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2010–11 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 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.

Sheffield Wednesday
2010–11 season
ChairmanMilan Mandarić
ManagerGary Megson
GroundHillsborough Stadium
Football League One15th
FA CupFifth round
League CupSecond round
Football League TrophyNorthern Area semi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Neil Mellor (13)
All: Neil Mellor (19)
Highest home attendance23,081 (League)
Lowest home attendance7,390 (League Cup)
Average home league attendance17,817

Events edit

  • 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.

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2011. Source: BBC
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results edit

League One edit

Sheffield Wednesday's 2010/11 fixtures:

Date Opponents Venue Res. Scorers Att. League Position
7 August 2010 Dagenham & Redbridge Hillsborough Stadium 2–0 Scott Doe (OG), Clinton Morrison 23,081 3rd
14 August 2010 Colchester United Colchester Community Stadium 1–1 Neil Mellor 6,011 4th
21 August 2010 Brighton & Hove Albion Hillsborough Stadium 1–0 Giles Coke 18,674 4th
28 August 2010 Hartlepool United Victoria Park 5–0 Paul Murray (OG), Giles Coke, Neil Mellor, Marcus Tudgay, Clinton Morrison 4,084 1st
5 September 2010 Brentford Griffin Park 0–1 – 5,396 1st
11 September 2010 Carlisle United Hillsborough Stadium 0–1 – 20,282 8th
18 September 2010 Plymouth Argyle Home Park 2–3 James O'Connor, Tommy Miller 7,916 11th
25 September 2010 Southampton Hillsborough Stadium 0–1 – 18,198 14th
28 September 2010 Oldham Athletic Hillsborough Stadium 0–0 – 16,609 16th
2 October 2010 Notts County Meadow Lane 2–0 Marcus Tudgay, Darren Potter 11,355 10th
9 October 2010 Leyton Orient Hillsborough Stadium 1–0 Lewis Buxton 17,445 5th
16 October 2010 Yeovil Town Huish Park 2–0 Jermaine Johnson, Tommy Miller 5,927 4th
23 October 2010 Bournemouth Hillsborough Stadium 1–1 Neil Mellor 17,868 4th
30 October 2010 Charlton Athletic The Valley 0–1 – 17,365 7th
2 November 2010 Huddersfield Town Hillsborough Stadium 0–2 – 20,540 11th
13 November 2010 Rochdale Hillsborough Stadium 2–0 Giles Coke, Clinton Morrison 16,520 10th
20 November 2010 Milton Keynes Dons Stadium:mk 4–1 Neil Mellor (3), Luke Chadwick (OG) 10,552 6th
23 November 2010 Walsall Hillsborough Stadium 3–0 Darren Potter, Mark Beevers, Clinton Morrison 15,228 4th
4 December 2010 Swindon Town County Ground 1–2 Clinton Morrison 9,123 5th
11 December 2010 Bristol Rovers Hillsborough Stadium 6–2 Chris Sedgwick, Tommy Miller, Gary Teale, Jermaine Johnson, James O'Connor, Paul Heffernan 19,242 2nd
18 December 2010 Exeter City St James Park 1–5 Tommy Miller 5,524 5th
3 January 2011 Huddersfield Town Galpharm Stadium 0–1 – 17,024 7th
15 January 2011 Charlton Athletic Hillsborough Stadium 2–2 Paul Heffernan, Reda Johnson 19,051 9th
22 January 2011 Leyton Orient Brisbane Road 0–4 – 6,449 11th
25 January 2011 Yeovil Town Hillsborough Stadium 2–2 Gary Madine, Reda Johnson 16,618 11th
1 February 2011 Peterborough United London Road Stadium 3–5 Jermaine Johnson, Gary Madine, Chris Sedgwick 6,480 12th
5 February 2011 Milton Keynes Dons Hillsborough Stadium 2–2 Neil Mellor, Clinton Morrison 17,631 12th
12 February 2011 Rochdale Spotland Stadium 1–2 Gary Madine 6,154 14th
15 February 2011 Tranmere Rovers Prenton Park 0–3 – 5,941 16th
22 February 2011 Bournemouth Dean Court 0–0 – 7,268 16th
26 February 2011 Carlisle United Brunton Park 1–0 Tommy Miller 6,864 16th
5 March 2011 Plymouth Argyle Hillsborough Stadium 2–4 Giles Coke, Reda Johnson 18,474 16th
8 March 2011 Oldham Athletic Boundary Park 3–2 Mark Beevers, Chris Sedgwick (2) 4,133 15th
12 March 2011 Notts County Hillsborough Stadium 0–1 – 17,835 16th
15 March 2011 Peterborough United Hillsborough Stadium 1–4 Paul Heffernan 16,014 16th
19 March 2011 Southampton St Mary's Stadium 0–2 – 20,234 16th
26 March 2011 Dagenham & Redbridge Victoria Road 1–1 Gary Teale 3,549 16th
29 March 2011 Brentford Hillsborough Stadium 1–3 Rob Jones 14,797 17th
2 April 2011 Colchester United Hillsborough Stadium 2–1 Neil Mellor (2) 15,663 16th
5 April 2011 Tranmere Rovers Hillsborough Stadium 4–0 Tommy Miller (2), Gary Madine, Neil Mellor
9 April 2011 Brighton & Hove Albion Withdean Stadium 0–2 – 8,107
16 April 2011 Hartlepool United Hillsborough Stadium 2–0 Tommy Miller, Gary Madine 16,358 15th
23 April 2011 Walsall Bescot Stadium 1–1 Neil Mellor
25 April 2011 Swindon Town Hillsborough Stadium 3–1 Darren Potter, Neil Mellor (2) 17,348 14th
30 April 2011 Bristol Rovers Memorial Stadium 1–1 Tommy Miller
7 May 2011 Exeter City Hillsborough Stadium 1–2 Jermaine Johnson 21,085 15th

FA Cup edit

Sheffield Wednesday's 2010/11 FA Cup fixtures:

Date Opponents Venue Res. Scorers Att. Notes
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

League Cup edit

Sheffield Wednesday's 2010–11 League Cup fixtures:

Date Opponents Venue Res. Scorers Att. Notes
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

Football League Trophy edit

Sheffield Wednesday's 2010–11 Football League Trophy fixtures:

Date Opponents Venue Res. Scorers Att. Notes
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

Players edit

First-team squad edit

Squad at end of season[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ENG Nicky Weaver
2 DF   ENG Tommy Spurr
3 DF   ENG Lewis Buxton
5 DF   ENG Richard Hinds
6 DF   ENG Michael Morrison
7 DF   SCO Mark Reynolds
8 MF   ENG Tommy Miller
9 FW   IRL Paul Heffernan
10 MF   ENG Giles Coke
11 MF   ENG Daniel Jones
12 DF   ENG Danny Batth (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)
13 GK   ENG Richard O'Donnell
14 MF   IRL Darren Potter[notes 1]
15 DF   ENG Mark Beevers
17 MF   IRL James O'Connor
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF   IRL Joey O'Brien (on loan from Bolton Wanderers)
21 MF   SCO Gary Teale
22 DF   BEN Réda Johnson[notes 2]
23 MF   JAM Jermaine Johnson
24 MF   ENG Chris Sedgwick
25 GK   ENG Arron Jameson
27 DF   ENG Rob Jones (on loan from Scunthorpe United)
29 MF   SCO Liam Palmer[notes 3]
30 FW   IRL Clinton Morrison[notes 4]
32 FW   ENG Gary Madine
33 FW   ENG Neil Mellor (on loan from Preston North End)
34 GK   ENG Sean Cuff
35 FM   ZIM Cecil Nyoni
36 DF   ENG Jon Otsemobor

Left club during season edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF   ENG Darren Purse (captain; released)
4 MF   ENG Isaiah Osbourne (on loan from Aston Villa)
7 FW   ENG Marcus Tudgay (to Nottingham Forest)
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 GK   ENG Lee Nicholls (on loan from Wigan Athletic)
19 MF   ENG Luke Boden (to Orlando City)
28 FW   ENG Nathan Modest (on loan to Darlington)

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

Total Football League One FA Cup Football League Cup Football League Trophy
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Sts
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
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
Last updated: 19 January 2019
Source: Sheffield Wednesday F.C.
Ordered by number
0 shown as blank

Scorers edit

As of games played 7 May 2011

Notes edit

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Johnson was born in Marseille, France, but also qualified to represent Benin internationally and made his international debut for Benin in February 2009.
  3. ^ Palmer was born in Worksop, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his grandmother, as well as Jamaica, and represented Scotland at U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Scotland in March 2019.
  4. ^ 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.

References edit

  1. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_wed/9172914.stm , BBC Sport retrieved 10 November 2010.
  2. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_wed/9195973.stm , BBC Sport retrieved 22 November 2010.
  3. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_wed/9226161.stm , BBC Sport retrieved 1 December 2010.
  4. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_wed/9385962.stm , BBC Sport retrieved 19 January 2019.
  5. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_wed/9386999.stm , BBC Sport retrieved 19 January 2019.
  6. ^ "FootballSquads - Sheffield Wednesday - 2010/11".

External links edit

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