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04 Today’s Squads 08 Robbie Neilson 10 Craig Gordon 05

18 Hearts Women 34 Hearts on Tour 38 History of Tynecastle

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C LU B D I R E C T O RY League Champions: 1895, 1897, 1958, 1960.

1st Division: 1980, 2015, 2021 Scottish Cup: 1891, 1896, 1901, 1906, 1956, 1998, 2006, 2012.

League Cup: 1954/55, 1958/59, 1959/60, 1962/63.

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HEARTS MANAGER: ROBBIE NEILSON CRAIG GORDON 01 MICHAEL SMITH 02 STEPHEN KINGSLEY 03 JOHN SOUTTAR 04 PETER HARING 05 BENI BANINGIME 06 JAMIE WALKER 07 AARON MCENEFF 08 LIAM BOYCE 10 GARY MACKAY-STEVEN 11 ROSS STEWART 13 ANDY HALLIDAY 16 ALEX COCHRANE 17 CRAIG HALKETT 19 JORDAN ROBERTS 20 ARMAND GNANDUILLET 21 EUAN HENDERSON 22 CONNOR SMITH 27 MIHAI POPESCU 28 JOSH GINNELLY 30 AIDAN DENHOLM 35 FINLAY POLLOCK 38

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ood afternoon everyone

We’re back to league business today after a disappointing defeat at Celtic last weekend. The best way to recover from a setback is to get back to winning ways, however, and that’s all we’re focused on this afternoon. We’ve got a 100% league start with two wins from two and the only thing on our minds is making that three.

We’re under no illusion as to how tough today will be, however, as Aberdeen have strengthened over the summer and started the season well. They too come into the game on the back of a disappointing Premier Sports Cup result so both teams will be looking to bounce back this afternoon.

As Captain of Heart of Midlothian, I can’t explain just how excited I am to lead the team out of the tunnel to a packed out Tynecastle again.

To have all the fans back in the stadium, just as I remember it from my first spell here, means the world to us players. Knowing you’ve got the maroon faithful, friends and family sitting up there watching you gives you that extra boost and we’re hoping to use the atmosphere to our advantage today.

Above all else, we want to repay your incredible support. More than 12,500 of you have bought Season Tickets and many more are here today on top of that. The only way to send you home happy is to put in a proper Hearts performance and walk off at full-time with three points in the bag. Get right behind us and we’ll do our very best to make that happen.

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ood afternoon and welcome from Tynecastle Park.

I’d like to start by saying thank you to the 2000 Hearts fans who were here in Gorgie on Tuesday night to cheer us on to victory over Cove Rangers. It’s been a long, long 16 months playing in empty stadiums and Tynecastle is an arena that thrives on having supporters inside, generating an unbeatable atmosphere. To hear encouragement, applause and even singing during the week was a fantastic feeling and everyone here at the club is looking forward to it once again becoming a regular occurrence.

Our win over Cove Rangers was deserved and it was a good performance. At this early stage of the season we’re still finetuning parts of our play, but the big thing for me is that we’re creating lots of chances. We’ve got that attacking threat out wide and through the middle, and at the other end we’ve kept two clean sheets in two games.

There were lots of positives to take from Tuesday night. Craig Gordon kept his ninth consecutive shutout – a new club record – which is a great feat for him. Finlay Pollock made his full debut and Aidan Denholm came off the bench for his senior debut.

These young players are here on merit and I’ve been impressed, not just with their impact in games, but with the way they handle themselves in and around training. The onus is on them to keep it up.

Today we take a break from competitive action as we welcome Lee Johnson, the players and staff of Sunderland to Tynecastle for a friendly match. Lee is someone I know well as we were teammates here at Hearts back in 2006, and Craig Gordon moved from Hearts to Sunderland in 2007 so there are lots of connections that link our two clubs. I’m expecting a good game today. Sunderland are a big club down in England, with a massive fanbase, and they’ll be keen to build up momentum ahead of their season.

For us, it’s much the same. We had a good preseason and we’ve started the Premier Sports Cup campaign with two wins, five goals and two clean sheets. We want to keep the positivity flowing as we work towards a massive league opener against Celtic.

So if you’re here at the stadium, or watching at home, I hope you enjoy the game.

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ood afternoon Jambos For the first time since March 2020, Tynecastle Park is back to capacity. It’s hard to put into words just how much it means to have you all back here in full numbers.

We’ve played a few home games already and even just having 5,000 of you here against Celtic made the world of difference. I don’t have to tell you, however, that there’s nothing quite like the atmosphere generated inside this ground when it’s packed with supporters. The wall of noise that will greet the players as they emerge from the tunnel will be something else and we’ll be doing everything we can to give you a performance to remember.

We were disappointed to exit the Premier Sports Cup last week, however, we can’t dwell too much on one result. We can’t dwell however, and the truth is we’ve made a strong start to the season, winning six straight games prior to last weekend. We take confidence from that and we won’t allow one defeat to curtail our momentum.

Today we welcome Stephen Glass, the players and staff of Aberdeen to Gorgie. This is a massive game for us and one that both sides look at and think, ‘we should be winning this.’.

Stephen’s done a tremendous job with Aberdeen so far and has recruited well to further enhance what was already a really strong squad. They’ll be challenging for the top spots again this year and it’s up to us to prove we’re capable of going toe to toe with them.

We’ve taken six points from six in the cinch Premiership so far and our only objective today is to make sure we continue that 100% start. More than 12,500 of you have secured your Season Ticket for 21/22 and we want to make sure put in a winning performance in front of you all today.

Enjoy the game and welcome home!

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PREVIOUSLY AT TYNECASTLE James Christie captured the moment John Souttar’s header flew into the Celtic net as the Jambos got off to the perfect cinch Premiership start under the Gorgie lights.

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Something’s got to give this afternoon as the Dons arrive in Gorgie with a matching 100% record so far this season, having inflicted defeats upon Dundee United and Livingston in their opening two cinch Premiership fixtures.

Combined with their European performances (Thursday’s trip to Baku came too late for this issue’s deadline) and it’s fair to say the Dons have enjoyed an impressive start to the season. Except for last Sunday in Kirkcaldy, that is. Despite summer arrival Jay EmmanuelThomas opening the scoring with his first goal for the club, the men from the Granite City were forced to head north empty handed as Raith Rovers completed an impressive second-half fight back to win 2-1 and secure progression in the Premier Sports Cup. That result aside, however, it’s been a strong start from Stephen Glass and his men.

The former Dons player took charge last season following the departure of Derek McInnes, which in turn allowed him time to assess the squad ahead of the summer transfer window. He wasted little time. One of the first announcements was a landmark one; the capture of Celtic captain Scott Brown as player/assistant manager.

Recently named the new skipper at Pittodrie, he has already stamped his authority

on the side with a number of solid performances in the heart of midfield.

The shrewd signings just kept coming as Scotland international Declan Gallagher joined on a free transfer from Motherwell.

Fresh from the Euros squad, he looks to be an excellent addition to the squad and will likely prove to be a key player as the season progresses.

Full back Jack Gurr, most recently with MLS side Atlanta United, penned a one-year deal in June whilst young right back Calvin Ramsay continues to impress having made the move into the senior squad.

Up front, Christian Ramirez looks the real deal with four goals to his name already since his move from Houston Dynamo in the MLS. The California-born striker appears to have slotted seamlessly into the Dons squad as he enjoys his first few months of football outside of the US. The new arrivals form part of a squad already boasting the likes of Joe Lewis, Andrew Considine, Lewis Ferguson, Ross McCrorie, Ryan Hedges and Niall McGinn to name but a few. It’s safe to assume, therefore, that the Dandies will once again be a force to be reckoned with this season.

It’s up to the Jambos to lay down a marker this afternoon.

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DID YOU KNOW? The Dons have commissioned a statue of Sir Alex Ferguson to commemorate his outstanding contribution to the club.

The bronze statue will take pride of place outside the Richard Donald Stand at Pittodrie in honour of the most successful manager in British football history.

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127 Hearts wins 80 draws

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324 Past meetings

116 Aberdeen wins 1-1 The last meeting between the two sides ended in a 1-1 draw at Tynecastle on December 29th 2019. Ryotaro Meshino with the goal for the Jam Tarts.

2000: Hearts’ most successful decade against the Dons with 19 wins for the Jambos from 38 games.

59: John Robertson has played 59 competitive games against Aberdeen – more than any other Hearts player.

54: Gary Mackay is second with 54 games.

50: Henry Smith takes third place with 50 appearances against the Dons.

20: Willie Bauld scores 20 goals in 28 games against the Dons – more than any other Hearts player.

15: Robbo’s in second with 15 strikes in 59 matches.

12: Jimmy Wardhaugh takes third with 12 goals in 24.

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021 has been a big year for Charlotte Parker-Smith. The Hearts Women goalkeeper has just completed her first season in the top flight of Scottish women’s football, and walked away from it with two individual honours. While results were inconsistent for the side in their maiden voyage among the elite in Scotland, there was enough in the way of positive signs during a closed doors campaign to make the return of SWPL1 an enticing prospect for Hearts supporters.

Parker-Smith earned a place in the Scottish Women’s Football Team of the Season at the end-of-year awards, an impressive award given her side finishing bottom of the league, and won the voted-by-fans Save of the Season award, assisted no doubt by some canny social media sharing by her counterpart in the men’s team, Craig Gordon, who was also on hand to present her with her award a few weeks ago at Oriam.

Consistency was undoubtedly a problem for the side, and that’s something Charlotte is keen to fix going into the second season in SWPL1, without the safety net of league reconstruction to protect against relegation. Like the entire team, the keeper wasn’t in the mood for giving herself full marks despite her accolades, a sign that says this team won’t settle for just keeping their heads above water.

“My own performances weren’t totally consistent across the whole season,” Parker-Smith admits.

“Like the rest of the team I could have done better, but towards the end of the campaign, including the game against Glasgow City which ended up winning Save of the Season for me, I was playing well which gave me lots of confidence. Being given awards like these show me that I’m capable of reaching those levels, and now going into these big games, I know I can do it.

“I know I can make big saves in big games to help the team. You know you’ll get a chance to show what you can do against teams like City.

They like shooting from distance, and I like shot stopping, and showing what I can do. I think the idea of playing against the big teams last season maybe made me a bit nervous, but by the end of the season, I thought I’d play everything in the moment and react to what I was faced with and it helped me as a result.”

The sweltering July weather gave pre-season an extra sheen of sweat and tears this summer as Hearts Women came back after a very short break, the elongated SWPL1 campaign only finishing on June 6 before pre-season began four weeks later. The arrival of new manager Eva Olid, and a desire to retain

the ball more and try to play on the front foot, has given cause for optimism amongst the team that they look to be on the right track.

A competitive pre-season has seen positive results, with two wins under the side’s belt already - the same total they achieved last season - and a terrific performance away to Celtic, representing Scotland in the Champions League this season, alongside champions Glasgow City, showed the progress the side has been making. While on paper, the 2-0 scoreline didn’t say much positive, the team’s overall display against Celtic deserved much praise, with the two goals coming via a mis-hit cross, and a long range effort, while Hearts themselves

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missed two glaring chances in the area having broken through the Celtic defence.

In addition, the permanent addition of Monica Forsyth, an impressive loan signing from Celtic last season, has given the side more attacking threat and dynamism in the final third, with the prospect of more attackers joining the team shortly.

“It’s been a good pre-season, but it’s been tougher than usual with the hot weather we’ve had. We had a couple of good friendlies, and started the League Cup, we’ve had a few good results.

It’s been good to get into it and playing SWPL1 and SWPL2 teams to get our sharpness, and looking forward to starting the league campaign in a few weeks.

“I think we’re passing the ball a lot more confidently, going forward with the ball, you can see that”, said Charlotte. “Our form and performances picked up towards the end of last season, so we’re kind of trying to pick up where we left off in regards to that, and I think we’ve done that well. We matched Celtic for huge spells of the game at the weekend there, and they’re a top team. We have a lot of young players who are flourishing, and they’ve got a year of top level experience now.

Last season was my first season in the top flight as well, so we’re all learning on the job. We know our opponents better now.

“We could have our own aims for where we want to finish this season, but personally speaking, my aims for the team are to play consistently, to perform well, which we only did sporadically last season. We know we can perform well and that makes it more frustrating when we don’t.

We have exciting players like Monica Forsyth, the way she runs and drives at players, and Jenny Smith as well, who’s a similar kind of player. They’re exciting attacking players, and really good to watch. Quick counter attacking football that’s good to see, we can use players like them

to really help us this season.”

And finally, Charlotte extolled the virtues of being part of one of the biggest clubs in the country and she made her case for why fans should give women’s football a chance.

It was a terrible twist of fate that the women’s team should have their first season in the top flight, with televised games and derby matches, held behind closed doors for the entire campaign. Now that fans are back, Charlotte is aiming high for getting supporters through the doors, not just at Oriam, and opening eyes to women’s football, and women’s sport in general.

“We’d love to play at Tynecastle again. We’ve got the benefit of being at a huge club in the capital city, and that in itself should present more opportunities to promote the women’s team, and the women’s game more generally.

I’ve been lucky enough to play at Tynecastle, I think it was two seasons ago we had a few games there, and the crowds we got there were great. There were lots of young fans there which is brilliant and using the size of the club to our benefit to help grow the team and the reach we have.

“I think until you go to a women’s game, you don’t know what it’s about and what level we’re at. We have lots of exciting, young talent, and if you like football, why not come and support us. If you support the club then you can support us, we’re part of the club too and it helps us grow too. I think a lot of women’s sports are underestimated and people make judgements before they see it or before they’ve been involved in it, and that’s a barrier a lot of women’s sports have to face, but if you’re open to watching a variety of sports, then I think they’ll enjoy what they see.”

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Name: Stewart Bertram Role: Memorial Garden Volunteer Favourite Hearts Player: Walter Kidd Best Memory: Playing for the Youth Development Fund team and fulfilling a boyhood dream of scoring a goal at Tynecastle Park – with his family there to see!

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OUR HIDDEN HERO: HOW DOES THE GARDEN GROW “Most of the plants here are from my own garden, I also try to use flowers left by people who visit the garden.”

For ‘People with Big Hearts’ we met with Stewart Bertram, the Volunteer Gardener at Hearts Memorial Garden. He gives his time to maintain the space to make a lovely place for families to visit.

Stewart Bertram is a lifelong Jambo who spends his spare time helping others. He started volunteering in 2016 after a Big Hearts recruitment seminar with Fresh Start, a charity who provide a range of services for people settling into new homes. He said “It’s a lovely charity who help people who have been homeless or living in hostels. It’s nice to go along and have a chat and find out a little bit about them.”

He previously volunteered with Gorgie Smiles, a Big Hearts initiative, and was one of the only volunteers who knew anything about gardening. In 2017, Innes Shirreff - the Charity’s Operations

Manager, approached Stewart to ask if he could have a look at Hearts’ Memorial Garden to see if he could help. Stewart has never looked back! “The area was initially built as a low maintenance garden but when I came along it was covered in weeds and there was a lot of work to be done” Stewart explained, “There wasn’t even running water but thankfully we have sorted that issue now.”

With a little help from Carol, his wife, Stewart cleared lots of weeds and began to grow the garden from there. “My wife and I both love gardening and she came to help with the clear up.

The garden only had conifers and heathers and I felt I could add a better variety of flowers”.

Stewart decided that the garden was in desperate need of some colour, so he brought plants from his own garden to brighten it up

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He spends a couple of hours a week pottering away in the Memorial Garden, watering plants and maintaining the space. Throughout the pandemic, Stewart continued to work in the garden “It was a really challenging time, I wasn’t able to access the Stadium for about 5 weeks. As I worked alone, I was eventually given permission to continue coming in weekly to water the plants to make sure the garden continued to grow.”

Stewart loves Springtime as he enjoys seeing Blue Bells, Daffodils, Snowdrops and his favourite Bleeding Hearts, appearing in the garden. “It’s also great to see bees buzzing around too!”

He began volunteering for Hearts in 2017 and really enjoys the time he spends at Tynecastle, “Since I began volunteering in the Memorial Garden, I have created a garden full of lovely bright plants all year round. It’s been great to see the garden evolve. I enjoy the peacefulness of the Memorial Garden and I feel honoured to have created a lovely space for people who come and visit to pay their respects.”

Thank you, Stewart, for giving up your time to help so many people, you are a true hidden hero!

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ver wondered what a photographer takes in his bag to a football match? Some people think we just turn up with a camera and snap what is front of us. Not so.

Typically on a match day, I will take three cameras and three different lenses. One will be a 400mm lens for taking shots at the other end of the pitch, such as this save by Craig Gordon in the recent match against Celtic. Another will be a 70 mm lens for taking the action which is a lot closer to me. Gino Ginnelly bursting into the box here is a good example. The third one is a wide angle lens which is on my remote camera behind the goals. Every time I take a photo it is also taking a photo with the remote camera. That can mean sifting through all the photos after the match to hopefully find one or two good ones. Sometimes there is nothing of note but occasionally it works well and this photo of Jamie Walker narrowly missing against Inverness is one of my recent favourites.

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JORDAN LAIRD

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first game, we sat in the main stand, against Dunfermline, it was probably ‘91? I think. If I remember correctly, we won, it was freezing and I wanted to leave with 20 minutes to go because I was so cold. But the smell, the wooden steps, the pie, the cold, the programme, the scarf. That is ingrained.

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’ve been to hundreds of games at Tynecastle, I’ve sat in every stand, I must have eaten so many pies, and I’ve secretly dropped so many of those wee sachets of ketchup down the back of my seat. If I’m honest though, how I watch football has always bothered me. I’m not a tactics guy, I’m a terrible ‘analyser’ of games, a goal can go in and I swear I couldn’t tell you for a million pounds that “it was a sweet strike from the edge of the 18”’. I do notice stuff; it just seems to be odd things. I did notice that Dario Zanatta seemed to play without putting any hair product in his hair, which seemed bold for a man with quite a high density of hair, or that if you shouted “leave his wife alone” to opposition players it seemed to put them off much more than calling them a prick. I noticed stupid things.

I sometimes feel guilty, like I’m not a proper Hearts fan because, outside of the obvious ones, I struggle to remember scorelines, matches, opponents, scorers, team lineups - the details that lots of other fans seem to call on at ease. I don’t seem to notice the details of actual football.

But, when it came to writing this I realised I don’t struggle to remember the memories I have of Tynecastle. Those are ingrained. If possibly a little maroon tinted through the mists of time.

I remember the time my dad took me to my

Then the week before the cup final in 98, I remember us playing Rangers at home, if my memory serves me right (which we’ve already established it might not) it was a hazy hot Saturday afternoon, my dad and I used to have our season tickets in row 8 (or 9) of the Gorgie Stand which always meant you were in prime position to wander down and stand at the hoardings during the warm up. I had ‘7’ on the back of my Olympus Sport top and Neil McCann was my favourite player; fast players are class. He wandered over to collect a stray shot and I managed to grab him to sign my top, he turned me round and signed it right down the white of the printed seven. I felt about 20 feet tall, looking in awe at our five-foot winger. I’ll never forget that feeling of going to Tynecastle and getting to see the players, the feeling of players being heroes, of being stars. Meeting Neil McCann felt like meeting a celebrity, it was even better in fact; he played for Hearts. I miss that feeling. A time before you knew players were just normal lads that went to George Street and played FIFA. I remember, much older, sitting with my best pal on a cold night in the main stand, the boy in front of us giving a sixteen-year-old Harry Cochrane pelters, for having the temerity to play some forward passes.

We whispered to each other, a few pints buoyant, “it’d be funny if we loudly pretend that he’s our wee brother”. Ten minutes later and a few loud proclamations about “our wee brother” and ‘Davey ****sake’ in front had changed his tune and started sucking up to us about “wee Harry”. We might have been playing St Mirren? I think we won.

The Christmas before last I remember more fondly than many memories I have. I took my dad and my father-in-law to hospitality on Boxing Day. Sitting with your dad, and the father of your wife, knowing this one was ‘on you’ with a winter warmth of beer and the cold Scottish wind battering you is a long way from being a wee guy going to his first game against Dunfermline (Airdrie). What a day. I think we got beat?

For me Tynecastle has been a constant throughout my entire life, from going as a wee wide-eyed guy with my dad, through the hero worship stage of my early teens, to the pint haze of my twenties with my

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pal, to the pride of being able to take my dad and my father-in-law to ‘the posh seats’. From, shivering as a wee guy 25 years later, walking up to Tynecastle like a man now, apparently.

I might not remember how many appearances Neil Pointon made but I do remember a European might against Stuttgart, I remember that weird popcorn we used to sell, I remember a lady in front of me getting leathered by the ball against Alloa, I remember wondering if Hearty Harry’s head was a heart and if that meant he

had two hearts? I remember learning the cathartic power of shouting “camon Hearts” and clapping three times.

I remember being a wee guy reading the paper one morning and learning that Dean Windass thought my team were no good and then finding out at two nil up singing “Windass what’s the score?” gave you a very specific type of glee that nothing else on earth could.

I might not be the Jambo that can tell you how many appearances Thomas Flogel made for Hearts but I am the Jambo that will wax lyrical to you about how I

felt that time he waltzed in at the back post and scored a diving header (the coolest way to score) in the cup run of ‘98, if I remember correctly?

I might not remember everything that happens in Tynecastle but I never forget what matters to me and no matter how long I’m away, I never forget what it feels like to be home.

Jordan Laird is the cofounder of Edinburgh based creative agency Studio Something and is the director of BBC’s alternative football show A View From The Terrace.

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GOLDEN OLDIE Jubilant Jambos celebrate in the home dressing room after defeating Aberdeen 1-0 on May 3rd 2006. Paul Hartley’s penalty secured Hearts’ spot in the Champions League qualifiers on a dramatic night at Tynecastle.

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KITTED

OUT A

s a Hearts shirt collector, it was great to see the club play homage to the incredibly popular Inter Milan style away kit from season 1993/94. The 21/22 Umbro 3rd kit is a thing of beauty and given the incredible number sold it appears the fans agree.

The detail of the shirt is well thought out, with a subtle nod to Tynecastle within the body which is a real touch of class. As is the choice to adorn gold name sets and numbers on a shirt for the first time in our history.

This blends well with the gold Umbro Logo and club badge. The attention to detail potentially means that the kit will become a classic in years to come.

The question for me is why is the Asics Inter Milan style kit so popular amongst fans and why the groundswell of support to bring back an updated version?

Let me provide a few really interesting points about the away shirt from 1993/94. It was only worn four times by the first team squad.

In non-competitive games we wore it against Everton on the

2nd of August 1993 in Henry Smith’s Testimonial. We wore it again against Middleborough in a preseason friendly at the start of season 1994/95 on the 6th of August.

As far as I am aware we only ever wore it twice in competitive matches and on both occasions, this was against today’s opposition Aberdeen, both times at Pittodrie. In fact, we are undefeated in competitive matches wearing the shirt with Hearts drawing 0-0 on the 5th of October 1993 and then coming away with a 1-0 win thanks to a Scott Leitch goal in the 31st minute on the 5th of March 1994.

I find it very curious that a shirt only seen in public four times has become so popular amongst the Hearts support. I liken it to the film Shawshank Redemption which on release was coolly received but today has been watched by millions and is considered a classic.

The shirt itself was manufactured by Asics who would provide shirts for seasons 1993/1994 & 1994/95. It had a black collar with two large white buttons. The body of the shirt had large vertical black

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and aqua stripes. The long sleeve version has black cuffs that match the collar. The sponsor would remain as Strongbow. The sponsor logo was heat pressed flock and would appear centrally on the shirt.

There are subtle differences between a replica shirt and a match shirt. The replica has a heat pressed club plastic badge and embroidered logo. The long sleeve version was not made available to the general public.

A player’s shirt has both an embroidered logo and club badge.

The shirt pictured was worn by Gary Locke during the 5th of March game, coming on as a substitute in the 84th minute for Wayne Foster.

Gary is a lifelong Hearts supporter and a firm favourite with the support. He made 189 appearances for Hearts pitching in with 6 goals. The lure of English football was too much for Gary as he left Hearts for Bradford City to join his old gaffer Jim Jeffries in January 2001.

He would return to Hearts as a coach in February 2010 and would be part of the coaching staff that won the Scottish Cup against Hibernian in 2012.

Locke was placed in caretaker charge of the team after the departure of John McGlynn in February 2013. He was subsequently appointed on a permanent basis, on a contract until the end of the 2013–14 season. Gary was welcomed back to the club on a full-time basis as Club’s Principal Ambassador in July 2017.

Grant Young is a Hearts shirt collector and is currently writing a book. He can be contacted at jambojim190512@yahoo.com or via twitter @heartsshirts

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Hearts

On Tour

The The 50s/60s Tours

T

hroughout the most successful decade in the Club’s history, manager Tommy Walker forged close bonds between his talented players by taking them on six post-season tours to destinations as far apart as the USA, South Africa and Australia. This season, I’m going to take a look at the memorabilia associated with Hearts’ tours of the 1950’s.

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The last game of the tour was back in Toronto but before leaving Edmonton, there’s another unique piece of memorabilia to show you.

Everywhere Hearts went in the US and Canada, they were showered with commemorative gifts.

I’ve already shown you the trophy presented to Assistant Trainer Donald McLeod in Los Angeles and here’s another, slightly less elaborate, trophy also presented to McLeod by the club’s hosts in Edmonton. This time featuring the Canadian maple leaf emblem, the engraving reads “Heart of Midlothian FC, Edmonton Visit, 8th June 1960, Donald McLeod”.

From Edmonton, Hearts flew to Toronto where the tour had kicked off against Manchester United, checking in once again to the Royal York Hotel.

In the itinerary which I shared with you in an earlier article, Hearts were due to face an Ontario All-Stars side on Saturday 11 June, giving them a couple of days preparation for a leisurely last match. Instead, on 7 June, it was announced by the Ontario FA that they had arranged for Hearts to play Burnley who were in the USA to take part in the International Soccer League tournament.

Unfortunately, due to their commitments in New York, Burnley were able to play only on 9 June, the day on which Hearts arrived in Toronto and only 24 hours after their match in Edmonton. To be fair, Burnley had played on 8 June as well so both sides went into the match feeling less than fresh and relaxed.

A crowd of around 15,000 turned up to watch a true “Battle of Britain” as Hearts, the Scottish Champions lined up against the English Champions who had won the league by a point from Wolves. They didn’t get a classic, however, with one Scottish paper calling the game “generally uninspired and the pace slow”. George Thomson once again deputised for Hearts at right half with John Lough stepping into the team at full back. Burnley took the lead after twenty minutes of the match with a spectacular drive from 25 yards from centre forward Ray Pointer.

Hearts’ own centre forward, Willie Bauld, showed that he wasn’t about to be outgunned a couple of minutes later. Adam Blacklaw, Burnley’s Scottish keeper, made a fine save from a Gordon Smith shot but Smith was able to retrieve the rebound and square the ball for Bauld who was waiting to slip the ball home in the opposite corner. Finely poised at 1-1 at half time, it was the English side (who were only half way through their tour) who were perhaps the less tired and who dominated the second half. Only good saves from Gordon Marshall in the Hearts goal kept the scoreline level but Marshall had no chance when Pointer got

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as saying of the honour that “We rejoice that his devotion to the game, first as an outstanding player and more recently as a successful manager should have been recognized like this”.

The final match of the tour saw a presumably relatively hastily arranged programme of eight pages priced at 15 cents. Understandably very similar in style to the programme for the United game at the same venue, the cover this time is predominantly blue with match details in black. The cover features an action photograph of players from Aston Villa and Manchester United in the 1957 FA Cup Final for no obvious reason. Pages 2 and 3 have the familiar pen pictures of the Hearts squad. The editorial notes that it was less than a month since the Toronto fans had seen Hearts draw 2-2 with Manchester United at the same stadium.

The fourth page has a welcome from the Ontario Soccer Football Association who noted that “In bringing into opposition the league champions of England and Scotland at Varsity Stadium we have tried to give the many thousands of fans here an unprecedented soccer treat … this is an occasion which will long be remembered”. The team lines are on the next page followed by pen pictures of the Burnley players on pages 6 and 7. Jimmy Adamson lined up at Right Half for Burnley towards the end of a career which would see him offered the job of England manager just two years later in 1962, an offer he famously turned down. The Inside Right, Jimmy McIlroy, played for Northern Ireland at the 1958 World Cup and, when he died in 2018, was described by Burnley as their best player of all time.

One of the stands at Turf Moor is named after him.

his second of the game on the hour, heading home a Trevor Meredith cross. Hearts couldn’t find an equalizer and Hearts’ last game of the tour ended in a 1-2 defeat.

There was better news for the club the following day, however, as they found out whilst in Toronto that manager Tommy Walker had been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list, one of the earliest recipients connected with the sport.

Chairman Nicol Kilgour was quoted in the press

Following the game, Hearts flew to Montreal and from there back to Prestwick Airport. The tour had, once again, been a huge success with Hearts gaining friends all over the US and Canada and showcasing their talent. They played ten matches on the tour, winning five and drawing another two. Twenty-five goals were scored during the ten matches.

It wouldn’t be long before Hearts were back in the United States, this time taking part in the International Soccer League in New York. More on that in future articles.

Gary Cowen is a member of Hearts heritage group and is currently writing a book about the Hearts post-season tours

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OVER THE COURSE OF THE 21/22 SEASON, CLUB HISTORIAN DAVID SPEED WILL COVER THE ILLUSTRIOUS HISTORY OF OUR HOME.

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ART THREE: EARLY EXPANSION

Less than a month after the present Tynecastle Park was opened, Hearts lost at home for the first time, although this was against England’s finest side of that period, Preston North End, who won 4-1 on Thursday 6 May 1886. Later that month, on 29 May, the new park hosted the first of the club’s annual sports meetings, during which the initial five-a-side competition was won

by Edina FC. The first Scottish FA Cup match on the new ground was held on 11 September 1886 when Hearts beat the senior Edina team by the handsome margin of 7-1. Shortly afterwards, in November 1886, Hearts’ Committee arranged to purchase of one of the temporary stands from the International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Arts, that had been held on the Meadows. This was re-erected to the east of the old stand that had been brought over the road from the original Tynecastle.

A record that is likely to stand for all-time was established a year later, on 17 September 1887, in the East of Scotland Shield. Hearts defeated Vale of Midlothian by an astonishing margin of 18-0 and Tommy Brackenridge, who would later play for Scotland, scored seven goals. This remains the club’s biggest victory on the present ground.

1887 was also a year of incredible activity around Gorgie, with tenement buildings and factories spreading throughout the area. This included our nextdoor neighbours, The North British Distillery, which erected huge whisky bonds alongside Tynecastle Park. These would provide Hearts’ supporters with a measure of protection from the chilly west winds, although that was not the situation when the ground’s record attendance was extended on 15 October 1887 against Hibernian in the Scottish Cup. No exact figure was produced, because the ground did not

possess turnstiles and estimates in the press would vary from paper to paper. The only accurate figure that could be used to assess the attendance was the gate receipts and for the match against the Hibs, the club banked £155, representing a crowd of 6,000. The “Scotsman” described this as an “enormous assemblage” with supporters standing five or six-deep around the ropes.” With both stands full before kick-off, fans climbed on all the surrounding buildings to watch the action.

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The game ended in a 1-1 draw, with Hearts’ goal coming from Jimmy Wood’s flying shot. The “Maroons” won the replay by 3-1 and that defeat of the Scottish Cup holders, and unofficial “Champions of the World”, ended any claim that Hibs may have had of being the premier club of the capital.

Not all the home games were quite as memorable and on Thursday 26 April 1888, Preston North End defeated Hearts by 7-1, before a crowd of 4,000. This would remain the club’s record defeat at Tynecastle for over eighty years and clearly the Preston “Invincibles” were not inhibited by the reported aroma from the distillery which submerged the ground. This remains a feature of Tynecastle, being much loved by the majority of home supporters.

After only two years at the new Tynecastle Park, Hearts’ popularity once again demanded that the club upgrade its spectator facilities while, at the same time, it should provide

a race track in the west of the city to accommodate the growth of pedestrianism and cycling. Accordingly, during the summer of 1888, significant enhancements were made to the ground that also extended the capacity to 10,000.

The improvements were briefly delayed by a disastrous fire which all but destroyed the North British Distillery in the early morning of 25 July 1888. Despite the valiant work of Central Fire Brigade, supported by several subdivisions, the flames spread rapidly through the roofs of the malt barns and

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HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN 41 entire buildings were lost, in addition to modern and very valuable machinery. This massive conflagration caused damage to the extent of between £20,000 and £30,000 which at that time was a stunning figure. The fire also threatened the jobs of more than 70 workers.

When the crisis subsided, Tynecastle’s two pitches were reduced to one, now running in the familiar northsouth direction. The field was surrounded by a handsome running track that was wider on one side, in order to accommodate sprinting.

In addition, the two wooden stands, which were still open to the elements, were re-erected next to each other on the east side (McLeod Street). A wooden picket-fence stood in front of the stands which had a combined seating capacity of around 1,500.

At that time, all spectators entered the ground through a lane in Oliver Terrace (now part of Gorgie Road) opposite Newton Street. Five pay-boxes stood at the end of the lane and those who wanted a seat, had to pay extra at another pay-box, situated in the gap between the two stands. Another feature was a new Pavilion that was built next to the South Stand. This was a single story structure of corrugated iron and possessed a dressing room, bathroom, and Committee room.

The renovations were largely complete when Hearts entertained the Canadian Football Association’s touring team on 15 September 1888. The club paid for eight policemen, as a big crowd was expected to watch Hearts’ first challengers from overseas. Unfortunately, rain kept the attendance down to 2,000 and those who did attend were astonished at the speed and muscular physique of the Canadians, who comfortably won the match by 3-0. The visitors were then treated to supper at the Union Hotel situated at the corner of Lothian Road and Morrison Street.

The club regularly attracted crowds of between 3,000 and 4,000 and the income generated allowed Hearts to introduce modern baths, basins and draft boards in the Pavilion, and to also stain, varnish and paint the players’ dressing area.

In addition, one of the two doors to the Pavilion proudly proclaimed: HMFC Players and Committee, with Visitors painted on the other.

Maintenance became an issue and in March 1889, the club placed an advert in the local papers: “Wanted for cinder track--loan of horse and roller-Horse to have hoof-pads”.

Hearts subsequently recruited a four-legged member of staff and our horse was stabled by a member of the Committee, butcher’s contractor, Robert Cheyne. It was also decided to purchase a roller for £14 and at the Annual General Meeting in May 1889, President, Robert Smith, had to explain to the members that the year’s financial deficit was almost entirely due to a further £100 being spent on the ground.

Tynecastle Park was expected to cover its cost and the ground was regularly rented to the East of Scotland Football Association; to factories and commercial companies for gala days; to professional runners; and to athletic, cycling and cricket clubs.

Local football teams, Dalry Albert and Dalry Primrose. were also granted use of the ground.

Another fund-raiser took place on 1 June 1889: the HMFC Sports.

There were 1,500 spectators at this event and many of the players took part in various competitions, one of which was a five-a-side football tournament.

The Green Tree Bar in Gorgie Road donated a trophy for runners on the much improved track at Tynecastle. The Sports were actually held over two Saturdays and on the second day, 8 June 1889, Hearts No 2 Team beat Hearts No 1 Team in the final of the five-a-side competition.

Following the major ground developments, the club operated on much more professional lines and in June 1889, a local lady was employed to wash and prepare the players’ kit. This had previously been handled on a voluntary basis by Committee members or indeed, the players.

Bills advertising Hearts’ matches also became a feature in many local shops and the club sold 1,500 fixture books.

This was no surprise, because for season 1889-90, Hearts had a growing membership that exceeded 700. These were effectively season-ticket holders and in addition, the club sold a further 200 apprentice tickets to youngsters.

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THE MEADOWS AND EARLY GAMES

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t was a short distance from Hearts’ first club rooms above Anderson’s Tavern and Coffee Shop to the Meadows.

The Boroughloch was drained in 1854 and the Meadows had been developed as a public park to meet a growing demand for leisure facilities. Being the only area of flat ground close to the city centre it was a natural home for Edinburgh’s early football clubs.

In 1874 when the newly formed Heart of Midlothian played there, there were no pitch markings.

When teams arrived at the Meadows, they chose a suitable area of ground and then staked out the pitch with six flags (at the four corners and two at half-way) to enable a game to be played.

Goals would also be carried to the field and at first, tape was used as a crossbar. There were no showers after the game, and it was said that many a chill was caught after a match on the Meadows! A “stripping box” was eventually erected at the Meadows School House.

Hearts’ favoured “pitch” was in the East Meadows, in the shadow of the Boroughloch Brewery:

however, many teams played on the Meadows and it was not uncommon to lose your chosen pitch if it was left unguarded.

Heart of Midlothian joined the Scottish Football Association in 1874 and this allowed them to play in the Scottish Cup (there were no leagues in those early years) and the East Meadows, is the site of our first ever official home match.

It was a Scottish Cup replay against the Third Edinburgh Rifle Volunteers. Both games, whilst entertaining saw no goals scored by either side. As was the bizarre nature of the early rules, both teams progressed to the 2nd round of the competition, where unfortunately Hearts were knocked out by Drumpellier FC. On Christmas Day 1875 the Meadows was the scene of the first Edinburgh derby between Heart of Midlothian and The Hibernians. The game ended in a victory for Hearts and is commemorated by a plaque situated on Jawbone Walk.

Not far from the Meadows, close

to where West Saville Terrace is now, Powburn Park, was the site of Hearts’ very first major triumph after what can only be described as an epic series of games against our city rivals Hibernians. Hearts had reached the final of the Edinburgh FA Cup, and on 20 April 1878, after 4 draws, we eventually prevailed! in a thrilling 4th replay by 3 goals to 2, John Alexander wrote his name into the Hearts History books by netting a late winner to clinch the match and deliver our first ever trophy. What a match that must have been!

After defeating the Hibernians by 3-2 we became the champion club in the capital and this was our first of many local cup victories.

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FIRST TEAM RESULTS SEASON 2021 -2022 DATE

OPPONENT

ATT

F A

Sat July 10

Peterhead (LC)

246

2-0

Gordon

M Smith

A Cochrane d

Souttar

Halkett

Kingsley

Haring

Tues July 13

Cove Rangers (LC)

1983

3-0

Gordon

M Smith

A Cochrane

Souttar

Halkett

Kingsley b

Ginnelly c

Tues July 20

Stirling Albion (LC)

211

2-0

Gordon

M Smith

A Cochrane e

Souttar

Halkett

Kingsley

Ginnelly b

Sun July 25

Inverness CT (LC)

2989

1-0

Gordon

M Smith

A Cochrane

Halkett

Halliday a

Kingsley

Ginnelly

Sat July 31

Celtic

2-1

5272

Gordon

M Smith

A Cochrane

Souttar

Halkett

Kingsley

Ginnelly b

Sat Aug 7

St Mirren

2-1

1039

Gordon

M Smith

Halliday

Souttar

Halkett

A Cochrane

Ginnelly a

Sat July 31

Celtic (LC)

2-3

45000

Gordon

M Smith

A Cochrane c

Souttar

Halkett

Kingsley

Halliday a

Sun Aug 22

Aberdeen

Sat Aug 28

Dundee Utd

Sun Sep 12

Hibs

Sat Sep 18

Ross County

Sat Sep 25

Livingston

Sat Oct 2

Motherwell

Sat Oct 16

Rangers

Sat Oct 23

Dundee

Wed Oct 27

St Johnstone

Sat Oct 30

Aberdeen

Sat Nov 6

Dundee Utd

Sat Nov 20

Motherwell

Sat Nov 27

St Mirren

Wed Dec 1

Celtic

Sat Dec 4

Livingston

Sat Dec 11

Rangers

Sat Dec 18

Dundee

Sun Dec 26

Ross County

Wed Dec 29

St Johnstone

Sun Jan 2

Hibs

Wed Jan 26

Celtic

Sat Jan 29

Motherwell

Sat Feb 5

Rangers

Wed Feb 9

Dundee

Sat Feb 19

St Johnstone

Sat Feb 26

St Mirren

Wed Mar 2

Aberdeen

Sat Mar 5

Dundee Utd

Sat Mar 19

Livingston

Sat Apr 2

Ross County

Sat Apr 9

Hibs

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The use of any form of pyrotechnics is strictly prohibited. We thank you for your co-operation.

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

McEneff b

Boyce e

Ginnelly a

M-Steven c

Walker

Pollock

Roberts

Halliday

Henderson

13, 24, 28, 29

Halliday d

Boyce

Pollock a

M-Steven e

McEneff

Haring

Henderson

C Smith

Denholm

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Boyce d

Haring a

M-Steven c

Gnanduillet

Pollock

Walker

McEneff

C Smith

Pollock b

Boyce

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M-Steven

Haring

Walker

Henderson

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Baningime

Boyce

Halliday

M-Steven a

Haring

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Baningime

Boyce c

Haring

M-Steven b

Gnanduillet

McEneff

Henderson

27, 34, 35, 13

Baningime

Boyce pen

Haring b

M-Steven

Ginnelly

McEneff

Walker

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1st Sub A 2nd Sub B 3rd Sub C 4th Sub D

13, 22, 28, 29

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5

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7

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HARING

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1

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2

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DAMOUR

$

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Scott

McGILL

$

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Aaron

McENEFF

0

1

-

1

3

1

-

-

-

1

4

1

Gary

MACKAY-STEVEN

2

-

1

5

-

2

-

-

-

7

-

3 2

Andy

HALLIDAY

2

-

1

4

1

1

-

-

-

6

1

Jamie

WALKER

-

-

-

0

4

1

-

-

-

0

4

1

Jordan

ROBERTS

-

-

-

0

1

-

-

-

-

0

1

-

Josh

GINNELLY

2

-

-

4

1

-

-

-

-

6

1

-

Liam

BOYCE

2

-

1

5

-

4(1

-

-

-

7

-

5(1

Armand

GNANDUILLET

0

2

-

1

1

-

-

-

-

1

3

-

Euan

HENDERSON

0

1

-

0

3

-

-

-

-

0

4

-

Connor

SMITH

-

-

-

0

2

-

-

-

-

0

2

-

Finlay

POLLOCK

-

-

-

2

2

1

-

-

-

2

2

1

Aaron

DARGE

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Aidan

DENHOLM

-

-

-

0

1

-

-

-

-

0

1

-

Leo

WATSON

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Chris

HAMILTON $

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Totals

22

5

4

55

21

10

-

-

-

77

26

14

$ Player on loan * Now left Club *Denotes shut out in goals column # Retired as player, now on Development Staff

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