2010–11 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen
2010–11 season
Chairman Stewart Milne
Manager Mark McGhee (until 1 December 2010)
Neil Cooper (from 2 to 11 December 2010)
Craig Brown (from 13 December 2010)
Stadium Pittodrie Stadium
Scottish Premier League 9th
Scottish Cup Semi-finals
League Cup Semi-finals
Top goalscorer League:
Scott Vernon (10)
All:
Scott Vernon (16)
Highest home attendance 15,307 vs. Rangers 26 September 2010
Lowest home attendance 5,636 vs. Dunfermline Athletic 6 February 2011
Average home league attendance 8,874
Home colours
Away colours
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010-11 season was Aberdeen's 98th season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 100th season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish Premier League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup.

Aberdeen began the season with successive league wins over Hamilton Academical and St Johnstone, but suffered a poor run of form in the following months, culminating in a club record 0–9 defeat to Celtic in November 2010. The following month, Mark McGhee was sacked as manager and replaced by Motherwell manager Craig Brown.[1]

In the cups, Aberdeen reached the semi-final of the Scottish League Cup, losing 1–4 to Celtic in January 2011. Aberdeen also reached the semi-final of the Scottish Cup, losing 0–4 to Celtic in April 2011.

Pre-season and friendlies

Aberdeen announced a series of pre-season friendlies in May 2010, including a tour of England and games in Scotland and Germany.[2] The first pre-season friendly on 17 July 2010 against Highland Football League club Fraserburgh ended in a 1–3 defeat for Aberdeen.[3] The following day, Aberdeen won 2–0 against Peterhead, with Mitchel Megginson and Michael Paton scoring.[4] On 21 July, Aberdeen lost 0–1 to Dunfermline Athletic.[5]

Aberdeen's tour of England began in Tamworth on 24 July. Despite Aberdeen taking an early lead, Tamworth equalised early in the second half, and the game ended 1–1.[6] Aberdeen's next game was against Port Vale, Aberdeen won 1–0 thanks to a Michael Paton penalty ten minutes before the end of the game.[7] The tour of England concluded with a 0–1 defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion on 31 July 2010. [8]

Aberdeen returned to Scotland to face Brechin City in a memorial match for former Brechin City chairman David Will on 4 August 2010. The result was a 2–2 draw, Fraser Fyvie and Andrew Considine scored for Aberdeen. [9] Aberdeen's final pre-season game was in Germany against 1. FC Kaiserslautern on 7 August 2010. Aberdeen lost 0–2 to the Bundesliga club.[10]

Transfers

Seven new players arrived at Pittodrie in the summer transfer window, including Scotland international Paul Hartley, who was appointed as team captain. Three players were signed on loan between September 2010 and the end of the January transfer window, in addition to three permanent signings. Full-back Ricky Foster joined Aberdeen's rivals Rangers F.C. on transfer deadline day in August on a season-long loan, with striker Andrius Velička moving in the opposite direction.

In

Date Player From Fee Contract Length Source
June 2010 Northern Ireland Rory McArdle England Rochdale Free Two years [11]
5 July 2010 Northern Ireland Josh Magennis Wales Cardiff City Free Two years [12]
13 July 2010 England Mark Howard Scotland St Mirren Free One year [13]
26 July 2010 England Scott Vernon England Colchester United Free Two years [14]
26 July 2010 Togo Yoann Folly England Plymouth Argyle Free Two years [14]
28 July 2010 Scotland Paul Hartley England Bristol City Free Two years [15]
31 August 2010 Lithuania Andrius Velička Scotland Rangers Loan End of Season [16]
6 September 2010 Montenegro Nikola Vujadinović Italy Udinese Loan End of Season [17]
24 December 2010 Scotland David McNamee England Plymouth Argyle Free Six months [18]
31 December 2010 England Myles Anderson England Leyton Orient Free Six months [19]
13 January 2011 England Robert Milsom England Fulham Free Six months [20]
13 January 2011 England Nick Blackman England Blackburn Rovers Loan Six months [21]
31 January 2011 Scotland Steven Smith England Norwich City Loan Six months [22]

The end of the previous season saw three on-loan players return to their clubs. Paul Marshall, Jim Paterson and last season's top scorer Steven MacLean all left to go back to their parent club. Eight out-of-contract players departed Aberdeen on free transfers in the summer, including left-back Charlie Mulgrew, who rejoined Celtic, and former captain Mark Kerr, who joined Greek club Asteras Tripolis. Only one player left the club in the January transfer window, English defender Jerel Ifil, who was released from his contract.

Out

Date Player To Fee Note Source
31 May 2010 Scotland Charlie Mulgrew Scotland Celtic Free Out of Contract [23]
31 May 2010 Scotland Gary McDonald Scotland Hamilton Academical Free Out of Contract [24]
6 June 2010 Scotland Mark Kerr Greece Asteras Tripolis Free Out of Contract [25]
31 May 2010 Scotland Stuart Duff Scotland Inverness Caledonian Thistle Free Out of Contract [26]
31 May 2010 England Paul Marshall England Manchester City – Loan Return
31 May 2010 Scotland Jim Paterson England Plymouth Argyle – Loan Return
31 May 2010 Scotland Steven MacLean England Plymouth Argyle – Loan Return
31 May 2010 England Stuart Nelson England Notts County Free Out of Contract [27]
1 July 2010 Italy Davide Grassi Italy Sorrento Calcio Free Out of Contract [28]
Scotland Jonathan Crawford Scotland Montrose Free Out of Contract [29]
Scotland Nicky Clark Scotland Peterhead Free Out of Contract [30]
31 August 2010 Scotland Ricky Foster Scotland Rangers Loan End of season [16]
31 January 2011 England Jerel Ifil Free transfer Released [22]
2 March 2011 Scotland Mitchel Megginson Scotland Brechin City Loan One month [31]

Statistics

Appearances and Goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalSPL Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland Jamie Langfield 38 0 30+1 0 5+0 0 2+0 0
2 DF Northern Ireland Rory McArdle 36 4 27+1 2 3+1 1 4+0 1
3 DF Scotland Ricky Foster 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF Scotland David McNamee 13 0 9+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
4 MF Togo Yoann Folly 20 1 18+0 1 0+0 0 2+0 0
5 DF Scotland Zander Diamond 41 1 32+0 1 5+0 0 4+0 0
6 DF Scotland Andrew Considine 34 0 26+1 0 4+0 0 3+0 0
7 FW Scotland Chris Maguire 44 11 35+0 7 5+0 3 4+0 1
8 MF Scotland Paul Hartley (c) 32 8 23+1 4 4+0 0 4+0 4
9 FW England Scott Vernon 42 14 29+4 9 5+0 2 3+1 3
10 FW Scotland Darren Mackie 14 1 7+4 1 0+0 0 2+1 0
11 MF Nigeria Sone Aluko 33 2 27+1 2 3+1 0 1+0 0
13 DF Serbia Nikola Vujadinović 25 1 13+5 1 2+3 0 1+1 0
14 MF Scotland Derek Young 35 0 20+9 0 1+2 0 2+1 0
15 MF Scotland Peter Pawlett 16 1 6+7 1 0+2 0 0+1 0
16 DF England Jerel Ifil 20 0 13+4 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
16 DF Scotland Steven Smith 20 0 15+1 0 4+0 0 0+0 0
17 MF Scotland Fraser Fyvie 6 0 1+4 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
18 FW Lithuania Andrius Velička 6 1 1+5 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 FW Scotland Michael Paton 11 0 4+6 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
20 FW Northern Ireland Josh Magennis 36 4 10+19 3 2+3 1 1+1 0
21 GK England Mark Howard 11 0 8+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
22 MF Scotland Ryan Jack 37 1 26+4 1 4+0 0 1+2 0
23 FW Scotland Mitchel Megginson 8 0 1+5 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
24 FW England Nick Blackman 18 2 10+5 2 1+2 0 0+0 0
25 DF England Myles Anderson 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF England Robert Milsom 23 1 18+0 1 4+0 0 1+0 0
31 DF Scotland Nicky Low 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 DF Northern Ireland Dean Jarvis 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
35 MF Faroe Islands Hallur Hansson 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
37 DF Republic of Ireland Joe Shaughnessy 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
42 DF Scotland Clark Robertson 14 0 7+6 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
43 MF Scotland Ryan Fraser 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
52 MF Scotland Jack Grimmer 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary Record

Number Nation Position Name SPL Scottish Cup League Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card
6 Scotland DF Andrew Considine 9 1 0 1 0 0 9 2
8 Scotland MF Paul Hartley 6 2 0 0 1 0 7 2
7 Scotland FW Chris Maguire 6 1 0 0 0 0 6 1
2 Republic of Ireland DF Rory McArdle 4 1 0 0 1 0 5 1
19 Scotland FW Michael Paton 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
5 Scotland DF Zander Diamond 7 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
14 Scotland MF Derek Young 6 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
16 Scotland DF Steven Smith 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1 Scotland GK Jamie Langfield 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
42 Scotland DF Clark Robertson 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
3 Scotland DF David McNamee 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0
13 Montenegro DF Nikola Vujadinović 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
27 England FW Nick Blackman 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 Togo MF Yoann Folly 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
16 England DF Jerel Ifil 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
10 Scotland FW Darren Mackie 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
9 England FW Scott Vernon 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
27 England MF Robert Milsom 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
11 Nigeria MF Sone Aluko 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
43 Scotland MF Ryan Fraser 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 Scotland MF Ryan Jack 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Goal scorers

Rank Player SPL SC LC Total
1. England Scott Vernon 9 3 3 15
2. Scotland Chris Maguire 7 4 1 12
3. Scotland Paul Hartley 4 0 4 8
4. Northern Ireland Josh Magennis 3 1 0 4
5. Northern Ireland Rory McArdle 2 1 1 4
6. Nigeria Sone Aluko 2 0 0 2
7. England Nick Blackman 2 0 0 2
8. Scotland Zander Diamond 1 0 0 1
9. Togo Yoann Folly 1 0 0 1
10. Scotland Ryan Jack 1 0 0 1
11. Scotland Darren Mackie 1 0 0 1
12. England Robert Milsom 1 0 0 1
13. Scotland Peter Pawlett 1 0 0 1
14. Lithuania Andrius Velička 1 0 0 1
15. Serbia Nikola Vujadinović 1 0 0 1
16. Own goal 1 1 0 2

Results & fixtures

Scottish Premier League

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Scottish Premier League —— 9th 14 August 201014 May 2011
League Cup 2nd round— Semi-finals 25 August 201029 January 2011
Scottish Cup 4th Round— Semi-finals 8 January 201117 April 2011

Source: Competitions

SPL

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
7 Motherwell 38 13 7 18 40 60−20 46
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 38 5 11 22 24 59−35 26 Relegation to 2011–12 Scottish First Division

Updated to games played on 15 May.
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
More about European qualification:
a) Scotland is ranked 16th in the Coefficient table for 2011-12 European competitions. If the title holder of the Champions League qualifies for the group stage or for the third qualifying round (champions) via their domestic league, then the Scottish champions will advance to the Third Qualifying Round.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 11 5 22 39 59 −20 38 6 2 11 22 21 +1 5 3 11 17 38 −21

Source: BBC Sport

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAAHAHHAAHAHAAAAHHAAHHHHHAAAAHHAHHHA
Result W W L L D L L L W L L L L L L L W W D W L W L L W W D D L L L L L D W L L W
Position 1 1 3 3 4 6 7 9 8 8 9 9 11 11 11 12 11 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9

Source: BBC Sport
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results by opponent

Team Results[32] Points
1 2 3 4
Celtic 0–9 0–1 0–3 0
Dundee United 0–1 1–1 1–3 1
Hamilton Academical 4–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 10
Heart of Midlothian 0–1 0–5 0–0 1
Hibernian 4–2 2–1 0–1 3–1 9
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 6
Kilmarnock 0–1 0–2 5–0 3
Motherwell 1–1 1–2 1–2 1
Rangers 2–3 0–2 0–1 0
St Johnstone 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 4
St Mirren 1–2 2–0 2–3 0–1 3

Source: 2010–11 Scottish Premier League article

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "Dons Pre-season programme". Archived from the original on 26 June 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
  3. ↑ "Fraserburgh v Aberdeen". Aberdeen Football Club. 17 July 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  4. ↑ "Dons win in Peterhead". Aberdeen Football Club. 18 July 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  5. ↑ "Pars win in Dunfermline". Aberdeen Football Club. 21 July 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  6. ↑ "Honours even at Tamworth". Aberdeen Football Club. 24 July 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  7. ↑ "Port Vale 0 v 1 Aberdeen". Aberdeen Football Club. 27 July 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  8. ↑ "Dons are defeated on the South coast". Aberdeen Football Club. 31 July 2010. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
  9. ↑ "Late strike earns draw". Aberdeen Football Club. 4 August 2010. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
  10. ↑ "Report from Germany". Aberdeen Football Club. 7 August 2010. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
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  12. ↑ "Cardiff striker Josh Megennis signs for Aberdeen". BBC Sport. 5 July 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  13. ↑ "Aberdeen sign goalkeeper Mark Howard on one-year deal". BBC Sport. 13 July 2010. Archived from the original on 28 July 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  14. 1 2 "Aberdeen bolster squad by signing Folly & Vernon". BBC Sport. 26 July 2010. Archived from the original on 29 July 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  15. ↑ "Aberdeen take midfielder Paul Hartley from Bristol City". BBC Sport. 28 July 2010. Archived from the original on 30 July 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
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  21. ↑ "Aberdeen sign Nick Blackman and Robert Milsom". BBC Sport. 13 January 2011. Archived from the original on 25 January 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  22. 1 2 "Aberdeen sign Steven Smith on loan from Norwich". BBC Sport. 31 January 2011. Archived from the original on 1 February 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
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  24. ↑ "Hamilton Accies sign midfielder Gary McDonald". BBC Sport. 4 August 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
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  26. ↑ McLeod, Liam (13 May 2010). "Aberdeen rule out new deal for midfielder Stuart Duff". BBC News. Archived from the original on 16 May 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
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  30. ↑ "Clark back at Balmoor". Peterhead FC. 17 August 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
  31. ↑ "Dons youngster goes on loan". Aberdeen Football Club. 2 March 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  32. ↑ Aberdeen's score is shown first.
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