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2010–11 Hibernian F.C. season

Season 2010–11 for Hibernian was their 12th consecutive season of play in the Scottish Premier League. It was the first season played in the redeveloped Easter Road stadium, with its capacity increased to over 20,000 for the first time since it became an all-seater stadium in the early 1990s. The SPL season began on 15 August 2010 with a 3–2 win at Motherwell.[1] Hibs competed in the UEFA Europa League, losing 6–2 on aggregate to Slovenian club NK Maribor. They also lost at the first stage of competition in the Scottish League Cup, losing 3–1 at Kilmarnock. Those cup defeats and a poor start to the league season led to manager John Hughes leaving by mutual consent in early October.[2] Colin Calderwood was appointed as the new manager,[3] but struggled to make any sort of impression, as they were knocked out of the Scottish Cup by Ayr United[4] and fell into a relegation battle.[5] A winning streak after the January transfer window meant any danger was quickly averted, but the team still finished in the bottom six.[6]

Hibernian
2010–11 season
ChairmanRod Petrie
ManagerJohn Hughes (until 4 October)
Colin Calderwood (from 18 October)
Scottish Premier League10th
Scottish CupFourth round
Scottish League CupThird round
UEFA Europa LeagueThird qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague: Derek Riordan (11)
All: Derek Riordan (11)
Highest home attendance17,793 v Hearts
Lowest home attendance7,238 v St Mirren
Average home league attendance11,672 (down 492)

Friendlies

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The Edinburgh Evening News reported on 15 May that John Hughes was waiting to see which round Hibs will enter the UEFA Europa League at before finalising his preseason schedule.[7] Dundee United's win in the 2010 Scottish Cup Final confirmed that Hibs will enter in the third qualifying round.[8] Hibs arranged domestic fixtures against Dunfermline Athletic and Queen of the South, a four-game tour of the Netherlands, and visits to Carlisle United and Blackpool either side of their European tie.[9]

A postponement of a league match against Celtic, due to their opponent's cup commitments, meant that Hibs were faced with a four-week gap between competitive fixtures.[10] Hibs arranged a friendly against Irish club Bohemians on 21 March to partly fill that gap.[11]

Fixtures

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10 July 2010 Friendly Dunfermline Athletic 0–4 Hibernian East End Park, Dunfermline
Hibernian FC Dowie   o.g.'
Miller  
Riordan  
Stephens  		 Attendance: 2624
Referee: Stephen Finnie
13 July 2010 Friendly Queen of the South 0–4 Hibernian Palmerston Park, Dumfries
Hibernian FC Galbraith  
Murray  
Stevenson  
Nish  		 Attendance: 979
Referee: John McKendrick
16 July 2010 Friendly Heracles Almelo 3–0 Hibernian Tubbergen
Everton  
Quansah  
Quansah  		 Hibernian FC
19 July 2010 Friendly NEC Nijmegen 0–1 Hibernian Herpen
Hibernian FC Riordan  
21 July 2010 Friendly ADO Den Haag 2–1 Hibernian Den Haag Stadion, The Hague
Buijs  
Immers  		 Hibernian FC Hart  
24 July 2010 Friendly Vitesse Arnhem 1–1 Hibernian Polis Direct Stadion, Driel
de Ruiter   Hibernian FC Riordan   Referee: Sanders
1 August 2010 Friendly Carlisle United 1–0 Hibernian Brunton Park, Carlisle
Harte   Hibernian FC Attendance: 3034
Referee: Graham Salisbury
8 August 2010 Friendly Blackpool 1–2 Hibernian Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
Euell   Hibernian FC Riordan  
Miller  		 Referee: Phil Dowd
21 March 2011 Friendly Hibernian 2–1 Bohemians Easter Road, Edinburgh
Scott   38'
Miller   43'		 Hibernian FC Fagan   63' (pen.) Referee: John McKendrick

Scottish Premier League

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The Edinburgh Evening News reported on 13 May that Hibs had requested to begin the 2010–11 league season with an away fixture due to the redevelopment of Easter Road.[12]

The fixture list for the first 33 SPL matches in the 2010–11 season was announced on 17 June.[13] Hibs were drawn to play against Motherwell at Fir Park, where the two clubs shared a remarkable 6–6 draw near the end of the previous season.[13] This game was another high-scoring affair, with Hibs coming from behind to win 3–2.[1] Hibs lost their first home league game of the season, a controversial 3–0 defeat by defending champions Rangers in which both sides had a man sent off.[14] The Daily Record newspaper reported that this meant that Hibs were on the worst run of home form in their history, having lost the last four home games of the previous season and the first two of the new season.[15] Further poor results extended the home winless run, but John Hughes claimed that the club's supporters expectations were too high.[16] Defeats by Celtic and St Johnstone left Hibs without a victory since opening day.[17] Cup defeats by NK Maribor and Kilmarnock and that poor start to the league season led to Hughes leaving the club by mutual consent in early October.[2]

First team coach Gareth Evans and Under-19 coach Alistair Stevenson were put in caretaker charge after Hughes and Brian Rice left the club.[18] Hibs conceded an early goal in their first match in charge, but won 2–1 against Kilmarnock thanks to two goals by captain Chris Hogg.[18] Colin Calderwood was appointed as the new manager, but the team suffered a 4–2 defeat at Aberdeen in his first match in charge.[3] BBC Sport reported that the match showed that Calderwood had "plenty of work to do".[3] Hibs then showed inconsistent form under Calderwood, as defeats by Dundee United and Hearts were followed by wins against Rangers and Motherwell.[19] Defensive problems appeared to have been cured in those two performances, but they were followed by a 4–2 defeat by Inverness that exposed many of the old flaws.[19]

Further poor results, particularly a 2–1 home defeat by Aberdeen, led Calderwood to admit that Hibs were in a relegation battle.[20] Calderwood noted the team's inconsistency, as none of their league wins as of 27 December had been earned against clubs in the bottom half of the league at that time.[20] A run of five consecutive defeats, culminating in a 3–0 defeat at Tannadice, left Hibs just two points ahead of last-placed Hamilton.[5] Indeed, Hibs had gone seven games without even scoring a goal.[5] Consecutive home wins against St Mirren and Kilmarnock eased the pressure somewhat.[21] Further wins against St Mirren and Inverness put Hibs in contention for a top six finish,[22] but a defeat at Celtic Park ended such hopes.[23] This meant that Hibs had failed to finish in the top half for the first time in seven seasons.[6]

Fixtures

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15 August 2010 SPL Motherwell 2–3 Hibernian Fir Park, Motherwell
Sutton   13'
Murphy   75' (pen.)		 BBC Sport Stokes   45+2'
Hanlon   64'
Miller   73'		 Attendance: 5172
Referee: Thomson
22 August 2010 SPL Hibernian 0–3 Rangers Easter Road, Edinburgh
BBC Sport Miller   64', 70', 93' Attendance: 17,145
Referee: Brines
29 August 2010 SPL St Mirren 1–0 Hibernian St Mirren Park, Paisley
Dargo   58' BBC Sport Attendance: 4480
Referee: O'Reilly
11 September 2010 SPL Hibernian 1–1 Inverness CT Easter Road, Edinburgh
Riordan   8' BBC Sport Rooney   82' (pen.) Attendance: 10,358
Referee: Allan
18 September 2010 SPL Hibernian 1–1 Hamilton Academical Easter Road, Edinburgh
Riordan   9' BBC Sport M. Paixão   22' Attendance: 11,294
Referee: Norris
25 September 2010 SPL Celtic 2–1 Hibernian Celtic Park, Glasgow
Brown   5'
Loovens   51'		 BBC Sport Riordan   54' Attendance: 48,625
Referee: Murray
2 October 2010 SPL St Johnstone 2–0 Hibernian McDiarmid Park, Perth
Craig   76'
Haber   91'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 3819
Referee: McDonald
16 October 2010 SPL Hibernian 2–1 Kilmarnock Easter Road, Edinburgh
Hogg   39', 45' BBC Sport Silva   2' Attendance: 11,256
Referee: Brines
23 October 2010 SPL Aberdeen 4–2 Hibernian Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
Maguire   18'
Vernon   32', 50'
Hartley   61' (pen.)		 BBC Sport Nish   63'
Bamba   91'		 Attendance: 7587
Referee: Thomson
30 October 2010 SPL Dundee United 1–0 Hibernian Tannadice Park, Dundee
Goodwillie   87' BBC Sport Attendance: 7377
Referee: Finnie
7 November 2010 SPL Hibernian 0–2 Heart of Midlothian Easter Road, Edinburgh
BBC Sport Templeton   19'
Elliott   67'		 Attendance: 17,767
Referee: Collum
10 November 2010 SPL Rangers 0–3 Hibernian Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
BBC Sport Miller   6'
Rankin   19'
Dickoh   76'		 Attendance: 41,514
Referee: O'Reilly
13 November 2010 SPL Hibernian 2–1 Motherwell Easter Road, Edinburgh
Riordan   14', 27' BBC Sport Blackman   10' (pen.) Attendance: 11,178
Referee: McDonald
20 November 2010 SPL Inverness CT 4–2 Hibernian Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
Foran   7'
Rooney   51' (pen.), 70', 80'		 BBC Sport Riordan   66'
Miller   78' (pen.)		 Attendance: 4,217
Referee: Conroy
27 November 2010 SPL Hibernian 0–0 St Johnstone Easter Road, Edinburgh
BBC Sport Attendance: 10,248
Referee: Lautiar
18 December 2010 SPL Kilmarnock 2–1 Hibernian Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Kelly   9', 43' BBC Sport Riordan   55' Attendance: 4,216
Referee: Thomson
26 December 2010 SPL Hibernian 1–2 Aberdeen Easter Road, Edinburgh
Riordan   45+1' BBC Sport Folly   36'
Vernon   62'		 Attendance: 10,115
Referee: O'Reilly
29 December 2010 SPL Hibernian 2–2 Dundee United Easter Road, Edinburgh
Bamba   44'
Hanlon   89'		 BBC Sport Goodwillie   2', 35' Attendance: 10,252
Referee: O'Reilly
1 January 2011 SPL Heart of Midlothian 1–0 Hibernian Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh
Kyle   86' BBC Sport Attendance: 17,156
Referee: Murray
15 January 2011 SPL Hibernian 0–3 Celtic Easter Road, Edinburgh
BBC Sport Hooper   44'
Stokes   50' (pen.), 65'		 Attendance: 13,649
Referee: Thomson
22 January 2011 SPL Motherwell 2–0 Hibernian Fir Park, Motherwell
Murphy   20'
Saunders   24'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 4202
Referee: Muir
26 January 2011 SPL Hibernian 0–2 Rangers Easter Road, Edinburgh
BBC Sport Bougherra   26'
Jelavic   35'		 Attendance: 11,696
Referee: O'Reilly
30 January 2011 SPL Dundee United 3–0 Hibernian Tannadice Park, Dundee
Daly   13'
Conway   48'
Russell   81'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 6,215
Referee: Brines
2 February 2011 SPL Hibernian 2–0 St Mirren Easter Road, Edinburgh
Riordan   63'
Wotherspoon   93'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 9436
Referee: Tumilty
12 February 2011 SPL Hibernian 2–1 Kilmarnock Easter Road, Edinburgh
Sodje   52'
Palsson   70' (pen.)		 BBC Sport Hamill   74' (pen.) Attendance: 11,082
Referee: Conroy
20 February 2011 SPL St Mirren 0–1 Hibernian St Mirren Park, Paisley
BBC Sport Dickoh   87' Attendance: 3,505
Referee: Norris
26 February 2011 SPL Hibernian 2–0 Inverness CT Easter Road, Edinburgh
Booth   58'
Stevenson   89'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 13,841
Referee: Thomson
1 March 2011 SPL Hamilton Academical 1–2 Hibernian New Douglas Park, Hamilton
F. Paixao   94' BBC Sport Sodje   37'
Riordan   75'		 Attendance: 2619
Referee: Salmond
5 March 2011 SPL St Johnstone 1–1 Hibernian McDiarmid Park, Perth
Towell   46' (o.g.) BBC Sport Wotherspoon   80' Attendance: 4446
Referee: Allan
3 April 2011 SPL Hibernian 2–2 Heart of Midlothian Easter Road, Edinburgh
Miller   35' (pen.)
Vaz Tê   80'		 BBC Sport Stevenson   24'
Elliott   83'		 Attendance: 17,793
Referee: Brines
6 April 2011 SPL Celtic 3–1 Hibernian Celtic Park, Glasgow
Stokes   4'
Hooper   20' (pen.), 39'		 BBC Sport Miller   67' (pen.) Attendance: 47,809
Referee: Norris
9 April 2011 SPL Aberdeen 0–1 Hibernian Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
BBC Sport Sodje   15' Attendance: 7400
Referee: Madden
17 April 2011 SPL Hibernian 1–2 Hamilton Academical Easter Road, Edinburgh
Sodje   66' BBC Sport Chambers   9'
Miller   34' (own goal)		 Attendance: 8173
Referee: Winter
24 April 2011 SPL Hibernian 1–1 St Mirren Easter Road, Edinburgh
Sodje   26' BBC Sport Dargo   39' (pen.) Attendance: 7238
Referee: Muir
30 April 2011 SPL Hibernian 1–2 St Johnstone Easter Road, Edinburgh
Sodje   23' BBC Sport Craig   74'
Moon   92'		 Attendance: 7492
Referee: Allan
7 May 2011 SPL Hamilton Academical 1–0 Hibernian New Douglas Park, Hamilton
Hasselbaink   38' BBC Sport Attendance: 2300
Referee: Tumilty
11 May 2011 SPL Inverness CT 2–0 Hibernian Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
Foran   42'
Ross   51'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 3344
Referee: Finnie
14 May 2011 SPL Hibernian 1–3 Aberdeen Easter Road, Edinburgh
Riordan   21' BBC Sport Magennis   48'
Maguire   75', 77'		 Attendance: 11,767
Referee: Collum

Final table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
8 St Johnstone 38 11 11 16 23 43 −20 44
9 Aberdeen 38 11 5 22 39 59 −20 38
10 Hibernian 38 10 7 21 39 61 −22 37
11 St Mirren 38 8 9 21 33 57 −24 33
12 Hamilton Academical (R) 38 5 11 22 24 59 −35 26 Relegation to the First Division
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

UEFA Europa League

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See also: 2010–11 UEFA Europa League

Having finished fourth in the 2009–10 Scottish Premier League, Hibs qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League competition.[7] Dundee United's 3–0 victory against Ross County in the 2010 Scottish Cup Final meant that Hibs would enter in the third qualifying round,[8] while Sevilla's victory in the 2010 Copa del Rey Final meant that Hibs would be seeded in that round.[citation needed] They were drawn against Slovenian club Maribor, who defeated Hungarian club Videoton in order to meet Hibs.[24] The team's preparations were disrupted by the non-appearance of Sol Bamba on a pre-season tour.[24]

John Hughes chose to leave Anthony Stokes and Derek Riordan out of the starting lineup for the first leg in Maribor, playing Colin Nish as a lone striker instead.[25] Hibs crashed to a 3–0 defeat, with Stokes and Riordan only coming on as substitutes after the score was already 3–0, but they could not reduce the deficit.[25] Stokes, Riordan and Bamba were recalled for the second leg at Easter Road, but Hibs lost 3–2 on the night and 6–2 on aggregate.[26] The Scotsman commented that the tie had provided "little evidence" that Hibs had overcome a decline in form evident during the second half of the previous season.[27]

Hibs' elimination was part of a season of failure for Scottish clubs in European competition, as Celtic, Dundee United and Motherwell were all eliminated in the following round.[28] Mark McGhee and Walter Smith cited the lack of finance available to Scottish clubs, particularly outside the Old Firm, as being the root cause.[28]

Fixtures

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29 July 2010 UEFA Europa League Maribor 3–0 Hibernian Ljudski vrt, Maribor
Iličič   32', 52'
Tavares   60'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson
5 August 2010 UEFA Europa League Hibernian 2–3 Maribor Easter Road, Edinburgh
de Graaf   54', 89' BBC Sport Tavares   19', 73'
Mezga   67' (pen.)		 Attendance: 12,504
Referee: Clément Turpin[29]

Summary

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Maribor   6–2   Hibernian 3–0 3–2

Scottish Cup

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Hibs entered the Scottish Cup in the fourth round, and were drawn against Ayr United.[30] The match at Easter Road ended in a goalless draw, with goalkeeper Mark Brown to thank for producing a great save to keep the club in the cup.[31] Hibs lost 1–0 at Somerset Park to exit the competition, meaning that new manager Colin Calderwood had won just two of his first fourteen matches.[4] The defeat prompted speculation that Calderwood had offered to resign his position, which was denied.[4]

Fixtures

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8 January 2011 Scottish Cup Hibernian 0–0 Ayr United Easter Road, Edinburgh
BBC Sport Attendance: 6056
Referee: Madden
18 January 2011 Scottish Cup Ayr United 1–0 Hibernian Somerset Park, Ayr
Roberts   19' BBC Sport Referee: Madden

Scottish League Cup

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Having qualified for European competition in the previous season, Hibernian entered the Scottish League Cup at the third round stage. In the draw, Hibs were given one of the two all-SPL ties to be drawn, away to Kilmarnock.[32] A poor start to the SPL season put pressure on Hibs going into the tie.[33] That pressure was increased by a 3–1 defeat, which meant that Hibs had won just four times in their previous 26 matches.[34]

Fixtures

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22 September 2010 League Cup Kilmarnock 3–1 Hibernian Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Hamill   29', 71' (pen.)
Silva   74'		 BBC Sport Grounds   8' Attendance: 4,074
Referee: Collum

Transfers

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Hibs' first significant move in the close season was to release four first team players, goalkeeper Yves Ma-Kalambay, defender Darren McCormack, midfielder Patrick Cregg and forward Abdessalam Benjelloun.[35] Alan Gow also left the club, returning to Plymouth Argyle at the end of his loan spell.[36] The Edinburgh Evening News commented that these departures had comes as "little surprise".[37] Hibs made their first signing of the summer when Netherlands B player Edwin de Graaf was signed on a free transfer from Eredivisie club NAC Breda.[38][39]

After signing defenders David Stephens and Michael Hart, John Hughes commented that he would now look to sign a forward.[40] He did this towards the end of the window by signing Darryl Duffy on loan, but this appeared to be in anticipation of selling Anthony Stokes to Celtic.[41] Hibs sold Stokes, their top goalscorer in the previous season, for a reported fee of £1.2M.[42] An injury to Duffy soon afterwards again left Hughes looking to sign a forward,[43] which led in part to the signing of trialist Valdas Trakys.[44]

At the start of the January 2011 transfer window, Sol Bamba was sold to Leicester City for an undisclosed fee.[45] Poor results, including the Scottish Cup defeat by Ayr United, prompted chairman Rod Petrie to make a public statement in which he pledged to improve the playing squad.[46] Within a week of that statement, Hibs signed three players on the same day: Martin Scott, Matt Thornhill and Richie Towell.[47]

Player stats

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During the 2010–11 season, Hibs used 37 different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.[76]

No. Pos Nat Player Total SPL Scottish Cup League Cup Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO Mark Brown 28 0 26 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
GK   CZE Jakub Divis 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK   SCO Graeme Smith 6 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
GK   EIR Graham Stack 7 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF   CIV Souleymane Bamba 18 2 16 2 0 0 1 0 1 0
DF   SCO Callum Booth 18 1 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
DF   GHA Francis Dickoh 30 2 27 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
DF   ENG Jonathan Grounds 15 1 13 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
DF   SCO Paul Hanlon 37 2 33 2 2 0 1 0 1 0
DF   SCO Michael Hart 22 0 18 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
DF   ENG Chris Hogg 9 2 7 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
DF   WAL David Stephens 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   FRA Steven Thicot 8 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
DF   EIR Richie Towell 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Danny Galbraith 26 0 22 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
MF   NED Edwin de Graaf 21 2 18 0 0 0 1 0 2 2
MF   SCO Danny Handling 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   ENG Lewis Horner 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Kevin McBride 16 0 11 0 2 0 1 0 2 0
MF   EIR Liam Miller 38 5 33 5 2 0 1 0 2 0
MF   SCO Ian Murray 24 0 20 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
MF   ISL Victor Palsson 16 1 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO John Rankin 20 1 17 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
MF   SCO Martin Scott 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Lewis Stevenson 19 1 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Scott Taggart 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   ENG Matt Thornhill 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO David Wotherspoon 40 2 35 2 2 0 1 0 2 0
MF   MAR Merouane Zemmama 6 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
FW   EIR Kurtis Byrne 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Darryl Duffy 9 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Colin Nish 24 1 20 1 1 0 1 0 2 0
FW   SCO Derek Riordan 38 11 33 11 2 0 1 0 2 0
FW   ENG Akpo Sodje 15 6 15 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   EIR Anthony Stokes 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
FW   LTU Valdas Trakys 10 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW   POR Ricardo Vaz Tê 10 1 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

See also

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