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

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

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 NumberPlayer NamePositionAppearancesGoals
1Hungary János BaloghGK10
2Poland Dawid KucharskiDF00
3Scotland Lee WallaceDF100
4Iceland Eggert JónssonDF321
5Scotland Darren BarrDF140
6Spain Rubén PalazuelosMF360
7Spain Suso SantanaMF211
8Scotland Ian BlackMF341
9Scotland Kevin KyleFW2210
10Republic of Ireland Stephen ElliottFW318
11England Andrew DriverMF140
12Scotland David TempletonMF367
13Uganda David ObuaMF140
14Scotland Callum ElliotFW214
15Scotland Andy WebsterDF90
16Scotland Ryan StevensonMF347
17Australia Ryan McGowanDF80
18Lithuania Arvydas NovikovasMF82
19Czech Republic Rudi SkácelMF2913
20Scotland Jason ThomsonDF60
21Algeria Ismaël BouzidDF350
23Scotland Gary GlenFW110
24Scotland Craig ThomsonDF291
25Slovakia Marián KelloGK320
26Lithuania Marius ŽaliūkasDF291
27Scotland Scott RobinsonFW51
28Scotland Mark RidgersGK00
30Scotland Jamie MacDonaldGK80
31Poland Adrian MrowiecMF330
34Scotland Jonny StewartMF00
42Wales Robert OglebyFW00
44Ukraine Denis PrychynenkoMF00
47Scotland Colin HamiltonDF00
51Scotland Jason HoltMF10
52Scotland David SmithFW10
England Jamie MoleFW00
Lithuania Evaldas RazulisMF00
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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
1GKHungaryJános Balogh000
2DFPolandDawid Kucharski000
3DFScotlandLee Wallace300
4DFIcelandEggert Jónsson701*
5DFScotlandDarren Barr300
6MFSpainRubén Palazuelos611
7MFSpainSuso Santana500
8MFScotlandIan Black1200
9FWScotlandKevin Kyle600
10FWRepublic of IrelandStephen Elliott200
11MFEnglandAndrew Driver100
12MFScotlandDavid Templeton500
13MFUgandaDavid Obua101
15FWScotlandCallum Elliot200
15DFScotlandAndy Webster000
16MFScotlandRyan Stevenson300
17DFAustraliaRyan McGowan100
18MFLithuaniaArvydas Novikovas000
19MFCzech RepublicRudi Skácel500
20DFScotlandJason Thomson300
21DFAlgeriaIsmaël Bouzid700
23FWScotlandGary Glen000
24DFScotlandCraig Thomson501
25GKSlovakiaMarián Kello000
26DFLithuaniaMarius Žaliūkas501
27FWScotlandScott Robinson000
28GKScotlandMark Ridgers000
30GKScotlandJamie MacDonald000
31MFPolandAdrian Mrowiec500
34MFScotlandJonny Stewart000
42FWWalesRobert Ogleby000
44MFUkraineDenys Prychynenko000
47DFScotlandColin Hamilton000
51MFScotlandJason Holt000
52FWScotlandDavid Smith000
FWEnglandJamie Mole000
FWLithuaniaEvaldas Razulis000
  • Red Card was rescinded after appeal.

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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 NoPosPLayerSPLSCLCTotal
19MFCzech Republic Rudi Skácel130013
9FWScotland Kevin Kyle70310
10FWRepublic of Ireland Stephen Elliott8008
12MFScotland David Templeton7007
16MFScotland Ryan Stevenson7007
14FWScotland Callum Elliot4004
18MFLithuania Arvydas Novikovas1012
8MFScotland Ian Black1001
4MFIceland Eggert Jónsson0011
27FWScotland Scott Robinson0011
7MFSpain Suso Santana0011
26DFLithuania Marius Zaliukas1001
24DFScotland Craig Thomson1001
23FWScotland Gary Glen1001

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

PlayerClub fromFee
Scotland Darren BarrFalkirkFree
Scotland Kevin KyleKilmarnockFree
Republic of Ireland Stephen ElliottPreston North EndFree
Slovakia Marian KelloFBK KaunasUndisclosed fee
Poland Adrian MrowiecFBK KaunasUndisclosed fee
Czech Republic Rudolf SkácelFree AgentFree
Scotland Andy WebsterRangersFree

Out

PlayerReleased/TransferClub to
Austria David WitteveenReleasedStirling Albion
Scotland Michael StewartEnd Of ContractGençlerbirliği
Portugal José GonçalvesEnd Of ContractFC St. Gallen
Ghana Laryea KingstonEnd Of ContractVitesse Arnhem

Loans

In

PlayerIn/OutClub FromClub To
Lithuania Evaldas RazulisInFBK KaunasHeart of Midlothian

Out

PlayerIn/OutClub FromClub To
Lithuania Arvydas NovikovasOutHeart of MidlothianSt Johnstone
Austria David WitteveenOutHeart of MidlothianDundee
Scotland Jonathan BrownOutHeart of MidlothianStirling Albion
Scotland Mark RidgersOutHeart of MidlothianAirdrie United F.C.
Australia Ryan McGowanOutHeart of MidlothianPartick Thistle F.C.
England Conrad BalatoniOutHeart of MidlothianPartick Thistle F.C.
Scotland Gordon SmithOutHeart of MidlothianStirling Albion F.C.
Scotland Jonny StewartOutHeart of MidlothianDundee
Scotland Paul MulrooneyOutHeart of MidlothianClyde
Scotland Danny ThomsonOutHeart of MidlothianClyde
England Dean LynessOutHeart of MidlothianEast Fife
Australia Dylan McGowanOutHeart of MidlothianEast Fife
Australia Matthew ParkOutHeart of MidlothianEast Fife
Scotland Michael DelandOutHeart of MidlothianEast Fife
England Jamie MoleOutHeart of MidlothianRaith Rovers

See also

References

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