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2010–11 in Scottish football

The 2010–11 season was the 114th season of competitive football in Scotland.

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

    • Scottish Premier League

    Updated to games played on 15 May 2011 (UTC).
    Source: BBC Sport
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
    1 Celtic, the winners of the 2010–11 Scottish Cup qualified for the Play-off round.
    b)Hearts, the third-placed team of the 2010–11 Scottish Premier League, will enter the second qualifying round. However, should Celtic win the 2010–11 Scottish Cup, Hearts will be moved up to enter the third qualifying round. The Second qualifying round spot would be taken by the cup runners-up (if Celtic qualify for the Champions League), or the fourth-placed team of the league otherwise.
    (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.

    Scottish First Division

    Updated to games played on 7 May.
    Source: BBC Sport
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
    * 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.
    (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.

    Scottish Second Division

    Updated to games played on 22 May 2011.
    Source: ESPN soccernet
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
    (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.

    Scottish Third Division

    Updated to games played on 22 May 2011.
    Source: ESPN soccernet
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
    (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.

    Junior

    West Region

    East Region

    North Region

    Summary

  • All teams had been eliminated.
  • Current UEFA coefficients: Ranking

    • Rangers

    2010-11 UEFA Champions League

    2010-11 UEFA Europa League

    Celtic

    2010-11 UEFA Champions League

    2010-11 UEFA Europa League

    Deaths

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

    • References

    2010–11 in Scottish football Wikipedia
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