2010–11 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season

Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
2010–11 season
Chairman Tony Bloom
Manager Gus Poyet
Stadium Withdean Stadium
League One Champions
FA Cup Fifth Round
League Cup First Round
League Trophy First Round
Top goalscorer League: Glenn Murray (22)
All: Glenn Murray (22)
Highest home attendance 8,416 (30 April 2011 vs Huddersfield Town, League One)
Lowest home attendance 6,474 (28 August 2010 vs Walsall, League One)
Average home league attendance 7,351
Home colours
Away colours

The 2010–11 season was Brighton & Hove Albion's fourth consecutive season in the League One. It was their last season at the Withdean Stadium before moving to Falmer Stadium. Brighton won League One in this season, gaining promotion to the Football League Championship for the 2011–12 season.

Key dates

2010

2011

League Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Brighton & Hove Albion (C) (P) 46 28 11 7 85 40+45 95 Promotion to 2011–12 Football League Championship
2 Southampton (P) 46 28 8 10 86 38+48 92
3 Huddersfield Town 46 25 12 9 77 48+29 87 Qualification to 2010–11 Football League One Playoffs
4 Peterborough United (P) 46 23 10 13 106 75+31 79
5 Milton Keynes Dons 46 23 8 15 67 60+7 77
6 AFC Bournemouth 46 19 14 13 75 54+21 71
7 Leyton Orient 46 19 13 14 71 62+9 70
8 Exeter City 46 20 10 16 66 737 70
9 Rochdale 46 18 14 14 63 55+8 68
10 Colchester United 46 16 14 16 57 636 62
11 Brentford 46 17 10 19 55 627 61
12 Carlisle United 46 16 11 19 60 622 59
13 Charlton Athletic 46 15 14 17 62 664 59
14 Yeovil Town 46 16 11 19 56 6610 59
15 Sheffield Wednesday 46 16 10 20 67 670 58
16 Hartlepool United 46 15 12 19 47 6518 57
17 Oldham Athletic 46 13 17 16 53 607 56
18 Tranmere Rovers 46 15 11 20 53 607 56
19 Notts County 46 14 8 24 46 6014 50
20 Walsall 46 12 12 22 56 7519 48
21 Dagenham & Redbridge (R) 46 12 11 23 52 7018 47 Relegation to 2011–12 Football League Two
22 Bristol Rovers (R) 46 11 12 23 48 8234 45
23 Plymouth Argyle (R) 46 15 7 24 51 7423 042
24 Swindon Town (R) 46 9 14 23 50 7222 41

Updated to games played on 2 May 2011.
Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Plymouth Argyle deducted 10 points for insolvency.[1]

First team

As of 29 January 2011.

No. Name Position Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club Notes
Goalkeepers
1 Peter Brezovan GK 9 December 1979 Swindon Town
13 Mitch Walker GK 24 September 1991 Youth team graduate
16 Casper Ankergren GK 9 November 1979 Leeds United
19 Michael Poke GK 21 November 1985 Southampton
Defenders
3 Gordon Greer CB 14 December 1980 Swindon Town Club captain
4 Tommy Elphick CB 7 September 1987 Youth team graduate
6 Adam El-Abd CB 11 September 1984 Youth team graduate
14 Iñigo Calderón RB 4 January 1982 Deportivo Alavés
22 Marcos Painter LB 17 August 1986 Swansea City
27 Mauricio Taricco LB 10 March 1973 A.S. Villasimius Assistant manager
30 Steve Cook CB/RB 19 April 1991 Youth team graduate
33 Jim McNulty LB 13 February 1985 Stockport County
37 Lewis Dunk CB 21 November 1991 Youth team graduate
Midfielders
5 Agustin Battipiedi CM 1 September 1990 Club Comunicaciones
7 Elliott Bennett RM 18 December 1988 Wolves
8 Alan Navarro CM 31 May 1981 MK Dons
10 Matt Sparrow CM 3 October 1981 Scunthorpe United
11 Cristian Baz LM/FW 5 May 1987 Club Comunicaciones
12 Kazenga LuaLua LW 10 December 1990 Newcastle United loaned from Newcastle United
15 Gary Hart RM/FW 21 September 1976 Stansted
18 Gary Dicker CM 31 July 1986 Stockport County
24 Jamie Smith CM 12 September 1989 Crystal Palace
25 Radostin Kishishev CM 30 July 1974 Litex Lovech
26 Liam Bridcutt CM 8 May 1989 Chelsea
28 Jake Forster-Caskey CM 25 April 1994 Youth team graduate
29 Yaser Kasim MF 10 May 1991 Tottenham
31 Craig Noone LW 17 November 1987 Plymouth Argyle
36 Ryan Thomson CM 26 July 1992 Youth team graduate
Strikers
9 Ashley Barnes FW 30 October 1989 Plymouth Argyle
17 Glenn Murray FW 25 September 1983 Rochdale
20 Chris Holroyd FW 24 October 1986 Cambridge United
21 Francisco Sandaza FW 30 November 1984 Dundee United
23 Torbjørn Agdestein FW 29 November 1991 Stord IL
39 Chris Wood FW 7 December 1991 West Brom loaned from West Brom

Matches

      Win       Draw       Loss

Pre-season friendlies

  1. At the Estadio Municipal de Albufeira, Portugal

League One

Notes
  1. Game was postponed due to a clash with Albion's Third Round FA Cup match versus Portsmouth scheduled for the same day.
  2. Game was rescheduled due to postponement of original fixture because of snow
  3. Game was postponed due to a clash with Albion's Fourth Round FA Cup match versus Watford scheduled for the same day.

FA Cup

As they will be playing in League One, Albion will enter the 2010–11 FA Cup at the First Round Proper.

Football League Cup

League Trophy

Statistics

Appearances, goals and cards

As of Fixture vs Notts County(7 May 2011).
(Substitute appearances in brackets)
No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Peter Brezovan 1 (1)0 70 00 00 8 (1)0 00
3 DF Gordon Greer 320 40 00 00 360 42
4 DF Tommy Elphick 22 (5)1 60 10 10 30 (5)1 80
5 DF Agustin Battipiedi 3 (5)0 1 (3)0 10 00 5 (8)0 20
6 DF Adam El-Abd 36 (1)1 20 10 10 40 (1)1 90
7 MF Elliott Bennett 45 (1)6 52 0 (1)0 10 51 (2)8 40
8 MF Alan Navarro 2 (2)0 00 0 (1)0 00 2 (3)0 00
9 FW Ashley Barnes 31 (11)18 62 00 10 38 (11)20 70
10 MF Matt Sparrow 21 (8)4 52 10 10 28 (8)6 41
11 MF Cristian Baz 0 (7)0 2 (3)0 10 0 (1)0 3 (11)0 00
12 MF Kazenga LuaLua 7 (4)4 00 00 00 7 (4)4 10
13 GK Mitch Walker 00 00 00 00 00 00
14 DF Iñigo Calderón 447 51 00 10 508 41
15 MF Gary Hart 0 (3)0 1 (3)0 10 0 (1)0 2 (7)0 00
16 GK Casper Ankergren 450 00 00 10 460 20
17 FW Glenn Murray 38 (4)22 6 (1)0 00 10 45 (5)22 60
18 MF Gary Dicker 38 (8)3 40 10 10 44 (8)3 50
19 GK Michael Poke 00 00 10 00 10 00
20 FW Chris Holroyd 0 (3)0 0 (1)0 10 00 1 (4)0 00
21 FW Fran Sandaza 3 (12)2 1 (3)2 00 00 4 (15)4 10
22 DF Marcos Painter 461 60 10 10 541 50
23 FW Torbjorn Agdestein 00 00 00 00 00 00
24 MF Jamie Smith 3 (5)0 0 (2)0 0 (1)0 0 (1)0 3 (9)0 00
25 MF Radostin Kishishev 21 (11)0 40 00 00 25 (11)0 30
26 MF Liam Bridcutt 31 (6)2 5 (1)0 00 10 37 (7)2 51
27 DF Mauricio Taricco 2 (2)0 31 00 00 5 (2)1 11
28 MF Jake Forster-Caskey 00 0 (1)0 00 00 0 (1)0 00
29 MF Yaser Kasim 10 00 00 00 10 00
30 DF Steve Cook 00 00 00 00 00 00
31 MF Craig Noone 10 (13)2 00 00 00 10 (13)2 10
33 DF Jim McNulty 00 00 00 00 00 00
36 MF Ryan Thomson 00 00 00 00 00 00
37 DF Lewis Dunk 2 (3)0 2 (1)0 00 00 4 (4)0 00
39 FW Chris Wood 22 (7)8 21 00 00 24 (7)9 10
Own Goals 04 00 00 00 04 00

Formation

Formation League FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
4–4–2 33 5 1 1 40
4–5–1 2 0 0 0 2
4–3–3 5 2 0 0 7
40 7 1 1 49

Monthly Awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Notes
Manager Player
September Gus Poyet Casper Ankergren [2][3]
March Gus Poyet Casper Ankergren [4][5]

Team of the Year

League One[6]

Pos.PlayerClub
GK Kelvin Davis Southampton
DF Inigo Calderon Brighton & Hove Albion
DF Dan Harding Southampton
DF Gordon Greer Brighton & Hove Albion
DF José Fonte Southampton
MF Anthony Pilkington Huddersfield Town
MF Elliott Bennett Brighton & Hove Albion
MF Adam Lallana Southampton
MF Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Southampton
FW Craig Mackail-Smith Peterborough United
FW Bradley Wright-Phillips Charlton Athletic

Transfers

In

Date Name From Fee
11 June 2010 Michael PokeSouthamptonFree
July 2010 Marcos PainterSwansea CityFree
28 June 2010 Agustin BattipiediClub ComunicacionesFree[7]
28 June 2010 Cristian BazClub ComunicacionesFree[7]
29 June 2010 Matt SparrowScunthorpe UnitedFree[7]
8 July 2010 Ashley BarnesPlymouth ArgyleUndisclosed
16 July 2010 Radostin KishishevLitexFree
July 2010 Iñigo CalderónFree AgentFree
11 July 2010 Gordon GreerSwindon Town£250,000
1 September 2010 Francisco SandazaDundee UnitedFree[8]
28 August 2010 Liam Bridcutt ChelseaFree[9]
31 December 2010 Craig Noone Plymouth Argyle Undisclosed[10]

Out

Date Name To Fee
May 2010 Michel KuipersCrawley TownFree
June 2010 Nicky ForsterBrentfordFree
July 2010 Craig DaviesChesterfieldFree
July 2010 Andrew CroftsNorwichUndisclosed
July 2010 Jake WrightOxford UnitedFree
July 2010 Liam DickinsonBarnsleyUndisclosed
July 2010 Steve BrinkhurstEastbourne BoroughUndisclosed
13 November 2010 Kazenga LuaLuaNewcastle UnitedLoan Return[11]
7 January 2011 Andy WhingLeyton OrientFree[12]

Loan In

Date Name From Length of Loan
31 August 2010 Kazenga LuaLuaNewcastle UnitedFour-Month Loan[13]
19 November 2010 Chris WoodWest BromTwo-Month Loan[14]

Loan Out

Date Name To Length of Loan
July 2010 James TunnicliffeBristol RoversSeason-Long Loan
July 2010 James McNultyScunthorpe UnitedSix-Month Loan
September 2010 Steve CookEastbourne BoroughOne-Month Loan
September 2010 Chris HolroydStevenageThree-Month Loan
October 2010 Steve CookMansfield TownThree-Month Loan
October 2010 Andy WhingLeyton OrientTwo-month Loan
January 2011 Mitch Walker Welling United[15]
March 2011 Chris HolroydBuryOne-Month Loan[16][17]

Trialists

Date Name Position Club
July 2010 Eric Midtgarden Forward [18]
July 2010 Filipe Morais Winger Oldham Athletic[19]
August 2010 Diego Camacho Defensive Midfielder Albacete
January 2011 Emmanuel Ledesma Attacking Midfielder Walsall
April 2011 Kosta Barbarouses Striker Brisbane Roar[20]

References

  1. "Plymouth Argyle are deducted 10 points". BBC Sport. 21 February 2011.
  2. "POYET NAMED MANAGER OF THE MONTH". football-league.co.uk (Football League). 7 October 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  3. "ANKERGREN NAMED PLAYER OF THE MONTH". football-league.co.uk (Football League). 7 October 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  4. "POYET NAMED MANAGER OF THE MONTH". football-league.co.uk (Football League). 8 April 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
  5. "ANKERGREN NAMED PLAYER OF THE MONTH". football-league.co.uk (Football League). 8 April 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
  6. "PFA Divisional Awards: Npower League One". givemefootball.com. 17 April 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  7. 1 2 3 "Brighton sign Matt Sparrow from Scunthorpe". BBC Sport. 29 June 2010. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
  8. "Brighton & Hove Albion sign striker Francisco Sandaza". BBC Sport. 1 September 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  9. "Former Chelsea Midfielder Signs". seagulls.co.uk. 28 August 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  10. "Noone Signs". seagulls.co.uk. 31 December 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  11. "LuaLua Injury Blow". seagulls.co.uk. 15 November 2010. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  12. "Whing Leaves Albion". seagulls.co.uk. 7 January 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  13. "Poyet's Delighted by LuaLua Return". seagulls.co.uk. 31 August 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  14. "West Brom striker Chris Wood signs for Brighton on loan". BBC Sport. 19 November 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  15. "Stewart departs & Walker joins". wellingunited.com. 14 January 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
  16. "Holroyd off on loan". seagulls.co.uk. 11 March 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
  17. "Brighton recall striker Chris Holroyd from Bury". BBC Sport. 11 April 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  18. "Final Score: Bognor 2 Albion 2". seagulls.co.uk. 17 July 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  19. "Latest Score: Eastbourne Borough 0 Albion 1". seagulls.co.uk. 17 July 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  20. Brown, Michael (1 May 2011). "Kosta cutting trials short for training". NZ Herald. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
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