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Heart of Midlothian
Full nameHeart of Midlothian Football Club Development Squad
Nickname(s)The Maroons (earliest nickname);
Hearts;
The Jam Tarts;
Jambos;
The Famous
Founded1874; (138 years ago)
GroundOriam, Riccarton
OwnerAnn Budge
ChairwomanAnn Budge[1]
ManagerAndy Kirk
LeagueSPFL Reserve League
2017–183rd (Development League)
Current season

In addition to the Heart of Midlothian F.C. first team competing in the Scottish Premiership, the club also maintain an Under-20 squad in the SPFL Development League and various youth teams. Previously the club fielded a reserve team, prior to its abandonment in 2009.

Reserve Team

Hearts Reserves were the reserve team of Heart of Midlothian.

Hearts were members of the Scottish Premier Reserve League from its foundation in the 1998–99 season. The league started as an U21 League but reverted to an open age group league in season 2004–05.[2] The Reserve League was abandoned for season 2009–10 due to financial constraints and a lack of support from other clubs.[3] Hearts Reserves formerly played their home games at Forthbank Stadium (the home of Stirling Albion). The team mainly consisted of Under-19 players and those on the fringe of the first team squad. Some of the first team also played when recovering from injury.

The Reserves' head coach was Gary Locke.

Under-20 Team & development squad

The Heart of Midlothian Under-20 Team competes in the SPFL Development League previously the Scottish Premier Under 20's League.

In 2017, the Hearts academy was one of eight across the country designated 'elite' status on the introduction of Project Brave, an SFA initiative to concentrate the development of the best young players at a smaller number of clubs with high quality facilities and coaching than was previously the case.[4][5]

The under-20s play their home matches at Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir whilst training at Riccarton (Heriot-Watt University).

The Under-20s head coach is Andy Kirk, following the promotion of Jon Daly to first team coach.

U20 development squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Scotland SCO Harry Cochrane
21 MF Scotland SCO Anthony McDonald
24 FW Scotland SCO Rory Currie
25 MF Scotland SCO Jamie Brandon
26 DF Canada CAN Marcus Godinho
27 MF Scotland SCO Lewis Moore
30 GK United States USA Kevin Silva
34 GK Scotland SCO Kelby Mason
35 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Aidan Keena
36 DF Scotland SCO Daniel Baur
37 DF Poland POL Bartlomiej Gajda
38 FW Scotland SCO Callumn Morrison
39 MF Bulgaria BUL Alex Petkov
No. Pos. Nation Player
40 MF Scotland SCO Andy Irving
41 FW Scotland SCO Euan Henderson
42 MF Scotland SCO Dean Ritchie
43 DF Scotland SCO Jay Sandison
44 DF Scotland SCO Chris Hamilton
45 MF Scotland SCO Connor Smith
53 FW Scotland SCO Sean Ward
55 DF Scotland SCO Cammy Logan
TBA DF Scotland SCO Josh Grigor
TBA DF Scotland SCO Dino Leddie
TBA MF Scotland SCO Aaron Hickie
TBA FW Scotland SCO Leeroy Makovora
TBA MF Scotland SCO Scott McGill

Honours

Reserves

  • Scottish Reserve League[6] (1955-1975)
Champions (1): 1958
Runners-up (4): 1957, 1971, 1972, 1975
  • Premier Reserve League[7] (1975-1998)
Champions (2): 1993, 1997
Runners-up (1): 1996
Champions (1): 1999–00
Runners-up (2): 2003–04, 2008–09

Youths

Winners (3): 1993, 1998, 2000
Runners-up (3): 2006, 2014, 2016
Winners (1): 2001
Runner-up (3): 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12

Staff

Position Name
Director of Football Craig Levein
Under-20 team coach Andy Kirk
Youth Coach Andrew Leishman
Head of Coach Education Darren Murray

Former youth team players

External links

Reserves

Under-20s

References

  1. ^ "Ann Budge to start at Tynecastle on Monday". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 9 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  2. ^ SPL Reserve League - General Information
  3. ^ Reserve League scrapped, Ewing Grahame: The Telegraph, published 5 January 2009
  4. ^ "Project Brave: Scottish FA confirms eight-club academy elite". BBC Sport. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  5. ^ "SFA confirms Project Brave academy placings". The Scotsman. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  6. ^ Scottish Football Historical Archive Mirror - Scottish Reserve League
  7. ^ Scottish Football Historical Archive Mirror - Premier Reserve League
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