2010–11 Dundee F.C. season

The 2010–11 season was Dundee's 6th consecutive season in the Scottish First Division after being relegated from the SPL in 2005.

Dundee

2010–11 season
Chairman	Stuart Murphy
Manager	Gordon Chisholm (until 15 October 2010) Barry Smith (from 15 October 2010)
Stadium	Dens Park
Scottish First Division	6th
Scottish Cup	Fourth Round, Losers v Motherwell
League Cup	Second Round, Losers v Brechin City
Alba Challenge Cup	Second Round, Losers v Stenhousemuir
Top goalscorer	League: Sean Higgins (9) All: Leigh Griffiths (12)
Highest home attendance	7,746 (vs Partick Thistle, 30 April 2011)
Lowest home attendance	3,503 (vs Cowdenbeath, 14 December 2010)
Average home league attendance	4,728
Home colours Away colours
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Season summary

Dundee had an average start to the season, but results dramatically improved despite going into administration culminating in the release of their manager Gordon Chisholm, his assistant Billy Dodds, and nine players.^[1] As a result of going into administration on 1 November 2010, the Dee were given a 25-point deduction as punishment.^[2] After the punishment was imposed, Dundee were left bottom of the First Division table with -11 points, 20 points behind the second-bottom team. Dundee went on a 23 match undefeated streak avoiding relegating & ending the season in mid table (6th).

Match results

Division summary

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	D	D	L	D	W	W	W	L
Position	3	5	6	3	5	7	7	6	5	4	4	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	6

Updated to match(es) played on 20 July 2011. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Division table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
4	Queen of the South	36	14	7	15	54	53	+1	49
5	Partick Thistle	36	12	11	13	44	39	+5	47
6	Dundee	36	19	12	5	54	34	+20	44[a]
7	Greenock Morton	36	11	10	15	39	43	−4	43
8	Ross County	36	9	14	13	30	34	−4	41

Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Dundee were docked 25 points for entering administration. The deduction was temporarily lifted pending an appeal by the club, however the appeal failed and the deduction was reinstated.^[3]

Scottish First Division

  Win   Draw   Loss

Home team v Away team

Fixture Date Week/Round

Home team

Score

Away team

Venue

Dundee v Queen of the South

7 August 2010 Week 1	Dundee	1–0	Queen of the South	Dens Park, Dundee
	Harkins 23'  82' Riley  47'  74' Sansara  61'  71'	BBC Sport	Robinson  87'	Attendance: 4,644 Referee: Stevie O'Reilly

Partick Thistle v Dundee

14 August 2010 Week 2	Partick Thistle	1–0	Dundee	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
	Rowson  14' Boyle  45' 71'	BBC Sport	O'Donnell  43' Shimmin  85' Harkins  92'	Attendance: 2,801 Referee: Frank McDermott

Dundee v Ross County

21 August 2010 Week 3	Dundee	0–0	Ross County	Dens Park, Dundee
	Adams  19'	BBC Sport	Boyd  31' Vigurs  79'	Attendance: 3,946 Referee: Craig Thomson

Dundee v Falkirk

28 August 2010 Week 4	Dundee	2–0	Falkirk	Dens Park, Dundee
	Adams  34' O'Donnell 43' Riley 45' Douglas  54'	BBC Sport	Marr  18'	Attendance: 4,557 Referee: William Collum

Dunfermline Athletic v Dundee

11 September 2010 Week 5	Dunfermline Athletic	3–1	Dundee	East End Park, Dunfermline
	Gibson 20' (pen.) Steven Bell 42' Mason  59' Clarke 78'	BBC Sport	Harkins 51' O'Donnell  64' Lockwood  90'	Attendance: 4,037 Referee: Steve Conroy

Dundee v Raith Rovers

18 September 2010 Week 6	Dundee	0–0	Raith Rovers	Dens Park, Dundee
	Mišůn  34' McKeown  73'	BBC Sport	Wilson  44' Simmons  85'	Attendance: 4,532 Referee: David Somers

Cowdenbeath v Dundee

25 September 2010 Week 7	Cowdenbeath	2–1	Dundee	Central Park, Cowdenbeath
	Ramsay 12' Winter  41' Fairbairn 44'	BBC Sport	Griffiths 82' O'Donnell  90'	Attendance: 1,154 Referee: Craig Charleston

Dundee v Greenock Morton

2 October 2010 Week 8	Dundee	2–1	Greenock Morton	Dens Park, Dundee
	Irvine  13' Lockwood 25' (pen.) McMenamin 57'	BBC Sport	Fitzharris  20' Weatherson 41'	Attendance: 4,068 Referee: Euan Norris

Stirling Albion v Dundee

16 October 2010 Week 9	Stirling Albion	1–1	Dundee	Forthbank Stadium, Stirling
	Corrigan  16' Forsyth 70'  79' Aitken  80' Brown  84'	BBC Sport	Adams  41' Griffiths 56'  79' Weston  71'	Attendance: 1,578 Referee: Craig Thomson

Dundee v Dunfermline Athletic

23 October 2010 Week 10	Dundee	2–2	Dunfermline Athletic	Dens Park, Dundee
	Higgins  37' 81' Griffiths 48'	BBC Sport	Gibson 30' (pen.) 33' (pen.) Clarke  79' Dowie  87' Bell  89'	Attendance: 5,636 Referee: Dougie McDonald

Falkirk v Dundee

30 October 2010 Week 11	Falkirk	3–3	Dundee	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
	Stewart 72', 75' Millar 88' (pen.)	BBC Sport	Griffiths 2'  85' Higgins 7' O'Donnell  40' Witteveen 84'	Attendance: 4,667 Referee: Brian Winter

Dundee v Partick Thistle

6 November 2010 Week 12	Dundee	2–1	Partick Thistle	Dens Park, Dundee
	Griffiths 14'  43' Harkins  44' Adams 86'  89'	BBC Sport	Kinniburgh  34' Robertson  45' Paton  55' Hodge 57'	Attendance: 6,022 Referee: Charlie Richmond

Ross County v Dundee

13 November 2010 Week 13	Ross County	0–3	Dundee	Victoria Park, Dingwall
	Miller  14' Craig  44' Gardyne  66' McCormack  71' Lawson  81'	BBC Sport	Griffiths 18', 75' Riley 51' Higgins  71'	Attendance: 2,331 Referee: Stevie O'Reilly

Greenock Morton v Dundee

11 December 2010 Week 14	Greenock Morton	0–1	Dundee	Cappielow Park, Greenock
	McCaffrey  81' MacGregor  86'	BBC Sport	Riley  43' McKeown  44' Lockwood 62' (pen.) Griffiths  88'	Attendance: 1,568 Referee: Eddie Smith

Dundee v Cowdenbeath

14 December 2010 Week 15	Dundee	3–0	Cowdenbeath	Dens Park, Dundee
	Forsyth 37' Riley 66' McKeown 68'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 3,503 Referee: Steven McLean

Dundee v Stirling Albion

18 December 2010 Week 16	Dundee	2–0	Stirling Albion	Dens Park, Dundee
	O'Donnell 36' Griffiths 46' Weston  79'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 3,842 Referee: Neil Watters

Dundee v Ross County

2 January 2011 Week 17	Dundee	2–0	Ross County	Dens Park, Dundee
	Lockwood 28' (pen.) Forsyth  50' O'Donnell  63' Weston  65' Harkins 83'	BBC Sport	Kettlewell  64'  90' Scott  65' Lawson  65' Craig  90'	Attendance: 4,725 Referee: Frank McDermott

Dunfermline Athletic v Dundee

15 January 2011 Week 18	Dunfermline Athletic	0–0	Dundee	East End Park, Dunfermline
		BBC Sport	Higgins  2'  47' Harkins  54' McKeown  58' Benedictus  71' O'Donnell  73'	Attendance: 3,385 Referee: Craig Charleston

Dundee v Falkirk

22 January 2011 Week 19	Dundee	1–0	Falkirk	Dens Park, Dundee
	Forsyth 8' Riley  29'	BBC Sport	O'Brien  24' Finnigan  34'  68' Millar  49' Khalis  76' McLean  80'	Attendance: 4,763 Referee: Crawford Allan

Queen of the South v Dundee

5 February 2011 Week 20	Queen of the South	1–2	Dundee	Palmerston Park, Dumfries
	Burns  56' McGuffie 60'	BBC Sport	Forsyth 35' Riley  59' Greacen  76' Higgins 77'	Attendance: 2,003 Referee: Stephen Finnie

Dundee v Raith Rovers

12 February 2011 Week 21	Dundee	2–1	Raith Rovers	Dens Park, Dundee
	Higgins  65' Harkins 84' O'Donnell  86' McCann 90+5'	BBC Sport	Murray 51'  83' Dyer  72' Davidson  78' Simmons  81'	Attendance: 5,105 Referee: George Salmond

Stirling Albion v Dundee

19 February 2011 Week 22	Stirling Albion	0–1	Dundee	Forthbank Stadium, Stirling
	Borris  45' Forsyth  72' Doyle  74' Buist  82'	BBC Sport	McKeown  17' Higgins 35' Weston  41' Irvine  64' Douglas  75'	Attendance: 1,190 Referee: Brian Winter

Raith Rovers v Dundee

22 February 2011 Week 23	Raith Rovers	1–2	Dundee	Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
	Davidson  41' Walker 50' Campbell  53' Tadé  61'	BBC Sport	O'Donnell  28' Higgins 34', 54'  55' McKeown  47' Weston  60'	Attendance: 2,716 Referee: Iain Brines

Dundee v Greenock Morton

26 February 2011 Week 24	Dundee	1–1	Greenock Morton	Dens Park, Dundee
	Higgins 26' Harkins  61'	BBC Sport	Evans  37' MacGregor  46' McCaffrey  59' Jenkins  72' 76'	Attendance: 4,769 Referee: William Collum

Partick Thistle v Dundee

5 March 2011 Week 25	Partick Thistle	0–0	Dundee	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
		BBC Sport	Irvine  87'	Attendance: 2,671 Referee: Bobby Madden

Cowdenbeath v Dundee

8 March 2011 Week 26	Cowdenbeath	1–3	Dundee	Central Park, Cowdenbeath
	Malcolm  52' Stewart 55'	BBC Sport	Higgins 23' Lockwood 48' (pen.) Forsyth 85'	Attendance: 977 Referee: Brian Colvin

Dundee v Queen of the South

12 March 2011 Week 27	Dundee	2–1	Queen of the South	Dens Park, Dundee
	Higgins 65' Forsyth 87'	BBC Sport	McMenamin 34' Weatherston  52' McKenna  56'	Attendance: 4,242 Referee: Craig Thomson

Falkirk v Dundee

19 March 2011 Week 28	Falkirk	2–2	Dundee	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
	McManus 27' Scobbie  55' Stewart 64' Finnigan  69'	BBC Sport	Riley  36' Benedictus  38' Forsyth  52' 81' Irvine 65' Douglas  70'	Attendance: 4,099 Referee: William Collum

Dundee v Dunfermline Athletic

22 March 2011 Week 29	Dundee	1–1	Dunfermline Athletic	Dens Park, Dundee
	Weston  53' Hyde 71' Irvine  73'	BBC Sport	Hardie  29' Burke 32'	Attendance: 4,507 Referee: Mike Tumilty

Dundee v Cowdenbeath

26 March 2011 Week 30	Dundee	2–2	Cowdenbeath	Dens Park, Dundee
	Hyde 24', 73' Lockwood  62' McKeown  82'	BBC Sport	Crawford 9' Linton 57' Coult  90'	Attendance: 4,311 Referee: Stephen Finnie

Raith Rovers v Dundee

2 April 2011 Week 31	Raith Rovers	2–1	Dundee	Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
	Tadé 43' Davidson  46' Walker 90'	BBC Sport	McKeown  43'  84' O'Donnell 71'  89'	Attendance: 3,143 Referee: Craig Charleston

Dundee v Stirling Albion

10 April 2011 Week 32	Dundee	1–1	Stirling Albion	Dens Park, Dundee
	O'Donnell  43' McIntosh 50'	BBC Sport	Mullen 23' Robertson  90'	Attendance: 4,177 Referee: Gary Hilland

Greenock Morton v Dundee

16 April 2011 Week 33	Greenock Morton	1–3	Dundee	Cappielow Park, Greenock
	O'Brien  36' 66'	BBC Sport	McIntosh 6', 75' Harkins 42'	Attendance: 2,069 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Ross County v Dundee

23 April 2011 Week 34	Ross County	0–1	Dundee	Victoria Park, Dingwall
		BBC Sport	McIntosh 65'	Attendance: 3,205 Referee: Anthony Law

Dundee v Partick Thistle

30 April 2011 Week 35	Dundee	3–2	Partick Thistle	Dens Park, Dundee
	Forsyth 59', 62' Lockwood 71' (pen.)	BBC Sport	Stewart 68' Kinniburgh  70' Doolan 90' Lochhead  90'	Attendance: 7,746 Referee: Bobby Madden

Queen of the South v Dundee

7 May 2011 Week 36	Queen of the South	3–0	Dundee	Palmerston Park, Dumfries
	Johnston 18' McMenamin 24' Burns 61'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 2,590 Referee: Alan Muir

Scottish Cup

Dundee v Motherwell

9 January 2011 Scottish Cup round 4	Dundee	0–4	Motherwell	Dens Park, Dundee
	Higgins  66' Harkins  68' Griffiths  89'	BBC Sport	Sutton 3', 47' Randolph  67' Jennings  67' 81' Murphy 87'	Attendance: 4,285 Referee: Steve Conroy

Scottish League Cup

Dundee v Montrose

31 July 2010 Co-Operative Insurance Cup round 1	Dundee	3–0	Montrose	Dens Park, Dundee
	Forsyth  22' Riley 33', 79' Adams  52' Griffiths  57' 70' (pen.)	BBC Sport		Attendance: 2,111 Referee: Matt Northcroft

Brechin City v Dundee

24 August 2010 Co-Operative Insurance Cup round 2	Brechin City	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Dundee	Glebe Park, Brechin
	McLean  31'  57' McAllister 63', 64' King  75' Molloy  89' McAllister Booth Docherty Byers	BBC Sport	Weston  42' Adams  45' Griffiths  66' 71', 74' McKeown  99' Forsyth  120' Harkins Paton O'Donnell Riley	Attendance: 1,090 Referee: Stephen Finnie

Scottish Challenge Cup

Dundee v Alloa Athletic

24 July 2010 ALBA Challenge Cup round 1 N&E	Dundee	2–1	Alloa Athletic	Dens Park, Dundee
	Antoine-Curier  58' McMenamin 86' Higgins 90' Gary Irvine  90'	BBC Sport	Grant  37' Brown  63' Walker 74'	Attendance: 1,522 Referee: Euan Norris

Stenhousemuir v Dundee

10 August 2010 ALBA Challenge Cup round 2	Stenhousemuir	4–1	Dundee	Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
	Williams 9' Anderson 16' Fusco  20' Quinn 63' Motion 83'	BBC Sport	Griffiths 74'	Attendance: 665 Referee: Iain Brines

Squad

Key: = Appearances, = Goals, = Yellow card, = Red card

Position	Nation	Name	League				Scottish Cup				League Cup				Challenge				Total
GK		Robert Douglas	34	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	0	2	1
GK		John Gibson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
GK		Scott Fox	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3+1	0	0	0
GK		Dominic Cervi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GK		Scott Findlay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GK		Bobby Geddes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF		Dominic Shimmin	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
DF		Gary Irvine	31	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	36	1	4	1
DF		Craig McKeown	34	1	8	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	38	1	9	1
DF		Eric Paton	3+1	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	3+4	0	0	0
DF		Stewart Greacen	0+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
DF		Milan Mišůn	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
DF		Rhys Weston	29+1	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	33+1	0	7	0
DF		Netan Sansara	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	1
DF		Matthew Lockwood	33	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	5	2	0
DF		Kyle Benedictus	10	0	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11+1	0	2	0
DF		Connor Rennie	4+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4+2	0	0	0
DF		Michael Hutcheon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF		Barry Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF		Neil McCann	2+1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2+1	1	0	0
MF		Brian Kerr	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
MF		Steven Robb	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
MF		Jamie Adams	11	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	1	6	0
MF		Gary Harkins	36	5	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	41	5	4	0
MF		Jonny Stewart	4+6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5+6	0	0	0
MF		Stephen O'Donnell	31+2	3	10	0	1	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	34+4	3	10	0
MF		Nicky Riley	32+1	3	6	1	0	0	0	0	1+1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	35+2	5	6	1
MF		Craig Forsyth	26+7	8	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	31+7	8	3	1
MF		Paul McHale	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	2+3	0	0	0
MF		Charlie Grant	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
MF		Ross Carnegie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF		Graham Webster	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0
MF		Gary Bartlett	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
FW		Graham Bayne	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
FW		Njazi Kuqi	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
FW		Colin McMenamin	3+5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0+2	1	0	0	5+7	2	0	0
FW		David Witteveen	2+3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2+3	1	0	0
FW		Jake Hyde	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0
FW		Leigh Griffiths	18	8	4	0	1	0	0	1	2	3	2	0	2	1	0	0	23	12	6	1
FW		Sean Higgins	19+7	9	6	1	1	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	1+1	1	0	0	21+9	10	7	1
FW		Tom Brighton	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
FW		Craig Robertson	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0
FW		Leighton McIntosh	7+5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7+5	4	0	0
FW		Alan Tulleth	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+3	0	0	0
FW		Gary Irons	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW		Mickaël Antoine-Curier	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0

Players with a zero in every column only appeared as unused substitutes

Records

Top goalscorers Position Nation Name League Cups Total 1 Leigh Griffiths 8 4 12 2 Sean Higgins 9 1 10 3 Craig Forsyth 8 0 8

Disciplinary record Position Nation Name Yellow Red Total 1 Craig McKeown 9 1 10 = Steve O'Donnell 10 0 10 3 Sean Higgins 7 1 8

Transfers

Transfers Summer

Players in Player From Fee Dominic Shimmin Greenock Morton Free[4] Scott Fox Queen of the South Free[5] Nicky Riley Hamilton Academical Free[6] Stephen O'Donnell St Mirren Free[6] Gary Irvine St Johnstone Free[7] Jamie Adams St Johnstone Loan[8] Netan Sansara Walsall Free[9] David Witteveen Heart of Midlothian Loan[10] Njazi Kuqi Stevenage Borough Free[11]

Players out Player To Fee Tony Bullock Livingston Free[12] Gary MacKenzie MK Dons Free[13] Derek Soutar APEP Pitsilia Free[14] Richie Hart Östersunds FK Loan[15] Colin Cameron Cowdenbeath Free[16] Pat Clarke Dunfermline Athletic Undisclosed[17] Maroš Klimpl Viktoria Žižkov Free[18] Eddie Malone Ayr United Free[19] Darren Young Greenock Morton Free[20] Connor Rennie Deveronvale Loan[21] David Cowan Free agent Free[22] Robert Malcolm Free agent Free[22] Jim Lauchlan Sligo Rovers Free[23] Chris Casement Linfield Free[24] Bryan Deasley Forfar Athletic Free[25]

Transfers Mid Window

Players in Player From Fee Milan Mišůn Celtic Loan[26] Dominic Cervi Celtic Loan[27]

Players out Player To Fee Scott Fox Partick Thistle Free[28] Colin McMenamin Queen of the South Free[29] Charlie Grant East Stirlingshire Free[30] Brian Kerr Free agent Free[31] Eric Paton Stenhousemuir Free[31] Paul McHale Stirling Albion Free[32]

Transfers Winter

Players in Players Why Source None Transfer Embargo [31]

Players out Player To Fee Mickaël Antoine-Curier Hamilton Academical Free[33] Leigh Griffiths Wolverhampton Wanderers £150k[34] Kyle Benedictus Montrose Loan[35] Dominic Shimmin Dover Athletic Free[36] Njazi Kuqi TPS Turku Free[37]

See also

• List of Dundee F.C. seasons