Season trivia for EFL Championship 2011/2012
It's not all about becoming the top scorer or winning matches - there's also a wealth of fascinating information related to goalscorers and other remarkable records. Below, you'll find trivia and interesting facts from the 2011/2012 EFL Championship season in England.
Best scoring couple
The top goal-scoring pair, in other words two players where one scored the goal and the other player assisted to it, were Ross McCormack and Robert Snodgrass. Together they were behind 7 goals for Leeds in the 2011/2012 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2011/2012 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Garath McCleary, playing for Nottingham Forest, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 15 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Leeds-Nottingham Forest.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In December 2011, Ricardo Vaz Te (Barnsley/West Ham) scored 7 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2011/2012 season.
Most braces by player
Rickie Lambert in Southampton scored (at least) two goals in a match 8 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2011/2012 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2011/2012 season was Rickie Lambert in Southampton, in total he did it 11 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Rickie Lambert in Southampton during the 2011/2012 season, in total he did this 8 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2011/2012 season was Rickie Lambert, in total he scored 9 penalties for his Southampton.
Most penalty goals by team
Southampton was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2011/2012 season, in total they scored 9 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Charlie Austin was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2011/2012 season, in total he scored 3 stoppage time goals for his Burnley.
Most stoppage time goals by team
The highest number of goals in added time by a team was 7 goals, which 2 teams managed to do, and these were Portsmouth and Blackpool.
Most own goals by player
2 players share the less-than-honourable title of "most own goals" during the 2011/2012 season in EFL Championship. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were Stephen McManus (Middlesbrough) and Adrian Mariappa (Watford).
Most own goals by team
2 teams each scored 4 own goals, and the teams that were best at putting the ball into their own net were Middlesbrough and Bristol City.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Ross McCormack in Leeds scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2011/2012 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Kevin Nolan in West Ham who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 5 consecutive matches.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Rickie Lambert in Southampton who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 12 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Rickie Lambert in Southampton scored a total of 15 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in EFL Championship during the 2011/2012 season.
Most consecutive wins
Reading was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2011/2012 season, with a total of 8 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
The longest unbeaten streak belonged to Brighton and Southampton, who had 12 consecutive matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Ipswich had a streak of 7 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in EFL Championship during the 2011/2012 season.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The art of turning a deficit in a match into a win is something Blackpool were best at during the 2011/2012 season, they came back to win 7 matches in total.
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