2010–11 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season

Sheffield Wednesday
2010–11 season
Chairman	Milan Mandarić
Manager	Gary Megson
Ground	Hillsborough Stadium
Football League One	15th
FA Cup	5th Round
League Cup	2nd Round
Football League Trophy	Northern Area semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Mellor (13); All: Mellor (19)
Highest home attendance	23,081 (League)
Lowest home attendance	7,390 (League Cup)
Average home league attendance	17,817
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2010-11 season was Sheffield Wednesday's first season in the third tier of English football since 2005 and their 109th season in the Football League.

Events

7 August 2010 - Sheffield Wednesday start their season with a comfortable home win over Dagenham and Redbridge football club at Hillsborough.
10 August 2010 - Sheffield Wednesday progress to the second round of the League Cup after beating Bury 1-0 at Hillsborough. The game was watched by 7,390 fans.
11 August 2010 - Sheffield Wednesday have 28 days left in order to pay £550,000 debt before potentially going into administration.
24 August 2010 - Sheffield Wednesday are knocked out of the League Cup after a 4-2 loss at Scunthorpe United.
9 November 2010 - Wednesday face a winding-up order over £600,000 of unpaid PAYE tax and also face a similar order over a £300,000 VAT bill.^[1]
17 November 2010 - High court judge gives the club 28 days to find new owners and pay off their tax debt.^[2]
29 November 2010 - Milan Mandaric's UK Football Investments has bought the club for £7,000,001 pending shareholder approval. The deal would settle the club's £23 million debt with the Co-Operative Bank with a £7 million payment. An Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders has been called for 14 December 2010.^[3]
30 November 2010 - Wednesday are knocked out of the Football League Trophy after a 3-1 loss at Carlisle United.
3 February 2011 - Alan Irvine sacked as manager after 13 months in charge. The club were 12th in the table at the time.^[4]
4 February 2011 - Gary Megson appointed as manager.^[5]
19 February 2011 - Wednesday reach the fifth round of the FA Cup for the first time in 11 years, but are knocked out by Birmingham City
7 May 2011 - A loss to Exeter City in the final game of the season leaves Wednesday 15th in the final league table.

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Charlton Athletic	46	15	14	17	62	66	−4	59
14	Yeovil Town	46	16	11	19	56	66	−10	59
15	Sheffield Wednesday	46	16	10	20	67	67	0	58
16	Hartlepool United	46	15	12	19	47	65	−18	57
17	Oldham Athletic	46	13	17	16	53	60	−7	56

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2011. Source: BBC
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Matches

League One

Sheffield Wednesday's 2010/11 fixtures:

Date	Opponents	Venue	Res.	Scorers	Att.	League Position
7 August 2010	Dagenham & Redbridge	Hillsborough Stadium	2 - 0	Doe (OG), Clinton Morrison	23,081	3rd
14 August 2010	Colchester United	Colchester Community Stadium	1 - 1	Neil Mellor	6,011	4th
21 August 2010	Brighton & Hove Albion	Hillsborough Stadium	1 - 0	Giles Coke	18,674	4th
28 August 2010	Hartlepool United	Victoria Park	5 - 0	Paul Murray (OG), Giles Coke, Neil Mellor, Marcus Tudgay, Clinton Morrison	4,084	1st
5 September 2010	Brentford	Griffin Park	0 - 1	-	5,396	1st
11 September 2010	Carlisle United	Hillsborough Stadium	0 - 1	-	20,282	8th
18 September 2010	Plymouth Argyle	Home Park	2 - 3	James O'Connor, Tommy Miller	7,916	11th
25 September 2010	Southampton	Hillsborough Stadium	0 - 1	-	18,198	14th
28 September 2010	Oldham Athletic	Hillsborough Stadium	0 - 0	-	16,609	16th
2 October 2010	Notts County	Meadow Lane	2 - 0	Marcus Tudgay, Darren Potter	11,355	10th
9 October 2010	Leyton Orient	Hillsborough Stadium	1 - 0	Lewis Buxton	17,445	5th
16 October 2010	Yeovil Town	Huish Park	2 - 0	Jermaine Johnson, Tommy Miller	5,927	4th
23 October 2010	Bournemouth	Hillsborough Stadium	1 - 1	Neil Mellor	17,868	4th
30 October 2010	Charlton Athletic	The Valley	0 - 1	-	17,365	7th
2 November 2010	Huddersfield Town	Hillsborough Stadium	0 - 2	-	20,540	11th
13 November 2010	Rochdale	Hillsborough Stadium	2 - 0	Giles Coke, Clinton Morrison	16,520	10th
20 November 2010	Milton Keynes Dons	Stadium:mk	4 - 1	Neil Mellor (3), Luke Chadwick (OG)	10,552	6th
23 November 2010	Walsall	Hillsborough Stadium	3 - 0	Darren Potter, Mark Beevers, Clinton Morrison	15,228	4th
4 December 2010	Swindon Town	County Ground	1 - 2	Clinton Morrison	9,123	5th
11 December 2010	Bristol Rovers	Hillsborough Stadium	6 - 2	Chris Sedgwick, Tommy Miller, Gary Teale, Jermaine Johnson, James O'Connor, Paul Heffernan	19,242	2nd
18 December 2010	Exeter City	St James Park	1 - 5	Tommy Miller	5,524	5th
3 January 2011	Huddersfield Town	Galpharm Stadium	0 - 1	-	17,024	7th
15 January 2011	Charlton Athletic	Hillsborough Stadium	2 - 2	Paul Heffernan, Reda Johnson	19,051	9th
22 January 2011	Leyton Orient	Brisbane Road	0 - 4	-	6,449	11th
25 January 2011	Yeovil Town	Hillsborough Stadium	2 - 2	Gary Madine, Reda Johnson	16,618	11th
1 February 2011	Peterborough United	London Road Stadium	3 - 5	Jermaine Johnson, Gary Madine, Chris Sedgwick	6,480	12th
5 February 2011	Milton Keynes Dons	Hillsborough Stadium	2 - 2	Neil Mellor, Clinton Morrison	17,631	12th
12 February 2011	Rochdale	Spotland Stadium	1 - 2	Gary Madine	6,154	14th
15 February 2011	Tranmere Rovers	Prenton Park	0 - 3	-	5,941	16th
22 February 2011	Bournemouth	Dean Court	0-0	-	7,268	16th
26 February 2011	Carlisle United	Brunton Park	1-0	Tommy Miller	6,864	16th
5 March 2011	Plymouth Argyle	Hillsborough Stadium	2-4	Giles Coke, Reda Johnson	18,474	16th
8 March 2011	Oldham Athletic	Boundary Park	3-2	Mark Beevers, Chris Sedgwick (2)	4,133	15th
12 March 2011	Notts County	Hillsborough Stadium	0-1	-	17,835	16th
15 March 2011	Peterborough United	Hillsborough Stadium	1-4	Paul Heffernan	16,014	16th
19 March 2011	Southampton	St Mary's Stadium	0-2	-	20,234	16th
26 March 2011	Dagenham & Redbridge	Victoria Road	1-1	Gary Teale	3,549	16th
29 March 2011	Brentford	Hillsborough Stadium	1-3	Rob Jones	14,797	17th
2 April 2011	Colchester United	Hillsborough Stadium	2-1	Neil Mellor (2)	15,663	16th
5 April 2011	Tranmere Rovers	Hillsborough Stadium	4-0	Tommy Miller (2), Gary Madine, Neil Mellor
9 April 2011	Brighton & Hove Albion	Withdean Stadium	0-2	-	8,107
16 April 2011	Hartlepool United	Hillsborough Stadium	2-0	Tommy Miller, Gary Madine	16,358	15th
23 April 2011	Walsall	Bescot Stadium	1-1	Neil Mellor
25 April 2011	Swindon Town	Hillsborough Stadium	3-1	Darren Potter, Neil Mellor (2)	17,348	14th
30 April 2011	Bristol Rovers	Memorial Stadium	1-1	Tommy Miller
7 May 2011	Exeter City	Hillsborough Stadium	1-2	Jermaine Johnson	21,085	15th

FA Cup

Sheffield Wednesday's 2010/11 FA Cup fixtures:

Date	Opponents	Venue	Res.	Scorers	Att.	Notes
7 November 2010	Southport	Haig Avenue	5 - 2	Gary Teale, Neil Mellor, Clinton Morrison 2, Tommy Spurr	4,490	1st Round
27 November 2010	Northampton Town	Hillsborough Stadium	3 - 2	Mark Beevers, Tommy Miller 2	8,932	2nd Round
8 January 2011	Bristol City	Ashton Gate Stadium	3 - 0	Gary Teale, Neil Mellor, Clinton Morrison	11,387	3rd Round
29 January 2011	Hereford United	Hillsborough Stadium	4 - 1	Darren Potter, Clinton Morrison (2), Jermaine Johnson	16,578	4th Round
19 February 2011	Birmingham City	St Andrew's	0 - 3	-	14,607	5th Round

League Cup

Sheffield Wednesday's 2010–11 League Cup fixtures:

Date	Opponents	Venue	Res.	Scorers	Att.	Notes
10 August 2010	Bury	Hillsborough Stadium	1 - 0	Giles Coke	7,390	Round 1
24 August 2010	Scunthorpe United	Glanford Park	2 - 4	Marcus Tudgay pen, Neil Mellor	4,680	Round 2

Football League Trophy

Sheffield Wednesday's 2010–11 Football League Trophy fixtures:

Date	Opponents	Venue	Res.	Scorers	Att.	Notes
1 September 2010	Notts County	Hillsborough Stadium	2 - 1	James O'Connor (2)	10,551	First Round - Northern Section (North East)
6 October 2010	Chesterfield	Hillsborough Stadium	2 - 2 (8-7 pens)	Neil Mellor, Marcus Tudgay	15,003	Second Round - Northern Section
10 November 2010	Hartlepool United	Hillsborough Stadium	4 - 1	Neil Mellor 3, Gary Teale	10,909	Area quarter-finals - Northern Section
30 November 2010	Carlisle United	Brunton Park	1 - 3	Darren Purse	3,149	Area semi-finals - Northern Section

Squad stats

				Total			Football League One		FA Cup		Football League Cup		Football League Trophy
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Sts	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls
1	GK		Weaver	36	47		36		5		2		4
2	DF		Spurr	33	33	1	26		4	1	1		2
3	DF		Buxton	31	32	1	30	1					2
4	DF		Purse	30	30	1	22		3		1		4	1
5	DF		Hinds	5	6		4		1		1
7	ST		Tudgay	16	22	4	17	2	1		1	1	3	1
8	MF		Miller	34	41	11	34	9	3	2	1		3
9	ST		Heffernan	6	23	3	17	3	2		2		2
10	MF		Coke	26	34	5	27	4	3		1	1	3
11	DF		D. Jones	22	34		25		4		2		3
13	GK		O'Donnell	8	9		9
14	MF		Potter	29	40	4	33	3	2	1	2		3
15	DF		Beevers	34	37	3	28	2	3	1	2		4
17	MF		O'Connor	31	45	4	36	2	4		2		3	2
19	MF		Boden
21	MF		Teale	47	51	5	41	2	5	2	2		3	1
23	MF		J. Johnson	17	29	5	26	4	2	1			1
24	MF		Sedgwick	30	42	4	33	4	4		1		4
25	GK		Jameson	2	2		2
28	ST		Modest
29	MF		Palmer	5	11		9		1		1
30	ST		C. Morrison	32	46	11	35	6	5	5	2		4
33	ST		Mellor	32	43	20	33	13	4	2	2	1	4	4
35	MF		Nyoni
36	DF		Otsemobor	18	21		15		1		2		3
	DF		Batth	10	10		10
	DF		R. Johnson	18	19	3	16	3	3
	DF		R. Jones	8	8	1	8	1
	DF		M. Morrison	15	15		12		3
	DF		O'Brien	3	4		4
	MF		Osbourne	10	11		10		1
	DF		Reynolds	8	8		7		1

Last updated: 19 January 2019
Source: Sheffield Wednesday F.C.
Ordered by number
0 shown as blank

Scorers

All

Scorer	Goals
Neil Mellor	20
Clinton Morrison	11
Tommy Miller	11
Giles Coke	5
Jermaine Johnson
Gary Teale
Marcus Tudgay	4
Darren Potter
James O'Connor
Chris Sedgwick
Paul Heffernan	3
Mark Beevers
Reda Johnson
Darren Purse	1
Tommy Spurr
Lewis Buxton
Rob Jones

League One

Scorer	Goals
Neil Mellor	13
Tommy Miller	9
Clinton Morrison	6
Giles Coke	4
Jermaine Johnson
Chris Sedgwick
Darren Potter	3
Paul Heffernan
Reda Johnson
Gary Teale	2
James O'Connor
Marcus Tudgay
Mark Beevers
Lewis Buxton	1
Rob Jones	1

FA Cup

Scorer	Goals
Clinton Morrison	5
Tommy Miller	2
Neil Mellor
Gary Teale
Mark Beevers	1
Jermaine Johnson
Tommy Spurr
Darren Potter

League Cup

Scorer	Goals
Giles Coke	1
Neil Mellor
Marcus Tudgay

Football League Trophy

Scorer	Goals
Neil Mellor	4
James O'Connor	2
Darren Purse	1
Gary Teale
Marcus Tudgay

As of games played 7 May 2011

References

^ [1], BBC Sport retrieved 10 November 2010.
^ [2], BBC Sport retrieved 22 November 2010.
^ [3], BBC Sport retrieved 1 December 2010.
^ [4], BBC Sport retrieved 19 January 2019.
^ [5], BBC Sport retrieved 19 January 2019.

External links

Sheffield Wednesday F.C. official website

[BBC20101109-1] [1], BBC Sport retrieved 10 November 2010.

[BBC20101117-2] [2], BBC Sport retrieved 22 November 2010.

[BBC20101129-3] [3], BBC Sport retrieved 1 December 2010.

[BBC20190119-4] [4], BBC Sport retrieved 19 January 2019.

[5] [5], BBC Sport retrieved 19 January 2019.

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