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Burnley
2010–11 season
ChairmanBarry Kilby
ManagerBrian Laws
(until 29 December 2010)
Stuart Gray
(caretaker manager)
Eddie Howe
(from 16 January 2011)
GroundTurf Moor
Championship8th
FA Cup5th Round
League Cup4th Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Jay Rodriguez (14)
All: Chris Eagles & Jay Rodriguez (15)
Highest home attendance20,453 v Leeds United
(11 December 2010)
Lowest home attendance9,442 v Port Vale
(8 January 2011)
Average home league attendance14,807

The 2010–11 season was Burnley's 1st season back in the second tier of English football following their relegation from the Premier League. They were managed by Brian Laws in his first full season in charge since replacing Owen Coyle. Burnley finished 8th with 68 points, 7 points outside the playoffs with a goal difference of +4.

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
6 Nottingham Forest 46 20 15 11 69 50 +19 75 Qualification for Championship play-offs
7 Leeds United 46 19 15 12 81 70 +11 72
8 Burnley 46 18 14 14 65 61 +4 68
9 Millwall 46 18 13 15 62 48 +14 67
10 Leicester City 46 19 10 17 76 71 +5 67
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2011. Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Match details

Football League Championship

Main article: 2010–11 Football League Championship

Burnley started the season well, with three wins from their opening five games, including a notable home win over local rivals Preston North End. The Clarets were 3–1 down with just six minutes to go before staging a late comeback to win 4–3.

However, Burnley slid down the table, mainly due to poor away form which left them without an away win until Boxing Day. Their unbeaten home record was lost to Leeds United in early December, when the Clarets surrendered a 2–0 half-time lead to ultimately lose 3–2. The defeat left Burnley in 9th place and four points outside the play-offs, and manager Brian Laws ultimately lost his job following a 2–0 defeat at home to Scunthorpe United.

The appointment of Eddie Howe saw the team regain form and rise to 7th place following a six-game unbeaten run (including another late victory over Preston North End in the reverse fixture). However, a run of five defeats from the next six games ultimately consigned Burnley to another year of second-tier football, finding themselves seven points away from the playoff places with six games remaining.

Three further victories saw the Clarets finish the season in 8th, a disappointing return for a recently relegated side who had aspirations of an immediate return to the Premier League.

Football League Championship match details
Date League
position 		Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Ref
7 August 2010 11th Nottingham Forest H W 1–0 Iwelumo 44' 17,496 [1]
14 August 2010 8th Ipswich Town A D 1–1 Carlisle 90' 19,317 [2]
21 August 2010 3rd Leicester City H W 3–0 Wallace 44', Iwelumo 62', Alexander 74' pen. 15,516 [3]
28 August 2010 5th Swansea City A L 0–1 15,135 [4]
11 September 2010 5th Preston North End H W 4–3 Iwelumo (3) 9', 84', 88', Rodriguez 90' 15,509 [5]
14 September 2010 6th Middlesbrough A L 1–2 Bikey 65' 15,033 [6]
18 September 2010 8th Crystal Palace A D 0–0 14,451 [7]
25 September 2010 8th Bristol City H D 0–0 14,540 [8]
28 September 2010 5th Hull City H W 4–0 Iwelumo (2) 14', 53', Eagles (2) 24', 50' pen. 14,458 [9]
2 October 2010 6th Millwall A D 1–1 Rodriguez 22' 12,330 [10]
16 October 2010 8th Sheffield United A D 3–3 Marney 49', Eagles 54' pen., Rodriguez 90' 22,936 [11]
19 October 2010 4th Barnsley H W 3–0 Eagles (2) 56', 66' pen., Iwelumo 82' 14,428 [12]
23 October 2010 7th Reading H L 0–4 14,895 [13]
30 October 2010 8th Queens Park Rangers A D 1–1 Alexander 45' pen. 15,620 [14]
9 November 2010 9th Doncaster Rovers H D 1–1 Cork 63' 13,655 [15]
13 November 2010 6th Watford H W 3–2 Iwelumo 25', Wallace 70', Alexander 77' pen. 14,160 [16]
20 November 2010 10th Coventry City A L 0–1 14,432 [17]
27 November 2010 6th Derby County H W 2–1 Mears 82', Cork 90' 13,790 [18]
11 December 2010 9th Leeds United H L 2–3 Easton 29', Rodriguez 37' 20,453 [19]
26 December 2010 8th Barnsley A W 2–1 Guidetti 49', Bikey 54' 14,219 [20]
28 December 2010 9th Scunthorpe United H L 0–2 15,043 [21]
1 January 2011 8th Sheffield United H W 4–2 Eagles 29', Iwelumo 45', Rodriguez 45', Thompson 85' 14,897 [22]
3 January 2011 10th Reading A L 1–2 Wallace 28' 16,151 [23]
15 January 2011 10th Queens Park Rangers H D 0–0 14,819 [24]
22 January 2011 11th Scunthorpe United A D 0–0 4,334 [25]
25 January 2011 9th Portsmouth A W 2–1 Rodriguez 31', Marney 37' 13,345 [26]
1 February 2011 11th Doncaster Rovers A L 0–1 8,893 [27]
5 February 2011 10th Norwich City H W 2–1 Marney 33', Rodriguez 81' 14,859 [28]
12 February 2011 8th Watford A W 3–1 Bennett 8' o.g., Eagles 66', Iwelumo 75' 13,103 [29]
15 February 2011 8th Cardiff City A D 1–1 Thompson 83' 21,307 [30]
26 February 2011 8th Preston North End A W 2–1 Rodriguez 32', Cork 84' 21,307 [31]
5 March 2011 7th Crystal Palace H W 1–0 Rodriguez 3' 14,848 [32]
8 March 2011 7th Hull City A W 1–0 Delfouneso 5' 20,218 [33]
12 March 2011 7th Millwall H L 0–3 14,589 [34]
15 March 2011 7th Coventry City H D 2–2 Rodriguez (2) 18', 79' 13,802 [35]
19 March 2011 8th Bristol City A L 0–2 14,360 [36]
2 April 2011 9th Ipswich Town H L 1–2 Rodriguez 68' 14,483 [37]
9 April 2011 11th Leicester City A L 0–4 24,039 [38]
12 April 2011 12th Nottingham Forest A L 0–2 19,411 [39]
16 April 2011 11th Swansea City H W 2–1 Williams 57' o.g., Eagles 77' pen. 13,675 [40]
19 April 2011 9th Middlesbrough H W 3–1 Rodriguez 22', Elliott 23', Duff 37' 14,366 [41]
23 April 2011 8th Derby County A W 4–2 Eagles (2) 15', 62', Elliott 65', McCann 74' 25,187 [42]
25 April 2011 8th Portsmouth H D 1–1 Eagles 74' 14,927 [43]
30 April 2011 9th Leeds United A L 0–1 31,186 [44]
7 May 2011 8th Cardiff City H D 1–1 Rodriguez 13' 14,197 [45]

FA Cup

Main article: 2010–11 FA Cup
FA Cup match details
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Ref
Third round 8 January 2011 Port Vale H W 4–2 Carlisle 4', Mears 21', Eagles 50', Alexander 76' pen. 9,442 [46]
Fourth round 29 January 2011 Burton Albion H W 3–1 Eagles (2) 29', 70', Paterson 90' 11,664 [47]
Fifth round 21 February 2011 West Ham United A L 1–5 Rodriguez 71' 30,000 [48]

Football League Cup

Main article: 2010–11 Football League Cup
Football League Cup match details
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Ref
Second round 24 August 2010 Morecambe A W 3–1 Eagles 30', Thompson 61' pen., McDonald 83' 5,003 [49]
Third round 21 September 2010 Bolton Wanderers H W 1–0 Elliott 45' 17,602 [50]
Fourth round 27 October 2011 Aston Villa A L 1–2 (a.e.t.) Carlisle 88' 34,618 [51]

Coaching staff

Position Name Nationality
Manager: Brian Laws England English
Assistant manager: Russ Wilcox England English
First Team Coach: Stuart Gray England English
Youth Team Coach: Terry Pashley England English
Chief scout: Tim Henderson England English
Goalkeeping coach: Billy Mercer England English
Fitness Coach: Tom Little England English

Transfers

In

# Pos Player From Fee Date
8 MF England Dean Marney Hull City Undisclosed 28 May 2010
9 FW Scotland Chris Iwelumo Wolverhampton Wanderers Undisclosed 1 June 2010
22 MF Scotland Ross Wallace Preston North End Undisclosed 2 July 2010[52]
1 GK England Lee Grant Sheffield Wednesday Undisclosed 27 July 2010[53]
6 MF England Jack Cork Chelsea Loan 12 August 2010
20 FW Sweden John Guidetti Manchester City Loan 25 November 2010
23 FW England Charlie Austin Swindon Town Undisclosed 28 January 2011[54]
20 MF England Marvin Bartley Bournemouth Undisclosed 31 January 2011[55]
26 FW England Nathan Delfouneso Aston Villa Loan 8 March 2011
25 DF Republic of Ireland Shane Duffy Everton Loan 24 March 2011

Out

# Pos Player To Fee Date
DF Scotland Steven Caldwell Wigan Athletic Free 11 May 2010[56][57]
DF England Stephen Jordan Sheffield United Released 11 May 2010[56]
MF England Adam Kay Stalybridge Celtic Released 11 May 2010[56]
GK England Jonathan Lund Released 11 May 2010[56]
FW Scotland Steven Fletcher Wolverhampton Wanderers £6,500,000 3 June 2010
GK England Nicky Weaver Sheffield Wednesday Free 1 August 2010[56]
31 GK Peru Diego Penny Released 16 August 2010
7 MF Scotland Kevin McDonald Scunthorpe United Loan 14 October 2010
28 DF Republic of Ireland Kevin Long Accrington Stanley Loan 15 October 2010
39 FW England Wes Fletcher Stockport County Loan 15 October 2010
17 DF England Richard Eckersley Bradford City Loan 13 November 2010
18 DF England Leon Cort Preston North End Loan 25 November 2010[58]
27 FW Scotland Alex MacDonald Inverness Caledonian Thistle Loan 28 January 2011
28 DF Republic of Ireland Kevin Long Accrington Stanley Loan 31 January 2011
7 MF Scotland Kevin McDonald Notts County Loan 11 February 2011
17 DF England Richard Eckersley Bury Loan 14 March 2011
38 MF England Alex-Ray Harvey Fleetwood Town Loan 18 March 2011
17 DF England Richard Eckersley Toronto Loan 15 April 2011

Appearances and goals

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
Players with names struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Burnley.
Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.
Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
No. Pos. Nat. Name League FA Cup League Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals A yellow rectangle, denoting the yellow penalty card shown to a player being cautioned A red rectangle, denoting the red penalty card shown to a player being sent off
1 GK  ENG Lee Grant 25 0 3 0 3 0 31 0 0 0
2 MF  SCO Graham Alexander 15 (17) 3 1 (1) 1 2 0 18 (18) 4 2 0
3 DF  SCO Danny Fox 35 0 3 0 2 0 40 0 12 0
4 DF  NIR Michael Duff 27 (1) 1 3 0 1 0 31 (1) 1 8 0
5 DF  ENG Clarke Carlisle 33 (2) 1 3 1 3 1 39 (2) 3 6 1
6 MF  ENG Jack Cork * 36 (4) 3 3 0 3 0 42 (4) 3 5 0
7 MF  SCO Kevin McDonald 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 1 0 (1) 1 0 0
8 MF  ENG Dean Marney 34 (2) 3 2 (1) 0 1 (1) 0 37 (4) 3 6 0
9 FW  SCO Chris Iwelumo 29 (16) 11 1 (2) 0 1 (1) 0 31 (19) 11 1 0
10 FW  NIR Martin Paterson 7 (4) 2 0 (1) 1 1 (1) 0 8 (6) 3 0 0
11 MF  ENG Wade Elliott 37 (7) 2 3 0 2 (1) 1 42 (8) 3 6 0
12 GK  DEN Brian Jensen 21 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 0
14 DF  JAM Tyrone Mears 44 1 3 1 2 0 49 2 10 1
15 DF  CAN David Edgar 3 (4) 0 0 0 1 0 4 (4) 0 2 1
16 MF  IRL Chris McCann 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0
17 DF  ENG Richard Eckersley 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
18 DF  GUY Leon Cort 3 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 4 (1) 0 1 1
19 FW  ENG Jay Rodriguez 37 (5) 14 3 1 3 0 43 (5) 15 8 0
20 FW  SWE John Guidetti * † 2 (3) 1 0 0 0 0 2 (3) 1 0 0
20 MF  ENG Marvin Bartley 3 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 3 (2) 0 0 1
21 DF  CMR André Bikey 27 (1) 2 0 (1) 0 1 0 28 (2) 2 7 0
22 MF  SCO Ross Wallace 24 (16) 3 1 (1) 0 1 0 26 (17) 3 4 0
23 FW  ENG Charlie Austin 2 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 2 (2) 0 0 0
24 DF  SCO Brian Easton 11 (1) 1 0 0 1 0 12 (1) 1 0 0
25 DF  IRL Shane Duffy * † 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
26 FW  ENG Nathan Delfouneso * † 7 (4) 1 0 0 0 0 7 (4) 1 1 0
27 FW  SCO Alex MacDonald 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF  IRL Kevin Long 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 FW  SCO Steven Thompson 2 (27) 2 1 (2) 0 1 (2) 1 4 (31) 3 5 0
31 GK  PER Diego Penny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 MF  ENG Chris Eagles 37 (6) 11 3 3 2 1 42 (6) 15 3 0
35 DF  ENG Chris Lynch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 DF  ENG Nik Kudiersky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 MF  ENG Chris Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 MF  ENG Alex-Ray Harvey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 FW  ENG Wes Fletcher 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
42 GK  ENG Josh Cook 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 FW  ENG Dominic Knowles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 MF  ENG Michael King 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 0 0

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