The 2010–11 season was

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's 98th season in the top flight of Scottish football. Aberdeen competed in the

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. Aberdeen began the season with successive league wins over

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and

St Johnstone St Johnstone Football Club is a professional association football club in Perth, Scotland. The team competes in the , the second division of Scottish football. The club's name is derived from St John's Toun (or Saint Johnstoun)—an old name o ...

, but suffered a poor run of form in the following months, culminating in a club record 0–9 defeat to

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in November 2010. The following month,

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was sacked as manager and replaced by

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manager Craig Brown. In the cups, Aberdeen reached the semi-final of the

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, losing 1–4 to Celtic in January 2011. Aberdeen also reached the semi-final of the Scottish Cup, losing 0–4 to Celtic in April 2011.

Pre-season and friendlies

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club

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ended in a 1–3 defeat for Aberdeen. The following day, Aberdeen won 2–0 against

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, with

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and

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scoring. On 21 July, Aberdeen lost 0–1 to

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. Aberdeen's tour of England began in Tamworth on 24 July. Despite Aberdeen taking an early lead, Tamworth equalised early in the second half, and the game ended 1–1. Aberdeen's next game was against

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, Aberdeen won 1–0 thanks to a Michael Paton penalty ten minutes before the end of the game. The tour of England concluded with a 0–1 defeat to

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on 31 July 2010. Aberdeen returned to Scotland to face

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in a memorial match for former Brechin City chairman

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on 4 August 2010. The result was a 2–2 draw,

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and

Andrew Considine Andrew MacLaren Considine (born 1 April 1987) is a Scottish former professional association football, footballer who played as a defender (association football), centre-back. He played over 550 times for Aberdeen F.C., Aberdeen across 18 years, ...

scored for Aberdeen. Aberdeen's final pre-season game was in Germany against

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on 7 August 2010. Aberdeen lost 0–2 to the Bundesliga club.

Transfers

Seven new players arrived at

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in the summer transfer window, including

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international

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, who was appointed as team captain. Three players were signed on loan between September 2010 and the end of the January transfer window, in addition to three permanent signings. Full-back

Ricky Foster Richard Martyn Foster (born 31 July 1985) is a Scottish football coach and former Player. He played for Aberdeen, Rangers, Bristol City, St Johnstone, Ross County, Partick Thistle, and Detroit City. Foster primarily played as a right back, al ...

joined Aberdeen's rivals

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on transfer deadline day in August on a season-long loan, with striker

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moving in the opposite direction.

In

The end of the previous season saw three on-loan players return to their clubs. Paul Marshall, Jim Paterson and last season's top scorer Steven MacLean all left to go back to their parent club. Eight out-of-contract players departed Aberdeen on free transfers in the summer, including left-back Charlie Mulgrew, who rejoined

, and former captain Mark Kerr, who joined Greek club

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. Only one player left the club in the January transfer window, English defender Jerel Ifil, who was released from his contract.

Out

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Disciplinary record

Goal scorers

Results and fixtures

Scottish Premier League

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Competitions

Overall

SPL

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Results by opponent

Source:

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References

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