# 2011–12 Exeter City F.C. season

During the 2012–13 season , Exeter City, competed in League One, the third tier of English football, in the 110th season in the club's history. The club finished 23rd in League One, and were subsequently relegated to League Two, English football's fourth tier. They also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy, being eliminated in the first round of the FA Cup, and the second round of the other two competitions. The season covered the period from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012.

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 20 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 48 | 75 | −27 | 50 | |
| 21 | Wycombe Wanderers (R) | 46 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 65 | 88 | −23 | 43 | Relegation to Football League Two |
| 22 | Chesterfield (R) | 46 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 56 | 81 | −25 | 42 | Relegation to Football League Two |
| 23 | Exeter City (R) | 46 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 46 | 75 | −29 | 42 | Relegation to Football League Two |
| 24 | Rochdale (R) | 46 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 47 | 81 | −34 | 38 | Relegation to Football League Two |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League One | League One | 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 | POL | Artur Krysiak | 42 | 0 | 38+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Steve Tully | 49 | 0 | 42+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Billy Jones | 21 | 1 | 16+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | James Dunne | 51 | 3 | 44+1 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Troy Archibald-Henville | 51 | 2 | 45+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | WAL | Richard Duffy | 34 | 0 | 22+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Liam Sercombe | 36 | 7 | 27+6 | 7 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | David Noble | 46 | 3 | 42+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | WAL | Daniel Nardiello | 40 | 11 | 28+8 | 9 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | ENG | Luke O'Brien | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Chris Shephard | 17 | 1 | 7+4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Danny Coles | 36 | 2 | 28+3 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | EIR | John O'Flynn | 26 | 2 | 8+16 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Richard Logan | 33 | 6 | 11+17 | 5 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ESP | Guillem Bauza | 30 | 3 | 12+15 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | EIR | Jimmy Keohane | 6 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Jonathan Fortune | 5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Elliott Frear | 12 | 1 | 5+5 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Scot Bennett | 15 | 3 | 13+2 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Aaron Dawson | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Tom Nichols | 12 | 1 | 2+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ENG | Callum McNish | 7 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | SCO | Alan Gow | 7 | 3 | 6+1 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | ENG | Lenny Pidgeley | 12 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| Players who left Exeter before the end of the season: ||||||||||||||
| 11 | MF | ENG | Scott Golbourne | 32 | 0 | 26+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | ENG | Rohan Ricketts | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who played on loan for Exeter and returned to their parent club: ||||||||||||||
| 35 | MF | WAL | Jake Taylor | 30 | 3 | 26+4 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | ENG | Jamie Cureton | 7 | 1 | 5+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Matt Oakley | 7 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | ENG | Nicholas Bignall | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ENG | Rowan Vine | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | ENG | Chris Hackett | 5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | ENG | Matt Whichelow | 3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | FIN | Lauri Dalla Valle | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Pat Baldwin | 9 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

| Position | Nation | Number | Name | League One | FA Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | Total |
| FW | | 10 | Daniel Nardiello | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| MF | | 7 | Liam Sercombe | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| FW | | 20 | Richard Logan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| MF | | 35 | Jake Taylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| MF | | 26 | Scot Bennett | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| FW | | 36 | Alan Gow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| FW | | 21 | Guillem Bauza | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| MF | | 4 | James Dunne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| MF | | 8 | David Noble | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| FW | | 19 | John O'Flynn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| DF | | 18 | Danny Coles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| DF | | 5 | Troy Archibald-Henville | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| FW | | 29 | Tom Nichols | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DF | | 3 | Billy Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| FW | | 12 | Jamie Cureton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MF | | 14 | Chris Shephard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MF | | 24 | Elliott Frear | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| / | / | / | Totals | 46 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 54 |

### Disciplinary record

| Position | Nation | Number | Name | League One | League One | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy | Total | Total |
| Position | Nation | Number | Name | Y | R | Y | R | Y | R | Y | R | Y | R |
| FW | | 10 | Daniel Nardiello | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| DF | | 5 | Troy Archibald-Henville | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| MF | | 8 | David Noble | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| MF | | 4 | James Dunne | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| DF | | 2 | Steve Tully | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| DF | | 18 | Danny Coles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| DF | | 6 | Richard Duffy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | | 3 | Billy Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | | 7 | Liam Sercombe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | | 21 | Guillem Bauza | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | | 20 | Richard Logan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | | 26 | Scot Bennett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| GK | | 40 | Lenny Pidgeley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | | 12 | Matt Oakley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | | 29 | Tom Nichols | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | | 35 | Jake Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | | 34 | Chris Hackett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | | 11 | Luke O'Brien | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | | 14 | Chris Shephard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | | 31 | Callum McNish | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | | 36 | Alan Gow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | | Totals | 50 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 56 | 4 |

## Transfers

Players transferred in :
| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee | Ref. |
| 15 May 2011 | FW | Guillem Bauza | Northampton Town | Free |
| 11 June 2011 | DF | Danny Coles | Bristol Rovers | Free |
| 16 June 2011 | GK | Lenny Pidgeley | Bradford City | Free | |
| 26 July 2011 | MF | Callum McNish | Southampton | Free | |
| 17 August 2011 | MF | Jimmy Keohane | Bristol City | Free | |
| 31 January 2012 | DF | Luke O'Brien | Bradford City | Undisclosed | |
| 9 March 2012 | DF | Jonathan Fortune | Charlton Athletic | Free | |
| 22 March 2012 | MF | Rohan Ricketts | Shamrock Rovers | Free | |
| 22 March 2012 | FW | Alan Gow | East Bengal | Free | |
| Players loaned in ||||||
| Date from | Pos. | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 2 August 2011 | FW | Nicholas Bignall | Reading | 2 September 2011 | |
| 27 August 2011 | FW | Rowan Vine | Queens Park Rangers | 27 September 2011 | |
| 15 September 2011 | MF | Matthew Whichelow | Watford | 15 October 2011 | |
| 21 September 2011 | MF | Jake Taylor | Reading | End of season | |
| 30 September 2011 | MF | Matt Oakley | Leicester City | 1 December 2011 | |
| 24 November 2011 | MF | Chris Hackett | Millwall | 31 December 2011 | |
| 1 March 2012 | FW | Jamie Cureton | Leyton Orient | End of season | |
| 16 March 2012 | DF | Pat Baldwin | Southend United | 5 May 2012 | |
| 19 March 2012 | FW | Lauri Dalla Valle | Fulham | 19 April 2012 | |
| Players loaned out ||||||
| Date from | Pos. | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 24 September 2011 | MF | Aaron Dawson | Tiverton Town | 24 December 2011 | |
| 31 January 2012 | MF | Chris Shephard | Bath City | 1 March 2012 | |
| Players transferred out ||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 30 January 2012 | MF | Scott Golbourne | Barnsley | Undisclosed | |
| Players released ||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | Subsequent Club | Join Date | Ref. |
| 3 June 2011 | DF | Joe Heath | Hereford United | 3 June 2011 | |
| 13 June 2011 | FW | Ben Watson | Eastbourne Borough | 13 June 2011 | |
| 14 June 2011 | FW | James Norwood | Forest Green Rovers | 14 June 2011 | |
| 24 June 2011 | GK | Paul Jones | Peterborough United | 24 June 2011 | |
| 28 June 2011 | FW | Jamie Cureton | Leyton Orient | 28 June 2011 (Bosman) | |
| 1 July 2011 | DF | Matt Taylor | Charlton Athletic | 1 July 2011 (Bosman) | |
| 1 July 2011 | MF | Jake Thomson | Kettering Town | 16 August 2011 | |
| 1 July 2011 | GK | Matt Armstrong-Ford | Horsham | ? | |
| 17 December 2011 | MF | Kallum Keane | Hucknall Town | 17 December 2011 | |
| 16 April 2012 | MF | Rohan Ricketts | Unattached | Unattached | |

## Awards

| End of Season Awards | Winner |
| Fans Player of the Year | Troy Archibald-Henville |
| Players' Player of the Year | James Dunne |
| East Devon Grecians' Player of the Year | Troy Archibald-Henville |
| ECDSA Most Improved Player | Scot Bennett |
| The Norwegian Grecians' award | James Dunne |
| Supporters' Trust Young Player of the Year | Jordan Moore-Taylor |
| Cafe Gourmandine Impact Player Award | Richard Logan |