2011–12 England Hockey League season

The 2011–12 English Hockey League season took place from September 2011 until April 2012. The women's league received sponsorship from Investec.[1] The Men's Championship was won by Reading and the Women's Championship was won by Leicester.

2011–12 England Hockey League

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The Men's Cup was won by Beeston and the Women's Cup was won by the University of Birmingham. [2] [3]

Men's Premier Division League Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	East Grinstead	18	13	2	3	79	34	+45	41	Qualified for round two play off
2	Beeston	18	11	2	5	55	32	+23	35	Qualified for positional play off
3	Reading	18	9	4	5	42	32	+10	31
4	Cannock	18	9	3	6	36	30	+6	30	Qualified for round one play off
5	Surbiton	18	8	3	7	47	36	+11	27
6	Loughborough Students	18	7	2	9	33	43	−10	23
7	Hampstead and Westminster	18	7	2	9	38	49	−11	23
8	Southgate	18	5	3	10	22	43	−21	18
9	University of Exeter	18	5	2	11	32	57	−25	17	Relegated
10	Bowdon	18	4	1	13	36	64	−28	13

Source: [4]

Results

Home \ Away	Bee	Bow	Can	EGr	H&W	Lou	Rea	Sou	Sub	UoE
Beeston	—	4–1	3–1	8–6	4–0	1–0	1–3	3–0	4–1	5–0
Bowdon	3–3	—	2–1	0–6	4–3	2–3	1–2	2–3	1–4	4–3
Cannock	2–2	3–2	—	4–2	2–1	1–2	1–1	4–0	1–3	4–1
East Grinstead	3–2	6–1	1–1	—	11–1	3–2	2–3	0–0	4–3	6–1
Hampstead and Westminster	3–2	4–3	0–2	3–4	—	4–0	2–2	3–3	2–1	3–1
Loughborough Students	1–2	4–2	4–1	1–7	2–1	—	1–1	1–1	1–4	5–2
Reading	2–1	7–1	0–1	1–8	0–1	0–2	—	6–0	2–2	4–2
Southgate	0–3	1–0	1–2	0–3	5–3	4–1	0–2	—	1–0	2–4
Surbiton	5–4	6–2	1–2	3–5	2–0	3–0	3–4	4–1	—	1–1
University of Exeter	1–3	1–5	4–3	0–2	1–4	4–3	3–2	2–0	1–1	—

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play Offs

Match	Date	Team 1	Team 2	Score
Round one	Mar 31	Beeston	Cannock	5-3
Positional	Mar 31	Beeston	Reading	1-3
Round two	Apr 1	Beeston	Surbiton	3-2
Round two	Apr 1	East Grinstead	Reading	8-1
Round three	Apr 14	Reading	Beeston	5-1
Final [5][6]	Apr 15	Reading	East Grinstead	5-4

Women's Investec Premier Division League Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Reading	18	14	2	2	69	17	+52	44	Qualified for round two play off
2	Leicester	18	12	3	3	42	20	+22	39	Qualified for positional play off
3	Canterbury	18	10	3	5	48	28	+20	33
4	Clifton	18	10	2	6	43	25	+18	32	Qualified for round one play off
5	Bowdon Hightown	18	7	4	7	42	35	+7	25
6	Olton & West Warwicks	18	7	2	9	43	49	−6	23
7	University of Birmingham	18	6	4	8	39	39	0	22
8	Sutton Coldfield	18	6	2	10	41	57	−16	20
9	Slough	18	5	4	9	26	41	−15	19
10	Cannock	18	0	0	18	10	92	−82	0	Relegated

Source: [7]

Play Offs

Match	Date	Team 1	Team 2	Score
Round one	Mar 31	Clifton	Bowdon Hightown	1-2
Positional	Mar 31	Leicester	Canterbury	4-1
Round two	Apr 1	Reading	Bowdon Hightown	2-0
Round three	Apr 14	Leicester	Canterbury	3-2
Final [8]	Apr 15	Leicester	Reading	1-1 (3-2 p)

Men's Cup

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Hampstead & Westminster	Canterbury	3-2
Bowdon	Southgate	4-1
Brooklands MU	Bromley & Beckenham	w/o
Beeston	Cannock	3-2

Semi-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Hampstead & Westminster	Bowdon	5-4
Beeston	Brooklands MU	4-3

Final

(Held at the Cannock on 13 May)

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Beeston	Hampstead & Westminster	2-1

Women's Cup

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Clifton	Chelmsford	4-0
Surbiton	Sevenoaks	3-0
Buckingham	Doncaster	7-1
Univ of Birmingham	Sutton Coldfield	4-3

Semi-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Surbiton	Clifton	1-0
Univ of Birmingham	Buckingham	5-0

Final

(Held at Cannock on 13 May)

Team 1	Team 2	Score
University of Birmingham	Surbiton	4-1

References

1. "Investec Support Brings Prize Money to Women's Hockey". Sport Focus.com.
2. "2011-12 Men's Cup". England Hockey.
3. "2011-12 Women's Cup". England Hockey.
4. "2011-12 Men's Hockey League". Fixtures Live.
5. "Men's England Hockey League Championship Final: Reading 5-4 East Grinstead". Top of the D.
6. "Investec Finals Weekend - Day Two". England Hockey.
7. "2011-12 Women's Hockey League". Fixtures Live.
8. "Investec Finals Weekend - Day Two". England Hockey.