2010–11 Middlesbrough F.C. season

Middlesbrough

2010-11 season

Chairman

Steve Gibson

Manager

Gordon Strachan ((to 18 Oct))

Tony Mowbray ((from 26 Oct))

Home colours

Away colours

← 2009-10

2011-12 →

The 2010-11 Season is Middlesbrough second consecutive season in the Championship. The club captain is Matthew Bates, with Tony Mowbray as manager. Mark Venus was appointed assistant manager. Former manager Gordon Strachan resigned on 18 October 2010 by mutual consent, following a string of poor results. Mowbray was appointed on 26 October 2010.

1 Season review
- 1.1 Championship
  - 1.1.1 Results summary
  - 1.1.2 Result round by round
- 1.2 Championship results
2 League Cup results
3 FA Cup results
4 Squad
- 4.1 Statistics
5 Transfers
6 Notes and references

Season review

Championship

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	17	11	18	68	68	0	62	10	7	6	37	32	+5	7	4	12	31	36	−5

Source: []

Result round 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	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result
Position

Source: []
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Championship results

Win Draw Loss

Note: Results are given with Middlesbrough score listed first. Man of the Match is according to mfc.co.uk.

Game	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result F–A	Attendance	Boro Goalscorers	Man of the Match
1	7 August 2010	H	Ipswich Town	1–3	21,882	McDonald 22'	Coyne
2	14 August 2010	A	Leicester City	0–0	21,587		Steele
3	22 August 2010	H	Sheffield United	1–0	14,633	Boyd 52'	Arca
4	28 August 2010	A	Barnsley	0–2	11,767		Not awarded
5	11 September 2010	A	QPR	0–3	14,784		Steele
6	14 September 2010	H	Burnley	2–1	15,033	Kink (2) 79', 90'+4	Kink
7	18 September 2010	H	Reading	3–1	15,158	Robson 1', Lita 41', Wheater 68'	Lita
8	25 September 2010	A	Watford	1–3	12,185	Mariappa (o.g.) 80'	McDonald
9	28 September 2010	A	Derby County	1–3	24,739	Boyd 20'	Wheater
10	2 October 2010	H	Portsmouth	2–2	14,749	Bates 29', Robson 42' (pen.)	O'Neil
11	16 October 2010	H	Leeds United	1–2	23,550	Boyd 53'	Wheater
12	19 October 2010	A	Nottingham Forest	0–1	22,115		McMahon
13	23 October 2010	A	Norwich City	0–1	25,410		McManus
14	30 October 2010	H	Bristol City	1–2	19,039	Boyd 30'	L. Williams
15	6 November 2010	H	Crystal Palace	2–1	15,400	Kink 76', McCarthy (o.g.) 85'	McMahon
16	9 November 2010	A	Scunthorpe United	2–0	5,475	Boyd 6', McDonald 23'	Steele
17	14 November 2010	A	Swansea City	0–1	14,906		Wheater
18	20 November 2010	H	Millwall	0–1	15,697		Bates
19	27 November 2010	H	Hull City	2–2	15,075	Lita 29', McDonald 46'	Robson
20	4 December 2010	A	Coventry City	0–1	15,768		Emnes
21	11 December 2010	H	Cardiff City	1–0	14,250	Arca 40' (pen.)	Hines
22	17 December 2010	A	Doncaster Rovers	1–2	9,543	McDonald 4'	Thomson
23	28 December 2010	A	Preston North End	3–1	11,946	Lita (2) 30', 59', Wheater 61'	Lita
24	1 January 2011	A	Leeds United	1–1	30,452	Wheater 20'	Wheater
25	3 January 2011	H	Norwich City	1–1	16,853	R. Martin (o.g.) 21'	Bailey
26	15 January 2011	A	Bristol City	4–0	13,699	Cissé (o.g.) 43', Lita (2) 58', 90' (pen.), Robson 77'	Lita
27	22 January 2011	H	Preston North End	1–1	16,157	Bates 71'	Bailey
28	1 February 2011	H	Scunthorpe United	2–0	14,364	Boyd 8', McMahon 69'	McMahon
29	5 February 2011	A	Crystal Palace	0–1	14,060		Arca
30	12 February 2011	H	Swansea City	3–4	14,825	Emnes 8', Grounds 34', Lita 53'	Arca
31	19 February 2011	A	Millwall	3–2	11,871	McMahon 58', McDonald 62', Lita 83'	Zemmama
32	26 February 2011	H	QPR	0–3	16,972		Not awarded
33	1 March 2011	H	Nottingham Forest	1–1	15,341	McDonald 51'	Hines
34	5 March 2011	A	Reading	2–5	18,568	Lita (2) 29', 72' (pen.)	Ripley
35	8 March 2011	H	Derby County	2–1	13,712	Hines 73', Zemmama 88'	Hines
36	12 March 2011	A	Portsmouth	0–0	16,447		R. Williams
37	19 March 2011	H	Watford	2–1	16,090	McDonald 33', Taylor 45'	Bennett
38	2 April 2011	H	Leicester City	3–3	16,010	Emnes 14', R. Williams 55', McManus 90'+4	R. Williams
39	9 April 2011	A	Sheffield United	2–1	21,572	Bates 18', Emnes 89'	McManus
40	12 April 2011	A	Ipswich Town	3–3	17,286	Halliday 42', McDonald 43', Taylor 51'	Halliday
41	16 April 2011	H	Barnsley	1–1	16,107	McDonald 84'	Smith
42	19 April 2011	A	Burnley	1–3	21,882	Taylor 81'	Bates
43	23 April 2011	A	Hull City	4–2	21,937	McDonald (3) 11', 13', 45', Arca 26'	McDonald
44	25 April 2011	H	Coventry City	2–1	15,817	Arca 25', Kink 90'+2	Robson
45	2 May 2011	A	Cardiff City	3–0	25,183	Lita 3', Robson 13', Smallwood 21'	Robson
46	7 May 2011	H	Doncaster Rovers	3–0	19,978	Robson 43', Lita 66', Reach 90'+3	Emnes

League Cup results

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result F–A	Attendance	Boro Goalscorers	Man of the Match
1	10 August 2010	A	Chesterfield	2–1	6,509	McDonald 8', Arca 33'	Steele
2	24 August 2010	A	Millwall	1–2	6,704	McDonald 89'	Steele

FA Cup results

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result F–A	Attendance	Boro Goalscorers	Man of the Match
3	8 January 2011	A	Burton Albion	[1]	5,236	O'Neil 58'	Arca

Squad

The squad numbers for 2010–11 were announced on 2 August 2010.^[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Justin Hoyte
3	DF	Maximilian Haas
4	DF	Matthew Bates (captain)
5	MF	Merouane Zemmama
6	DF	Stephen McManus
7	FW	Scott McDonald
8	MF	Kevin Thomson
9	FW	Kris Boyd (on loan to Nottingham Forest)
10	MF	Nicky Bailey
11	FW	Tarmo Kink
12	DF	Andrew Davies (on loan from Stoke City)
13	GK	Paul Smith (on loan from Nottingham Forest)
14	MF	Willo Flood
15	FW	Leroy Lita
16	FW	Lee Miller (on loan to Scunthorpe United)
17	MF	Barry Robson (vice-captain)
19	MF	Andrew Halliday
20	MF	Julio Arca

No.	Position	Player
21	GK	Danny Coyne
22	FW	Luke Williams
23	DF	Jonathan Grounds
24	DF	Seb Hines
25	DF	Rhys Williams
26	DF	Andrew Taylor
27	DF	Joe Bennett
28	FW	Jonathan Franks
29	DF	Anthony McMahon
30	GK	Jason Steele
32	MF	Marvin Emnes
33	MF	Richard Smallwood
34	DF	Ben Gibson
35	MF	Bruno Pilatos
37	MF	Mickaël Tavares (on loan from Hamburg)
38	MF	Cameron Park
39	GK	Connor Ripley
41	DF	Adam Reach

Statistics

No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2			Justin Hoyte	19	0	16	0	1	0	2	0
3			Maximilian Haas	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
4			Matthew Bates	32	3	31	3	1	0	0	0
5			David Wheater*	26	3	24	3	0	0	2	0
5			Merouane Zemmama	9	1	9	1	0	0	0	0
6			Stephen McManus	24	1	23	1	0	0	1	0
7			Scott McDonald	39	14	37	12	0	0	2	2
8			Kevin Thomson	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	0
9			Kris Boyd	29	6	27	6	1	0	1	0
10			Nicky Bailey	37	0	34	0	1	0	2	0
11			Tarmo Kink	21	4	20	4	0	0	1	0
12			Andrew Davies	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
13			Paul Smith	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
14			Willo Flood	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
15			Leroy Lita	40	11	37	11	1	0	2	0
16			Lee Miller	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
17			Barry Robson	32	4	31	4	0	0	1	0
18			Gary O'Neil*	19	1	18	0	1	1	0	0
19			Andrew Halliday	13	1	12	1	0	0	1	0
20			Julio Arca	34	4	31	3	1	0	2	1
21			Danny Coyne	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
22			Luke Williams	7	0	6	0	0	0	1	0
23			Jonathan Grounds	7	2	6	1	0	0	1	1
24			Seb Hines	17	1	15	1	1	0	1	0
25			Rhys Williams	11	1	11	1	0	0	0	0
26			Andrew Taylor	20	3	20	3	0	0	0	0
27			Joe Bennett	33	0	31	0	1	0	1	0
28			Jonathan Franks	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
29			Anthony McMahon	34	2	33	2	1	0	0	0
30			Jason Steele	36	0	34	0	0	0	2	0
32			Marvin Emnes	22	3	21	3	0	0	1	0
33			Richard Smallwood	12	1	12	1	0	0	0	0
34			Ben Gibson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
35			Bruno Pilatos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36			Matt Kilgallon*	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
37			Mickaël Tavares	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0
38			Cameron Park	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
39			Connor Ripley	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
41			Connor Ripley	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0

(*: player has since left club)

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Club	Fee
1 July 2010	Andrew Halliday	Livingston	Undisclosed
5 July 2010	Kris Boyd	Rangers	Free
7 July 2010	Nicky Bailey	Charlton	£1.4 million
13 July 2010	Stephen McManus	Celtic	£1.5 million
16 July 2010	Kevin Thomson	Rangers	£2 million
28 July 2010	Tarmo Kink	Győri ETO	£835,000 (potentially increasing to £1.02 million)
31 January 2011	Maximilian Haas	Bayern Munich	Undisclosed
31 January 2011	Merouane Zemmama	Hibernian	Undisclosed

Out

Date	Player	Club	Fee
23 July 2010	John Johnson	Northampton Town	Undisclosed
17 August 2010	Brad Jones	Liverpool	£2.3 million
20 August 2010	Josh Walker	Watford	Free
23 August 2010	Mido	Ajax	Free
20 January 2010	David Wheater	Bolton Wanderers	Undisclosed
25 January 2010	Gary O'Neil	West Ham	Undisclosed

Loan in

Date	Player	Club	Until
20 August 2010	Matthew Kilgallon	Sunderland	End of Season (returned to Sunderland)
27 August 2010	Mickaël Tavares	Hamburg	January 2011
18 February 2011	Andrew Davies	Stoke City	End of Season
8 March 2011	Paul Smith	Nottingham Forest	End of Season

Loan out

Date	Player	Club	Until
31 August 2010	Jonathon Grounds	Hibernian	January 2011
31 August 2010	Andrew Taylor	Watford	January 2011
18 October 2010	Marvin Emnes	Swansea City	November 2010
19 November 2010	Lee Miller	Notts County	January 2011
28 January 2011	Lee Miller	Scunthorpe United	End of Season
8 March 2011	Kris Boyd	Nottingham Forest	End of Season

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FA competitions

FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds, Final)
Community Shield
FA Trophy (Final)
FA Youth Cup
FA Women's Cup (Final)

Premier and Football Leagues

Men	Premier League (Academy, Reserve) Football League League Cup (Final) Football League Trophy (Final) Play-offs

Women	Super League ('11) Premier League

Football Conference

Football Conference (National, North, South)

Lower leagues

Isthmian League
Northern Premier League
Southern League
Western League
South West Peninsula League

European competitions

Men	Champions League (Final) Europa League

Women	Champions League (Final)

Related to national teams

Men	UEFA Euro 2012 qualification (Group G) Fabio Capello

Women	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Hope Powell

Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Chelsea Everton Fulham Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Stoke City Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers

Championship	Barnsley Bristol City Burnley Cardiff City Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Doncaster Rovers Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City Nottingham Forest Portsmouth Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Swansea City Watford

League One	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

League Two	Accrington Stanley Aldershot Town Barnet Bradford City Burton Albion Bury Cheltenham Town Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Gillingham Hereford United Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Morecambe Northampton Town Oxford United Port Vale Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Stevenage Stockport County Torquay United Wycombe Wanderers

Conference National	AFC Wimbledon Altrincham Barrow Bath City Cambridge United Crawley Town Darlington Eastbourne Borough Fleetwood Town Forest Green Rovers Gateshead Grimsby Town Hayes & Yeading United Histon Kettering Town Kidderminster Harriers Luton Town Mansfield Town Newport County Rushden & Diamonds Southport Tamworth Wrexham York City

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