2010–11 Portsmouth F.C. season explained

Season:	2010-11
Chrtitle:	Chief executive officer
Chairman:	David Lampitt
League Topscorer:	David Nugent (13)
Season Topscorer:	David Nugent (14)
Highest Attendance:	20,040 vs. Leeds Utd (22 January 2011)
Lowest Attendance:	13,132 vs. Coventry City (12 April 2011)
Average Attendance:	16,586
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The 2010–11 season was Portsmouth's first season in the EFL Championship after relegation from the Premier League at the end of the previous season.

Season review

On 22 October, Portsmouth issued a statement declaring "it appears likely that the club will now be closed down and liquidated by the administrators", but Pompey creditor Alexandre Gaydamak announced the next day that he had reached an agreement that could save their future. It was revealed just hours later that Portsmouth had finally come out of administration.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

Left club during season

Transfers

Portsmouth had previously stated that any contracts due to expire at the end of the 2009–10 season would not be renewed due to their financial problems, and that they hoped to sign a new squad on free transfers and sell their squad from last year.^[2] As it transpired, only five players were released, on 19 May 2010; ten others were offered new contracts.^[3]

In

Since Portsmouth were under a transfer embargo, they initially were not allowed to buy players or sign free agents as they could not guarantee the PFA that the wages for the players could be paid. The embargo was later lifted.

Number	Date	Position	Name	Club	Fee	Ref
25	28 July 2010	DF	Ibrahima Sonko	Stoke City	Loan	^[4]
1	4 August 2010	GK	Jamie Ashdown	Free agent	Free	^[5]
3	13 August 2010	DF	Carl Dickinson	Stoke City	Loan	^[6]
37	27 August 2010	GK	Darryl Flahavan	Free agent	Free	^[7]
27	27 August 2010	FW	Nwankwo Kanu	Free agent	Free	^[8]
18	31 August 2010	FW	Dave Kitson	Stoke City	Transfer	^[9]
7	31 August 2010	MF	Liam Lawrence	Stoke City	Transfer
6	2 October 2010	DF	Hermann Hreidarsson	Free agent	Free	^[10]
2	19 October 2010	DF	Greg Halford	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Loan	^[11]
5	14 January 2011	DF	Ritchie De Laet	Manchester United	Loan	^[12]
14	25 January 2011	MF	Jonathan Hogg	Aston Villa	Loan	^[13]
17	17 February 2011	MF	David Cotterill	Swansea City	Loan	^[14]

Out

Number	Date	Position	Name	Club	Fee	Ref
33	19 May 2010	MF	Angelos Basinas	AC Arles-Avignon	Free	^[15]
16	19 May 2010	DF	Steve Finnan	Retired
–	19 May 2010	FW	Omar Koroma	Released	Free
42	19 May 2010	MF	Paris Cowan-Hall	Scunthorpe United	Free
38	19 May 2010	DF	Callum Reynolds	Basingstoke Town	Free
46	6 July 2010	DF	Lennard Sowah	Hamburg	Free	^[16]
8	7 July 2010	MF	Papa Bouba Diop	AEK Athens	Undisclosed	^[17]
25	7 July 2010	DF	Duško Tošić	Red Star Belgrade	Free	^[18]
39	8 July 2010	DF	Nadir Belhadj^[19]	Al Sadd	Undisclosed	^[20]
1	30 July 2010	GK	David James	Bristol City	Free	^[21]
26	3 August 2010	DF	Tal Ben Haim	West Ham United	Season-long loan	^[22]
23	18 August 2010	MF	Kevin-Prince Boateng	Genoa	Undisclosed	^[23]
–	18 August 2010	MF	Jordan Hughes	Lisburn Distillery	Free	^[24]
–	18 August 2010	MF	Gauthier Mahoto	Released	Free
–	18 August 2010	MF	Gaël N'Lundulu	Released	Free
34	18 August 2010	FW	Danijel Subotić^[25]	Grosseto	Free
6	31 August 2010	MF	Marc Wilson	Stoke City	Transfer	^[26]
21	31 August 2010	FW	Tommy Smith	Queens Park Rangers	Transfer	^[27]
29	31 August 2010	DF	James Hurst	West Bromwich Albion	Undisclosed	^[28]
40	31 August 2010	MF	Marlon Pack	Cheltenham Town	Loan	^[29]
31	9 September 2010	GK	Liam O'Brien	Eastbourne Borough	Loan	^[30]
5	9 September 2010	MF	Matt Ritchie	Swindon Town	Loan	^[31]
31	8 October 2010	FW	Samuel Kehinde	Released	Free	^[32]
-	9 December 2010	DF	Perry Ryan	Bognor Regis Town	Loan	^[33]
5	7 January 2011	MF	Matt Ritchie	Swindon Town	Undisclosed	^[34]
38	18 January 2011	DF	Ellis Martin	Havant & Waterlooville	Loan	^[35]
17	29 January 2011	FW	John Utaka	Montpellier	Undisclosed	^[36]
36	24 March 2011	MF	Tom Kilbey	Lincoln City	Loan	^[37]
19	5 May 2011	DF	James Bowels	Released	Free	^[38]

Player statistics

Squad statistics

Last updated on 7 May 2011.^[39] |}

Disciplinary records

Last updated on 7 May 2011.

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player
1				2	0	0
2				4	0	1
3				5	0	1
4				11	0	0
5				5	0	0
6				7	0	0
20				1	0	0
33				6	0	2
7				3	1	0
8				5	0	1
11				2	0	0
14				7	1	0
17				3	0	0
10				7	0	0
18				8	0	0
–			Marc Wilson	2	0	0
–			John Utaka	3	0	0

Competition

Championship

See main article: 2010–11 Football League Championship.

Results by round

League Cup

See main article: 2010–11 Football League Cup.

FA Cup

See main article: 2010–11 FA Cup.

External links

• Official Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Portsmouth First Team Squad . footballsquads.co.uk . 1 September 2012.
2. News: Portsmouth to replace squad with free transfers . soccernet.ESPN . . 24 March 2010 . 24 March 2010 . 27 March 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100327182941/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=760789&sec=england&cc=5739 . dead .
3. News: Pompey offer ten players new deal . portsmouthfc.co.uk . . 19 May 2010 . 19 May 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100522015709/http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Pompey-Offer-Ten-Players-New-Deals-979.aspx . 22 May 2010 . dead .
4. Web site: Pompey sign Sonko on season-long loan . portsmouthfc.co.uk . 27 July 2010 . 11 August 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100730033143/http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Pompey-Sign-Sonko-1172.aspx . 30 July 2010 . dead .
5. Web site: Ashdown resigns with Pompey . portsmouthfc.co.uk . 6 August 2010 . 11 August 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120309183108/http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Ashdown-Rejoins-Blues-1214.aspx . 9 March 2012 . dead .
6. News: Portsmouth sign Stoke City's Carl Dickinson on loan . BBC Sport . 13 August 2010 . 13 August 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100816075026/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/8912479.stm. 16 August 2010 . live.
7. Web site: Portsmouth sign Darryl Flahavan on 1 month deal . yahoo sport . 27 August 2010 . 27 August 2010.
8. News: Kanu commits to Pompey . Sky Sports . 27 August 2010 . 27 August 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100828073648/http://www.skysports.com/story/0%2C19528%2C11688_6342163%2C00.html . 28 August 2010 . live .
9. News: Two new players from Stoke . portsmouthfc.co.uk . 31 August 2010 . 31 August 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100903182638/http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Kitson-and-Lawrence-In-Wilson-Out-1318.aspx . 3 September 2010 . dead .
10. Web site: Hreidarsson signs new Pompey deal . football.co.uk . 2 October 2010 . 19 October 2010.
11. Web site: Halford joins Pompey on loan . portsmouthfc.co.uk . 19 October 2010 . 19 October 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101022051700/http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Halford-Joins-Pompey-On-Loan-1506.aspx . 22 October 2010 . dead .
12. Web site: Pompey signs De Laet on loan . portsmouthfc.co.uk . 14 January 2011 . 16 January 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110115214251/http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Pompey-Sign-De-Laet-On-Loan-1802.aspx . 15 January 2011 . dead .
13. Web site: Hogg: Pompey Are Massive . portsmouthfc.co.uk . 25 January 2011 . 10 February 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120324132549/http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Hogg-Pompey-Are-Massive-1836.aspx . 24 March 2012 . dead .
14. News: Swansea winger set Portsmouth on loan . . 17 February 2011 . 26 February 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110217064424/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/swansea_city/9398833.stm. 17 February 2011 . live.
15. News: Greek pair arrive at Arles. Sky Sports.
16. Web site: Sowah joins Hamburg . portsmouthfc.co.uk . 6 July 2010 . 11 August 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100709174117/http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Sowah-Joins-Hamburg-1098.aspx . 9 July 2010 . dead .
17. Web site: Diop completes AEK Athens switch . portsmouthfc.co.uk . 22 July 2010 . 11 August 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120309182631/http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Diop-Completes-AEK-Athens-Switch-1154.aspx . 9 March 2012 . dead .
18. News: Tošić moves Red Star Belgrade . skyports.com . 7 July 2010 . 11 August 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100710133940/http://www.skysports.com/story/0%2C19528%2C12876_6250209%2C00.html . 10 July 2010 . live .
19. Belhadj was born in Saint-Claude, France, and represented France at U-18 level, but also qualified to represent Algeria internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Algeria in March 2004.
20. Web site: Belhadj joins Al Sadd . portsmouthfc.co.uk . 9 July 2010 . 11 August 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100712104418/http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Belhadj-Joins-Al-Sadd-1106.aspx . 12 July 2010 . dead .
21. Web site: James joins Bristol City . bcfc.co.uk . 30 July 2010 . 11 August 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100802205059/http://www.bcfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10327~2106522%2C00.html . 2 August 2010 . dead .
22. Web site: Ben Haim joins West Ham on-loan . portsmouthfc.co.uk . 3 August 2010 . 11 August 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120309183143/http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Ben-Haim-Joins-West-Ham-1198.aspx . 9 March 2012 . dead .
23. Web site: Boateng joins Genoa . portsmouthfc.co.uk . 18 August 2010 . 18 August 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100821092102/http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Boateng-Joins-Genoa-1261.aspx . 21 August 2010 . dead .
24. News: Four Depart Pompey . portsmouthfc.co.uk . 18 August 2010 . 18 August 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100821092956/http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Four-Depart-Pompey-1262.aspx . 21 August 2010 . dead .
25. Subotić was born in Zagreb, Yugoslavia (now Croatia), but also qualified to represent Switzerland internationally and represented Switzerland at U-19 level.
26. Web site: Marc Wilson joins Stoke . stokecityfc.com . 2010-08-31 . 2010-08-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100902180228/http://www.stokecityfc.com/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10310~2141097%2C00.html . 2 September 2010 . dead .
27. Web site: Smith joins QPR . portsmouthfc.co.uk . 2010-08-31 . 2010-08-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100903151332/http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Smith-Joins-QPR-Subject-To-Clearance-1316.aspx . 3 September 2010 . dead .
28. Web site: Hurst re-joins WBA . porthsmouthfc.co.uk . 2010-08-31 . 2010-08-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100903182422/http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Hurst-Rejoins-West-Brom-1317.aspx . 3 September 2010 . dead .
29. Web site: Marlon Pack joins Cheltenham on loan . porthsmouthfc.co.uk . 2010-08-31 . 2010-08-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120309183500/http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Marlon-Pack-Joins-Cheltenham-On-Loan-1314.aspx . 9 March 2012 . dead .
30. Web site: O'Brien loaned to Eastbourne . porthsmouthfc.co.uk . 2010-09-09 . 2010-09-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120309183655/http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/O-Brien-Loaned-To-Eastbourne-1341.aspx . 9 March 2012 . dead .
31. Web site: Ritchie loaned to Swindon . porthsmouthfc.co.uk . 2010-10-04 . 2010-10-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101007070023/http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Ritchie-Loaned-To-Swindon-1459.aspx . 7 October 2010 . dead .
32. Web site: O'Brien shown the door . vitalfootball.co.uk . 2010-10-08 . 2010-10-23 . 24 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724131646/http://www.portsmouth.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=216343#ixzz11mphAFv6 . dead .
33. Web site: Ryan joins Bognor Regis Town . portsmouthfc.co.uk . 2010-12-09 . 2010-12-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120324132438/http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Ryan-Joins-Bognor-Regis-Town-1699.aspx . 24 March 2012 . dead .
34. Web site: Ritchie Completes Swindon Switch . portsmouthfc.co.uk . 2011-01-07 . 2011-02-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120324132655/http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Ritchie-Completes-Swindon-Switch-1778.aspx . 24 March 2012 . dead .
35. Web site: Martin joins Hawks . portsmouthfc.co.uk . 2011-01-18 . 2011-02-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110121141952/http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Martin-Joins-Hawks-1811.aspx . 21 January 2011 . dead .
36. Web site: Utaka Joins Montpellier . portsmouthfc.co.uk . 2011-01-29 . 2011-02-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110202161745/http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Utaka-Joins-Montpellier-1852.aspx . 2 February 2011 . dead .
37. Web site: Kilbey Joins Lincoln on Loan . portsmouthfc.co.uk . 2011-03-24 . 2011-05-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110326191734/http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Kilbey-Joins-Lincoln-On-Loan-2028.aspx . 26 March 2011 . dead .
38. Web site: Injured Bowles contract expires . portsmouthfc.co.uk . 2011-05-05 . 2011-05-05 .
39. Web site: All Portsmouth football club players: 2011. 11v11.com.