2010–11 Newcastle United F.C. season

Newcastle United

2010–11 season
Chairman	Derek Llambias
Manager	Chris Hughton (until 6 December) Peter Beardsley (caretaker) (until 9 December) Alan Pardew (From 9 December)
Stadium	St James' Park
Premier League	12th
FA Cup	Third Round
League Cup	Fourth Round
Top goalscorer	League: Kevin Nolan (12) All: Kevin Nolan (12)
Highest home attendance	51,988 (31 October 2010 vs Sunderland, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	33,157 (27 October 2010 vs Arsenal, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	46,990
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2010–11 season marked the return of Newcastle United to the Premier League following a season in the Championship. They finished in 12th place.

Newcastle's early season form was erratic on their return to English football's top tier, with thrashings of Aston Villa and local rivals Sunderland and exceptional away victories at Everton and Arsenal offset by home defeats against Blackpool, Blackburn Rovers and Stoke City.

After a win over Arsenal sent Newcastle to fifth in the league, the team went on a winless run that ended in the controversial sacking of manager Chris Hughton. The club swiftly appointed Alan Pardew, last of third-tier Southampton, although Newcastle fans were suspicious due to alleged links with the club's unpopular owners. Despite the club's form still being reasonable, the owner's unpopularity increased after the transfer deadline day sale of local hero Andy Carroll for £35 million to Liverpool. The club posted one of the league's most incredible results, drawing 4–4 draw with Arsenal at St James' Park after being 4–0 down at half-time.

Season summary

Chris Hughton

During the summer of 2010, Chris Hughton completed the signings of defender James Perch from Nottingham Forest, young midfielder Dan Gosling from Everton after an administrative error at Goodison Park allowed the 20-year-old to move to Newcastle on a free transfer and experienced centre-half Sol Campbell from Arsenal also on a free in preparation for life back in the Premier League. Towards the end of the transfer window, Ivory Coast international and defensive midfielder Cheick Tioté was also signed by the club from Twente for a reported £3.5 million, while Hatem Ben Arfa was brought in on a season long loan from Marseille for a reported £2 million, with the view of a permanent move for a further £5 million should he make more than 25 appearances for the club. This season also saw the departure of captain Nicky Butt, who opted to retire from football, and Fabrice Pancrate due to his contract expiring and no new deal being agreed.

Although the opening match of the season away to Manchester United saw the Magpies lose 3–0, they continue to remain unbeaten at St James' Park with a 6–0 victory over Aston Villa on 22 August 2010, which welcomed a hat-trick from the new number nine Andy Carroll, as well as Joey Barton shaving his moustache, which was part of the "Magpies Moustache Challenge".^[1] For their next match away at Wolverhampton Wanderers, they drew 1–1, Carroll again scoring with people calling for a call up to the senior England squad for the 21-year-old. After an international break, an excited, large crowd accumulated at a bouncing, atmospheric St James' Park for the following clash against Blackpool. A 2–0 defeat left the club ending their unbeaten record at St James' Park. New signing Tioté made his debut and Hatem Ben Arfa started his first game for the following match against Everton, while Sol Campbell was still not nearing match fitness. The game ended with a 1–0 victory, sending them to fifth position in the table. Newcastle continued their impressive run of form with an excellent and unexpected 4–3 win at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea in the League Cuo. The following league fixture saw Stoke City at St James' Park, which ended in a disappointing 2–1 defeat.

An away game to Manchester City followed seeing another 2–1 defeat for Newcastle, but also saw midfielder Hatem Ben Arfa suffer a horrific double leg break following a clash with City midfielder Nigel de Jong.^[2] The club demanded action on De Jong, claiming Ben Arfa faced a lengthy spell on the sidelines.^[3] Ben Arfa's agent also claimed that De Jong had not apologised to Ben Arfa.^[4] A 2–2 draw at St James' Park with Wigan Athletic followed, with ex-midfielder Charles N'Zogbia scoring the two openers for Wigan before a Shola Ameobi goal made it 2–1 with 15 minutes left, and in the dying seconds defender Fabricio Coloccini powered a header past goalkeeper Ali Al-Habsi to rescue a point for Newcastle.^[5]

The team got back on track after a three-game winless run when they defeated bottom of the table West Ham United 2–1 at Upton Park on 23 October. Newcastle had gone behind after only 12 minutes thanks to a Carlton Cole goal, but quickly turned things around with captain Kevin Nolan equalising ten minutes later and Andy Carroll grabbing the winner with 20 minutes left.

The club faced more controversy when striker Andy Carroll was arrested for a reported attack on his ex-girlfriend at her home in Newcastle, to which he pleaded self-defense. He was released on bail on 18 October.^[6]

Newcastle's good form was lost in a 2–1 defeat to Blackburn Rovers at home, going 1–0 down after just two minutes with a goal from Morten Gamst Pedersen. Striker Andy Carroll got an equaliser early in the second half only for Newcastle to go behind again late after a goal from Jason Roberts. Joey Barton received a three match ban for punching Gamst Pedersen and Shola Ameobi suffered a hamstring injury. Newcastle's poor home form continued after they played to a 0–0 draw against Fulham. Danny Guthrie replaced a suspended Barton only to be substituted for Wayne Routledge later on; Peter Løvenkrands replaced Ameobi who was then substituted for Nile Ranger. Carroll was given Man of the Match after getting many chances and good shots only for them to be blocked by Fulham goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer or cleared off the line.

Alan Pardew

Controversy once again hit the club as Chris Hughton was sacked on 6 December 2010 following Newcastle's 3–1 defeat to West Bromwich Albion. The Newcastle United board stated that "the board now feels an individual with more managerial experience is needed to take the club forward".^[7] Hughton's dismissal was an unpopular decision with the fans and the players,^[8] and was highly criticized by many pundits.^[9][10]

On 9 December 2010, Alan Pardew was named as his replacement.^[11] He expressed delight at the role and claimed he had nothing but respect for Hughton's achievements and insisted he was excited and looking forward to his new challenge at the club.

Pardew had a notable first game, seeing a 3–1 victory over Liverpool,^[12] however the Christmas period saw 2 matches lost to Manchester City and Tottenham.^[13] The squad regained form with a win over Wigan,^[14] and an energetic 5–0 win over his former club West Ham United F.C.^[15] The club was then however embarrassed by a 3–1 loss to League Two side Stevenage in the FA Cup third round.^[16]

Upon the transfer window opening, Pardew hinted at the possibility of bringing David Beckham to the club on a loan move from the LA Galaxy.^[17] It was also reported the club were looking to sign a striker, with Sebastian Larsson reported to be of interest.^[18] Pardew stated he wanted to sign two players following the defeat to Stevenage,^[19] and also insisted he wished for Alan Smith to stay with the club amid reports linking him with a return to Leeds United.^[20]

16 January 2011 saw Pardew's first Tyne–Wear derby in charge saw the Magpies gather a point after a disappointing 1–1 draw; Newcastle were on the front foot for much of the game and a 50th minute back-heel goal from skipper Kevin Nolan gave the away team a 1–0 lead, but Asamoah Gyan saved Sunderland from defeat with a 94th-minute goal after Steve Harper deflected a shot from Phil Bardsley into the path of the Ghanaian and Sunderland gained the point.^[21]

Newcastle would continue their undefeated form, but not how they would have like. On 22 January 2011, Newcastle faced Tottenham Hotspur at St James' Park. The game would be very much end-to-end throughout until Fabricio Coloccini opened the scoring to give Newcastle a 1–0 lead. However, another injury time goal from the opposition meant Newcastle had dropped another two points. Manager Alan Pardew has stated that the team had "committed too many bodies forward to try and get a second".^[22]

Andy Carroll: sold to Liverpool in 2011

Spurs manager Harry Redknapp denied interest in bringing striker Andy Carroll to Tottenham.^[23] However, following two rejected bids from Liverpool,^[24] Carroll became the most expensive British player transfer in history as Liverpool signed a £35 million deal for the striker.^[25] Carroll's sale caused controversy for the club as manager Alan Pardew stated his regret at losing Carroll, insisting he wanted a new contract and was not pushed out by the club,^[26] while Carroll contradicted Pardew's claim, stating he did not want to go but was forced by managing director Derek Llambias to hand in a transfer request.^[27] Pardew stated the £35m received from Liverpool had been promised to him for summer transfer funds for the 2012 season.^[28]

Stephen Ireland then joined the club on loan till the end of the season from Aston Villa.^[29]

5 February 2011 saw Newcastle pull off a remarkable comeback against Arsenal at St James' Park. Theo Walcott gave Arsenal a 1–0 lead inside just 43 seconds, Johan Djourou put Arsenal 2–0 up on three minutes, then Robin van Persie added insult to injury with a third goal inside the tenth minute. Arsenal went in at half time 4–0 up after another goal from Van Persie, however early in the second half Arsenal's Abou Diaby was shown a straight red card for pushing Midfielders Joey Barton and Kevin Nolan after what he felt to be a bad tackle in which replays showed was legal. It was all downhill for Arsenal from there. Barton slipped a coolly taken penalty in to make 4–1, then Leon Best made it 4–2 with a thumping close range effort not long after a goal he scored just before had been judged offside. Another penalty gave Newcastle hope with Barton scoring again, and the returning midfielder Cheick Tioté scored a phenomenal volley from 30 yards to give Newcastle a well-deserved point with the final score being a massive 4–4 draw. This was the first time any Premier League club had ever come back from being 4–0. Newcastle were not beaten by Arsenal the in 2010–11 Premier League season, having beating them 1–0 at the Emirates Stadium earlier in the season under Chris Hughton's management.^[30]

On 10 February 2011, former Finland international Shefki Kuqi joined Newcastle for the remainder of the season.^[31]

Newcastle finished in 12th place, a reasonable position on the team's first year back, but slightly tempered after the team looked set to finish ninth until they threw away a 3–0 lead against West Brom on the final day of the season.

Chronological list of events

• 5 July 2010: Newcastle United complete the signing of Nottingham Forest defender James Perch.^[32]

• 22 July 2010: Dan Gosling signs on a four-year contract.^[33]

• 23 July 2010: Squad numbers are announced for the coming season.^[34]

• 28 July 2010: Sol Campbell signs on a one-year contract.^[35]

• 3 August 2010: Newcastle United win the Teresa Herrera Trophy after a 5–3 penalty shootout victory over Deportivo de La Coruña.^[36]

• 16 August 2010: 1,800 Newcastle fans travel to Old Trafford for Newcastle's first game back in the Premier League, a 3–0 loss at the hands of Manchester United.^[37]

• 22 August 2010: Sky Sports report Newcastle have agreed a deal with Twente for Ivorian international Cheick Tioté.^[38]

• 22 August 2010: Newcastle win their first home game of the season with Andy Carroll scoring a hat-trick in a 6–0 victory at home to Aston Villa.^[39]

• 25 August 2010: Newcastle release a statement saying that Steven Taylor has been placed on the transfer list, with the 24-year-old defender failing to agree to a contract extension, apparently asking for wages of £60,000 a week.^[40]

• 27 August 2010: Newcastle confirm the signing of Cheick Tioté.^[41]

• 28 August 2010: Newcastle confirm the signing of midfielder Hatem Ben Arfa from Marseille on a season-long loan with a view to a permanent transfer.^[42]

• 1 September 2010: The transfer window shuts with no more signings being made by Newcastle, and Steven Taylor remains without a new contract.
• 11 September 2010: Newcastle's 26-game unbeaten home record at St James' Park is ended with a 2–0 loss to Blackpool.^[43]

• 18 September 2010: Hatem Ben Arfa scores on his first start for Newcastle in a 1–0 win at Everton, their first at Goodison Park in nine years.^[44]

• 22 September 2010: Newcastle cause one of the biggest upsets of the League Cup third round, knocking out last season's double winners, Chelsea, 4-3 at Stamford Bridge, Newcastle's first win at Stamford Bridge since November 1986. Nile Ranger, Ryan Taylor and Shola Ameobi (2) score to send Newcastle into the fourth round; Patrick van Aanholt and Nicolas Anelka (2) score Chelsea's goals.^[45]

• 3 October 2010: Hatem Ben Arfa is ruled out until March at the earliest with a broken leg, after a tackle by Manchester City player Nigel de Jong in a 2–1 loss at Eastlands.^[46][47][48]

• 25 October 2010: Andy Carroll's court case for attacking a man in Newcastle's Blu Bambu sees him fined £1,000 and ordered to pay £2,500 compensation.^[49]

• 27 October 2010: Newcastle are eliminated from the League Cup at the last-16 stage with a 4–0 trouncing by Arsenal, after a Tim Krul own goal, two goals from Theo Walcott and another by Nicklas Bendtner. After the game, Chris Hughton revealed that the club were standing by him and were to open negotiation talks for a new contract, but not until the end of this year.^[50]

• 31 October 2010: Halloween on Tyneside sees the return of the Tyne-Wear derby, with Sunderland visiting St James' Park. Newcastle thrash Sunderland 5–1 with a hat-trick by Kevin Nolan and two goals by Shola Ameobi.^[51]

• 11 November 2010: Newcastle and Joey Barton accept the FA's charges brought against him for punching Blackburn Rovers winger Morten Gamst Pedersen. Barton is banned for three matches.^[52]

• 17 November 2010: Andy Carroll makes his debut for England in a 2–1 defeat by France, starting up front on his own in a 4–5–1 formation, with Sunderland midfielder Jordan Henderson and Arsenal left-back Kieran Gibbs. He plays for 70 minutes before being replaced by Cardiff City striker and fellow debutant Jay Bothroyd, also making his debut. England coach Fabio Capello later reveals Carroll will definitely be in the next England squad.^[53]

• 20 November 2010: Newcastle United are thrashed 5-1 by Bolton Wanderers at the Reebok Stadium. Kevin Davies, Lee Chung-yong and Johan Elmander all score for Bolton before Andy Carroll pulls one back for the Tynesiders, but after another goal from Elmander Fabricio Coloccini is sent off for elbowing the Swedish striker. Davies compounds Newcastle's misery with a 90th-minute penalty. To make matters worse for Newcastle, Mike Williamson is suspended for the games against Chelsea, West Bromwich Albion and Liverpool after a review of a challenge he made during the match.^[54]

• 6 December 2010: The club announce they have sacked Chris Hughton.^[55]

Alan Pardew

• 9 December 2010: Alan Pardew is appointed as the new manager of Newcastle, signing a deal until 2016.^[56]

• 11 December 2010: Pardew's first game in charge ends in victory as Newcastle beat Liverpool 3–1 at home with goals from Kevin Nolan, Joey Barton and Andy Carroll.^[57]

• 5 January 2011: Sky Sports report Newcastle have agreed a deal with Marseille to sign Hatem Ben Arfa on a four-and-a-half year deal.^[58]

• 5 January 2011: Leon Best scores a hat-trick, his first goals for Newcastle, as the Toon thrash Premier League strugglers West Ham United 5–0.^[59]

• 8 January 2011: Newcastle are eliminated from the FA Cup by League Two side Stevenage – in their first ever season in the Football League – with a 3–1 loss at Broadhall Way.^[60]

• 31 January 2011: Liverpool purchase striker Andy Carroll for a club record fee of £35 million. Liverpool's initial bid of £30 million was rejected, as was their improved offer of £35 million, but this was eventually accepted after Carroll handed in a transfer request.^[61]

• 31 January 2011: Newcastle sign Aston Villa midfielder Stephen Ireland on loan until the end of the season.^[62]

• 5 February 2011: Newcastle witness the greatest Premier League comeback of all time at St James' Park as Arsenal visit Tyneside. Arsenal are 3–0 up within ten minutes and 4–0 up by half-time, but the sending off of Abou Diaby proved to be a turning point. Two Joey Barton penalties sandwiching a goal from Leon Best gave Newcastle unlikely hope for somehow gaining a point, before Cheick Tioté smashed in a 30-yard volley to make the score 4–4. Newcastle could have improbably yet gained all three points, but Kevin Nolan's late strike on goal was inches wide. Nonetheless, securing a point which, for 45 minutes, looked unbelievably impossible to salvage, was something for Newcastle to be proud of.
• 10 February 2011: Newcastle sign Finnish striker Shefki Kuqi until the end of the season.^[63]

• 7 May 2011: Newcastle's penultimate home game of the season saw them secure Premier League safety with a hard-fought 2–1 victory over Birmingham City.
• 22 May 2011: On the final day of the 2010–11 Premier League season, Newcastle welcomed West Bromwich Albion to St James' Park. Newcastle led 3–0 through Steven Taylor, Peter Løvenkrands and an own goal from Jonas Olsson, but threw it away to eventually draw 3–3, with Somen Tchoyi scoring a hat-trick for the Baggies.

Club

Coaching staff

Alan Pardew in February 2012

Position	Staff
Manager	Alan Pardew
Assistant Manager	Peter Beardsley
First Team coach	Steve Stone
Goalkeeping Coach	Andy Woodman
Development Coach	Willie Donachie
Reserve Team Coach	Lee Clark
Chief scout	Graham Carr

Last updated: 3 May 2011
Source:

Team Kit

The kit designer will be Puma and the sponsor will be Northern Rock. Leaks were released earlier in May showing a new black and white home kit, a blue away kit and a white third kit. These leaks were confirmed on 18 June 2010.

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee	Source
2010-07-05	DF	James Perch	Nottingham Forest	£1.5m	[32]
2010-07-22	MF	Dan Gosling	Everton	Free	[33]
2010-07-28	DF	Sol Campbell	Arsenal	Free	[35]
2010-07-29	MF	Michael Richardson	Walker Central	Free
2010-08-26	MF	Cheick Tioté	Twente	£3.5m	[41]
2010-09-29	MF	Yven Moyo	Sochaux	Free	[64]
2011-01-05	MF	Hatem Ben Arfa	Marseille	£2M loan fee + £5M	[58]
2011-02-10	FW	Shefki Kuqi	Free agent	Free	[63]

• Total spending: ~ £12,000,000

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee	Source
2010-06-30	MF	Fabrice Pancrate	Larissa	Free
2010-06-30	MF	Nicky Butt	South China	Free
2010-06-30	FW	Wesley Ngo Baheng	Aldershot Town	Free	[65]
2010-06-30	FW	Frank Wiafe Danquah	Ferencváros	Free
2010-06-30	MF	Jonny Godsmark	Ashington	Free	[66]
2010-06-30	DF	Darren Lough	Ashington	Free
2010-06-30	MF	Daniel Williams	Free agent	Free
2010-06-30	DF	James Taylor	Ashington	Free
2010-06-30	DF	Callum Morris	Blyth Spartans	Free	[67]
2010-07-05	GK	Max Johnson	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Free	[68]
2010-07-12	MF	Michael McCrudden	Derry City	Free	[69]
2011-01-31	FW	Andy Carroll	Liverpool	£35m	[61]

• Total income: ~ £35,000,000

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Expiry	Source
2010-08-28	MF	Hatem Ben Arfa	Marseille	2011-01-05	[42][58]
2011-01-31	MF	Stephen Ireland	Aston Villa	2011-06-01	[62]

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Expiry	Source
2010-08-24	GK	Fraser Forster	Celtic	2011-05-31	[70]
2010-08-30	MF	Kazenga LuaLua	Brighton & Hove Albion	2011-01-03	[71]
2010-09-21	DF	Ben Tozer	Northampton Town	2011-06-01	[72][73][74]
2011-01-07	DF	James Tavernier	Gateshead	2011-03-24	[75][76][77]
2011-01-07	MF	Jóan Símun Edmundsson	Gateshead	2011-02-04	[75]
2011-01-07	DF	Matthew Grieve	Stockport County	2011-02-07	[78]
2011-01-10	DF	Tamás Kádár	Huddersfield Town	2011-02-10	[79]
2011-01-21	MF	Wayne Routledge	Queens Park Rangers	2011-06-01	[80]
2011-01-24	FW	Ryan Donaldson	Hartlepool United	2011-03-25	[81][82]
2011-01-31	FW	Xisco	Deportivo La Coruña	2011-06-01	[83]

Statistics

Appearances, goals and cards

Last updated on 22 May 2011.

(Substitute appearances in brackets)

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Steve Harper	18	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0
2	DF	Fabricio Coloccini	35	2	1	0	1	0	37	2	4	1
3	DF	José Enrique	36	0	0	0	0	0	36	0	5	0
4	MF	Kevin Nolan	30	12	1	0	0 (1)	0	31 (1)	12	10	0
5	DF	Sol Campbell	4 (3)	0	0	0	1	0	5 (3)	0	1	0
6	DF	Mike Williamson	27 (1)	0	1	0	1 (1)	0	29 (2)	0	5	0
7	MF	Joey Barton	32	4	1	1	0 (2)	0	33 (2)	5	9	0
8	MF	Danny Guthrie	11 (3)	0	0	0	1	0	12 (3)	0	3	0
9	FW	Andy Carroll	18 (1)	11	0	0	0 (1)	0	18 (2)	11	4	0
10	MF	Wayne Routledge	10 (7)	0	1	0	1	0	12 (7)	0	0	0
11	FW	Peter Løvenkrands	18 (7)	6	1	0	3	1	22 (7)	7	0	0
12	DF	Danny Simpson	30	0	1	0	0	0	31	0	4	0
14	DF	James Perch	9 (4)	0	1	0	1	0	11 (4)	0	6	0
15	MF	Dan Gosling	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
16	DF	Ryan Taylor	3 (2)	0	0	0	3	2	6 (2)	2	1	1
17	MF	Alan Smith	7 (4)	0	1	0	2	0	10 (4)	0	5	0
18	MF	Jonás Gutiérrez	34 (3)	3	0	0	1 (1)	0	35 (4)	3	6	0
19	FW	Xisco	0 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0	0
20	FW	Leon Best	9 (2)	6	1	0	0	0	10 (2)	6	1	0
21	GK	Fraser Forster	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	Stephen Ireland	0 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0	0
23	FW	Shola Ameobi	21 (7)	6	0	0	2	3	23 (7)	9	3	0
24	MF	Cheick Tioté	26	1	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	26 (2)	1	14	1
25	MF	Kazenga LuaLua	0 (2)	0	0	0	1	0	1 (2)	0	0	0
26	GK	Tim Krul	20 (1)	0	1	0	3	0	24 (1)	0	0	0
27	DF	Steven Taylor	12 (2)	3	0	0	0	0	12 (2)	3	0	0
28	DF	Tamás Kádár	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0
29	MF	Haris Vučkić	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0
30	FW	Nile Ranger	1 (23)	0	0 (1)	0	3	1	4 (24)	1	1	0
31	MF	Shane Ferguson	3 (4)	0	0	0	2	0	5 (4)	0	0	0
32	FW	Ryan Donaldson	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
33	GK	Ole Söderberg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF	James Tavernier	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
35	DF	Ben Tozer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF	Greg McDermott	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	Hatem Ben Arfa	3 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	3 (1)	1	0	0
38	FW	Phil Airey	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
39	MF	Jóan Símun Edmundsson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	MF	Michael Richardson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	DF	Paul Dummett	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	FW	Shefki Kuqi	0 (6)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (6)	0	0	0
43	MF	Conor Newton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	FW	Sammy Ameobi	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
47	MF	Bradden Inman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Starting formations

Last updated on 22 May 2011.

Formation	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
4–4–2	28	1	3	32
4–4–1–1	8	0	0	8
4–5–1	1	0	0	1
5–3–2	1	0	0	1

Captains

Last updated on 22 May 2011.

No.	Pos.	Name	Starts
4	MF	Kevin Nolan	31
7	MF	Joey Barton	5
23	FW	Shola Ameobi	3
17	MF	Alan Smith	2
2	DF	Fabricio Coloccini	1

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Pre-season

Match	1	2	3	4	5
Result	3–0	1–2	2–2	0–0 (Pens: 5–3)	1–2

League

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Result	0–3	6–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	1–2	2–2	2–1	5–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–5	1–1	1–3	3–1	1–3	0–2
Position	17th	7th	8th	13th	5th	10th	15th	13th	9th	7th	5th	5th	8th	10th	9th	11th	8th	9th	12th

Round	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Result	1–0	5–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	4–4	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–4	4–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–3	2–1	2–2	3–3
Position	10th	8th	9th	7th	10th	10th	10th	9th	9th	9th	11th	9th	9th	9th	9th	12th	10th	12th	12th

FA Cup

Match	1
Result	1–3

League Cup

Match	1	2	3
Result	3–2	4–3	0–4

Matches

Pre-season

Carlisle United v Newcastle United

17 July 2010	Carlisle United	0 – 3	Newcastle United	Carlisle
13:00 BST		(Report)	Best  47' Ranger  64' Vučkić  73'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 7,412 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

Norwich City v Newcastle United

24 July 2010	Norwich City	2 – 1	Newcastle United	Norwich
15:00 BST	Martin  38', 74'	(Report)	Ameobi  46'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 13,195 Referee: Fred Graham

Newcastle United v PSV Eindhoven

31 July 2010	Newcastle United	2 – 2	PSV Eindhoven	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 BST	R. Taylor  51' Best  73'	(Report)	Toivonen  10' Dzsudzsák  40'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 16,118 Referee: Mike Jones

Deportivo de La Coruña v Newcastle United

3 August 2010 T. Herrera Trophy	Deportivo de La Coruña	0 – 0 (3 – 5 p)	Newcastle United	Coruña
20:00 BST		(Report)		Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ramírez Domínguez
		Penalties
	Zé Castro Riki Aythami Guardado		Løvenkrands Nolan Carroll R. Taylor Barton

Rangers v Newcastle United

7 August 2010	Rangers	2 – 1	Newcastle United	Glasgow
13:00 BST	Miller  24' Naismith  66'	(Report)	Løvenkrands  70'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 30,220 Referee: Dougie McDonald

League

Manchester United v Newcastle United

16 August 2010	Manchester United	3 – 0	Newcastle United	Manchester
20:00 BST	Berbatov  33' Fletcher  42' Giggs  85'	(Report)		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,221 Referee: Chris Foy

Newcastle United v Aston Villa

22 August 2010	Newcastle United	6 – 0	Aston Villa	Newcastle upon Tyne
13:30 BST	Barton  12' Nolan  31', 87' Carroll  34', 67', 90+3'	(Report)		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 43,546 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Newcastle United

28 August 2010	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1 - 1	Newcastle United	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Ebanks-Blake  43'	(Report)	Carroll  62'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 27,745 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Newcastle United v Blackpool

11 September 2010	Newcastle United	0 – 2	Blackpool	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 BST		(Report)	Adam  45' (pen.) Campbell  90'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 49,597 Referee: Lee Mason

Everton v Newcastle United

18 September 2010	Everton	0 – 1	Newcastle United	Liverpool
15:00 BST		(Report)	Ben Arfa  45'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,019 Referee: Andre Marriner

Newcastle United v Stoke City

26 September 2010	Newcastle United	1 – 2	Stoke City	Newcastle upon Tyne
16:10 BST	Nolan  43' (pen.)	(Report)	Jones  67' Perch  85' (o.g.)	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 41,915 Referee: Mike Jones

Manchester City v Newcastle United

3 October 2010	Manchester City	2 – 1	Newcastle United	Manchester
13:30 BST	Tevez  18' (pen.) Johnson  75'	(Report)	Gutiérrez  24'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,067 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Newcastle United v Wigan Athletic

16 October 2010	Newcastle United	2 – 2	Wigan Athletic	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 BST	Ameobi  72' Coloccini  90+4'	(Report)	N'Zogbia  22', 23'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 44,415 Referee: Mark Halsey

West Ham United v Newcastle United

23 October 2010	West Ham United	1 – 2	Newcastle United	London
17:30 BST	Cole  12'	(Report)	Nolan  23' Carroll  69'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 34,486 Referee: Chris Foy

Newcastle United v Sunderland

31 October 2010	Newcastle United	5 – 1	Sunderland	Newcastle upon Tyne
13:30 GMT	Nolan  26', 34', 75' Ameobi  45+3' (pen.), 70'	(Report)	Bramble  53' Bent  90+1'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 51,988 Referee: Phil Dowd

Arsenal v Newcastle United

7 November 2010	Arsenal	0 – 1	Newcastle United	London
13:30 GMT	Koscielny  90+2'	(Report)	Carroll  45'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,059 Referee: Mike Dean

Newcastle United v Blackburn Rovers

10 November 2010	Newcastle United	1 – 2	Blackburn Rovers	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45 GMT	Carroll  47'	(Report)	Gamst Pedersen  3' Roberts  82'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 41,053 Referee: Mike Jones

Newcastle United v Fulham

13 November 2010	Newcastle United	0 – 0	Fulham	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 GMT		(Report)		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 44,686 Referee: Lee Probert

Bolton Wanderers v Newcastle United

20 November 2010	Bolton Wanderers	5 – 1	Newcastle United	Bolton
15:00 GMT	Davies  18' (pen.), 90+3' (pen.) Lee  39' Elmander  50', 72'	(Report)	Carroll  52' Coloccini  76'	Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 22,203 Referee: Howard Webb

Newcastle United v Chelsea

27 November 2010	Newcastle United	1 – 1	Chelsea	Newcastle upon Tyne
13:30 GMT	Carroll  6'	(Report)	Kalou  45'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 46,469 Referee: Andre Marriner

West Bromwich Albion v Newcastle United

5 December 2010	West Bromwich Albion	3 – 1	Newcastle United	West Bromwich
13:30 GMT	Tchoyi  32' Odemwingie  71', 89'	(Report)	Løvenkrands  90+2'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 23,486 Referee: Mike Dean

Newcastle United v Liverpool

11 December 2010	Newcastle United	3 – 1	Liverpool	Newcastle upon Tyne
17:30 GMT	Nolan  15' Barton  80' Carroll  90+1'	(Report)	Kuyt  49'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 50,137 Referee: Lee Mason

Newcastle United v Manchester City

26 December 2010	Newcastle United	1 – 3	Manchester City	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 GMT	Carroll  72'	(Report)	Barry  2' Tevez  5', 81'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 51,635 Referee: Chris Foy

Tottenham Hotspur v Newcastle United

28 December 2010	Tottenham Hotspur	2 – 0	Newcastle United	London
15:00 GMT	Lennon  57' Bale  81' Kaboul  65'	(Report)		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,927 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Wigan Athletic v Newcastle United

2 January 2011	Wigan Athletic	0 – 1	Newcastle United	Wigan
16:00 GMT		(Report)	Ameobi  19'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 15,277 Referee: Howard Webb

Newcastle United v West Ham United

5 January 2011	Newcastle United	5 – 0	West Ham United	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45 GMT	Best  18', 39', 60' Nolan  45' Løvenkrands  63'	(Report)		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 42,387 Referee: Mike Dean

Sunderland v Newcastle United

16 January 2011	Sunderland	1 – 1	Newcastle United	Sunderland
12:00 GMT	Gyan  90+4'	(Report)	Nolan  52'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 47,864 Referee: Howard Webb

Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur

22 January 2011	Newcastle United	1 – 1	Tottenham Hotspur	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 GMT	Coloccini  59'	(Report)	Lennon  90+1'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 51,010 Referee: Mark Halsey

Fulham v Newcastle United

2 February 2011	Fulham	1 – 0	Newcastle United	London
20:00 GMT	Duff  67'	(Report)		Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 25,620 Referee: Mike Jones

Newcastle United v Arsenal

5 February 2011	Newcastle United	4 – 4	Arsenal	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 GMT	Barton  68' (pen.), 83' (pen.) Best  75' Tioté  87'	(Report)	Walcott  1' Djourou  3' Van Persie  10', 26' Diaby  50'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 51,561 Referee: Phil Dowd

Blackburn Rovers v Newcastle United

12 February 2011	Blackburn Rovers	0 – 0	Newcastle United	Blackburn
15:00 GMT		(Report)		Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 26,781 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Birmingham City v Newcastle United

15 February 2011	Birmingham City	0 – 2	Newcastle United	Birmingham
19:45 GMT		(Report)	Løvenkrands  2' Best  50'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 28,270 Referee: Lee Mason

Newcastle United v Bolton Wanderers

26 February 2011	Newcastle United	1 – 1	Bolton Wanderers	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 GMT	Nolan  13' R. Taylor  54'	(Report)	Sturridge  38'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 48,062 Referee: Chris Foy

Newcastle United v Everton

5 March 2011	Newcastle United	1 – 2	Everton	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 GMT	Best  23'	(Report)	Osman  31' Jagielka  36'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 50,128 Referee: Howard Webb

Stoke City v Newcastle United

19 March 2011	Stoke City	4 – 0	Newcastle United	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT	Walters  28' Pennant  46' Higginbotham  49' Fuller  90+2'	(Report)		Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 27,505 Referee: Lee Mason

Newcastle United v Wolverhampton Wanderers

2 April 2011	Newcastle United	4 – 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 BST	Nolan  22' Ameobi  45' Løvenkrands  50' Gutiérrez  90+3'	(Report)	Ebanks-Blake  58'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 49,939 Referee: Mike Dean

Aston Villa v Newcastle United

10 April 2011	Aston Villa	1 – 0	Newcastle United	Birmingham
16:00 BST	Collins  24'	(Report)		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 37,090 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Newcastle United v Manchester United

19 April 2011	Newcastle United	0 – 0	Manchester United	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45 BST		(Report)		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 49,025 Referee: Lee Probert

Blackpool v Newcastle United

23 April 2011	Blackpool	1 – 1	Newcastle United	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Campbell  32'	(Report)	Løvenkrands  17'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 16,003 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Liverpool v Newcastle United

1 May 2011	Liverpool	3 – 0	Newcastle United	Liverpool
12:00 BST	Rodríguez  10' Kuyt  59' (pen.) Suárez  65'	(Report)		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,923 Referee: Peter Walton

Newcastle United v Birmingham City

7 May 2011	Newcastle United	2 – 1	Birmingham City	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 BST	Ameobi  36' (pen.) S. Taylor  43'	(Report)	Bowyer  45' Ridgewell  36'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 47,409 Referee: Chris Foy

Chelsea v Newcastle United

15 May 2011	Chelsea	2 – 2	Newcastle United	London
13:30 BST	Ivanović  2' Alex  83'	(Report)	Gutiérrez  10' S. Taylor  90+2'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,739 Referee: Lee Mason

Newcastle United v West Bromwich Albion

22 May 2011	Newcastle United	3 – 3	West Bromwich Albion	Newcastle upon Tyne
16:00 BST	S. Taylor  16' Løvenkrands  39' Olsson  47' (o.g.)	(Report)	Tchoyi  62', 71', 90'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 51,678 Referee: Mark Halsey

FA Cup

Stevenage v Newcastle United

8 January 2011 Round 3	Stevenage	3 – 1	Newcastle United	Stevenage
17:30 GMT	Williamson  50' (o.g.) Bostwick  55' Winn  90+3'	(Report)	Barton  90+2' Tioté  71'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 6,644 Referee: Andre Marriner

League Cup

Accrington Stanley v Newcastle United

25 August 2010 Round 2	Accrington Stanley	2 – 3	Newcastle United	Accrington
19:45 BST	Putterill  45+1' Hessey  90+4'	(Report)	R. Taylor  36' Ameobi  48' Løvenkrands  67'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 4,098 Referee: Rob Shoebridge

Chelsea v Newcastle United

22 September 2010 Round 3	Chelsea	3 – 4	Newcastle United	London
19:45 BST	Van Aanholt  6' Anelka  70', 87' (pen.)	(Report)	Ranger  27' R. Taylor  32' Ameobi  49', 90'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,511 Referee: Phil Dowd

Newcastle United v Arsenal

27 October 2010 Round 4	Newcastle United	0 – 4	Arsenal	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45 BST		(Report)	Krul  45+2' (o.g.) Walcott  53', 88' Bendtner  83'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 33,157 Referee: Andre Marriner

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