West Ham United

2010–11 season
Co-chairmen	David Gold David Sullivan
Manager	Avram Grant (until 15 May) Kevin Keen (caretaker, from 15 May to end of season)
Ground	Boleyn Ground (Upton Park)
Premier League	20th (relegated)
League Cup	Semi-finals (3–4 on aggregate vs. Birmingham City, a.e.t.)
FA Cup	Sixth round (1–2 vs. Stoke City)
Top goalscorer	League: Demba Ba (7) All: Carlton Cole (11)
Highest home attendance	34,941 (vs. Liverpool, 27 February 2011)
Lowest home attendance	20,902 (vs. Oxford United, 24 August 2010)
Home colours Away colours
←  2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 season was West Ham United's sixth consecutive season in the Premier League. After finishing in 17th place in the previous season, the team finished 20th and was relegated to the Football League Championship.

Season summary

The club appointed Avram Grant as their new manager on 3 June 2010, ^[1] following the sacking of Gianfranco Zola at the end of a disappointing 2009–10 season. ^[2] On 15 May 2011, West Ham were relegated to the Championship after a comeback from Wigan Athletic at the DW Stadium. With West Ham leading 2–0 at half-time by two Demba Ba goals, Wigan battled back to win 3–2 thanks to an added-time strike from Charles N'Zogbia. ^[3] Following the loss, West Ham announced the sacking of manager Avram Grant just one season into his tenure. ^[4]

Final League Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Wigan Athletic	38	9	15	14	40	61	−21	42
17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	11	7	20	46	66	−20	40
18	Birmingham City (R)	38	8	15	15	37	58	−21	39	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round and relegation to Football League Championship [a]
19	Blackpool (R)	38	10	9	19	55	78	−23	39	Relegation to Football League Championship
20	West Ham United (R)	38	7	12	19	43	70	−27	33

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 Robert Green 2 DF   NZL Winston Reid 4 DF   WAL Danny Gabbidon 5 DF   ENG James Tomkins 7 MF   ENG Kieron Dyer 8 MF   ENG Scott Parker ( vice-captain) 9 FW   ENG Carlton Cole 10 MF   WAL Jack Collison 11 MF   GER Thomas Hitzlsperger 12 MF   MEX Pablo Barrera 13 MF   POR Luís Boa Morte 14 MF   CZE Radoslav Kováč 15 DF   ENG Matthew Upson ( captain) 16 MF   ENG Mark Noble 18 MF   USA Jonathan Spector 19 FW   ENG Freddie Sears 20 DF   FRA Julien Faubert 21 FW   SEN Demba Ba

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF   POR Manuel da Costa 23 DF   COD Hérita Ilunga 25 MF   ENG Junior Stanislas 26 FW   ENG Zavon Hines 28 GK   HUN Péter Kurucz 29 GK   CZE Marek Štěch 30 FW   FRA Frédéric Piquionne 31 GK   BEL Ruud Boffin 32 MF   ENG Gary O'Neil 33 FW   NGA Victor Obinna (on loan from Internazionale) 34 FW   IRL Robbie Keane (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) 36 DF   ENG Wayne Bridge (on loan from Manchester City) 37 DF   DEN Lars Jacobsen 40 MF   ENG Anthony Edgar 42 FW   COL Cristian Montano 44 DF   ENG Jordan Brown 46 GK   ENG Jake Larkins

Out on loan

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   ENG Matt Fry (at Charlton Athletic until 3 January 2011)

Results

Pre-season

West Ham scheduled six friendly games away from home, both within the UK as well as two tour matches in Germany and Austria, in preparation for the 2010–11 Premier League season. ^{[5] [6]} They also played host to Spanish La Liga club Deportivo de La Coruña at the Boleyn Ground. ^[7]

Premier League

Football League Cup

FA Cup

Statistics

Overview

Competition	Record
	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	38	7	12	19	43	70	−27	018.42
FA Cup	4	3	0	1	11	5	+6	075.00
League Cup	6	5	0	1	13	6	+7	083.33
Total	48	15	12	21	67	81	−14	031.25

Goalscorers

Rank	Pos	No.	Nat	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	ST	9		Carlton Cole	5	2	4	11
2	ST	30		Frederic Piquionne	6	2	1	9
3	ST	33		Victor Obinna	3	3	2	8
4	MF	8		Scott Parker	5	0	2	7
	ST	21		Demba Ba	7	0	0	7
6	MF	16		Mark Noble	4	0	1	5
7	DF	18		Jonathan Spector	1	1	2	4
8	MF	11		Thomas Hitzlsperger	2	1	0	3
9	ST	19		Freddie Sears	1	1	0	2
	MF	21		Valon Behrami	2	0	0	2
	DF	22		Manuel da Costa	1	0	1	2
	ST	34		Robbie Keane	2	0	0	2
	Own goals				2	0	0	2
14	DF	2		Winston Reid	0	1	0	1
	DF	5		James Tomkins	1	0	0	1
	MF	25		Junior Stanislas	1	0	0	1
Totals					43	11	13	67

League position by matchday

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ENG	Robert Green	44	0	37	0	4	0	3	0
29	GK	CZE	Marek Stech	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
31	GK	BEL	Ruud Boffin	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	NZL	Winston Reid	12	1	3+4	0	3	1	1+1	0
3	DF	ISR	Tal Ben-Haim	12	0	8	0	0	0	4	0
4	DF	WAL	Daniel Gabbidon	27	0	24+2	0	1	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	James Tomkins	28	1	18+1	1	3	0	6	0
15	DF	ENG	Matthew Upson	34	0	30	0	1	0	3	0
18	DF	USA	Jonathan Spector	21	4	10+4	1	1+2	1	4	2
22	DF	POR	Manuel da Costa	19	2	14+2	1	1	0	2	1
23	DF	COD	Herita Ilunga	12	0	10+1	0	1	0	0	0
27	DF	ENG	Jordan Spence	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
36	DF	ENG	Wayne Bridge	18	0	15	0	2	0	1	0
37	DF	DEN	Lars Jacobsen	26	0	22+2	0	2	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF	ENG	Kieron Dyer	13	0	8+3	0	0	0	0+2	0
8	MF	ENG	Scott Parker	40	7	30+2	5	2+1	0	5	2
10	MF	WAL	Jack Collison	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	GER	Thomas Hitzlsperger	13	3	11	2	2	1	0	0
12	MF	MEX	Pablo Barrera	21	0	6+8	0	2+1	0	4	0
13	MF	POR	Luis Boa Morte	28	0	19+3	0	1+1	0	4	0
14	MF	CZE	Radoslav Kovac	18	0	7+6	0	1	0	3+1	0
16	MF	ENG	Mark Noble	35	5	25+1	4	4	0	3+2	1
20	MF	FRA	Julien Faubert	16	0	7+2	0	1	0	6	0
21	MF	SUI	Valon Behrami	8	2	6+1	2	0	0	0+1	0
25	MF	ENG	Junior Stanislas	8	1	4+2	1	0	0	1+1	0
32	MF	ENG	Gary O'Neil	9	0	7+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
40	MF	ENG	Anthony Edgar	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	ENG	Carlton Cole	43	11	21+14	5	2	2	3+3	4
17	FW	RSA	Benni McCarthy	9	0	0+6	0	0	0	1+2	0
19	FW	ENG	Freddie Sears	15	2	9+2	1	2	1	2	0
21	FW	SEN	Demba Ba	13	7	10+2	7	1	0	0	0
24	FW	ENG	Frank Nouble	4	0	0+2	0	1+1	0	0	0
26	FW	ENG	Zavon Hines	15	0	4+5	0	1+2	0	1+2	0
30	FW	FRA	Frederic Piquionne	41	9	26+8	6	2+2	2	3	1
32	FW	ITA	Alessandro Diamanti	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW	NGA	Victor Obinna	32	8	17+8	3	3	3	3+1	2
34	FW	EIR	Robbie Keane	10	2	5+4	2	0+1	0	0	0

Transfers

Summer

In

#	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date	Notes
11	MF	Thomas Hitzlsperger	Lazio	Free	1 July 2010	[8]
12	FW	Pablo Barrera	UNAM	£4M	16 July 2010	[9]
30	FW	Frédéric Piquionne	Lyon	Undisclosed	16 July 2010	[9]
3	DF	Tal Ben Haim	Portsmouth	Loan	3 August 2010	[10]
2	DF	Winston Reid	Midtjylland	Undisclosed	5 August 2010	[11]
33	FW	Victor Obinna	Internazionale	Loan	27 August 2010	[12]
37	DF	Lars Jacobsen	Blackburn Rovers	Free	31 August 2010	[13]
31	GK	Ruud Boffin	MVV	Nominal	31 August 2010

Out

Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date	Notes
DF	Bondz N'Gala	Plymouth Argyle	Free	30 June 2010	[14]
MF	Josh Payne	Doncaster Rovers	Free	30 June 2010	[15]
FW	Guillermo Franco	Vélez Sársfield	Free	30 June 2010	[15]
FW	Ilan	Internacional	Free	30 June 2010	[15]
FW	Alessandro Diamanti	Brescia	€2.2M	24 August 2010	[16]
DF	Fabio Daprelà	Brescia	Undisclosed	31 August 2010	[17]

Winter

In

#	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date	Notes
36	DF	Wayne Bridge	Manchester City	Loan	12 January 2011	[18]
32	MF	Gary O'Neil	Middlesbrough	Undisclosed	24 January 2011	[19]
21	FW	Demba Ba	1899 Hoffenheim	Undisclosed	28 January 2011	[20]
34	FW	Robbie Keane	Tottenham Hotspur	Loan	30 January 2011	[21]

Out

Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date	Notes
FW	Frank Nouble	Swansea City	Loan	17 September 2010	[22]
FW	Freddie Sears	Scunthorpe United	Loan	19 October 2010	[23]
MF	Valon Behrami	Fiorentina	Undisclosed	25 January 2011	[24]
MF	Kieron Dyer	Ipswich Town	Loan	11 March 2011	[25]
FW	Benni McCarthy	Orlando Pirates	Contract terminated / Undisclosed	12 April 2011	[26]

References

External links

• West Ham United FC Official Website
• 2010–11 West Ham United F.C. season on BBC Sport: Club news – Recent results and fixtures