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
SPL Third place
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 →

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 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

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

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

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 traveled 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 hoping 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 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 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; (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.

Players

Squad information

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

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Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in The SPL, Scottish Cup and League Cup.
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 Lithuania 29 Club captain
4 DF Jónsson Iceland 8 3rd captain
15 DF Webster Scotland 3 4th captain
23 DF Wallace Scotland 1 Vice-captain

Last updated: 11 May 2011
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Disciplinary records

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

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Source: BBC Sport
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Top scorers

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

Most frequent starting line-up

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

Transfers

In

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

Out

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

Loans

In

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

Out

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

See also

External links

References

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