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
ChairmanHuw Jenkins
ManagerBrendan Rodgers
StadiumLiberty Stadium
Football League Championship3rd (promoted via play-off)
FA CupFourth round
League CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Scott Sinclair (19)
All:
Scott Sinclair (24)
Highest home attendance19,309 (26 February 2011 vs Leeds United)[1]
Lowest home attendance12,411 (14 September 2010 vs Coventry City)[2]
Average home league attendance15,507

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 Netherlands Dorus de Vries29EU 2007 178 0 2011[9] Free[10]
2 DF EnglandWales Ashley Williams26EU 2008 141 10 2013[11] £400k[12]
3 DF Wales Neil Taylor21EU 2010 29 0 2013[13] Free[13]
5 DF England Alan Tate (vc)27EU 2004 285 5 2013[14] Free[15]
6 MF Netherlands Ferrie Bodde28EU 2007 54 14 2011[16] £85k[17]
7 MF Wales David Cotterill22EU 2010 35 4 2013[18] £600k[18]
8 MF England Darren Pratley25EU 2006 177 26 2011[19] £100k[20]
9 FW Scotland Craig Beattie26EU 2009 45 7 2012[21] £800k[21]
10 MF Spain Andrea Orlandi26EU 2007 69 2 2012[22] Free[23]
11 MF Netherlands Cedric van der Gun31EU 2009 35 3 2011[24] Free[25]
12 MF England Nathan Dyer22EU 2009 103 6 2012[26] £400k[26]
13 GK Wales David Cornell19EU 2009 0 0 2013[27] Youth system
14 FW Scotland Stephen Dobbie27EU 2009 47 9 2012[28] Free[28]
15 FW Italy Fabio Borini19EU 2011 9 6 2011[29] Loan[29]
16 DF England Garry Monk (captain)31EU 2004 196 3 2012[30] Free[31]
17 DF Spain Albert Serrán26EU 2008 30 0 2011[32] £80k[33]
18 FW Spain Gorka Pintado32EU 2008 73 7 2011[34] £100k[34]
19 FW England Luke Moore24EU 2011 15 3 2013[35] Undisclosed fee[35]
20 MF Wales Shaun MacDonald22EU 2005 24 0 2012[36] Youth system
21 MF England Scott Sinclair21EU 2010 43 19 2013[37] £500k[37]
22 DF Spain Àngel Rangel27EU 2007 159 5 2011[38] Undisclosed fee[39]
23 MF England Scott Donnelly22EU 2010 1 0 2013[40] Free[40]
24 MF Wales Joe Allen20EU 2007 91 3 2012[41] Youth system
25 GK BelgiumDemocratic Republic of the Congo Yves Ma-Kalambay24EU 2010 0 0 2011[42] Free[42]
26 MF Netherlands Kemy Agustien24EU 2010 8 0 2012[43] Free[43]
27 MF England Mark Gower31EU 2008 107 3 2011[44] Free[45]
28 MF Republic of Ireland Thomas Butler29EU 2006 126 9 2011[46] Undisclosed fee[47]
29 MF Wales Ashley Richards19EU 2009 21 0 2012[24] Youth system
31 MF Wales Lee Lucas18EU 2010 1 0 2013[48] Youth system
33 FW Wales Kerry Morgan21EU 2007 3 0 Undisclosed Youth system
34 DF Wales Joe Walsh18EU 2010 0 0 2011[49] Youth system
35 DF Wales Daniel Alfei18EU 2010 1 0 2011[50] Youth system
36 FW Wales Casey Thomas19EU 2009 1 0 Undisclosed Youth system
37 MF England Leon Britton27EU 2011 312 11 2013[51] Free[51]
38 DF England Jamie Grimes19EU 2009 0 0 2011[52] Youth system
44 MF England Ryan Harley25EU 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.

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

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

Last updated: 13 January

In
No.
 P
 Name
 Country
 Age
 Loan club
 Started
 Ended
 Start source
 End source
19 FW Nouble England18 West Ham United 17 September 2010 26 October 2010 [60] [61]
30 FW Emnes Netherlands22 Middlesbrough 18 October 2010 14 November 2010 [62] [63]
49 FW Easter Wales28 Milton Keynes Dons 25 November 2010 13 January 2011 [64] [65]
15 DF Edgar Canada23 Burnley 31 January 2011 17 February 2011 [66] [67]
15 FW Borini Italy19 Chelsea 17 March 2011 3 June 2011 [29] [68]
30 FW Priskin Hungary24 Ipswich Town 24 March 2011 25 April 2011 [69] [70]
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 England19 Forest Green Rovers 13 August 2010 25 September 2010 [71] [72]
33 MF Morgan Wales21 Newport County 20 August 2010 1 January 2011 [73] [74]
20 FW MacDonald Wales22 Yeovil Town 28 August 2010 4 January 2011 [75] [76]
42 FW Kuqi Finland33 Derby County 13 September 2010 13 December 2010 [77] [78]
23 MF Donnelly England22 Wycombe Wanderers 1 January 2011 [79]
13 GK Cornell Wales19 Port Talbot Town 6 January 2011 [80]
18 FW Pintado Spain32 AEK Larnaca 7 January 2011 [81]
33 MF Morgan Wales21 Newport County 13 January 2011 [82]
36 MF Thomas Wales19 Port Talbot Town 20 January 2011 [83]
44 MF Harley England25 Exeter City 21 January 2011 [53]
7 MF Cotterill Wales22 Portsmouth 17 February 2011 [84]
26 MF Agustien Netherlands24 Crystal Palace 10 March 2011 [85]
20 FW MacDonald Wales22 Yeovil Town 17 March 2011 [86]
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 CupFootball League Cup
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Sts
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
App
Gls
1 GKNetherlands de Vries 48 48 46 2
2 DFWales
England		 Williams 50 503 463 2 2
3 DFWales Taylor 27 31 29 2
5 DFEngland Tate 42 45 40 1 4
6 MFNetherlands Bodde
7 MFWales Cotterill 12 161 141 2
8 MFEngland Pratley 32 3911 349 2131
9 FWScotland Beattie 11 244 234 1
10 MFSpain Orlandi 16 24 20 1 3
11 MFNetherlands van der Gun 7 155 91 2242
12 MFEngland Dyer 45 482 462 1 1
13 GKWales Cornell
14 FWScotland Dobbie 24 459 419 1 3
15 FWItaly Borini 8 96 96
16 DFEngland Monk 30 331 29 113
17 DFSpain Serran 9 16 11 1 4
18 FWSpain Pintado 1 1
19 FWEngland Moore 13 173 153 2
20 MFWales MacDonald
21 MFEngland Sinclair 42 4724 4319 2124
22 DFSpain Rangel 38 402 382 1 1
23 MFEngland Donnelly 1 2 1 1
24 MFWales Allen 34 452 402 2 3
25 GKBelgium
Democratic Republic of the Congo		 Ma-Kalambay 4 4 2 2
26 MFNetherlands Agustien 5 11 8 2 1
27 MFEngland Gower 37 422 392 1 2
28 MFRepublic of Ireland Butler
29 MFWales Richards 8 8 6 1 1
31 MFWales Lucas 1 1
33 FWWales Morgan 1 1 1
34 DFWales Walsh 1 1 1
35 DFWales Alfei 2 3 1 2
36 MFWales Thomas 1 1 1
37 MFEngland Britton 10 171 171
38 DFEngland 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 CupFootball League Cup
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Sts
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
App
Gls
15 DFCanada Edgar
15 MFSpain López 3 4 2 2
19 FWEngland Nouble 2 61 61
30 FWHungary Priskin 41 41
30 MFNetherlands Emnes 4 52 42 1
42 FWFinland Kuqi 2 42 2 22
49 FWWales Easter 2 71 61 1
Last updated: 8 May 2011
Source: Swans World
Ordered by Squad Numbers
0 shown as blank

Scorers

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) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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
Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHAHAHHAAHAHHAAHHAHAHAAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAH
ResultLWLWLWWLWDWDWWWLWDLWDLLWWLWDWLWWWWLDLWLWDLDWWW
Position229141214136988463333333334432424355322223344455443
Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Pre-season friendlies
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: ?
13 July 2010 Friendly Hereford United 2–0 Swansea City Hereford
? McQuilkin 21'
Canham 52'		 (Report) Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 1,568
Referee: ?
15 July 2010 Friendly Neath 0–2 Swansea City Neath
? (Report) Donnelly 1'
S. Kuqi 3'		 Stadium: The Gnoll
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?
17 July 2010 Friendly Yeovil Town 0–1 Swansea City Yeovil
? (Report) Cotterill 6' Stadium: Huish Park
Attendance: 957
Referee: ?
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: ?
24 July 2010 Friendly Swansea City 1–0 Cheltenham Town Swansea
? Dobbie 52' (Report) Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 5,239
Referee: ?
28 July 2010 Friendly Haaglandia Netherlands 1–4 Swansea City Rijswijk
? Van de Hurk (Report) Dyer 24'
Cotterill 42'
Pintado 65', 90'		 Stadium: Sportpark Prinses Irene
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?
31 July 2010 Friendly Voetbal Club Sparta Netherlands 1–9 Swansea City The Hague
? Aldogan 78' (Report) Pintado 6', 45'
Serrán 22'
Donnelly 50'
Agustien 52'
Pratley 53', 87'
Dyer 65'
S. Kuqi 76'		 Stadium: ?
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?
29 July 2010 Friendly ADO Den Haag Netherlands 1–0 Swansea City The Hague
? Immers 17' (Report) Stadium: Kyocera Stadion
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?
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
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
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
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
28 August 2010 4 Swansea City 1–0 Burnley Swansea
15:00 BST Sinclair 8'
Pratley Yellow card 48' Yellow-red card 58'		 (Report) Mears Yellow card 42' Yellow-red card 60' Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 14,010
Referee: S. Rushton
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
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
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
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
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
2 October 2010 10 Swansea City 0–0 Derby County Swansea
15:00 BST (Report) Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 15,071
Referee: P. Gibbs
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
26 December 2010 23 Queens Park Rangers 4–0 Swansea City London
13:00 BST Mackie 16'
Hill Red card 19'
Helguson 62' (pen.)
Taarabt 70', 80'		 (Report) Tate Red card 19' Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 15,963
Referee: P. Crossley
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
23 April 2011 43 Portsmouth 0–0 Swansea City Portsmouth
15:00 BST (Report) Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 15,907
Referee: D. Deadman
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
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
7 May 2011 46 Swansea City 4–0 Sheffield United Swansea
12:45 BST Dobbie 30', 60'
Sinclair 55' (pen.)
Britton 90'		 (Report) Lowry Red card 54' Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 17,584
Referee: E. Ilderton

Semi-finals
Nottingham Forest0–0Swansea City
Report Red card 2' Taylor
Attendance: 27,881
Referee: Mike Dean
Swansea City3–1Nottingham Forest
Britton 28'
Dobbie 33'
Pratley 90+3'		 Report Earnshaw 80'
Attendance: 19,816

Final
Main article: 2011 Football League Championship play-off Final
Reading2–4Swansea City
Allen 49' (o.g.)
Mills 57'		 Report Sinclair 21' (pen.), 22', 80' (pen.)
Dobbie 40'
Attendance: 86,581
Referee: Phil Dowd[87]

FA Cup
Main article: 2010–11 FA Cup
8 January 2011 Round 3 Swansea City 4–0 Colchester United Swansea
15:00 BST Monk 25'
Pratley Yellow card 22', 35'
Van der Gun 68'
Sinclair 82'		 (Report) Izzet Yellow card 52'
White Yellow card 75'		 Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 7,005
Referee: R. Shoebridge
29 January 2011 Round 4 Swansea City 1–2 Leyton Orient Swansea
12:50 BST Van der Gun 45' (Report) Smith 35'
Chorley Yellow card 54'
Tate 88' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 6,281
Referee: S. Attwell

League Cup
Main article: 2010–11 Football League Cup
10 August 2010 Round 1 Swansea City 3–0 Barnet Swansea
19:45 BST Van der Gun 24'
Pratley 72'
Tate Yellow card 75'
S. Kuqi Yellow card 75', 88'
Monk Yellow card 80'		 (Report) Hughes Yellow card 13'
Byrne Yellow card 50'
Leach Yellow card 53'		 Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 6,644
Referee: A. Penn
24 August 2010 Round 2 Tranmere Rovers 1–3 Swansea City Birkenhead
19:45 BST Showunmi 22' (Report) Serrán Yellow card 60'
Van der Gun 73'
Sinclair 74'
S. Kuqi 90+5', Yellow card 90+6'		 Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 2,450
Referee: M. Haywood
21 September 2010 Round 3 Peterborough United 1–3 Swansea City Peterborough
19:45 BST Mackail-Smith 7'
Tomlin Yellow card 65'		 (Report) Sinclair 5', 41', 78'
Pratley Yellow card 66'		 Stadium: London Road Stadium
Attendance: 4,164
Referee: N. Miller
26 October 2010 Round 4 Wigan Athletic 2–0 Swansea City Wigan
20:00 BST Alcaraz Yellow card 26'
Boselli 51'
Watson 90+3' (pen.)		 (Report) Tate Yellow card 29'
Monk Yellow card 61'
Taylor Yellow card 70'
Orlandi Yellow card 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.

References
  1. "Swansea 3–0 Leeds". BBC Sport. 26 February 2011.
  2. "Swansea 2–1 Coventry". BBC Sport. 14 September 2010.
  3. "Reading 2 – 4 Swansea". ESPN Soccernet. 30 May 2011. Archived from the original on 21 July 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
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