# 2010–11 Scunthorpe United F.C. season
## Season Review
### Events

In Scunthorpe's second consecutive season in the Championship, they didn't have the same success as the previous season, ending the season 24th and being relegated to League One. After a good start to the season, manager Nigel Adkins jumped ship to join League One side Southampton and it all went downhill from there. Despite Ian Baraclough being appointed as manager, they continued to slide down the table, and were in the relegation zone by Christmas. In March Ian Baraclough was sacked after failing to take Scunthorpe out of the bottom 3 and Tony Daws took over as caretaker manager, but it wasn't enough to keep the club in the second tier.
* 13 September 2010 – Nigel Adkins leaves Scunthorpe United to join Football League One side Southampton.
* 24 September 2010 – Ian Baraclough is appointed as manager.
* 5 October 2010 – Steve Parkin is appointed as First-Team Coach.
* 16 March 2011 – Ian Baraclough is sacked as manager and Tony Daws is appointed caretaker manager.
* 31 March 2011 – Scunthorpe United appoint Alan Knill as manager.

### Football League Championship
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 20 | Crystal Palace | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 44 | 69 | −25 | 48 | |
| 21 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 55 | 81 | −26 | 48 | |
| 22 | Preston North End (R) | 46 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 54 | 79 | −25 | 42 | Relegation to Football League One |
| 23 | Sheffield United (R) | 46 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 44 | 79 | −35 | 42 | Relegation to Football League One |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United (R) | 46 | 12 | 6 | 28 | 43 | 87 | −44 | 42 | Relegation to Football League One |

#### 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:

#### Result round 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | D |
| Position | 10 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 |

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | IRL | Joe Murphy |
| 2 | MF | ENG | Andrew Wright |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Ben Gordon (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Sam Togwell |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Rob Jones (on loan to Sheffield Wednesday) |
| 6 | DF | IRL | Cliff Byrne (captain) |
| 7 | MF | HON | Ramón Núñez (on loan from Leeds United) |
| 8 | MF | NIR | Michael O'Connor |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Chris Dagnall |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Andy Hughes |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Garry Thompson |
| 12 | DF | ENG | Michael Raynes |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Sam Slocombe |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Michael Nelson |
| 15 | DF | ENG | David Mirfin |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Josh Wright |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Bobby Grant |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | IRL | Michael Collins |
| 19 | FW | SCO | Lee Miller (on loan from Middlesbrough) |
| 21 | DF | IRL | Eddie Nolan |
| 22 | GK | ENG | Josh Lillis |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Rory Coleman |
| 24 | FW | ENG | Matt Godden |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Niall Canavan (on loan to Shrewsbury Town) |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Johnathan Williams |
| 27 | MF | IRL | Ian Morris (on loan to Chesterfield) |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Paul Reid |
| 29 | DF | ENG | Ashley Palmer |
| 30 | GK | ENG | Jake Turner |
| 31 | MF | ENG | Mark Duffy |
| 32 | FW | ENG | Paris Cowan-Hall (on loan to Rushden & Diamonds) |
| 33 | FW | ENG | Joe Garner (on loan from Nottingham Forest) |
| 39 | DF | ENG | Earl Bell |
| — | DF | ENG | Marcus Williams (on loan from Reading) |

### Statistics

    As of 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 | IRL | Joe Murphy | 32 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Andrew Wright | 22 | 0 | 16+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Ben Gordon | 14 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Sam Togwell | 40 | 0 | 34+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Rob Jones | 16 | 1 | 13+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | IRL | Cliff Byrne | 24 | 2 | 20+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | HON | Ramón Núñez | 8 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NIR | Michael O'Connor | 36 | 9 | 25+7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Chris Dagnall | 41 | 7 | 31+6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Andy Hughes | 19 | 0 | 18+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Garry Thompson | 13 | 1 | 4+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ENG | Michael Raynes | 25 | 0 | 15+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Sam Slocombe | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Michael Nelson | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | David Mirfin | 25 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Josh Wright | 40 | 1 | 31+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Bobby Grant | 30 | 0 | 7+20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | IRL | Michael Collins | 36 | 3 | 19+13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | SCO | Lee Miller | 18 | 1 | 12+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | IRL | Marcus Williams | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | IRL | Eddie Nolan | 38 | 0 | 32+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ENG | Josh Lillis | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Rory Coleman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ENG | Matt Godden | 7 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Niall Canavan | 10 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Jonathan Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | IRL | Ian Morris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Paul Reid | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ENG | Ashley Palmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ENG | Jake Turner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ENG | Mark Duffy | 22 | 0 | 19+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ENG | Paris Cowan-Hall | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | ENG | Joe Garner | 18 | 6 | 17+1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | ENG | Earl Bell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Adam Boyes* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | BRB | Jonathan Forte* | 28 | 4 | 18+6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| | MF | NOR | Abdisalam Ibrahim* | 11 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | AUS | Trent McClenahan* | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Kevin McDonald* | 5 | 1 | 3+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Jimmy McNulty* | 7 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | FRA | Dany N'Guessan* | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Freddie Sears* | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | TRI | Tony Warner* | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Martyn Woolford* | 27 | 8 | 18+6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |

#### Disciplinary record

| N | P | Name | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| 1 | GK | Joe Murphy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Andrew Wright | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Ben Gordon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Sam Togwell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Rob Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Cliff Byrne | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Ramón Núñez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Michael O'Connor | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Chris Dagnall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Andy Hughes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Garry Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Michael Nelson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Josh Wright | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Robert Grant | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Michael Collins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Lee Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Abdisalam Ibrahim | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Eddie Nolan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | Josh Lillis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Niall Canavan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Paul Reid | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Mark Duffy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | Joe Garner | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | GK | Tony Warner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Transfers
### Ins

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 9 | FW | Dagnall | 24 | EU | Rochdale | Transfer | Summer | 2013 | Free | BBC Sport |
| 17 | FW | Grant | 19 | EU | Accrington Stanley | Free Agent | Summer | 2012 | £260,000 | BBC Sport |
| 18 | MF | Collins | 24 | EU | Huddersfield Town | Transfer | Summer | 2013 | Undisclosed | BBC Sport |
| 28 | DF | McClenahan | 25 | EU | Hamilton Academical | Free Agent | Summer | 2011 | Free | Scunthorpe United |
| 32 | FW | Cowan-Hall | 20 | EU | | Free Agent | | Non-Contract | Free | BBC Sport |
| 33 | GK | Warner | 36 | EU | | Free Agent | | 2010 | Free | BBC Sport |
| 21 | DF | Nolan | 22 | EU | Preston North End | Transfer | Winter | 2011 | Undisclosed | BBC Sport |
| 28 | DF | Reid | 28 | EU | Colchester United | Transfer | Winter | 2013 | Undisclosed | Scunthorpe United |
| 31 | MF | Duffy | 25 | EU | Morecambe | Transfer | Winter | 2013 | Undisclosed | Scunthorpe United |
| 10 | MF | Hughes | 33 | EU | Leeds United | Transfer | Winter | 2012 | Free | Scunthorpe United |
| 14 | DF | Nelson | 30 | EU | Norwich City | Transfer | Winter | 2013 | Undisclosed | BBC Sport |

### Loans in

| No. | P | Name | Age | Loan club | Started | Ended | Start source | End source |
| 21 | DF | Nolan | 22 | Preston North End | 7 July | 6 Jan | Scunthorpe United | BBC Sport |
| 3 | DF | McNulty | 25 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 15 Jul | 5 Dec | BBC Sport | Vital Football |
| 31 | MF | McDonald | 22 | Burnley | 14 Oct | 20 Dec | BBC Sport | BBC Sport |
| 10 | FW | Sears | 20 | West Ham United | 19 Oct | 21 Dec | BBC Sport | Scunthorpe United |
| 20 | MF | N'Guessan | 23 | Leicester City | 12 Nov | 14 Dec | Scunthorpe United | Scunthorpe United |
| 3 | DF | Gordon | 33 | Chelsea | 7 Jan | | BBC Sport | |
| 20 | MF | Ibrahim | 19 | Manchester City | 14 Jan | 16 Mar | BBC Sport | Scunthorpe United |
| 19 | FW | Miller | 28 | Middlesbrough | 28 Jan | | BBC Sport | |
| 33 | FW | Garner | 23 | Nottingham Forest | 31 Jan | | BBC Sport | |
| 20 | DF | Williams | 25 | Reading | 24 Mar | | BBC Sport | |
| 7 | MF | Núñez | 39 | Leeds United | 24 Mar | | BBC Sport | |

### Out

| N | P | Name | Age | Type | Moving to | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Apps | Goals | Source |
| 8 | MF | McCann | 30 | Free | Peterborough United | Summer | n/a | 113 | 20 | Peterborough United |
| 7 | MF | Sparrow | 28 | Released | Brighton & Hove Albion | Summer | n/a | 406 | 41 | BBC Sport |
| | DF | Milne | 30 | Released | | Summer | n/a | 8 | 0 | Scunthorpe United |
| 10 | FW | Hooper | 22 | Transfer | Celtic | Summer | Undisclosed | 95 | 50 | BBC Sport |
| 33 | GK | Warner | 36 | Released | | | n/a | 2 | 0 | Scunthorpe United |
| 28 | DF | McClenahan | 25 | Contract End | | Winter | n/a | 1 | 0 | Scunthorpe United |
| 14 | FW | Forte | 24 | Transfer | Southampton | Winter | Undisclosed | 91 | 9 | BBC Sport |
| 7 | MF | Woolford | 25 | Transfer | Bristol City | Winter | Undisclosed | 125 | 20 | BBC Sport |

### Loans Outs

| No. | P | Name | Age | Loan club | Started | Ended | Start source | End source |
| 22 | GK | Lillis | 23 | Rochdale | 6 Jul | 6 Feb | BBC Sport | BBC Sport |
| 27 | MF | Morris | 37 | Chesterfield | 15 Jul | | BBC Sport | |
| 23 | DF | Coleman | 19 | Boston United | 5 Nov | 5 Dec | Scunthorpe United | |
| 17 | FW | Grant | 34 | Rochdale | 18 Nov | 7 Jan | Scunthorpe United | Scunthorpe United |
| 26 | DF | Williams | 32 | Boston United | 19 Nov | 4 March | Boston United | |
| 2 | DF | Wright | 25 | Grimsby Town | 29 Sep | 26 Nov | Grimsby Town | Scunthorpe United |
| 23 | DF | Coleman | 20 | Boston United | 10 Jan | | Scunthorpe United | |
| 32 | FW | Cowan-Hall | 20 | Rushden & Diamonds | 15 Feb | | BBC Sport | |
| 26 | DF | Williams | 19 | Brigg Town | 4 Mar | | Scunthorpe United | |
| 5 | DF | Jones | 31 | Sheffield Wednesday | 17 Mar | | BBC Sport | |
| 25 | DF | Canavan | 20 | Shrewsbury Town | 22 Mar | | BBC Sport | |

### Contracts

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Status | Contract length | Expiry date | Source |
| 24 | FW | Godden | 18 | Signed | 1 year | June 2012 | Scunthorpe United |
| 13 | GK | Slocombe | 22 | Signed | 1 year | June 2012 | Scunthorpe United |
| 4 | MF | Togwell | 25 | Signed | 2 years | June 2013 | Scunthorpe United |
| 14 | FW | Forte | 23 | Signed | 1 year | June 2012 | Scunthorpe United |
| 24 | FW | Godden | 19 | Signed | 3 year | June 2014 | Scunthorpe United |

## Fixtures and results

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