Down the lane part 2...

More photos from Spurs..

Some of these aren't great. I thought I'd just post them up regardless.

Down the lane..

After the 5-0 humiliation in the first leg. Hearts were travelling to Spurs in hope more than expectation. The primary objective of most Jambos was to enjoy the experience, whilst simultaneously hoping that any score line was kept to an acceptable level.

The match day turned out to be a fabulous sunny day in London. The Betjemen Arms at St Pancras was the first port of call, followed by a quick hotel check in and a pre match pub crawl which took in venues in Kings Cross, Covent Garden, and Liverpool St before the majority of the travelling support took the over land train to White Hart Lane.

The atmosphere inside the impressive stadium was possibly the best I have ever experienced and Hearts did themselves proud with the game ending in a scoreless stalemate. Jamie MacDonald in the Hearts goal kept a clean sheet by saving a penalty from Harry Kane whilst hearts were unlucky not to score when Gordon Smith’s first half effort hit the woodwork.

Further post match drinks took place around Leicester Square before a (very) late night finish in King Cross and a very weary journey back to Edinburgh on the 9am train the following morning.

More photos from Spurs.

Europa nightmares...

Hearts 0-5 Tottenham...

Van der Vaart 5
Defoe 13
Livermore 28
Bale 63
Lennon 78

Utterly.

Utterly.

Humped.

 Spurs fans occupied a section of the Roseburn Stand.

Hearts line up alongside the star studded opposition. 

 Ryan Stevenson attempts to close down Gareth Bale.

 Kyle Walker and Andy Driver.

A packed Wheatfield stand. 

 Close up of the away crowd.

A full Tynecastle witnessed a footballing lesson for Hearts.

Europa Nights...

Hearts were hopeful of securing a safe passage through to the final qualifying round of the Europa League when Paksi FC visited Tynecastle. The first leg had ended 1-1 with Hearts clinching an all important away goal.

Hearts opened the scoring on 34 minutes through Ryan Stevenson, before the big front man added a second on the stroke of half time. Andy Driver made it 3-0 on the night after 50 minutes before Rudi Skacel added a fourth from a simple tap in with 76 minutes gone.

Frustratingly, Hearts’ clean sheet was left as soiled as Travel Lodge bed linen when the Paksi player Bode scored with an impressive diving header from a free kick.

With Hearts winning 5-2 on aggregate they emphatically secured their place in the next round where they could faced possibly the toughest test they could have asked for in Tottenham Hotspur.

 Scottish football's purveyor of finest pish looks down from his seat.

 The teams line up.

 Pre match formalities.

 Stephen Elliott leaves the field with an injury.

First half action.

 Templeton on the wing.

 Zaliukas play the ball out.

Ryan McGowan watches the action. 

 Danny Grainger shapes up to take a free kick.

Still waiting. 

 Goal celebrations.

 New manager Paulo Sergio briefs Rudi Skacel.

Andy Driver leaves the pitch. 

 Skacel takes his place.

 The small band of travelling fans.

 Romanov surveys the proceedings.

 The teams applaude the fans at the final whistle.