The 2011-12 campaign was a season of soaring promise and eventual mid-table consolidation for Morecambe, as The Shrimps finished 15th in League Two under the charge of new player-manager, club legend Jim Bentley. The year began with a bang, briefly seeing the club top the league table following a spectacular and unforgettable 6-0 demolition of Crawley Town at their relatively new Globe Arena. Leading the attack was the tenacious Kevin Ellison, whose career-best 15 goals proved vital throughout the season. Though a late slump prevented a top-half finish, this season marked the beginning of the Jim Bentley era and, on a lighter note, was immortalized by the club's famous supreme champion chicken, ham, and leek pie, cementing a spirited and defining chapter of the club's hard-fought Football League status.