Football
SPL rule Hearts will not be relegated
HEARTS today escaped instant relegation after the Scottish Premier League board found no evidence to prove that their majority shareholder had suffered an “insolvency event” before the end of the season.
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Edinburgh Rugby could share ground with Spartans
Edinburgh Rugby and Spartans Football Club are exploring the possibility of a ground-share at Ainslie Park Stadium, the Evening News has learned.
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Hearts fans will stand by us, says Gary Locke
GARY LOCKE predicted Hearts fans will stand by their team no matter what as the Scottish Premier League prepared to meet today to discuss the Edinburgh club’s fate.
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Hibs boost as James McPake and Tim Clancy back
Hibs are set to receive a double boost ahead of Sunday’s Scottish Cup final, with both skipper James McPake and Tim Clancy ready to rejoin Pat Fenlon’s squad in training tomorrow.
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John Robertson confident Hearts will stay in SPL
HEARTS’ all-time top goalscorer John Robertson is confident the club will not be relegated from the SPL this season but has accepted it is inevitable they will begin next term with a points deduction.
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Top stories
Big day as Marius Zaliukas bows out for Hearts
FEARS, tears and souvenirs. The result of Hearts’ last SPL match of the season was almost insignificant compared with the last few minutes.
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Hibs end league campaign in style
Black clouds hung over Edinburgh, but there was sunshine on Leith as Hibs clinched their third win in just six days, completing their post-split fixtures without defeat for the first time and ensuring themselves of the perfect send-off for Hampden.
2 commentsGary Mackay: Club chiefs must steady our ship in the summer
I think it pretty much sums up what has happened to our club that a year after scoring the opening goal in the most momentous game in our history, Darren Barr, one of the last remaining players from that 5-1 win over Hibs, played his last game after becoming the latest victim to the worrying situation now gripping our club.
1 commentMichael Weir: Unbeaten run gives us plenty of confidence
With less than a week until our big occasion at Hampden, Pat Fenlon will be delighted with our recent run of late, which has seen us finish best of the rest in the table. Remaining undefeated after the split is most pleasing.
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Hibernian 1 - 0 Dundee: Hibs clinch seventh place
FOR the Hibs manager Pat Fenlon and maybe even his players, the focus really was on three points and the chance to finish the league season in seventh place. Everyone else’s minds have long since wandered along the M8 to Hampden.
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Hearts
Big day as Marius Zaliukas bows out for Hearts
FEARS, tears and souvenirs. The result of Hearts’ last SPL match of the season was almost insignificant compared with the last few minutes.
5 commentsMichael Weir: Unbeaten run gives us plenty of confidence
With less than a week until our big occasion at Hampden, Pat Fenlon will be delighted with our recent run of late, which has seen us finish best of the rest in the table. Remaining undefeated after the split is most pleasing.
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Aberdeen 1-1 Hearts: Hearts’ point at Pittodrie
IT WAS a day for fond farewells. Gavin Rae, one of many who have been told that they have no future at Aberdeen, was given a standing ovation when he was substituted with six minutes left.
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Hearts staring down barrel of uncertainty
THE unclear wording of the Scottish Premier League’s rule book combined with Hearts’ unique ownership structure leaves the Edinburgh club’s long-term future open to interpretation. Specifically, the SPL’s interpretation.
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Hibs
Hibs end league campaign in style
Black clouds hung over Edinburgh, but there was sunshine on Leith as Hibs clinched their third win in just six days, completing their post-split fixtures without defeat for the first time and ensuring themselves of the perfect send-off for Hampden.
2 commentsGary Mackay: Club chiefs must steady our ship in the summer
I think it pretty much sums up what has happened to our club that a year after scoring the opening goal in the most momentous game in our history, Darren Barr, one of the last remaining players from that 5-1 win over Hibs, played his last game after becoming the latest victim to the worrying situation now gripping our club.
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Hibernian 1 - 0 Dundee: Hibs clinch seventh place
FOR the Hibs manager Pat Fenlon and maybe even his players, the focus really was on three points and the chance to finish the league season in seventh place. Everyone else’s minds have long since wandered along the M8 to Hampden.
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Hibs cup final parade planned for Monday 27th May
PLANS for the first Hibs Scottish Cup victory parade since 1902 have been finalised – all the Easter Road side have to do now is win.
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Livingston
Lions let ten players go amid revamp
LIVINGSTON’s management team of Richie Burke and Mark Burchill have started to reshape their team for next season.
Fox finds the net in final game for Livi
LIVINGSTON captain Liam Fox marked his final game for the club with a goal, but he was disappointed that he couldn’t sign off with a third-spot finish.
Livingston beat Airdrie
LiVINGSTON assistant boss Mark Burchill hailed his side’s performance after they beat Airdrie United 2-0 in their final away match of the season.
Livingston to do all they can to end season on high
LIVINGSTON captain Liam Fox vowed the players will do everything to try and end the season on a high – after it was announced the midfielder would leave the club at the end of the campaign, after seven years in West Lothian.
New contracts on Livingston agenda
LIVINGSTON assistant boss Mark Burchill vowed the club would look to sort out players’ contract situations as soon as possible after the Lions lost 2-0 at home to Morton.
Local football
Four in a row Tynecastle crowned cup kings again
TYNECASTLE 16s delivered their fourth consecutive Scottish Cup triumph after beating Clydebank United 4-0 after a thoroughly dominant display by the Edinburgh youngsters.
Kirk feels Glasgow test has come too early for Hibees
HIBS Ladies take on champions Glasgow City in a top-of-the-table clash tomorrow, although Hibees manager Willie Kirk believes this season may be too soon for his girls to mount a serious title challenge.
Junior football: Bo’Ness fired up by chance to end Rose run
AFTER two defeats to their bitter rivals already this season, Bo’ness United are desperate to beat Linlithgow tomorrow and shatter the visitors’ unbeaten record.
Senior football: Dalgleish won’t put principals aside
TYNECASTLE team director Douglas Dalgleish will not stray from playing football “the correct way” – even if they are embroiled in a relegation battle.
Hutchison Vale 15s win Challenge Cup
HUTCHISON Vale 15s fought back from a goal down to topple Dundee United 3-2 and lift the Scottish Youth Challenge Cup at the Excelsior Stadium in Airdrie.
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