2010–11 Notts County F.C. season

Notts County
2010–11 season
Chairman	Ray Trew
Manager	Martin Allen
Football League One	19th
FA Cup	4th Round
League Cup	3rd Round
Football League Trophy	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Lee Hughes (13); All: Lee Hughes (16)
Highest home attendance	11,355 (vs Sheffield Wednesday, 2 October 2010)
Lowest home attendance	3,235 (vs Gateshead, 6 November 2010)
Average home league attendance	7,776
Home colours	Away colours

Notts County are the oldest club in the Football League and the 2010–11 season was their 122nd year in The Football League. After a successful season in League Two, the club gained promotion to League One following a win against Morecambe on 17 April 2010 and were crowned as League Two champions after a 5–0 win at already relegated Darlington ten days later. Manager Steve Cotterill left the club at the end of the season,[1] and was replaced by Craig Short. Short was sacked on 26 October 2010, and replaced by Paul Ince. Ince left the club on April 2011, and was replaced by Martin Allen.

Season review

Kits

Nike continues as the shirt designer and Lorien Connect is the new shirt sponsor. Nike have gone for another traditional Notts County style shirt, with black and white stripes, however the arm only contains one strip which is on the underside of the kit. The Shirt Sponsor is given an aqua blue and burgundy colouring whilst the Nike logo is red.

Events

4 June 2010 – Craig Short is named as manager of Notts County, he signed a three-year contract.[2]
1 July 2010 – Lee Hughes signs a new deal to keep up at the club till 2012.[3]
5 July 2010 – Neal Bishop signs a new two-year deal keeping him at Meadow Lane till 2012.[4]
7 July 2010 – Notts County are cleared by HM Revenue & Customs. They have now paid all money owed to HMRC.[5]
9 July 2010 – Notts County take former Huddersfield Town defender Krystian Pearce on trial and he will travel to Austria with the team.[6]
19 July 2010 – Nottingham council say they will assess the capacity of Meadow Lane.[7]
23 July 2010 – Carl Heggs is appointed as new chief scout.[8]
29 July 2010 – The Co-Operative Motor Group has signed a one-year agreement to become official partners of Notts County, also becoming car suppliers for the club.[9]
26 October 2010 – Notts County sack Craig Short and Dave Kevan.[10]
28 October 2010 – Former Milton Keynes Dons and Blackburn Rovers manager, Paul Ince is appointed manager.[11]
29 October 2010 – Alex Rae is appointed as assistant manager.[12]
9 November 2010 – Coach Tommy Johnson leaves Notts County.[13]
3 April 2011 – Paul Ince resigns as manager, after losing 5 games in a row. Carl Heggs is installed as caretaker manager.
11 April 2011 – Barnet manager, Martin Allen becomes new manager of Notts County.[14]

Pre-Season

In their first week of pre-season, Notts County travelled to Austria to play SV Austria Salzburg, who they beat 2–1. Graeme Lee scored in the eight minute with Ben Davies claiming the assist. New signing Ben Burgess could have them put them 2–0 up but hit it wide, then Lee Hughes hit the cross bar. At half-time Luke Rodgers, Karl Hawley and new keeper Stuart Nelson came on to replace Hughes, Burgess and new no.1 Rob Burch. 27 seconds later County were 2–0 up with Luke Rodgers scoring. In the 50th minute Wührer scored for Salzburg. Five trialist came on including Krystian Pearce and Mansour Assoumani also new signing John Spicer made his debut. Notts County continued their tour of Austria, playing Polish team Arka Gdynia, Denis Glavina scored just before half-time to give the Polish team the lead and the win.[15] Notts County's first home pre-season game was against Premier League outfit Stoke City, the final score was 0–0 with the Magpies impressing the home crowd.[16] Notts County impressed again at Meadow Lane with a 2–1 win over Championship outfit Cardiff City, Lee Hughes scored a double before the break to put County 2–0 up and near the hour mark Scottish international, Ross McCormack pulled one back for the Bluebirds.[17] Notts County put up a hard performance against Championship side Sheffield United, United took the lead in the 87th minute through a Ched Evans strike.[18]

League One

Notts County begin their League One season with 3–0 defeats to both Huddersfield Town and Oldham Athletic, keeping them bottom of the table. County notched their first league win of the season against newly promoted Dagenham & Redbridge, and followed it with a hard-fought 3–3 away draw against Bournemouth. The next home league game marked the Meadow Lane centenary, and the team won 4–0 against Yeovil Town. Notts lost their next match to Charlton Athletic, 1–0, with the Addicks scoring the winning goal in the final five minutes, but responded with a 3–2 win over Leyton Orient at home. After losing their next league match 2–1 at Bristol Rovers, County recorded a midweek 3–2 away win against Peterborough United in a bad-tempered affair which saw players and officials involved in a fracas on the pitch. The following Saturday, Notts lost 2–0 at home to Sheffield Wednesday and had a player dismissed for the third consecutive league game. Carlisle United were the next side to defeat County. Bouncing back with a win over Plymouth Argyle and then consecutive losses to Colchester United and Southampton. Exeter City and Tranmere Rovers extended Notts County's losing run to 4 games before Lee Hughes scored the only goal in a win over Swindon Town. Notts County had their game with Brentford called off because of a frozen pitch.[19] However, their luck had changed the following game, beating Milton Keynes Dons 2–0, this was followed by a 1–1 draw with Plymouth and consecutive wins against Walsall and Hartlepool United. Southampton then drew with Notts County, this was followed by 1–0 defeat to Carlisle United and 1–1 draws with Hartlepool United and Walsall. Exeter beat Notts County 2–0 and then Colchester United lost 2–0 to County, this was followed with a win over Charlton Athletic and a draw against Brentford. Two defeats by two promotion candidates, Leyton Orient and Peterborough United, followed before bouncing back with a 1–0 win over Sheffield Wednesday. County then suffered three consecutive 1–0 defeats to the hands of Rochdale, Bristol Rovers and league-leaders Brighton & Hove Albion. Defeats against Huddersfield Town, Oldham Athletic. Rochdale, Dagenham & Rebridge, Yeovil Town and Bournemouth all followed. Notts County finally ended their club-record nine game losing streak in the league when they beat fellow strugglers Tranmere Rovers 1–0 away. This was followed by a 2–1 win over Swindon Town, where County had to come back from one goal down. A draw with Brentford meant that the team were still not safe from relegation to League Two, and County failed again to secure safety after a 2–1 defeat to Milton Keynes Dons. They did however secure their league one safety on the final day of the season thanks to a 1–1 draw at home to league one champions Brighton & Hove Albion

Standings

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
18	Hartlepool United	45	15	11	19	48	65	−18	56
19	Notts County	45	14	7	24	45	59	-14	49
20	Walsall	45	12	12	21	55	72	−17	48

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Last updated: 4 May 2011.
Source: [20]

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	14	8	24	46	60	−14	50	9	3	11	24	25	−1	5	5	13	22	35	−13

Last updated: 4 May 2011.
Source: [20]

Result Round 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	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	D
Position	24	24	16	18	12	13	12	15	10	14	17	13	16	19	21	21	21	19	18	16	13	16	18	18	18	20	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	19	19	21	22	22	19	19	19	19	19

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2011. Source: nottscountyfc.co.uk
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

FA Cup

Notts County began their campaign against non-league side Gateshead, which they won 2–0 sending them through to the 2nd round. Notts County were drawn against League One rivals Bournemouth, however the fixture was postponed twice due to the weather,[21] but it finally took place on 14 December, where County won 3–1. This was followed by a 2–1 over Premier League side Sunderland. They were drawn against another Premier League, this time it was big spender Manchester City at Meadow Lane, the final result was 1–1, resulting in a replay at the City of Manchester Stadium where they were defeated 5–0.

League Cup

Notts County were drawn away to Plymouth Argyle in the first round, with John Spicer getting the only goal of the game to put County through to round two. Notts beat Watford 2–1 away in the second round but were knocked out of the tournament after losing 4–2 after extra time away at Wolves in round three.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	Rob Burch
2	DF	ENG	Stephen Darby (on loan from Liverpool)
3	DF	IRL	Conor Clifford (on loan from Chelsea)
4	DF	ENG	Mike Edwards (captain)
5	DF	ENG	Graeme Lee
6	DF	IRL	John Thompson
7	FW	SCO	Kevin Smith
8	MF	ENG	Ricky Ravenhill
9	FW	ENG	Lee Hughes
10	MF	ENG	Neal Bishop
11	MF	SCO	Kevin McDonald (on loan from Burnley)
12	DF	ENG	Krystian Pearce
14	DF	ENG	Liam Chilvers
15	FW	ENG	Karl Hawley


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	ENG	Lewis Gobern
17	GK	ENG	Stuart Nelson
18	DF	ENG	Stephen Hunt (on loan to Lincoln City)
19	FW	SCO	Alan Gow
20	FW	ENG	Craig Westcarr
21	MF	ENG	Dave Martin (on loan from Derby County)
22	MF	IRL	Alan Judge
23	GK	HUN	Dávid Gróf
24	DF	ENG	Carl Regan (on loan from Bristol Rovers)
25	MF	ENG	John Spicer
26	MF	ENG	Jon Harley
27	FW	IRL	Ben Burgess
28	DF	NGA	Sam Sodje
29	FW	ENG	Febian Brandy
30	MF	NIR	Ivan Sproule (on loan from Bristol City)
37	FW	GAM	Njogu Demba-Nyrén
39	MF	ENG	Matt Marshall
44	GK	ENG	Liam Mitchell

Statistics

As of end of season

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Rob Burch	19	0	14+1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
2	DF		Stephen Darby	25	0	23	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Conor Clifford*	9	0	5+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Mike Edwards	45	1	36+1	1	5	0	1+1	0	1	0
5	DF		Graeme Lee	19	0	14+4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
6	DF		John Thompson	30	0	23+2	0	1+1	0	2	0	1	0
7	FW		Kevin Smith	17	3	6+7	1	0	0	1+2	2	1	0
8	MF		Ricky Ravenhill	42	0	31+3	0	5	0	2	0	1	0
9	FW		Lee Hughes	37	16	24+7	13	5	2	1	1	0	0
10	MF		Neal Bishop	51	2	42+1	1	4+1	1	3	0	0	0
11	MF		Kevin McDonald	11	0	10+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF		Krystian Pearce	35	2	26+1	1	4	1	3	0	0+1	0
14	DF		Liam Chilvers	27	0	17+4	0	1+1	0	3	0	1	0
15	FW		Karl Hawley	29	1	12+12	1	2+2	0	0	0	0+1	0
16	MF		Lewis Gobern	6	0	0+5	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
17	GK		Stuart Nelson	38	0	32+1	0	3	0	2	0	0	0
18	DF		Stephen Hunt	9	0	3+1	0	1+2	0	1+1	0	0	0}
19	FW		Luke Rodgers*	5	1	0+4	0	0+1	1	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Alan Gow	18	1	12+4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW		Craig Westcarr	49	13	36+5	12	4	1	2+1	0	0+1	0
21	FW		Jake Jervis*	14	0	1+9	0	0	0	1+2	0	1	0
21	MF		Dave Martin	11	0	7+3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Ben Davies*	29	8	22	5	3	1	3	1	1	1
22	MF		Alan Judge	21	1	17+2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
23	GK		Dávid Gróf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW		Tom Ince*	8	2	3+3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF		Carl Regan	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF		John Spicer	27	3	15+8	2	1	0	2	1	1	0
26	DF		Jon Harley	47	0	39	0	4	0	2+1	0	1	0
27	FW		Ben Burgess	18	1	8+9	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
28	DF		Sam Sodje	12	0	5+6	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW		Lee Miller*	7	2	5+1	2	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW		Febian Brandy	9	0	5+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF		Michael Woods*	2	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF		Ivan Sproule	5	0	4+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW		Njogu Demba-Nyrén	12	1	5+7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	FW		Jake Wholey	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	MF		Matt Marshall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Luke Hubbins*	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0

Source:

*Indicates player left during the season

Disciplinary record

N	P	Name	League One		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy
N	P	Name
2	DF	Darby	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	Edwards	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Lee	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	Thompson	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	Smith	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	Ravehill	9	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
9	FW	Hughes	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
10	MF	Bishop	9	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	Davies	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
11	MF	McDonald	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF	Pearce	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
14	DF	Chilvers	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
15	FW	Hawley	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	Hubbins	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	GK	Stuart Nelson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	Westcarr	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	Jervis	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
22	MF	Judge	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	Regan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	Spicer	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
26	DF	Harley	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
28	DF	Sodje	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	Sproule	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW	Demba-Nyrén	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
1	GK	Burch	26	EU	Lincoln City	Transfer	Summer	2012	Free	BBC Sport
17	GK	Nelson	28	EU	Aberdeen	Transfer	Summer	2012	Free	BBC Sport
27	FW	Burgess	28	EU	Blackpool	Transfer	Summer	2012	Free	BBC Sport
25	MF	Spicer	26	EU	Doncaster Rovers	Transfer	Summer	2012	Free	BBC Sport
26	DF	Harley	30	EU	Watford	Transfer	Summer	2012	Free	Notts County F.C.
14	DF	Chivlers	28	EU	Preston North End	Free Agent	Summer	2012	Free	BBC Sport
23	GK	Gróf	21	EU	Hibernian	Free Agent	Summer	2011	Free	Notts County F.C.
12	DF	Pearce	20	EU	Huddersfield Town	Free Agent	Summer	2011	Free	BBC Sport
39	MF	Marshall	18	EU	Elche	Free Agent	Summer	2011	Free	Notts County F.C.
7	FW	Smith	23	EU	Dundee United	Free Agent	Summer	2011	Free	BBC Sport
28	DF	Sodje	31	EU		Free Agent		2012	Free	BBC Sport
22	MF	Judge	22	EU	Blackburn Rovers	Transfer	Winter	2013	Undisclosed	BBC Sport
16	MF	Gobern	25	EU	Grimsby Town	Free Agent	Winter	2011	Free	BBC Sport
19	FW	Gow	28	EU	Motherwell	Free Agent	Winter	2011	Free	BBC Sport
29	FW	Brandy	22	EU		Free Agent		2011	Free	Notts County
37	FW	Demba-Nyrén	31	EU		Free Agent		2011	Free	BBC Sport

Loans In

No.	P	Name	Age	Loan club	Started	Ended	Start source	End source
21	FW	Jervis	28	Birmingham City	5 Aug		Birmingham City F.C.
16	MF	Hubbins	28	Birmingham City	21 Aug	18 Jan	BBC Sport	Notts County F.C.
22	MF	Judge	21	Blackburn Rovers	31 Aug	14 Jan	BBC Sport	BBC Sport
2	DF	Darby	32	Liverpool	1 Nov		Liverpool F.C.
24	FW	Ince	28	Liverpool	1 Nov		BBC Sport
29	FW	Miller	37	Middlesbrough	19 Nov	7 Jan	Notts County F.C.	Notts County F.C.
30	MF	Woods	30	Chelsea	25 Nov		BBC Sport
2	DF	Darby	32	Liverpool	21 Jan		BBC Sport
21	MF	Martin	25	Derby County	21 Jan	24 Apr	BBC Sport
3	DF	Clifford	19	Chelsea	11 Feb	7 Apr	BBC Sport	Notts County
11	MF	McDonald	31	Burnley	11 Feb		BBC Sport
24	DF	Regan	39	Bristol Rovers	23 Feb		BBC Sport
30	MF	Sproule	39	Bristol City	4 Mar		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.

Out

N	P	Name	Age	Type	Moving to	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Apps	Goals	Source
30	FW	Akinbiyi	35	Out of Contract		Summer	n/a	11	0	BBC Sport
14	FW	Canham	25	Out of Contract	Hereford United	Summer	n/a	30	4	BBC Sport
17	DF	Clapham	34	Out of Contract	Lincoln City	Summer	n/a	80	3	BBC Sport
22	FW	Facey	29	Out of Contract	Lincoln City	Summer	n/a	71	12	BBC Sport
16	FW	Fairclough	20	Out of Contract	Hinckley United	Summer	n/a	11	0	Hinckley United F.C.
7	MF	Hamshaw	28	Out of Contract	Macclesfield Town	Summer	n/a	70	3	BBC Sport
12	GK	Pilkington	36	Out of Contract	Luton Town	Summer	n/a	149	0	BBC Sport
23	GK	Schmeichel	23	Released	Leeds United	Summer	n/a	40	0	Leeds United A.F.C.
21	MF	Jackson	27	Transfer	Charlton Athletic	Summer	Free	30	3	BBC Sport
19	FW	Rodgers	28	Released			n/a	46	13	BBC Sport
11	MF	Davies	29	Transfer	Derby County	Winter	Undisclosed	80	24	BBC Sport

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; Apps = Total number of competitive appearances (including substitute appearances) at the club prior to departure; Goals = Total number of competitive goals scored at the club prior to departure.

Loans Out

No.	P	Name	Age	Loan club	Started	Ended	Start source	End source
23	GK	Gróf	21	Tamworth	5 Aug	10 Aug	BBC Sport	Tamworth F.C.
18	DF	Hunt	35	Lincoln City	20 Jan		BBC Sport
23	GK	Gróf	31	Mansfield Town	31 Jan		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.

Contract Extensions

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Status	Contract length	Expiry date	Source
9	FW	Hughes	34	Signed	1 year	July 2012	BBC Sport
10	MF	Bishop	28	Signed	1 year	July 2012	BBC Sport
12	DF	Pearce	21	Signed	2 years	July 2013	Sky Sports

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