2011–12 Football League Championship
The 2011–12 Football League Championship (known as the npower Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth season of the league under its current title and nineteenth season under its current league division format.
| Season | 2011–12 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Reading (2nd divisional title) |
| Promoted | Reading Southampton West Ham United |
| Relegated | Doncaster Rovers Coventry City Portsmouth |
| Matches played | 552 |
| Goals scored | 1,419 (2.57 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Rickie Lambert (27 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Peterborough United 7–1 Ipswich Town West Ham 6–0 Brighton & Hove Albion |
| Biggest away win | Millwall 0–6 Birmingham City |
| Highest scoring | Leeds United 3–7 Nottingham Forest (10 goals) |
| Longest winning run | 8 games Reading |
| Longest unbeaten run | 12 games Southampton Brighton |
| Longest winless run | 11 games Coventry City |
| Longest losing run | 7 games Ipswich Town |
| Highest attendance | 34,934 West Ham 2–1 Hull City |
| Lowest attendance | 6,351 Peterborough United 4–3 Cardiff City |
| Average attendance | 17,841 |
← 2010–11 2012–13 → | |
Reading secured the Championship title on 21 April, following second-placed Southampton's 2–1 defeat to Middlesbrough. The result left Southampton four points behind Reading with only one game remaining. Southampton were promoted on the final day of the season, after winning 4–0 at home to Coventry City, who were one of three teams relegated along with Portsmouth (who were deducted ten points midway through the season for entering administration) and Doncaster Rovers. West Ham United occupied the final promotion place as they returned to the Premier League after just one year. West Ham beat Blackpool in the Play-off final at Wembley Stadium, sealing their return to the top division after narrowly missing out on automatic promotion.