2010–11 Scottish Premier League


The 2010–11 Scottish Premier League was the thirteenth season of the Scottish Premier League, the highest division of Scottish football. It commenced on 14 August 2010 and ended on 15 May 2011. The defending champions were Rangers who retained their championship with a 5–1 win at Kilmarnock on the final day of the season.

Teams

Twelve teams participated in the 2010–11 season, eleven of which competed in the 2009–10 season. Inverness Caledonian Thistle was promoted from the 2009–10 First Division.

Team changes

Promoted from First Division to Premier League
Relegated from Premier League to First Division

Stadiums and Attendees

TeamStadiumCapacityTotalHighestLowestAverage
AberdeenPittodrie Stadium22,199173,46015,3075,9559,129
CelticCeltic Park60,355930,39558,87440,75048,968
Dundee UnitedTannadice Park14,209140,39111,7904,9187,389
Hamilton AcademicalNew Douglas Park6,09655,0565,3562,0112,898
Heart of MidlothianTynecastle Stadium17,420269,50617,42012,00914,185
HibernianEaster Road20,250223,36017,7937,23811,756
Inverness CTCaledonian Stadium7,50085,9987,5473,2414,526
KilmarnockRugby Park18,128122,10616,1734,2146,427
MotherwellFir Park13,74299,8389,7163,3245,255
RangersIbrox Stadium51,082860,79350,24841,51445,305
St JohnstoneMcDiarmid Park10,67372,9826,8662,2533,841
St MirrenSt Mirren Park8,01684,5456,1182,7014,450

Events

Results

Matches 1–22

Teams play each other twice, once at home, once away

Matches 23–33

Teams play every other team once

Matches 34–38

After 33 matches, the league split into two sections of six teams each, with teams playing every other team in their section once. The exact matches were determined upon the league table at the time of the split.

Top six

Bottom six

Statistics

Top scorers

RankScorerTeamGoals
1 Kenny MillerRangers21
2 Gary HooperCeltic20
3 David GoodwillieDundee United17
4 Nikica JelavićRangers16
5 Adam RooneyInverness CT15
5 Conor SammonKilmarnock15
5 Anthony StokesCeltic15
8 Michael HigdonSt Mirren14
9 Rudolf SkácelHeart of Midlothian13
10 Nick BlackmanAberdeen12

Hat-tricks

ScorerForAgainstDate
Paul HartleyAberdeenHamilton Academical14 August 2010
Kenny MillerRangersHibernian22 August 2010
Rudi SkacelHeart of MidlothianSt Mirren23 October 2010
Anthony StokesCelticAberdeen6 November 2010
Gary HooperCelticAberdeen6 November 2010
Nick BlackmanMotherwellSt Johnstone10 November 2010
Kenny MillerRangersKilmarnock20 November 2010
Adam RooneyInverness CTHibernian20 November 2010
Nikica JelavićRangersMotherwell12 February 2011
Michael HigdonSt MirrenHamilton Academical2 April 2011
Jon DalyDundee UnitedMotherwell7 May 2011
Kyle LaffertyRangersKilmarnock15 May 2011

Awards

Monthly awards

Clydesdale Bank Premier League Awards