Hearts Sign Trio; Derby Cup Ticket Arrangements Announced

With the January transfer window due to close on Tuesday, Hearts busy January continued apace today with the signing of three new players.

First up was Greek international midfielder Alexandros Tziolis who has signed until the end of this season, subject to international clearance.

31-year-old Tziolis has played at the highest level, having played 62 times for Greece and played in World Cup and European Championship campaigns as well as the Uefa Champions League and Europa League. His previous clubs include Panathinaikos, Werder Bremen and AS Monaco.

Next to arrive was another Greek player, centre-half Anastasios Avlonitis. Known as Tasos, the defender, who stands at 6’3” played last season at Sturm Graz in Austria. He has also signed a short-term deal until the end of this season.

Finally – for now at least – Hearts completed the expected signing of Portuguese striker Ismael Goncalves from Cypriot club Anorthosis Famagusta for a fee of 200,000 Euros.

The former St Mirren striker previously worked with Hearts Head Coach Ian Cathro when the pair were at Rio Ave together. He has signed a three-year contract at Tynecastle.

All three players will be included in the Hearts squad for the visit of Rangers in the Ladbrokes Premiership on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Hearts have announced ticket arrangements for the forthcoming William Hill Scottish Cup tie against Hibernian at Tynecastle on 12th February. The Hearts website states the following:

In order to be as fair as possible to all supporters and in an effort to accommodate all of the club’s season ticket holders there will be no reserved seating and tickets will be sold on a first come, first served basis.  This is to allow for the fact that circa 1300 Season ticket holders from the Roseburn Stand will be displaced, because of Scottish Cup Rule 36, which states that the visiting club has the right to claim up to 20% of the capacity of the stadium.   

Additionally, were we not to do this, the makeup of our season ticket sales in the other 3 “traditional” home stands, would mean that only single seats and the occasional pair of tickets would be available to our displaced Roseburn Stand Season ticket holders. 

  Platinum Gold Silver Bronze Adult £32 £28 £27 £26 O65/FTE £25 £20 £19 £18 U18 £19 £16 £15 £14 U13 £15 £10 £10 £10

Wheelchair and Carer tickets are priced at £15.