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NUFC 2010/11 - Season Review


Premiership12th
FA CupR3
League CupR4
Attendance47,718
ChairmanD Llambias
ManagerC Hughton > A Pardew
CoachC Calderwood > S Stone, J Carver
CaptainK Nolan
Top Scorer K Nolan (12)

On their return to the Premiership United finished in a respectable 12th place, but Ashley once again caused unrest by changing managers mid-season.

Form was erratic In the first few months of the campaign with some excellent victories and some disappointing defeats (particularly at home), but the Magpies were safely ensconced in mid-table.

Chris Hughton was popular amongst the fans and the players and there was a great deal of anger when he was sacked with the club in 11th position; the club stating that "the board now feels an individual with more managerial experience is needed to take the club forward".

The sense of betrayal was exacerbated by the appointment of Alan Pardew, who had been recently sacked by League One Southampton, as his replacement. Rumours about gambling connections with Ashley and Llambias added to the mix.

The managerial change made little material difference to the results and the fans' anger boiled over again when Andy Carroll was sold to Liverpool on Deadline Day with the club having no replacement lined up.

The next match was at home to Arsenal and the mood darkened significantly when the Gunners scored 3 times in the first 10 minutes and led 4-0 at half-time. United’s memorable comeback was one of the season’s highlights alongside the victories over Aston Villa and Sunderland.

Despite the loss of his Number 9, Pardew steered United to safety and garnered some grudging respect for the achievement.

United suffered a humiliating defeat at Stevenage in the FA Cup Third Round with Pardew blaming the performance on "fatigue".

Both Chelsea and Newcastle put out reserve sides in the League Cup and United pulled off a great result at Stamford Bridge but were no match for Arsenal.

Hatem Ben Arfa suffered a horrific double leg fracture as a result of a disgraceful challenge by Manchester City midfielder Nigel de Jong. The referee missed the incident and De Jong was not even booked bringing calls for the laws to be changed to allow retrospective punishment of players in such cases.

Andy Carroll made two appearances in court in relation to assaults.

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Competitions


Premiership


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In the first few months Newcastle’s home form was relatively poor and they fell to some disappointing defeats.

However, they started to improve and a run of three successive wins at West Ham and Arsenal and at home to Sunderland (5-1) took them up to fifth at the start of November.

But the next 5 games saw only 2 points gleaned and resulted in the controversial and unpopular sacking of Chris Hughton.

Although protests were a backdrop to Pardew’s first game, a solid performance and a victory helped cool the situation.

United remained inconsistent, but would have finished 9th if they hadn’t contrived to give away a three-goal lead against West Brom in the last match of the season.


16/08 A Man Utd L 0-3 17
22/08 H Aston Villa W 6-0 8
28/08 A Wolves D 1-1 5
11/09 H Blackpool L 0-2 13
18/09 A Everton W 1-0 5
26/09 H Stoke L 1-2 10
03/10 A Man City L 1-2 15
16/10 H Wigan D 2-2 13
23/10 A West Ham W 2-1 9
31/10 H Sunderland W 5-1 7
07/10 A Arsenal W 1-0 5
10/11 H Blackburn L 1-2 5
13/11 H Fulham D 0-0 7
20/11 A Bolton L 1-5 10
28/11 H Chelsea D 1-1 9
05/12 A West Brom L 1-3 11
11/12 H Liverpool W 3-1 8
26/12 H Man City L 1-3 9
28/12 A Tottenham L 0-2 13
02/01 A Wigan W 1-0 10
05/01 H West Ham W 5-0 8
16/01 A Sunderland D 1-1 9
22/01 H Tottenham D 1-1 7
02/02 A Fulham L 0-1 10
05/02 H Arsenal D 4-4 10
12/02 A Blackburn D 0-0 10
15/02 A Birmingham W 2-0 9
26/02 H Bolton D 1-1 9
05/03 H Everton L 1-2 9
19/03 A Stoke L 0-4 11
02/04 H Wolves W 4-1 9
10/04 A Aston Villa L 0-1 9
19/04 H Man Utd D 0-0 9
23/04 A Blackpool D 1-1 9
01/04 A Liverpool L 0-3 12
07/04 H Birmingham W 2-1 10
15/04 A Chelsea D 2-2 12
22/04 H West Brom D 3-3 12

Man Utd0-00-3
Chelsea1-12-2
Man. City1-31-2
Arsenal4-41-0
Tottenham1-10-2
Liverpool3-10-3
Everton1-21-0
Fulham0-00-1
Aston Villa6-00-1
Sunderland5-11-1
West Brom3-31-3
Newcastle
Stoke1-20-4
Bolton1-11-5
Blackburn1-20-0
Wigan2-21-0
Wolves4-11-1
Birmingham 2-12-0
Blackpool0-21-1
West Ham 5-02-1
W D L F A Pts
01 Man. Utd 23 11 4 78 37 80
02 Chelsea 21 8 9 69 33 71
03 Man. City 21 8 9 60 33 71
04 Arsenal 19 11 8 72 43 68
05 Tottenham 16 14 8 55 46 62
06 Liverpool 17 7 14 59 44 58
07 Everton 13 15 10 51 45 54
08 Fulham 11 16 11 49 43 49
09 Aston Villa 12 12 14 48 59 48
10 Sunderland 12 11 15 45 56 47
11 West Brom. 12 11 15 56 71 47
12 Newcastle 11 13 14 56 57 46
13 Stoke 13 7 18 46 48 46
14 Bolton 12 10 16 52 56 46
15 Blackburn 11 10 17 46 59 43
16 Wigan 9 15 14 40 61 42
17 Wolves 11 7 20 46 66 40
18 Birmingham 8 15 15 37 58 39
19 Blackpool 10 9 19 55 78 39
20 West Ham 7 12 19 43 70 33


FA Cup


08/01 R3 A Stevenage (L2:17th) L 1-3

R3 - An embarrassing and humiliating defeat at struggling League Two side Stevenage.


League Cup


25/08 R2 A A Stanley (L2:6th) W 3-2
22/09 R3 A Chelsea (Pr:1st) W 4-3
27/10 R4 H Arsenal (Pr:5th) L 0-4

R2 - Hughton's youngsters dispatched their resilient League Two hosts despite a nervy finish.

R3 - Both clubs played virtual reserve sides at Stamford Bridge but the was nothing second-class about the game in which United gained a shock but deserved 4-3 victory.

R4 - Arsenal and Newcastle took a similar approach in the next round, but the Gunners coasted to victory.


Squad and Team



PlayerASG
Phil Airey 0 1
Sammy Ameobi 0 1
Shola Ameobi 23 7 9
Joey Barton 33 2 5
Hatem Ben Arfa 3 1 1
Leon Best 10 2 6
Sol Campbell 5 3
Andy Carroll 18 2 11
Fabricio Coloccini 37 2
Ryan Donaldson 1
José Enrique 36
Shane Ferguson 5 4
Dan Gosling 0 1
Danny Guthrie 12 3
Jonás Gutiérrez 35 4 3
Steve Harper 18
Stephen Ireland 0 2
Tamás Kádár 2
Tim Krul 24 1
Shefki Kuqi 0 6
Peter Løvenkrands 22 7 7
Kazenga LuaLua 1 2
Kevin Nolan 31 1 12
James Perch 11 4
Nile Ranger 4 24 1
Wayne Routledge 12 7
Danny Simpson 31
Alan Smith 10 4
James Tavernier 1
Steven Taylor 12 2 3
Ryan Taylor 6 2 2
Cheick Tioté 26 2 1
Haris Vučkić 3
Mike Williamson 30 2
Xisco 0 2
Own Goals 1

Total number of games: 42

Total number of players used: 35

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GK: Harper (Krul)

RB: Perch > Simpson

LB: Enrique

CB: Williamson

CB: Coloccini

Md: Tiote

Md: Barton

Md: Nolan

Md: Gutierrez

Ak: Carroll > Best > Lovenkrands

Ak: Routledge/Lovenkrands/Ameobi


Player Moves


Toon In

Name Date From Fee
James Perch 07/10 Nottingham Forest £1.5m
Dan Gosling 07/10 Everton Free
Sol Campbell 07/10 Arsenal Free
Michael Richardson 07/10 Walker Central Free
Cheick Tioté 08/10 Twente £3.5m
Yven Moyo 09/10 Sochaux Free
Hatem Ben Arfa 01/11 Marseille £5M
Shefki Kuqi 02/11 Free agent Free

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Expenditure was limited during the summer with the low-key domestic signings including experienced centre-half Sol Campbell from Arsenal on a free.

United also looked abroad and brought in Ivory Coast international midfielder Cheick Tioté and French youngster Hatem Ben Arfa on a season long loan from Marseille with an option for a permanent move; triggered in January.

Pardew hinted at the possibility of bringing David Beckham to the club on a loan move from the LA Galaxy.


Toon Out

Name Date To Fee
Fabrice Pancrate 06/30 Larissa Free
Nicky Butt 06/10 South China Free
Andy Carroll 01/11 Liverpool £35m

Nicky Butt was the only major departure during the summer, but the January window saw the shock sale of Andy Carroll to Liverpool for an incredible £35million, a record fee for a British player.

Pardew claimed the player prompted the move and Carroll claimed he was forced out. Whichever the case, the fans were furious that the club had sold their top scorer without having a replacement lined up.


Drop In

Surname Date From Club
Hatem Ben Arfa (£2M) 08/10 01/11 Marseille
Stephen Ireland 01/11 06/11 Aston Villa


Drop Out

Surname Date To Club
Fraser Forster 08/10 05/11 Celtic
Kazenga LuaLua 08/10 01/11 Brighton & Hove Albion
Ben Tozer 09/10 06/11 Northampton Town
James Tavernier 01/11 03/11 Gateshead
Tamás Kádár 01/11 02/11 Huddersfield Town
Wayne Routledge 01/11 06/11 Queens Park Rangers
Ryan Donaldson 01/11 03/11 Hartlepool United
Xisco 01/11 06/11 Deportivo La Coruña

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