2010–11 Premier League

Relegation

On 15 May 2011, West Ham United were the first team to be relegated to the Championship, following a 3–2 defeat away to Wigan Athletic. Two more relegation spots were to be confirmed going into the final day of the season, with five teams (Blackburn Rovers, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Birmingham City, Blackpool, and Wigan Athletic) all at threat of the drop. Blackburn secured their top flight status with a 3–2 away win over Wolves. Blackpool were relegated after losing 4–2 to champions Manchester United at Old Trafford, despite having led at one point. Birmingham City were also down after Roman Pavlyuchenko scored an injury-time winner for Tottenham at White Hart Lane. Both of these results allowed Wolves to avoid the drop by one point, despite their loss to Blackburn, while Wigan, who were in the bottom three prior to kick-off, extended their Premier League stay to seven consecutive seasons after a 1–0 win away at Stoke City.

Rule changes

The Premier League introduced a cap on the number of players in a squad. From this season onwards, clubs had to declare a squad of no more than 25 players when the summer transfer window shuts, and then again at the end of the January transfer window. Players aged 21 and under could be selected without being registered in the 25.

Also being introduced this season was the "home grown players" rule, which aims to encourage the development of young footballers at Premier League clubs. The new rule required clubs to name at least eight players in their squad of 25 players that have been registered domestically for a minimum of three seasons prior to their 21st birthday.

All of the Premier League teams submitted their 25-man squads on 1 September 2010 deadline.

Teams

Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Championship. The promoted teams were Newcastle United, West Bromwich Albion (both teams returning after a season's absence), and Blackpool (returning after a thirty-nine-year absence). This was also Blackpool's first season in the Premier League. They replaced Burnley, Hull City and Portsmouth, who were relegated to the Championship after their top flight spells of one, two and seven years respectively.

Stadiums and locations

Arsenal

Chelsea

Fulham

Tottenham Hotspur

West Ham United

Aston Villa

Birmingham City

West Bromwich Albion

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Bolton Wanderers

Manchester City

Manchester United

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:Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

• 1 Correct as of start of 2010–11 Premier League season

Personnel and kits

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

Nike produced a new match ball, the Nike Total 90 Tracer, which was electric blue, black and white during the autumn and spring. A high-visibility version in yellow was released for the winter. Additionally, Umbro provided officials with new kits in black, lime green, yellow, red and cyan blue for the season. Tune Ventures, parent company of AirAsia, took over as sponsor of the referee kits for the next three seasons.

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Season statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Stewart Downing for Aston Villa against West Ham United (14 August 2010)
• Fastest goal of the season: 30 seconds – Maxi Rodríguez for Liverpool against Fulham (9 May 2011)
• Widest winning margin: 6 goals
  • Chelsea 6–0 West Bromwich Albion (14 August 2010)
  • Arsenal 6–0 Blackpool (21 August 2010)
  • Wigan Athletic 0–6 Chelsea (21 August 2010)
  • Newcastle United 6–0 Aston Villa (22 August 2010)
  • Manchester United 7–1 Blackburn Rovers (27 November 2010)
• Highest scoring game: 8 goals
  • Manchester United 7–1 Blackburn Rovers (27 November 2010)
  • Everton 5–3 Blackpool (5 February 2011)
  • Newcastle United 4–4 Arsenal (5 February 2011)
• Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 7 goals – Manchester United 7–1 Blackburn Rovers (27 November 2010)
• Fewest games failed to score in: 5 – Manchester United
• Most games failed to score in: 13
  • Stoke City
  • West Ham United
  • Wigan Athletic

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Premier League hat-tricks

• 4 Player scored four goals
• 5 Player scored five goals

Clean sheets

Player

Club

• Most clean sheets: 18 – Manchester City
• Fewest clean sheets: 2 – West Bromwich Albion

Discipline

Club

• Worst overall disciplinary record (1 point per yellow card, 3 points per red card):
  • Manchester City – 89 points (74 yellow & 5 red cards)
• Best overall disciplinary record:
  • Blackpool – 53 points (47 yellow & 2 red cards)
• Most yellow cards: 75 – Newcastle United
• Most red cards: 7 – West Bromwich Albion

Player

• Most yellow cards: 14 – Cheick Tioté (Newcastle United)
• Most red cards: 2
  • Lee Cattermole (Sunderland)
  • Craig Gardner (Birmingham City)
  • Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal)
  • Youssouf Mulumbu (West Bromwich Albion)
  • Ryan Shawcross (Stoke City)
• Most fouls: 115 – Kevin Davies (Bolton Wanderers)

Awards

Monthly awards

Annual awards

Premier League Manager of the Season

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, 69, received the Premier League Manager of the Season.

Premier League Player of the Season

The Premier League Player of the Season award was won by Nemanja Vidić of Manchester United.

PFA Players' Player of the Year

The PFA Players' Player of the Year was awarded to Gareth Bale.

PFA Team of the Year

PFA Young Player of the Year

The PFA Young Player of the Year was awarded to Jack Wilshere.

FWA Footballer of the Year

The FWA Footballer of the Year was awarded to Scott Parker.

Premier League Golden Boot

Dimitar Berbatov of Manchester United and Carlos Tevez of Manchester City shared the Premier League Golden Boot this season, both finishing with 20 goals. Berbatov's 20 goals came in 32 appearances, with Tevez's 20 goals coming in 31 appearances. This was the first time either player had won the award, and the first time it had been shared since the 1998–99 season.

Premier League Golden Glove

The Premier League Golden Glove award was won by Joe Hart of Manchester City.

Premier League Fair Play Award

The Premier League Fair Play Award was won by Fulham, who finished on top of the Fair Play Table. Newcastle United were deemed to be the least sporting team, finishing bottom of the table. Due to England being one of the three best teams in the UEFA Fair Play rankings, Fulham as the highest-ranked team not already qualified for a European competition were awarded a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.

PFA Fans' Player of the Year

The PFA Fans' Player of the Year was awarded to Raul Meireles.

Attendances

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