2011–12 Cambridge United F.C. season
The 2011–12 season is the 99th full season in the history of Cambridge United, in which they will compete in the Blue Square Bet Premier, along with various cup competitions.
2011–12 season | ||||
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Chairman | Paul Barry | |||
Manager | Jez George | |||
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Background
Cambridge United were founded in 1912 as Abbey United, named after the Abbey district of Cambridge. For many years they played amateur football until their election to the Football League in 1970. The early 1990s was Cambridge's most successful period; managed by John Beck the club won the first ever play-off final at Wembley Stadium and gained promotion from the Fourth Division before reaching two successive FA Cup quarter finals in 1990 and 1991 and winning the Third Division in 1991. The club reached the play-offs in 1992 but failed in their bid to become founder members of the Premier League.[1] This was the club's highest final league placing to date and since then it has been in almost constant decline.
Review
July
Team kit
The team kits for the 2011-2012 season are produced by Italian manufacturers Erreà. The home kit is the same as used for the 2010-2011 season featuring an amber coloured shirt with black detailing, black shorts with amber detailing and black socks. The home sponsor is East Anglian ale Greene King IPA, whose logo appears in green in the centre of the shirt. For away matches where the home shirt is used, the away sponsors Kershaw appear on the home shirt instead. The new away kit for 2011-2012 has a light blue body with light blue left sleeve and dark blue right sleeve, light blue shorts with dark blue detailing and light blue socks. The away sponsors Kershaw have their logo in dark blue in the centre of the shirt. The white third kit is carried over from the previous season.
Match results
Match won | Match drawn | Match lost |
Pre-season
Friendlies | ||||||||
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Kick Off | Opponents | H / A | Result | Scorers | Attendance | Report | ||
16 July 2011 | A | 9–2 | Unknown | |||||
19 July 2011 | H | |||||||
20 July 2011 | A |
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
1 August 2011 1 | Wrexham | 1–1 | Cambridge United | Wrexham |
15:00 | Morrell Knight-Percival Harris Speight |
Roberts Marriott Shaw Gash Platt |
Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 4,206 Referee: Steve Bratt |
16 August 2011 2 | Cambridge United | 1–0 | AFC Telford United | Cambridge |
19:45 | Berry Dunk Carew |
Killock Davies |
Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 2,482 Referee: Rob Whitton |
20 August 2011 3 | Cambridge United | 1–2 | Kidderminster Harriers | Cambridge |
15:00 | Charles Gash Kinniburgh |
Guinan Guinan |
Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 2,171 Referee: Declan Ford |
23 August 2011 4 | Grimsby Town | 2–1 | Cambridge United | Cleethorpes |
19:45 | Disley Thompson Duffy Pearson |
Dunk Berry Roberts Wylde Jennings Rossi Jarvis |
Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 2,616 Referee: Stephen Smith |
27 August 2011 5 | Cambridge United | 2–1 | Hayes & Yeading United | Cambridge |
15:00 | Platt Berry |
Bentley Arnold Bayley John Hand |
Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 1,778 Referee: Nick Kinseley |
29 August 2011 6 | Kettering Town | 0–0 | Cambridge United | Irthlingborough |
15:00 | Ifil Ashikodi |
Stadium: Nene Park Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Graham Horwood |
3 September 2011 7 | Newport County | 0–1 | Cambridge United | Newport |
15:00 | Warren Doherty Rose |
Charles Carew Shaw Patrick |
Stadium: Newport Stadium Attendance: 1,515 Referee: Steve Martin |
10 September 2011 8 | Cambridge United | 1–1 | Forest Green Rovers | Cambridge |
15:00 | Shaw Coulson Carew |
Griffin Allen Bittner Graham |
Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 2,408 Referee: Richard West |
17 September 2011 9 | Gateshead | 1–1 | Cambridge United | Gateshead |
15:00 | Gillies Odhiambo Curtis |
Carew Carew |
Stadium: Gateshead International Stadium Attendance: 904 Referee: Darren Bond |
17 September 2011 10 | Cambridge United | 2–0 | Ebbsfleet United | Cambridge |
15:00 | Winn Shaw Coulson |
Phipp |
Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 1,911 Referee: Tim Robinson |
24 September 2011 11 | Cambridge United | 2–0 | Darlington | Cambridge |
15:00 | Roberts Gash Shaw Jennings |
Rundle Taylor Chandler Jona Arrison |
Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Rob Whitton |
27 September 2011 12 | Luton Town | 0–1 | Cambridge United | Luton |
19:45 | Keane |
McAuley Roberts |
Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 6,274 Referee: Andy Davies |
1 October 2011 13 | Southport | 1–0 | Cambridge United | Southport |
15:00 | Owens |
Shaw |
Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 1,104 Referee: Tony Harrington |
6 October 2011 14 | Cambridge United | 2–2 | Stockport County | Cambridge |
19:45 | Berry Patrick |
Chadwick Brahim-Bounab Piergianni Elliott Whitehead |
Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 2,047 Referee: Nick Kinseley |
11 October 2011 15 | Bath City | 3–4 | Cambridge United | Bath |
19:45 | Clough Canham Hogg |
Gash Gash Carew Carew Berry Shaw Jennings |
Stadium: Twerton Park Attendance: 788 Referee: Graham Horwood |
15 October 2011 16 | Cambridge United | 3–0 | Alfreton Town | Cambridge |
15:00 | Berry Dunk |
Law |
Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 2,741 Referee: Jeremy Simpson |
18 October 2011 17 | York City | 2–2 | Cambridge United | York |
19:45 | Walker Fyfield |
Dunk Jennings Gash Dunk Naisbitt |
Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 2,711 Referee: Richard Clark |
21 October 2011 18 | Cambridge United | 2–0 | Lincoln City | Cambridge |
19:45 | Carew Dunk |
O'Keefe Christophe Sinclair Watts |
Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 2,875 Referee: Michael Bull |
5 November 2011 19 | Mansfield Town | 1–2 | Cambridge United | Mansfield |
15:00 | Murray Meikle Green |
Dunk Rossi Jarvis |
Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 2,046 Referee: Darren Bond |
19 November 2011 20 | Cambridge United | 1–1 | Luton Town | Cambridge |
15:00 | Hughes |
Fleetwood |
Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 4,796 Referee: Tony Harrington |
26 November 2011 21 | Kidderminster Harriers | 0–0 | Cambridge United | Kidderminster |
15:00 | Breedan |
Stadium: Aggborough Stadium Attendance: 1,899 Referee: Jeremy Simpson |
29 November 2011 22 | Cambridge United | 1–1 | Bath City | Cambridge |
19:45 | Hughes |
Hogg Hogg Connolly |
Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 2,267 Referee: Declan Ford |
6 December 2011 24 | Ebbsfleet United | 0–0 | Cambridge United | Northfleet |
19:45 | Phipp |
Wylde |
Stadium: Stonebridge Road Attendance: 964 Referee: Tim Robinson |
17 December 2011 25 | Darlington | 2–0 | Cambridge United | Darlington |
15:00 | Arnison Rundle Bridge-Wilkinson Reach |
Wylde Jennings |
Stadium: Darlington Arena Attendance: 1,784 Referee: Darren Handley |
26 December 2011 26 | Cambridge United | 2–0 | Braintree Town | Cambridge |
13:30 | Shaw Carew Gash Berry |
Thomas O'Connor |
Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,717 Referee: Amy Fearn |
1 January 2012 27 | Braintree Town | 3–2 | Cambridge United | Braintree |
15:00 | Thomas Marks Reason Marks Wright Quinton |
Roberts Thorpe Berry Jennings Shaw |
Stadium: Cressing Road Attendance: 2,029 Referee: Andrew Davies |
5 January 2012 28 | Cambridge United | 3–0 | Southport | Cambridge |
19:30 | Marriott Roberts Carew Naisbitt Berry Gash |
Moogan Poku |
Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 1,840 Referee: John Hopkins |
10 January 2012 23 | Cambridge United | 0–1 | Grimsby Town | Cambridge |
19:45 | Jennings |
Miller Elding |
Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 2,436 Referee: Richard Wigglesworth |
21 January 2012 29 | AFC Telford United | 1–2 | Cambridge United | Telford |
15:00 | Sharp Futcher Davies |
Roberts Shaw McAuley |
Stadium: New Bucks Head Attendance: 1,903 Referee: Wayne Barratt |
28 January 2012 30 | Cambridge United | 0–1 | Tamworth | Cambridge |
15:00 | Jonathon Thorpe |
Liam McDonald Patterson |
Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 2,281 Referee: Rob Whitton |
18 February 2012 31 | Fleetwood Town | 1–0 | Cambridge United | Highbury Stadium, Fleetwood |
15:00 | Mangan Cavanagh |
Jarvis Liam Hughes |
Attendance: 2,068 Referee: Steve Bratt |
3 March 2012 32 | Forest Green Rovers | 2–1 | Cambridge United | Nailsworth |
15:00 | Thomson Uwezu Wright |
Jennings Rory McAuley Luke Berry |
Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,005 Referee: Karl Evans |
6 March 2012 33 | Cambridge United | 1–2 | Mansfield Town | Cambridge |
15:00 | Jennings |
Ross Dyer Briscoe Riley Lindon Meikle |
Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 1,738 Referee: Justin Amey |
10 March 2012 34 | Stockport County | 0–1 | Cambridge United | Stockport |
15:00 | Mustafa Tiryaki Naisbitt |
Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 5,957 Referee: Scott Duncan |
13 March 2012 35 | Cambridge United | 1–0 | Barrow | Cambridge |
19:45 | Pugh |
Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 1,651 Referee: Tim Robinson |
17 March 2012 36 | Cambridge United | 0–1 | Gateshead | Cambridge |
15:00 | Hatch Turnbull |
Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 2,344 Referee: Declan Ford |
20 March 2012 37 | Cambridge United | 1–1 | Newport County | Cambridge |
19:45 | Josh Dawkin Roberts |
Rose Sandell |
Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 1,815 Referee: Paul Rees |
24 March 2012 38 | Alfreton Town | 2–1 | Cambridge United | Alfreton |
15:00 | Jonathon Thorpe Connor Franklin Anthony Wilson Jarman |
Pugh Blaine Hudson Luke Berry |
Stadium: North Street (stadium) Attendance: 965 Referee: Richard Wigglesworth |
31 March 2012 39 | Cambridge United | 1–1 | Wrexham | Cambridge |
15:00 | Rossi Jarvis Shaw |
Harris Mathias Pogba Ogleby |
Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,014 Referee: Wayne Barratt |
3 April 2012 40 | Lincoln City | 0–1 | Cambridge United | Lincoln |
19:45 | Shaw Blaine Hudson |
Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 1,978 Referee: Jeremy Simpson |
7 April 2012 41 | Hayes & Yeading United | 0–0 | Cambridge United | Woking |
15:00 | Pelé Lee Dan Spence |
Blaine Hudson |
Stadium: Kingfield Stadium Attendance: 336 Referee: Rob Merchant |
9 April 2012 42 | Cambridge United | 2–0 | Kettering Town | Cambridge |
15:00 | Pugh Naisbitt Pell |
James Gray Jack Charlie Wyke |
Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 2,578 Referee: Rob Whitton |
14 April 2012 43 | Barrow | 1–3 | Cambridge United | Barrow-in-Furness |
15:00 | Jack Mackreth Smith |
Michael Gash Pell Roberts |
Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 870 Referee: Richard West |
17 April 2012 44 | Cambridge United | 0–1 | York City | Cambridge |
19:45 | Jennings Shaw |
Gibson Meredith Walker |
Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 2,211 Referee: Michael Bull |
21 April 2012 45 | Cambridge United | 2–0 | Fleetwood Town | Cambridge |
15:00 | Jack Eades Rory McAuley Luke Berry Jordan Patrick |
Goodall Mangan |
Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 2,555 Referee: Richard Wigglesworth |
28 April 2012 46 | Tamworth | 2–2 | Cambridge United | Tamworth |
15:00 | Jean-Paul Marna Christie Green |
Adam Marriott Naisbitt Jennings Liam Hughes |
Stadium: The Lamb Ground Attendance: 1,137 Referee: Graham Horwood |
References
- Cambridge United Potted History Archived 8 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine Cambridge United. Retrieved 20 July 2007.
- "Pre-season schedule". Cambridge United. Archived from the original on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2011.