Season 2010/1 finish
Stevie thought life couldn't get much better. He didn't even need to cheat on women to get his hands on money anymore (though old habits die hard), and he spent a lot of time in the Czech Republic. He made those trips under the pretext of checking out potential investments for the Raptor Group, but even if he really was interested in Bohemians Prague, O'Mao spent a suspicious amount of time gathering information on some of his rivals. It had been over twenty years since the Iron Curtain came down, but the former Eastern Block still hosted the finest spies in the world.
And so he returned to Edinburgh happier every time. On the pitch, his beloved Hearts didn't disappoint either. For a while, it looked like at best they'd have to settle for promotion via the playoffs, but then the Tynecastle outfit went on a brilliant run which saw them drop very little points. By May, they had swept all before them, and won the Football League with a record points tally of 103.
All that while just a few miles up the road, Hibs crashed back down to earth. In the end, they survived in the BPL, but only in 17th place. Early exits in both FA and League Cup proved to be some serious writing on the wall when it came to Europe. A lucky escape in the first group phase couldn't hide the fact the Hibernian era was over. In the second round, the Easter Road side were found out by Benfica, Lazio and Panathinaikos, and finished last.
Glasgow Celtic had to settle for the runners-up spot in the BPL for the second season running, after Newcastle United clinched the title for the first time in 84 years. The Scottish side didn't mind, as they ended a long wait of their own, by winning their second ever European Cup. In the final in Amsterdam, they faced, and beat, the same club as back in '67: Internazionale. And like 44 years before, the scoreline was 2-1. More silverware could follow in the Super Cup clash with UEFA Cup winners PSV.
Celtic also continued Scottish dominance of the FA Cup, succeeding Hibs, who won it the previous three years. Finally, the League Cup saw Liverpool reply to Merseyside rivals Everton's victorious 2010 campaign in style.
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">British Premier League. 1.Newcastle 38 27 7 4 73 - 23 +50 88 2.Celtic 38 24 6 8 56 - 29 +27 78 3.Arsenal 38 22 8 8 61 - 30 +31 74 4.Man Utd 38 19 10 9 63 - 42 +21 67 5.Rangers 38 19 6 13 50 - 38 +12 63 6.Everton 38 17 8 13 44 - 46 -2 59 7.Leeds 38 16 6 16 53 - 59 -6 54 8.Liverpool 38 13 13 12 48 - 41 +7 52 9.Blackburn 38 13 12 13 45 - 47 -2 5110.Millwall 38 13 11 14 48 - 50 -2 5011.Southampton 38 14 7 17 54 - 60 -6 4912.Motherwell 38 14 7 17 52 - 58 -6 4913.Nottm Forest 38 12 12 14 44 - 42 +2 4814.Bolton 38 14 6 18 40 - 54 -14 4815.Stoke 38 13 5 20 43 - 64 -21 4416.Birmingham 38 12 7 19 35 - 47 -12 4317.Hibs 38 11 8 19 41 - 50 -9 4118.Sheff Utd 38 9 7 22 41 - 67 -26 3419.Rotherham 38 8 9 21 31 - 54 -23 3320.Livingston 38 7 11 20 31 - 52 -21 32.British First Division. 1.Hearts 46 32 7 7 89 - 39 +50 103 C 2.Sunderland 46 26 9 11 62 - 40 +22 87 P 3.Sheff Wed 46 24 12 10 68 - 34 +34 84 4.Tottenham 46 25 8 13 76 - 48 +28 83 5.Charlton 46 21 17 8 68 - 40 +28 80 6.Portsmouth 46 23 9 14 67 - 45 +22 78 P 7.Coventry 46 20 11 15 59 - 53 +6 71 8.Derby 46 18 15 13 52 - 44 +8 69 9.Q.P.R. 46 17 12 17 67 - 74 -7 6310.Chelsea 46 14 20 12 55 - 57 -2 6211.St. Johnstone 46 18 8 20 57 - 60 -3 6212.Wolves 46 17 10 19 60 - 62 -2 6113.Grimsby 46 15 16 15 46 - 49 -3 6114.St. Mirren 46 16 13 17 51 - 55 -4 6115.Hull 46 15 13 18 51 - 61 -10 5816.Ipswich 46 15 12 19 52 - 56 -4 5717.West Ham 46 14 14 18 59 - 57 +2 5618.Man City 46 14 13 19 59 - 67 -8 5519.Gillingham 46 14 10 22 51 - 65 -14 5220.Wimbledon 46 11 12 23 50 - 80 -30 4521.Crystal Palace 46 11 10 25 31 - 51 -20 4322.Leyton Orient 46 9 15 22 54 - 85 -31 42 R23.Leicester 46 10 11 25 35 - 70 -35 41 R24.Burnley 46 7 15 24 41 - 68 -27 36 R.British Second Division. 1.Port Vale 46 25 11 10 83 - 53 +30 86 C 2.Crewe 46 25 11 10 74 - 45 +29 86 P 3.Peterborough 46 20 21 5 58 - 34 +24 81 4.Reading 46 24 6 16 52 - 48 +4 78 5.Watford 46 23 8 15 64 - 51 +13 77 6.Notts Co 46 22 10 14 56 - 42 +14 76 P 7.Dundee 46 21 12 13 65 - 54 +11 75 8.Dunfermline 46 21 10 15 63 - 61 +2 73 9.Carlisle 46 20 9 17 73 - 65 +8 6910.Wycombe 46 20 7 19 58 - 51 +7 6711.Middlesbrough 46 16 17 13 83 - 72 +11 6512.Tranmere 46 18 11 17 57 - 63 -6 6513.Wrexham 46 16 16 14 56 - 51 +5 6414.Swindon 46 14 19 13 37 - 35 +2 6115.Kilmarnock 46 16 13 17 48 - 48 0 6116.Aston Villa 46 16 12 18 67 - 59 +8 6017.Bournemouth 46 14 12 20 73 - 81 -8 5418.Bury 46 14 11 21 64 - 84 -20 5319.Dundee Utd 46 12 13 21 54 - 69 -15 4920.Brighton 46 11 15 20 35 - 50 -15 4821.Stockport 46 11 14 21 53 - 69 -16 47 R22.Airdrie 46 13 7 26 44 - 73 -29 46 R23.Huddersfield 46 10 9 27 47 - 71 -24 39 R24.Northampton 46 6 14 26 45 - 80 -35 32 R.British Third Division. 1.Darlington 46 27 10 9 87 - 50 +37 91 C 2.Clyde 46 24 15 7 76 - 53 +23 87 P 3.Walsall 46 23 13 10 92 - 59 +33 82 P 4.Morton 46 24 10 12 65 - 52 +13 82 5.Arbroath 46 22 11 13 75 - 51 +24 77 6.Bradford 46 22 11 13 71 - 54 +17 77 P 7.Fulham 46 21 12 13 83 - 66 +17 75 8.Falkirk 46 21 11 14 64 - 50 +14 74 9.Bristol C 46 22 7 17 73 - 69 +4 7310.Luton 46 19 12 15 75 - 63 +12 6911.Norwich 46 19 10 17 77 - 71 +6 6712.Brentford 46 18 12 16 72 - 69 +3 6613.W.B.A. 46 18 11 17 77 - 67 +10 6514.Ross County 46 15 12 19 72 - 75 -3 5715.Wigan 46 15 11 20 50 - 61 -11 5616.Inverness C. Thistle46 14 14 18 69 - 82 -13 5617.Barnsley 46 16 8 22 62 - 76 -14 5618.Preston 46 12 15 19 58 - 73 -15 5119.Aberdeen 46 13 12 21 73 - 90 -17 5120.Cardiff 46 12 14 20 58 - 75 -17 5021.Cambridge Utd 46 13 10 23 52 - 81 -29 4922.Plymouth 46 10 11 25 53 - 75 -22 4123.Oldham 46 8 11 27 50 - 81 -31 3524.Southend 46 8 9 29 44 - 85 -41 33 R.British Conference. 1.Swansea 42 28 7 7 92 - 51 +41 91 C 2.Blackpool 42 24 3 15 80 - 65 +15 75 3.Halifax 42 20 13 9 75 - 56 +19 73 4.Shrewsbury 42 20 13 9 67 - 50 +17 73 5.Chesterfield 42 19 13 10 53 - 34 +19 70 6.Scunthorpe 42 19 8 15 71 - 69 +2 65 7.Rushden 42 19 7 16 60 - 53 +7 64 8.Southport 42 16 15 11 61 - 53 +8 63 9.Raith Rovers 42 16 13 13 56 - 54 +2 6110.Cheltenham 42 15 15 12 62 - 43 +19 6011.Nuneaton Borough 42 18 6 18 62 - 65 -3 6012.Scarborough 42 15 13 14 48 - 48 0 5813.Stranraer 42 14 13 15 53 - 53 0 5514.York 42 14 12 16 65 - 59 +6 5415.Kidderminster 42 14 12 16 60 - 63 -3 5416.Ayr 42 15 7 20 51 - 65 -14 5217.Oxford 42 14 6 22 46 - 64 -18 4818.Northwich Vics 42 13 6 23 48 - 61 -13 4519.Lincoln 42 12 9 21 55 - 69 -14 4520.Stenhousemuir 42 12 9 21 61 - 77 -16 45 R21.Boston Utd 42 10 6 26 31 - 68 -37 36 R22.Forest Green 42 6 12 24 49 - 86 -37 30 R</pre>
In Ireland, Celtic had already completed the League season with just a solitary defeat at St.Pat's denying them an unbeaten title. The season ended with Athlone and Derry (via a playoff) returning to the top flight, and Linfield beating Non-League Mervue United in an FAI Cup Final Replay to make up for the disappointment of missing out on second place. Days later, UEFA announced second wouldn't have made a difference, as Ireland dropped two places in the UEFA coefficients, to 16th. It meant the FAI could only enter one team into the Champions' League qualifiers.
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">Irish Premier Division. 1.Belfast Celtic 36 22 13 1 59 - 25 +34 79 C 2.St. Pat's Athletic 36 15 8 13 59 - 50 +9 53 3.Linfield 36 15 7 14 43 - 41 +2 52 4.Shamrock Rovers 36 15 7 14 55 - 54 +1 52 5.Glentoran 36 12 15 9 53 - 48 +5 51 6.Kilkenny City 36 14 5 17 48 - 55 -7 47 7.Shelbourne 36 12 8 16 53 - 54 -1 44 8.Cork City 36 12 8 16 36 - 45 -9 44 9.Sligo Rovers 36 10 12 14 42 - 49 -7 42 R10.Galway Utd 36 9 5 22 27 - 54 -27 32 R.Irish First Division. 1.Athlone Town 30 17 7 6 62 - 42 +20 58 C 2.Derry City 30 17 6 7 52 - 43 +9 57 P 3.Portadown 30 16 4 10 46 - 35 +11 52 4.Bohemians 30 14 7 9 46 - 35 +11 49 5.Bray Wanderers 30 11 10 9 38 - 35 +3 43 6.Carrick Rangers 30 10 10 10 37 - 38 -1 40 7.Limerick 30 11 6 13 48 - 46 +2 39 8.Coleraine 30 9 10 11 47 - 49 -2 37 9.Waterford Utd 30 8 7 15 33 - 41 -8 3110.Cliftonville 30 7 6 17 33 - 53 -20 2711.Dundalk 30 7 3 20 36 - 61 -25 24</pre>
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