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Leeds United

2011–12 season
Chairman	Ken Bates
Manager	Simon Grayson (until 1 February) Neil Redfearn (caretaker, until 20 Feb) Neil Warnock (from 18 February)
Stadium	Elland Road
Championship	14th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Ross McCormack (18) All: Ross McCormack (19)
Highest home attendance	33,366 vs West Ham United (17 March 2012, Championship)
Lowest home attendance	17,665 vs Bradford City (9 August 2011, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	23,369
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2011–12 season was Leeds United's second season consecutive season in the Championship.

Season summary

A turbulent February saw Reserve Team Manager Neil Redfearn in charge of the team for four games with Manager Simon Grayson relieved of his duties and replaced by veteran promotion specialist Neil Warnock. Ross McCormack drastically improved his performance from the 2010–11 season by scoring 19 goals – the most in the squad. He narrowly lost out on Player of the Year to Robert Snodgrass who was made Club Captain by Warnock following the sale of influential local skipper Jonny Howson in January. Young Player of the Year went to Tom Lees who led an injection of the youth into the side with Aidan White establishing himself in the starting line-up and debuts being handed to youngsters Zac Thompson, Charlie Taylor and keeper Alex Cairns.

Off the field, the club's directors reported a healthy profit of £3.5m, but found themselves at war with some supporters following the controversial £7m summer renovation of the Elland Road stadium – a summer which saw a contrasting £0.7m spent on players' transfers and £5.2m received in player sales. Chairman Ken Bates also came under scrutiny from fans following the departures of fans' favourite Howson and 2010–11 Player of the Year Max Gradel.

Events

This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2011–12 season, presented in chronological order (starting from 11 May 2011 and ending on the final day of the club's final match in the 2011–12 season. This list does not include transfers or new contracts, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the matches section.

May

• 11 May: Chairman, Ken Bates reveals that defender Federico Bessone and striker Mike Grella have been placed on the transfer list

June

• 30 June: The players return for pre-season training with only one new face, goalkeeper Paul Rachubka

July

• 11 July: Long serving Club President, George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood KBE passes away at the age of 88. Lord Harewood became President of the club in 1961 and was also President of the FA from 1963 to 1972.
• 13 July: Patricia Lascelles, Countess of Harewood accepts chairman, Ken Bates' offer of becoming the new Club Patron after the passing of her husband, Lord Harewood.
• 16 July: Manager, Simon Grayson bans his players from social networking website Twitter after striker Davide Somma revealed on his Twitter account, against the wishes of the boss, that he would be out injured for "five or six months". At the time of the ban, professionals Adam Clayton, Max Gradel, Mike Grella, Will Hatfield, Ross McCormack, Ramón Núñez, Lloyd Sam, Charlie Taylor, Zac Thompson, Somma and a handful of academy players had Twitter accounts. Andy O'Brien previously tweeted, but deleted his account after receiving abuse from other users.

October

• 21 October: It is revealed that a planned statue of former manager Don Revie by Graham Ibbeson, will be located opposite the East Stand of Elland Road.
• 24 October: The club announce that several new hospitality suites will open for the first time for the home game against Cardiff City on 30 October. The suites form part of the ongoing redevelopment of Elland Road's East Stand.

November

• 8 November: Leeds receive the Level Playing Field Award following an audit of Elland Road to access its suitability for disabled staff and fans.
• 19 November: Simon Grayson announces that Andy O'Brien will not play for the club again after revealing that O'Brien refused to play in the match against Burnley
• 27 November: The club extends its sympathies to the family of former player Gary Speed who died earlier in the day, reportedly after committing suicide. Leeds later announced that a new suite in the East Stand of Elland Road would be named in Speed's honour, while the team wore black armbands and took part in a minute's applause for Speed before the away game against Nottingham Forest on 29 November and the home game against Millwall on 3 December.

February

• 1 February: Simon Grayson is sacked as manager following the 4–1 home defeat to Birmingham City the previous day. In an official statement, the club's chief executive Shaun Harvey, stated that Leeds made the decision in the belief that "a new managerial team will be able to get more out of the existing squad of players" and ensure a play-off finish. Reserve team manager Neil Redfearn is appointed caretaker manager with immediate effect.
• 18 February: After nearly three weeks of speculation, Neil Warnock is announced as the new club manager with an 18-month contract. A number of high-profile managers were confirmed to have applied for the post, including Raddy Antic, Phil Brown, Sven-Göran Eriksson and Albert Ferrer. Redfearn and his coaching staff return to their usual jobs at the club.

Pre-season

13 July 2011	Falkirk	0–2	Leeds United	Falkirk Stadium
19:45		Report	Scobbie 37' (o.g.) Snodgrass 53'

16 July 2011	Motherwell	1–2	Leeds United	Fir Park
15:00	Murphy 39'	Report	Bruce 68' Núñez 75'

19 July 2011	Rochdale	0–1	Leeds United	Spotland Stadium
19:30		Report	Gradel 30'	Attendance: 3935

23 July 2011	Sheffield Wednesday	1–1	Leeds United	Hillsborough Stadium
13:00	Prutton 8'	Report	Gradel 84' (pen.)

26 July 2011	Sandefjord	1–1	Leeds United	Adeccoligaen
19:00	Stokke 87'	Report	Núñez 90'

31 July 2011	Leeds United	3–2	Newcastle United	Elland Road
14:00	Kisnorbo 5' Sam 67' Paynter 85'		S. Taylor 35' Vučkić 77'	Attendance: 20,457

Competitions

Championship

League table

Results summary

Last updated: 28 April 2012.
Source: The Football League

Results by round

Matches

6 August 2011 1	Southampton	3–1	Leeds United	St Mary's Stadium
17:20	Hammond 10' Lallana 25' Connolly 52'	Report	Gradel 90+5' (pen.)	Attendance: 25,860 (3,097 Leeds) Referee: K. Wright

13 August 2011 2	Leeds United	0–1	Middlesbrough	Elland Road
15:00	Gradel  26'  Howson  59'	Report	Emnes 67' McMahon  45+2'	Attendance: 25,650 Referee: A. Taylor

16 August 2011 3	Leeds United	4–1	Hull City	Elland Road
19:45	McCormack 17' Lees 40' Snodgrass 47' Nunez 68'	Report	Lees 21' (o.g.)	Attendance: 22,363 Referee: E. Ilderton

21 August 2011 4	West Ham United	2–2	Leeds United	Upton Park
13:15	Cole 6' Kisnorbo 62' (o.g.)	Report	McCormack 59' Clayton 90+1'	Attendance: 28,252 Referee: M. Oliver

27 August 2011 5	Ipswich Town	2–1	Leeds United	Portman Road
15:00	Scotland 77' Andrews 90'	Report	McCormack 34' White  48'	Attendance: 19,758 Referee: Andy D'Urso

10 September 2011 6	Leeds United	3–2	Crystal Palace	Elland Road
15:00	McCormack 8', 84' Becchio 71'	Report	McCarthy 12' Scannell 21'	Attendance: 23,916 Referee: S. Mathieson

17 September 2011 7	Leeds United	2–1	Bristol City	Elland Road
15:00	Clayton 3' McCormack 86' Kisnorbo  64'	Report	Kilkenny 11'	Attendance: 22,655 Referee: F. Graham

23 September 2011 8	Brighton	3–3	Leeds United	Falmer Stadium
19:45	Mackail-Smith 48', 85' Barnes 60'	Report	Keogh 19' McCormack 24', 90+2'	Attendance: 20,646 (2,200 Leeds) Referee: L. Probert

1 October 2011 9	Leeds United	1–0	Portsmouth	Elland Road
15:00	Pugh 14'	Report		Attendance: 22,467 Referee: N. Miller

14 October 2011 10	Doncaster Rovers	0–3	Leeds United	Keepmoat
19:45		Report	Pugh 20' McCormack 51' Lees 64'	Attendance: 12,926 (4,209 Leeds) Referee: K. Friend

18 October 2011 11	Leeds United	1–1	Coventry City	Elland Road
19:45	O'Dea 26'	Report	Wood 93'	Attendance: 21,528 Referee: A. Haines

22 October 2011 12	Peterborough United	2–3	Leeds United	London Road
12:00	Zakuani 23' Little 88' Tomlin  36'	Report	Keogh 4' Clayton 54' O'Dea 90+5'	Attendance: 12,880 Referee: K. Stroud

26 October 2011 13	Birmingham City	1–0	Leeds United	St Andrew's
19:45	Žigić 35'	Report		Attendance: 21,426 (3,102 Leeds) Referee: C. Foy

30 October 2011 14	Leeds United	1–1	Cardiff City	Elland Road
13:15	Snodgrass 72'	Report	Mason 16'	Attendance: 20,270 Referee: Phil Dowd

2 November 2011 15	Leeds United	0–5	Blackpool	Elland Road
19:45	Lees  25'	Report	LuaLua 12', 64' Shelvey 26' (pen.), 30', 77'	Attendance: 22,423 Referee: R. East

6 November 2011 16	Leicester City	0–1	Leeds United	King Power Stadium
15:00		Report	Clayton 69'	Attendance: 27,270 (3,319 Leeds) Referee: O. Langford

19 November 2011 17	Burnley	1–2	Leeds United	Turf Moor
12:45	Rodriguez 10'	Report	Snodgrass 76', 89'	Attendance: 17,226 Referee: S. Mathieson

26 November 2011 18	Leeds United	1–2	Barnsley	Elland Road
15:00	McCormack 55'	Report	Vaz Tê 27' Davies 43' Perkins  88'	Attendance: 25,900 Referee: G. Salisbury

29 November 2011 19	Nottingham Forest	0–4	Leeds United	City Ground
19:45	Reid  78'	Report	Snodgrass 20' Howson 45' Becchio 49' Clayton 66'	Attendance: 23,577 (3,597 Leeds) Referee: D. Deadman

3 December 2011 20	Leeds United	2–0	Millwall	Elland Road
12:45	Snodgrass 62', 65'	Report		Attendance: 27,161 Referee: M. Oliver

10 December 2011 21	Watford	1–1	Leeds United	Vicarage Road
15:00	Kightly 28' Sordell	Report	Snodgrass 90+5' (pen.)	Attendance: 13,573 (2,062 Leeds) Referee: E. Ilderton

17 December 2011 22	Leeds United	0–1	Reading	Elland Road
15:00		Report	Church 2'	Attendance: 23,162 Referee: C. Webster

26 December 2011 23	Derby County	1–0	Leeds United	Pride Park
13:00	Ward 67'	Report		Attendance: 33,010 (4,172 Leeds) Referee: A. Bates

31 December 2011 24	Barnsley	4–1	Leeds United	Oakwell
13:00	Vaz Tê 16', 51', 72' Davies 61'	Report	Becchio 90+1'	Attendance: 17,499 Referee: R. Swarbrick

2 January 2012 25	Leeds United	2–1	Burnley	Elland Road
15:00	Easton 88' (o.g.) McCormack 90+7'	Report	Austin 69' Trippier  28'	Attendance: 27,295 Referee: M. Brown

14 January 2012 26	Crystal Palace	1–1	Leeds United	Selhurst Park
15:00	C. Martin 6' Scannell  44'	Report	Snodgrass 63'	Attendance: 17,796 (4,004 Leeds) Referee: D. Coote

21 January 2012 27	Leeds United	3–1	Ipswich Town	Elland Road
15:00	Snodgrass 74' McCormack 82' Becchio 90'	Report	Drury 34' McCarthy  70'	Attendance: 22,844 Referee: G. Eltringham

31 January 2012 28	Leeds United	1–4	Birmingham City	Elland Road
19:45	McCormack 19'	Report	Žigić 31', 61', 64', 68'	Attendance: 19,628 Referee: M. Dean

4 February 2012 29	Bristol City	0–3	Leeds United	Ashton Gate
15:00	Wilson  44' Bolasie  57'	Report	Snodgrass 40' McCormack 79' Becchio 90+2'	Attendance: 15,257 (1,962 Leeds) Referee: J. Linington

11 February 2012 30	Leeds United	1–2	Brighton	Elland Road
15:00	Becchio 79'	Report	Mackail-Smith 77' Navarro 90'	Attendance: 23,171 Referee: G. Salisbury

14 February 2012 31	Coventry City	2–1	Leeds United	Ricoh Arena
19:45	McSheffrey 21' (pen.), 90+2' (pen.)	Report	McCormack 32'	Attendance: 15,704 (3,214 Leeds) Referee: P. Miller

18 February 2012 32	Leeds United	3–2	Doncaster Rovers	Elland Road
15:00	Townsend 55' Clayton 80' Becchio 90+9'	Report	Bakayoyo 32', 54'	Attendance: 21,181 Referee: K. Stroud

3 March 2012 34	Leeds United	0–1	Southampton	Elland Road
15:00		Report	Lambert 16'	Attendance: 20,901 Referee: N. Miller

11 March 2012 36	Middlesbrough	0–2	Leeds United	Riverside
12:15	Robson  85'	Report	Snodgrass 18' Becchio 27'	Attendance: 21,301 Referee: C. Boyeson

17 March 2012 37	Leeds United	1–1	West Ham United	Elland Road
15:00	Becchio 83'	Report	Collins 89'	Attendance: 33,366 Referee: P. Walton

20 March 2012 38	Leeds United	3–7	Nottingham Forest	Elland Road
19:45	Snodgrass 6' (pen.) Becchio 53' Brown 55'	Report	Guedioura 8' McCleary 46', 56', 60', 71' Blackstock 52', 81'	Attendance: 21,367 Referee: E. Ilderton

24 March 2012 39	Millwall	0–1	Leeds United	The Den
15:00		Report	McCormack 65'	Attendance: 14,309 Referee: L. Probert

31 March 2012 40	Leeds United	0–2	Watford	Elland Road
15:00	Connolly  90+3'	Report	Iwelumo 5', 89'	Attendance: 21,766 Referee: P. Tierney

6 April 2012 41	Reading	2–0	Leeds United	Madejski Stadium
14:00	Le Fondre 84', 90'	Report	Thompson  12'	Attendance: 22,775 Referee: D. Drysdale

9 April 2012 42	Leeds United	0–2	Derby County	Elland Road
15:00	Brown  25'	Report	Bryson 32' Davies 66'	Attendance: 21,363 Referee: O. Langford

14 April 2012 43	Leeds United	4–1	Peterborough United	Elland Road
15:00	Paynter 45+4', 72' McCormack 47', 48'	Report	Newell 38'	Attendance: 19,469 Referee: D. Phillips

17 April 2012 44	Blackpool	1–0	Leeds United	Bloomfield Road
20:00	Ángel 79'	Report	O'Dea  86'	Attendance: 14,134 Referee: T. Bates

21 April 2012 45	Cardiff City	1–1	Leeds United	Cardiff City Stadium
12:30	Mason 41'	Report	Becchio 73'	Attendance: 25,109 Referee: M. Halsey

28 April 2012 46	Leeds United	1–2	Leicester City	Elland Road
12:30	Webber 82'	Report	Waghorn 39' Panayiotou 90+4'	Attendance: 25,664 Referee: D. McDermid

FA Cup

9 January 2012 Third round	Arsenal	1–0	Leeds United	Emirates Stadium
19:45	Henry 78' Arshavin  90+2'	Report	43' O'Dea  64' Townsend	Attendance: 59,615 (5,100 Leeds) Referee: M. Clattenburg

League Cup

9 August 2011 First round	Leeds United	3–2	Bradford City	Elland Road
19:45	Nunez 46', 75' McCormack 70'	Report	Compton 31' Flynn 57'	Attendance: 17,667 Referee: C. Webster

23 August 2011 Second round	Doncaster Rovers	1–2	Leeds United	Keepmoat Stadium
19:45	Hayter 2'	Report	Nunez 30', 83'	Attendance: 8,505 Referee: M. Brown

20 September 2011 Third round	Leeds United	0–3	Manchester United	Elland Road
19:45		Report	Owen 15', 32' Giggs 45+1'	Attendance: 31,031 Referee: M. Jones

First-team squad

Squad information

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Andy Lonergan	28	2011	38	0	2014	£200k
2	DF		Paul Connolly	28	2010	63	0	2013	Free
3	DF		Patrick Kisnorbo	31	2009	57	1	2013	Free
4	DF		Alex Bruce	27	2010	34	1	2012	£300k
5	DF		Andy O'Brien	32	2010	37	2	2013	Undisclosed
6	MF		Robbie Rogers	24	2012	4	0	2013	Free
8	MF		Michael Brown	35	2011	26	1	2012	Free
9	FW		Billy Paynter	27	2010	27	3	2013	Free
10	FW		Luciano Becchio	28	2008	190	67	2014	£300k
11	MF		Lloyd Sam	27	2010	39	3	2012	Free
12	GK		Paul Rachubka	30	2011	7	0	2013	Free
15	MF		Adam Clayton	23	2010	49	6	2013	Undisclosed
16	MF		Danny Pugh	29	2011 2004	94	8	2014 2006	£500k PX
18	FW		Mikael Forssell	31	2011	17	0	2012	Free
20	MF		Ramón Núñez	26	2010	25	5	2015	Free
22	DF		Tom Lees	21	2008	45	2	2015	Youth system
23	FW		Robert Snodgrass (captain)	24	2008	190	41	2013	£35k
24	GK		Maik Taylor	40	2011	0	0	2012	Free
26	MF		Danny Webber	30	2012	13	1	2012	Free
26	DF		Leigh Bromby	31	2009	64	1	2013	£250k
27	FW		Davide Somma	27	2009	34	12	2014	Free
28	DF		Aidan White	20	2008	65	0	2012	Youth system
29	DF		Zac Thompson	19	2011	11	0	2013	Free
30	GK		Alex Cairns	19	2011	1	0	2014	Youth system
31	DF		Charlie Taylor	18	2011	4	0	2014	Youth system
32	DF		Lewis Turner	19	2011	0	0	2012	Youth system
33	DF		Paul Robinson	33	2012	10	0	2012	Loan
44	FW		Ross McCormack	25	2010	70	21	2013	£350k

• Last updated: 28 April 2012
• Source: Misplaced Pages players' articles,
• Ordered by Squad Number.

Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in The Championship (and playoffs), League One (and playoffs), FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.
Player first came to the club on loan and was transferred the following year.
Player made fifty eight appearances (scoring six goals) for the club during his first spell at the club

Squad stats

				Total				2011–12 Football League Championship		FA Cup		2011–12 Football League Cup
N	Pos.	Name	Nat.	GS	App	Gls	Min	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	Notes
1	GK	Lonergan		31	31		2907	28		1		2
2	RB	Connolly		23	25		2171	23				2
3	CB	Kisnorbo		19	21		1773	19				2
4	RB	Bruce		4	4		300	4
5	CB	O'Brien		4	6		394	4				2
6	AM	Rogers			1		10	1
8	DM	Brown		18	22	1	1608	20	1	1		1
9	FW	Paynter			2		57	2
10	FW	Becchio		22	36	11	2305	34	11	1		1
11	LW	Sam		5	19		782	17				2		Started several games at RW
12	GK	Rachubka		6	7		440	6				1
15	CM	Clayton		40	41	6	3708	38	6	1		2
16	LM	Pugh		26	29	2	2407	28	2	1				Started several games at LB
18	FW	Forssell		1	13		294	11		1		1
20	LW	Núñez		8	20	5	919	16	1	1		3	4	Started several games at AM
22	CB	Lees		35	38	2	3311	35	2	1		2		Started several games at RB
23	RW	Snodgrass		35	37	13	3295	35	13			2
24	GK	M. Taylor
25	FW	Webber		1	6		228	6
26	CB	Bromby		4	7		395	5				2
27	FW	Somma
28	LB	White		37	38		3229	35		1		2		Started several games at LW
29	RB	Thompson		6	8		601	6		1		1		Started several games at CM
30	GK	Cairns			1		47	1
31	LB	C. Taylor		1	3		133	1				2
32	LB	L. Turner
33	LB	Robinson		4	4		365	4
44	FW	McCormack		38	42	17	3274	38	16	1		3	1	Started several games at LW
48	CB	O'Dea		35	34	2	3241	31	2	1		2		Started several games at LB
Players who have been available for selection this season, but have now permanently left the club:
7	LW	Gradel		4	5	1	336	4	1			1
7	AM	Väyrynen		3	12		357	10		1		1
13	FW	Grella
14	CM	Howson		22	22	1	1981	19	1			3
14	RB	Smith		3	3		261	3
17	RW	Townsend		7	7	1	522	6	1	1
19	LB	Parker		1	1		95					1
21	LB	Bessone
21	GK	McCarthy		6	6		564	6
25	CM	Delph		3	3		435	3
38	FW	Keogh		19	24	2	1524	22	2			2

Assists

R	Player	Position	The Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	Snodgrass	RW	15	0	0	15
2	McCormack	FW	6	0	0	6
	Clayton	CM	4	0	2	6
4	Sam	LW	3	0	1	4
5	Lees	CB	3	0	0	3
	Connolly	RB	3	0	0	3
	White	LB	3	0	0	3
8	Becchio	FW	2	0	0	2
	Howson	CM	2	0	0	2
10	Brown	DM	1	0	0	1
	Forssell	FW	1	0	0	1
	Lonergan	GK	1	0	0	1
	Paynter	FW	1	0	0	1
	Pugh	LM	1	0	0	1
	C. Taylor	LB	1	0	0	1
	Webber	RW	1	0	0	1

Last updated: 28 April 2012
Source:

Disciplinary record

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name				Notes
48	LB		O'Dea	11	1
15	CM		Clayton	12
8	DM		Brown	7		1
2	RB		Connolly	7	1
23	RW		Snodgrass	8
16	LW		Pugh	6
14	CM		Howson	4	1
10	FW		Becchio	5
28	LB		White	3		1
7	LW		Gradel	2	1
3	CB		Kisnorbo	2		1
44	FW		McCormack	3
33	LB		Robinson	3
22	CB		Lees	1		1
7	CM		Väyrynen	2
29	CM		Thompson			1
26	CB		Bromby	1
38	FW		Keogh	1
1	GK		Lonergan	1
5	CB		O'Brien	1
11	LW		Sam	1
31	LB		C. Taylor	1
17	RW		Townsend	1

Last updated: 28 April 2012
Source:
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
12	GK		Paul Rachubka	30	EU	Blackpool	Free Agent	Summer	2013	Free
8	MF		Michael Brown	34	EU	Portsmouth	Free Agent	Summer	2012	Free
1	GK		Andy Lonergan	27	EU	Preston North End	Transferred	Summer	2014	£200k
18	FW		Mikael Forssell	30	EU	Hannover 96	Free Agent	Summer	2012	Free
7	MF		Mika Väyrynen	29	EU	Heerenveen	Free Agent	Summer	2012	Free
24	GK		Maik Taylor	40	EU	Birmingham City	Free Agent	Summer	2012	Free
16	MF		Danny Pugh	29	EU	Stoke City	Transferred	Winter	2014	£500k
6	MF		Robbie Rogers	24	EU	Columbus Crew	Free Agent	Winter	2013	Free
25	MF		Danny Webber	30	EU	Portsmouth	Free Agent	Winter	2012	Free

Includes an option of the club extending the contract by one year.
Although the fee was officially 'undisclosed', the Yorkshire Evening Post confirmed that the fee was £200k

Loans in

No.	P	Name	Country	Age	Loan club	Started	Ended	Start source	End source
48	DF	Darren O'Dea		25	Celtic	4 Aug	20 Apr
38	FW	Andy Keogh		25	Wolverhampton Wanderers	15 Aug	2 Jan
16	MF	Danny Pugh		29	Stoke City	22 Sep	2 Jan
21	GK	Alex McCarthy		22	Reading	4 Nov	3 Jan
17	MF	Andros Townsend		20	Tottenham Hotspur	1 Jan	23 Feb
25	MF	Fabian Delph		22	Aston Villa	20 Jan	22 Feb
14	DF	Adam Smith		20	Tottenham Hotspur	31 Jan	27 Feb
33	DF	Paul Robinson		33	Bolton Wanderers	6 Mar	28 Apr
—	GK	Sean McDermott		18	Arsenal	9 Mar	9 Apr

Loans out

No.	P	Name	Country	Age	Loan club	Started	Ended	Start source	End source
13	FW	Mike Grella		24	Brentford	26 Aug	29 Aug
—	MF	Will Hatfield		33	Accrington Stanley	14 Oct	31 Dec
9	FW	Billy Paynter		27	Brighton & Hove Albion	27 Oct	2 Jan
4	DF	Alex Bruce		40	Huddersfield Town	24 Oct	31 Dec
12	GK	Paul Rachubka		30	Tranmere Rovers	14 Nov	30 Jan
31	DF	Charlie Taylor		18	York City	1 Jan	30 Jan
19	DF	Ben Parker		24	Carlisle United	26 Jan	25 Feb
30	GK	Alex Cairns		19	Barrow	31 Jan	2 Mar
12	GK	Paul Rachubka		43	Leyton Orient	7 Mar
24	GK	Maik Taylor		40	Millwall	12 Mar	28 Apr
11	MF	Lloyd Sam		40	Notts County	14 Mar

Out

N	P	Name	Country	Age	Type	Moving to	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Apps	Goals	Source
1	GK	Kasper Schmeichel		24	Transferred	Leicester City	Summer	£1.0m	40	0
—	MF	Elliot Kebbie		16	Out of Contract	Atlético Madrid	Summer	£500k	0	0
12	GK	Shane Higgs		34	Out of Contract	Northampton Town	Summer	n/a	29	0
6	DF	Richard Naylor		34	Out of Contract	Doncaster Rovers	Summer	n/a	76	4
—	MF	James Baxendale		18	Out of Contract	Doncaster Rovers	Summer	n/a	0	0
—	DF	Jonny Birbeck		18	Out of Contract		Summer	n/a	0	0
—	DF	James Booker		18	Out of Contract		Summer	n/a	0	0
8	MF	Neil Kilkenny		25	Out of Contract	Bristol City	Summer	n/a	144	11
16	MF	Bradley Johnson		24	Out of Contract	Norwich City	Summer	n/a	140	17
13	FW	Mike Grella		24	Released	Brentford	Summer	n/a	42	5
21	DF	Federico Bessone		27	Released	Swansea City	Summer	n/a	8	0
7	MF	Max Gradel		23	Transferred	Saint-Étienne	Summer	£1.7m	84	25
—	MF	Will Hatfield		20	Released	Accrington Stanley	Winter	n/a	0	0
14	MF	Jonathan Howson		23	Transferred	Norwich City	Winter	£2.0m	225	29
19	DF	Ben Parker		24	Released	Guiseley	Winter	n/a	55	1
7	MF	Mika Väyrynen		30	Released	HJK	Winter	n/a	10	0

EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.
Although the fees were officially 'undisclosed', chairman Ken Bates confirmed that the Gradel fee was approximately £1,700,000, Schmeichel fee – £1,000,000 and Howson fee – £2,000,000
Despite being out of contract, Atletico Madrid were legally obliged to pay his former club an undisclosed fee which was later reported to be £500,000

New Contracts

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Status	Contract length	Expiry date	Source
20	MF		Ramón Núñez	25	Signed	1 year	June 2012
—	DF		Nathan Turner	18	Signed	1 year	June 2012
32	MF		Lewis Turner	18	Signed	1 year	June 2012
31	DF		Charlie Taylor	17	Signed	3 years	June 2014
16	MF		Bradley Johnson	24	Rejected	Unknown	n/a
—	DF		Monty Gimpel	17	Signed	1 year	June 2012
30	GK		Alex Cairns	18	Signed	1 year	June 2012
8	MF		Neil Kilkenny	25	Rejected	Unknown	n/a
22	DF		Tom Lees	20	Signed	4 years	June 2015
20	MF		Ramón Núñez	25	Signed	4 years	June 2015
29	MF		Zac Thompson	18	Signed	2 years	June 2013
28	MF		Aidan White	20	Rejected	4 years	n/a
24	GK		Maik Taylor	40	Signed	6 months	June 2012
14	MF		Jonathan Howson	23	Rejected	Unknown	n/a
30	GK		Alex Cairns	19	Signed	2 years	June 2014

The contract includes the option to extend the contract by a further year.

Awards

Internal Awards

Official Player of the Year Awards

The results of the 2011–12 Leeds United A.F.C. Player of the Year Awards were announced at a dinner on 30 April 2012 at Elland Road.

• Player of the Year: Robert Snodgrass
• Young Player of the Year: Tom Lees
• Players' Player of the Year: Robert Snodgrass
• Goal of the Season: Adam Clayton (vs Leicester City, 6 November)
• Fastest Goal of the Season: Adam Clayton (vs Bristol City, 17 September)
• Best Contribution to Community: Aidan White
• Chairman's Special Award: Neil Redfearn

External Awards

Championship Team of the Week

The following Leeds players have been selected in the official 2011–12 Championship team of the week.

• 23 August: Darren O'Dea
• 19 September: Adam Clayton
• 26 September: Ross McCormack
• 3 October: Danny Pugh
• 17 October: Tom Lees, Ross McCormack
• 5 December: Tom Lees, Danny Pugh, Robert Snodgrass
• 16 January: Andros Townsend
• 6 February: Robert Snodgrass
• 20 February: Adam Clayton
• 12 March: Andy Lonergan, Darren O'Dea
• 26 March: Andy Lonergan
• 16 April: Tom Lees

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