# 2011–12 Bristol City F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was the 114th season of professional association football played by Bristol City F.C., an association football club based in Bristol, England. They competed in the Championship, alongside the FA Cup, the Football League Cup and the Football League Trophy.

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 18 | Peterborough United | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 67 | 77 | −10 | 50 | |
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 14 | 8 | 24 | 48 | 63 | −15 | 50 | |
| 20 | Bristol City | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 44 | 68 | −24 | 49 | |
| 21 | Barnsley | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 49 | 74 | −25 | 48 | |
| 22 | Portsmouth (R) | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 50 | 59 | −9 | 40 | Relegation to League One |
* ↑ Portsmouth were deducted 10 points for entering administration.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Liam Fontaine |
| 5 | DF | WAL | Lewin Nyatanga |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Louis Carey (captain) |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Marvin Elliott |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Neil Kilkenny |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Jon Stead |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Martyn Woolford |
| 12 | FW | ENG | Ryan Taylor |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Cole Skuse |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Bobby Reid |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Yannick Bolasie |
| 18 | DF | WAL | James Wilson |
| 21 | DF | MLI | Kalifa Cissé |
| 22 | GK | ENG | Dean Gerken |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Joe Edwards (on loan to Yeovil Town) |
| 26 | DF | SCO | Richard Foster |
| 27 | MF | GHA | Albert Adomah |
| 29 | DF | ENG | Aaron Amadi-Holloway |
| 31 | MF | ENG | Joe Bryan |
| 32 | GK | ENG | Lewis Carey |
| 34 | FW | Jersey | Brett Pitman |
| 35 | DF | JAM | Damion Stewart (on loan at Notts County) |
| 37 | MF | SCO | Stephen Pearson |

### Statistics

    As of 29 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 | ENG | David James | 37 | 0 | 35+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Jamie McAllister | 13 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Liam Fontaine | 25 | 0 | 25+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | WAL | Lewin Nyatanga | 31 | 0 | 28+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Louis Carey | 20 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Marvin Elliott | 27 | 2 | 27+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Neil Kilkenny | 41 | 1 | 31+8 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Jon Stead | 25 | 6 | 16+8 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Hogan Ephraim | 5 | 1 | 3+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Martyn Woolford | 27 | 1 | 11+14 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | ENG | Ryan Taylor | 8 | 1 | 0+7 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Cole Skuse | 38 | 2 | 36+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Bobby Reid | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | SCO | David Clarkson | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | COD | Yannick Bolasie | 23 | 1 | 7+15 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | WAL | James Wilson | 22 | 0 | 14+6 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | WAL | Christian Ribeiro | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | JAM | Jamal Campbell-Ryce | 18 | 0 | 12+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | MLI | Kalifa Cissé | 31 | 2 | 25+6 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ENG | Dean Gerken | 11 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Joe Edwards | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ENG | Marlon Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Danny Ball | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SCO | Richard Foster | 19 | 0 | 19+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Albert Adomah | 46 | 5 | 38+6 | 5 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ENG | Joe Bryan | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | ENG | Lewis Carey | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | ENG | Brett Pitman | 36 | 7 | 12+22 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | JAM | Damion Stewart | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | NIR | Ryan McGivern | 30 | 0 | 25+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | SCO | Stephen Pearson | 28 | 3 | 27+0 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | ISR | Dekel Keinan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | NZL | Chris Wood | 18 | 3 | 12+6 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players featured for club who have left: ||||||||||||
| | DF | CMR | André Amougou | 7 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Sean Davis | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Lee Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Nicky Hunt | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Nicky Maynard | 28 | 8 | 26+1 | 8 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Stephen McManus | 5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Jordan Spence | 11 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | David James | 39 | 37 | 38+0 | 36+0 | 1+0 | 1+0 |

#### Goalscoring record

| No. | Po. | Name | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 10 | FW | Nicky Maynard | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 34 | FW | Brett Pitman | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | FW | Jon Stead | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 27 | FW | Albert Adomah | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 37 | MF | Stephen Pearson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 39 | FW | Chris Wood | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | MF | Cole Skuse | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 21 | MF | Kalifa Cissé | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | Marvin Elliott | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | Hogan Ephraim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | Yannick Bolasie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Neil Kilkenny | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | Ryan Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Martyn Woolford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 42 | 0 | 0 | 42 |

#### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Name | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| 37 | MF | Stephen Pearson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 34 | FW | Brett Pitman | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Louis Carey | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 36 | DF | Ryan McGivern | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | James Wilson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Liam Fontaine | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | Yannick Bolasie | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Jon Stead | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Cole Skuse | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Albert Adomah | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Kalifa Cissé | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Richard Foster | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Neil Kilkenny | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Jamie McAllister | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Nicky Maynard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | André Amougou | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Sean Davis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Stephen McManus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Jordan Spence | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Martyn Woolford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Jamal Campbell-Ryce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Joe Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Marvin Elliott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Liam Fontaine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | Dean Gerken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | David James | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Lewin Nyatanga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Stephen Pearson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | Damion Stewart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 74 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 7 |

#### Suspensions served

| Date | Matches Missed | Player | Reason | Opponents Missed |
| 7 January | 1 | Stephen Pearson | Sent Off vs. Crawley Town | Brighton & Hove Albion (A) |
| 28 January | 3 | Louis Carey | Sent Off vs. Reading | Leeds United (H), Hull City (A), Crystal Palace (H) |
| 4 February | 1 | Yannick Bolasie | Sent Off vs. Leeds United | Hull City (A) |
| 4 February | 3 | James Wilson | Sent Off vs. Leeds United | Hull City (A), Crystal Palace (H) |
| 20 March | 3 | Liam Fontaine | Sent Off vs. Watford | Middlesbrough (A), Derby (H), Nottm Forest (A) |
| 24 March | 1 | Ryan McGivern | Sent Off vs. Middlesbrough | Derby (H) |
| 9 April | 3 | Brett Pitman | Sent Off vs. Coventry | Birmingham | West Ham | Barnsley (H) |

### International call-ups

| No. | P | Name | Country | Level | Caps | Goals | Notes |
| 27 | MF | Albert Adomah | Ghana | Senior | 0 | 0 | Called to play Nigeria (9 August) (Game postponed due to London Riots) |
| 8 | MF | Neil Kilkenny | Australia | Senior | 1 | 0 | Called to play Wales (10 August) |
| 21 | MF | Kalifa Cissé | Mali | Senior | 0 | 0 | Called to play Tunisia (10 August) |
| 5 | DF | Lewin Nyatanga | Wales | Senior | 0 | 0 | On standby to play Montenegro (2 September) |
| 8 | MF | Neil Kilkenny | Australia | Senior | 0 | 0 | Called to play Thailand (2 September) |
| 27 | MF | Albert Adomah | Ghana | Senior | 0 | 0 | Called to play Swaziland (2 September) |
| 5 | DF | Lewin Nyatanga | Wales | Senior | 0 | 0 | On standby to play England (6 September) |
| 8 | MF | Neil Kilkenny | Australia | Senior | 0 | 0 | Called to play Saudi Arabia (6 September) |
| 27 | MF | Albert Adomah | Ghana | Senior | 0 | 0 | Called to play Brazil (5 September) |

## Results
### FA Cup

Bristol City's FA Cup third round tie was drawn away to Crawley Town as Ball Number 5 (City) and Ball Number 51 (Crawley) respectively, the tie was played on 7 January 2012, with a kick-off time at 15:00. City lost by a single goal to Crawley from a Matt Tubbs goal.

### League Cup

Bristol City's League Cup round 1 tie against Swindon, drawn to be played on 9 August 2011, was postponed on police advice. This was due to fears of safety issues following rioting in London. The game was set to a new date 24 August 2011. City lost by a single goal to Swindon from a De Vita goal.

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 17 | MF | Bolasie | 22 | EU | Plymouth Argyle | Transfer | Summer | 2013 | £50,000$^1$ | BBC Sport |
| 12 | FW | Taylor | 23 | EU | Rotherham United | Free Transfer | Summer | 2014 | Tribunal | BBC Sport |
| 8 | MF | Kilkenny | 25 | EU | Leeds United | Free Transfer | Summer | 2014 | Free | BCFC Official Site |
| 37 | MF | Pearson | 29 | EU | Derby County | Transfer | Winter | 2012 | Free | BBC Sport |
| 26 | DF | Foster | 26 | EU | Aberdeen | Transfer | Winter | 2014 | £250,000$^2$ | BBC Sport |

#### Notes

    $^1$Although officially undisclosed Bristol Evening Post believed the deal to be around £50,000.
$^2$Although officially undisclosed Soccerbase listed the deal as be worth £250,000.

### Loans in

| No. | P | Name | Age | Loan club | Started | Ended | Start source | End source |
| 2 | DF | Spence | 21 | West Ham United | 3 August | 24 April | BBC Sport | Official Site |
| 36 | DF | McGivern | 34 | Manchester City | 31 August | 30 May | BBC Sport | |
| 37 | MF | Pearson | 29 | Derby County | 4 November | 6 January | DCFC Official Site | BBC Sport |
| 39 | FW | Wood | 33 | West Bromwich Albion | 12 January | 30 May | BBC Sport | |
| 28 | DF | McManus | 29 | Middlesbrough | 14 February | 28 March | BBC Sport | Sky Sports |
| 10 | MF | Davis | 32 | Bolton Wanderers | 24 February | 24 March | Sky Sports | |
| 33 | DF | Amougou | 27 | Burnley | 22 March | 24 April | BBC Sport | Official Site |
| 10 | MF | Ephraim | 24 | Queens Park Rangers | 22 March | 30 May | BBC Sport | |
| 38 | DF | Keinan | 27 | Cardiff City | 22 March | 30 May | BBC Sport | |

### Out

| N | P | Name | Age | Type | Moving to | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Apps | Goals | Source |
| 17 | MF | Sproule | 30 | Free Transfer | Hibernian | Summer | Free | 130 | 7 | BBC Sport |
| 16 | FW | Akinde | 21 | Transfer | Crawley Town | Summer | Undisclosed | 21 | 1 | Crawley Town Official Site |
| 13 | GK | Henderson | 23 | Free Transfer | Portsmouth | Summer | Free | 2 | 0 | Sky Sports |
| | MF | Keohane | 20 | Free Transfer | Exeter City | Summer | Free | 0 | 0 | BBC Sport |
| 16 | MF | Lennox | unknown | Released | | Winter | Free | 0 | 0 | BCFC Official Site |
| 10 | FW | Maynard | 25 | Transfer | West Ham United | Winter | Undisclosed | 124 | 45 | BCFC Official Site |
| 28 | DF | Hunt | 28 | Free Transfer | Preston North End | Winter | Free | 8 | 0 | BBC Sport |

### Loans out

| No. | P | Name | Age | Loan club | Started | Ended | Start source | End source |
| 33 | MF | Johnson | 30 | Chesterfield | 26 August | 3 January | BBC Sport | BCFC Official Site |
| 24 | FW | Jackson | 20 | Northampton Town | 13 September | 19 November | BBC Sport | BCFC Official Site |
| 16 | FW | Clarkson | 26 | Brentford | 15 September | 15 October | BBC Sport | |
| 23 | DF | Edwards | 21 | Stockport County | 28 September | 3 January | BBC Sport | BCFC Official Site |
| 19 | DF | Ribeiro | 22 | Carlisle United | 2 November | 3 January | BBC Sport | BCFC Official Site |
| 24 | FW | Jackson | 21 | Cheltenham Town | 24 November | 3 January | BBC Sport | BCFC Official Site |
| 26 | MF | Reid | 18 | Cheltenham Town | 24 November | 3 January | BBC Sport | BCFC Official Site |
| 24 | FW | Jackson | 34 | Telford United | 5 January | | BCFC Official Site | |
| 35 | DF | Stewart | 44 | Notts County | 5 January | | BCFC Official Site | |
| 19 | DF | Ribeiro | 22 | Scunthorpe United | 11 January | 22 March | BBC Sport | Sky Sports |
| 23 | DF | Edwards | 34 | Yeovil Town | 12 January | | BBC Sport | |
| 3 | DF | McAllister | 33 | Preston North End | 20 January | 22 February | BBC Sport | Sky Sports |
| 20 | MF | Campbell-Ryce | 29 | Leyton Orient | 8 March | 31 May | BBC Sport | |

## Overall summary
### Summary

| Games played | 48 (46 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup) |
| Games won | 12 (12 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup) |
| Games drawn | 13 (13 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup) |
| Games lost | 23 (21 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup) |
| Goals scored | 44 (44 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup) |
| Goals conceded | 70 (68 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup) |
| Goal difference | −26 |
| Clean sheets | 8 (8 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup) |
| Yellow cards | 76 (74 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup) |
| Red cards | 7 (6 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 0 League Cup) |
| Worst discipline | Stephen Pearson (5 , 1 ) |
| Best result | 3–1 vs. Burnley, 5 November 2011 |
| Worst result | 0–5 vs. Blackpool, 1 October 2011 |
| Most appearances | Albert Adomah (46 appearances) |
| Top scorer | Jon Stead (9 goals) |
| Points | 49 |

### Competition summary

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Football League Championship | — | 19th | | 9 August 2011 | 28/29 April 2012 |
| Football League Cup | 1st Round | — | 1st Round | 24 August 2011 | 24 August 2011 |
| FA Cup | 3rd round | — | 3rd round | 7 January 2012 | 7 January 2012 |
Updated to match played 12 October 2011 Source: Competitions