2010–11 Football League Championship
The 2010–11 Football League Championship (known as the npower Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the seventh season of the league under its current name and nineteenth season under its current league division format. It started on 6 August 2010 and concluded on 7 May 2011, with the resultant play-offs concluding with the final on 30 May.
| Season | 2010–11 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Queens Park Rangers (2nd divisional title) |
| Promoted | Queens Park Rangers Norwich City Swansea City |
| Relegated | Preston North End Scunthorpe United Sheffield United |
| Matches played | 552 |
| Goals scored | 1,510 (2.74 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Danny Graham (24) |
| Biggest home win | Norwich City 6–0 Scunthorpe United (2 April 2011) |
| Biggest away win | Doncaster Rovers 0–6 Ipswich Town (15 February 2011) |
| Highest scoring | Leeds United 4–6 Preston North End (28 September 2010) |
| Longest winning run | 8 games Reading |
| Longest unbeaten run | 19 games Queens Park Rangers |
| Longest winless run | 14 games Preston North End Sheffield United |
| Longest losing run | 6 games Ipswich Town |
| Highest attendance | 33,622 Leeds United 1–0 Sheffield United (25 September 2010) |
| Lowest attendance | 4,190 Scunthorpe United 0–3 Preston North End (15 March 2011) |
| Average attendance | 17,457 |
← 2009–10 2011–12 → | |
Queens Park Rangers secured the Championship title on 30 April 2011, ending their 15-year hiatus from the Premier League, while Norwich City secured the second automatic promotion spot two days later, ending a six-year absence from the top flight. Swansea City won the play-off final to take the final promotion place.
Preston North End, Scunthorpe United and Sheffield United were relegated to League One.