2010–11 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

The 2010–11 season is the 114th season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian. It is the 13th consecutive season of play in the Scottish Premier League in which Hearts have competed since its inauguration in 1998–99. Hearts will also compete in the Scottish Cup & the Scottish League Cup.

Heart of Midlothian
2010–11 season
Chairman Roman Romanov
Manager Jim Jefferies
Stadium Tynecastle Stadium
Scottish Premier League 3rd
Scottish Cup Fourth Round
League Cup Third Round
Top goalscorer League:
Rudi Skácel (13)
All:
Rudi Skácel (13)
Highest home attendance 17,156 vs. Hibs Scottish Premier League 1 January 2011
Lowest home attendance 4,922 vs. Elgin Scottish League Cup 24 August 2010
Home colours
Away colours
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

Contents

Overview

Hearts first four SPL games of the 2010–11 season were announced as St Johnstone at home, Hamilton away, Dundee Utd at home, and Celtic away.

Heart of Midlothian have made 6 signings over the summer break: Stephen Elliott, Kevin Kyle, Darren Barr, Marian Kello, as a permanent deal, after being on loan at the club, Adrian Mrowiec from FBK Kaunas and Rudolf Skácel returned to the club.

Hearts started the league off with a 1–1 draw with St Johnstone, a 0–4 win over Hamilton, and a 1–1 draw with Dundee United. Performances have received positive reviews so far, and Hearts have been unlucky not to win all 3 of their opening games, taking the lead in each.

Hearts have had 6 consecutive wins in a row beating rivals Hibernian 2–0 at Easter Road Stadium, while beating Celtic, Hamilton and Saint Johnstone 2–0 as well, they hammered Aberdeen 5–0 at Tyncastle and beat Motherwell 2–1 away from home.

On the 3 February 2011 it was announced that Andy Webster would return to the club after being released by Rangers of deadline day of the transfer window. He signed a two and a half year deal.

Hearts Drew 5 then lost the last 3 games of the season against Rangers, Celtic and Dundee United narrowly scraping third place by 2 points. despite being 16 points clear at one point in the season.

Matches

Pre-Season Friendlies

Scottish Premier League

Main article: Scottish Premier League 2010–11

Hearts began their SPL campaign at home to St. Johnstone.

Upcoming Scottish Premier League fixtures are the intellectual property of the Scottish Premier League. For upcoming Scottish Premier League fixtures, see the official Heart of Midlothian FC website

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2010–11 Scottish Cup

Hearts entered the Scottish Cup in the fourth round and were given a tough game by SPL side St. Johnstone narrowly being defeated 0–1 at home in the dying minutes of the game.

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2010–11 Scottish League Cup

Hearts entered the Scottish League Cup in the second round being handed a home tie against Scottish Third Division side Elgin City. Hearts won the game emphatically 4–0. Hearts then travelled to Scottish First Division side Falkirk. The game was a dramatic affair Hearts going in 2–0 down at half time with only ten men left after Craig Thomson was sent off. Hearts fought back and went 3–2 ahead through a penalty and goal from Kevin Kyle and Suso Santana only to be disappointed again when with Hearts tiring falkirk equalised to make it 3–3 in the 80th minute. Hearts tried to defend hard hopeing to push the game to extra time only to be defeated in the last minutes of injury time. Falkirk knocking them out 4–3.

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Rangers (C) 38 30 3 5 88 29 +59 93 2011–12 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2 Celtic (TQ) 38 29 5 4 85 22 +63 92 2011–12 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
3 Heart of Midlothian (TQ) 38 18 9 11 53 45 +8 63 2011–12 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
4 Dundee United 38 17 10 11 55 50 +5 61
5 Kilmarnock 38 13 10 15 53 55 −2 49
6 Motherwell 38 13 7 18 40 56 −16 46
7 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 14 11 13 51 44 +7 53
8 St. Johnstone 38 11 11 16 23 43 −20 44
9 Aberdeen 38 11 5 22 39 59 −20 38
10 Hibernian 38 10 7 21 39 61 −22 37
11 St. Mirren 38 8 9 21 33 57 −24 33
12 Hamilton Academical (R) 38 5 11 22 24 59 −35 26 Relegation to the 2011–12 Scottish First Division

Updated to games played on 16:39, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
More about European qualification:
a) A further Europa League place is available through the Scottish Cup. The winners will qualify for the Play-off round, due to the winner of the 2011 UEFA Europa League Final having guaranteed their qualification for Europe via their League.
b)Hearts, the third-placed team of the 2010–11 Scottish Premier League, will enter the second qualifying round. However, should Celtic win the 2010–11 Scottish Cup, Hearts will be moved up to enter the third qualifying round. The The Second qualifying round spot would be taken by the cup runners-up (if Celtic wins the cup), or the fourth-placed team of the league otherwise.

(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.

Players

Squad information

Squad Number Player Name Position Appearances Goals
1 János Balogh GK 1 0
2 Dawid Kucharski DF 0 0
3 Lee Wallace DF 10 0
4 Eggert Jónsson DF 32 1
5 Darren Barr DF 14 0
6 Rubén Palazuelos MF 36 0
7 Suso Santana MF 21 1
8 Ian Black MF 34 1
9 Kevin Kyle FW 22 10
10 Stephen Elliott FW 31 8
11 Andrew Driver MF 14 0
12 David Templeton MF 36 7
13 David Obua MF 14 0
14 Callum Elliot FW 21 4
15 Andy Webster DF 9 0
16 Ryan Stevenson MF 34 7
17 Ryan McGowan DF 8 0
18 Arvydas Novikovas MF 8 2
19 Rudi Skácel MF 29 13
20 Jason Thomson DF 6 0
21 Ismaël Bouzid DF 35 0
23 Gary Glen FW 11 0
24 Craig Thomson DF 29 1
25 Marián Kello GK 32 0
26 Marius Žaliūkas DF 29 1
27 Scott Robinson FW 5 1
28 Mark Ridgers GK 0 0
30 Jamie MacDonald GK 8 0
31 Adrian Mrowiec MF 33 0
34 Johnny Stewart MF 0 0
42 Robert Ogleby FW 0 0
44 Denis Prychynenko MF 0 0
47 Colin Hamilton DF 0 0
51 Jason Holt MF 1 0
52 David Smith FW 1 0
Jamie Mole FW 0 0
Evaldas Razulis MF 0 0

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1Player first came to the club on loan and was transferred the following year.
Squad only includes players currently registered with the club and those with professional contracts only.

Captains

No. P Name Country No. Games Notes
26 MF Žaliūkas LIT 29 Club captain
4 DF Jónsson ISL 8 3rd captain
15 DF Webster SCO 3 4th captain
23 DF Wallace SCO 1 Vice-captain

Last updated: 11 May 2011
Source: Competitive match reports.
Only competitive matches.
Only starts as captain.
Ordered by player who has been captain the most number of times.
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Disciplinary records

No. Pos. Nat. Player
1 GK János Balogh 0 0 0
2 DF Dawid Kucharski 0 0 0
3 DF Lee Wallace 3 0 0
4 DF Eggert Jónsson 7 0 1*
5 DF Darren Barr 3 0 0
6 MF Rubén Palazuelos 6 1 1
7 MF Suso Santana 5 0 0
8 MF Ian Black 12 0 0
9 FW Kevin Kyle 6 0 0
10 FW Stephen Elliott 2 0 0
11 MF Andrew Driver 1 0 0
12 MF David Templeton 5 0 0
13 MF David Obua 1 0 1
15 FW Callum Elliot 2 0 0
15 DF Andy Webster 0 0 0
16 MF Ryan Stevenson 3 0 0
17 DF Ryan McGowan 1 0 0
18 MF Arvydas Novikovas 0 0 0
19 MF Rudi Skácel 5 0 0
20 DF Jason Thomson 3 0 0
21 DF Ismaël Bouzid 7 0 0
23 FW Gary Glen 0 0 0
24 DF Craig Thomson 5 0 1
25 GK Marián Kello 0 0 0
26 DF Marius Žaliūkas 5 0 1
27 FW Scott Robinson 0 0 0
28 GK Mark Ridgers 0 0 0
30 GK Jamie MacDonald 0 0 0
31 MF Adrian Mrowiec 5 0 0
34 MF Johnny Stewart 0 0 0
42 FW Robert Ogleby 0 0 0
44 MF Denys Prychynenko 0 0 0
47 DF Colin Hamilton 0 0 0
51 MF Jason Holt 0 0 0
52 FW David Smith 0 0 0
FW Jamie Mole 0 0 0
FW Evaldas Razulis 0 0 0
  • Red Card was rescinded after appeal.

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Source: BBC Sport
Only competitive matches

Y = Number of bookings;  YY = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  R = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Top scorers

Squad No Pos PLayer SPL SC LC Total
19 MF Rudi Skácel 13 0 0 13
9 FW Kevin Kyle 7 0 3 10
10 FW Stephen Elliott 8 0 0 8
12 MF David Templeton 7 0 0 7
16 MF Ryan Stevenson 7 0 0 7
14 FW Callum Elliot 4 0 0 4
18 MF Arvydas Novikovas 1 0 1 2
8 MF Ian Black 1 0 0 1
4 MF Eggert Jónsson 0 0 1 1
27 FW Scott Robinson 0 0 1 1
7 MF Suso Santana 0 0 1 1
26 DF Marius Zaliukas 1 0 0 1
24 DF Craig Thomson 1 0 0 1
23 FW Gary Glen 1 0 0 1

Most frequent starting line-up

Kello
Jónsson
Zaliukas
Bouzid
Palazuelos
Mrowiec
Black
Skacel
Templeton
Eliott
Kyle

Most frequent starting line-up uses the team's most used formation: 4–4–2. The players used are those who have played the most games in each respective position, not necessarily who have played most games out of all the players.

Hearts Personnel Awards

Player Award Date
Jim Jefferies SPL Manager of the month November
David Templeton SPL Young player of the month November
Marius Zaliukas SPL Player of the month December
David Templeton SPL Young player of the month December
Marian Kello SPL Player of the month February
Marian Kello SPL Save Of the Season Season
Jason Holt SPL Under 19 League Player of the Season Season
David Templeton HYDC Young Player of the Year Season

Transfers

In

Player Club from Fee
Darren Barr Falkirk Free
Kevin Kyle Kilmarnock Free
Stephen Elliott Preston North End Free
Marian Kello FBK Kaunas Undisclosed fee
Adrian Mrowiec FBK Kaunas Undisclosed fee
Rudolf Skácel Free Agent Free
Andy Webster Rangers Free

Out

Player Released/Transfer Club to
David Witteveen Released Stirling Albion
Michael Stewart End Of Contract Gençlerbirliği
José Gonçalves End Of Contract FC St. Gallen
Laryea Kingston End Of Contract Vitesse

Loans

In

Player In/Out Club From Club To
Evaldas Razulis In FBK Kaunas Heart of Midlothian

Out

Player In/Out Club From Club To
Arvydas Novikovas Out Heart of Midlothian St Johnstone
David Witteveen Out Heart of Midlothian Dundee
Jonathan Brown Out Heart of Midlothian Stirling Albion
Mark Ridgers Out Heart of Midlothian Airdrie United F.C.
Ryan McGowan Out Heart of Midlothian Partick Thistle F.C.
Conrad Balatoni Out Heart of Midlothian Partick Thistle F.C.
Gordon Smith Out Heart of Midlothian Stirling Albion F.C.
Johnny Stewart Out Heart of Midlothian Dundee
Paul Mulrooney Out Heart of Midlothian Clyde
Danny Thomson Out Heart of Midlothian Clyde
Dean Lyness Out Heart of Midlothian East Fife
Dylan McGowan Out Heart of Midlothian East Fife
Matthew Park Out Heart of Midlothian East Fife
Michael Deland Out Heart of Midlothian East Fife
Jamie Mole Out Heart of Midlothian Raith Rovers

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