# 2011–12 Morecambe F.C. season

During the 2011–12 season, Morecambe F.C. competed in League Two.

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 60 | 70 | −10 | 57 |
| 14 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 54 | 66 | −12 | 57 |
| 15 | Morecambe | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 63 | 57 | +6 | 56 |
| 16 | AFC Wimbledon | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 62 | 78 | −16 | 54 |
| 17 | Burton Albion | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 54 | 81 | −27 | 54 |

## 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 | EIR | Barry Roche | 48 | 0 | 44+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Nick Fenton | 38 | 3 | 35+0 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Will Haining | 44 | 0 | 36+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Izak Reid | 40 | 2 | 26+10 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Garry Hunter | 41 | 1 | 30+7 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Lewis Alessandra | 46 | 4 | 24+18 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Kevin Ellison | 38 | 17 | 26+8 | 15 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Jordan Burrow | 19 | 4 | 14+5 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Chris McCready | 48 | 0 | 46+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Stewart Drummond | 42 | 5 | 36+2 | 5 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Andrew Fleming | 17 | 2 | 11+6 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Gary McDonald | 46 | 3 | 39+3 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ENG | Laurence Wilson | 34 | 6 | 30+0 | 5 | 1+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ZAM | Joe Mwasile | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Andy Parrish | 42 | 0 | 29+9 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Niall Cowperthwaite | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Dan Parkinson | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ENG | Jack Redshaw | 11 | 2 | 7+4 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Joe McGee | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ENG | Danny Carlton | 47 | 10 | 34+10 | 9 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players featured for Morecambe but left before the end of the season: ||||||||||||||
| 27 | DF | ENG | Kieran Charnock | 6 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | WAL | Jason Price | 19 | 2 | 12+6 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Phil Jevons | 30 | 5 | 14+13 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| Players featured for Morecambe on loan this season and returned to their parent club: ||||||||||||||
| 12 | FW | ENG | Craig Curran | 7 | 1 | 6+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | SCO | Chris Kettings | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | EIR | Sean McGinty | 4 | 0 | 4+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 | MF | 11 | Kevin Ellison | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| 2 | FW | 30 | Danny Carlton | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | DF | 19 | Laurence Wilson | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | 16 | Stewart Drummond | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| = | FW | 10 | Phil Jevons | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | FW | 9 | Lewis Alessandra | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| = | FW | 14 | Jordan Burrow | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | FW | 2 | Nick Fenton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | MF | 18 | Gary McDonald | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | 29 | Jason Price | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | MF | 17 | Andrew Fleming | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | MF | 7 | Izak Reid | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | FW | 27 | Jack Redshaw | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | 8 | Garry Hunter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | 12 | Craig Curran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 62 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 67 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | FL Trophy | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Nick Fenton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Danny Carlton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Andrew Fleming | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Chris McCready | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Will Haining | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Stewart Drummond | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Kevin Ellison | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Laurence Wilson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Garry Hunter | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Jason Price | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Sean McGinty | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Phil Jevons | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | Andy Parrish | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Nick Fenton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Barry Roche | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Jordan Burrow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Gary McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Lewis Alessandra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 53 | 1 |

## Transfers

Players transferred in :
| Date | Pos. | Name | Previous Club | Fee | Ref. |
| 1 June 2011 | MF | Kevin Ellison | Rotherham United | Free Transfer | |
| 18 June 2011 | MF | Izak Reid | Macclesfield Town | Fee yet to be decided | |
| 23 June 2011 | FW | Lewis Alessandra | Oldham Athletic | Free Transfer | |
| 23 June 2011 | MF | Gary McDonald | Hamilton Academical | Free Transfer | |
| 1 August 2011 | DF | Nick Fenton | Rotherham United | Free | |
| 1 August 2011 | GK | Shaun Routledge | Oldham Athletic | Free | |
| 3 September 2011 | FW | Jason Price | Barnet | Free | |
| 21 January 2012 | FW | Jordan Burrow | Chesterfield | Free | |
| 24 January 2012 | FW | Jack Redshaw | Altrincham | Undisclosed | |
| Players loaned in ||||||
| Date from | Pos. | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 23 January 2012 | GK | Chris Kettings | Blackpool | End of season | |
| 27 February 2012 | DF | Sean McGinty | Manchester United | 13 March 2012 | |
| 22 March 2012 | FW | Craig Curran | Carlisle United | End of season | |
| Players loaned out ||||||
| Date from | Pos. | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 24 November 2011 | DF | Kieran Charnock | Fleetwood Town | 3 January 2012 | |
| 17 December 2011 | MF | Dan Parkinson | Colwyn Bay | 17 December 2012 | |
| 26 January 2012 | FW | Jack Redshaw | Altrincham | 26 February 2012 | |
| 24 February 2012 | MF | Dan Parkinson | Vauxhall Motors | 24 March 2012 | |
| Players transferred out ||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | Subsequent club | Fee | Ref. |
| Players released ||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | Subsequent club | Join date | Ref. |
| 13 May 2011 | DF | Tony Capaldi | Oxford United | 1 July 2011 | |
| 7 June 2011 | MF | Craig Stanley | Bristol Rovers | 1 July 2011 (Bosman) | |
| 1 July 2011 | FW | Stuart Hendrie | Hinckley United | 22 July 2011 | |
| 1 July 2011 | GK | Laurie Walker | Kettering Town | 2 August 2011 | |
| 1 July 2011 | DF | Andy Holdsworth | Alfreton Town | 31 August 2011 | |
| 1 July 2011 | MF | Scott Brown | Fleetwood Town | 8 August 2011 | |
| 1 July 2011 | MF | Chris Shuker | Port Vale | 14 January 2012 | |
| 1 July 2011 | MF | Neil Wainwright | Kendal Town | 23 September 2011 | |
| 5 July 2011 | MF | Adam Rundle | Darlington | 5 July 2011 | |
| 6 January 2012 | DF | Kieran Charnock | Fleetwood Town | 6 January 2012 | |
| 1 March 2012 | GK | Shaun Routledge | Workington | 1 March 2012 | |
| 16 March 2012 | FW | Jason Price | Guiseley | 16 March 2012 | |
| 3 April 2012 | FW | Phil Jevons | Unattached | Unattached | |
| 6 April 2012 | DF | Paul Scott | Unattached | Unattached | |

## Awards

| End of Season Awards | Winner |
| Fans' Club Player of the Year | Andy Parrish |
| Players' Player of the Year | Chris McCready |
| Shrimpsvoices Player of the Year | Chris McCready |
| Visitor Player of the Year | Chris McCready |
| Junior Reds Player of the Year | Kevin Ellison |
| Community Sports Player of the Year | Stewart Drummond |
| Under 18's Player of the Year | Ryan Winder |
| Under 17's Player of the Year | Will Bell |
| Goal of the Season | Kevin Ellison vs Aldershot Town |