# 2011–12 Carlisle United F.C. season

This page will show the progress of Carlisle United F.C.'s campaign in the 2011–12 football season. This season they compete in the third tier of English football, League One.

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Stevenage | 46 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 69 | 44 | +25 | 73 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
| 7 | Notts County | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 75 | 63 | +12 | 73 | |
| 8 | Carlisle United | 46 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 65 | 66 | −1 | 69 | |
| 9 | Brentford | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 63 | 52 | +11 | 67 | |
| 10 | Colchester United | 46 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 61 | 66 | −5 | 59 | |
* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League Championship.

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 5 May 2012
| 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 | ENG | Adam Collin | 50 | 0 | 45+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | USA | Frankie Simek | 25 | 0 | 25+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Matty Robson | 31 | 1 | 25+2 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | SCO | Jon-Paul McGovern | 50 | 5 | 40+5 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Danny Livesey | 32 | 1 | 26+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | EIR | Peter Murphy | 41 | 1 | 37+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Andy Welsh | 24 | 0 | 3+18 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | EIR | Graham Kavanagh | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Rory Loy (injured–broken leg) | 25 | 4 | 18+2 | 3 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | EIR | Paddy Madden | 19 | 1 | 6+12 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Paul Thirlwell | 28 | 1 | 24+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Tom Taiwo | 41 | 3 | 32+5 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | CIV | François Zoko | 51 | 14 | 35+11 | 13 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | SCO | Lee Miller (injured – out for the season) | 36 | 15 | 33+0 | 14 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | ENG | Craig Curran | 16 | 0 | 2+10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | FRA | Jérémy Hélan (Loan completed) | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ENG | Jordan Cook (Loan completed) | 14 | 4 | 6+8 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Liam Noble | 44 | 7 | 32+8 | 6 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | WAL | Christian Ribeiro (Loan completed) | 7 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ENG | Ben Parker (Loan completed) | 5 | 1 | 5+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Mark Beck | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | ENG | Mark Gillespie | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | EIR | James Berrett | 45 | 10 | 40+0 | 9 | 2+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ENG | James Tavernier (Loan completed) | 17 | 0 | 16+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | ENG | Tony Caig | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Chris Chantler (injured – out for the season) | 13 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | SVK | Ľubomír Michalík | 38 | 0 | 33+3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Ben McKenna (out on loan) | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | EIR | Stephen O'Halloran | 5 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ENG | Josh Todd | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | League One | FA Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | Total |
| 1 | FW | 14 | Lee Miller | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | FW | 13 | François Zoko | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 3 | MF | 21 | James Berrett | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | MF | 17 | Liam Noble | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | MF | 4 | Jon-Paul McGovern | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | FW | 16 | Jordan Cook | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | FW | 9 | Rory Loy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | 12 | Tom Taiwo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | DF | 3 | Matty Robson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 5 | Danny Livesey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 10 | Paddy Madden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 6 | Peter Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 16 | Ben Parker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 11 | Paul Thirlwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 62 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 69 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | League One | League One | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | FL Trophy | Total | Total |
| 21 | MF | James Berrett | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Peter Murphy | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Matty Robson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | Lee Miller | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | Liam Noble | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Tom Taiwo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Ľubomír Michalík | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | François Zoko | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Danny Livesey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Paul Thirlwell | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Frankie Simek | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | James Tavernier | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Craig Curran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Jon-Paul McGovern | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 61 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 71 | 4 |

## Transfers

Players transferred in :
| Date | Pos. | Name | Previous club | Fee | Ref. |
| 1 June 2011 | MF | Andy Welsh | Yeovil Town | Free transfer (Bosman) | |
| 20 June 2011 | MF | Jon-Paul McGovern | Swindon Town | Free transfer (Bosman) | |
| 24 June 2011 | DF | Stephen O'Halloran | Coventry City | Free transfer | |
| 23 August 2011 | FW | Lee Miller | Middlesbrough | Free transfer | |
| 6 January 2012 | MF | Chris Chantler | Manchester City | Signed on after loan | |
| 12 January 2012 | MF | Liam Noble | Sunderland | Free transfer (after loan) | |
| Players loaned in ||||||
| Date from | Pos. | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 15 July 2011 | MF | Liam Noble | Sunderland | 3 January 2012 | |
| 11 August 2011 | DF | James Tavernier | Newcastle United | Initial: 11 September 2011 Extended: 11 November 2011 | |
| 13 October 2011 | FW | Jérémy Hélan | Manchester City | 13 November 2011 | |
| 2 November 2011 | FW | Christian Ribeiro | Bristol City | 2 January 2012 | |
| 23 November 2011 | MF | Chris Chantler | Manchester City | 2 January 2012 | |
| 16 January 2012 | FW | Jordan Cook | Sunderland | Initial: 16 February 2012 Extended: 10 March 2012 | |
| 26 January 2012 | DF | Ben Parker | Leeds United | 26 February 2012 | |
| Players loaned out ||||||
| Date from | Pos. | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 27 September 2011 | DF | Steve Swinglehurst | Kendal Town | 28 November 2011 | |
| 13 January 2012 | MF | Ben McKenna | Annan Athletic | End of season | |
| 24 January 2012 | DF | Steve Swinglehurst | Annan Athletic | End of season | |
| 22 March 2012 | FW | Craig Curran | Morecambe | End of season | |
| Players transferred out ||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| Players released ||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | Subsequent club | Join date | Ref. |
| 28 June 2011 | MF | Kevan Hurst | Walsall | 1 July 2011 | |
| 1 July 2011 | FW | Nahki Wells | Bradford City | 22 July 2011 | |
| 1 July 2011 | MF | Marco Gbarssin | Eendracht Aalst | August 2011 | |
| 1 July 2011 | FW | Jason Price | Barnet | 2 August 2011 | |
| 1 July 2011 | FW | Ryan Bowman | Darlington | 4 August 2011 | |

## Awards

| End of Season Awards | Winner |
| Fans Player of the Season | Lee Miller |
| cufconline Player of the Season | Lee Miller |
| CUSC London Branch Player of the Season | Lee Miller |
| BBC Radio Cumbria Derek Lacey Award | Peter Murphy |
| Peter Jackson the Jeweller MoM Award | Lee Miller |
| Special Award from Supporters' Away Travel | Peter Murphy |
| CUST Player of the Season | Lee Miller |
| Players' Player of the Year | Lee Miller |
| Away Supporters Player of the Season | Adam Collin |
| Goal of the Season | Liam Noble vs Bury |