2010–11_West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C._season

West Bromwich Albion
2010–11 season
Chairman	Jeremy Peace
Manager	Roberto Di Matteo (until 6 February); Michael Appleton (caretaker from 6–11 February); Roy Hodgson (from 11 February)
Premier League	11th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Fifth round
Top goalscorer	League: Peter Odemwingie (15); All: Peter Odemwingie (15)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2009–10 2011–12 →

2010–11 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season

West Bromwich Albion 2010–11 football season

The 2010–11 season was West Bromwich Albion's fifth season in the Premier League. Albion return to the Premier League after being promoted from the Championship. West Brom confirmed their promotion back to the Premier League on 10 April 2010 after a 3–2 win over Doncaster Rovers, and retained their new top-flight status, finishing 11th.

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[N 1]
Morrison was born in Darlington, England, and represented them at U-17, U-18, U-19, and U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his grandparents and made his international debut for Scotland in May 2008.
[N 2]
Barnes was born in Barking and Dagenham, England, and represented them at U-19 level, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his grandparents, declared for them internationally in 2014, and would make his international debut for Jamaica in May 2015.
[N 3]
Reid was born in Kingston upon Thames, England, and represented them at U-16 level, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandfather and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 2001.
[N 4]
Myhill was born in Modesto, California, United States, but was raised in England from the age of 1, qualifying to represent any of the home nations. He represented England at U-17, U-18, and U-20 level before making his international debut for Wales in March 2008.
[N 5]
Mulumbu was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), but also qualified to represent France internationally and represented them at U-20 and U-21 level before making his international debut for the Democratic Republic of the Congo in March 2008.
[N 6]
Méïté was born in Colombes, France, but also qualified to represent the Ivory Coast internationally and made his international debut for the Ivory Coast in 2003.
[N 7]
Odemwingie was born in Tashkent, Uzbek SRR, Soviet Union (now Uzbekistan), but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally through his father and made his international debut for Nigeria in May 2002.
[N 8]
Cox was born in Tilehurst, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandfather and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in May 2011.
[N 9]
Elford-Alliyu was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, but also qualified to represent England internationally and represented them at U-17 level.
[N 10]
Sawyers was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualified to represent Saint Kitts and Nevis internationally and represented them at U-23 level before making his international debut for Saint Kitts and Nevis in October 2012.
[N 11]
Brown was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and represented them at U-17 and U-19 level.
[N 12]
Berahino was born in Bujumbura, Burundi, but was raised in England from the age of 10 and represented them at every youth level between U-16 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Burundi in September 2018.
[N 13]
Kiely was born in Salford, England, and represented them at U-15, U-16, and U-18 level, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in November 1999.

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[2] [N 1]
Morrison was born in Darlington, England, and represented them at U-17, U-18, U-19, and U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his grandparents and made his international debut for Scotland in May 2008.

[3] [N 2]
Barnes was born in Barking and Dagenham, England, and represented them at U-19 level, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his grandparents, declared for them internationally in 2014, and would make his international debut for Jamaica in May 2015.

[4] [N 3]
Reid was born in Kingston upon Thames, England, and represented them at U-16 level, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandfather and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 2001.

[5] [N 4]
Myhill was born in Modesto, California, United States, but was raised in England from the age of 1, qualifying to represent any of the home nations. He represented England at U-17, U-18, and U-20 level before making his international debut for Wales in March 2008.

[6] [N 5]
Mulumbu was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), but also qualified to represent France internationally and represented them at U-20 and U-21 level before making his international debut for the Democratic Republic of the Congo in March 2008.

[7] [N 6]
Méïté was born in Colombes, France, but also qualified to represent the Ivory Coast internationally and made his international debut for the Ivory Coast in 2003.

[8] [N 7]
Odemwingie was born in Tashkent, Uzbek SRR, Soviet Union (now Uzbekistan), but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally through his father and made his international debut for Nigeria in May 2002.

[9] [N 8]
Cox was born in Tilehurst, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandfather and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in May 2011.

[10] [N 9]
Elford-Alliyu was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, but also qualified to represent England internationally and represented them at U-17 level.

[11] [N 10]
Sawyers was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualified to represent Saint Kitts and Nevis internationally and represented them at U-23 level before making his international debut for Saint Kitts and Nevis in October 2012.

[12] [N 11]
Brown was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and represented them at U-17 and U-19 level.

[13] [N 12]
Berahino was born in Bujumbura, Burundi, but was raised in England from the age of 10 and represented them at every youth level between U-16 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Burundi in September 2018.

[14] [N 13]
Kiely was born in Salford, England, and represented them at U-15, U-16, and U-18 level, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in November 1999.

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Scott Carson	32	0	32	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	ENG	Joe Mattock	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	SWE	Jonas Olsson	24	1	24	1	0	0	0	0
4	MF	SVK	Marek Čech	17	0	14+1	0	0	0	2	0
5	MF	CMR	Somen Tchoyi	25	7	7+16	6	0	0	2	1
6	DF	ESP	Pablo	13	2	8+2	1	0	0	3	1
7	MF	SCO	James Morrison	31	4	26+5	4	0	0	0	0
8	MF	ENG	Giles Barnes	17	0	1+13	0	0	0	3	0
9	FW	CZE	Roman Bednář	7	0	1+3	0	0	0	3	0
10	FW	ENG	Ishmael Miller	7	0	0+6	0	0	0	1	0
11	MF	NIR	Chris Brunt	38	4	34	4	4	0	0	0
12	MF	EIR	Steven Reid	26	2	13+10	1	0	0	3	1
13	GK	WAL	Boaz Myhill	9	0	6	0	0	0	3	0
14	MF	ENG	Jerome Thomas	33	3	32+1	3	0	0	0	0
15	FW	NZL	Chris Wood	2	1	0+1	0	0	0	1	1
16	FW	ENG	Luke Moore	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17	MF	SCO	Graham Dorrans	23	1	16+5	1	0	0	2	0
18	FW	MEX	Carlos Vela	8	2	3+5	2	0	0	0	0
19	GK	ENG	Luke Daniels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF	ENG	Nicky Shorey	31	0	25+3	0	0	0	3	0
21	MF	COD	Youssouf Mulumbu	34	6	34	6	0	0	0	0
22	DF	NED	Gianni Zuiverloon	5	1	1+1	0	0	0	3	1
23	DF	CIV	Abdoulaye Méïté	12	0	10	0	0	0	2	0
24	FW	NGA	Peter Odemwingie	32	15	29+3	15	0	0	0	0
25	DF	ENG	Leon Barnett	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	FW	ENG	Sam Mantom	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
28	FW	FRA	Marc-Antoine Fortuné	26	2	14+11	2	0	0	1	0
29	FW	ENG	George Thorne	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	ROU	Gabriel Tamaș	26	0	22+4	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW	EIR	Simon Cox	22	4	8+11	1	0	0	3	3
32	MF	ENG	Lateef Elford-Alliyu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	AUT	Paul Scharner	33	4	33	4	0	0	0	0
34	DF	ENG	Paul Downing	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF	SKN	Romaine Sawyers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF	CHI	Gonzalo Jara	31	1	24+5	1	0	0	2	0
37	MF	WAL	Kayleden Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	EIR	Dean Kiely	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	James Hurst	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Date	#	Player	Club	Fee
19 May 2010	30	Gabriel Tamaș	Auxerre	£800,000^[2]
26 May 2010	12	Steven Reid	Blackburn Rovers	Free^[3]
2 June 2010	6	Pablo	Atlético Madrid	Free^[4]
30 July 2010	13	Boaz Myhill	Hull City	£1,500,000^[5]
9 August 2010	20	Nicky Shorey	Aston Villa	£1,000,000^[6]
20 August 2010	24	Peter Odemwingie	Lokomotiv Moscow	Undisclosed^[7]
20 August 2010	18	Somen Tchoyi	Red Bull Salzburg	Undisclosed^[8]
27 August 2010	28	Marc-Antoine Fortuné	Celtic	Undisclosed^[9]
30 August 2010	33	Paul Scharner	Wigan Athletic	Undisclosed^[10]
31 August 2010	-	Craig Dawson	Rochdale	Undisclosed^[11]
31 August 2010	26	James Hurst	Portsmouth	Free^[12]

Date	#	Player	Club	Fee
	29	Andwélé Slory	Levski Sofia	Free
	7	Robert Koren	Hull City	Free
	25	Joss Labadie	Tranmere Rovers	Free
	20	Filipe Teixeira	Metalurh Donetsk	Free
1 July 2010	8	Jonathan Greening	Fulham	~ £4,000,000^[13]
	28	Borja Valero	Villarreal	~ £5,000,000

#	Player	Club	Arrival date	Return date
40	Marcus Haber	St Johnstone	30 July 2010	End of season
-	Kayleden Brown	Tranmere Rovers	12 August 2010	9 September 2010^[15]
18	Reuben Reid	Walsall	19 August 2010	19 January 2011^[16]
25	Leon Barnett	Norwich City	26 August 2010	26 January 2011^[17]
-	Craig Dawson	Rochdale	31 August 2010	End of season^[18]
15	Chris Wood	Barnsley	23 September 2010	23 December 2010^[19]
35	Romaine Sawyers	Port Vale	21 January 2011	18 February 2011^[20]
37	Kayleden Brown	Port Vale	21 January 2011	18 February 2011^[20]
10	Ishmael Miller	Queens Park Rangers	22 January 2011	24 April 2011^[21]

10 July 2010	Kidderminster Harriers	0–3	West Brom	Kidderminster
12:30		report	Miller 11' Bednář 68' Méïté 73'	Stadium: Aggborough Attendance: 1,950 (Albion fans 1,130) Referee: A. Penn

2010–11_West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C._season

2010–11 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season

Background

Players

First team squad

Left club during season

Player statistics

Transfers

Summer transfers in

Summer transfers out

Loan in

Loan out

Results

Pre-season

Premier League

League Cup

FA Cup

See also

Notes

References

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17 July 2010	VVV-Venlo	1–2	West Brom	Venlo
16:00	Boymans 60' De Regt 81'	report	Miller 25' Tamaș 61'	Stadium: De Koel Attendance: - Referee: -

20 July 2010	Crewe Alexandra	1–0	West Brom XI	Crewe
19:30	Murphy 59'	report		Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: - Referee: -

24 July 2010	Bristol Rovers	0–1	West Brom	Bristol
15:00		report	Dorrans 50'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,359 (299 Albion fans) Referee: Iain Williamson

27 July 2010	Doncaster Rovers	1–0	West Brom	Doncaster
19:45	Sheils 60'	report		Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 3,055 (190 Albion fans) Referee: C Pawson

31 July 2010	Coventry City	1–1	West Brom	Coventry
15:00	McSheffrey 15'	report	Miller 74'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: - Referee: K Friend

3 August 2010	Rushden & Diamonds	2–1	West Brom XI	Irthlingborough
19:30	Tomlin 55', 74'	report	Reid 53'	Stadium: Nene Park Attendance: 535 Referee: -

7 August 2010	West Brom	1–1	Osasuna	West Bromwich
15:00	Morrison 15'	report	Oier 85' (pen.)	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: - Referee: -

Matchday	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
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	D
Position	20	13	16	16	10	6	6	6	6	6	10	11	12	16	12	9	10	12	14	15	16	14	16	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	13	10	11	12	11	13	11	11

14 August 2010	Chelsea	6–0	West Brom	London
17:30	Malouda 6', 90' Drogba 45+1', 55', 68' Ferreira 56' Lampard 63'	report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,589 (1,500 away) Referee: M Clattenburg

21 August 2010	West Brom	1–0	Sunderland	West Bromwich
15:00	Odemwingie 81'	report		Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 23,624 (2,589 away) Referee: K Friend

16 October 2010	Manchester United	2–2	West Brom	Manchester
15:00	Hernández 5' Nani 25'	report	Evra 50' (o.g.) Tchoyi 55'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,272 (2,500 away) Referee: Jones

1 November 2010	Blackpool	2–1	West Brom	Blackpool
15:00	Adam 12' (pen.) Varney 63'		Mulumbu 84' Pablo Ibáñez 12' Jara 29'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 15,210 (1,988 away) Referee: Oliver

27 November 2010	Everton	1–4	West Brom	Liverpool
15:00	Cahill 42'	report	Scharner 16' Brunt 26' Tchoyi 76' Distin 87' (o.g.)	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 35,237 Referee: Lee Mason

26 December 2010	Bolton Wanderers	2–0	West Brom	Bolton
15:00	Taylor 40' Elmander 86'			Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 23,413 Referee: Webb

28 August 2010	Liverpool	1–0	West Brom	Liverpool
15:00	Torres 65'	report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 41,194 (1,700 away) Referee: Probert

11 September 2010	West Brom	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	West Bromwich
15:00	Brunt 41'	report	Modrić 27'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 23,642 (2,599 away) Referee: Webb

18 September 2010	West Brom	3–1	Birmingham City	West Bromwich
15:00	Dann 51' (o.g.) Odemwingie 59' Olsson 69'	report	Jerome 15'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 23,062 (2,600 away) Referee: C Foy

25 September 2010	Arsenal	2–3	West Brom	North London
15:00	Nasri 78', 90+1'	report	Odemwingie 50' Jara 52' Thomas 73'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,025 (2,000 away) Referee: Oliver

2 October 2010	West Brom	1–1	Bolton Wanderers	West Bromwich
15:00	Morrison 78'	report	Elmander 64'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 22,846 Referee: P Walton

23 October 2010	West Brom	2–1	Fulham	West Bromwich
15:00	Mulumbu 17' Fortuné 40'	report	Carson 9' (o.g.)	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 25,625 Referee: K Friend

7 November 2010	West Brom	0–2	Manchester City	West Bromwich
15:00	Mulumbu 12'	report	Balotelli 20', 26', 62'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 23,013 Referee: -

9 November 2010	West Ham	2–2	West Brom	West Ham
19:45	Parker 43' Piquionne 50' (pen.)	report	Odemwingie 38' (pen.) Pablo 71'	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 33,023 (1,763 away) Referee: Mike Dean

13 November 2010	Wigan Athletic	1–0	West Brom	Wigan
15:00	Moses 70'	report		Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 16,085 Referee: Anthony Taylor

20 November 2010	West Brom	0–3	Stoke City	West Bromwich
15:00		Report bbc.co.uk	Etherington 55' (pen.) Walters 85' (pen.), 90+3'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 24,164 Referee: Chris Foy

4 December 2010	West Brom	3–1	Newcastle United	West Bromwich
15:00	Tchoyi 32' Odemwingie 71', 89'		Løvenkrands 60'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 23,486 (2,593 away) Referee: Mike Dean

11 December 2010	Aston Villa	2–1	West Brom	Birmingham
15:00	Downing 25' Heskey 80'		Scharner 89'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 37,015 (2,800 away) Referee: Halsey

28 December 2010	West Brom	1–3	Blackburn Rovers	West Bromwich
15:00	Thomas 16'		Kalinić 2', 52' Diouf 61'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 24,440 Referee: -

1 January 2011	West Brom	1–2	Manchester United	West Bromwich
15:00	Morrison 13'		Rooney 2' Hernández 75'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 25,499 (2,600 away) Referee: -

4 January 2011	Fulham	3–0	West Brom	Fulham
19:45	Davies 45' Dempsey 55' Hangeland 64'			Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 23,654 (1,525 away) Referee: -

15 January 2011	West Brom	3–2	Blackpool	West Bromwich
15:00	Odemwingie 37', 87' Morrison 52'	report	Vaughan 11' Taylor-Fletcher 80'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 25,316 (1,600 away) Referee: S. Attwell

1 February 2011	West Brom	2–2	Wigan Athletic	West Bromwich
19:45	Odemwingie 5' Fortuné 79'		N'Zogbia 20' Watson 43'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 25,358 (496 away) Referee: Dowd

5 February 2011	Manchester City	3–0	West Brom	Manchester
15:00	Tevez 17' (pen.), 22', 39' (pen.)	(Report)		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,846 (2,800 away) Referee: Atkinson

12 February 2011	West Brom	3–3	West Ham	West Bromwich
15:00	Dorrans 3' Thomas 8' Reid 32' (o.g.)	(Report)	Ba 50', 83' Cole 58'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 23,916 (2,600 away) Referee: Mason

20 February 2011	West Brom	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	West Bromwich
12:00	Vela 90'	(Report)	O'Hara 39'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 26,170 (2,700 away) Referee: Dean