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.

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

Hearts began their SPL campaign at home to St Johnstone.

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

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

Players

Squad information

Captains

Disciplinary records

Top scorers

Hearts Personnel Awards

Transfers

In

PlayerClub fromFee
Darren BarrFalkirkFree
Kevin KyleKilmarnockFree
Stephen ElliottPreston North EndFree
Marian KelloFBK KaunasUndisclosed fee
Adrian MrowiecFBK KaunasUndisclosed fee
Rudolf SkácelFree AgentFree
Andy WebsterRangersFree

Out

PlayerReleased/TransferClub to
David WitteveenReleasedStirling Albion
Michael StewartEnd Of ContractGençlerbirliği
José GonçalvesEnd Of ContractFC St. Gallen
Laryea KingstonEnd Of ContractVitesse Arnhem

Loans

In

PlayerIn/OutClub FromClub To
Evaldas RazulisInFBK KaunasHeart of Midlothian

Out

PlayerIn/OutClub FromClub To
Arvydas NovikovasOutHeart of MidlothianSt Johnstone
David WitteveenOutHeart of MidlothianDundee
Jonathan BrownOutHeart of MidlothianStirling Albion
Mark RidgersOutHeart of MidlothianAirdrie United F.C.
Ryan McGowanOutHeart of MidlothianPartick Thistle F.C.
Conrad BalatoniOutHeart of MidlothianPartick Thistle F.C.
Gordon SmithOutHeart of MidlothianStirling Albion F.C.
Jonny StewartOutHeart of MidlothianDundee
Paul MulrooneyOutHeart of MidlothianClyde
Danny ThomsonOutHeart of MidlothianClyde
Dean LynessOutHeart of MidlothianEast Fife
Dylan McGowanOutHeart of MidlothianEast Fife
Matthew ParkOutHeart of MidlothianEast Fife
Michael DelandOutHeart of MidlothianEast Fife
Jamie MoleOutHeart of MidlothianRaith Rovers