2011–12 Wigan Athletic F.C. season
Chairman | Dave Whelan |
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Manager | Roberto Martínez |
Premier League | 15th |
FA Cup | Third round (eliminated by Swindon Town) |
League Cup | Second round (eliminated by Crystal Palace) |
Top goalscorer | League: Franco Di Santo (7) All: Franco Di Santo (7) |
The 2011–12 English football season is Wigan Athletic's seventh consecutive season in the Premier League. The club also competed in the League Cup and the FA Cup.
At the end of the 2011–12 Premier League, Wigan Athletic finished in 15th place, two points below 14th-placed Stoke City. Wigan's last game of the Premier League season was a 3–2 victory against already-relegated Wolverhampton Wanderers.[1]
Season review
[edit ]Summary
[edit ]Wigan Athletic had a tough season, spending much of it in the relegation zone and often in the bottom two. They had eight consecutive losses, between 10 September and 6 November, until earning a draw against fellow strugglers Blackburn Rovers on 19 November. Wigan were rock-bottom from 15 October to 26 November, when winning against Sunderland. They started to improve afterwards, accumulating some points during the Christmas period, but returned to losing ways with four-straight losses, all in January. Once again, after the defeat against Tottenham Hotspur on 31 January, Wigan were bottom in the table. After winning against fellow strugglers Wanderers, Wigan remained bottom on goal difference.
In March, Wigan greatly improved, first losing against Swansea City but earning draws against Aston Villa and West Bromwich Albion. But it was from late March onwards when Wigan completely transformed themselves. They earned wins against Liverpool and Stoke City before a controversial 2–1 defeat against Chelsea, where both of Chelsea's goals were from an offside position. Nevertheless, Wigan were in very strong form and made history after beating Manchester United for the first time. This was followed by their first-ever away win against Arsenal, a defeat to Fulham and their biggest win in the Premier League, a 4–0 demolition of Newcastle United (who were chasing UEFA Champions League football). On 7 May, in their penultimate game of the season, Wigan defeated Blackburn to retain their Premier League status and seal Blackburn's relegation. Their last game of the season was a 3–2 win against fellow relegated side Wolverhampton Wanderers. Wigan recorded seven wins in their last nine matches.
Pre-season
[edit ]League table
[edit ]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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13 | Sunderland | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 45 |
14 | Stoke City | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 36 | 53 | −17 | 45 |
15 | Wigan Athletic | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 42 | 62 | −20 | 43 |
16 | Aston Villa | 38 | 7 | 17 | 14 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 38 |
17 | Queens Park Rangers | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 43 | 66 | −23 | 37 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Competitions
[edit ]Pre season
[edit ]Premier League
[edit ]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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
Result | D | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | W | D | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | W | D | L | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W |
Position | 8 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 |
Attendance: 17,454
Referee: Stuart Attwell
Di Santo 41', 66'
Caldwell Yellow card 77' Report Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 17,225
Referee: Michael Oliver
Attendance: 46,509
Referee: Martin Atkinson
Vellios 84'
Drenthe 90+2' Report Di Santo 31' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 31,576
Referee: Peter Walton
Bale 23' Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 18,778
Referee: Jonathan Moss
Vermaelen 29'
Gervinho 61'
Van Persie 78' Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 19,280
Referee: Clattenburg
Attendance: 18,320
Referee: Martin Atkinson
Jerome 84' Report Moses 45'
Watson 87' (pen.) Stadium: Britannia Stadium
Attendance: 26,595
Referee: Michael Oliver
Buzsáky 45'
Smith 81' Report Rodallega 66' Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 16,002
Referee: Jonathan Moss
Modrić 34' Report McArthur 80' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,801
Referee: Lee Probert
McArthur 76' Stadium: Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 23,450
Referee: Howard Webb
Moses 90+3' Report Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 19,786
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
Senderos 89' Report Boyce 57' Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 25,689
Referee: Lee Mason
League Cup
[edit ]FA Cup
[edit ]Players
[edit ]Captains
[edit ]No. | P | Name | Country | No. games | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 | DF | Gary Caldwell | Scotland | 37 | Club captain |
3 | DF | Antolín Alcaraz | Paraguay | 1 |
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.
First team squad
[edit ]No. | Name | Nationality | Position (s) | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from |
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Goalkeepers | |||||
1 | Chris Kirkland | England | GK | (1981年05月02日) 2 May 1981 (age 43) | England Liverpool |
12 | Mike Pollitt | England | GK | (1972年02月29日) 29 February 1972 (age 53) | England Rotherham United |
13 | Lee Nicholls | England | GK | (1992年10月05日) 5 October 1992 (age 32) | Youth system |
26 | Ali Al-Habsi | Oman | GK | (1981年12月30日) 30 December 1981 (age 43) | England Bolton Wanderers |
Defenders | |||||
2 | Steve Gohouri | Ivory Coast | DF | (1981年02月08日) 8 February 1981 (age 44) | Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach II |
3 | Antolín Alcaraz | Paraguay | DF | (1982年07月30日) 30 July 1982 (age 42) | Belgium Club Brugge |
5 | Gary Caldwell | Scotland | DF | (1982年04月12日) 12 April 1982 (age 42) | Scotland Celtic |
17 | Emmerson Boyce | Barbados | DF | (1979年09月24日) 24 September 1979 (age 45) | England Crystal Palace |
22 | Patrick van Aanholt | Netherlands | DF | (1990年08月29日) 29 August 1990 (age 34) | England Chelsea |
23 | Ronnie Stam | Netherlands | DF | (1984年06月18日) 18 June 1984 (age 40) | Netherlands Twente |
24 | Adrian López | Spain | DF | (1987年02月25日) 25 February 1987 (age 38) | Spain Deportivo La Coruña |
31 | Maynor Figueroa | Honduras | DF | (1983年05月02日) 2 May 1983 (age 41) | Honduras Olimpia |
39 | Jordan Mustoe | England | DF | (1991年01月28日) 28 January 1991 (age 34) | Youth system |
41 | Daniel Redmond | England | DF | (1991年03月02日) 2 March 1991 (age 34) | Youth system |
43 | Adam Buxton | England | DF | (1992年05月12日) 12 May 1992 (age 32) | Youth system |
Midfielders | |||||
4 | James McCarthy | Republic of Ireland | MF | (1990年11月12日) 12 November 1990 (age 34) | Scotland Hamilton Academical |
6 | Hendry Thomas | Honduras | MF | (1985年02月23日) 23 February 1985 (age 40) | Honduras Olimpia |
7 | Albert Crusat | Spain | MF | (1982年05月13日) 13 May 1982 (age 42) | Spain Almería |
8 | Ben Watson | England | MF | (1985年07月09日) 9 July 1985 (age 39) | England Crystal Palace |
10 | Shaun Maloney | Scotland | MF | (1983年01月24日) 24 January 1983 (age 42) | Scotland Celtic |
14 | Jordi Gómez | Spain | MF | (1985年05月24日) 24 May 1985 (age 39) | Spain Espanyol |
16 | James McArthur | Scotland | MF | (1987年10月07日) 7 October 1987 (age 37) | Scotland Hamilton Academical |
19 | David Jones | England | MF | (1984年11月04日) 4 November 1984 (age 40) | England Wolverhampton Wanderers |
21 | Mohamed Diamé | Senegal | MF | (1987年06月14日) 14 June 1987 (age 37) | Spain Rayo Vallecano |
22 | Jean Beausejour | Chile | MF | (1984年06月01日) 1 June 1984 (age 40) | England Birmingham City |
30 | Nouha Dicko | France | MF | (1992年05月14日) 14 May 1992 (age 32) | France Strasbourg |
Forwards | |||||
9 | Franco Di Santo | Argentina | FW | (1989年04月07日) 7 April 1989 (age 35) | England Chelsea |
11 | Victor Moses | Nigeria | FW | (1990年12月12日) 12 December 1990 (age 34) | England Crystal Palace |
15 | Callum McManaman | England | FW | (1991年04月25日) 25 April 1991 (age 33) | Youth system |
18 | Conor Sammon | Republic of Ireland | FW | (1986年11月06日) 6 November 1986 (age 38) | Scotland Kilmarnock |
20 | Hugo Rodallega | Colombia | FW | (1985年07月25日) 25 July 1985 (age 39) | Mexico Necaxa |
Appearances and goals
[edit ]- As of 1 June 2012
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
1 | GK | England ENG | Chris Kirkland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2 | DF | Ivory Coast CIV | Steve Gohouri | 10 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
3 | DF | Paraguay PAR | Antolín Alcaraz | 25 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
4 | MF | Republic of Ireland IRL | James McCarthy | 34 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
5 | DF | Scotland SCO | Gary Caldwell | 37 | 3 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
6 | MF | Honduras HON | Hendry Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
7 | MF | Spain ESP | Albert Crusat | 16 | 1 | 4+11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
8 | MF | England ENG | Ben Watson | 23 | 3 | 14+7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | ||
9 | FW | Argentina ARG | Franco Di Santo | 33 | 5 | 24+8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
10 | MF | Scotland SCO | Shaun Maloney | 15 | 3 | 8+5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
11 | FW | Nigeria NGA | Victor Moses | 39 | 6 | 36+2 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
12 | GK | England ENG | Mike Pollitt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
13 | GK | England ENG | Lee Nicholls | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
14 | MF | Spain ESP | Jordi Gómez | 29 | 5 | 24+4 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
15 | FW | England ENG | Callum McManaman | 4 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
16 | MF | Scotland SCO | James McArthur | 33 | 3 | 18+13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
17 | DF | Barbados BRB | Emmerson Boyce | 27 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
18 | FW | Republic of Ireland IRL | Conor Sammon | 27 | 1 | 8+17 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
19 | MF | England ENG | David Jones | 17 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
20 | FW | Colombia COL | Hugo Rodallega | 23 | 2 | 11+12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
21 | MF | Senegal SEN | Mohamed Diamé | 26 | 3 | 18+8 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
22 | MF | Chile CHI | Jean Beausejour | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
23 | DF | Netherlands NED | Ronnie Stam | 20 | 0 | 13+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
24 | DF | Spain ESP | Adrián López | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
26 | GK | Oman OMA | Ali Al-Habsi | 40 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
30 | MF | France FRA | Nouha Dicko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
31 | DF | Honduras HON | Maynor Figueroa | 39 | 0 | 37+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
39 | DF | England ENG | Jordan Mustoe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
41 | DF | England ENG | Daniel Redmond | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
43 | DF | England ENG | Adam Buxton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Players that played for Wigan this season that have left the club: | |||||||||||||
22 | DF | Netherlands NED | Patrick van Aanholt | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Top scorers
[edit ]Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FW | Argentina | 9 | Franco Di Santo | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
FW | Nigeria | 11 | Victor Moses | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
MF | Spain | 14 | Jordi Gómez | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
MF | England | 8 | Ben Watson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
DF | Scotland | 5 | Gary Caldwell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
MF | Senegal | 21 | Mohamed Diamé | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
MF | Scotland | 16 | James McArthur | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
MF | Scotland | 10 | Shaun Maloney | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
DEF | Barbados | 17 | Emmerson Boyce | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
FW | Colombia | 20 | Hugo Rodallega | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
DF | Paraguay | 3 | Antolín Alcaraz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
MF | Spain | 7 | Albert Crusat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
FW | England | 15 | Callum McManaman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Totals | 41 | 1 | 1 | 43 |
Disciplinary record
[edit ]- Includes all competitive matches
- Last updated 20 April 2012
Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premiership | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||
Yellow card | Red card | Yellow card | Red card | Yellow card | Red card | Yellow card | Red card | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 | Scotland | DF | Gary Caldwell | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
2 | Ivory Coast | DF | Steve Gohouri | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
18 | Republic of Ireland | FW | Conor Sammon | 1 | 1[1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
4 | Scotland | MF | James McCarthy | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
31 | Honduras | DF | Maynor Figueroa | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
3 | Paraguay | DF | Antolín Alcaraz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
21 | Senegal | MF | Mohamed Diamé | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
14 | Spain | MF | Jordi Gómez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
9 | Argentina | FW | Franco Di Santo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
16 | Scotland | MF | James McArthur | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
11 | Nigeria | MF | Victor Moses | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
23 | Netherlands | DF | Ronnie Stam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
17 | Barbados | DF | Emmerson Boyce | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
19 | England | MF | David Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
8 | England | MF | Ben Watson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
26 | Oman | GK | Ali Al-Habsi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
22 | Chile | MF | Jean Beausejour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
7 | Spain | MF | Albert Crusat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
24 | Spain | DF | Adrián López | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
10 | Scotland | MF | Shaun Maloney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
15 | England | FW | Callum McManaman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
20 | Colombia | FW | Hugo Rodallega | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
6 | Honduras | MF | Hendry Thomas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
TOTALS | 61 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 3 |
Suspensions served
[edit ]Date | Matches Missed | Player | Reason | Opponents Missed |
---|---|---|---|---|
24 September 2011 | 3 | Steve Gohouri | Sent off vs Tottenham Hotspur | Aston Villa (A), Bolton Wanderers (H), Newcastle United (A) |
29 October 2011 | 1 | Gary Caldwell | Reached five yellow cards | Wolverhampton Wanderers (A) |
7 November 2011 | 3 | Antolín Alcaraz | FA Charge – Spitting offense | Blackburn Rovers (H), Sunderland (A), Arsenal (H) |
26 December 2011 | 3 | Conor Sammon [2] | Sent off vs Manchester United | Stoke City (A), Sunderland (H), Swindon Town (A) |
31 December 2011 | 1 | Gary Caldwell | Sent off vs Stoke City | Sunderland (H) |
11 February 2012 | 1 | James McCarthy | Reached five yellow cards | Aston Villa (H) |
7 April 2012 | 1 | Maynor Figueroa | Reached five yellow cards | Manchester United (H) |
Transfers
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ premierleague.com. "Premier League Table". Archived from the original on 16 May 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ "Soccerbase team stats" . Retrieved 6 June 2011.
- ^ "Wigan win appeal over Sammon card". BBC News.