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Heart Of Midlothian Football Club
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| The First Golden Era | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hearts were one of the ten founder members of the Scottish league when it was founded in 1890. Although they only finished 6th in the league they won their first major trophy this season when they won the Scottish cup. They defeated Dumbarton 1 – 0 at Hampden Park in front of 16,000 spectators with Willie Mason scoring the only goal. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Scottish Cup winning team of 1891 |
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| They won their first league championship in 1894-95. This was a good year for Edinburgh football as St. Bernard’s won the Scottish cup and Hibernian won the 2nd division championship. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scottish First Division 1894/95
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| They failed to win the league again the following season but they did manage to win the Scottish cup for the 2nd time. They had an easy run up to the semi-final with wins of 12 – 1, 5 – 1 and 4 – 0. In the semi-final they met St. Bernard’s and won a hard fought match 1 – 0. In the final they met Hibernian in the first and only final played by two Edinburgh teams and the final was played at Logie Green, Edinburgh, the only time the cup final has been played outside Glasgow. In the final Hearts took the lead after three minutes with a penalty scored by Davie Baird. Hearts scored another two goals in the second half before Hibs got a consolation goal, but the cup returned to Tynecastle. |
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Action from the 1896 Cup Final |
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| Hearts won their second league
championship in the season 1896-97. They clinched it on the last day of the season by
beating Clyde 5 – 0 to leave them two points ahead of their nearest rivals Hibernian.
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For the next four years Hearts failed to win any national trophies but they discovered a new player called Bobby Walker who was destined to become a star. In 1901 they won the Scottish cup for the third time. In the semi-final they defeated Hibs 2 – 1 in a replay and went on to meet Celtic in the final at Ibrox Park. In the final Bobby Walker gave a fantastic performance and lead the team to a thrilling 4–3 victory. Bobby Walker was now a regular Scotland internationalist and won a club record 29 caps. Many people regarded him as the best player in Europe at this time. |
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| The following season Hearts played the English cup winners Tottenham Hotspur for an unofficial world championship. The first game resulted in a 0-0 draw in London and Hearts won the return at Tynecastle 3 – 1 to become world champions. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The Hearts and Tottenham players before the game | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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They reached the Scottish cup
final again in 1903 but lost 2 – 0 in a third replay to Rangers. In 1906 they won the cup for the 4th time. After knocking out the favourites Celtic 2 – 1 in front of 50,000 spectators in the quarter-final, they went on to defeat Third Lanark 1 – 0 in the final. The following season they reached the final again but Celtic got revenge and beat them 3 – 0.
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The Great War | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
