Tag: Football

The Scottish Sun Lowland League is seeking applications from clubs who wish to compete in season 2015/16.Speaking yesterday league Chairman Andrew Waddell said “The Board of the League have determined that there will be an...

Children in Balerno need your help with their #pitchfever project to raise £75,000 to improve their football  and hockey pitch which they want to upgrade to a 2G pitch. They need your support on the neighbourly.com...

Can Scotland qualify for Euro 2016? Every member of the Tartan Army has held onto the dream that, one day, they would see their beloved national football team represent the country in a major tournament...

In Football Remembers week, Wester Hailes Education Centre reenacted a little of the football match which everyone knows about from the First World War. http://vimeo.com/114111137 Private William Tapp wrote in his diary "It doesn't seem right...

If you are a woman aged 16+ and you are interested in football as a way of keeping fit then get along to the Royston Wardieburn Centre (indoors!) on Monday 8th or 15th December...

The Football Cronicas: Jethro Soutar (who co-edited the book with Tim Girven and is a founder of Ragpicker Press) and translator Rachael McGill discuss all things literary, Latin American and football, plus translation and the setting up...

MONDAY 17TH NOVEMBER 2014Delighters: Hula Hooping  - taster session. For ages 14+, beginners or beginners + - session will be tailored to the abilities of the participants. 6.30-7.30pm, Forest Centre +, 38 Castle Terrace....

  A trio of Spartans Women have made the shortlist for the 2014 SWPL Awards, where players and managers are recognised by their fellow footballing friends and foes for their contribution on and off the pitch.Manager...

 Today Hibs play Hearts at Easter Road and fans of both teams are reminded that police will take tough action if there are any alcohol, fireworks or flares found in the ground. Over 14,000 spectators...

It was former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson who once famously proclaimed ‘Football? Bloody hell!’ I attended my first Hearts match in 1968 and there have been numerous changes to the game, both...

Magic Carpet Minis: introducing very little ones to the fantastic objects in the museum through 20 minutes of stories, songs and activities. Suitable for very young children (ages 0-2) with their parents or carers. 10.30-10.50am or 11.30-11.50am today and...

SPFL Championship, Sunday 17 August 2014 – TynecastleHistory was made at Tynecastle this afternoon. Given the amount of times there is an Edinburgh derby these days you may question that statement. However, this afternoon...

Petrofac Training Cup 1st Round, Saturday 26 July 2014 – Tynecastle After a season when the club was traumatised by administration and suffered relegation from the SPFL Premiership as a consequence, Hearts ended their first...

Hearts today completed the formal signing of Osman Sow after the Swedish striker had appeared as a trialist in some of Hearts pre-seasons friendlies. The 6ft 4” former Crystal Palace player scored in Hearts...

 Photo - Mike SmithPre-season friendly, Friday 18 July 2014 - TynecastleAs pre-season friendlies go, Friday evening’s game between Hearts and FA Premiership holders Manchester City was a pretty decent effort. The glamour fixture, arranged...

Brazil may have been knocked out by Germany in spectacular style but their arch-rivals Argentina are ready to take up the challenge in the World Cup Final. Get a taste of the best bars in...

Pre-season Friendly, Wednesday 9 July 2014 – Meadowbank StadiumThere may have been the not so small matter of a World Cup semi-final live on television but this didn’t prevent about 150 people heading to...

Hearts look likely to exit administration early next week – just days before the first anniversary of administrators BDO taking over the running of the club. It was June 19 last year when the...

As the preparation build for the World Cup there are more decisions loom for Hodgson England boss Roy Hodgson named his 23-man squad for the World Cup before leaving for Miami with the countdown to...

In July 1995 Falkirk manager Jim Jefferies stood outside Brockville Park to tell the waiting media and anxious Bairns supporters - "I'm staying at Falkirk".  The former Berwick Rangers manager had been given the...

Who can the Tartan Army support at the World Cup?   As thirty-two nations prepare themselves for the euphoria and drama of a World Cup campaign, there are many other countries that will have to watch...

Photo: Mike SmithRangers U20s 2 Hearts U20s 2 aet (Rangers win 8-7 on pens)Scottish Youth Cup Final, Tuesday 13 May 2014 – New St. Mirren ParkHearts season ended in heartbreak as their Under 20...

Ann Budge took over as Hearts Chief Executive and Chairperson today and immediately began implementing the changes she believes are required to take the club back to the top of Scottish football. Head Coach Gary...

A solitary goal from Kilmarnock's Kris Boyd was all it took to turn Hibs' torrid season from bad to worse, the striker costing the Easter Road side a guaranteed spot of safety and sending...

 SPFL Premiership, Sunday 4 May 2014 – TynecastleHearts continued their recent excellent form by hitting a hapless Kilmarnock team for five at Tynecastle on Sunday. A week ago, the Maroons were celebrating yet another...

Saturday 3 May 1986. Three years after emerging from the wilderness of First Division football, of the inept tactics of manager Tony Ford, of losing to Queens Park and East Stirlingshire and of being threatened with...

 Spartans Women returned to winning ways with an emphatic 16-0 win over Forfar Farmington at Ainslie Park.A double hat-trick from Sarah Ewens, taking her career total to 83 from 103 games for the club...

Sandy Jardine, a man forever associated with the rebirth of Heart of Midlothian FC in the 1980s, has died, 18 months after being diagnosed with cancer. He was 65. Jardine was brought to Tynecastle by...

SPFL Premiership, Saturday 19 April 2014 – TynecastleIt seemed like the dawning of a new era at Tynecastle on Saturday. The news during the week that Hearts look very likely to exit administration before...

If you’re lucky enough to be going to Brazil for the World Cup, you might be in a state of feverish excitement by now – and rightly so, whether you’ve got tickets for any...