2010–11 Swansea City A.F.C. season

The 2010–11 season was Swansea City's 82nd season in the Football League. They finished in 3rd place, and won the Championship playoff, to win promotion to the Premier League.[3] It was their first return to top-flight football since 1983.[4][5]

Swansea City

2010–11 season
Chairman	Huw Jenkins
Manager	Brendan Rodgers
Stadium	Liberty Stadium
Football League Championship	3rd (promoted via play-off)
FA Cup	Fourth Round
League Cup	Fourth Round
Top goalscorer	League: Scott Sinclair (19) All: Scott Sinclair (24)
Highest home attendance	19,309 (26 February 2011 vs Leeds United)[1]
Lowest home attendance	12,411 (14 September 2010 vs Coventry City)[2]
Average home league attendance	15,507
Home colours Away colours

The season was their third consecutive season in the second tier following a 7th-placed finish in the previous campaign, narrowly missing out on a play-off place.

During pre-season, Paulo Sousa left the club by mutual consent,[6] and then later succeeded Nigel Pearson as the new Leicester City manager on 7 July.[7] Brendan Rodgers was appointed as the new manager of Swansea on 16 July, on a 12-month rolling contract.[8]

Players

Squad information

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Dorus de Vries	39	EU	2007	178	0	2011[9]	Free[10]
2	DF		Ashley Williams	35	EU	2008	141	10	2013[11]	£400k[12]
3	DF		Neil Taylor	31	EU	2010	29	0	2013[13]	Free[13]
5	DF		Alan Tate (vc)	37	EU	2004	285	5	2013[14]	Free[15]
6	MF		Ferrie Bodde	38	EU	2007	54	14	2011[16]	£85k[17]
7	MF		David Cotterill	32	EU	2010	35	4	2013[18]	£600k[18]
8	MF		Darren Pratley	35	EU	2006	177	26	2011[19]	£100k[20]
9	FW		Craig Beattie	36	EU	2009	45	7	2012[21]	£800k[21]
10	MF		Andrea Orlandi	36	EU	2007	69	2	2012[22]	Free[23]
11	MF		Cedric van der Gun	41	EU	2009	35	3	2011[24]	Free[25]
12	MF		Nathan Dyer	32	EU	2009	103	6	2012[26]	£400k[26]
13	GK		David Cornell	29	EU	2009	0	0	2013[27]	Youth system
14	FW		Stephen Dobbie	37	EU	2009	47	9	2012[28]	Free[28]
15	FW		Fabio Borini	29	EU	2011	9	6	2011[29]	Loan[29]
16	DF		Garry Monk (captain)	41	EU	2004	196	3	2012[30]	Free[31]
17	DF		Albert Serrán	36	EU	2008	30	0	2011[32]	£80k[33]
18	FW		Gorka Pintado	42	EU	2008	73	7	2011[34]	£100k[34]
19	FW		Luke Moore	34	EU	2011	15	3	2013[35]	Undisclosed fee[35]
20	MF		Shaun MacDonald	32	EU	2005	24	0	2012[36]	Youth system
21	MF		Scott Sinclair	31	EU	2010	43	19	2013[37]	£500k[37]
22	DF		Àngel Rangel	37	EU	2007	159	5	2011[38]	Undisclosed fee[39]
23	MF		Scott Donnelly	32	EU	2010	1	0	2013[40]	Free[40]
24	MF		Joe Allen	30	EU	2007	91	3	2012[41]	Youth system
25	GK		Yves Ma-Kalambay	34	EU	2010	0	0	2011[42]	Free[42]
26	MF		Kemy Agustien	33	EU	2010	8	0	2012[43]	Free[43]
27	MF		Mark Gower	41	EU	2008	107	3	2011[44]	Free[45]
28	MF		Thomas Butler	39	EU	2006	126	9	2011[46]	Undisclosed fee[47]
29	MF		Ashley Richards	29	EU	2009	21	0	2012[24]	Youth system
31	MF		Lee Lucas	28	EU	2010	1	0	2013[48]	Youth system
33	FW		Kerry Morgan	31	EU	2007	3	0	Undisclosed	Youth system
34	DF		Joe Walsh	28	EU	2010	0	0	2011[49]	Youth system
35	DF		Daniel Alfei	28	EU	2010	1	0	2011[50]	Youth system
36	FW		Casey Thomas	29	EU	2009	1	0	Undisclosed	Youth system
37	MF		Leon Britton	37	EU	2011	312	11	2013[51]	Free[51]
38	DF		Jamie Grimes	29	EU	2009	0	0	2011[52]	Youth system
44	MF		Ryan Harley	35	EU	2011	0	0	2014[53]	Free[53]

• Last updated: 7 May 2011
• Source:Swansea City A.F.C. (for EU passport, country as international player, contract ending and transfer fee)
• Ordered by the 2010–11 season squad numbers.

Transfers in / out

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
23	MF		Donnelly	22	EU	Aldershot Town	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free	[40]
3	DF		Taylor	21	EU	Wrexham	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free	[13]
21	MF		Sinclair	21	EU	Chelsea	Transfer	Summer	2013	£500k	[37]
25	GK		Ma-Kalambay	24	EU		Transfer	Summer	2011	Free	[42]
26	MF		Agustien	24	EU		Transfer	Summer	2012	Free	[43]
19	FW		Moore	24	EU	West Bromwich Albion	Transfer	Winter	2013	Undisclosed fee	[35]
37	MF		Britton	28	EU	Sheffield United	Transfer	Winter	2013	Free	[51]
44	MF		Harley	25	EU	Exeter City	Transfer	Winter	2014	Free	[53]

Out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
7	MF		Britton	27	EU	Sheffield United	Contract expired	Summer	Free	[54]
21	DF		Bessone	26	EU	Leeds United	Contract expired	Summer	Free	[55]
30	FW		Bond	23	EU	Neath	Contract expired	Summer	Free	[56]
25	MF		Collins	24	EU	Haverfordwest County	Released	Summer		[57]
15	MF		López	29	EU	Vitesse Arnhem	Released	Winter		[58]
42	FW		Kuqi	34	EU	Newcastle United	Released	Winter		[59]

Last updated: 13 January

Loans in / out

In

No.	P	Name	Country	Age	Loan club	Started	Ended	Start source	End source
19	FW	Nouble		28	West Ham United	17 September 2010	26 October 2010	[60]	[61]
30	FW	Emnes		32	Middlesbrough	18 October 2010	14 November 2010	[62]	[63]
49	FW	Easter		38	Milton Keynes Dons	25 November 2010	13 January 2011	[64]	[65]
15	DF	Edgar		33	Burnley	31 January 2011	17 February 2011	[66]	[67]
15	FW	Borini		29	Chelsea	17 March 2011		[29]
30	FW	Priskin		33	Ipswich Town	24 March 2011	25 April 2011	[68]	[69]

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

No.	P	Name	Country	Age	Loan club	Started	Ended	Start source	End source
38	DF	Grimes		29	Forest Green Rovers	13 August 2010	25 September 2010	[70]	[71]
33	MF	Morgan		31	Newport County	20 August 2010	1 January 2011	[72]	[73]
20	FW	MacDonald		32	Yeovil Town	28 August 2010	4 January 2011	[74]	[75]
42	FW	Kuqi		43	Derby County	13 September 2010	13 December 2010	[76]	[77]
23	MF	Donnelly		32	Wycombe Wanderers	1 January 2011		[78]
13	GK	Cornell		29	Port Talbot Town	6 January 2011		[79]
18	FW	Pintado		42	AEK Larnaca	7 January 2011		[80]
33	MF	Morgan		31	Newport County	13 January 2011		[81]
36	MF	Thomas		29	Port Talbot Town	20 January 2011		[82]
44	MF	Harley		35	Exeter City	21 January 2011		[53]
7	MF	Cotterill		32	Portsmouth	17 February 2011		[83]
26	MF	Agustien		33	Crystal Palace	10 March 2011		[84]
20	FW	MacDonald		32	Yeovil Town	17 March 2011		[85]

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.

Squad statistics

				Total			League Champ'ship		FA Cup		Football League Cup
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Sts	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls
1	GK		de Vries	48	48		46				2
2	DF		Williams	50	50	3	46	3	2		2
3	DF		Taylor	27	31		29				2
5	DF		Tate	42	45		40		1		4
6	MF		Bodde
7	MF		Cotterill	12	16	1	14	1			2
8	MF		Pratley	32	39	11	34	9	2	1	3	1
9	FW		Beattie	11	24	4	23	4			1
10	MF		Orlandi	16	24		20		1		3
11	MF		van der Gun	7	15	5	9	1	2	2	4	2
12	MF		Dyer	45	48	2	46	2	1		1
13	GK		Cornell
14	FW		Dobbie	24	45	9	41	9	1		3
15	FW		Borini	8	9	6	9	6
16	DF		Monk	30	33	1	29		1	1	3
17	DF		Serran	9	16		11		1		4
18	FW		Pintado		1		1
19	FW		Moore	13	17	3	15	3	2
20	MF		MacDonald
21	MF		Sinclair	42	47	24	43	19	2	1	2	4
22	DF		Rangel	38	40	2	38	2	1		1
23	MF		Donnelly	1	2		1				1
24	MF		Allen	34	45	2	40	2	2		3
25	GK		Ma-Kalambay	4	4				2		2
26	MF		Agustien	5	11		8		2		1
27	MF		Gower	37	42	2	39	2	1		2
28	MF		Butler
29	MF		Richards	8	8		6		1		1
31	MF		Lucas		1		1
33	FW		Morgan	1	1						1
34	DF		Walsh	1	1						1
35	DF		Alfei	2	3		1		2
36	MF		Thomas	1	1						1
37	MF		Britton	10	17	1	17	1
38	DF		Grimes

Last updated: 7 May 2011
Source: Swans World
Ordered by Squad Numbers
0 shown as blank

No longer at the club

				Total			League Champ'ship		FA Cup		Football League Cup
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Sts	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls
15	DF		Edgar
15	MF		López	3	4		2				2
19	FW		Nouble	2	6	1	6	1
30	FW		Priskin		4	1	4	1
30	MF		Emnes	4	5	2	4	2			1
42	FW		Kuqi	2	4	2	2				2	2
49	FW		Easter	2	7	1	6	1	1

Last updated: 8 May 2011
Source: Swans World
Ordered by Squad Numbers
0 shown as blank

Scorers

All Scorer Goals Scott Sinclair 24 Darren Pratley 11 Stephen Dobbie 9 Fabio Borini 6 Cedric van der Gun 5 Craig Beattie 4 Luke Moore 3 Ashley Williams 3 Joe Allen 2 Nathan Dyer 2 Marvin Emnes 2 Mark Gower 2 Shefki Kuqi 2 Àngel Rangel 2 Leon Britton 1 David Cotterill 1 Jermaine Easter 1 Garry Monk 1 Frank Nouble 1 Tamás Priskin 1

League Scorer Goals Scott Sinclair 19 Stephen Dobbie 9 Darren Pratley 9 Fabio Borini 6 Craig Beattie 4 Luke Moore 3 Ashley Williams 3 Joe Allen 2 Nathan Dyer 2 Marvin Emnes 2 Mark Gower 2 Àngel Rangel 2 Leon Britton 1 David Cotterill 1 Jermaine Easter 1 Frank Nouble 1 Tamás Priskin 1 Cedric van der Gun 1

FA Cup Scorer Goals Cedric van der Gun 2 Garry Monk 1 Darren Pratley 1 Scott Sinclair 1

League Cup Scorer Goals Scott Sinclair 4 Shefki Kuqi 2 Cedric van der Gun 2 Darren Pratley 1

Championship stats

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Queens Park Rangers (C, P)	46	24	16	6	71	32	+39	88	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Norwich City (P)	46	23	15	8	83	58	+25	84
3	Swansea City (O, P)	46	24	8	14	69	42	+27	80	Qualification for Championship play-offs
4	Cardiff City	46	23	11	12	76	54	+22	80
5	Reading	46	20	17	9	77	51	+26	77

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.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.

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	24	8	14	69	42	+27	80	15	5	3	41	11	+30	9	3	11	28	31	−3

Last updated: 7 May 2011.
Source:

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	D	W	W	W
Position	22	9	14	12	14	13	6	9	8	8	4	6	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	4	2	4	3	5	5	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3

Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Pre-season friendlies

Port Talbot Town v Swansea City

10 July 2010 Friendly	Port Talbot Town	1 – 2	Swansea City	Port Talbot
?	Bowen  56'	(Report)	Morgan  27' N. Kuqi  90+3'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: ? Referee: ?

Hereford United v Swansea City

13 July 2010 Friendly	Hereford United	2 – 0	Swansea City	Hereford
?	McQuilkin  21' Canham  52'	(Report)		Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 1,568 Referee: ?

Neath v Swansea City

15 July 2010 Friendly	Neath	0 – 2	Swansea City	Neath
?		(Report)	Donnelly  1' S. Kuqi  3'	Stadium: The Gnoll Attendance: ? Referee: ?

Yeovil Town v Swansea City

17 July 2010 Friendly	Yeovil Town	0 – 1	Swansea City	Yeovil
?		(Report)	Cotterill  6'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 957 Referee: ?

Llanelli v Swansea City

20 July 2010 Friendly	Llanelli	1 – 5	Swansea City	Llanelli
?	Bowen	(Report)	Thomas  6' S. Kuqi  18', 24' (pen.) Van der Gun  62' N. Kuqi  84'	Stadium: Stebonheath Park Attendance: 802 Referee: ?

Swansea City v Cheltenham Town

24 July 2010 Friendly	Swansea City	1 – 0	Cheltenham Town	Swansea
?	Dobbie  52'	(Report)		Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 5,239 Referee: ?

Haaglandia v Swansea City

28 July 2010 Friendly	Haaglandia	1 – 4	Swansea City	Rijswijk
?	Van de Hurk	(Report)	Dyer  24' Cotterill  42' Pintado  65', 90'	Stadium: Sportpark Prinses Irene Attendance: ? Referee: ?

Voetbal Club Sparta v Swansea City

31 July 2010 Friendly	Voetbal Club Sparta	1 – 9	Swansea City	Den Haag
?	Aldogan  78'	(Report)	Pintado  6', 45' Serrán  22' Donnelly  50' Agustien  52' Pratley  53', 87' Dyer  65' S. Kuqi  76'	Stadium: ? Attendance: ? Referee: ?

ADO Den Haag v Swansea City

29 July 2010 Friendly	ADO Den Haag	1 – 0	Swansea City	Den Haag
?	Immers  17'	(Report)		Stadium: Kyocera Stadion Attendance: ? Referee: ?

Haverfordwest County v Swansea City

3 August 2010 Friendly	Haverfordwest County	1 – 1	Swansea City	Haverfordwest
?	Bradford  25'	(Report)	Morgan  16'	Stadium: Bridge Meadow Stadium Attendance: ? Referee: ?

Football League Championship

Main article: 2010–11 Football League Championship

Hull City v Swansea City

7 August 2010 1	Hull City	2 – 0	Swansea City	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Bostock  23' Ashbee  50'	(Report)		Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 21,478 Referee: M. Russell

Swansea City v Preston North End

14 August 2010 2	Swansea City	4 – 0	Preston North End	Swansea
15:00 BST	Dobbie  23' Pratley  40' Dyer  43' Cotterill  56' (pen.)	(Report)		Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 14,010 Referee: S. Rushton

Norwich City v Swansea City

21 August 2010 3	Norwich City	2 – 0	Swansea City	Norwich
15:00 BST	Williams  87' (o.g.) Jackson  90+4'	(Report)		Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 23,852 Referee: P. Crossley

Swansea City v Burnley

28 August 2010 4	Swansea City	1 – 0	Burnley	Swansea
15:00 BST	Sinclair  8' Pratley  48'  58'	(Report)	Mears  42'  60'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 14,010 Referee: S. Rushton

Leeds United v Swansea City

11 September 2010 5	Leeds United	2 – 1	Swansea City	Leeds
15:00 BST	Johnson  56' Becchio  64'	(Report)	Dobbie  13'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 26,453 Referee: G. Hegley

Swansea City v Coventry City

14 September 2010 6	Swansea City	2 – 1	Coventry City	Swansea
19:45 BST	Pratley  19' Sinclair  47'	(Report)	Turner  56'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 12,441 Referee: G. Sutton

Swansea City v Scunthorpe United

18 September 2010 7	Swansea City	2 – 0	Scunthorpe United	Swansea
15:00 BST	Sinclair  83' Dobbie  85'	(Report)		Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 13,597 Referee: D. McDermid

Nottingham Forest v Swansea City

25 September 2010 8	Nottingham Forest	3 – 1	Swansea City	Nottingham
15:00 BST	McGugan  12' (pen.), 60' Majewski  84'	(Report)	Van der Gun  90'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 19,974 Referee: N. Swarbrick

Watford v Swansea City

28 September 2010 9	Watford	2 – 3	Swansea City	Watford
19:45 BST	Deeney  76' M. Taylor  85'	(Report)	Sinclair  11' Dobbie  30' Nouble  69'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 11,485 Referee: I. Williamson

Swansea City v Derby County

2 October 2010 10	Swansea City	0 – 0	Derby County	Swansea
15:00 BST		(Report)		Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 15,071 Referee: P. Gibbs

Reading v Swansea City

16 October 2010 11	Reading	0 – 1	Swansea City	Reading
15:00 BST		(Report)	Sinclair  35'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 18,418 Referee: O. Langford

Swansea City v Queens Park Rangers

19 October 2010 12	Swansea City	0 – 0	Queens Park Rangers	Swansea
19:45 BST		(Report)		Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 16,742 Referee: S. Hooper

Swansea City v Leicester City

23 October 2010 13	Swansea City	2 – 0	Leicester City	Swansea
15:00 BST	Emnes  50' Sinclair  90+4'	(Report)		Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 14,651 Referee: K. Stroud

Crystal Palace v Swansea City

30 October 2010 14	Crystal Palace	0 – 3	Swansea City	London
15:00 BST		(Report)	Sinclair  6' Pratley  71' Allen  80'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 16,223 Referee: F. Graham

Cardiff City v Swansea City

7 November 2010 15	Cardiff City	0 – 1	Swansea City	Cardiff
13:10 BST		(Report)	Emnes  75'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 26,049 Referee: M. Jones

Swansea City v Bristol City

10 November 2010 16	Swansea City	0 – 1	Bristol City	Swansea
19:45 BST		(Report)	Stead  6'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 14,741 Referee: G. Scott

Swansea City v Middlesbrough

14 November 2010 17	Swansea City	1 – 0	Middlesbrough	Swansea
15:00 BST	Sinclair  84'	(Report)		Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 14,906 Referee: K. Hill

Doncaster Rovers v Swansea City

20 November 2010 18	Doncaster Rovers	1 – 1	Swansea City	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Hayter  16'	(Report)	Rangel  90+3'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 13,614 Referee: D. Deadman

Swansea City v Portsmouth

26 November 2010 19	Swansea City	1 – 2	Portsmouth	Swansea
19:45 BST	Beattie  2'	(Report)	Halford  65' Nugent  43'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 17,584 Referee: S. Tanner

Ipswich Town v Swansea City

4 December 2010 20	Ipswich Town	1 – 3	Swansea City	Ipswich
12:45 BST	Townsend  51'	(Report)	Beattie  64', 86' Allen  70'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 16,978 Referee: A. D'Urso

Swansea City v Millwall

10 December 2010 21	Swansea City	1 – 1	Millwall	Swansea
19:45 BST	Rangel  18'	(Report)	Mkandawire  26'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 13,853 Referee: D. Whitestone

Sheffield United v Swansea City

18 December 2010 22	Sheffield United	1 – 0	Swansea City	Sheffield
15:00 BST	C. Evans  44'	(Report)		Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 17,496 Referee: M. Russell

Queens Park Rangers v Swansea City

26 December 2010 23	Queens Park Rangers	4 – 0	Swansea City	London
13:00 BST	Mackie  16' Hill  19' Helguson  62' (pen.) Taarabt  70', 80'	(Report)	Tate  19'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 15,963 Referee: P. Crossley

Swansea City v Barnsley

28 December 2010 24	Swansea City	1 – 0	Barnsley	Swansea
15:00 BST	Easter  27'	(Report)		Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 15,093 Referee: G. Ward

Swansea City v Reading

1 January 2011 25	Swansea City	1 – 0	Reading	Swansea
15:00 BST	Pratley  65'	(Report)		Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 14,329 Referee: S. Hooper

Leicester City v Swansea City

3 January 2011 26	Leicester City	2 – 1	Swansea City	Leicester
15:00 BST	Berner  6' Vassell  43'	(Report)	Sinclair  12'	Stadium: Walkers Stadium Attendance: 21,656 Referee: D. Deadman

Swansea City v Crystal Palace

15 January 2011 27	Swansea City	3 – 0	Crystal Palace	Swansea
12:45 BST	Pratley  43' Sinclair  56' (pen.), 61' (pen.)	(Report)		Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 13,369 Referee: J. Moss

Barnsley v Swansea City

22 January 2011 28	Barnsley	1 – 1	Swansea City	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Hassell  14'	(Report)	Sinclair  86' (pen.)	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 10,481 Referee: P. Gibbs

Bristol City v Swansea City

1 February 2011 29	Bristol City	0 – 2	Swansea City	Bristol
19:45 BST		(Report)	Pratley  10', 67'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 14,366 Referee: D. Whitestone

Swansea City v Cardiff City

6 February 2011 30	Swansea City	0 – 1	Cardiff City	Swansea
13:15 BST		(Report)	Bellamy  86'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 18,280 Referee: M. Halsey

Middlesbrough v Swansea City

12 February 2011 31	Middlesbrough	3 – 4	Swansea City	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Emnes  8' Grounds  34' Lita  53'	(Report)	Dyer  14' Sinclair  60' (pen.) Williams  68' Beattie  90+4'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 14,825 Referee: R. Madley

Swansea City v Doncaster Rovers

19 February 2011 32	Swansea City	3 – 0	Doncaster Rovers	Swansea
15:00 BST	Sinclair  6' Williams  39' Moore  78'	(Report)		Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 13,309 Referee: P. Miller

Coventry City v Swansea City

22 February 2011 33	Coventry City	0 – 1	Swansea City	Coventry
19:45 BST		(Report)	Dobbie  76'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 13,481 Referee: K. Stroud

Swansea City v Leeds United

26 February 2011 34	Swansea City	3 – 0	Leeds United	Swansea
12:45 BST	Sinclair  13', 55' (pen.) Moore  72'	(Report)		Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 19,309 Referee: P. Dowd

Scunthorpe United v Swansea City

5 March 2011 35	Scunthorpe United	1 – 0	Swansea City	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	Garner  71' (pen.)	(Report)		Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,608 Referee: K. Hill

Swansea City v Watford

8 March 2011 36	Swansea City	1 – 1	Watford	Swansea
19:45 BST	Dobbie  26'	(Report)	Graham  78'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 14,410 Referee: L. Mason

Derby County v Swansea City

12 March 2011 37	Derby County	2 – 1	Swansea City	Derby
15:00 BST	Williams  7' (o.g.) S. Davies  54'	(Report)	Pratley  65'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 25,341 Referee: G. Scott

Swansea City v Nottingham Forest

19 March 2011 38	Swansea City	3 – 2	Nottingham Forest	Swansea
15:00 BST	Sinclair  21' Borini  26', 56'	(Report)	Boyd  44' Anderson  90+2'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 18,371 Referee: S. Mathieson

Preston North End v Swansea City

2 April 2011 39	Preston North End	2 – 1	Swansea City	Preston
15:00 BST	Hume  3' (pen.), 83'	(Report)	Williams  24'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 11,791 Referee: D. Foster

Swansea City v Norwich City

9 April 2011 40	Swansea City	3 – 0	Norwich City	Swansea
17:20 BST	Borini  5' Gower  29' Priskin  90+4'	(Report)		Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 19,094 Referee: A. Bates

Swansea City v Hull City

12 April 2011 41	Swansea City	1 – 1	Hull City	Swansea
19:45 BST	Gower  63'	(Report)	C. Evans  70'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 14,822 Referee: R. Booth

Burnley v Swansea City

16 April 2011 42	Burnley	2 – 1	Swansea City	Burnley
15:00 BST	Williams  57' (o.g.) Eagles  77' (pen.)	(Report)	Borini  53'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 13,675 Referee: D. Webb

Portsmouth v Swansea City

23 April 2011 43	Portsmouth	0 – 0	Swansea City	Portsmouth
15:00 BST		(Report)		Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 15,907 Referee: D. Deadman

Swansea City v Ipswich Town

25 April 2011 44	Swansea City	4 – 1	Ipswich Town	Swansea
15:00 BST	Borini  9', 30' Moore  14' Sinclair  71' (pen.)	(Report)	Healy  20'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 16,001 Referee: J. Linington

Millwall v Swansea City

30 April 2011 45	Millwall	0 – 2	Swansea City	London
15:00 BST		(Report)	Pratley  30' Dobbie  47'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 15,101 Referee: M. Oliver

Swansea City v Sheffield United

7 May 2011 46	Swansea City	4 – 0	Sheffield United	Swansea
12:45 BST	Dobbie  30', 60' Sinclair  55' (pen.) Britton  90'	(Report)	Lowry  54'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 17,584 Referee: E. Ilderton

Play-offs

Semi-finals

12 May 2011

19:45

Nottingham Forest	0 – 0	Swansea City
	Report	2' Taylor

City Ground, Nottingham

Attendance: 27,881

Referee: Mike Dean

16 May 2011

19:45

Swansea City	3 – 1	Nottingham Forest
Britton  28' Dobbie  33' Pratley  90+3'	Report	Earnshaw  80'

Liberty Stadium, Swansea

Attendance: 19,816

Referee: Andre Marriner

Final

Main article: 2011 Football League Championship play-off Final

30 May 2011

15:00 BST

Reading	2 – 4	Swansea City
Allen  49' (o.g.) Mills  57'	Report	Sinclair  21' (pen.), 22', 80' (pen.) Dobbie  40'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 86,581

Referee: Phil Dowd[86]

FA Cup

Main article: 2010–11 FA Cup

Swansea City v Colchester United

8 January 2011 Round 3	Swansea City	4 – 0	Colchester United	Swansea
15:00 BST	Monk  25' Pratley  22',  35' Van der Gun  68' Sinclair  82'	(Report)	Izzet  52' White  75'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 7,005 Referee: R. Shoebridge

Swansea City v Leyton Orient

29 January 2011 Round 4	Swansea City	1 – 2	Leyton Orient	Swansea
12:50 BST	Van der Gun  45'	(Report)	Smith  35' Chorley  54' Tate  88' (o.g.)	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 6,281 Referee: S. Attwell

League Cup

Main article: 2010–11 Football League Cup

Swansea City v Barnet

10 August 2010 Round 1	Swansea City	3 – 0	Barnet	Swansea
19:45 BST	Van der Gun  24' Pratley  72' Tate  75' S. Kuqi  75',  88' Monk  80'	(Report)	Hughes  13' Byrne  50' Leach  53'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 6,644 Referee: A. Penn

Tranmere Rovers v Swansea City

24 August 2010 Round 2	Tranmere Rovers	1 – 3	Swansea City	Birkenhead
19:45 BST	Showunmi  22'	(Report)	Serrán  60' Van der Gun  73' Sinclair  74' S. Kuqi  90+5',  90+6'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 2,450 Referee: M. Haywood

Peterborough United v Swansea City

21 September 2010 Round 3	Peterborough United	1 – 3	Swansea City	Peterborough
19:45 BST	Mackail-Smith  7' Tomlin  65'	(Report)	Sinclair  5', 41', 78' Pratley  66'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 4,164 Referee: N. Miller

Wigan Athletic v Swansea City

26 October 2010 Round 4	Wigan Athletic	2 – 0	Swansea City	Wigan
20:00 BST	Alcaraz  26' Boselli  51' Watson  90+3' (pen.)	(Report)	Tate  29' Monk  61' Taylor  70' Orlandi  90+2'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 11,705 Referee: K. Friend

Footnotes

1. ^ Fee could rise to £1M depending on Sinclair's future success at the club.
2. ^ Britton had two spells with the club previously, making 295 appearances and scoring ten goals.

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