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Leading League goalscorer:
 Richard Lambert
 (Southampton)
27 goals

Advertised as a battle between Sven and the 'Special One' Leicester paid - rather their sponsors paid - some £2m to entice Real Madrid to the newly renamed King Power Stadium for a pre-season friendly. Real Madrid beat Leicester 2-1.

Four seasons after reaching the FA Cup Final Cardiff were at Wembley again when they became the first Welsh club to reach the League Cup Final, beating fellow Championship side Crystal Palace in the semis. But it was Liverpool who won the Carling Cup although Cardiff came close, only losing 3-2 on penalties after extra time had ended at 2-2.
Carling Cup results 2011/12

Just a month after they appointed Neil Warnock as their new manager Leeds United conceded 7 League goals at Elland Road for the first time, losing 3-7 to Nottingham Forest.

   P W D L F A Pts
    Results 1 Reading 46 27 8 11 69 41 89 Promoted
    Results 2 Southampton 46 26 10 10 85 46 88 Promoted
    Results 3 West Ham United 46 24 14 8 81 48 86 Promoted
    Results 4 Birmingham City 46 20 16 10 78 51 76 Play Off
    Results 5 Blackpool 46 20 15 11 79 59 75 Play Off
    Results 6 Cardiff City 46 19 18 9 66 53 75 Play Off
    Results 7 Middlesbrough 46 18 16 12 52 51 70
    Results 8 Hull City 46 19 11 16 47 44 68
    Results 9 Leicester City 46 18 12 16 66 55 66
    Results 10 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 17 15 14 52 52 66
    Results 11 Watford 46 16 16 14 56 64 64
    Results 12 Derby County 46 18 10 18 50 58 64
    Results 13 Burnley 46 17 11 18 61 58 62
    Results 14 Leeds United 46 17 10 19 65 68 61
    Results 15 Ipswich Town 46 17 10 19 69 77 61
    Results 16 Millwall 46 15 12 19 55 57 57
    Results 17 Crystal Palace 46 13 17 16 46 51 56
    Results 18 Peterborough United 46 13 11 22 67 77 50
    Results 19 Nottingham Forest 46 14 8 24 48 63 50
    Results 20 Bristol City 46 12 13 21 44 68 49
    Results 21 Barnsley 46 13 9 24 49 74 48

    Results 22 Portsmouth 46 13 11 22 50 59 40

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 Relegated
    Results 23 Coventry City 46 9 13 24 41 65 40 Relegated
    Results 24 Doncaster Rovers 46 8 12 26 43 80 36

Relegated
   
    *  Portsmouth had 10 points deducted after going into administration - points deductions.
   
    Full home and away table
   
   
Play Off Semi-Finals    Play Off
1st Leg
Thu May 3 Cardiff 0 - 2 West Ham United
Fri May 4 Blackpool 1 - 0 Birmingham City
2nd Leg
Mon May 7 West Ham United 3 - 0 Cardiff City
Wed May 9 Birmingham City 2 - 2 Blackpool
Aggregate scores
Blackpool 3 - 2 Birmingham City
West Ham United 5 - 0 Cardiff City
Play Off Final (at Wembley)
Sat May 19 West Ham United 2 - 1 Blackpool
         
West Ham United were promoted to the Premier League
 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

 


"You can't say my team aren't winners. They've proved that by finishing fourth, third and second in the past three seasons."
Gerard Houllier, showing that Liverpool weren’t winners!

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