# 2010–11 Portsmouth F.C. season

The 2010–11 season was Portsmouth's first season in the EFL Championship after relegation from the Premier League at the end of the previous season.

## Season review

On 22 October, Portsmouth issued a statement declaring "it appears likely that the club will now be closed down and liquidated by the administrators", but Pompey creditor Alexandre Gaydamak announced the next day that he had reached an agreement that could save their future. It was revealed just hours later that Portsmouth had finally come out of administration.

## Players
### First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
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 | Jamie Ashdown |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Greg Halford (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers) |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Carl Dickinson (on loan from Stoke City) |
| 4 | MF | RSA | Aaron Mokoena (captain) |
| 5 | DF | BEL | Ritchie De Laet (on loan from Manchester United) |
| 6 | DF | ISL | Hermann Hreiðarsson |
| 7 | MF | IRL | Liam Lawrence |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Hayden Mullins |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Danny Webber |
| 10 | FW | ENG | David Nugent |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Michael Brown |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Jonathan Hogg (on loan from Aston Villa) |
| 17 | MF | WAL | David Cotterill (on loan from Swansea City) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Dave Kitson |
| 19 | DF | ENG | James Bowles |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Joel Ward |
| 22 | MF | SCO | Richard Hughes |
| 24 | FW | TUR | Nadir Çiftçi |
| 25 | DF | SEN | Ibrahima Sonko (on loan from Stoke City) |
| 27 | FW | NGA | Nwankwo Kanu |
| 33 | DF | POR | Ricardo Rocha |
| 36 | MF | ENG | Tom Kilbey |
| 37 | GK | ENG | Darryl Flahavan |
| 38 | MF | ENG | Ellis Martin |
| 39 | MF | ENG | Peter Gregory |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | MF | ENG | Matt Ritchie (to Swindon Town) |
| 6 | DF | IRL | Marc Wilson (to Stoke City) |
| 17 | FW | NGA | John Utaka (to Montpellier) |
| 21 | FW | ENG | Tommy Smith (to Queens Park Rangers) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | GHA | Kevin-Prince Boateng (to Genoa) |
| 31 | GK | ENG | Liam O'Brien (to Barnet) |
| 40 | MF | ENG | Marlon Pack (on loan to Cheltenham Town) |

## Transfers

Portsmouth had previously stated that any contracts due to expire at the end of the 2009–10 season would not be renewed due to their financial problems, and that they hoped to sign a new squad on free transfers and sell their squad from last year. As it transpired, only five players were released, on 19 May 2010; ten others were offered new contracts.

### In

Since Portsmouth were under a transfer embargo, they initially were not allowed to buy players or sign free agents as they could not guarantee the PFA that the wages for the players could be paid. The embargo was later lifted.
| Number | Date | Position | Name | Club | Fee |
| 25 | 28 July 2010 | DF | Ibrahima Sonko | Stoke City | Loan |
| 1 | 4 August 2010 | GK | Jamie Ashdown | Free agent | Free |
| 3 | 13 August 2010 | DF | Carl Dickinson | Stoke City | Loan |
| 37 | 27 August 2010 | GK | Darryl Flahavan | Free agent | Free |
| 27 | 27 August 2010 | FW | Nwankwo Kanu | Free agent | Free |
| 18 | 31 August 2010 | FW | Dave Kitson | Stoke City | Transfer |
| 7 | 31 August 2010 | MF | Liam Lawrence | Stoke City | Transfer |
| 6 | 2 October 2010 | DF | Hermann Hreidarsson | Free agent | Free |
| 2 | 19 October 2010 | DF | Greg Halford | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Loan |
| 5 | 14 January 2011 | DF | Ritchie De Laet | Manchester United | Loan |
| 14 | 25 January 2011 | MF | Jonathan Hogg | Aston Villa | Loan |
| 17 | 17 February 2011 | MF | David Cotterill | Swansea City | Loan |

### Out

| Number | Date | Position | Name | Club | Fee |
| 33 | 19 May 2010 | MF | Angelos Basinas | AC Arles-Avignon | Free |
| 16 | 19 May 2010 | DF | Steve Finnan | Retired | |
| – | 19 May 2010 | FW | Omar Koroma | Released | Free |
| 42 | 19 May 2010 | MF | Paris Cowan-Hall | Scunthorpe United | Free |
| 38 | 19 May 2010 | DF | Callum Reynolds | Basingstoke Town | Free |
| 46 | 6 July 2010 | DF | Lennard Sowah | Hamburg | Free |
| 8 | 7 July 2010 | MF | Papa Bouba Diop | AEK Athens | Undisclosed |
| 25 | 7 July 2010 | DF | Duško Tošić | Red Star Belgrade | Free |
| 39 | 8 July 2010 | DF | Nadir Belhadj | Al Sadd | Undisclosed |
| 1 | 30 July 2010 | GK | David James | Bristol City | Free |
| 26 | 3 August 2010 | DF | Tal Ben Haim | West Ham United | Season-long loan |
| 23 | 18 August 2010 | MF | Kevin-Prince Boateng | Genoa | Undisclosed |
| – | 18 August 2010 | MF | Jordan Hughes | Lisburn Distillery | Free |
| – | 18 August 2010 | MF | Gauthier Mahoto | Released | Free |
| – | 18 August 2010 | MF | Gaël N'Lundulu | Released | Free |
| 34 | 18 August 2010 | FW | Danijel Subotić | Grosseto | Free |
| 6 | 31 August 2010 | MF | Marc Wilson | Stoke City | Transfer |
| 21 | 31 August 2010 | FW | Tommy Smith | Queens Park Rangers | Transfer |
| 29 | 31 August 2010 | DF | James Hurst | West Bromwich Albion | Undisclosed |
| 40 | 31 August 2010 | MF | Marlon Pack | Cheltenham Town | Loan |
| 31 | 9 September 2010 | GK | Liam O'Brien | Eastbourne Borough | Loan |
| 5 | 9 September 2010 | MF | Matt Ritchie | Swindon Town | Loan |
| 31 | 8 October 2010 | FW | Samuel Kehinde | Released | Free |
| - | 9 December 2010 | DF | Perry Ryan | Bognor Regis Town | Loan |
| 5 | 7 January 2011 | MF | Matt Ritchie | Swindon Town | Undisclosed |
| 38 | 18 January 2011 | DF | Ellis Martin | Havant & Waterlooville | Loan |
| 17 | 29 January 2011 | FW | John Utaka | Montpellier | Undisclosed |
| 36 | 24 March 2011 | MF | Tom Kilbey | Lincoln City | Loan |
| 19 | 5 May 2011 | DF | James Bowels | Released | Free |

## Player statistics
### Squad statistics

Last updated on 7 May 2011.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Jamie Ashdown | 50 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | ENG | Greg Halford | 33 | 5 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Carl Dickinson | 39 | 0 | 23+13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | RSA | Aaron Mokoena | 40 | 2 | 29+8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ENG | Matt Ritchie | 8 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BEL | Ritchie de Laet | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | IRL | Marc Wilson | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ISL | Hermann Hreidarsson | 29 | 1 | 20+8 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | IRL | Liam Lawrence | 33 | 8 | 28+3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Hayden Mullins | 49 | 2 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Danny Webber | 8 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | David Nugent | 48 | 14 | 44 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Michael Brown | 24 | 3 | 20+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Jonathan Hogg | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | NGA | John Utaka | 28 | 3 | 23+2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | WAL | David Cotterill | 15 | 1 | 12+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Dave Kitson | 37 | 8 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ENG | James Bowles | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Joel Ward | 46 | 3 | 33+9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ENG | Tommy Smith | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SCO | Richard Hughes | 14 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | NED | Nadir Çiftçi | 22 | 2 | 4+15 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | SEN | Ibrahima Sonko | 27 | 1 | 16+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | NGA | Nwankwo Kanu | 34 | 2 | 13+19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | POR | Ricardo Rocha | 29 | 0 | 26+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | ENG | Tom Kilbey | 3 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | ENG | Peter Gregory | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | ENG | Marlon Pack | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Disciplinary records

Last updated on 7 May 2011.
| No. | Pos. | Player | | | |
| 1 | GK | Jamie Ashdown | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Greg Halford | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Carl Dickinson | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Aaron Mokoena | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Ritchie De Laet | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Hermann Hreidarsson | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Joel Ward | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Ricardo Rocha | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | Liam Lawrence | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Hayden Mullins | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Michael Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Jonathan Hogg | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | David Cotterill | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | David Nugent | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Dave Kitson | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| – | MF | Marc Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| – | FW | John Utaka | 3 | 0 | 0 |

## Competition
### Championship

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 14 | Watford | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 77 | 71 | +6 | 61 |
| 15 | Bristol City | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 62 | 65 | −3 | 60 |
| 16 | Portsmouth | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 53 | 60 | −7 | 58 |
| 17 | Barnsley | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 55 | 66 | −11 | 56 |
| 18 | Coventry City | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 54 | 58 | −4 | 55 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 May 2011. Source: Championship Table

#### 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 | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | L | L | L | D | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | D | L | L | D | D | L | D |
| Position | 20 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 |