2010–11 in English football

The 2010-11 season is the 131st season of competitive football in England.

The season began on 6 August 2010 for the Football Leagues, with the Premier League and Football Conference both starting 8 days later on 14 August 2010. League One and League Two will end on 7 May 2011, with the Championship finishing the following day, 8 May 2011.

Promotion and relegation
Teams promoted to Premier League
 * Newcastle United
 * West Bromwich Albion
 * Blackpool

Teams relegated from Premier League
 * Hull City
 * Burnley
 * Portsmouth (will start on -3 points if failing to fulfil an opening fixture)

Teams promoted to Championship
 * Norwich City
 * Leeds United
 * Millwall

Teams relegated from Championship
 * Sheffield Wednesday
 * Plymouth Argyle
 * Peterborough United

Teams promoted to League One
 * Notts County
 * Rochdale
 * Bournemouth
 * Dagenham & Redbridge

Teams relegated from League One
 * Gillingham
 * Wycombe Wanderers
 * Southend United
 * Stockport County

Teams promoted to League Two
 * Stevenage
 * Oxford United

Teams relegated from League Two
 * Grimsby Town
 * Darlington

Diary of the season
1 July 2010: Roy Hodgson signs a three-year contract to manage Liverpool, ending their month-long hunt for a successor to Rafael Benitez.

2 July 2010: Yossi Benayoun joins Chelsea for an undisclosed fee.

7 July 2010: Leicester City appoint Swansea City's Paulo Sousa as manager to replace Nigel Pearson, who moved to Hull City at the end of last month.

8 July 2010: Sunderland captain Lorik Cana departs to Galatasaray of Turkey for £5million. Cana, a 26-year-old Albanian international who spent one season at the Stadium of Light, has signed a four year contract with the Istanbul club.

9 July 2010: Sheffield United reject an approach from Swansea City for their assistant manager Gary Speed to take over as manager of the South Wales club.

14 July 2010: David Beckham rules out taking over as England manager in the future, but declares his desire to play for the nation at Euro 2012 as well as the 2014 World Cup. Manchester City sign Spain winger David Silva from Valencia for £24million.

16 July 2010: Sir Trevor Brooking urges the Football Association to appoint an English successor when Fabio Capello eventually departs from the role of England manager. Brendan Rodgers, the former Watford and Reading manager, is appointed as Swansea City's new manager.

19 July 2010: Joe Cole signs a four-year deal with Liverpool after weeks of speculation. His contract ran out at Chelsea in June.

22 July 2010: Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill announces that he is willing sell to midfielder James Milner after the player expressed his desire to leave the club. He is widely tipped to sign for Manchester City, who recently had a £20million offer for him turned down.

23 July 2010: Former Millwall, Wycombe Wanderers and Bradford City striker Gavin Grant, 26, is found guilty (along with another man) of committing a murder in London in May 2004. Grant was initially cleared of the murder three years ago but charged again when new evidence came to light.

26 July 2010: Tottenham Hotspur become the latest club to express interest in moving to the Olympic Stadium in London after the 2012 games. West Ham United is the only club to have officially bid for the venue while Leyton Orient were once considering moving there but decided against it.

28 July 2010: After just six months back at Arsenal, former England defender Sol Campbell signs for Newcastle United on a one-year contract. This means that Campbell, 35, will be playing in the Premier League for the 19th season running. Alongside Ryan Giggs, he is now the only player who will have played in every single Premier League season since its inception.

29 July 2010: Mark Hughes, sacked as Manchester City manager seven months ago, accepts an offer to take over as manager of Fulham and is confirmed as Roy Hodgson's successor.

30 July 2010: Veteran England goalkeeper David James signs a one-year contract with Bristol City.

6 August 2010: Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas pledges his future to the North London club following months of speculation that he will move to FC Barcelona.

Deaths

 * 14 July 2010 – Ken Barnes, 81, wing-half defender who made 283 appearances for Manchester City, and was a member of the City side that won the FA Cup in 1956. Later became manager of Wrexham before returning to City as chief scout
 * 17 July 2010 - Shaun Mawer, 50, full back defender who made 60 appearences for Grimsby Town from 1977-1980

Euro 2012 qualification
England will be competing in Group G.