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 League Cup and the Scottish 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.
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.
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.
Results and fixtures
Pre-season / Friendlies
Scottish Premier League
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.
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.
First team player statistics Captains {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;" |- ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=60|No ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=60|Pos ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=60|Country ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=150|Name ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=80|No of games ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=80|Notes |- |1||DF||||Marius Žaliūkas||29||Team Captain |- |2|||DF||||Eggert Jónsson||8||Club Captain |- |3|||DF||||Andy Webster||3||Club Captain |- |4|||DF||||Lee Wallace||1||Club Captain
Squad information Last updated 15 May 2011 During the 2010–11 campaign, Hearts used thirty players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player. {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: center;" |- ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" rowspan="2" width="10%" align="center"|Number ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" rowspan="2" width="10%" align="center"|Position ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" rowspan="2" width="10%" align="center"|Nation ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" rowspan="2" width="20%" align="center"|Name ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" colspan="2" align="center"|Totals ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" colspan="2" align="center"|SPL ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" colspan="2" align="center"|League Cup ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" colspan="2" align="center"|Scottish Cup |- ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=60 align="center"|Apps ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=60 align="center"|Goals ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=60 align="center"|Apps ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=60 align="center"|Goals ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=60 align="center"|Apps ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=60 align="center"|Goals ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=60 align="center"|Apps ! style="background:maroon; color:white;" scope="col" width=60 align="center"|Goals
Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in the Scottish Premier League, League Cup, and the Scottish Cup.
Goal scorers Last updated 15 May 2011 PlacePositionNationNameSPLLeague CupScottish CupTotal1MFRudi Skácel1300132FWKevin Kyle730103FWStephen Elliott80084MFRyan Stevenson7007MFDavid Templeton70075FWCalum Elliot40046MFArvydas Novikovas11027MFIan Black1001FWGary Glen1001DFEggert Jónsson0101MFScott Robinson0101MFSuso Santana0101DFCraig Thomson1001DFMarius Žaliūkas1001 Own goals2002 Total537060
Disciplinary record During the 2010–11 season, Hearts players were issued fifty-seven yellow cards and zero red cards. The table below shows the number of cards and type shown to each player. Last updated 15 May 2011 NumberPositionNationNameSPLLeague CupScottish CupTotal3 DF Lee Wallace 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 04 DF Eggert Jónsson 7 1 0 0 0 0 7 15 DF Darren Barr 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 06 MF Rubén Palazuelos 7 1 0 0 0 0 7 17 MF Suso Santana 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 08 MF Ian Black 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 09 FW Kevin Kyle 6 0 1 0 0 0 7 010 FW Stephen Elliott 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 011 MF Andrew Driver 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 012 MF David Templeton 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 013 MF David Obua 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 014 FW Calum Elliot 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 016 MF Ryan Stevenson 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 017 DF Ryan McGowan 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 019 MF Rudi Skácel 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 020 DF Jason Thomson 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 021 DF Ismaël Bouzid 7 0 1 0 0 0 8 024 DF Craig Thomson 5 0 0 1 0 0 5 126 DF Marius Žaliūkas 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 131 MF Adrian Mrowiec 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 Total88 3 5 1 0 0 93 4
Team statistics League table
Management statistics Last updated 15 May 2011 NameFromToPWDLWin%
Club Awards
SPL awards NameAward Jim JefferiesSPL Manager of the Month (November) David TempletonSPL Young Player of the Month (November) Marius ŽaliūkasSPL Player of the Month (December) David TempletonSPL Young Player of the Month (December) Marián KelloSPL Player of the Month (February)SPL Save of the Season Jason HoltSPL Under-19 League Player of the Season
Club awards NameAward David TempletonHYDC Young Player of the Year
Transfers 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 Rudi Skácel returned to the club. 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.
Players in
Player From Fee Darren Barr FalkirkFree Kevin Kyle KilmarnockFree Marián Kello FBK KaunasFree Adrian MrowiecFree Stephen Elliott Preston North EndFree Rudi Skácel LarissaFree Andy Webster RangersFree
Players out Player To Fee Rocky Visconte Brisbane RoarFree Michael Stewart GençlerbirliğiFree Laryea Kingston VitesseFree José Gonçalves FC St. GallenFree David WitteveenFree
Loans in Player From Fee Evaldas Razulis FBK KaunasLoan
Loans out Player To Fee Jamie Mole Raith RoversLoan Mark Ridgers Airdrie UnitedLoan Jonathan Brown Stirling AlbionLoan Gordon SmithLoan David Witteveen DundeeLoan Paul Mulrooney Brechin CityLoanPaul off to Brechin City Heartsfc.co.uk 1 November 2010. Dylan McGowan East FifeLoan Jonny Stewart DundeeLoan Ryan McGowan Partick ThistleLoan Conrad BalatoniLoan Arvydas Novikovas St JohnstoneLoan Paul Mulrooney ClydeLoan Danny ThomsonLoan Dean Lyness East FifeLoan
References