2010–11 Cardiff City F.C. season

The 2010–11 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 84th in the Football League since joining in 1920. The season has been nicknamed "I'll be there", which is to promote the celebration of 100 years as a club under its current name.^[1] They will play their eighth consecutive year in the second tier of English football, the Football League Championship, after being beaten by Blackpool in the play-off final last season. Malaysian businessman Datuk Chan Tien Ghee became the successor of Peter Ridsdale as Cardiff City chairman.^[2][3] The £6m deal was confirmed on 27 May 2010.^[4]

Cardiff City

2010–11 season
Chairman	Datuk Chan Tien Ghee
Manager	Dave Jones
Stadium	Cardiff City Stadium
Football League Championship	4th
FA Cup	Third round (eliminated by Stoke City)
Football League Cup	Second round (eliminated by Peterborough United)
Top goalscorer	League: Jay Bothroyd (18) All: Jay Bothroyd (20)
Highest home attendance	26,058 (vs. Queens Park Rangers, 23 April 2011)
Lowest home attendance	6,080 (vs. Burton Albion, 11 August 2010)
Average home league attendance	22,091
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

Season review

"I'll be there"

Cardiff City released a new initiative for the 2010–11 season, as their "I'll be there" campaign. The nickname comes from one of the earliest songs sung by City fans, since the early 1920s. Cardiff's new board has renamed the Level Four area of Cardiff City Stadium the "Centenary Suite". The season tickets and tickets will be printed with the popular white and yellow strips of the 70s.

Events

• 27 May 2010 – The £6 million deal for the club is agreed between the Malaysian businessman Datuk Chan Tien Ghee and Peter Ridsdale.^[4] Gethin Jenkins (CEO), Doug Lee (finance director) and non-executive directors, Paul Guy, U-Jiun Tan and Michael Isaac join Steve Borley and Alan Whiteley on the board whilst Alan Flitcroft and Keith Harris step down alongside Ridsdale.^[5]
• 10 June 2010 – Cardiff pay off £1.9m of debt to HM Revenue and Customs.^[6]
• 16 June 2010 – The winding-up petition placed against the club by HM Revenue & Customs is withdrawn.^[7]
• 29 June 2010 – Cardiff postpone their Malaysian pre-season tour until next season.^[8]
• 6 July 2010 – Cardiff are hit with a transfer embargo due to tax troubles, but chief executive Gethin Jenkins states that the club is confident it will paid off.^[9]
• 8 July 2010 – Cardiff pay off £1.3m of tax to HM Revenue & Customs, but the transfer embargo stays in place due to the club not submitting year-end accounts for May 2009.^[10]]
• 6 August 2010 – Cardiff confirm that their transfer embargo is lifted. They register their three summer signings with the Football League.^[11]
• 20 August 2010 – Dave Jones confirms that loan signing Craig Bellamy will be team captain and Mark Hudson will be club captain.^[12] Cardiff pay Motherwell half of their £175,000, which is owed to them for the transfer of Paul Quinn.^[13]
• 25 August 2010 – Cardiff complete the payment of £175,000 to Motherwell, for the transfer of Paul Quinn.^[14]
• 14 October 2010 – Jay Bothroyd is called up to England team to play France on 17 November. Bothroyd is the first Cardiff City player to be called up to the England team in their 111-year history.^[15]
• 16 March 2011 – Cardiff City are fined £5,000 for being unable to control their players against Reading on 1 February 2010 at the Cardiff City Stadium^[16]

Championship data

Main article: 2010–11 Football League Championship

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
2	Norwich City (P)	46	23	15	8	83	58	+25	84	Promotion to the Premier League
3	Swansea City (O, P)	46	24	8	14	69	42	+27	80	Qualification for Championship play-offs
4	Cardiff City	46	23	11	12	76	54	+22	80
5	Reading	46	20	17	9	77	51	+26	77
6	Nottingham Forest	46	20	15	11	69	50	+19	75

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.
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

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
46	23	11	12	76	54	+22	80	12	7	4	41	25	+16	11	4	8	35	29	+6

Last updated: 7 May 2011.
Source: ^[17]

Result round by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	D
Position	12	7	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	5	2	3	2	5	3	2	2	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	4

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2011. Source: statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Kits

Supplier: Puma
Sponsor(s): SBOBET

Home

Home Alternate

Away

Alternative

GK Home

GK Away

Last updated: 11 September 2012.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Squad

No.	Name	Pos.	Nat.	Place of Birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Ends
Goalkeepers
1	David Marshall	GK		Glasgow	26	62	0	Norwich City	12 May 2009	£500,000	2012
13	Jason Brown	GK		Southwark	29	0	0	Blackburn Rovers	3 March 2011	Loan	2011
22	Tom Heaton	GK		Chester	25	54	0	Manchester United	16 June 2010	Free	2012
43	Stephen Bywater	GK		Manchester	30	10	0	Derby County	4 March 2011	Loan	2011
Defenders
2	Kevin McNaughton	RB		Dundee	28	204	2	Aberdeen	26 May 2006	Free	2013
3	Lee Naylor	LB		Bloxwich	31	32	2	Celtic	19 August 2010	Free	2012
5	Mark Hudson	CB		Guildford	29	76	2	Charlton Athletic	2 July 2009	£1,075,000	2012
6	Gábor Gyepes	CB		Budapest	30	72	3	Northampton Town	19 August 2008	£200,000	2013
12	Dekel Keinan	CB		Rosh HaNikra	26	20	2	Blackpool	21 January 2011	£300,000	2013
14	Paul Quinn	RB		Wishaw	25	54	1	Motherwell	2 July 2009	£200,000	2012
21	Jlloyd Samuel	LB		San Fernando	30	7	0	Bolton Wanderers	24 March 2011	Loan	2011
23	Darcy Blake	CB		New Tredegar	22	90	0	Academy	1 June 2005	Trainee	2013
26	Martin John	LB		London	22	1	0	Argentinos Juniors	11 August 2010	Free	2011
27	Adam Matthews	RB		Swansea	19	48	1	Academy	14 January 2009	Trainee	2011
Midfielders
4	Gavin Rae	CM		Aberdeen	33	152	8	Rangers	7 October 2007	Free	2011
7	Peter Whittingham	LM/CM		Nuneaton	26	209	53	Aston Villa	11 January 2007	£350,000	2013
10	Stephen McPhail	CM		London	31	164	3	Barnsley	13 June 2006	Free	2013
11	Chris Burke	RW		Glasgow	27	118	16	Rangers	9 January 2009	Free	2011
18	Solomon Taiwo	CM		Lagos	26	10	0	Dagenham & Redbridge	25 August 2009	£250,000	2012
19	Jason Koumas	AM		Wrexham	31	74	15	Wigan Athletic	4 August 2010	Loan	2011
20	Seyi Olofinjana	CM		Lagos	31	42	6	Hull City	10 August 2010	Loan	2011
28	Aaron Wildig	CM		Hereford	19	21	1	Academy	15 April 2009	Trainee	2012
Forwards
8	Michael Chopra	CF		Newcastle upon Tyne	27	161	63	Sunderland	1 July 2009	£3,000,000	2012
9	Jay Bothroyd	CF		London	29	133	45	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4 August 2008	£350,000	2011
16	Jon Parkin	CF		Barnsley	30	13	1	Preston North End	1 January 2011	£100,000	2013
25	Jay Emmanuel-Thomas	RW/CF		London	20	16	2	Arsenal	18 January 2011	Loan	2011
39	Craig Bellamy	LW/CF		Cardiff	31	36	11	Manchester City	17 August 2010	Loan	2011
49	Nathaniel Jarvis	CF		Cardiff	19	0	0	Academy	1 June 2010	Trainee	2011

• All appearances and goals are correct to 30 June 2011.

Statistics

As of 17 May 2011

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Play-offs
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	David Marshall	12	0	11+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	SCO	Kevin McNaughton	47	0	44+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Lee Naylor	32	2	25+3	2	2+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
4	MF	SCO	Gavin Rae	10	1	2+5	1	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Mark Hudson	43	0	39+1	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	HUN	Gábor Gyepes	23	1	16+5	1	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	ENG	Peter Whittingham	50	11	45+0	11	1+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
8	FW	ENG	Michael Chopra	39	11	26+8	9	1+1	1	1+0	1	1+1	0
9	FW	ENG	Jay Bothroyd	41	20	37+0	18	0+0	0	2+0	2	2+0	0
10	MF	IRL	Stephen McPhail	31	0	23+5	0	2+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
11	MF	SCO	Chris Burke	50	5	31+13	5	2+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
12	DF	ISR	Dekel Keinan	20	2	18+0	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
13	GK	WAL	Jason Brown (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	DF	SCO	Paul Quinn	27	1	22+1	1	1+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
15	DF	ENG	Anthony Gerrard (on loan at Hull City)	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
16	FW	ENG	Jon Parkin	13	1	2+9	1	1+0	0	0	0	0+1	0
18	MF	NGA	Solomon Taiwo	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	MF	WAL	Jason Koumas (on loan from Wigan Athletic)	27	2	5+18	2	0+0	0	1+1	0	0+2	0
20	MF	NGA	Seyi Olofinjana (on loan from Hull City)	42	6	38+1	6	0+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
21	DF	TRI	Jlloyd Samuel (on loan from Bolton Wanderers)	7	0	6+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
22	GK	ENG	Tom Heaton	30	0	27+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
23	DF	WAL	Darcy Blake	30	0	13+13	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
25	FW	ENG	Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (on loan from Arsenal)	16	2	7+7	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
26	DF	ENG	Martin John	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
27	DF	WAL	Adam Matthews	13	0	2+6	0	0+2	0	2+0	0	0+1	0
28	MF	ENG	Aaron Wildig	4	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
29	MF	WAL	Jonathan Meades	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	GK	CAN	Jordan Santiago	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
39	FW	WAL	Craig Bellamy (on loan from Manchester City)	36	11	34+1	11	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
43	GK	ENG	Stephen Bywater (on loan from Derby County	10	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
49	FW	WAL	Nathaniel Jarvis	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players played for Cardiff City this season but who have left the club:
21	MF	ENG	Danny Drinkwater (on loan from Manchester United)	13	0	7+2	0	1+1	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
17	FW	IRL	Andy Keogh (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)	18	2	11+5	2	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	MF	WAL	Aaron Ramsey (on loan from Arsenal)	6	1	6+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	DF	ENG	Chris Riggott	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Captains

Number	Pos	Player	Starts (as captain)
39	FW	Craig Bellamy	35
5	CB	Mark Hudson	15
8	FW	Michael Chopra	1
2	RB	Kevin McNaughton	1

Goalscoring record

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	9	FW	Jay Bothroyd	18	0	2	20
2	39	FW	Craig Bellamy	11	0	0	11
	8	FW	Michael Chopra	9	1	1	11
	7	MF	Peter Whittingham	11	0	0	11
5	20	MF	Seyi Olofinjana	6	0	0	6
6	11	MF	Chris Burke	5	0	0	5
7	25	FW	Jay Emmanuel-Thomas	2	0	0	2
	12	DF	Dekel Keinan	2	0	0	2
	17	FW	Andy Keogh	2	0	0	2
	19	MF	Jason Koumas	2	0	0	2
	3	DF	Lee Naylor|	2	0	0	2
12	6	DF	Gábor Gyepes	1	0	0	1
	16	FW	Jon Parkin	1	0	0	1
	14	DF	Paul Quinn	1	0	0	1
	4	MF	Gavin Rae	1	0	0	1
	24	MF	Aaron Ramsey	1	0	0	1
Total				75	1	3	79

Disciplinary record

N	P	Name	Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Play-offs		Total
9	FW	Jay Bothroyd	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	0
39	FW	Bellamy	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
23	MF	Blake	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
8	FW	Michael Chopra	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
12	DF	Keinan	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
6	DF	Gábor Gyepes	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
10	MF	Stephen McPhail	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
7	MF	Peter Whittingham	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
5	DF	Mark Hudson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2	DF	Kevin McNaughton	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
11	MF	Chris Burke	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
19	MF	Koumas	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
3	DF	Lee Naylor	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
14	DF	Quinn	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
21	DF	Samuel	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
22	GK	Heaton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	DF	Matthews	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17	FW	Keogh	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20	MF	Olofinjana	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16	FW	Parkin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total			59	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	63	0

Suspensions

Player	Date Received	Matches Missed	Reason	Missed Opponents	Notes
Darcy Blake	2 October 2010	1	sent off against Barnsley	Bristol City (H)
Jay Bothroyd	30 October 2010	1	Reached five yellow cards	Swansea City (H)	[18]

Penalties

Date	Penalty Taker	Scored	Opponent	Competition
25 September	Peter Whittingham	No	Millwall	Championship
2 October	Peter Whittingham	No	Barnsley	Championship
19 October	Peter Whittingham	Yes	Coventry City	Championship
30 October	Peter Whittingham	Yes	Norwich City	Championship
25 February	Peter Whittingham	Yes	Nottingham Forest	Championship
2 April	Jay Bothroyd	Yes	Derby County	Championship

International Call-ups

No.	P	Name	Country	Level	Caps	Goals	Notes	Source
1	GK	Marhsall	Scotland	Senior	0	0
2	RB	McNaughton	Scotland	Senior	0	0
6	CB	Gyepes	Hungary	Senior	0	0
9	ST	Bothroyd	England	Senior	1	0	First Cardiff City player to represent England	BBC Sport
11	RW	Burke	Scotland	Senior	0	0
12	CB	Keinan	Israel	Senior	3	0		Fox Sports
23	RB	Blake	Wales	Senior	2	0		Daily Telegraph
27	RB	Matthews	Wales	under-21	3	0
27	RB	Matthews	Wales	Senior	2	0
29	CM	Meades	Wales	under-21	0	0
39	FW	Bellamy	Wales	Senior	4	1		Soccerbase

* This includes all caps up until 1 July 2011.

Transfers

Ins

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
30	GK		Jordan Santiago	19		Youth system	Promoted	Summer	2010	N/A	Wales Online
22	GK		Tom Heaton	24	EU	Manchester United	Free Transfer	Summer	2012	Free	BBC Sport
29	MF		Jonathan Meades	18	EU	Youth system	Promoted	Summer	2012	N/A	Wales Online
26	DF		Martin John	22	EU	Argentinos Juniors	Free Transfer	Summer	2011	Free
3	DF		Lee Naylor	30	EU	Celtic	Free Transfer	Summer	2012	Free	BBC Sport
31	DF		Chris Riggott	30	EU	Middlesbrough	Free Transfer	Summer	2012	Free	BBC Sport
16	FW		Jon Parkin	29	EU	Preston North End	Transfer	Winter	2013	£100,000	BBC Sport
12	DF		Dekel Keinan	26	EU	Blackpool	Transfer	Winter	2013	£300,0001	Cardiff City

• Total spending: ~ £0,400,000

Notes

¹Officially undisclosed but reported to be around £300,000.^[19]

Loans in

No.	Pos.	Name	Country	Age	Loan club	Started	Ended	Start source	End source
21	MF	Daniel Drinkwater		20	Manchester United	8 Jul	25 Jan	BBC Sport	BBC Sport
19	MF	Jason Koumas		31	Wigan Athletic	7 Aug	30 Jun	BBC Sport
20	MF	Seyi Olofinjana		31	Hull City	10 Aug	30 Jun	BBC Sport
39	FW	Craig Bellamy		31	Manchester City	17 Aug	30 Jun	The Guardian
17	FW	Andy Keogh		24	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25 Aug	31 Jan	Cardiff City	Cardiff City
25	FW	Jay Emmanuel-Thomas		20	Arsenal	18 Jan	30 Jun	BBC Sport
24	MF	Aaron Ramsey		20	Arsenal	21 Jan	26 Feb	BBC Sport	BBC Sport
13	GK	Jason Brown		29	Blackburn Rovers	3 Mar	30 Jun	BBC Sport
43	GK	Stephen Bywater		30	Derby County	4 Mar	30 Jun	Cardiff City
21	DF	Jlloyd Samuel		30	Bolton Wanderers	24 Mar	30 Jun	BBC Sport

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

No.	Pos.	Name	Country	Age	Type	Moving to	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Apps	Goals	Source
3	DF	Tony Capaldi		28	Contract Ended	Morecambe	Summer	Free	72	0	BBC Sport
20	GK	Peter Enckelman		33	Contract Ended	St Johnstone	Summer	Free	42	0	BBC Sport
26	FW	Warren Feeney		29	Contract Ended	Oldham Athletic	Summer	Free	15	0	BBC Sport
16	MF	Joe Ledley		23	Contract Ended	Celtic	Summer	Free	256	30	BBC Sport
29	FW	Josh Magennis		19	Contract Ended	Aberdeen	Summer	Free	10	1	BBC Sport
32	DF	Aaron Morris		20	Contract Ended	Aldershot Town	Summer	Free	4	0	BBC Sport
—	DF	Darren Dennehy		21	Contract Ended	Barnet	Summer	Free	0	0
3	DF	Mark Kennedy		34	Transfer	Ipswich Town	Summer	£75,000	76	0	South Wales Echo
44	FW	Ross McCormack		24	Transfer	Leeds United	Summer	£400,0001	88	30	Cardiff City
24	DF	Miguel Comminges		27	Transfer	Southend United	Winter	Free	35	0	BBC Sport
31	DF	Chris Riggott		30	Contract Terminated	Free agent	Winter	Free	2	0	BBC Sport

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.

notes: ¹Although officially undisclosed, it was reported by Vital Football that the fee was £400,000.^[20]

• Total income: ~ £475,000

Loans out

No.	Pos.	Name	Country	Age	Loan club	Started	Ended	Start source	End source
29	MF	Jonathan Meades		18	Moss	18 Aug	11 Dec	Moss FK	South Wales Echo's YouTube page
15	DF	Anthony Gerrard		25	Hull City	30 Aug	10 May		Cardiff City Mad
26	DF	Martin John		22	Newport County	9 Sep	10 Dec
49	FW	Nathaniel Jarvis		19	Southend United	24 Sep	25 Oct	BBC Sport	BBC Sport
18	MF	Solomon Taiwo		26	Dagenham & Redbridge	29 Oct	30 Jun
24	DF	Miguel Comminges		28	Carlisle United	24 Nov	30 Dec	BBC Sport	Carlisle United
28	MF	Aaron Wildig		19	Hamilton Academical	25 Jan	30 Jun	BBC Sport

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.

Contracts

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Status	Contract length	Expiry date	Source
3	DF		Mark Kennedy	34	Signed	1 year	June 2011	South Wales Echo
2	DF		Kevin McNaughton	28	Signed	3 year	May 2013	BBC Sport
23	DF		Darcy Blake	21	Signed	2 year	May 2013	BBC Sport
7	MF		Peter Whittingham	26	Signed	2 year	May 2013	BBC Sport
10	MF		Stephen McPhail	30	Signed	2 year	May 2013	BBC Sport

Fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Preseason

Bath City v Cardiff City

8 July 2010 Friendly	Bath City	0–2	Cardiff City	Bath
19:45 BST			4' Bothroyd 47' Burke	Stadium: Twerton Park Attendance: 780

Portimonense v Cardiff City

17 July 2010 Friendly	Portimonense	3–0	Cardiff City	Algarve
	Candeias 5' Moita 30' Anderson 80'	(report)		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Attendance: 1914

Farense v Cardiff City

19 July 2010 Friendly	Farense	1–1	Cardiff City	Algarve
				Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Attendance: 945

Notts County v Cardiff City

24 July 2010 Friendly	Notts County	2–1	Cardiff City	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Hughes 28', 43'	(report)	60' McCormack	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 2,490

Cardiff City v Deportivo La Coruña

31 July 2010 Friendly	Cardiff City	0–1	Deportivo La Coruña	Cardiff
15:00 BST			83' Dioni	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 10,208

Football League Championship

Cardiff City v Sheffield United

8 August 2010 1	Cardiff City	1–1	Sheffield United	Cardiff
12:35 BST	Bothroyd  37' Rae McCormack  54' Bothroyd 62'	(report)	24' Evans  35' Lowton  37' Evans  68' Britton Kozluk  68' Evans Bogdanovic  78' Ward  87' Ward Yeates	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 20,573 Referee: Peter Walton

Derby County v Cardiff City

14 August 2010 2	Derby County	1–2	Cardiff City	Derbyshire
15:00 BST	Cywka 25' Barker  54' Savage  58' Savage Doyle 70' Commons Pringle  76'	(report)	15' Chopra  45+6'McNaughton Matthews  49' Matthews 78' Burke  83' Chopra McCormack	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 25,103 Referee: Nigel Miller

Cardiff City v Doncaster Rovers

21 August 2010 3	Cardiff City	4–0	Doncaster Rovers	Cardiff
15:00 BST	McNaughton Naylor  18' Chopra Burke  32' Bothroyd 36', 62' Burke 68' Bellamy  82' Bellamy 84' Bellamy Koumas  87'	(report)	60' Shiels Mason  80' Gillett Brooker  80' Friend Dumbuya  83' Lockwood	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 24,027 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Portsmouth v Cardiff City

28 August 2010 4	Portsmouth	0–2	Cardiff City	Portsmouth
15:00 BST	Mokoena  59' Hughes Çiftçi  67' Brown Pack  83' Utaka Ritchie  87'	(report)	28' Blake Matthews Mullins 37' (O.G.) Bothroyd 49'  79' Bellamy Keogh  90+1' Bothroyd Koumas	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 15,866 Referee: Andy Penn

Cardiff City v Hull City

11 September 2010 5	Cardiff City	2–0	Hull City	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Olofinjana 20' Olofinjana Rae  57' Koumas Wildig  76' Rae 81'	(report)	46' Kilbane Cairney  61' Fagan Simpson  61' Barmby Cullen	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 24,083 Referee: Oliver Langford

Leicester City v Cardiff City

14 September 2010 6	Leicester City	2–1	Cardiff City	Leicester
19:45 BST	King 51', 68' King Abe  81' Waghorn Gallagher  85'	(report)	26' Naylor  60' Koumas Wildig  69' McPhail Blake  90+5' Blake	Stadium: Walkers Stadium Attendance: 20,510 Referee: Karl Evans

Ipswich Town v Cardiff City

18 September 2010 7	Ipswich Town	2–0	Cardiff City	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Wickham  40' Townsend Peters  53' Matthews 62' (O.G.) Scotland 74' Scotland Healy  77' Wickham Priskin  83'	(report)	36' McPhail  46' McPhail Rae  46' McNaughton Matthews  77' Bothroyd Koumas	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 22,599 Referee: Fred Graham

Cardiff City v Millwall

25 September 2010 8	Cardiff City	2–1	Millwall	Cardiff
12:00 BST	Bothroyd 24'McPhail Koumas  64' Blake Rae  81' Keogh 89' Keogh  89'	(report)	10'Barron  40' Trotter  69' Lisbie Schofield  89' Morison  90+3' Dunne	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 23,010 Referee: Lee Mason

Cardiff City v Crystal Palace

28 September 2010 9	Cardiff City	0–0	Crystal Palace	Cardiff
19:45 BST	Burke  47' Bothroyd  59' Naylor Quinn  79'	(report)	17' Davis Bennett  19' Danns Dorman  87' Marrow  89' Djilali Cadogan	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 22,007 Referee: Steve Tanner

Barnsley v Cardiff City

2 October 2010 10	Barnsley	1–2	Cardiff City	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Hammill  45+2' Wood Gray  58' Shackell 63' Arismendi  84' Arismendi Butterfield  90'	(report)	42' Bellamy  48' Olofinjan 67'Olofinjana  76' Blake  82' Blake  89' Burke  90+5' Bothroyd	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 11,211 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Cardiff City v Bristol City

16 October 2010 11	Cardiff City	3–2	Bristol City	Cardiff
12:00 BST	Bothroyd 12'  84' Whittingham 46,78' McNaughton  61' McPhail Koumas  73' Chopra  81' Burke Keogh  90'	(report)	6' Caulker 8' Stead  69' Adomah Sproule  89' Skuse Pitman  89' Haynes Clarkson	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 22,444 Referee: Kevin Moss

Coventry City v Cardiff City

19 October 2010 12	Coventry City	1–2	Cardiff City	Coventry
19:45 BST	McSheffrey 44' Turner  4' Clingan  60' Jutkiewicz King  70'	(report)	5' (pen.) Whittingham  71' Chopra Koumas  82' Bellamy Keogh 87' Bothroyd	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 14,604 Referee: James Linington

Leeds United v Cardiff City

25 October 2010 13	Leeds United	0–4	Cardiff City	Leeds
19:45 BST	McCartney  62' Somma Núñez  54' Johnson Gradel  63' Faye Clayton  81'	(report)	22' Bothroyd 51' Chopra 56' Bothroyd 60' Naylor  73' Chopra Keogh	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 20,747 Referee: Michael Oliver

Cardiff City v Norwich City

30 October 2010 14	Cardiff City	3–1	Norwich City	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Bothroyd 9' Chopra 12' Whittingham 37' (pen.) Bothroyd  63' Bellamy Koumas  71' Chopra McPhail  78'	(report)	32' S Smith 34' Hoolahan  57' Barnett  62' Jackson Martin  62' Lappin McNamee  67' Crofts  81' Hoolahan Johnson  90+2' Holt	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 24,634 Referee: Graham Scott

Cardiff City v Swansea City

7 November 2010 15	Cardiff City	0–1	Swansea City	Cardiff
13:10 GMT	Bellamy  32' Keogh Burke  58' Gyepes  69' McNaughton Blake  72' Drinkwater Koumas  82' Chopra  85'	(report)	47' Àngel Rangel 75' Emnes  81' Emnes Dobbie  81' Andrea Orlandi Àgustien  85' Àllen  90+2' Dyer Taylor	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 26,049 Referee: Mike Jones

Reading v Cardiff City

10 November 2010 16	Reading	1–1	Cardiff City	Reading
20:00 GMT	Hunt 5' Khizanishvili  48' Church Tabb  69' Hunt Robson-Kanu  74'	report	58' McPhail Koumas 77' Bothroyd  84' Chopra Drinkwater	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 17,960 Referee: Andy D'Urso

Scunthorpe United v Cardiff City

13 November 2010 17	Scunthorpe United	2–4	Cardiff City	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	McDonald 45' Woolford Dagnall  72' N'Guessan 73' Sears Grant  82' Jones McNulty  89'	report	2' Bothroyd 9' Chopra  13' Burke Koumas 34' Bothroyd  45+1' McNaughton  60' Blake Gyepes  60' Naylor Matthews 79' Olofinjana	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 5,333 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

Cardiff City v Nottingham Forest

20 November 2010 18	Cardiff City	0–2	Nottingham Forest	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Chopra Drinkwater  48' Blake Matthes  81'	report	23' McGugan  65' Luke Chambers  70' Earnshaw Blackstock  71' McCleary 84' Blackstock  85' McCleary Lynch  89' Blackstock Rodney	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 23,526 Referee: Colin Webster

Queens Park Rangers v Cardiff City

27 November 2010 19	Queens Park Rangers	2–1	Cardiff City	London
15:00 GMT	Gorkšs 18' Taarabt 68' Hill  81' Taarabt Clarke  87' Clarke  89' Mackie Agyemang  90' Smith Hall  90+1'	report	13' Bellamy  57' Drinkwater Koumas  58' Koumas  62' Whittingham  80' Burke Chopra  85' Bellamy	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 17,316 Referee: Kevin Friend

Cardiff City v Preston North End

4 December 2010 20	Cardiff City	1–1	Preston North End	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Bothroyd Keogh  8' Blake Gyepes  26' Hudson  38' Naylor  45+1' McPhail Chopra  57' Chopra  76' Keogh 90+4'	report	26' Tonge  67' Hume  87' Hume Davidson  88' Tonge  90+3' Parking Parry	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 21,151 Referee: Darren Deadman

Middlesbrough v Cardiff City

11 December 2010 21	Middlesbrough	1–0	Cardiff City	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT	Arca 40' (pen.) Arca  68' Bennett  82' Bailey  90'	report	39' Gyepes  51' Drinkwater Chopra  81' Chopra	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 14,250 Referee: Anthony Bates

Cardiff City v Coventry City

26 December 2010 22	Cardiff City	2–0	Coventry City	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Olofinjana 21' Bellamy  60' Riggott Gyepes  68' Bellamy 83'	report	35' Doyle  59' Clarke Platt  59' McSheffery Eastwood  84' Keogh	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 24,595 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Watford v Cardiff City

28 December 2010 23	Watford	4–1	Cardiff City	Watford
15:00 GMT	Graham 24' Taylor  35' Sordell 57' Eustace 64' Graham 84' (pen) Graham Massey  90+2' Buckley Jenkins  90+2' Mutch Walker  90+2'		16' Whittingham  31' Naylor  35' Naylor Matthews  73' Burke Rae  76' McPhail Koumas	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 14,560 Referee: Mark Haywood

Bristol City v Cardiff City

1 January 2011 24	Bristol City	3–0	Cardiff City	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Pitman 3' Johnson  9' Johnson 39' Skuse Ribeiro  52' Campbell-Ryce 55' Campbell-Ryce  56' Cissé  59' Adomah  60' Adomah Sproule  77' Stead Clarkson  88'	report	16' Riggott Blake  49' Whittingham Burke  67' Keogh Koumas  71' Chopra	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 15,683 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Cardiff City v Leeds United

4 January 2011 25	Cardiff City	2–1	Leeds United	Cardiff
19:45 GMT	Bellamy 11' Quinn Blake  74' Burke McPhail  78' Chopra 79'	report	48' O'Brien  55' Connolly  57' McCormack Watt  57' Gradel Sam 59' Snodgrass  63' Sam Becchio	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 25,010 Referee: Andy D'Urso

Norwich City v Cardiff City

15 January 2011 26	Norwich City	1–1	Cardiff City	Norwich
15:00 GMT	C Martin  67' Lansbury Wilbraham  72' Crofts Smith  78' C Martin Lappin  83' R Martin 90'	report	7' Parkin  68' McPhail  74' McPhail Burke  80' Bellamy  82' Parkin	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 25,270 Referee: Kevin Stroud

Cardiff City v Watford

22 January 2011 27	Cardiff City	4–2	Watford	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Bellamy 14' Chopra 17' Bothroyd 32' Naylor Gyepes  40' Bothroyd Burke  61' Whittingham Rae  74' Gyepes 83'	report	33' Buckley 48' sordell  55' Bennett Hodson  65' Townsend Whichelow	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 23,702 Referee: Steve Tanner

Cardiff City v Reading

1 February 2011 28	Cardiff City	2–2	Reading	Cardiff
19:45 GMT	Olofinjana Chopra  46' Bothroyd 48' Hudson  64' Emmanuel-Thomas Burke  76' Bothroyd Parkin  85' Bellamy 90+7'	report	18' Long Hunt 21' Leigertwood  71' Church Manset  86' Hunt 90+2' Manset  90+5' Mills  90+6' McAnuff	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 21,405 Referee: Gavin Ward

Swansea City v Cardiff City

6 February 2011 29	Swansea City	0–1	Cardiff City	Swansea
13:15 GMT	Gower  58' Gower Allen  58' Moore Beattie  66' Tate  72' Britton Dobbie  88'	Report	44' Bothroyd  46' McNaughton Blake  67' Whittingham Burke  75' Chopra Emmanuel-Thomas  77' Keinan 85' Bellamy	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 18,280 Referee: Mark Halsey

Cardiff City v Scunthorpe United

12 February 2011 30	Cardiff City	1–0	Scunthorpe United	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Emmanuel-Thomas Burke  59' Chopra Koumas  67' Bellamy Parkin  79' Olofinjana 85'	report	71' Duffy Collins  82' Garner  82' Garner Ibrahim  87' J Wright Grant	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 21,604 Referee: Phil Crossley

Cardiff City v Burnley

15 February 2011 31	Cardiff City	1–1	Burnley	Cardiff
19:45 GMT	McNaughton  21' Chopra 45+1' Chopra Bellamy  67' Quinn Blake  67' Burke Koumas  78'	report	29' Marney  67' Iwelumo Austin  72' Fox  74' Rodriquez Thompson 84' Thompson  90' Marney Alexander	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 21,307 Referee: Roger East

Nottingham Forest v Cardiff City

19 February 2011 32	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Cardiff City	Nottingham
15:00 GMT	Morgan 32' Earnshaw 67' Tudgay McGoldrick  71' Earnshaw Tyson  81' Anderson Adebola  89'	report	56' Burke McPhail  56' Parkin Emmanuel-Thomas  57' Keinan  61' Hudson 64' (pen.) Whittingham  75' Bothroyd	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 26,019 Referee: Kevin Moss

Cardiff City v Leicester City

21 February 2011 33	Cardiff City	2–0	Leicester City	Cardiff
19:45 GMT	Chopra 21' Ramsey 52' Chopra McPhail  53' Olofinjana Parkin  77' Whittingham  90+1'	report	55' Gallagher Waghorn  55' Wellens Abe  67' Dyer Vassell	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 22,410 Referee: Danny McDermid

Hull City v Cardiff City

26 February 2011 34	Hull City	0–2	Cardiff City	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	Gerrard Hobbs  46' McLean Barmby  65' Hobbs  82'	report	65' Chopra  68' Bellamy  76' McPhail  80' Bellamy Emmanuel-Thomas  80' Chopra Burke 90+3' Emmanuel-Thomas	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 21,441 Referee: Paul Tierney

Cardiff City v Ipswich Town

5 March 2011 35	Cardiff City	0–2	Ipswich Town	Cardiff
17:20 GMT	Emmanuel-Thomas Burke  80' Quinn Blake  84' Chopra Parkin  87'	report	29' Kennedy O'Dea 67' Bullard  77' Martin  84' Scotland Priskin 86' Bullard  90+2' Wickham Civelli	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 21,347 Referee: Anthony Bates

Crystal Palace v Cardiff City

8 March 2011 36	Crystal Palace	1–0	Cardiff City	London
20:00 GMT	Iversen Couñago  69' McCarthy  69' Dikgacoi  74' Dikgacoi 82' Vaughan Scannell  89'	report	80' Chopra Burke  83' Keinan  84' Emmanuel-Thomas Parkin	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 12,549 Referee: Mick Russell

Cardiff City v Barnsley

13 March 2011 37	Cardiff City	2–2	Barnsley	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Whittingham 21' Chopra Burke  25' Emmanuel-Thomas Olofinjana  59' Bothroyd Parkin  74' Keinan 83' Bellamy  90+4'	report	12' Haynes Gary 29' Gray  31' McShane  63' Mellis O'Brien  82' Arismendi  87' Hill Butterfield 89' Gray	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 23,065 Referee: Russell Booth

Millwall v Cardiff City

19 March 2011 38	Millwall	3–3	Cardiff City	London
15:00 GMT	Robinson  25' Robinson Purse  25' Townsend  45+6' Trotter 52' (pen.) Townsend  60' Bouazza Lisbie 62' Lisbie Harris  78' Morison 87' Morison  90+1' Dunne  90+4' Dunne  90+5'	report	29' Bothroyd Parkin  42' Hudson Gyepes 49' Burke  51' Gyepes  57' Bellamy  72' Quinn Blake 73' Whittingham 80' Burke	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 15,039 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Cardiff City v Derby County

2 April 2011 39	Cardiff City	4–1	Derby County	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Bothroyd 7' (pen.) Keinan 48' McPhail  53' Quinn 56' Samuel  63' Whittingham 68' Samuel Blake  69' Bothroyd Parkin  71' Bellamy Emmanuel-Thomas  76'	report	6' Barker  20' Ayala  37' Green Bailey  60' Roberts Russell Anderson  65' Barker Addison 90+5' (pen.) Savage	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 22,254 Referee: James Linington

Doncaster Rovers v Cardiff City

9 April 2011 40	Doncaster Rovers	1–3	Cardiff City	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Mills Kilgallon  21' Oster Euell  71' Coppinger 78' Gillet Wilson  83'	report	15' Burke  84' Samuel Naylor  87' Burke Koumas 90' Koumas 90+5' Koumas	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 9,174 Referee: Simon Hooper

Sheffield United v Cardiff City

12 April 2011 41	Sheffield United	0–2	Cardiff City	Sheffield
19:45 BST	Nosworthy Montgomery  46' Mattock Maguire  48' Matthew Lowton  65' Henderson Bent  78'	report	21' Bellamy  46' Naylor Blake  48' McPhail Emmanuel-Thomas 71' Emmanuel-Thomas	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 18,230 Referee: Michael Oliver

Cardiff City v Portsmouth

16 April 2011 42	Cardiff City	3–0	Portsmouth	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Olofinjana 6' Bothroyd 45+2' Samuel  61' Whittingham 73' Bothroyd Parkin  80' McPhail Koumas  85' Quinn Blake  88'	report	13' Lawrence  18' Rocha  46' Hreiðarsson Mokoena  60' Nugent  61' Nugent Dickinson  63' Cotterill Webber  88' Kitson	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 24,007 Referee: Kevin Wright

Cardiff City v Queens Park Rangers

23 April 2011 43	Cardiff City	2–2	Queens Park Rangers	Cardiff
12:45 BST	Bothroyd 6' Whittingham  33' Bellamy 35' Quinn  68' Burke Emmanuel-Thomas  77' Bellamy Chopra  87'	report	10' Taarabt  69' Smith Agyemang 71' Taarabt  80' Connolly Hall	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 26,058 Referee: Lee Mason

Preston North End v Cardiff City

25 April 2011 44	Preston North End	0–1	Cardiff City	Preston
15:00 BST	Hume Russell  34' Cort Barton  58' Morgan  68' Ellington Hayes  73'	report	6' Whittingham  36' Heaton  47' McNaughton Hudson  72' Bellamy Chopra  88' Bothroyd  90+1' Quinn	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 12,818 Referee: Phil Gibbs

Cardiff City v Middlesbrough

2 May 2011 45	Cardiff City	0–3	Middlesbrough	Cardiff
17:15 BST	Samuel Koumas  31' Bothroyd  36' Keinan  38' McPhail Blake  46' Quinn Chopra  72' Bellamy  83'	report	4' Lita 13'Robson 21'Smallwood  25' Hoyte  56' Smallwood  57' Thomson  61' Emnes  62' Emnes Franks  67' Williams  80' Steele  86' Robson Flood	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 25,183 Referee: Graham Scott

Burnley v Cardiff City

8 May 2011 46	Burnley	1–1	Cardiff City	Burnley
12:45 BST	Rodriquez 13' Bikey Easton  46' Edgar  67' Wallace Iwelumo  73' Mears  87' Eagles Alexander  88'	report	30' Hudson Blake  56' Burke Emmanuel-Thomas  72' Olofinjana McPhail  78' Whittingham 90' Bellamy	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 14,197 Referee: Colin Webster

Play-offs

Reading v Cardiff City

13 May 2011 Semi-final (1st leg)	Reading	0–0	Cardiff City	Reading
19:45 BST	McAnuff  26' Mills  38' Robson-Kanu Manset  52' Hunt Howard  83'	report	17' Bellamy Chopra  39' Bothroyd  83' Quinn Naylor  90+1' Emmanuel-Thomas Koumas	Stadium: Madjeski Stadium Attendance: 21,485 Referee: Mark Halsey

Cardiff City v Reading

17 May 2011 Semi-final (2nd leg)	Cardiff City	0–3	Reading	Cardiff
19:45 BST	Keinan  44' Emmanuel-Thomas Koumas  60' Chopra Parkin  64' Samuel Matthews  68' Koumas  90+2'	report	28' Long 45' (P) Long  77' Long 84' McAnuff  87' Long Church  90' Karacan Tabb	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 24,081 Referee: Howard Webb

FA Cup

Stoke City v Cardiff City

8 January 2011 Round Three	Stoke City	1–1	Cardiff City	Stoke
15:00 GMT	Tuncay 45' Pennant Etherington  64' Walters Jones  74' Higginbotham Delap  88'	report	8' Chopra  71' Burke Matthews  90+6' Keogh Blake	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 18,629 Referee: Mark Halsey

Cardiff City v Stoke City

18 January 2011 Round Three (replay)	Cardiff City	0–2	Stoke City	Cardiff
19:45 GMT	McPhail Wildig  39' Gyepes  63' Parkin Chopra  64' Drinkwater Matthews  75'	report	10' Higginbotham Tonge  33' Diao  75' Diao Wilson  79' Pennant Soares 92' Walters  100' Fuller  109' Pugh 115' Walters  166' Walters	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 13,671 Referee: Peter Walton

Football League Cup

Cardiff City v Burton Albion

11 August 2010 Round One	Cardiff City	4–1 (a.e.t.)	Burton Albion	Cardiff
19:45 BST	Bothroyd 17' Bothroyd McCormack  46' Gavin Rae Koumas  67' McCormack 107', 110' Chopra 118'	(report)	18' Harrad  34' Webster Phillips  36' Penn  73' Young Preen  78' Harrad Ellison	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 6,080 Referee: Mick Russell

Peterborough United v Cardiff City

24 August 2010 Round Two	Peterborough United	2–1	Cardiff City	Peterborough
19:45 BST	Mackail-Smith 74' McCann  82' Boyd 88' Davies Lee  90'	(report)	31' Bothroyd  33' Olofinjana McPhail  82' McPhail Wildig  89' Naylor Quinn	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 3,806 Referee: David Webb

Overall summary

Games Played 52 (46 Championship, 2 FA Cup, 2 League Cup, 2 Play-offs) Games Won 24 (23 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 0 Play-offs) Games Drawn 13 (11 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 1 Play-offs) Games Lost 15 (12 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 1 Play-offs) Goals Scored 82 (76 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 5 League Cup, 0 Play-offs) Goals conceded 63 (54 Championship, 3 FA Cup, 3 League Cup, 3 Play-offs) Goal Difference +19 Clean Sheets 14 (13 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 1 Play-offs) Yellow Cards 62 (57 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 3 Play-offs) Red Cards 1 (1 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 Play-offs) Worst Discipline Jay Bothroyd (10 0 ) Best Result 4–0 vs Doncaster Rovers 4–0 vs Leeds United Worst Result 1–4 vs Watford Most Appearances Peter Whittingham, 50 (45 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 2 League Cup, 2 Play-offs) Top Scorer Jay Bothroyd, 20 (18 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 2 League Cup, 0 Play-offs) Points 80 / 132 (60.60%)

League Score Overview Opposition Home Score Away Score Double Barnsley 2–2 2 – 1 No Bristol City 3–2 0 – 3 No Burnley 1–1 1 – 1 No Coventry City 2–0 2 – 1 Yes Crystal Palace 0–0 0 – 1 No Derby County 4–1 2 – 1 Yes Doncaster Rovers 4–0 3 – 1 Yes Hull City 2–0 2 – 0 Yes Ipswich Town 0–2 0 – 2 No Leeds United 2–1 4 – 0 Yes Leicester City 2–0 1 – 2 No Middlesbrough 0–3 0 – 1 No Millwall 2–1 3 – 3 No Norwich City 3–1 1 – 1 No Nottingham Forest 0–2 1 – 2 No Portsmouth 3–0 2 – 0 Yes Preston North End 1–1 1 – 0 No Queens Park Rangers 2–2 1 – 2 No Reading 2–2 1 – 1 No Scunthorpe United 1–0 4 – 2 Yes Sheffield United 1–1 2 – 0 No Swansea City 0–1 1 – 0 No Watford 4–2 1 – 4 No

Club staff

Backroom staff Position Name Manager Dave Jones Assistant manager Terry Burton Reserve team manager Paul Wilkinson Goalkeeping coach Martyn Margetson Physio Sean Connelly Fitness coach Alex Armstrong Club doctor Len Nokes Kit Manager Ian Lanning Masseur Stefan Burnett Performance analyst Enda Barron

Board of directors Position Name Chairman Datuk Chan Tien Ghee Chief Executive Gethin Jenkins Finance Director Doug Lee Non-Executive Board Members Steve Borley Paul Guy U-Jihn Tan Michael Isaac Alan Whitley

Honours

Individual October Football League Championship Manager of the Month: Dave Jones[21] October Football League Championship Play of the Month: Jay Bothroyd[22] End-of-season awards Player of the Year Kevin McNaughton Young Player of the Year Tom Heaton Fan's Player of the Year Chris Burke Goal of the Season Craig Bellamy vs Swansea City, 6 Feb Moment of the Year Craig Bellamy's goals vs Doncaster Rovers, 21 Aug Source: cardiffcity-mad.co.uk,

Team of the Week Date Player(s) 7/8 August Darcy Blake 14/15 August Seyi Olofinjana 20/21 August Craig Bellamy & Jay Bothroyd 11 September Gábor Gyepes 16/17 October Peter Whittingham 4/5/6 February Craig Bellamy 12/13 February Seyi Olofinjana 25/26 February Aaron Ramsey 12/13 March Peter Whittingham 18/19 March Chris Burke 2 April Dekel Keinan & Peter Whittingham 18 April Stephen Bywater & Seyi Olofinjana

External links

• "Cardiff City / Official Site".
• "Cardiff City Results 2010–11". Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.