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

Overview

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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 The Scottish Premier League (SPL) was the top level league competition for professional football clubs in Scotland. The league was founded in 1998, when it broke away from the Scottish Football League (SFL). It was abolished in 2013, when t ...

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. *

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won the Third Division, the first title in the club's 133-year history.

Referee strike

Transfer deals

League Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Scottish First Division

Scottish Second Division

Scottish Third Division

Scottish Premier Under-19 League

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

Rangers

2010–11 UEFA Champions League The 2010–11 UEFA Champions League was the 56th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 19th under the UEFA Champions League format. The final was held at Wembley Stadium in London on 28 May 2011, where Bar ...

2010–11 UEFA Europa League The 2010–11 UEFA Europa League was the second season of the UEFA Europa League, Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 40th edition overall including its predecessor, the UEFA Cup. It began on 1 July 2010, with ...

Celtic

Dundee United

Hibernian

Motherwell

National teams

Scotland national team

Scotland Under-21 team

Deaths

* 29 July – Alex Wilson, 76, Portsmouth and Scotland defender. * 2 September –

Jackie Sinclair John Evens Wright Sinclair (21 July 1943 – 1 September 2010) was a Scottish footballer who played as a winger for six different clubs in the English and Scottish leagues. Sinclair played in one international game for Scotland, in 1966. Family ...

, 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 Avraham "Avi" Cohen ( he, אבי כהן; 14 November 1956 – 29 December 2010) was an Israeli footballer who played as a defender, and a manager. He was best known for his spells playing for two British clubs: Liverpool in England and Ranger ...

, 54, Rangers defender. * 24 January –

Alec Boden Alec Boden (13 August 1925 – 24 January 2011) was a Scottish footballer who played at centre-half, most notably for Celtic. He starred for Duntocher St. Mary's, a boys' guild team, before signing for Celtic in 1943. Called up for military serv ...

, 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 –

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, 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 Dougie McCracken (21 July 1964 – 5 May 2011) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as both a defender and a forward. Career Born in Kilwinning, McCracken made 140 appearances in the Scottish Football League The Scottish Footba ...

, 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 Edward McCallum Morrison (22 February 1948 – 30 May 2011) was a Scottish footballer and manager. Morrison was born in Gourock, and spent the majority of his playing career as a striker at Kilmarnock, where he scored 149 goals in 341 appearanc ...

, 63, Kilmarnock and Morton forward; Kilmarnock manager.

Notes and references

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