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2010–11 Football League Championship

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Season
  
2010–11

Dates
  
6 Aug 2010 – 7 May 2011

Goals scored
  
1,510

Top goalscorer
  
Danny Graham (24)

Champion
  
Queens Park Rangers F.C.

Matches played
  
552

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Promoted
  
Queens Park Rangers Norwich City Swansea City

Biggest home win
  
Norwich City 6–0 Scunthorpe United (2 April 2011)

Biggest away win
  
Doncaster Rovers 0–6 Ipswich Town (15 February 2011)

Highest scoring
  
Leeds United 4–6 Preston North End (28 September 2010)

Relegated
  
Preston North End F.C., Scunthorpe United F.C., Sheffield United F.C.

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2011–12 Football League Championship

The 2010–11 Football League Championship (known as the npower Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the seventh season of the league under its current name and nineteenth season under its current league division format. It started on 6 August 2010 and concluded on 7 May 2011, with the resultant play-offs concluding with the final on 30 May.

Contents

Queens Park Rangers secured the Championship title on 30 April 2011, ending their 15-year hiatus from the Premier League, while Norwich City secured the second automatic promotion spot two days later, ending a six-year absence from the top flight. Swansea City won the play-off final to take the final promotion place.

Preston North End, Scunthorpe United and Sheffield United were relegated to League One.

From Championship

Promoted to Premier League:

  • Newcastle United
  • West Bromwich Albion
  • Blackpool

    • Relegated to League One:

  • Peterborough United
  • Plymouth Argyle
  • Sheffield Wednesday

    • To Championship

    Relegated from Premier League:

  • Burnley
  • Hull City
  • Portsmouth

    • Promoted from League One:

  • Norwich City
  • Leeds United
  • Millwall

    • On-field rules

  • The number of substitutes allowed on the bench was increased from 5 to 7. This was changed back to 5 the following season.

    • Off-field rules

  • New financial reporting rules see transfer embargoes imposed on those clubs which fail to lodge their accounts with the Football League, at the same time they are required by Companies House.
  • The Football League's fit and proper person test was renamed the Director's Test to ensure continuity with other football bodies.

    • Sponsorship changes

    After Coca-Cola's sponsorship contract expired and was not renewed, Npower signed a three-year contract to become the Football League's official partner. The Coca-Cola Player of the Month and Coca-Cola Manager of the Month awards are therefore now known as the Npower Player of the Month and the Npower Manager of the Month award respectively.

    Personnel and sponsoring

    1Middlesbrough's sponsors include: Deepdale Solutions (7 – 30 August), Wiring Services (1–30 September), Ramsdens (1 October – 5 March), Marie Curie Cancer Care (6–8 March)

    League table

    Updated to games played on 7 May 2011.
    Source: The Football League
    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.

    Semi-finals

    Swansea City won 3 – 1 on aggregate.

    Reading won 3 – 0 on aggregate.

    Results

    The fixtures for the Championship were released on 17 June 2010. The season kick-off was announced for 6 August 2010 and it concluded on 7 May 2011.

    Updated to games played on 7 May 2011.
    Source: The Football League
    1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
    For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

    Scoring

  • First goal of the season: John Eustace for Watford against Norwich City (6 August 2010)
  • Highest scoring game: 10 goals – Leeds United 4–6 Preston North End (28 September 2010)
  • Most goals scored in a game by one team: 6 goals
  • Millwall 1–6 Watford (18 September 2010)
  • Portsmouth 6–1 Leicester City (24 September 2010)
  • Leeds United 4–6 Preston North End (28 September 2010)
  • Doncaster Rovers 0–6 Ipswich Town (15 February 2011)
  • Norwich City 6–0 Scunthorpe United (2 April 2011)
  • Widest winning margin: 6 goals
  • Doncaster Rovers 0–6 Ipswich Town (15 February 2011)
  • Norwich City 6–0 Scunthorpe United (2 April 2011)
  • Fewest games failed to score in: 5 – Norwich City
  • Most games failed to score in: 21 – Scunthorpe United

    • Discipline

  • Most yellow cards (club): 86 – Leeds United
  • Most yellow cards (player): 12
  • Robbie Savage (Derby County)
  • Most red cards (club): 13 – Sheffield United
  • Most red cards (player): 2
  • Matthew Connolly (Queens Park Rangers)
  • Claude Davis (Crystal Palace)
  • Alan Dunne (Millwall)
  • Marlon King (Coventry City)
  • Shane Lowry (Sheffield United)
  • Dean Moxey (Derby County & Crystal Palace)
  • Ricardo Rocha (Portsmouth)
  • Jamie Ward (Sheffield United & Derby County)
  • Lee Williamson (Sheffield United)
  • Most fouls (club): 554 – Leeds United
  • Most fouls (player): 103 – Grant Holt (Norwich City)

    • Clean sheets

  • Most clean sheets: 25 – Queens Park Rangers
  • Fewest clean sheets: 4 – Preston North End

    • References

    2010–11 Football League Championship Wikipedia
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