2010–11 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
2010–11 season
Chairman Stuart Murphy
Manager Gordon Chisholm (until 15 October 2010)
Barry Smith
(from 15 October 2010)
Stadium Dens Park
Scottish First Division 6th
Scottish Cup Fourth Round, Losers v Motherwell
League Cup Second Round, Losers v Brechin City
Alba Challenge Cup Second Round, Losers v Stenhousemuir
Top goalscorer League: Sean Higgins (9)
All: Leigh Griffiths (12)
Highest home attendance 7,746 (vs Partick Thistle, 30 April 2011)
Lowest home attendance 3,503 (vs Cowdenbeath, 14 December 2010)
Average home attendance 4,728
Home colours
Away colours

The 2010–11 season was Dundee's 6th consecutive season in the Scottish First Division after being relegated from the SPL in 2005.

Contents

Season Summary

Dundee had an average start to the season, but results dramatically improved despite going into administration culminating in the release of their manager Gordon Chisholm,his assistant Billy Dodds & 9 players.[1] As a result of going into administration On November 1, 2010, the Dee were given a 25-point deduction as punishment.[2] After the punishment was imposed, Dundee were left bottom of the First Division table with -11 points, 20 points behind the second-bottom team. Dundee went on a 23 match undefeated streak avoiding relegating & ending the season in mid table (6th).

Match results

Division Summary

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
Ground H A H H A H A H A H A H A A H H H A H A H A A H A A H A H H A H A A H A
Result W L D W L D L W D D D W W W W W W D W W W W W D D W W D D D L D W W W L
Position 3 5 6 3 5 7 7 6 5 4 4 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 6

Last updated: 20 July 2011.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Division Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Dunfermline Athletic (C) (P) 36 20 10 6 66 31 +35 70 Promotion to the 2011–12 Scottish Premier League
2 Raith Rovers 36 17 9 10 47 35 +12 60
3 Falkirk 36 17 7 12 57 41 +16 58
4 Queen of the South 36 14 7 15 54 53 +1 49
5 Partick Thistle 36 12 11 13 44 39 +5 47
6 Dundee 36 19 12 5 54 34 +20 044*
7 Greenock Morton 36 11 10 15 39 43 −4 43
8 Ross County 36 9 14 13 30 34 −4 41
9 Cowdenbeath (Q) 36 9 8 19 41 72 −31 35 Qualification to the Scottish First Division Playoffs
10 Stirling Albion (R) 36 4 8 24 32 82 −50 20 Relegation to the Scottish Second Division

Updated to games played on 7 May
Source: ESPN Soccernet
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
* Dundee were deducted 25 points for entering administration. The deduction was temporarily lifted pending an appeal by the club, however the appeal failed and the deduction was reinstated.[3]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Scottish First Division

      Win       Draw       Loss

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Challenge Cup

Squad

Key:

= Appearances,
= Goals,
= Yellow card,

= Red card

Position Nation Name League Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Total
GK Robert Douglas 34 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0 2 1
GK John Gibson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
GK Scott Fox 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3+1 0 0 0
GK Dominic Cervi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Scott Findlay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Bobby Geddes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Dominic Shimmin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
DF Gary Irvine 31 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 36 1 4 1
DF Craig McKeown 34 1 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 38 1 9 1
DF Eric Paton 3+1 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 3+4 0 0 0
DF Stewart Greacen 0+1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 1 0
DF Milan Mišůn 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
DF Rhys Weston 29+1 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 33+1 0 7 0
DF Netan Sansara 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 1
DF Matthew Lockwood 33 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 5 2 0
DF Kyle Benedictus 10 0 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11+1 0 2 0
DF Connor Rennie 4+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4+2 0 0 0
DF Michael Hutcheon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Barry Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Neil McCann 2+1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2+1 1 0 0
MF Brian Kerr 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
MF Steven Robb 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
MF Jamie Adams 11 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 6 0
MF Gary Harkins 36 5 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 41 5 4 0
MF Johnny Stewart 4+6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5+6 0 0 0
MF Stephen O'Donnell 31+2 3 10 0 1 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 34+4 3 10 0
MF Nicky Riley 32+1 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 1+1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 35+2 5 6 1
MF Craig Forsyth 26+7 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 31+7 8 3 1
MF Paul McHale 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 2+3 0 0 0
MF Charlie Grant 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
MF Ross Carnegie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Graham Webster 2+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2+1 0 0 0
MF Gary Bartlett 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
FW Graham Bayne 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0
FW Njazi Kuqi 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
FW Colin McMenamin 3+5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0+2 1 0 0 5+7 2 0 0
FW David Witteveen 2+3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2+3 1 0 0
FW Jake Hyde 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0
FW Leigh Griffiths 18 8 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 2 1 0 0 23 12 6 1
FW Sean Higgins 19+7 9 6 1 1 0 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 1+1 1 0 0 21+9 10 7 1
FW Tom Brighton 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
FW Craig Robertson 2+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2+1 0 0 0
FW Leighton McIntosh 7+5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7+5 4 0 0
FW Alan Tulleth 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+3 0 0 0
FW Gary Irons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Mickaël Antoine-Curier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0

Players with a zero in every column only appeared as unused substitutes

Records

Top Goalscorers

Position Nation Name League Cups Total
1 Leigh Griffiths 8 4 12
2 Sean Higgins 9 1 10
3 Craig Forsyth 8 0 8

Disciplinary record

Position Nation Name Yellow Red Total
1 Craig McKeown 9 1 10
= Steve O'Donnell 10 0 10
3 Sean Higgins 7 1 8

Most frequent starting 11

Last updated on 23 July 2011.

Transfers

Transfers Summer

Players in

Player From Fee
Shimmin, DominicDominic Shimmin Greenock Morton Free[4]
Douglas, BarryBarry Douglas Queen's Park Free[5]
Fox, ScottScott Fox Queen of the South Free[6]
Riley, NickyNicky Riley Hamilton Academical Free[7]
O'Donnell, StephenStephen O'Donnell St. Mirren Free[7]
Irvine, GaryGary Irvine St. Johnstone Free[8]
Adams, JamieJamie Adams St. Johnstone Loan[9]
Sansara, NetanNetan Sansara Walsall Free[10]
Witteveen, DavidDavid Witteveen Heart of Midlothian Loan[11]
Kuqi, NjaziNjazi Kuqi Stevenage Borough Free[12]

Players out

Player To Fee
Bullock, TonyTony Bullock Livingston Free[13]
MacKenzie, GaryGary MacKenzie MK Dons Free[14]
Soutar, DerekDerek Soutar APEP Pitsilia Free[15]
Hart, RichieRichie Hart Östersunds FK Loan[16]
Cameron, ColinColin Cameron Cowdenbeath Free[17]
Clarke, PatPat Clarke Dunfermline Athletic Undisclosed[18]
Klimpl, MarošMaroš Klimpl Viktoria Žižkov Free[19]
Malone, EddieEddie Malone Ayr United Free[20]
Young, DarrenDarren Young Greenock Morton Free[21]
Rennie, ConnorConnor Rennie Deveronvale Loan[22]
Cowan, DavidDavid Cowan Free agent Free[23]
Malcolm, RobertRobert Malcolm Free agent Free[23]
Lauchlan, JimJim Lauchlan Sligo Rovers Free[24]
Casement, ChrisChris Casement Linfield Free[25]
Deasley, BryanBryan Deasley Forfar Athletic Free[26]

Transfers Mid Window

Players in

Player From Fee
Mišůn, MilanMilan Mišůn Celtic Loan[27]
Cervi, DominicDominic Cervi Celtic Loan[28]

Players out

Player To Fee
Fox, ScottScott Fox Partick Thistle Free[29]
McMenamin, ColinColin McMenamin Queen of the South Free[30]
Grant, CharlieCharlie Grant East Stirlingshire Free[31]
Kerr, BrianBrian Kerr Free agent Free[32]
Paton, EricEric Paton Stenhousemuir Free[32]
McHale, PaulPaul McHale Stirling Albion Free[33]

Transfers Winter

Players in

Players Why Source
None Transfer Embargo [32]

Players out

Player To Fee
Antoine-Curier, MickaëlMickaël Antoine-Curier Hamilton Academical Free[34]
Griffiths, LeighLeigh Griffiths Wolverhampton Wanderers &10000000000150000000000£150k[35]
Benedictus, KyleKyle Benedictus Montrose Loan[36]
Shimmin, DominicDominic Shimmin Dover Athletic Free[37]
Kuqi, NjaziNjazi Kuqi TPS Turku Free[38]

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