2011–12 Leeds United A.F.C. season

This article will detail Leeds United A.F.C.'s
Leeds United A.F.C.
Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...

2011–12 season
2011–12 Football League Championship
The 2011–12 Football League Championship is the eighth season of the league under its current title and nineteenth season under its current league division format....

in The Championship
Football League Championship
The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...

.

Events

This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2011–12 season, presented in chronological order (starting from 11 May 2011 and ending on the final day of the club's final match in the 2011–12 season. This list does not include transfers or new contracts, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the matches section.

May

11 May: Chairman, Ken Bates
Ken Bates
Kenneth William Bates is a British businessman and football executive. The current chairman and now owner of Leeds United AFC, Bates was previously chairman and majority shareholder of Chelsea FC from 1982 until 2003....

reveals that defender Federico Bessone
Federico Bessone
Federico "Fede" Bessone Luna is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Welsh team Swansea City after re-joining the club from Leeds United as a left back.-Career:...

and striker Mike Grella
Mike Grella
Michael Grella is an American professional soccer player who plays for Brentford. He plays as a striker. He was a United States Under-20 International and a highly rated talent in USA...

have been placed on the transfer list

June

30 June: The players return for pre-season training with only one new face, goalkeeper Paul Rachubka
Paul Rachubka
Paul Stephen Rachubka is an American-English professional Association football goalkeeper who plays for Leeds United after joining the club from Blackpool ....

July

11 July: Long serving Club President, George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood
George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood
George Henry Hubert Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood, KBE AM , styled The Hon. George Lascelles before 1929 and Viscount Lascelles between 1929 and 1947, was the elder son of the 6th Earl of Harewood , and Princess Mary, Princess Royal, the only daughter of King George V of the United Kingdom and...

KBE passes away at the age of 88. Lord Harewood became President of the club in 1961 and was also President of the FA
The Football Association
The Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of football in England, and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. It was formed in 1863, and is the oldest national football association...

from 1963 to 1972.
13 July: Patricia Lascelles, Countess of Harewood
Patricia Lascelles, Countess of Harewood
Patricia "Bambi" Lascelles, Countess of Harewood is an Australian violinist and fashion model.-Life and career:Patricia Elizabeth Tuckwell was born in Melbourne, the daughter of Charles Tuckwell and his wife, Elizabeth and an older sister of Barry Tuckwell...

accepts Chairman, Ken Bates
Ken Bates
Kenneth William Bates is a British businessman and football executive. The current chairman and now owner of Leeds United AFC, Bates was previously chairman and majority shareholder of Chelsea FC from 1982 until 2003....

' offer of becoming the new Club Patron after the passing of her husband, Lord Harewood.
16 July: Manager, Simon Grayson
Simon Grayson
Simon Nicholas Grayson is a retired English footballer and current manager of Leeds United. He is the elder brother of cricketer Paul Grayson....

bans his players for social networking website Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...

after striker Davide Somma
Davide Somma
Davide Somma is a South African football player who currently plays for Leeds United and the South African national team. He plays as a striker. In November 2010 Somma made his debut for the national side against USA....

revealed on his Twitter account, against the wishes of the boss he would be out injured for "five or six months". At the time of the ban, professionals Adam Clayton
Adam Clayton
Adam Charles Clayton is a musician, best known as the bassist of the Irish rock band U2. Clayton has resided in County Dublin since the time his family moved to Malahide when he was five years old in 1965...

, Max Gradel
Max Gradel
Max-Alain Gradel is an Ivorian footballer who plays for Saint-Étienne in the French Ligue 1 after joining from Leeds United....

, Mike Grella
Mike Grella
Michael Grella is an American professional soccer player who plays for Brentford. He plays as a striker. He was a United States Under-20 International and a highly rated talent in USA...

, Will Hatfield
Will Hatfield
William 'Will' Hatfield is an English footballer who plays for Accrington Stanley on loan from Leeds United as a midfielder.-Club career:...

, Ross McCormack
Ross McCormack
Ross McCormack is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for English football club Leeds United and the Scotland national team. His main position is as a Striker but he can also play as a Winger....

, Ramón Núñez
Ramón Núñez
Ramón Núñez is a Honduran international footballer, currently playing for Leeds United. Núñez plays primarily as an attacking central midfielder playmaker. He can also play as a Winger or as a second striker. In his homeland he is nicknamed El Principito meaning The Little Prince...

, Lloyd Sam
Lloyd Sam
Lloyd Ekow Sam is a professional English footballer of Ghanaian heritage, who plays in midfield as a Winger who is comfortable playing on either side of the pitch. He is currently playing for Leeds United after leaving Charlton Athletic. As a child he spent some of his childhood living in Senegal...

, Charlie Taylor
Charlie Taylor (footballer born 1993)
Charles James Taylor is an English footballer who plays for Leeds United at left back. He is a current England under-19 international.-Club career:...

, Zac Thompson
Zac Thompson
Zac Thompson is an English professional footballer who plays for Leeds United and plays as a right back but can also play as a Central Midfielder. He signed for Leeds from Everton in January 2011.-Career:...

, Somma and a handful of Academy players had Twitter accounts. Andy O'Brien previously tweeted, but deleted his account after receiving abuse from other users.

November

19 November: Simon Grayson
Simon Grayson
Simon Nicholas Grayson is a retired English footballer and current manager of Leeds United. He is the elder brother of cricketer Paul Grayson....

announces that Andy O'Brien
Andy O'Brien
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will not play for the club again after revealing that O'Brien refused to play in the match against Burnley
Burnley F.C.
Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...

First team squad information

Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in The Championship

Football League Championship

The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...

(and playoffs), League One

Football League One

Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....

(and playoffs), FA Cup

FA Cup

The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

, League Cup

Football League Cup

The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...

and Football League Trophy

Football League Trophy

The Football League Trophy, currently known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is an annual English association football knock-out competition open to the 48 clubs in Football League One and Football League Two, the bottom two divisions in the four fully professional top...

.

¹Player first came to the club on loan and was transferred the following year.

²Player made one appearance for the club during his first spell at the club in the League Cup

League Cup

In association football, a League Cup or Secondary Cup generally signifies a cup competition for which entry is restricted only to teams in a particular league. The first national association football tournament to be called "League Cup" was held in Scotland in 1946/47 and was entitled the Scottish...

against Portsmouth

Portsmouth F.C.

Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the city of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed Pompey. Portsmouth's home matches have been played at Fratton Park since the club's formation in 1898. The team currently play in the Football League Championship after being relegated from...

on 26 October 2004.

³Player made fifty eight appearances (scoring six goals) for the club during his first spell at the club

Squad stats

|-
|colspan="17"|Players who have been avaliable for selection this season, but have now permanently left the club:

Most frequent starting line-up

Most frequent starting line-up uses the team's most used formation: 4–4–2.
The players used are those who have played the most games in each respective position, not necessarily who have played most games out of all the players.

Captains

Assists

	Player	Position	The Championship 2010–11 Football League Championship The 2010–11 Football League Championship was the seventh season of the league under its current name and nineteenth season under its current league division format...	League Cup 2010–11 Football League Cup The 2010–11 Football League Cup, known as the Carling Cup due to the competition's sponsorship by lager brand Carling, was the 51st season of the Football League Cup, a knock-out competition for England's top 92 football clubs....	Total
1	Snodgrass Robert Snodgrass Robert Snodgrass is a Scottish footballer who plays for Leeds United as a winger comfortable playing on either side of the pitch. He can also play as a forward...	RW	10	0	10
2	Sam Lloyd Sam Lloyd Ekow Sam is a professional English footballer of Ghanaian heritage, who plays in midfield as a Winger who is comfortable playing on either side of the pitch. He is currently playing for Leeds United after leaving Charlton Athletic. As a child he spent some of his childhood living in Senegal...	LW	2	1	3
3	Becchio Luciano Becchio Luciano Héctor Becchio is an Argentine footballer who plays for Leeds United as a striker. Born in Córdoba, Argentina, Becchio began his career at Boca Juniors before moving to Europe on an Italian passport, where he established himself in the Spanish lower leagues.He moved to England in the...	FW	2	0	2
	Connolly Paul Connolly Paul Connolly is an English footballer who plays for Football League Championship club Leeds United as a right back, having previously played for Plymouth Argyle, Bideford, Derby County and Sheffield United.-Plymouth Argyle:...	RB	2	0	2
	Howson Jonathan Howson Jonathan Mark "Jonny" Howson is an English footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Football League Championship team Leeds United. A graduate of Leeds' prolific youth system, he serves as club captain....	CM	2	0	2
	McCormack Ross McCormack Ross McCormack is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for English football club Leeds United and the Scotland national team. His main position is as a Striker but he can also play as a Winger....	FW	2	0	2
	Clayton Adam Clayton (footballer) Adam Clayton is an English footballer who plays for Leeds United as a midfielder. Clayton joined Leeds from Manchester City. He has also previously had a spell on loan at Carlisle United as well as Peterborough United and Milton Keynes Dons...	CM	0	2	2
8	Brown	DM	1	0	1
	Forssell Mikael Forssell Mikael Kaj Forssell is a Finnish footballer who plays as a striker for Football League Championship team Leeds United and for the Finnish national team.-Club career:...	FW	1	0	1
	Lees Tom Lees Thomas James "Tom" Lees is an English professional footballer, who plays as a defender for Leeds United. Lees has undertaken two season-long loan spells at Bury and Accrington Stanley...	CB	1	0	1
	C. Taylor Charlie Taylor (footballer born 1993) Charles James Taylor is an English footballer who plays for Leeds United at left back. He is a current England under-19 international.-Club career:...	LB	1	0	1

Last updated: 29 Nov 2011

Source: BBC Sport

Disciplinary record

In

¹Includes an option of the club extending the contract by one year.

²Although the fee was officially 'undiscolosed', the Yorkshire Evening Post confirmed that the fee was £200k

Loans In

Loans Out

Out

New Contracts

¹The contract includes the option to extend the contract by a further year.

Club officials

Includes staff currently registered with club only.

First team coaching and medical staff

Includes staff currently registered with club only.

Other staff

Includes staff currently registered with club only.

Other information

Overall summary

Detailed overall summary

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!Total
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Home
!

Away
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| style="background:silver;"|Games played || 22||11 || 11
|-
| style="background:#dfd;"|Games won || 11 || 5 || 6
|-
| style="background:#ffd;"| Games drawn || 4|| 2 || 2
|-
| style="background:#fdd;"| Games lost ||7|| 4 || 3
|-
| style="background:#0f0;"|Biggest win || 4–0 vs Notts. Forest

Nottingham Forest F.C.

Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...

|| 4–1 vs Hull City

Hull City A.F.C.

Hull City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1904. The club participates in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football...

|| 4–0 vs Notts. Forest

Nottingham Forest F.C.

Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...

|-
| style="background:#f00;"|Biggest loss || 0–5 vs Blackpool

Blackpool F.C.

Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...

|| 0–5 vs Blackpool

Blackpool F.C.

|| 1–3 vs Southampton

Southampton F.C.

Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club...

|-
|Clean sheets || 4 || 1 || 3
|-
|Goals scored

|| 38 || 16|| 22
|-
|Goals conceded

|| 34|| 19|| 15
|-
|Goal difference || +5 || -2 || +7
|-
|Average per game || || ||
|-
|Average per game || || ||
|-
|Winning rate || % || % || %
|-
|Yellow cards || 35|| 19 || 16
|-
|Red cards || 5 || 4 || 1
|-
|Most appearances ||

McCormack

Ross McCormack

Ross McCormack is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for English football club Leeds United and the Scotland national team. His main position is as a Striker but he can also play as a Winger....

(22)||

Lees

Tom Lees

Thomas James "Tom" Lees is an English professional footballer, who plays as a defender for Leeds United. Lees has undertaken two season-long loan spells at Bury and Accrington Stanley...

(11)

McCormack

Ross McCormack

(11)||

Howson

Jonathan Howson

Jonathan Mark "Jonny" Howson is an English footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Football League Championship team Leeds United. A graduate of Leeds' prolific youth system, he serves as club captain....

(11)

McCormack

Ross McCormack

(11)
|-
|Most minutes played ||

Howson

Jonathan Howson

(1945) ||

McCormack

Ross McCormack

(917) ||

Howson

Jonathan Howson

(1043)
|-
|Top scorer ||

McCormack

Ross McCormack

(11) ||

McCormack

Ross McCormack

(6) ||

McCormack

Ross McCormack

(5)
|-
|Top assister

Snodgrass

Robert Snodgrass

Robert Snodgrass is a Scottish footballer who plays for Leeds United as a winger comfortable playing on either side of the pitch. He can also play as a forward...

(10) ||

Snodgrass

Robert Snodgrass

Robert Snodgrass is a Scottish footballer who plays for Leeds United as a winger comfortable playing on either side of the pitch. He can also play as a forward...

(3)||

Snodgrass

Robert Snodgrass

Robert Snodgrass is a Scottish footballer who plays for Leeds United as a winger comfortable playing on either side of the pitch. He can also play as a forward...

(7)

Table

Results summary

Results by round

Pre-Season Friendlies

Championship

Carling Cup

External links

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