The 2010–11 season was Portsmouth's first season in the EFL Championship after relegation from the Premier League at the end of the previous season.
Season review On 22 October, Portsmouth issued a statement declaring "it appears likely that the club will now be closed down and liquidated by the administrators", but Pompey creditor Alexandre Gaydamak announced the next day that he had reached an agreement that could save their future. It was revealed just hours later that Portsmouth had finally come out of administration.
Players First-team squad Squad at end of season
Left club during season
Transfers Portsmouth had previously stated that any contracts due to expire at the end of the 2009–10 season would not be renewed due to their financial problems, and that they hoped to sign a new squad on free transfers and sell their squad from last year. As it transpired, only five players were released, on 19 May 2010; ten others were offered new contracts.
In Since Portsmouth were under a transfer embargo, they initially were not allowed to buy players or sign free agents as they could not guarantee the PFA that the wages for the players could be paid. The embargo was later lifted.
Number Date Position Name Club Fee Ref 25 28 July 2010 DF Ibrahima Sonko Stoke City Loan 1 4 August 2010 GK Jamie Ashdown Free agent Free 3 13 August 2010 DF Carl Dickinson Stoke City Loan 37 27 August 2010 GK Darryl Flahavan Free agent Free 27 27 August 2010 FW Nwankwo Kanu Free agent Free 18 31 August 2010 FW Dave Kitson Stoke City Transfer 7 31 August 2010 MF Liam Lawrence Stoke City Transfer 6 2 October 2010 DF Hermann Hreidarsson Free agent Free 2 19 October 2010 DF Greg Halford Wolverhampton Wanderers Loan 5 14 January 2011 DF Ritchie De Laet Manchester United Loan 14 25 January 2011 MF Jonathan Hogg Aston Villa Loan 17 17 February 2011 MF David Cotterill Swansea City Loan
Out Number Date Position Name Club Fee Ref 33 19 May 2010 MF Angelos Basinas AC Arles-Avignon Free 16 19 May 2010 DF Steve Finnan Retired – 19 May 2010 FW Omar Koroma Released Free 42 19 May 2010 MF Paris Cowan-Hall Scunthorpe United Free 38 19 May 2010 DF Callum Reynolds Basingstoke Town Free 46 6 July 2010 DF Lennard Sowah Hamburg Free 8 7 July 2010 MF Papa Bouba Diop AEK Athens Undisclosed 25 7 July 2010 DF Duško Tošić Red Star Belgrade Free 39 8 July 2010 DF Nadir BelhadjBelhadj was born in Saint-Claude, France, and represented France at U-18 level, but also qualified to represent Algeria internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Algeria in March 2004. Al Sadd Undisclosed 1 30 July 2010 GK David James Bristol City Free 26 3 August 2010 DF Tal Ben Haim West Ham United Season-long loan 23 18 August 2010 MF Kevin-Prince Boateng Genoa Undisclosed – 18 August 2010 MF Jordan Hughes Lisburn Distillery Free – 18 August 2010 MF Gauthier Mahoto Released Free – 18 August 2010 MF Gaël N'Lundulu Released Free 34 18 August 2010 FW Danijel SubotićSubotić was born in Zagreb, Yugoslavia (now Croatia), but also qualified to represent Switzerland internationally and represented Switzerland at U-19 level. Grosseto Free 6 31 August 2010 MF Marc Wilson Stoke City Transfer 21 31 August 2010 FW Tommy Smith Queens Park Rangers Transfer 29 31 August 2010 DF James Hurst West Bromwich Albion Undisclosed 40 31 August 2010 MF Marlon Pack Cheltenham Town Loan 31 9 September 2010 GK Liam O'Brien Eastbourne Borough Loan 5 9 September 2010 MF Matt Ritchie Swindon Town Loan 31 8 October 2010 FW Samuel Kehinde Released Free -9 December 2010DF Perry Ryan Bognor Regis TownLoan57 January 2011MF Matt Ritchie Swindon TownUndisclosed3818 January 2011DF Ellis Martin Havant & WaterloovilleLoan1729 January 2011FW John Utaka MontpellierUndisclosed3624 March 2011MF Tom Kilbey Lincoln CityLoan195 May 2011DF James BowelsReleasedFree
Player statistics
Squad statistics Last updated on 7 May 2011.
Disciplinary records Last updated on 7 May 2011. No.Pos.Nat.Player 1 GK Jamie Ashdown 2 0 0 2 DF Greg Halford 4 0 1 3 DF Carl Dickinson 5 0 1 4 DF Aaron Mokoena 11 0 0 5 DF Ritchie De Laet 5 0 0 6 DF Hermann Hreidarsson 7 0 0 20 DF Joel Ward 1 0 0 33 DF Ricardo Rocha 6 0 2 7 MF Liam Lawrence 3 1 0 8 MF Hayden Mullins 5 0 1 11 MF Michael Brown 2 0 0 14 MF Jonathan Hogg 7 1 0 17 MF David Cotterill 3 0 0 10 FW David Nugent 7 0 0 18 FW Dave Kitson 8 0 0 – MF Marc Wilson 2 0 0 – FW John Utaka 3 0 0
Competition
Championship
Results summary
Results by round
Championship
League Cup
FA Cup
Notes
References
External links Official Website