2010–11 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

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Wolverhampton Wanderers
2010–11 season
Chairman Steve Morgan OBE
Manager Mick McCarthy
Premier League 17th
FA Cup 4th round
League Cup 4th round
Top goalscorer League: Steven Fletcher (10)
All: Steven Fletcher (12)
Highest home attendance 29,086 (vs Blackpool, 26 February 2011)
Lowest home attendance 10,031 (vs Doncaster, 18 January 2011)
Average home league attendance 27,696
Home colours
Away colours
← 2009-10 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 season was the 112th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. The club competed in the Premier League, the highest level of English football, for a second consecutive season.

Although this season was the club's 62nd at the top level of English football, it was the first time they had faced consecutive campaigns in the highest division since 1981–82. The previous season had seen them survive their return to the highest level with a 15th-place finish, eight points above the relegation zone.

The club survived for a second successive season after finishing 17th, one place above the relegation zone. Despite losing their final fixture, results elsewhere on the final day kept Wolves one point ahead of the bottom three teams.

Season review

Preparing for their second consecutive season in the Premier League, the club made five new additions. Beside turning the loan of Adlène Guedioura into a permanent deal,[1] the summer also saw the arrival of Belgian international defender Jelle Van Damme,[2] and two players captured from relegated Hull City - Steven Mouyokolo and Stephen Hunt;[3][4] the latter ending a pursuit that had begun during the previous transfer window.[5] Their most expensive new addition was striker Steven Fletcher who equalled the club's record fee of £6.5 million in joining from another relegated side, Burnley.[6] For a third successive season, England under-21 defender Michael Mancienne joined on loan from Chelsea.[7]

Those players not involved in the World Cup Finals resumed training at their Sir Jack Hayward training ground on 28 June,[8] before travelling for a four-day stay in Dublin, where they undertook their first pre-season game.[9] Preparations were completed with the only home friendly, a game against La Liga side Atletico Bilbao.

Competitive action began with a 2–1 victory over Stoke City, the first opening game Wolves had won since 1999.[10] Two successive draws followed to push them up to fourth place, the highest position the club had occupied in the English football system since October 1979.[11] However, after losing their unbeaten start with an injury time defeat at Fulham,[12] the team tumbled down the table after a run of five defeats in their next six games.

Three points were finally gained after defeating big-spending Manchester City in late October, but a run of four successive losses followed.[13] Two late goals at home to Sunderland swung the game in Wolves' favour to keep them in touch with fellow strugglers Wigan and West Ham at the end of November.[14] December brought two defeats, but also two much-needed victories - against local rivals Birmingham City,[15] and a shock win at Anfield; their first since 1984.[16]

Jelle Van Damme returned to Belgium after just a five-month stay at Wolves having struggled to adapt to England.

The January transfer window saw the exit of Jelle Van Damme, who returned to Belgium after failing to settle in England.[17] Two young players arrived in permanent deals - winger Adam Hammill from Championship team Barnsley,[18] and Scottish forward Leigh Griffiths.[19] On the field, the year began with a loss at relegation rivals West Ham before an unexpected win at home to reigning champions Chelsea.[20] Three successive league defeats, and an exit from the FA Cup followed, before the team again turned the table on its head by ending Manchester United's 29-match unbeaten streak.[21]

Matt Jarvis collects his Player of the Season award after the final game.

The first Black Country derby in the top flight for 27 years arrived in February, after snow had caused the original December date to be postponed.[22] The game ended all square, but only after West Bromwich Albion had canceled out loanee Jamie O'Hara's opener with a stoppage time equaliser.[23] The next weekend saw Wolves record their biggest victory of the Premier League era, as they thumped Blackpool 4–0 to lift themselves out of the relegation zone for the first time since September.[24] Four more points then followed, after games with Tottenham and Aston Villa.

April brought the news that striker Kevin Doyle had suffered ligament damage while on international duty with the Republic of Ireland and would struggle to feature again during the season.[25] As manager Mick McCarthy switched formations and line-ups to try to replace Doyle as the spearhead of a 4–5–1 formation, the team endured a run of just two points from a possible 15. With three games remaining the team remained in the drop zone, but in touch with a number of other clubs. The renewed goalscoring form of Steven Fletcher, helped yield two successive 3–1 victories that clawed the team out of the relegation zone before the final day.[26][27]

The final day of the 2010–11 season featured one of the tightest ever relegation battles. At the start of the day, six teams had still not assured their safety - with one, West Ham, already condemned to relegation. The remaining two places could potentially be filled by Wolves, Blackburn, Birmingham, Blackpool or Wigan. Wolves faced Blackburn at Molineux in the final game to feature the North Bank stand that had stood since 1992.[28]

A dismal first half performance left the home side 0–3 down at the half time interval, meaning they occupied a relegation place.[29] Despite moving up to 17th after Birmingham fell behind at Tottenham early in the second half, two key goals in the same minute sunk Wolves back into the mire as Birmingham equalised, and Wigan took the lead in their game at Stoke.[29] With just three minutes remaining at Molineux, a goal by Stephen Hunt reduced the deficit to 2–3, meaning Wolves were safe by virtue of goals scored (having tied Birmingham on points and goal difference).[29] An injury time goal by Tottenham then ended all doubt and sent Birmingham down, along with Blackpool who had eventually lost at champions Manchester United despite having at one point led.[29]

Wolves had survived in 17th place, on 40 points, a two-point improvement on the previous campaign despite a much more nervous finale.

Results

Pre season

Wolves' seven pre season games saw them face opposition from five different leagues. As had become common in recent years, only their final game was held at their Molineux home. A second "Wolves Development XI" team largely comprising academy prospects also played a series of matches during this period.

"Wolves Development XI" pre season results (all away): 4–1 v Lisburn Distillery (15 July), 1–0 v Glenavon (17 July), 0–2 v Newport County (23 July), 1–0 v Cheltenham Town (30 July), 7–1 v Chasetown (2 August), 4–2 v Telford United (10 August)

Premier League

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See also: 2010–11 Premier League

A total of 20 teams competed in the Premier League in the 2010–11 season. Each team played every other team twice: once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats.

The provisional fixture list was released on 17 June 2010, but was subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage or police concerns.[30]

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
16 Wigan Athletic 38 9 15 14 40 61 –21 42
17 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 11 7 20 46 66 –20 40
18 Birmingham City 38 8 15 15 37 58 –21 39
19 Blackpool 38 10 9 19 55 78 –23 39
20 West Ham United 38 7 12 19 43 70 –27 33

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
38 11 7 20 46 66  −20 40 8 4 7 30 30  0 3 3 13 16 36  −20

Source: Statto.com

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
Result W D D L L L L D L W L L L L W L W L W L W L L L W L D W D W L L D L D W W L
Position 4 5 4 9 15 17 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 20 19 20 19 20 17 18 19 20 20 20 20 17 19 18 19 19 19 19 19 17 16 17

Source: Statto.com

FA Cup

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See also: 2010–11 FA Cup

League Cup

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See also: 2010–11 Football League Cup

Players

New squad rules operated in the Premier League for the season. Squads were capped at 25 senior players (those aged 21 and above at the beginning of 2010), and all squads had to include a minimum of 8 "homegrown" players.[31][32] Wolves squads included 14, then 15, such players.[33][34]

Statistics

Key

      ‡ On loan from another club       * First appearance(s) for the club

Correct as of end of season. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.


No. Pos Name P G P G P G P G A yellow card A red card Notes
League FA Cup League Cup Total Discipline
1 GK United States Marcus Hahnemann 14 0 3 0 0 0 17 0 1 0
2 DF Belgium Jelle Van Damme † 4(2) 1 0 0 0 0 4(2) 1 2 0
3 DF Cameroon George Elokobi 23(4) 2 2 0 3 1 28(4) 3 5 1
4 MF Wales David Edwards 12(3) 1 1(1) 0 1 0 15(4) 1 1 0
5 DF England Richard Stearman 27(4) 0 3 0 2 1 31(4) 1 6 0
6 DF England Jody Craddock 14(1) 1 1 0 0 0 15(1) 1 5 0
7 MF England Michael Kightly 1(3) 0 0 0 0 0 1(3) 0 1 0 [nb 1]
8 MF England Karl Henry (c) 28(1) 0 2 0 0 0 30(1) 0 8 1
9 FW England Sylvan Ebanks-Blake 9(19) 7 0(1) 0 2(1) 0 11(21) 7 0 0
10 FW Scotland Steven Fletcher 16(12) 10 3 1 1(1) 1 20(13) 12 1 0
11 DF Republic of Ireland Stephen Ward 27(6) 1 2(1) 0 0 0 29(7) 1 2 0
12 MF Republic of Ireland Stephen Hunt 14(7) 3 3 1 1 0 18(7) 4 5 0
13 GK Wales Wayne Hennessey 24 0 0 0 3 0 27 0 0 0
14 MF England David Jones 11(1) 1 1(1) 1 1 0 13(2) 2 1 0
15 MF England Greg Halford ¤ 0(1) 0 0 0 2 0 2(1) 0 1 0
16 DF Scotland Christophe Berra 31(1) 0 2 0 2 0 35(1) 0 6 1
17 MF England Matt Jarvis 35(2) 4 2(1) 1 1 0 38(3) 5 2 0
18 FW Wales Sam Vokes ¤ 0(2) 0 0(2) 0 0 0 0(4) 0 0 0
19 FW Republic of Ireland Andy Keogh ¤ 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0
19 FW England Marcus Bent ‡ 0(3) 0 0 0 1(1) 0 1(4) 0 0 0
19 MF England Adam Hammill 7(3) 0 0 0 0 0 7(3) 0 0 0
20 MF Serbia Nenad Milijaš 20(3) 2 2 1 2 2 24(3) 5 2 0
21 DF England Michael Mancienne ‡ 13(3) 0 0 0 1 0 14(3) 0 1 0
22 DF France Steven Mouyokolo 2(2) 0 1 0 2 0 5(2) 0 0 0
23 DF Guadeloupe Ronald Zubar 14(1) 1 2 0 1 0 17(1) 1 5 0
24 MF England Jamie O'Hara ‡ 13(1) 3 0 0 0 0 13(1) 3 3 0
25 MF Belgium Geoffrey Mujangi Bia ‡ 0(1) 0 1 1 0(1) 0 1(2) 1 0 0
26 DF England Matt Hill ¤ † 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [nb 2]
26 GK Brazil Adriano Basso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 FW Scotland Leigh Griffiths 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW Republic of Ireland Kevin Doyle 24(1) 5 1(1) 1 0(3) 2 25(5) 8 1 0
30 GK Nigeria Carl Ikeme ¤ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [nb 3]
31 GK England Matt Murray † 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [nb 4]
32 DF Republic of Ireland Kevin Foley 29(3) 2 0 0 2(1) 1 31(4) 3 4 0
33 FW Austria Stefan Maierhofer ¤ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 MF Algeria Adlène Guedioura 4(6) 1 0 0 2 0 6(6) 1 3 0
35 DF England Ethan Ebanks-Landell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 DF Republic of Ireland John Dunleavy ¤ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 MF England David Davis ¤ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 FW England Sam Winnall ¤ 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
39 DF England Danny Batth ¤ 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
40 FW England Ashley Hemmings ¤ 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
41 DF England Scott Malone ¤ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 FW England James Spray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 MF England Jamie Reckord ¤ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 MF Republic of Ireland Nathan Rooney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 GK Republic of Ireland Aaron McCarey ¤ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 DF Republic of Ireland Matt Doherty 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
  1. ↑ Kightly was omitted from the squad list submitted after the Summer transfer window due to continuing injury problems.
  2. ↑ Hill was omitted from the squad list submitted after the Summer transfer window.
  3. ↑ Ikeme was omitted from the squad list submitted after the January transfer window after undergoing shoulder surgery.
  4. ↑ Murray announced his playing retirement due to multiple injury problems in August 2010.

Awards

Award Winner[35]
Fans' Player of the Season Matt Jarvis
Players' Player of the Season Matt Jarvis
Young Player of the Season Matt Doherty
Academy Player of the Season Johnny Gorman
Goal of the Season Jamie O'Hara
(vs West Bromwich Albion, 20 February 2011)

Transfers

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See also: List of English football transfers summer 2010 and List of English football transfers winter 2010–11

In

Date Player From Fee
10 May 2010 Algeria Adlène Guedioura Charleroi Undisclosed[1]
1 June 2010 Belgium Jelle Van Damme Anderlecht £2.5 million[2]
3 June 2010 Scotland Steven Fletcher Burnley £6.5 million[6]
18 June 2010 France Steven Mouyokolo Hull City Undisclosed[3]
21 June 2010 Republic of Ireland Stephen Hunt Hull City Undisclosed[4]
22 August 2010 Republic of Ireland Matt Doherty Bohemians £75,000[36]
20 January 2011 England Adam Hammill Barnsley Undisclosed[18]
27 January 2011 Scotland Leigh Griffiths Dundee Undisclosed[19]
31 January 2011 Brazil Adriano Basso Unattached Free[37]

Out

Date Player To Fee
12 May 2010 England Jason Shackell Barnsley Undisclosed[38]
25 May 2010 England Mark Little Peterborough United Free[39]
1 June 2010 Scotland Chris Iwelumo Burnley Undisclosed[40]
11 June 2010 England Daniel Jones Sheffield Wednesday Free[41]
14 June 2010 England George Friend Doncaster Rovers Free[42]
22 June 2010 England Andrew Surman Norwich City Undisclosed[43]
26 August 2010 England Matt Murray Retired –[44]
1 January 2011 Belgium Jelle Van Damme Standard Liège £2.5 million[17]
24 January 2011 England Matt Hill Released Free[45]

Loans in

Date Player From End date
11 May 2010 Belgium Geoffrey Mujangi Bia Charleroi End of season[46]
26 August 2010 England Michael Mancienne Chelsea End of season[7]
31 August 2010 England Marcus Bent Birmingham City 4 January 2011[47]
30 January 2011 England Jamie O'Hara Tottenham End of season[48]

Loans out

Date Player To End date
1 July 2010 England Nathaniel Mendez-Laing Peterborough United End of season[49]
3 August 2010 Austria Stefan Maierhofer MSV Duisburg End of season[50]
5 August 2010 Wales Sam Vokes Bristol City 5 January 2011[51]
25 August 2010 Republic of Ireland Andy Keogh Cardiff City 31 January 2011[52]
26 August 2010 Nigeria Carl Ikeme Leicester City 25 November 2010[53]
9 September 2010 England David Davis Walsall 21 October 2010[54]
19 October 2010 England Greg Halford Portsmouth 3 January 2011[55]
20 October 2010 England Matt Hill Barnsley 16 November 2010[56]
22 October 2010 England Scott Malone Burton Albion End of season[57]
22 October 2010 England Ashley Hemmings Torquay United 31 January 2011[58]
25 November 2010 England Matt Hill Barnsley 22 January 2011[59]
25 November 2010 England Danny Batth Sheffield United 29 December 2010[60]
12 January 2011 Republic of Ireland John Dunleavy Barnet 9 February 2011[61]
13 January 2011 England Greg Halford Portsmouth End of season[62]
31 January 2011 Republic of Ireland Andy Keogh Bristol City 14 April 2011[63]
31 January 2011 England David Davis Shrewsbury Town End of season[64]
10 February 2011 England Sam Winnall Burton Albion End of season[65]
15 February 2011 Wales Sam Vokes Sheffield United 20 March 2011[66]
16 February 2011 Republic of Ireland Aaron McCarey Telford United 14 March 2011[67]
7 March 2011 England Jamie Reckord Northampton Town End of season[68]
16 March 2011 England Danny Batth Sheffield Wednesday End of season[69]
24 March 2011 Wales Sam Vokes Norwich City 22 April 2011[70]

Management and coaching staff

Position Name
Manager Mick McCarthy
Assistant manager Terry Connor
First team fitness and conditioning coach Tony Daley
Goalkeeping coach Pat Mountain
Development coach, 18-21s Steve Weaver
Academy manager Kevin Thelwell
Assistant academy manager/under-18s coach Mick Halsall
Club doctor Dr Matthew Perry
Head of Medical Department Steve Kemp
Club physio Alan Peacham

Kit

The season saw new home and away kits, both manufactured by new supplier BURRDA.[71] The home kit featured the club's traditional gold and black colours while the away kit was all black with gold piping.[72] Both shirts featured the internet gambling company Sportingbet.com as sponsor.[73]

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