# 2011–12 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was the 126th season played by Shrewsbury Town F.C., an association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Shrewsbury competed in League Two, whilst also participating in 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, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Swindon Town (C, P) | 46 | 29 | 6 | 11 | 75 | 32 | +43 | 93 | Promotion to Football League One |
| 2 | Shrewsbury Town (P) | 46 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 66 | 41 | +25 | 88 | Promotion to Football League One |
| 3 | Crawley Town (P) | 46 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 76 | 54 | +22 | 84 | Promotion to Football League One |
| 4 | Southend United | 46 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 77 | 48 | +29 | 83 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 5 | Torquay United | 46 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 63 | 50 | +13 | 81 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

## 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 | ENG | Chris Neal | 39 | 0 | 35+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Jermaine Grandison | 43 | 2 | 36+2 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | WAL | Joe Jacobson | 45 | 1 | 37+2 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Sean McAllister | 22 | 1 | 14+3 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Ian Sharps | 48 | 2 | 43+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Shane Cansdell-Sherriff | 43 | 4 | 35+2 | 4 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Mark Wright | 53 | 11 | 45+1 | 10 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Nicky Wroe | 44 | 5 | 32+6 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | EIR | James Collins | 47 | 17 | 32+10 | 14 | 0+2 | 1 | 2+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Marvin Morgan | 49 | 11 | 26+16 | 8 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ENG | Reuben Hazell | 10 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Matt Richards | 48 | 5 | 35+7 | 5 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Carl Regan | 15 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Lionel Ainsworth | 27 | 2 | 19+2 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | WAL | Tom Bradshaw | 10 | 1 | 5+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Connor Goldson | 7 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | WAL | Aaron Wildig | 13 | 1 | 10+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Jon Taylor | 36 | 0 | 15+18 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ENG | Terry Gornell | 47 | 8 | 28+13 | 7 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ENG | Ben Smith | 14 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players featured for Shrewsbury but left before the end of the season: ||||||||||||||
| 11 | MF | SCO | Steven Leslie | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| Players on loan to Shrewsbury who returned to their parent club: ||||||||||||||
| 19 | MF | EIR | David McAllister | 15 | 0 | 15+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | James Wallace | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | NIR | Conor McLaughlin | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | SKN | Romaine Sawyers | 9 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | James Hurst | 11 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | League Two | FA Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | James Collins | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | MF | 7 | Mark Wright | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| = | FW | 10 | Marvin Morgan | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | FW | 24 | Terry Gornell | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | MF | 8 | Nicky Wroe | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | MF | 14 | Matt Richards | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | DF | 6 | Shane Cansdell-Sherriff | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | 16 | Lionel Ainsworth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | DF | 2 | Jermaine Grandison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | DF | 5 | Ian Sharps | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | 4 | Sean McAllister | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | 17 | Tom Bradshaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 20 | Aaron Wildig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | 3 | Joe Jacobson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 64 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 74 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | FL Trophy | Total | Total |
| 10 | FW | Marvin Morgan | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Jermaine Grandison | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | James Collins | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Matt Richards | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Ian Sharps | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Nicky Wroe | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Joe Jacobson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Terry Gornell | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | Sean McAllister | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | James Hurst | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Chris Neal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Conor McLaughlin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Shane Cansdell-Sherriff | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Jon Taylor | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | Reuben Hazell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Lionel Ainsworth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Mark Wright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Ben Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Aaron Wildig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | James Wallace | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 59 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 5 |

## Transfers

Players transferred in :
| Date | Pos. | Name | Previous Club | Fee | Ref. |
| 23 June 2011 | FW | Marvin Morgan | Aldershot Town | Free | |
| 28 June 2011 | DF | Joe Jacobson | Accrington Stanley | Free (Bosman) | |
| 30 June 2011 | DF | Reuben Hazell | Oldham Athletic | Free (Bosman) | |
| 28 July 2011 | MF | Matt Richards | Walsall | Free (Bosman) | |
| 29 July 2011 | DF | Carl Regan | Bristol Rovers | Free | |
| 4 August 2011 | FW | Terry Gornell | Accrington Stanley | Undisclosed | |
| Players loaned in ||||||
| Date from | Pos. | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 3 November 2011 | MF | James Wallace | Everton | 5 January 2012 | |
| 8 November 2011 | MF | Aaron Wildig | Cardiff City | End of season | |
| 18 November 2011 | DF | James Hurst | West Bromwich Albion | 4 January 2012 | |
| 12 January 2012 | MF | David McAllister | Sheffield United | 14 April 2012 | |
| 27 January 2012 | FW | Romaine Sawyers | West Bromwich Albion | End of season | |
| 2 March 2012 | DF | Conor McLaughlin | Preston North End | End of season | |
| Players loaned out ||||||
| Date from | Pos. | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 6 October 2011 | MF | Steven Leslie | Hereford United | 8 January 2012 | |
| 6 March 2012 | MF | Lionel Ainsworth | Burton Albion | 6 April 2012 | |
| Players transferred out ||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 16 June 2011 | FW | Matt Harrold | Bristol Rovers | Undisclosed Fee | |
| Players released ||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | Subsequent club | Join date | Ref. |
| 8 June 2011 | FW | Jake Robinson | Northampton Town | 8 June 2011 | |
| 23 June 2011 | FW | Nathan Elder | Hayes & Yeading | 12 August 2011 | |
| 25 June 2011 | MF | Craig Disley | Grimsby Town | 26 June 2011 | |
| 1 July 2011 | MF | Benjamin van den Broek | Den Bosch | 1 July 2011 (Bosman) | |
| 1 July 2011 | DF | Danny Taylor | Airbus UK | 8 July 2011 | |
| 1 July 2011 | MF | Kevin McIntyre | Accrington Stanley | 16 July 2011 | |
| 1 July 2011 | DF | Harry Hooman | Cheltenham Town | 26 July 2011 | |
| 1 July 2011 | DF | David Raven | Tranmere Rovers | 5 August 2011 | |
| 1 July 2011 | DF | Kelvin Lomax | Barrow | 15 August 2011 | |
| 27 January 2012 | MF | Steven Leslie | Wrexham | 27 January 2012 | |

## Awards

| End of Season Awards | Winner |
| Telegraph & Argus Bradford City Player of the Year | Matt Richards |
| Players' Player of the Year | Matt Richards |
| Player in the Community | Ian Sharps |
| Young Player of the Year | James Collins |
| Goal of the Season | Matt Richards vs Oxford United |