2010–11 Cardiff City F.C. season

"I'll be there"

Cardiff City released a new initiative for the 2010–11 season, as their "I'll be there" campaign. The nickname comes from one of the earliest songs sung by City fans, since the early 1920s. Cardiff's new board has renamed the Level Four area of Cardiff City Stadium the "Centenary Suite". The season tickets and tickets will be printed with the popular white and yellow strips of the 70s.

Events

000000002010-05-27-000027 May 2010 - The £6 million deal for the club is agreed between the Malaysian businessman Datuk Chan Tien Ghee and Peter Ridsdale. Gethin Jenkins (CEO), Doug Lee (finance director) and non-executive directors, Paul Guy, U-Jiun Tan and Michael Isaac join Steve Borley and Alan Whiteley on the board whilst Alan Flitcroft and Keith Harris step down alongside Ridsdale.

000000002010-06-10-000010 June 2010 - Cardiff pay off £1.9m of debt to HM Revenue and Customs.

000000002010-06-16-000016 June 2010 - The winding-up petition placed against the club by HM Revenue & Customs is withdrawn.

000000002010-06-29-000029 June 2010 - Cardiff postpone their Malaysian pre-season tour until next season.

000000002010-07-06-00006 July 2010 - Cardiff are hit with a transfer embargo due to tax troubles, but chief executive Gethin Jenkins states that the club is confident it will paid off.

000000002010-07-08-00008 July 2010 - Cardiff pay off £1.3m of tax to HM Revenue & Customs, but the transfer embargo stays in place due to the club not submitting year-end accounts for May 2009.]

000000002010-08-06-00006 August 2010 - Cardiff confirm that their transfer embargo is lifted. They register their three summer signings with the Football League.

000000002010-08-20-000020 August 2010 - Dave Jones confirms that loan signing Craig Bellamy will be team captain and Mark Hudson will be club captain. Cardiff pay Motherwell half of their £175,000, which is owed to them for the transfer of Paul Quinn.

000000002010-08-25-000025 August 2010 - Cardiff complete the payment of £175,000 to Motherwell, for the transfer of Paul Quinn.

000000002010-10-14-000014 October 2010 - Jay Bothroyd is called up to England team to play France on 17 November. Bothroyd is the first Cardiff City player to be called up to the England team in their 111-year history.

000000002011-03-16-000016 March 2011 - Cardiff City are fined £5,000 for being unable to control their players against Reading on 1 February 2010 at the Cardiff City Stadium

Standings

Updated to games played on 21 February 2012.
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

Last updated: 7 May 2011.
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Result round by round

Last updated: 7 May 2011.
Source: statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Kits

Supplier: Puma
Sponsor(s): SBOBET

Last updated: 11 September 2012.
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Squad

All appearances and goals are correct to 7 August 2010.

¹Ends = When the players' contract end.

Statistics

As of 17 May 2011

International Call-ups

* This includes all caps up until 1 July 2011.

Ins

Total spending: ~ £0,400,000

Notes

¹Officially undisclosed but reported to be around £300,000.

Loans In

Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

Out

EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

notes: ¹Although officially undisclosed, it was reported by Vital Football that the fee was £400,000.

Total income: ~ £475,000

Loans Outs

Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

Contracts

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Fixtures and results

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