2010–11 Football League One

The 2010–11 Football League One (known as Npower League One for sponsorship reasons) was the seventh season of the league under its current title and nineteenth season under its current league division format. It started on 7 August 2010.^[2]

Football League One

Season	2010–11
Champions	Brighton & Hove Albion (3rd divisional title)
Promoted	Brighton & Hove Albion Southampton Peterborough United
Relegated	Dagenham & Redbridge Bristol Rovers Plymouth Argyle Swindon Town
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,509 (2.73 per match)
Top goalscorer	Craig Mackail-Smith (27)
Biggest home win	Peterborough United 6–0 Carlisle United (12 March 2011)
Biggest away win	Oldham Athletic 0–6 Southampton (11 January 2011)
Highest scoring	Peterborough United 5–4 Swindon Town (16 October 2010)
Longest winning run	8 games Brighton[1]
Longest unbeaten run	25 games Huddersfield Town[1]
Longest winless run	18 games Swindon Town[1]
Longest losing run	9 games Notts County[1]
Highest attendance	31,653 Southampton 3–1 Walsall (7 May 2011)[1]
Lowest attendance	1,907 Dagenham & Redbridge 4–1 Brentford (1 February 2011)[1]
Average attendance	7,526[1]
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

Changes from 2009–10

Team changes

From League One

Promoted to Championship

• Norwich City
• Leeds United
• Millwall

Relegated to League Two

• Southend United
• Wycombe Wanderers
• Stockport County
• Gillingham

To League One

Relegated from Championship

• Sheffield Wednesday
• Plymouth Argyle
• Peterborough United

Promoted from League Two

• Notts County
• Rochdale
• Bournemouth
• Dagenham & Redbridge

Rule changes

On field rules

• Clubs are now restricted to having 25 first-team players over the age of 21, of which 10 must be home grown (registered in domestic football for three seasons before their 21st birthday). There is no restriction to players under 21.

Off field rules

• The new financial reporting rules will see clubs that fail to lodge their accounts with the Football League, at the same time they are required by Companies House, being hit with a transfer embargo.
• The Football League's Fit and Proper Person test was renamed "Director's Test" to ensure continuity with other football bodies.

Sponsorship changes

Npower will be the Football League's new sponsor after Coca-Cola's contract ran out and was not renewed. The "Player of the Month" and "Manager of the Month" awards will now been known as the "Npower Player of the Month" and the "Npower Manager of the Month" award respectively. Coca-Cola signed a three-year contract to become the Football League's official partner.^[3]

Team overview

Stadiums and locations

AFC Bournemouth

Brentford

Brighton & Hove Albion

Bristol Rovers

Carlisle United

Charlton Athletic

Colchester United

Dagenham & Redbridge

Exeter City

Hartlepool United

Huddersfield Town

Leyton Orient

Milton Keynes Dons

Notts County

Oldham Athletic

Peterborough United

Plymouth Argyle

Rochdale

Sheffield Wednesday

Southampton

Swindon Town

Tranmere Rovers

Walsall

Yeovil Town

Locations of teams in the 2010–11 Football League One

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Bournemouth	Bournemouth	Dean Court	9,600
Brentford	London	Griffin Park	12,763
Brighton & Hove Albion	Brighton	Withdean Stadium	8,850
Bristol Rovers	Bristol	Memorial Stadium	12,011
Carlisle United	Carlisle	Brunton Park Stadium	16,981
Charlton Athletic	London	The Valley	27,111
Colchester United	Colchester	Colchester Community Stadium	10,064
Dagenham & Redbridge	London	Victoria Road	6,078
Exeter City	Exeter	St James Park	8,830
Hartlepool United	Hartlepool	Victoria Park	8,240
Huddersfield Town	Huddersfield	Galpharm Stadium	24,500
Leyton Orient	London	Brisbane Road	9,271
Milton Keynes Dons	Milton Keynes	Stadium:mk	22,000
Notts County	Nottingham	Meadow Lane	21,388
Oldham Athletic	Oldham	Boundary Park	10,638
Peterborough United	Peterborough	London Road Stadium	15,460
Plymouth Argyle	Plymouth	Home Park	19,500
Rochdale	Rochdale	Spotland Stadium	10,249
Sheffield Wednesday	Sheffield	Hillsborough Stadium	39,812
Southampton	Southampton	St Mary's Stadium	32,689
Swindon Town	Swindon	County Ground	14,700
Tranmere Rovers	Birkenhead	Prenton Park	16,789
Walsall	Walsall	The Banks' Stadium	11,300
Yeovil Town	Yeovil	Huish Park	9,665

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Team captain	Chairman	Kit maker	Sponsor
Bournemouth	Lee Bradbury	Jason Pearce	Eddie Mitchell	Carbrini	Carbrini
Brentford	Nicky Forster	Kevin O'Connor	Greg Dyke	Puma	Hertings Fixings (H) Bathwise (A)
Brighton & Hove Albion	Gus Poyet	Gordon Greer	Tony Bloom	Erreà	IT First
Bristol Rovers	Stuart Campbell	Will Hoskins	Nick Higgs	Erreà	Smart Computers (H) Johnson's Stalbridge Linen Services (A)
Carlisle United	Greg Abbott	Paul Thirlwell	Andrew Jenkins	Le Coq Sportif	Eddie Stobart Transport
Charlton Athletic	Chris Powell	Christian Dailly	Michael Slater	Macron	Krbs.com
Colchester United	John Ward	Kemal Izzet	Robbie Cowling	Puma	Readers Offers Ltd
Dagenham & Redbridge	John Still	Mark Arber	Dave Andrews	Vandanel	West & Coe
Exeter City	Paul Tisdale	Matt Taylor	Edward Chorlton	Carbrini	Flybe
Hartlepool United	Mick Wadsworth	Sam Collins	Ken Hodcroft	Nike	Dove Energy
Huddersfield Town	Lee Clark	Peter Clarke	Dean Hoyle	Mitre	Kirklees College (H) RadianB (A)
Leyton Orient	Russell Slade	Stephen Dawson	Barry Hearn	Puma	PartyCasino.com
Milton Keynes Dons	Karl Robinson	Dean Lewington	Pete Winkelman	ISC	Double Tree by Hilton
Notts County	Martin Allen	Mike Edwards	Ray Trew	Nike	Lorien Connect (H) Vision Express (A)
Oldham Athletic	Paul Dickov	Reuben Hazell	Simon Corney	Carbrini	Carbrini
Peterborough United	Darren Ferguson	Grant McCann	Darragh MacAnthony	adidas	MRI Overseas Property
Plymouth Argyle	Peter Reid	Carl Fletcher	Sir Roy Gardner	adidas	Ginsters
Rochdale	Keith Hill	Gary Jones	Chris Dunphy	Carbrini	Carbrini
Sheffield Wednesday	Gary Megson	Tommy Miller	Milan Mandarić	Puma	Sheffield Children's Hospital
Southampton	Nigel Adkins	Dean Hammond	Nicola Cortese	Umbro	None
Swindon Town	Paul Bodin (Caretaker)	Jonathan Douglas	Jeremy Wray (Interim)	adidas	fourfourtwo.com (H) FIFA 11/Samsung (A)
Tranmere Rovers	Les Parry	John Welsh	Peter Johnson	Carbrini	Wirral
Walsall	Dean Smith	Darren Byfield	Jeff Bonser	Admiral	Walsall Hospice
Yeovil Town	Terry Skiverton	Paul Huntington	John Fry	Vandanel	Jones's Building Contractors

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Position in table
Milton Keynes Dons	Paul Ince	Resigned	16 April 2010[4][5]	Karl Robinson	10 May 2010[6]	Pre-season
Plymouth Argyle	Paul Mariner	Became head coach	6 May 2010[7]	Peter Reid	24 June 2010[8]	Pre-season
Notts County	Steve Cotterill	End of contract	27 May 2010[9]	Craig Short	4 June 2010[10]	Pre-season
Southampton	Alan Pardew	Sacked	30 August 2010	Nigel Adkins	12 September 2010	21st
Notts County	Craig Short	Sacked	24 October 2010[11]	Paul Ince	28 October 2010	16th
Bristol Rovers	Paul Trollope	Sacked	15 December 2010[12]	Dave Penney	10 January 2011[13]	21st
Walsall	Chris Hutchings	Sacked	4 January 2011[14]	Dean Smith	21 January 2011[15]	24th
Charlton Athletic	Phil Parkinson	Sacked	4 January 2011[16]	Chris Powell	14 January 2011[17]	5th
Peterborough United	Gary Johnson	Mutual consent	10 January 2011[18]	Darren Ferguson	12 January 2011[19]	7th
Bournemouth	Eddie Howe	Signed by Burnley	16 January 2011[20]	Lee Bradbury	28 January 2011[21]	4th
Sheffield Wednesday	Alan Irvine	Sacked	3 February 2011[22]	Gary Megson	4 February 2011[23]	12th
Brentford	Andy Scott	Sacked	3 February 2011[24]	Nicky Forster	1 March 2011[25]	19th
Swindon Town	Danny Wilson	Resigned	2 March 2011[26]	Paul Hart	3 March 2011[27]	22nd
Notts County	Paul Ince	Mutual consent	3 March 2011[28]	Martin Allen	11 April 2011[29]	19th
Bristol Rovers	Dave Penney	Sacked	7 March 2011[30]	Paul Buckle	30 May 2011[31]	23rd
Swindon Town	Paul Hart	Sacked	28 April 2011[32]	Paul Bodin	28 April 2011	24th

Ownership changes

Club	New Owner	Previous Owner	Date
Charlton Athletic	CAFC Holdings Ltd	Richard Murray	31 December 2010
Sheffield Wednesday	Milan Mandaric	Various board members	31 December 2010

League table

A total of 24 teams contest the division, including 17 sides remaining in the division from last season, three relegated from the Championship, and four promoted from League Two.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Brighton & Hove Albion (C, P)	46	28	11	7	85	40	+45	95	Promotion to Football League Championship
2	Southampton (P)	46	28	8	10	86	38	+48	92
3	Huddersfield Town	46	25	12	9	77	48	+29	87	Qualification for League One play-offs
4	Peterborough United (O, P)	46	23	10	13	106	75	+31	79
5	Milton Keynes Dons	46	23	8	15	67	60	+7	77
6	Bournemouth	46	19	14	13	75	54	+21	71
7	Leyton Orient	46	19	13	14	71	62	+9	70
8	Exeter City	46	20	10	16	66	73	−7	70
9	Rochdale	46	18	14	14	63	55	+8	68
10	Colchester United	46	16	14	16	57	63	−6	62
11	Brentford	46	17	10	19	55	62	−7	61
12	Carlisle United	46	16	11	19	60	62	−2	59
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
18	Tranmere Rovers	46	15	11	20	53	60	−7	56
19	Notts County	46	14	8	24	46	60	−14	50
20	Walsall	46	12	12	22	56	75	−19	48
21	Dagenham & Redbridge (R)	46	12	11	23	52	70	−18	47	Relegation to Football League Two
22	Bristol Rovers (R)	46	11	12	23	48	82	−34	45
23	Plymouth Argyle (R)	46	15	7	24	51	74	−23	42[a]
24	Swindon Town (R)	46	9	14	23	50	72	−22	41

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2011. Source: BBC
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Plymouth Argyle deducted 10 points for insolvency.^[33]

Play-offs

Main article: 2011 Football League play-offs

	Semifinals							Final
	3	Huddersfield Town (p)	1	3	4 (4)
	6	AFC Bournemouth	1	3	4 (2)
								3	Huddersfield Town	0
								4	Peterborough United	3
	4	Peterborough United	2	2	4
	5	Milton Keynes Dons	3	0	3

Semifinals

14 May 2011

12:45

Bournemouth	1–1	Huddersfield Town
McDermott 60'	Report	Kilbane 22'

Dean Court, Bournemouth

Attendance: 9,043

Referee: Mick Russell

18 May 2011

19:45

Huddersfield Town	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Bournemouth
Peltier 27' Ward 45+2' Kay 105'	Report	Lovell 44' (pen.), 63' Ings 104'
Penalties
Novak Ward Kilbane Kay	4–2	Symes Feeney Robinson Cooper

Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield

Attendance: 16,444

Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Huddersfield Town 4–4 Bournemouth on aggregate. Huddersfield Town won 4–2 on penalties.

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15 May 2011

12:15

Milton Keynes Dons	3–2	Peterborough United
Powell 47' Baldock 50' Balanta 56'	Report	Mackail-Smith 8' McCann 81' (pen.)

Stadium MK, Milton Keynes

Attendance: 12,662

Referee: Jonathan Moss

19 May 2011

19:45

Peterborough United	2–0	Milton Keynes Dons
McCann 11' Mackail-Smith 54'	Report

London Road Stadium, Peterborough

Attendance: 11,920

Referee: Colin Webster

Peterborough United won 4–3 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2011 Football League One play-off final

29 May 2011

15:00

Huddersfield Town	0–3	Peterborough United
	Report	Rowe 78' Mackail-Smith 80' McCann 85'

Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance: 48,410

Referee: Steve Tanner

Results

Home \ Away	BOU	BRE	B&HA	BRR	CRL	CHA	COL	D&R	EXE	HAR	HUD	LEY	MKD	NTC	OLD	PET	PLY	ROC	SHW	SOU	SWI	TRA	WAL	YEO
Bournemouth		3–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–2	1–2	3–0	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	3–3	3–0	5–1	3–0	1–2	0–0	1–3	3–2	1–2	3–0	2–0
Brentford	1–1		0–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	2–1	2–0	1–3	1–0	0–3	0–1	2–1	1–2	1–2
Brighton & Hove Albion	1–1	1–0		2–2	4–3	1–1	2–0	4–3	3–0	4–1	2–3	5–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–0
Bristol Rovers	1–0	0–0	2–4		1–1	2–2	0–1	0–2	0–2	0–0	0–1	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–3	2–1	1–1	0–4	3–1	0–1	2–2	2–1
Carlisle United	1–0	2–0	0–0	4–0		3–4	4–1	0–2	2–2	1–0	2–2	0–1	4–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	3–2	0–0	2–0	1–3	0–2
Charlton Athletic	1–0	0–1	0–4	1–1	1–3		1–0	2–2	1–3	0–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–4	1–1	0–1	3–2
Colchester United	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–3		2–2	5–1	3–2	0–3	3–2	1–3	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	3–1	2–0	0–0
Dagenham & Redbridge	1–2	4–1	0–1	0–3	3–0	2–1	1–0		1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	3–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–3	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–1
Exeter City	2–0	2–4	1–2	2–2	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–1		1–2	1–4	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	5–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–3
Hartlepool United	2–2	3–0	3–1	2–2	0–4	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–3		0–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	4–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–5	0–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	3–1
Huddersfield Town	2–2	4–4	2–1	0–1	2–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–1		2–2	4–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	3–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	4–2
Leyton Orient	2–2	1–0	0–0	4–1	0–0	1–3	4–2	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–2		2–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	4–0	0–2	3–0	0–3	0–0	1–5
Milton Keynes Dons	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–3	2–3		2–1	0–0	1–0	1–3	1–1	1–4	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–2
Notts County	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–2	3–0	0–3	3–2	2–0		0–2	0–1	2–0	1–2	0–2	1–3	1–0	0–1	1–1	4–0
Oldham Athletic	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–3	4–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	3–0		0–5	4–2	1–2	2–3	0–6	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–0
Peterborough United	3–3	2–1	0–3	3–0	6–0	1–5	1–1	5–0	3–0	4–0	4–2	2–2	2–1	2–3	5–2		2–1	2–1	5–3	4–4	5–4	2–1	4–1	2–2
Plymouth Argyle	1–2	1–2	0–2	3–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–4	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–3		0–1	3–2	1–3	1–0	1–3	2–0	0–0
Rochdale	0–0	0–1	2–2	3–1	2–3	2–0	1–2	3–2	0–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–4	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–1		2–1	2–0	3–3	3–2	3–2	0–1
Sheffield Wednesday	1–1	1–3	1–0	6–2	0–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	0–2	1–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	1–4	2–4	2–0		0–1	3–1	4–0	3–0	2–2
Southampton	2–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	4–0	4–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	3–2	0–0	2–1	4–1	0–1	0–2	2–0		4–1	2–0	3–1	3–0
Swindon Town	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–1	0–3	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	2–3	1–1	2–1	1–0		0–0	0–0	0–1
Tranmere Rovers	0–3	0–3	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	4–0	0–1	0–2	1–2	4–2	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	0–2		3–3	0–1
Walsall	0–1	3–2	1–3	6–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	5–2	2–4	0–2	1–2	0–3	1–1	1–3	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–4		0–1
Yeovil Town	2–2	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	4–2	1–3	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–2	1–1	3–3	3–1	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2011. Source: The Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers Rank Scorer Club Goals[34] 1 Craig Mackail-Smith Peterborough United 27 2 Glenn Murray Brighton & Hove Albion 22 3 Bradley Wright-Phillips Plymouth Argyle/Charlton Athletic 21 4 Rickie Lambert Southampton 20 5 Ashley Barnes Brighton and Hove Albion 17 Jamie Cureton Exeter City 17 Will Hoskins Bristol Rovers 17 Gary Jones Rochdale 17 9 Jordan Rhodes Huddersfield Town 16 10 Dean Bowditch Yeovil Town 15 George Boyd Peterborough United 15

Top assists Rank Player Club Assists[34] 1 Grant McCann Peterborough United 21 2 Dean Cox Leyton Orient 19 3 Elliott Bennett Brighton & Hove Albion 17 4 Nicky Adams Rochdale 14 5 Craig Noone Brighton & Hove Albion 13 6 Charlie Daniels Leyton Orient 12 Danny Green Dagenham & Redbridge 12 8 Ryan Harley Exeter City 11 Rickie Lambert Southampton 11 Adam Lallana Southampton 11 Craig Mackail-Smith Peterborough United 11 Marc Pugh Bournemouth 11 Gary Roberts Huddersfield Town 11

Scoring

• First goal of the season: 46 minutes and 17 seconds – Luke Summerfield for Plymouth Argyle against Southampton (7 August 2010).^[2]
• Highest scoring game: 9 goals – Peterborough United 5–4 Swindon Town (16 October 2010)^[1]
• Most goals scored in a game by one team: 6 goals^[1]
  • Sheffield Wednesday 6–2 Bristol Rovers (11 December 2010)
  • Oldham Athletic 0–6 Southampton (11 January 2011)
  • Walsall 6–1 Bristol Rovers (29 January 2011)
  • Peterborough United 6-0 Carlisle United (12 March 2011)
• Widest winning margin: 6 goals^[1]
  • Oldham Athletic 0–6 Southampton (11 January 2011)
  • Peterborough United 6-0 Carlisle United (12 March 2011)
• Fewest games failed to score in: 4 – Peterborough United^[1]
• Most games failed to score in: 20 – Hartlepool United^[1]

Discipline

• Most yellow cards (club): 85 – Tranmere Rovers^[35]
• Most yellow cards (player): 13^[35]
  • Luke Ayling (Yeovil Town)
  • Joss Labadie (Tranmere Rovers)
• Most red cards (club): 12 – Plymouth Argyle^[35]
• Most red cards (player): 3^[35]
  • Christian Dailly (Chartlon Athletic)
  • Gary MacKenzie (Milton Keynes Dons)
• Most fouls (club): 594 – Notts County^[35]
• Most fouls (Player): 86 – Joss Labadie (Tranmere Rovers)^[35]

Clean sheets

• Most clean sheets: 20 – Brighton & Hove Albion and Southampton^[1]
• Fewest clean sheets: 6 - Dagenham & Redbridge^[1]

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Notes
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August	Alan Irvine	Sheffield Wednesday	Giles Coke	Sheffield Wednesday	[36][37]
September	Gus Poyet	Brighton & Hove Albion	Casper Ankergren	Brighton & Hove Albion	[38][39]
October	Andy Scott	Brentford	Anthony Pilkington	Huddersfield Town	[40][41]
November	Phil Parkinson	Charlton Athletic	Johnnie Jackson	Charlton Athletic	[42][43]
December	Mick Wadsworth	Hartlepool United	Sam Collins	Hartlepool United	[44][45]
January	Keith Hill	Rochdale	Paul Huntington	Yeovil Town	[46][47]
February	Darren Ferguson	Peterborough United	Craig Mackail-Smith	Peterborough United	[48][49]
March	Gus Poyet	Brighton & Hove Albion	Casper Ankergren	Brighton & Hove Albion	[50][51]