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2010–11 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season

English football club season

Field	Value
club	Sheffield Wednesday
season	2010–11
manager	Alan Irvine (until 3 February 2011)
Gary Megson (from 4 February 2011)
chairman	Milan Mandarić
stadium	Hillsborough Stadium
league	Football League One
league result	15th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Fifth round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Second round
cup3	Football League Trophy
cup3 result	Northern Area semi-finals
league topscorer	Neil Mellor (13)
season topscorer	Neil Mellor (19)
highest attendance	23,081 (League)
lowest attendance	7,390 (League Cup)
average attendance	17,817
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prevseason	2009–10
nextseason	2011–12

Gary Megson (from 4 February 2011) The 2010–11 season was Sheffield Wednesday's first season in the third tier of English football since 2005 and their 109th season in the Football League.

Events

7 August 2010 – Sheffield Wednesday start their season with a comfortable home win over Dagenham and Redbridge at Hillsborough.
10 August 2010 – Sheffield Wednesday progress to the second round of the League Cup after beating Bury 1–0 at Hillsborough. The game was watched by 7,390 fans.
11 August 2010 – Sheffield Wednesday are given 28 days to pay a £550,000 debt before potentially going into administration.
24 August 2010 – Sheffield Wednesday are knocked out of the League Cup after a 4–2 loss at Scunthorpe United.
9 November 2010 – Wednesday face a winding-up order over £600,000 of unpaid PAYE tax and also face a similar order over a £300,000 VAT bill.
17 November 2010 – A High Court judge gives the club 28 days to find new owners and pay off their tax debt.
29 November 2010 – Milan Mandaric's UK Football Investments buys the club for £7,000,001 pending shareholder approval. The deal would settle the club's £23 million debt with the Co-Operative Bank with a £7 million payment. An Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders is called for 14 December.
30 November 2010 – Wednesday are knocked out of the Football League Trophy after a 3–1 loss at Carlisle United.
3 February 2011 – Alan Irvine is sacked as manager after 13 months in charge. The club were 12th in the table at the time.
4 February 2011 – Gary Megson is appointed as manager.
19 February 2011 – Wednesday reach the fifth round of the FA Cup for the first time in 11 years, but are knocked out by Birmingham City.
7 May 2011 – A loss to Exeter City in the final game of the season leaves Wednesday 15th in the final league table.

League table

Results

League One

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score
F–A	Scorers	Attendance	League
position	Ref.
Dagenham & Redbridge	Home	W	2–0	Doe 13' o.g., Morrison 15'	23,081	3rd
Colchester United	Away	D	1–1	Mellor 83'	6,011	4th
Brighton & Hove Albion	Home	W	1–0	Coke 38'	18,674	4th
Hartlepool United	Away	W	5–0	Murray 8' o.g., Coke 10', Mellor 23', Tudgay 73' pen., Morrison 90+3'	4,084	1st
Brentford	Away	L	0–1		5,396	1st
Carlisle United	Home	L	0–1		20,282	8th
Plymouth Argyle	Away	L	2–3	O'Connor 38', Miller 75'	7,916	11th
Southampton	Home	L	0–1		18,198	14th
Oldham Athletic	Home	D	0–0		16,609	16th
Notts County	Away	W	2–0	Tudgay 52', Potter 90+6'	11,355	10th
Leyton Orient	Home	W	1–0	Buxton 52'	17,445	5th
Yeovil Town	Away	W	2–0	J. Johnson 72', Miller 84' pen.	5,927	4th
Bournemouth	Home	D	1–1	Mellor 82'	17,868	4th
Charlton Athletic	Away	L	0–1		17,365	7th
Huddersfield Town	Home	L	0–2		20,540	11th
Rochdale	Home	W	2–0	Coke 62', Morrison 82'	16,520	10th
Milton Keynes Dons	Away	W	4–1	Mellor 22', 71', 83', Chadwick 27' o.g.	10,552	6th
Walsall	Home	W	3–0	Potter 7', Beevers 75', Morrison 83'	15,228	4th
Swindon Town	Away	L	1–2	Morrison 30'	9,123	5th
Bristol Rovers	Home	W	6–2	Sedgwick 10', Miller 23', Teale 26', J. Johnson 32', O'Connor 71', Heffernan 81'	19,242	2nd
Exeter City	Away	L	1–5	Miller 31'	5,524	5th
Huddersfield Town	Away	L	0–1		17,024	7th
Charlton Athletic	Home	D	2–2	Heffernan 47', R. Johnson 51'	19,051	9th
Leyton Orient	Away	L	0–4		6,449	11th
Yeovil Town	Home	D	2–2	Madine 36', R. Johnson 86'	16,618	11th
Peterborough United	Away	L	3–5	J. Johnson 5', Madine 21', Sedgwick 35'	6,480	12th
Milton Keynes Dons	Home	D	2–2	Mellor 69', Morrison 83'	17,631	12th
Rochdale	Away	L	1–2	Madine 90'	6,154	14th
Tranmere Rovers	Away	L	0–3		5,941	16th
Bournemouth	Away	D	0–0		7,268	16th
Carlisle United	Away	W	1–0	Miller 20'	6,834	16th
Plymouth Argyle	Home	L	2–4	Coke 61', R. Johnson 83'	18,474	16th
Oldham Athletic	Away	W	3–2	Beevers 3', Sedgwick 13', 52'	4,133	15th
Notts County	Home	L	0–1		17,835	16th
Peterborough United	Home	L	1–4	Heffernan 52'	16,014	16th
Southampton	Away	L	0–2		20,234	16th
Dagenham & Redbridge	Away	D	1–1	Teale 17'	3,549	16th
Brentford	Home	L	1–3	Jones 12'	14,797	17th
Colchester United	Home	W	2–1	Mellor 25', 51'	15,663	16th
Tranmere Rovers	Home	W	4–0	Miller 10', 22' pen., Madine 14', Mellor 90+2'	15,235	15th
Brighton & Hove Albion	Away	L	0–2		8,107	16th
Hartlepool United	Home	W	2–0	Miller 45+2 pen., Madine 65'	16,358	15th
Walsall	Away	D	1–1	Mellor 26'	2,072	15th
Swindon Town	Home	W	3–1	Potter 17', Mellor 28', 53'	17,348	14th
Bristol Rovers	Away	D	1–1	Miller 3' pen.	8,340	13th
Exeter City	Home	L	1–2	J. Johnson 13'	21,085	15th

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score
F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.	First round	Second round	Third round	Fourth round	Fifth round
	Southport	Away	W	5–2	Teale 11', Mellor 54', Morrison 61', 62', Spurr 64'	4,490
	Northampton Town	Home	W	3–2	Beevers 6', Miller 37 pen., 90+2' pen.	8,932
	Bristol City	Away	W	3–0	Teale 49', Mellor 55', Morrison 65'	11,387
	Hereford United	Home	W	4–1	Potter 15', Morrison 69' pen., 79' pen., J. Johnson 77'	16,578
	Birmingham City	Away	L	0–3		14,607

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score
F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.	First round	Second round
	Bury	Home	W	1–0	Coke 60'	7,390
	Scunthorpe United	Away	L	2–4	Tudgay 74' pen., Mellor 83'	4,680

Football League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score
F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.	First round	Second round	Area quarter-finals	Area semi-finals
	Notts County	Home	W	2–1	O'Connor 2', 14'	10,551
	Chesterfield	Home	D	2–2	Mellor 12', Tudgay 90'	15,003
	Hartlepool United	Home	W	4–1	Mellor 9', 29', 48' pen., Teale 55'	10,909
	Carlisle United	Away	L	1–3	Purse 85'	3,149

Players

First-team squad

:Squad at end of season

Left club during season

Transfers In

Date	Nation	Position	Player	Club From	Transfer Fee
7 June 2010	England	MF	Chris Sedgwick	Preston North End	Free
8 June 2010	England	DF	Jon Otsemobor	Southampton	Free
9 June 2010	Republic of Ireland	FW	Paul Heffernan	Doncaster Rovers	Free
11 June 2010	England	MF	Daniel Jones	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Free
1 July 2010	England	MF	Giles Coke	Motherwell	Free
12 July 2010	Republic of Ireland	FW	Clinton Morrison	Coventry City	Free
5 August 2010	England	GK	Nicky Weaver	Burnley	Free
4 January 2011	Benin	DF	Reda Johnson	Plymouth Argyle	Undisclosed
7 January 2011	England	DF	Michael Morrison	Leicester City	Undisclosed
date=2011-01-16	title=Madine & Reynolds join Wednesday	url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_wed/9362871.stm	access-date=2025-03-09	work=BBC Sport	language=en-GB}}	England	FW	Gary Madine	Carlisle United	Undisclosed
15 January 2011	Scotland	DF	Mark Reynolds	Motherwell	Undisclosed

Transfers Out

Date	Nation	Position	Player	Club To	Transfer Fee
11 May 2010	England	MF	Michael Gray	None	Retired
20 May 2010	England	FW	Akpo Sodje	Charlton Athletic	Undisclosed
21 May 2010	England	FW	Leon Clarke	Queens Park Rangers	Free
date=2010-05-06	title=Six Owls to fly, two to stay	url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11703_6134998,00.html	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100508072146/http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11703_6134998,00.html	archive-date=2010-05-08	access-date=2025-03-09	work=Sky Sports}}	Netherlands	MF	Etienne Esajas	Free Agency	Released
30 June 2010	England	FW	Francis Jeffers	Free Agency	Released
1 July 2010	United States	DF	Frank Simek	Carlisle United	Free
27 July 2010	England	GK	Lee Grant	Burnley	Undisclosed
29 July 2010	England	MF	Sean McAllister	Shrewsbury Town	Free
5 January 2011	England	FW	Marcus Tudgay	Nottingham Forest	Undisclosed
21 January 2011	England	DF	Darren Purse	Millwall	Free
26 January 2011	England	MF	Luke Boden	Free Agency	Released

Loans In

Date	Nation	Position	Player	Club From	Length
1 July 2010	England	FW	Neil Mellor	Preston North End	Full-Season
31 January 2011	England	MF	Isaiah Osbourne	Aston Villa	Until end of season
16 March 2011	England	DF	Danny Batth	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Until end of season
17 March 2011	England	DF	Rob Jones	Scunthorpe United	Until end of season
23 March 2011	Republic of Ireland	DF	Joey O'Brien	Bolton Wanderers	Until end of season

Loans Out

Date	Nation	Position	Player	Club To	Length
25 November 2010	England	FW	Marcus Tudgay	Nottingham Forest	Until January
14 January 2011	England	FW	Nathan Modest	Darlington	Until end of season

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Scorers

All

Scorer	Goals
Neil Mellor	20
Clinton Morrison	11
Tommy Miller
Giles Coke	5
Jermaine Johnson
Gary Teale
Marcus Tudgay	4
Darren Potter
James O'Connor
Chris Sedgwick
Paul Heffernan	3
Mark Beevers
Reda Johnson
Darren Purse	1
Tommy Spurr
Lewis Buxton
Rob Jones

League One

Scorer	Goals
Neil Mellor	13
Tommy Miller	9
Clinton Morrison	6
Giles Coke	4
Jermaine Johnson
Chris Sedgwick
Darren Potter	3
Paul Heffernan
Reda Johnson
Gary Teale	2
James O'Connor
Marcus Tudgay
Mark Beevers
Lewis Buxton	1
Rob Jones

FA Cup

Scorer	Goals
Clinton Morrison	5
Tommy Miller	2
Neil Mellor
Gary Teale
Mark Beevers	1
Jermaine Johnson
Tommy Spurr
Darren Potter

League Cup

Scorer	Goals
Giles Coke	1
Neil Mellor
Marcus Tudgay

Football League Trophy

Scorer	Goals
Neil Mellor	4
James O'Connor	2
Darren Purse	1
Gary Teale
Marcus Tudgay

As of games played 7 May 2011

Notes

References

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(17 November 2010). "Owls given time to clear tax bill". BBC Sport.
(14 December 2010). "Milan Mandaric completes Sheffield Wednesday takeover". BBC Sport.
(3 February 2011). "Irvine leaves Sheffield Wednesday". BBC Sport.
(4 February 2011). "Megson appointed Wednesday boss". BBC Sport.
(2010-08-07). "Sheff Wed 2–0 Dag & Red". BBC Sport.
(2010-08-14). "Colchester 1–1 Sheff Wed". BBC Sport.
(2010-08-21). "Sheff Wed 1–0 Brighton". BBC Sport.
(2010-08-28). "Hartlepool 0–5 Sheffield Wed". BBC Sport.
(2010-09-05). "Brentford 1–0 Sheff Wed". BBC Sport.
(2010-09-11). "Sheff Wed 0–1 Carlisle". BBC Sport.
(2010-09-18). "Plymouth 3–2 Sheffield Wednesday". BBC Sport.
(2010-09-25). "Sheff Wed 0–1 Southampton". BBC Sport.
(2010-09-28). "Sheffield Wednesday 0–0 Oldham". BBC Sport.
(2010-10-02). "Notts County 0–2 Sheff Wed". BBC Sport.
(2010-10-09). "Sheff Wed 1–0 Leyton Orient". BBC Sport.
(2010-10-16). "Yeovil 0–2 Sheff Wed". BBC Sport.
(2010-10-23). "Sheff Wed 1–1 Bournemouth". BBC Sport.
(2010-10-30). "Charlton 1–0 Sheff Wed". BBC Sport.
(2010-11-02). "Sheff Wed 0–2 Huddersfield". BBC Sport.
(2010-11-13). "Sheff Wed 2–0 Rochdale". BBC Sport.
(2010-11-20). "MK Dons 1–4 Sheff Wed". BBC Sport.
(2010-11-23). "Sheff Wed 3–0 Walsall". BBC Sport.
(2010-12-04). "Swindon 2–1 Sheff Wed". BBC Sport.
(2010-12-11). "Sheff Wed 6–2 Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport.
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(2011-01-15). "Sheff Wed 2–2 Charlton". BBC Sport.
(2011-01-22). "Leyton Orient 4–0 Sheff Wed". BBC Sport.
(2011-01-25). "Sheff Wed 2–2 Yeovil". BBC Sport.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/9305011.stm
(2011-02-15). "Tranmere 3–0 Sheff Wed". BBC Sport.
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(2011-02-26). "Carlisle 0–1 Sheff Wed". BBC Sport.
(2011-03-05). "Sheff Wed 2–4 Plymouth". BBC Sport.
(2011-03-08). "Oldham 2–3 Sheff Wed". BBC Sport.
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(2011-03-15). "Sheff Wed 1–4 Peterborough". BBC Sport.
(2011-03-19). "Southampton 2–0 Sheff Wed". BBC Sport.
(2011-03-26). "Dag & Red 1–1 Sheff Wed". BBC Sport.
(2011-03-29). "Sheff Wed 1–3 Brentford". BBC Sport.
(2011-04-02). "Sheff Wed 2–1 Colchester". BBC Sport.
(2011-04-05). "Sheff Wed 4–0 Tranmere". BBC Sport.
(2011-04-09). "Brighton 2–0 Sheff Wed". BBC Sport.
(2011-04-16). "Sheff Wed 2–0 Hartlepool". BBC Sport.
(2011-04-23). "Walsall 1–1 Sheff Wed". BBC Sport.
(2011-04-25). "Sheff Wed 3–1 Swindon". BBC Sport.
(2011-04-30). "Bristol R 1–1 Sheff Wed". BBC Sport.
(2011-05-07). "Sheff Wed 1–2 Exeter". BBC Sport.
(2010-11-07). "Southport 2–5 Sheff Wed". BBC Sport.
(2010-11-27). "Sheff Wed 3–2 Northampton". BBC Sport.
(2011-01-08). "Bristol City 0–3 Sheff Wed". BBC Sport.
(2011-01-29). "Sheffield Weds 4–1 Hereford". BBC Sport.
(2011-02-19). "Birmingham 3–0 Sheff Wed". BBC Sport.
(2010-08-10). "Sheff Wed 1–0 Bury". BBC Sport.
(2010-08-24). "Scunthorpe 4–2 Sheff Wed". BBC Sport.
(2010-09-01). "Sheff Wed 2–1 Notts County". BBC Sport.
(2010-10-06). "Sheff Wed 2–2 C'field (8–7 pens)". BBC Sport.
(2010-11-10). "Sheff Wed 4–1 Hartlepool". BBC Sport.
(2010-11-30). "Carlisle 3–1 Sheff Wed". BBC Sport.
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(2010-06-07). "Sheffield Wednesday sign Chris Sedgwick from Preston". BBC Sport.
(2010-06-08). "Otsemobor to make Sheff Wed move". BBC Sport.
(2010-06-09). "Sheff Wed sign striker Heffernan". BBC Sport.
(2010-06-11). "Jones joins Sheffield Wednesday". BBC Sport.
(2010-07-01). "Midfielder Coke makes Owls switch". BBC Sport.
(2010-07-12). "Wednesday sign striker Morrison". BBC Sport.
(2010-08-05). "Weaver joins Wednesday". Sky Sports.
(2011-01-04). "Owls sign Argyle defender Johnson". BBC Sport.
(2011-01-07). "Owls snap up Foxes defender".
(2011-01-16). "Madine & Reynolds join Wednesday". BBC Sport.
(2010-05-20). "Addicks seal Sodje deal".
(2010-05-21). "QPR sign Wednesday striker Clarke". BBC Sport.
(2010-05-06). "Six Owls to fly, two to stay". Sky Sports.
(2010-07-01). "Carlisle swoop for defender Simek". BBC Sport.
(2010-07-27). "Burnley snap up Sheffield Wednesday keeper Lee Grant".
(2010-07-29). "Shrews sign McAllister and Smith". BBC Sport.
(2011-01-05). "Tudgay secures Forest switch".
(2011-01-21). "Millwall snap up defender Purse". BBC Sport.
(2011-01-26). "Boden leaves Sheffield Wednesday". BBC Sport.
(2010-07-01). "Mellor set for Owls loan switch". BBC Sport.
(2011-01-31). "Osbourne joins Wednesday on loan". BBC Sport.
(2011-03-16). "Wednesday complete Batth signing". BBC Sport.
(2011-03-17). "Wednesday bring in Jones on loan". BBC Sport.
(2011-03-24). "Bolton's Joey O'Brien joins Sheffield Wednesday on loan". The Guardian.
(2010-11-25). "Tudgay signs for Forest on loan". BBC Sport.
(2011-01-14). "Modest joins Quakers on loan".

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