Community
Rob Jones
 [52]
Academy Player of the Year Australia Jarrod Kyle [52]

PFA Fans' League One Player of the Season

Pos Player Ref
MF
Jose Semedo
 [53]

BBC Football League One Team of the Season

Pos Player Ref
FW England Gary Madine [54]

Northern Programme Club Independent View Programme of the Month

Month Programme Match Ref
May 'Wednesday' v. Wycombe Wanderers, 5 May 2012 [55]

Mascot of the Year 2012

Mascot Team Ref
Ozzie Owl Sheffield Wednesday [56]

Football League One Manager of the Month

Month Manager Ref
March
Dave Jones
 [57]
April
Dave Jones
 [58]

Football League One Player of the Month

Month Player Ref
August England Ryan Lowe [59]
April Spain Miguel Llera [60]

The Football League Young Player of the Month

Month Player Ref
September England Gary Madine [61]

Wise Old Owls Award

Pos Nat Player Ref
1 Portugal
Jose Semedo
 [62]

Sheffield Wednesday Player of the Month Award

Month 1st % 2nd % 3rd % 4th %
August England Lewis Buxton 51% England David Prutton 34% Scotland Liam Palmer 9% England Julian Bennett 6%
September England Gary Madine 77% England Lewis Buxton 11%
Jose Semedo
 7% England Ben Marshall 5%
October England Ben Marshall 50%
Jose Semedo
 25%
Reda Johnson

Rob Jones

 12.5%
November
Jose Semedo
 50%
Reda Johnson
 39% England Chris Lines 9% England Chris O'Grady 2%
December England Ben Marshall 41%
Reda Johnson
 32% England Chris Lines 22% England Danny Batth 5%
January England Chris O'Grady 61%
Jermaine Johnson

Spain Miguel Llera

16% England Clinton Morrison 6%
February
Jermaine Johnson
 39% England Chris O'Grady 31% England Danny Batth 23% England Lewis Buxton 7%
March England Michail Antonio 81% England Danny Batth 12%
Jose Semedo
 4%
Rob Jones
 3%

Football League One Team of the Week

Week Player(s)
6/7 Aug
Rob Jones, England David Prutton
10/11 Sep England Gary Madine
17 Sep
Reda Johnson
23/24 Sep England Stephen Bywater, England Lewis Buxton, England Gary Madine
30 Sep, 1/2 Oct
Reda Johnson
9/10 Oct England Lewis Buxton
22/23 Oct
Reda Johnson
25/26 Nov
Reda Johnson
10 Dec England Stephen Bywater
16/17 Dec England Chris O'Grady
2 Jan England Chris Lines
4 Feb
Jermaine Johnson
11 Feb
Jermaine Johnson
25/26 Feb England Stephen Bywater
10/11 Mar England Danny Batth, England Michail Antonio
25 Mar
Jose Semedo
30/31 Mar England Lewis Buxton
6/9 Apr Spain Miguel Llera
20/21 Apr England Michail Antonio, England Chris Lines
28 Apr Republic of Ireland Keith Treacy
5 May England Stephen Bywater, England Danny Batth, England Michail Antonio

Sheffield Wednesday Man of the Matches

Date Opposition Man of the Match
06.08.11 Rochdale England David Prutton
11.08.11 Blackpool
James O'Connor
13.08.11
Bournemouth
 Scotland Liam Palmer
16.08.11 Bury England Lewis Buxton
20.08.11 Notts County England Ben Marshall
24.08.11 Blackburn Rovers Scotland Liam Palmer
27.08.11 Scunthorpe United England Gary Madine
30.08.11
Bradford City
 England Richard O'Donnell
06.09.11 Charlton Athletic Republic of Ireland Clinton Morrison
10.09.11 Milton Keynes Dons England Gary Madine
13.09.11 Stevenage England Gary Madine
17.09.11 Yeovil Town England Ben Marshall
24.09.11 Exeter City England Chris Lines
01.10.11 Hartlepool United Benin Réda Johnson
08.10.11 Chesterfield England Ben Marshall
16.10.11 Sheffield United England Ben Marshall
22.10.11 Colchester United
Rob Jones
25.10.11 Carlisle United
José Semedo
29.10.11 Wycombe Wanderers
José Semedo
05.11.11 Brentford England Ben Marshall
13.11.11 Morecambe England Chris Lines
19.11.11 Tranmere Rovers
José Semedo
26.11.11 Leyton Orient Benin Réda Johnson
03.12.11 Aldershot Town England Chris O'Grady
10.12.11
Oldham Athletic
Rob Jones
17.12.11
Huddersfield Town
 England Chris O'Grady
26.12.11 Walsall Benin Réda Johnson
31.12.11 Preston North End
José Semedo
02.01.12 Tranmere Rovers Spain Miguel Llera
08.01.12 West Ham United England Chris O'Grady
14.01.12 Charlton Athletic England Nicky Weaver
21.01.12 Hartlepool United
Jermaine Johnson
24.01.12 Scunthorpe United England Chris O'Grady
28.01.12 Blackpool England Stephen Bywater
31.01.12 Milton Keynes Dons Spain Miguel Llera
04.02.12 Yeovil Town
Jermaine Johnson
07.02.12 Blackpool England Danny Batth
11.02.12 Exeter City Spain Miguel Llera
14.02.12 Stevenage
Jermaine Johnson
18.02.12 Chesterfield England Danny Batth
26.02.12 Sheffield United England Danny Batth
03.03.12 Rochdale England Danny Batth
06.03.12 Bury England Michail Antonio
10.03.12
Bournemouth
 England Michail Antonio
17.03.12 Notts County England Michail Antonio
20.03.12 Walsall England Michail Antonio
24.03.12 Leyton Orient Spain Miguel Llera
31.03.12 Preston North End England Gary Madine
07.04.12
Huddersfield Town
 Spain Miguel Llera
09.04.12
Oldham Athletic
 Spain Miguel Llera
14.04.12 Colchester United England Mark Beevers
21.04.12 Carlisle United England Michail Antonio
28.04.12 Brentford Republic of Ireland Keith Treacy
05.05.12 Wycombe Wanderers England Michail Antonio

League Football Education Goal of the Season

Place Pos Player Ref
1st FW Australia Jarrod Kyle [63]
3rd DF England Tom Rowbotham [63]

League Football Education Goal of the Month

Month Player ref
March England Tom Rowbotham [64]
April Australia Jarrod Kyle [65]

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started Round Current Pos/Round Final Pos/Round First Match Last Match
League One
 2nd 2nd 6 August 2011 5 May 2012
FA Cup
 Round 1 Round 4 Replay Round 4 Replay 13 November 2011 7 February 2012
League Cup Round 1 Round 2 Round 2 11 August 2011 24 August 2012
League Trophy
 Round 1 Round 1 Round 1 30 August 2011 30 August 2011

League One

Classification

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Charlton Athletic (C, P) 46 30 11 5 82 36 +46 101 Promotion to Football League Championship
2 Sheffield Wednesday (P) 46 28 9 9 81 48 +33 93
3 Sheffield United 46 27 9 10 92 51 +41 90 Qualification for League One play-offs[a]
4 Huddersfield Town (O, P) 46 21 18 7 79 47 +32 81
5 Milton Keynes Dons 46 22 14 10 84 47 +37 80
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
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League Championship.

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 28 9 9 81 48  +33 93 17 4 2 48 19  +29 11 5 7 33 29  +4

Last updated: 5 May 2012.
Source: The Football League

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
Ground
A
HAHAH
ResultWLLWWDWLWWWWDWLWDWWWDLWWLDWDWLLLWDWWWDWWWWDWWW
Position61016129981097423333332222324443223333333323323322
Updated to match(es) played on 22 June 2012. Source: Competitive Matches

A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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