2010–11 Burnley F.C. season

The 2010–11 season was Burnley's 1st season back in the second tier of English football following their relegation from the Premier League. They were managed by Brian Laws in his first full season in charge since replacing Owen Coyle. Burnley finished 8th with 68 points, 7 points outside the playoffs with a goal difference of +4.

Burnley

2010–11 season
Chairman	Barry Kilby
Manager	Brian Laws (until 29 December 2010) Stuart Gray (caretaker manager) Eddie Howe (from 16 January 2011)
Ground	Turf Moor
Championship	8th
FA Cup	5th Round
League Cup	4th Round
Top goalscorer	League: Jay Rodriguez (14) All: Chris Eagles & Jay Rodriguez (15)
Highest home attendance	20,453 v Leeds United (11 December 2010)
Lowest home attendance	9,442 v Port Vale (8 January 2011)
Average home league attendance	14,931
Home colours Away colours
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League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
6	Nottingham Forest	46	20	15	11	69	50	+19	75	Qualification for Championship play-offs
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

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2011. Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Match details

Football League Championship

Main article: 2010–11 Football League Championship

Burnley started the season well, with three wins from their opening five games, including a notable home win over local rivals Preston North End. The Clarets were 3–1 down with just six minutes to go before staging a late comeback to win 4–3.

However, Burnley slid down the table, mainly due to poor away form which left them without an away win until Boxing Day. Their unbeaten home record was lost to Leeds United in early December, when the Clarets surrendered a 2–0 half-time lead to ultimately lose 3–2. The defeat left Burnley in 9th place and four points outside the play-offs, and manager Brian Laws ultimately lost his job following a 2–0 defeat at home to Scunthorpe United.

The appointment of Eddie Howe saw the team regain form and rise to 7th place following a six-game unbeaten run (including another late victory over Preston North End in the reverse fixture). However, a run of five defeats from the next six games ultimately consigned Burnley to another year of second-tier football, finding themselves seven points away from the playoff places with six games remaining.

Three further victories saw the Clarets finish the season in 8th, a disappointing return for a recently relegated side who had aspirations of an immediate return to the Premier League.

Football League Championship match details

Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
7 August 2010	11th	Nottingham Forest	H	W	1–0	Iwelumo 44'	17,496	[1]
14 August 2010	8th	Ipswich Town	A	D	1–1	Carlisle 90'	19,317	[2]
21 August 2010	3rd	Leicester City	H	W	3–0	Wallace 44', Iwelumo 62', Alexander 74' pen.	15,516	[3]
28 August 2010	5th	Swansea City	A	L	0–1		15,135	[4]
11 September 2010	5th	Preston North End	H	W	4–3	Iwelumo (3) 9', 84', 88', Rodriguez 90'	15,509	[5]
14 September 2010	6th	Middlesbrough	A	L	1–2	Bikey 65'	15,033	[6]
18 September 2010	8th	Crystal Palace	A	D	0–0		14,451	[7]
25 September 2010	8th	Bristol City	H	D	0–0		14,540	[8]
28 September 2010	5th	Hull City	H	W	4–0	Iwelumo (2) 14', 53', Eagles (2) 24', 50' pen.	14,458	[9]
2 October 2010	6th	Millwall	A	D	1–1	Rodriguez 22'	12,330	[10]
16 October 2010	8th	Sheffield United	A	D	3–3	Marney 49', Eagles 54' pen., Rodriguez 90'	22,936	[11]
19 October 2010	4th	Barnsley	H	W	3–0	Eagles (2) 56', 66' pen., Iwelumo 82'	14,428	[12]
23 October 2010	7th	Reading	H	L	0–4		14,895	[13]
30 October 2010	8th	Queens Park Rangers	A	D	1–1	Alexander 45' pen.	15,620	[14]
9 November 2010	9th	Doncaster Rovers	H	D	1–1	Cork 63'	13,655	[15]
13 November 2010	6th	Watford	H	W	3–2	Iwelumo 25', Wallace 70', Alexander 77' pen.	14,160	[16]
20 November 2010	10th	Coventry City	A	L	0–1		14,432	[17]
27 November 2010	6th	Derby County	H	W	2–1	Mears 82', Cork 90'	13,790	[18]
11 December 2010	9th	Leeds United	H	L	2–3	Easton 29', Rodriguez 37'	20,453	[19]
26 December 2010	8th	Barnsley	A	W	2–1	Guidetti 49', Bikey 54'	14,219	[20]
28 December 2010	9th	Scunthorpe United	H	L	0–2		15,043	[21]
1 January 2011	8th	Sheffield United	H	W	4–2	Eagles 29', Iwelumo 45', Rodriguez 45', Thompson 85'	14,897	[22]
3 January 2011	10th	Reading	A	L	1–2	Wallace 28'	16,151	[23]
15 January 2011	10th	Queens Park Rangers	H	D	0–0		14,819	[24]
22 January 2011	11th	Scunthorpe United	A	D	0–0		4,334	[25]
25 January 2011	9th	Portsmouth	A	W	2–1	Rodriguez 31', Marney 37'	13,345	[26]
1 February 2011	11th	Doncaster Rovers	A	L	0–1		8,893	[27]
5 February 2011	10th	Norwich City	H	W	2–1	Marney 33', Rodriguez 81'	14,859	[28]
12 February 2011	8th	Watford	A	W	3–1	Bennett 8' o.g., Eagles 66', Iwelumo 75'	13,103	[29]
15 February 2011	8th	Cardiff City	A	D	1–1	Thompson 83'	21,307	[30]
26 February 2011	8th	Preston North End	A	W	2–1	Rodriguez 32', Cork 84'	21,307	[31]
5 March 2011	7th	Crystal Palace	H	W	1–0	Rodriguez 3'	14,848	[32]
8 March 2011	7th	Hull City	A	W	1–0	Delfouneso 5'	20,218	[33]
12 March 2011	7th	Millwall	H	L	0–3		14,589	[34]
15 March 2011	7th	Coventry City	H	D	2–2	Rodriguez (2) 18', 79'	13,802	[35]
19 March 2011	8th	Bristol City	A	L	0–2		14,360	[36]
2 April 2011	9th	Ipswich Town	H	L	1–2	Rodriguez 68'	14,483	[37]
9 April 2011	11th	Leicester City	A	L	0–4		24,039	[38]
12 April 2011	12th	Nottingham Forest	A	L	0–2		19,411	[39]
16 April 2011	11th	Swansea City	H	W	2–1	Williams 57' o.g., Eagles 77' pen.	13,675	[40]
19 April 2011	9th	Middlesbrough	H	W	3–1	Rodriguez 22', Elliott 23', Duff 37'	14,366	[41]
23 April 2011	8th	Derby County	A	W	4–2	Eagles (2) 15', 62', Elliott 65', McCann 74'	25,187	[42]
25 April 2011	8th	Portsmouth	H	D	1–1	Eagles 74'	14,927	[43]
30 April 2011	9th	Leeds United	A	L	0–1		31,186	[44]
7 May 2011	8th	Cardiff City	H	D	1–1	Rodriguez 13'	14,197	[45]

FA Cup

Main article: 2010–11 FA Cup

FA Cup match details

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
Third round	8 January 2011	Port Vale	H	W	4–2	Carlisle 4', Mears 21', Eagles 50', Alexander 76' pen.	9,442	[46]
Fourth round	29 January 2011	Burton Albion	H	W	3–1	Eagles (2) 29', 70', Paterson 90'	11,664	[47]
Fifth round	21 February 2011	West Ham United	A	L	1–5	Rodriguez 71'	30,000	[48]

Football League Cup

Main article: 2010–11 Football League Cup

Football League Cup match details

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
Second round	24 August 2010	Morecambe	A	W	3–1	Eagles 30', Thompson 61' pen., McDonald 83'	5,003	[49]
Third round	21 September 2010	Bolton Wanderers	H	W	1–0	Elliott 45'	17,602	[50]
Fourth round	27 October 2011	Aston Villa	A	L	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Carlisle 88'	34,618	[51]

Coaching staff

Position	Name	Nationality
Manager:	Brian Laws	English
Assistant manager:	Russ Wilcox	English
First Team Coach:	Stuart Gray	English
Youth Team Coach:	Terry Pashley	English
Chief scout:	Tim Henderson	English
Goalkeeping coach:	Billy Mercer	English
Fitness Coach:	Tom Little	English

Transfers

In

#	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date
8	MF	Dean Marney	Hull City	Undisclosed	28 May 2010
9	FW	Chris Iwelumo	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Undisclosed	1 June 2010
22	MF	Ross Wallace	Preston North End	Undisclosed	2 July 2010[52]
1	GK	Lee Grant	Sheffield Wednesday	Undisclosed	27 July 2010[53]
6	MF	Jack Cork	Chelsea	Loan	12 August 2010
20	FW	John Guidetti	Manchester City	Loan	25 November 2010
23	FW	Charlie Austin	Swindon Town	Undisclosed	28 January 2011[54]
20	MF	Marvin Bartley	Bournemouth	Undisclosed	31 January 2011[55]
26	FW	Nathan Delfouneso	Aston Villa	Loan	8 March 2011
25	DF	Shane Duffy	Everton	Loan	24 March 2011

Out

#	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date
	DF	Steven Caldwell	Wigan Athletic	Free	11 May 2010[56][57]
	DF	Stephen Jordan	Sheffield United	Released	11 May 2010[56]
	MF	Adam Kay	Stalybridge Celtic	Released	11 May 2010[56]
	GK	Jonathan Lund		Released	11 May 2010[56]
	FW	Steven Fletcher	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£6,500,000	3 June 2010
	GK	Nicky Weaver	Sheffield Wednesday	Free	1 August 2010[56]
31	GK	Diego Penny		Released	16 August 2010
7	MF	Kevin McDonald	Scunthorpe United	Loan	14 October 2010
28	DF	Kevin Long	Accrington Stanley	Loan	15 October 2010
39	FW	Wes Fletcher	Stockport County	Loan	15 October 2010
17	DF	Richard Eckersley	Bradford City	Loan	13 November 2010
18	DF	Leon Cort	Preston North End	Loan	25 November 2010[58]
27	FW	Alex MacDonald	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Loan	28 January 2011
28	DF	Kevin Long	Accrington Stanley	Loan	31 January 2011
7	MF	Kevin McDonald	Notts County	Loan	11 February 2011
17	DF	Richard Eckersley	Bury	Loan	14 March 2011
38	MF	Alex-Ray Harvey	Fleetwood Town	Loan	18 March 2011
17	DF	Richard Eckersley	Toronto	Loan	15 April 2011

Appearances and goals

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Players with names struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Burnley.

Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.

Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Lee Grant	25	0	3	0	3	0	31	0	0	0
2	MF	SCO	Graham Alexander	15 (17)	3	1 (1)	1	2	0	18 (18)	4	2	0
3	DF	SCO	Danny Fox	35	0	3	0	2	0	40	0	12	0
4	DF	NIR	Michael Duff	27 (1)	1	3	0	1	0	31 (1)	1	8	0
5	DF	ENG	Clarke Carlisle	33 (2)	1	3	1	3	1	39 (2)	3	6	1
6	MF	ENG	Jack Cork *	36 (4)	3	3	0	3	0	42 (4)	3	5	0
7	MF	SCO	Kevin McDonald	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	1	0 (1)	1	0	0
8	MF	ENG	Dean Marney	34 (2)	3	2 (1)	0	1 (1)	0	37 (4)	3	6	0
9	FW	SCO	Chris Iwelumo	29 (16)	11	1 (2)	0	1 (1)	0	31 (19)	11	1	0
10	FW	NIR	Martin Paterson	7 (4)	2	0 (1)	1	1 (1)	0	8 (6)	3	0	0
11	MF	ENG	Wade Elliott	37 (7)	2	3	0	2 (1)	1	42 (8)	3	6	0
12	GK	DEN	Brian Jensen	21	0	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	0
14	DF	JAM	Tyrone Mears	44	1	3	1	2	0	49	2	10	1
15	DF	CAN	David Edgar	3 (4)	0	0	0	1	0	4 (4)	0	2	1
16	MF	IRL	Chris McCann	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0
17	DF	ENG	Richard Eckersley	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
18	DF	GUY	Leon Cort	3 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	4 (1)	0	1	1
19	FW	ENG	Jay Rodriguez	37 (5)	14	3	1	3	0	43 (5)	15	8	0
20	FW	SWE	John Guidetti * †	2 (3)	1	0	0	0	0	2 (3)	1	0	0
20	MF	ENG	Marvin Bartley	3 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	3 (2)	0	0	1
21	DF	CMR	André Bikey	27 (1)	2	0 (1)	0	1	0	28 (2)	2	7	0
22	MF	SCO	Ross Wallace	24 (16)	3	1 (1)	0	1	0	26 (17)	3	4	0
23	FW	ENG	Charlie Austin	2 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	2 (2)	0	0	0
24	DF	SCO	Brian Easton	11 (1)	1	0	0	1	0	12 (1)	1	0	0
25	DF	IRL	Shane Duffy * †	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
26	FW	ENG	Nathan Delfouneso * †	7 (4)	1	0	0	0	0	7 (4)	1	1	0
27	FW	SCO	Alex MacDonald	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	IRL	Kevin Long	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW	SCO	Steven Thompson	2 (27)	2	1 (2)	0	1 (2)	1	4 (31)	3	5	0
31	GK	PER	Diego Penny	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	ENG	Chris Eagles	37 (6)	11	3	3	2	1	42 (6)	15	3	0
35	DF	ENG	Chris Lynch	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	DF	ENG	Nik Kudiersky	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	ENG	Chris Anderson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	MF	ENG	Alex-Ray Harvey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW	ENG	Wes Fletcher	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
42	GK	ENG	Josh Cook	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	FW	ENG	Dominic Knowles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	MF	ENG	Michael King	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0