# 2010–11 West Ham United F.C. season

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, following the sacking of Gianfranco Zola at the end of a disappointing 2009–10 season. 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. Following the loss, West Ham announced the sacking of manager Avram Grant just one season into his tenure.

## Final League Table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
| 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 | Relegation to Football League Championship |
* ↑ Birmingham City qualified for the play-off round of the Europa League after winning the League Cup, worth a third qualification round spot, and subsequently being moved up a round due to the outcome of the FA Cup final.

## 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 | 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. They also played host to Spanish La Liga club Deportivo de La Coruña at the Boleyn Ground.

### FA Cup
## Statistics
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | 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 |
| 4 | 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 |
| 9 | MF | 21 | | Valon Behrami | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 22 | | Manuel da Costa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | ST | 34 | | Robbie Keane | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | DF | 2 | | Winston Reid | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | 5 | | James Tomkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | 25 | | Junior Stanislas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 43 | 11 | 13 | 67 |

### League position by matchday

| Matchday | 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | L | D | W | D | D | L | L | D | D | D | L | W | L | L | D | W | D | W | L | L | D | W | L | D | W | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L |
| Position | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | 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 |
| 11 | MF | Thomas Hitzlsperger | Lazio | Free | 1 July 2010 |
| 12 | FW | Pablo Barrera | UNAM | £4M | 16 July 2010 |
| 30 | FW | Frédéric Piquionne | Lyon | Undisclosed | 16 July 2010 |
| 3 | DF | Tal Ben Haim | Portsmouth | Loan | 3 August 2010 |
| 2 | DF | Winston Reid | Midtjylland | Undisclosed | 5 August 2010 |
| 33 | FW | Victor Obinna | Internazionale | Loan | 27 August 2010 |
| 37 | DF | Lars Jacobsen | Blackburn Rovers | Free | 31 August 2010 |
| 31 | GK | Ruud Boffin | MVV | Nominal | 31 August 2010 |

#### Out

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

### Winter
#### In

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

#### Out

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