Saints fans begin to gather in the away section.
A regular attendee at Tynecastle which has as yet never been featured on the blog. The Dumfries Hearts flag.
Paulo Sergio continued to serve his touchline ban.
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Showing posts with label SPL. Show all posts
Wednesday, 7 December 2011
Sheils snatches the win...
Back on the 29th October...
Kilmarnock claimed victory over Hearts in a pretty firey SPL meeting.
Ian Black was sent for the home side after 16 minutes for a tackle on Dean Shiels, but Hearts went on to dominate the first half.
Killie won a penalty when Marius Zaliukas felled Paul Heffernan and Shiels converted on 55 minutes.
Hearts manager Paulo Sergio was sent to the stand and the home side were unable to find an equilaiser.
No camera that day unfortunately!
Kilmarnock claimed victory over Hearts in a pretty firey SPL meeting.
Ian Black was sent for the home side after 16 minutes for a tackle on Dean Shiels, but Hearts went on to dominate the first half.
Killie won a penalty when Marius Zaliukas felled Paul Heffernan and Shiels converted on 55 minutes.
Hearts manager Paulo Sergio was sent to the stand and the home side were unable to find an equilaiser.
No camera that day unfortunately!
Thursday, 17 November 2011
Outplayed..
Rangers came to Tynecastle for a contest which Hearts never truly took part in...
Unfortunately I didn't have my phone with me so I was unable to take any photos. Not that there was much to cheer from a maroon perspective.
Steven Whittaker set up Steven Naismith's strike for the opening goal after 20 minutes.
Substitute Nikica Jelavic heaped more misery on an industrious Hearts side when he volleyed a second with 15 minutes left.
Hearts 0 - 2 Rangers
Unfortunately I didn't have my phone with me so I was unable to take any photos. Not that there was much to cheer from a maroon perspective.
Steven Whittaker set up Steven Naismith's strike for the opening goal after 20 minutes.
Substitute Nikica Jelavic heaped more misery on an industrious Hearts side when he volleyed a second with 15 minutes left.
Hearts 0 - 2 Rangers
Lennon returns...
Celtic came to Tynecastle on Saturday the 2nd of October in what was Neil Lennon's first visit to the Tynecastle dugout since the infamous assault...sorry breach of the peace performed on him last season.
The atmosphere was it's useful combustive self and the game was truly a cracker.
Rudi Skacel and Ryan Stevenson were on target as Hearts moved up to fourth place in the Scottish Premier League with a win over 10-man Celtic.
Fifty-eight minutes into the contest, Skacel drilled in a great strike from 16 yards.
Celtic then had midfielder Kris Commons sent off for an ugly, late challenge on Adrian Mrowiec.
Hearts sealed the points when Stevenson picked up a clever back-heel from David Templeton to crash home a shot.
A selection of photos are shown below. Most of them came after the final whistle as quite frankly I was too busy going mental during the match itself!
The atmosphere was it's useful combustive self and the game was truly a cracker.
Rudi Skacel and Ryan Stevenson were on target as Hearts moved up to fourth place in the Scottish Premier League with a win over 10-man Celtic.
Fifty-eight minutes into the contest, Skacel drilled in a great strike from 16 yards.
Celtic then had midfielder Kris Commons sent off for an ugly, late challenge on Adrian Mrowiec.
Hearts sealed the points when Stevenson picked up a clever back-heel from David Templeton to crash home a shot.
A selection of photos are shown below. Most of them came after the final whistle as quite frankly I was too busy going mental during the match itself!
The teams before kick off.
Looking toward the away end. note the gaps in the corners following the trouble of last season.
The away end the final whistle.
A sportman like hand shake for Sergio from Majstorovic.
Stokes leaves the field.
Hearts players take the applause.
Saints Alive...
Yeah I know, probably the worst title yet, but in my attempt to bring the blog up to date, here are a few pictures from the Hearts v St Mirren game back on the 17th September 2011...
This was a pretty decent game with both sides playing some fairly attractive football. St Mirren appear to be undergoing something of a renaissance in the regard and Danny Lennon appears to be putting an emphasis on trying to play football the right way.
That said though, Hearts plugged away at them and eventually prevailed winning the game 2-0. Jamie Hamill converted from the spot two minutes before the break after Illias Haddad fouled Marius Zaliukas in the penalty area.
Hearts then doubled their lead in the second half when Lee Mair dived to head the ball into his own net.
This was a pretty decent game with both sides playing some fairly attractive football. St Mirren appear to be undergoing something of a renaissance in the regard and Danny Lennon appears to be putting an emphasis on trying to play football the right way.
That said though, Hearts plugged away at them and eventually prevailed winning the game 2-0. Jamie Hamill converted from the spot two minutes before the break after Illias Haddad fouled Marius Zaliukas in the penalty area.
Hearts then doubled their lead in the second half when Lee Mair dived to head the ball into his own net.
St Mirren themed Stone Island and Northern Soul style flags in the away end.
Teams do the hand shakes.
Hearts attacking the St Mirren goal.
Hearts start the second half.
Injured keeper Marian Kello looks on from the stand.
Thursday, 15 September 2011
A Quiet Sunday afternoon...
After the 'European' trip down to London. Hearts were straight back into domestic action with an Edinburgh derby.
It was an unusual change from the norm for me, having accepted the Hearts of Midlothian Supporter’s Trust’s kind invitation to watch the action from the directors’ box. The trust receives invites to the directors’ suite on several occasions each season and extended these invitations to a couple of members.
The atmosphere in the suite was relaxed and cordial pre-match and we were well looked after thanks to the food on offer, not to mention the complimentary bar. Disappointingly Vladimir Romanov was not present for the afternoon, however, one of his directors Vitalijus Vasiliauskas was on hand to greet his Hibernian counterparts and we were able to have an interesting chat with David Southern, the Managing Director of the club.
The game itself started of as the usual high tempo, fairly nervous affair, but Hearts managed to take complete control of proceedings and run out as comfortable 2-0 winners. The Hibernian directors around me sat quietly for the most part, but seemed fairly crestfallen by their team’s lack of competitive edge in what is normally a close contest and one which rarely correlates to current league standings.
The guest that I was with commented that the score line could have been much greater in Hearts favour and that he hadn’t expected the contest to be so straight forward. At the risk of gloating, most supporters of a maroon persuasion would have had to agree.
Hearts 2-0 Hibernian FT
Stevenson 39
Webster 69
It was an unusual change from the norm for me, having accepted the Hearts of Midlothian Supporter’s Trust’s kind invitation to watch the action from the directors’ box. The trust receives invites to the directors’ suite on several occasions each season and extended these invitations to a couple of members.
The atmosphere in the suite was relaxed and cordial pre-match and we were well looked after thanks to the food on offer, not to mention the complimentary bar. Disappointingly Vladimir Romanov was not present for the afternoon, however, one of his directors Vitalijus Vasiliauskas was on hand to greet his Hibernian counterparts and we were able to have an interesting chat with David Southern, the Managing Director of the club.
The game itself started of as the usual high tempo, fairly nervous affair, but Hearts managed to take complete control of proceedings and run out as comfortable 2-0 winners. The Hibernian directors around me sat quietly for the most part, but seemed fairly crestfallen by their team’s lack of competitive edge in what is normally a close contest and one which rarely correlates to current league standings.
The guest that I was with commented that the score line could have been much greater in Hearts favour and that he hadn’t expected the contest to be so straight forward. At the risk of gloating, most supporters of a maroon persuasion would have had to agree.
Hearts 2-0 Hibernian FT
Stevenson 39
Webster 69
Stand three...
In what looked to be a tasty SPL clash, both Hearts and Aberdeen were hoping to collect three points in order to enliven what had been fairly indifferent starts to the season.
It was a bit of a weird day for me. The morning was spent with my daughter at a children’s show in the Edinburgh fringe before I headed home and got myself across town to meet some guys for a pre match pint. Fraser, who I met at our Notts County trip last season, met me in The Diggers for a few beers. Some of his mates from the Hearts supporters team Real Maroon were in the bar so we ended up chatting with them before my Aberdeen supporting mate Sean (and two of his friends) joined us. His mates had travelled down for from Aberdeen for the occasion (Sean lives locally) and initially seemed wary about coming into what in essence is the quintessential Hearts pub, they needn’t have worried, The Diggers is the thinking man’s Hearts boozer, you get a better class of piss head in here compared to a few of the other local hostelries.
After a couple of pints and general outrage at the ease in which Ranger managed to obtain two penalties in there game at Inverness, we made our way down towards the stadium, headed of to our respective ends and watched a thoroughly enjoyable game...from a Hearts point of view anyway.
Hearts 3-0 Aberdeen
Novikovas (24)
Sutton (35, 52)
(HT 2-0)
It was a bit of a weird day for me. The morning was spent with my daughter at a children’s show in the Edinburgh fringe before I headed home and got myself across town to meet some guys for a pre match pint. Fraser, who I met at our Notts County trip last season, met me in The Diggers for a few beers. Some of his mates from the Hearts supporters team Real Maroon were in the bar so we ended up chatting with them before my Aberdeen supporting mate Sean (and two of his friends) joined us. His mates had travelled down for from Aberdeen for the occasion (Sean lives locally) and initially seemed wary about coming into what in essence is the quintessential Hearts pub, they needn’t have worried, The Diggers is the thinking man’s Hearts boozer, you get a better class of piss head in here compared to a few of the other local hostelries.
After a couple of pints and general outrage at the ease in which Ranger managed to obtain two penalties in there game at Inverness, we made our way down towards the stadium, headed of to our respective ends and watched a thoroughly enjoyable game...from a Hearts point of view anyway.
Hearts 3-0 Aberdeen
Novikovas (24)
Sutton (35, 52)
(HT 2-0)
The teams do the usual hand shake.
Hearts opening the scoring through Novikovas.
More celebrations.
Celebrations after Sutton's goal.
The Aberdeen support.
Tuesday, 9 August 2011
Starting on a sour note..
Hearts first home game of the season came in the form of a tough test against last season’s old adversaries, Dundee United...
Hearts had got off to a sound start to the season with a draw at Ibrox, before securing an away goal in their Europa league qualifier in Hungary against Paksi to put them into the driving seat ahead of the forthcoming second leg at Tynecastle.
The game kicked off in front of a fairly full house and was played at a brisk pace. Both teams looked evenly matched and both were to waste good chances in front of goal before Jon Daly headed home on 38 minutes from a corner, gained after he forced a fine save from Marian Kello.
Dundee Utd went on to claim all three points on a day when Hearts tactics were disappointingly poor. There was too little invention in the middle of the park and an insistence on playing the ball long to John Sutton and Stephen Elliott. Such tactics were easy meat to the Utd centre backs, Gary Kenneth and Paul Dixon.
As it transpired, the game was to bring Jim Jefferies second stint as Hearts manager to an end, with Vladimir Romanov opting to remove him and assistant Billy Brown from their posts. In a further twist, Jefferies was to decline an offer to remain at the club as a director of football and so bid a dignified fond farewell to Tynecastle once again.
Hearts had got off to a sound start to the season with a draw at Ibrox, before securing an away goal in their Europa league qualifier in Hungary against Paksi to put them into the driving seat ahead of the forthcoming second leg at Tynecastle.
The game kicked off in front of a fairly full house and was played at a brisk pace. Both teams looked evenly matched and both were to waste good chances in front of goal before Jon Daly headed home on 38 minutes from a corner, gained after he forced a fine save from Marian Kello.
Dundee Utd went on to claim all three points on a day when Hearts tactics were disappointingly poor. There was too little invention in the middle of the park and an insistence on playing the ball long to John Sutton and Stephen Elliott. Such tactics were easy meat to the Utd centre backs, Gary Kenneth and Paul Dixon.
As it transpired, the game was to bring Jim Jefferies second stint as Hearts manager to an end, with Vladimir Romanov opting to remove him and assistant Billy Brown from their posts. In a further twist, Jefferies was to decline an offer to remain at the club as a director of football and so bid a dignified fond farewell to Tynecastle once again.
The away fans start to congregate in the visiting section.
Summer signing Jamie Hammil (suspended for this game) takes his seat with the squad.
The team shake hands before kick off.
The game kicks off
Ryan McGowan
Scott Wilson chats to Craig Levein at half-time.
Tuesday, 21 June 2011
A night to forget..
Hearts and Celtic contested the final home game of the season at Tynecastle and the night was ultimately one to forget...
For a start, hearts put in an appalling performance and went down to a 0-3 defeat with Celtic's goals coming from Hooper (12, 49) and Commons (78).
The game, of course, will be best remembered for the shameful actions of a Hearts 'fan' who entered the field of play in order to assualt Neil Lennon. The guy was a complete tool and everyone around me agreed that Lennon was well within his rights to give the guy a couple of sly kicks.
There was also a barrage of sectarian songs coming from the away end and a few minutes when all hell appeared to break loose (following the Lennon attack) where Celtic fans appeared to fight with stewards and police.
All in all a sad night and one which everyone surely will hope won't be repeated.
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For a start, hearts put in an appalling performance and went down to a 0-3 defeat with Celtic's goals coming from Hooper (12, 49) and Commons (78).
The game, of course, will be best remembered for the shameful actions of a Hearts 'fan' who entered the field of play in order to assualt Neil Lennon. The guy was a complete tool and everyone around me agreed that Lennon was well within his rights to give the guy a couple of sly kicks.
There was also a barrage of sectarian songs coming from the away end and a few minutes when all hell appeared to break loose (following the Lennon attack) where Celtic fans appeared to fight with stewards and police.
All in all a sad night and one which everyone surely will hope won't be repeated.
A temporary barrier was in place before and after the match in order to stop opposing fans from meeting.
The teams greeted each other before the mayhem commenced.
Well Well Well...
Just to wrap up Hearts last two home games of the season, I have a few photos to post from the home games against Motherwell and Celtic...
First up is the Motherwell game on Saturday 23rd April.
Hearts raced to a 3-0 first half lead with goals from Thomson, Skacel and Stvenson, beofre Motherwell staged a remarkable comeback to raw the game through goals from Sutton (2) and Hateley.
.....I'm quite looking forward to having John Sutton at Hearts next season ;-)
Teams shake hands pre match.
Pre kick-off.
Stuart McCall watches from the Motherwell bench.
Franny Jeffers in action for Well.
Hearts' Ryan Stevenson.
Hearts players celebrate their second goal.
Rudi Skacel.
Motherwell supporters.
Hearts u19 squad take to the pitch at half-time.
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