2010–11 Leeds United F.C. season

Leeds United

2010-11 season
Chairman	Ken Bates
Manager	Simon Grayson
Stadium	Elland Road
The Championship	7th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Luciano Becchio (19) All: Luciano Becchio (20)
Highest home attendance	38,232 vs Arsenal (19 January 2011, FA Cup)
Lowest home attendance	12,602 vs Lincoln City (10 Aug 2010, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	27,297 average cup attendance: 22,448
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 season saw Leeds United A.F.C. return to the second tier of English football for the first time in four years with them finishing in a respectable 7th position in The Championship, just missing out on the play-offs. In other competitions, the club performed poorly in the League Cup, going out in their first match, however made it to the third round of the FA Cup forcing Premier League giants Arsenal to a replay in the process.

For the first time since 1990-91, Simon Grayson's team saw four players, Becchio (20), Gradel (18), Somma (12) and Howson (11), make it in to double figures in the scoring charts. After a disastrous end to the previous season, Gradel rejuvenated himself and picked up both the Fans' and Players' Player of the Year with Young Player going to the much improved Howson.^[1] Off the field, Chairman Ken Bates consolidated his ownership of the club by purchasing a majority shareholding in the club.^[2]

Events

This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2010–11 season, presented in chronological order (starting from 14 May 2010 and ending on the final day of the club's final match in the 2010-11 season. Results of any disclipinaries etc. relevant to this season are also listed.) This list does not include transfers or new contracts, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the matches section.

May

• 14 May: The club release a "released and retained" list with eight players being released, two players being offered new contracts and four players - Trésor Kandol, Ľubomír Michalík, Andy Robinson and Alan Sheehan - being placed on the transfer list.^[3]

June

• 17 June: The fixtures for the 2010-11 Championship campaign are revealed. Leeds start the season on 7 August at home to Derby County and will finish it away at QPR on 8 May.^[4]

July

• 1 July: The players return for pre-season training with new faces including Fede Bessone, Paul Connolly, Billy Paynter and Kasper Schmeichel.^[5]
• 8 July: Manager Simon Grayson confirms that Richard Naylor will remain club captain for the new season.^[6]
• 10 July: The squad depart to Slovakia for their pre-season tour. The travelling squad includes all first teamers except transfer listed Kandol, Michalik, Robinson and Sheehan, injured Naylor and Parker and youngsters Darville, Elliott and Hatfield.^[7]
• 13 July: Simon Grayson signs a new three-year contract as club manager.^[8]
• 29 July: The squad numbers for the new season are announced with no. 2 Crowe being demoted to no. 20 in favour of Connolly. Meanwhile, Gradel is promoted to no. 7 from no. 28 and the four transfer listed players, plus Elliott and Hatfield, are demoted to higher numbers. Paynter takes over the no. 9 shirt from last season's top scorer Jermaine Beckford while Schmeichel is made no. 1 with Collins, Sam and Bessone being handed numbers 5, 11 and 21 respectively.^[9]

August

• 17 August: The club are charged for failing to ensure their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion after a mass brawl with the opposition players during the 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest on 15 August.^[10] Forest are also charged with a three match ban being handed to their player Chris Gunter whose stamp on Leeds striker Sanchez Watt started the brawl.^[11]
• 18 August: Club chairman Ken Bates slams the charge on the club by The FA in regard to the Forest game, stating that the club will defend themselves and back up Watt.^[12] Meanwhile, it is revealed that the club spent £335,723 on agents fees during the 2009-10 season - the third highest in League One.^[13]
• 24 August: Leeds are fined £7,500 and Nottingham Forest £12,500 after the mass brawl during the match nine days ago.^[14]

November

• 18 November: Midfielder Bradley Johnson is put on the transfer list after rejecting a new contract.^[15]

December

• 10 December: Defender Jason Crowe is put on the transfer list after declining several loan offers from other clubs.^[16]

April

• 4 April: The club announce they have made a profit of £2.072 million in the 2009-10 financial year. It is also disclosed that the club's turnover increased by 16% to £27.446 million. In addition, it is noted that gate receipts totalled £11.732 million, rising 30.8% with mercendising increasing by 12% to £5.509 million. In their statement, it is revealed that the total wage bill of the playing and football management staff in the relevant financial year was £7.706 million with the value of the entire squad estimated at £6.667 million.^[17]

May

• 3 May: The club announce that on 26 April 2011, chairman Ken Bates became the controlling shareholder of the club after his company Outro Limited purchased Forward Sports Fund Limited, the company who own 72.85% (102,000,000 shares) of the shares in Leeds City Holdings Limited (L.C.H.) - the parent company of Leeds United Football Club Limited (the company that holds the share in the Football League, is a member of the West Riding County Football Association and an Associate Member of the FA) for an undisclosed fee. It is noted that the remaining 27.15% (approx. 38,013,727 shares) of shares in L.C.H. are owned by four unconnected shareholders, with none of them holding more than 10% of the shares.^[2]
• 6 May: The club plead guilty to the FA charge of "failing to ensure that their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion and/or refrained from provocative behaviour" in regard to the mass brawl against Burnley six days ago^[18]
• 7 May: The club finish The Championship season in 7th place, thus missing out on the play-offs.^[19]
• 10 May: The FA fine both Leeds and Burnley £5,000 in relation to the brawl between their players in the April match. Leeds are fined an additional £7,500 as they had recently been found guilty of a separate improper conduct charge.^[20]

Players

First team squad information

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Schmeichel, KasperKasper Schmeichel	25	2010	40	0	2012	Free	Leeds United
2	DF		Connolly, PaulPaul Connolly	28	2010	33	0	2013	Free	Leeds United
3	DF		Kisnorbo, PatrickPatrick Kisnorbo	30	2009	36	1	2011	Free	Leeds United
4	DF		Bruce, AlexAlex Bruce	27	2010	26	1	2012	£300k	Leeds United
6	DF		Naylor, RichardRichard Naylor (captain)	34	2009	76	4	2011	Free	Leeds United
7	MF		Gradel, MaxMax Gradel1	24	2009	79	24	2012	£250k	Leeds United
8	MF		Kilkenny, NeilNeil Kilkenny	26	2008	144	11	2011	£150k	Birmingham City
9	FW		Paynter, BillyBilly Paynter	27	2010	23	1	2013	Free	Leeds United
10	FW		Becchio, LucianoLuciano Becchio	28	2008	147	56	2014	£300k	Leeds United
11	MF		Sam, LloydLloyd Sam	27	2010	20	3	2012	Free	Leeds United
12	GK		Higgs, ShaneShane Higgs	34	2009	29	0	2011	Free	Leeds United
13	FW		Grella, MikeMike Grella	24	2009	42	5	2012	Free	Leeds United
14	MF		Howson, JonathanJonathan Howson (VC)	23	2006	203	28	2012	Youth system	Leeds United
15	MF		Clayton, AdamAdam Clayton	22	2010	4	0	2013	Undisclosed	Leeds United
16	MF		Johnson, BradleyBradley Johnson	24	2008	140	17	2011	£250k	BBC Sport
17	MF		Livermore, JakeJake Livermore	22	2011	5	0	2011	Loan	Leeds United
18	MF		Watt, SanchezSanchez Watt	20	2010	33	1	2011	Loan	Leeds United
19	DF		Parker, BenBen Parker	24	2007	54	1	2012	Youth system	Leeds United
20	DF		Lichaj, EricEric Lichaj	23	2011	16	0	2011	Loan	Leeds United
21	DF		Bessone, FedericoFederico Bessone	27	2010	8	0	2013	Free	Leeds United
22	GK		González, DavidDavid González	29	2011	0	0	2011	Loan	Leeds United
23	FW		Snodgrass, RobertRobert Snodgrass	24	2008	145	28	2013	£ 35k	Leeds United
26	DF		Bromby, LeighLeigh Bromby	31	2009	52	1	2013	£250k	Leeds United
27	FW		Somma, DavideDavide Somma	26	2009	34	12	2014	Free	Leeds United
29	DF		McCartney, GeorgeGeorge McCartney	30	2010	32	0	2011	Loan	Leeds United
32	DF		White, AidanAidan White	20	2008	26	0	2012	Youth system	Leeds United
33	MF		Núñez, RamónRamón Núñez	26	2010	2	0	2011	Free	Leeds United
36	DF		Lees, TomTom Lees	21	2008	0	0	2013	Youth system	Leeds United
37	MF		Hatfield, WillWill Hatfield	20	2009	0	0	2011	Youth system	Leeds United
40	DF		O'Brien, AndyAndy O'Brien	32	2010	31	2	2010	Undisclosed	Leeds United
44	FW		McCormack, RossRoss McCormack	25	2010	21	2	2013	£350k	Leeds United

Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in The Championship (and playoffs), League One (and playoffs), FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.
¹Player first came to the club on loan and was transferred the following year.

Squad stats

				Total				League Champ'ship		FA Cup		Football League Cup
N	P	Name	Nat.	GS	App		Min	App		App		App		Notes
1	GK	Schmeichel		40	40		3800	37		2		1
2	RB	Connolly		34	34		3150	30		2		2
3	CB	Kisnorbo			1		13	1
4	CB	Bruce		25	25	1	2176	21	1	2		2		1 start as RB
5	CB	Collins		22	23		2083	21				2
6	CB	Naylor		13	15	1	1232	15	1
7	LW	Gradel		41	44	18	3611	41	18	2		1		7 starts as RW 1 start as FW
8	CM	Kilkenny		31	39	2	2972	37	1			2	1
9	FW	Paynter		9	23	1	869	22	1	1
10	FW	Becchio		37	44	20	3325	41	19	1		2	1
11	LW	Sam		8	20	3	846	18	2	1		1	1	4 starts as RW
12	GK	Higgs		7	7		627	6				1
13	FW	Grella			2		37	1				1
14	AM	Howson		50	50	11	4628	46	10	2		2	1	1 start as RM
15	CM	Clayton			4		58	4
16	CM	Johnson		44	49	6	4194	45	5	2	1	2		10 starts as LM
17	DM	Faye		6	8		454	8
17	AM	Livermore		4	5		253	5
18	LW	Watt		12	26	1	1152	22	1	2		2		3 starts as FW 2 starts as RW
19	LB	Parker		3	4		302	2		2
20	RB	Crowe
20	RB	Lichaj		16	16		1512	16						4 starts as LB
21	LB	Bessone		8	8		642	6				2
22	RB	Hughes		5	13		648	10		1		2
23	RW	Snodgrass		37	40	7	3293	38	6	2	1
24	CB	Michalík
25	GK	Martin
25	CM	Bannan		3	7		319	7
26	CB	Bromby		9	15		1021	13		2
27	FW	Somma		13	32	12	1475	29	11	2		1	1
28	LW	Robinson
29	LB	McCartney		32	32		2940	32
30	GK	Brown		3	4		317	4
31	GK	Alnwick
32	LW	White		1	3		151	2				1
33	AM	Núñez			2		49	2
34	LB	Sheehan
35	FW	Elliott
36	CB	Lees
37	CM	Hatfield
38	RB	Darville
40	CB	O'Brien		31	32	2	2999	30	2	2
44	FW	McCormack		6	21	2	795	21	2

Last updated: 7 May 2011
Source: Leeds United
Ordered by Squad Numbers
0 shown as blank

Most frequent starting line-up

Most frequent starting line-up uses the team's most used formation: 4-2-3-1.
The players used are those who have played the most games in each respective position, not necessarily who have played most games out of all the players.

Captains

No.	P	Name	Country	No. games	Notes
14	CM	Howson		37	Vice-captain
6	CB	Naylor		13	Club captain

Last updated: 7 May 2011
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Assists

R	Player	Position	The Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	Becchio	FW	9	0	0	9
2	Howson	CM	8	0	0	8
3	Gradel	LW	6	0	1	7
4	Snodgrass	RW	6	0	0	6
5	Kilkenny	CM	5	0	0	5
6	Johnson	CM	4	0	0	4
	Connolly	RB	3	0	1	4
	Watt	LW	3	0	1	4
9	McCartney	LB	3	0	0	3
10	Sam	LW	1	0	1	2
11	Bannan	CM	1	0	0	1
	Bromby	CB	1	0	0	1
	Lichaj	RB	1	0	0	1
	McCormack	FW	1	0	0	1
	Naylor	CB	1	0	0	1

Last updated:18 Apr 2011
Source: BBC Sport

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name				Notes
16	CM		Johnson	12	1
2	CB		Connolly	10
8	CM		Kilkenny	8
29	LB		McCartney	7
14	CM		Howson	6
40	CB		O'Brien	6
10	FW		Becchio	5
6	CB		Naylor	5
23	RW		Snodgrass	4	1
4	CB		Bruce	4	1
5	CB		Collins	3
7	LW		Gradel	3
1	GK		Schmeichel	3
9	FW		Paynter	1		1
26	CB		Bromby	2
22	RB		Hughes	2
20	RB		Lichaj	2
18	LW		Watt	2
30	GK		Brown	1
17	DM		Faye	1
17	CM		Livermore	1
19	LB		Parker	1

Last updated: 30 Apr 2011
Source: BBC Sport
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Suspensions

No.	P	Name	No. Matches Banned	Reason for Suspension	Notes	Source
7	LW	Gradel	4	Red card (violent conduct)	Suspension received in the final game of the 2009-10 season.	Yorkshire Evening Post
27	FW	Somma	3	Red card (violent conduct)	Suspension received in the final game of the 2009-10 season while on loan at Lincoln City.	Telegraph & Argus
23	RW	Snodgrass	1	Red card (two yellow cards)		Leeds United
4	CB	Bruce	1	Red card (two yellow cards)		BBC Sport
2	RB	Connolly	1	Five yellow cards		Vital Football
16	CM	Johnson	1	Red card (two yellow cards)		Leeds United
9	FW	Paynter	3	Red card (violent conduct)		Leeds United

Ordered by date of suspension handed.

International call-ups

No.	P	Name	Country	Level	Caps	Goals	Notes	Source
7	LW	Gradel	Ivory Coast	Full	0	0		Leeds United
8	CM	Kilkenny	Australia	Full	5	0	Missed all of January to play in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup	Leeds United
14	CM	Howson	England	Under-21s	1	0		Leeds United
20	RB	Lichaj	USA	Full	1	0		Leeds United
23	RW	Snodgrass	Scotland	Full	2	0		Leeds United
25	CM	Bannan	Scotland	Full	1	0		Leeds United
27	FW	Somma	South Africa	Full	2	1		Leeds United
33	AM	Núñez	Honduras	Full	5	2		Leeds United

Ordered by squad number.
Does not include appearances and goals made prior to the 2010-11 season or prior to joining the club.

Awards

Internal Awards

Official Player of the Year Awards

The results of the 2010-11 Leeds United A.F.C. Player of the Year Awards were announced at a dinner on 30 April 2011 at Elland Road.^[1]

• Player of the Year: Max Gradel
• Young Player of the Year: Jonny Howson
• Players' Player of the Year: Max Gradel
• Goal of the Season: Bradley Johnson (vs Arsenal, 19 January)
• Best Contribution to Community: Jonny Howson
• Chairman's Special Award: Harvey Sharman (Head Physiotherapist)

External Awards

Championship Team of the Week

The following Leeds players have been selected in the official Championship team of the week.

• 31 August: Kasper Schmeichel
• 27 September: Bradley Johnson
• 18 October: Luciano Becchio
• 1 November: Jonathan Howson, Andy O'Brien
• 8 November: Robert Snodgrass
• 15 November: Luciano Becchio
• 22 November: Max Gradel
• 6 December: Robert Snodgrass, Luciano Becchio
• 13 December: Jonathan Howson
• 20 December: Kasper Schmeichel, Robert Snodgrass, Max Gradel
• 14 February: Eric Lichaj, Robert Snodgrass, Max Gradel
• 21 February: Robert Snodgrass
• 7 March: Jonathan Howson, Max Gradel
• 4 April: Leigh Bromby, Max Gradel

Other

• PFA Fans' Player of the Month (The Championship): Luciano Becchio (November^[21]), Robert Snodgrass (January,^[22] February^[23]), Jonny Howson (April^[24])
• LMA Manager of the Month (The Championship): Simon Grayson (December^[25])
• FA Cup Player of the Round: Kasper Schmeichel (3rd round^[26])

Transfers

In

N	P	Name	EU	Country	Age	Type	Moving from	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
1	GK	Schmeichel	EU		23	Free Agent	Notts County !Notts County	Summer	2012	Free	Leeds United
9	FW	Paynter	EU		25	Free Agent	Swindon Town !Swindon Town	Summer	2013	Free	Leeds United
2	DF	Connolly	EU		26	Free Agent	Derby County !Derby County	Summer	2013	Free	Leeds United
21	DF	Bessone	EU		26	Free Agent	Swansea City !Swansea City	Summer	2013	Free	Leeds United Swansea City
5	DF	Collins	EU		26	Transferred	Preston North End !Preston North End	Summer	2013	£500k1	Leeds United
11	MF	Sam	EU		25	Free Agent	Charlton Athletic !Charlton Athletic	Summer	20122	Free	Leeds United
4	DF	Bruce	EU		25	Transferred	Ipswich Town !Ipswich Town	Summer	20122	£300k3	Leeds United
44	FW	McCormack	EU		24	Transferred	Cardiff City !Cardiff City	Summer	2013	£350k4	Leeds United
33	MF	Núñez	Non-EU		24	Free Agent	Olimpia	Summer	2011	Free	Leeds United
15	MF	Clayton	EU		21	Transferred	Manchester City !Manchester City	Summer	2013	Undisclosed	Leeds United
17	MF	Faye	Non-EU		33	Free Agent	Stoke City !Stoke City	Summer	2011	Free	Leeds United
—	GK	Warner	EU		36	Free Agent	Charlton Athletic !Charlton Athletic	Summer	20105	Free	Leeds United
40	DF	O'Brien	EU		31	Transferred	Bolton Wanderers !Bolton Wanderers	Winter	2013	Undisclosed	Leeds United
TBA	MF	Thompson	EU		18	Free Agent	Everton !Everton	Winter	2011	Free	Leeds United

Note: Bessone is EU national as he holds an Italian passport.
¹Although officially undisclosed, it was reported by the Mail Online that the fee was £500,000.^[27]
2Contract includes an optional one-year extension clause.^[28][29]
3Although officially undisclosed, it was reported by the Mail Online that the fee was £200,000 raising to £300,000 dependent on appearances.^[30]
4Although officially undisclosed, it was reported by Vital Football that the fee was £400,000.^[31]
5Player joined the club on a non-contract basis with selection eligibility for the reserve team only. Warner only played one game before moving on to Scunthorpe United. It was rumoured that Warner rejected a six-month contract with the club.^[32]

Loans In

No.	P	Name	Country	Age	Loan club	Started	Ended	Start source	End source
18	MF	Sanchez Watt		25	Arsenal !Arsenal	3 Aug	7 May	Leeds United	BBC Sport
15	MF	Adam Clayton		21	Manchester City !Manchester City	6 Aug	31 Aug	Leeds United	Leeds United
30	GK	Jason Brown		28	Blackburn Rovers !Blackburn Rovers	11 Sep	15 Nov	Leeds United	Leeds United
29	DF	George McCartney		29	Sunderland !Sunderland	23 Sep	28 Dec	Leeds United	Leeds United
—	GK	Deale Chamberlain		18	Liverpool !Liverpool	2 Oct	31 Oct	Liverpool	Liverpool
31	GK	Ben Alnwick		23	Tottenham Hotspur !Tottenham Hotspur	15 Oct	28 Oct1	Leeds United	LUTV
40	DF	Andy O'Brien		31	Bolton Wanderers !Bolton Wanderers	29 Oct	4 Jan	Leeds United	Leeds United
29	DF	George McCartney		35	Sunderland !Sunderland	14 Jan	7 May	Leeds United	BBC Sport
22	GK	David González		34	Manchester City !Manchester City	31 Jan	7 May	Leeds United	BBC Sport
20	DF	Eric Lichaj		28	Aston Villa !Aston Villa	9 Feb	7 May	Leeds United	BBC Sport
25	MF	Barry Bannan		21	Aston Villa !Aston Villa	7 Mar	28 Apr	Leeds United	Leeds United
17	MF	Jake Livermore		27	Tottenham Hotspur !Tottenham Hotspur	24 Mar	7 May	Leeds United	BBC Sport

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.
¹Manager Simon Grayson confirmed in an interview with LUTV that Alnwick returned to Tottenham Hotspur after the behind-closed-doors match against Sunderland due to a thigh strain.

Loans Out

No.	P	Name	Country	Age	Loan club	Started	Ended	Start source	End source
35	FW	Elliott		20	Rotherham United !Rotherham United	15 Jul	3 Jan	Rotherham United	Leeds United
36	DF	Lees		26	Bury !Bury	30 Jul	7 May	Leeds United	Leeds United
25	GK	Martin		22	Barrow !Barrow	4 Aug	4 Jan	BBC Sport	BBC Sport
37	DF	Darville		20	Tranmere Rovers !Tranmere Rovers	5 Aug	1 Jan	BBC Sport	Leeds United
24	DF	Michalík		27	Carlisle United !Carlisle United	31 Aug	1 Jan	Leeds United	Leeds United
13	FW	Grella		23	Carlisle United !Carlisle United	12 Oct	1 Jan	Leeds United	Leeds United
32	DF	White		25	Oldham Athletic !Oldham Athletic	18 Nov	7 May1	Leeds United Oldham Athletic	Leeds United
15	MF	Clayton		22	Peterborough United !Peterborough United	19 Nov	25 Jan	Leeds United	Leeds United
37	MF	Hatfield		25	York City !York City	28 Jan	7 May	Leeds United	Leeds United
21	DF	Bessone		32	Charlton Athletic !Charlton Athletic	31 Jan	7 May	Leeds United	Leeds United
13	FW	Grella		29	Swindon Town !Swindon Town	24 Feb	9 Apr	Leeds United	Twitter
15	MF	Clayton		27	MK Dons !MK Dons	24 Mar		Leeds United
33	MF	Núñez		31	Scunthorpe United !Scunthorpe United	24 Mar	7 May	Leeds United	Leeds United

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.
¹The player returned to the club on 1 January following his first loan spell and returned to Oldham Athletic on 27 January with a deal lasting until the end of the season.

Out

N	P	Name	Country	Age	Type	Moving to	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Apps	Goals	Source
9	FW	Beckford, JermaineJermaine Beckford		26	Released	Everton !Everton	Summer	n/a	152	85	Leeds United
7	FW	Dickov, PaulPaul Dickov		37	Out of Contract	Oldham Athletic !Oldham Athletic	Summer	n/a	4	0	Leeds United
1	GK	Ankergren, CasperCasper Ankergren		30	Out of Contract	Brighton & Hove Albion !Brighton & Hove Albion	Summer	n/a	143	0	Leeds United
5	DF	Marques, RuiRui Marques		32	Out of Contract		Summer	n/a	100	4	Leeds United
34	GK	Jones, RyanRyan Jones		18	Out of Contract	Rochdale !Rochdale	Summer	n/a	0	0	Leeds United
—	DF	Milne, AndrewAndrew Milne		18	Out of Contract	Barrow !Barrow	Summer	n/a	0	0	Leeds United
—	MF	Jones, SamSam Jones		18	Out of Contract		Summer	n/a	0	0	Leeds United
—	FW	Watson, AdamAdam Watson		18	Out of Contract		Summer	n/a	0	0	Leeds United
—	FW	Whitwell, MikeMike Whitwell		18	Out of Contract		Summer	n/a	0	0	Leeds United
—	FW	Williams, CallumCallum Williams		18	Out of Contract		Summer	n/a	0	0	Leeds United
331	FW	Kandol, TresorTresor Kandol		28	Released	Albacete !Albacete	Summer	n/a	79	16	Leeds United
34	DF	Sheehan, AlanAlan Sheehan		23	Released	Swindon Town !Swindon Town	Summer	n/a	24	2	Leeds United
28	MF	Robinson, AndyAndy Robinson		31	Released	Tranmere Rovers !Tranmere Rovers	Winter	n/a	50	7	Leeds United
17	MF	Faye, AmdyAmdy Faye		33	Out of Contract		Winter	n/a	8	0	Leeds United
24	DF	Michalík, ĽubomírĽubomír Michalík		27	Released	Carlisle United !Carlisle United	Winter	n/a	76	2	Leeds United
38	DF	Darville, LiamLiam Darville		20	Released	York City !York City	Winter	n/a	0	0	Leeds United
22	DF	Hughes, AndyAndy Hughes		33	Transferred	Scunthorpe United !Scunthorpe United	Winter	Free	139	1	Leeds United
20	DF	Crowe, JasonJason Crowe		38	Released	Leyton Orient !Leyton Orient	Winter	n/a	27	2	Leeds United
25	GK	Martin, AlanAlan Martin		22	Released	Ayr United !Ayr United	Winter	n/a	0	0	Leeds United
38	FW	Elliott, TomTom Elliott		20	Released	Hamilton Academical !Hamilton Academical	Winter	n/a	4	0	Leeds United
5	DF	Collins, NeillNeill Collins		27	Transferred1	Sheffield United !Sheffield United	Winter	Undisclosed	32	0	Leeds United

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.

¹Kandol finished the 2009-10 season with the shirt number 20, however was absent during the 2010-11 season shirt number announcement with Jason Crowe taking his number. Kandol was last seen wearing the number 33 shirt during pre-season training.
²It has been confirmed that the fee paid by Sheffield United was higher than the £500k that Leeds paid for Collins in the summer to Preston.

New Contracts

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Status	Contract length	Expiry date	Source
14	MF		Howson	21	Signed	1 year	May 2012	Leeds United
22	DF		Hughes	32	Signed	1 year	June 2011	Leeds United
9	FW		Beckford	26	Rejected	3 years	n/a	Leeds United
27	FW		Somma	25	Signed	3 years	Nov 2013	Leeds United
16	MF		Johnson	23	Rejected	Unknown	n/a	Leeds United
36	DF		Lees	20	Signed	2 1⁄2 years	Jun 2013	Leeds United
10	FW		Becchio	26	Signed	3 1⁄2 years	Jun 2014	Leeds United
33	MF		Núñez	25	Signed	6 months1	Jun 2011	Leeds United

Last updated:
¹The contract includes the option to extend the contract by a further year.

Club

Kit

Supplier: Macron
Sponsor(s): NetFlights.com
Features: OHS

Home

Away

Third

Source: Home, Away

Club officials

Position	Staff
President	The Earl of Harewood KBE LLD
Chairman	Ken Bates
Chief Executive Officer	Shaun Harvey
Directors	Yvonne Allen Ken Bates Shaun Harvey Peter Lorimer

Includes staff currently registered with club only.

First team coaching and medical staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Simon Grayson
First Team Coaches	Ian Miller Glynn Snodin
Goalkeeping Coach	Andy Beasley
Head Physio	Harvey Sharman
Fitness Coach	Matt Pears
Assistant Physio	Paul Perkins
Performance Analyst	Alex Davies

Includes staff currently registered with club only.

Other staff

Position	Staff
Head of Football Administration	Alison Royston
Technical Director	Gwyn Williams
Chief Scout	Mervyn Day
Kit Man	Chris Beasley
Groundsman	Norman Southernwood

Includes staff currently registered with club only.

Former staff

Position	Staff	Date	Reason	Notes	Source
Match Assessor	Mick Walker	May	Retired		Yorkshire Evening Post
Performance Analyst	Darren Mowbray	May	Unknown

Date = Date the staff member left the club. Reason = Reason for departure from the club.

Other information

Mascot	Lucas the Kop Cat
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Elland Road (39,460 / 105x68m)

Last updated: 10 May 2010
Source: Leeds United

Competitions

Overall summary

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Football League Championship 2010–11	—	—	7th	7 August 2010	7 May 2011
Football League Cup	1st round	—	2nd round	10 August 2010	24 August 2010
FA Cup	3rd round	—	3rd round	8 January 2011	19 January 2011

Last updated: 7 May 2011
Source: Competitions

Detailed overall summary

	Total	Home	Away
Games played	50	26	24
Games won	20	12	8
Games drawn	16	8	8
Games lost	14	6	8
Biggest win	4-0 vs Lincoln City 4-0 vs Scunthorpe United	4-0 vs Lincoln City 4-0 vs Scunthorpe United	4-1 vs Scunthorpe United
Biggest loss	0-4 vs Cardiff City	0-4 vs Cardiff City	2-5 vs Barnsley
Clean sheets	11	7	4
Goals scored	90	53	37
Goals conceded	74	37	37
Goal difference	+15	+15	0
Average GF per game	1.8	2.04	1.54
Average GA per game	1.48	1.42	1.54
Winning rate	40%	46.15%	33.33%
Yellow cards	90	41	49
Red cards	4	2	2
Most appearances	Howson (50)	Howson (26) Johnson (26)	Howson (24)
Most minutes played	Howson (4628)	Howson (2346)	Howson (2282)
Top scorer	Becchio (20)	Becchio (16)	Snodgrass (7)
Top assister	Becchio (9)	Howson (6)	Becchio (5)

Championship

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
4	Cardiff City !Cardiff City (Q)	46	23	11	12	76	54	+22	80	Qualification to League Championship playoffs
5	Reading !Reading (Q)	46	20	17	9	77	51	+26	77
6	Nottingham Forest !Nottingham Forest (Q)	46	20	15	11	69	50	+19	75
7	Leeds United !Leeds United	46	19	15	12	81	70	+11	72
8	Burnley !Burnley	46	18	14	14	65	61	+4	68
9	Millwall !Millwall	46	18	13	15	62	48	+14	67
10	Leicester City !Leicester City	46	19	10	17	76	71	+5	67

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.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	19	15	12	81	70	+11	72	11	8	4	47	34	+13	8	7	8	34	36	−2

Last updated: 7 May 2011.
Source: The Football League

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	W	W
Position	16	16	9	6	5	9	12	5	10	10	9	10	16	12	8	8	5	5	7	6	4	2	3	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	9	7	7

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

Matches

Pre-season

The Championship

The FA Cup

League Cup

References

External links

• 2010–11 Leeds United F.C. season on BBC Sport: Club news – Recent results – Upcoming fixtures
• Official Website
• Sky Sports
• Soccerbase
• ESPNsoccernet