# 2011–12 Rotherham United F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Rotherham United's 87th season in their existence and the fourth consecutive season in League Two. Along with competing in League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, the League Cup and the Football League Trophy.

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Gillingham | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 79 | 62 | +17 | 70 |
| 9 | Oxford United | 46 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 59 | 48 | +11 | 68 |
| 10 | Rotherham United | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 67 | 63 | +4 | 67 |
| 11 | Aldershot Town | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 54 | 52 | +2 | 66 |
| 12 | Port Vale | 46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 68 | 60 | +8 | 59 |
* ↑ On 9 March Port Vale were deducted ten points for entering administration.

## 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 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Dale Tonge | 36 | 0 | 28+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Tom Newey | 24 | 0 | 15+5 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Danny Harrison | 45 | 2 | 35+6 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Ryan Cresswell | 17 | 4 | 13+3 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Luke Foster | 6 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Gareth Evans | 34 | 7 | 29+3 | 7 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Jason Taylor | 42 | 2 | 38+1 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Alex Revell | 43 | 11 | 40+0 | 10 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Danny Schofield | 41 | 1 | 35+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Marcus Marshall | 17 | 1 | 8+7 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | WAL | Mark Bradley | 22 | 1 | 18+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ENG | Paul Warne | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Johnny Mullins | 37 | 2 | 34+1 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Ben Pringle | 23 | 4 | 14+7 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Andy Warrington | 9 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | WAL | Troy Brown | 6 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Lewis Grabban | 47 | 20 | 39+4 | 17 | 2+0 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Michael Raynes | 36 | 0 | 31+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ENG | Alec Denton | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players played for Rotherham this season who have now left the club: ||||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | ENG | Adam Le Fondre | 5 | 4 | 4+0 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Chris Holroyd | 19 | 0 | 5+10 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players played for Rotherham this season on loan who returned to their parent club: ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | EIR | Conrad Logan | 21 | 0 | 19+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | WAL | Rhys Taylor | 20 | 0 | 20+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Brett Williams | 13 | 2 | 4+7 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Shaun Harrad | 8 | 3 | 6+2 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Sam Hoskins | 8 | 2 | 2+6 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ENG | Guy Branston | 4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Jon Harley | 12 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Scott Griffiths | 8 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Sam Wood | 27 | 1 | 24+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Richard Naylor | 5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Kieron Cadogan | 13 | 1 | 7+6 | 1 | 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 | 23 | Lewis Grabban | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 2 | FW | 9 | Alex Revell | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | MF | 7 | Gareth Evans | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | FW | 10 | Adam Le Fondre | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| = | MF | 18 | Ben Pringle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| = | DF | 5 | Ryan Cresswell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | FW | 10 | Shaun Harrad | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | 17 | Johnny Mullins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | FW | 9 | Brett Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | MF | 4 | Danny Harrison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | MF | 8 | Jason Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | FW | 10 | Sam Hoskins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | 22 | Troy Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 11 | Danny Schofield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 12 | Marcus Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 26 | Sam Wood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 15 | Mark Bradley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 28 | Kieron Cadogan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 67 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 71 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | FL Trophy | Total | Total |
| 11 | MF | Danny Schofield | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Ryan Cresswell | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | Ryan Cresswell | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | Marcus Marshall | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | Danny Harrison | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Lewis Grabban | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Tom Newey | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Dale Tonge | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | Guy Branston | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Johnny Mullins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Alex Revell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Mark Bradley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Jason Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | Andy Warrington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Conrad Logan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Luke Foster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Gareth Evans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Richard Naylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Ben Pringle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Sam Wood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Sam Hoskins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |

## Managerial change

| Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Andy Scott | Sacked | 19 March 2012 | 11th | Steve Evans | 9 April 2012 |
Following Rotherham's defeat to Oxford United on 17 March 2012, the club found themselves eight points from the play-off places in League Two. This prompted chairman Tony Stewart to sack Andy Scott two days later. Steve Evans was appointed as the new manager on a 3-year deal on 9 April.

## Transfers

Players transferred in :
| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee | Ref. |
| 3 June 2011 | FW | Gareth Evans | Bradford City | Free | |
| 3 June 2011 | MF | Ben Pringle | Derby County | Free | |
| 1 July 2011 | DF | Troy Brown | Ipswich Town | Free | |
| 4 July 2011 | FW | Lewis Grabban | Brentford | Free | |
| 5 August 2011 | DF | Michael Raynes | Scunthorpe United | Undisclosed | |
| 31 August 2011 | FW | Alex Revell | Leyton Orient | Undisclosed | |
| 13 January 2012 | DF | Richard Naylor | Doncaster Rovers | Free | |
| Players loaned in ||||||
| Date from | Pos. | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 12 July 2011 | GK | Conrad Logan | Leicester City | January 2012 | |
| 28 August 2011 | FW | Brett Williams | Reading | January 2012 | |
| 14 October 2011 | DF | Guy Branston | Bradford City | 14 January 2012 | |
| 14 October 2011 | DF | Jon Harley | Notts County | 14 January 2012 | |
| 24 November 2011 | MF | Sam Wood | Brentford | 3 May 2012 | |
| 2 January 2012 | GK | Rhys Taylor | Chelsea | End of season | |
| 10 January 2012 | DF | Scott Griffiths | Peterborough United | End of season | |
| 26 January 2012 | MF | Kieron Cadogan | Crystal Palace | 3 May 2012 | |
| 8 February 2012 | FW | Shaun Harrad | Bury | 8 March 2012 | |
| 15 March 2012 | FW | Sam Hoskins | Southampton | End of season | |
| Players loaned out ||||||
| Date from | Pos. | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 24 November 2011 | MF | Ollie Banks | Buxton | 9 January 2012 | |
| 6 January 2012 | DF | Troy Brown | Aldershot Town | End of Season | |
| 13 January 2012 | MF | Ollie Banks | Stalybridge Celtic | End of season | |
| 27 January 2012 | MF | Marcus Marshall | Macclesfield Town | 30 April 2012 | |
| 24 February 2012 | GK | Jamie Annerson | Bradford City | End of season | |
| Players transferred out ||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 20 June 2011 | FW | Ryan Taylor | Bristol City | Tribunal | |
| 27 August 2011 | FW | Adam Le Fondre | Reading | £500,000 | |
| 20 January 2012 | FW | Chris Holroyd | Preston North End | Undisclosed | |
| Players released ||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | Subsequent club | Join date | Ref. |
| 1 June 2011 | MF | Kevin Ellison | Morecambe | 1 July 2011 | |
| 22 June 2011 | FW | Ian Thomas-Moore | Retired | Retired | |
| 1 July 2011 | MF | Nicky Law | Motherwell | 1 July 2011 (Bosman) | |
| 1 July 2011 | DF | Nick Fenton | Morecambe | 1 August 2011 | |
| 1 July 2011 | MF | Grant Darley | Stalybridge Celtic | 11 August 2011 | |
| 1 July 2011 | MF | Stephen Brogan | Alfreton Town | 11 August 2011 | |
| 1 July 2011 | DF | Jamie Green | Grimsby Town | 1 September 2011 | |
| 1 July 2011 | DF | Luke Ashworth | Harrogate Town | 9 September 2011 | |
| 2 August 2011 | FW | Tom Pope | Port Vale | Free | |

## Awards

| End of Season Awards | Winner |
| Player of the Season | Jonny Mullins |
| Community Player of the Season | Andy Warrington |
| Goal of the Season | Lewis Grabban vs Shrewsbury Town |