title: 2010–11 Bristol Rovers F.C. season
text: # 2010–11 Bristol Rovers F.C. season
  
  The 2010–11 season was Bristol Rovers fourth season in League One since being promoted via the League Two play-offs in 2006–07. Bristol Rovers had a poor season and on 30 April 2011, they were relegated to League Two after a 1–1 draw with Sheffield Wednesday. Bristol Rovers 2010–11 season officially began on 1 July 2010 and concluded on 30 June 2011, with competitive fixtures taking place between August and May.
  
  ## Season Events
  
  * 15 December 2010 – Bristol Rovers manager Paul Trollope is sacked by Bristol Rovers after 5 seasons in charge of the club.
  * 10 January 2011 – Bristol Rovers appoint Dave Penney as their new manager.
  * 7 March 2011 – Bristol Rovers sack manager Dave Penney and leaves the club languishing 23rd in the League One table, five points from safety.
  * 7 March 2011 – Bristol Rovers sign 20-year-old Bermudan international Reggie Lambe on loan from Ipswich Town until the end of the season.
  * 7 May 2011 – On 30 April 2011, Bristol Rovers were relegated to League Two after a 2–1 defeat away at Colchester United.
  
  ## Competitions
  
  ### Overall
  
  | Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Football League One | — | — | 22nd | 7 August 2010 | 7 May 2011 |
  | Football League Cup | 1st round | — | 1st round | 10 August 2010 | 10 August 2010 |
  | Football League Trophy | 1st round | — | 1st round | 4 September 2011 | 4 September 2011 |
  | FA Cup | 1st round | — | 1st round | 6 November 2010 | 6 November 2010 |
  
  Updated to match played 30 May 2015 Source: Competitions
  
  ### Standings
  
  Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; (R) = Relegated
  
  Champion  Runner-up  Play-off  Relegated
  
  ### Results summary
  
  | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  Last updated: 2 April 2011. Source: BRFC League One Results
  
  ### Result round by round
  
  | Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
  | Result | L | W | D | L | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | D | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | L | D | L | D | L |
  | Position | 23 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 9 | | | | | | | | | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
  
  ### Penalties awarded
  
  | Date | Success? | Penalty Taker | Opponent | Competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 18–09–10 | Y | Jeff Hughes | Dagenham and Redbridge | League One |
  | 11–10–10 | Y | Jeff Hughes | Swindon Town F.C. | League One |
  | 16–10–10 | Y | Jeff Hughes | Rochdale | League One |
  | 5–4–11 | Y | Jeff Hughes | Bournemouth | League One |
  | 30–4–11 | Y | Jeff Hughes | Sheffield Wednesday | League One |
  
  ## Season statistics
  
  ### Appearances, goals and cards
  
      As of 9 May 2011.
  
  | No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | JP Trophy | JP Trophy | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
  | 1 | GK | Mikkel Andersen | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 1 | GK | Luke Daniels | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 2 | DF | Carl Regan | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
  | 3 | DF | Gary Sawyer | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
  | 4 | MF | Chris Lines | 42 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 5 | 12 | 0 |
  | 5 | DF | Danny Coles | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
  | 6 | DF | James Tunnicliffe | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 7 | MF | Stuart Campbell | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
  | 8 | FW | Will Hoskins | 43 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 20 | 3 | 0 |
  | 9 | FW | John Akinde | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
  | 9 | FW | Rene Howe | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 10 | FD | Darryl Duffy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 11 | MF | Jeff Hughes | 42 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 11 | 6 | 0 |
  | 13 | GK | Mike Green | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 14 | MF | Wayne Brown | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
  | 15 | DF | Byron Anthony | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
  | 16 | MF | Dominic Blizzard | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 17 | FW | Jo Kuffour | 42 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 46 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
  | 18 | FW | Eliot Richards | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 19 | DF | Mark Wright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 19 | DF | Cian Bolger | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
  | 19 | MF | Reggie Lambe | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 20 | MF | Charlie Reece | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 21 | MF | Charlie Clough | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 22 | MF | Harry Pell | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 23 | FW | Ben Swallow | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
  | 24 | MF | Ollie Clarke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 25 | MF | George Booth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 26 | DF | Mark Cooper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 27 | MF | Jack McKenna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 28 | FW | Lamar Powell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 29 | DF | Darren Jefferies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 31 | DF | David McCracken | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 33 | MF | Scott Davies | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 34 | MF | Jean-Paul Kalala | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 35 | MF | Gavin Williams | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
  | 36 | GK | Conrad Logan | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 37 | DF | Danny Senda | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
  | 38 | DF | Jerel Ifil | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 42 | FW | Ellis Harrison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  
  Source: Soccerbase
  
  ### Goalscorers
  
  | No. | Pos | Name | League One | League Cup | FA Cup | JPT | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 8 | FW | Will Hoskins | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21 |
  | 11 | MF | Jeff Hughes | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
  | 4 | MF | Chris Lines | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
  | 15 | DF | Byron Anthony | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
  | 14 | MF | Wayne Brown | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3' |
  | 23 | MF | Ben Swallow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 35 | FW | Gavin Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | 9 | FW | Rene Howe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  
  ## Awards
  
  ### Club awards
  
  At the end of the season, Bristol Rovers held annual awards dinner. Rewards received were for the players and backroom staff, for instance such as Player of the Year, Young Player of the Year, Youth Player of the Year, Goal of the Season and Clubman of the Year. The event was held at The Memorial Stadium, the supporters and the supporters club were all in attendance.
  
  ## Transfers
  
  ### In
  
  | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | MF | Harry Pell | Charlton Athletic | Free |
  | DF | Gary Sawyer | Plymouth Argyle | Free |
  | FW | Will Hoskins | Watford | Free |
  | DF | James Tunnicliffe | Brighton & Hove Albion | Loan |
  | MF | Wayne Brown | Fulham | Free |
  | GK | Mikkel Andersen | Reading | Loan |
  | FW | John Akinde | Bristol City | Loan |
  | GK | Luke Daniels | West Brom | Loan |
  
  ### Out
  
  | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | MF | Sean Rigg | Port Vale | Free |
  | FW | Andy Williams | Yeovil Town | Free |
  | DF | Steve Elliott | Cheltenham Town | Free |
  | MF | Mark Wright | Shrewsbury Town | Loan |
  | GK | Rhys Evans | Southend United | Free |
  | FW | Darryl Duffy | Hibernian | Loan |
  | MF | Ollie Clarke | Gloucester City | Loan |
  | MF | Charlie Clough | Newport County | Loan |
  
  ## Fixtures and results
  
  Won  Drawn  Lost  Postponed
  
  