# 2011–12 Hull City A.F.C. season

The 2011–12 season is Hull City's second consecutive season back in the Championship after relegation from the Premier League in the 2009–10 season. They also competed in the League Cup and the FA Cup.

## Events

On 15 November 2011 manager Nigel Pearson left the club to take up an appointment at former club Leicester City, taking with him backroom staff Craig Shakespeare and Steve Walsh. Hull City appointed Nick Barmby as caretaker manager. On 18 November it was announced that Steve Wigley would be rejoining the club's backroom staff as first-team coach. On 6 January 2012 Barmby announced that he would be retiring as a player. On 10 January 2012 he was appointed as permanent manager of the club.
On 31 March 2012, during a match against Coventry City, captain Jack Hobbs suffered a rupture to his anterior cruciate ligament, an injury which at the time was set to keep him out of action for up to eight months. As a result of this Andy Dawson took over the role of captain for the remainder of the season.
On 1 May 2012, in a statement by club owners Assem and Ehab Allam, it was confirmed that a consultancy agreement with Adam Pearson had been terminated. A week later, Barmby was sacked as manager after publicly criticising the club's owners in an interview given to a local newspaper. The termination of his contract was ratified after an appeal on 24 May 2012.
At a press conference on 8 June 2012 it was announced that Steve Bruce had been appointed as the new manager on a three-year contract. Subsequently, first team coaches Steve Wigley and Stuart Watkiss left the club.

## Players

    As of 11 April 2012

### Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Adriano Basso |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Liam Rosenior |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Andy Dawson |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Paul McKenna |
| 5 | DF | WAL | James Chester |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Jack Hobbs (captain) |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Cameron Stewart |
| 8 | MF | NIR | Corry Evans |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Aaron McLean |
| 10 | MF | SVN | Robert Koren |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Jay Simpson |
| 12 | FW | ENG | Matty Fryatt |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Mark Oxley |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Tom Cairney |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | ENG | James Harper |
| 19 | DF | NIR | Joe Dudgeon |
| 20 | MF | IRL | Jamie Devitt |
| 21 | MF | IRL | Kevin Kilbane |
| 25 | DF | NIR | Danny East |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Sonny Bradley |
| 29 | MF | AUS | Richard Garcia |
| 30 | MF | NGA | Seyi Olofinjana |
| 31 | MF | ENG | Danny Emerton |
| 33 | GK | ENG | Joe Cracknell |
| 34 | DF | SCO | Liam Cooper |
| 35 | FW | ENG | Mark Cullen |
| – | MF | IRL | Gavan Holohan |
| — | MF | ENG | Matty Mainwaring |

### 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 |
| 15 | DF | IRL | Paul McShane (at Crystal Palace until the end of the 2011–12 season) |
| 22 | FW | NGA | Dele Adebola (at Notts County until the end of the 2011–12 season) |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Will Atkinson (at Bradford City until the end of the 2011–12 season) |
| – | MF | ALG | Kamel Ghilas (at Stade de Reims until the end of the 2011–12 Ligue 2) |
| — | DF | ENG | Conor Townsend (at Grimsby Town until the end of the 2011–12 season) |

## Results
### Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 6 | Cardiff City | 46 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 66 | 53 | +13 | 75 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 52 | 51 | +1 | 70 | |
| 8 | Hull City | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 68 | |
| 9 | Leicester City | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 66 | 55 | +11 | 66 | |
| 10 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 66 | |

#### Result round by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | W | D | D | D | D | D | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | L |
| Position | 21 | 13 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

## League Cup

Hull City received a home match against League Two side Macclesfield Town in the first round of the League Cup drawn on 16 June 2011. The match took place on 9 August 2011 at the KC Stadium.

## FA Cup

Hull City enter the competition at the third round proper stage with matches taking place in early January 2012. The draw for the round took place on 4 December 2011 and Hull were given a home tie against Ipswich Town. The match took place on 7 January 2012 at the KC Stadium and Hull won 3–1. The draw for the fourth round took place the following day and Hull were drawn at home against League Two newcomers Crawley Town. The match took place on 28 January 2012 at the KC Stadium and Hull lost out to a 57-minute goal by Matt Tubbs.

## Statistics
### Captains

| No. | P | Name | Country | No. games | Notes |
| 6 | DF | Jack Hobbs | | 43 | |
| 3 | DF | Andy Dawson | | 6 | |
Last updated: 28 April 2012 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.

### Appearances

    As of 28 April 2012
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Adriano Basso | 14 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Liam Rosenior | 44 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Andy Dawson | 33 | 0 | 31+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Paul McKenna | 43 | 0 | 37+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | James Chester | 45 | 2 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Jack Hobbs | 43 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Cameron Stewart | 32 | 2 | 26+5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NIR | Corry Evans | 45 | 2 | 38+5 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Aaron McLean | 41 | 6 | 28+11 | 5 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SVN | Robert Koren | 41 | 10 | 41 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Jay Simpson | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | ENG | Matty Fryatt | 48 | 16 | 39+7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Mark Oxley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Tom Cairney | 29 | 1 | 18+9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | IRL | Robbie Brady | 41 | 3 | 24+15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | NIR | Joe Dudgeon | 26 | 0 | 17+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | IRL | Jamie Devitt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | NGA | Dele Adebola | 10 | 0 | 2+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | HUN | Péter Gulácsi | 15 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Danny East | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Sonny Bradley | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | AUT | Martin Pusic | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | NOR | Joshua King | 19 | 1 | 8+10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ENG | Martyn Waghorn | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | ITA | Vito Mannone | 23 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | AUS | Richard Garcia | 12 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | NGA | Seyi Olofinjana | 5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ENG | Danny Emerton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | ENG | Joe Cracknell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | SCO | Liam Cooper | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | ENG | Mark Cullen | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players featured for Hull this season who are currently out on loan: ||||||||||||
| 15 | DF | IRL | Paul McShane | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | James Harper | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players featured for Hull this season who have retired: ||||||||||||
| 18 | MF | ENG | Nick Barmby | 9 | 1 | 0+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
* Source:

### Disciplinary record

| Name | Number | Position | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| Robbie Brady | 17 | MF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Corry Evans | 8 | MF | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Paul McKenna | 4 | MF | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Liam Rosenior | 2 | DF | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| James Chester | 5 | DF | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Andy Dawson | 3 | DF | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Aaron McLean | 9 | FW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jack Hobbs | 6 | DF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tom Cairney | 14 | MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Liam Cooper | 34 | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Joe Dudgeon | 19 | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Matty Fryatt | 12 | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Richard Garcia | 29 | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Robert Koren | 10 | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Paul McShane | 15 | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dele Adebola | 22 | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Danny East | 25 | DF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Martin Pusic | 27 | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cameron Stewart | 7 | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 71 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 1 |

### Top scorers

| Name | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| Matty Fryatt | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Robert Koren | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Aaron McLean | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Robbie Brady | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| James Chester | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Corry Evans | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Cameron Stewart | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Nick Barmby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Cairney | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack Hobbs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Joshua King | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Martyn Waghorn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 43 | 3 | 0 | 46 |

## Transfers

This section only lists transfers and loans for the 2011–12 season, which began 1 July 2011. For transactions in May and June 2011, see transfers and loans for the 2010–11 season.

### Players in

| Date | Player | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2011 | Paul McKenna | Nottingham Forest | Free |
| 23 July 2011 | Adriano Basso | Unattached | Free |
| 9 August 2011 | Martin Pusic | SC Rheindorf Altach | |

### Players out

| Date | Player | To | Fee | Ref |
| 18 August 2011 | Jimmy Bullard | Contract terminated | | |
| 9 January 2012 | Martin Pusic | Released | | |

### Loans in

| Date From | Player | From | Date To |
| 19 July 2011 | Péter Gulácsi | Liverpool | 11 April 2012 |
| 19 July 2011 | Robbie Brady | Manchester United | 30 June 2012 |
| 31 August 2011 | Martyn Waghorn | Leicester City | 6 December 2011 |
| 4 January 2012 | Vito Mannone | Arsenal | 30 June 2012 |
| 13 January 2012 | Trevor Carson | Sunderland | 13 February 2012 |
| 16 January 2012 | Joshua King | Manchester United | 30 June 2012 |

### Loans out

| Date From | Player | To | Date To |
| 8 July 2011 | Liam Cooper | Huddersfield Town | 30 November 2011 |
| 20 July 2011 | Mark Cullen | Bury | 31 December 2011 |
| 2 August 2011 | Kevin Kilbane | Derby County | 29 November 2011 |
| 10 August 2011 | Kamel Ghilas | Stade de Reims | 18 May 2012 |
| 12 August 2011 | Will Atkinson | Plymouth Argyle | 12 January 2012 |
| 31 August 2011 | Jamie Devitt | Bradford City | January 2012 |
| 31 August 2011 | Jay Simpson | Millwall | January 2012 |
| 20 December 2011 | Conor Townsend | Grimsby Town | 30 June 2012 |
| 6 January 2012 | Sonny Bradley | Aldershot Town | 29 March 2012 |
| 13 January 2012 | Paul McShane | Crystal Palace | 30 June 2012 |
| 18 January 2012 | Matty Mainwaring | Stockport County | 19 February 2012 |
| 24 January 2012 | James Harper | Wycombe Wanderers | 24 February 2012 |
| 26 January 2012 | Will Atkinson | Bradford City | 30 June 2012 |
| 17 February 2012 | Jamie Devitt | Accrington Stanley | 17 March 2012 |
| 20 March 2012 | Dele Adebola | Notts County | 30 June 2012 |

## Kits

| Hull City's home kit for 2011–12. | Hull City's away kit for 2011–12. |
The new away kit was revealed on 16 July 2011 in Hull city centre.
For the 2011–12 season, the main kit sponsor is Cash Converters and it is manufactured by Adidas.

## Awards

The end of season awards were made on the pitch following the end of the final home game of the season against Nottingham Forest on 21 April 2012. Robert Koren was voted as the Player of the Season, closely followed by James Chester, with Jack Hobbs taking third place. James Chester took the prize for Players Player of the Year and the Goal of the Season was taken by Robert Koren for his goal against Leicester City on 3 December 2011.