Heart of Midlothian F.C.

For other uses of "Heart of Midlothian", see Heart of Midlothian (disambiguation).
Heart of Midlothian
Full name Heart of Midlothian Football Club
Nickname(s)
  • Hearts
  • The Jam Tarts
  • HMFC
  • The Jambos[1]
Founded 1874 (1874)
Ground Tynecastle Stadium
Gorgie, Edinburgh
Ground Capacity 17,480[2]
Chairwoman Ann Budge[3]
Director of Football Craig Levein
Head coach Vacant
League Scottish Premiership
2015–16 Scottish Premiership, 3rd
Website Club home page

Heart of Midlothian Football Club, commonly known as Hearts, is a Scottish professional football club based in Gorgie in the west of Edinburgh. It is currently the only Scottish Premiership club in the city, with Edinburgh derby rivals Hibernian playing in the Scottish Championship and Edinburgh City playing in Scottish League Two. Hearts is the oldest football club in the Scottish capital,[4] having been formed in 1874 by a group of friends from the Heart of Midlothian Quadrille Assembly Club (Dancing). The modern club crest is based on the Heart of Midlothian mosaic on the city's Royal Mile and the team's colours are predominantly maroon and white.[5] Hearts play at Tynecastle Stadium, where home matches have been played since 1886.[6] After renovating the ground into an all-seater stadium following the findings of the Taylor Report in 1990, the all-seated stadium originally had a capacity of 18,008, but over the years this has been reduced to roughly 17,000 to comply with UEFA regulations. Their current training facilities are at the nearby Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh.

Hearts have won the Scottish league championship four times, most recently in 1959–60, when they also retained the Scottish League Cup to complete a League and League Cup double – the only club outside of the Old Firm to achieve such a feat. The club's most successful period was under Tommy Walker from the mid 1950s to mid 1960s. They won seven trophies in this period and were runners up for three others. Jimmy Wardhaugh, Willie Bauld and Alfie Conn, Sr. known affectionately as the Terrible Trio were famed forwards at the start of this period with wing half lynch pins Dave Mackay and John Cumming. Wardhaugh was part of another notable Hearts attacking trinity in the 1957–58 league winning side. Along with Jimmy Murray and Alex Young[7] they set the record for the number of goals scored in that league winning campaign (132). In doing so they became the only side to finish a season with a goal difference exceeding 100 (+103). Hearts have won the Scottish Cup eight times, most recently in 2012 after a 5–1 win over city-rivals Hibernian.[8] Hearts' four Scottish League Cup triumphs were all under Walker, most recently a 1-0 1962 Scottish League Cup Final victory against Kilmarnock. The most recent Scottish League Cup Final appearance was in 2013 when they lost to St Mirren 3–2.

In 1958, Heart of Midlothian became the third Scottish and fifth British team to compete in European competition at the time. The club reached the quarter-finals of the 1988–89 UEFA Cup, narrowly losing out to Bayern Munich 2–1 on aggregate. More recently, Hearts were the first non-Old Firm team to achieve qualification to the UEFA Champions League in 2006.[9]

History

Early years

The club was formed by a group of friends from the Heart of Midlothian Quadrille Assembly Club.[5] The group of friends bought a ball before playing local rules football at the Tron from where they were directed by a local policeman to The Meadows to play. Local rules football was a mix of rugby and football as we know it.[5] In December 1873 a match was held between XIs selected by Mr Thomson from Queens Park and Mr Gardner from Clydesdale at Raimes Park in Bonnington.[10] This was the first time that Association rules had been seen in Edinburgh. Members from the dance club viewed the match and in 1874 decided to adopt the association rules.[11] The new side was Heart of Mid-Lothian Football Club.[5] The exact date of the club's formation was never recorded; however, 1874 is regarded as the year of formation as it was when association rules were taken on,[5] although Tom Purdie claimed the club was formed in 1873.[12] 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.[13]

The club took its name from the Heart of Midlothian jail,[5] which was demolished in 1817 but was kept fresh in the mind by Walter Scott's novel The Heart of Midlothian.[14][15]

Original Hearts strip

Led by captain Tom Purdie the club played its matches in the East Meadows[10] and in 1875 Hearts became members of the Scottish Football Association and were founder members of the Edinburgh Football Association.[5] By becoming members of the Scottish Association Hearts were able to play in the Scottish Cup for the first time. Hearts played against 3rd Edinburgh Rifle Volunteers on October 1875 at Craigmount Park[16] in Edinburgh. The game ended in a scoreless draw. A replay was held at the Meadows which again finished 0–0. Under rules at the time both clubs progressed to the next round with Hearts losing out to Drumpellier in the next round.[17]

In the 1884–85 season, clubs in Scotland struggled to attract players, who were attracted to play in England, due to the games professional status there.[5] After an 11–1 win in the Scottish Cup over Dunfermline[18] a protest was raised against the club for fielding two professional players.[5] Hearts were suspended by the SFA for two years as this was against the rules at the time. This was the first suspension of an SFA club.[19] After a change of the clubs' committee the club was readmitted.[5]

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. The team played against Sunderland in the 1894–95 World Championship, but lost with a 5–3 score. Hearts did win the World Championship title in 1902, beating Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 in Tynecastle Park, after a 0–0 in London few month earlier.[20]

Hearts in World War I

Hearts War Memorial
“ Do not ask where Hearts are playing and then look at me askance. If it's football that you're wanting, you must come with us to France!

Sir George McCrae

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In November 1914, Heart of Midlothian comfortably led the First Division,[21] having started the 1914–15 season with eight straight victories, including a 2–0 defeat of reigning champions Celtic.[22]

This streak coincided with the start of the First World War and the beginnings of a public debate upon the morality of continuing professional football while young soldiers were dying on the front-line. A motion was placed before the Scottish Football Association to postpone the season, with one of its backers, Airdrieonians chairman Thomas Forsyth declaring that "playing football while our men are fighting is repugnant".[23] While this motion was defeated at the ballot box, with the SFA opting to wait for War Office advice, the noted East London philanthropist Frederick Charrington was orchestrating a public campaign to have professional football in Britain suspended, and achieving great popular support for his cause.[24] The prime tactic of Charrington's campaign was to shame football players and officials into action through public and private denouncement. In response, sixteen players from Hearts enlisted in Sir George McCrae's new volunteer battalion, joining en masse on 25 November 1914. The battalion was to become the 16th Royal Scots and was the first to earn the "footballer's battalion" sobriquet. The group of volunteers also contained some 500 Hearts supporters and ticket-holders, 150 followers of Hibernian and a number of professionals footballers from Raith Rovers, Falkirk and Dunfermline.[25] Military training was thus added to the Hearts players football training regime, and the side had a 20-game unbeaten run between October and February.[26] However, exhaustion from their army exertions, twice including 10-hour nocturnal-marches the night before a league game,[27] eventually led to a drop in form, as several enlisted players missed key games. Defeats to St Mirren and Morton allowed Celtic to usurp the Maroons and eventually claim the league title by 4 points.[26]

The war claimed the lives of seven first team players: Duncan Currie, John Allan, James Boyd, Tom Gracie, Ernest Ellis, David Philip, James Speedie and Harry Wattie.[28]

There are two war memorials to mark this period. The McCrae's Battalion Great War Memorial in Contalmaison and the Heart of Midlothian War Memorial in Haymarket, Edinburgh donated to the city by the club in 1922.[29] The latter was placed in storage due to the Edinburgh Trams work[30] but has now been replaced a little to the east of its previous position. A further memorial commemorating the 1914 Hearts team has been proposed by the club.[31] An annual pilgrimage is held by football supporters to Contalmaison every year,[32][33] whilst Hearts hold their memorial services at Haymarket[34] or, whilst it was in storage, at Tynecastle Stadium.[35]

Inter war years

Hearts collected no senior silverware in the inter war years. Tommy Walker joined the Hearts ground staff aged 16 in February 1932. As Scottish clubs could not then officially sign players until the age of 17, Walker played junior football for Linlithgow Rose until his birthday in May.[36] A talented and elegant inside-forward, Walker quickly earned a place in the Hearts first team, helping the side to victory in the 1933 Jubilee edition of the Rosebery Charity Cup, in a season in which they finished 3rd in the league. He was a regular first team player by 1933–34 but despite some emphatic victories, inconsistent form limited Hearts to a sixth-place finish.

Despite Walker scoring 192 league goals for Hearts and playing in sides boasting numerous internationals, such as Scots Dave McCulloch, Barney Battles, Andy Anderson and Alex Massie, Welshman Freddie Warren and Irishman Willie Reid, Walker was destined not to win a major honour as a player at Tynecastle. The closest Hearts came to success during his period there was a second place league finish in 1937–38.

Tommy Walker's managerial era

The first seeds of the Walker managerial success were sown by Davie McLean. On 9 October 1948, after a mediocre start to the 1948–49 season Hearts' manager McLean combined three young forwards, Jimmy Wardhaugh, Willie Bauld and Alfie Conn Sr., for the first time.[37] They became dubbed the Terrible Trio and scored over 900 Hearts goals between them[38] (Wardhaugh 376, Bauld 355, Conn 221).[39] The combination of Wardhaugh's dribbling skills and non-stop running, Bauld's cerebral play and prodigious aerial ability, and Conn's energetic, tenacious style and powerful shooting complemented each other well.[40] Their first match as a forward combination ended in a 6–1 defeat of Scot Symon's impressive East Fife team of the era. This was notable as Symon's team had defeated the Maroons 4–0 a matter of weeks earlier.

A few weeks later in December 1948 Tommy Walker left during his third season at Chelsea to return to Hearts. He took the role of player-assistant to manager McLean. McLean's intention was that Walker would be a steadying influence in a developing young team. However, after a single appearance at right-half in a 1–0 home defeat by Dundee, Walker retired to concentrate fully on learning the managerial ropes.[41]

McLean's sudden death on 14 February 1951 saw Walker promoted to the position of manager. Walker's reign was to prove the most successful period in the club's history.[42] The side he inherited included the Terrible Trio forwards, the full back pair of Bobby Parker and Tam McKenzie, and John Cumming and Freddie Glidden at wing half.

To this established core Walker added the crucial name of Dave Mackay. Mackay had been at Tynecastle as a schoolboy before being signing as a professional in 1952 (initially part-time whilst also working as joiner). Cumming's pairing with Mackay at wing half was to become the nucleus of the team in the middle of the pitch. Mackay was a supremely talented all round player of ferocious tackling, endless running and sublime ball control. Cumming's Iron Man nickname says much of his fearless determination. Despite his commitment he retained control of his temper and was never booked in his career. Cumming was the only player to collect medals for all seven of the trophies Hearts won under Walker. "He never had a bad game. It was either a fairly good game or an excellent game," said Mackay later of his former team-mate.[43] Both went on to become full Scotland internationalists while playing for Hearts.

Bauld's value to the team was underlined in 1952/53, when he missed eight vital league games through ankle injuries. Hearts were struggling, but with Bauld's return to full fitness came a change in fortunes. From the bottom half of the league they surged up the table to finish in fourth place (as they had the two previous seasons). That resurgence also took them to a 1952–53 Scottish Cup semi final against Rangers before 116,262 fans at Hampden Park in Glasgow. Wardhaugh scored in the 2-1 defeat. Hearts were now though on an upward trajectory.

In 1953–54, Wardhaugh became the A Division's top scorer with 27 goals as Hearts appeared set to win the League championship. However in the Scottish Cup quarter final 3-0 defeat to Aberdeen, Parker broke his jaw, Conn injured his back, and Wardhaugh collected a serious shin bone injury. To add to this was Bauld was sidelined for weeks with a troublesome back injury. A stuttering end to their season saw Celtic overtake them.[44] The young Mackay was given his first team debut in November of that 1953-54 season.

The team was boosted by the signing of Ian Crawford in August 1954. Mackay was given his extended place in the team in the 1954-55 season with Glidden now playing at centre half. They promptly became a trophy winning force lifting the first of seven trophies over nine seasons between 1954 and 1963. In 1954–55 they won their first trophy since 1906, 48 years before. They beat Motherwell 4–2 in the 1954 Scottish League Cup Final. Bauld scored three and Wardhaugh scored one in the final giving the team their break through trophy. Hearts gained some recompense against Celtic from the season before by beating them home and away in that 1954–55 Scottish League Cup group stage.

After signing Alex Young and Bobby Kirk, Walker’s side proceeded to win the 1955–56 Scottish Cup.[45] They thrashed Rangers 4-0 in the quarter finals with goals from Crawford, Conn and a Bauld double.[46] Cumming's commitment to the team was typified in that 1956 Scottish Cup Final before 132 840 fans. With blood streaming from a head injury from a clash with Celtic's Willie Fernie he said, "Blood doesn't show on a maroon jersey". He returned to the playing field in the 3-1 win and was man of the match. That quote is now displayed above the entrance to the players tunnel at Tynecastle.

Wardhaugh was the top tier's leading scorer again that season. The scorers in the cup final win over Celtic were Crawford with two and one from Conn. Conn ended that 1955-56 season at the peak of his powers aged 29 with a career best 29 goals from 41 games. On 2 May 1956 two weeks after the cup win Conn became the third of the terrible trio to collect a full Scotland cap. At Hampden Park he put his side ahead after 12 minutes in a 1–1 draw with Austria. However the following September he suffered a broken jaw playing against Hibernian keeping him out til January.[47][48] The days of the Terrible Trio as a combined force were nearing their end.

17 year old Gordon Marshall debuted in 1956. The future England under 23 internationalist became a Hearts goalkeeping regular until 1963. Walker completed the set of having won all three major Scottish football trophies with the League Championship in 1957–58. Conn suffered a serious ankle injury meaning he only played in five league games all season. Injury hit Conn left Hearts for Raith Rovers in September 1958 just two years after his 1956 zenith. With an injury hit Bauld only playing nine times in the league title win a new Hearts attacking trio were dominant. For a third time Wardhaugh was the League's top marksman with 28 strikes. This was one ahead of Jimmy Murray's 27 and four more than Young's 24. Mackay was fourth in Hearts' league scoring charts with 12. Hearts won that League title in 1957–58 with record-breaking points, goals scored and goal difference. Their record from 34 league games of 62 points out of a maximum possible 68 was 13 more than their nearest rival. They scored 132 goals (still the Scottish top tier record) with only 29 against for a record net difference of +103. This was Hearts' greatest ever league side. Murray and Mackay both played for Scotland at the 1958 FIFA World Cup where Murray scored in a 1-1 draw against Yugoslavia.

In the 1958–59 Scottish League Cup group stage Hearts eliminated Rangers. That October 1958 Scottish League Cup Final was won with a heavy 5-1 defeat of Partick Thistle. Bauld and Murray each scored two and Johnny Hamilton netted one. This was the fourth and last Hearts trophy for Mackay who left the following March for Tottenham Hotspur. George Best of Manchester United, one of Tottenham's fiercest rivals in the 1960s, described Mackay as "the hardest man I have ever played against – and certainly the bravest".[49] Mackay's name as a club mainstay at half back was taken over by Billy Higgins.

After collecting three Scottish championships and 19 full Scotland caps at Hibernian, Gordon Smith had a recurring ankle injury leading to his free transfer in 1959. Smith believed that an operation could cure the injury[50] and paid for an operation on the offending ankle himself. He then signed for Hearts, his boyhood heroes.[50] He enjoyed immediate success at Tynecastle, winning both the 1959 Scottish League Cup Final and league title in his first season with the club.[50] Hamilton scored for Hearts in that second successive League Cup Final and Young hit the winner. Third Lanark were beaten 2-1. 1960 ended with Walker being awarded the OBE for services to football.[51]

The 1960s saw Hearts fortunes fluctuate as Walker attempted to adapt to football’s tactical changes by implementing a 4–2–4 formation. Young and George Thomson departed for Everton in November 1960. At Everton Young was known as The Golden Vision and became another from the Walker production line of full Scotland internationalists. Smith had an injury hit season leading to his joining Dundee (who became the third club with whom he won the Scottish title). Hearts signed further future full internationalists in Willie Wallace and David Holt. Hearts lost the 1961 Scottish League Cup Final after a replay. Cumming scored an equalising penalty for Hearts in the first game 1-1 draw to the Scot Symon managed Rangers. Norrie Davidson scored a then equalising Hearts goal in the 3-1 replay defeat.

Another future internationalist, Willie Hamilton, joined for the run culminating in the 1962 Scottish League Cup Final win. Hearts won the trophy for a fourth time with a 1-0 final win over Willie Waddell's fine Kilmarnock side of that era. Davidson's goal this time proved decisive. Like in the 1954-55 win Hearts eliminated Celtic in that 1962-63 Scottish League Cup group stage.

In 1964–65 Hearts fought out a championship title race with Waddell's Kilmarnock. In the era of two points for a win Hearts were three points clear with two games remaining. Hearts drew with Dundee United meaning the last game of the season with the two title challengers playing each other at Tynecastle would be a league decider. Kilmarnock needed to win by a two goal margin to take the title. Hearts entered the game as favourites with both a statistical and home advantage. They also had a solid pedigree of trophy winning under Walker. Waddell's Kilmarnock in contrast had been nearly men. Four times in the previous five seasons they had finished league runners-up including Hearts’ triumph in 1960. Killie had also lost three domestic cup finals during the same period including the 1962 League Cup Final defeat to Hearts. Hearts had won five of the six senior cup finals they played in under Walker. Even the final they had lost was in a replay after drawing the first game. Hearts' Roald Jensen hit the post after six minutes. Kilmarnock then scored twice through Davie Sneddon and Brian McIlroy after 27 and 29 minutes. Alan Gordon had an excellent chance to clinch the title for Hearts in second half injury time but was denied by a Bobby Ferguson diving save pushing the ball past the post. The 2-0 defeat meant Hearts lost the title by an average of 0.042 goals.[52][53][54] Subsequently Hearts were instrumental in pushing through a change to use goal difference to separate teams level on points. Ironically this rule change later denied Hearts the title in 1985–86.

Following a slump in results, Walker resigned in 1966.[55]

Latter 20th century

The highlight of the late 60s was the run to the 1968 Scottish Cup Final when they lost 3-1 to George Farm's Dunfermline Athletic. The players of greatest note in the late sixties were Jim Cruickshank, Alan Anderson and Donald Ford with Drew Busby joining the three in the 1970s. The high point of the 1970s was another run to the Scottish Cup Final. In 1975-76 they again lost 3-1 in the final this time to Rangers. After the advent of the ten team Premier Division in 1975, Hearts were subsequently relegated for the first time in 1977. This began a sequence of yo-yoing six times between the Premier League and First Division in seven seasons.

On 25 May 1981, 34 year old Wallace Mercer became chairman after buying a controlling interested in Hearts for £265 000.[56] Hearts had just been relegated from the top flight for the third time in five seasons. The following December (1981), Mercer promoted Alex MacDonald to be Player Manager. At the end of the 1982/83 season Hearts were promoted back to the top flight. This marked an upturn in their fortunes to rejoin the more competitive clubs in Scotland's top flight. The 1985-86 season was their best since 1965. The league campaign started poorly losing five of the first eight games. From there the club went on a 27 game unbeaten league run hitting league top spot on 21 December after a 1-0 win at St Mirren. Hearts needed a draw from the last game of the season away to Dundee on 3 May 1986 to win the Scottish league title. Before that final game they were two points ahead of Celtic and with a superior goal difference of four goals. However this strong statistical position was undermined in the run up to the game when several players in the Hearts squad were hit by a viral infection.[57]

Celtic were 4-0 up away at St Mirren at half time in their final fixture. Thus the under-performing players in the Hearts dressing room at half time would have had the sobering news they would likely have to deliver a result at Dens Park. Substitute Albert Kidd forced Hearts to concede a corner kick with seven minutes remaining. The in-swinging corner was touched on and fell to Kidd who put Dundee ahead. This was the first goal Hearts had conceded from a corner all season. Hearts now needed an equaliser to win the title. However Kidd went on a run with the ball from the half way line down the right wing beating two Hearts players. After then playing a one-two with a team mate on the edge of the Hearts box he finished emphatically to score a second with four minutes left. Dundee won 2-0.[58] This combined with Celtic winning 5-0 against St Mirren meant the top two clubs finished the season on the same number of points. Hearts lost out to Celtic by a goal difference of three. Had goal difference been the rule in 1965 Hearts would have been champions; had goal average still applied in 1986, they would have won the league. Hearts lobbying after the league loss in 1965 cost them dear in 1986.

Hearts had been chasing a League and Scottish Cup double. After eliminating Rangers and Jim McLean's Dundee United they faced Alex Ferguson's Aberdeen in the final. After Hearts being emotionally shattered at Dens Park the week before, Aberdeen won easily 3-0 meaning Hearts finished runners up as they had in the league.[59]

Hearts finished league runners-up again in 1988 and 1992. The club reached the quarter-finals of the 1988–89 UEFA Cup losing out to Bayern Munich 2–1 on aggregate. After MacDonald's summer 1990 departure the club struggled to settle on a manager. Within a two-year period, Joe Jordan, Sandy Clark and Tommy McLean were all sacked. From April 1989 to April 1994 Hearts went on a run of 22 games in a row without defeat against arch-rivals Hibernian in the Edinburgh Derby.

In 1994 Mercer sold his shares in Hearts to Chris Robinson and Leslie Deans. Under Mercer Hearts had three top division and one Scottish Cup runners up finishes. Mercer's time at the club though was without senior silverware. His personal influence at the club is perhaps best remembered with an attempted merger with Hibs in 1990. Seen by Hibs fans as an attempted take over to liquidate their club, Mercer's attempts were met with bitterness and acrimony before he backed away.[56]

In 1998, Hearts beat Rangers 2–1 to lift the Scottish Cup under the management of Jim Jefferies, with a first-minute penalty from Colin Cameron and a second-half strike by Stephane Adam. This was Hearts' first senior trophy win since the 1962-63 League Cup won in the Tommy Walker era.

Into the 21st century

Hearts 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 Robbie Neilson's goal giving a 2–1 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.[60] 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.[61] 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.[62]

The Romanov era and administration

In August 2004 the midst of Hearts' financial difficulties Russian-Lithuanian multi-millionaire Vladimir Romanov entered into talks to take over Hearts[63] in what was dubbed the "Romanov Revolution". Romanov had already made failed attempts[64] to purchase Dundee United,[64] Dundee[64] and Dunfermline.[64] Romanov offered the prospect of the club staying at a redeveloped Tynecastle,[63][65] which was very attractive to Hearts supporters.[66] At the end September 2004 Chris Robinson agreed to sell his 19.6% stake to Romanov.[67] Romanov called an extraordinary general meeting in January 2005 so that the club could pass a motion to exercise the escape clause in the deal with Cala Homes.[68][69] The backing of Leslie Deans[69] and the McGrail brothers[69] meant that the motion was passed with over 70% support.[70] The sale of Robinson's shares was completed on 2 February 2005[71] after Romanov made financial guarantees that the club could continue to trade without selling Tynecastle.[72] This sale increased Romanov's stake to 29.9%,[71] giving him effective control of the club.[71] Romanov's takeover was welcomed by a fans' representative.[71] Romanov increased his shareholding in Hearts to 55.5% on 21 October 2005,[73] and offered to buy the rest of the shares.[73] chairman George Foulkes sold his shares to Romanov[73] and encouraged others to do likewise.[73] Romanov eventually increased his majority share in Hearts to 82%.[74]

Romanov's management of the club's debt became a cause for concern.[75] During his takeover Romanov pledged to eradicate the club's debt. Soon after the takeover was completed, the debt was transferred from HBOS and SMG to the financial institutions controlled by Romanov, Ūkio bankas and UBIG. At the end of July 2007 the club were £36M in debt.[75] On 7 July 2008, Hearts issued a statement that stated the club would issue debt for equity to reduce the debt by £12M.[76] a further issue was completed in 2010.[77] Since the takeover Hearts have failed to pay players wages on time on several occasions,[78][79][80][81] and been threatened with administration twice[82] due to failure to pay an outstanding tax bills with the bill finally being settled in August 2011.[83] Results released for financial year ending 31 July 2010 showed that Hearts had made a small profit for the first time since 1999 although were still heavily in debt.[84]

Hearts' first manager of the Romanov era was George Burley, who was appointed[85] during close season by new chief executive Phil Anderton, who replaced Chris Robinson as chief executive.[86] With their new manager and signings, Hearts got off to a tremendous start in the 2005–06 season. The team won their first eight league matches,[87] equalling a club record set in 1914.[87] Romanov shocked Scottish football[88] by sacking George Burley on the following day whilst Hearts were sitting top of the SPL table;[88] Hearts ultimately finished second.[89] Hearts fans were led to expect a "top class manager"[88] would replace Burley. Kevin Keegan,[90] Bobby Robson,[91] Claudio Ranieri[92] and Ottmar Hitzfeld[93] were all linked with the vacancy. Anderton, who had been making the approaches for these coaches, was sacked by Romanov on 31 October 2005.[94] Foulkes, who had helped to bring Romanov to the club in the first place,[95] resigned in protest at Anderton's dismissal.[94] Romanov replaced both of them with his son, Roman Romanov.[94] This proved to be a feature of his time at the club with him going through nine[96] permanent managers in seven years.[97] The next managerial change came on 1 August 2011 when Jim Jefferies was sacked[98] during his second spell at the club and replaced by former Sporting CP boss Paulo Sérgio.[99]

Romanov stated that his ultimate aim was for Hearts to win the Champions League.[100] Hearts competed in the Champions League during season 2006–07 but progressed only as far the second qualifying round before dropping down to the UEFA Cup.[101] Since then Hearts have been unable to split the Old Firm for a second time[102][103] to earn a Champions League place. In recent season Hearts target has been to finish third or above in the SPL.[104]

Romanov also owned the Lithuanian club FBK Kaunas[105] and Belarusian club FC Partizan Minsk.[106] Several players were loaned by FBK Kaunas to Hearts when Romanov acquired control of the club.[107]

The club began experiencing severe financial problems in November 2011, which meant they were unable to pay the players' wages,[108] and the club was put up for sale.[109] The squad's October salaries were late and the November wages were paid twenty-nine days late, just one day before their December salaries were due.[110] The December pay failed to arrive on time,[111] and a complaint was lodged with the Scottish Premier League by the players' union.[112] During this period the club advised fringe players they were free to leave the club.[113] On 4 January 2012 the SPL ordered Hearts to pay all outstanding wages by 11 January 2012 and insisted that January's wages had to be paid on time on 16 January.[114] Hearts paid all outstanding wages that day following the sale of Eggert Jónsson to Wolves.[115] On 17 January, the day after Hearts' wages were due to be paid, it was revealed all players had been paid.[116] Despite this, the SPL issued a statement saying Hearts had failed to pay all players on 16 January and an emergency board meeting had been called;[117] Hearts refuted this, saying payment of the remuneration had been made to all players.[118] On 7 November 2012, Hearts were issued with a winding-up order by the Court of Session in Edinburgh after failing to pay a tax bill on time.[119]

In early June 2013, during the close season, a Hearts media statement stated that they would need to raise £500,000 in capital to keep the club up and running during the break between seasons. With no match day income coming in and a lack of finance from owner Romanov, the club have been left in a position where they have had to put their whole squad up for sale.

On 17 June 2013, Heart of Midlothian began the process of entering into administration with debts of £25 million, owing recently bankrupt Ukio bankas £15 million.[120]

On 18 June 2013, a Scandinavian consortium offered to pay the club £500,000 immediately in return for a share of any future transfer income from up to 12 players but was rejected by Hearts. The process of entering administration began on 19 June 2013 when the club's parent company, Ukio Bankas Investment Group (UBIG), filed papers at the Court of Session on Edinburgh for accountancy firm BDO to be named as administrators.[121][122]

On 17 June 2013 Hearts announced that they had lodged court papers stating their intention to enter administration, and on 19 June 2013 the administrators BDO were appointed to run the club.[123] This meant that the club was unable to register players over 21 until February 2014 at the earliest. As long as they were still in administration they would not be able to bring in players of any age.[124]

As well as the signing embargo, Hearts were to be deducted a third of the previous season's points tally which meant the club would start the 2013/2014 season with −15 points. During this period the BDO administrator Trevor Birch pleaded with Hearts fans to purchase season tickets and stated that they needed to sell at least another 3000 season tickets to raise another £800,000 to keep the club running and avoiding liquidation. The fans met this number and took total season ticket sales beyond the 10,000 mark, giving the club more survival time.[125] A deadline of 12 July 2013 was set for interested parties to put in formal bids for the club,[126] there were three bids entered for the club which were received from the supporters group "The Foundation of Hearts"[127] the second was from a new company called "HMFC limited"[128] which was backed by American firm Club Sports 9 and former Livingston FC owner Angelo Massone's through Five Star Football Limited.[129]

On 15 August 2013, "The Foundation of Hearts" were given preferred bidders status to make a CVA with Hearts' creditors. The money that the foundation is using to purchase the club is coming from monthly donations from fans and it is likely that the foundation will receive an interest-free loan from a wealthy fan, which will be paid back using the monthly direct debts from the fans.[130] On 2 December, Hearts' creditors agreed to the CVA deal proposed by "The Foundation of Hearts".[131]

The club's relegation from the Scottish Premiership was confirmed on 5 April 2014.[132] Hearts won 4–2 away to Partick Thistle, but St Mirren beat Motherwell 3–2, making it impossible for Hearts to catch up.[133]

On Monday 12 May 2014, The Ann Budge fronted Bidco 1874 took control of Heart of Midlothian Plc, Budge who fronted and financed the Bidco 1874 group which have taken over the reigns at the club became an unpaid executive chairwoman of the club. The Bidco group plan to hold the club for a possible five years before the fans backed Foundation of Hearts supporters group take control. The Foundation put in £1 million for the running of the club until the final legal exit of administration. The Foundation will then need to pay a further £2.6 million (£2.5m to cover the loan given by Bidco1874 Ltd to Hearts to finance the Creditors' Voluntary Agreement + £100,000 for the shares) to take 75% of the shares in the club and with that the running and decision making within the club. In addition, the Foundation has also committed itself to provide a further £2.8m (£1.4m per year for two years) working capital for the club. Funding for the deal comes from 8000+ people donating cash via a monthly direct debit.[134][135]

The club officially exited administration on 11 June 2014 thus bringing an end to the reign of Vladimir Romanov who had been the majority shareholder since 2005.[136]

Post Romanov

Hearts earned an immediate return to the Scottish Premiership by clinching the 2014–15 Scottish Championship title with seven games remaining.[137] Hearts remained undefeated for the first 20 league matches before a 3–2 home defeat to Falkirk ended that run.[138] They won the title in impressive style winning 29 of 36 games, scoring 96 goals, conceding just 26 goals with a points total of 91. They finished the season 21 points ahead nearest challengers city-rivals Hibernian and 24 points ahead of third placed Rangers. The season included handing Cowdenbeath a joint club record defeat 10–0.[139] At the PFA Scotland Awards, Hearts had six players named in Championship Team of the Year,[140] two Young Player of the Year nominees,[141] three Championship Player of the Year nominees,[142] and Neilson shortlisted for Manager of the Year,[143] although the respective winners were Jason Denayer (Celtic), Scott Allan (Hibernian) and John Hughes (Inverness CT).[144]

Colours and badge

The Heart of Midlothian mosaic, on which the current club crest is based

The original Hearts football strip was all white shirts and trousers with maroon trimmings, and a heart sewn onto the chest.[145] For one season they played in red, white and blue stripes.[145] These were the colours of a club called St. Andrew, who had taken their name and colours from the University of St Andrews, that Hearts had absorbed. Since then the predominant club colours have been maroon and white.[145] The strip typically has a maroon top and a white collar,[145] although the strip was predominantly white in the 2010–11 season.[146] The shorts are normally white, although maroon was used in the 2008–09 season.[145] The socks are normally maroon with some white detail.[145]

Hearts' current home kit is all maroon with a white collar.[147] The shirt has no sponsor as a mark of respect to the fallen of World War I.

The badge is a heart, based on the Heart of Midlothian mosaic on the Royal Mile.

For the 2014–2015 season the club chose to commemorate 100 years since McCrae's Battalion with not only a commemorative strip, of maroon shirt, white shorts and black socks, but with a commemorative badge as well. The club chose to have no sponsor on the home top as a mark of respect to those who had joined the regiment.

Stadium

Main article: Tynecastle Stadium
Hearts Home since 1886

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 17,480-capacity[2] 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

Main article: Edinburgh derby
Former Hearts midfielder Paul Hartley (#10) prepares to take a free kick in an Edinburgh derby match against Hibs, played on 26 December 2006.

Hearts have a traditional local rivalry in Edinburgh with Hibs; the Edinburgh derby match between the two clubs is one of the oldest rivalries in world football.[148] Graham Spiers has described it as "one of the jewels of the Scottish game".[149] The clubs first met on Christmas Day 1875, when Hearts won 1–0, in the first match ever contested by Hibs. The two clubs became pre-eminent in Edinburgh after a five-game struggle for the Edinburgh Football Association Cup in 1878, which Hearts finally won with a 3–2 victory after four successive draws.[150] The clubs have met twice in a Cup Final, in the 1896 Scottish Cup Final, which Hearts won 3–1[151] and the 2012 Scottish Cup Final which Hearts won 5–1. The 1896 final is also notable for being the only Scottish Cup Final to be played outside Glasgow.[151]

Hearts have the better record in derbies, with 273 wins to 198 in 615 matches.[152] Approximately half of all derbies have been played in local competitions and friendlies.[152] Hibs recorded their biggest derby win in a competitive match when they won 7–0 at Tynecastle on New Year's Day 1973. The largest win was a 10–2 Hearts victory in a match 12 August 1893.[152]

While it has been noted that religious background lies behind the rivalry, that aspect is "muted" and is a "pale reflection" of the sectarianism in Glasgow.[153][154][155] Although the clubs are inescapable rivals, the rivalry is mainly "good-natured" and has had beneficial effects.[156] Fans of the two teams would mingle at Edinburgh derbies before segregation of supporters was imposed, while mixed families are commonplace.[157]

Supporters and culture

Heart of Midlothian is one of two professional football clubs in Edinburgh, the capital and second largest city in Scotland.[158] Hearts' average attendance by supporters during the 2014–15 season was just short of 16,000.[159] This was comfortably the third highest figure in the country, ahead of clubs like Aberdeen, Dundee United and city-rivals Hibernian, and only behind Glasgow giants Celtic and Rangers. Important matches, particularly the Edinburgh derby, European fixtures and games against the Old Firm, always see Tynecastle at or very close to full capacity.[157][160]

The Hearts Song was written and performed by Scottish comedian Hector Nicol, a St Mirren fan. The more modern Hearts Song is performed by "Colin Chisholm & The Glasgow Branch". It is played before every match at Tynecastle.

Hearts have many celebrity fans including; Stephen Hendry, Ronnie Corbett, Ken Stott, Alex Salmond, Sir Chris Hoy and Eilidh Doyle.[161][162][163][164][165]

Honours

Major honours

The Scottish Cup is the oldest national trophy in world football. Above, it is draped in maroon and white ribbons following Heart of Midlothian's 5–1 victory over Edinburgh rivals Hibernian in the 2012 final.

Minor honours

Club records

Attendance
Single game
Caps and appearances
Goals
Transfers

Players

Current squad

As of 29 October 2016[178]

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

No. Position Player
1 Scotland GK Jack Hamilton
2 Scotland DF Callum Paterson
3 Morocco DF Faycal Rherras
4 Brazil DF Igor Rossi Branco
5 Turkey DF Alim Öztürk
6 United States MF Perry Kitchen (captain)
7 Scotland FW Jamie Walker
8 Ghana MF Prince Buaben
10 Cameroon MF Arnaud Djoum
11 Scotland MF Sam Nicholson
13 Sweden GK Viktor Noring
No. Position Player
14 Scotland DF John Souttar
15 Scotland MF Don Cowie
17 Nigeria DF Juwon Oshaniwa
18 Republic of Ireland FW Conor Sammon
19 Poland DF Krystian Nowak
20 United States FW Bjørn Johnsen
23 Scotland FW Robbie Muirhead
24 Scotland DF Liam Smith
32 Scotland FW Tony Watt (on loan from Charlton Athletic)
51 Scotland GK Paul Gallacher

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
9 Spain FW Delgado, JuanmaJuanma Delgado (on loan at UCAM Murcia)
12 Scotland MF Billy King (on loan at Inverness Caledonian Thistle)
21 Scotland MF Robbie Buchanan (on loan at Brechin City)
22 Scotland MF Angus Beith (on loan at Stirling Albion)
25 Bulgaria FW Nikolay Todorov (on loan at Cowdenbeath)
26 Canada FW Dario Zanatta (on loan at Queen's Park)
No. Position Player
27 Scotland FW Alistair Roy (on loan at Stenhousemuir)
30 Scotland DF Jordan McGhee (on loan at Middlesbrough)
37 Scotland MF Lewis Moore (on loan at Cowdenbeath)
40 Scotland FW Callumn Morrison (on loan at Stirling Albion)
Scotland FW Gavin Reilly (on loan at Dunfermline Athletic)
For recent transfers, see List of Scottish football transfers winter 2016–17.

Development and under-20s squad

For more information on reserves and under-20s, see Heart of Midlothian F.C. Reserve and Youth squads

Club staff

Corporate staff

Position Name
Chairwoman Ann Budge
Managing Director Scot Gardiner
Operations Director Eric Hogg

Coaching staff

Former player and head coach, Robbie Neilson
Position Name
Head Coach Vacant
Assistant Coach Vacant
Director of Football Craig Levein
Under 20 Coach Jon Daly
Under 17 Coach John Robertson[179]
Team Doctor Ivan Brenkel

Managers/First Team Coaches

Heart of Midlothian Women

In 2009 Hearts took over Musselburgh Windsor Ladies Football Club and they became Heart of Midlothian Women's FC.[206] They currently play in the Scottish Women's First Division. Their current captain is former Scotland Women's youth player Kim Borthwick.

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