2010–11 in Scottish football

none September 2020 Scotland 2010–11 2009–10 2011–12 yes football background:#BFD7FF 2010–11 in Scottish football 200px Premier League champions Rangers First Division champions Dunfermline Athletic Second Division champions Livingston Third Division champions Arbroath Scottish Cup winners Celtic League Cup winners Rangers Challenge Cup winners Ross County Youth Cup winners Celtic Teams in Europe Dundee United, Celtic, Hibernian, Motherwell, Rangers Scotland national team Euro 2012 qualifying The 2010–11 season was the 114th season of competitive football in Scotland. http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/stats/records/league-championship/league-tables/2010-11-to-2010-11/201011/ 2010/11 - The Scottish Football League 2012-10-13 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121216052007/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/stats/records/league-championship/league-tables/2010-11-to-2010-11/201011 16 December 2012 Overview Rangers won the SPL title, pipping rivals Celtic on the final day of the season, their third title in a row and their 54th Scottish league championship. It was Walter Smith's final season as manager of Rangers. Inverness Caledonian Thistle are competing in the Scottish Premier League for the sixth time, their last season in the top-flight since the 2008–09 season, after being promoted as First Division champions last season.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_div_1/8633826.stm BBC Sport Raith Rovers 1–0 Dundee 21 April 2010 21 April 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100424235738/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_div_1/8633826.stm 24 April 2010 live Stirling Albion are competing in the First Division after being promoted as Second Division champions.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_div_1/8653115.stm BBC Sport Ayr United go down, Stirling Albion secure title 1 May 2010 1 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100503160832/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_div_1/8653115.stm 3 May 2010 live Arbroath won the Third Division, the first title in the club's 133-year history. Referee strike Scottish football referee strike Transfer deals List of Scottish football transfers 2010–11 League Competitions Scottish Premier League 2010–11 Scottish Premier League Scottish First Division 2010–11 Scottish First Division Scottish Second Division 2010–11 Scottish Second Division Scottish Third Division 2010–11 Scottish Third Division Scottish Premier Under-19 League 2010–11 Scottish Premier Under-19 League Honours Cup honours CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-upMatch report2010–11 Scottish Cup Celtic 3 – 0 Motherwell BBC Sport2010–11 League Cup Rangers 2 – 1 Celtic BBC Sport2010–11 Challenge Cup Ross County 2 – 0 Queen of the South BBC Sport2010–11 Youth Cup Celtic 2 – 1 Rangers BBC Sport2010–11 Junior CupAuchinleck Talbot 2 – 1 (after extra time) Musselburgh AthleticBBC Sport Non-league honours Senior CompetitionWinner2010–11 Highland LeagueBuckie ThistleEast of Scotland LeagueSpartansSouth of Scotland LeagueThreave Rovers Junior West Region DivisionWinner2010–11 Premier DivisionIrvine MeadowDivision OneAshfieldAyrshire LeagueArdrossan Winton RoversCentral League Division OneKilsyth RangersCentral League Division TwoYoker Athletic East Region DivisionWinner2010–11 SuperleagueBo'ness UnitedPremier LeagueSt Andrews UnitedNorth DivisionDownfieldCentral DivisionOakley UnitedSouth DivisionSauchie Juniors North Region DivisionWinner2010–11 SuperleagueCulterDivision OneInverness CityDivision TwoParkvale Individual honours PFA Scotland awards AwardWinnerTeam Players' Player of the Year Emilio Izaguirre Celtic Young Player of the Year David Goodwillie Dundee United Manager of the YearJohn McGlynnRaith RoversFirst Division PlayerJohn BairdRaith RoversSecond Division PlayerRory McAllisterBrechin CityThird Division PlayerGavin SwankieArbroath SFWA awards AwardWinnerTeam Footballer of the Year Emilio Izaguirre Celtic Young Player of the Year David Goodwillie Dundee United Manager of the Year Mixu Paatelainen Kilmarnock International Player of the Year Allan McGregor Rangers Scottish clubs in Europe 2010–11 UEFA Champions League 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Summary ClubCompetitionsFinal roundCoef.Top ScorerRangersUEFA Champions League UEFA Europa LeagueGroup Stage Round of 1612.0USA Maurice Edu, 2CelticUEFA Champions League UEFA Europa LeagueThird qualifying round Play-off round2.0MEX Efraín Juárez, 2Dundee UnitedUEFA Europa LeaguePlay-off round0.5IRE Jon Daly, 1Hibernian UEFA Europa LeagueThird qualifying round0.0NED Edwin de Graaf, 2MotherwellUEFA Europa LeaguePlay-off round3.5SCO Jamie Murphy, 3Total18.0Average3.6 All teams had been eliminated. Current UEFA coefficients: Ranking Rangers 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Group stage 14 September 2011 19:45 BST (UTC+01) Manchester United ENG 0 – 0 BBC Sport SCO Rangers Old Trafford, Manchester 74,408 Olegário Benquerença D Group stage 29 September 2011 19:45 BST (UTC+01) Rangers SCO 1 – 0 BBC Sport TUR Bursaspor Naismith 18 Ibrox Park, Glasgow 41,905 Serge Gumienny W Group stage 20 October 2011 19:45 BST (UTC+01) Rangers SCO 1 – 1 BBC Sport ESP Valencia Edu 34 Edu 34 o.g. Ibrox Park, Glasgow 45,153 Nicola Rizzoli D Group stage 2 November 2011 19:45 BST (UTC+01) Valencia ESP 3 – 0 BBC Sport SCO Rangers Soldado 34 71 Costa 90 Estadio Mestalla, Valencia 25,000 Felix Brych L Group stage 24 November 2011 19:45 BST (UTC+01) Rangers SCO 0 – 1 BBC Sport ENG Manchester United Rooney 87 pen. Ibrox Park, Glasgow 49,764 Massimo Busacca L Group stage 7 December 2011 19:45 BST (UTC+01) Bursaspor TUR 1 – 1 BBC Sport SCO Rangers Yıldırım 79 Miller 19 Bursa Atatürk Stadium, Bursa 22,000 Tony Chapron D 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Round of 32 17 February 2011 19:45 BST (UTC+01) Rangers SCO 1 – 1 BBC Sport POR Sporting CP Whittaker 66 Fernández 89 Ibrox Park, Glasgow 34,095 Manuel Gräfe D Round of 32 24 February 2011 19:45 BST (UTC+01) Sporting CP POR 2 – 2 3 – 3 BBC Sport SCO Rangers Mendes 42 Djaló 83 Diouf 20 Edu 90+2 Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon 15,375 Paolo Tagliavento D Round of 16 10 March 2011 19:45 BST (UTC+01) PSV Eindhoven NED 0 – 0 BBC Sport SCO Rangers Philips Stadion, Eindhoven 30,000 Martin Hansson D Round of 16 17 March 2011 19:45 BST (UTC+01) Rangers SCO 0 – 1 0 – 1 BBC Sport NED PSV Eindhoven Lens 13 Ibrox Park, Glasgow 35,373 Robert Schorgenhofer L Celtic 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round 28 July 2011 19:45 BST (UTC+01) POR Braga 3 – 0 BBC Report SCO Celtic Alan 26 pen. Echiéjilé 76 Nascimento 89 Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga 12,295 Serge Gumienny L Third qualifying round 4 August 2011 19:45 BST (UTC+01) Celtic SCO 2 – 1 2 – 4 BBC Sport POR Braga Hooper 57 Juárez 78 Paulo César 20 Celtic Park, Glasgow 52,000 Ivan Bebek W 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Play-off round 19 August 2011 19:45 BST (UTC+01) Celtic SCO 2 – 0 BBC Sport NED Utrecht Juárez 19 Samaras 34 Celtic Park, Glasgow 35,755 Svein Oddvar Moen W Play-off round 26 August 2011 19:45 BST (UTC+01) NED Utrecht 4 – 0 4 – 2 BBC Sport Celtic SCO van Wolfswinkel 12 pen 20 pen 47Maguire 63 Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht 18,000 Carlos Velasco Carballo L Dundee United 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Play-off round 19 August 2011 19:45 BST (UTC+01) SCO Dundee United 0 – 1 BBC Sport AEK Athens GRE Djebbour 11 Tannadice Park, Dundee 12,116 Marijo Strahonja L Play-off round 26 August 2011 19:45 BST (UTC+01) GRE AEK Athens 1 – 1 2 – 1 BBC Sport Dundee United SCO Diop 23 Daly 78 Karaiskakis Stadium, Pireus 600 Libor Kovařík D Hibernian 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round 29 July 2011 19:45 BST (UTC+01) Maribor SVN 3–0 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8864977.stm SCO Hibernian Iličić 32 52Tavares 60 Ljudski vrt Maribor 10,000 Martin Ingvarsson L Third qualifying round 5 August 2011 19:45 BST (UTC+01) Hibernian SCO 2–3 2–6 BBC Report SVN Maribor de Graaf 54 89 Tavares 19 73Mezga 67 pen Easter Road Edinburgh 12,504 Clément Turpin L Motherwell 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round 15 July 2011 19:45 BST (UTC+01) SCO Motherwell 1 - 0 BBC Report Breiðablik ISL Forbes 63 Fir Park, Motherwell 5,990 Richard Liesveld W Second qualifying round 22 July 2011 19:45 BST (UTC+01) ISL Breiðablik 0 - 1 0 - 2 BBC Report Motherwell SCO Murphy 42 Kópavogsvöllur, Kópavogur 1,700 Carlos Miguel Taborda Xistra W Third qualifying round 29 July 2011 19:45 BST (UTC+01) NOR Aalesunds 1 - 1 BBC Sport Motherwell SCO Mathisen 90+3 Murphy 48 Color Line Stadion, Ålesund 8,450 Toussaint D Third qualifying round 5 August 2011 19:45 BST (UTC+01) SCO Motherwell 3 - 0 4 - 1 BBC Report Aalesunds NOR Murphy 4Sutton 13Page 89 Fir Park, Motherwell 7,721 Richard Trutz W Play-off round 19 August 2011 19:45 BST (UTC+01) DNK Odense 2 - 1 BBC Sport Motherwell SCO Sørensen 31Utaka 78 Hateley 90+4 TRE-FOR Park, Odense 14,911 Zsolt Szabó L Play-off round 26 August 2011 19:45 BST (UTC+01) SCO Motherwell 0 - 1 1 - 3 BBC Sport Odense DNK Utaka 28 Fir Park, Motherwell 9,105 Michael Koukoulakis L National teams Scotland national team Scotland national football team 2000–19 results DateVenueOpponentsScoreScotland's score is shown first.CompetitionScotland scorersReport11 August 2010Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm (A)SWE0–3FriendlyBBC Sport3 September 2010S.Darius and S.Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas (A)LTU0–0Euro 2012 QBBC Sport7 September 2010Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)LIE2–1Euro 2012 QMiller, McManusBBC Sport8 October 2010Stadion Letná, Prague (A)CZE0–1Euro 2012 QBBC Sport12 October 2010Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)ESP2–3Euro 2012 QNaismith, Pique (o.g.)BBC Sport16 November 2010Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen (H)FRO3–0FriendlyWilson, Commons, MackieBBC Sport9 February 2011Aviva Stadium, Dublin (N)NIR3–02011 Nations CupMiller, McArthur, CommonsBBC Sport27 March 2011Emirates Stadium, London (N)BRA0–2FriendlyBBC Sport25 May 2011Aviva Stadium, Dublin (N)WAL3–12011 Nations CupMorrison, Miller, BerraBBC Sport29 May 2011Aviva Stadium, Dublin (A)IRL0–12011 Nations CupBBC Sport Scotland Under-21 team DateVenueOpponentsScoreCompetitionScotland scorersReport11 August 2010New St Mirren Park, Paisley (H)SWE Sweden1–1FriendlyWotherspoonScottish FA3 September 2010Haradzki Stadium, Barysaw (A)BLR Belarus1–12011 Under-21 Championship QMaguireScottish FA7 September 2010Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen (H)AUT Austria2–12011 Under-21 Championship QBannan, MaguireScottish FA7 October 2010Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík (A)Iceland Iceland1–22011 Under-21 Championship QMurphyScottish FA11 October 2010Easter Road, Edinburgh (H)Iceland Iceland1–22011 Under-21 Championship QMaguireScottish FA17 November 2010Firhill Stadium, Glasgow (H)NIR Northern Ireland3–1FriendlyGriffiths, Hanlon, RossScottish FA https://web.archive.org/web/20110614223453/http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_fa_news.cfm?page=128&newsCategoryID=6&newsID=6832 14 June 2011 Deaths 29 July – Alex Wilson, 76, Portsmouth and Scotland defender.http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/dedicated-pompey-servant-alex-wilson-dies-aged-76-1-1255347 Dedicated Pompey servant Alex Wilson dies aged 76 The News 11 August 2010 1 January 2015 2 September – Jackie Sinclair, 67, Dunfermline and Scotland winger.http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2010/09/02/fairs-cup-legend-sinclair-loses-cancer-battle-72703-27186427/ Fairs Cup legend Sinclair loses cancer battle Newcastle Chronicle 3 September 2010 1 January 2015 Lee Ryder dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120404031859/http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2010/09/02/fairs-cup-legend-sinclair-loses-cancer-battle-72703-27186427/ 4 April 2012 30 October – John Benson, 67, Manchester City, Torquay United, Bournemouth, Exeter City and Norwich City defender; Bournemouth, Manchester City, Burnley and Wigan Athletic manager.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/wigan_athletic/9142576.stm Ex-Wigan & Man City manager John Benson dies aged 67 BBC Sport BBC 30 October 2010 1 January 2015 10 November – Jim Farry, 56, Scottish Football League secretary (1979–1990) and Scottish Football Association chief executive (1990–1999).http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/former-sfa-chief-jim-farry-dies-at-56-1.1067426 The Herald Williams Martin Former SFA chief Jim Farry dies at 56 11 November 2010 1 January 2015 18 November – Jim Cruickshank, 69, Queen's Park, Hearts, Dumbarton and Scotland goalkeeper.http://www.football.co.uk/hearts/gordon_joins_cruickshank_tributes_rss1509719.shtml#TmbDkQshWfrIP8XP.97 Gordon joins Cruickshank tributes Football.co.uk (Scottish Premier Division News) 19 November 2010 19 November 2010 28 December – Avi Cohen, 54, Rangers defender.http://news.stv.tv/west-central/217439-ex-rangers-star-avi-cohen-dies-following-motorbike-crash/ Ex-Rangers star Avi Cohen dies following motorbike crash 28 December 2010 STV 1 January 2015 5 December 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131205222300/http://news.stv.tv/west-central/217439-ex-rangers-star-avi-cohen-dies-following-motorbike-crash/ dead 24 January – Alec Boden, 85, Celtic and Ayr United defender. 27 January – Svein Mathisen, 58, Norwegian player who made three appearances for Hibernian in 1978.http://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/norsk/artikkel.php?artid=10037844 "Matta" var en av de største VG 27 January 2011 1 January 2015 no 10 March – Danny Paton, 75, Hearts forward. 4 April – John Niven, 89, East Fife and Kilmarnock goalkeeper.http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary_john_niven_footballer_1_1573124 Obituary: John Niven, footballer The Scotsman 5 April 2011 1 January 2015 6 April – Jim Blair, 64, St Mirren and Hibs forward. 11 April – Jimmy Briggs, 74, Dundee United defender.http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-jimmy-briggs-footballer-1-1587912 Obituary: Jimmy Briggs, footballer The Scotsman 13 April 2011 1 January 2015 12 April – Ronnie Coyle, 46, Raith Rovers, Celtic, Ayr United, Clyde, East Fife and Queen's Park defender.http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/obituaries/ronnie-coyle.13292065 Ronnie Coyle 13 April 2011 The Herald Herald & Times Group 1 January 2015 Matt Vallance 20 April – Allan Brown, 84, East Fife and Scotland forward.http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/obituaries/allan-brown.13403146 Allan Brown The Herald Herald & Times Group 22 April 2011 1 January 2015 Matt Vallance 28 April – Willie O'Neill, 70, Celtic defender.http://sport.scotsman.com/sport/Willie-O39Neill-member-of-legendary.6759665.jp Willie O'Neill, member of legendary European Cup-winning squad, dies aged 70 The Scotsman 29 April 2011 1 January 2015 Alan Pattullo 30 April – Eddie Turnbull, 88, Hibernian and Scotland player; manager of Queen's Park, Aberdeen and Hibernian. 5 May – Dougie McCracken, 46, Ayr United, Dumbarton and East Fife player. 5 May – Tommy Wright, 83, Partick Thistle, East Fife and Scotland winger.http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-tommy-wright-footballer-1-1655224 Obituary: Tommy Wright, footballer 24 May 2011 1 January 2015 The Scotsman 14 May – Ernie Walker, 83, Secretary of the Scottish Football Association from 1977 to 1990.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/scotland/13403952 Former Scottish FA secretary Ernie Walker dies 1 January 2015 15 May 2011 BBC BBC Sport 30 May – Eddie Morrison, 63, Kilmarnock and Morton forward; Kilmarnock manager. http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/obituaries/eddie-morrison.13896768 Eddie Morrison The Herald Herald & Times Group 1 January 2015 31 May 2011 Matt Vallance Notes and references 30em 2010 Category:Football in Scotland by season