2009–10 Scottish Premier League

Scottish Premier League
Season2009–10
Dates15 August 2009 – 9 May 2010
ChampionsRangers
6th Premier League title
53rd Scottish title
RelegatedFalkirk
Champions LeagueRangers
Celtic
Europa LeagueDundee United
Hibernian
Motherwell
Matches played228
Goals scored586 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorerKris Boyd (23)
Biggest home winRangers 7–1 Dundee United
Biggest away winNine wins by three clear goals[1]
Highest scoringMotherwell 6–6 Hibernian (12)
Highest attendanceCeltic v St Johnstone: 58,500
Celtic v Dundee United: 58,500
Lowest attendanceHamilton Academical v Heart of Midlothian: 2,003
Average attendanceRangers: 47,564

The 2009–10 Scottish Premier League season was the twelfth season of the Scottish Premier League. Rangers were the defending champions and they retained the championship with three games to spare by winning 1–0 against Hibernian at Easter Road on 25 April.[2] The competition began on 15 August 2009 and ended on 9 May 2010.

Clubs

Promotion and relegation from 2008–09

Promoted from First Division to Premier League

Relegated from Premier League to First Division

Stadia and locations

Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Falkirk
Pittodrie Stadium Celtic Park Tannadice Park Falkirk Stadium
Capacity: 20,866[3] Capacity: 60,411[4] Capacity: 14,223[5] Capacity: 7,937[6]
Hamilton Academical
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Location of teams in 2009–10 Scottish Premier League
 Heart of Midlothian
New Douglas Park Tynecastle Park
Capacity: 5,510[7] Capacity: 17,420[8]
Hibernian Kilmarnock
Easter Road Rugby Park
Capacity: 16,531[9] Capacity: 17,889[10]
Motherwell Rangers St Johnstone St Mirren
Fir Park Ibrox Stadium McDiarmid Park St Mirren Park
Capacity: 13,677[11] Capacity: 50,817[12] Capacity: 10,696[13] Capacity: 8,023[14]

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Kit manufacturer Kit sponsor
Aberdeen Scotland Mark McGhee Nike Team Recruitment
Celtic Northern Ireland Neil Lennon Nike Carling
Dundee United Scotland Peter Houston Nike Carbrini
Falkirk Scotland Steven Pressley Puma Central Demolition
Hamilton Academical Scotland Billy Reid Nike Reid Furniture
Heart of Midlothian Scotland Jim Jefferies Umbro Ukio Bankas
Hibernian Scotland John Hughes Le Coq Sportif McEwan Fraser
Kilmarnock Scotland Jimmy Calderwood 1869 Smallworld
Motherwell Scotland Craig Brown Canterbury of New Zealand JAXX
Rangers Scotland Walter Smith Umbro Carling
St Johnstone Scotland Derek McInnes Surridge Taylor Wimpey
St Mirren Scotland Gus MacPherson hummel Braehead Shopping Centre

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Manner of departure Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Aberdeen Scotland Jimmy Calderwood 24 May 2009[15] Resigned Pre-season Scotland Mark McGhee 12 June 2009[16]
Celtic Scotland Gordon Strachan 25 May 2009[17] Resigned England Tony Mowbray 16 June 2009[18]
Hibernian Finland Mixu Paatelainen 29 May 2009[19] Resigned Scotland John Hughes 8 June 2009[20]
Falkirk Scotland John Hughes 8 June 2009[20] Signed by Hibernian Scotland Eddie May 23 June 2009[21]
Motherwell Scotland Mark McGhee 12 June 2009[16] Signed by Aberdeen Republic of Ireland Jim Gannon 27 June 2009[22]
Dundee United Scotland Craig Levein 23 December 2009[23] Signed by Scotland 4th Scotland Peter Houston 23 December 2009[24] (interim)
25 May 2010[25] (permanent)
Motherwell Republic of Ireland Jim Gannon 28 December 2009[26] Sacked 6th Scotland Craig Brown 29 December 2009[27](interim)
27 January 2010[28] (permanent)
Kilmarnock Scotland Jim Jefferies 11 January 2010[29] Mutual consent 11th Scotland Jimmy Calderwood 14 January 2010[30]
Heart of Midlothian Hungary Csaba László 29 January 2010[31] Sacked 5th Scotland Jim Jefferies 29 January 2010[31]
Falkirk Scotland Eddie May 11 February 2010[32] Sacked 12th Scotland Steven Pressley 11 February 2010[33]
Celtic England Tony Mowbray 25 March 2010[34] Sacked 2nd Northern Ireland Neil Lennon 25 March 2010[34] (interim)
9 June 2010[35] (permanent)

Events

Main article: 2009–10 in Scottish football § Notable events

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rangers (C) 38 26 9 3 82 28 +54 87 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Celtic 38 25 6 7 75 39 +36 81 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Dundee United 38 17 12 9 55 47 +8 63 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[a]
4 Hibernian 38 15 9 14 58 55 +3 54 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5 Motherwell 38 13 14 11 52 54 −2 53 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
6 Heart of Midlothian 38 13 9 16 35 46 −11 48
7 Hamilton Academical 38 13 10 15 39 46 −7 49
8 St Johnstone 38 12 11 15 57 61 −4 47
9 Aberdeen 38 10 11 17 36 52 −16 41
10 St Mirren 38 7 13 18 36 49 −13 34
11 Kilmarnock 38 8 9 21 29 51 −22 33
12 Falkirk (R) 38 6 13 19 31 57 −26 31 Relegation to the First Division
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ by winning the Scottish Cup.

Results

Matches 1–22

During their first 22 matches, each team played every other team home and away.

Home \ Away ABE CEL DUN FAL HAM HOM HIB KIL MOT RAN STJ STM
Aberdeen 1–3 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0
Celtic 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 3–0 0–0 1–1 5–2 3–1
Dundee United 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–3 3–3 3–2
Falkirk 0–0 3–3 1–4 2–0 0–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–2 1–3
Hamilton Academical 0–3 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–2 1–0
Heart of Midlothian 0–3 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–0
Hibernian 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 5–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–4 3–0 2–1
Kilmarnock 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 3–0 1–2 1–1 0–3 0–0 2–1 1–2
Motherwell 1–1 2–3 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 3–1 0–0 1–3 2–0
Rangers 0–0 2–1 7–1 4–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 6–1 3–0 2–1
St Johnstone 1–0 1–4 2–3 3–1 1–1 2–2 5–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 1–0
St Mirren 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–3 0–2 1–1
Source: BBC Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23–33

During matches 23–33 each team played every other team once (either at home or away).

Home \ Away ABE CEL DUN FAL HAM HOM HIB KIL MOT RAN STJ STM
Aberdeen 4–4 2–2 0–1 0–3 1–3 2–1
Celtic 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 3–0
Dundee United 3–0 0–2 1–0 3–0 0–0
Falkirk 3–1 0–2 1–3 0–1 2–1
Hamilton Academical 1–1 0–1 2–2 4–1 0–0 1–0
Heart of Midlothian 3–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–4
Hibernian 2–2 0–1 2–4 1–0 1–1 2–1
Kilmarnock 2–0 4–4 1–2 0–2 3–2 1–1
Motherwell 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–1
Rangers 3–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 3–1
St Johnstone 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 4–1
St Mirren 4–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1
Source: BBC Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 34–38

After 33 matches, the table splits into two groups of six. Each team plays every team in their own half once (either at home or away)

Attendances

As of 14:51, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
Source: SPL
Team Stadium Capacity Highest Lowest Average
Aberdeen Pittodrie Stadium 22,199 16,803 6,097 10,461
Celtic Celtic Park 60,355 58,500 24,000 45,582
Dundee United Tannadice Park 14,209 11,100 5,598 7,821
Falkirk Falkirk Stadium 9,706[40] 7,049 4,321 5,635
Hamilton Academical New Douglas Park 6,096 5,343 2,003 3,005
Heart of Midlothian Tynecastle Stadium 17,420 17,126 12,325 14,484
Hibernian Easter Road 17,500[41] 16,949 9,185 12,164
Kilmarnock Rugby Park 18,128 10,662 4,068 5,919
Motherwell Fir Park 13,742 9,355 3,544 5,307
Rangers Ibrox Stadium 51,082 50,321 44,291 47,564
St Johnstone McDiarmid Park 10,673 7,807 2,993 4,717
St Mirren St Mirren Park 8,016 6,164 3,009 4,414

Goals

Top scorers

As of 12:14, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
Sources: SPL BBC Archived 6 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
Rank Scorer Team Goals
1 Scotland Kris Boyd Rangers 23
2 Republic of Ireland Anthony Stokes Hibernian 21
3 Scotland Kenny Miller Rangers 18
4 Republic of Ireland Jon Daly Dundee United 13
Scotland Derek Riordan Hibernian
6 England Lukas Jutkiewicz Motherwell 12
Republic of Ireland Robbie Keane Celtic
8 England John Sutton Motherwell 11
9 France Marc-Antoine Fortuné Celtic 10
Australia Scott McDonald Celtic[42]
Greece Georgios Samaras Celtic


Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Scottish Premier League hat-tricks
Scorer For Against Date
Scotland Peter MacDonald St Johnstone Motherwell 26 December 2009[43]
Scotland Kris Boyd 5 Rangers Dundee United 30 December 2009[44]
Republic of Ireland Jon Daly Dundee United Falkirk 23 January 2010[45]
Scotland Colin Nish Hibernian Motherwell 5 May 2010[46]

5 player scored 5 goals

Awards

Monthly awards

Main article: Scottish Premier League monthly awards
Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Young Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club Player Club
August England Tony Mowbray[47] Celtic England Danny Cadamarteri[48] Dundee United Scotland Ross Forbes[49] Motherwell
September Scotland John Hughes[50] Hibernian Scotland Derek Riordan[50] Hibernian Scotland Craig Thomson[51] Heart of Midlothian
October Republic of Ireland Jim Gannon[52] Motherwell Republic of Ireland Liam Miller[53] Hibernian England Lukas Jutkiewicz[52] Motherwell
November Scotland Craig Levein[54] Dundee United Scotland Andy Webster[54] Dundee United Scotland Peter Pawlett[55] Aberdeen
December Scotland Walter Smith[56] Rangers Scotland Kris Boyd[56] Rangers Republic of Ireland Anthony Stokes[57] Hibernian
January Scotland Craig Brown[58] Motherwell Northern Ireland Steven Davis[59] Rangers Scotland Fraser Fyvie[60] Aberdeen
February Scotland Craig Brown[61] Motherwell Scotland David Weir[62] Rangers Scotland Chris Maguire[63] Kilmarnock
March Scotland Peter Houston[64] Dundee United Republic of Ireland Robbie Keane[65] Celtic Scotland Ryan Flynn[66] Falkirk
April Scotland Billy Reid[67] Hamilton Academical Scotland Kenny Miller[68] Rangers Republic of Ireland Graham Carey[69] St Mirren

Clydesdale Bank Premier League Awards

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Award Recipient
Player of the Season Scotland David Weir[71]
Manager of the Season Scotland Walter Smith[71]
Young Player of the Season Scotland David Goodwillie[72]
Goal of the Season Republic of Ireland Anthony Stokes[72]
Save of the Season Poland Artur Boruc[72]
Under-19 League Player of the Season Scotland Dale Hilson[73]
Best Club Media Relations Motherwell[73]
SPL Family Champions St Mirren[73]
Best Community Initiative Hibernian[73]

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