2010–11 Sheffield United F.C. season

Sheffield United
2010–11 season
Chairman	Kevin McCabe
Manager	Kevin Blackwell; (to August); Gary Speed; (to December); Micky Adams; (from December)
Championship	22nd (Relegated)
FA Cup	Third Round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Evans (9); All: Evans (9)
Highest home attendance	23,728; (vs. Leeds United,; 19 March)
Lowest home attendance	16,888; (vs. Aston Villa,; 8 January)
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	← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010-11 season was Sheffield United's third 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.

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
4	MF	SCO	Nick Montgomery
5	DF	ENG	Chris Morgan (captain)
6	MF	AUT	Johannes Ertl
7	FW	ENG	Darius Henderson
8	MF	EIR	Michael Doyle
9	FW	WAL	Ched Evans
10	FW	MLT	Daniel Bogdanović
11	MF	EIR	Mark Yeates
13	GK	EST	Mihkel Aksalu
14	MF	JAM	Lee Williamson
15	MF	ENG	Ryan France
16	DF	ENG	Andy Taylor
17	FW	ENG	Richard Cresswell
19	MF	NOR	Erik Tønne
22	DF	ENG	Rob Kozluk
23	DF	SCO	Neill Collins
24	MF	EIR	David McAllister


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	GK	ENG	George Long
27	FW	ENG	Danny Philliskirk (on loan from Chelsea)
28	MF	EIR	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	EIR	Matthew Harriott
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	EIR	Seamus Conneely
—	GK	ENG	Paul Crichton
—	MF	HUN	András Gárdos

Squad statistics

As of the end of the season

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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
13	GK	EST	Mihkel Aksalu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	JAM	Lee Williamson	41	3	14+26	3	1	0	0	0
15	MF	ENG	Ryan France	0	0	0	0	0	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
32	DF	ENG	Phil Roe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
39	GK	AUS	Lawrence Thomas	0	0	0	0	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
42	DF	AUS	Mark Warren	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	MF	NOR	Kristoffer Løkberg	0	0	0	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
40	MF	WAL	Gary Speed	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

In

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Loans In

No.	P	Name	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	36	Estudiantes (LP)	1 Oct		BBC Sport
24	MF	Reid	28	Sunderland	30 Oct	31 Dec	BBC Sport	Sheffield United F.C.
27	FW	Philliskirk	33	Chelsea	10 Jan		Sheffield United F.C.
20	DF	Mattock	34	West Bromwich Albion	13 Jan		BBC Sport
21	DF	Lowry	35	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	41	Fulham	15 Feb		BBC Sport
19	FW	Vokes	35	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

N	P	Name	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.	P	Name	Country	Age	Loan club	Started	Ended	Start source	End source
18	MF	Jamie Ward		38	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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

References