2010–11 Birmingham City F.C. season
2010–11 season | ||||
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Chairman | Football League Cup Winners | | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Craig Gardner (8) All: Craig Gardner (10) | |||
Highest home attendance | 28,270[1] (vs Newcastle United, 15 February 2011) | |||
Lowest home attendance | 6,431[1] (vs Rochdale, League Cup 2nd round, 26 August 2010) | |||
Average home league attendance | 25,462[2] | |||
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The
Pre-season
Following
Back on home soil, Birmingham continued their good form at Pride Park, where they beat a Derby County side featuring former Blues midfielder Robbie Savage.[7] The following day, a Birmingham XI including first-team players rested for the match against Derby drew 2–2 against Northampton Town, conceding a late header from Liam Davis.[8] Birmingham came from two goals down to beat Milton Keynes Dons. James McFadden missed a first-half penalty, but two second-half goals from Cameron Jerome and an 88th-minute winner from O'Connor were enough to see off the League One opposition.[9] Mallorca, the visitors for the only home friendly of the 2010 pre-season, inflicted Birmingham's only defeat with a goal from Emilio Nsue. Craig Gardner played in an unfamiliar right-back position with both Stephen Carr and Stuart Parnaby injured.[10]
Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A |
Scorers | Attendance | Report |
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18 July 2010 | Hong Kong League XI | A | W | 3–2 | Dann 21', Gardner 74', O'Connor 89' | 13,626 | [3] |
21 July 2010 | Beijing Guoan | A
|
W | 1–0 | O'Connor 82' | c. 70,000 | [4] |
24 July 2010 | Liaoning Whowin |
A
|
W | 2–0 | O'Connor 18, Larsson 38' | c. 20,000 | [5] |
31 July 2010 | Derby County | A | W | 2–1 | Murphy 31', Larsson 46' | 4,458 | [7] |
1 August 2010 | Northampton Town | A | D | 2–2 | Jerome 50', McFadden 68' | 1,617 | [8] |
3 August 2010 | MK Dons | A
|
W | 3–2 | Jerome (2) 53', 78', O'Connor 88' | 5,896 | [9] |
7 August 2010 | Mallorca | H | L | 0–1 | 10,190 | [10] |
Premier League
August
Birmingham opened their Premier League campaign with a visit to
Žigić marked his first start, at home to
In an eventful visit to
September
McFadden and Ferguson were instrumental as Birmingham extended their unbeaten Premier League home record to 17 matches with a goalless draw with
At home to
October
Having gone 18 top-flight games unbeaten to equal the club record, Birmingham made little impression as
Two weeks later, Birmingham took the lead through a Žigić header, Arsenal equalised from the penalty spot after Marouane Chamakh went down after minimal contact from Dann, and Chamakh himself scored the winner just after half time. On a day when manager Arsène Wenger used his programme notes to highlight the problem of reckless tackling, England hopeful Jack Wilshere was sent off for a two-footed lunge on Žigić, and Emmanuel Eboué was fortunate to escape a red card for a scissors tackle on Ridgewell.[23]
At home to newly promoted Blackpool, whose attacking style had earned them the best away record in the Premier League, Birmingham played them at their own game, with Alexander Hleb given a free role behind O'Connor and Žigić, and outclassed them 2–0. The goals came from Ridgewell's close-range header after Žigić had headed against the bar, and from Žigić himself after Charlie Adam gave the ball away. The Guardian's reporter suggested that "if City had had more pace and movement up front than was offered by Garry O'Connor and Nikola Zigic, they would have won by five or six."[24]
In an improvement for Birmingham on the last time the clubs met, they had the better of a goalless draw at
November
Birmingham went two goals down at Stoke City, but came back to equalise with a 20-yard (18 m) shot from Fahey and a glancing header by Jerome from a Larsson cross, and Gardner forced two saves from Asmir Begović.[29] Stoke manager Tony Pulis had spoken out before the game about referees' decisions repeatedly going against them; this time, match referee Mark Clattenburg failed to notice a handball in the build-up to Dean Whitehead's winning goal for the home side.[30] The defending improved at Manchester City. The nearest the home side came to scoring was when Carlos Tevez handled the ball into the net and when Foster blocked a James Milner shot and man-of-the-match Stephen Carr cleared the rebound off the line.[31]
Bowyer, replacing the injured Gardner, stole unmarked into the penalty area to meet a Jerome knockdown and take a 17th-minute lead at home to Chelsea. Thereafter, Foster, criticised for his performance for England against France in midweek but now "defiance personified," made numerous saves including one where he "somehow clawed out a Didier Drogba header that was flying in the far corner," as Chelsea failed to score from 32 shots at goal.[32] Away at Fulham, Hleb made a strong run through midfield to the penalty area and played a pinpoint pass which gave the onrushing Larsson time to set himself and pass the ball into the net for his first goal of the season. After Clint Dempsey arguably climbed on Fahey's shoulders to head the equaliser, Birmingham came close to regaining the lead when Dann's header from a Larsson cross hit the bar, but lost Hleb to a hamstring injury.[33]
December
Gardner was central to Birmingham achieving a draw at home to
The visit of
January
Birmingham began the new year outplayed by Arsenal by three goals to nil. Television replays highlighted incidents, unnoticed by the referee, in which Bowyer stamped on Bacary Sagna and seemed to rake his studs down the same player's achilles. Suggestions in the media that he might be banned for six matches prompted Alex McLeish to argue that the football authorities were not treating all clubs equally when using television evidence.[38] Bowyer received the standard three-match ban for violent conduct.[39]
Birmingham went to Blackpool as the only Premier League team without an away win. After Blackpool lost at St Andrew's in October, manager Ian Holloway had promised that if Birmingham used the same attacking tactics when they came to Bloomfield Road, his players would know how to counter them.[24] He was nearly right. Hleb, returning from injury to play behind Jerome and Matt Derbyshire, scored the opening goal after being gifted the ball in the penalty area. Former Birmingham player DJ Campbell equalised, both sides hit the woodwork, the visitors were particularly profligate in front of goal, but Dann scored an 89th-minute winner with a poacher's finish from Johnson's knock-down.[40]
Without Dann, whose hamstring injury sustained in the League Cup first leg was to keep him out for the rest of the season, Ridgewell moved to centre back, David Murphy started at left back, and loanee David Bentley made his debut in the Sunday lunchtime kickoff against Aston Villa. Both teams had chances to win but the 1–1 draw left both teams just outside the relegation zone. The attendance of 22,287 was the lowest for Premier League matches between the clubs.[41] With the League Cup semi-final four days later, Birmingham gave Jordon Mutch a League debut and rested Gardner, Jerome and Larsson as they visited Manchester United. They lost 5–0.[42]
February
Obafemi Martins had a quiet debut at home to Stoke City. A dull match was goalless until stoppage time, when Begović fumbled Bentley's shot, Jerome robbed him of the ball, flicked it up from the byline and Žigić outjumped John Carew and headed the winner to give Birmingham their first consecutive Premier League wins in almost a year.[45] McLeish suggested that fatigue might be a factor in Birmingham's "flat" performance three days later as they lost 2–0 at home to Newcastle United to leave themselves in 14th place, three points above the relegation zone.[46]
March
Beausejour scored his first Premier League goal in a losing cause at home to West Bromwich Albion, in Birmingham's first league match after the
April
After goals by Phillips from a Larsson corner and by Gardner after a one-two with Jerome, a Larsson goal disallowed for offside and a Johnson volley drawing a good save from Jääskeläinen, Birmingham should have been comfortable. However, Johan Elmander scored an excellent volleyed goal from distance, Bolton Wanderers took heart, and only fine goalkeeping from Foster kept the visitors at bay.[50] Bowyer's tap-in from Jerome's pass took the lead at Blackburn Rovers, and shortly before half-time, Johnson received lengthy treatment for a head injury before leaving the pitch for further attention. Seven minutes into stoppage time, he returned to the field, apparently distracting defensive partner Ridgewell who allowed Junior Hoilett to steal the ball and take it past Foster to equalise. Curtis Davies replaced Johnson for the second half, the first time in nearly two seasons with the club that Johnson had been substituted.[51]
A 2–0 defeat of Sunderland, with goals from Larsson and Gardner, gave Birmingham seven points from the last three games. With six games left to play, they were in 14th place, five points above the relegation zone with a game in hand on most teams below them, albeit with some difficult fixtures to come.[52] Chelsea had little difficulty in beating Birmingham 3–1, the visitors' goal coming from the penalty spot; Larsson and Gardner had a lengthy discussion as to who should take the kick, eventually won by the former. McLeish confirmed afterwards that Gardner would be the designated penalty-taker in future.[53] Maxi Rodríguez, in the starting eleven only because Andy Carroll was injured, scored a hat-trick as Foster sustained an injury trying to prevent Liverpool's second goal and had to be replaced by Colin Doyle, making his first Premier League appearance since 2007.[54]
May
Bentley left the ground "in a huff" when not included in the matchday squad for the home game with
Foster kept Birmingham in the game at Newcastle United until Ridgewell was sent off for handling the ball on the goalline. Newcastle scored the resultant penalty, doubled their lead from Steven Taylor's header, then Bowyer pulled a goal back just before half-time when Jerome's shot was parried. Larsson missed a clear chance to equalise, shooting over the bar after Tim Krul fumbled Beausejour's cross, but the home side also had chances to extend their lead.[56]
With Jerome injured, Phillips and Derbyshire started at home to Fulham and youngster Akwasi Asante was the only forward among the substitutes. The players seemed nervous, made little impression, were unable to deal with the power of Brede Hangeland, who scored both Fulham goals, and the only serious chance came when Jiránek turned Parnaby's cross towards goal with his chest. Birmingham finished the match with only ten men, after losing Hleb, Bowyer, Parnaby and Jiránek to injury, and in 17th place in the league, ahead of Blackpool and Wigan Athletic only on goal difference after they and Wolves all won.[57][58]
Birmingham went into their final match, away to Tottenham Hotspur, as one of five teams still at risk of relegation. Doing no worse than Blackpool and Wigan would keep them safe, and there were more complicated calculations depending on the result of the match between Blackburn and Wolves. Jerome, who had undergone specialist treatment all week on his injured heel, was able to start the game, and Davies was an excellent replacement for Jiránek. Roman Pavlyuchenko put Tottenham one up early in the second half, but Gardner's 79th-minute equaliser put his team ahead of Wolves and safe. With stoppage time approaching, Wolves scored again to leave Birmingham needing another goal. The message appeared to take time getting through to the players, but they eventually threw everyone forward, leaving themselves open at the back, and Pavlyuchenko scored a spectacular winner to ensure fifth place and Europa League qualification. Birmingham finished 18th, and were relegated.[58][59]
Match details
- Match details, including date, result, venue, lineups, league positions and goal times (apart from for goals scored in stoppage time) are sourced to 11v11.com.[60]
- General source (match reports):[12][1]
Match content not verifiable from these sources is referenced individually. Scorelines list Birmingham's score first.
Date | League position |
Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance | Refs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
14 August 2010 | 6th | Sunderland | A | D | 2–2 | Dann 77', Ridgewell 88' | 38,390 | |
21 August 2010 | 4th | Blackburn Rovers | H | W | 2–1 | Gardner (2) 57', 71' | 21,394 | [14] |
29 August 2010 | 6th | Bolton Wanderers | A
|
D | 2–2 | Johnson 4', Gardner 50' | 18,139 | [15] |
12 September 2010 | 5th | Liverpool | H | D | 0–0 | 27,333 | [17] | |
18 September 2010 | 11th | West Bromwich Albion | A | L | 1–3 | Jerome 15' | 23,062 | [20] |
25 September 2010 | 11th | Wigan Athletic | H | D | 0–0 | 22,168 | [21] | |
2 October 2010 | 15th | Everton | H | L | 0–2 | 23,138 | [22] | |
16 October 2010 | 16th | Arsenal | A | L | 1–2 | Žigić 33' | 60,070 | [23] |
23 October 2010 | 12th | Blackpool | H | W | 2–0 | Ridgewell 36', Žigić 56' | 26,850 | [24] |
31 October 2010 | 14th | Aston Villa | A | D | 0–0 | 40,688 | [26] | |
6 November 2010 | 14th | West Ham United | H | D | 2–2 | Jerome 64', Ridgewell 73' | 26,474 | [28] |
9 November 2010 | 17th | Stoke City | A
|
L | 2–3 | Fahey 74', Jerome 76' | 26,381 | [29] |
13 November 2010 | 18th | Manchester City | A | D | 0–0 | 44,321 | [31] | |
20 November 2010 | 13th | Chelsea | H | W | 1–0 | Bowyer 17' | 24,357 | [32] |
27 November 2010 | 14th | Fulham | A | D | 1–1 | Larsson 20' | 24,391 | [33] |
4 December 2010 | 14th | Tottenham Hotspur | H | D | 1–1 | Gardner 81' | 25,770 | [34] |
12 December 2010 | 16th | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A | L | 0–1 | 25,150 | [35] | |
28 December 2010 | 16th | Manchester United | H | D | 1–1 | Bowyer 89' | 28,242 | [37] |
1 January 2011 | 19th | Arsenal | H | L | 0–3 | 24,341 | [38] | |
4 January 2011 | 15th | Blackpool | A | W | 2–1 | Hleb 24', Dann 89' | 14,550 | [40] |
16 January 2011 | 16th | Aston Villa | H | D | 1–1 | Johnson 49' | 22,287 | [41] |
22 January 2011 | 17th | Manchester United | A | L | 0–5 | 75,326 | [42] | |
2 February 2011 | 17th | Manchester City | H | D | 2–2 | Žigić 23', Gardner 77' pen. | 24,379 | [43] |
6 February 2011 | 16th | West Ham United | A | W | 1–0 | Žigić 65' | 32,927 | [44] |
12 February 2011 | 14th | Stoke City | H | W | 1–0 | Žigić 90+3' | 23,660 | [45] |
15 February 2011 | 14th | Newcastle United | H | L | 0–2 | 28,270 | [46] | |
5 March 2011 | 18th | West Bromwich Albion | H | L | 1–3 | Beausejour 48' | 27,013 | [47] |
9 March 2011 | 17th | Everton | A | D | 1–1 | Beausejour 17' | 33,974 | [48] |
19 March 2011 | 19th | Wigan Athletic | A
|
L | 1–2 | Ridgewell 6' | 16,421 | [49] |
2 April 2011 | 15th | Bolton Wanderers | H | W | 2–1 | Phillips 4', Gardner 59' | 26,142 | [50] |
9 April 2011 | 15th | Blackburn Rovers | A | D | 1–1 | Bowyer 32' | 28,426 | [51] |
16 April 2011 | 14th | Sunderland | H | W | 2–0 | Larsson 41', Gardner 66' | 28,108 | [52] |
20 April 2011 | 15th | Chelsea | A | L | 1–3 | Larsson 66' pen. | 40,848 | [53] |
23 April 2011 | 15th | Liverpool | A | L | 0–5 | 44,734 | [54] | |
1 May 2011 | 15th | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H | D | 1–1 | Larsson 27' | 26,072 | [55] |
7 May 2011 | 16th | Newcastle United | A | L | 1–2 | Bowyer 45' | 47,409 | [56] |
15 May 2011 | 17th | Fulham | H | L | 0–2 | 27,759 | [57] | |
22 May 2011 | 18th | Tottenham Hotspur | A | L | 1–2 | Gardner 79' | 36,119 | [59] |
League table (part)
Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
16th | Wigan Athletic | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 40 | 61 | -21 | 42 |
17th | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 46 | 66 | -20 | 40 |
18th | Birmingham City | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 37 | 58 | -21 | 39 |
19th | Blackpool | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 55 | 78 | -23 | 39 |
20th | West Ham United | 38 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 43 | 70 | -27 | 33 |
Key | Pos = League position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points | ||||||||
Source | [61] |
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 37 | 58 | −21 | 39 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 22 | −3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 36 | −18 |
Last updated: end of season.
Source: [61]
FA Cup
Birmingham were drawn away against
In the fourth round, Birmingham made nine changes from the eleven that had started the League Cup semi-final three days before. After Žigić headed wide and Phillips' header was deflected onto the crossbar, they went two goals down at home to mid-table Championship club Coventry City. Bentley's 25-yard (23 m) shot was too hot for Keiren Westwood and went in off the underside of the bar, then in the second half Parnaby scored his first senior goal for nearly five years after Hleb had drawn Westwood out of goal. After 73 minutes, Phillips volleyed in a ball from Beausejour for the winner.[63]
A stronger Birmingham team than that selected in previous rounds enjoyed a comfortable win against
Bolton Wanderers had to take the lead three times to eliminate a Birmingham side so short of fit players that they started the 19-year-old Mutch in central midfield, gave a squad number to 17-year-old defender Alpaslan Öztürk, and were still unable to name a full complement of seven substitutes. Johan Elmander scored for Bolton after 21 minutes, and within the next ten minutes Birmingham had lost Ferguson and Jiránek to injury. Jerome took advantage of a defensive error to equalise with a tidy finish from 16 yards (15 m), and each side made penalty appeals that were correctly turned down. Bolton regained the lead from the penalty spot when Curtis Davies fouled Kevin Davies before Phillips first hit the post, then from a flick-on by the 17-year-old Nathan Redmond, "somehow Phillips swivelled, scissor-kicking a volley from outside the area over the head of Jaaskelainen and in." McLeish brought on striker Derbyshire in place of Murphy and went for the win, but in stoppage time, Kevin Davies headed across goal for Lee Chung-yong to take the visitors into the semi-finals.[66]
Scorelines list Birmingham's score first.
Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance | Report |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Third round | 8 January 2011 | Millwall | A | W | 4–1 | Derbyshire (2) 17', 45', Murphy 27', Jerome 72' | 9,841 | [62] |
Fourth round | 29 January 2011 | Coventry City | H | W | 3–2 | Phillips 73'
|
16,669 | [63] |
Fifth round | 9 February 2011 | Sheffield Wednesday | H | W | 3–0 | Beausejour 6', Martins 17', Murphy 53' | 14,607 | [64] |
Sixth round | 12 March 2011 | Bolton Wanderers | H | L | 2–3 | Jerome 38', Phillips 80' | 23,699 | [66] |
League Cup
Birmingham began their
Third-round opponents
The quarter-final pitted Birmingham against local rivals Aston Villa, again at home. West Midlands Police had been sufficiently concerned about the potential for trouble and possible adverse effects on England's World Cup bid that they made an unsuccessful request for a change of date and had four times the usual number of officers on duty.[70] Larsson opened the scoring with a penalty after Richard Dunne fouled Bowyer, then Gabriel Agbonlahor equalised for Villa on the break after Žigić had an apparently valid goal disallowed. Jerome shot wide when one-on-one with goalkeeper Brad Friedel, and Foster saved well from Ashley Young after parrying a shot from Agbonlahor, but neither side could make the breakthrough until, on 86 minutes, Žigić scrambled home a shot deflected off Luke Young.[71] At the end of the match, large numbers of Birmingham fans invaded the pitch and were separated from the visiting support by riot police. Missiles, including seats and a flare, believed by police to have originated in the visitors' section, were thrown back and forth, and the violence continued outside the ground.[72]
Birmingham were drawn against West Ham United in the
Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A |
Scorers | Attendance | Report |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Second round | 26 August 2010 | Rochdale | H | W | 3–2 | McFadden 28' pen., Murphy 48', Derbyshire 53' | 6,431 | [67] |
Third round | 21 September 2010 | MK Dons | H | W | 3–1 | Hleb 24', Žigić 26', Gardner 28' | 9,450 | [68] |
Fourth round | 19 October 2010 | Brentford | H | W | 1–1 a.e.t. 4–3 pens. |
Phillips 90+2' Phillips, Gardner, Dann, Carr. |
15,166 | [69] |
Fifth round | 1 December 2010 | Aston Villa | H | W | 2–1 | Larsson 12' pen., Žigić 84' | 27,679 | [71] |
Semi-final first leg | 11 January 2011 | West Ham United | A | L | 1–2 | Ridgewell 56' | 29,034 | [73] |
Semi-final second leg | 26 January 2011 | West Ham United | H | W | 3–1 agg. |
Bowyer 59', Johnson 79', Gardner 94' | 27,519 | [74] |
Final
Going into the final, media focus centred on the competition being the first element of Arsenal's potential
To counteract Arsenal's perceived strength, their passing ability in midfield, McLeish set his side out in a
Early in the second half, Beausejour replaced Gardner. A few minutes later he set up Fahey, whose poor shot hit teammate Žigić. The ball rebounded back to Fahey who reacted quickly to volley it goalwards, only for it to strike the inside of the post with Szczęsny beaten and bounce across the goal to safety.[79] Van Persie, who had hurt himself in the act of scoring, was struggling by the middle of the second half and was replaced by former Birmingham loanee Nicklas Bendtner. Towards the end of normal time, Birmingham were tiring; Johnson remained on the field after receiving treatment for an injury that restricted his movement,[80] Jiránek was limping,[81] and the defence as a whole had hardly trained in the week leading up to the game.[82] But it was that defence, and particularly Foster, who won the man of the match award for the second time in three years, who prevented Arsenal from taking advantage.[77]
With seven minutes left of normal time, Obafemi Martins replaced Fahey for his League Cup debut.[83] After 89 minutes, Foster cleared the ball long, Žigić touched it on, and when Laurent Koscielny attempted to play it, distracting Szczęsny from making what should have been a straightforward gather, the ball fell loose to Martins in front of goal.[81] He tapped it into an empty net for what he called "the easiest goal I've ever scored in my career",[84] and celebrated with his trademark somersaults,[81] although not the ten he had promised.[85] For the remaining few minutes, Birmingham defended stoutly, but Martins had a fine chance to increase the lead when he took the ball past Johan Djourou and the goalkeeper but found himself with too narrow a shooting angle. Jerome, who had come on during stoppage time, and Ferguson were both booked for time-wasting as Birmingham held on to win their first major trophy for nearly 50 years.[83]
27 February 2011 Final | Arsenal | 1–2 | Birmingham City | Wembley Stadium, London |
16:00 | Van Persie ![]() |
[77] | Žigić ![]() Martins ![]() |
Attendance: 88,851 Referee: Mike Dean |
Note: Birmingham City qualify for UEFA Europa League[86] |
Transfers
At the end of the 2009–10 season, Birmingham released first-team players
In the January transfer window,
Among those players released at the end of the season when their contracts expired were first-teamers Larsson, Phillips, Jiránek, Lee Bowyer, Maik Taylor and Stuart Parnaby and fringe players Marcus Bent, Jay O'Shea, Dan Preston and Robin Shroot. All the loanees returned to their owning clubs.[102]
In
Date | Player | Club† | Fee | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
19 May 2010 | Ben Foster | Manchester United | Undisclosed | [89] |
26 May 2010 | Nikola Žigić | Valencia | Undisclosed | [90] |
1 July 2010 | Enric Vallès | (NAC Breda) | Free | [91] |
31 August 2010 | Martin Jiránek | Spartak Moscow | Undisclosed | [93] |
31 August 2010 | Jean Beausejour | Club América | Undisclosed | [93] |
28 January 2011 | Curtis Davies | Aston Villa | Undisclosed | [100] |
- † Brackets round club names indicate the player's contract with that club had expired before he joined Birmingham.
Out
Date | Player | Fee | Joined† | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
12 December 2010 | Garry O'Connor | Released | (Barnsley) | [95] |
30 June 2011 | Marcus Bent | Released | ( Mitra Kukar )
|
[102][103] |
30 June 2011 | Lee Bowyer | Released | (Ipswich Town) | [104] |
30 June 2011 | Martin Jiránek | Released | ( Terek Grozny )
|
[102][105] |
30 June 2011 | Sebastian Larsson | Released | (Sunderland) | [106] |
30 June 2011 | James McFadden | Released | (Everton) | [107] |
30 June 2011 | Stuart Parnaby | Released | Middlesbrough | [108] |
30 June 2011 | Kevin Phillips |
Released | (Blackpool) | [109] |
30 June 2011 | Maik Taylor | Released | ( Leeds United )
|
[110] |
30 June 2011 | Mitch McPike | Released | [102] | |
30 June 2011 | Jay O'Shea | Released | ( Milton Keynes Dons )
|
[111] |
30 June 2011 | Dan Preston | Released | ( AFC Telford United )
|
[102][112] |
30 June 2011 | Luke Rowe | Released | ( Team Wellington )
|
[102][113] |
30 June 2011 | Robin Shroot | Released | (Stevenage) | [114] |
- † Brackets round a club denote the player joined that club after his Birmingham City contract expired.
Loan in
Date | Player | Club | Return | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
16 August 2010 | Matt Derbyshire | Olympiacos | End of season | [92] |
31 August 2010 | Alexander Hleb | Barcelona | End of season | [93] |
12 January 2011 | David Bentley | Tottenham Hotspur | End of season | [98] |
31 January 2011 | Obafemi Martins | Rubin Kazan | End of season | [99] |
Loan out
Date | Player | Club | Return | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 August 2010 | Jordon Mutch | Watford |
January 2011 | [94] |
5 August 2010 | Jake Jervis | Notts County | 4 January 2011 | [115] |
7 August 2010 | Robin Shroot | Cheltenham Town | January 2011 | [116] |
20 August 2010 | Luke Hubbins | Notts County | January 2011 | [117] |
31 August 2010 | Marcus Bent | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 4 January 2011 | [118] |
10 September 2010 | Garry O'Connor | Barnsley | One month | [119] |
26 October 2010 | Jay O'Shea | Stevenage | 16 January 2011 | [120] |
8 November 2010 | Garry O'Connor | Barnsley | One month | [121] |
26 November 2010 | Mitch McPike | Kidderminster Harriers | One month | [122] |
18 January 2011 | Marcus Bent | Sheffield United | 16 April 2011 | [123] |
20 January 2011 | Jay O'Shea | Port Vale | One month | [124] |
20 January 2011 | Nathan Redmond | Burton Albion | 31 January 2011 | [97] |
21 January 2011 | Míchel |
AEK Athens | End of season | [96] |
21 January 2011 | Jake Jervis | Hereford United | One month | [125] |
28 January 2011 | Dan Preston | Hereford United | 13 April 2011 | [126] |
Appearances and goals
- Source:[127]
No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | Discipline | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ![]() |
![]() | ||||
1 | GK | ![]() |
Maik Taylor | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | DF | ![]() |
Stephen Carr | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
3 | DF | ![]() |
David Murphy | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
4 | MF | ![]() |
Lee Bowyer | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
5 | DF | ![]() |
Roger Johnson | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 45 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
6 | DF | ![]() |
Liam Ridgewell | 36 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 43 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
7 | MF | ![]() |
Sebastian Larsson | 35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 41 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
8 | MF | ![]() |
Craig Gardner | 29 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 10 | 7 | 2 |
9 | FW | ![]() |
Kevin Phillips
|
14 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
10 | FW | ![]() |
Cameron Jerome | 34 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
11 | FW | ![]() |
Garry O'Connor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11 | MF | ![]() |
David Bentley | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
12 | MF | ![]() |
Barry Ferguson | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
13 | GK | ![]() |
Colin Doyle | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | FW | ![]() |
Matt Derbyshire | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
15 | DF | ![]() |
Scott Dann | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
16 | FW | ![]() |
James McFadden | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
17 | MF | ![]() |
Míchel
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | FW | ![]() |
Obafemi Martins | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
18 | MF | ![]() |
Keith Fahey | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
19 | FW | ![]() |
Nikola Žigić | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
20 | MF | ![]() |
Enric Vallès | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | DF | ![]() |
Stuart Parnaby | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
22 | MF | ![]() |
Alexander Hleb | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
23 | FW | ![]() |
Jean Beausejour | 17 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
24 | MF | ![]() |
Jay O'Shea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
25 | MF | ![]() |
Jordon Mutch | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
26 | GK | ![]() |
Ben Foster | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
27 | MF | ![]() |
Nathan Redmond | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
28 | DF | ![]() |
Martin Jiránek | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
29 | FW | ![]() |
Marcus Bent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 | FW | ![]() |
Akwasi Asante | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31 | DF | ![]() |
Fraser Kerr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32 | DF | ![]() |
Curtis Davies | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
33 | DF | ![]() |
Alpaslan Öztürk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
34 | GK | ![]() |
Jack Butland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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