# 2010–11 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season

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The 2010–11 season was West Bromwich Albion's fifth season in the Premier League. Albion return to the Premier League after being promoted from the Championship. West Brom confirmed their promotion back to the Premier League on 10 April 2010 after a 3–2 win over Doncaster Rovers, and retained their new top-flight status, finishing 11th.

## Background

During the off-season, West Bromwich Albion made a number of improvements to their home ground, The Hawthorns. The club reseeded the playing surface and repainted the exterior of the stadium. The memorial garden, situated behind the East Stand car park, was extended, while additional lighting, new flooring and more turnstiles were added to the Smethwick End.

## Players
### First team 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 | Scott Carson |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Jonas Olsson (vice-captain) |
| 4 | DF | SVK | Marek Čech |
| 5 | MF | CMR | Somen Tchoyi |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Pablo |
| 7 | MF | SCO | James Morrison |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Giles Barnes |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Ishmael Miller |
| 11 | MF | NIR | Chris Brunt (club captain) |
| 12 | MF | IRL | Steven Reid |
| 13 | GK | WAL | Boaz Myhill |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Jerome Thomas |
| 17 | MF | SCO | Graham Dorrans |
| 18 | FW | MEX | Carlos Vela (on loan from Arsenal) |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Nicky Shorey |
| 21 | MF | COD | Youssouf Mulumbu |
| 22 | DF | NED | Gianni Zuiverloon |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | CIV | Abdoulaye Méïté |
| 24 | FW | NGA | Peter Odemwingie |
| 26 | DF | ENG | James Hurst |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Sam Mantom |
| 28 | FW | GUF | Marc-Antoine Fortuné |
| 29 | MF | ENG | George Thorne |
| 30 | DF | ROU | Gabriel Tamaș |
| 31 | FW | IRL | Simon Cox |
| 32 | FW | ENG | Lateef Elford-Alliyu |
| 33 | MF | AUT | Paul Scharner |
| 34 | DF | ENG | Paul Downing |
| 35 | MF | ENG | Romaine Sawyers |
| 36 | MF | CHI | Gonzalo Jara |
| 37 | FW | WAL | Kayleden Brown |
| 38 | FW | ENG | Saido Berahino |
| 39 | GK | ENG | Ryan Allsop |
| 40 | GK | IRL | Dean Kiely |

### Left club during season

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 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Joe Mattock (on loan to Sheffield United) |
| 9 | FW | CZE | Roman Bednář (on loan to Leicester City and MKE Ankaragücü) |
| 15 | FW | NZL | Chris Wood (on loan to Barnsley and Brighton & Hove Albion) |
| 16 | FW | ENG | Luke Moore (to Swansea City) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Reuben Reid (to Oldham Athletic) |
| 19 | GK | ENG | Luke Daniels (on loan to Bristol Rovers) |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Leon Barnett (to Norwich City) |

## Player statistics

    As of 22 May 2011
| 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 |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Scott Carson | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Joe Mattock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Jonas Olsson | 24 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | SVK | Marek Čech | 17 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | CMR | Somen Tchoyi | 25 | 7 | 7+16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Pablo | 13 | 2 | 8+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | James Morrison | 31 | 4 | 26+5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Giles Barnes | 17 | 0 | 1+13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CZE | Roman Bednář | 7 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Ishmael Miller | 7 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | NIR | Chris Brunt | 38 | 4 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | IRL | Steven Reid | 26 | 2 | 13+10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | GK | WAL | Boaz Myhill | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Jerome Thomas | 33 | 3 | 32+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | NZL | Chris Wood | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | ENG | Luke Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SCO | Graham Dorrans | 23 | 1 | 16+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | MEX | Carlos Vela | 8 | 2 | 3+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | GK | ENG | Luke Daniels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Nicky Shorey | 31 | 0 | 25+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | COD | Youssouf Mulumbu | 34 | 6 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | NED | Gianni Zuiverloon | 5 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | CIV | Abdoulaye Méïté | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | NGA | Peter Odemwingie | 32 | 15 | 29+3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Leon Barnett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ENG | Sam Mantom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | FRA | Marc-Antoine Fortuné | 26 | 2 | 14+11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ENG | George Thorne | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ROU | Gabriel Tamaș | 26 | 0 | 22+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | IRL | Simon Cox | 22 | 4 | 8+11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 32 | MF | ENG | Lateef Elford-Alliyu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | AUT | Paul Scharner | 33 | 4 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | ENG | Paul Downing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | SKN | Romaine Sawyers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | CHI | Gonzalo Jara | 31 | 1 | 24+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | WAL | Kayleden Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | IRL | Dean Kiely | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | James Hurst | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source:
* * Player left club during the season.

## Transfers
### Summer transfers in

| Date | # | Player | Club | Fee |
| 19 May 2010 | 30 | Gabriel Tamaș | Auxerre | £800,000 |
| 26 May 2010 | 12 | Steven Reid | Blackburn Rovers | Free |
| 2 June 2010 | 6 | Pablo | Atlético Madrid | Free |
| 30 July 2010 | 13 | Boaz Myhill | Hull City | £1,500,000 |
| 9 August 2010 | 20 | Nicky Shorey | Aston Villa | £1,000,000 |
| 20 August 2010 | 24 | Peter Odemwingie | Lokomotiv Moscow | Undisclosed |
| 20 August 2010 | 18 | Somen Tchoyi | Red Bull Salzburg | Undisclosed |
| 27 August 2010 | 28 | Marc-Antoine Fortuné | Celtic | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2010 | 33 | Paul Scharner | Wigan Athletic | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2010 | - | Craig Dawson | Rochdale | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2010 | 26 | James Hurst | Portsmouth | Free |

### Summer transfers out

| Date | # | Player | Club | Fee |
| | 29 | Andwélé Slory | Levski Sofia | Free |
| | 7 | Robert Koren | Hull City | Free |
| | 25 | Joss Labadie | Tranmere Rovers | Free |
| | 20 | Filipe Teixeira | Metalurh Donetsk | Free |
| 1 July 2010 | 8 | Jonathan Greening | Fulham | ~ £4,000,000 |

### Loan in

| # | Player | Club | Arrival date | Return date |
| 18 | Carlos Vela | Arsenal | 28 January 2011 | End of Season |

### Loan out

| # | Player | Club | Arrival date | Return date |
| 28 | Borja Valero | Villarreal | 19 July 2010 | End of season |
| 40 | Marcus Haber | St Johnstone | 30 July 2010 | End of season |
| - | Kayleden Brown | Tranmere Rovers | 12 August 2010 | 9 September 2010 |
| 18 | Reuben Reid | Walsall | 19 August 2010 | 19 January 2011 |
| 25 | Leon Barnett | Norwich City | 26 August 2010 | 26 January 2011 |
| - | Craig Dawson | Rochdale | 31 August 2010 | End of season |
| 15 | Chris Wood | Barnsley | 23 September 2010 | 23 December 2010 |
| 35 | Romaine Sawyers | Port Vale | 21 January 2011 | 18 February 2011 |
| 37 | Kayleden Brown | Port Vale | 21 January 2011 | 18 February 2011 |
| 10 | Ishmael Miller | Queens Park Rangers | 22 January 2011 | 24 April 2011 |

## Results
### Premier League

| 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | D | W | W | D | D | W | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | D | D | D | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | D |
| Position | 20 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 |