The 2011–12 Premier Reserve League (officially known as the 2011–12 Barclays Premier Reserve League for sponsorship reasons) was the thirteenth season since the establishment of the Premier Reserve League.
The events in the senior leagues during the 2010–11 season saw Blackpool and West Ham United relegated and replaced by the promoted sides Norwich City & Swansea City. While Birmingham City were relegated from the Premier League and Queens Park Rangers were promoted to the Premier League, neither side decided to participate in the reserve league.
The geographical split of the 16 participating teams meant it was possible to drop the overcomplicated 2010–11 structure and revert to a simpler North & South structure. The Northern league now consists of Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Sunderland and Wigan Athletic. Manchester City chose not to participate this season. The Southern League consists of Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Fulham (who have chosen to participate this season), Norwich City, Swansea City, West Bromwich Albion & Wolverhampton Wanderers
Each team played the teams in their own league home and away. They also played each team in the other league once (home and away games split evenly). This resulted in 22 league games (14 + 8).
At the conclusion of the league season, the two league winners played the final in the home ground of the Northern league winner. The venue alternates between North & South each year. Last year it was held at Stamford Bridge, the home of eventual champions Chelsea.
On 10 May 2012, Manchester United Reserves won the Play-off Final.
Tables
Premier Reserve League North Final table Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts1Manchester United Reserves (C)2215435823+35492Liverpool Reserves229854430+14353Everton Reserves229853829+9354Sunderland Reserves229583836+2325Newcastle United Reserves2274113858−20256Wigan Athletic Reserves225982737−10247Blackburn Rovers Reserves2241081822−4228Bolton Wanderers Reserves2238112340−1717
Premier Reserve League South Final table Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts1Aston Villa Reserves (C)2213454522+23432Fulham Reserves2212464625+21403Arsenal Reserves2211563625+11384West Bromwich Albion Reserves2211293631+5355Chelsea Reserves227784243−1286Wolverhampton Wanderers Reserves2265112641−15237Swansea City Reserves2248102138−17208Norwich City Reserves2227132662−3613 Source: Football Club History Database
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scoredPos = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; C = Champions
Play-off Final At the conclusion of the league season, the two league winners played the final in the home ground of the Northern league winner.
Goal scorers
Premier Reserve League North RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Will KeaneManchester United152 Ryan NobleSunderland113 Nathan EcclestonLiverpool84 Apostolos VelliosEverton7 Michael NgooLiverpool Mame Biram DioufManchester United Davide PetrucciManchester United8 Jose BaxterEverton6 Raheem SterlingLiverpool Jesse LingardManchester United Jordan RuggWigan Athletic12 Conor CoadyLiverpool5 SusoLiverpool Oumare TounkaraSunderland15 Magaye GueyeEverton4 Michael KeaneManchester United Dan GoslingNewcastle United Adam ReedSunderland Daniel RedmondWigan Athletic20 Nick BlackmanBlackburn Rovers3 Jordan SlewBlackburn Rovers Oluwasanmi OdelusiBolton Wanderers Michael O'HalloranBolton Wanderers Ross BarkleyEverton John LundstramEverton Conor McAlenyEverton Jonjo ShelveyLiverpool Larnell ColeManchester United Paul PogbaManchester United Ryan DonaldsonNewcastle United Nile RangerNewcastle United Michael RichardsonNewcastle United Dan TaylorNewcastle United Jordan CookSunderland Roarie DeaconSunderland Nouha DickoWigan Athletic37 Hugo FernandezBlackburn Rovers2 Jamie MaclarenBlackburn Rovers Josh MorrisBlackburn Rovers Adam BlakemanBolton Wanderers David NgogBolton Wanderers Jack SampsonBolton Wanderers TuncayBolton Wanderers Hallam HopeEverton João SilvaEverton Krisztián AdorjánLiverpool Adam MorganLiverpool Jay SpearingLiverpool Ritchie de LaetManchester United Ravel MorrisonManchester United Philip AireyNewcastle United Mehdi AbeidNewcastle United Sammy AmeobiNewcastle United Bradden InmanNewcastle United Sylvain MarveauxNewcastle United Greg McDermottNewcastle United Yven MoyoNewcastle United Billy KnottSunderland Craig LynchSunderland Adam DawsonWigan Athletic Callum McManamanWigan Athletic62 Myles AndersonBlackburn Rovers1 Jonson Clarke-HarrisBlackburn Rovers Hérold GoulonBlackburn Rovers Osayamen OsaweBlackburn Rovers Jackson RammBlackburn Rovers Bruno RibeiroBlackburn Rovers Mark ConnollyBolton Wanderers Tom EavesBolton Wanderers Liam IrwinBolton Wanderers Alex McQuadeBolton Wanderers Tope ObadeyiBolton Wanderers Martin PetrovBolton Wanderers Joe RileyBolton Wanderers Josh VelaBolton Wanderers Seamus ColemanEverton Royston DrentheEverton Adam ForshawEverton Luke GarbuttEverton Chris LongEverton Leon OsmanEverton YakubuEverton Sebastián CoatesLiverpool Jon FlanaganLiverpool Ryan McLaughlinLiverpool Michael RobertsLiverpool Reece BrownManchester United Zeki FryersManchester United Federico MachedaManchester United Alberto MassacciManchester United Chris SmallingManchester United Ryan TunnicliffeManchester United Marnick VermijlManchester United Shane FergusonNewcastle United Jeff HendersonNewcastle United Ryan McGorriganNewcastle United Marcus MaddisonNewcastle United Gabriel ObertanNewcastle United Jason PriorNewcastle United Remie StreeteNewcastle United Haris VučkićNewcastle United Fraizer CampbellSunderland Brett ElliottSunderland Craig GardnerSunderland Matthew KilgallonSunderland Louis LaingSunderland David MeylerSunderland Adam MitchellSunderland Peter AylmerWigan Athletic Rakish BinghamWigan Athletic Adam BuxtonWigan Athletic Tim ChowWigan Athletic Steve GohouriWigan Athletic Jamie McCormackWigan Athletic Callum MorrisWigan Athletic Conor SammonWigan Athletic
Own goals RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Grant HanleyBlackburn Rovers1 Tom EckersleyBolton Wanderers Shkodran MustafiEverton Ole SöderbergNewcastle United Liam MarrsSunderland
Premier Reserve League South RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Marcello TrottaFulham152 Andreas WeimannAston Villa93 Romaine SawyersWest Bromwich Albion84 Sanchez WattArsenal7 Romelu LukakuChelsea6 Chuks AnekeArsenal6 Callum RobinsonAston Villa Milan LalkovičChelsea Matt BallNorwich City Stephen DobbieSwansea City Saido BerahinoWest Bromwich Albion12 Oğuzhan ÖzyakupArsenal5 Michael DrennanAston Villa Gary GardnerAston Villa Daniel JohnsonAston Villa Kerim FreiFulham17 Graham BurkeAston Villa4 Samir CarruthersAston Villa Patrick BamfordChelsea Nathaniel ChalobahChelsea Lucas PiazónChelsea Tom DoneganFulham Alex SmithFulham Jamar LozaNorwich City Aaron WilbrahamNorwich City Casey ThomasSwansea City27 Barry BannanAston Villa3 Alex KačaniklićFulham Pajtim KasamiFulham Richard BrindleyNorwich City Craig BeattieSwansea City Lateef Elford-AlliyuWest Bromwich Albion Kemar RoofeWest Bromwich Albion Ashley HemmingsWolverhampton Wanderers Liam McAlindenWolverhampton Wanderers36 Andrei ArshavinArsenal2 Park Chu-YoungArsenal Luke FreemanArsenal Serge GnabryArsenal Billy CliffordChelsea Islam FeruzChelsea Todd KaneChelsea Jacob MellisChelsea Adam PhillipChelsea Orlando SáFulham Buomesca Tue Na BangnaFulham George FrancombNorwich City James VaughanNorwich City David CotterillSwansea City Luke MooreSwansea City Marc-Antoine FortunéWest Bromwich Albion Jake CassidyWolverhampton Wanderers Johnny GormanWolverhampton Wanderers Michael IhiekweWolverhampton Wanderers Zeli IsmailWolverhampton Wanderers Jake KemptonWolverhampton Wanderers Jamie ReckordWolverhampton Wanderers James SprayWolverhampton Wanderers59 Benik AfobeArsenal1 Zak AnsahArsenal Hector BellerinArsenal Yossi BenayounArsenal Abou DiabyArsenal Thomas EisfeldArsenal Ryo MiyaichiArsenal Philip RobertsArsenal Jon ToralArsenal Nicholas YennarisArsenal Marc AlbrightonAston Villa Nathan DelfounesoAston Villa Eric LichajAston Villa Connor TaylorAston Villa Ryan BertrandChelsea Aliu DjalóChelsea Josh McEachranChelsea Marko MitrovićChelsea Ismail SerembaChelsea Patrick van AanholtChelsea Alex BristerFulham Lasse Vigen ChristensenFulham Rafik HallicheFulham Courtney HarrisFulham Bjørn Helge RiiseFulham Josh PritchardFulham Ryan WilliamsFulham Cauley WoodrowFulham Michael ClunanNorwich City Josh DawkinNorwich City Patrick DrmolaNorwich City Jacob MurphyNorwich City Rory DonnellySwansea City Leroy LitaSwansea City Kurtis MarchSwansea City Darnel SituSwansea City Scott AllanWest Bromwich Albion Wesley AtkinsonWest Bromwich Albion Roman BednářWest Bromwich Albion Kayleden BrownWest Bromwich Albion Donervorn DanielsWest Bromwich Albion Craig DawsonWest Bromwich Albion Graham DorransWest Bromwich Albion Zoltán GeraWest Bromwich Albion David GoldsmithWest Bromwich Albion James HurstWest Bromwich Albion Alex JonesWest Bromwich AlbionSam MantomWest Bromwich AlbionNicky ShoreyWest Bromwich Albion Chris WoodWest Bromwich Albion Ethan Ebanks-LandellWolverhampton Wanderers Anthony FordeWolverhampton Wanderers Louis HarrisWolverhampton Wanderers Nenad MilijašWolverhampton Wanderers Sam VokesWolverhampton Wanderers Sam WinnallWolverhampton Wanderers
Own goals RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Wesley AtkinsonWest Bromwich Albion1
Promotion and relegation Teams relegated from the Premier Reserve League at the end of this season: Bolton Wanderers Blackburn Rovers Wolverhampton Wanderers
Teams promoted to the Premier Reserve League at the end of this season: Reading Southampton West Ham
See also 2011–12 Premier Academy League 2011–12 FA Youth Cup 2011–12 Premier League 2011–12 in English football
References
External links
Match reports
Match reports can be found at each club's official website: Premier Reserve League NorthPremier Reserve League South Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Everton Liverpool Manchester United Newcastle United Sunderland Wigan Athletic Arsenal Aston Villa Chelsea Fulham Norwich City Swansea City West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers