2009–10 Hibernian F.C. season

Season 2009–10 for Hibernian was their eleventh consecutive season of play in the Scottish Premier League. The SPL season began on 15 August 2009, with a 2–1 win against St Mirren at home. After a very strong start to the season in which they challenged for the league leadership, Hibs then had a slump in form in the later part of the season. The team eventually secured a Europa League place via finishing fourth in the SPL by winning 2–0 on the final day at Tannadice. Hibs were eliminated from the Scottish Cup in a quarter final replay by Ross County and were knocked out of the Scottish League Cup in the third round by St Johnstone.

Hibernian
2009–10 season
ChairmanRod Petrie
ManagerJohn Hughes
Scottish Premier League4th
Scottish CupQuarter-final
Scottish League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Anthony Stokes (21)
All: Anthony Stokes (23)
Highest home attendance16,949 v Hearts
Lowest home attendance9,185 v Dundee United
Average home league attendance12,164 (down 520)

Pre-season

Hibs initially confirmed seven friendly matches for pre-season, with two of those matches being billed as a "Hibernian XI".[1][2] Hibs played their first match on 15 July, winning 7–0 against Selkirk.[3] Hibs split their resources on 18 July, with a young side losing 4–2 at Berwick,[4] while a more experienced side won 4–0 at Dunfermline.[5] John Hughes only retained five players in the team that started against Dunfermline for the first team's next match, against Raith Rovers. Hibs were losing 1–0 when an electrical storm caused the floodlights to fail, prompting the referee David Somers to abandon the match after 46 minutes.[6]

Hibs then underwent a short Irish tour, winning 2–0 against IFA Premiership champions Glentoran. Two days later they lost 1–0 against a Shamrock Rovers side managed by former Hibs player Michael O'Neill. Hibs also lost their only pre-season game at Easter Road, 3–1 against Preston North End on 1 August. The game was a rematch of sorts for a match played in 1887 dubbed the Championship of the World by the Football Association and the Scottish Football Association, as both clubs had won their respective national cup competitions that year.[7]

Hibs' final two matches of pre-season saw them play out goalless draws against Blackburn Rovers on 5 August and against Bolton Wanderers, in a testimonial match for Jussi Jääskeläinen, on 8 August.[8][9]

Fixtures
15 July 2009 Friendly match Selkirk 0–7 Hibernian XI Yarrow Park, Selkirk
Byrne (3)
Moyes
Campbell
Galbraith
Deane		 Attendance: 476
Referee: Paul Reid
18 July 2009 Friendly match Berwick Rangers 4–2 Hibernian XI Shielfield Park, Berwick
Trialist
McMenamin
Greenhill
Callaghan (pen)		 Byrne (2) Attendance: c.200
Referee: Brian Colvin
18 July 2009 Friendly match Dunfermline Athletic 0–4 Hibernian East End Park, Dunfermline
Nish (2)
Riordan
Johansson		 Attendance: 4151
21 July 2009 Friendly match Raith Rovers A – A Hibernian Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
Williamson Referee: David Somers
22 July 2009 Friendly match Montrose 2–3 Hibernian XI Links Park, Montrose
Hegarty (pen.)
Gemmell		 The Courier Bell
Wotherspoon
McCormack		 Attendance: 425
Referee: Colin Brown
25 July 2009 Friendly match Gala Fairydean 1–1 Hibernian XI Netherdale, Galashiels
Anderson Edinburgh Evening News Moyes
25 July 2009 Friendly match Glentoran 0–2 Hibernian The Oval, Belfast
Edinburgh Evening News Zemmama
Riordan		 Referee: Moutray
27 July 2009[10] Friendly match Shamrock Rovers 1–0 Hibernian Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
O'Connor Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Phill Cashera
29 July 2009 Friendly match East Fife 0–2 Hibernian XI Bayview Stadium, Methil
The Scotsman Galbraith
Wilson		 Attendance: 353
Referee: C Charleston
31 July 2009[11] Friendly match Preston Athletic 1–2 Hibernian XI Pennypit Park, Prestonpans
Docherty Murray
Bell pen.		 Attendance: 356
Referee: Gavin Duncan
1 August 2009[12] Friendly match Hibernian 1–3 Preston North End Easter Road, Edinburgh
Chaplow (own goal) Mellor
Brown (2)		 Attendance: 6,557
Referee: Euan Norris
5 August 2009 Friendly match Blackburn Rovers 0–0 Hibernian Ewood Park, Blackburn
8 August 2009 Testimonial match[13] Bolton Wanderers 0–0 Hibernian Reebok Stadium, Horwich
Referee: Halsey

Scottish Premier League

Hibs began the 2009–10 league season with a 2–1 win against St Mirren, who had Steven Thomson sent off early in the match.[14] Although Hibs conceded the first goal due to a series of defensive errors, David Wotherspoon scored a quick equaliser on his senior debut and Abdessalam Benjelloun scored a late winner.[14] Inconsistent form in the early part of the season saw Hibs win their first two games, lose the next two, but then win the following two league matches.[15] These results put Hibs tied with Rangers on points for second place in the league, but manager John Hughes commented that it would be a position that Hibs would be unlikely to hold for the rest of the season.[15] Hughes put this inconsistency down to the team's failure to work hard enough in the games they had lost.[15]

Four points from the two following home games against Dundee United and Kilmarnock left Hibs clear in third place, just behind the Old Firm, after 8 games. Poor performances by the Old Firm, particularly in European competition, led some writers to comment that there was an opportunity for Hibs to challenge the Old Firm in a way not seen since the New Firm's success in the 1980s.[16] John Hughes again tried to play down these expectations, stating that Hibs were "miles away" from challenging the Old Firm.[17] Hibs continued their good start to the season with a 1–1 draw at Ibrox, and a 2–0 win against Aberdeen; former Hibs player and manager John Collins then praised the job that Hughes had done.[18]

Continued good form, including late winning goals against Celtic and St Mirren in late January, led to Hughes challenging his players to maintain that form and secure Europa League qualification by finishing third in the SPL.[19] Hughes targeted third even though Hibs would move above second-placed Celtic by winning a game in hand, arguing that the Old Firm were still "miles and miles in front of us".[19] Hibs suffered heavy defeats by Rangers and St Johnstone soon afterwards, however, with Hughes admitting that he had picked the wrong team for the latter game.[20] A defeat at Motherwell and draw with St Johnstone extended a winless run to five games, with Hibs showing "defensive frailties".[21] A narrow win against Kilmarnock was followed by an Edinburgh derby defeat, which led Graham Stack to comment that Hibs had perhaps been "found out".[22]

Further poor results, including a 4–1 defeat at Hamilton, led Hughes to concede that the team were "too expansive".[23] Hibs had conceded 28 goals in a run of 13 matches that had produced only two wins.[23] Defeats by Celtic, Rangers and Hearts meant that Hibs lost six straight matches, their worst sequence of results in 13 years.[24] Despite this poor run, a win on the final day against Dundee United meant that Hibs finished in fourth place and qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.[25]

Fixtures
15 August 2009 SPL Hibernian 2–1 St Mirren Easter Road, Edinburgh
Wotherspoon 39'
Benjelloun 83'		 BBC Sport McGinn 38' Attendance: 13,426
Referee: Muir
22 August 2009 SPL Falkirk 1–3 Hibernian Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
Flynn 25' BBC Sport Bamba 41'
Riordan 57', 80'		 Attendance: 6,059
Referee: Conroy
30 August 2009 SPL Hibernian 0–1 Celtic Easter Road, Edinburgh
BBC Sport Samaras 41' Attendance: 14,221
Referee: McDonald
13 September 2009 SPL Hamilton Academical 2–0 Hibernian New Douglas Park, Hamilton
Mensing 9' (pen)
Antoine-Curier 12'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 4,023
Referee: Somers
19 September 2009 SPL Hibernian 3–0 St Johnstone Easter Road, Edinburgh
Stokes 21', 73'
Riordan 36'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 10,817
Referee: Norris
26 September 2009 SPL Motherwell 1–3 Hibernian Fir Park, Motherwell
Reynolds 35' BBC Sport Nish 9'
Riordan 51'
Zemmama 55'		 Attendance: 5,221
Referee: Conroy
3 October 2009 SPL Hibernian 1–1 Dundee United Easter Road, Edinburgh
Zemmama 27' BBC Sport Webster 72' Attendance: 13,056
Referee: Tumilty
17 October 2009 SPL Hibernian 1–0 Kilmarnock Easter Road, Edinburgh
Benjelloun 84' (pen) BBC Sport Attendance: 10,922
Referee: Thomson
24 October 2009 SPL Rangers 1–1 Hibernian Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Boyd 8' BBC Sport Stokes 63' Attendance: 46,892
Referee: Richmond
31 October 2009 SPL Hibernian 2–0 Aberdeen Easter Road, Edinburgh
Nish 88'
Miller 93'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 13,885
Referee: Nicholls
7 November 2009 SPL Heart of Midlothian 0–0 Hibernian Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh
BBC Sport Attendance: 16,762
Referee: Conroy
21 November 2009 SPL St Mirren 1–1 Hibernian St Mirren Park, Paisley
Innes 45' BBC Sport Riordan 29' Attendance: 4,681
Referee: Collum
28 November 2009 SPL Hibernian 2–0 Falkirk Easter Road, Edinburgh
McLean 33' (o.g.)
Riordan 88'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 13,305
Referee: Somers
5 December 2009 SPL Hibernian 2–0 Motherwell Easter Road, Edinburgh
Stokes 41', 56' BBC Sport Attendance: 11,244
Referee: Brines
12 December 2009 SPL Kilmarnock 1–1 Hibernian Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Burchill 54' BBC Sport Stokes 60' Attendance: 5,132
Referee: Conroy
19 December 2009 SPL Aberdeen 0–2 Hibernian Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
BBC Sport Stokes 40', 55' Attendance: 9,096
Referee: McDonald
27 December 2009 SPL Hibernian 1–4 Rangers Easter Road, Edinburgh
Stokes 1' BBC Sport Miller 21', 66'
Boyd 37'
Novo 53'		 Attendance: 16,894
Referee: Brines
3 January 2010 SPL Hibernian 1–1 Heart of Midlothian Easter Road, Edinburgh
Stokes 54' BBC Sport Smith 45+1' Attendance: 16,949
Referee: Richmond
16 January 2010 SPL Dundee United 1–0 Hibernian Tannadice Park, Dundee
Swanson 39' BBC Sport Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Conroy
23 January 2010 SPL Hibernian 5–1 Hamilton Academical Easter Road, Edinburgh
Nish 16'
Stokes 21', 53'
Riordan 30', 49'		 BBC Sport Paixão 69' Attendance: 11,481
Referee: Winter
27 January 2010 SPL Celtic 1–2 Hibernian Celtic Park, Glasgow
Fortune 4' BBC Sport Stokes 26'
Galbraith 92'		 Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Brines
30 January 2010 SPL Hibernian 2–1 St Mirren Easter Road, Edinburgh
Miller 33'
Ross 93' (og)		 BBC Sport Bamba 9' (og) Attendance: 11,476
Referee: Collum
10 February 2010 SPL Hibernian 2–2 Aberdeen Easter Road, Edinburgh
Stokes 50'
Benjelloun 88' (pen)		 BBC Sport Paton 25'
MacLean 34'		 Attendance: 10,469
Referee: Thomson
14 February 2010 SPL Rangers 3–0 Hibernian Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Whittaker 50'
Boyd 72' (pen)
Miller 91'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 48,161
Referee: Conroy
17 February 2010 SPL St Johnstone 5–1 Hibernian McDiarmid Park, Perth
Craig 5', 79' (pen)
Sheridan 10', 71'
Deuchar 62'		 BBC Sport Stokes 67' Attendance: 4,100
Referee: Winter
20 February 2010 SPL Motherwell 1–0 Hibernian Fir Park, Motherwell
Murphy 82' BBC Sport Attendance: 5,055
Referee: Norris
27 February 2010 SPL Hibernian 1–1 St Johnstone Easter Road, Edinburgh
Stokes 3' (pen) BBC Sport Craig 85' (pen) Attendance: 12,174
Referee: Muir
6 March 2010 SPL Hibernian 1–0 Kilmarnock Easter Road, Edinburgh
Riordan 78' BBC Sport Attendance: 10,359
Referee: O'Reilly
20 March 2010 SPL Heart of Midlothian 2–1 Hibernian Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh
Driver 24'
Glen 27'		 BBC Sport Riordan 79' Attendance: 17,126
Referee: Collum
27 March 2010 SPL Falkirk 1–3 Hibernian Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
Stewart 19' BBC Sport Riordan 21'
Twaddle 34' (og)
Bamba 43'		 Attendance: 5,460
Referee: Tumilty
31 March 2010 SPL Hibernian 2–4 Dundee United Easter Road, Edinburgh
Cregg 1'
Stokes 92'		 BBC Sport Daly 20' (pen)
Swanson 26'
Goodwillie 60'
Sandaza 88'		 Attendance: 9,185
Referee: O'Reilly
4 April 2010 SPL Hibernian 0–1 Celtic Easter Road, Edinburgh
BBC Sport Keane 62' (pen) Attendance: 10,523
Referee: Richmond
10 April 2010 SPL Hamilton Academical 4–1 Hibernian New Douglas Park, Hamilton
Mensing 17' (pen), 60' (pen)
Thomas 68', 80'		 BBC Sport Nish 34' Attendance: 2,520
Referee: Conroy
17 April 2010 SPL Celtic 3–2 Hibernian Celtic Park, Glasgow
Keane 4'
Fortune 80'
Rasmussen 87'		 BBC Sport Riordan 6'
Stokes 54' (pen)		 Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Finnie
25 April 2010 SPL Hibernian 0–1 Rangers Easter Road, Edinburgh
BBC Sport Lafferty 17' Attendance: 10,573
Referee: Collum
1 May 2010 SPL Hibernian 1–2 Heart of Midlothian Easter Road, Edinburgh
Stokes 55' (pen) BBC Sport Suso 72'
Obua 89'		 Attendance: 11,277
Referee: McDonald
5 May 2010 SPL Motherwell 6–6 Hibernian Fir Park, Motherwell
Coke 16', 67'
Sutton 39', 76'
Hateley 72'
Jutkiewicz 93'		 BBC Sport Nish 11', 20', 36'
Riordan 28'
Stokes 56', 65'		 Attendance: 6,241
Referee: Collum
9 May 2010 SPL Dundee United 0–2 Hibernian Tannadice Park, Dundee
BBC Sport Nish 12', 72' Referee: Richmond

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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[lower-alpha 1]
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
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. by winning the Scottish Cup.

Scottish Cup

Hibs entered the Scottish Cup in the fourth round, and were drawn to play junior club Irvine Meadow at home.[26] Irvine's secretary Iain McQueen described the tie as the "biggest game in our history".[27] Hibs were heavy favourites to progress, and did so after surviving a few scares.[28] Hibs again received a favourable draw for the fifth round, being drawn at home to either neighbours Edinburgh City or Montrose;[29] Montrose won the tie 3–1 against Edinburgh City to set up a "lucrative visit to Easter Road".[30] At the date of the tie, there were 39 league places between the two clubs, with Hibs third in the SPL and Montrose bottom of the Third Division.[31] Hibs progressed to the quarter-finals after a "resounding" 5–1 win.[32]

Hibs were given a third consecutive home draw in the quarter-final, paired with First Division club Ross County.[33] The tie was the first meeting of the two clubs and Ross County's first appearance in a Scottish Cup quarter-final.[34] Hibs were "fortunate" to remain in the cup, as Ross County forced a 2–2 draw and had chances to win the tie.[35] The result meant that there would be a replay at Victoria Park, Dingwall on 23 March.[35] Hibs went into the replay in poor form; manager John Hughes challenged his players to handle the pressure of the situation.[36] They were unable to do this, however, as Ross County won the replay 2–1.[37] Hughes admitted that the team's performance over the previous month, which had also seen poor results in the SPL, had not been acceptable.[37]

Fixtures
9 January 2010 Scottish Cup Hibernian 3–0 Irvine Meadow Easter Road, Edinburgh
Riordan 32'
Zemmama 42'
Hanlon 59'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 10,197
Referee: Norris
6 February 2010 Scottish Cup Hibernian 5–1 Montrose Easter Road, Edinburgh
Nish 5', 25'
Riordan 70'
Benjelloun 78'
Gow 89'		 BBC Sport Hegarty 74' Attendance: 9,068
Referee: Muir
13 March 2010 Scottish Cup Hibernian 2–2 Ross County Easter Road, Edinburgh
Nish 7'
Riordan 19'		 BBC Sport Murray 16' (og)
Gardyne 79'		 Attendance: 9,857
Referee: Winter
23 March 2010 Scottish Cup Ross County 2–1 Hibernian Victoria Park, Dingwall
Wood 70'
Boyd 90'		 BBC Sport Stokes 46' Attendance: 5,607
Referee: Winter

Scottish League Cup

Having failed to qualify for European competition in the previous season, Hibernian entered the Scottish League Cup at the second round, and were drawn to play Brechin City, who were managed by former Hibs manager Jim Duffy.[38] Hibs won the second round tie 3–0 on 26 August.[39] In the third round, Hibs were again drawn to play at home, against SPL newcomers St Johnstone.[40] Hibs beat St Johnstone 3–1 after extra time in the semi-final en route to their previous competition win in 2007. Despite winning a league match against the same opponents on the previous Saturday, Hibs lost 3–1 to exit the competition.

Fixtures
26 August 2009 League Cup Hibernian 3–0 Brechin City Easter Road, Edinburgh
Riordan 10'
Nimmo 16' (og)
Hanlon 55'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 7,047
Referee: Steven McLean
22 September 2009 League Cup Hibernian 1–3 St Johnstone Easter Road, Edinburgh
Stokes 1' BBC Sport Swankie 7'
Millar 76'
Morris 82'		 Attendance: 7,078
Referee: Richmond

Transfers
Graeme Smith signed on a free transfer at the start of January 2010.

Hibs' first significant move in the close season was to part company with manager Mixu Paatelainen, becoming the third SPL club to change manager in the space of a week.[41] Falkirk manager John Hughes was immediately linked with the vacancy,[41] and he was appointed Hibs manager 10 days later.[42]

Paatelainen had already begun making changes to the squad for the new season before he left, by releasing Fabián Yantorno, Damon Gray and Andrew McNeil.[43][44] Grzegorz Szamotulski's departure under free agency meant that Hughes needed to sign a new goalkeeper,[44] which he addressed by signing Graham Stack. Paatelainen had also done much of the work leading to the signing of Danny Galbraith, which Hughes completed after he was appointed.[45]

There were two significant departures early in the summer, with Scotland international Steven Fletcher moving to newly promoted Premier League club Burnley, and club captain Rob Jones signing for Scunthorpe United.[46] Both buying clubs broke their transfer fee record to secure their services.[47][48]

Hughes went back to his former club to sign midfielders Patrick Cregg and Kevin McBride, with Cregg being his first signing as Hibs manager.[49][50] Towards the end of the window, he signed Anthony Stokes from Sunderland, with the move going against a trend of SPL players moving to English clubs.[46] Like Cregg and McBride, Stokes had previously played under Hughes' management at Falkirk.

On the first day of the January 2010 transfer window, Hibs signed goalkeeper Graeme Smith on a free transfer.[51] The club also loaned out youngsters Lee Currie and Sean Welsh to Stenhousemuir for a month.[52] Towards the end of the window, Hibs signed another goalkeeper, Mark Brown, who had been released by Celtic.[53] Hibs had tried to sign Brown in the previous window, but Celtic had been demanding a transfer fee at that time.[54] John Hughes stated that it "looks as if" the deal to sign Brown would complete Hibs' transfer activity for the season, with the club now having a "goalkeeping school" in place.[55] Nonetheless, late on transfer deadline day, Hibs brought in Alan Gow on loan from Plymouth.[56] Gow had previously played for Hughes at Falkirk,[56] forming a forward partnership with Anthony Stokes.

Player stats
As of 14:35, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

During the 2009–10 season, Hibs used 25 different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.[72] Forwards Anthony Stokes and Derek Riordan made the most appearances, only missing one game each. Stokes played in every game after he was signed, as the opening league match was played before that date.

No. Pos Nat Player TotalSPLScottish CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Yves Ma-Kalambay 70700000
GK Scotland SCO Graeme Smith 1501203000
GK Ireland EIR Graham Stack 2302001020
DF Ivory Coast CIV Souleymane Bamba 3223021010
DF Scotland SCO Paul Hanlon 2321803121
DF England ENG Chris Hogg 3703303010
DF Scotland SCO Kevin McCann 10100000
DF Scotland SCO Darren McCormack 100900010
DF Scotland SCO Ian Murray 4003404020
DF Scotland SCO Lewis Stevenson 1301002010
DF France FRA Steven Thicot 1101001000
DF Ireland EIR David van Zanten 10100000
DF Scotland SCO David Wotherspoon 3913314020
MF Ireland EIR Patrick Cregg 1711511010
MF Scotland SCO Danny Galbraith 1711412010
MF Scotland SCO Kevin McBride 3102603020
MF Ireland EIR Liam Miller 3823324010
MF Scotland SCO John Rankin 3803303020
MF Morocco MAR Merouane Zemmama 2432122110
FW Morocco MAR Abdessalam Benjelloun 3342834110
FW Ireland EIR Kurtis Byrne 50400010
FW Scotland SCO Alan Gow 81701100
FW Scotland SCO Colin Nish 37123294310
FW Scotland SCO Derek Riordan 431737134321
FW Ireland EIR Anthony Stokes 432337214121

See also

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