swansea got promoted to the premier league in 2011.
swansea got promoted to the premier league in 2011.
when did swansea get promoted to the premier league?
2011
in early june 2011, caulker was linked to a further season-long loan move to help continue his development through regular football this time to newly promoted premier league clubs swansea city and norwich city as well as another stint at bristol city. on 1 july 2011, caulker officially joined swansea city on a season-long loan, with swansea paying an initial fee for his services and an option to review the loan in january. former member of spurs' backroom staff and newport county manager anthony hudson described caulker as having the "potential to be one of the best defenders in country". hudson said during his time at bristol city, caulker was "the best defender in the championship" and described him as "one to watch this season because i think he's going to be a real star". he made his premier league and swansea city debut in the 4–0 away defeat to manchester city, playing the full 90 minutes. after featuring in all of swansea's first four premier league and keeping two clean sheets, caulker suffered a knee cartilage injury when he collided with a goalpost in swansea's match against arsenal. the injury ruled him out for around eight weeks. despite initially targeting his return for the match against manchester united on 19 november 2011, caulker returned to action after three months out in the 2–0 home victory over fulham on 10 december 2011. caulker became a mainstay for the remainder of swansea's premier league campaign and made 26 starts overall, helping the club finish 11th in the premier league.
steven caulker
forest finished in sixth place in the league which meant they drew swansea city in the playoffs semifinals, with cardiff city playing reading in the other semi. the first leg was played at the city ground, where despite swansea going down to ten men early on, it finished 0–0. the second leg saw swansea get two goals in quick concession in the first half. robert earnshaw managed to get a goal back before hitting the post but in stoppage time, with lee camp out of his net due to a forest corner, swansea hit them on the break and got a third goal to finish the tie.
2010–11 nottingham forest f.c. season