2011–12 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season
# 2011–12 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was West Bromwich Albion's second consecutive season in the Premier League, their sixth in total. During the season, they competed in the League Cup and the FA Cup. Albion finished the season in 10th place after their last league game was a 2–3 loss against Arsenal.

The club introduced the "Baggies Brick Road" outside the East Stand of their home ground, The Hawthorns. Supporters were given the opportunity to purchase personalised bricks to add to the walkway. The first bricks were laid by broadcaster Adrian Chiles and comedian Frank Skinner, both of whom are Albion fans.

## Players

### First-team 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 | Ben Foster (on loan from Birmingham City) |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Jonas Olsson (vice-captain) |
| 5 | MF | CMR | Somen Tchoyi |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Liam Ridgewell |
| 7 | MF | SCO | James Morrison |
| 8 | MF | IRL | Keith Andrews |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Shane Long |
| 11 | MF | NIR | Chris Brunt (club captain) |
| 12 | DF | IRL | Steven Reid |
| 13 | GK | HUN | Márton Fülöp |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Jerome Thomas |
| 17 | MF | SCO | Graham Dorrans |
| 19 | GK | ENG | Luke Daniels |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Nicky Shorey |
| 21 | MF | COD | Youssuf Mulumbu |
| 22 | MF | HUN | Zoltán Gera |
| 23 | DF | NIR | Gareth McAuley |
| 24 | FW | NGA | Peter Odemwingie |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Craig Dawson |
| 26 | DF | ENG | James Hurst |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Billy Jones |
| 29 | MF | ENG | George Thorne |
| 30 | DF | ROU | Gabriel Tamaș |
| 31 | FW | IRL | Simon Cox |
| 32 | FW | GUF | Marc-Antoine Fortuné |
| 33 | MF | AUT | Paul Scharner |

### Reserves and academy

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 36 | MF | ENG | Adil Nabi |
| 37 | FW | WAL | Kayleden Brown |
| 38 | FW | ENG | Saido Berahino |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 39 | FW | ENG | Kemar Roofe |
| 42 | DF | ENG | Cameron Gayle |
| 43 | MF | ENG | Jamie Edge |

### Out 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Joe Mattock (at Brighton & Hove Albion) |
| 15 | FW | NZL | Chris Wood (at Bristol City) |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Scott Allan (at Portsmouth) |
| 18 | DF | CHI | Gonzalo Jara (at Brighton & Hove Albion) |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Sam Mantom (at Walsall) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 34 | DF | ENG | Paul Downing (at Barnet) |
| 35 | MF | SKN | Romaine Sawyers (at Shrewsbury Town) |
| 40 | DF | ENG | Liam O'Neil (at VPS) |
| 41 | FW | ENG | Lateef Elford-Alliyu (at Bury) |
| — | GK | WAL | Boaz Myhill (at Birmingham City) |

## Results and fixtures

### Pre-season

West Brom played no early home pre-season friendlies this season, because of development and leveling of the pitch at The Hawthorns.

### Premier League

| Matchday | 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 |
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| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | W | L | D | D | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | D | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | L |
| Position | 17 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | Liverpool | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 9 | Fulham | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 52 | |
| 10 | West Bromwich Albion | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 47 | |
| 11 | Swansea City | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 47 | |
| 12 | Norwich City | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 52 | 66 | −14 | 47 | |

* ↑ Liverpool won the League Cup and thus qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round.

## Players statistics

    As of 31 May 2012

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Ben Foster | 39 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Joe Mattock | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Jonas Olsson | 34 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SVK | Marek Cech | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | CMR | Somen Tchoyi | 21 | 1 | 6+12 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Liam Ridgewell | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | James Morrison | 33 | 5 | 23+7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | IRL | Keith Andrews | 14 | 2 | 8+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Shane Long | 34 | 8 | 24+8 | 8 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | NIR | Chris Brunt | 28 | 3 | 23+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | IRL | Steven Reid | 22 | 1 | 21+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | HUN | Márton Fülöp | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Jerome Thomas | 31 | 2 | 26+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | SCO | Graham Dorrans | 35 | 3 | 16+15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | CHI | Gonzalo Jara | 7 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Nicky Shorey | 26 | 0 | 22+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | COD | Youssuf Mulumbu | 36 | 1 | 34+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | HUN | Zoltán Gera | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | NIR | Gareth McAuley | 36 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | NGA | Peter Odemwingie | 32 | 11 | 25+5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Craig Dawson | 12 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Sam Mantom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Billy Jones | 21 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ENG | George Thorne | 6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ROU | Gabriel Tamaș | 10 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | IRL | Simon Cox | 22 | 4 | 7+11 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 32 | FW | FRA | Marc-Antoine Fortuné | 20 | 5 | 12+5 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 33 | MF | AUT | Paul Scharner | 30 | 3 | 18+11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 43 | FW | CZE | Roman Bednář | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Captains

| No. | P | Name | Country | No. games | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 11 | MF | Chris Brunt | | 10 | Club captain |

Last updated: 6 June 2011 Source: Competitive match reports. Competitive matches only Matches started as captain only Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

### Top scorers

    Last updated on 20 May 2012 (Not fully Checked)

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premiership | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FW | | 24 | Peter Odemwingie | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | FW | | 9 | Shane Long | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | FW | | 32 | Marc-Antoine Fortuné | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | | 7 | James Morrison | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| = | FW | | 31 | Simon Cox | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | | 33 | Paul Scharner | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | | 3 | Jonas Olsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | MF | | 8 | Keith Andrews | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | MF | | 11 | Chris Brunt | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| = | MF | | 14 | Jerome Thomas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| = | DF | | 23 | Gareth McAuley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | | 5 | Somen Tchoyi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | | 6 | Liam Ridgewell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | | 12 | Steven Reid | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| = | MF | | 17 | Graham Dorrans | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | MF | | 21 | Youssuf Mulumbu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | / | / | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 44 | 5 | 7 | 56 |

## Transfers

In

Date

Player

From

Fee

23 May 2011

Gareth McAuley

Ipswich Town

Free

3 June 2011

Billy Jones

Preston North End

Free

29 July 2011

Ben Foster

Birmingham City

Season loan

2 August 2011

Zoltán Gera

Fulham

Free

6 August 2011

Jamie Edge

Arsenal

Free

7 August 2011

Márton Fülöp

Ipswich Town

Free

9 August 2011

Shane Long

Reading

£7,500,000

9 January 2012

Scott Allan

Dundee United

Undisclosed

31 January 2012

Liam Ridgewell

Birmingham City

£2,500,000

31 January 2012

Keith Andrews

Blackburn Rovers

Free

Out

Player

To

Fee

Giles Barnes

Doncaster Rovers

Free

Abdoulaye Méïté

Dijon

Free

Gianni Zuiverloon

Mallorca

Undisclosed

Scott Carson

Bursaspor

£1,500,000

Dean Kiely

Retired

Reuben Reid

Oldham Athletic

Free

Marcus Haber

St Johnstone

Free

Boaz Myhill

Birmingham City

Loan

Chris Wood

Birmingham City

Loan

Ishmael Miller

Nottingham Forest

£1,200,000

James Hurst

Blackpool

Loan

Marek Čech

Trabzonspor

Undisclosed

Pablo Ibáñez

Birmingham City

Undisclosed

Saido Berahino

Northampton Town

Loan

Gonzalo Jara

Brighton & Hove Albion

Loan

Luke Daniels

Southend United

Loan

Paul Downing

Barnet

Loan

James Hurst

Shrewsbury Town

Loan

Joe Mattock

Portsmouth

Loan

George Thorne

Portsmouth

Loan

Marc-Antoine Fortuné

Doncaster Rovers

Loan

James Hurst

Chesterfield

Loan

Chris Wood

Bristol City

Loan

Roman Bednář

Blackpool

Free

Gonzalo Jara

Brighton & Hove Albion

Loan

Joe Mattock

Brighton & Hove Albion

Loan :

