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Sergejus Fedotovas

Hearts director calls for greater transparancy for Scottish game

HEARTS director Sergejus Fedotovas stressed today that greater transparency is vital in order to improve Scottish football, and said his club will continue to voice opinions on how to better the game.

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Tim Clancy

Hibs face competition for Tim Clancy

HIBS manager Pat Fenlon could face some competition from England for the signature of Motherwell defender Tim Clancy.

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Sergejus Fedotovas criticsed the current Old Firm veto. Picture: Toby Williams

Hearts director says clubs can’t do it all on their own

SERGEJUS FEDOTOVAS pulls no punches assessing the state of Scottish football. His criticism is constructive and sensible. As a Lithuania-based director of Hearts, he is often on the outside looking in whilst clubs across the country clamber to stay afloat. Yet he is fully aware of the problems.

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Hibs chairman Rob Petrie shakes hands with Hearts owner Vladimir Romanov before the Scottish Cup final. Picture: Ian Rutherford

Vladimir Romanov hopes improving finances can help find buyer for Hearts

VLADIMIR ROMANOV hopes Hearts’ improving financial health will help attract a new owner soon as he continues hunting a buyer for his majority shareholding in the Edinburgh club.

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Webster hoping to end his memorable week on a high

WIN the Scottish Cup by helping Hearts beat Hibs then fly off to Florida to represent Scotland for the first time in over two years. For Andy Webster, this is the perfect week.

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Top stories rss

King Cup last throw but Students are daunting foes

Spartans, the benchmark for all other East of Scotland League teams to aspire to in recent years, go into tomorrow’s King Cup final against Stirling University at Ferguson Park, Rosewell (2.00pm) with the knowledge that if they fail to beat the students it will be the Ainslie Park outfit’s first empty trophy cabinet for an incredible 13 seasons.

Pittman: My lads would play with broken legs for Broxburn

BROXBURN boss Steve Pittman says his staff and players will celebrate after tomorrow’s Fife and Lothians Cup final – whatever the result.

David Dunn

Christie confident ahead of his club’s date with destiny

MAX CHRISTIE reckons he won’t have to reach the oratory heights of Winston Churchill to ensure Bonnyrigg come out of the trenches with all guns blazing tomorrow.

Ian Murray has been released by Hibernian

Ian Murray: I can still do a job

Ian Murray’s Hibees career over but utility man will seek new team

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Marius Zaliukas’ fax leaves Csaba Laszlo in a lather

MARIUS ZALIUKAS has withdrawn from Lithuania’s Baltic Cup squad by fax, thus incurring the wrath of national coach Csaba Laszlo.

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Hearts rss

Marius Zaliukas’ fax leaves Csaba Laszlo in a lather

MARIUS ZALIUKAS has withdrawn from Lithuania’s Baltic Cup squad by fax, thus incurring the wrath of national coach Csaba Laszlo.

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Sergejus Fedotovas (right) with Hearts owner Vladimir Romanov

Hearts director Sergejus Fedotovas reveals club’s plans to trim squad and become self-sufficient

HEARTS director Sergejus Fedotovas today revealed the direction he and majority shareholder Vladimir Romanov intend to lead Hearts in the aftermath of their historic Scottish Cup win over Hibs.

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Marius Zaliukas

Sheffield United preparing bid for Hearts skipper

SHEFFIELD UNITED have contacted Hearts inquiring about captain Marius Zaliukas and will consider submitting a £500,000 transfer offer for the Lithuanian if they secure promotion to the English Championship this weekend.

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Scott Robinson embraces Darren Murray

Robinson’s Cup Final tribute to Hearts’ star-maker Darren

AS the Hearts players danced with delight at the end of Saturday’s Scottish Cup final, Scott Robinson seeked someone out in the Hampden crowd and ran excitedly over for an emotional bear-hug.

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Inter Milan's Diego Milito

Liverpool, Inter and Lisbon on Hearts’ radar

HEARTS’ list of potential European opponents this summer reads like a Who’s Who of continental football: Inter Milan, Liverpool, Lazio, Marseille, Sporting Lisbon, PSV Eindhoven. Those are just some of the illustrious clubs who could find themselves visiting Tynecastle in the play-off for the Europa League.

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Hibs rss

Ian Murray has been released by Hibernian

Ian Murray: I can still do a job

Ian Murray’s Hibees career over but utility man will seek new team

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Pat Fenlon: Hibs fans need to be patient

PAT Fenlon has urged Hibs fans to be patient as he embarks on his radical overhaul of the Easter Road squad, insisting he was “making progress” in pursuit of new signings.

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Ian Murray

Ian Murray not surprised at being let go by Hibs

Hibs skipper Ian Murray has admitted it had come as no great shock to be told he wouldn’t be offered a new contract at Easter Road.

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Pat Fenlon

Hibs revamp must start in earnest

Hibs have acknowledged the scale of the rebuilding task which lies before manager Pat Fenlon over the coming weeks following the “devastating” defeat by arch-rivals Hearts in the Scottish Cup final.

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Eoin Doyle

Eoin Doyle knows Hibs players owe more than apology

Devastated Hibs striker Eoin Doyle today admitted he has his team-mates are due the Easter Road support much more than a simple apology for the abject display which saw them humiliated by Capital rivals Hearts in the Scottish Cup final.

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Livingston rss

Livi’s high points count for nothing

Livingston may have racked up their highest final points tally in the Barr’s Irn-Bru First Division this season since they won the league in 2001, but they finished the campaign with a frustrating 1-0 loss at Dens Park on Saturday against Dundee.

Failure to kill off teams sees Lions out of second-spot race

LIVINGSTON won their first home point in six games on Saturday – but defender Paul Watson admits the Lions players were left disappointed after the 0-0 draw with Morton ended any hopes John Hughes’ side had of finishing second in Division One.

Keaghan Jacobs backs John Hughes as he rebuilds Livingston

KEAGHAN JACOBS celebrated signing a new two-year deal with Livingston by bagging a goal in last week’s fine 4-0 win away at Queen of the South – and the midfielder reckons signing up the current first-team stars can only leave the Lions confident ahead of next season.

Local football rss

King Cup last throw but Students are daunting foes

Spartans, the benchmark for all other East of Scotland League teams to aspire to in recent years, go into tomorrow’s King Cup final against Stirling University at Ferguson Park, Rosewell (2.00pm) with the knowledge that if they fail to beat the students it will be the Ainslie Park outfit’s first empty trophy cabinet for an incredible 13 seasons.

Pittman: My lads would play with broken legs for Broxburn

BROXBURN boss Steve Pittman says his staff and players will celebrate after tomorrow’s Fife and Lothians Cup final – whatever the result.

David Dunn

Christie confident ahead of his club’s date with destiny

MAX CHRISTIE reckons he won’t have to reach the oratory heights of Winston Churchill to ensure Bonnyrigg come out of the trenches with all guns blazing tomorrow.

Broxburn claim Super League scalp to reach final

Another terrific display of football saw Broxburn reach the final of the Junior’s Fife and Lothian’s Cup, where they will meet Super League side Linlithgow at Bo’ness on Saturday.

Football: Carnie and Twaddle quit Whitehill

The Whitehill Welfare management team of Grant Carnie and Kevin Twaddle have resigned, citing that “the club wanted to go in a different direction from us” as the reason.

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