2011–12 Swindon Town F.C. season

Swindon Town

2011–12 season
Chairman	Jeremy Wray
Manager	Paolo Di Canio
Ground	County Ground, Swindon
League Two	1st (champions)
FA Cup	4th Round
League Cup	2nd Round
FL Trophy	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Paul Benson (12) Alan Connell (12) All: Alan Connell (13)
Highest home attendance	13,238 vs. Wigan Athletic, 8 January 2012
Lowest home attendance	4,329 vs AFC Wimbledon, 8 November 2011
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2011–12 season was Swindon Town's first season in the League Two since 2006–07. Under the management of former AC Milan, Lazio, Celtic, Sheffield Wednesday and West Ham United footballer Paolo Di Canio, Swindon were successful in winning their first trophy since 1996 after securing the League Two championship. Town were also runners-up in the Football League Trophy, losing to Chesterfield at Wembley Stadium. The club also competed in the FA Cup, beating Premier League outfit Wigan Athletic and the League Cup.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Swindon Town (C, P)	46	29	6	11	75	32	+43	93	Promotion to Football League One
2	Shrewsbury Town (P)	46	26	10	10	66	41	+25	88
3	Crawley Town (P)	46	23	15	8	76	54	+22	84
4	Southend United	46	25	8	13	77	48	+29	83	Qualification for League Two play-offs[a]
5	Torquay United	46	23	12	11	63	50	+13	81

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The club's early pre-season was dominated by reports of who would replace Paul Hart as the new manager of Swindon Town. Hart had left the club before the end of the 2010–11 season after the club's relegation had been confirmed. Hart was replaced by youth team manager Paul Bodin had managed the club on a caretaker basis. Previously, chairman Andrew Fitton also resigned in April and was replaced by fellow board member Jeremy Wray who was immediately placed with the responsibility of appointing a new manager.^[1]

Names mentioned for the Town job included Bodin, George Burley, Paul Trollope, Dietmar Hamann, John Hughes, Gus McPherson and Paolo Di Canio.^[2] In early May the tabloid newspapers were linking Di Canio with an unlikely move to the club.^[3] Di Canio had enjoyed a popular but sometimes controversial career in England with Sheffield Wednesday and with West Ham United where he became a cult figure. On 20 May, the appointment was confirmed ^[4] with fellow Italians Fabrizio Piccareta (assistant), Claudio Donatelli (fitness) and Domenico Doardo (goalkeeping) joining the club as Di Canio's coaching staff, caretaker manager Paul Bodin reverted to his position as youth team manager.^[5]

Before the arrival of Di Canio, interim chairman Jeremy Wray announced that he would be arranging one-to-one meetings with the entire playing squad to discuss their futures.^[6] The outcome was a mass clear-out but it began with players initially declaring an interest in remaining at the club. David Prutton talked of "putting things right" before leaving to join Sheffield Wednesday shortly afterwards.^[7] Meanwhile, Scott Cuthbert told the press that he would be "delighted"^[8] to remain at Swindon but the club decided against triggering a clause on his contract to extend his deal but were rumoured to be open in renegotiating a new deal but Cuthbert later joined Leyton Orient. Former Swindon Town Player of the Year Jonathan Douglas looked set to sign a new contract but eventually turned it down for a move to Brentford.^[9]

Swindon Town returned to pre-season on 29 June 2011. During the summer, Swindon spent 10 days in Italy at a training camp in Norcia, Umbria. During the course of the week Town played two friendlies against local select sides Norcia XI and Marche XI. Upon returning to England, Swindon visited local Non-League clubs Swindon Supermarine and Cirencester Town. Both fixtures concluded in 4–0 victories for Swindon Town. The club concluded their Pre-Season with a 1–2 loss to Football League Championship outfit Reading.

The fixtures for the 2011–12 season were announced on 17 June at 09:00 BST, and revealed that Swindon will begin their League Two campaign with a home fixture against Crewe Alexandra.^[10]

Swindon's Carling Cup round 1 tie against Bristol City drawn to be played on 9 August 2011 was postponed on police advice. This was due to fears of safety issues following the riots throughout England, including Bristol.^[11]

As a member of League Two, Swindon Town will enter the FA Cup at the First Round stage.^[13]

Position	Name
Chairman	Jeremy Wray (interim)
Directors	Jeremy Wray, Russell Backhouse, Andrew Black, Nick Watkins
Chief Executive	Nick Watkins
Manager	Paolo Di Canio
Assistant manager	Fabrizio Piccareta
Goalkeeper coach	Domenico Doardo
Fitness coach	Claudio Donatelli
Youth Team Manager	Paul Bodin
Centre of Excellence	Jeremy Newton
Physio	Paul Godfrey

As of 6 May 2012. Only competitive matches are counted

Name	Nat	Record
		P	W	D	L	F	A
Paolo Di Canio		58	36	8[14]	14	91	45

Accounts for all competitions. Last updated on 6 May 2012.

No.	Pos.	Name	Games
13	DF/MF	Oliver Risser	3
6	DF	Paul Caddis	47
12	DF/MF	Alan McCormack	8

As of 6 May 2012

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		League Cup		JP Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ITA	Mattia Lanzano	7	0	5+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Jay McEveley (on loan from Barnsley)	9	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Callum Kennedy	23	1	18+0	1	2+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
4	DF	ENG	Aden Flint	40	4	28+4	2	3+0	1	2+0	0	3+0	1
5	DF	ENG	Joe Devera	35	2	28+0	2	1+0	0	1+0	0	4+1	0
7	DF	SCO	Paul Caddis	50	4	39+0	3	4+0	0	2+0	0	5+0	1
8	MF	SCO	Simon Ferry	53	2	36+8	1	3+0	1	1+0	0	4+1	0
9	FW	ENG	Paul Benson	25	12	20+2	11	1+1	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
10	MF	ENG	Matt Ritchie	52	11	40+0	10	4+0	1	2+0	0	6+0	0
11	MF	NED	Etiënne Esajas	9	0	2+4	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
12	MF	EIR	Alan McCormack	50	2	38+2	2	4+0	0	0+2	0	4+0	0
13	MF	NAM	Oliver Risser	40	4	23+9	3	3+0	0	0+0	0	3+2	1
14	MF	ENG	John Bostock (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)	4	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
15	DF	ENG	Nathan Thompson	6	0	2+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
16	MF	ENG	Lee Cox	7	0	2+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	FW	ENG	Alan Connell	44	12	13+19	11	3+1	1	2+0	0	5+1	0
18	GK	ENG	Mark Scott	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	MF	ENG	Luke Rooney	20	2	13+7	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	MF	SOM	Abdul Said	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	MF	ESP	Lander Gabilondo	18	0	4+6	0	1+1	0	2+0	0	3+1	0
22	MF	ENG	Lee Holmes (on loan from Southampton)	11	1	7+3	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
23	FW	ITA	Raffaele De Vita	46	6	30+8	4	4+0	1	0+1	1	2+1	0
24	MF	ENG	Jonathan Smith	48	3	28+10	3	2+1	0	2+0	0	5+0	0
25	FW	FRA	Jonathan Téhoué (on loan from Leyton Orient)	3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	GK	ENG	Phil Smith	11	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
27	DF	ITA	Alessandro Cibocchi	26	0	11+7	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	3+2	0
28	FW	ENG	Miles Storey	4	0	0+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	FW	CZE	Lukáš Magera	17	1	5+6	1	1+1	0	0+1	0	1+2	0
30	GK	ENG	Leigh Bedwell	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	FW	WAL	Billy Bodin	11	3	9+2	3	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32	DF	ENG	Chris Smith	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
34	FW	EIR	Ronan Murray (on loan from Ipswich Town)	26	4	9+11	3	1+2	0	0+0	0	1+2	1
35	GK	ENG	Wes Foderingham	41	0	33+0	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
37	MF	ENG	Louis Thompson	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
39	FW	ALG	Mehdi Kerrouche	18	8	9+4	6	1+1	1	0+1	1	1+1	0
LOAN PLAYERS WHO HAVE SINCE LEFT SWINDON (Statistics shown are the appearances made and goals scored while at Swindon Town)
6	DF	ENG	Daniel Boateng (on loan from Arsenal)	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32	MF	KSA	Ahmed Abdulla (on loan from West Ham United)	7	0	1+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
33	FW	ENG	Jake Jervis (on loan from Birmingham City)	14	5	10+2	3	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	2
34	FW	COL	Cristian Montano (on loan from West Ham United)	4	1	3+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
36	DF	ENG	Liam Ridehalgh (on loan from Huddersfield Town)	13	0	9+2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
Players who left the club on a permanent basis during the season:
2	DF	ENG	Kevin Amankwaah (Released)	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	ITA	Alberto Comazzi (Released)	5	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Leon Clarke (Part Exchange)	4	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
14	FW	ENG	Jordan Pavett (Released)	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	MF	GHA	Ibrahim Atiku (Released)	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	MF	ENG	Matt Clark (Released)	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	MF	EIR	Michael Timlin (Sold)	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	DF	ENG	Will Evans (Released)	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
--	FW	ENG	Elliot Benyon (Sold)	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	JP Trophy	Total
Alan Connell	11	1	0	1	13
Paul Benson	11	1	0	0	12
Matt Ritchie	10	1	0	0	11
Mehdi Kerrouche	6	1	1	0	8
Raffaele De Vita	4	1	1	0	6
Paul Caddis	4	0	0	1	5
Jake Jervis	3	0	0	2	5
Ronan Murray	3	0	0	1	4
Oliver Risser	3	0	0	1	4
Billy Bodin	3	0	0	0	3
Aden Flint	1	1	0	1	3
Jonathan Smith	3	0	0	0	3
Joe Devera	2	0	0	0	2
Simon Ferry	1	1	0	0	2
Alan McCormack	2	0	0	0	2
Luke Rooney	2	0	0	0	2
Lee Holmes	1	0	0	0	1
Callum Kennedy	1	0	0	0	1
Lukáš Magera	1	0	0	0	1
Cristian Montano	1	0	0	0	1
OWN GOALS	1	0	0	0	1
Total	74	7	2	7	91

Includes all competitive matches.

R	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Competition	Opposition	Success	Technique	Notes
1	3	DF		Callum Kennedy	League Two	vs. Crewe Alexandra (6 August 2011)	Y	Bottom left corner
2	39	FW		Mehdi Kerrouche	League Two	vs. Port Vale (5 November 2011)	Y	Top left corner
3	17	FW		Alan Connell	Football League Trophy	vs. AFC Wimbledon (8 November 2011)	Y	Top left corner	Penalty Shoot-Out
4	13	MF		Oliver Risser	Football League Trophy	vs. AFC Wimbledon (8 November 2011)	Y	Top left corner	Penalty Shoot-Out
5	11	MF		Etiënne Esajas	Football League Trophy	vs. AFC Wimbledon (8 November 2011)	Y	Middle right	Penalty Shoot-Out
6	10	MF		Matt Ritchie	League Two	vs. Macclesfield Town (21 January 2012)	N	Missed target
7	2	DF		Paul Caddis	League Two	vs. Hereford United (18 February 2012)	Y
8	2	DF		Paul Caddis	League Two	vs. Aldershot Town (17 April 2012)	Y

Includes all competitive matches.

R	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	League Two	FA Cup	League Cup	JP Trophy	Total
1	1	GK		Mattia Lanzano	2	0	0	0	2
2	26	GK		Phil Smith	2	0	1	0	3
3	35	GK		Wes Foderingham	22	1	0	1	24
				TOTALS	26	1	1	1	29

Name	League Two		FA Cup		League Cup		JP Trophy		Total
Ahmed Abdulla	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
Paul Benson	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Paul Caddis	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
Alessandro Cibocchi	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Alberto Comazzi	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Alan Connell	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
Raffaele De Vita	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Joe Devera	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Etiënne Esajas	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Simon Ferry	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Aden Flint	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
Wes Foderingham	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Jake Jervis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Callum Kennedy	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Mehdi Kerrouche	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
Mattia Lanzano	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Lukáš Magera	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
Alan McCormack	10	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	13	0
Jay McEveley	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Liam Ridehalgh	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Oliver Risser	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1
Matt Ritchie	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
Luke Rooney	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jonathan Smith	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Nathan Thompson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total	66	2	3	0	3	0	8	0	81	2

Date	Matches Missed	Suspended Player	Reason	Missed Opponents
3 September 2011	1	Alberto Comazzi	vs. Rotherham United	Southend United (H)
17 September 2011	1	Alan McCormack	5th Booking vs. Burton Albion	Barnet (H)
7 December 2011	1	Matt Ritchie	5th Booking vs. Southend United	Bristol Rovers (A)
31 December 2011	3	Oliver Risser	vs. Northampton Town	AFC Wimbledon (H), Wigan Athletic (H), Barnet (A)
10 January 2012	2	Alan McCormack	10th Booking vs. Barnet	Rotherham United (A), Macclesfield Town (H)

Players transferred in
No.	Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1	17 June 2011	DF	Joe Devera	Barnet	Free	[15]
2	21 June 2011	MF	Jonathan Smith	York City	£30,000	[16]
3	23 June 2011	FW	Raffaele De Vita	Livingston	Free	[17]
4	28 June 2011	DF	Alberto Comazzi	Spezia	Free	[18]
5	4 July 2011	GK	Mattia Lanzano	US Gavorrano	Free	[19]
6	10 July 2011	MF	Oliver Risser	KuPS	Free	[20]
7	10 July 2011	MF	Ibrahim Atiku	Ethnikos Piraeus	Free	[20]
8	18 July 2011	FW	Alan Connell	Grimsby Town	Undisclosed	[21]
9	18 July 2011	FW	Mehdi Kerrouche	Al-Oruba	Free	[22]
10	19 July 2011	DF	Alessandro Cibocchi	PortoSummaga	Free	[23]
11	25 July 2011	MF	Alan McCormack	Charlton Athletic	Free	[24]
12	26 July 2011	MF	Etiënne Esajas	Helmond Sport	Free	[25]
13	19 August 2011	FW	Leon Clarke	Queens Park Rangers	Free	[26]
14	19 August 2011	MF	Lander Gabilondo	CA Osasuna B	Free	[27]
15	22 August 2011	FW	Lukáš Magera	Politehnica Timișoara	Undisclosed	[28]
16	1 January 2012	FW	Paul Benson	Charlton Athletic	Part Exchange	[29]
17	6 January 2012	GK	Wes Foderingham	Crystal Palace	Undisclosed	[30]
18	17 January 2012	MF	Luke Rooney	Gillingham	Undisclosed	[31]
19	31 January 2012	MF	Lee Cox	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Undisclosed	[32]
20	20 February 2012	DF	Chris Smith	Stone Dominoes	Free	[33]
Players transferred out
No.	Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1	17 May 2011	DF	Michael Rose	Colchester United	Free	[34]
2	24 May 2011	MF	David Prutton	Sheffield Wednesday	Free	[35]
3	31 May 2011	FW	Vincent Pericard	Havant & Waterlooville	Released	[36]
4	31 May 2011	GK	Jakub Jesionkowski	Released	Free	[36]
5	3 June 2011	DF	Scott Cuthbert	Leyton Orient	Free	[37]
6	3 June 2011	DF	Alan Sheehan	Notts County	Free	[38]
7	20 June 2011	MF	Jon-Paul McGovern	Carlisle United	Free	[39]
8	20 June 2011	DF	Lescinel Jean-Francois	Sheffield United	Free	[40]
9	30 June 2011	MF	Jonathan Douglas	Brentford	Free	[41]
10	31 August 2011	MF	Kevin Amankwaah	Burton Albion	Released	[42]
11	28 October 2011	MF	Ibrahim Atiku	Released	Released	[43]
12	1 January 2012	MF	Matt Clark	Released	Released	[44]
13	1 January 2012	FW	Leon Clarke	Charlton Athletic	Part Exchange	[45]
14	1 January 2012	DF	Will Evans	Hereford United	Undisclosed	[46]
15	1 January 2012	FW	Elliot Benyon	Southend United	Undisclosed	[47]
16	5 January 2012	MF	Michael Timlin	Southend United	Undisclosed	[48]
17	19 January 2012	MF	Alberto Comazzi	Released	Released	[49]
18	19 January 2012	FW	Jordan Pavett	Bishop's Stortford	Released	[50]
Players loaned in
No.	Date from	Pos.	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
1	30 August 2011	MF	Ahmed Abdulla	West Ham United	6 December 2011	[51]
2	28 September 2011	DF	Liam Ridehalgh	Huddersfield Town	28 December 2011	[52]
3	29 September 2011	FW	Jake Jervis	Birmingham City	30 December 2011	[53]
4	13 October 2011	FW	Cristian Montano	West Ham United	8 November 2011	[54]
5	14 October 2011	FW	Wes Foderingham	Crystal Palace	6 January 2012	[55]
6	24 November 2011	FW	Ronan Murray	Ipswich Town	14 January 2012	[56]
7	19 January 2012	FW	Ronan Murray	Ipswich Town	End of the Season	[57]
8	20 January 2012	DF	Daniel Boateng	Arsenal	6 March 2012	[58]
9	7 March 2012	FW	Jonathan Téhoué	Leyton Orient	End of the Season	[59]
10	14 March 2012	MF	Lee Holmes	Southampton	End of the Season	[60]
11	22 March 2012	MF	John Bostock	Tottenham Hotspur	End of the Season	[61]
11	22 March 2012	DF	Jay McEveley	Barnsley	End of the Season	[62]
	Players loaned out
No.	Date from	Pos.	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
1	20 June 2011	FW	Elliot Benyon	Wycombe Wanderers	31 May 2012	[63]
2	25 August 2011	FW	Billy Bodin	Torquay United	4 January 2012	[64]
3	25 August 2011	DF	Will Evans	Hereford United	1 January 2012	[65]
4	31 August 2011	MF	Michael Timlin	Southend United	5 January 2012	[66]
5	8 September 2011	FW	Leon Clarke	Chesterfield	1 January 2012	[67]
6	22 September 2011	MF	Matt Clark	Oxford City	1 January 2012	[68]
7	7 October 2011	GK	Mark Scott	Oxford City	4 November 2011	[69]
8	24 November 2011	MF	Abdul Said	Fairford Town	28 December 2011	[70]
9	25 November 2011	GK	Mark Scott	Salisbury City	20 February 2012	[71]
10	24 December 2011	FW	Jordan Pavett	Heybridge Swifts	19 January 2012	[72]
11	9 February 2012	FW	Mehdi Kerrouche	Oxford United	10 March 2012	[73]
12	20 February 2012	GK	Mark Scott	Salisbury City	4 April 2012	[74]
13	21 February 2012	FW	Lukas Magera	Banik Ostrava	End of the Season	[75]
14	22 March 2012	FW	Billy Bodin	Crewe Alexandra	End of the Season	[76]

Di Canio brought in several players on a trial basis during the early weeks as manager of Swindon. There was minor controversy when trialist Leon Knight was released from training after only two days for fitness related reasons. Knight would later direct angry messages on the social networking website Twitter towards his agent and the club for his early exit. ^[77]

Award	Date	Player
League Two Team of the Week	8 August 2011	Callum Kennedy
League Two Team of the Week	5 September 2011	Paul Caddis Alan Connell
League Two Team of the Week	12 September 2011	Mattia Lanzano
League Two Team of the Week	26 September 2011	Matt Ritchie Phil Smith
League Two Team of the Week	17 October 2011	Aden Flint
League Two Team of the Week	24 October 2011	Raffaele De Vita Wes Foderingham
League Two Team of the Week	7 November 2011	Liam Ridehalgh
League Two Team of the Week	27 November 2011	Paul Caddis
League Two Team of the Week	3 January 2012	Paul Caddis
Football League Trophy Ultimate Finish Award[92]	10 January 2012	Paul Caddis
League Two Team of the Week	16 January 2012	Matt Ritchie
League Two Team of the Week	23 January 2012	Aden Flint
League Two Team of the Week	18 February 2012	Matt Ritchie
League Two Team of the Week	26 February 2012	Paul Benson Alan McCormack
League Two Manager of the Month	February 2012	Paolo Di Canio
League Two Player of the Month	February 2012	Paul Benson
League Two Team of the Week	12 March 2012	Wes Foderingham Alan McCormack
League Two Team of the Week	10 April 2012	Alan McCormack Jay McEveley
League Two Team of the Week	14 April 2012	Aden Flint
PFA League Two Team of the Year[93]	2011–12 Season	Paul Caddis Matt Ritchie
Ronnie Radford Award[94]	F.A. Cup performance vs. Wigan Athletic	Wes Foderingham Callum Kennedy Aden Flint McCormack Paul Caddis Raffaele De Vita Simon Ferry Jonathan Smith Matt Ritchie Alan Connell Ronan Murray Paul Benson Lukas Magera Alessandro Cibocchi Paolo Di Canio
League Two Medallists	28 April 2012	Paul Benson Paul Caddis (Captain) Alan Connell Joe Devera Raffaele De Vita Simon Ferry Aden Flint Wes Foderingham Lander Gabilondo Lee Holmes Callum Kennedy Alan McCormack Jay McEveley Ronan Murray Oliver Risser Luke Rooney Jonathan Smith Phil Smith Paolo Di Canio
League Two Team of the Week	30 April 2012	Aden Flint
Swindon Town Player of the Season[95]	2011–12 Season	Alan McCormack
LMA League Two Manager of the Season[96]	2011–12 Season	Paolo Di Canio
BBC Team of the Year[97]	2011–12 Season	Paul Caddis Matt Ritchie
Football League Precision Goalkeeping Golden Glove[98]	April 2012	Wes Foderingham
League Two Precision Goalkeeping Golden Glove Award[99]	2011–12 Season	Wes Foderingham

Games Played	58 (46 League Two, 4 FA Cup, 2 League Cup, 6 JP Trophy)
Games Won	36 (29 League Two, 3 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 3 JP Trophy)
Games Drawn	8 (6 League Two, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 2 JP Trophy)
Games Lost	14 (11 League Two, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 1 JP Trophy)
Goals Scored	91 (75 League Two, 7 FA Cup, 2 League Cup, 7 JP Trophy)
Goals conceded	45 (32 League Two, 4 FA Cup, 3 League Cup, 6 JP Trophy)
Goal Difference	+46
Clean Sheets	29 (26 League Two, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 1 JP Trophy)
Yellow Cards	81 (66 League Two, 3 FA Cup, 3 League Cup, 8 JP Trophy)
Red Cards	2 (2 League Two, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 JP Trophy)
Worst Discipline	Alan McCormack, 13 yellows 0 reds
Best Result	5–0 vs. Barnet, 28 April 2012
Worst Result	1–3 vs. Southampton, 30 August 2011 1–3 vs. Gillingham, 21 April 2012
Most Appearances	Simon Ferry (53 appearances)
Top Scorer	Alan Connell (13 goals)
Points	93

In June 2011 it was announced that Swindon Town would not compete in a Reserve League for the 2011–12 season and would therefore arrange friendlies with other clubs.^[100]

The draw for the Wiltshire Premier Shield semi-finals was made on 28 October 2011. Swindon Town was drawn to play Salisbury City with the victors scheduled to play either Chippenham Town or Swindon Supermarine in the Final.^[101]

However, it was confirmed on 13 January 2012 by Salisbury City that Swindon had withdrawn from the competition giving the South Wiltshire club a bye into the final.^[102]