# 2011–12 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was West Bromwich Albion's second consecutive season in the Premier League, their sixth in total. During the season, they competed in the League Cup and the FA Cup. Albion finished the season in 10th place after their last league game was a 2–3 loss against Arsenal.
The club introduced the "Baggies Brick Road" outside the East Stand of their home ground, The Hawthorns. Supporters were given the opportunity to purchase personalised bricks to add to the walkway. The first bricks were laid by broadcaster Adrian Chiles and comedian Frank Skinner, both of whom are Albion fans.

## Players
### First-team 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 |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Ben Foster (on loan from Birmingham City) |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Jonas Olsson (vice-captain) |
| 5 | MF | CMR | Somen Tchoyi |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Liam Ridgewell |
| 7 | MF | SCO | James Morrison |
| 8 | MF | IRL | Keith Andrews |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Shane Long |
| 11 | MF | NIR | Chris Brunt (club captain) |
| 12 | DF | IRL | Steven Reid |
| 13 | GK | HUN | Márton Fülöp |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Jerome Thomas |
| 17 | MF | SCO | Graham Dorrans |
| 19 | GK | ENG | Luke Daniels |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Nicky Shorey |
| 21 | MF | COD | Youssouf Mulumbu |
| 22 | MF | HUN | Zoltán Gera |
| 23 | DF | NIR | Gareth McAuley |
| 24 | FW | NGA | Peter Odemwingie |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Craig Dawson |
| 26 | DF | ENG | James Hurst |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Billy Jones |
| 29 | MF | ENG | George Thorne |
| 30 | DF | ROU | Gabriel Tamaș |
| 31 | FW | IRL | Simon Cox |
| 32 | FW | GUF | Marc-Antoine Fortuné |
| 33 | MF | AUT | Paul Scharner |

### Reserves and academy

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 |
| 36 | MF | ENG | Adil Nabi |
| 37 | FW | WAL | Kayleden Brown |
| 38 | FW | ENG | Saido Berahino |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 39 | FW | ENG | Kemar Roofe |
| 42 | DF | ENG | Cameron Gayle |
| 43 | MF | ENG | Jamie Edge |

### Out on loan

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 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Joe Mattock (at Brighton & Hove Albion) |
| 15 | FW | NZL | Chris Wood (at Bristol City) |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Scott Allan (at Portsmouth) |
| 18 | DF | CHI | Gonzalo Jara (at Brighton & Hove Albion) |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Sam Mantom (at Walsall) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 34 | DF | ENG | Paul Downing (at Barnet) |
| 35 | MF | SKN | Romaine Sawyers (at Shrewsbury Town) |
| 40 | DF | ENG | Liam O'Neil (at VPS) |
| 41 | FW | ENG | Lateef Elford-Alliyu (at Bury) |
| — | GK | WAL | Boaz Myhill (at Birmingham City) |

## Results and fixtures
### Pre-season

West Brom played no early home pre-season friendlies this season, because of development and leveling of the pitch at The Hawthorns.

### Premier League

| 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | W | L | D | D | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | D | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | L |
| Position | 17 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |

### FA Cup
## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Liverpool | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 9 | Fulham | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 52 | |
| 10 | West Bromwich Albion | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 47 | |
| 11 | Swansea City | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 47 | |
| 12 | Norwich City | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 52 | 66 | −14 | 47 | |
* ↑ Liverpool won the League Cup and thus qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round.

## Players statistics

    As of 31 May 2012
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Ben Foster | 39 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Joe Mattock | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Jonas Olsson | 34 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SVK | Marek Cech | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | CMR | Somen Tchoyi | 21 | 1 | 6+12 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Liam Ridgewell | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | James Morrison | 33 | 5 | 23+7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | IRL | Keith Andrews | 14 | 2 | 8+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Shane Long | 34 | 8 | 24+8 | 8 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | NIR | Chris Brunt | 28 | 3 | 23+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | IRL | Steven Reid | 22 | 1 | 21+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | HUN | Márton Fülöp | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Jerome Thomas | 31 | 2 | 26+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | SCO | Graham Dorrans | 35 | 3 | 16+15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | CHI | Gonzalo Jara | 7 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Nicky Shorey | 26 | 0 | 22+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | COD | Youssuf Mulumbu | 36 | 1 | 34+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | HUN | Zoltán Gera | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | NIR | Gareth McAuley | 36 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | NGA | Peter Odemwingie | 32 | 11 | 25+5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Craig Dawson | 12 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Sam Mantom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Billy Jones | 21 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ENG | George Thorne | 6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ROU | Gabriel Tamaș | 10 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | IRL | Simon Cox | 22 | 4 | 7+11 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 32 | FW | FRA | Marc-Antoine Fortuné | 20 | 5 | 12+5 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 33 | MF | AUT | Paul Scharner | 30 | 3 | 18+11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 43 | FW | CZE | Roman Bednář | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Captains

| No. | P | Name | Country | No. games | Notes |
| 11 | MF | Chris Brunt | | 10 | Club captain |
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.

### Top scorers

    Last updated on 20 May 2012 (Not fully Checked)
| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premiership | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 24 | Peter Odemwingie | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | FW | | 9 | Shane Long | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | FW | | 32 | Marc-Antoine Fortuné | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | | 7 | James Morrison | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| = | FW | | 31 | Simon Cox | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | | 33 | Paul Scharner | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | | 3 | Jonas Olsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | MF | | 8 | Keith Andrews | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | MF | | 11 | Chris Brunt | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| = | MF | | 14 | Jerome Thomas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| = | DF | | 23 | Gareth McAuley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | | 5 | Somen Tchoyi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | | 6 | Liam Ridgewell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | | 12 | Steven Reid | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| = | MF | | 17 | Graham Dorrans | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | MF | | 21 | Youssuf Mulumbu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | / | / | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 44 | 5 | 7 | 56 |

## Transfers

In
Date
Player
From
Fee
23 May 2011
Gareth McAuley
Ipswich Town
Free
3 June 2011
Billy Jones
Preston North End
Free
29 July 2011
Ben Foster
Birmingham City
Season-long loan
2 August 2011
Zoltán Gera
Fulham
Free
6 August 2011
Jamie Edge
Arsenal
Free
7 August 2011
Márton Fülöp
Ipswich Town
Free
9 August 2011
Shane Long
Reading
£7,500,000
9 January 2012
Scott Allan
Dundee United
Undisclosed
31 January 2012
Liam Ridgewell
Birmingham City
£2,500,000
31 January 2012
Keith Andrews
Blackburn Rovers
Free
Out
Date
Player
To
Fee
25 May 2011
Giles Barnes
Free Agency
Released
25 May 2011
Marcus Haber
Free Agency
Releasedc
25 May 2011
Abdoulaye Méïté
Free Agency
Released
25 May 2011
Gianni Zuiverloon
Free Agency
Released
1 July 2011
Scott Carson
Bursaspor
£1,500,000
Dean Kiely
Retired
1 July 2011
Borja Valero
Villarreal
Undisclosed
29 July 2011
Boaz Myhill
Birmingham City
Loan
5 August 2011
Chris Wood
Birmingham City
Loan
15 August 2011
Ishmael Miller
Nottingham Forest
£1,200,000
James Hurst
Blackpool
Loan
Marek Čech
Trabzonspor
Undisclosed
Pablo Ibáñez
Birmingham City
Undisclosed
Saido Berahino
Northampton Town
Loan
Gonzalo Jara
Brighton & Hove Albion
Loan
Luke Daniels
Southend United
Loan
Paul Downing
Barnet
Loan
James Hurst
Shrewsbury Town
Loan
Joe Mattock
Portsmouth
Loan
George Thorne
Portsmouth
Loan
Marc-Antoine Fortuné
Doncaster Rovers
Loan
James Hurst
Chesterfield
Loan
Chris Wood
Bristol City
Loan
Roman Bednář
Blackpool
Free
Gonzalo Jara
Brighton & Hove Albion
Loan
Joe Mattock
Brighton & Hove Albion
Loan :
* ↑ Signed for Doncaster Rovers on August 4, 2011
* ↑ Signed for St Johnstone on July 22, 2011
* ↑ Signed for Dijon on June 30, 2011
* ↑ Signed for RCD Mallorca on July 10, 2011