The 2010–11 Premier League (known as the
Barclays
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Barclays traces ...
Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 19th season of the Premier League since its establishment in 1992. The 2010–11 fixtures were released on 17 June 2010 at 09:00
BST. The season began on 14 August 2010, and ended on 22 May 2011.
Chelsea
Chelsea or Chelsey may refer to:
Places Australia
* Chelsea, Victoria
Canada
* Chelsea, Nova Scotia
* Chelsea, Quebec
United Kingdom
* Chelsea, London, an area of London, bounded to the south by the River Thames
** Chelsea (UK Parliament consti ...
were the
defending champions.
Manchester United
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secured the title with a 1–1 draw away to
Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers Football Club is a professional football club, based in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, which competes in the , the second tier of the English football league system. They have played home matches at Ewood Park since 1890. T ...
on 14 May 2011.
This was their nineteenth English league title, breaking a tie with
Liverpool
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which had stood since Manchester United won their eighteenth title in 2009.
Manchester United
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of City of Salford, Salford to ...
,
Chelsea
Chelsea or Chelsey may refer to:
Places Australia
* Chelsea, Victoria
Canada
* Chelsea, Nova Scotia
* Chelsea, Quebec
United Kingdom
* Chelsea, London, an area of London, bounded to the south by the River Thames
** Chelsea (UK Parliament consti ...
,
Manchester City
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The tw ...
and
Arsenal
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all secured a berth for the
2011–12 UEFA Champions League
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, while
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as Tottenham () or Spurs, is a professional association football, football club based in Tottenham, London, England. It competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English footba ...
qualified for the
2011–12 UEFA Europa League
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via league position. At the bottom,
West Ham United
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club that plays its home matches in Stratford, East London. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club plays at the London Stadium, hav ...
,
Blackpool
Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Located on the North West England, northwest coast of England, it is the main settlement within the Borough of Blackpool, borough also called Blackpool. The town is by the Irish Sea, betw ...
, and
Birmingham City
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional football club based in Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, it was renamed Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham in 1905, and Birmingham City in 1943. Since 2011, the first te ...
were relegated to the
Championship
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Championship systems
Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship.
Title match system
In this system ...
.
Rule changes
The Premier League introduced a cap on the number of players in a squad. From this season onwards, clubs had to declare a squad of no more than 25 players when the summer
transfer window
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shuts, and then again at the end of the January transfer window. Players aged 21 and under could be selected without being registered in the 25.
Also being introduced this season was the "home grown players" rule, which aims to encourage the development of young footballers at
Premier League
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clubs. The new rule required clubs to name at least eight players in their squad of 25 players that have been registered domestically for a minimum of three seasons prior to their 21st birthday.
All of the Premier League teams submitted their 25-man squads on 1 September 2010 deadline.
Teams
Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the
Championship
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Championship systems
Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship.
Title match system
In this system ...
. The promoted teams were
Newcastle United
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, that plays in the Premier League – the top flight of English football. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End ...
,
West Bromwich Albion
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(both teams returning after a season's absence) and
Blackpool
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(returning after a thirty-nine-year absence). This was also Blackpool's first season in the Premier League. They replaced
Burnley
Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Bru ...
,
Hull City
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and
Portsmouth
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Portsmouth is the most dens ...
, ending their top flight spells of one, two and seven years respectively.
Stadiums and locations
:''Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
*
1 Correct as of start of 2010–11 Premier League season
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA
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eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Nike produced a new match ball, the Nike Total 90 Tracer, which was electric blue, black and white during the autumn and spring. A high-visibility version in yellow was released for the winter. Additionally, Umbro provided officials with new kits in black, lime green, yellow, red and cyan blue for the season.
Tune Ventures
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, parent company of
Air Asia, took over as sponsor of the referee kits for the next three seasons.
Managerial changes
League table
Results
Season statistics
Scoring
*First goal of the season:
Stewart Downing
Stewart Downing (born 22 July 1984) is an English former professional footballer. He played most of his career as a winger, where he operated predominantly on the left-hand side, though he could play on the right and go inside on to his stronge ...
for Aston Villa against
West Ham United
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club that plays its home matches in Stratford, East London. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club plays at the London Stadium, hav ...
(
''14 August 2010'')
*Fastest goal of the season: 30 seconds –
Maxi Rodríguez
Maximiliano "Maxi" Rubén Rodríguez (; born 2 January 1981) is an Argentine former footballer. Nicknamed ''La Fiera'' (''The Beast'' in English), he was commonly used as a winger on both flanks but could also operate as an attacking midfielde ...
for
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...
against
Fulham
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(
''9 May 2011'')
*Widest winning margin: 6 goals
**Chelsea 6–0 West Bromwich Albion (
''14 August 2010'')
**Arsenal 6–0 Blackpool (
''21 August 2010'')
**Wigan Athletic 0–6 Chelsea (
''21 August 2010'')
**Newcastle United 6–0 Aston Villa (
''22 August 2010'')
**Manchester United 7–1 Blackburn Rovers (
''27 November 2010'')
*Highest scoring game: 8 goals
** Manchester United 7–1 Blackburn Rovers (
''27 November 2010'')
** Everton 5–3 Blackpool (
''5 February 2011'')
** Newcastle United 4–4 Arsenal (
''5 February 2011'')
*Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 7 goals – Manchester United 7–1 Blackburn Rovers (
''27 November 2010'')
*Fewest games failed to score in: 5 – Manchester United
*Most games failed to score in: 13
** Stoke City
** West Ham United
** Wigan Athletic
Top scorers
Hat-tricks
*
4 Player scored four goals
*
5 Player scored five goals
Clean sheets
Player
Club
*Most
clean sheet
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Shutouts are usuall ...
s: 18 – Manchester City
*Fewest clean sheets: 2 – West Bromwich Albion
Discipline
Club
*Worst overall disciplinary record (1 point per yellow card, 3 points per red card):
** Manchester City – 89 points (74 yellow & 5 red cards)
*Best overall disciplinary record:
** Blackpool – 53 points (47 yellow & 2 red cards)
*Most yellow cards: 75 – Newcastle United
*Most red cards: 7 – West Bromwich Albion
Player
*Most yellow cards: 14 –
Cheick Tioté
Cheick Ismaël Tioté (; 21 June 1986 – 5 June 2017) was an Ivorian professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
After playing youth football for FC Bibo in his hometown of Yamoussoukro, he made his professional debut in 200 ...
(Newcastle United)
*Most red cards: 2
**
Lee Cattermole
Lee Barry Cattermole (born 21 March 1988) is an English former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.
An England youth product, Cattermole has earned a reputation as a tough-tackling midfielder due to his lengthy disciplin ...
(Sunderland)
**
Craig Gardner
Craig Gardner (born 25 November 1986) is an English professional football coach and former player who made 260 appearances in the Premier League and a further 67 in the Championship. He joined the coaching staff at Birmingham City in January 20 ...
(Birmingham City)
**
Laurent Koscielny
Laurent Koscielny (born 10 September 1985) is a French former professional footballer who played as a centre back.
Born in Tulle, Koscielny began his football career playing for a host of youth clubs before moving to Guingamp in 2003, where he q ...
(Arsenal)
**
Youssouf Mulumbu
Youssouf Mulumbu (born 25 January 1987) is a Congolese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Mulumbu came through Paris Saint-Germain's youth academy. He began playing for Paris Saint-Germain B in 2004 and was promoted to th ...
(West Bromwich Albion)
**
Ryan Shawcross
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Shawcross began his career with Manchester United ...
(Stoke City)
*Most fouls: 115 –
Kevin Davies
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(Bolton Wanderers)
Awards
Monthly awards
Annual awards
Premier League Manager of the Season
Manchester United manager
Sir Alex Ferguson
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, 69, received the
Premier League Manager of the Season
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.
Premier League Player of the Season
The
Premier League Player of the Season
The Premier League Player of the Season is an annual association football award presented to players in England, which recognises the most outstanding player in the Premier League each season. The recipient is chosen by a panel assembled by the ...
award was won by
Nemanja Vidić
Nemanja Vidić ( sr-Cyrl, Немања Видић, ; born 21 October 1981) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He is best known for his time at Manchester United, was part of the Serbia national team, and is ...
of Manchester United.
PFA Players' Player of the Year
The
PFA Players' Player of the Year
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was awarded to
Gareth Bale
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.
PFA Team of the Year
PFA Young Player of the Year
The
PFA Young Player of the Year
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was awarded to
Jack Wilshere
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Wilshere came up through Arsenal's youth academy and i ...
.
FWA Footballer of the Year
The
FWA Footballer of the Year
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was awarded to
Scott Parker
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Parker began his career at Charlton Athletic, and ...
.
Premier League Golden Boot
Dimitar Berbatov
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of Manchester United and
Carlos Tevez
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of Manchester City shared the
Premier League Golden Boot
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this season, both finishing with 20 goals. Berbatov's 20 goals came in 32 appearances, with Tevez's 20 goals coming in 31 appearances. This was the first time either player had won the award, and the first time it had been shared since the
1998–99 season.
Premier League Golden Glove
The
Premier League Golden Glove
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award was won by
Joe Hart
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He began his career at his hometown club Shrewsbury T ...
of Manchester City.
Premier League Fair Play Award
The Premier League Fair Play Award was won by Fulham, who finished on top of the Fair Play Table. Newcastle United were deemed to be the least sporting team, finishing bottom of the table. Due to England being one of the three best teams in the
UEFA Fair Play ranking
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Qualific ...
s, Fulham as the highest-ranked team not already qualified for a European competition were awarded a spot in the first qualifying round of the
2011–12 UEFA Europa League
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.
PFA Fans' Player of the Year
The
PFA Fans' Player of the Year
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was awarded to
Raul Meireles
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After starting out at Boavista, he signed with Porto in 2004, going on to appear in 198 official games and win ten major trophies ...
.
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