2010–11 Swansea City A.F.C. season

The 2010–11 season was Swansea City's 82nd season in the Football League. They finished in 3rd place, and won the Championship playoff, to win promotion to the Premier League.[3] It was their first return to top-flight football since 1983.[4][5]

Swansea City
2010–11 season
ChairmanHuw Jenkins
ManagerBrendan Rodgers
StadiumLiberty Stadium
Football League Championship3rd (promoted via play-off)
FA CupFourth round
League CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Scott Sinclair (19)

All:
Scott Sinclair (24)
Highest home attendance19,309 (26 February 2011 vs Leeds United)[1]
Lowest home attendance12,411 (14 September 2010 vs Coventry City)[2]
Average home league attendance15,507

The season was their third consecutive season in the second tier following a 7th-placed finish in the previous campaign, narrowly missing out on a play-off place.

During pre-season, Paulo Sousa left the club by mutual consent,[6] and then later succeeded Nigel Pearson as the new Leicester City manager on 7 July.[7] Brendan Rodgers was appointed as the new manager of Swansea on 16 July, on a 12-month rolling contract.[8]

Players edit

Squad information edit

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Since
App
Goals
Ends
Transfer fee
Notes
1 GK   Dorus de Vries 29 EU 2007 178 0 2011[9] Free[10]
2 DF    Ashley Williams 26 EU 2008 141 10 2013[11] £400k[12]
3 DF   Neil Taylor 21 EU 2010 29 0 2013[13] Free[13]
5 DF   Alan Tate (vc) 27 EU 2004 285 5 2013[14] Free[15]
6 MF   Ferrie Bodde 28 EU 2007 54 14 2011[16] £85k[17]
7 MF   David Cotterill 22 EU 2010 35 4 2013[18] £600k[18]
8 MF   Darren Pratley 25 EU 2006 177 26 2011[19] £100k[20]
9 FW   Craig Beattie 26 EU 2009 45 7 2012[21] £800k[21]
10 MF   Andrea Orlandi 26 EU 2007 69 2 2012[22] Free[23]
11 MF   Cedric van der Gun 31 EU 2009 35 3 2011[24] Free[25]
12 MF   Nathan Dyer 22 EU 2009 103 6 2012[26] £400k[26]
13 GK   David Cornell 19 EU 2009 0 0 2013[27] Youth system
14 FW   Stephen Dobbie 27 EU 2009 47 9 2012[28] Free[28]
15 FW   Fabio Borini 19 EU 2011 9 6 2011[29] Loan[29]
16 DF   Garry Monk (captain) 31 EU 2004 196 3 2012[30] Free[31]
17 DF   Albert Serrán 26 EU 2008 30 0 2011[32] £80k[33]
18 FW   Gorka Pintado 32 EU 2008 73 7 2011[34] £100k[34]
19 FW   Luke Moore 24 EU 2011 15 3 2013[35] Undisclosed fee[35]
20 MF   Shaun MacDonald 22 EU 2005 24 0 2012[36] Youth system
21 MF   Scott Sinclair 21 EU 2010 43 19 2013[37] £500k[37][1]
22 DF   Àngel Rangel 27 EU 2007 159 5 2011[38] Undisclosed fee[39]
23 MF   Scott Donnelly 22 EU 2010 1 0 2013[40] Free[40]
24 MF   Joe Allen 20 EU 2007 91 3 2012[41] Youth system
25 GK    Yves Ma-Kalambay 24 EU 2010 0 0 2011[42] Free[42]
26 MF   Kemy Agustien 24 EU 2010 8 0 2012[43] Free[43]
27 MF   Mark Gower 31 EU 2008 107 3 2011[44] Free[45]
28 MF   Thomas Butler 29 EU 2006 126 9 2011[46] Undisclosed fee[47]
29 MF   Ashley Richards 19 EU 2009 21 0 2012[24] Youth system
31 MF   Lee Lucas 18 EU 2010 1 0 2013[48] Youth system
33 FW   Kerry Morgan 21 EU 2007 3 0 Undisclosed Youth system
34 DF   Joe Walsh 18 EU 2010 0 0 2011[49] Youth system
35 DF   Daniel Alfei 18 EU 2010 1 0 2011[50] Youth system
36 FW   Casey Thomas 19 EU 2009 1 0 Undisclosed Youth system
37 MF   Leon Britton 27 EU 2011 312 11 2013[51] Free[51][2]
38 DF   Jamie Grimes 19 EU 2009 0 0 2011[52] Youth system
44 MF   Ryan Harley 25 EU 2011 0 0 2014[53] Free[53]
  • Last updated: 7 May 2011
  • Source: Swansea City A.F.C. (for EU passport, country as international player, contract ending and transfer fee)
  • Ordered by the 2010–11 season squad numbers.

Transfers in / out edit

In edit

No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
23 MF   Donnelly 22 EU Aldershot Town   Transfer Summer 2013 Free [40]
3 DF   Taylor 21 EU Wrexham Transfer Summer 2013 Free [13]
21 MF   Sinclair 21 EU Chelsea Transfer Summer 2013 £500k[3] [37]
25 GK    Ma-Kalambay 24 EU Transfer Summer 2011 Free [42]
26 MF   Agustien 24 EU Transfer Summer 2012 Free [43]
19 FW   Moore 24 EU West Bromwich Albion Transfer Winter 2013 Undisclosed fee [35]
37 MF   Britton 28 EU Sheffield United Transfer Winter 2013 Free [51]
44 MF   Harley 25 EU Exeter City Transfer Winter 2014 Free [53]

Out edit

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
7 MF   Britton 27 EU Sheffield United   Contract expired Summer Free [54]
21 DF    Bessone 26 EU Leeds United   Contract expired Summer Free [55]
30 FW   Bond 23 EU Neath Contract expired Summer Free [56]
25 MF   Collins 24 EU Haverfordwest County Released Summer [57]
15 MF   López 29 EU Vitesse Arnhem   Released Winter [58]
42 FW   Kuqi 34 EU Newcastle United   Released Winter [59]

Last updated: 13 January

Loans in / out edit

In edit

No.
P
Name
Country
Age
Loan club
Started
Ended
Start source
End source
19 FW Nouble   18 West Ham United 17 September 2010 26 October 2010 [60] [61]
30 FW Emnes   22 Middlesbrough 18 October 2010 14 November 2010 [62] [63]
49 FW Easter   28 Milton Keynes Dons 25 November 2010 13 January 2011 [64] [65]
15 DF Edgar   23 Burnley 31 January 2011 17 February 2011 [66] [67]
15 FW Borini   19 Chelsea 17 March 2011 3 June 2011 [29] [68]
30 FW Priskin   24 Ipswich Town 24 March 2011 25 April 2011 [69] [70]
Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

Out edit

No.
P
Name
Country
Age
Loan club
Started
Ended
Start source
End source
38 DF Grimes   19 Forest Green Rovers 13 August 2010 25 September 2010 [71] [72]
33 MF Morgan   21 Newport County 20 August 2010 1 January 2011 [73] [74]
20 FW MacDonald   22 Yeovil Town 28 August 2010 4 January 2011 [75] [76]
42 FW Kuqi   33 Derby County 13 September 2010 13 December 2010 [77] [78]
23 MF Donnelly   22 Wycombe Wanderers 1 January 2011 [79]
13 GK Cornell   19 Port Talbot Town 6 January 2011 [80]
18 FW Pintado   32 AEK Larnaca 7 January 2011 [81]
33 MF Morgan   21 Newport County 13 January 2011 [82]
36 MF Thomas   19 Port Talbot Town 20 January 2011 [83]
44 MF Harley   25 Exeter City 21 January 2011 [53]
7 MF Cotterill   22 Portsmouth 17 February 2011 [84]
26 MF Agustien   24 Crystal Palace 10 March 2011 [85]
20 FW MacDonald   22 Yeovil Town 17 March 2011 [86]
Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

Squad statistics edit

Total League Champ'ship FA Cup Football League Cup
No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Sts
App
Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
1 GK   de Vries 48 48 46 2
2 DF  
 
Williams 50 50 3 46 3 2 2
3 DF   Taylor 27 31 29 2
5 DF   Tate 42 45 40 1 4
6 MF   Bodde
7 MF   Cotterill 12 16 1 14 1 2
8 MF   Pratley 32 39 11 34 9 2 1 3 1
9 FW   Beattie 11 24 4 23 4 1
10 MF   Orlandi 16 24 20 1 3
11 MF   van der Gun 7 15 5 9 1 2 2 4 2
12 MF   Dyer 45 48 2 46 2 1 1
13 GK   Cornell
14 FW   Dobbie 24 45 9 41 9 1 3
15 FW   Borini 8 9 6 9 6
16 DF   Monk 30 33 1 29 1 1 3
17 DF   Serran 9 16 11 1 4
18 FW   Pintado 1 1
19 FW   Moore 13 17 3 15 3 2
20 MF   MacDonald
21 MF   Sinclair 42 47 24 43 19 2 1 2 4
22 DF   Rangel 38 40 2 38 2 1 1
23 MF   Donnelly 1 2 1 1
24 MF   Allen 34 45 2 40 2 2 3
25 GK  
 
Ma-Kalambay 4 4 2 2
26 MF   Agustien 5 11 8 2 1
27 MF   Gower 37 42 2 39 2 1 2
28 MF   Butler
29 MF   Richards 8 8 6 1 1
31 MF   Lucas 1 1
33 FW   Morgan 1 1 1
34 DF   Walsh 1 1 1
35 DF   Alfei 2 3 1 2
36 MF   Thomas 1 1 1
37 MF   Britton 10 17 1 17 1
38 DF   Grimes
Last updated: 7 May 2011
Source: Swans World
Ordered by Squad Numbers
0 shown as blank

No longer at the club edit

Total League Champ'ship FA Cup Football League Cup
No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Sts
App
Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
15 DF   Edgar
15 MF   López 3 4 2 2
19 FW   Nouble 2 6 1 6 1
30 FW   Priskin 4 1 4 1
30 MF   Emnes 4 5 2 4 2 1
42 FW   Kuqi 2 4 2 2 2 2
49 FW   Easter 2 7 1 6 1 1
Last updated: 8 May 2011
Source: Swans World
Ordered by Squad Numbers
0 shown as blank

Scorers edit

Championship stats edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Queens Park Rangers (C, P) 46 24 16 6 71 32 +39 88 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Norwich City (P) 46 23 15 8 83 58 +25 84
3 Swansea City (O, P) 46 24 8 14 69 42 +27 80 Qualification for Championship play-offs
4 Cardiff City 46 23 11 12 76 54 +22 80
5 Reading 46 20 17 9 77 51 +26 77
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2011. Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 24 8 14 69 42  +27 80 15 5 3 41 11  +30 9 3 11 28 31  −3

Last updated: 7 May 2011.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by round edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHAHAHHAAHAHHAAHHAHAHAAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAH
ResultLWLWLWWLWDWDWWWLWDLWDLLWWLWDWLWWWWLDLWLWDLDWWW
Position229141214136988463333333334432424355322223344455443
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results edit

Pre-season friendlies edit

10 July 2010 Friendly Port Talbot Town 1–2 Swansea City Port Talbot
? Bowen   56' (Report) Morgan   27'
N. Kuqi   90+3'
Stadium: Victoria Road
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?
13 July 2010 Friendly Hereford United 2–0 Swansea City Hereford
? McQuilkin   21'
Canham   52'
(Report) Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 1,568
Referee: ?
15 July 2010 Friendly Neath 0–2 Swansea City Neath
? (Report) Donnelly   1'
S. Kuqi   3'
Stadium: The Gnoll
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?
17 July 2010 Friendly Yeovil Town 0–1 Swansea City Yeovil
? (Report) Cotterill   6' Stadium: Huish Park
Attendance: 957
Referee: ?
20 July 2010 Friendly Llanelli 1–5 Swansea City Llanelli
? Bowen (Report) Thomas   6'
S. Kuqi   18', 24' (pen.)
Van der Gun   62'
N. Kuqi   84'
Stadium: Stebonheath Park
Attendance: 802
Referee: ?
24 July 2010 Friendly Swansea City 1–0 Cheltenham Town Swansea
? Dobbie   52' (Report) Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 5,239
Referee: ?
28 July 2010 Friendly Haaglandia   1–4 Swansea City Rijswijk
? Van de Hurk (Report) Dyer   24'
Cotterill   42'
Pintado   65', 90'
Stadium: Sportpark Prinses Irene
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?
31 July 2010 Friendly Voetbal Club Sparta   1–9 Swansea City The Hague
? Aldogan   78' (Report) Pintado   6', 45'
Serrán   22'
Donnelly   50'
Agustien   52'
Pratley   53', 87'
Dyer   65'
S. Kuqi   76'
Stadium: ?
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?
29 July 2010 Friendly ADO Den Haag   1–0 Swansea City The Hague
? Immers   17' (Report) Stadium: Kyocera Stadion
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?
3 August 2010 Friendly Haverfordwest County 1–1 Swansea City Haverfordwest
? Bradford   25' (Report) Morgan   16' Stadium: Bridge Meadow Stadium
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

Football League Championship edit

7 August 2010 1 Hull City 2–0 Swansea City Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST Bostock   23'
Ashbee   50'
(Report) Stadium: KC Stadium
Attendance: 21,478
Referee: M. Russell
14 August 2010 2 Swansea City 4–0 Preston North End Swansea
15:00 BST Dobbie   23'
Pratley   40'
Dyer   43'
Cotterill   56' (pen.)
(Report) Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 14,010
Referee: S. Rushton
21 August 2010 3 Norwich City 2–0 Swansea City Norwich
15:00 BST Williams   87' (o.g.)
Jackson   90+4'
(Report) Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 23,852
Referee: P. Crossley
28 August 2010 4 Swansea City 1–0 Burnley Swansea
15:00 BST Sinclair   8'
Pratley   48'   58'
(Report) Mears   42'   60' Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 14,010
Referee: S. Rushton
11 September 2010 5 Leeds United 2–1 Swansea City Leeds
15:00 BST Johnson   56'
Becchio   64'
(Report) Dobbie   13' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 26,453
Referee: G. Hegley
14 September 2010 6 Swansea City 2–1 Coventry City Swansea
19:45 BST Pratley   19'
Sinclair   47'
(Report) Turner   56' Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 12,441
Referee: G. Sutton
18 September 2010 7 Swansea City 2–0 Scunthorpe United Swansea
15:00 BST Sinclair   83'
Dobbie   85'
(Report) Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 13,597
Referee: D. McDermid
25 September 2010 8 Nottingham Forest 3–1 Swansea City Nottingham
15:00 BST McGugan   12' (pen.), 60'
Majewski   84'
(Report) Van der Gun   90' Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 19,974
Referee: N. Swarbrick
28 September 2010 9 Watford 2–3 Swansea City Watford
19:45 BST Deeney   76'
M. Taylor   85'
(Report) Sinclair   11'
Dobbie   30'
Nouble   69'
Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 11,485
Referee: I. Williamson
2 October 2010 10 Swansea City 0–0 Derby County Swansea
15:00 BST (Report) Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 15,071
Referee: P. Gibbs
16 October 2010 11 Reading 0–1 Swansea City Reading
15:00 BST (Report) Sinclair   35' Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 18,418
Referee: O. Langford
19 October 2010 12 Swansea City 0–0 Queens Park Rangers Swansea
19:45 BST (Report) Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 16,742
Referee: S. Hooper
23 October 2010 13 Swansea City 2–0 Leicester City Swansea
15:00 BST Emnes   50'
Sinclair   90+4'
(Report) Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 14,651
Referee: K. Stroud
30 October 2010 14 Crystal Palace 0–3 Swansea City London
15:00 BST (Report) Sinclair   6'
Pratley   71'
Allen   80'
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 16,223
Referee: F. Graham
7 November 2010 15 Cardiff City 0–1 Swansea City Cardiff
13:10 BST (Report) Emnes   75' Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 26,049
Referee: M. Jones
10 November 2010 16 Swansea City 0–1 Bristol City Swansea
19:45 BST (Report) Stead   6' Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 14,741
Referee: G. Scott
14 November 2010 17 Swansea City 1–0 Middlesbrough Swansea
15:00 BST Sinclair   84' (Report) Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 14,906
Referee: K. Hill
20 November 2010 18 Doncaster Rovers 1–1 Swansea City Doncaster
15:00 BST Hayter   16' (Report) Rangel   90+3' Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Attendance: 13,614
Referee: D. Deadman
26 November 2010 19 Swansea City 1–2 Portsmouth Swansea
19:45 BST Beattie   2' (Report) Halford   65'
Nugent   43'
Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 17,584
Referee: S. Tanner
4 December 2010 20 Ipswich Town 1–3 Swansea City Ipswich
12:45 BST Townsend   51' (Report) Beattie   64', 86'
Allen   70'
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 16,978
Referee: A. D'Urso
10 December 2010 21 Swansea City 1–1 Millwall Swansea
19:45 BST Rangel   18' (Report) Mkandawire   26' Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 13,853
Referee: D. Whitestone
18 December 2010 22 Sheffield United 1–0 Swansea City Sheffield
15:00 BST C. Evans   44' (Report) Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 17,496
Referee: M. Russell
26 December 2010 23 Queens Park Rangers 4–0 Swansea City London
13:00 BST Mackie   16'
Hill   19'
Helguson   62' (pen.)
Taarabt   70', 80'
(Report) Tate   19' Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 15,963
Referee: P. Crossley
28 December 2010 24 Swansea City 1–0 Barnsley Swansea
15:00 BST Easter   27' (Report) Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 15,093
Referee: G. Ward
1 January 2011 25 Swansea City 1–0 Reading Swansea
15:00 BST Pratley   65' (Report) Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 14,329
Referee: S. Hooper
3 January 2011 26 Leicester City 2–1 Swansea City Leicester
15:00 BST Berner   6'
Vassell   43'
(Report) Sinclair   12' Stadium: Walkers Stadium
Attendance: 21,656
Referee: D. Deadman
15 January 2011 27 Swansea City 3–0 Crystal Palace Swansea
12:45 BST Pratley   43'
Sinclair   56' (pen.), 61' (pen.)
(Report) Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 13,369
Referee: J. Moss
22 January 2011 28 Barnsley 1–1 Swansea City Barnsley
15:00 BST Hassell   14' (Report) Sinclair   86' (pen.) Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 10,481
Referee: P. Gibbs
1 February 2011 29 Bristol City 0–2 Swansea City Bristol
19:45 BST (Report) Pratley   10', 67' Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 14,366
Referee: D. Whitestone
6 February 2011 30 Swansea City 0–1 Cardiff City Swansea
13:15 BST (Report) Bellamy   86' Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 18,280
Referee: M. Halsey
12 February 2011 31 Middlesbrough 3–4 Swansea City Middlesbrough
15:00 BST Emnes   8'
Grounds   34'
Lita   53'
(Report) Dyer   14'
Sinclair   60' (pen.)
Williams   68'
Beattie   90+4'
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 14,825
Referee: R. Madley
19 February 2011 32 Swansea City 3–0 Doncaster Rovers Swansea
15:00 BST Sinclair   6'
Williams   39'
Moore   78'
(Report) Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 13,309
Referee: P. Miller
22 February 2011 33 Coventry City 0–1 Swansea City Coventry
19:45 BST (Report) Dobbie   76' Stadium: Ricoh Arena
Attendance: 13,481
Referee: K. Stroud
26 February 2011 34 Swansea City 3–0 Leeds United Swansea
12:45 BST Sinclair   13', 55' (pen.)
Moore   72'
(Report) Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 19,309
Referee: P. Dowd
5 March 2011 35 Scunthorpe United 1–0 Swansea City Scunthorpe
15:00 BST Garner   71' (pen.) (Report) Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 4,608
Referee: K. Hill
8 March 2011 36 Swansea City 1–1 Watford Swansea
19:45 BST Dobbie   26' (Report) Graham   78' Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 14,410
Referee: L. Mason
12 March 2011 37 Derby County 2–1 Swansea City Derby
15:00 BST Williams   7' (o.g.)
S. Davies   54'
(Report) Pratley   65' Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 25,341
Referee: G. Scott
19 March 2011 38 Swansea City 3–2 Nottingham Forest Swansea
15:00 BST Sinclair   21'
Borini   26', 56'
(Report) Boyd   44'
Anderson   90+2'
Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 18,371
Referee: S. Mathieson
2 April 2011 39 Preston North End 2–1 Swansea City Preston
15:00 BST Hume   3' (pen.), 83' (Report) Williams   24' Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 11,791
Referee: D. Foster
9 April 2011 40 Swansea City 3–0 Norwich City Swansea
17:20 BST Borini   5'
Gower   29'
Priskin   90+4'
(Report) Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 19,094
Referee: A. Bates
12 April 2011 41 Swansea City 1–1 Hull City Swansea
19:45 BST Gower   63' (Report) C. Evans   70' Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 14,822
Referee: R. Booth
16 April 2011 42 Burnley 2–1 Swansea City Burnley
15:00 BST Williams   57' (o.g.)
Eagles   77' (pen.)
(Report) Borini   53' Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 13,675
Referee: D. Webb
23 April 2011 43 Portsmouth 0–0 Swansea City Portsmouth
15:00 BST (Report) Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 15,907
Referee: D. Deadman
25 April 2011 44 Swansea City 4–1 Ipswich Town Swansea
15:00 BST Borini   9', 30'
Moore   14'
Sinclair   71' (pen.)
(Report) Healy   20' Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 16,001
Referee: J. Linington
30 April 2011 45 Millwall 0–2 Swansea City London
15:00 BST (Report) Pratley   30'
Dobbie   47'
Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 15,101
Referee: M. Oliver
7 May 2011 46 Swansea City 4–0 Sheffield United Swansea
12:45 BST Dobbie   30', 60'
Sinclair   55' (pen.)
Britton   90'
(Report) Lowry   54' Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 17,584
Referee: E. Ilderton

Play-offs edit

Semi-finals edit

Nottingham Forest0–0Swansea City
Report   2' Taylor
Attendance: 27,881
Referee: Mike Dean
Swansea City3–1Nottingham Forest
Britton   28'
Dobbie   33'
Pratley   90+3'
Report Earnshaw   80'
Attendance: 19,816

Final edit

Reading2–4Swansea City
Allen   49' (o.g.)
Mills   57'
Report Sinclair   21' (pen.), 22', 80' (pen.)
Dobbie   40'
Attendance: 86,581
Referee: Phil Dowd[87]

FA Cup edit

8 January 2011 Round 3 Swansea City 4–0 Colchester United Swansea
15:00 BST Monk   25'
Pratley   22',   35'
Van der Gun   68'
Sinclair   82'
(Report) Izzet   52'
White   75'
Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 7,005
Referee: R. Shoebridge
29 January 2011 Round 4 Swansea City 1–2 Leyton Orient Swansea
12:50 BST Van der Gun   45' (Report) Smith   35'
Chorley   54'
Tate   88' (o.g.)
Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 6,281
Referee: S. Attwell

League Cup edit

10 August 2010 Round 1 Swansea City 3–0 Barnet Swansea
19:45 BST Van der Gun   24'
Pratley   72'
Tate   75'
S. Kuqi   75',   88'
Monk   80'
(Report) Hughes   13'
Byrne   50'
Leach   53'
Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 6,644
Referee: A. Penn
24 August 2010 Round 2 Tranmere Rovers 1–3 Swansea City Birkenhead
19:45 BST Showunmi   22' (Report) Serrán   60'
Van der Gun   73'
Sinclair   74'
S. Kuqi   90+5',   90+6'
Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 2,450
Referee: M. Haywood
21 September 2010 Round 3 Peterborough United 1–3 Swansea City Peterborough
19:45 BST Mackail-Smith   7'
Tomlin   65'
(Report) Sinclair   5', 41', 78'
Pratley   66'
Stadium: London Road Stadium
Attendance: 4,164
Referee: N. Miller
26 October 2010 Round 4 Wigan Athletic 2–0 Swansea City Wigan
20:00 BST Alcaraz   26'
Boselli   51'
Watson   90+3' (pen.)
(Report) Tate   29'
Monk   61'
Taylor   70'
Orlandi   90+2'
Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 11,705
Referee: K. Friend

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ Fee could rise to £1M depending on Sinclair's future success at the club.
  2. ^ Britton had two spells with the club previously, making 295 appearances and scoring ten goals.

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