2010–11 in Scottish football

The 2010–11 season was the 114th season of competitive football in Scotland. ^[1]

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.^[2]
Stirling Albion are competing in the First Division after being promoted as Second Division champions.^[3]
Arbroath won the Third Division, the first title in the club's 133-year history.

Referee strike

Transfer deals

League Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ a b Celtic entered the play-off round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League as they won the 2011 Scottish Cup Final. Due to this, Heart of Midlothian also moved up to the third qualifying round, whilst fourth-placed team Dundee United received the second qualifying round spot.

Scottish First Division

Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Dundee were docked 25 points for entering administration. The deduction was temporarily lifted pending an appeal by the club, however the appeal failed and the deduction was reinstated.^[4]

Scottish Second Division

Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Scottish Third Division

Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Scottish Premier Under-19 League

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2011. Source: Scotprem
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Team, which his senior will place 12th in Scottish Premier League at the end of this season will be relegated from Scottish Premier Under-19 League and his place will be for junior team of new SPL club. Bottom SPL club is Hamilton Academical.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Honours

Cup honours

Non-league honours

Senior

Junior

West Region

East Region

North Region

Individual honours

PFA Scotland awards

SFWA awards

Scottish clubs in Europe

Summary

All teams had been eliminated.
Current UEFA coefficients: Ranking

National teams

Scotland national team

Scotland Under-21 team

Deaths

29 July – Alex Wilson, 76, Portsmouth and Scotland defender.^[6]
2 September – Jackie Sinclair, 67, Dunfermline and Scotland winger.^[7]
30 October – John Benson, 67, Manchester City, Torquay United, Bournemouth, Exeter City and Norwich City defender; Bournemouth, Manchester City, Burnley and Wigan Athletic manager.^[8]
10 November – Jim Farry, 56, Scottish Football League secretary (1979–1990) and Scottish Football Association chief executive (1990–1999).^[9]
18 November – Jim Cruickshank, 69, Queen's Park, Hearts, Dumbarton and Scotland goalkeeper.^[10]
28 December – Avi Cohen, 54, Rangers defender.^[11]
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.^[12]
10 March – Danny Paton, 75, Hearts forward.
4 April – John Niven, 89, East Fife and Kilmarnock goalkeeper.^[13]
6 April – Jim Blair, 64, St Mirren and Hibs forward.
11 April – Jimmy Briggs, 74, Dundee United defender.^[14]
12 April – Ronnie Coyle, 46, Raith Rovers, Celtic, Ayr United, Clyde, East Fife and Queen's Park defender.^[15]
20 April – Allan Brown, 84, East Fife and Scotland forward.^[16]
28 April – Willie O'Neill, 70, Celtic defender.^[17]
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.^[18]
14 May – Ernie Walker, 83, Secretary of the Scottish Football Association from 1977 to 1990.^[19]
30 May – Eddie Morrison, 63, Kilmarnock and Morton forward; Kilmarnock manager.^[20]

Notes and references

^ "2010/11 - The Scottish Football League". Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
^ "Raith Rovers 1–0 Dundee". BBC Sport. 21 April 2010. Archived from the original on 24 April 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
^ "Ayr United go down, Stirling Albion secure title". BBC Sport. 1 May 2010. Archived from the original on 3 May 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
^ "Dundee fail to overturn 25-point penalty". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 17 December 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
^ a b Scotland's score is shown first.
^ "Dedicated Pompey servant Alex Wilson dies aged 76". The News. 11 August 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
^ Ryder, Lee (3 September 2010). "Fairs Cup legend Sinclair loses cancer battle". Newcastle Chronicle. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
^ "Ex-Wigan & Man City manager John Benson dies aged 67". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 October 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
^ Williams, Martin (11 November 2010). "Former SFA chief Jim Farry dies at 56". The Herald. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
^ "Gordon joins Cruickshank tributes". Football.co.uk (Scottish Premier Division News). 19 November 2010. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
^ "Ex-Rangers star Avi Cohen dies following motorbike crash". STV. 28 December 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
^ ""Matta" var en av de største". VG (in Norwegian). 27 January 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
^ "Obituary: John Niven, footballer". The Scotsman. 5 April 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
^ "Obituary: Jimmy Briggs, footballer". The Scotsman. 13 April 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
^ Vallance, Matt (13 April 2011). "Ronnie Coyle". The Herald. Herald & Times Group. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
^ Vallance, Matt (22 April 2011). "Allan Brown". The Herald. Herald & Times Group. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
^ Pattullo, Alan (29 April 2011). "Willie O'Neill, member of legendary European Cup-winning squad, dies aged 70". The Scotsman. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
^ "Obituary: Tommy Wright, footballer". The Scotsman. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
^ "Former Scottish FA secretary Ernie Walker dies". BBC Sport. BBC. 15 May 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
^ Vallance, Matt (31 May 2011). "Eddie Morrison". The Herald. Herald & Times Group. Retrieved 1 January 2015.