2010–11 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

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 →

The 2010–11 season was the 130th season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian, and their 28th consecutive season in the top level of Scottish football, competing in the Scottish Premier League. Hearts also competed in the Scottish Cup & the Scottish League Cup.

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

16 July 2010 Friendly	Barga XI	1–2	Hearts	ll Ciocco
	Ragghianti 11'	Hearts Report	Johnson 5' Smith 74'	Attendance: 20

27 July 2010 Friendly	Dunfermline	3–1	Hearts	East End Park
	Phinn 46' Cardle 59' (69)	Hearts Report	Elliot 85'	Attendance: 2,195 Referee: John McKendrick

29 July 2010 Friendly	Gillingham	1–2	Hearts	KRBS Priestfield Stadium
	Rooney 50' (pen.)	Hearts Report	Novikovas 52' Bouzid 82'	Attendance: 2,359 Referee: Gavin Ward

31 July 2010 Friendly	Millwall	2–3	Hearts	New Den
	Trotter 44' (54)	Hearts Report	Jonsson 12' (pen.) Thomson 82' (87)	Attendance: 8,376 Referee: Paul Crossley

3 August 2010 Friendly	Hearts	0–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Tynecastle Stadium
			Halford 4' Ward 16'	Attendance: 5,616

7 August 2010 Friendly	Hearts	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	Tynecastle Stadium
	Suso 25'	Blackburn Report	Diouf 60'	Attendance: 6,333 Referee: Craig Thomson

Scottish Premier League

Hearts began their SPL campaign at home to St Johnstone.

14 August 2010 SPL	Hearts	1–1	St Johnstone	Tynecastle
	Elliot 45'	BBC Sport	Parkin 45' Anderson 73'	Attendance: 14,562 Referee: S O'Reilly

21 August 2010 SPL	Hamilton Academical	0–4	Hearts	New Douglas Park
	Canning 75'	BBC Sport	Elliot 6', 81' Templeton 24' Palazuelos 63' Kyle 76' (pen.)	Attendance: 2,899 Referee: S Finnie

29 August 2010 SPL	Hearts	1–1	Dundee United	Tynecastle
	Templeton 30'	BBC Sport	Gomis 85'	Attendance: 12,898 Referee: C Thomson

11 September 2010 SPL	Celtic	3–0	Hearts	Celtic Park
	Forrest 28' Maloney 44' McCourt 90'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 49,023 Referee: W Collum

18 September 2010 SPL	Inverness CT	1–3	Hearts	Caledonian Stadium
	Odhiambo 37'	BBC Sport	Innes 45' (o.g.) Stevenson 55' Elliot 69'	Attendance: 4,515 Referee: I Brines

25 September 2010 SPL	Hearts	0–2	Motherwell	Tynecastle
		BBC Sport	Blackman 58' Sutton 70'	Attendance: 13,749 Referee: M Tumilty

2 October 2010 SPL	Hearts	1–2	Rangers	Tynecastle
	Skácel 12'	BBC Sport	Lafferty 80' Naismith 90'	Attendance: 15,637 Referee: C Thomson

16 October 2010 SPL	Aberdeen	0–1	Hearts	Pittodrie Stadium
		BBC Sport	Kyle 46'	Attendance: 8,999 Referee: M Tumilty

23 October 2010 SPL	Hearts	3–0	St Mirren	Tynecastle
	Skácel 2', 24', 90'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 12,009 Referee: C Murray

31 October 2010 SPL	Hearts	0–3	Kilmarnock	Tynecastle
		BBC Sport	Wright 45' Sammon 80' Eremenko 82'	Attendance: 13,056 Referee: S O'Reilly

7 November 2010 SPL	Hibernian	0–2	Hearts	Easter Road
	Riordan 88'	BBC Sport	Templeton 19' Elliot 67'	Attendance: 17,767 Referee: W Collum

10 November 2010 SPL	Hearts	2–0	Celtic	Tynecastle
	Black 29' Templeton 58'	BBC Sport	Ledley 56'	Attendance: 15,632 Referee: C Thomson

13 November 2010 SPL	St Johnstone	0–2	Hearts	McDiarmid Park
		BBC Sport	Kyle 64' (pen.) Stevenson 90'	Attendance: 4,156 Referee: M Tumilty

20 November 2010 SPL	Hearts	2–0	Hamilton Academical	Tynecastle
	Skácel 32' Templeton 52'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 12,620 Referee: I Brines

11 December 2010 SPL	Hearts	5–0	Aberdeen	Tynecastle
	Templeton 5' Skácel 9', 58' Elliott 51' Novikovas 78'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 13,434 Referee: M Tumilty

14 December 2010 SPL	Motherwell	1–2	Hearts	Fir Park
	Lasley 45' Jennings 82'	BBC Sport	Reynolds 44' (o.g.) Kyle 60' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,324 Referee: S O'Reilly

18 December 2010 SPL	Hearts	1–1	Inverness CT	Tynecastle
	Kyle 25' (pen.)	BBC Sport	Munro 17'	Attendance: 12,994 Referee: B Winter

29 December 2010 SPL	St Mirren	0–2	Hearts	St Mirren Park
	Potter 81'	BBC Sport	Templeton 63' Kyle 82' (pen.)	Attendance: 4,599 Referee: C Allan

1 January 2011 SPL	Hearts	1–0	Hibernian	Tynecastle
	Kyle 86'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 17,156 Referee: C Murray

18 January 2011 SPL	Kilmarnock	1–2	Hearts	Rugby Park
	Miguel 19'	BBC Sport	Elliott 73', 86'	Attendance: 4,996 Referee: S Conroy

22 January 2011 SPL	Hearts	1–0	Rangers	Tynecastle
	Stevenson 77'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 16,737 Referee: M Tumilty

26 January 2011 SPL	Celtic	4–0	Hearts	Celtic Park
	Forrest 7' Stokes 53', 71' McCourt 80'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 49,460 Referee: E Norris

29 January 2011 SPL	Hearts	1–0	St Johnstone	Tynecastle
	Skácel 3'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 14,250 Referee: C Allan

2 February 2011 SPL	Rangers	1–0	Hearts	Ibrox Stadium
	Lafferty 4'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 44,823 Referee: B Winter

12 February 2011 SPL	Hamilton Academical	0–2	Hearts	New Douglas Park
		BBC Sport	Elliott 22', 47'	Attendance: 2,876 Referee: S O'Reilly

19 February 2011 SPL	Hearts	2–1	Dundee United	Tynecastle
	Skácel 45' Žaliūkas 88' Palazuelos 90'	BBC Sport	Douglas 6'	Attendance: 15,473 Referee: C Murray

26 February 2011 SPL	Aberdeen	0–0	Hearts	Pittodrie Stadium
		BBC Sport		Attendance: 9,100 Referee: M Tumilty

5 March 2011 SPL	Hearts	0–2	Kilmarnock	Tynecastle
		BBC Sport	Silva 50' Eremenko 56', 72'	Attendance: 13,836 Referee: S McLean

16 March 2011 SPL	Dundee United	2–0	Hearts	Tannadice Park
	Russell 83', 90'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 6,718 Referee: I Brines

19 March 2011 SPL	Hearts	3–2	St Mirren	Tynecastle
	Skácel 55', 90' Stevenson 82'	BBC Sport	Higdon 15', 69'	Attendance: 12,763 Referee: S Finnie

3 April 2011 SPL	Hibs	2–2	Hearts	Easter Road
	Miller 35' (pen.) Vaz Tê 80'	BBC Sport	Stevenson 24' Žaliūkas 34' Elliott 83'	Attendance: 17,793 Referee: Brines

9 April 2011 SPL	Hearts	0–0	Motherwell	Tynecastle Stadium
		BBC SPORT		Attendance: 13,800 Referee: Thomson

16 April 2011 SPL	Inverness	1–1	Hearts	Caledonian Stadium
	Doran 6' Tokely 78'	BBC Sport	Elliot 53'	Attendance: 4,336 Referee: Crawford Allan

23 April 2011 SPL	Hearts	3–3	Motherwell	Tynecastle Stadium
	Thomson 26' (pen.) Skácel 36' Stevenson 52'	BBC Sport	Sutton 55' (88) Tom Hateley 59'	Attendance: 13,039 Referee: Willie Collum

30 April 2011 SPL	Kilmarnock	2–2	Hearts	Rugby Park
	Fowler 55' Agard 86'	BBC Sport	Skácel 67' Stevenson 76'	Attendance: 5,006 Referee: Euan Norris

7 May 2011 SPL	Rangers	4–0	Hearts	Ibrox Stadium
	Jelavic 23' Lafferty 40' Davis 44' Stevenson 84' (og.)	BBC Sport	Jonsson 62'	Attendance: 46,178 Referee: Iain Brines

11 May 2011 SPL	Hearts	0–3	Celtic	Tynecastle Stadium
	Obua 32'	BBC Sport	Hooper 12', 49' Commons 78', 78'	Attendance: 16,681 Referee: Craig Thomson

15 May 2011 SPL	Dundee United	2–1	Hearts	Tannadice Park
	Goodwillie 22' Daly 71'	BBC Sport	Glen 31'	Attendance: 7,119 Referee: Stevie O'Reilly

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.

11 January 2011 Scottish Cup round 4	Hearts	0–1	St Johnstone	Tynecastle
		BBC Sport	MacDonald 86'	Attendance: 6,261 Referee: I Brines

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.

24 August 2010 League Cup round 2	Hearts	4–0	Elgin City	Tynecastle
	Jónsson 11' Kyle 33' Novikovas 59' Robinson 84'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 4,922 Referee: S McLean

21 September 2010 League Cup round 3	Falkirk	4–3	Hearts	Falkirk Stadium
	Stewart 13', 90' Finnigan 41' Flynn 80'	BBC Sport	Thomson 26' Kyle 67' (pen.), 78' Suso 74'	Attendance: 4,216 Referee: B Winter

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rangers (C)	38	30	3	5	88	29	+59	93	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Celtic	38	29	5	4	85	22	+63	92	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round^[a]
3	Heart of Midlothian	38	18	9	11	53	45	+8	63	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4	Dundee United	38	17	10	11	55	50	+5	61	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
5	Kilmarnock	38	13	10	15	53	55	−2	49

Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Celtic entered the play-off round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League as they won the 2011 Scottish Cup Final. Due to this, Heart of Midlothian also moved up to the third qualifying round, whilst fourth-placed team Dundee United received the second qualifying round spot.

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	Jonny 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

Last updated: 11 May 2011
Source: Wikipedia players' articles, Heart of Midlothian, Sky Sports
Ordered by Squad Number.

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	No. games	Notes
26	MF	Žaliūkas	29	Club captain
4	DF	Jónsson	8	3rd captain
15	DF	Webster	3	4th captain
23	DF	Wallace	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.	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	Jonny 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

Last updated: 15 May 2011
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.

Red Card was rescinded after appeal.

Top scorers

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

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 Arnhem

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.
Jonny 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

External links

[table_note_res_ELPR0.91052821600369-1] Celtic entered the play-off round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League as they won the 2011 Scottish Cup Final. Due to this, Heart of Midlothian also moved up to the third qualifying round, whilst fourth-placed team Dundee United received the second qualifying round spot.

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Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Challenge Cup Final Junior Cup Youth Cup Final Women's Cup 2010 2011 Women's League Cup 2010 2011
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