The 2010–11 season was Middlesbrough second consecutive season in the Championship. The club captain is Matthew Bates, with Tony Mowbray as manager. Mark Venus was appointed assistant manager. Former manager Gordon Strachan resigned on 18 October 2010 by mutual consent, following a string of poor results. Mowbray was appointed on 26 October 2010.
Season review
Championship
League table
Results summary
Result round by round
Championship results
Note: Results are given with Middlesbrough score listed first. Man of the Match is according to mfc.co.uk. GameDateVenueOpponentResultF–AAttendanceBoro GoalscorersMan of the Match1 7 August 2010 H Ipswich Town 1–321,882McDonald 22'Coyne2 14 August 2010 A Leicester City 0–0 21,587 Steele3 22 August 2010 H Sheffield United 1–0 14,633Boyd 52'Arca4 28 August 2010 A Barnsley 0–2 11,767 Not awarded5 11 September 2010 A QPR 0–3 14,784 Steele6 14 September 2010 H Burnley 2–1 15,033Kink (2) 79', 90'+4Kink7 18 September 2010 H Reading 3–1 15,158Robson 1', Lita 41', Wheater 68'Lita8 25 September 2010 A Watford 1–3 12,185Mariappa (o.g.) 80' McDonald9 28 September 2010 A Derby County1–324,739Boyd 20'Wheater10 2 October 2010 H Portsmouth2–214,749Bates 29', Robson 42' (pen.)O'Neil11 16 October 2010 H Leeds United1–223,550Boyd 53'Wheater12 19 October 2010 A Nottingham Forest0–122,115 McMahon13 23 October 2010 A Norwich City0–125,410 McManus14 30 October 2010 H Bristol City 1–2 19,039Boyd 30'L. Williams15 6 November 2010 H Crystal Palace2–115,400Kink 76', McCarthy (o.g.) 85'McMahon16 9 November 2010 A Scunthorpe United2–05,475Boyd 6', McDonald 23'Steele17 14 November 2010 A Swansea City0–114,906 Wheater18 20 November 2010 H Millwall0–115,697 Bates19 27 November 2010 H Hull City2–2 15,075Lita 29', McDonald 46'Robson20 4 December 2010 A Coventry City0–115,768 Emnes21 11 December 2010 H Cardiff City1–014,250Arca 40' (pen.)Hines22 17 December 2010 A Doncaster Rovers1–29,543 McDonald 4'Thomson23 28 December 2010 A Preston North End3–111,946Lita (2) 30', 59', Wheater 61'Lita24 1 January 2011 A Leeds United1–130,452Wheater 20'Wheater25 3 January 2011 H Norwich City1–116,853R. Martin (o.g.) 21'Bailey26 15 January 2011 A Bristol City4–013,699Cissé (o.g.) 43', Lita (2) 58', 90' (pen.), Robson 77'Lita27 22 January 2011 H Preston North End1–116,157Bates 71'Bailey28 1 February 2011 H Scunthorpe United2–014,364Boyd 8', McMahon 69'McMahon29 5 February 2011 A Crystal Palace0–114,060 Arca30 12 February 2011 H Swansea City3–414,825Emnes 8', Grounds 34', Lita 53' Arca31 19 February 2011 A Millwall3–211,871McMahon 58', McDonald 62', Lita 83'Zemmama32 26 February 2011 H QPR0–3 16,972 Not awarded33 1 March 2011 H Nottingham Forest1–1 15,341 McDonald 51'Hines34 5 March 2011 A Reading2–518,568Lita (2) 29', 72' (pen.)Ripley35 8 March 2011 H Derby County 2–1 13,712Hines 73', Zemmama 88'Hines36 12 March 2011 A Portsmouth 0–0 16,447 R. Williams37 19 March 2011 H Watford 2–1 16,090McDonald 33', Taylor 45'Bennett38 2 April 2011 H Leicester City 3–3 16,010Emnes 14', R. Williams 55', McManus 90'+4 R. Williams39 9 April 2011 A Sheffield United 2–1 21,572Bates 18', Emnes 89'McManus40 12 April 2011 A Ipswich Town 3–3 17,286Halliday 42', McDonald 43', Taylor 51' Halliday41 16 April 2011 H Barnsley 1–1 16,107McDonald 84' Smith42 19 April 2011 A Burnley 1–321,882Taylor 81'Bates43 23 April 2011 A Hull City4–221,937McDonald (3) 11', 13', 45', Arca 26'McDonald44 25 April 2011 H Coventry City2–115,817Arca 25', Kink 90'+2Robson45 2 May 2011 A Cardiff City3–025,183Lita 3', Robson 13', Smallwood 21'Robson46 7 May 2011 H Doncaster Rovers3–019,978Robson 43', Lita 66', Reach 90'+3Emnes
League Cup results
RoundDateVenueOpponentResultF–AAttendanceBoro GoalscorersMan of the Match1 10 August 2010 A Chesterfield 2–1 6,509McDonald 8', Arca 33'Steele2 24 August 2010 A Millwall1–26,704McDonald 89'Steele
FA Cup results
RoundDateVenueOpponentResultF–AAttendanceBoro GoalscorersMan of the Match3 8 January 2011 A Burton Albion5,236O'Neil 58'Arca
Squad The squad numbers for 2010–11 were announced on 2 August 2010.
(captain)
(on loan to Nottingham Forest)
(on loan from Stoke City) (on loan from Nottingham Forest)
(on loan to Scunthorpe United) (vice-captain)
(on loan from Hamburg)
Statistics
(*: player has since left club)
Transfers In DatePlayerClubFee 1 July 2010 Andrew Halliday Livingston Undisclosed 5 July 2010 Kris Boyd Rangers Free 7 July 2010 Nicky Bailey Charlton £1.4 million 13 July 2010 Stephen McManus Celtic £1.5 million 16 July 2010 Kevin Thomson Rangers £2 million 28 July 2010 Tarmo Kink Győri ETO Undisclosed 31 January 2011 Maximilian Haas Bayern Munich Undisclosed 31 January 2011 Merouane Zemmama Hibernian Undisclosed
Out DatePlayerClubFee1 July 2010 Emanuel Pogatetz Hannover 96Free 23 July 2010 John Johnson Northampton Town Undisclosed 17 August 2010 Brad Jones Liverpool £2.3 million 20 August 2010 Josh Walker Watford Free 23 August 2010 Mido Ajax Free 20 January 2011 David Wheater Bolton Wanderers Undisclosed 25 January 2011 Gary O'Neil West Ham Undisclosed
Loan in DatePlayerClubUntil 20 August 2010 Matthew Kilgallon Sunderland End of Season (returned to Sunderland) 27 August 2010 Mickaël Tavares Hamburg January 2011 18 February 2011 Andrew Davies Stoke City End of Season 8 March 2011 Paul Smith Nottingham Forest End of Season
Loan out DatePlayerClubUntil19 August 2010 Didier Digard OGC NiceEnd of Season 31 August 2010 Jonathan Grounds Hibernian January 2011 31 August 2010 Andrew Taylor Watford January 2011 18 October 2010 Marvin Emnes Swansea City November 2010 19 November 2010 Lee Miller Notts County January 2011 28 January 2011 Lee Miller Scunthorpe United End of Season 8 March 2011 Kris Boyd Nottingham Forest End of Season
References