Oldham Athletic A.F.C. 2011–12 football season
The 2011–12 season was Oldham Athletic ' s 15th consecutive season in the third tier of the English football league system . The team was managed by Paul Dickov and captained by Dean Furman following the departure of the previous captain, Reuben Hazell after the 2010–11 season.
As well as Hazell's departure, a number of other players, including goalkeeper Dean Brill , former youth team players Lewis Alessandra and Deane Smalley and highly rated midfielder Dale Stephens left the Latics before the start of the season. In their place, Dickov signed goalkeeper Alex Cisak from Accrington Stanley and Zander Diamond from Aberdeen . Jean-Yves Mvoto , who had been on loan at Oldham during the 2010–11 season was also signed on a permanent contract. Dickov made his highest profile signing of the summer on transfer deadline day, 31 August 2011, when he signed Finnish forward Shefki Kuqi following his release by Newcastle United . Kuqi became an immediate success, scoring 11 goals in his first 15 games for Oldham .
The Latics struggled with inconsistency in the league for the first half of the season, ending 2011 in 14th place in League One . However, propelled by Kuqi 's goals and the form of loan signings Luca Scapuzzi and Robbie Simpson , Oldham progressed to the Northern Section Final of the Football League Trophy and the third round of the FA Cup , eventually losing over two legs to Chesterfield in the Football League Trophy and going down 5–1 to Premier League Liverpool in the FA Cup after a creditable display at Anfield .
The end of Oldham 's cup runs coincided with a loss of form in the league and the end of Kuqi 's goalscoring run. After starting 2012 eight points from the play-offs in 14th place, the Latics slipped into a relegation battle, winning only 5 of their next 20 matches before their League One status was guaranteed by a 1–1 draw at home with Preston North End . The season ended with a 2–1 victory at home to Carlisle , following which Oldham prepared for a summer of change, with a total of 18 first-team players out of contract for the 2012–13 season .
League table
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2012. Source:
BBC Sport Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Squad statistics
First-team squad
Includes all players who were awarded squad numbers during the season. [ 1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Appearances, goals & disciplinary record
As of 6 May 2012
No
Nat
Pos
Name
Total
League
FA Cup
League Cup
JP Trophy
Apps
Apps
Apps
Apps
Apps
1
GK
Alex Cisak
47 (0)
0
1
1
38 (0)
0
1
1
4 (0)
0
0
0
1 (0)
0
0
0
4 (0)
0
0
0
2
DF
Jean-Yves Mvoto
43 (1)
1
3
2
35 (1)
1
2
2
3 (0)
0
0
0
1 (0)
0
0
0
4 (0)
0
1
0
3
DF
Paul Black
18 (1)
0
2
0
13 (0)
0
2
0
2 (1)
0
0
0
1 (0)
0
0
0
2 (0)
0
0
0
4
MF
James Wesolowski
31 (0)
4
6
0
21 (0)
3
3
0
4 (0)
1
1
0
1 (0)
0
0
0
5 (0)
0
2
0
6
DF
Reece Brown
15 (0)
0
3
0
15 (0)
0
3
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
7
MF
Filipe Morais
26 (19)
5
5
0
23 (13)
5
4
0
0 (4)
0
1
0
1 (0)
0
0
0
2 (2)
0
0
0
8
MF
Dean Furman
27 (2)
2
6
0
21 (2)
1
4
0
4 (0)
1
1
0
1 (0)
0
1
0
1 (0)
0
0
0
9
FW
Reuben Reid
19 (3)
6
2
0
17 (3)
5
2
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
1 (0)
1
0
0
1 (0)
0
0
0
10
FW
Robbie Simpson
33 (3)
9
6
0
26 (3)
6
5
0
3 (0)
2
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
4 (0)
1
1
0
12
DF
Bradley Diallo
13 (3)
0
3
1
12 (3)
0
3
1
0 (0)
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
1 (0)
0
0
0
13
GK
Dean Bouzanis
8 (1)
0
0
0
8 (1)
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
14
FW
Matt Smith
4 (31)
3
1
0
3 (25)
3
1
0
0 (2)
0
0
0
1 (0)
0
0
0
0 (4)
0
0
0
16
DF
James Tarkowski
14 (4)
1
0
1
13 (3)
1
0
1
0 (0)
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
1 (1)
0
0
0
17
FW
Josh Parker
9 (9)
0
1
0
7 (6)
0
1
0
0 (2)
0
0
0
0 (1)
0
0
0
2 (0)
0
0
0
18
MF
Chris Taylor
46 (0)
3
6
0
38 (0)
2
4
0
3 (0)
1
1
0
1 (0)
0
1
0
4 (0)
0
0
0
19
DF
Kieran Lee
53 (0)
2
5
0
43 (0)
2
4
0
4 (0)
0
0
0
1 (0)
0
0
0
5 (0)
0
1
0
20
MF
Youssouf M'Changama
8 (2)
0
0
0
8 (2)
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
21
MF
Kirk Millar
2 (3)
0
0
0
2 (2)
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
0 (1)
0
0
0
24
MF
Connor Hughes
0 (4)
0
0
0
0 (4)
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
26
DF
Carl Winchester
9 (4)
0
0
0
9 (3)
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
0 (1)
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
28
GK
Paul Gerrard
1 (1)
0
0
0
0 (1)
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
1 (0)
0
0
0
29
DF
David Mellor
20 (4)
1
2
0
19 (2)
1
0
0
1 (0)
0
1
0
0 (1)
0
0
0
0 (1)
0
1
0
30
MF
Keanu Marsh-Brown
5 (7)
1
1
1
5 (6)
1
1
1
0 (0)
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
0 (1)
0
0
0
32
FW
Shefki Kuqi
48 (1)
16
8
0
39 (1)
11
7
0
4 (0)
1
1
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
5 (0)
4
0
0
36
FW
Oumare Tounkara
3 (5)
1
1
0
3 (5)
1
1
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
39
FW
Harry Bunn
8 (3)
0
0
0
8 (3)
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
41
DF
Glenn Belezika
0 (1)
0
0
0
0 (1)
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
Players appeared for Oldham this season on loan who have returned to their parent club:
6
DF
Nathan Clarke
19 (1)
1
5
0
16 (0)
1
4
0
1 (1)
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
2 (0)
0
1
0
11
MF
Tom Adeyemi
41 (4)
3
4
0
33 (3)
2
3
0
3 (1)
0
1
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
5 (0)
1
0
0
20
MF
Matthew Lund
2 (1)
0
1
0
2 (1)
0
1
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
20
FW
Luca Scapuzzi
15 (2)
2
1
0
8 (2)
1
1
0
4 (0)
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
3 (0)
1
0
0
30
MF
Andreas Mancini
0 (2)
0
0
0
0 (1)
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
0
0 (1)
0
0
0
Players released or transferred out during the season:
5
DF
Zander Diamond
29 (2)
2
2
0
21 (2)
2
2
0
4 (0)
0
0
0
1 (0)
0
0
0
3 (0)
0
0
0
TOTALS
64
75
6
50
59
6
6
7
0
1
2
0
7
7
0
Top scorers
Transfers
Results & fixtures
Pre-season friendlies
League One
FA Cup
League Cup
v
References
National teams
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Levels 5–6 Levels 7–8 Levels 9–10
Combined Counties League (Premier , One )
East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only )
Eastern Counties League (Premier , One )
Essex Senior League (level 9 only )
Hellenic League (Premier , One East , One West )
Kent League (level 9 only )
Kent Invicta League (level 10 only )
Midland Alliance (level 9 only )
Midland Combination (level 10 only )
North West Counties League (Premier , One )
Northern Counties East League (Premier , One )
Northern League (One , Two )
South West Peninsula League (level 10 only )
Spartan South Midlands League (Premier , One )
Sussex County League (One , Two )
United Counties League (Premier , One )
Wessex League (Premier , One )
West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only )
Western League (Premier , One )
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups
Youth competitions
Women's competitions