Tag: SPFL Championship

SPFL Championship, Saturday 2 May 2015 – Tynecastle StadiumAnd so they faced the final curtain….Hearts momentous SPFL Championship winning season drew to a close at a packed Tynecastle Stadium on Saturday as the champions...

Scottish football is, to use a well-worn cliché, ‘at the business end of the season’ where awards, accolades and admiration are handed out.PFA Scotland today announced its short-list for Scotland’s Manager of the Year....

SPFL Championship, Saturday 25 April 2015 – Central ParkHearts travelled to Fife on Saturday afternoon for their final away trip of a momentous season. With the SPFL Championship title clinched some time ago and...

 SPFL Championship, Saturday 18 April 2015 – TynecastleHearts returned to winning ways on Saturday afternoon with a workmanlike victory over Raith Rovers in the SPFL Championship at Tynecastle.After last Sunday’s meek display in the...

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...

The cliché used by too many journalists last weekend following Hearts 2-1 defeat at Ibrox was that Robbie Neilson’s men had ‘packed away the tools’. This was a reference to the fact they had...

SPFL Championship, Sunday 5 April 2015 – Ibrox StadiumIt’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...

SPFL Championship, Saturday 28 March 2015 – TynecastleAfter celebrating clinching the SPFL Championship title - and promotion back to the Premiership - last weekend, Hearts held a title winning party at a packed Tynecastle...

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...

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...

SPFL Championship, Tuesday 17 March 2015 – Starks ParkRelentless 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...

SPFL Championship, Saturday 14 March 2015 – TynecastleAn emotional day at Tynecastle where Hearts paid tribute to their greatest ever player - and one of Scotland’s finest - Dave Mackay ended with the home...

Hearts are just 12 points away from clinching the SPFL Championship title - and promotion back to the SPFL Premiership. Rangers 1-1 draw at home to Queen of the South on Tuesday evening -...

SPFL Championship, Saturday 28 February 2015 – TynecastlePrior 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...

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...

SPFL Championship, Saturday 7 February 2015 – Energy Assets ArenaTwo days after Christmas, Hearts edged a tight encounter against the SPFL Championship’s bottom club thanks to a solitary goal from James Keatings. Six weeks...

SPFL Championship, Saturday 31 January 2015 – Indodrill StadiumMuch has been written in the printed and on-line media this week about how Hearts would react to their first league defeat of the season following...

SPFL Championship, Saturday 24 January 2015 – Tynecastle After the mid-winter farce that was Hearts visit to Glasgow eight days ago, Robbie Neilson’s SPFL Championship leaders got back to football business when they entertained Falkirk...

SPFL Championship, Saturday 10 January 2015 – The Bet Butler Stadium The last time Hearts visited the Sons of the Rock in September they were thwarted after a goalless draw which dented their 100 per...

SPFL Championship, Saturday 27 December 2014 – Energy Assets ArenaA week ago Hearts had a nine point lead at the top of the SPFL Championship. This was extended to a formidable 12 points after...

  SPFL Championship, Tuesday 23 December 2014 - Central Park Another impressive performance from Hearts tonight saw Robbie Neilson's side ease to a comfortable 2-0 victory at Cowdenbeath to stretch their lead at the top of...

SPFL Championship, Saturday 20 December 2014 – TynecastleIt 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...

SPFL Championship, Saturday 6 December 2014 – TynecastleAfter the controversy of last week’s Scottish Cup defeat to Celtic, Hearts returned to the more routine matter of trying to secure promotion from the SPFL Championship....

 SPFL Championship, Saturday 22 November 2014 – TynecastleThe last time Hearts played Rangers was back in August at Ibrox Stadium on the first weekend of the new season. Robbie Neilson’s men recorded a fine...

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...

   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...

SPFL Championship, Saturday 11 October 2014 – Inodrill StadiumHearts 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...

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...

   SPFL Championship, Saturday 20 September 2014 – TynecastleAfter 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...

SPFL Championship, Saturday 13 September 2014 – The Bet Butler Stadium Hearts 100% winning start to the league season came to an end on Saturday as Dumbarton, managed by former Hibs player Ian Murray, battled...