Hands on Hearts

Alan Rae with Paul Keddie With a foreword by Craig Levein

Hands on Hearts provides an in-depth look at over two decades of the club’s history, from league and cup encounters to European tours. As a long-standing employee of the club, Rae provides great detail on the team’s rollercoaster ride, including relegations and promotions, the arrival of Craig Levein and the devastating defeat at Dens in 1986.

This book is packed with Rae’s own thoughts on the key events in the Jam Tarts’ history, with many great stories from both on and off the pitch.

As the former physio he has had personal involvement with players’ injuries, training and journeys back to fitness, and is in a privileged position to share with you their stories.

This is a essential reading for any Hearts lover wanting to know more about the highs and lows of their team.

UK £14.99 US $ 29.95

Football-wise, Alan Rae was the best physio I ever worked with. He was second to none and other physios even came to him to ask for advice. He brought a real professional approach to the physiotherapy side of things at Hearts and was a real gentleman as well. walter kidd I remember coming back to Tynecastle after breaking a leg in Majorca and doing my ankle pretty seriously. He got things healed up pretty quickly using the good old fashioned methods and my fitness test before my last game for Hearts involved jumping on a trampete three or four times on my dodgy ankle!

Alan told me if it felt alright, that was fine, I’d play. It was still pretty sore but he strapped me up, and I scored the winner against Dunfermline at Tynecastle – and then Dick Advocaat put in a £2 million bid for me so Alan must have known what he was doing! He was always very straight with players and was a great guy to have at the club. I had a lot of time for Alan and as all good physios should be, outwith all the medical side of things, he was brilliant in the dressing room. It’s so important for someone in his position to have a good relationship with the players and in my time at Hearts Alan was brilliant. neil mccann Alan was a fantastic physio and fantastic for the young boys. When it came to the discipline side of things, there was no one better than Alan and that stood them all in good stead for when they progressed. It’s something you don’t normally associate with a physio but they knew what he was about and feared if they didn’t do a job properly, they could be there all night. He was a one-off, a bit eccentric but a top guy and a fantastic character. jim jefferies Alan Rae was a top man for me, a fantastic person and not just from the physio side. When I came to the club as a 16-year-old straight from school he helped me settle in and turned me into a man. He never just gave treatment, he taught me how to apply myself away from the football, the way to dress, the way to turn up for work, etc. The ground staff back then was a lot different to now as they all had to do the crap jobs and Alan kept me on my toes and wasn’t shy in telling me I had done something wrong. He was just fantastic for our development as people not just players. In my time as a player I had a really bad injury and there were times when I would get quite low, but he was a massive influence, always there encouraging me and he got me back quicker than I maybe should have. I can’t speak highly enough of him as he saved my career when I was just 20 years old. His patter was horrendous, though! gary locke When I first came back to Hearts they didn’t have a full-time physio – Alan was the physio but he worked at the Royal Infirmary – and I found that bizarre for a club of Hearts’ stature. If you wanted treatment you had to go to the

Infirmary and Alan would see you in his lunch break! That continued for a couple of years until he turned full-time. He didn’t suffer fools gladly. He had the youngsters organising things to within an inch of their lives, while having a great relationship with the senior players. I had nothing but the highest respect for him. He did have a ‘mental’ side to him when he could explode at a youngster for asking a daft question. eamonn bannon Alan was really good at his job, was loyal to every manager at the club and was brilliant for Hearts. Every time I think of him I recall a story from a break at Christmas time when we went to Marbella when I was manager. George McNeil and Bert Logan were there and we were out for a few beers when Alan for some unknown reason decided to climb a tree and raced up it like a monkey! He came back down and just started laughing and that summed him up for me – he was very professional but had a jovial side to his character when he would come away with the unexpected. sandy clark The physios never dictated to the gaffer, he told them he wanted the players fit.

And Alan knew his job really well. I thought he was great and he had a terrific manner with the players. He brought a bit of discipline to the younger ones and you definitely didn’t want to walk into his room uninvited or you’d get short shrift. People might have taken him the wrong way but he was a good character who cared for his players. Even if he was a bit of a nutcase! steve fulton He wouldn’t do anything before his coffee break first thing in the morning!

He was an absolutely fantastic physio who even though he worked in a tiny little physio room at Tynecastle got people back from injury very quickly. A wonderful man with a very dry sense of humour who was brilliant company. allan preston Alan was the best physio I worked with in my career, without a shadow of a doubt, and I was shocked when he left Hearts as I thought he would have been there for ever. scott crabbe He was one of the most trustworthy, wonderful, lunatic, crazy, loveable, straight-jacketed men I have ever met in my life. john robertson

Hands on Hearts A Physio’s Tale

ALAN RAE with Paul Kiddie

First published 2011 isbn: 978 1908373 02 1 The paper used in this book is sourced from renewable forestry and is fsc credited material.

The authors’ right to be identified as authors of this book under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 has been asserted.

Printed and bound in the uk by mpg Books Ltd, Cornwall Typeset in 11 point Sabon Š Alan Rae and Paul Kiddie 2011

To my wife Sheila and my family – Francis, Helen, Christine and Neil – who all suffered for the cause.

Alan Rae To Margaret for the wonderful job she does as a wife and mother, and to Caitlin and Michael for their love and laughter.

Paul Kiddie

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Contents

Acknowledgements

Foreword by Craig Levein

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Preface

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Chronology

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chapter 1

Kicking Off

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chapter 2

Bad Day at Dens

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chapter 3

Craig, the Fife Flyer

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chapter 4

High Road to Munich

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chapter 5

New Faces

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chapter 6

Falling Short

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chapter 7

Madrid and Belgrade

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chapter 8

Hydrotherapy

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chapter 9

Speed Ball

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chapter 10 Canadian Capers

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chapter 11 Italian Renaissance

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chapter 12 Norrie Gray

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chapter 13 War Horses

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chapter 14 Pair of Aces

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chapter 15 A Trophy at Last

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chapter 16 Dutch Master

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chapter 17 Last Bus from Gorgie

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Appendix: The Basic Management of Football Injuries

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Index

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Acknowledgements While writing this series of recollections I received help and information from many former players who gave their time generously. The book itself would have remained a notion but for the able assistance of Paul Kiddie who has worked well beyond what any reasonable person would put up with. All or nothing must be his motto. For his commitment alone I hope this book has some modest success not least because a proportion of the proceeds will be donated to the Sick Children’s Hospital, Edinburgh.

I wish to thank Gavin MacDougall at Luath, who chose to take a punt on Hands on Hearts and my editor Jennie Renton, who slapped the text into shape and yours truly along with it, metaphorically of course. My gratitude to Gavin, Jennie and the staff at Luath pales to ‘a daimen icker in a thrave’ in terms of their assistance.

A man for whom I have great respect read the text prior to publication; Pilmar Smith, the former vice chairman of Heart of Midlothian, who had almost a monopoly on common sense during his tenure at Tynecastle and still retains this faculty. A former director of the club, James Clydesdale, was largely responsible for making my side of Tynecastle habitable and also kindly advised me on the chronology of the stadium reconstruction.

Many of the photographs in this book (accompanying my own) are the gift of Eric McCowat. I thank him for this huge contribution from his Sports Photo Archive which has so enriched the visual aspect of this book. I’d also like to thank Scotsman Publications Ltd for kindly allowing me access to their archive.

Mr Craig Levein needs no introduction from me. In his Foreword he has written more than a few words about his time at Tynecastle as player and manager. His reflections on my state of mind echo the notion that you don’t have to be mad to work at Tynecastle, but it sure helps. Thank you, Craig, for your support in this project.

When searching for dates, scores and names, the London Hearts website and Norrie Price’s fine book, Gritty, Gallant and Glorious, proved invaluable.

I would recommend both to all dedicated Hearts supporters.

I am grateful to Heart of Midlothian fc for kindly allowing the club badge to be used on the cover of this book.

Finally, I must thank my wife Sheila and the family, who encouraged me throughout this undertaking and helped by reading through material and criticising when the text got out of hand.

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Foreword by Craig Levein When I first started at Hearts in 1983, Alan Rae was full-time at the Royal Infirmary and did his work with the players on a part-time basis.

The injured ones would have to jump in their cars at lunchtime and drive to the hospital to get treatment during his lunch break – and he was looking after just about all the squad at the time.

I probably spent more time with him than anyone else at the club and that is why nowadays I question my sanity! I maybe spent more time with him over a long period than I did my team-mates. He was as mad as a hatter, completely nuts, but a man for whom I have huge admiration.

Quickly becoming the club’s full-time physio, he wasn’t someone who allowed you to feel sorry for yourself and that was something which benefited me with my history of knee injuries. He was good at setting small goals so that I could focus on something in the near future rather than think, shit, I’m out for a year. He would set these little targets to help make me feel I had achieved something in a short space of time and for me that was a much better approach.

I have an awful lot of time for Alan, who was very supportive when I was injured. I have always had a lot of respect for him and I think he respected the fact I’d had a lot of setbacks. He was an extremely fair person with everyone and didn’t have favourites – he went off his head at all of us! He had his quirks and it wouldn’t take much to set him off and it wouldn’t be the first time I have seen a bottle of talc bounce off someone’s head!

Part of physiotherapy is psychology and keeping players focused, and he was really good at that while maintaining a bit of fun as well – we used to have some great laughs, mostly at Kevin Thomas’ expense who was in there for a while!

He was a hard taskmaster and not very tolerant of people not doing their work properly, which I think is a great thing. If you want to come back better than ever from an injury you have to be focused on doing your rehab properly.

Our relationship was quite close because I had been in his room for what must have been around three years altogether and we got to know each other quite well. It was almost like a marriage as such – we were comfortable even with silence and when I became manager of 11

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Hearts it didn’t change that much.

The absolute trust I had in him meant that when I was manager I knew he could take charge of situations and he didn’t need me breathing down his neck asking questions all the time. I would let him dictate the rehab and tell me when people were going to be fit. Some previous managers would be at him all the time telling him they need so and so fit, whereas I knew Alan was doing everything he could to get players back fit as quickly as possible.

As a manager you take immense comfort from people around you doing their job properly, you want to feel secure, they are all thinking the same way and focused on the same goals. I didn’t need to worry about Alan on that score so he became part of the backroom team along with Peter Houston and John McGlynn. When I came back to the club as manager it was like stepping back into an old set of slippers – it was comfortable for me to have Alan as the physio and I trusted him completely as I knew he was the best man for the job, that he understood the demands on a manager, and that allowed me to get on with my job which was hard enough without worrying about anything else.

His humour was off the wall but for me it was the unpredictability of his explosions. One such occasion happened when we were in getting treatment and someone conducting a stadium tour opened the door and came right through with a bunch of school kids and up towards the gym. He had this incredulous look on his face as if to say: ‘Where the **** are they going?’ They were just kids but as the last one disappeared out the door to go up to the gym, they left it open. Alan looked at me with his usual deadpan expression and said, ‘Excuse me a second,’ walked over to the door, grabbed it and shouted after them: ‘Were you born in a f****** barn!” before slamming it shut and turning round and coming back as if nothing had happened.

On pre season tours he would do his work but was then a bit like a tourist either wandering around doing his own thing or photographing stuff – some of his efforts you will see later in the book.

At times I felt he got taken for granted with an enormous work load and consequently he was unable to have a normal family life. His durability and stamina shone through as what he did was above and beyond the call of duty and Heart of Midlothian Football Club owes Alan Rae a huge debt of gratitude.

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Preface I have always enjoyed the challenge of fresh circumstances. Practising physiotherapy had taken me round the globe in the years before I came to Hearts and I had become adept at coping with change, which was just as well. For the next 23 years – years that saw momentous changes at the Hearts – I worked under three owners and eight managers, all of whom put their own stamp on the continuing development of the club. The following chapters will jog some memories, not all happy, of the period 1982 to 2005, when I was fortunate enough to practise my clinical skills as a physiotherapist at Tynecastle where I came to know, players from youth level to the first team at Heart of Midlothian fc.

Alan Rae, September 2011

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1982 In June Alan Rae is invited to provide physiotherapy services for Heart of Midlothian.

1982–83 Alex MacDonald and Sandy Jardine guide Hearts to promotion into the Premier League.

1983–84 After five straight league wins at the start of this season Hearts qualify for Europe.

1984–85 Hearts play Paris Saint-Germain and comfortably stave off the memory of recent relegations.

1985–86 Hearts beaten by Glasgow Celtic on goal difference for the league title and lose the Scottish League Cup Final to Aberdeen.

1986–87 Hearts lose narrowly to Dukla Prague, Wayne Foster making his European debut by scoring first in the home leg.

On 31 October Craig Levein is seriously injured in a reserve match at Easter Road.

1987–88 End of season league position, second behind Celtic, guarantees European football at Tynecastle in the next season.

1988–89 John Robertson sold to Newcastle in April 1988, Iain Ferguson signed as replacement in July 1988.

Joint manager Sandy Jardine sacked in October 1988.

Bayern Munich play at Tynecastle in February 1989 in the uefa Cup quarter-final.

John Robertson re-signed in December 1988.

1989–90 In March 1990 Hearts lose by 4-1 at Pittodrie in Scottish Cup.

Alan Rae joins Hearts on a full-time basis in January 1990.

1990–91 After a poor pre-season and a losing start in the league, Alex MacDonald and Walter Borthwick are sacked in November 1990.

Fine victory v Dnepr. 1-1 away and 3-1 at home.

Craig Levein and Dave McPherson play in the World Cup finals.

Joe Jordan and Frank Connor are appointed as manager and assistant manager in September 1990.

1991–92 Joe and Frank split the Old Firm. Hearts second in league behind Rangers.

Ian Baird signed in July 1991 and Glynn Snodin signed in March 1992.

1992–93 Hearts’ youth policy pays off: Youths win prestigious bp Cup against Rangers at Ibrox.

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After an unlucky loss in the cup semi-final and losing 6-0 at Falkirk on 1 May 1993, Joe and Frank are sacked.

Sandy Clark manages the team until the end of the season.

Sandy Clark and Hugh McCann are appointed as manager and assistant manager.

Justin Fashanu is signed in July 1993.

Hearts play Atlético Madrid in September 1993.

Wallace Mercer sells Heart of Midlothian to Chris Robinson and Leslie Deans who take over in June 1994.

Clark and McCann sacked. Vice chairman Pilmar Smith leaves.

Tommy McLean and Tom Forsyth are appointed as manager and first team coach in June 1994.

Eamonn Bannon is appointed assistant manager, Walter Kidd becomes youth coach in July 1994.

Wheeling and dealing after the loss of McLaren and McKinlay.

In come Cramb, McPherson, Miller, Nelson, Jamieson, Hagen and Hamilton.

Hearts beat Rangers in Scottish Cup quarter-final at Tynecastle but lose 0-1 to Airdrie in the semi-final at Hampden on 8 April 1995.

Relegation is avoided on 13 May 1995, the last day of the season, in a victory against Motherwell at Tynecastle.

McLean and Forsyth leave the club in July 1995.

Jim Jefferies and Billy Brown are appointed as manager and assistant manager in August 1995.

Rousset, Bruno and Eskilsson signed.

Hearts reach Scottish Cup Final in May 1996.

Captain Gary Locke seriously injured as his team is soundly beaten by Glasgow Rangers.

Steady improvement of the team – Bruno, Pointon, Cameron, Weir, Fulton and Rousset steady the ship.

Rangers again the opponents in the Scottish League Cup Final in November 1996.

Locke returns to fitness in January 1997 after six months’ rehab.

After three home ties and a semi-final at Ibrox against Falkirk, Hearts reach the Scottish Cup Final, once more against Rangers.

A Fifer and a Frenchman seal the first cup victory since 1956.

Steven Pressley is signed.

A resurgence in the final quarter of the season sees the team pull away from relegation zone.

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2000–01 Popular Rousset loses his place to Antti Niemi.

Hearts are unlucky to lose on away goals to Stuttgart.

Disaster at Easter Road in October 2000 where the team lose six goals to their arch rivals, Hibs.

Jefferies leaves the club in November 2000.

Craig Levein is appointed manager in December 2000.

2001–02 Shrewd signings Alan Maybury, Kevin McKenna, Ricardo Fuller and Austin McCann stabilise the team.

Steven Pressley rising to prominence.

2002–03 Under Levein’s guidance Hearts reach third place in the spl.

Phil Stamp is signed.

2003–04 A comfortable win in a preliminary round against Bosnian opposition takes Hearts into the second round of the uefa Cup.

Despite a fine 1-0 victory in the away leg, Bordeaux win at Tynecastle on 27 November 2003.

Consistency in the spl again secures third spot in the table.

Hearts move to the new Soccer Academy at the Heriot-Watt Riccarton campus in May 2004.

2004–05 Pre-season training in Vancouver.

Andrew Driver makes a brief appearance in friendly match.

A home win against Braga in the uefa Cup at Murrayfield followed by an away leg draw takes Hearts into the league sections of the competition.

Levein’s managerial credentials soar and he leaves for Leicester in October 2004.

Enter Hearts legend John Robertson as replacement manager with Donald Park as his assistant.

Robinson sells Hearts to Vladimir Romanov in December 2004.

Alan Rae contemplates end game.

Robbo and Parkie leave – scunnered – in May 2005.

Youth team coach John McGlynn and former player Stephen Frail take control until end of season.

2005–06 George Burley is appointed as manager.

During a pre-season match in Dublin against St Patrick’s, Graham Weir sustains a leg fracture.

League season starts well.

Alan Rae leaves after a home match against Motherwell.

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Colin Cameron atop an ecstatic John Robertson after Hearts won the Scottish Cup in 1998. Š Eric McCowat Sports Photo Archive.

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Gary Locke bear-hugged by Stevie Fulton who captained the team that brought the Scottish Cup to Tynecastle. © Eric McCowat Sports Photo Archive.

The scene at the Cenotaph, Haymarket, on ‘Sair Heid Sunday’ following the Scottish Cup win.

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Mark De Vries in action v Sunderland FC, 2003. © Eric McCowat Sports Photo Archive.

Steven Pressley after winning against Basel FC, 2004. © Eric McCowat Sports Photo Archive.

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The demolition of the Gorgie Road End at Tynecastle Stadium in 1997. The erection of the new stand meant the end of the ‘free view’ for the residents of the tenements behind.

Gary Mackay played a record number of games for Hearts. Behind him is the Wheatfield Stand. © Eric McCowat Sports Photo Archive.

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Scunnered –Tosh McKinlay, Scott Crabbe, Walter Kidd, Derek Ferguson, George Wright and Gary Mackay at the Dinamo Bucharest Stadium in 1990.

John Robertson holding off Alan Sneddon and Gordon Hunter of Hibernian at Easter Road in March 1986. Š Eric McCowat Sports Photo Archive.

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Conditioning Derek Holmes’ hamstrings on the new kit in the physiotherapy room at Tynecastle, 1996. Note the WWI stretcher behind the door.

A rare visit to the physiotherapy room from Pasquale Bruno.

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Slovakian internationalist R贸bert Tomaschek, formerly of Slovan Bratislava, recovering from knee surgery in 2002.

Alan Rae flanked by Andy Kirk (left) and Scott Severin (right).

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A rest day on the team’s pre-season trip to Finland in 2002. The trio at the front are Stephen Simmons, Austin McCann and Andy Webster; behind them on the right are Stéphane Mahé, Scott Severin and Andy Kirk.

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Index A Aberdeen fc 15, 28, 29, 34, 36, 38, 39, 49, 55, 70, 75, 78, 103, 121, 126, 130, 135, 149, 155 ac Milan 50, 80, 142 Adam, Stéphane 150, 157 adrenaline 134, 147, 153 Airdrie fc 16, 21, 23, 25, 72, 104, 126 Annandale 29, 41 Applegarth 19 Arbroath fc 77 Arsenal fc 33, 39, 81, 141 Atlético Madrid 16, 51, 83 Auld, Bertie 122 Auld Enemy 115 Aumann, Raimond 63 Ayr United fc 26, 49

B ‘Baggio’ See Fulton, Stephen Baird, Ian 15, 100, 134–35 Bairns, The 141, 150 Banks, Gordon 30 Bannon, Eamonn 16, 59, 60, 90 Bauld, Willie 160 Baxter, Jim 26 Bayern Munich fc 15, 61, 83, 123, 153 Bednár, Roman 166 Benfica 66 Berry, Neil 41, 42, 54, 73, 77, 96, 125, 126, 150 Berwick Rangers 117 Bett, Jim 23, 98 Binnie, John 21, 22, 29, 41, 49, 71 Black, Kenny 30, 35, 37, 40, 62, 143 Blues Brothers 84 Boghead 25 Bohemians fc 40, 145 Bolton Wanderers fc 41, 141 Bone, Jimmy 22, 27, 30, 126 Bonner, Paddy 97, 98 Borthwick, Walter 15, 21, 22, 29, 65 Bowman, David 21, 23, 24 bp Youth Cup 99 Brady, Liam 141 Brady, Peter 125 Braga 17, 58, 162 Bridgeton Waverley 21

Brighton fc 68 Brockville 125, 141 Brogan, John 24 Broomfield 24, 71, 127 Brown, Billy 16, 53, 111, 129 Brown, Ian 25 Brown, John 82 Bruce, Andy 43 Bruno, Pasquale 16, 87, 88, 111–14 Bruxelles 65, 66 Buchanan, Kenneth 26 Bucharest 66, 68, 70 Burley, George 17, 166 Burridge, John 135 Byrne, Paddy 21, 24

C Caldwell, Jimmy 43, 44 Callaghan, Stuart 99 Cameron, Colin 144, 150, 152 Canada 89, 103, 105, 107, 109, 110 Canasta, Chan 115 Cappielow 25 Ceausescu, Nicolae 67 Celtic fc 15, 26, 27, 28, 30, 34, 38, 39, 53, 55, 59, 67, 81, 96, 97, 98, 99, 103, 132, 139, 141, 144, 147, 149, 150, 153 Celtic Park 28, 55, 82, 98, 122, 125, 135, 136, 141, 144, 149, 150, 153 Chalmers, Steve 122 Chantilly 99 Charlton, Bobby 75 Charlton, Jack 145 Charlton Athletic fc 104 Cheltenham 139 Christie, Maxie 66 Clark, John 122 Clark, Sandy 16, 30, 34, 35, 37, 42, 44, 51, 65, 72, 77, 78, 84, 89, 99, 103, 106, 126, 127, 164 Cleveland Indians 105 Clydebank fc 34 Clydebank Juveniles 23 Clyde fc 79 Clydesdale, James 9, 53, 90 Clyde Valley 92

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hands on hearts Collins, John 141 Colquhoun, John 33–34, 37, 59, 60, 70, 86–8, 101, 114, 125, 135, 142 Colquhoun, Malcolm 61 Comiston Park 76 Conn Jnr, Alfie 22 Connor, Frank 15, 24, 79 Cooper, David 126 Cowdenbeath fc 45, 54, 55, 139 Cowie, George 22, 27 Crabbe, Scott 42, 69, 75, 76, 135 Craig, Tom 19 Cramond 140 Crete, Island of 78 Croix 65, 99 Crombie, Bill 35, 37, 38, 52 Cumming, John 126

D Dacron 46, 48 Dalymount Park 145 Darvel 109 Deans, Leslie 16, 51, 89 Dekker, Desmond 57 Dell, The 87 Dens Park 38, 39, 135, 138, 159 Derby Match 28, 50, 146, 161 Dinamo Bucharest 66, 68 Dingwall 80, 134 Dinwiddie, Ian 72 Dnepr 15, 50, 72 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 72–73 Donaldson, James 19 Douglas 40 Driver, Andrew 17, 110 Dublin 17, 40, 59, 62, 117, 144, 145, 166 Dukla fc 15, 42–44 Dumbarton fc 25 Dundee United fc 33–39, 45, 49, 59, 87, 88, 128, 133, 145, 149, 159 Dunfermline fc 23, 25, 49, 53, 70, 142 Dynamo Kiev fc 24

E East End Park 23 Easter Road 15, 17, 21, 46, 50, 67, 140, 160 East Fife fc 24 Edinburgh Royal Infirmary 11, 57, 125 Elgin fc 28

Estadio Santiago Bernabeu 84 Evans, Gerry 131 Everton fc 75, 130, 131

F Falconer, Neil 19 Falkirk fc 16, 21, 51, 55, 119, 135, 141, 149 Fashanu, Justin 16, 100–02 Federation of Hearts Supporters Clubs 163 Ferguson, Derek 68, 82, 101, 110 Ferguson, Eric 19 Ferguson, Iain 15, 59, 62 Ferguson, Ian 52 Ferguson, Sir Alex 28, 34, 38, 128 Feyenoord fc 162 Firmani, Eddie 104 Fir Park 133, 146 Fleming, Sir Alexander 109 Flögel, Thomas 119, 121, 150 Forsyth, Tom 16, 90, 92 Foster, Brendan 26 Foster, Wayne 15, 41, 60, 73 Frail, Stephen 17, 91 Francis, Dick 33 Fuller, Ricardo 17, 56 Fulters See Fulton, Stephen Fulton, Stephen 16, 87, 131, 141–44, 150, 154, 155

G Gala Rovers 19 Galloway, Mike 139 Gascoigne, Paul 144 Gauld, Stuart 22, 23 Golac, Ivan 87 Goodison Park 79 Goram, Andy 50, 114, 144, 153 Gordon, Craig 54, 167 Gorgie 7, 25, 28, 34, 42, 48, 49, 56, 58, 61, 62, 113, 131, 132, 135, 144, 155, 161, 163, 164, 167 Goss, Jeremy 87 Gotham City 88 Gray, Norrie 7, 117–23 Greig, John 23 Guérin, Vincent 101, 132 Gymnasium, The Brown 84

H Hagen, David 98

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I Ibrox Stadium 15, 16, 23, 39, 47, 87, 99, 114, 115, 120, 126, 131, 141, 149, 151 Inter Milan fc 61, 83, 123, 142 Inverness 97 Inverness Caledonian fc 28 Isle of Man 39, 40, 41 Italia ’90 50, 76 Italy 76, 104, 113, 119

J Jackson, Darren 45 Jambo 51, 53, 152, 161, 162 Jamieson, Willie 16, 53, 96 Jam Tarts 27, 44, 45, 62, 82, 157 Janczyk, Neil 54, 140, 158 Jardine, Ian 43 Jardine, Sandy 15, 19, 22, 26–27, 35, 37, 60, 95 JC see Colquhoun, John Jefferies, Jim 16, 17, 46, 53, 55, 67, 88, 112, 113, 115, 117, 127, 129, 135, 136, 139, 141, 143, 144, 150, 160 Johnston, Allan 99, 100, 114, 126 Johnstone, Derek 23

Johnston, Maurice 101, 104 Johnston, Willie 22, 26, 30 Jordan, Joe 15, 50, 71, 72, 77, 79, 84, 89, 91, 92, 99, 134, 136 JR see Robertson, John

K Keegan, Barry 94 Keegan, Kevin 134 Kettleholm 19 Kidd, Walter 16, 22, 28, 35, 38, 39, 60, 91, 96, 125, 127, 142 Kilmarnock fc 33, 129 Kinnel Rovers 19 Kisnorbo, Patrick 107, 161, 166 Knox, Archie 128 Kowloon 75

L László, Csaba 165 Leitch, Scott 85–86, 145 Levein, Craig 9, 11, 15, 17, 35, 36, 39, 45–56, 58, 61, 78, 84, 85, 107, 111, 131, 139, 142, 157, 161, 163 Logan, Bert 26, 84, 108, 145, 163 Logan, Tom 37, 46

M Macari, Lou 103 MacDonald, Alex 15, 20, 22, 26, 28, 30, 35, 42, 46, 47, 49, 59, 61, 62, 69, 72, 95, 97, 145, 146 MacFarlane, Neil 54, 91, 107 Mackay, Gary 21, 22, 24, 31, 34, 37, 51, 72, 73, 75, 77, 87, 96, 114, 120, 125, 142, 143, 144, 145–147, 163 Madrid 7, 16, 51, 83, 84, 109 Mahé, Stéphane 54, 55, 132 Malpas, Maurice 128 Manchester United 38, 51, 69, 72, 78, 80, 81, 93, 110, 139 Manchester City 130 Martel, Charles 125 Mauchlen, Ali 101 Maybury, Alan 17, 54, 107, 139, 160, 166 McBride, Joe 126 McCann, Hugh 16, 51, 54, 89, 99, 106 McCann, Austin 17, 131 McCann, Neil 150

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N Nairn County fc 28 Naysmith, Gary 87, 130, 131, 150, 154 Neilson, Paddy 22, 29 Neilson, Robbie 54, 118, 131 Newcastle United fc 15, 62, 65, 72, 81 Newtongrange, jfc 42, 57 Novo, Nacho 108

O O’Connor, Derek 22, 25, 126 Oldenburg 101 Old Firm 15, 34, 67, 78, 83, 96, 99, 149, 159 Olivebank 114, 117 Olympic Lyonnais 126 Osnabruck 102 Ouiefio, Wilfred 56, 57, 58

P Palmer, Carlton 139 Parc des Princes 30, 31 Paris Saint-Germain 15, 30 Park, Donald 17, 22, 27, 165 Park, Douglas 41 Parker, Bobby 21, 23, 115 Parker, Gary 42 Parkhead see Celtic Park Partick Thistle 21 Paterson, Andy 65 Paterson, Craig 127 Perreira, Ramon 108 Peterborough United fc 141 Petric, Gordan 129–30 Pettigrew, Willie 21, 22, 24, 126 Pittodrie 15, 49, 55, 135, 155 Pointon, Neil 16, 130, 131 Porteous, Les 21, 89, 105, 106 Pospišil, Michal 166 Pressley, Steven 16, 17, 54, 128–29, 130, 131 Preston, Allan 82 Price, Norrie 9 Princess Margaret Rose Hospital 77 Prohaska, Herbert 60

Q Quebec 104 Queen of the South fc 19, 80

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R Raith Rovers fc 23, 25, 51, 52, 81, 108, 114, 153 Rangers fc 15, 16, 19, 23, 26, 28, 34, 47, 48, 49, 53, 62, 67, 68, 70, 82, 86, 87, 91, 98, 99, 104, 110, 115, 116, 122, 126, 127, 130, 142, 144, 149, 150, 154, 155, 164 Red Star Belgrade 87 Richards, Viv 137 Ritchie, Paul 57, 87, 99, 105, 131, 150, 158 Ritchie, Tom 158 Robbo see Robertson, John Robertson, John 15, 17, 21, 22, 25, 27, 30, 34, 37, 40, 42, 44, 47, 59, 61, 62, 69, 73, 80, 82, 84, 87, 97, 100, 101, 125, 126, 134, 135, 142, 150, 154, 157, 160, 161, 165 Robinson, Chris 16, 17, 51, 55, 89, 117, 163, 164 Robson, Bryan 139 Roseburn Park 91 Ross County fc 80 Rousset, Gilles 16, 17, 86, 87, 88, 119, 150, 155

Tannadice 33 Teddy Bears 96 Third Lanark 19, 80 Thomas, Kevin 11, 84, 87, 91, 99 Tomaschek, Róbert 91, 136–38 Toronto 103, 105, 106 Tranent 57 Tynecastle 9, 13, 15, 16, 17, 20, 23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 33, 34, 38, 41, 42, 44, 45, 52, 53, 58, 60, 61, 62, 65, 70, 76, 77, 78, 79, 81, 83, 84, 91, 96, 99, 102, 104, 111, 114, 115, 123, 127, 129, 130, 133, 134, 135, 139, 141, 142, 144, 146, 149, 156, 157, 160, 161, 163, 164, 166, 167

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Walker, Nicky 82, 136 Wallace, Jock 80, 91 Wallyford 57 Walters, Mark 48 Weir, David 16, 87, 131, 150, 155 Weir, Graham 17, 54, 166 Weir, Peter 126 Wenceslas Square 43 Wenger, Arsène 81 West Ham United fc 127 West Kilbride 38 Whittaker, Brian 30, 37, 43, 121 Wiefelstede 101 Wigan Athletic fc 40 Wilkins, Ray 110 Wilson, David 115–16 Wood, Ian 135 World Cup 15, 50, 79, 123, 133 Wright, George 57, 73, 93

Y Youth development 99

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employee of Hearts Football Club, a firm presence in the team’s dugout on match days. Part-time from 1982 whilst also working at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, he later joined the club on a full-time basis.

He was a well-respected member of the off-pitch team, and throughout his career witnessed eight managers, three owners and numerous players come and go.

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Alan left Hearts in 2005 after 23 years at Tynecastle Stadium. He now lives in the Scottish Borders.

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career with DC Thomson in Dundee in 1984, where he spent twelve years before joining the Edinburgh Evening News Sports desk. A similar length of service with Scotsman Publications saw him report on Hearts for six tumultuous seasons, during which time he first met Alan Rae. After a year living in the USA, Paul was offered the chance to return to Scotland as Communications Manager at Heart of Midlothian FC, a position he took up in January 2007.

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As Heart of Midlothian FC’s physiotherapist, Alan Rae was a vital member of the Tynecastle backroom staff for more than two decades. He was one of the few constants during a turbulent period in the club’s rich history and his behind-the-scenes recollections will fascinate and entertain in equal measure.

From international superstars to mischievous boot-room boys, Rae shares his unique insight into the life of a great Scottish football institution. Hands on Hearts is a must-read for football fans everywhere – Jambos or otherwise – and for anyone who has ever wondered about the healing properties of the physio’s magic sponge!

[Rae] was one of the most trustworthy, wonderful, lunatic, crazy, loveable, straight-jacketed men I have ever met in my life.

[Rae] was an absolutely fantastic physio who even though he worked in a tiny little physio room at Tynecastle got people back from injury very quickly.

A wonderful man with a very dry sense of humour who was brilliant company.

SCOTT CRABBE (Hearts midfielder/striker 1986–1992)

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JOHN ROBERTSON (Hearts striker 1981–1998; manager 2004–5)