2010–11_Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C._season
2010–11 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season
Sheffield Wednesday 2010–11 football season
The 2010–11 season was Sheffield Wednesday's first season in the third tier of English football since 2005 and their 109th season in the Football League.
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Chairman | Milan Mandarić | ||
Manager | Gary Megson | ||
Ground | Hillsborough Stadium | ||
Football League One | 15th | ||
FA Cup | Fifth round | ||
League Cup | Second round | ||
Football League Trophy | Northern Area semi-finals | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Neil Mellor (13) All: Neil Mellor (19) | ||
Highest home attendance | 23,081 (League) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 7,390 (League Cup) | ||
Average home league attendance | 17,817 | ||
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- 7 August 2010 – Sheffield Wednesday start their season with a comfortable home win over Dagenham and Redbridge at Hillsborough.
- 10 August 2010 – Sheffield Wednesday progress to the second round of the League Cup after beating Bury 1–0 at Hillsborough. The game was watched by 7,390 fans.
- 11 August 2010 – Sheffield Wednesday are given 28 days to pay a £550,000 debt before potentially going into administration.
- 24 August 2010 – Sheffield Wednesday are knocked out of the League Cup after a 4–2 loss at Scunthorpe United.
- 9 November 2010 – Wednesday face a winding-up order over £600,000 of unpaid PAYE tax and also face a similar order over a £300,000 VAT bill.[1]
- 17 November 2010 – A High Court judge gives the club 28 days to find new owners and pay off their tax debt.[2]
- 29 November 2010 – Milan Mandaric's UK Football Investments buys the club for £7,000,001 pending shareholder approval. The deal would settle the club's £23 million debt with the Co-Operative Bank with a £7 million payment. An Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders is called for 14 December.[3]
- 30 November 2010 – Wednesday are knocked out of the Football League Trophy after a 3–1 loss at Carlisle United.
- 3 February 2011 – Alan Irvine is sacked as manager after 13 months in charge. The club were 12th in the table at the time.[4]
- 4 February 2011 – Gary Megson is appointed as manager.[5]
- 19 February 2011 – Wednesday reach the fifth round of the FA Cup for the first time in 11 years, but are knocked out by Birmingham City.
- 7 May 2011 – A loss to Exeter City in the final game of the season leaves Wednesday 15th in the final league table.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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13 | Charlton Athletic | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 62 | 66 | −4 | 59 |
14 | Yeovil Town | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 56 | 66 | −10 | 59 |
15 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 67 | 67 | 0 | 58 |
16 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 47 | 65 | −18 | 57 |
17 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 53 | 60 | −7 | 56 |
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Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2011. Source: BBC
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
League One
Sheffield Wednesday's 2010/11 fixtures:
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FA Cup
Sheffield Wednesday's 2010/11 FA Cup fixtures:
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Date | Opponents | Venue | Res. | Scorers | Att. | Notes |
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7 November 2010 | Southport | Haig Avenue | 5 – 2 | Gary Teale, Neil Mellor, Clinton Morrison 2, Tommy Spurr | 4,490 | 1st round |
27 November 2010 | Northampton Town | Hillsborough Stadium | 3 – 2 | Mark Beevers, Tommy Miller 2 | 8,932 | 2nd round |
8 January 2011 | Bristol City | Ashton Gate Stadium | 3 – 0 | Gary Teale, Neil Mellor, Clinton Morrison | 11,387 | 3rd round |
29 January 2011 | Hereford United | Hillsborough Stadium | 4 – 1 | Darren Potter, Clinton Morrison (2), Jermaine Johnson | 16,578 | 4th round |
19 February 2011 | Birmingham City | St Andrew's | 0–3 | – | 14,607 | 5th round |
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League Cup
Sheffield Wednesday's 2010–11 League Cup fixtures:
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Date | Opponents | Venue | Res. | Scorers | Att. | Notes |
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10 August 2010 | Bury | Hillsborough Stadium | 1 – 0 | Giles Coke | 7,390 | Round 1 |
24 August 2010 | Scunthorpe United | Glanford Park | 2 – 4 | Marcus Tudgay pen, Neil Mellor | 4,680 | Round 2 |
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Football League Trophy
Sheffield Wednesday's 2010–11 Football League Trophy fixtures:
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Date | Opponents | Venue | Res. | Scorers | Att. | Notes |
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1 September 2010 | Notts County | Hillsborough Stadium | 2 – 1 | James O'Connor (2) | 10,551 | First round – Northern Section (North East) |
6 October 2010 | Chesterfield | Hillsborough Stadium | 2 – 2 (8–7 pens) | Neil Mellor, Marcus Tudgay | 15,003 | Second round – Northern Section |
10 November 2010 | Hartlepool United | Hillsborough Stadium | 4 – 1 | Neil Mellor 3, Gary Teale | 10,909 | Area quarter-finals – Northern Section |
30 November 2010 | Carlisle United | Brunton Park | 1 – 3 | Darren Purse | 3,149 | Area semi-finals – Northern Section |
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First-team squad
- Squad at end of season[6]
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Left club during season
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Appearances and goals
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Total | Football League One | FA Cup | Football League Cup | Football League Trophy | |||||||||||
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1 | GK | Weaver | 36 | 47 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
2 | DF | Spurr | 33 | 33 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
3 | DF | Buxton | 31 | 32 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
4 | DF | Purse | 30 | 30 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||
5 | DF | Hinds | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
7 | ST | Tudgay | 16 | 22 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
8 | MF | Miller | 34 | 41 | 11 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
9 | ST | Heffernan | 6 | 23 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
10 | MF | Coke | 26 | 34 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
11 | DF | D. Jones | 22 | 34 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
13 | GK | O'Donnell | 8 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||
14 | MF | Potter | 29 | 40 | 4 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
15 | DF | Beevers | 34 | 37 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||
17 | MF | O'Connor | 31 | 45 | 4 | 36 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||
19 | MF | Boden | |||||||||||||
21 | MF | Teale | 47 | 51 | 5 | 41 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||
23 | MF | J. Johnson | 17 | 29 | 5 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
24 | MF | Sedgwick | 30 | 42 | 4 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |||||
25 | GK | Jameson | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
28 | ST | Modest | |||||||||||||
29 | MF | Palmer | 5 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
30 | ST | C. Morrison | 32 | 46 | 11 | 35 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | ||||
33 | ST | Mellor | 32 | 43 | 20 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
35 | MF | Nyoni | |||||||||||||
36 | DF | Otsemobor | 18 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
DF | Batth | 10 | 10 | 10 | |||||||||||
DF | R. Johnson | 18 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
DF | R. Jones | 8 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||
DF | M. Morrison | 15 | 15 | 12 | 3 | ||||||||||
DF | O'Brien | 3 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||
MF | Osbourne | 10 | 11 | 10 | 1 | ||||||||||
DF | Reynolds | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
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Scorers
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As of games played 7 May 2011
- Potter was born in Liverpool, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented the Republic of Ireland at U-21 level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in May 2007.
- Morrison was born in Wandsworth, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in August 2001.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_wed/9172914.stm , BBC Sport retrieved 10 November 2010.
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- http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_wed/9226161.stm , BBC Sport retrieved 1 December 2010.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_wed/9385962.stm , BBC Sport retrieved 19 January 2019.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_wed/9386999.stm , BBC Sport retrieved 19 January 2019.