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2010–11 Scottish Premier League

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Season
  
2010–11

Biggest away win
  
Motherwell

Location
  
Scotland, United Kingdom

Goals scored
  
584

Top goalscorer
  
Kenny Miller (21)

Dates
  
14 Aug 2010 – 15 May 2011

Relegated
  
Hamilton Academical F.C.

Matches played
  
228

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Champions
  
Rangers Premier League title 54th Scottish title overall

Europa League
  
Celtic Heart of Midlothian Dundee United

Biggest home win
  
Celtic 9–0 Aberdeen (6 November 2010)

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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.

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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

  • Inverness Caledonian Thistle

    • Relegated from Premier League to First Division

  • Falkirk

    • Stadia and attendances

    As of 15:08, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

    Events

  • 6 November – Celtic set a new SPL record for margin of victory in a single match with a 9–0 win against Aberdeen.
  • 10 November – Edinburgh derby rivals Hearts and Hibs beat the Old Firm of Celtic and Rangers on the same day. Hearts beat Celtic 2–0 at Tynecastle, while Hibs produced a 3–0 win against Rangers at Ibrox. The Scotsman newspaper reported that this last happened in April 1972.

    • Referee strike

  • 21 November – Scottish football referees vote to take strike action, threatening the fixtures scheduled for the weekend of 27 and 28 November. The Scottish Football Association sourced referees from other UEFA associations to cover the SPL matches, but all ten Scottish Football League matches were postponed due to the strike.

    • League table

    Source: BBC Sport
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
    1Celtic 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.
    (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
    Only applicable when the season is not finished:
    (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

    Matches 1–22

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

    Updated to games played on 20:40, 19 April 2011 (UTC).
    Source: BBC Sport
    1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Matches 23–33

    Teams play every other team once (either at home or away)

    Updated to games played on 19:56, 4 May 2011 (UTC).
    Source: BBC Sport
    1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    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 (either at home or away). The exact matches were determined upon the league table at the time of the split.

    References

    2010–11 Scottish Premier League Wikipedia
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