2010–11 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season explained

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

Scottish Premier League

See 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

See 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

See 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 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.

Players

Squad information

Squad Number	Player name	Position	Appearances	Goals
1		GK	1	0
2			DF	0	0
3		Lee Wallace	DF	10	0
4			DF	32	1
5			DF	14	0
6			MF	36	0
7			MF	21	1
8			MF	34	1
9			FW	22	10
10			FW	31	8
11			MF	14	0
12			MF	36	7
13		David Obua	MF	14	0
14			FW	21	4
15			DF	9	0
16		MF	34	7
17		DF	8	0
18			MF	8	2
19			MF	29	13
20			DF	6	0
21			DF	35	0
23			FW	11	0
24			DF	29	1
25			GK	32	0
26			DF	29	1
27			FW	5	1
28			GK	0	0
30			GK	8	0
31			MF	33	0
34			MF	0	0
42			FW	0	0
44			MF	0	0
47			DF	0	0
51			MF	1	0
52			FW	1	0
			FW	0	0
			MF	0	0Appearances (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. Disciplinary records No. Pos. Nat. Player 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 4 7 0 1* 5 3 0 0 6 6 1 1 7 5 0 0 8 12 0 0 9 6 0 0 10 2 0 0 11 1 0 0 12 5 0 0 13 1 0 1 15 Callum Elliot 2 0 0 15 0 0 0 16 Ryan Stevenson 3 0 0 17 1 0 0 18 0 0 0 19 5 0 0 20 3 0 0 21 7 0 0 23 0 0 0 24 Craig Thomson 5 0 1 25 0 0 0 26 5 0 1 27 0 0 0 28 Mark Ridgers 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 31 5 0 0 34 0 0 0 42 0 0 0 44 Denys Prychynenko 0 0 0 47 Colin Hamilton 0 0 0 51 0 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Red Card was rescinded after appeal. Top scorers Squad No Pos PLayer SPL SC LC Total 19 13 0 0 13 9 7 0 3 10 10 8 0 0 8 12 7 0 0 7 16 7 0 0 7 14 4 0 0 4 18 1 0 1 2 8 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 1 27 0 0 1 1 7 0 0 1 1 26 1 0 0 1 24 1 0 0 1 23 1 0 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 Free Free Stephen Elliott Free Undisclosed fee Undisclosed fee Free agent Free Free Out Player Released/Transfer Club to Released Stirling Albion End of Contract Gençlerbirliği End of Contract FC St. Gallen End of Contract Vitesse Arnhem Loans Out Player In/out Club From Club To Out St Johnstone Out Dundee Out Mark Ridgers Out Airdrie United F.C. Out Partick Thistle F.C. Out Partick Thistle F.C. Out Stirling Albion F.C. Out Dundee Out Clyde Danny Thomson Out Clyde Dean Lyness Out East Fife Out East Fife Matthew Park Out East Fife Michael Deland Out East Fife Out Raith Rovers See also List of Heart of Midlothian F.C. seasons External links Hearts FC Official Website – First Team Fixtures and Results 2010–11 Edinburgh Evening News – Heart of Midlothian FC