Heart of Midlothian F.C.
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| Full name | Heart of Midlothian Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Maroons (earliest nickname); Hearts; The Jam Tarts; dickheads
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| Founded | 1874 | ||
| Ground | Tynecastle Stadium Gorgie, Edinburgh | ||
| Capacity | 17[1] | ||
| Owner | [fat lithuanian]] | ||
| Chairman | Roman Romanov | ||
| Manager | [fat get]] | ||
| League | Scottish Premier League | ||
| 2009–10 | Scottish Premier League, 6th | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Heart of Midlothian F.C., more commonly known as simply Hearts, are a Scottish football club from Edinburgh who currently play in the Scottish Premier League. They are one of the two principal clubs in the city, with the other being Hibernian. The current manager of Hearts is Jim Jefferies, assisted by Billy Brown and Gary Locke.
Russian-Lithuanian businessman and banker Vladimir Romanov has been the major shareholder of Hearts since he bought Chris Robinson's stake in 2005.
History
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Formation
The earliest mention of Heart of Midlothian in a sporting context is a report in The Scotsman newspaper from 20 July 1864 of The Scotsman vs Heart of Mid-Lothian at cricket. It is not known if this was the same club who went on to form the football club, but it was common for football clubs in those days to play other sports as well.[2]
Hearts were founded around 1874, although the first Hearts Captain, Tom Purdie, stated that they may have played in 1873.
Name
A number of alternative explanations of the club's name exist. One suggests that Hearts are named after a popular local dance hall. The story goes that around 40 youths who often attended the dance hall bought a football and founded the football club, at the encouragement of a policeman who teased them about their dancing. Another explanation is that the club is named after the Heart of Midlothian jail, around which boys played football in the street. Either way, the club took its name directly or indirectly from the jail, which was demolished in 1817 but was kept fresh in the mind by Walter Scott's novel The Heart of Midlothian.[3] The account of the club's history provided on the Hearts website states that the name is taken from the jail, but that the jail also gave its name to the dance hall, from which the club emerged.[4]
Early success
Hearts had considerable success in the early years of the Scottish Football League, winning the league championship in 1895 and 1896. They also won four Scottish Cups in a 15 year period from 1891 to 1906.
Hearts in the Great War
In November 1914, Heart of Midlothian comfortably led the First Division. The First World War saw increasing criticism of young men playing football rather than fighting. Sixteen players from Hearts enlisted to fight in France. In doing so, they became the first British team to sign up en masse. They were part of "McCrae's Battalion" (the 16th Royal Scots) or the Provost's Battalion (the First Royal Scots). The creation of the Hearts Great War memorial in Contalmaison, France commemorated their efforts in the first battle of the Somme and has become an annual pilgrimage for Hearts fans.
The Tommy Walker era
The club went from 1906 to 1954 without winning a major trophy before enjoying a decade of success between 1954 and 1963. Under the management of Tommy Walker, Hearts won the League twice, in 1958, with a record 62 points and 132 goals scored (Still the Scottish 'Top' League Record) and only 29 against in 34 matches, and in 1960. Hearts also won the Scottish Cup in 1956 and the Scottish League Cup four times, in 1954, 1958, 1959 and 1962. This glorious period for the club contained many top, now legendary, names such as Alfie Conn, Sr., Willie Bauld, Jimmy Wardhaugh (the Terrible Trio), John Cumming, Dave Mackay and Alex Young. In 1964–65 Hearts lost 2–0 to Kilmarnock on the last day of the season to lose the league title to them on goal average. Subsequently Hearts were instrumental in pushing through a change to use goal difference to separate teams level on points, which ironically was to disadvantage the club in 1985–86.
Latter 20th century
From the mid 1960s Hearts went into decline. The players of greatest note in the 1970s were Jim Cruickshank, Donald Ford and Drew Busby, not to forget the loyal servant Alan Anderson. After the advent of the ten team Premier Division in 1975, Hearts were subsequently relegated for the first time in 1977. Promotion followed in 1978, but several seasons were spent yo-yoing back and forth from the Premier League to the First Division. The major problem for Hearts at this time was an antiquated company structure which was a massive disincentive to anyone to invest in the club. When the board of directors finally resigned after Hearts failed to regain their Premier Division status.
The arrival of chairman Wallace Mercer led to a revival in the club's fortunes. The club came within 7 minutes of winning the league in 1986, needing a draw from the last game of the season away to Dundee. Two late goals by Albert Kidd combined with Celtic winning heavily against St Mirren meant Hearts losing out on goal difference. Hearts finished runners-up again in 1988 and 1992.
In the early 1990s the club struggled to settle on a manager. Within a 2 year period, Joe Jordan, Sandy Clark and Tommy McLean were all sacked. One of the few bright points in this period was the run of 22 games in a row without defeat against arch-rivals Hibernian, including the 2–1 triumph in the fourth round of the 1994 Tennents Scottish Cup at Easter Road, with Wayne Foster grabbing the late winner.
In 1998, Hearts beat Rangers 2–1 to lift the Scottish Cup under the management of Jim Jefferies, with a 1st-minute penalty from Colin Cameron and a second-half strike by Stephane Adam.
Into the 21st century
In recent seasons, Hearts have usually been competing for third place in the Scottish Premier League. They finished third in 2003 and 2004, and reached the inaugural group stages of the UEFA Cup in 2004–05, but finished bottom of their group, despite a victory over FC Basel. During the 2004–05 season, they finished fifth in the league.
In 2004, then club CEO Chris Robinson announced plans to sell Tynecastle, which he claimed was “not fit for purpose”, and instead have Hearts rent Murrayfield from the Scottish Rugby Union.[5] This move was deemed necessary due to the club’s increasingly large debt. The plan was very unpopular with supporters, and a campaign, entitled Save Our Hearts, was set up to try to block the move.[6] As Robinson and his supporters had a slight majority of the club’s shares, a preliminary deal to sell the stadium was struck with the Cala property development company for just over £20 million.[7]
In the midst of Hearts' financial difficulties in late 2004, Russian-Lithuanian multi-millionaire Vladimir Romanov began to be involved with the club in what was styled the “Romanov Revolution”. After Romanov began negotiations to purchase a large portion of Hearts’ shares, the impending sale of Tynecastle was called off, much to the relief of the majority of supporters.[8]
In February 2005, Romanov purchased 29.9% of the share capital, taking effective control of the club. He then increased his holding to 80% by December 2005 and thus gained full control of the club. Romanov also arranged for a £4,500,000 loan due to Scottish Media Group to be paid off by his investment bank.
2005–06
Romanov said that his ultimate aim is for Hearts to win the Champions League. His early actions included bringing on former Rugby Union chief Phil Anderton as CEO in 3 March 2005. On 9 May 2005, manager John Robertson resigned, a move which was greeted with much dismay among supporters because Robertson had been a great player for Hearts. Former Ipswich Town and Derby County manager George Burley was hired on 30 June 2005 to replace him.
As the season began, the combination of Romanov's financial backing and the appointment of Burley led many Hearts fans to believe that they could win the SPL championship in 2005–06. Signings such as Edgaras Jankauskas, Rudi Skácel and Takis Fyssas, allied to existing players Andy Webster, Steven Pressley, Craig Gordon, and Paul Hartley meant that Hearts built a team which made an outstanding start to the season. Hearts won their first eight SPL games, including a 1–0 win over reigning champions Rangers.[9]
After leading the Jambos through ten undefeated SPL appearances, and guiding them to the top of the league table, Hearts and Burley parted ways on 22 October 2005,[10] just hours before their Premier League match with Dunfermline Athletic. A club statement after the game declared that the departure of Burley had been mutually agreed and that there were "irreconcilable differences" between Burley and the Hearts board. Throughout his short spell in charge rumours had persisted that the relationship between Burley and Romanov was uneasy. It had also been reported that Romanov had signed players without Burley's consent.
John McGlynn was put in temporary charge of the team following Burley's abrupt departure. Chief executive Phil Anderton was dismissed on 31 October 2005. The chairman, George Foulkes resigned in protest at Anderton's dismissal. Romanov's son, Roman Romanov, was appointed as chairman and acting chief executive.
Vladimir Romanov's concerns with the fairness of refereeing developed during this period. This started after Hearts made complaints after a match with Rangers in the 2004–05 season during which the referee Hugh Dallas controversially awarded a decisive penalty kick late in the match on the basis of advice from his linesman Andy Davis. There were also complaints after the dismissals of Craig Gordon against Falkirk, Edgaras Jankauskas against Hibs and Saulius Mikoliunas against Rangers. Romanov called for a replay of each of these matches, but this was refused and Romanov was rebuked by the SFA.[11]
On 7 November, Graham Rix was appointed as head coach. Hearts' title ambitions suffered a major setback when they lost 3–2 to Celtic on 1 January 2006. On 7 February 2006, reports were made indicating that Rix had told players who were apparently disgruntled at being left out of the team before a match against Dundee United that Romanov himself was picking the team and was "pulling the strings". While it was well-known that Rix was not in charge of player transfer policy, it had not previously been confirmed that he was not in charge of selecting the team either.
Part of the fallout from this match was that the agent of Andy Webster indicated that Webster would not extend his contract with Hearts, which was due to expire at the end of 2006-07 season.[12] During April 2006, Vladimir Romanov put Andy Webster on the transfer list, claiming that he could not trust the player.[13]
Graham Rix was sacked as Hearts manager on 22 March 2006 along with the club's Director of Football, Jim Duffy, who had only been appointed one month previously.[14] Shortly afterwards, former FBK Kaunas coach Valdas Ivanauskas was appointed interim head coach of the first team until the end of the season.
Nonetheless, on 2 April 2006 Hearts eased into the Scottish Cup Final. A 1–0 win over Aberdeen on 3 May at Tynecastle guaranteed second place in the SPL behind Celtic and a place in the Champions League qualifying rounds for the following season. It also meant that Hearts were the first club to break the total dominance of the Scottish Premier League by the Old Firm since Motherwell in 1995. Hearts then won the Scottish Cup by beating Scottish Second Division side Gretna in a penalty shootout after the final had finished 1–1.
2006–07
Valdas Ivanauskas was confirmed as head coach on a permanent basis during the summer of 2006 following the Scottish Cup victory. A pre-season tour of Austria saw no new signings. On the eve of the SPL season, Hearts announced the capture of Chile striker Mauricio Pinilla on a season-long loan. PAOK Salonika's Christos Karipidis and Tiago Costa, a full back from Benfica B were also signed, while in the final week of the transfer window three further Lithuanian players - Marius Žaliūkas, Kęstutis Ivaškevičius and Andrius Velička - joined on loan from FBK Kaunas. Hearts fans still anticipated the arrival of "two World Cup stars" but were left disappointed when the club announced that the final piece of business of the transfer window would be to sign the previously-loaned striker Roman Bednář on a permanent deal.
Hearts played their home 2006/2007 European Champions League games at Murrayfield Stadium, rather than in their home ground Tynecastle. A combination of Tynecastle falling short of UEFA requirements in terms of pitch size and hospitality facilities, and Murrayfield's greater capacity, meant that Murrayfield was the preferred choice for the Tynecastle board. Hearts won their second round qualifying tie against Bosnian champions Široki Brijeg 3–0 on aggregate, but were defeated 5–1 on aggregate by AEK Athens in the final qualifying round. The Greek side won 2–1 at Murrayfield due to two late goals and then won 3–0 in the Athens Olympic Stadium. Hearts had one player (Bruno Aguiar) sent off in the first leg and two players (Julien Brellier and Neil McCann) sent off in the second leg.
The loss in the final qualifying round meant that Hearts dropped into the UEFA Cup first round against Sparta Prague. In this competition they lost 2–0 at a muddy Murrayfield in the first leg and they were eliminated after a 0–0 draw in Prague in the return leg on 28 September 2006.
Following an inconsistent start to their League campaign, head coach Valdas Ivanauskas took a sabbatical from his role on 23 October. Club owner Vladimir Romanov, who stated "I have full confidence in Valdas and look forward to his return",[15] appointed the club's sporting director, Eduard Malofeev, as interim head coach. Further off-field disruption ensued four days later when Romanov warned his players that they would all be put up for sale if Hearts did not win their match against Dunfermline Athletic the next day. Captain Steven Pressley, flanked by senior players Paul Hartley and Craig Gordon, responded with a statement voicing the players' unhappiness at affairs at the club, stating in a pre-match media conference ahead of Dunfermline's visit that there was "significant unrest" in the dressing-room.[16] The game was drawn 1–1.
The repercussions from the press conference stretched over several months and eventually led to the departure from the club of two of the so-called Riccarton Three.[17] Pressley was dropped for a match against Falkirk on 13 November[18] and named as an unused substitute for a 1–0 defeat by Rangers on 19 November.[19] Hartley was only used as a substitute in the former game. Pressley eventually left Hearts on 9 December, with accompanying press releases stating that this was an amicable agreement. He joined rivals Celtic on 1 January 2007 and captained his new squad to a 2–1 victory at Tynecastle on his first return to Edinburgh. Hartley also moved to Celtic during January 2007, in a £1.1 million transfer on 31 January. This only left Gordon, who was dropped for matches away to Dundee United and Rangers in December and January respectively, as the only member of the trio to remain at Hearts beyond the January transfer window.
Hearts failed to win a game under the management of Eduard Malofeev, who took control during Ivanauskas' sabbatical. Hearts lost at Celtic and Hibernian - a result which eliminated Hearts from the CIS Cup - and at home to Rangers. He remained as caretaker manager until late November 2006 when, despite media reports anticipating the appointment of Eugenijus Riabovas,[20] Ivanauskas returned to resume his duties as club manager.[21]
A 1–0 loss in the Scottish Cup at Dunfermline on 3 February 2007, with Gordon on the bench, ended Hearts' chance to retain the trophy. Later that month, Ivanauskas was moved to a director of football role,[22] with director of football Anatoly Korobochka assuming the role of interim head coach on 2 March. An improved run of form towards the end of the season witnessed Hearts challenge Aberdeen for third spot in the League and UEFA Cup qualification. The Dons scored a last minute equaliser in a head-to-head confrontation between the two teams at Tynecastle in May, and eventually finished four points clear in third place.
2007–08
For the second consecutive pre-season Hearts visited Austria, although on this occasion the side also played four tour matches in Germany. Only one pre-season match was played in Edinburgh, a "glamour friendly" against FC Barcelona at Murrayfield Stadium, which attracted Hearts' largest ever attendance for a "home" match. Several Lithuanian players left the club during the close-season, while two more Audrius Ksanavičius and Ričardas Beniušis arrived on loan from FBK Kaunas. Other summer signings included Rubén Palazuelos from Gimnástica de Torrelavega and Michael Stewart, who returned to the club after two seasons with rivals Hibernian. Scottish international goalkeeper Craig Gordon moved to Sunderland for £9 million in early August. This fee meant that Gordon was the most expensive Hearts and Scottish player ever, and the most expensive goalkeeper in British football history.
Just prior to the season's commencement Anatoly Korobochka and Stephen Frail were confirmed as the club's permanent coaching team.[23] Hearts began their League season disappointingly, with a 1–0 Derby defeat to Hibernian. After several other discouraging results, the Scottish media began to scrutinise why the team was not matching supporters expectations, with one particular area of interest being the coaching structure. As neither Korobochka or Bulgarian assistant coach Angel Chervenkov spoke fluent English, a translator was required to aid management and team communication, a situation Frail admitted was "frustrating" and "not ideal" after a 1–1 draw with Gretna.[24]
On 31 December 2007, Romanov announced that, following five successive defeats which saw the club fall to 10th (third bottom) place in the league, the club would be looking to appoint a 'British-style' manager who would have complete control over team affairs.[25] Since then, Stephen Frail has been the caretaker manager, although it was not made clear at the time that Frail would be manager until the end of the season.
Hearts were defeated 1–0 in the 4th round replay of the Scottish Cup by Motherwell after a 2–2 draw on 21 January 2008. Rangers defeated them 2–0 in the semi-final of the CIS Cup on 30 January at Hampden Park. Hearts then sold their top scorer, Andrius Velička, to Norwegian side Viking Stavanger on 26 February 2008. A 0–0 draw with Kilmarnock on 5 April 2008 meant that Hearts failed to make the "Top Six" of the SPL, for the first time since the split league format was introduced in 2001.
On 22 May 2008 reports came out that caretaker manager Stephen Frail was on his way out of Tynecastle as he was not part of the new managerial structure at Hearts.
2008-09
After a search spanning six months and 10 days, Hearts announced the appointment of Csaba László as their new manager, on 11 July 2008.[26] Laszlo won his first league game in charge of Hearts 3–2 against Motherwell at Tynecastle.
In November 2008, after a series of inconsistent results associated with a lack of firepower, Hearts strung together a series of five consecutive wins. The latter of these was a 2–1 victory over Rangers. On the closing day of the transfer window, Hearts sold their captain and Scottish international defender, Christophe Berra to Wolverhampton Wanderers. Hearts beat Dundee United 3–0 to ensure that they would finish in third place in Csaba Lazlo's debut season.
2009-10
Hearts first four SPL games of the 2009-10 season were announced as Dundee United away, Rangers at home, newly promoted St Johnstone away and Kilmarnock at home. Heart of Midlothian made five signings over the summer break: Ian Black, Dawid Kucharski, Ismael Bouzid, Suso Santana and David Witteveen.
On 13 August 2009, Hearts manager Csaba Laszlo announced the appointment of midfielder Michael Stewart to the role of club captain, replacing Robbie Neilson after his move to Leicester City. Central defender Marius Zaliukas was appointed vice-captain. On 17 August 2009, Stewart was sent off against Dundee United in a 2-0 reverse at Tannadice.
Despite a poor start to the season Hearts recorded a 1-0 win over Celtic in the League Cup at Parkhead with a Michael Stewart penalty.
Laszlo was sacked on 29 January,[27] after a 3-0 home loss to Aberdeen. Jim Jefferies was appointed shortly afterwards to the job, for a return to Tynecastle.
Before the January transfer window was closed, Jim Jefferies signed Ryan Stevenson from Ayr United for a five figure undisclosed fee. Jefferies first game in charge was against St Mirren in the League Cup. He did not enjoy a successful start as Hearts crashed out of the League Cup, losing 1 - 0 to St Mirren, with Billy Mehmet the only scorer. Jefferies' first league game in charge saw his team lose 2 - 0 to Celtic.
Shortly after the Celtic away defeat, Hearts some form under Jefferies. Three wins in a row against Falkirk, Hamilton and Aberdeen saw Hearts move to 6th place in the league. Although, the winning streak ended at Dundee Utd away, losing 1 - 0, which saw them only 7 points ahead of 7th placed Aberdeen, with Aberdeen having a game in hand.
Hearts' win over Kilmarnock on 10 April 2010 confirmed their place in the top six for the SPL late-season split.[28]
2010-11
Hearts first four SPL games of the 2010-11 season were announced as St Johnstone at home, Hamilton away, Dundee Utd at home, and Celtic away.
Heart of Midlothian have made 6 signings over the summer break: Stephen Elliott, Kevin Kyle, Darren Barr, Marian Kello, as a permanent deal, after being on loan at the club, Adrian Mrowiec from FBK Kaunas and Rudolf Skácel returned to the club.
Hearts started the league off with a 1-1 draw with St Johnstone, a 0-4 win over Hamilton, and a 1-1 draw with Dundee United. Performances have received positive reviews so far, and Hearts have been unlucky not to win all 3 of their opening games, taking the lead in each.
Hearts have had 6 consecutive wins in a row beating rivals Hibernian 2-0 at Easter Road Stadium, while beating Celtic, Hamilton and Saint Johnstone 2-0 as well, they hammered Aberdeen 5-0 at Tyncastle and beat Motherwell 2-1 away from home.
On the 3rd of February 2011 it was announced that Andy Webster would return to the club after being released by Rangers of deadline day of the transfer window. He signed a two and a half year deal.
Stadium
Hearts initially played at The Meadows, Powburn and Powderhall before moving to the Gorgie area in 1881. They moved to their current Tynecastle site in 1886.
The all-seated 17,420-capacity Tynecastle Stadium in the Gorgie area of Edinburgh has been the club's home since 1886. Tynecastle Stadium has hosted nine full Scotland international matches, although only two of these games occurred after the Second World War
Many Hearts supporters ask why Hearts named their ground Tynecastle. The answer is after the Tynecastle Tollhouse at the entrance to the grounds of Merchiston. More details can be read in "The Definitive History of the Heart of Midlothian Football Club" by Alex H. Knight, Club Archivist.
Rivalry
Hearts' traditional rivals are Hibernian (Hibs). The Edinburgh derby is one of the oldest sporting rivalries in world football.[29] Hibs were formed by a local Catholic church (church founded teams being common in football's early days), and as such was predominantly made up of Irish immigrants. Hearts lobbied hard for the admission of Hibernians (as they were initially called) into the Scottish Football Association, who initially forbade member clubs to play a side not made up of "Scotchmen".[citation needed] Hearts played several "illegal" matches with Hibs - being fined every time, which resulted in the two clubs playing another match to pay the fine off - until the SFA acquiesced.[citation needed]
The first derby match was on Christmas Day 1875, when Hearts beat Hibernians 1–0. After their five-game struggle for the EFA Cup in 1878, that the two clubs became the dominant ones in Edinburgh. Hearts won 3–2 after 0–0, 1–1, 1–1 and 1–1 draws.[30] The clubs' most notable meeting occurred in the 1896 Scottish Cup Final, played on 14 March 1896, Hearts winning 3–1 at Logie Green Park (the ground of St. Bernard's) in the only final played outside Glasgow.
Club culture
- Colours
The original Hearts football strip was all white shirts and trousers with maroon trimmings and a heart sewn onto the chest and Hearts played in these colours until 1876.[31] For one season they played in red, white & blue strips, the colours of a club called St. Andrew they had absorbed (who had taken their name and colours from the University of St Andrews where they were students) but when the strips were washed the colours dyed to the famous maroon of today (usually with white shorts)[citation needed]. The colour maroon has been famously associated with Hearts ever since.
- Badge
Hearts' badge is a heart based on the Heart of Midlothian mosaic on the Royal Mile.
- Mascots
The club's two mascots are Tynie and Teenie Tiger.[32] Replacing the outgoing Josh and Jemma Jambo, they first appeared at Tynecastle on 6 August 2006, when Hearts beat Celtic 2–1 thanks to a late goal scored by Roman Bednar.
- Hearts Song
The Hearts Song was written and performed by Scottish comedian Hector Nicol, a St. Mirren fan. The more modern Hearts Song is was performed by "Colin Chisholm & The Glasgow Branch". It is played before every game at Tynecastle.
Affiliated clubs
The following clubs are affiliated with Hearts, and are part of owner Vladimir Romanov's football holdings.
Honours
- Major honours
- Minor honours
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Scottish cup finals
| Date | F | Opponents | A | |
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7 February 1891 |
Heart of Midlothian |
1 |
Dumbarton |
0 |
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14 March 1896 |
Heart of Midlothian |
3 |
Hibernian |
1 |
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6 April 1901 |
Heart of Midlothian |
4 |
Celtic |
3 |
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11 April 1903 |
Heart of Midlothian |
1 |
Rangers |
1 |
|
18 April 1903 |
Heart of Midlothian |
0 |
Rangers |
0 |
|
25 April 1903 |
Heart of Midlothian |
0 |
Rangers |
2 |
|
28 April 1906 |
Heart of Midlothian |
1 |
Third Lanark |
0 |
|
20 April 1907 |
Heart of Midlothian |
0 |
Celtic |
3 |
|
21 April 1956 |
Heart of Midlothian |
3 |
Celtic |
1 |
|
27 April 1968 |
Heart of Midlothian |
1 |
Dunfermline Athletic |
3 |
|
1 May 1976 |
Heart of Midlothian |
1 |
Rangers |
3 |
|
10 May 1986 |
Heart of Midlothian |
0 |
Aberdeen |
3 |
|
18 May 1996 |
Heart of Midlothian |
1 |
Rangers |
5 |
|
16 May 1998 |
Heart of Midlothian |
2 |
Rangers |
1 |
|
13 May 2006 |
Heart of Midlothian |
1 |
Gretna |
1 |
League cup finals
| Date | F | Opponents | A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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23 October 1954 |
Heart of Midlothian |
4 |
Motherwell |
2 |
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25 October 1958 |
Heart of Midlothian |
5 |
Partick Thistle |
1 |
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24 October 1959 |
Heart of Midlothian |
2 |
Third Lanark |
1 |
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28 October 1961 |
Heart of Midlothian |
1 |
Rangers |
1 |
|
18 December 1961 |
Heart of Midlothian |
1 |
Rangers |
3 |
|
27 October 1962 |
Heart of Midlothian |
1 |
Kilmarnock |
0 |
|
24 November 1996 |
Heart of Midlothian |
3 |
Rangers |
4 |
Club records
- Highest record home attendance: 53,396 vs Rangers, Scottish Cup 3rd Round, 13 February 1932
- Highest average home attendance: 28,195, 1948–49 season (15 games)[33]
- Most capped players: Steven Pressley, 32 (for Scotland)[34]
- Youngest Competitive player: Scott Robinson made his debut aged 16 years, 1 month and 14 days old.
- Most appearances: Gary Mackay, 640 (515 L, 58 SC, 46 LC, 21 E) 1980 - 1997[35]
- Most league appearances: Gary Mackay, 515
- Most league goals: John Robertson, 214, 1983–1998[36]
- Most goals in a season: Barney Battles, 44[37]
- Most honours: John Cumming, 2 league titles, 1 Scottish Cup, 4 League Cups, 1954-1962[38]
- Highest transfer fee paid: Mirsad Bešlija, £850,000, Racing Genk, 2006[39]
- Highest transfer fee received: £9m for Craig Gordon from Sunderland in 2007 (British record fee ever paid for a goalkeeper)
Players
Current squad
As of 15 February 2011
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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- For more info on reserves and under 19s, see Heart of Midlothian F.C. Reserve and under-19 squad
- For recent transfers, see List of Scottish football transfers 2010-11.
Kit sponsors
| Year | Kit sponsor | Main sponsor |
|---|---|---|
| 1977-82 | Umbro | |
| 1982-84 | Umbro | Alexanders |
| 1984-85 | Umbro | Renault |
| 1985-86 | Umbro | Mita |
| 1986-88 | Bukta | Mita |
| 1988-89 | Bukta | Novafone |
| 1989-90 | Bukta | Thorn Sercurity |
| 1990-91 | Bukta | Miller Homes |
| 1991-92 | Admiral | Miller Homes |
| 1992-93 | Admiral | Strongbow |
| 1993-94 | Asics | Strongbow |
| 1995-97 | Pony | Strongbow |
| 1997–2000 | Olympic Sportswear | Strongbow |
| 2000-02 | Errea | Strongbow |
| 2002-05 | Reebok | All:Sports |
| 2005-07 | Hummel International | Ukio Bankas |
| 2007– | Umbro | Ukio Bankas |
Non-playing staff
Boardroom
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
  Vladimir Romanov |
Owner |
| Roman Romanov |
Chairman |
 David Southern |
Managing Director |
| Sergejus Fedotovas |
Non-Executive Director |
| Julija Goncaruk |
Non-Executive Director |
| Vitalijus Vasiliauskas |
Executive Director |
Management & Notable Others
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Jim Jefferies |
Manager |
| Billy Brown |
Assistant Manager |
| Gary Locke |
First Team Coach |
| Arturas Ramoska |
Goalkeeping Coach |
| Darren Murray |
Under 19's Coach |
 John Murray |
Youth Academy Director |
 Rob Marshall |
Head Physiotherapist |
| Scott Wilson |
Stadium Announcer |
Managers
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References
- ^ "Tynecastle shift is last option". BBC News. 2005-08-16. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
- ^ From 20 July 1864 of the Scotsman, London Hearts.
- ^ Mackie, Albert (1959). The Hearts: The story of the Heart of Midlothian F.C. London: Stanley Paul. p. 29. ASIN B0000CKD66
- ^ Speed, David; Knight, Alex. "History: 1874–1884". Heart of Midlothian F.C. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
- ^ Tynecastle architect says £100,000 to fix stadium, The Scotsman.[dead link]
- ^ Save our Hearts
- ^ Tynecastle sale to go through, but at what price?, The Scotsman.
- ^ Romanov calls off sale of Tynecastle to Cala, The Scotsman.
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{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Burley in shock exit from Hearts". BBC Sport. 22 October 2005. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
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- ^ Appearances (Retrieved 19:21, 25 November 2006 (UTC))
- ^ Goals (Retrieved 19:21, 25 November 2006 (UTC))
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- ^ Most honours (Retrieved 19:21, 25 November 2006 (UTC))
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