2011–12 Czech Women's First League
The 2011–12 Czech Women's First League was the 19th season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football league for women. Sparta Praha were the defending champions and successfully defended their title.


2011–12 Czech Women's First League, Format
The eight teams will play each other twice for a total of 14 matches per team. After that the top four teams will play a championship round for another six matches per team. The bottom placed four teams play the relegation round. The champion qualifies for the UEFA Champions League.


2011–12 Czech Women's First League, Final stage
Points of the regular season were halved and rounded up, goal difference was kept.


2011–12 Czech Women's First League, Final stage, Championship group
Played by the teams placed first to fourth of the regular season. Teams play each other twice.


2011–12 Czech Women's First League, Final stage, Relegation group
Played by the teams placed fifth to eighth of the regular season. Teams play each other twice.


2011–12 Czech Women's First League, Relegation play-off
Eighth place Baník Ostrava played a two-legged play-off against Slovan Liberec. Liberec had won the second league promotion play-off against Jihlava 9–2 on aggregate. Baník Ostrava then won the relegation play-off 5–4 on aggregate and remained in the first division.


2011–12 DEL season
The 2011–12 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season was the 18th season since the founding of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. Eisbären Berlin won the league championship after posting the top record during the regular season.


2011–12 DEL season, Playoffs, Playoff qualifications
The playoff qualifications were played between March 14, and 16, 2012 in a Best-of-three mode.


2011–12 DEL season, Playoffs, Quarterfinals
The quarterfinals will be played in a Best-of-seven mode starting March 21 until April 3, 2012.


2011–12 DEL season, Playoffs, Semifinals
The semifinals were played in a Best-of-five mode starting April 5 to 11, 2012.


2011–12 DEL season, Playoffs, Finals
The finals will be played in a Best-of-five mode starting April 15 to 24, 2012.


2011–12 DFB-Pokal
The 2011–12 DFB-Pokal was the 69th season of the annual German football cup competition. It commenced on 29 July 2011 with the first of six rounds and concluded on 12 May 2012 with the final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.


2011–12 DFB-Pokal
Since both finalists have qualified for the UEFA Champions League, the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League (group stage) spot was given to the fifth-placed Bundesliga team. Schalke 04 were the reigning holders, but they were beaten by Borussia Mönchengladbach in the round of 16.


2011–12 DFB-Pokal, Schedule
The rounds of the 2011–12 competition are scheduled as follows:


2011–12 DFB-Pokal, Draw
The draws for the different rounds are conducted as following: For the first round, the participating teams will be split into two pots. The first pot contains all teams which have qualified through their regional cup competitions, the best four teams of the 3rd Liga and the bottom four teams of the Second Bundesliga. Every team from this pot will be drawn to a team from the second pot, which contains all remaining professional teams. The teams from the first pot will be set as the home team in the process.


2011–12 DFB-Pokal, Draw
The two-pot scenario will also be applied for the second round, with the remaining 3rd Liga/amateur teams in the first pot and the remaining professional teams in the other pot. Once one pot is empty, the remaining pairings will be drawn from the other pot with the first-drawn team for a match serving as hosts. For the remaining rounds, the draw will be conducted from just one pot. Any remaining 3rd Liga/amateur team will be the home team if drawn against a professional team. In every other case, the first-drawn team will serve as hosts.


2011–12 DFB-Pokal, Matches, First round
As in the 2010–11 competition, Hallescher FC will have to move their first-round match against Eintracht Frankfurt to another ground because re-building of their own Kurt-Wabbel-Stadion has not yet been completed. After several attempts of moving the tie to other locations, including Paul-Greifzu-Stadion at nearby Dessau-Roßlau and Frankenstadion at Nuremberg, were unsuccessful because of security concerns, the match will eventually be played at cross-town Stadion am Bildungszentrum, the current home ground of the club. Anker Wismar will also have to move their tie against Hannover 96 from their own Paul-Bürger-Stadion because of security requirements.


2011–12 DFB-Pokal, Matches, First round
The match will be played at Lohmühle, Lübeck. Other matches have been moved for capacity reasons, including FC Teningen–FC Schalke 04 (to be played at Badenova-Stadion in nearby Freiburg), SC Wiedenbrück 2000–1. FC Köln (to be played at Heidewaldstadion, Gütersloh), SVN Zweibrücken–1. FSV Mainz 05 (to be played at Waldstadion, Homburg) and Germania Windeck–1899 Hoffenheim (Sportpark Höhenberg, Cologne). Headlines made Hamburg Cup winner Eimsbütteler TV, who lost almost its complete first and second teams because of disagreements over how to split the money earned from reaching the first round. ETV was forced to field a side predominantly made up of players from its under-19 side.


2011–12 DFB-Pokal, Matches, Second round
The draw for this round took place on 6 August 2011. The matches were played on 25–26 October 2011.


2011–12 DFB-Pokal, Matches, Round of 16
The draw for this round took place on 30 October 2011. The matches were played on 20–21 December 2011.


2011–12 DFB-Pokal, Matches, Quarter-finals
The draw for this round took place on 21 December 2011. The matches were played on 7–8 February 2012.


2011–12 DFB-Pokal, Matches, Semi-finals
The draw for this round took place on 11 February 2012. The matches were played on 20–21 March 2012.


2011–12 DFB-Pokal Frauen
The DFB-Pokal 2011–12 was the 32nd season of the cup competition, Germany's second-most important title in women's football.


2011–12 DFB-Pokal Frauen, Results, Round 1
The draw for the first round was held on 14 July 2011. The nine best clubs of the previous Bundesliga season, 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam, 1. FFC Frankfurt, FCR 2001 Duisburg, Hamburger SV, FC Bayern München, SC 07 Bad Neuenahr, VfL Wolfsburg, Bayer 04 Leverkusen and SG Essen-Schönebeck were awarded byes for the first round. Starting times were terminated on 25 July 2011. The three Bundesliga clubs moved on.


2011–12 DFB-Pokal Frauen, Results, Round of 32
The draw for the second round was held on 18 August 2011. Games were terminated on 30 August 2011.


2011–12 DFB-Pokal Frauen, Results, Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 17 September 2011. The matches were played on 30 October 2011.


2011–12 DFB-Pokal Frauen, Results, Quarterfinals
The quarterfinals were held on 3 and 4 December 2011. FSV Gütersloh 2009 was the sole remaining second league team. The matches were played on 3 and 4 December 2011.


2011–12 DFB-Pokal Frauen, Results, Semifinals
The semifinals were drawn on 21 December 2011. And dated on 15 February 2012.


2011–12 Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. season
The 2011–12 season is the 5th season in the Football League played by Dagenham & Redbridge F.C., an English football club based in Dagenham, Greater London. It is their first consecutive season in Football League Two after relegation from Football League One in 2011. The season covers the period from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012.


2011–12 Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. season, Match results
League positions are sourced from Statto, while the remaining contents of each table are sourced from the references in the "Ref" column.


2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season
The 2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season was the 32nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Mavericks entered the season as the defending NBA champions, having defeated the Miami Heat in six games in the 2011 NBA Finals. They were attempting to win back-to-back NBA Finals, but were swept in the first round of the NBA Playoffs by the Oklahoma City Thunder (the team that the Mavericks defeated in last year's Western Conference Finals) in four games. The Thunder would go on to lose to the Heat in the Finals in five games.


2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season
The season officially began once NBA players and owners signed a new collective bargaining agreement to end the 2011 NBA lockout.


2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season, Draft picks
At the Draft night the Mavs acquired Rudy Fernández for their 26th pick, Jordan Hamilton, who was sent to Denver.


2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season, Offseason
Following their championship-winning 2010–2011 season, the Mavericks entered the offseason with six free agents; only one of those six players returned to play with the team in 2011–2012. Starting center Tyson Chandler was traded to the New York Knicks in a three-team sign-and-trade deal; the Mavericks received guard Andy Rautins in return(in addition to a 2012 second-round pick and a traded player exception) and waived him shortly thereafter. Forward Caron Butler signed a three-year deal worth $24 million with the Los Angeles Clippers. On December 14, reserve guard José Juan Barea announced that he would join the Minnesota Timberwolves. On December 19, reserve forward Peja Stojaković announced his retirement. Guard DeShawn Stevenson signed a one-year deal with New Jersey. Backup forward Brian Cardinal re-signed with the Mavs.


2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season, Offseason
The Mavericks acquired several new players during the offseason. On December 9, the Mavs signed power forward Brandan Wright. Vince Carter signed a contract on December 11, while Lamar Odom came to the Mavs through a trade with the Los Angeles Lakers. Drew Neitzel and Jerome Randle were signed on December 11; Neitzel and Randle were both waived on December 21 after playing in the D-League for the Texas Legends. The Mavs signed guard Delonte West on December 12 to a one-year deal. The Mavericks traded Rudy Fernández and Corey Brewer to the Denver Nuggets for a future second-round pick (and a traded player exception). The Mavericks signed Sean Williams on December 21 to a two-year deal. Free agent Yi Jianlian was signed on January 6 to a one-year deal.


2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season, Season recap, Preseason
The Mavericks lost their first preseason game to the Oklahoma City Thunder, with both Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Kidd sitting the game out. With Kidd and Nowitzki back in the lineup but without Jason Terry (illness), Vince Carter and Delonte West they also lost the second and last preseason matchup against the Thunder. The Mavericks ended the preseason with a 0–2 record.


2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season, Season recap, Regular season
On Christmas Day the Mavs opened the 2011–12 campaign by playing in a finals rematch against the Miami Heat. The Heat were not out on the floor when the Mavs raised their banner, but came out of the gates impressive. They were up by 15 after the first quarter and 21 when the game went into halftime. During the third and fourth quarter the lead blew to 35 at most before the Mavs looked to start a heroic comeback.


2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season, Season recap, Regular season
They cut the lead down to 11 at the end of the game but had chances to slice it down even more. Terry was the leading scorer with 23 points, but the Mavericks had 17 turnovers and allowed 15 offensive rebounds, which were two reasons the Mavs lost the opener. Lamar Odom got ejected for arguing about a call with the officials. In the second game of the season, against Denver, Delonte West started instead of Vince Carter.


2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season, Season recap, Regular season
Denver went on a 20–0 run in the second quarter, ending the first half leading 69–42 and the lead blew to 31 in the third quarter. Sean Williams made his debut for the Mavs in the fourth quarter and scored 12 points on 4/4 shooting. Denver won the game by 22, 115–93 in the end. The Mavericks fell to 0–3 after a 102–104 loss to Oklahoma City where Carter gave the Mavs a one-point lead with 1.4 seconds to go before Kevin Durant hits a Buzzer beater three to put the Thunder at top.


2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season, Season recap, Regular season
The Thunder improved to a perfect 4–0 record, their best start in franchise history. Dirk Nowitzki recorded his first double-double of the season with 29 points and 10 rebounds. For the first time this season, the Mavs took a lead into halftime against the Toronto Raptors. After the Raptors took the lead back and led by as much as seven, 68–61, the Mavericks answered with a 12–0 run and never looked back and won the game 99–86 to get their first win of the season. Ian Mahinmi scored a career-high 19 points and was the leading scorer for the Mavs.


2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season, Season recap, Regular season
Nowitzki scored his 1,000th point against the Minnesota Timberwolves in a loss 82–99 and the Mavs fell to a 1–4 start. The Mavs handed the Thunder their first loss of the season with a 100–87 win. The Mavericks improved to 3–4 in a 98–89 win over Phoenix, in which Nowitzki played in his 1,000th game. After facing the San Antonio Spurs the Mavs fell to 3–5 in a 22-point blowout loss after just scoring 71 points. The Spurs hit eleven threes in the first half and were up by 26 at halftime.


2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season, Season recap, Regular season
With Jason Kidd being out with a lower back injury and Carter to start at the shooting guard position the Mavs defeated the New Orleans Hornets 96–81 to improve to 4–5, though Nowitzki just went 2 of 11 from the field, he still was one of six player to score in double digits for the Mavericks. Nowitzki bounced back with a 9 of 10 shooting night with a +/– of +40 in a 100–86 win at Detroit to help the Mavs improve to a .500 record for the first time this season.


2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season, Season recap, Regular season
West added 10 assists and five steals in absence of Kidd. After a 90–85 win at Boston the Mavs were a +.500 team for the first time this season. Rick Carlisle was ejected early in the second half after a non-call on Kevin Garnett after he grabbed Nowitzki on a play, he ran onto the court, across halfcourt and got two technical fouls. After Paul Pierce tied the game at 85 with 25 seconds to go, Nowitzki got the ball with ten seconds left and Garnett all over him.


2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season, Season recap, Regular season
He would blow by him, get fouled by Brandon Bass but still managed to get the and-1. The Celtics called a timeout but the pass from Rajon Rondo to Ray Allen was fumbled and went out of bounds and the Mavs were able to hold on to the win. Nowitzki scored his 23,000th point of his career against Milwaukee in a 102–76 win to improve to a 7–5 record and the Mavs captured their fourth win in a row. With Kidd back in the lineup, the Mavericks won their fifth straight game by blewing out the Sacramento Kings 99–60.


2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season, Season recap, Regular season
After five wins, the Mavs received a close loss at the Lakers after Derek Fisher hit a game winning three-pointer with 3.1 seconds to go. Vince Carter injured his left foot by taking the last shot to try and tie the game. Without Carter, the Mavs took on the Los Angeles Clippers and lost their third game on a late game three-pointer, this time by Chauncey Billups with 1 second to go after Terry got the Mavs ahead 89–88 with two three-pointers.


2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season, Season recap, Regular season
After that loss the Mavs took on Utah and got away with a 94–91 win, Shawn Marion scored 22 points and Rodrigue Beaubois scored 17 to help them to improve to a 9–7 record. Without Nowitzki, who sits out with a sore right knee, the Mavs won at New Orleans 83–81 for the first time since 2007. Phoenix came to town and the Mavericks were able to win 93–87 behind 29 points from Marion. The Mavs lost to the T-Wolves the day they got their 2011 NBA Champion rings by fifteen points.


2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season, Season recap, Regular season
Against Utah, Carter returned to the lineup, but West was out due to a hamstring injury, the Mavericks won behind 22 points from Beaubois who got his first start of the season. Kidd injured himself during the first quarter and did not return due to a strain calf injury. With Nowitzki back in the lineup, the Mavs won against their rival San Antonio 101–100 after Overtime. Jason Terry scored a team- and season-high 34 points.


2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season, Season recap, Regular season
The Mavs went on the road to Phoenix to win in blowout fashion 122–99 with West and Carter hitting 10 of their 13 tries from behind the arc. Without Lamar Odom, Brendan Haywood and Kidd the Mavericks lost to the Thunder 86–95. Marion injured his knee in the second quarter but returned to the game, coach Carlisle was ejected for kicking the ball into the stands. Against Indiana the Mavericks fell short and lost by 11 to drop to 14 and 10.


2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season, Season recap, Regular season
Nowitzki scored 30 points, Paul George hit 7 of his 11 tries from downtown and scored his career-high 30 points. The Mavericks lost their third game in a row at Cleveland 88–91 when Terry missed the shot to tie it. Without Kidd again, the Mavs were able to win at Denver, with Nowitzki going for 25 and 9 while Carter added 8 assists. In the last season matchup against Minnesota, Nowitzki scored 33 points while Kidd was making his comeback to help the Mavs to push their record to 16 and 11.


2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season, Season recap, Regular season
Against Portland the Mavs needed two overtimes periods to get the win. Nowitzki twice had the chance to put the game away but missed both times, before he hit a shot in the second overtime to ice the game. When the Clippers came to town, Caron Butler got his ring but the Mavs the win. Butler missed the chance to take the lead with a three and the Mavs won by four. Without Terry and Beaubois the Mavs defeated the Nuggets in blowout fashion. West went out with a dislocated finger.


2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season, Season recap, Regular season
Without Terry, Beaubois and West the Mavs took on Philadelphia and won after being down by 14 at the half, before Nowitzki scored 24 points in the second half, just as much as the Sixers. The Mavericks traveled to New York City to take on the Knicks and their new sensation Jeremy Lin. Terry was back in the lineup, but the Mavs lost by seven in the end after being up 10 in the third quarter, while Nowitzki put up a new season-high 34 points.


2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season, Season recap, Regular season
In a win against the Celtics, Nowtzki recorded his 1000 block of his career and moved up to No. 20 on the all-time scoring list. At the last game before the All-Star break the Mavs lost to the Lakers. After the All-Star break the Mavs took on the New Jersey Nets and lost by one, when Jason Kidd missed a buzzer-beating three-point attempt. Brook Lopez scored 38 points for the Nets. On the next night, at Memphis the Mavs failed short with Nowitzki playing just nine minutes before going to the locker room with a tight back.


2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season, Season recap, Regular season
Mavs lost their fourth straight game at New Orleans. After four consecutive losses the Mavs beat the Jazz by 6, with Nowitzki going off for 40 points. The Mavericks lost Haywood in the opening play at Oklahoma and lost the game by four while shooting 23 less free throws. On the following day, the Mavs won against the Knicks after blowing a 19-point lead before Nowitzki took over in the fourth quarter. On the first night of their back-to-back-to-back they lost to the Suns by two.


2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season, Season recap, Regular season
On the next night, the Kings won against the Mavs' who dropped to the seventh place in the conference. The Mavericks ended their only three games in three nights stint with another loss, this time getting blown out by Golden State. Back home and after two days of rest, the Mavs' defeated Washington by nine. Two days later they took on Charlotte and won by 5 despite being up by a higher margin. Without Marion, who missed his first game of the season, the Mavericks beat the Spurs by seven. At Denver, the Mavericks won by 17 in blowout fashion.


2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season, Season recap, Regular season
Without Haywood, Marion and West the Mavs lost to the Lakers. With Marion back in the lineup but withput Odom due to a DNP-CD, the Mavs lost at the Spurs by 17. On the next day, at Houston the Mavs won after overtime 101–99. When Hoston came to visit the Mavs, the Mavericks won by 9 after giving just up 51 points in the last three quarters. In the second meeting against the Heat the Mavs got blown out by 21.


2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season, Season recap, Regular season
They completed their Florida road trip by winning at Orlando, with Nowitzki hitting the go-ahead bucket with 5.9 second to go. Hedo Türkoğlu missing the buzzer beating three-point attempt and Ryan Anderson failed to convert the putback layup. Without Kidd and Odom, injured and ill, the Mavs got beaten badly by the Clippers. Against Memphis, the Mavs got back on the winning track by beating them by 10. Against the Blazers the Mavs lost in Overtime, despite being up by as much as 15.


2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season, Season recap, Regular season
A day later, at Memphis the Mavs lost by 5, while being down by 19 after the first quarter. After the departure of Odom, the Mavs took on the Kings and won by 10. At Golden State they won by nine after being up by as much as 19. With Kidd getting a rest, the Mavs won at Portland 97–94 despite being up by more than 20. Against the Lakers the Mavs lost in overtime, although some questionable calls were made in the favour of LA. After triple overtime they failed to the Jazz 121–123.


2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season, Season recap, Regular season
Against the Rockets they trailed by 6 going into 4th quarter, in a crucial game for a playoff berth. They cancelled out the deficit and went on to win 117–110 with Nowitzki shooting 21 of his 31 2nd-half points (35 in total) in the last quarter. This marked their 4th last quarter comeback for the season. The playoff spot was guaranteed the next day, without playing themselves, because of the loss of the Rockets to the Hornets. They won their last home game of the regular season 104–94 against Golden State the next day.


2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season, Season recap, Regular season
Without either Kidd or Terry, the Mavs took on Chicago but fell short and lost by ten. After four days, with Kidd still resting, they lost 89–106 at Atlanta to close out the regular season. They clinched the seventh spot to play the Thunder in the first round of the playoffs, which also happened to be a rematch of the conference finals from the year before. The series was about to start just two days after the last regular-season game.


2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season, Season recap, Playoffs
The Mavericks opened their series against Oklahoma City Thunder on the first day of the playoffs. The game was close throughout and the Mavs took the lead by seven with 2 minutes to go. Dirk Nowitzki turned the ball over several times in the crucial stretch and the team stayed scoreless on four straight possessions. With nine seconds to go, the Mavs had a one-point lead, when Kevin Durant hit a shot that bounced a couple of times on the rim and backboard and fell through with 1.5 seconds to go.


2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season, Season recap, Playoffs
Shawn Marion's attempt for a half court shot came too late and the Thunder took Game 1. Game 2 was closeout again, even though the Mavs were down by 16 in the first half. They came back and took the lead in the third quarter. The fourth quarter was much of a freethrow contest, James Harden made all of his late in the game and both, Nowitzki and Jason Terry missed his threes. Terry had two tries to send it to overtime, but missed. Thunder were up 2–0. The Thunder took a commanding 3–0 lead after their blowout win in Game 3. Despite having a 13-point lead going into the fourth quarter the Mavs lost by six in Game 4 and were swept.


2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season, Injuries
Shawn Marion fractured his left little finger during the opening game against the Miami Heat but did not miss a game. Marion was ill but played against the Phoenix Suns. In a game against San Antonio, Jason Kidd was subbed out with under a minute to go in the first quarter and went straight into the Mavs' locker room and was diagnosed with a lower back injury and did not return to the game. He missed the game at New Orleans and two more games. He then missed the game at home against Milwaukee before returning versus the Sacramento Kings.


2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season, Injuries
Vince Carter injured his left foot, x-rays showed that it was a sprain. He missed the next four games. He returned against Utah. Dirk Nowitzki sat four games because of a sore knee. Delonte West was out against Utah due to a harmstring injury. Kidd left the Game versus Utah due to a strain calf and missed more than a week. Marion injured his knee against Oklahoma but did not miss a game. He, Lamar Odom and Brendan Haywood, the latter two missed the game against Oklahoma, returned to play against Indiana.


2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season, Injuries
Jason Terry and Rodrigue Beaubois were out against the Denver Nuggets. Terry joined the team at New York. West went out against the Nuggets before halftime and had fractured, dislocated finger and missed 4–6 weeks. Nowitzki left the game against Memphis with a back injury and was listed day-to-day but returned for the next game. Brandan Wright missed the game against Utah due to a concussion. Haywood sprained his ankle at Oklahoma. He sprained his knee against Charlotte and missed five games. Marion missed three games with a sore left knee.


2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season, Injuries
Kidd and Odom both missed the Game against the Clippers, Kidd with a groin injury which kept him out for a week and Odom was ill. Odom returned against Memphis, one game later. Beaubois missed the games at the Los Angeles Lakers and Jazz due to a right calf strain. He returned the next game against Houston. He dislocated his finger against Chicago but was able to return to the game.


2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season, Transactions, Free agents, Additions
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2011–12 Dallas Stars season
The 2011–12 Dallas Stars season is the 45th season (44th of play) for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 5, 1967, and 19th season (18th of play) since the franchise relocated to Dallas to start the 1993–94 season.


2011–12 Dallas Stars season
The team failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fourth year in a row. This was the second consecutive season that the Stars finished with a winning record but did not qualify for the playoffs.


2011–12 Dallas Stars season, Off-Season
On June 17, 2011, the Stars officially announced the hiring of Glen Gulutzan to be their new head coach. Gulutzan had been the head coach of the Stars' American Hockey League affiliate, the Texas Stars.


2011–12 Dallas Stars season, Regular season
The Stars' power play struggled during the regular season, as they finished 30th overall in power-play goals scored (33) and in power-play percentage (13.52%).


2011–12 Dallas Stars season, Playoffs
The Stars failed to qualify for the 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs.


2011–12 Dallas Stars season, Schedule and results, Regular season
Legend:  Win (2 points)  Loss (0 points)  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)


2011–12 Dallas Stars season, Player statistics, Skaters
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes


2011–12 Dallas Stars season, Player statistics, Goaltenders
Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA= Goals Against Average; SA= Shots Against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO= Shutouts


2011–12 Dallas Stars season, Player statistics, Goaltenders
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Stars. Stats reflect time spent with the Stars only. ‡Traded mid-seasonBold/italics denotes franchise record


2011–12 Dallas Stars season, Transactions
The Stars have been involved in the following transactions during the 2011–12 season:


2011–12 Dallas Stars season, Draft picks
The Stars' picks at the 2011 NHL Entry Draft in St. Paul, Minnesota.


2011–12 Danish 1st Division
The 2011–12 Danish 1st Division season is the 16th season of the Danish 1st Division league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association. It is set to start on 12 August 2011 with Viborg FF facing off against FC Hjørring. The final matches of the season are scheduled for 10 June 2012.


2011–12 Danish 1st Division
This will be the only season with a fourteen-club First Division. As only one team will be promoted from the Second Divisions, the league will be reduced to twelve teams from the next season, switching to the same system as the Superliga with three round-robin rounds and two relegation spots.


2011–12 Danish 1st Division
The division-champion and runners-up are promoted to the 2012–13 Danish Superliga. The teams in the 12th, 13th and 14th places are relegated to the 2012–13 Danish 2nd Divisions.


2011–12 Danish 2nd Divisions
The 2011–12 Danish 2nd Divisions, beginning on 6 August 2011 and ending on 16 June 2012, will be the divided in two groups of sixteen teams. The two group winners will face each other for a single promotion spot in a two-legged play-off, rather than the normal three promotion spots, as decided in March 2010. This is done to reduce the First Division from 14 to 12 teams.


2011–12 Danish 2nd Divisions
Because of an uneven distribution of West and East-teams (divided by the Great Belt), two East-teams, Lolland-Falster Alliancen and BK Skjold, were drawn into the West-division.


2011–12 Danish 2nd Divisions, Play-offs, Promotion game
The two winners will play promotion game on home and away basis.


2011–12 Danish Cup
The 2011–12 Danish Cup was the 58th season of the Danish Cup competition. After being rebranded, the tournament will be the first under the new name DBU Pokalen (The DBU Cup). The winner of the competition qualifies for the play-off round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.


2011–12 Danish Cup, First round
Normally, 96 teams – would have been drawn into the first round, but because of the mergers of Kolding FC (with Vejle Boldklub to Vejle Boldklub Kolding) and Ølstykke FC (with Stenløse BK to SC Egedal), only 94 teams were eligible for the draw and two byes were given out. Matches are scheduled for 9–11 August but may be rescheduled for television coverage.


2011–12 Danish Cup, Second round
Number 5–10 from the previous season's Superliga and the two promoted teams from the previous season's First Division will enter in the second round. The matches will be played from 30 August – 1 September.


2011–12 Danish Superliga
The 2011–12 Danish Superliga season was the 22nd season of the Danish Superliga, which decided the Danish football championship. The season began on 16 July 2011 (2011-07-16) with OB, the previous season's runners-up playing the cup winners FC Nordsjælland. It concluded on 25 May 2012 (2012-05-25) with six simultaneous matches. F.C. Copenhagen were the defending champions, having won their ninth league championship and third consecutively last season.


2011–12 Danish Superliga
Since Denmark climbed from fifteenth to twelfth place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2010–11 season, the 2011–12 league champions entered directly the group stage of the UEFA Champions League instead of having to compete in the qualifying rounds. The remaining allocation of European spots remains unchanged.


2011–12 Danish Superliga, Teams
Randers and Esbjerg finished the 2010–11 season in 11th and 12th place, respectively, and were relegated to the 2011–12 1st Division. Randers were relegated after five seasons in the Superliga, while Esbjerg leave after 10 seasons in the league.


2011–12 Danish Superliga, Teams
The relegated teams were replaced by 2010–11 1st Division champions AGF and runners-up HB Køge. Both clubs make their immediate return to the highest Danish football league.


2011–12 Danish Superliga, Teams, Personnel and sponsoring
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2011–12 Danish Superliga, Teams, Managerial changes
Originally, Skarbalius was meant to take over the assistant coach job at Brøndby on 31 December 2011 at the end of his HB Køge contract and be replaced by Tommy Møller Nielsen, however on 24 October Henrik Jensen was fired and the move was moved forwards, while Skarbalius was made head coach.


2011–12 Danish Superliga, Teams, Managerial changes
Roland Nilsson became the second head coach to be fired with his team top of the Superliga after Christian Andersen was fired by Akademisk Boldklub after 11 rounds of the 1998–99 season.


2011–12 Davidson Wildcats men's basketball team
The 2011–12 Davidson Wildcats men's basketball team represented Davidson College in NCAA men's Division I competition. The Wildcats were coached by Bob McKillop in his 23rd year and played their home games at John M. Belk Arena. They compete in the Southern Conference's South Division. They finished the season 25–8, 16–2 in SoCon play to be crowned South Division Champions and overall regular season champions. They were the champions of the SoCon Basketball Tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid into the 2012 NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Louisville.


2011–12 Davidson Wildcats men's basketball team, Roster
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2011–12 Dayton Flyers men's basketball team
The 2011–12 Dayton Flyers men's basketball team represented the University of Dayton during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Flyers, led by first year head coach Archie Miller, played their home games at the University of Dayton Arena and are members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 20–13 9–7 in A-10 to finish in a four way tie for fifth place. They were champions of the 2011 Old Spice Classic. They lost in the quarterfinals of the A-10 Basketball Tournament to Xavier. They were invited to the 2012 National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Iowa.


2011–12 Dayton Gems season
The 2011–12 Dayton Gems season was the second season in the Central Hockey League of the CHL franchise in Dayton, Ohio.


2011–12 Dayton Gems season, Transactions
The Gems have been involved in the following transactions during the 2011–12 season.


2011–12 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team
The 2011–12 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team represented DePaul University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Blue Demons, led by second year head coach Oliver Purnell, played their home games at the Allstate Arena, with three home games at McGrath-Phillips Arena, and were members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 12–19, 3–15 in Big East play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Big East Tournament to Connecticut.


2011–12 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team, Preseason
On October 19, 2011, at Big East Media Day, DePaul was ranked last in the Big East Preseason Coaches' Poll, receiving 27 points.


2011–12 Debreceni VSC season
The 2011–12 season will be Debreceni VSC's 34th competitive season, 19th consecutive season in the OTP Bank Liga (Nemzeti Bajnokság I) and 109th year in existence as a football club.


2011–12 Debreceni VSC season, First team squad
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2011–12 Debreceni VSC season, Transfers, Summer
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2011–12 Debreceni VSC season, Transfers, Summer
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2011–12 Debreceni VSC season, Transfers, Winter
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2011–12 Debreceni VSC season, Transfers, Winter
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2011–12 Debreceni VSC season, Statistics, Top scorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2011–12 Debreceni VSC season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.


2011–12 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's basketball team
The 2011–12 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's basketball team represented the University of Delaware during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fightin' Blue Hens, led by sixth year head coach Monté Ross, played their home games at the Bob Carpenter Center and are members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 18–14, 12–6 in CAA play to finish in fifth place in CAA play. They lost in the quarterfinals of the CAA Basketball Tournament to Old Dominion. They were invited to the 2012 College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to Butler.


2011–12 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens women's basketball team
The 2011–12 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens women's basketball team represents the University of Delaware during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fightin' Blue Hens, led by sixteenth year head coach Tina Martin, played their home games at the Bob Carpenter Center and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 31–2, going 18-0 in CAA play to win their second CAA regular season championship. They won the 2012 CAA Women's Basketball Tournament, defeating Drexel in the finals to win their first CAA title. A #3 seed in the Des Moines region of the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, the Blue Hens defeated #14 seed Arkansas-Little Rock for the first Delaware NCAA Basketball tournament win, men's or women's, before falling to #11 seed Kansas in the second round.


2011–12 Denver Nuggets season
The 2011–12 Denver Nuggets season was the 45th season of the franchise, and its 36th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Denver finished the lockout-shortened season in sixth place in the Western Conference with a 38–28 record and were eliminated in the first round of the 2012 NBA Playoffs by the Los Angeles Lakers in seven games. The Nuggets finished the regular season leading the league in points per game (104.12) and assists per game (23.96).


2011–12 Denver Nuggets season, Transactions, Free agents
Many players signed with teams from other leagues due to the 2011 NBA lockout. FIBA allows players under NBA contracts to sign and play for teams from other leagues if the contracts have opt-out clauses that allow the players to return to the NBA if the lockout ends. The Chinese Basketball Association, however, only allows its clubs to sign foreign free agents who could play for at least the entire season.


2011–12 Denver Pioneers men's basketball team
The 2011–12 Denver Pioneers men's basketball team represented the University of Denver during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Pioneers, led by fifth year head coach Joe Scott, played their home games at Magness Arena and were members of the West Division of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 22–9, 11–5 in Sun Belt play to finish in second place in the West Division. They lost in the semifinals of the Sun Belt Basketball Tournament to WKU. Despite having 22 wins, the Pioneers did not accept an invitation to a post season tournament.


2011–12 Denver Pioneers men's basketball team
This was Denver's final year as a member of the Sun Belt as they will join the Western Athletic Conference on July 1, 2012.


2011–12 Deportivo Toluca F.C. season
The 2011–12 Toluca season was the 65th professional season of Mexico's top-flight football league. The season is split into two tournaments—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each with identical formats and each contested by the same eighteen teams. Toluca began their season on July 22, 2011 against Estudiantes Tecos, Toluca play their homes games on Sundays at 12:00pm local time.


2011–12 Deportivo Toluca F.C. season, Torneo Apertura, Squad
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2011–12 Deportivo Toluca F.C. season, Torneo Clausura, Squad
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2011–12 Derby County F.C. season
The 2011–12 season was Derby County's 106th season in the Football League and their 113th overall in league football. It was their fourth consecutive season in the second tier following the previous campaign and their 44th overall. Derby started the season well, winning their first 4 league games in August, which was also club's best league start since the 1905–06 season. However, the club were knocked out of the first round of League Cup against League Two opposition for the third season in a row against Shrewsbury Town.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season
Derby maintained their top 2 position in September, with the main highlight being a 2–1 win at local rivals Nottingham Forest, despite the fact that goalkeeper Frank Fielding gave away a penalty and was sent off after 67 seconds, Jeff Hendrick's winner in the game was his first goal in senior football. October and November were disappointing with Derby picking up only 1 win and 5 points out of a possible 30 as Derby fell to 15th place in the league, with a 4–0 defeat at rivals Leicester City at the start of the month, starting the slump in form.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season
In mid-October, Nigel Clough and his backroom staff signed new 3 1⁄2-year contracts. Derby picked up form in December and January, losing only twice in 9 games, picking up 17 points as Derby ended the month 12th peaking at 8th in mid-January. February was another disappointing month, where they picked up on 1 point, scoring no goals with them club suffering their 2nd 4–0 defeat of the season to the hands of Southampton by the end of the month, Derby were 15th in the table.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season
From the start of April to mid march, Derby picked up 14 points out a possible 21 which lifted Derby to 11th in the table, 5 points off the play-offs with 4 games remaining, Derby manager Nigel Clough however ruled out a play-off place, wishing there was more the 4 games left as the club were showing great form. However defeats to Middlesbrough and Cardiff City in 4 days ended the Derby's play-off chances.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season
Derby finished the season 12th in the league, 11 points off the play-off players, with Nigel Clough being satisfied with the performances of the team, stating a lack of firepower as the reason why they fell short and a target to improve in 2012–13. Derby ended the season with a win and a draw as they finished in 12th place on 64 points, 7 places and 15 points better off than the previous season, the club's first top half finish since promotion in 2007 and best league standing since relegation in 2008.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season
Derby's summer signings had mixed fortunes with Craig Bryson, Jason Shackell & Frank Fielding all being in contention for the Player of the Year award. Striker Theo Robinson was joint top scorer with Steve Davies on 12 goals and Jamie Ward's form impressed enough to earn him a new contract. Tom Naylor also earned praise from Nigel Clough for his development and impressed when standing in for John Brayford at right-back.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season
Nathan Tyson, signed from local rivals Forest however failed to score in 24 appearances, Chris Maguire struggled to break into the first team and was loaned out to Portsmouth for the final two months of the season. Chris Riggott rejoined the club on a one-year contract, but was released in December due to injuries.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season
The club relied less on loan signings and more on the club's academy as Jeff Hendrick, Mark O'Brien, Callum Ball, Mason Bennett and Will Hughes all broke into the first team, Bennett and Hughes making their debuts with Bennett setting a club record for youngest ever team player, making his first appearance against Middlesbrough on 22 October 2011 at 15 years and 99 days old, beating Lee Holmes' record by 169 days.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season
The club's reserve side had a less successful year than in the two previous seasons, with the club missing out on the Central League title by one point from Sheffield United, as well as being beaten in the Derbyshire Senior Cup final by  Buxton. Derby also reached the final of the Central League Cup final against Manchester City Elite Development squad.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season
The club recorded an average attendance of 26,020, down by exactly 3 from the previous campaign and still the third highest in the Championship behind West Ham United and Southampton. This was also the 14th best average attendance in the country, higher than the average gate of eight Premier League clubs. In October 2011, Derby County announced that they had submitted plans to Derby City Council for a £7 million development of land outside the stadium, which the club named "The Plaza @ Pride Park". The plans included five cafes/restaurants, two convenience stores and 2,000 square metres of office space.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season
The plans were scaled down from the planned £20 million development proposed in 2007. Derby County CEO Tom Glick, said that the plans would help the club deal with the new Financial Fair Play regulations, due to be introduced in the Football League from 2012, as revenue from the Plaza was intended to be reinvested back into the club. The planned development also coincided with plans from the City Council to build a multi-use sports arena on the same site as the proposed Plaza. Derby City Council's Planning Control Committee gave planning permission for The Plaza @ Pride Pride Park development in January 2012, with Chief Executive Tom Glick stating the club had started looking for a development company to build the plaza.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Team kit
The team kit for the 2011–12 season is produced by Adidas and sponsored by website buymobiles.net. The new home kit for was revealed on 4 June 2011. The away kit was revealed on 15 July 2011.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, Pre-season
In a post-match interview after a 2–0 defeat at home to Bristol City on 30 April 2011, Derby manager Nigel Clough stated that whilst talking with the fellow management staff during the game he had wondered "How many of those players out who started today we want out there on 6 August (and the answer is) not too many" and that he intended to bring in "6, 8, maybe 10" new players in the close season.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, Pre-season
Flying in the face of such talk  was press speculation that Clough, fearing interference, would quit his position at Derby to return to Burton Albion. The Rams ended the season in 19th, their lowest position on the league ladder in 5 years. The final tally of 49 points was the club's lowest ever from a 46-game season and their lowest in the second tier since 1984. At the end of May, the club announced it had sold 16,200 Early Bird Season tickets for the following campaign, just 500 down from the same point last season.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, Pre-season
Following the completion of the 2010–11 season, Derby announced their retained list for the 2011–12 campaign. Goalkeeping trio Saul Deeney, Ross Atkins and James Severn were all given new deals to their expiring contracts, whilst Callum Ball, Alex Witham, Aaron Cole and Chris Jones become first-year professionals after completing their scholarship programmes. The next month Ball also signed a new three-year contract, which extended his stay at the club until at least 2014. The club also confirmed the departures of Michael Boulding, Chris Porter, Greg Mills and Arnaud Mendy, alongside the retiring Robbie Savage, as they would not be offered new deals, and that loanees Brad Jones, Daniel Ayala and Alberto Bueno would all return to their parent clubs.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, Pre-season
The club quickly entered into the transfer market, tying up permanent deals for loanees Frank Fielding, Jamie Ward and Theo Robinson within 48 hours of the end of the season, with Fielding signed for £400k and Ward and Robinson signing for undisclosed fees, rumoured to total £500k. The first "new" capture of the summer came in the shape of Kilmarnock captain Craig Bryson, who signed for £350k, rising to £450,000 after add-on clauses. Later that same month, Derby added two additional signings in the shape of Jason Shackell and Chris Maguire.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, Pre-season
Barnsley captain Jason Shackell was the club's biggest signing of the Summer Transfer window. After several unsuccessful offers, Derby had a bid in the region of £1m accepted and the player joined on a three-year contract. Miles Addison, who signed a contract extension until 2013 on the same day, joined Barnsley on loan for six months as part of the deal. Another protracted transfer concerned Scottish international striker Chris Maguire. On 1 June, it was announced Chris Maguire would sign for the club on the expiration of his Aberdeen contract after agreeing a three-year deal at Pride Park.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, Pre-season
However, after Derby failed to match Aberdeen's £400,000 compensation claim, it was revealed that the final fee would be decided by a FIFA Tribunal. However, after much discussion between the two clubs, on 29 June, two days before the expiry of his contract, Maguire's signing was formally announced, with the two clubs agreeing to a compensation in the region of £400,000.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, Pre-season
Despite capturing six new permanent signings by the end of June, Derby still hadn't finished rebuilding and added two more captures on 1 July. The most controversial was that of Nottingham Forest's Nathan Tyson. On 7 June, it was confirmed that Nathan Tyson was in contract talks with the club, despite a controversial incident where Tyson waved a Nottingham Forest flag in front of the Derby fans after the final whistle of the East Midlands derby match in August 2009, a game which Tyson scored in and Forest won 3–2.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, Pre-season
Tyson was hit with a two-game suspended ban and a £5,000 fine for the incident. Tyson was confirmed as a Derby County player on 13 June, signing a 3-year pre-contract agreement and formally joining on 1 July. A less contentious signing came in the shape of Burton Albion goalkeeper Adam Legzdins, who joined from League Two club Burton Albion on a three-year deal, Clough stating that he would return to first choice goalkeeper Frank Fielding. The close seasons final captures came late on.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, Pre-season
Former defender Chris Riggott was invited to train with the club in an attempt to regain fitness and impressed enough to earn a contract offer from the club, which he subsequently signed. The other signing came in the form of a six-month loan deal for Hull City defender Kevin Kilbane, who would challenge Gareth Roberts for the club's left-back position.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, Pre-season
Uncompleted moved included a rejected £1.25m move for Leicester City striker Martyn Waghorn and an approach for Watford midfielder John Eustace, who had had a loan spell at the club in 2009. Rumoured targets included Birmingham City pair Kevin Phillips and Lee Bowyer, and Adam Rooney of Inverness Caledonian Thistle The start of July also saw a rumours of a move for former Forest midfielder Guy Moussi. There were also rumours of an audacious swoop for Manchester United and England striker Michael Owen, which Clough himself later dismissed as "silly season" speculation.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, Pre-season
With the capture of ten players, there came the necessity of shifting out those not in the first team picture to balance the club's wage bill. The biggest sale, and the only one from which Derby received a fee, was Luke Varney, who joined Portsmouth for a fee of £750,000 after lengthy speculation. The only other permanent departure, not counting contract expirations, was Ben Pringle. Pringle was told he was free to find another club, despite being handed a new 18-month contract just 3 months earlier, and subsequently agreed personal terms with Rotherham United.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, Pre-season
signing for the club on a free transfer later the same day. The only other departures saw goalkeeper Ross Atkins join Burton Albion on a season-long loan move and another young goalkeeper, James Severn joined Eastwood Town until 1 January. There was also rumour of an Aberdeen move for Russell Anderson being accepted, but the player rejected the chance of a move, preferring to remain at Pride Park.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, Pre-season
The players and management team returned to pre-season training on 1 July, with former loanee goalkeeper Matt Duke and left back Danny Blanchett also joining training after being released by their respective clubs. Striker Michael Boulding, who had been released at the start of the season, also trained with the club during pre-season and former Notts County left winger Nathan Fox played 90 minutes during a pre-season friendly against Burton Albion.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, August
Derby's first game of the 2011–12 season came at home to relegated Birmingham City and saw full debuts for Jason Shackell, Craig Bryson and Kevin Kilbane. Despite going a goal down, Derby struck back to claim a 2–1 victory, which included a debut goal for Shackell, who earned a spot in the Championship Team of the Week. This was followed by consecutive 1–0 wins away to Watford and Blackpool, with winning goals courtesy of Steve Davies, who earned a Team of the Week placing for his performance, and Craig Bryson respectively.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, August
The run was the first time Derby had opened a campaign with a three-game winning streak since 1948 and the first time in the club's history it had been achieved with two away fixtures in the run. The following match against Doncaster Rovers  was the 300th league game at the Pride Park Stadium and saw Derby in with a chance of making their best start to a season in over 100 years if they could achieve a victory.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, August
In the result of the match The Rams cruised to a  3–0 victory, with Steve Davies getting his third in four games,  Kevin Kilbane getting his first goal for the club and Ben Davies scoring his first of the campaign and earning a place in the Championship Team of the Week. The result lifted Derby to second in the embryonic 2011–12 table and saw the Rams open with four from four, the first time this had been achieved since the start of the 1905–06 season when the club recorded a club record five straight opening victories.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, August
Four days after the result, the club revealed that right back John Brayford, who had played every minute of every game since his arrival at Pride Park one year earlier, had signed a new contract extending his stay at the club until the summer of 2014. The visit of Burnley was the final game before the international break and saw Derby crash to their first defeat of the season, as Theo Robinson's equaliser turned out to be a mere consolation in a 2–1 home loss. Regardless of the defeat, Nigel Clough remained defiant, stating "I don't want this to diminish the start we've had. 12 points from 15 has been absolutely brilliant and the manner in which we've achieved them."


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, August
With the international break stopping play, eyes moved to what the club would do prior to the closing of the Transfer Window on 1 September, with the long term chase for a holding midfielder and an additional striker suggesting that the club's work in the transfer market had not yet finished. However, the club's only movement saw academy graduate Ryan Connolly join Scottish First Division side Ayr United on loan until 31 December and youth team winger Aaron Cole head out to Eastwood Town on a one-month deal. Glick explained the lack of activity with a statement via.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, August
the club's official website in which he said "We continue to make inquiries and calls in regards to strengthening the squad, but it may be that things happen when the loan window re-opens next week. We have been extremely active in our recruitment this summer - signing 10 players - and we very satisfied the quality and experience we have brought in. It is no secret that we expected, and needed, to move some players on during this window to balance the squad with the new intake, and that element has so far proved challenging.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, August
This means we are carrying players and wages that are not part of our plans for this campaign or beyond, and we need to rectify that. It is important not to abandon our philosophy of responsible governance of this Club; with the Financial Fair Play rules set to be introduced in the Football League in 2012, it makes it even more imperative." One of the players thought to not be part of the club's plans was defender Dean Leacock, with media speculation that he was going to be offered a contract termination.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, August
Other financial news saw it revealed amount of money Derby spent on agents' fees had fallen by almost £150,000 between July 2010 and July 2011, paying out £289,500 as opposed to £434,350 in the previous 12 months. The figure saw Derby tumble down the Championship Agent's Fees table to 18th, having topped it three years before. Thefigure was made up of 57 transactions, including 18 new registrations/transfers, eight updated contracts, 13 contracts cancelled and 18 loans.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, September
The international break saw a surprise call-up to the England squad for Frankie Fielding following West Ham United's Rob Green's withdrawal through injury. Although Fielding was unused for the two Euro 2012 qualifiers, he became the first Derby player in 11 years to have a role for England, since Seth Johnson's appearance against Italy in 2000. When Fielding returned to Derby he and his teammates resumed Championship action away to Coventry City, where two second half goals condemned them to a second consecutive defeat, this time 2–0.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, September
The day before the Coventry defeat it was announced that Nigel Clough had been nominated for the Championship Manager of the Month award, but lost out to Brighton & Hove Albion's Gus Poyet. Prior to the game, Clough also spoke of his desire for patience and his commitment to bringing through youth at Derby.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, September
Reflecting on Clough's comments, the Derby Evening Telegraph stated "The conveyor belt at Derby has juddered and stalled at times and in many ways it has been rusted by constant changes within the Academy set up" before highlighting past academy-graduates England international Tom Huddlestone, Northern Ireland international Lee Camp, Wales international Lewin Nyatanga and England U21 internationals Lee Grant, Giles Barnes and Lee Holmes (all of whom were no longer with the club) as examples that the current youth set-up should aim to emulate.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, September
As if to prove that Derby's youth production was back on track, academy graduate Mark O'Brien, who had played in every game of the new season despite being just 18 years old, signed a new four-year contract, extending his stay at the club until the summer of 2015. On the same day, winger Dave Martin joined Walsall on a months loan and the following week Stephen Bywater moved to Sheffield Wednesday until the end of the year with goalkeeping coach Martin Taylor saying of Bywater "He's not in the squad at all.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, September
Nothing against Stephen because he's worked really hard but he doesn't figure in our plans. At his age he just needs to play games and get in the shop window." There was also a link with Mansfield Town's Tom Naylor, who played for the reserves in a bid to earn a contract offer from the club, and Clough laughed off West Bromwich Albion's rumoured £3m interest in John Brayford, saying "Is that all, £3million?"


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, September
17 September bought the first East Midlands derby of the season, as Derby travelled to the City Ground to face Nottingham Forest. With midfielder James Bailey injured in the week prior to the match, an ankle injury which ruled him out for three months. Derby unsuccessfully tried to sign former-Captain Matt Oakley on loan from Leicester City to bolster the midfield. The already contentious fixture saw tensions heightened by the news that Nathan Tyson, who had injured himself in pre-season following his move to Derby from Forest, was finally available for selection for the Rams.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, September
In the event of the match, Frank Fielding was sent off after just 66 seconds after bundling over Forest striker Ishmael Miller giving Adam Legzdins to make his first appearance for the club, with his first action being to pick Andy Reid's penalty out of the back of the net. However, Jamie Ward's 29th-minute equaliser, a mazy run past three Forest defenders before he beat Lee Camp at his near post from the byline, saw the ten-man Derby side level at half-time.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, September
The second half saw Nathan Tyson come on for his Derby debut, but it was 19-year-old academy graduate Jeff Hendrick, who like Mark O'Brien had broken into the first team after impressive performances and was named in the Championship Team of the Week on the back of his performance, who grabbed the headlines when he scored midway into the second half with his first professional goal and claimed Derby's third win at the City Ground in five attempts.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, September
The victory was followed with four points from the next two home games - a 3–0 thumping of Millwall which saw John Brayford, Ben Davies and Jeff Hendrick named in the Championship's 'Team of the Week' and a 1–1 draw with Barnsley - to take them into the automatic promotion spots. The results came in midst of discussion over Clough's contract - which was due to expire at the end of the season, with Forest allegedly interested in securing their former-player's services.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, October
The first game of October, and Derby's final game before the international break saw Derby make the short trip to Leicester City. In the event of the game, Derby were on the end of a thumping 4–0 defeat, which included two goals in the final two minutes, but remained in third place in the table thanks to results elsewhere.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, October
It was the club's biggest defeat for almost exactly two years (after a 1–6 mauling at Cardiff City on 29 September 2009) and left Clough asking supporters to not let the result "overshadow what has been a great start to the season for us."


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, October
The heavy nature of the defeat, which was partially attributed to player exhaustion due to the constraints of a regular Championship season being placed on Derby's small squad, led to questions about potential investment over the next two weeks, with CEO Tom Glick stating that "we have our eye firmly on what it will take to get through the first half of the season before January and if we feel we're light, we'll make a move" before reaffirming that he didn't foresee any new signings ahead of the next game, at home to Southampton.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, October
The club also made public its intention to offer a new contract to Jeff Hendrick, who had enjoyed an excellent start to his first full season of professional football. The international break allowed Derby the time to try to bring back some of the squads injured key players, with Chris Riggott, Shaun Barker, Paul Green and Nathan Tyson all showing signs of nearing return to the first team picture. They was a further boost to the squad when Jason Shackell was nominated for Championship Player of the Month, though he lost out to Middlesbrough's Matthew Bates.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, October
The return to league action saw a high-profile fixture at home to league leaders Southampton, with a sell out crowd (the first of the season) making the match the fourth highest attended of the day in English football. Theo Robinson's 3rd-minute strike saw Derby open the scoring in an eventual 1–1 draw, though they owed much to an inspired performance from Frank Fielding for keeping them in the game.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, October
The draw came despite the absence of John Brayford, who missed his first match since joining Derby 15 months previously after picking up an injury in training, and top-scorer Steve Davies' early exit after picking up an eye injury. With the Brayford ruled out for six weeks and Davies for twelve, Derby cast their eye over the emergency loan market and confirmed they have enquired about Newcastle United's James Perch though Newcastle denied the request as the player was providing defensive cover.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, October
Two days after the game it was announced Nigel Clough, alongside his backroom staff, had signed new 3 1⁄2-year deals at Derby to take them through until summer 2015. The following day, Derby let the lead slip twice as they drew 2–2 at Reading and lost 2–0 at Middlesbrough the following weekend to drop to 6th in the table, their lowest position of the table, and stretch their winless streak to five games.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, October
The Middlesbrough game was notable for featuring the debut of the highly touted Mason Bennett, who set a club record for youngest ever team player, making his first appearance at 15 years and 99 days old. The final game of October saw Derby rise to fifth in the table and finally ending their winless streak by grabbing their first win in 6 with a 3–1 win over Portsmouth, with strikes from Craig Bryson and Jamie Ward sandwiching Chris Maguire's first league goal for the club on his first league start in an acclaimed performance.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, October
Craig Bryson's performance earned him a place in the Championship Team of the Week. and Mason Bennett also made his first home appearance, coming on in the second half. The match saw injuries to Theo Robinson (hamstring), Mark O'Brien (shoulder) and Chris Maguire (broken nose) to add to eight other injured first team players (Shaun Barker, John Brayford, Steven Davies, Saul Deeney, Nathan Tyson, James Bailey, Paul Green and Chris Riggott).


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, October
With eleven senior players unavailable, the club admitted it "might" consider entering the loan market, though Clough later stated "We are trying to find the solutions from within the squad", suggesting that their frequent use of the loan market in previous seasons had had a destabilizing effect on the squads of the time.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, October
Away from the pitch, Derby County announced that they had submitted plans to Derby City Council for a £7 million development of land outside the stadium, which the club named "The Plaza @ Pride Park". The plans included five cafes/restaurants, two convenience stores and 2,000 square metres of office space. The plans were scaled down from the planned £20 million pound development proposed in 2007.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, October
Derby County CEO Tom Glick, said that the plans would help the club deal with the new Financial Fair Play regulations, due to be introduced in the Football League from 2012, as revenue from the Plaza was intended to be reinvested back into the club. The planned development also coincided with plans from the City Council to build a multi-use sports arena on the same site as the proposed Plaza.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, November
The first match of the month saw Derby crash to a 3–0 defeat at home to Cardiff City, their biggest home defeat for 22 months, and drop out of the playoff for the positions for the first time in the season. Russell Anderson added to the club's injury problems by going off with a damaged hamstring. Despite Derby's numerous injury issues. Clough insisted loans weren't needed and instead loaned out midfielder Stephen Pearson to fellow Championship side Bristol City until 2 January.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, November
The last match before the November international break saw Derby race into a 2–0 lead away to Peterborough United, courtesy of a Theo Robinson brace, before losing 3–2 thanks to a stoppage time winner and slipping to a season low of 8th in the table. The winning goal was a bone of contention for Clough, whose post match criticism of referee Iain Williamson was strong enough to earn him a £2,000 fine from the FA.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, November
Speaking after the defeat, Clough stated that the recent results (one win from eight) had clouded the seasons positives, such as the "emergence of (the) youngsters". The match saw Will Hughes make his debut as a late substitute at the age of just 16, meaning Derby finished the game with five Academy graduate players aged 19-or-under on the pitch (Jeff Hendrick, Mark O'Brien having started and Mason Bennett, Callum Ball and Hughes appearing as substitutes).


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, November
During the international break Derby added to the squad, with the loan signing of Mansfield Town defender Tom Naylor and trials for defender Daniel Lafferty and forward Edwin Gyasi. The first game after the break, at home to Hull City, also saw the return to the squad of Shaun Barker, Paul Green and John Brayford., though it was not enough to prevent The Rams crash to their third straight defeat as the visitors ran out 2–0 winners.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, November
The result meant Derby had won just one of the last 9 fixtures, slumping from 2nd to 9th in the table, though Clough dismissed the poor form as "not a concern". The game also saw top-scorer Theo Robinson go off with a hamstring injury in the first 15 minutes, an injury which saw the club begin to scour the loan market for a replacement striker ahead of the emergency loan window's closure the following Thursday.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, November
On the day that the emergency loan window closed, Ipswich Town's Tamás Priskin joined The Rams on a five-week deal, with youth team winger Aaron Cole going out on loan to Conference National side Stockport County on a similar deal. Priskin scored on his debut to give Derby the lead at West Ham United but The Rams eventually fell to a 3–1 defeat to slip to 15th in the table on the back of a fourth consecutive defeat. This was followed by a 1–0 defeat at home to Brighton and Hove Albion, which was a fifth straight defeat and meant that November yielded no points and just three goals.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, December
Derby's first fixture of December saw them earn their 5,000th league point in their history, as a Paddy McCarthy own goal helped earn the club a 1–1 draw away to Crystal Palace and earn The Rams their first point in six games. A week later they followed it with a first win since October, as Callum Ball's first senior goal say Derby turn a 1–0 deficit into a 2–1 victory at home to Bristol City.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, December
The match was sandwiched by two contracting pieces of contract news - the day before the game it was announced midfielder Jeff Hendrick had committed to the until 2015, whereas two days after it was announced Russell Anderson's injury plagued two years at the club had been ended when his contract was cancelled by mutual consent. There was also strong rumours that Stephen Bywater would make his loan move to Sheffield Wednesday permanent. On 22 December, Chris Riggott's contract was terminated by mutual consent, a move which formally went ahead on 1 January.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, December
The Bristol City victory was followed by a 1–0 defeat away to Ipswich Town. now managed by Clough's predecessor Paul Jewell, and a boxing day victory over Leeds United, to take Derby to 31 points at the half-way stage of the season - 1 point ahead of the same stage previous season. The Leeds game saw Nathan Tyson make his first start for Derby, five months after joining the club following a succession of groin problems.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, December
Ahead of the final game of the year, a home fixture against second placed West Ham, and with the club's wage bill restricting Derby's potential in the transfer market Clough revealed his intention to move on no less than six players in the upcoming transfer window, with Stephen Pearson (Bristol City), Stephen Bywater (Sheffield Wednesday), Dean Leacock, David Martin, Lee Croft and Tomasz Cywka, all of whom were entering the final six months of their contracts, seemingly on their way out. Bywater was the first to leave following the cancellation of his contract by mutual consent.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, December
The Rams rounded off 2012 with a 2–1 home victory over second placed West Ham United which saw Callum Ball and Paul Green, with his first goal in over a year,  give Derby a 2–0 lead within 10 minutes. It was only the second time in the last ten years that Derby had finished the year with maximum points and saw them rise to 10th in the table, just two points from the play off positions.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, January
The club opened the season with a 1–0 victory away at Hull City, courtesy of a Theo Robinson goal. It meant that Derby became the only side in English football to take a full 9 points from the festive fixtures and was the first time Derby had achieved the feat for 16 years. The win was followed by 1–0 home victories over Crystal Palace (in the FA Cup 3rd Round) and Coventry City in the league, to take The Rams to five consecutive victories in all competitions, their best run of form of the season. The winning run ended with a 2–0 FA Cup defeat to Stoke City and then subsequent results of a 0–0 draw at Burnley and a 3–2 midweek defeat at Barnsley.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, January
With the opening of the transfer window, Derby made permanent Tom Naylor's loan move from Mansfield Town on a three-year deal, and signed Sunderland striker Ryan Noble on a month's loan for a second time; Noble having also had a loan spell at the club in the previous campaign. Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Tom Carroll joined the club on loan until the end of the season.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, January
These were the only three incoming transfers, though several players left the club; Dave Martin joined Southend United for an undisclosed fee and Stephen Pearson and Dean Leacock both had their contracts terminated by mutual consent, allowing them to join Bristol City and Leyton Orient respectively. Tomasz Cywka saw a transfer back to Poland fall through (which later turned out to be Ekstraklasa leaders Śląsk Wrocław), with Clough indicating that the player could leave as his contract was up in the summer and there was no intention of offering him a new deal. Cywka eventually joined Reading on a free transfer. In addition, Lee Croft joined Scottish Premier League side St Johnstone until the end of the season whilst Miles Addison and Aaron Cole extended their loans at Barnsley and Stockport County respectively by one month.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, January
Away from the pitch, Derby City Council's Planning Control Committee gave planning permission for The Plaza @ Pride Pride Park development, with Chief Executive Tom Glick stating the club had started looking for a development company to build the plaza.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, February
Derby were set to being the month local rivals Nottingham Forest, however the game was postponed due to heavy snow. The club's form in February was disappointing, with club picking up only one point in a 0–0 draw against Millwall, a 61st minute Noel Hunt goal ensured a 1–0 defeat to Reading, this was Derby's first home defeat since losing 1–0 against Brighton & Hove Albion in November, the club suffered their joint worst result at Southampton where Derby lost 4–0 to goals from Jos Hooiveld, Aaron Martin, Adam Lallana and Tadanari Lee.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, February
Right-back John Brayford picked up a thigh injury in the game, which ruled him out for at least 6 weeks. Derby ended the month with on further defeat at home to local rivals Leicester City, a Neil Danns goal was the difference between the sides. This poor form dropped Derby from 12th in the league at start of month to 15th at the end of the month, with the gap to the play-off place increasing from 4 to 9.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, February
Defender Miles Addison back from a loan spell at Barnsley, joined Bournemouth on loan until the end of the season.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, March
Derby began the month at 3rd placed Birmingham City, a team who have lost only one home game this season, Derby were 2–0 down after 57 minutes with goals from Erik Huseklepp and Marlon King, Ben Davies made his first appearance in the first team in 2 months as a 59th-minute substitute replacing Nathan Tyson and he made an immediate impact, creating a goal for Steve Davies (the first goal since his return) 2 minutes later, with Theo Robinson grabbing an equaliser in the 66th minute, the game finished 2–2 as Derby's winless run extended to a season record 7 games.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, March
Derby got their first win 7 weeks as Derby beat play-off chasing Blackpool 2–1, Derby went behind from a Tom Ince goal, before Steve Davies scored twice in his first start since his return from injury, the performance from Davies in the game got praise from Derby coach Andy Garner and Blackpool manager Ian Holloway. Derby lost 2–1 at home to Watford, with Derby being 2–0 down after 15 minutes with goals from Sean Murray and Troy Deeney, with Steve Davies getting his fourth goal in a week with a consolation goal.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, March
Derby played local rivals Nottingham Forest in a re-arranged fixture from February, in the 80th minute defender Shaun Barker was involved in a collision with Forest striker Marcus Tudgay and Derby goalkeeper Frank Fielding and after a 6 minute in the game was substituted and rushed off to hospital with a suspected broken leg. In stoppage time Marcus Tudgay was sent off after a tackle with Steve Davies, 4 minutes in stoppage time Jake Buxton scored a late winner, which ensured Derby's first league double over Forest in 40 years as Derby won 1–0.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, March
A day after the game, Barker was ruled out for the remainder of the season with a dislocated kneecap. However, on 22 March after further scans in hospital, Barker was facing a 16-month recovery from his injury, (ruling him out of the entire 2012–13 season) after rupturing his medial, anterior cruciate and posterior cruciate ligaments. Barker also had a 3 1⁄2 hour operation to remove damage to the patellar ligament, Barker will also wear a brace to the first 8 weeks to help protect the dislocated knee. Barker remains optimistic for a full recovery.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, March
Derby picked up their first away win since 2 January as they beat Doncaster Rovers 2–1 with goals from Theo Robinson and a first goal for Derby from Gareth Roberts, El Hadji Diouf scored a consolation goal. Derby lost 2–0 to Brighton & Hove Albion with goals from Iñigo Calderón and Ashley Barnes. Derby ended the month with a 3–2 win against Crystal Palace with goals from Steve Davies, Jeff Hendrick and a Theo Robinson penalty put Derby in a 3–0 lead after 49 minutes, Palace scored two late consolation goal from Chris Martin and Darren Ambrose. Derby ended the months with a 1–1 draw at Bristol City with a first half Craig Bryson goal cancelled out by Brett Pitman goal in the second half. Derby ended the month in 13th in the table, 7 points off the play-offs and 19 points clear of relegation.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, March
Chris Maguire joined Championship strugglers Portsmouth on a month-long emergency loan. Goalkeeper Adam Legzdins rejoined former club Burton Albion on a month's loan.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, April
Derby started April with a 0–0 draw at home to Ipswich Town, before taking on Leeds United at Elland Road two days later, Leeds were down to ten men as Michael Brown was given a straight red card in 25 minutes after a stomach-high tackle on Theo Robinson, goals from Craig Bryson after 32 minutes and Steve Davies after 66 minutes were enough to beat the Yorkshire side 2–0, Derby 7th consecutive win v Leeds and their 3rd consecutive league double.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, April
This result moved Derby up to 11th in the table, 5 points off the play-offs with 4 games remaining, Derby manager Nigel Clough however ruled out a play-off place, wishing there was more the 4 games left as the club picked up 14 points from a possible 21.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, April
A 1–0 defeat from a late Curtis Main winner against Middlesbrough and a 2–0 defeat at Cardiff City with goal from Joe Mason and a goal from defender Mark Hudson from his own half, mathematically ended Derby's play-off chances and ensured Derby will stay in the Championship for a 5th consecutive seasons as Derby dropped to 14th in the table, 8 points off the play-offs with two games to play.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, April
John Brayford made his first team return in the game, replacing the injured Tom Naylor at half time who picked up a tight hamstring, Jamie Ward was also replaced early in the second half with a dead leg. Ward was fit to start the next against, a visit to Portsmouth whilst Naylor was not in the matchday squad, John Brayford made his first start in two months. Derby took the lead in the 41st minute, with Jake Buxton scoring his second goal of the season.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, April
At half time goalkeeper Frank Fielding was substituted off with a groin injury to be replaced by Adam Legzdins who returned from his loan spell at Burton Albion earlier in the week, playing only one game after picking up a hip injury after a 1–0 defeat against Northampton Town in March. In the second half, former Rams striker Luke Varney scored an eqaulising goal in the 74th minute. On the 78th minute, Steve Davies scored a penalty to give Derby a 2–1 lead, which is how the game ended as Portsmouth were relegated to League One.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, April
Academy graduates Mason Bennett & Will Hughes were both given runouts as second-half substitutes. Ahead of the final game of the season at home to Peterborough United, midfielders Craig Bryson & Jeff Hendrick were awarded the club's Jack Stamps Player of the Year & Sammy Crooks Young Player of the Year respectively. Will Hughes given his first start in the game, with youth team players Mason Bennett, Josh Lelan & Kwame Thomas named on the substitutes bench, which featured no goalkeeper as Adam Legzdins made only his second start of the season, standing in for the injured Fielding.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, April
Jamie Ward missed out due to a thigh injury. Derby drew the game 1–1 through a 21st minute Theo Robinson goal, with David Ball equalising in the 82nd minute for Peterborough. This result lead Derby to finish 12th in the league, their best league finish since relegation in 2008 and their first top half finish and best points haul since promotion in 2007. Steve Davies and Theo Robinson finished the season joint top goal scorers on 12 goals.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, April
Derby began contract negotiations with players approaching the end of their contracts, Jake Buxton and Gareth Roberts signed new contract to the length of two years and one year respectively. . The club have also been in contract talks with Paul Green with club giving Green until April 2012 to respond. Leeds United were reportedly interested in Green, an offer that Green rejected which means the player will leave the club in the summer.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, April
Derby manager Nigel Clough responded to the news by dropping Green for the matchday squad in the penultimate game against Portsmouth, with 17-year-old academy winger Will Hughes taking his place in the matchday squad. Rams coach Johnny Metgod stated that the club were also in contract talks with Jamie Ward whose deal ends in summer 2013, Ward signed a new two-year contract on 19 April, with an option for a further year which will extended his stay at Derby until at least the summer of 2014.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, April
Lee Croft and Miles Addison, both with one year left on their contract, have been told that they are free to leave the club in the summer. Chris Maguire's loan at Portsmouth was extended until the end of the season. Surgeon Dr Andrew Williams said in April 2012 that he was happy with the progress that captain Shaun Barker had made in his injury recovery after his first check-up, with Barker expected to be in a leg brace and crutches for at least 12 weeks. Barker has also spent 6 hours a day in a Kneehab XP, which Barker calls a "machine of death" the machine helps re-build quadriceps muscles through set spells of contraction and relaxation. Barker has also spent time in an ice machine.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Review, April
At the end of the month, the Rams finally ended their interest in appointing a director of football, something the club had been considering since May 2011. The club also confirmed their interest in 20-year-old Northampton Town winger Michael Jacobs, who is out of contract at the end of the season.


2011–12 Derby County F.C. season, Transfers, In
Notes I Kilbane was originally signed on a six-month loan, but returned to Hull City early on 29 November due to a back injury.


2011–12 Detroit Pistons season
The 2011–12 Detroit Pistons season was the 71st season of the franchise, the 64th in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 55th in the Detroit area. In their first season under head coach Lawrence Frank the team finished with a 25–41 record and in 10th place in the Eastern Conference. In February, center Ben Wallace announced his retirement after 17 seasons, 9 of them spent with the Pistons.


2011–12 Detroit Pistons season, Transactions, Free agents
Many players signed with teams from other leagues due to the 2011 NBA lockout. FIBA allows players under NBA contracts to sign and play for teams from other leagues if the contracts have opt-out clauses that allow the players to return to the NBA if the lockout ends. The Chinese Basketball Association, however, only allows its clubs to sign foreign free agents who could play for at least the entire season.


2011–12 Detroit Red Wings season
The 2011–12 Detroit Red Wings season was the 86th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926. The Red Wings finished the season with a 48–28–6 record and for the first time since 1990–91 season, the Red Wings did not finish first or second in their division, finishing third. Also, the Red Wings had their earliest playoff exit since 2006 against the Edmonton Oilers, losing to the Nashville Predators in five games.


2011–12 Detroit Red Wings season, Off-season
On July 19, 2011, goaltender Chris Osgood announced his retirement from the NHL after 17 seasons. Osgood won three Stanley Cups with the Red Wings and will remain with the Red Wings organization, working with Detroit's goaltending prospects.


2011–12 Detroit Red Wings season, Regular season
On February 12, against the Philadelphia Flyers, the Red Wings tied an NHL record of 20 consecutive home wins. The only two other teams to accomplish this feat was the 1930 Boston Bruins and the 1976 Philadelphia Flyers. On February 14, against the Dallas Stars, the Red Wings broke the NHL record of 20 consecutive home wins, becoming the first team to record 21 straight home wins. The streak was extended to 23 on February 19 with a win over the San Jose Sharks. The streak started on November 5, 2011, against the Anaheim Ducks. However, the streak would end at 23 games with a 4–3 shootout loss to the Vancouver Canucks on February 23, 2012.


2011–12 Detroit Red Wings season, Regular season
The Red Wings tied the Tampa Bay Lightning for the fewest shorthanded goals scored during the regular season with two.


2011–12 Detroit Red Wings season, Schedule and results, Regular season
Legend:  Win (2 points)    Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)


2011–12 Detroit Red Wings season, Player statistics, Skaters
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes


2011–12 Detroit Red Wings season, Player statistics, Goaltenders
Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average


2011–12 Detroit Red Wings season, Player statistics, Goaltenders
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Red Wings. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only. ‡Traded mid-seasonBold/italics denotes franchise record


2011–12 Detroit Red Wings season, Awards and records, Milestones
The Detroit Red Wings officially broke the NHL record for consecutive home games won, on February 14, 2012. They defeated the Dallas Stars by a score of 3–1, breaking the 1929–30 Boston Bruins and the 1975–76 Philadelphia Flyers previous record of 20 games. The streak ended at 23 wins after a shootout loss to the Vancouver Canucks on February 23, 2012.


2011–12 Detroit Red Wings season, Transactions
The Red Wings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2011–12 season.


2011–12 Detroit Titans men's basketball team
The 2011–12 Detroit Titans men's basketball team represented the University of Detroit Mercy in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by fourth year coach Ray McCallum, the Titans played their home games at Calihan Hall as members of the Horizon League. They finished the season 22–14 overall, 11–7 in Horizon League play, and finished in a three-way tied for third place.


2011–12 Detroit Titans men's basketball team
Playing in the Horizon League tournament as the No. 3 seed, they defeated Loyola (IL), Youngstown State, and Cleveland State to advance to the championship game. In the championship, Ray McCallum Jr. led the Titans with 21 points, as Detroit defeated No. 1 seed Valparaiso 70–50.


2011–12 Detroit Titans men's basketball team
As tournament champions, they received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The team was given a 15 seed in the Midwest Region, and were matched up with No. 2 seed Kansas in the second round. Despite 15 points from Doug Anderson, and 11 rebounds from Eli Holman, Kansas cruised to a 65–50 victory, ending the Titans season.


2011–12 Detroit Titans men's basketball team, Game notes
10/29/2011 – Detroit vs MadonnaDetroit played host to the Madonna University Crusaders, an NAIA school in the Titans' first exhibition game of the season. Nick Minnerath had a team high 27 points, going 5 of 8 from three-point range, grabbed 8 rebounds, and recorded 4 steals. Detroit led 48–27 at half-time, and scored 64 more in the second half en route to a 112–52 victory.


2011–12 Detroit Titans men's basketball team, Game notes
11/05/2011 – Detroit vs AshlandDetroit's final warmup game before the regular season came against NCAA Division II Ashland University Eagles. The Titans started strong, hitting 9 of their first 11 shots taken. Ashland fought back to get the game to 22–17 with 8 minutes remaining in the first half, but the Titans surged again to take the 55–32 lead at half-time with Jason Calliste scoring 15 points being 4– of–4 from the field along with five assists, two rebounds, and three steals in the opening frame as his team shot 76.9% on field goals. Detroit never looked back and ended the night with a 96–65 victory on 66.7% shooting. Ray McCallum shot 8–of–10 on the night and lead Detroit in scoring with 24 points, adding three steals and five rebounds.


2011–12 Detroit Titans men's basketball team, Game notes
11/11/2011 – Detroit vs Lake ErieThe Detroit Titans opened the season at Calihan Hall in dominant fashion, defeating the NCAA Division II Lake Erie College Storm 95–57. Lake Erie held Detroit scoreless for the first four minutes of the game, going up 6–0 before Nick Minnerath hit a three-pointer, his first points of 19 tallied in the half. Detroit eventually took the lead 11–10 and soon after scored 18 unanswered points, ending the half on a run of 37–8 to go up 48–20.


2011–12 Detroit Titans men's basketball team, Game notes
Chase Simon led the charge in the second half, scoring 22 of his game high 24 points in the frame. Overall, he was 8– of–12 shooting in 28 minutes on the floor. Minnerath finished with 23 points and 8 rebounds in the victory, and Ray McCallum added 7 assists and 15 points.


2011–12 Detroit Titans men's basketball team, Game notes
11/14/2011 – Detroit at Notre DameDetroit faced its first difficult test of the season against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish of the Big East Conference in the College Basketball Experience Classic. Notre Dame connected on its first three jumpers to take an early 6–0 lead, but Ray McCallum hit three straight treys to lead the Titans to their first lead of the night at 9–8. Nick Minnerath was held to four minutes in the half, picking up three quick fouls.


2011–12 Detroit Titans men's basketball team, Game notes
Detroit went on a 14–2 run to go up by 6 in the first half and would go into half-time with a 31–28 lead. The Titans started strong in the second half, stretching their lead to as much as 8 after a layup from McCallum to put the Titans up 41–33 with 14:04 remaining in the game. However, poor shooting plagued Detroit, as Notre Dame held the Titans without a field goal for almost 8 minutes, going on a 14–0 run to take a six–point lead.


2011–12 Detroit Titans men's basketball team, Game notes
Detroit held Notre Dame at bay with its defense, but in the end could not overcome its shooting woes, losing to the Fighting Irish 59–53. McCallum lead all Titans with 20 points, contributing 4 assists and 7 rebounds. LaMarcus Lowe had a strong outing, posting 8 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 blocks.


2011–12 Detroit Titans men's basketball team, Game notes
11/18/2011 – Detroit vs Concordia (MI)The Titans returned home to Calihan hall to face the NAIA Concordia University Ann Arbor Cardinals in coach Ray McCallum's 100th game leading Detroit. Detroit faced strong opposition with Concordia matching the Titans shot for shot for the first 11 minutes of the game, leading by as much as 5 after a layup by Jeremy Simmons put the Cardinals up 26–21. The Titans countered with a quick 9–0 run to go up 32–26 and never relinquished their lead.


2011–12 Detroit Titans men's basketball team, Game notes
Detroit led 48–37 at the half, but let out a 62.5% field goal shooting offensive barrage in the second half, outscoring Concordia 65–31 en route to a 113–68 blowout. Jason Calliste landed a career-high six three-pointers and led all scoring with 19 points, Doug Anderson in his first start for Detroit contributed a double-double with 12 points and a team-high 13 rebounds, and Chase Simon came close to recording a triple-double, tallying 12 points, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists.


2011–12 Detroit Titans men's basketball team, Game notes
11/21/2011 – Detroit vs George WashingtonDetroit traveled to Bowling Green State University to take part in the CBE Classic, playing their first of three games in three days against the George Washington Colonials. The Colonials had hot shooting throughout the game, hitting 53% of their field goals to take a 45–28 lead after the opening frame. The Titans were down by as much as 26 in the second half before they attempted to mount a furious comeback, going on a 26–6 run to bring the George Washington lead down to 6 at 77–71. The lead was too much to overcome, as the Colonials ran away with the game resulting in a Detroit loss, 86–73. Nick Minnerath led the team scoring with 18 points, and LaMarcus Lowe contributed 10 rebounds, 9 points, and 5 blocked shots.


2011–12 Detroit Titans men's basketball team, Game notes
11/22/2011 – Detroit at Bowling GreenIn the second game of a three-game stint in the CBE Classic, the Titans faced host Bowling Green and the Falcons. Turnovers cost the Titans early, as they lost the ball 10 times in the first 10 minutes of the game. Nick Minnerath took a charge early from a Bowling Green player, resulting in a knee injury that left him in the locker room for the remainder of the game.