2010–11 DFB-Pokal Frauen, Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals was held on 3 February 2011. The matches were played on 27 February 2011.


2010–11 Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. season
The 2010–11 season is the 4th season in the Football League played by Dagenham & Redbridge F.C., an English football club based in Dagenham, Greater London. It is their first ever season in Football League One after promotion from Football League Two in 2010 via the play-offs. The season covers the period from 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011.


2010–11 Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. season, Match results
League positions are sourced from Statto, while the remaining contents of each table are sourced from the references in the "Ref" column.


2010–11 Dallas Mavericks season
The 2010–11 Dallas Mavericks season was the 31st season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).


2010–11 Dallas Mavericks season
This season would prove to be the most successful season for the Mavericks. In the playoffs, the Mavericks defeated the Portland Trail Blazers in six games in the First Round, then swept the defending two-time NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers in four games in the Semifinals, before defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder in five games in the Conference Finals to reach the NBA Finals for the first time since 2006. In the NBA Finals, the Mavericks faced off against the Miami Heat in a rematch of the 2006 NBA Finals, and the Heat were led by their Big Three of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh.


2010–11 Dallas Mavericks season
The Mavericks would go on to defeat the Heat in six games in the NBA Finals, winning their first NBA championship in franchise history.


2010–11 Dallas Mavericks season
The Mavericks' championship was the first major sports championship in the Dallas-Fort Worth area since the Dallas Stars in 1999, and the first title in Mavericks franchise history. The Mavericks became the third team to win an NBA title in the state of Texas, joining the Houston Rockets and San Antonio Spurs. The Mavericks are also the third team to win a major sports championship in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, joining the Dallas Cowboys and the Dallas Stars. The Mavericks championship parade was held on June 16, 2011 in downtown Dallas.


2010–11 Dallas Mavericks season, Transactions, Summary
In the 2010 NBA Draft the Mavericks got only 1 pick. At no. 50 they picked the Nigerian Center Solomon Alabi. But he was traded directly to the Toronto Raptors for a future second-round pick and cash considerations.


2010–11 Dallas Mavericks season, Transactions, Summary
The Mavericks sent $3 million to the Memphis Grizzlies to acquire the rights for Shooting Guard Dominique Jones.


2010–11 Dallas Mavericks season, Transactions, Summary
Mavericks free agent Dirk Nowitzki agreed to a 4-year deal worth $80 million to stay with the Mavericks.


2010–11 Dallas Mavericks season, Transactions, Summary
Brendan Haywood also decided to stay with the Mavericks as he signed a new 6-year deal worth $55 million. His sixth and last year in this contract is however not fully guaranteed.


2010–11 Dallas Mavericks season, Transactions, Summary
Center Ian Mahinmi signed a 2-year deal worth the veteran minimum starting at $850.000.


2010–11 Dallas Mavericks season, Transactions, Summary
On July 13, the Mavericks officially signed rookie Dominique Jones.


2010–11 Dallas Mavericks season, Transactions, Summary
The Mavericks and the Charlotte Bobcats agreed on a trade that sent Erick Dampier, Matt Carroll and Eduardo Nájera to the Bobcats, while the Bobcats sent Tyson Chandler and Alexis Ajinca to the Mavericks.


2010–11 Dallas Mavericks season, Transactions, Summary
On August 12 Tim Thomas signed a 1-year deal to the veteran minimum ($1.35 million). He was at the Mavericks previous season but left the team to take care of his ill wife. Afterwards he announced that the illness his wife suffered will prevent him from playing for the Mavericks.


2010–11 Dallas Mavericks season, Transactions, Free agents, Additions
On January 10, the Mavericks signed Sasha Pavlović to a 10-day contract. He received a second 10-day contract on January 20. On January 30 he was released.


2010–11 Dallas Mavericks season, Transactions, Free agents, Subtractions
On January 5, the Mavericks waived Steve Novak before his contract became fully guaranteed.


2010–11 Dallas Mavericks season, Playoffs
The Mavericks' playoff run began with a six-game first round series against the Portland Trail Blazers. In the conference semi-finals, the Mavericks swept the two-time defending champion Los Angeles Lakers. The series against the Lakers also birthed the Mavericks Royal Blue-Out games in the AAC, with almost all fans wearing T-shirts that read "The Time is Now". In the Western Conference Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Mavericks won the last three games with fourth-quarter comebacks to win their second Western Conference Championship and earn a trip to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2006.


2010–11 Dallas Mavericks season, Playoffs
Following a disappointing Game One, the Mavericks pulled the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history in Game Two to even the series at a game each. After a loss in Game Three, the Mavericks won the last two games in Dallas to take a 3–2 series lead heading to Game Six in Miami. The Mavericks won Game Six; with that win, the Mavs became NBA Champions for the first time.


2010–11 Dallas Mavericks season, Major injuries and surgeries
Rodrigue Beaubois injured his foot during a practice session with the French national squad. Beaubois broke the fifth metatarsal bone in his left foot. He underwent surgery, which was successful. He rebroke his foot, but returned to practice at February 8, 2011. Beaubois made his comeback in a game against Sacramento on February 16.


2010–11 Dallas Mavericks season, Major injuries and surgeries
On January 4, 2011, Caron Butler was ruled out for the rest of the season after undergoing surgery to repair a ruptured right patellar tendon.


2010–11 Dallas Mavericks season, Major injuries and surgeries
Head coach Rick Carlisle did not make the trip to Oklahoma because he was recovering from a minor arthroscopic knee surgery.


2010–11 Dallas Mavericks season, Major injuries and surgeries
During a game against Milwaukee, Caron Butler injured his right knee and did not return to the game. Butler suffered a ruptured right patellar tendon on his right knee, underwent surgery on Tuesday, January 4, and missed the remainder of the season.


2010–11 Dallas Mavericks season, Major injuries and surgeries
During the first quarter of a game against Detroit, Aleksandar Pavlović suffered a broken nose.


2010–11 Dallas Mavericks season, Major injuries and surgeries
Rodrigue Beaubois missed Game 1 of the playoff series against Portland due to a foot sprain. He also missed Games 2–5 of the same series.


2010–11 Dallas Mavericks season, Major injuries and surgeries
Dirk Nowitzki tore a tendon in the middle finger of his left (non-shooting) hand in Game 1 of the NBA Finals.


2010–11 Dallas Mavericks season, Major injuries and surgeries
During the Finals against Miami, Brendan Haywood missed Game 3 due to a strained right hip flexor. He returned to play Game 4, but could not move well and only played a few minutes.


2010–11 Dallas Stars season
The 2010–11 Dallas Stars season was the 44th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967, and 18th season since the franchise relocated to Dallas to start the 1993–94 NHL season. The Stars posted a regular season record of 42 wins, 29 losses and 11 overtime/shootout losses for 95 points. Despite having a winning record, the Stars failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the third consecutive season.


2010–11 Dallas Stars season, Off-season
The Stars decided to not re-sign unrestricted free agent goalie Marty Turco. The Stars signed free agent goalie Andrew Raycroft, formerly of the Vancouver Canucks, as a likely backup goaltender to Kari Lehtonen. Mike Modano left the team to sign with the Detroit Red Wings.


2010–11 Dallas Stars season, Regular season
On February 21, 2011, among an extended skid, general manager Joe Nieuwendyk traded defenseman Matt Niskanen and forward James Neal to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for defenseman Alex Goligoski. After failing to make the playoffs by losing their final game of the season, Marc Crawford was fired as head coach.


2010–11 Dallas Stars season, Playoffs
The Stars failed to qualify for the playoffs. With 95 points, the Stars tied a record set by the 2006–07 Colorado Avalanche for the team with the highest point total in a season that failed to make the playoffs. This record was later surpassed by the 2014–15 Boston Bruins who failed to make the playoffs with 96 points.


2010–11 Dallas Stars season, Schedule and results, Regular season
Legend:  Win (2 points)  Loss (0 points)  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)


2010–11 Dallas Stars season, Standings, Conference standings
bold – qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; p – Won President's Trophy (best record in NHL)CE – Central Division, NW – Northwest Division, PA – Pacific Division


2010–11 Dallas Stars season, Player statistics, Skaters
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes


2010–11 Dallas Stars season, Player statistics, Goaltenders
Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA= Goals Against Average; SA= Shots Against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO= Shutouts


2010–11 Dallas Stars season, Player statistics, Goaltenders
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Stars. Stats reflect time spent with the Stars only. ‡Traded mid-seasonBold/italics denotes franchise record


2010–11 Dallas Stars season, Transactions
The Stars have been involved in the following transactions during the 2010–11 season.


2010–11 Dallas Stars season, Draft picks
The Stars' picks at the 2010 NHL Entry Draft in Los Angeles, California.


2010–11 Damash Gilan F.C. season
This is a list of Damash Gilan's results in the  2010–11 season. The club was competing in the Azadegan League and Hazfi Cup.


2010–11 Damash Gilan F.C. season, Players, Appearances and goals
Appearance and goalscoring records for all the players who are in the Damash Gilan first team squad during the 2010–11 season. Last update May 12, 2011.


2010–11 Danish 1st Division
The 2010–11 Danish 1st Division season was the 15th season of the Danish 1st Division league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association. It is set to start on 6 August 2010 with the recently relegated HB Køge facing off against last season's eighth-place finisher FC Fyn. The final matches of the season are scheduled for 29 May 2011.


2010–11 Danish 1st Division
This will be the last season with a sixteen-club First Division. As only one team will be promoted from the Second Divisions, the league will be reduced to fourteen teams from the next season and eventually to twelve teams in the following season (2012–13), switching to the same system as the Superliga with three round-robin rounds and two relegation spots.


2010–11 Danish 1st Division
On March 4, 2011 Vejle BK and Kolding FC's application for a cooperation forming Vejle Boldklub Kolding was accepted by the Danish FA. This means that the company behind Kolding FC will fold and the club's license will revert to Kolding IF, who will be relegated to the Denmark Series.


2010–11 Danish 1st Division
The division-champion and runners-up are promoted to the 2011–12 Danish Superliga. The teams in the 14th, 15th and 16th places are relegated to either 2nd Division East or West, based on their respective locations. No matter what position Kolding FC finishes in, they will be relegated to the Denmark Series.


2010–11 Danish 2nd Divisions
The 2010–11 Danish 2nd Divisions, beginning on 7 August 2010 and ending on 11 June 2011, will be the divided in two groups of sixteen teams. The two group winners will face each other for a single promotion spot in a two-legged play-off, rather than the normal three promotion spots, as decided in March 2010. This is done to reduce the First Division from 16 to 14 and eventually 12 teams. The bottom team from each group will be relegated, along with the loser of a two-legged play-off tie between the two clubs taking the penultimate spot at the end of the season.


2010–11 Danish 2nd Divisions
Because of an uneven distribution of West and East-teams (divided by the Great Belt), two East-teams, Boldklubben 1908 and Rishøj Boldklub, were drawn into the West-division (originally three with Greve as the third, but the bankruptcy of BK Frem mentioned below reduced the number to two).


2010–11 Danish 2nd Divisions
Shortly before the season, Boldklubben Frem, who were one of the three relegated teams from the First Division, went bankrupt and were relegated to the Copenhagen Series. This meant that otherwise relegated Otterup were awarded Frem's place in the tournament.


2010–11 Danish 2nd Divisions, Play-offs, Promotion game
The two winners will play promotion game on home and away basis.


2010–11 Danish Cup
The 2010–11 Danish Cup was the 57th season of the Danish football cup competition. For the third year, the sponsor of the competition was Ekstra Bladet, a daily newspaper, who signed a 3-year contract with the Danish Football Association (DBU) in 2008, making the official name Ekstra Bladet Cup 2010–11.


2010–11 Danish Cup
The competition opened on 9 August 2010 with the First Round and concluded on 22 May 2011 with the Final at the Parken Stadium.


2010–11 Danish Cup, First round
In this round entered 96 teams. There were 48 matches in the First Round, taking place between 9 and 17 August 2010.


2010–11 Danish Cup, Second round
The clubs who placed 5–10 in the 2009–10 Superliga – AaB, Midtjylland, Nordsjælland, Silkeborg, SønderjyskE and Randers – as well as the top two clubs from the 2009–10 First Division – Horsens and Lyngby – received a bye into the second round. These matches were played from 24 to 26 August 2010.


2010–11 Danish Cup, Third round
The top four teams from the 2008–09 Superliga – Copenhagen, OB, Brøndby and Esbjerg – received a bye into the third round. These matches took place on 22, 23 and 29 September 2010.


2010–11 Danish Cup, Fourth round
The sixteen winners in Round 3 took part in Round 4. The draw occurred on 25 September 2010. The matches took place between 26 and 28 October 2010.


2010–11 Danish Cup, Quarter-finals
The eight winners from the previous round competed in this round. These matches took place between 9 and 11 November 2010.


2010–11 Danish Cup, Semi-finals
The four winners from the Quarter Finals will compete in this round. This round will be played as a two-legged tie. The legs will be played on 27 April and 4 May 2011.


2010–11 Danish Superliga
The 2010–11 Danish Superliga season was the 21st season of the Danish Superliga championship, which decides the Danish football championship. It began on 17 July 2010 with the previous season's silver medalists from Odense facing Esbjerg and ended on 29 May 2011 with six simultaneous matches. F.C. Copenhagen secured the title when Odense lost 1-2 to Nordsjælland on 21 April 2011, for their ninth Danish championship.


2010–11 Danish Superliga
Twelve teams were taking part in the tournament, facing each other three times for 33 matches total.


2010–11 Danish Superliga
For the first time since the 1999–2000 Danish Superliga, the top two teams entered the qualification for the UEFA Champions League.


2010–11 Danish Superliga, Teams
The top ten teams from the last season' Superliga and the top two teams from the last season's First Division participated.


2010–11 Dartmouth Big Green women's ice hockey season
The 2010–11 Dartmouth women's ice hockey team represented Dartmouth College in the 2010–11 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season. In the regular season, the Big Green were 19–9–0 overall and 15–7–0 in the ECAC.


2010–11 Dayton Flyers men's basketball team
The 2010–11 Dayton Flyers men's basketball team represented the University of Dayton in the 2010–11 college basketball season. This was head coach Brian Gregory's eighth season at Dayton. The Flyers compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference and played their home games at the University of Dayton Arena. They finished the season 22–14, 7–9 in A-10 play and lost the championship game of the 2011 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament, which hurt their chances to get to the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Instead they were invited to the 2011 National Invitation Tournament which they lost in the first round.


2010–11 Dayton Gems season
The 2010–11 Dayton Gems season was the first season in the Central Hockey League of the CHL franchise in Dayton, Ohio.


2010–11 Dayton Gems season, Off-season
During the 2010-11 off-season it was announced that the Dayton Gems would move to the Central Hockey League along with the rest of the International Hockey League.


2010–11 Dayton Gems season, Regular season, Conference standings
x – Qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; z – Won regular season league titleAfter games of March 27, 2011


2010–11 Debreceni VSC season
The 2010–11 season will be Debreceni VSC's 33rd competitive season, 18th consecutive season in the Soproni Liga and 108th year in existence as a football club.


2010–11 Debreceni VSC season, Team kit and logo
The team kits for the 2010–11 season are produced by Adidas and the shirt sponsor is TEVA. The home kit is red colour and the away kit is white colour.


2010–11 Debreceni VSC season, Squad, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Debreceni VSC season, Squad, European Cups squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Debreceni VSC season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Debreceni VSC season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Debreceni VSC season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Debreceni VSC season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Debreceni VSC season, Transfers, Winter
List of Hungarian football transfer summer 2010List of Hungarian football transfer winter 2010


2010–11 Debreceni VSC season, Statistics, Top scorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2010–11 Debreceni VSC season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.


2010–11 Denver Nuggets season
The 2010–11 Denver Nuggets season was the 44th season of the franchise, its 35th in the National Basketball Association (NBA). After half a season of rumors and speculation, the Nuggets granted Carmelo Anthony his wish by trading him to the New York Knicks on February 21 as part of a three-team trade with the Minnesota Timberwolves.


2010–11 Denver Nuggets season
The blockbuster trade also sent Chauncey Billups, Anthony Carter, Renaldo Balkman, Shelden Williams, and Corey Brewer to the Knicks for Wilson Chandler, Danilo Gallinari, Raymond Felton, Timofey Mozgov, Kosta Koufos, New York's first round pick in the 2014 draft and Golden State's second round picks in 2012 and 2013. Minnesota received Denver's 2015 second round pick, Eddy Curry and Anthony Randolph.


2010–11 Denver Nuggets season
After the trade, Nuggets coach George Karl said, "I'm glad its over. I'm glad it's an opportunity to reinvent", expressing relief at the end of the months of speculation preceding the trade.


2010–11 Denver Nuggets season, Summary, Free agency
This free agency period, the Nuggets signed Al Harrington & Shelden Williams


2010–11 Denver Nuggets season, Player statistics, Season
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Nuggets. Stats reflect time with Nuggets only. ‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Nuggets only.


2010–11 Denver Nuggets season, Awards, records and milestones, Awards, All-Star
Carmelo Anthony represented the Nuggets at the 2011 NBA All-Star Game as a starter for the Western Conference. The All-Star game would end up being the last time 'Melo represented the Nuggets as he was traded the next day to the New York Knicks.


2010–11 Deportivo Toluca season
The 2010–11 Toluca season was the 64th professional season of Mexico's top-flight football league. The season is split into two tournaments—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each with identical formats and each contested by the same eighteen teams. Cruz Azul will begin their season on July 25, 2010 against UNAM, Toluca will play thei home games on Sundays at noon, local time.


2010–11 Deportivo Toluca season, Torneo Apertura, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Deportivo Toluca season, Torneo Clausura, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Deportivo de La Coruña season
The 2010–11 season was Deportivo de La Coruña's 40th' season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football.


2010–11 Deportivo de La Coruña season
The season covered the period of 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011.


2010–11 Deportivo de La Coruña season, Summer transfers, Loan return
Italics for players returning to the club but left it during pre-season


2010–11 Deportivo de La Coruña season, Pre-season
The club played a series of friendlies preparing for the new season. Deportivo de La Coruña goals are first.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season
The 2010–11 season was Derby County's 112th season in the Football League. It was their third consecutive season in the second tier following the previous campaign and their 43rd overall. The club entered the season with odds of 25/1 for the title, the same as the previous year, 6–1 to be promoted and 8–1 to be relegated.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season
In the event of the season, after a slow start The Rams spent five fixtures in the play-off positions after a run of 8 wins from 11 fixtures before collapsing spectacularly post-November and recording just four wins from their remaining 28 fixtures, with Championship safety not guaranteed until the 44th fixture when, despite losing 3–2 at Norwich City other results left the bottom three unable to overtake them.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season
The club's return of 49 points (from a possible 138) was the club's lowest ever return from a 46-game programme and was their lowest points total in the second tier since 1984, when they took just 42 points from 42 fixtures. The Derbyshire evening telegraph summed up the season as being one in which "with a few exceptions, (Derby) have competed in all the games and yet too often they have come out on the wrong end of the result having been the architects of their own downfall.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season
Mistakes, individually and collectively, carelessness and a lack of concentration have all proved costly. As well as they have played in spells, notably in a wonderful purple patch earlier this season, the bottom line is that at other times they have not been good enough, as their position in the table indicates. That is why an influx of new faces is needed in this most important of summers to make sure they move forward next season."


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season
The club's reserves proved more successful. Consisting of players returning from injury (Russell Anderson, Miles Addison), players on the fringe of the first-team squad (Ben Pringle, Lee Croft) and academy prospects (Callum Ball, Jeff Hendrick) they retained The Central League Division One Central Section, taking 33 points from a possible 42 and scoring 35 goals in the process. They also won the Derbyshire Senior Cup, scoring 24 goals in their four fixtures including a 14–1 win over Shirebrook Town.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season
The club recorded an average attendance of 26,023, a figure more than 3,000 down on the previous campaign but still the second highest in the Championship behind Leeds United's 27,299 and the 15th best in the country. It was also higher than the average gate of seven Premier League clubs.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Team kit
On 1 May 2010 the club announced that website buymobiles.net would be the club's shirt sponsor for the next three years, replacing the two-year association with previous sponsor Bombardier who instead became an "official partner" of the club. The deal was described as the "largest commercial deal in Derby County's history", with sources stating it to be worth around £2m in total.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Team kit
buymobiles already had previous association with the club as it first appeared on the back of the club shirts during the 2004–05 play-off matches against Preston North End and had acted as "Season Presenting Sponsor" during the 2008–09 campaign. The new home kit for the 2010–11 season was revealed at 6pm on 16 July 2010, the day before the club's first pre-season friendly, at a specially arranged Catwalk Show at Pride Park Stadium, with Nigel Clough and his Derby County first team squad all in attendance. It was again manufactured by adidas. The away kit was revealed at half-time in a pre-season friendly against Stoke City.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, Pre-season
Clough entered into the 2010–11 season looking to reinforce the squad that had been so badly afflicted by injuries the previous campaign. Of those at the club, new one-year contracts were given to goalkeepers Saul Deeney and Ross Atkins and Russell Anderson signed a new two-year deal. Clough also stated a desire to retain the services of loanees Tomasz Cywka and Michael Tonge for the new campaign.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, Pre-season
Cywka agreed a deal to sign on a free transfer from Wigan Athletic on 25 May 2010 but interest in Tonge was curtailed when Stoke City announced he was for sale, pricing Derby out of a move and forcing them to look elsewhere.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, Pre-season
Injuries once again played a part in Derby's preparations, however, as the continuing absence of former Young Player of the Year Miles Addison, who was ruled out for the season after successfully undergoing foot surgery the previous March, was joined by that of Steve Davies, who ruptured cruciate ligaments, ruling him out for the opening six months of the season. Prior to the start of Derby's pre-season friendly fixtures, it was announced Robbie Savage would remain as Captain, with Shaun Barker replacing Addison as Vice Captain and Stephen Bywater being third in line.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, Pre-season
The first confirmed signing of the summer was out of contract Doncaster Rovers left back Gareth Roberts, who agreed a two-year deal to join the club on the expiration of his Doncaster contract on 1 July 2010. A long-standing interest in Crewe Alexandra's John Brayford seemed to have reached its conclusion with reports that the club had agreed a deal for £400,000 plus add-ons, though this was denied by Crewe boss Dario Gradi.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, Pre-season
Rumours resurfaced two weeks later, suggesting Derby were planning a £1m joint bid for Brayford and teammate James Bailey, who was seen as a long-term replacement for Robbie Savage. Crewe confirmed that an offer for the pair had been accepted on 18 May 2010.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, Pre-season
The deal was finalised on 19 May 2010 for an undisclosed fee with the deal believed to total an initial £800k, rising to over £1m with add ons and a 15% sell on clause The club announced it had agreed a deal to sign ADO Den Haag utility player Danny Buijs once the Dutch football season had finished, though they later pulled out of the deal.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, Pre-season
Dave Martin, who had had a successful loan spell with the club the previous campaign, formally completed his free transfer to the club following the completion of his contract with Millwall on 1 June 2010, signing a two-year deal.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, Pre-season
After sealing five signings within a month of the end of the 2010–11 season, the club stated that the playing staff was "shaping up more for how we would like it" Additionally, the club tied down five of its academy squad to professional deals on 8 July 2010, with goalkeeper James Severn, defender Kallum Keane, midfielders Jeff Hendrick and Graham Kelly and attacker Ryan Connolly all signing deals to become part of Nigel Clough's first team squad. Kelly was sent out on loan to League of Ireland Premier Division side Bray Wanderers the next day.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, Pre-season
The club also took on several trialists with Ilkeston Town's Amari Morgan-Smith, American Conor Doyle, Woking striker Joel Ledgister and Australian duo Marc Hatvani and Courtney Chipperfield taking part in the club's pre-season fixtures. Doyle impressed sufficiently enough for the club to sign him on a two-year deal which he signed ahead of the opening day of the season. Despite the addition of Doyle, there was a continued hunt for a new forward.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, Pre-season
The club where heavily linked with Scunthorpe United's Gary Hooper, who Clough highlighted as a player he admired, though Scunthorpe's fee proved too prohibitive for the club and he eventually joined Celtic for £2.4m, with Clough saying the move was not "right for (Derby) at this stage". Other players to attract attention were West Bromwich Albion's Simon Cox, Everton's James Vaughan, Wigan Athletic's Jason Scotland and Sheffield United's Billy Sharp, though Sharp eventually joined Doncaster Rovers.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, Pre-season
Of those leaving the club, it was announced that the contracts of first team players Jay McEveley, Gary Teale, Lee Hendrie, Lewis Price and Mark Dudley, as well as reserve team players Jermaine Johnson, Henrik Ojamaa and Alex Forde, would not be renewed. Paul Connolly was the first under contract player to leave the club, joining Championship rivals Leeds United on a 3-year deal. Leeds, alongside Q.P.R. and Burnley, also expressed an interest in top scorer Rob Hulse, who entered into the final year of his contract and was valued at £1.5m by the club.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, Pre-season
Derby coach Gary Crosby stated, "As much as we'd like to keep Rob, financially, we will maybe look to sell him" though CEO Tom Glick later dismissed any financial need to sell the striker. He was later linked with a £1m move to newly promoted Premier League side Blackpool, though his rumoured £600,000 yearly wage was suggested to be a stumbling block. Newly capped Irish international Paul Green was the subject of interest, this time from Celtic, though Derby moved quickly to dismiss any talk of a sale, describing Green as "untouchable." Temporary exits came when Lee Croft, who had made just one appearance in the last 8 months at the club, moved on a six-month loan deal to Football League One side Huddersfield Town. and youngsters Greg Mills and Ross Atkins joined AFC Telford United and Tamworth respectively.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, Pre-season
The club announced that Season ticket sales matched those of the previous campaign, with 2,000 season ticket sales on Friday 16 April 2010 being "one of the single busiest days in the Ticket Office's history." By close of the club's Early Bird offer (which froze 2010–11 Season Tickets at 2009–10 prices) on 18 April 2010, the club had sold 17,357 season tickets, 471 ahead of sales at the same point the previous summer, and claimed they had received calls from "several hundred" supporters who had been prevented from purchasing by the events of the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull. It was also revealed that the club's CEO, Tom Glick, had been elected to The Football League Board.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, August
Derby began the 2010–11 season away to newly promoted Leeds United. John Brayford, Gareth Roberts and James Bailey made their débuts in a 2–1 win, with Rob Hulse and Kris Commons scoring their first goals of the season as Derby inflicted Leeds first opening day defeat for 21 years and recorded only their second win at Elland Road in 35 years.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, August
The win was followed by a 1–0 defeat away to League Two side Crewe Alexandra in the League Cup First Round, the club's second successive defeat by a lower league side in the competition's opening stage, and saw injuries to Russell Anderson and Chris Porter weaken the Rams squad further. They were later joined by Ryan Connolly, who was ruled out for six months with a cruciate knee ligament injury incurred during an Under-18's friendly.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, August
Luke Varney, who was linked with another loan spell away from the club, made a shock return to the first team line-up after a year when Rob Hulse was ruled out for the home game against Cardiff City, leaving Varney as the only available striker on the books. Although Varney laid on Derby's goal for Tomasz Cwyka, the club fell to a second consecutive defeat as Cardiff ran out 2–1 winners.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, August
Despite being the sole forward fully fit and available, Varney was left out of the trip to Coventry City, to prevent a risk of injury ahead of a proposed loan move to an unidentified club. Left-back Dean Moxey was employed as a lone striker and scored his first for the club as it fell to another 2–1 defeat. After the match, it was revealed that Varney had joined Premier League club Blackpool on a season long deal, with a view to a £500k permanent move. The month's fixtures finished with a visit from league leaders Queens Park Rangers.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, August
Derby took a 2–0 lead, with James Bailey scoring his first for the club to add to Kris Commons opener, before QPR scored twice in second half injury time to snatch a 2–2 draw. It was the second consecutive season in which QPR had come from two down to claim a result at Pride Park Stadium, after recovering from two down to win 4–2 at Derby the previous campaign. Bailey's performance say him earn a place in the Football League Championship Team of the Week, the first Derby player to do so in the 2010–11 campaign.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, August
With the end of the transfer window approaching, Derby took Adelaide United youngster Alex Sunasky on trial and registered loan bids for W.B.A. striker Chris Wood, Real Valladolid's Alberto Bueno and long term target, Everton forward James Vaughan. Bueno eventually joined on a season long loan. It was also revealed that Clough left the Coventry defeat 5 minutes early to watch Notts County midfielder Ben Davies. though he remained at Notts County.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, August
Rob Hulse was again linked with a move away from the club, this time to Cardiff City, this time with the possibility of a cash-plus-Ross McCormack deal (though McCormack later joined Leeds United) and Queens Park Rangers. He eventually joined QPR for an undisclosed fee believed to be in the region of £750k, rising to over £1m after clauses. The only other move saw Arnaud Mendy leave to join Tranmere Rovers on a month-long loan.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, August
Financially, the club was revealed to have slashed almost 60% off of its agent's fees for the 2009–10 season in comparison to 2008–09 campaign. They spent £434,350, the ninth highest sum in the division, against the £1 million plus spent the previous year. The fees covered the 60 transactions, the highest in the country, the club committed to over the period between 1 July 2009, and 30 June 2010, which covered 22 loanees, 17 new registrations, 12 cancelled contracts and 9 updated contracts.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, August
The month ended with the unveiling of the long proposed Clough/Taylor statue at Pride Park. In 2008 a 9'0 high bronze statue of the pair – who had managed the club between 1967 and 1973 – was commissioned to adorn the north west portion of the ground to be called Unity Plaza. The statue was designed by Andrew Edwards and features both Clough and Taylor holding Football League First Division which they won with the club in the 1972. It was unveiled on 27 August 2010, 24 hours before the 2–2 draw with Queens Park Rangers.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, September
Derby entered the September international break with just four points from their opening four games and with no wins in their last four games in all competitions. The club's owners faced recriminations from supporters over the sale of Rob Hulse (top scorer over the last two season) on transfer deadline day leaving no time to recruit an adequate replacement, leading Executive Chairman Tom Glick to defend the club's actions, stating "We presented the offer to the manager and staff and they made the judgement from a footballing standpoint that this is an offer that was right to accept.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, September
Rob has been a great contributor and we acknowledge that when a player like Rob goes there will be disappointment. But ultimately I would have them [the fans] look at the squad Nigel has put together, take a look past the temporary injury situation and take a look at what we have in the squad and the style of football we are playing. And I would say have some faith that Nigel has done a very good job with recruitment and the results will be coming very soon. We firmly believe that."


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, September
The squad was again suffering from injuries – Chris Porter (hip), Russell Anderson (groin), Stephen Pearson (knee) were all short term casualties, with Steve Davies (cruciate ligaments) and Miles Addison (foot) out for the season. In addition, Jake Buxton was fit enough only for the bench and Tomasz Cywka playing with a protective mask on after fracturing his cheekbone. Reigning Player of the Year Shaun Barker was also playing with a slight thigh strain.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, September
The club restated its intention to benefit from the loan system, saying "There will be more and better players available on 7 September that were not available in the last window. That has to do Premier League's 25-man squad rule and Premier League sides holding on to guys just in case to make final decision" The club revealed it had agreed a deal with West Bromwich Albion to sign Chris Wood on loan, but WBA's own injury problems forced them to pull the plug on any deal.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, September
Though Derby initially hoped to resurrect it at a later date, they instead bought in Swansea City's Shefki Kuqi on a three-month loan and Wood's West Brom teammate Luke Moore and Sunderland youngster Ryan Noble on 29-day deals. There was also interest in Leicester City's Matt Fryatt, Aston Villa's Shane Lowry and former England U18 defender Netan Sansara was taken on trial.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, September
Results on the pitch did not improve, however, as defeats to Sheffield United and Hull City saw the club fall into the bottom three of the division for the first time under Clough's managerial reign, before a 1–1 draw at Barnsley, in which Dean Leacock scored his first professional goal to open the scoring, saw the club escape the relegation zone while extending its winless run to 7 matches in all competitions. The run was ended with a 5–0 thrashing of Crystal Palace on 25 September 2010.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, September
Alberto Bueno, who earned a place in the Football League Championship Team of the Week and Shefki Kuqi both scored their first goals for the club as Derby recorded their biggest league win since they beat Tranmere Rovers by the same scoreline on 17 April 1995. Kris Commons also scored in the Palace rout and took his tally to five with a double in a 3–1 win over Middlesbrough three days later, also missing a penalty, as Derby claimed their first consecutive victories of the season and lifted themselves up to 15th with 11 points from their first 9 games.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, September
Rumours again surfaced regarding the club's financial position and from the financial position of investor Jeff Martinovich, though CEO Tom Glick dismissed Martinovich as "a smaller investor who is not on the board, not involved in the operations of the football club and whatever troubles he has had they have not impacted on the bigger picture." Glick also dismissed a claim that the club has been for sale in the summer, stating "That is categorically untrue. We are baffled by the suggestion.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, September
There is nothing in it that is true and our commitment as an ownership group and operating Derby County for the long term remains in place." The rumours had gained credance due to the club missing out on high-profile targets James Vaughan and Chris Wood, though Glick stated this had been to footballing reasons rather than financial ones, with Derby matching or bettering the offers of the clubs the players eventually joined, Crystal Palace and Barnsley respectively.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, October
With injuries continuing to bite into the squad, with five centrebacks in Dean Leacock, Russell Anderson, Jake Buxton, Miles Addison and Mitchell Hanson unavailable, forcing rightback John Brayford to deputise at centrehalf and midfielder Paul Green to move rightback, Derby revealed they had made a loan approach for an unnamed 21-year-old Premier League defender ahead of the trip to Swansea City. though it was rebuffed. It was also announced that Arnaud Mendy's loan spell at Tranmere Rovers had been extended for another two months. They also took Euan Holden on trial.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, October
Of the loanees at the club, Luke Moore's spell at the club was extended to a second month, though Ryan Noble returned to Sunderland at the end of his 29-day loan after a back injury restricted him to just one substitute appearance, though Clough suggested a desire to bring him back when he regained full fitness.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, October
The club entered into the second international break of the season with a 0–0 draw at Swansea City which took the club's unbeaten run to four games, ending The Swans 100% home record in the process. During the international break, Russell Anderson, Mitchell Hanson and Gareth Roberts returned to action with roles in a reserve defeat against Rotherham United Addison was later was pencilled in to play a reserve game against Sheffield Wednesday but was later withdrawn as a precaution after admitting he felt "a bit stiff".


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, October
The promise of the imminent return of the defensive trio was dampened by the news first-choice goalkeeper Stephen Bywater has been ruled out for four weeks with a wrist injury sustained in training. The club moved to bring in a loan keeper, as they had the previous campaign while Bywater was suspended, and were linked with former number one Lee Grant and former target, Blackburn Rovers stopper Frank Fielding. Fielding eventually joined ahead of the Preston North End game on an emergency four-week deal.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, October
Saul Deeney was then ruled out of contention due to being placed on compassionate leave due to a serious family illness, leading to a recall for Ross Atkins from his loan spell at Tamworth, with James Severn instead sent to the club as a compensatory replacement. Fielding kept a clean sheet on his debut, a 3–0 victory over Preston North End and then helped The Rams to a second consecutive win as they beat Doncaster Rovers 3–2 at Keepmoat Stadium to reach 7th in the table, the club's highest league position since the opening day of the 2009–10 season. The run ended with a 2–0 reverse at Millwall, though a 4–1 home win over Watford saw The Rams end the month with 10 points from a possible 15. Tomasz Cywka grabbed a brace in the win, which earned him a place in the Championship Team of the Week.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, October
Chief Executive Tom Glick also answered fan questions in the local newspaper, the Derby Evening Telegraph. In a two part interview over the course of the 9/10 weekend international break, Glick revealed that the £15-million interest only loan against the Pride Park Stadium which was considered serviceable through the club's current operations and due to be repaid in 2016, with the club's wage bill operating at between £9m-£10m or just below 60% of the club's turnover.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, October
He added that the club had not turned a profit in the previous years of GSE's involvement and would be unlikely to in the current campaign, with the group's investors covering losses to ensure that losses did not add to the clubs debt. He also revealed that the club expected to be challenging for promotion to the Premier League within the next two years and back in the top flight within the next five with the aim for the 2010–11 campaign a top-half finish.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, November
November opened with a fifth straight home win of the campaign, when Portsmouth were beaten 2–0 in front of the Sky Sports cameras and a season record crowd of 29,086. The win lifted Derby into 4th in the table with the further boost of the return of Miles Addison for his first appearance in 10 months. Dean Moxey also earned a place in the Championship Team of the Week.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, November
The result was followed up with a third straight victory; 2–0 at Ipswich Town, which ended a run of seven straight defeats at Portman Road stretching back to 2002, as Kris Commons took his season tally to nine with a second-half brace. A 2–0 defeat at Leicester City was followed by a 3–2 win over Scunthorpe United, despite being reduced to 10-man after Gareth Roberts became the first Derby player of the season to be sent off.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, November
The victory was the club's sixth consecutive home win, with 20 goals scored in the process, setting a record at Pride Park and was the club's best run of home form for over 15 years. It also saw Robbie Savage and Kris Commons named in the division's Team of the Week. The month ended with a 2–1 defeat away to Burnley, though Savage was again named in the Team of the Week.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, November
In terms of playing staff, Stephen Bywater and Saul Deeney returned to availability after six weeks out, though Frank Fielding's loan from Blackburn Rovers was still extended after his seven appearances had reaped three clean sheet and 15 points from a possible 21. Luke Moore's loan was also extended to a third and final month. The return of Deeney and Bywater took Derby's available goalkeepers to four, meaning Ross Atkins was able to return to Tamworth on loan, with James Severn returning to Derby after six appearances for the non-league outfit.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, November
The club was also linked with a move for Bryne striker Geir André Herrem. It was revealed that Blackpool intended to complete a deal for on-loan Luke Varney, who had notched four goals in his loan spell at the Premier League team. Blackpool, manager Ian Holloway claimed that Blackpool had a "massive clause" in the loan deal which meant they could sign Varney for just £250k in the January 2011 transfer window, though Derby denied this saying Varney could be sold to any club and that no deal is in place with Blackpool. This alerted West Bromwich Albion to the striker's availability.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, December
Derby entered December fourth in the table but two consecutive defeats, at home to Norwich City (a first home defeat in over two months) and away to Bristol City (in a match marred by the controversial decision not to send off Bristol City keeper David James with the scores at 0–0), saw The Rams drop to seventh place.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, December
The defeats continued throughout the month, with a 2–1 defeat at home to Reading, the postponement due to snow of a home fixture against Doncaster Rovers and a 5–2 humbling away to local rivals Nottingham Forest meant Derby failed to take a solitary point from December's four fixtures and dropped to 12th in the table on the back of their worst sequence of results for three years.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, December
The Forest result saw Clough's patience snap with his playing staff, singling out Dean Leacock and Paul Green as "offering nothing", saying "We get to the stage where we give the players every opportunity but at some point you have to move on to the next group. You've either got it or you go back to League Two or Poland or wherever you're from. We can't afford to have nights like this."


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, December
The return of Stephen Bywater and the continuing presence of Luke Moore as first choice loan striker saw Frank Fielding and Shefki Kuqi return to their parent clubs on completion of their loan deals. It was also announced that reigning Player of the Year Shaun Barker had signed a new 31⁄2 deal with the club. At the end of his loan, Moore decided against staying with the club for the rest of the season, preferring to return to W.B.A. and "keep his options open" going into the January transfer window. The playing staff was bolstered by the return of Steve Davies and Chris Porter from long-term injuries though Clough still stated his intention to reshape his playing staff over the January transfer window, stating that Lee Croft in particular had no future at the club.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, January
The Rams started 2011 with a New Year's Day fixture away to Preston North End, just as they had opened 2007 in the 2006–07 promotion campaign. Clough made five changes to the side humiliated at Nottingham Forest just three days before. Dean Leacock, heavily criticised as "offering nothing" the previous game, was dropped to the bench, and Stephen Pearson, Conor Doyle and a returning Robbie Savage introduced into the midfield.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, January
Two enforced changes came with Gareth Roberts replacing the suspended Dean Moxey and Chris Porter making his first start of the league campaign as a replacement for Luke Moore, who returned to W.B.A. on the completion of his three-month loan. In the event, the changes earned Derby a first win in 6 as a Porter double sealed a 2–1 win at the division's bottom club. The result was followed by a 0–0 home draw with Millwall, Clough's 100th match in charge.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, January
The return of just seven points from the last nine fixtures was beginning to affect attendances, with just 24,239 attending the Millwall draw, the lowest attendance for a league match at Pride Park Stadium for almost four years, when just 23,122 attended an evening kick-off victory against Burnley on Tuesday 30 January. It was the third time in the 2010–11 campaign that attendances had dipped below 25,000 for a league fixture, something which had previously nor occurred since the said fixture against Burnley.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, January
The numbers, plus the nature of the support, led captain Robbie Savage to criticise the club's support, saying "What you want them to do when we are not playing well is get behind us. It's as if they're waiting for a mistake to get on our backs." However, the club's slight revival was undermined by a giant killing at the hands of non-league Crawley in the FA Cup third round, described by reporters as one of the "biggest FA Cup shocks of all time" and others as the most "humiliating result in Derby County's history".


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, January
The result saw Clough's job at the club reportedly come under threat as he issued an apology to the club's supporters, many of whom responded with demands for his dismissal Derby's Chief Executive Tom Glick answered fan's concerns by reiterating the club's support for Clough, saying "Nigel is absolutely our guy. We have been clear about that continuously" and promising investment in the playing staff in the current transfer window. The last result of the month saw Derby crash 1–0 at home to Nottingham Forest in front of a season-high crowd of 33,010. It was their first loss to their rivals at the Pride Park Stadium.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, January
Going into the January transfer window, Clough stated his desire to add three players, saying "in an absolute ideal world a defender, a midfielder and a forward would bolster the squad at the moment." Over the month club's principal targets were revealed as Liverpool defender Daniel Ayala, Notts County midfielder Ben Davies, Leicester City striker Martyn Waghorn and Kilmarnock forward Conor Sammon. Of the set, only long term target Davies joined the club before the closing of the transfer window, in a deal worth £350,000 after two lower bids were initially rejected.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, January
A season long loan deal for Ayala was delayed after he failed to recover in time from injury, loan target Waghorn decided to remain at Leicester and Sammon opted to join Wigan Athletic, despite a bid of around £600,000 being accepted by Kilmarnock. New one-year contract extensions were awarded to young duo Ryan Connolly and Jeff Hendrick and Lee Croft returned from his loan spell at Huddersfield Town, after just three appearances in five months.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, January
In terms of departures, two players left for transfer fees. Contract-rebel Kris Commons joined Celtic for a fee of around £300k, turning down a £500k overture from Celtic's Old Firm rivals who failed to match his wage demands. Left back Dean Moxey was the subject of a £400,000 bid from Crystal Palace, which was accepted by Derby. Clough stated the bid's acceptance was football, rather than financially related, explaining "He (Moxey) has not really progressed this season as much as we hoped. We just thought it was a good offer.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, January
We have got another good left back in Gareth Roberts and we can always get cover in on loan if we need it." Other departures saw Medi Abalimba, whose contract at Derby was terminated but the club held onto his registration, join Oldham Athletic on a free and the young trio of Graham Kelly, Mitchell Hanson and Kallum Keane had their contracts canceled five months early by mutual consent. Temporary departures saw Ross Atkins extend his stay at Tamworth and Greg Mills rejoin Telford on season long deals. Dave Martin moved on a month-long loan to League One side Notts County.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, January
Rumoured departures saw Dean Leacock and Paul Green linked with moves to the Premier League; Leacock with West Bromwich Albion and Green with Wolverhampton Wanderers and Blackpool, though both ultimately remained with the club. It was also revealed that club captain Robbie Savage was considering leaving the club for a move to Vancouver Whitecaps, Savage stating "One thing is for sure, I will be leaving Derby County at the end of the season, if not before, even if they offer me a new contract. My time is up here.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, January
I've thoroughly enjoyed my time with Derby and I want to walk away with my head held high." One fan responded by telephoning Savage during an interview on Radio Five Live and telling him to "leave the club now" and "take young Mr. Clough with him." Savage eventually rejected the move, stating it was too big a move for his family. Savage eventually announced his intention to retire at the end of the 2010–11 campaign via. his Twitter account on 31 January 2011.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, February
With the January exits of Kris Commons and Dean Moxey, coupled with the suspension of Dean Leacock, Clough made four changes from the defeat by Nottingham Forest for a home visit from Ipswich Town but the result remained the same – despite Alberto Bueno opening the scoring in the seventh minute, with his first goal in four months, Ipswich claimed a 2–1 victory at Pride Park to make it four consecutive home defeats for Derby.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, February
A season low of just 23,159 attended the game, and protests came from supporters over the perceived lack of investment from the board in the form of a "Sack the Board" banner unfurled prior to kick-off, a spectator streaking on the pitch during the second half, the booing off of the players at full-time and post-game protests by the main entrance to Pride Park, attended by some 2,000 supporters. There was also pressure on Clough, who was criticised by PFA Chief Gordon Taylor after comments he made about Tomasz Cwyka following a 1–1 draw at Portsmouth.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, February
Of Cywka, Clough said "He's an extremely inexperienced and not very bright footballer ... he can go back to Wigan or wherever he came from – I'm not really bothered – until he learns the game." This led Taylor to state that "It cannot be appropriate to criticise your team in such a way in public. We'll sort things out ... otherwise it looks an untenable situation."


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, February
Home defeats to Leicester City and Hull City and a 0–0 draw at Scunthorpe United stretched the club's winless run to eight games, with just one from the last fourteen, before a 1–0 away win at relegation rivals Sheffield United took the club 8 points clear of relegation with 13 games to play. The win saw Championship Team of the Week performances from John Brayford and goalscorer Theo Robinson.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, February
With the re-opening of the loan window, Derby signed Liverpool's Daniel Ayala, Sheffield United's Jamie Ward and Millwall's Theo Robinson on loan deals until the end of the season. Injuries to goalkeepers Stephen Bywater and Saul Deeney also led to the return of Blackburn Rovers goalkeeper Frank Fielding, who had been at the club earlier in the campaign, on loan until the end of the season and the recall of Ross Atkins from his loan spell at Tamworth. They were also unsuccessful loan bids for Swansea City forward Craig Beattie, Ipswich Town defender Damien Delaney, Blackpool's Rob Edwards, who had spent half-a-season at Pride Park in the 2003–04 season, and Preston North End's Paul Hayes.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, February
Thirty-four-year-old former-Barnsley striker Michael Boulding also signed for the club on a non-contract basis for the remainder of the campaign. The club also awarded new contracts to Steve Davies and Ben Pringle, with both deals being for an initial year with the option of a one-year extension.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, February
The home defeat by Leicester City was followed by more protests from supporters towards the board, leading Clough to request that the fans "stick with the team and owners", claiming "This season we are going to survive and next season we will be better for these experiences." In the light of the protest, former owner Peter Gadsby launched a new takeover bid for the club, stating he wanted to be "involved with the club again."


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, February
Derby County later released an official statement denying Gadsby's claims, saying "Mr. Gadsby has not, as is being reported, made an offer to buy the Club. The ownership group can confirm it recently received a letter from a third party, acting as a representative of Mr. Gadsby. There was no offer made in this letter. In addition, this letter did not specify how Mr. Gadsby intends to involve himself with the Club.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, February
The Club's ownership group has responded in writing and has had no subsequent contact with either Mr Gadsby or this third party, prior to today's public comments made through the media." The increasing sense of distrust between GSE and the Derby support led to various accusations being aimed at the club, including one that The Rams were being set up as a feeder club for MLS side Vancouver Whitecaps.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, March
Derby went into a their re-arranged home fixture against Doncaster Rovers with renewed confidence following their victory at Sheffield United, but turned out a performance described as captain Robbie Savage as "absolute disgrace" as they crashed to a 3–1 defeat. The crowd booed the players at full-time and accorded manager Nigel Clough with chants of "You don't know what you're doing" following the substitution of Theo Robinson.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, March
Clough responded that "I thought they (the fans) should have booed a little bit louder" and indicated he had no issues with the criticism of his substitution, admitting "They are entitled to do that." The result was followed with five points from the next four games, as a win over 2nd placed Swansea City and draws with Barnsley and Crystal Palace left the club 9 points clear of relegation, with nine to play, going into the international break. Jamie Ward, who hit a stunning 35-yard strike in the 2–2 draw at Crystal Palace, was named in the Championship Team of the Week for 19/20 March.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, March
The club was active in the emergency loan market, letting Stephen Bywater and Ben Pringle move out on loan, to Cardiff City and Torquay United respectively. However, Pringle spent just 19 days of the loan at Torquay, playing five days, returning to Derby after expressing a desire to fight for a place in the Derby first team rather than remain at Plainmoor. A loan deal which would have seen Dean Leacock move to Hull City for the remainder of the campaign also fell through. In terms of incoming deals, Matt Duke arrived on a season long loan from Hull City.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, March
The move for Duke proved to be a preemptive measure, as Frank Fielding's loan from Blackburn Rovers, which the club revealed was with a view to a permanent deal, would run out at the end of March, and not the end of the campaign as previously suggested, due to the 93-day emergency loan rule. However, Duke was recalled by Hull City before he was able to make a competitive appearance, who reacted by bringing in Liverpool's Brad Jones until the end of the campaign.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, March
Going into the final two months of the season, the board made several announcements regarding its intentions for the 2011–12 campaign. Regarding season tickets, the club announced its early-bird initiative would be extended until 15 May to ensure supporters knew which division the club would be in the following campaign and also offered season ticket holders a money-back guarantee if they are upset about the club's transfer activity during the close season, Tom Glick saying "It's about holding us to account and supporters judging us by our actions."


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, March
Glick also stated his disappointment with the lack of progress made during the game, stating there would be extra investment to bring in several "established" Championship "name" players to excite the support and his expectation that the club would at least occupy a top six position in the upcoming campaign. The club also published its accounts up to May 2010, showing a loss of £2.16m, compared to a loss of £14.93m for the previous 12 months.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, March
The figures showed the club's debt reduced from £22.3m to £19.1m, with Glick stating it currently stood at £15m after season ticket income was used to pay back part of the sum in June 2010. Turnover was marginally down £1.5m from £31.3m to £29.8m, mainly as a result of the club's 2008–09 domestic cup success (when it reached the League Cup semi finals and the FA Cup 5th Round) was not repeated. The wage bill for players was also reduced from £15.5m to £10.5m – and is said to currently stand at just over £9m after the departure of high-earners Rob Hulse and Kris Commons.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, April and May
The first game of April saw a 4–1 reverse at Cardiff City, which also saw Paul Green sustain a cruciate and medial ligaments injury which ruled him out for between six and nine months. Derby bounced back by taking five points from their next three games, a 2–2 draw at Coventry City, in which they fought back from 2–0 down, a 2–1 victory over Leeds United and a 0–0 draw away to top of the table Queens Park Rangers to leave themselves 9 points clear of relegation with just four games to play.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, April and May
Despite losing their next two games (Burnley and Norwich City) safety was confirmed on Easter Monday 2011, when results elsewhere assured The Rams could not be caught by their relegation rivals in the bottom three. With safety assured, Shaun Barker had surgery on a knee problem which had been an issue throughout most of his two years at Derby and had prevented him from training for the majority of the end of the 2010–11 season.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, April and May
Barker took to the pitch prior to the start of the last home game of the season against Bristol City to hand over his 2009–10 Jack Stamps Trophy to John Brayford. The match ended in a 0–2 defeat and meant that Derby lost 11 of their 23 home games throughout the campaign.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, April and May
In a post-match interview Clough stated that whilst talking with the fellow management staff during the game he had wondered "How many of those players out who started today we want out there on 6 August (and the answer is) not too many" and that he intended to bring in "6, 8, maybe 10" new players in the close season. Flying in the face of such talk of Clough restructuring was press speculation that Clough, fearing interference, would quit his position at Derby to return to Burton Albion.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, April and May
The final fixture of the season saw Ross Atkins and Callum Ball given their first professional starts in a 2–1 defeat at Reading which saw The Rams end the season in 19th, their lowest position on the league ladder in 5 years. The final tally of 49 points was the club's lowest ever from a 46-game season and their lowest in the second tier since 1984.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, April and May
Following the completion of the 2010–11 season, Derby announced their retained list for the 2011–12 campaign. Goalkeeping trio Saul Deeney, Ross Atkins and James Severn were all given new deals to their expiring contracts, while Callum Ball, Alex Witham, Aaron Cole and Chris Jones become first-year professionals after completing their scholarship programmes. The club also quickly entered into the transfer market, tying up permanent deals for loanees Frank Fielding, Jamie Ward and Theo Robinson within 48 hours of the end of the season, with the three signing for undisclosed fees, rumoured to total £900k.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, April and May
They also made a £700k bid for Barnsley defender Jason Shackell, a £1.25m move for Leicester City player Martyn Waghorn and a £300k move for Kilmarnock's Craig Bryson – all of which were rejected. The club also agreed terms with out-of-contract Aberdeen striker Chris Maguire, though the two clubs struggled to agree over the £400,000 compensation fee. There was also confirmation of a formal bid for Burton Albion goalkeeper Adam Legzdins.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, April and May
Speculated targets for the club included Watford midfielder John Eustace, who had had a loan spell at the club in 2009, Birmingham City's Kevin Phillips and Lee Bowyer, Adam Rooney of Inverness Caledonian Thistle. and Nottingham Forest's Nathan Tyson. There was also rumours of an audacious swoop for Manchester United and England striker Michael Owen, which Clough himself later dismissed as "silly season" speculation.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, April and May
The club confirmed the departures of Chris Porter, Greg Mills and Arnaud Mendy, alongside the retiring Robbie Savage, as they would not be offered new deals. It also confirmed that loanees Brad Jones, Daniel Ayala and Alberto Bueno would all return to their parent clubs. Ben Pringle was also told he was free to find another club, despite being handed a new 18-month contract just 3 months earlier and he later agreed personal terms with Rotherham United. It was also reported that Aberdeen had a move for Russell Anderson accepted but the player rejected the chance of a move, preferring to remain at Pride Park Stadium.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Review, April and May
At the end of May, the club announced it had sold 16,200 Early Bird Season tickets for the following campaign, just 500 down from the same point last season.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Transfers, In
Notes I Fielding was originally signed until the end of the 2010–11 season (ten weeks), though it was later revealed that the F.A. 's 93-emergency loan transfer rule limited his stay to just four weeks. II Duke was originally signed on loan until the end of the 2010–11 season (nine weeks), but was later recalled by parent club Hull City, effective from 31 March.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Transfers, Out
Notes I Mills originally joined Telford for four weeks, but this was later extended. II Atkins originally joined Tamworth for four weeks, but this was later extended to five months. However, the absence of Stephen Bywater and Saul Deeney led to Atkins early recall. III Mendy originally joined Tranmere for four weeks, but this was later extended. IV Atkins originally joined Tamworth until the end of the campaign, but injuries to Stephen Bywater and Saul Deeney again led to an early recall. IV Martin originally moved on a one-month deal, but this was extended for a further two months on 24 February 2011. VI Pringle originally signed a one-month deal with Torquay, but it was cancelled by mutual consent after 19 days.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Results, Friendlies
On 12 February 2010 the club made its first announcement regarding the club's 2010–11 pre-season friendlies ahead with the confirmation of a match against Italian side ACF Fiorentina. However, the game was cancelled due to "unforeseen circumstances" and replaced with a match against Birmingham City. The club announced additional matches in the final week of April 2010 before completing its itinerary with the announcement of its participation in the first match at Chesterfield's new ground, B2net Stadium, on 20 May 2010.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Results, Football League Championship
The fixtures for the 2010–11 Football League Championship season was announced on 17 June 2010, with the season beginning on 7 August 2010 and ending on 8 May 2011. The season opened with an away trip to Leeds United, a fixture which kicked off The Rams' 2004–05 season, and ends away to Reading.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Results, FA Cup
As a Football League Championship club, Derby joined the FA Cup at the Third Round stage in January 2011. They were given a draw away to non-league opposition for the second time in three years when they played the ESPN-televised tie away to Blue Square Premier team Crawley Town. Derby lost 2–1 in a result described as one of the "biggest shocks" in FA Cup history and the "most humiliating" result in "Derby County's history".


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Results, Football League Cup
As a Football League Championship club, Derby entered the Football League Cup at the First Round stage, which commenced the week starting 9 August 2010. The seeded and regionalised draw was made on 16 June 2010 with Derby, one of the Northern region's seeded teams, drawn against League Two side Crewe Alexandra, who they had never played in the competition before and had not met in any competition since a 5–1 win in the Football League Championship on 14 January 2006. The 2008–09 semi-finalists crashed out in the first round for the second successive season after a 46th minute Shaun Barker own goal condemned the Rams to a 1–0 defeat.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Reserves
The fixtures for the 2010–11 The Central League Division One Central Section were announced on 9 July 2010, with the season beginning on 17 August 2010 and ending on 20 April 2011. The season opened with an away trip to Port Vale and will end at home to Barnsley. The reserve side will attempt to defend the title won the previous season, and moved to Belper Town's Christchurch Meadow ground, rather than Alfreton Town's Impact Arena where they had spent the previous two years, in an attempt to take the reserve team out across Derbyshire.


2010–11 Derby County F.C. season, Reserves, Results, Derbyshire Senior Cup
Derby entered the 2011 Derbyshire Senior Cup for the first time in 25 years and were given a bye to the 3rd round of the competition. A 14–1 thrashings of Shirebrook Town set the tone for Derby's role in the competition, as they scored 24 goals on their way to victory in the competition to earn the reserves second piece of silverware in two seasons.


2010–11 Detroit Pistons season
The 2010–11 Detroit Pistons season was the 70th season of the franchise, the 63rd in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 54th in the Detroit area.


2010–11 Detroit Pistons season, Regular season, Record vs. opponents
* – Division leader x – Clinched playoffs y – Division leader


2010–11 Detroit Red Wings season
The 2010–11 Detroit Red Wings season was the 85th season of play for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on September 25, 1926, and saw the Red Wings equal the Dallas Cowboys (from 1966 to 1985) in second place for the most consecutive winning seasons in major North American professional sports.


2010–11 Detroit Red Wings season, Off season
The 2010 Detroit Red Wings off-season saw the acquisitions of Joey MacDonald from the Anaheim Ducks and Mike Modano from the Dallas Stars. In the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, the Red Wings picked Riley Sheahan out of the University of Notre Dame for their first round pick. The Red Wings looked to improve off of their 44–24–14 record in the 2009–10 season and make the Stanley Cup playoffs for the 20th consecutive season.


2010–11 Detroit Red Wings season, Regular season
On January 18, Nicklas Lidstrom was voted by the players to represent one of the teams as captain during the 2011 NHL All-Star Game.


2010–11 Detroit Red Wings season, Regular season, Conference standings
bold – qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; p – Won President's Trophy (best record in NHL)CE – Central Division, NW – Northwest Division, PA – Pacific Division


2010–11 Detroit Red Wings season, Schedule and results
Legend:  Win (2 points)    Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)


2010–11 Detroit Red Wings season, Playoffs
The Detroit Red Wings have qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the 20th consecutive season. The Red Wings currently hold the longest current streak of post-season appearances in all of North American professional sports.


2010–11 Detroit Red Wings season, Player statistics, Skaters
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes


2010–11 Detroit Red Wings season, Player statistics, Goaltenders
Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average


2010–11 Detroit Red Wings season, Player statistics, Goaltenders
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Red Wings. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only. ‡Traded mid-seasonBold/italics denotes franchise record


2010–11 Detroit Red Wings season, Transactions
The Red Wings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2010–11 season.


2010–11 Detroit Red Wings season, Draft picks
The 2010 NHL Entry Draft was held in Los Angeles on June 25–26, 2010.


2010–11 Detroit Red Wings season, Farm teams
The Grand Rapids Griffins remain Detroit's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate in 2010–11 and the Toledo Walleye will become the team's ECHL affiliate in 2010–11.


2010–11 Detroit Titans men's basketball team
The 2010–11 Detroit Titans men's basketball team represents the University of Detroit Mercy in the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach is Ray McCallum. The Titans play their home games at Calihan Hall and are members of the Horizon League.


2010–11 Detroit Titans men's basketball team, Game by game summary
11/13/2010 – Detroit at New MexicoThe Titans opened the season with an 11-point loss to the New Mexico Lobos of the Mountain West Conference with a final score of 63–54. Junior Eli Holman led the team in scoring with 15 points and also grabbed 13 rebounds. The game was described as sloppy, with both teams committing a combined 40 turnovers. Detroit shot 4 of 22 from beyond the arc and shot 31% from the field.


2010–11 Detroit Titans men's basketball team, Game by game summary
11/16/2010 – Detroit at #11 SyracuseDetroit played aggressive on defense and hit a few well-timed shots, putting the Titans up 28 to 25 at half-time. However, Syracuse went on a 17–4 run in the first six minutes of the second half to take a commanding lead at 42–32. Syracuse proceeded to turn the ball over three straight times, resulting in a 10–2 rally by Detroit that cut the lead to just two points with the score 44–42 with 9:29 to go in the game.


2010–11 Detroit Titans men's basketball team, Game by game summary
Syracuse responded with a 13–2 run to make the game 53–42 at 8:20, and Detroit would not come close for the rest of the game. The Titans of Detroit fell to the 11th ranked team in the country, Syracuse, 66–55. Eli Holman led the team in points and rebounds for the second straight game, scoring 17 and pulling down 10 boards.


2010–11 Detroit Titans men's basketball team, Game by game summary
11/19/2010 – Detroit vs Indiana TechDetroit had its home opener at Callihan Hall against the NCAA Division II Indiana Tech Warriors. The Titans routed Indiana Tech en route to a 93–62 victory. Detroit shot 54% from the field on 31 of 57 shooting. Chase Simon and Eli Holman both pulled down 7 rebounds each. Holman led the team in scoring for the third game in a row, scoring 21 points in front of a crowd of almost 3,000.


2010–11 Detroit Titans men's basketball team, Game by game summary
11/22/2010 – Detroit at Mississippi StateThe Titans traveled to Starkville, Mississippi to go up against the Mississippi State Bulldogs of the Southeastern Conference. The Bulldogs opened the game with an 18–12 lead just 4 minutes into the game, but the Titans fought back to take a 22–18 lead with 12:44 left in the half. Mississippi State went on the offensive, taking a commanding 40–32 lead at half-time. Detroit avoided foul trouble to help stay in the game, not allowing Mississippi State a single free throw attempt until the second half.


2010–11 Detroit Titans men's basketball team, Game by game summary
Detroit opened up the final frame by making 9 of 14 shots from the field in the first 8 minutes, bringing the Titans within a single basket at 57–54. The Bulldogs pushed the lead back to 10 at 66–56 with 8:42 left in the game, but the Titans did not go away, hitting several layups and jump shots down the stretch to be down by just 3 once again at 76–73 with just over a minute to play. The Titans missed many key free throws in the final 1:14.


2010–11 Detroit Titans men's basketball team, Game by game summary
The Bulldogs made 6-of-8 in the last 28 seconds of the game to put Detroit away 82–76. Jason Calliste led the Titans in scoring with 20 points. Ray McCallum, Jr. and Chase Simon scored 16 and 17 points apiece, but combined a 0 for 9 effort on 3-Pointers. Eli Holman led the team in rebounds for the fourth straight game, grabbing 10 against the Bulldogs.


2010–11 Detroit Titans men's basketball team, Game by game summary
11/26/2010 – Detroit vs AlbanyThe Albany Great Danes were very strong from three-point land, hitting 9 of 14 in the first half and 14 of 27 overall. As a result of their barrage, they led at half-time against the Titans 42–39. Detroit battled back to take the lead, but Albany hit a three pointer as time expired, tying the game at 68 at the end of regulation. The Titans led throughout most of the first overtime, but with the clock running down and Detroit up 72–69, Billy Allen of Albany again hit a three pointer as the buzzer sounded.


2010–11 Detroit Titans men's basketball team, Game by game summary
In the second overtime, the Titans quickly built a six-point lead to bring the score to 78–72 and would not relinquish the lead for the rest of the game. A free throw by Ray McCallum put the Titans up 84–82 with 7 seconds to play. Albany's Ralph Watts attempted a last second three-pointer for the win but missed, giving the Detroit Titans their second victory of the season. Eli Holman led the charge for Detroit, scoring a career-high 27 points and grabbing a team-high 15 rebounds.


2010–11 Detroit Titans men's basketball team, Game by game summary
11/27/2010 – Detroit vs Bowling GreenDetroit's second opponent in two nights was the Bowling Green Falcons of the Mid-American Conference. The Titans got out to an 8–0 start and went on to win 71–62. Eli Holman recorded his fourth double-double of the season, scoring 13 points and taking in 14 rebounds. Five Titans had 10 more points on the night, and they shot 55 percent from the field in the second half to keep the Falcons at bay.


2010–11 Detroit Titans men's basketball team, Game by game summary
11/28/2010 – Detroit vs NiagaraDetroit's final challenge in the Legends Classic was to get past the Niagara Purple Eagles of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Niagara started the game with a dunk, but not long after that the Titans rattled off a 9–0 run. The Titans' Nick Minnerath answered Niagara's dunk with one of his own, sparking a large run to the end of the half where Detroit was up 52–33, shooting 53% from the field.


2010–11 Detroit Titans men's basketball team, Game by game summary
The Titans started the second half picking up where they left off, going on an 8–0 run to bring their lead to 27. Detroit took a then season-low six three-point field goal attempts, opting instead to pound it inside and take jumpers which led to an overall shooting percentage of 48% on the evening. This was a radical change from their offensive scheme against Syracuse earlier in the season, and it paid off with an easy 96–77 win over the Purple Eagles.


2010–11 Detroit Titans men's basketball team, Game by game summary
Five Titans were in double figures in points on the night. Two of them recorded double-doubles for the Titans. LaMarcus Lowe had 12 points and 10 rebounds, while Eli Holman recorded his 6th double-double in 7 games, posting up 11 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. Ray McCallum led the team in scoring with 21 points while Jason Calliste put up a strong performance of 17 points on just 3 field goals in 6 attempts, but also 9 for 10 from the free throw line. Minnerath and Holman were named to the Legends Classic All-Tournament Team, with Holman taking Most Valuable Player honors.


2010–11 Detroit Titans men's basketball team, Game by game summary
12/1/2010 – Detroit vs AkronDetroit entered its second game of five against the MAC, this time hosting the Akron Zips. Chase Simon had a season-high 24 points including 20 in the second half, Eli Holman came just short of another double-double with a 13 rebounds and 9 points, and Ray McCallum contributed with 8 points, 10 assists, and 6 rebounds, but it proved to not be enough.


2010–11 Detroit Titans men's basketball team, Game by game summary
The Titans fought to keep pace with Akron all game long, being down by one 37–36 at half-time, but the Zips' play in the second half overwhelmed Detroit in the second with Akron's lead ballooning as high as 11, leading to the Titans' first home loss of the season 77–69. It was the first lost for the Titans against a MAC school in seven games, and Akron also broke Detroit's nine straight wins against non-conference opponents at home.


2010–11 Detroit Titans men's basketball team, Game by game summary
12/4/2010 – Detroit vs Wright StateDetroit opened Horizon League play at home against the Wright State Raiders. The Titans scored 10 of the first 12 points in the game, and never trailed. In the first half, Eli Holman hit for 5–6 from the field with 12 points and 8 rebounds, leading Detroit to a 39–30 lead at the half.


2010–11 Detroit Titans men's basketball team, Game by game summary
Wright State fought back in the second half to get the lead to as little as 67–64, but Detroit hit the majority of their free throws down the stretch and Holman capped it off with a dunk with 21 seconds remaining as he helped the Titans win 78–69. Jason Calliste led all scorers with 20 points on 4– of–5 shooting, all for threes, and 8–of–11 on free throws. Holman had 17 points and 12 rebounds, and Ray McCallum added 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 assists.


2010–11 Detroit Titans men's basketball team, Game by game summary
12/8/2010 – Detroit at Western MichiganThe Titans began a three-game road trip in the state of Michigan, starting off by facing the Western Michigan Broncos. Western Michigan led by as much as 11 in the opening frame, but Detroit successfully rallied in the last minute to cut the lead to 6 going into the break at 33–27 WMU. The Broncos scored the first 6 points of the second half, but Detroit scored 10 straight to bring the Titans within 2 at 39–37. Ray McCallum hit a three–pointer to tie the game up at 48–48.


2010–11 Detroit Titans men's basketball team, Game by game summary
Western Michigan again got out to a big lead, up 9, but a series of points in the paint tied the game up once again at 66–66 with 2:11 remaining. The Broncos' Mike Douglas hit two free throws and a trey to put his team up five with less than a minute to go. Jason Calliste converted a three–point play to cut the Bronco lead to 2. With just four seconds left, McCallum had his shot blocked, and the Titans failed to get off another clear shot as they fell to Western Michigan 71–69. McCallum led the team in scoring with 19 points. Eli Holman had 14 rebounds and 6 points.


2010–11 Division 1 Féminine
The 2010–11 Division 1 Féminine season was the 37th since its establishment. Lyon were the defending champions. The fixtures were announced in August 2010 and the season began on 5 September 2010 and ended early on 31 May 2011 in order to increase the fitness of national team players ahead of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. There were two promoted teams from the Division 2 Féminine, replacing the two teams that were relegated from Division 1 Féminine following the 2009–10 season. A total of 12 teams competed in the league with two clubs suffering relegation to the second division, the Division 2 Féminine.


2010–11 Division 1 Féminine
On 27 March 2011, Lyon successfully defended its title after defeating title rivals Montpellier 1–0 at the Stade Jules Rimet in Sussargues. The title is the club's fifth consecutive in the Division 1 Féminine and its ninth overall dating back to its FC Lyon years. The win also places Lyon in the 2011–12 edition of the UEFA Women's Champions League. Lyon eventually finished the season unbeaten. The runner-up place, which qualified for the Champions League too, was decided on the final match day in a direct encounter between Paris Saint-Germain and Montpellier. Paris ranked third before the match and had to win in order to overtake Montpellier, which they achieved with a 1–0 win courtesy of a goal in the 88th minute. [ 2] Paris will be making its debut in the UEFA Women's Champions League next season.


2010–11 Division 1 Féminine, Teams, Changes in 2009–10
On 2 May 2010, both the women's section of football clubs Rodez and Le Mans won their respective group to achieve promotion to the Division 1 Féminine. Rodez earned promotion following a 1–1 draw with AS Muret, who were in second place. Le Mans earned promotion after defeating ES Blanquefort 2–1.


2010–11 Division 1 Féminine, Teams, Changes in 2009–10
Montigny-le-Bretonneux were the first club to suffer relegation to the second division faltering with two games remaining in league play. On the final day of the league season, Soyaux became the second and final club to fall following its 2–0 loss to Montpellier.


2010–11 Division 1 Féminine, Awards, Player of the Year
For the second consecutive season, the French Football Federation awarded a trophy to the best player of the Division 1 Féminine. The award was based on a points-system with each manager of each club in the league voting for two players not on their team following each match day. Depending on their selection, the two players voted by each manager are given points of either three or one. During the season, the points were added up every week and, following the season, the player with the most points was awarded the honour.


2010–11 Division 1 Féminine, Awards, Player of the Year
The previous winner of the award was Lyon midfielder Eugénie Le Sommer, who won the award while playing for Stade Briochin. On 5 May 2011, Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Élise Bussaglia was given the Division 1 Féminine Best Player award for her performances during the season. In the season, which is still ongoing, Bussaglia appeared in 20 matches, scored ten goals, and issued four assists.


2010–11 Division 1 Féminine, Awards, UNFP Women's Player of the Year
The nominees for the UNFP Women's Player of the Year in the Division 1 Féminine. The winner was determined at the annual UNFP Awards, which was held on 22 May. The winner is displayed in bold.


2010–11 Division 1 Féminine, Notable transfers
The summer transfer window for the 2010–11 Division 1 Féminine includes a host of transfers by French internationals and youth internationals. On 30 June, midfielder Eugénie Le Sommer confirmed that she would be departing her club, Stade Briochin, to join the defending champions Lyon. The following day, centre back Sabrina Viguier did the same joining Lyon on a fédéral contract. On 9 July, fellow international defender Ophélie Meilleroux joined Montpellier from Nord Allier Yzeure.


2010–11 Division 1 Féminine, Notable transfers
During the same offseason, Paris Saint-Germain recruited three youth internationals to the club signing Léa Rubio and Charlotte Lozè from Montpellier and under-19 star Léa Le Garrec from relegated club Montigny-le-Bretonneux. Montpellier later nullified the departures of Rubio and Lozè by signing under-20 team captain Kelly Gadéa and under-20 team member Charlotte Bilbault.


2010–11 Division 1 Féminine, Notable transfers
On 5 July, Saint-Étienne confirmed that the club had signed Swiss international Muriel Bouakaz to a contract. Bouakaz had previously played with Zürich in the Nationalliga A. On 9 July, Montpellier announced the addition of Japanese international Rumi Utsugi to the team. Utsugi joins the club from NTV Beleza.


2010–11 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)
2010–11 was the 12th season that Division 1 functioned as the third-level of ice hockey in Sweden, below the second-level HockeyAllsvenskan and the top-level Elitserien (now the SHL).


2010–11 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey), Format
The 57 participating teams played the first half of the season in six groups divided geographically. The successful teams then moved into three new groups (the Allettan groups), while the remaining teams played in a continuation of their smaller existing groups. The teams with the worst records in these continuation groups were then forced to defend their places in Division 1 against challengers from Division 2 (see "relegation tournament" below) in a round-robin tournament called Kvalserien till Division 1. Meanwhile, the successful teams from the Allettan groups along with the group winners of the continuation groups played a playoff to determine who would have a chance to compete for promotion to the second-tier league HockeyAllsvenskan in Kvalserien till HockeyAllsvenskan.


2010–11 División de Honor Juvenil de Fútbol
The 2010–11 División de Honor Juvenil de Fútbol season was the 25th since its establishment. Barcelona was the champion.


2010–11 División de Honor de Futsal
The 2010–11 season of the División de Honor de Futbol Sala was the 22nd season of top-tier futsal in Spain. It was the last season under "División de Honor" name. From 2011–12 season, the top division will be called Primera División.


2010–11 División de Honor de Rugby
The 2010–11 División de Honor was the 44th season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competitions since 1953, played between September 2010 and March 2011. CR La Vila, who were runners-up the previous season, won their first ever league championship after they finished top of the table by a single point.


2010–11 División de Plata de Balonmano
The 2010–11 season of the División de Plata de Balonmano is the 17th season of second-tier handball in Spain.


2010–11 División de Plata de Balonmano, Final standings, Playoffs for promotion
The promotion playoffs will grant a seat in Liga ASOBAL for 2011–12 season.


2010–11 División de Plata de Futsal
The 2010–11 season of the División de Plata was the 18th season of second-tier futsal in Spain.


2010–11 Djurgårdens IF Hockey season
The 2010–11 Elitserien season was Djurgårdens IF Hockey's 35th season in the Swedish elite league, Elitserien. The regular season began on away ice on 16 September 2010 against HV71 and concluded on 5 March 2011 away against Timrå IK. This season saw Djurgården's attempt to win the playoffs, after losing the previous season's final.


2010–11 Djurgårdens IF Hockey season
Djurgården finished sixth in the regular season and were faced against Luleå HF in the quarterfinals. Djurgården lost the first three games, but won the three following games to tie the series 3–3. However, Luleå knocked out Djurgården in the seventh and deciding game, winning in overtime.


2010–11 Djurgårdens IF Hockey season, Pre-season
Djurgården lost several prominent players to NHL, including Jacob Josefson, Gustaf Wesslau, Kyle Klubertanz and Andreas Engqvist. However, in late May Djurgården signed on the replacements. Nils Ekman returned to Djurgården after seasons in the NHL and the KHL. Josef Boumedienne signed a 1+1 deal and Stefan Lassen was acquired from Leksands IF. Former Rögle forward Mario Kempe signed on in June. Stefan Ridderwall was chosen to be the main goaltender for the season; a position he had shared with Wesslau during the previous season.


2010–11 Djurgårdens IF Hockey season, Pre-season
Five players were brought up from Djurgården's youth program while one of them, goaltender Tim Sandberg, was loaned out to Sundsvall. Due to the uncertainty regarding Marcus Nilson's participation for the coming season, Djurgården signed Daniel Widing as a replacement in August. Two new goaltender coaches, Thomas Magnusson and Mikael Gerdén, were signed in May when former goaltender coach Jonas Forsberg decided retire from coaching.


2010–11 Djurgårdens IF Hockey season, Pre-season
Djurgården began the pre-season by playing in the 2010 European Trophy tournament, an extended version of the former Nordic Trophy, which Djurgården won last season. The tournament previously contained only Finnish and Swedish teams, but was in the 2010 tournament expanded to Austria, Czech Republic, Germany and Switzerland. However, Djurgården missed the European Trophy playoffs this year, ending in the fifth spot with 12 points.


2010–11 Djurgårdens IF Hockey season, Pre-season, European Trophy, Game log
Legend:   Win (3 points)  Overtime/Shootout win (2 points)  Loss (0 points)  Overtime/Shootout loss (1 point)


2010–11 Djurgårdens IF Hockey season, Regular season, Standings
x – clinched playoff spot; y – clinched regular season league title; e – eliminated from playoff contention; r – will play in relegation series


2010–11 Djurgårdens IF Hockey season, Regular season, Game log
Legend:   Win (3 points)  Overtime/Shootout win (2 point)  Loss (0 points)  Overtime/Shootout loss (1 point)


2010–11 Djurgårdens IF Hockey season, Drafted players
Djurgårdens IF players picked in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.


2010–11 Doncaster Rovers F.C. season
The 2010–11 season was the 131st season in Doncaster Rovers Football Club's existence, and their third consecutive year in the Championship, the second tier of English football.


2010–11 Doncaster Rovers F.C. season, Pre-season
Doncaster's first pre-season friendly was an away game against local team Askern Villa. They hosted newly promoted Premier League new boys West Bromwich Albion at the Keepmoat Stadium on 27 July, followed by a trip by local rivals and recently relegated Sheffield Wednesday on 31 July, again at the Keepmoat.


2010–11 Doncaster Rovers F.C. season, Players, First team
Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 2010–11 season.


2010–11 Doncaster Rovers F.C. season, Team kit
This season, Doncaster Rovers will be sponsored by Nike, after their deal with previous sponsor Vandanal expired. Their shirt sponsor has changed to One Call Insurance who previously sponsored the club during their days in the Football Conference.


2010–11 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team
The 2010–11 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Drake University during the 2010-11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team, which plays in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC), was led by third-year head coach Mark Phelps and played their home games at the Knapp Center. The Bulldogs finished the season 13–18, 7–11 in Missouri Valley play and lost in the first round of the 2011 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament.