2010–11 Football League One

Football League One
Season 2010–11
Champions Brighton & Hove Albion
(3rd divisional title)
Promoted Brighton & Hove Albion
Southampton
Peterborough United
Relegated Dagenham & Redbridge
Bristol Rovers
Plymouth Argyle
Swindon Town
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1509 (2.73 per match)
Top goalscorer Craig Mackail-Smith (27)
Biggest home win Peterborough United 6–0 Carlisle United
(12 March 2011)
Biggest away win Oldham Athletic 0–6 Southampton
(11 January 2011)
Highest scoring Peterborough United 5–4 Swindon Town
(16 October 2010)
Longest winning run 8 games
Brighton[1]
Longest unbeaten run 25 games
Huddersfield Town[1]
Longest winless run 18 games
Swindon Town[1]
Longest losing run 9 games
Notts County[1]
Highest attendance 31,653
Southampton 3–1 Walsall
(7 May 2011)[1]
Lowest attendance 1,907
Dagenham & Redbridge 4–1 Brentford
(1 February 2011)[1]
Average attendance 7,526[1]

The 2010–11 Football League One (known as Npower League One for sponsorship reasons) is the seventh season of the league under its current title and nineteenth season under its current league division format. It started on 7 August 2010.[2]

Changes from 2009–10

Team changes

From League One

Promoted to Championship

Relegated to League Two

To League One

Relegated from Championship

Promoted from League Two

Rule changes

On field rules

Off field rules

Sponsorship changes

Npower will be the Football League's new sponsor after Coca-Cola's contract ran out and was not renewed. The "Player of the Month" and "Manager of the Month" awards will now been known as the "Npower Player of the Month" and the "Npower Manager of the Month" award respectively. Coca-Cola signed a three-year contract to become the Football League's official partner.[3]

Team overview

Stadiums and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth Dean Court 9,600
Brentford London Griffin Park 12,763
Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton Withdean Stadium 8,850
Bristol Rovers Bristol Memorial Stadium 12,011
Carlisle United Carlisle Brunton Park Stadium 16,981
Charlton Athletic London The Valley 27,111
Colchester United Colchester Colchester Community Stadium 10,064
Dagenham & Redbridge London Victoria Road 6,078
Exeter City Exeter St James Park 8,830
Hartlepool United Hartlepool Victoria Park 8,240
Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Galpharm Stadium 24,500
Leyton Orient London Brisbane Road 9,271
Milton Keynes Dons Milton Keynes Stadium:mk 22,000
Notts County Nottingham Meadow Lane 21,388
Oldham Athletic Oldham Boundary Park 10,638
Peterborough United Peterborough London Road Stadium 15,460
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Home Park 19,500
Rochdale Rochdale Spotland Stadium 10,249
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Hillsborough Stadium 39,812
Southampton Southampton St Mary's Stadium 32,689
Swindon Town Swindon County Ground 14,700
Tranmere Rovers Birkenhead Prenton Park 16,789
Walsall Walsall The Banks' Stadium 11,300
Yeovil Town Yeovil Huish Park 9,665

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Manager Team captain Chairman Kit maker Sponsor
Bournemouth England Lee Bradbury England Jason Pearce England Eddie Mitchell Carbrini Carbrini
Brentford England Nicky Forster Republic of Ireland Kevin O'Connor England Greg Dyke Puma Hertings Fixings (H)
Bathwise (A)
Brighton & Hove Albion Uruguay Gus Poyet Scotland Gordon Greer England Tony Bloom Erreà IT First
Bristol Rovers Scotland Stuart Campbell England Will Hoskins England Nick Higgs Erreà Smart Computers (H)
Johnson's Stalbridge Linen Services (A)
Carlisle United England Greg Abbott England Paul Thirlwell England Andrew Jenkins Le Coq Sportif Eddie Stobart Transport
Charlton Athletic England Chris Powell Scotland Christian Dailly England Michael Slater Macron Krbs.com
Colchester United England John Ward England Kemal Izzet England Robbie Cowling Puma Readers Offers Ltd
Dagenham & Redbridge England John Still South Africa Mark Arber England Dave Andrews Vandanel West & Coe
Exeter City England Paul Tisdale England Matt Taylor England Edward Chorlton Carbrini Flybe.com
Hartlepool United England Mick Wadsworth England Sam Collins England Ken Hodcroft Nike Dove Energy
Huddersfield Town England Lee Clark England Peter Clarke England Dean Hoyle Mitre Kirklees College (H)
RadianB (A)
Leyton Orient England Russell Slade Republic of Ireland Stephen Dawson England Barry Hearn Puma PartyCasino.com
Milton Keynes Dons England Karl Robinson England Dean Lewington England Pete Winkelman ISC Double Tree by Hilton
Notts County England Martin Allen England Mike Edwards England Ray Trew Nike Lorien Connect (H)
Vision Express (A)
Oldham Athletic Scotland Paul Dickov England Reuben Hazell England Simon Corney Carbrini Carbrini
Peterborough United Scotland Darren Ferguson Northern Ireland Grant McCann Republic of Ireland Darragh MacAnthony adidas MRI Overseas Property
Plymouth Argyle England Peter Reid Wales Carl Fletcher England Sir Roy Gardner adidas Ginsters
Rochdale England Keith Hill England Gary Jones England Chris Dunphy Carbrini Carbrini
Sheffield Wednesday England Gary Megson England Tommy Miller Serbia Milan Mandarić Puma Sheffield Children's Hospital
Southampton England Nigel Adkins England Dean Hammond Italy Nicola Cortese Umbro None
Swindon Town Wales Paul Bodin (Caretaker) Republic of Ireland Jonathan Douglas England Jeremy Wray (Interim) adidas fourfourtwo.com (H)
FIFA 11/Samsung (A)
Tranmere Rovers England Les Parry England John Welsh England Peter Johnson Carbrini Wirral
Walsall England Dean Smith Jamaica Darren Byfield England Jeff Bonser Admiral Walsall Hospice
Yeovil Town England Terry Skiverton England Paul Huntington England John Fry Vandanel Jones's Building Contractors

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment Position in table
Milton Keynes Dons England Paul Ince Resigned 16 April 2010[4][5] England Karl Robinson 10 May 2010[6] Pre-season
Plymouth Argyle England Paul Mariner Became head coach 6 May 2010[7] England Peter Reid 24 June 2010[8] Pre-season
Notts County England Steve Cotterill End of contract 27 May 2010[9] England Craig Short 4 June 2010[10] Pre-season
Southampton England Alan Pardew Sacked 30 August 2010 England Nigel Adkins 12 September 2010 21st
Notts County England Craig Short Sacked 24 October 2010[11] England Paul Ince 28 October 2010 16th
Bristol Rovers Wales Paul Trollope Sacked 15 December 2010[12] England Dave Penney 10 January 2011[13] 21st
Walsall England Chris Hutchings Sacked 4 January 2011[14] England Dean Smith 21 January 2011[15] 24th
Charlton Athletic England Phil Parkinson Sacked 4 January 2011[16] England Chris Powell 14 January 2011[17] 5th
Peterborough United England Gary Johnson Mutual consent 10 January 2011[18] Scotland Darren Ferguson 12 January 2011[19] 7th
Bournemouth England Eddie Howe Signed by Burnley 16 January 2011[20] England Lee Bradbury 28 January 2011[21] 4th
Sheffield Wednesday Scotland Alan Irvine Sacked 3 February 2011[22] England Gary Megson 4 February 2011[23] 12th
Brentford England Andy Scott Sacked 3 February 2011[24] England Nicky Forster 1 March 2011[25] 19th
Swindon Town Northern Ireland Danny Wilson Resigned 2 March 2011[26] England Paul Hart 3 March 2011[27] 22nd
Notts County England Paul Ince Mutual consent 3 March 2011[28] England Martin Allen 11 April 2011[29] 19th
Bristol Rovers England Dave Penney Sacked 7 March 2011[30] England Paul Buckle 30 May 2011[31] 23rd
Swindon Town England Paul Hart Sacked 28 April 2011[32] England Paul Bodin 28 April 2011 24th

Ownership changes

Club New Owner Previous Owner Date
Charlton Athletic CAFC Holdings Ltd Richard Murray 31 December 2010
Sheffield Wednesday Milan Mandaric Various board members 31 December 2010

League table

A total of 24 teams contest the division, including 17 sides remaining in the division from last season, three relegated from the Championship, and four promoted from League Two.

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 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 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: BBC
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.[33]

Playoffs

  Semifinals Final
                     
3  Huddersfield Town (p) 1 3 4 (4)  
6  Bournemouth 1 3 4 (2)  
    3  Huddersfield Town 0
  4  Peterborough United 3
4  Peterborough United 2 2 4
5  Milton Keynes Dons 3 0 3  

Semifinals

14 May 2011
12:45
Bournemouth 1 – 1 Huddersfield Town
McDermott  60' Report Kilbane  22'
Dean Court, Bournemouth
Attendance: 9,043
Referee: Mick Russell

18 May 2011
19:45
Huddersfield Town 3 – 3
(a.e.t.)
Bournemouth
Peltier  27'
Ward  45+2'
Kay  105'
Report Lovell  44' (pen.), 63'
Ings  104'
  Penalties  
Novak
Ward
Kilbane
Kay
4 – 2 Symes
Feeney
Robinson
Cooper
Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield
Attendance: 16,444
Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Huddersfield Town 4 – 4 Bournemouth on aggregate. Huddersfield Town won 4 – 2 on penalties.


19 May 2011
19:45
Peterborough United 2 – 0 Milton Keynes Dons
McCann  11'
Mackail-Smith  54'
Report
London Road Stadium, Peterborough
Attendance: 11,920
Referee: Colin Webster

Peterborough United won 4 – 3 on aggregate.

Final

Results

Home ╲ Away BOU BRE BHABROCRLCHACOLD&REXEHARHUDLEYMKDNTCOLDPETPLYROCSHWSOUSWITRAWALYEO
AFC Bournemouth 31 10 21 20 22 12 30 30 01 11 11 32 33 30 51 30 12 00 13 32 12 30 20
Brentford 11 01 10 21 21 11 21 11 00 01 21 02 11 13 21 20 13 10 03 01 21 12 12
Brighton & Hove Albion 11 10 22 43 11 20 43 30 41 23 50 20 10 21 31 40 22 20 12 21 20 21 20
Bristol Rovers 10 00 24 11 22 01 02 02 00 01 03 12 21 10 22 23 21 11 04 31 01 22 21
Carlisle United 10 20 00 40 34 41 02 22 10 22 01 41 10 22 01 11 11 01 32 00 20 13 02
Charlton Athletic 10 01 04 11 13 10 22 13 00 01 31 10 10 11 32 20 31 10 11 24 11 01 32
Colchester United 21 02 11 21 11 33 22 51 32 03 32 13 21 10 21 11 10 11 02 21 31 20 00
Dagenham & Redbridge 12 41 01 03 30 21 10 11 11 11 20 01 31 01 02 01 01 11 13 21 22 11 21
Exeter City 20 24 12 22 21 10 22 21 12 14 21 11 31 20 22 10 10 51 12 10 11 21 23
Hartlepool United 22 30 31 22 04 21 10 01 23 01 01 01 11 42 20 20 02 05 00 22 11 21 31
Huddersfield Town 22 44 21 01 20 31 00 21 01 01 22 41 30 00 11 32 21 10 20 00 00 10 42
Leyton Orient 22 10 00 41 00 13 42 11 30 10 12 22 20 10 21 20 21 40 02 30 03 00 15
Milton Keynes Dons 20 11 10 20 32 20 11 20 10 10 13 23 21 00 10 13 11 14 20 21 20 11 32
Notts County 02 11 11 01 01 10 20 10 02 30 03 32 20 02 01 20 12 02 13 10 01 11 40
Oldham Athletic 21 21 01 11 01 00 00 11 33 40 10 11 12 30 05 42 12 23 06 20 00 11 00
Peterborough United 33 21 03 30 60 15 11 50 30 40 42 22 21 23 52 21 21 53 44 54 21 41 22
Plymouth Argyle 12 12 02 31 11 22 21 21 20 01 21 14 10 11 02 03 01 32 13 10 13 20 00
Rochdale 00 01 22 31 23 20 12 32 01 00 30 11 14 10 11 22 11 21 20 33 32 32 01
Sheffield Wednesday 11 13 10 62 01 22 21 20 12 20 02 10 22 01 00 14 24 20 01 31 40 30 22
Southampton 20 02 00 10 10 20 00 40 40 20 41 11 32 00 21 41 01 02 20 41 20 31 30
Swindon Town 12 11 12 21 01 03 21 11 00 11 10 22 01 12 02 11 23 11 21 10 00 00 01
Tranmere Rovers 03 03 11 01 21 11 10 20 40 01 02 12 42 01 12 10 10 11 30 20 02 33 01
Walsall 01 32 13 61 21 20 01 10 21 52 24 02 12 03 11 13 21 00 11 10 12 14 01
Yeovil Town 22 20 01 01 10 01 42 13 13 02 11 21 10 21 11 02 10 01 02 11 33 31 11

Updated to games played on 7 May 2011.
Source: The Football League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Season Statistics

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals[34]
1 Scotland Craig Mackail-Smith Peterborough United 27
2 England Glenn Murray Brighton & Hove Albion 22
3 England Bradley Wright-Phillips Plymouth Argyle/Charlton Athletic 21
4 England Rickie Lambert Southampton 20
5 England Ashley Barnes Brighton and Hove Albion 17
England Jamie Cureton Exeter City 17
England Will Hoskins Bristol Rovers 17
England Gary Jones Rochdale 17
9 Scotland Jordan Rhodes Huddersfield Town 16
10 England Dean Bowditch Yeovil Town 15
Scotland George Boyd Peterborough United 15

Top assists

Rank Player Club Assists[34]
1 Northern Ireland Grant McCann Peterborough United 21
2 England Dean Cox Leyton Orient 19
3 England Elliott Bennett Brighton & Hove Albion 17
4 Wales Nicky Adams Rochdale 14
5 England Craig Noone Brighton & Hove Albion 13
6 England Charlie Daniels Leyton Orient 12
England Danny Green Dagenham & Redbridge 12
8 England Ryan Harley Exeter City 11
England Rickie Lambert Southampton 11
England Adam Lallana Southampton 11
Scotland Craig Mackail-Smith Peterborough United 11
England Marc Pugh Bournemouth 11
England Gary Roberts Huddersfield Town 11

Scoring

Discipline

Clean sheets

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Notes
Manager Club Player Club
August Scotland Alan Irvine Sheffield Wednesday England Giles Coke Sheffield Wednesday [36][37]
September Uruguay Gus Poyet Brighton & Hove Albion Denmark Casper Ankergren Brighton & Hove Albion [38][39]
October England Andy Scott Brentford Republic of Ireland Anthony Pilkington Huddersfield Town [40][41]
November England Phil Parkinson Charlton Athletic England Johnnie Jackson Charlton Athletic [42][43]
December England Mick Wadsworth Hartlepool United England Sam Collins Hartlepool United [44][45]
January England Keith Hill Rochdale England Paul Huntington Yeovil Town [46][47]
February Scotland Darren Ferguson Peterborough United Scotland Craig Mackail-Smith Peterborough United [48][49]
March Uruguay Gus Poyet Brighton & Hove Albion Denmark Casper Ankergren Brighton & Hove Albion [50][51]

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