The 2010–11 Premier League (known as the
Barclays
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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 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 level of the English football league system. They have played home matches at Ewood Park since 1890. Th ...
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 United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United (often stylised as Man Utd) or simply United, is a professional association football, football club based in Old Trafford (area), Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, Engl ...
,
Chelsea,
Manchester City
Manchester City Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in Manchester, England, that competes in the Premier League, the English football league system, top flight of Football in England, English footbal ...
and
Arsenal
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all secured a berth for the
2011–12 UEFA Champions League
The 2011–12 UEFA Champions League was the 57th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 20th season in its current Champions League format. As part of a trial that started in the 2009–10 UEFA Europa Lea ...
, while
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Tottenham (, , , ) or Spurs, is a professional Association football, football club based in Tottenham, North London, England. The club itself has stated that it should always ...
qualified for the
2011–12 UEFA Europa League via league position.
Relegation
On 15 May 2011,
West Ham United
West Ham United Football Club is a professional Association football, football club based in Stratford, London, Stratford, East London, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English f ...
were the first team to be relegated to the
Championship
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Championship systems
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Title match system
In this sys ...
, following a 3–2 defeat away to
Wigan Athletic
Wigan Athletic Football Club is a professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system.
Founded in 1932, they have p ...
. Two more relegation spots were to be confirmed going into the final day of the season, with five teams (
Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers Football Club is a professional football club based in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, which competes in the , the second level of the English football league system. They have played home matches at Ewood Park since 1890. Th ...
,
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club ( ), commonly referred to as Wolves, is a professional association football, football club based in Wolverhampton, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league s ...
,
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. The team compete in the ...
,
Blackpool
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, and Wigan Athletic) all at threat of the drop. Blackburn secured their top flight status with a 3–2 away win over Wolves. Blackpool were relegated after losing 4–2 to champions Manchester United at
Old Trafford
Old Trafford () is a football stadium in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, and is the home of Manchester United. With a capacity of 74,197, it is the largest club football stadium (and second-largest football stadium overall after W ...
, despite having led at one point. Birmingham City were also down after
Roman Pavlyuchenko scored an injury-time winner for Tottenham at
White Hart Lane
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. Both of these results allowed Wolves to avoid the drop by one point, despite their loss to Blackburn, while Wigan, who were in the bottom three prior to kick-off, extended their Premier League stay to seven consecutive seasons after a 1–0 win away at
Stoke City.
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
In association football, a transfer window is the period during the year in which a football club, club can add players to their squad who were previously under contract with another club. Such a Transfer (association football), transfer is comp ...
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
The Premier League is a professional association football league in England and the highest level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football Lea ...
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
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Title match system
In this sys ...
. The promoted teams were
Newcastle United
Newcastle United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English football. Since th ...
,
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 2021 population of 78,266. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River B ...
,
Hull City and
Portsmouth
Portsmouth ( ) is a port city status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. Most of Portsmouth is located on Portsea Island, off the south coast of England in the Solent, making Portsmouth the only city in En ...
, who 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 sys ...
after 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, 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 for Aston Villa against
West Ham United
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(
''14 August 2010'')
*Fastest goal of the season: 30 seconds –
Maxi Rodríguez for
Liverpool
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against
Fulham
Fulham () is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It lies in a loop on the north bank of the River Thames, bordering Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea, London, Chelsea ...
(
''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 sheets: 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 (Newcastle United)
*Most red cards: 2
**
Lee Cattermole (Sunderland)
**
Craig Gardner (Birmingham City)
**
Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal)
**
Youssouf Mulumbu (West Bromwich Albion)
**
Ryan Shawcross (Stoke City)
*Most fouls: 115 –
Kevin Davies (Bolton Wanderers)
Awards
Monthly awards
Annual awards
Premier League Manager of the Season
Manchester United manager
Sir Alex Ferguson, 69, received the
Premier League Manager of the Season.
Premier League Player of the Season
The
Premier League Player of the Season award was won by
Nemanja Vidić of Manchester United.
PFA Players' Player of the Year
The
PFA Players' Player of the Year
The Professional Footballers' Association Men's Players' Player of the Year (often called the PFA Men's Players' Player of the Year, the Players' Player of the Year, or simply the Player of the Year) is an annual award given to the player who is ...
was awarded to
Gareth Bale
Gareth Frank Bale (born 16 July 1989) is a Welsh former professional Association football, footballer who played as a right winger, most notably for Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur, Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid, and the Wales national ...
.
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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.
FWA Footballer of the Year
The
FWA Footballer of the Year was awarded to
Scott Parker.
Premier League Golden Boot
Dimitar Berbatov 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 award was won by
Joe Hart 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
The UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking was used by UEFA from 1995 to the 2015–16 season to grant three berths for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. Since that time it has granted a monetary prize to winning associations.
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.
PFA Fans' Player of the Year
The
PFA Fans' Player of the Year was awarded to
Raul Meireles.
Attendances
References
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