Tag: Robbie Neilson
Hearts Must Become Hungry Again
While the billions of pounds from the Sky and BT television deals have arguably taken football away from its working class roots in England, it’s reasonable to suggest that, in Scotland, the game is...
Hibernian 2-0 Heart of Midlothian
Goals by Jason Cummings and Farid El Alagui secured a valuable three points for Hibs in an ill-tempered Edinburgh derby at Easter Road this afternoon.
The result leaves Hibs in second place on goal difference...
Rangers 2 Heart of Midlothian 1
SPFL Championship, Sunday 5 April 2015 – Ibrox Stadium
It’s not often this season the Edinburgh Reporter has had to report on a defeat for Heart of Midlothian FC. However, for only the second time...
Heart of Midlothian 2 Queen of the South 0
SPFL Championship, Saturday 28 March 2015 – Tynecastle
After celebrating clinching the SPFL Championship title - and promotion back to the Premiership - last weekend, Hearts held a title winning party at a packed Tynecastle...
Neilson Going Nowhere As Sir Alex Backs Hearts
Four days after their team won the SPFL Championship, Hearts supporters received more good news today when Head Coach Robbie Neilson told them he was staying at Tynecastle to continue the remarkable work he...
Football fans and former players pay tribute to Dave Mackay
Hundreds of football fans joined famous players from the past to pay tribute to the late, great Dave Mackay at just after lunchtime yesterday.
Former team-mates including Denis Law, Frank McLintock,Cliff Jones, Ian St John,...
Stylish Hearts Are Back From The Brink
It’s been on the cards for some time now and on Sunday it was finally confirmed – Heart of Midlothian are the SPFL Championship winners for season 2014/15 and will take their place one...
Falkirk 0 Heart of Midlothian 3
SPFL Championship, Saturday 21 March 2015 – The Falkirk Stadium
Hearts march towards the SPFL Championship title continued when Robbie Neilson’s side visited what has become their bogey team in recent years – Falkirk. The...
Raith Rovers 1 Heart of Midlothian 3
SPFL Championship, Tuesday 17 March 2015 – Starks Park
Relentless is a word that seems to have attached itself to the good ship Heart of Midlothian as it sails inexorably towards the top flight of...
Heart of Midlothian 10 (ten) Cowdenbeath 0
SPFL Championship, Saturday 28 February 2015 – Tynecastle
Prior to Hearts game with Cowdenbeath on Saturday, Head Coach Robbie Neilson spoke about his aim of getting the Maroons established as a top six club in...
Queen of the South 1 Heart of Midlothian 2
SPFL Championship, Saturday 21 February 2015 – Palmerston Park
Last December, when Queen of the South came to Tynecastle I thought it was one of the best displays seen by a visiting side to Gorgie...
Hearts Game Abandoned Due to Snow
The much-anticipated top of the table clash between SPFL Championship leaders Hearts and Rangers ended in farce tonight when the game at Ibrox was abandoned after 25 minutes because of snow on the pitch...
Hearts Sign Dutch Striker
Hearts today signed Dutch striker Genero Zeefuik on loan from Dutch side FC Groningen. The 24 year old, who has played a dozen times for the Netherland’s Under 21 team, has joined Robbie Neilson’s...
Business As Usual for Hearts
They may be 15 points clear at the top of the SPFL Championship, but Hearts will be taking nothing for granted when Hibernian first-foot Tynecastle this Saturday for the eagerly anticipated Edinburgh derby.
Much has...
Heart of Midlothian 2 Alloa Athletic 0
SPFL Championship, Saturday 20 December 2014 – Tynecastle
It was very much a case of ‘as you were’ as Hearts recorded a comfortable win in their final home game of 2014 on Saturday. Against an...
Hearts Frozen Out at Central Park
Hearts SPFL Championship fixture at Cowdenbeath, due to be played on Saturday, was postponed due to parts of the Central Park pitch being frozen.
The game has been rescheduled for Tuesday 23 December with a...
Hearts Count the Cost
The fall-out from the Hearts-Rangers game at Tynecastle on Saturday continues more than 48 hours after the Gorgie side’s victory over their nearest challengers for the SPFL Championship. Hearts today announced that left back...
Falkirk 1 Heart of Midlothian 2
SPFL Championship, Saturday 15 November 2014 – The Falkirk Stadium
After last week’s struggle to overcome Raith Rovers by a single goal at Tynecastle, I looked at this weekend’s fixtures and felt there was the...
Heart of Midlothian 1 Raith Rovers 0
SPFL Championship, Saturday 8 November 2014 – Tynecastle
Remembrance weekend is always an emotional time of the year and this year was particularly poignant for those who turned up at Tynecastle in large numbers for...
Heart of Midlothian 5 Dumbarton 1
Hearts maintained their nine point lead at the top of the SPFL Championship by hammering the one team they hadn’t yet beaten in the league this season – until Saturday afternoon. Dumbarton, managed by...
Alloa Athletic 0 Heart of Midlothian 1
SPFL Championship, Saturday 11 October 2014 – Inodrill Stadium
Hearts headed to the Inodrill Stadium on Saturday very much aware of the threat Alloa Athletic posed in this SPFL Championship meeting. Rangers were held to...
The Quiet Man Aims to Deliver Again for Hearts
He’s the quiet man of Scottish football. But anyone thinking Hearts Head Coach Robbie Neilson is less determined than any other manager in Scottish football seriously needs to think again.
The man who famously scored...
Queen of the South 0 Heart of Midlothian 3
SPFL Championship, Saturday 4 October 2014 – Palmerston Park
The Maroon Army headed to delightful Dumfries on Saturday for a fixture which had the air of a Sir Walter Scott novel about it – Queen...
Heart of Midlothian 5 Livingston 0
SPFL Championship, Sunday 28 September 2014 – Tynecastle
The last time Hearts played Livingston was on 20 August in the Petrofac Training Cup. Hearts crashed to a 4-1 defeat that night at Almondvale but the...
Heart of Midlothian 5 Cowdenbeath 1
SPFL Championship, Saturday 20 September 2014 – Tynecastle
After a week where Scotland’s people decided to remain as part of the UK, thoughts turned to somewhat more mundane matters at Tynecastle on Saturday afternoon as...
Heart of Midlothian 4 Falkirk 1
Photo- Mike Smith
SPFL Championship, Saturday 30 August 2014 – Tynecastle
Hearts maintained their 100% record so far in the SPFL Championship this season with a comprehensive victory over Falkirk at Tynecastle on Saturday. Having already...
Raith Rovers 0 Heart of Midlothian 4
SPFL Championship, Saturday 23 August 2014 – Starks Park
Even at this embryonic stage of the season with the teams metaphorically barely out of the starting blocks, Raith Rovers and Hearts met in Kirkcaldy on...
St. Johnstone 0 Heart of Midlothian 4
Steven Anderson Testimonial
Sunday 3 August 2014 – McDiarmid Park
Hearts may no longer be in the top flight of Scottish football but they remain one of the biggest clubs in the country with a huge...
Football – Heart of Midlothian 3 Annan Athletic 1
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 complete Osman Sow signing
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...