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Leeds United
2010–11 season
ChairmanEngland Ken Bates
ManagerEngland Simon Grayson
The Championship9th (ongoing)
FA Cupto be played
League Cup2nd round
Top goalscorerLeague: Davide Somma (3)
All: Davide Somma (4)
Highest home attendance26,761 vs Derby County (7 Aug 2010)
Lowest home attendance12,602 vs Lincoln City (10 Aug 2010)
Average home league attendance21,660

This article details Leeds United A.F.C.'s 2010–11 season in The Championship. This season sees Leeds return to the second tier of English football for the first time in four years.

Events

This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2010–11 season, presented in chronological order (starting from 1 June 2010 and ending on the final day of the club's final match in the 2010-11 season). This list does not include transfers or new contracts, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the matches section.

May

July

August

  • 17 August: The club are charged for failing to ensure their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion after a mass brawl with the opposition players during the 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest on 15 August[8]. Forest are also charged with a three match ban being handed to their player Chris Gunter whose stamp on Leeds striker Sanchez Watt started the brawl[9].
  • 18 August: Club chairman Ken Bates slams the charge on the club by The FA in regard to the Forest game, stating that the club will defend themselves and back up Watt[10]. Meanwhile, it is revealed that the club spent £335,723 on agents fees during the 2009-10 season - the third highest in League One[11].
  • 24 August: Leeds are fined £7,500 and Nottingham Forest £12,500 after the mass brawl during the match nine days ago[12].

Players

Squad information

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Since
App
Goals
Ends
Transfer fee
Notes
1 GK Denmark Kasper Schmeichel 37 2010 5 0 2012 Free Leeds United
2 DF England Paul Connolly 41 2010 8 0 2013 Free Leeds United
3 DF Australia Patrick Kisnorbo 43 2009 35 1 2011 Free Leeds United
4 DF England Alex Bruce 40 2010 3 0 2012 £300k Leeds United
5 DF Scotland Neill Collins 41 2010 18 0 2013 £500k Leeds United
6 DF England Richard Naylor (captain) 47 2009 67 4 2011 Free Leeds United
7 MF Ivory Coast Max Gradel1 36 2009 40 6 2012 £250k Leeds United
8 MF AustraliaEngland Neil Kilkenny 38 2008 114 10 2011 £150k Birmingham City
9 FW England Billy Paynter 40 2010 0 0 2013 Free Leeds United
10 FW Argentina Luciano Becchio 40 2008 111 39 2011 £300k Leeds United
11 MF GhanaEngland Lloyd Sam 40 2010 7 3 2012 Free Leeds United
12 GK England Shane Higgs 47 2009 26 0 2011 Free Leeds United
13 FW United States Mike Grella 37 2009 42 5 2012 Free Leeds United
14 MF England Jonathan Howson (VC) 36 2006 162 19 2012 Youth system Leeds United
15 MF England Adam Clayton 35 2010 2 0 2013 Undisclosed Leeds United
16 MF England Bradley Johnson 37 2008 100 12 2011 £250k BBC Sport
17 MF Senegal Amdy Faye 47 2010 0 0 2011 Free Leeds United
18 MF England Sanchez Watt Error: Need valid year, month, day 2010 14 0 2011 Loan Leeds United
19 DF England Ben Parker 36 2007 50 1 2012 Youth system Leeds United
20 DF England Jason Crowe 46 2009 27 2 2011 Free Leeds United
21 DF Argentina Federico Bessone 40 2010 8 0 2013 Free Leeds United
22 MF England Andrew Hughes 46 2007 132 1 2011 £300k Leeds United
23 FW Scotland Robert Snodgrass 37 2008 109 21 2013 £ 35k Leeds United
24 DF Slovakia Ľubomír Michalík1 41 2007 76 2 2011 £200k Leeds United
25 GK Scotland Alan Martin 35 2007 0 0 2011 Undisclosed Leeds United
26 DF England Leigh Bromby 44 2009 37 1 2013 £250k Leeds United
27 FW South Africa Davide Somma 39 2009 6 4 2011 Free Leeds United
28 MF England Andy Robinson 44 2008 50 7 2011 Free Leeds United
29 DF Northern Ireland George McCartney 43 2010 0 0 2010 Loan Leeds United
30 GK Wales Jason Brown 42 2010 0 0 2010 Loan Leeds United
32 DF England Aidan White 33 2008 26 0 2012 Youth system Leeds United
33 MF Honduras Ramón Núñez 38 2010 0 0 2011 Free Leeds United
35 FW England Tom Elliott 35 2007 4 0 2011 Youth system Leeds United
36 DF England Tom Lees 33 2008 0 0 2012 Youth system Leeds United
37 MF England Will Hatfield 33 2009 0 0 2011 Youth system Leeds United
38 DF England Liam Darville 33 2008 0 0 2011 Youth system Leeds United
44 FW Scotland Ross McCormack 38 2010 4 0 2013 £400k Leeds United
  • Last updated: 25 Sep 2010
  • Source: Wikipedia players' articles, Leeds United, Sky Sports
  • Ordered by Squad Number.

Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in The Championship (and playoffs), League One (and playoffs), FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.
1Player first came to the club on loan and was transferred the following year.

Squad stats

Total Championship FA Cup FL Cup
N
Pos.
Name
Nat.
GS
App
Gls
Min
App
Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
Notes
1 GK Schmeichel Denmark 5 5 474 4 1
2 RB Connolly England 8 8 757 6 2
3 CB Kisnorbo Australia
4 CB Bruce Republic of Ireland
England
3 3 280 1 2
5 CB Collins Scotland 9 9 850 7 2
6 CB Naylor England 6 6 1 570 6 1
7 RW Gradel Ivory Coast 4 5 402 4 1
8 CM Kilkenny Australia
England
9 9 1 817 7 2 1
9 FW Paynter England
10 FW Becchio Argentina 8 8 3 693 6 2 2 1
11 RW Sam England 6 7 3 506 6 2 1 1 Also played FW and LW
12 GK Higgs England 4 4 376 3 1
13 FW Grella United States 2 37 1 1
14 CM Howson England 9 9 2 799 7 1 2 1 Also played RM
15 CM Clayton England 2 25 2
16 CM Johnson England 9 9 1 779 7 1 2 Also played LM
17 DM Faye Ghana
18 FW Watt England 6 8 534 6 2 Also played RW and LW
19 LB Parker England
20 RB Crowe England
21 LB Bessone Argentina 8 8 642 6 2
22 RB Hughes England 1 6 236 4 2 Also played LB and DM
23 RW Snodgrass Scotland 1 27 1
24 CB Michalík Slovakia
25 GK Martin Scotland
26 CB Bromby England
27 FW Somma South Africa 2 5 4 244 4 3 1 1
28 LW Robinson England
30 GK Brown Wales
England
32 LW White England 1 3 151 2 1
33 AM Núñez Honduras
34 LB Sheehan Republic of Ireland
35 FW Elliott England
36 CB Lees England
37 CM Hatfield England
38 RB Darville England
44 FW McCormack Scotland 1 4 144 4
Last updated: 17 September 2010
Source: Leeds United
Ordered by Squad Numbers
0 shown as blank

Most frequent starting line-up

Most frequent starting line-up uses the team's most used formation: 4-2-2-1-1.
The players used are those who have played the most games in each respective position, not necessarily who have played most games out of all the players.

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
6 DF Naylor England 6 Club captain
14 MF Howson England 3 Vice-captain

Last updated: 17 Sep 2010
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Assists

R Player Position The Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1 Argentina Becchio FW 2 0 0 2
England Howson CM 2 0 0 2
Australia Kilkenny CM 2 0 0 2
England Watt RW 1 0 1 2
5 England Johnson CM 1 0 0 1
England Connolly RB 0 0 1 1
Ivory Coast Gradel RW 0 0 1 1
England Sam LW 0 0 1 1

Last updated:15 Sep 2010
Source: BBC Sport

Disciplinary record

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Notes
2 DF England Connolly 2
14 MF England Howson 2
8 MF AustraliaEngland Kilkenny 2
6 DF England Naylor 2
18 MF England Watt 2
10 FW Argentina Becchio 1
22 DF England Hughes 1
16 MF England Johnson 1
1 GK Denmark Schmeichel 1

Last updated: 17 Sep 2010
Source: BBC Sport
Only competitive matches
Yellow card = Number of bookings; Second yellow card = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; Red card = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Suspensions

No. P Name No. Matches
Banned
Reason for Suspension Notes Source
7 MF Gradel 4 Red card (violent conduct) Suspension received in the final game of the 2009-10 season. Yorkshire Evening Post
27 FW Somma 3 Red card (violent conduct) Suspension received in the final game of the 2009-10 season whilst on loan at Lincoln City. Telegraph & Argus

Transfers

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1Although officially undisclosed, it was reported by the Mail Online that the fee was £500,000[13].
2Contract includes an optional one year extension clause[14][15].
3Although officially undisclosed, it was reported by the Mail Online that the fee was £200,000 raising to £300,000 dependent on appearances[16].
4Although officially undisclosed, it was reported by Vital Football that the fee was £400,000[17].

Loans In

No.
P
Name
Country
Age
Loan club
Started
Ended
Start source
End source
18 MF Watt England 33 Arsenal 3 Aug Leeds United
15 MF Clayton England 35 Manchester City 6 Aug 31 Aug Leeds United Leeds United
30 GK Brown Wales
England
42 Blackburn Rovers 11 Sep Leeds United
27 DF McCartney Northern Ireland 43 Sunderland 23 Sep Leeds United
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.

Loans Out

No.
P
Name
Country
Age
Loan club
Started
Ended
Start source
End source
35 FW Elliott England 33 Rotherham United 15 Jul Rotherham United
36 DF Lees England 33 Bury 30 Jul Leeds United
25 GK Martin Scotland 35 Barrow 4 Aug BBC Sport
37 DF Darville England 33 Tranmere Rovers 5 Aug BBC Sport
24 DF Michalík England 41 Carlisle United 31 Aug Leeds United
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

N
P
Name
Country
Age
Type
Moving to
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Apps
Goals
Source
9 FW Jermaine Beckford England 26 Released Everton Summer n/a 152 85 Leeds United
7 FW Paul Dickov Scotland 37 Out of Contract Oldham Athletic Summer n/a 4 0 Leeds United
1 GK Casper Ankergren Denmark 30 Out of Contract Brighton & Hove Albion Summer n/a 143 0 Leeds United
5 DF Rui Marques Angola 32 Out of Contract Summer n/a 100 4 Leeds United
34 GK Ryan Jones England 18 Out of Contract Rochdale Summer n/a 0 0 Leeds United
DF Andrew Milne Scotland 18 Out of Contract Barrow Summer n/a 0 0 Leeds United
MF Sam Jones Wales 18 Out of Contract Summer n/a 0 0 Leeds United
FW Adam Watson England 18 Out of Contract Summer n/a 0 0 Leeds United
FW Mike Whitwell England 18 Out of Contract Summer n/a 0 0 Leeds United
FW Callum Williams England 18 Out of Contract Summer n/a 0 0 Leeds United
331 FW Tresor Kandol Democratic Republic of the Congo
Zaire
28 Released Albacete Summer n/a 79 16 Leeds United
34 DF Alan Sheehan Republic of Ireland 23 Released Swindon Town Summer n/a 24 2 Leeds United

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; N = 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); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.
1Kandol finished the 2009-10 season with the shirt number 20, however was absent during the 2010-11 season shirt number announcement with Jason Crowe taking his number. Kandol was last seen wearing the number 33 shirt during pre-season training.

New Contracts

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Status
Contract length
Expiry date
Source
14 MF England Howson 21 Signed 1 year May 2012 Leeds United
22 DF England Hughes 32 Signed 1 year June 2011 Leeds United
9 FW England Beckford 26 Rejected 3 years n/a Leeds United

Club

Kit

Supplier: Macron
Sponsor(s): NetFlights.com
Features: OHS

Home
Away
Third

Source: Home, Away

Club officials

Position Staff
President England The Earl of Harewood KBE LLD
Chairman England Ken Bates
Chief Executive Officer England Shaun Harvey
Directors England Yvonne Allen
England Ken Bates
England Shaun Harvey
Scotland Peter Lorimer

Last updated: 13 Aug 2010
Source: Leeds United A.F.C. 2009/10 Season Official Handbook

Includes staff currently registered with club only.

First team coaching and medical staff

Position Staff
Manager England Simon Grayson
First Team Coaches Scotland Ian Miller
England Glynn Snodin
Goalkeeping Coach England Andy Beasley
Head Physio England Harvey Sharman
Fitness Coach England Matt Pears
Assistant Physio England Paul Perkins
Performance Analyst England Alex Davies

Last updated: 6 Aug 2010
Source: Yorkshire Evening Pos (August 4, 2010)

Includes staff currently registered with club only.

Other staff

Position Staff
Head of Football Administration England Alison Royston
Technical Director Wales Gwyn Williams
Chief Scout England Mervyn Day
Kit Man England Chris Beasley
Groundsman England Norman Southernwood

Last updated: 23 July 2010
Source: Leeds United A.F.C. 2009/10 Season Official Handbook

Includes staff currently registered with club only.

Former staff

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Other information

Mascot Lucas the Kop Cat
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Elland Road (39,460 / 105x68m)

Updated to match played 10 May 2010
Source: Leeds United

Competitions

Overall summary

Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
League One 9th 7 August 2010
FL Cup R1 R2 10 August 2010 24 August 2010
FA Cup

Updated to match played 15 Sep 2010
Source: Competitions

Detailed overall summary

Total Home Away
Games played 9 5 4
Games won 4 3 1
Games drawn 2 0 2
Games lost 3 2 1
Biggest win 4-0 vs Lincoln City 4-0 vs Lincoln City 1-0 vs Watford
Biggest loss 2-5 vs Barnsley 1-2 vs Derby County
1-2 vs Leicester City
2-5 vs Barnsley
Clean sheets 3 1 2
Goals scored 15 11 4
Goals conceded 12 6 6
Goal difference +3 +3 -2
Average GF per game 1.67 2.2 1
Average GA per game 1.33 1.2 1.5
Winning rate 44.44% 60% 25%
Yellow cards Yellow card 14 5 9
Red cards Red card 0 0 0
Most appearances Scotland Collins (9)
England Howson (9)
England Johnson (9)
Australia Kilkenny (9)
8 players (5) Scotland Collins (4)
England Howson (4)
England Johnson (4)
Australia Kilkenny (4)
Most minutes played Scotland Collins (850) Scotland Collins (471)
England Connolly (471)
Scotland Collins (379)
England Howson (379)
Australia Kilkenny (379)
Top scorer South Africa Somma (4) Argentina Becchio (3)
South Africa Somma (3)
England Howson (1)
England Naylor (1)
England Sam (1)
South Africa Somma (1)
Top assister Argentina Becchio (2)
England Howson (2)
Australia Kilkenny (2)
England Watt (2)
England Howson (2)
England Watt (2)
Australia Kilkenny (2)

Last updated: 17 Sep 2010
Source: Competitive matches

Championship

Table

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Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
7 3 2 2 10 10  0 11 2 0 1 6 4  +2 1 2 1 4 6  −2

Last updated: 17 Sep 2010.
Source: The Football League

Results by round

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Matches

Pre-season

20 July 2010 Bury 4 - 0 Leeds United Bury
19:45 BST Lowe 36'
Bishop 65', 89' (pen.)
Carlton 85'
(Report) Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 2,769
Referee: A. Penn
24 July 2010 Hartlepool United 0 - 5 Leeds United Hartlepool
15:00 BST (Report) Snodgrass 5'
Becchio 40', 68'
Johnson 45'
Howson 57'
Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 2,619
Referee: D. Webb
27 July 2010 SK Brann 1 - 3 Leeds United Bergen, Norway
19:00 BST Hansen 45' (Report) Becchio 18', 57'
Sam 25'
Stadium: Brann Stadion
Attendance: 5,400
31 July 2010 Leeds United 3 - 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Leeds
15:00 BST Gradel 33'
Sam 49'
Johnson 85'
(Report) Jarvis 45' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 12,979
Referee: N. Miller

The Championship

7 August 2010 Leeds United 1 - 2 Derby County Leeds
17:15 BST Becchio 15' (Report) Hulse 13'
Commons 26' (pen.)
Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 26,761
Referee: N. Swarbrick
15 August 2010 Nottingham Forest 1 - 1 Leeds United Nottingham
13:15 BST Blackstock 9' (Report) Sam 37' Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 24,986
Referee: T. Bates
21 August 2010 Leeds United 3 - 1 Millwall Leeds
12:30 BST Sam 32'
Somma 79', 90+4'
(Report) Naylor 15' (o.g.) Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 25,067
Referee: C. Webster
28 August 2010 Watford 0 - 1 Leeds United Watford
15:00 BST (Report) Naylor 6' Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 14,039
Referee: J. Lingington
11 September 2010 Leeds United 2 - 1 Swansea City Leeds
15:00 BST Johnson 55'
Becchio 63'
(Report) Dobbie 13' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 26,453
Referee: G. Hegley
14 September 2010 Barnsley 5 - 2 Leeds United Barnsley
19:45 BST O'Connor 42'
O'Brien 49'
Arismendi 65'
Collins 82' (o.g.)
Hammill 83'
(Report) Howson 3'
Somma 86'
Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 20,309
Referee: S. Tanner
17 September 2010 Doncaster Rovers 0 - 0 Leeds United Doncaster
19:45 BST (Report) Stadium: Keepmoat
Attendance: 13,293
Referee: K. Woolmer

League Cup

10 August 2010 1st round Leeds United 4 - 0 Lincoln City Leeds
19:45 BST Howson 2'
Becchio 7'
Sam 29'
Kilkenny 71' (pen.)
(Report) Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 12,602
Referee: P. Tierney
24 August 2010 2nd round Leeds United 1 - 2 Leicester City Leeds
19:45 BST Somma 32' (Report) Wellens 66'
Oakley 89' (pen.)
Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 16,509
Referee: E. Ilderton

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