2010–11 Premier League

The 2010–11 Premier League (known as the Barclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 19th season of the Premier League since its establishment in 1992. The 2010–11 fixtures were released on 17 June 2010 at 09:00 BST.^[2] The season began on 14 August 2010,^[3] and ended on 22 May 2011. Chelsea were the defending champions.^[4]

Premier League

Season	2010–11
Dates	14 August 2010 – 22 May 2011
Champions	Manchester United 12th Premier League title 19th English title
Relegated	Birmingham City Blackpool West Ham United
Champions League	Manchester United Chelsea Manchester City Arsenal
Europa League	Tottenham Hotspur Birmingham City Stoke City Fulham (through UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking)
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,063 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dimitar Berbatov Carlos Tevez (20 goals each)
Best goalkeeper	Joe Hart (18 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	Chelsea 6–0 West Bromwich Albion (14 August 2010) Arsenal 6–0 Blackpool (21 August 2010) Newcastle United 6–0 Aston Villa (22 August 2010) Manchester United 7–1 Blackburn Rovers (27 November 2010)[1]
Biggest away win	Wigan Athletic 0–6 Chelsea (21 August 2010)[1]
Highest scoring	Manchester United 7–1 Blackburn Rovers (27 November 2010)[1] Everton 5–3 Blackpool (5 February 2011) Newcastle United 4–4 Arsenal (5 February 2011)
Longest winning run	5 games[1] Chelsea
Longest unbeaten run	24 games[1] Manchester United
Longest winless run	10 games[1] Blackburn Rovers
Longest losing run	5 games[1] Blackpool Bolton Wanderers West Bromwich Albion West Ham United
Highest attendance	75,486[1] Manchester United 1–0 Bolton Wanderers (19 March 2011)
Lowest attendance	14,042[1] Wigan Athletic 2–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers (2 October 2010)
Total attendance	13,372,318[1]
Average attendance	35,190
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

Manchester United secured the title with a 1–1 draw away to Blackburn Rovers on 14 May 2011.^[5][6] This was their nineteenth English league title, breaking a tie with Liverpool which had stood since Manchester United won their eighteenth title in 2009.^[7] Manchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City and Arsenal all secured a berth for the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League, while Tottenham Hotspur qualified for the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League via league position.

Relegation

On 15 May 2011, West Ham United were the first team to be relegated to the Championship, following a 3–2 defeat away to Wigan Athletic.^[8] Two more relegation spots were to be confirmed going into the final day of the season, with five teams (Blackburn Rovers, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Birmingham City, Blackpool, and Wigan Athletic) all at threat of the drop. Blackburn secured their top flight status with a 3–2 away win over Wolves. Blackpool were relegated after losing 4–2 to champions Manchester United at Old Trafford, despite having led at one point.^[9] Birmingham City were also down after Roman Pavlyuchenko scored an injury-time winner for Tottenham at White Hart Lane.^[10] Both of these results allowed Wolves to avoid the drop by one point, despite their loss to Blackburn, while Wigan, who were in the bottom three prior to kick-off, extended their Premier League stay to seven consecutive seasons after a 1–0 win away at Stoke City.

Rule changes

The Premier League introduced a cap on the number of players in a squad. From this season onwards, clubs had to declare a squad of no more than 25 players when the summer transfer window shuts, and then again at the end of the January transfer window. Players aged 21 and under could be selected without being registered in the 25.

Also being introduced this season was the "home grown players" rule, which aims to encourage the development of young footballers at Premier League clubs. The new rule required clubs to name at least eight players in their squad of 25 players that have been registered domestically for a minimum of three seasons prior to their 21st birthday.^[11]

All of the Premier League teams submitted their 25-man squads on 1 September 2010 deadline.^[12]

Teams

Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Championship. The promoted teams were Newcastle United, West Bromwich Albion (both teams returning after a season's absence), and Blackpool (returning after a thirty-nine-year absence). This was also Blackpool's first season in the Premier League. They replaced Burnley, Hull City and Portsmouth, who were relegated to the Championship after their top flight spells of one, two and seven years respectively.

Stadiums and locations

London

Greater Manchester

West Midlands

Blackburn Rovers

Blackpool

Everton

Liverpool

Newcastle United

Stoke City

Sunderland

London teams:
Arsenal
Chelsea
Fulham
Tottenham Hotspur
West Ham United

West Midlands teams:
Aston Villa
Birmingham City
West Bromwich Albion
Wolverhampton Wanderers

Greater Manchester teams:
Bolton Wanderers
Manchester City
Manchester United
Wigan Athletic

Locations of the 2010–11 Premier League teams

Arsenal

Chelsea

Fulham

Tottenham
Hotspur

West Ham United

Greater London Premier League football clubs

Bolton Wanderers

Manchester City

Manchester United

Wigan Athletic

Greater Manchester Premier League football clubs

Aston Villa

Birmingham City

West Bromwich Albion

Wolverhampton Wanderers

West Midlands Premier League football clubs

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity1
Arsenal	London (Holloway)	Emirates Stadium	60,361
Aston Villa	Birmingham (Aston)	Villa Park	42,789
Birmingham City	Birmingham (Bordesley)	St Andrew's	30,079
Blackburn Rovers	Blackburn	Ewood Park	31,367
Blackpool	Blackpool	Bloomfield Road	16,220
Bolton Wanderers	Bolton	Reebok Stadium	28,723
Chelsea	London (Fulham)	Stamford Bridge	42,449
Everton	Liverpool (Walton)	Goodison Park	40,157
Fulham	London (Fulham)	Craven Cottage	25,700
Liverpool	Liverpool (Anfield)	Anfield	45,276
Manchester City	Manchester (Bradford)	City of Manchester Stadium	47,405
Manchester United	Manchester (Old Trafford)	Old Trafford	75,797
Newcastle United	Newcastle upon Tyne	St James' Park	52,409
Stoke City	Stoke-on-Trent	Britannia Stadium	27,740
Sunderland	Sunderland	Stadium of Light	49,000
Tottenham Hotspur	London (Tottenham)	White Hart Lane	36,230
West Bromwich Albion	West Bromwich	The Hawthorns	26,484
West Ham United	London (Upton Park)	Boleyn Ground	35,303
Wigan Athletic	Wigan	DW Stadium	25,133
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Wolverhampton	Molineux Stadium	29,195

• ¹ Correct as of start of 2010–11 Premier League season^[13]

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager	Captain[citation needed]	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Arsenal	Arsène Wenger	Cesc Fàbregas	Nike	Emirates
Aston Villa	Gérard Houllier	Stiliyan Petrov	Nike	FxPro
Birmingham City	Alex McLeish	Stephen Carr	Xtep	F&C Investments
Blackburn Rovers	Steve Kean	Christopher Samba	Umbro	Crown Paints
Blackpool	Ian Holloway	Charlie Adam	Carbrini	Wonga.com
Bolton Wanderers	Owen Coyle	Kevin Davies	Reebok	188BET
Chelsea	Carlo Ancelotti	John Terry	Adidas	Samsung
Everton	David Moyes	Phil Neville	Le Coq Sportif	Chang Beer
Fulham	Mark Hughes	Danny Murphy	Kappa	FxPro
Liverpool	Kenny Dalglish	Steven Gerrard	Adidas	Standard Chartered
Manchester City	Roberto Mancini	Carlos Tevez	Umbro	Etihad Airways
Manchester United	Sir Alex Ferguson	Gary Neville	Nike	Aon
Newcastle United	Alan Pardew	Kevin Nolan	Puma	Northern Rock
Stoke City	Tony Pulis	Ryan Shawcross	Adidas	Britannia
Sunderland	Steve Bruce	Lee Cattermole	Umbro	Tombola
Tottenham Hotspur	Harry Redknapp	Michael Dawson	Puma	Autonomy
West Bromwich Albion	Roy Hodgson	Chris Brunt	Umbro	Homeserve
West Ham United	Kevin Keen (caretaker)	Matthew Upson	Macron	SBOBET
Wigan Athletic	Roberto Martínez	Gary Caldwell	MiFit	188BET
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Mick McCarthy	Karl Henry	BURRDA	Sportingbet

Nike produced a new match ball, the Nike Total 90 Tracer, which was electric blue, black and white during the autumn and spring. A high-visibility version in yellow was released for the winter.^[14] Additionally, Umbro provided officials with new kits in black, lime green, yellow, red and cyan blue for the season. Tune Ventures, parent company of Air Asia, took over as sponsor of the referee kits for the next three seasons.^[15]

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
West Ham United	Gianfranco Zola	Sacked	11 May 2010[16]	Pre-season	Avram Grant	3 June 2010[17]
Liverpool	Rafael Benítez	Mutual agreement	3 June 2010[18]		Roy Hodgson	1 July 2010[19]
Fulham	Roy Hodgson	Signed by Liverpool	1 July 2010[19]		Mark Hughes	29 July 2010[20]
Aston Villa	Martin O'Neill	Resigned	9 August 2010[21]		Gérard Houllier	8 September 2010[22]
Newcastle United	Chris Hughton	Sacked	6 December 2010[23]	11th	Alan Pardew	9 December 2010[24]
Blackburn Rovers	Sam Allardyce		13 December 2010[25]	13th	Steve Kean	22 December 2010[26]
Liverpool	Roy Hodgson	Mutual consent	8 January 2011[27]	12th	Kenny Dalglish	8 January 2011[27]
West Bromwich Albion	Roberto Di Matteo	Sacked	6 February 2011[28]	16th	Roy Hodgson	11 February 2011[29]
West Ham United	Avram Grant		15 May 2011[30]	20th (relegated)	Kevin Keen (caretaker)	15 May 2011

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United (C)	38	23	11	4	78	37	+41	80	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Chelsea	38	21	8	9	69	33	+36	71
3	Manchester City	38	21	8	9	60	33	+27	71
4	Arsenal	38	19	11	8	72	43	+29	68	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5	Tottenham Hotspur	38	16	14	8	55	46	+9	62	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
6	Liverpool	38	17	7	14	59	44	+15	58
7	Everton	38	13	15	10	51	45	+6	54
8	Fulham	38	11	16	11	49	43	+6	49	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
9	Aston Villa	38	12	12	14	48	59	−11	48
10	Sunderland	38	12	11	15	45	56	−11	47
11	West Bromwich Albion	38	12	11	15	56	71	−15	47
12	Newcastle United	38	11	13	14	56	57	−1	46
13	Stoke City	38	13	7	18	46	48	−2	46	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[b]
14	Bolton Wanderers	38	12	10	16	52	56	−4	46
15	Blackburn Rovers	38	11	10	17	46	59	−13	43
16	Wigan Athletic	38	9	15	14	40	61	−21	42
17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	11	7	20	46	66	−20	40
18	Birmingham City (R)	38	8	15	15	37	58	−21	39	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round and relegation to Football League Championship[c]
19	Blackpool (R)	38	10	9	19	55	78	−23	39	Relegation to Football League Championship
20	West Ham United (R)	38	7	12	19	43	70	−27	33

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Fulham, as the highest-ranked team from the Fair Play table not yet qualified for any European competition, entered the first qualifying round of the Europa League.^[31]
2. Stoke City qualified for the third qualifying round of the Europa League as FA Cup runners-up to Champions League-qualified Manchester City.
3. Birmingham City qualified for the play-off round of the Europa League after winning the League Cup, worth a third qualification round spot, and subsequently being moved up a round due to the outcome of the FA Cup final.

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	AVL	BIR	BLB	BLP	BOL	CHE	EVE	FUL	LIV	MCI	MUN	NEW	STK	SUN	TOT	WBA	WHU	WIG	WOL
Arsenal	—	1–2	2–1	0–0	6–0	4–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–3	2–3	1–0	3–0	2–0
Aston Villa	2–4	—	0–0	4–1	3–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	2–1	3–0	1–1	0–1
Birmingham City	0–3	1–1	—	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	0–2	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–2	0–0	1–1
Blackburn Rovers	1–2	2–0	1–1	—	2–2	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–0
Blackpool	1–3	1–1	1–2	1–2	—	4–3	1–3	2–2	2–2	2–1	2–3	2–3	1–1	0–0	1–2	3–1	2–1	1–3	1–3	2–1
Bolton Wanderers	2–1	3–2	2–2	2–1	2–2	—	0–4	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	2–2	5–1	2–1	1–2	4–2	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–0
Chelsea	2–0	3–3	3–1	2–0	4–0	1–0	—	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–0	0–3	2–1	6–0	3–0	1–0	2–0
Everton	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	5–3	1–1	1–0	—	2–1	2–0	2–1	3–3	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–4	2–2	0–0	1–1
Fulham	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	3–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	—	2–5	1–4	2–2	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	3–0	1–3	2–0	2–1
Liverpool	1–1	3–0	5–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	—	3–0	3–1	3–0	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–1
Manchester City	0–3	4–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	3–0	—	0–0	2–1	3–0	5–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	4–3
Manchester United	1–0	3–1	5–0	7–1	4–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–2	2–1	—	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–1
Newcastle United	4–4	6–0	2–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	3–1	1–3	0–0	—	1–2	5–1	1–1	3–3	5–0	2–2	4–1
Stoke City	3–1	2–1	3–2	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–2	4–0	—	3–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	3–0
Sunderland	1–1	1–0	2–2	3–0	0–2	1–0	2–4	2–2	0–3	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	—	1–2	2–3	1–0	4–2	1–3
Tottenham Hotspur	3–3	2–1	2–1	4–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	3–2	1–1	—	2–2	0–0	0–1	3–1
West Bromwich Albion	2–2	2–1	3–1	1–3	3–2	1–1	1–3	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–2	1–2	3–1	0–3	1–0	1–1	—	3–3	2–2	1–1
West Ham United	0–3	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–3	2–4	1–2	3–0	0–3	1–0	2–2	—	3–1	2–0
Wigan Athletic	2–2	1–2	2–1	4–3	0–4	1–1	0–6	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–2	—	2–0
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–2	1–2	1–0	2–3	4–0	2–3	1–0	0–3	1–1	0–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	3–3	3–1	1–1	1–2	—

Source: Barclays Premier League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Stewart Downing for Aston Villa against West Ham United (14 August 2010)^[32]
• Fastest goal of the season: 30 seconds – Maxi Rodríguez for Liverpool against Fulham (9 May 2011)^[33]
• Widest winning margin: 6 goals^[1]
  • Chelsea 6–0 West Bromwich Albion (14 August 2010)
  • Arsenal 6–0 Blackpool (21 August 2010)
  • Wigan Athletic 0–6 Chelsea (21 August 2010)
  • Newcastle United 6–0 Aston Villa (22 August 2010)
  • Manchester United 7–1 Blackburn Rovers (27 November 2010)
• Highest scoring game: 8 goals^[1]
  • Manchester United 7–1 Blackburn Rovers (27 November 2010)
  • Everton 5–3 Blackpool (5 February 2011)
  • Newcastle United 4–4 Arsenal (5 February 2011)
• Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 7 goals – Manchester United 7–1 Blackburn Rovers (27 November 2010)^[1]
• Fewest games failed to score in: 5 – Manchester United^[1]
• Most games failed to score in: 13^[1]
  • Stoke City
  • West Ham United
  • Wigan Athletic

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[34]
1	Dimitar Berbatov	Manchester United	20
	Carlos Tevez	Manchester City	20
3	Robin van Persie	Arsenal	18
4	Darren Bent	Sunderland/Aston Villa	17
5	Peter Odemwingie	West Bromwich Albion	15
6	DJ Campbell	Blackpool	13
	Andy Carroll	Newcastle/Liverpool	13
	Javier Hernández	Manchester United	13
	Dirk Kuyt	Liverpool	13
	Florent Malouda	Chelsea	13
	Rafael van der Vaart	Tottenham Hotspur	13

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Premier League hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Didier Drogba	Chelsea	West Bromwich Albion	6–0	14 August 2010
Theo Walcott	Arsenal	Blackpool	6–0	21 August 2010
Andy Carroll	Newcastle United	Aston Villa	6–0	22 August 2010
Dimitar Berbatov	Manchester United	Liverpool	3–2	19 September 2010
Kevin Nolan	Newcastle United	Sunderland	5–1	31 October 2010
Dimitar Berbatov5	Manchester United	Blackburn Rovers	7–1	27 November 2010
Mario Balotelli	Manchester City	Aston Villa	4–0	28 December 2010
Leon Best	Newcastle United	West Ham United	5–0	5 January 2011
Dimitar Berbatov	Manchester United	Birmingham City	5–0	22 January 2011
Robin van Persie	Arsenal	Wigan Athletic	3–0	22 January 2011
Carlos Tevez	Manchester City	West Bromwich Albion	3–0	5 February 2011
Louis Saha4	Everton	Blackpool	5–3	5 February 2011
Dirk Kuyt	Liverpool	Manchester United	3–1	6 March 2011
Wayne Rooney	Manchester United	West Ham United	4–2	2 April 2011
Maxi Rodríguez	Liverpool	Birmingham City	5–0	23 April 2011
Maxi Rodríguez	Liverpool	Fulham	5–2	9 May 2011
Somen Tchoyi	West Bromwich Albion	Newcastle United	3–3	22 May 2011

• ⁴ Player scored four goals
• ⁵ Player scored five goals

Clean sheets

Player

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Joe Hart	Manchester City	18
2	Petr Čech	Chelsea	15
3	Pepe Reina	Liverpool	14
	Edwin van der Sar	Manchester United
5	Mark Schwarzer	Fulham	11
6	Ben Foster	Birmingham City	9
	Tim Howard	Everton
8	Asmir Begovic	Stoke City	8
	Simon Mignolet	Sunderland
	Paul Robinson	Blackburn Rovers

Club

• Most clean sheets: 18 – Manchester City^[1]
• Fewest clean sheets: 2 – West Bromwich Albion^[1]

Discipline

Club

• Worst overall disciplinary record (1 point per yellow card, 3 points per red card):
  • Manchester City – 89 points (74 yellow & 5 red cards)^[35]
• Best overall disciplinary record:
  • Blackpool – 53 points (47 yellow & 2 red cards)^[35]
• Most yellow cards: 75 – Newcastle United^[35]
• Most red cards: 7 – West Bromwich Albion^[35]

Player

• Most yellow cards: 14 – Cheick Tioté (Newcastle United)^[35]
• Most red cards: 2^[35]
  • Lee Cattermole (Sunderland)
  • Craig Gardner (Birmingham City)
  • Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal)
  • Youssouf Mulumbu (West Bromwich Albion)
  • Ryan Shawcross (Stoke City)
• Most fouls: 115 – Kevin Davies (Bolton Wanderers)^[35]

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Reference
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August	Carlo Ancelotti	Chelsea	Paul Scholes	Manchester United	[36]
September	Roberto Di Matteo	West Bromwich Albion	Peter Odemwingie	West Bromwich Albion	[37]
October	David Moyes	Everton	Rafael van der Vaart	Tottenham Hotspur	[38]
November	Owen Coyle	Bolton Wanderers	Johan Elmander	Bolton Wanderers	[39]
December	Roberto Mancini	Manchester City	Samir Nasri	Arsenal	[40]
January	Sir Alex Ferguson	Manchester United	Dimitar Berbatov	Manchester United	[41]
February	Arsène Wenger	Arsenal	Scott Parker	West Ham United	[42]
March	Carlo Ancelotti	Chelsea	David Luiz	Chelsea	[43]
April			Peter Odemwingie	West Bromwich Albion	[44][45]

Annual awards

Premier League Manager of the Season

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, 69, received the Premier League Manager of the Season.^[46]

Premier League Player of the Season

The Premier League Player of the Season award was won by Nemanja Vidić of Manchester United.^[46]

PFA Players' Player of the Year

The PFA Players' Player of the Year was awarded to Gareth Bale.

PFA Team of the Year

PFA Team of the Year[47]
Goalkeeper	Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United)
Defenders	Bacary Sagna (Arsenal)			Nemanja Vidić (Manchester United)			Vincent Kompany (Manchester City)			Ashley Cole (Chelsea)
Midfielders	Nani (Manchester United)			Samir Nasri (Arsenal)			Jack Wilshere (Arsenal)			Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspur)
Forwards	Carlos Tevez (Manchester City)						Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United)

PFA Young Player of the Year

The PFA Young Player of the Year was awarded to Jack Wilshere.^[48]

FWA Footballer of the Year

The FWA Footballer of the Year was awarded to Scott Parker.^[49]

Premier League Golden Boot

Dimitar Berbatov of Manchester United and Carlos Tevez of Manchester City shared the Premier League Golden Boot this season, both finishing with 20 goals. Berbatov's 20 goals came in 32 appearances, with Tevez's 20 goals coming in 31 appearances. This was the first time either player had won the award, and the first time it had been shared since the 1998–99 season.^[50]

Premier League Golden Glove

The Premier League Golden Glove award was won by Joe Hart of Manchester City.^[51]

Premier League Fair Play Award

The Premier League Fair Play Award was won by Fulham, who finished on top of the Fair Play Table. Newcastle United were deemed to be the least sporting team, finishing bottom of the table.^[52] Due to England being one of the three best teams in the UEFA Fair Play rankings, Fulham as the highest-ranked team not already qualified for a European competition were awarded a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.^[53]

PFA Fans' Player of the Year

The PFA Fans' Player of the Year was awarded to Raul Meireles.^[54]

Attendances

#	Football club	Home games	Average attendance[55]
1	Manchester United	19	75,109
2	Arsenal FC	19	60,025
3	Newcastle United	19	47,718
4	Manchester City	19	45,905
5	Liverpool FC	19	42,820
6	Chelsea FC	19	41,435
7	Sunderland AFC	19	40,011
8	Aston Villa	19	37,194
9	Everton FC	19	35,934
10	Tottenham Hotspur	19	35,704
11	West Ham United	19	33,404
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	27,696
13	Stoke City	19	26,858
14	Birmingham City	19	25,462
15	Fulham FC	19	25,043
16	Blackburn Rovers	19	25,000
17	West Bromwich Albion	19	24,683
18	Bolton Wanderers	19	22,870
19	Wigan Athletic	19	16,812
20	Blackpool FC	19	15,780