2010–11 Hull City A.F.C. season

The 2010–11 season is Hull City's first season back in the Championship after relegation from the Premier League in the 2009–10 season.

Hull City

2010–11 season
Chairman	Assem Allam
Manager	Nigel Pearson
Stadium	KC Stadium
Championship	11th
FA Cup	3rd round
League Cup	2nd round
Top goalscorer	League: Fryatt (9) All: Fryatt (9)
Highest home attendance	24,110 (1 February vs Leeds United)[1]
Lowest home attendance	19,714 (14 September vs Derby County)[2]
Average home league attendance	21,168[3]
Home colours Away colours
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Players

As of 30 June 2011^[4][5]

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  ENG Andy Dawson 5 DF  IRL Paul McShane 7 MF  AUS Richard Garcia 8 MF  ENG James Harper 11 MF  IRL Kevin Kilbane 12 FW  ENG Matty Fryatt 13 GK  ENG Mark Oxley 14 MF  SCO Tom Cairney 15 MF  NGA Seyi Olofinjana 16 DF  ENG James Chester 17 DF  SCO Liam Cooper 18 MF  ENG Nick Barmby 19 MF  ENG Will Atkinson 20 MF  IRL Jamie Devitt

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 FW  ENG Mark Cullen 22 MF  SVN Robert Koren 23 FW  ENG Jay Simpson 27 MF  ENG Jimmy Bullard 28 MF  NIR Corry Evans 30 DF  ENG Liam Rosenior 31 MF  ENG Gavan Holohan 32 MF  ENG Cameron Stewart 33 FW  ENG Aaron McLean 36 MF  ENG Sonny Bradley –– DF  NIR Joe Dudgeon –– FW  NGA Dele Adebola –– DF  ENG Jack Hobbs

Transfers

This section only lists transfers and loans for the 2010–11 season, which began 1 July 2010. For transactions in May and June 2010, see transfers and loans for the 2009–10 season.

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee	Notes
12 July 2010	MF	James Harper	Sheffield United	Free	[6]
12 July 2010	MF	Nolberto Solano	Leicester City	Free	[6]
13 August 2010	MF	Robert Koren	West Bromwich Albion	Free	[7]
19 August 2010	FW	Jay Simpson	Arsenal	Undisclosed	[8]
29 October 2010	DF	Liam Rosenior	Free agent	Free	[9][10] [Notes 1]
30 December 2010	FW	Aaron McLean	Peterborough United	£1 million	[11]
1 January 2011	FW	Matty Fryatt	Leicester City	£1.2 million	[12]
7 January 2011	DF	James Chester	Manchester United	£300,000	[13]
27 January 2011	MF	Tijani Belaid	Free agent	Free	[14][15] [Notes 2]
27 January 2011	MF	Cameron Stewart	Manchester United	£300,000	[16] [Notes 3]
8 May 2011	MF	Corry Evans	Manchester United	£500,000	[17][18]
11 May 2011	DF	Joe Dudgeon	Manchester United	Undisclosed	[19]
29 June 2011	FW	Dele Adebola	Free agent	Free	[20]
30 June 2011	DF	Jack Hobbs	Leicester City	Undisclosed	[21]

1. Short term until 1 January 2011.
2. Short term contract.
3. Long term contract.

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee	Notes
5 July 2010	MF	Geovanni	San Jose Earthquakes	Free	[22]
30 July 2010	GK	Boaz Myhill	West Bromwich Albion	£1.5 million	[23]
18 August 2010	FW	Daniel Cousin	Larissa	Free	[24]
4 January 2011	MF	Péter Halmosi		Mutual consent	[25]
13 January 2011	MF	Nicky Featherstone		Released	[26]
17 January 2011	DF	Kamil Zayatte		Mutual Consent	[27]
31 January 2011	MF	Ian Ashbee	Preston North End	Undisclosed	[28]
8 March 2011	DF	Steve Gardner	Harrogate Town	Undisclosed	[29]
16 March 2011	FW	Caleb Folan	Colorado Rapids	Undisclosed	[30]
10 May 2011	GK	Matt Duke		Released	[31]
10 May 2011	DF	Anthony Gardner		Released	[31]
10 May 2011	FW	Craig Fagan		Released	[31]
10 May 2011	MF	Tijani Belaid		Released	[31]
13 May 2011	MF	Nolberto Solano	Hartlepool United		[32]

Loans

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	End date	Notes
5 August 2010	MF	John Bostock	Tottenham Hotspur	30 December 2010	[33][34]
30 August 2010	DF	Anthony Gerrard	Cardiff City	30 June 2011	[35]
11 September 2010	DF	Daniel Ayala	Liverpool	1 January 2011	[36][37]
1 October 2010	FW	Rowan Vine	Queens Park Rangers	31 October 2010	[38]
18 October 2010	GK	Vito Mannone	Arsenal	30 June 2011	[39][40][41]
24 November 2010	MF	Cameron Stewart	Manchester United	31 January 2011	[42][43][16]
31 December 2010	GK	Brad Guzan	Aston Villa	28 February 2011	[44][45]
14 January 2011	MF	Corry Evans	Manchester United	30 June 2011	[46]
15 February 2011	DF	Jack Hobbs	Leicester City	30 June 2011	[47]
28 February 2011	FW	David Amoo	Liverpool	30 June 2011	[48]
7 March 2011	GK	Brad Guzan	Aston Villa		[49]
17 March 2011	MF	Hope Akpan	Everton	30 June 2011	[50]

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	End date	Notes
29 July 2010	MF	Kamel Ghilas	AC Arles-Avignon	29 May 2011	[51][52]
10 August 2010	MF	Seyi Olofinjana	Cardiff City	30 June 2011	[53]
30 August 2010	DF	Anthony Gardner	Crystal Palace	30 June 2011	[54][55]
22 October 2010	DF	Steve Gardner	Harrogate Town		[56]
4 November 2010	MF	Nicky Featherstone	Hereford United	January 2011	[57][58]
25 November 2010	MF	Will Atkinson	Rotherham United	4 January 2011	[59]
1 January 2011	MF	Kevin Kilbane	Huddersfield Town	30 June 2011	[60]
6 January 2011	MF	Will Atkinson	Rotherham United	30 June 2011	[55]
6 January 2011	FW	Mark Cullen	Bradford City	6 February 2011	[55][61]
10 January 2011	DF	Liam Cooper	Carlisle United	10 February 2011	[62]
27 January 2011	MF	Jimmy Bullard	Ipswich Town	30 June 2011	[63][64]
16 February 2011	DF	Paul McShane	Barnsley	16 April 2011	[65]
4 March 2011	DF	Liam Cooper	Carlisle United	4 April 2011	[66][67]
4 March 2011	GK	Matt Duke	Derby County	31 March 2011	[68][69]
2 April 2011	DF	Sonny Bradley	IK Frej	30 June 2011	[70]

2010–11 Squad statistics

Updated 7 May 2011.

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No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Matt Duke	20 (1)	0	1	0	1	0	22 (1)	0	0	0
2	DF	Kamil Zayatte	16	0	1	0	0	0	17	0	4	0
3	DF	Andy Dawson	45	0	1	0	0	0	46	0	11	0
4	MF	Ian Ashbee	19	1	1	0	0	0	20	1	5	0
4	DF	Jack Hobbs	9 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	9 (4)	0	1	0
5	DF	Paul McShane	13 (6)	0	0	0	1	0	14 (6)	0	1	0
6	DF	Anthony Gardner	2	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	2 (1)	0	0	0
7	MF	Richard Garcia	16 (9)	2	0	0	1	0	17 (9)	2	2	0
8	MF	James Harper	27 (1)	1	1	0	0	0	28 (1)	1	3	0
9	FW	Caleb Folan	2 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	2 (1)	0	0	0
10	FW	Craig Fagan	4 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	4 (1)	0	1	0
11	MF	Kevin Kilbane	11 (3)	1	0	0	1	0	12 (3)	1	3	0
12	MF	John Bostock	8 (3)	2	0	0	0	0	8 (3)	2	4	1
12	FW	Matty Fryatt	21 (1)	9	1	0	0	0	22 (1)	9	1	0
13	GK	Mark Oxley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Tom Cairney	16 (6)	1	0	0	1	0	17 (6)	1	1	0
15	MF	Seyi Olofinjana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	Péter Halmosi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF	James Chester	21	1	0	0	0	0	21	1	3	0
17	DF	Liam Cooper	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0
18	MF	Nick Barmby	8 (23)	5	0 (1)	2	0 (1)	0	8 (25)	7	5	0
19	MF	Will Atkinson	3 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	3 (1)	0	0	0
20	MF	Jamie Devitt	7 (9)	0	0 (1)	0	1	0	8 (10)	0	1	0
21	FW	Mark Cullen	4 (13)	0	0	0	1	1	5 (13)	1	1	0
22	MF	Robert Koren	39 (1)	7	0 (1)	0	1	0	40 (2)	7	1	0
23	FW	Jay Simpson	19 (13)	6	1	0	1	0	21 (13)	6	0	0
24	MF	Nolberto Solano	6 (5)	0	1	0	1	0	8 ()	0	4	0
25	DF	Anthony Gerrard	41	5	1	0	0	0	42	5	8	0
26	DF	Daniel Ayala	12	1	0	0	0	0	12	1	6	0
26	FW	David Amoo	1 (6)	1	0	0	0	0	1 (6)	1	0	0
27	MF	Jimmy Bullard	5 (3)	2	1	0	0	0	6 (3)	2	0	0
28	FW	Rowan Vine	4 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	4 (1)	0	1	0
28	MF	Corry Evans	17 (1)	3	0	0	0	0	17 (1)	3	1	0
29	GK	Vito Mannone	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
30	DF	Liam Rosenior	26	0	0	0	0	0	26	0	3	1
32	MF	Cameron Stewart	14	0	1	0	0	0	15	0	1	0
33	MF	Aaron McLean	18 (5)	3	0	0	0	0	18 (5)	3	2	0
34	GK	Brad Guzan	16	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	1	0
37	MF	Tijani Belaid	3 (5)	0	0	0	0	0	3 (5)	0	1	0
39	MF	Hope Akpan	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	0
–	FW	Nicky Featherstone	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
–	DF	Steve Gardner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Awards

Anthony Gerrard was named as player of the year.^[117] Liam Rosenior came second and Matty Fryatt came third.^[117]

John Bostock's goal against Swansea in the first match of the season being voted goal of the season.^[117]

Pre season

Preseason friendlies

Winterton Rangers v Hull City

12 July 2010	Winterton Rangers	1–2	Hull City	Winterton
19:45 BST	Wilkin	Report[118]	Emerton Holohan	Stadium: West Street Attendance: 815

North Ferriby United v Hull City

14 July 2010 Billy Bly Memorial Trophy	North Ferriby United	0–6	Hull City	North Ferriby
19:45 BST		Report[119]	Halmosi 20' Cullen 36' Cousin 46' Atkinson 61' Solano 65' Emerton 71'	Stadium: Rapid Solicitors Stadium

York City v Hull City

17 July 2010	York City	0–1	Hull City	York
15:00 BST		Report[120]	Cousin 80'	Stadium: Bootham Crescent

Sunderland v Hull City

24 July 2010	Sunderland	4–2	Hull City	Albufeira
	Campbell 10', 23', 28', 34'	Report[121]	Fagan 20' (pen.) Barmby 82'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Albufeira

Hull City v Dundee United

31 July 2010	Hull City	2–1	Dundee United	Hull
15:00 BST	Cairney 10' Zelmikas 50' (og)	Report[122]	Zelmikas 14'	Stadium: KC Stadium

Championship

Main article: 2010–11 Football League Championship

Manager Nigel Pearson

Hull City's return to the Championship after two seasons in the Premier League.

August–December

Pearson brought several transfers and loans into the club in his bid to strengthen the squad for the season's campaign.^[33][7] One of those efforts yielded quick results on the season's opening day, as loanee John Bostock from Tottenham Hotspur supplied the first of two winning goals over Swansea City. Team captain Ian Ashbee, returning from injury that kept him sidelined much of the preceding season, supplied the second.^[71]

After weeks of speculation about a local business man looking to be interested in investing in Hull City, it was confirmed on 18 October 2010 that Assem Allam, along with his son Ehab had entered negotiations with Hull City owner and chairman, Russell Bartlett. Allam confirmed at the time that he felt the need to pay back to the area, and that Hull City were important to the area.^[123] On 10 November 2010, it was confirmed by the Allams that a deal had been agreed for a controlling interesting in the club, and that the Allams would assume control once the relevant requirements had been met.^[124]

Whilst it was originally reported that Allam intended to only purchase a majority shareholding in the club, and would continue to work with Russell Bartlett, a protracted period of due diligence indicated that the investment required would be substantially higher than originally planned; this resulted in a move to completely seize control of the club.^[125] The deal was formally completed at 10.45 pm on 16 December 2010, with the club exchanging hands for the nominal fee of £1, but with Allam, and his son, Ehab committing to invest £30 million, as well as providing assurances for a further £10 million.^[126][127]

Following the takeover, it was confirmed on the official club website that Assem Allam would take up the roll of chairman at the club.^[128]

January–June

On Saturday 12 March 2011, Hull set a new record for the club, with 14 away matches unbeaten, breaking a record stretching back over 50 years.^[107]

Results

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers[Note1 1]	Attendance	Notes
7 August	Swansea City	H	2–0	Bostock (23), Ashbee (50)	21,478	[71]
14 August	Millwall	A	4–0	Morison (14) & (52), Lisbie (29), Trotter (60)	13,292	[72]
21 August	Watford	H	0–0		20,426	[73]
28 August	Doncaster Rovers	A	3–1	Woods (2), Barmby (9), Sharp (44) pen., Coppinger (69)	11,149	[75]
11 September	Cardiff City	A	2–0	Olofinjana (20), Rae (81)	24,083	[76]
14 September	Derby County	H	2–0	Ayala (43), Koren (82)	19,714	[2]
18 September	Nottingham Forest	H	0–0		21,180	[77]
25 September	Norwich City	A	0–2	Koren (83), Cairney (88)	24,947	[78]
28 September	Burnley	A	4–0	Iwelumo (14) & (53), Eagles (24) & (50) pen	14,458	[79]
2 October	Coventry City	H	0–0		20,626	[80]
16 October	Leicester City	A	1–1	King (3), Koren (52)	23,766	[81]
19 October	Sheffield United	H	0–1	Yeates (53)	20,276	[82]
23 October	Portsmouth	H	1–2	Nugent (45+2), Halford (47), Barmby (62)	20,378	[83]
30 October	Barnsley	A	1–1	Hammill (24), Kilbane (72)	10,566	[84]
6 November	Scunthorpe United	H	0–1	O'Connor (89)	21,873	[85]
9 November	Leeds United	A	2–2	Bostock (14), Johnson (33), O'Brien (71), Johnson (82) og	24,906	[86]
13 November	Preston North End	A	0–2	Garcia (20), Barmby (72)	9,088	[87]
20 November	Ipswich Town	H	1–0	Koren (77)	20,535	[88]
27 November	Middlesbrough	A	2–2	Koren (20), Lita (29), Gerrard (41), McDonald (46)	15,075	[89]
11 December	Crystal Palace	A	0–0		13,341	[90]
18 December	Bristol City	H	2–0	Simpson (13) & (62)	20,299	[91]
26 December	Sheffield United	A	2–3	Simpson (3) & (45+2) pen, Evans (62) & (73), Bullard (90+3)	22,688	[92]
28 December	Reading	H	1–1	Harper (39), Church (82)	21,975	[93]
1 January	Leicester City	H	0–1	Vassell (11)	22,410	[94]
3 January	Portsmouth	A	2–3	Bullard (21) pen, Lawrence (57) pen, Fryatt (69), Barmby (72), Halford (76)	14,604	[95]
15 January	Barnsley	H	2–0	Fryatt (66) pen, Koren (90+3)	21,222	[97]
22 January	Reading	A	1–1	Evans (51), Harte (80) pen	16,494	[98]
29 January	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–0		20,601	[99]
1 February	Leeds United	H	2–2	Fryatt (33), Chester (40), Snodgrass (44), Somma (56)	24,110	[1]
5 February	Scunthorpe United	A	1–5	Fryatt (5), (73) pen & (89), McLean (50) & (81), Garner (55)	6,835	[100]
12 February	Preston North End	H	1–0	Gerrard (45)	21,566	[101]
19 February	Ipswich Town	A	1–1	Scotland (58), Simpson (85)	19,135	[102]
22 February	Derby County	A	0–1	Gerrard (71)	24,533	[103]
26 February	Cardiff City	H	0–2	Chopra (65), Emmanuel-Thomas (90+3)	21,441	[104]
5 March	Nottingham Forest	A	0–1	Fryatt (64)	25,119	[105]
8 March	Burnley	H	0–1	Delfouneso (5)	20,218	[106]
12 March	Coventry City	A	0–1	McLean (33)	14,370	[107]
19 March	Norwich City	H	1–1	Whitbread (27), Barmby (73)	22,967	[108]
2 April	Millwall	H	0–1	Morison	19,852	[109]
9 April	Watford	A	1–2	Evans (3), Koren (90), Taylor (90+2)	13,355	[110]
12 April	Swansea City	A	1–1	Gower (63), Evans (70)	14,822	[111]
16 April	Doncaster Rovers	H	3–1	Garcia (9), Moussa (16) Fryatt (21) pen & (50)	21,395	[112]
23 April	Middlesbrough	H	2–4	Simpson (3), McDonald (11), (13) & (45+3), Arca (26), Gerrard (69)	21,937	[113]
25 April	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–1	Routledge (9), Amoo (81)	17,399	[114]
30 April	Crystal Palace	H	1–1	Gerrard (31), Sekajja (88)	20,407	[115]
7 May	Bristol City	A	3–0	Stead (3), Pitman (14), Campbell-Ryce (56)	15,112	[116]

1. Scorers for Hull City in bold

Results 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	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	D	L	L	D	L	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	D	L
Position	6	14	11	18	19	16	18	15	17	16	16	19	19	20	20	22	20	19	18	19	18	15	15	16	15	12	12	12	13	12	10	10	8	9	8	9	8	10	11	10	10	8	10	10	10	11

Source: ^[129]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Millwall	46	18	13	15	62	48	+14	67
10	Leicester City	46	19	10	17	76	71	+5	67
11	Hull City	46	16	17	13	52	51	+1	65
12	Middlesbrough	46	17	11	18	68	68	0	62
13	Ipswich Town	46	18	8	20	62	68	−6	62

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.

FA Cup

Main article: 2010–11 FA Cup

Hull City were drawn at home against Premier League club Wigan Athletic in the third round draw of the FA Cup that took place on 28 November 2010.^[130]

Results

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers[Note2 1]	Attendance	Notes
8 January 2011	Wigan Athletic	H	2–3	Diamé (21) & (77), McManaman (56), Barmby (74) & (89)	10,433	[96]

1. Scorers for Hull City in bold

League Cup

Main article: 2010–11 Football League Cup

Hull City received a bye in the first round of the League Cup drawn on 16 June 2010.^[131] For the second round, Hull City drew League One side Brentford for an away game played on 24 August,^[132] which they lost by a score of 2–1.^[74]

Results

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers[Note3 1]	Attendance	Notes
24 August	Brentford	A	2–1	Cullen (6), Simpson (20), Bean (88)	3,335	[74]

1. Scorers for Hull City in bold

Kits

Main article: Hull City A.F.C. Kits

Hull City's kits for the 2010–11 season are manufactured by German sports apparel company Adidas.^[133] The away kit was revealed on 3 July 2010 to be all white with amber trim.^[134] The home kit, revealed on 10 July 2010, comprises:^[135]

• jersey with black and amber stripes on the front, solid amber on the back, and black trim on the shoulder
• black shorts and socks with amber trim

The sponsor for the front of the jerseys remained The Tote,^[136] its trademarks totesport.com printed on the front of the home jersey^[134] and totesport on the front of the away jersey.^[135] On 3 August 2010, the club announced two additional sponsorship agreements:

• the name of a local law firm will appear on the back of both the home and away jerseys^[137]
• the name and logo of a laboratory supply company will appear on the back of both the home and away shorts^[138]

Hull City's home kit for 2010–11.

Hull City's away kit for 2010–11.