Football League Two 2011/12
| Football League Two 2011/12 | |
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| master | Swindon Town |
| Climbers | Swindon Town Shrewsbury Town Crawley Town Crew Alexandra |
| Relegated |
Hereford United Macclesfield Town |
| Teams | 24 |
| Games | 552 |
| Gates | 1458 (ø 2.64 per game) |
| Top scorer | Izale McLeod , Lewis Grabban , Adebayo Akinfenwa & Jack Midson , 18 goals |
| ← Football League Two 2010/11 | |
| ↑ Football League One 2011/12 | |
The Football League Two 2011/12 was the eighth season of the English Football League Two as the fourth highest division behind the Premier League , the Football League Championship and the Football League One, as well as the 20th season of the third division of the Football League after the introduction of the Premier League in 1992. It started on August 6, 2011. The last game day was May 5, 2012. The top three clubs, Swindon Town , Shrewsbury Town and Crawley Town , were promoted directly to Football League One, the clubs to the Places four to seven played in play-off mode for fourth promotion place. Seventh-placed Crew Alexandra won the play-off final . Hereford United and Macclesfield Town had to relegate .
Closing table
| Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Swindon Town (A) | 46 | 29 | 6th | 11 | 75:32 | +43 | 93 |
| 2. | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 26th | 10 | 10 | 66:41 | +25 | 88 |
| 3. | Crawley Town (N) | 46 | 23 | 15th | 8th | 76:54 | +22 | 84 |
| 4th | Southend United | 46 | 25th | 8th | 13 | 77:48 | +29 | 83 |
| 5. | Torquay United | 46 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 63:50 | +13 | 81 |
| 6th | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 23 | 8th | 15th | 66:50 | +16 | 77 |
| 7th | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 20th | 12 | 14th | 67:59 | +8 | 72 |
| 8th. | Gillingham FC | 46 | 20th | 10 | 16 | 79:62 | +17 | 70 |
| 9. | Oxford United | 46 | 17th | 17th | 12 | 59:48 | +11 | 68 |
| 10. | Rotherham United | 46 | 18th | 13 | 15th | 67:63 | +4 | 67 |
| 11. | Aldershot Town | 46 | 19th | 9 | 18th | 54:52 | +2 | 66 |
| 12. | Port Vale 1 | 46 | 20th | 9 | 17th | 68:60 | +8 | 59 |
| 13. | Bristol Rovers (A) | 46 | 15th | 12 | 19th | 60:70 | −10 | 57 |
| 14th | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 14th | 15th | 17th | 54:66 | −12 | 57 |
| 15th | Morecambe FC | 46 | 14th | 14th | 18th | 63:57 | +6 | 56 |
| 16. | AFC Wimbledon (N) | 46 | 15th | 9 | 22nd | 62:78 | −16 | 54 |
| 17th | Burton Albion | 46 | 14th | 12 | 20th | 54:81 | −27 | 54 |
| 18th | Bradford City | 46 | 12 | 14th | 20th | 54:59 | −5 | 50 |
| 19th | Dagenham & Redbridge (A) | 46 | 14th | 8th | 24 | 50:72 | −22 | 50 |
| 20th | Northampton Town | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22nd | 56:79 | −23 | 48 |
| 21st | Plymouth Argyle (A) | 46 | 10 | 16 | 20th | 47:64 | −17 | 46 |
| 22nd | Barnet FC | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 52:79 | −27 | 46 |
| 23. | Hereford United | 46 | 10 | 14th | 22nd | 50:70 | −20 | 44 |
| 24. | Macclesfield Town | 46 | 8th | 13 | 25th | 39:64 | −25 | 37 |
| (A) | Relegated from Football League One 2010/11 |
| (N) | Newcomer from Conference National 2010/11 |
1 Port Vale was deducted 10 points
Play-off games
| Semifinals | final | |||||||||
| 6th | Cheltenham Town | 2 | 2 | 4th | ||||||
| 5 | Torquay United | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 6th | Cheltenham Town | 0 | ||||||||
| 7th | Crewe Alexandra | 2 | ||||||||
| 7th | Crewe Alexandra | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| 4th | Southend United | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||