# 2011–12 Macclesfield Town F.C. season

This page shows the progress of Macclesfield Town F.C. in the 2011–12 English football season. This year they play their games in League Two in the English league system, the fourth tier.

## League data
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 20 | Northampton Town | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 56 | 79 | −23 | 48 | |
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 47 | 64 | −17 | 46 | |
| 22 | Barnet | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 52 | 79 | −27 | 46 | |
| 23 | Hereford United (R) | 46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 50 | 70 | −20 | 44 | Relegation to the Conference Premier |
| 24 | Macclesfield Town (R) | 46 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 39 | 64 | −25 | 37 | Relegation to the Conference Premier |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Macclesfield Town F.C.

### Managerial change

| Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Gary Simpson | Sacked | 18 March 2012 | 21st | Brian Horton | 19 March 2012 |
Following Macclesfield's victory over Port Vale on 31 December 2011, the club then went 16 consecutive games without a victory and found themselves out of the relegation places in League Two only by way of goal difference. This prompted chairman Mike Rance to sack Gary Simpson on 18 March 2012. Brian Horton was installed as manager until the end of the season, in what is his second spell at the club, a day later.

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | FL Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | CPV | José Veiga | 42 | 0 | 35+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Jonathan Bateson | 28 | 0 | 17+4 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Carl Tremarco | 42 | 2 | 35+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Scott Kay | 18 | 0 | 10+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Nat Brown | 45 | 0 | 37+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | NIR | Paul Morgan | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Lewis Chalmers | 27 | 3 | 17+6 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Ross Draper | 32 | 4 | 27+1 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | George Donnelly | 32 | 7 | 28+0 | 6 | 4+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | COD | Vinny Mukendi | 20 | 1 | 4+12 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Colin Daniel | 41 | 3 | 30+6 | 2 | 5+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | GNB | Arnaud Mendy | 33 | 3 | 23+5 | 2 | 4+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | FRA | Tony Diagne | 48 | 4 | 40+1 | 3 | 4+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Shaun Brisley | 37 | 3 | 29+0 | 3 | 5+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Sam Wedgbury | 47 | 1 | 37+2 | 1 | 5+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Waide Fairhurst | 20 | 0 | 4+14 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Tom Fisher | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Matt Hamshaw | 46 | 3 | 30+8 | 2 | 4+1 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ENG | Steve Collis | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Ben Tomlinson | 27 | 6 | 15+10 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | WAL | Elliott Hewitt | 24 | 0 | 17+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Michael Thomas | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Adam Roberts | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Ben Mills | 12 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | EIR | Dwayne Mattis | 3 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ENG | George Whiteoak | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | ENG | Michael Bakare | 9 | 0 | 0+9 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who no longer play for Macclesfield but have made appearances this season: ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ENG | Emile Sinclair | 7 | 4 | 4+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | ENG | John Grant | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players on loan to Macclesfield who returned to their parent club: ||||||||||||||
| 15 | MF | ENG | Marcus Marshall | 14 | 1 | 13+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | ENG | Ben Futcher | 10 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | EIR | Mark Connolly | 7 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | ENG | Matt Smith | 8 | 1 | 6+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | ENG | Zac Aley | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | ENG | Richard O'Donnell | 11 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Scott Boden | 8 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ENG | Dan Gray | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | League Two | FA Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | George Donnelly | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | FW | 23 | Ben Tomlinson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | 9 | Emile Sinclair | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| = | MF | 8 | Ross Draper | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| = | DF | 14 | Tony Diagne | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | DF | 16 | Shaun Brisley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | MF | 7 | Lewis Chalmers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | MF | 20 | Matt Hamshaw | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | MF | 12 | Arnaud Mendy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | MF | 11 | Colin Daniel | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | DF | 3 | Carl Tremarco | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | 31 | Dwayne Mattis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 15 | Marcus Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 17 | Sam Wedgbury | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 10 | Vinny Mukendi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 38 | Matt Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 37 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 47 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | FL Trophy | Total | Total |
| 8 | MF | Ross Draper | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Carl Tremarco | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | George Donnelly | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Nat Brown | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Tony Diagne | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Arnaud Mendy | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Ben Tomlinson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Scott Kay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Sam Wedgbury | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Jonathan Bateson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Colin Daniel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Shaun Brisley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Elliott Hewitt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Michael Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Lewis Chalmers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | José Veiga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Marcus Marshall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Matt Hamshaw | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Ben Mills | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | Richard O'Donnell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | Ben Futcher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Adam Roberts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Vinny Mukendi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 64 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 4 |

## Transfers

Players transferred in :
| Date | Pos. | Name | Previous club | Fee | Ref. |
| 24 June 2011 | DF | Jonathan Bateson | Accrington Stanley | Free | |
| 25 June 2011 | MF | Scott Kay | Manchester City | Free | |
| 29 June 2011 | FW | Ben Tomlinson | Worksop Town | Undisclosed | |
| 11 July 2011 | MF | Arnaud Mendy | Derby County | Free (unattached) | |
| 12 July 2011 | FW | Tom Fisher | Stockport County | Free | |
| 19 July 2011 | FW | Waide Fairhurst | Doncaster Rovers | Undisclosed | |
| 5 August 2011 | FW | John Grant | Barrow | Free | |
| 22 September 2011 | GK | Steve Collis | Peterborough United | Free | |
| 1 January 2012 | FW | George Donnelly | Fleetwood Town | Undisclosed | |
| 10 January 2012 | FW | Ben Mills | Nantwich Town | Undisclosed | |
| 19 January 2012 | FW | Michael Bakare | Chelmsford | Free | |
| 21 January 2012 | MF | Dwayne Mattis | Chesterfield | Free | |
| Players transferred out ||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | Subsequent club | Fee | Ref. |
| 18 June 2011 | MF | Izak Reid | Morecambe | (Tribunal decision) | |
| 29 June 2011 | FW | Tyrone Barnett | Crawley Town | £150,000 | |
| 31 August 2011 | FW | Emile Sinclair | Peterborough United | Undisclosed | |
| Players loaned in ||||||
| Date from | Pos. | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 9 September 2011 | FW | George Donnelly | Fleetwood Town | 9 October 2011 | |
| 9 September 2011 | FW | Scott Boden | Chesterfield | 9 December 2011 | |
| 31 October 2011 | FW | George Donnelly | Fleetwood Town | 1 January 2012 | |
| 9 November 2011 | DF | Dan Gray | Chesterfield | 9 December 2011 | |
| 27 January 2012 | MF | Marcus Marshall | Rotherham United | 30 April 2012 | |
| 20 February 2012 | DF | Ben Futcher | Bury | End of season | |
| 24 February 2012 | DF | Mark Connolly | Bolton Wanderers | 24 March 2012 | |
| 24 February 2012 | GK | Richard O'Donnell | Sheffield Wednesday | 26 April 2012 | |
| 15 March 2012 | FW | Matt Smith | Oldham Athletic | End of season | |
| 15 March 2012 | MF | Matt Ball | Norwich City | 15 April 2012 | |
| 22 March 2012 | FW | Zac Aley | Blackburn Rovers | End of season | |
| Players loaned out ||||||
| Date from | Pos. | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 26 August 2011 | DF | Jack Lane | Newcastle Town | | |
| 24 September 2011 | FW | Vinny Mukendi | Southport | 26 October 2011 | |
| 4 November 2011 | FW | Tom Fisher | Hyde | 9 December 2011 | |
| 17 December 2011 | DF | Jack Lane | Woodley Sports | | |
| 19 January 2012 | FW | Vinny Mukendi | Southport | 19 March 2012 | |
| 20 January 2012 | FW | Tom Fisher | Droylsden | 20 February 2012 | |
| 9 February 2012 | DF | Shaun Brisley | Peterborough United | End of season | |
| 22 March 2012 | GK | Jack Cudworth | Barrow | End of season | |
| Players released ||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | Subsequent club | Join date | Ref. |
| 1 June 2011 | MF | Paul Bolland | Mansfield Town | 1 July 2011 (Bosman) | |
| 3 June 2011 | MF | Matthew Lowe | Nantwich Town | 1 July 2011 | |
| 23 June 2011 | MF | Hamza Bencherif | Notts County | 1 July 2011 (Bosman) | |
| 1 July 2011 | DF | Jason Beardsley | Mickleover Sports | 12 August 2011 | |
| 1 July 2011 | FW | Ricky Sappleton | Bishop's Stortford | ? | |
| 1 January 2012 | FW | John Grant | Unattached | Unattached | |

## Awards

| End of Season Awards | Winner |
| Player of the Year | José Veiga |
| Players' Player of the Year | Carl Tremarco |
| Jean Ridgeway Award | Carl Tremarco |
| Andy Mellor Award | Sam Wedgbury |
| Young Player of the Year | James Bolton |