 The following month on 8 March 2011, Hines scored his first league goal for the club, in a 2–1 win over Derby County and afterwards, Hines was given a handful of first team appearances until he was involved in a collision with Connor Wickham, in a 3–3 draw against Ipswich Town on 12 April 2011, resulting him a broken jaw and after a successful operation on his jaw, Hines, however, was out for the rest of the season.Hines finished the 2011–12 season, making sixteen appearances and scoring once in all competitions.In the 2011–12 season, Hines appeared in four matches in all competitions at the start of the season and scored his first goal of the season in the second round of League Cup, in a 2–0 win over Peterborough United.