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
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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

Pre-Season Friendlies

Scottish Premier League

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

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

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.

League table

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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

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• 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	Country	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.	Nat.	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

• 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	Rudi Skácel	13	0	0	13
9	FW	Kevin Kyle	7	0	3	10
10	FW	Stephen Elliott	8	0	0	8
12	MF	David Templeton	7	0	0	7
16	MF	Ryan Stevenson	7	0	0	7
14	FW	Callum Elliot	4	0	0	4
18	MF	Arvydas Novikovas	1	0	1	2
8	MF	Ian Black	1	0	0	1
4	MF	Eggert Jónsson	0	0	1	1
27	FW	Scott Robinson	0	0	1	1
7	MF	Suso Santana	0	0	1	1
26	DF	Marius Zaliukas	1	0	0	1
24	DF	Craig Thomson	1	0	0	1
23	FW	Gary Glen	1	0	0	1

Most frequent starting line-up

Kello

Jónsson

Zaliukas

Bouzid

Palazuelos

Mrowiec

Black

Skacel

Templeton

Eliott

Kyle

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
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

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

References