2010–11 Sheffield United F.C. season

The 2010–11 season was Sheffield United's fourth consecutive season in the Football League Championship after coming 8th in the 2009–10 season. It was Kevin Blackwell's third season in charge of United; however, he left Bramall Lane in mid-August after losing at home to QPR. Gary Speed was named as his successor but lasted only until December when he left to take over the Wales national side. Following a short spell as caretaker by John Carver, Micky Adams was appointed manager for the rest of the season. It was a turbulent season off the pitch and results declined, with Adams being unable to save the team from relegation to League One for the first time in 23 years.

Sheffield United

2010–11 season
Chairman	Kevin McCabe
Manager	Kevin Blackwell (until 14 August) Gary Speed (from 17 August to 14 December) Micky Adams (from 30 December)
Stadium	Bramall Lane
Championship	23rd (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Ched Evans (9) All: Ched Evans (9)
Highest home attendance	23,728 (vs. Leeds United, 19 March)
Lowest home attendance	16,888 (vs. Aston Villa, 8 January)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

Players

First-team squad

As of the end of the season

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 1 GK  ENG Steve Simonsen 2 MF  ENG Elliott Whitehouse 4 MF  SCO Nick Montgomery[notes 1] 5 DF  ENG Chris Morgan (captain) 6 MF  AUT Johannes Ertl 7 FW  ENG Darius Henderson 8 MF  IRL Michael Doyle 9 FW  WAL Ched Evans 10 FW  MLT Daniel Bogdanović[notes 2] 11 MF  IRL Mark Yeates 13 GK  EST Mihkel Aksalu 14 MF  JAM Lee Williamson[notes 3] 15 MF  ENG Ryan France 16 DF  ENG Andy Taylor 17 FW  ENG Richard Cresswell 18 MF  NIR Jamie Ward[notes 4] 19 MF  NOR Erik Tønne 20 DF  ENG Joe Mattock (on loan from West Bromwich Albion) 21 DF  AUS Shane Lowry[notes 5] (on loan from Aston Villa) 22 DF  ENG Rob Kozluk

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 DF  SCO Neill Collins 24 MF  IRL David McAllister 25 GK  ENG George Long 26 MF  IRL Seamus Conneely[notes 6] 27 FW  ENG Danny Philliskirk (on loan from Chelsea) 28 MF  IRL Stephen Quinn 30 MF  ENG Kingsley James 31 FW  ENG Jordan Chapell 32 DF  ENG Phil Roe 33 DF  ARG Elian Parrino (on loan from Estudiantes) 34 DF  ENG Matthew Lowton 35 FW  ENG Jordan Slew 36 MF  IRL Matthew Harriott[notes 7] 38 MF  NOR Bjørn Helge Riise (on loan from Fulham) 39 GK  AUS Lawrence Thomas 40 DF  ENG Harry Maguire 41 DF  ENG Terry Kennedy 42 DF  AUS Marc Warren 43 MF  NOR Kristoffer Løkberg — MF  HUN András Gárdos (on loan from Ferencváros)

Left club during season

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 2 DF  ENG Stephen Jordan (released) 3 DF  ENG Nyron Nosworthy[notes 8] (on loan from Sunderland) 8 MF  ENG Leon Britton (to Swansea City) 12 DF  FRA Jean Calvé (on loan from Nancy) 19 FW  WAL Sam Vokes[notes 9] (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers) 23 DF  ENG Kyle Bartley (on loan from Arsenal) 24 MF  IRL Andy Reid (on loan from Sunderland)

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 DF  ENG Danny Batth (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers) 27 DF  BEL Ritchie de Laet (on loan from Manchester United) 29 GK  ENG Richard Wright (released) 37 FW  ENG Marcus Bent (on loan from Birmingham City) 39 GK  ENG Paul Crichton (retired) 40 MF  WAL Gary Speed (retired)

Statistics

Goals and appearances

As of the end of the season

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Steve Simonsen	47	0	43+2	0	1	0	1	0
4	MF	ENG	Nick Montgomery	37	0	34+1	0	1	0	1	0
5	DF	ENG	Chris Morgan	9	0	8	0	0	0	1	0
6	DF	AUT	Johannes Ertl	30	0	25+3	0	1	0	1	0
7	FW	ENG	Darius Henderson	8	2	8	2	0	0	0	0
8	MF	IRL	Michael Doyle	16	0	16	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	WAL	Ched Evans	35	9	26+8	9	1	0	0	0
10	FW	MLT	Daniel Bogdanovic	33	5	12+20	5	1	0	0	0
11	MF	IRL	Mark Yeates	36	5	18+17	5	0	0	1	0
14	MF	JAM	Lee Williamson	41	3	14+26	3	1	0	0	0
16	DF	ENG	Andy Taylor	10	0	9	0	1	0	0	0
17	FW	ENG	Richard Cresswell	36	5	30+5	5	0	0	1	0
18	MF	NIR	Jamie Ward	21	1	13+6	0	1	1	1	0
19	MF	NOR	Erik Tønne	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF	ENG	Joe Mattock	13	0	12+1	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	AUS	Shane Lowry	17	0	17	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	ENG	Rob Kozluk	10	1	2+6	1	1	0	1	0
23	DF	SCO	Neill Collins	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	IRL	David McAllister	3	1	1+1	1	0+1	0	0	0
25	GK	ENG	George Long	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	ENG	Danny Philliskirk	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	IRL	Stephen Quinn	38	1	33+4	1	0	0	0+1	0
30	DF	ENG	Kingsley James	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
31	FW	ENG	Jordan Chapell	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
33	DF	ARG	Elian Parrino	9	0	7+1	0	1	0	0	0
34	DF	ENG	Matthew Lowton	32	4	21+11	4	0	0	0	0
35	FW	ENG	Jordan Slew	8	2	5+2	2	0+1	0	0	0
36	MF	ENG	Matthew Harriott	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
38	MF	NOR	Bjørn Helge Riise	13	1	9+4	1	0	0	0	0
40	DF	ENG	Harry Maguire	5	0	4+1	0	0	0	0	0
41	DF	ENG	Terry Kennedy	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left before the end of the season:
2	DF	ENG	Stephen Jordan	15	0	14+1	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	ENG	Nyron Nosworthy	32	0	31+1	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	ENG	Leon Britton	26	0	22+2	0	1	0	1	0
12	DF	FRA	Jean Calvé	18	1	16+2	1	0	0	0	0
19	FW	WAL	Sam Vokes	6	1	4+2	1	0	0	0	0
23	DF	ENG	Kyle Bartley	23	0	21	0	1	0	1	0
24	FW	IRL	Andy Reid	9	2	8+1	2	0	0	0	0
25	DF	ENG	Danny Batth	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	BEL	Ritchie de Laet	6	0	4+2	0	0	0	0	0
29	GK	ENG	Richard Wright	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW	ENG	Marcus Bent	12	0	4+7	0	1	0	0	0

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
10	FW		Bogdanović	30	EU	Barnsley	Transfer	Summer	2012	Free	BBC Sport
6	DF		Ertl	27	EU	Crystal Palace	Free agent	Summer	2012	Free	BBC Sport
8	MF		Britton	27	EU	Swansea City	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free	The Star
1	GK		Simonsen	31	EU	Stoke City	Transfer	Summer	2012	Free	Sheffield United
22	DF		Kozluk	32	EU	Barnsley	Free agent	Summer	2011	Free	BBC Sport
2	DF		Jordan	28	EU	Burnley	Free agent	Summer	2011	Free	BBC Sport
29	GK		Wright	32	EU		Free agent	Summer	2011	Free	BBC Sport
	DF		Conneely	22	EU		Free agent	Winter	2012	Free	Sheffield United
24	MF		McAllister	22	EU		Transfer	Winter	2012	Free	Sheffield United
8	MF		Doyle	29	EU	Coventry City	Transfer	Winter		Free	BBC Sport

Loans in

No.	Pos.	Name	Country	Age	Loan club	Started	Ended	Start source	End source
3	DF	Nosworthy		30	Sunderland	21 Jul	16 Apr	BBC Sport	Sheffield United
23	DF	Bartley		19	Arsenal	10 Aug	31 Jan	BBC Sport	BBC Sport
12	DF	Calvé		26	Nancy	23 Aug	7 Apr	Sheffield United F.C.	BBC Sport
33	DF	Parrino		22	Estudiantes (LP)	1 Oct		BBC Sport
24	MF	Reid		28	Sunderland	30 Oct	31 Dec	BBC Sport	Sheffield United F.C.
27	FW	Philliskirk		20	Chelsea	10 Jan		Sheffield United F.C.
20	DF	Mattock		20	West Bromwich Albion	13 Jan		BBC Sport
21	DF	Lowry		21	Aston Villa	14 Jan		Sheffield United
37	FW	Bent		32	Birmingham City	18 Jan	16 Apr	Birmingham City F.C.	Sheffield United F.C.
38	MF	Riise		27	Fulham	15 Feb		BBC Sport
19	FW	Vokes		21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	15 Feb		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
37	FW	Camara		33	End of contract	Atromitos	Summer	n/a	11	2	BBC Sport
33	FW	Fortune		29	End of contract	Charlton Athletic	Summer	n/a	6	1	Sky Sports
26	DF	Geary		29	End of contract		Summer	n/a	115	1	Sky Sports Sky Sports
15	MF	Harper		29	End of contract	Hull City	Summer	n/a	22	3	Sky Sports
25	MF	Little		34	End of contract	Aldershot Town	Summer	n/a	8	0	BBC Sport
3	DF	Naysmith		31	Free agent	Huddersfield Town	Summer	Free	88	0	Huddersfield Town F.C.
1	GK	Kenny		32	Transfer	Queens Park Rangers	Summer	£750 000	318	0	Sheffield United
13	GK	Bennett		38	Transfer	Huddersfield Town	Summer	Free	29	0	BBC Sport
19	DF	Stewart		28	Free agent		Summer	Free	23	0	Sky Sport
24	FW	Sharp		24	Transfer	Doncaster Rovers	Summer	£1 100 000	65	12	Sky Sport
10	MF	Reid		22	Transfer	Charlton Athletic	Summer	Free	8	0	Kent Online
8	MF	Britton		28	Transfer	Swansea City	Winter	Undisclosed	26	0	Sheffield United F.C.
2	DF	Jordan		29	Released			n/a	15	0	BBC Sport
29	GK	Wright		33	Released			n/a	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; Apps = Total number of competitive appearances (including substitute appearances) at the club prior to departure; Goals = Total number of competitive goals scored at the club prior to departure.

Loans out

No.	Pos.	Name	Country	Age	Loan club	Started	Ended	Start source	End source
18	MF	Jamie Ward		24	Derby County	16 Feb		Derby Telegraph

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.

Results

Championship

Cardiff City v Sheffield United

8 August 2010	Cardiff City	1–1	Sheffield United	Cardiff City Stadium
13:00	Bothroyd 62'		Evans 24' Lowton  35'	Attendance: 20,573

Sheffield United v Queens Park Rangers

14 August 2010	Sheffield United	0–3	Queens Park Rangers	Bramall Lane
15:00			Ephraim 11' Mackie 20' Taarabt 23' (pen.)	Attendance: 22,651

Middlesbrough v Sheffield United

22 August 2010	Middlesbrough	1–0	Sheffield United	Riverside Stadium
13:00	Boyd 52'			Attendance: 14,633

Sheffield United v Preston North End

28 August 2010	Sheffield United	1–0	Preston North End	Bramall Lane
15:00	Calvé 74'			Attendance: 19,692

Derby County v Sheffield United

11 September 2010	Derby County	0–1	Sheffield United	Pride Park
15:00			Cresswell 15'	Attendance: 25,749

Sheffield United v Scunthorpe United

14 September 2010	Sheffield United	0–4	Scunthorpe United	Bramall Lane
19:45			Dagnall 33', 73' Mirfin 63' Woolford 90'	Attendance: 19,390

Sheffield United v Portsmouth

18 September 2010	Sheffield United	1–0	Portsmouth	Bramall Lane
15:00	Evans 77'			Attendance: 20,712

Leeds United v Sheffield United

25 September 2010	Leeds United	1–0	Sheffield United	Elland Road
15:00	Johnson 83' Snodgrass  89'		Ward  90'	Attendance: 33,622

Nottingham Forest v Sheffield United

28 September 2010	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Sheffield United	City Ground
19:45	McKenna 69'		Cresswell 6'	Attendance: 19,782

Sheffield United v Watford

2 October 2010	Sheffield United	0–1	Watford	Bramall Lane
15:00			Sordell 16'	Attendance: 22,433

Sheffield United v Burnley

16 October 2010	Sheffield United	3–3	Burnley	Bramall Lane
15:00	Bogdanović 57' Lowton 82' Yeates 90'		Marney 49' Eagles 54' (pen.) Rodriguez 90'	Attendance: 22,936

Hull City v Sheffield United

19 October 2010	Hull City	0–1	Sheffield United	KC Stadium
19:45			Yeates 53'	Attendance: 20,276

Doncaster Rovers v Sheffield United

23 October 2010	Doncaster Rovers	2–0	Sheffield United	Keepmoat Stadium
15:00	Coppinger 33' Sharp 42'			Attendance: 8,985

Sheffield United v Coventry City

30 October 2010	Sheffield United	0–1	Coventry City	Bramall Lane
15:00			McSheffrey 23'	Attendance: 20,059

Sheffield United v Ipswich Town

6 November 2010	Sheffield United	1–2	Ipswich Town	Bramall Lane
15:00	Quinn 29'		Priskin 6' McAuley 40'	Attendance: 19,207

Leicester City v Sheffield United

10 November 2010	Leicester City	2–2	Sheffield United	Walkers Stadium
19:45	Gallagher 8' Howard 90' (pen.)		Yeates 29', 41'	Attendance: 20,445

Millwall v Sheffield United

13 November 2010	Millwall	0–1	Sheffield United	The Den
15:00			Reid 29'	Attendance: 11,312

Sheffield United v Crystal Palace

20 November 2010	Sheffield United	3–2	Crystal Palace	Bramall Lane
15:00	Cresswell 39' (pen.) Evans 85' Bogdanović 87' (pen.)  90'		Danns 18' (pen.) Vaughan 63' Garvan  37'	Attendance: 20,240

Bristol City v Sheffield United

27 November 2010	Bristol City	3–0	Sheffield United	Ashton Gate
15:00	Pitman 6' (pen.), 34' (pen.) McAllister 62'			Attendance: 13,376

Barnsley v Sheffield United

11 December 2010	Barnsley	1–0	Sheffield United	Oakwell
15:00	Colace 37'			Attendance: 12,976

Sheffield United v Swansea City

18 December 2010	Sheffield United	1–0	Swansea City	Bramall Lane
15:00	Evans 44'			Attendance: 17,496

Sheffield United v Hull City

26 December 2010	Sheffield United	2–3	Hull City	Bramall Lane
15:00	Evans 62', 73'		Simpson 3', 45' (pen.) Bullard 90'	Attendance: 22,688

Norwich City v Sheffield United

28 December 2010	Norwich City	4–2	Sheffield United	Carrow Road
15:00	Nelson 20' Hoolahan 64' (pen.), 84' (pen.), 90'		Reid 17' Cresswell 29' Quinn  90'	Attendance: 25,809

Burnley v Sheffield United

1 January 2011	Burnley	4–2	Sheffield United	Turf Moor
15:00	Eagles 29' Iwelumo 45' Rodriguez 45' Thompson 85'		Yeates 9' Evans 47' (pen.)	Attendance: 14,897

Sheffield United v Doncaster Rovers

3 January 2011	Sheffield United	2–2	Doncaster Rovers	Bramall Lane
15:00	Bogdanović 86' Kozluk 90'		Sharp 66', 74' (pen.) Guedes  58'	Attendance: 21,102

Coventry City v Sheffield United

15 January 2011	Coventry City	0–0	Sheffield United	Ricoh Arena
15:00				Attendance: 14,854

Sheffield United v Norwich City

22 January 2011	Sheffield United	1–2	Norwich City	Bramall Lane
15:00	Evans 69'		Crofts 61', 80'	Attendance: 20,725

Sheffield United v Leicester City

1 February 2011	Sheffield United	0–1	Leicester City	Bramall Lane
19:45			King 4'	Attendance: 20,464

Ipswich Town v Sheffield United

5 February 2011	Ipswich Town	3–0	Sheffield United	Portman Road
15:00	Delaney 29' Norris 53' Wickham 87'		Kozluk  88' Williamson  89'	Attendance: 18,280

Sheffield United v Millwall

12 February 2011	Sheffield United	1–1	Millwall	Bramall Lane
15:00	Bogdanović 77' (pen.)		Lisbie 90'	Attendance: 19,793

Sheffield United v Reading

15 February 2011	Sheffield United	1–1	Reading	Bramall Lane
19:45	Bogdanović 88'		Long 81'	Attendance: 19,271

Crystal Palace v Sheffield United

19 February 2011	Crystal Palace	1–0	Sheffield United	Selhurst Park
15:00	Ambrose 69'			Attendance: 14,214

Scunthorpe United v Sheffield United

21 February 2011	Scunthorpe United	3–2	Sheffield United	Glanford Park
19:45	Garner 37', 44' Miller 53'		6' Evans 7' Cresswell	Attendance: 6,281

Sheffield United v Derby County

26 February 2011	Sheffield United	0–1	Derby County	Bramall Lane
15:00			27' Robinson	Attendance: 21,084

Portsmouth v Sheffield United

5 March 2011	Portsmouth	1–0	Sheffield United	Fratton Park
15:00	Hreiðarsson 24'			Attendance: 15,096

Sheffield United v Nottingham Forest

8 March 2011	Sheffield United	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Bramall Lane
19:45	Vokes 74' Matthew Lowton 80'		Adebola 42'	Attendance: 20,547

Watford v Sheffield United

12 March 2011	Watford	3–0	Sheffield United	Vicarage Road
15:00	Graham 10' Taylor 57' Jenkins 86'			Attendance: 12,441

Sheffield United v Leeds United

19 March 2011	Sheffield United	2–0	Leeds United	Bramall Lane
15:00	Lichaj 55' (o.g.) Riise 74'			Attendance: 23,728

Queens Park Rangers v Sheffield United

4 April 2011	Queens Park Rangers	3–0	Sheffield United	Loftus Road
19:45	Routledge 29', 66' Faurlín 52'			Attendance: 14,535

Sheffield United v Middlesbrough

9 April 2011	Sheffield United	1–2	Middlesbrough	Bramall Lane
15:00	Lowton 28'		Bates 18' Emnes 89'	Attendance: 21,572

Sheffield United v Cardiff City

12 April 2011	Sheffield United	0–2	Cardiff City	Bramall Lane
19:45			Bellamy 21' E-Thomas 71'	Attendance: 18,230

Preston North End v Sheffield United

16 April 2011	Preston North End	3–1	Sheffield United	Deepdale
15:00	Treacy 55', 68' Ellington 90'		Slew 72'	Attendance: 12,076

Sheffield United v Bristol City

23 April 2011	Sheffield United	3–2	Bristol City	Bramall Lane
15:00	Williamson 40' McAllister 43' Maguire  59' Slew 86'		Simonsen 10' (o.g.) Maynard  42' Pitman 60' (pen.)	Attendance: 18,151

Reading v Sheffield United

25 April 2011	Reading	2–3	Sheffield United	Madjeski Stadium
15:00	Hunt 9' Robson-Kanu 20'		Henderson 30' (51) Williamson 45+1'	Attendance: 19,165

Sheffield United v Barnsley

30 April 2011	Sheffield United	2–2	Barnsley	Bramall Lane
15:00	Lowton 39' Williamson 59'		Haynes 15', 84'	Attendance: 22,366

Swansea City v Sheffield United

7 May 2011	Swansea City	4–0	Sheffield United	Liberty Stadium
12:00	Dobbie 30', 60' Sinclair 55' (pen.) Britton 90'		Lowry  54'	Attendance: 17,584

FA Cup

Sheffield United v Aston Villa

8 January 2011 Round 3	Sheffield United	1–3	Aston Villa	Bramall Lane
15:00	Ward 48' (pen.)		Walker 9' Albrighton 33' Petrov 90'	Attendance: 16,888

League Cup

Hartlepool United v Sheffield United

11 August 2010 Round 1	Hartlepool United	2–0	Sheffield United	Victoria Park
19:45	Brown 6' Boyd 61' (pen.)			Attendance: 2,520