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The 2010–11 Football League Championship (known as the npower Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the seventh season of the league under its current name and nineteenth season under its current league division format. It started on 6 August 2010 and concluded on 7 May 2011, with the resultant play-offs concluding with the final on 30 May.
Season | 2010–11 |
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Champions | Queens Park Rangers 1st Championship title 2nd 2nd tier title |
Promoted | Queens Park Rangers Norwich City Swansea City |
Relegated | Preston North End Scunthorpe United Sheffield United |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1,510 (2.74 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Danny Graham (24) |
Biggest home win | Norwich City 6–0 Scunthorpe United (2 April 2011) |
Biggest away win | Doncaster Rovers 0–6 Ipswich Town (15 February 2011) |
Highest scoring | Leeds United 4–6 Preston North End (28 September 2010) |
Longest winning run | 8 games[1] Reading |
Longest unbeaten run | 19 games[1] Queens Park Rangers |
Longest winless run | 14 games[1] Preston North End Sheffield United |
Longest losing run | 6 games[1] Ipswich Town |
Highest attendance | 33,622[1] Leeds United 1–0 Sheffield United (25 September 2010) |
Lowest attendance | 4,190[1] Scunthorpe United 0–3 Preston North End (15 March 2011) |
Average attendance | 17,457[2] |
← 2009–10 2011–12 → |
Queens Park Rangers secured the Championship title on 30 April 2011, ending their 15-year hiatus from the Premier League,[3] while Norwich City secured the second automatic promotion spot two days later, ending a six-year absence from the top flight. Swansea City won the play-off final to take the final promotion place.
Preston North End, Scunthorpe United and Sheffield United were relegated to League One.
Promoted to Premier League:
Relegated to League One:
Relegated from Premier League:
Promoted from League One:
After Coca-Cola's sponsorship contract expired and was not renewed, Npower signed a three-year contract to become the Football League's official partner. The Coca-Cola Player of the Month and Coca-Cola Manager of the Month awards are therefore now known as the Npower Player of the Month and the Npower Manager of the Month award respectively.[4]
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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Barnsley | Barnsley | Oakwell | 23,009 |
Bristol City | Bristol | Ashton Gate | 21,497 |
Burnley | Burnley | Turf Moor | 22,546 |
Cardiff City | Cardiff | Cardiff City Stadium | 26,828 |
Coventry City | Coventry | Ricoh Arena | 32,609 |
Crystal Palace | London | Selhurst Park | 26,309 |
Derby County | Derby | Pride Park Stadium | 33,597 |
Doncaster Rovers | Doncaster | Keepmoat Stadium | 15,231 |
Hull City | Kingston upon Hull | KC Stadium | 25,404 |
Ipswich Town | Ipswich | Portman Road | 30,311 |
Leeds United | Leeds | Elland Road | 39,460 |
Leicester City | Leicester | King Power Stadium | 32,500 |
Middlesbrough | Middlesbrough | Riverside Stadium | 34,988 |
Millwall | London | The Den | 20,146 |
Norwich City | Norwich | Carrow Road | 27,033 |
Nottingham Forest | Nottingham | City Ground | 30,576 |
Portsmouth | Portsmouth | Fratton Park | 20,224 |
Preston North End | Preston | Deepdale | 23,408 |
Queens Park Rangers | London | Loftus Road | 18,360 |
Reading | Reading | Madejski Stadium | 24,224 |
Scunthorpe United | Scunthorpe | Glanford Park | 9,088 |
Sheffield United | Sheffield | Bramall Lane | 32,702 |
Swansea City | Swansea | Liberty Stadium | 20,532 |
Watford | Watford | Vicarage Road | 23,500 |
1Middlesbrough's sponsors include: Deepdale Solutions (7 – 30 August), Wiring Services (1–30 September), Ramsdens (1 October – 5 March), Marie Curie Cancer Care (6–8 March)
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Crystal Palace | ![]() |
Contract expired | 2 May 2010 | Pre-season | ![]() |
17 June 2010[5] |
Coventry City | ![]() |
Sacked | 4 May 2010[6] | Pre-season | ![]() |
20 May 2010[7] |
Hull City | ![]() |
Contract expired | 9 May 2010 | Pre-season | ![]() |
29 June 2010[8] |
Portsmouth | ![]() |
Resigned | 20 May 2010[9] | Pre-season | ![]() |
18 June 2010[10] |
Leicester City | ![]() |
Signed by Hull City | 29 June 2010 | Pre-season | ![]() |
7 July 2010[11] |
Swansea City | ![]() |
Signed by Leicester City | 5 July 2010[12] | Pre-season | ![]() |
16 July 2010[13] |
Bristol City | ![]() |
Resigned | 12 August 2010[14] | 23rd | ![]() |
12 August 2010[15] |
Sheffield United | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 14 August 2010[16] | 21st | ![]() |
17 August 2010[17] |
Scunthorpe United | ![]() |
Signed By Southampton | 12 September 2010[18] | 15th | ![]() |
24 September 2010[19] |
Leicester City | ![]() |
Sacked | 1 October 2010[20] | 24th | ![]() |
3 October 2010[21] |
Middlesbrough | ![]() |
Resigned | 18 October 2010[22] | 20th | ![]() |
26 October 2010[23] |
Sheffield United | ![]() |
Signed by Wales | 14 December 2010 | 20th | ![]() |
30 December 2010[24] |
Burnley | ![]() |
Sacked | 29 December 2010[25] | 9th | ![]() |
14 January 2011 |
Preston North End | ![]() |
Sacked | 29 December 2010[26] | 24th | ![]() |
6 January 2011[27] |
Crystal Palace | ![]() |
Sacked | 1 January 2011[28] | 23rd | ![]() |
12 January 2011[29] |
Ipswich Town | ![]() |
Sacked | 7 January 2011[30] | 19th | ![]() |
10 January 2011[31] |
Coventry City | ![]() |
Sacked | 14 March 2011[32] | 19th | ![]() |
28 April 2011[33] |
Scunthorpe United | ![]() |
Sacked | 16 March 2011[34] | 22nd | ![]() |
31 March 2011[35] |
Club | New owner | Previous owner | Date |
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Cardiff City | Datuk Chan Tien Ghee | Peter Ridsdale | 27 May 2010[36] |
Crystal Palace | Steve Parish Martin Long |
Administrator | 7 June 2010 |
Preston North End | Trevor Hemmings | Derek Shaw | 3 June 2010[37] |
Leicester City | Aiyawatt Raksriaksorn | Milan Mandarić | 12 August 2010[38] |
Portsmouth | Balram Chainrai | Administrator | 24 October 2010 |
Hull City | Assem Allam | Russell Bartlett | 17 December 2010 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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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 | |
6 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 69 | 50 | +19 | 75 | |
7 | Leeds United | 46 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 81 | 70 | +11 | 72 | |
8 | Burnley | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 65 | 61 | +4 | 68 | |
9 | Millwall | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 62 | 48 | +14 | 67 | |
10 | Leicester City | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 76 | 71 | +5 | 67 | |
11 | Hull City | 46 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 52 | 51 | +1 | 65 | |
12 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 68 | 68 | 0 | 62 | |
13 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 18 | 8 | 20 | 62 | 68 | −6 | 62 | |
14 | Watford | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 77 | 71 | +6 | 61 | |
15 | Bristol City | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 62 | 65 | −3 | 60 | |
16 | Portsmouth | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 53 | 60 | −7 | 58 | |
17 | Barnsley | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 55 | 66 | −11 | 56 | |
18 | Coventry City | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 54 | 58 | −4 | 55 | |
19 | Derby County | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 58 | 71 | −13 | 49 | |
20 | Crystal Palace | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 44 | 69 | −25 | 48 | |
21 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 55 | 81 | −26 | 48 | |
22 | Preston North End (R) | 46 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 54 | 79 | −25 | 42 | Relegation to Football League One |
23 | Sheffield United (R) | 46 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 44 | 79 | −35 | 42 | |
24 | Scunthorpe United (R) | 46 | 12 | 6 | 28 | 43 | 87 | −44 | 42 |
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||
3 | Swansea City | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
6 | Nottingham Forest | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
3 | Swansea City | 4 | |||||||||
5 | Reading | 2 | |||||||||
4 | Cardiff City | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
5 | Reading | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Swansea City | 3–1 | Nottingham Forest |
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Britton ![]() Dobbie ![]() Pratley ![]() |
Report | Earnshaw ![]() |
Swansea City won 3 – 1 on aggregate.
Reading won 3 – 0 on aggregate.
The fixtures for the Championship were released on 17 June 2010. The season kick-off was announced for 6 August 2010 and it concluded on 7 May 2011.[39]
Home \ Away | BAR | BRI | BUR | CAR | COV | CRY | DER | DON | HUL | IPS | LEE | LEI | MID | MIL | NWC | NOT | POR | PNE | QPR | REA | SCU | SHU | SWA | WAT |
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Barnsley | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
Bristol City | 3–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | |
Burnley | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | |
Cardiff City | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | |
Coventry City | 3–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |
Crystal Palace | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–2 | |
Derby County | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | |
Doncaster Rovers | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–6 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
Hull City | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
Ipswich Town | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | |
Leeds United | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 4–6 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | |
Leicester City | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | |
Middlesbrough | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 2–1 | |
Millwall | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–6 | |
Norwich City | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | |
Nottingham Forest | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | |
Portsmouth | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | |
Preston North End | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
Queens Park Rangers | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | |
Reading | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |
Scunthorpe United | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
Sheffield United | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |
Swansea City | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | |
Watford | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 |
Top scorers
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Top assists
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Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
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Chris Iwelumo | Burnley | Preston North End | 4–3 | 11 September 2010 |
James Vaughan | Crystal Palace | Portsmouth | 4–1 | 14 September 2010 |
James Coppinger | Doncaster Rovers | Norwich City | 3–1 | 14 September 2010 |
Jon Parkin | Preston North End | Leeds United | 6–4 | 28 September 2010 |
Jonny Howson | Leeds United | Scunthorpe United | 4–1 | 30 October 2010 |
Luciano Becchio | Leeds United | Bristol City | 3–1 | 13 November 2010 |
Grant Holt | Norwich City | Ipswich Town | 4–1 | 28 November 2010 |
Wes Hoolahan | Norwich City | Sheffield United | 4–2 | 28 December 2010 |
Jason Puncheon | Millwall | Crystal Palace | 3–0 | 1 January 2011 |
Matty Fryatt | Hull City | Scunthorpe United | 5–1 | 5 February 2011 |
Connor Wickham | Ipswich Town | Doncaster Rovers | 6–0 | 15 February 2011 |
Yakubu | Leicester City | Middlesbrough | 3–3 | 2 April 2011 |
Grant Holt | Norwich City | Scunthorpe United | 6–0 | 2 April 2011 |
Simeon Jackson | Norwich City | Scunthorpe United | 6–0 | 2 April 2011 |
Scott McDonald | Middlesbrough | Hull City | 4–2 | 23 April 2011 |
Simeon Jackson | Norwich City | Derby County | 3–2 | 25 April 2011 |
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Notes | ||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | ||
August | Neil Warnock | Queens Park Rangers | Adel Taarabt | Queens Park Rangers | [44] |
September | Neil Warnock | Queens Park Rangers | Jamie Mackie | Queens Park Rangers | [45][46] |
October | Dave Jones | Cardiff City | Jay Bothroyd | Cardiff City | [47][48] |
November | Keith Millen | Bristol City | James Hayter | Doncaster Rovers | [49][50] |
December | Simon Grayson | Leeds United | Danny Graham | Watford | [51][52] |
January | Billy Davies | Nottingham Forest | Richie Wellens | Leicester City | [53][54] |
February | Brendan Rodgers | Swansea City | Connor Wickham | Ipswich Town | [55][56] |
March | Malky Mackay | Watford | Ian Harte | Reading | [57][58] |
April | Brian McDermott | Reading | Simeon Jackson | Norwich City | [59][60] |
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