Hearts
Consortium willing to pay £5m-£10m for Hearts
A SCANDINAVIAN consortium seeking to buy Hearts expects to pay between £5 million and £10m to gain control of the club.
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Fedotovas unsure of UBIG implications for Hearts
HEARTS director Sergejus Fedotovas admits he is still unsure what the implications will be for the club should majority shareholder UBIG officially confirm its “indication” of insolvency.
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Board tugs at Heartstrings of fans for £2.5m
HEARTS claim selling players and introducing a fans’ membership scheme is needed to generate £2.5 million and help fund the club next season.
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Hearts AGM rejects Roman Romanov as club director
FIVE years ago Roman Romanov chaired an annual general meeting of Hearts shareholders and treated his audience with a mixture of contempt and condescension.
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Axed Gordon Smith rues lack of Hearts game time
GORDON SMITH today claimed he wasn’t given a proper chance to establish himself at Hearts as he prepares to drop into the First Division to revitalise his career. The 22-year-old striker is now a free agent after the Edinburgh club decided not to offer him a new contract.
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Gordon Smith relishing fresh start after Hearts
STANDING with tear-filled eyes deep in the bowels of Hampden Park, Gordon Smith knew his Hearts career was over. His team-mates were preparing to take the field in the League Cup final and yet the striker was out in the corridor, suited and booted, immersed in his own world. It was his lowest ebb; the moment he realised he was finished at Tynecastle.
Norwegian group in Kaunas for Hearts bid talks
A CONSORTIUM of Scandinavian businessmen vying to take control of Hearts have dispatched a legal team to Lithuania to thrash out a deal for the club.
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Edgaras Jankauskas and Julija Goncaruk exit Hearts
HEARTS assistant manager Edgaras Jankauskas is to leave Tynecastle just a year after returning to Edinburgh, the club have confirmed.
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Hearts paying for years of excess
LESSONS are being learned the hard way at Hearts as Vladimir Romanov’s years of largesse threaten to undermine the good work of those left holding the baby at Tynecastle.
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Hearts close in on deal for Danny Wilson
HEARTS are close to signing Danny Wilson permanently on a long-term contract, the Evening News can reveal. Talks between player and club are at an advanced stage and both parties are near an agreement to keep the Scotland internationalist at Tynecastle.
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SPL lawyers to monitor Hearts’ UBIG situation
THE Scottish Premier League today warned Hearts they will watch events in Lithuania forensically after sparing the club relegation to the First Division.
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Hearts could still face penalty over UBIG future
HEARTS received a stay of execution from the Scottish Premier League yesterday and remain a top-flight team. League officials decided that the club’s parent company, Ukio Bankas Investment Group, being named on a list of insolvent companies in Lithuania last Thursday did not breach SPL rules on insolvency. Consequently, the Edinburgh club avoided a points deduction which would have relegated them to the First Division.
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Hearts to stay in SPL but face 15-point deduction
HEARTS will begin next season in the Scottish Premier League – but with a 15-point deduction if majority shareholder UBIG is declared insolvent.
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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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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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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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Hearts boss Locke ‘to fight on’ despite problems
GARY LOCKE has pledged to fight on as Hearts manager regardless of the club’s fate, recalling his own battles with injury as proof of his character and stressing he will not be derailed from his ambitions to guide the Tynecastle club into next season.
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Jason Holt reckons Hearts kids will learn from season
THERE’S no doubt this has been a season to forget for Hearts supporters. The Tynecastle side will finish their SPL campaign against Aberdeen this afternoon in the bottom half of the table, but Jason Holt reckons that the trials and tribulations which Hearts’ young stars have been through, combined with the experience gained from playing regular football, could well be the making of them.
Hearts poised to learn SPL status at Monday meeting
Hearts could learn on Monday morning if their Scottish Premier League status has been retained, immediately prior to the club’s expected participation in an SPL vote to push through league reconstruction plans.
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Ngoo says Hearts spell has taught him to play tough
THE Scottish Premier League would toughen up most footballers. Nonetheless, when a hulking figure like Michael Ngoo says the SPL has taught him to play men’s football, it underlines the gluttonous nature of our top flight.
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Hearts lawyer talks over SPL point deduction fear
HEARTS officials today consulted lawyers in preparation to fight any points deduction by the Scottish Premier League.
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Hearts in deal bid for Arvydas Novikovas fee
HEARTS are hoping to secure a fee for departing winger Arvydas Novikovas – although the Tynecastle club will have to offer him a new deal to do so.
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Ex-Hearts man Jamie McAllister set for playoff
A LEAFY town in south Somerset. An unfashionable football club which would prompt scoffing among many. A huge prize at stake. Yeovil Town aren’t exactly synonymous with Wembley success, but they could provide Jamie McAllister with the crowning moment of his career this weekend.
Hearts chase Kris Boyd and David Goodwillie
HEARTS are targeting two new strikers for next season, with Kris Boyd and David Goodwillie high on their list of potential new recruits.
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Marius Zaliukas wants to leave Hearts in style
FROM punching Carl Finnigan in the face to lifting the Scottish Cup, it has been seven eventful years for Marius Zaliukas in Edinburgh. He now wants to bid farewell properly before his contract expires by playing in Hearts’ last SPL match of the season against Aberdeen at Pittodrie.
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Gary Locke laying down law to Hearts squad
GARY LOCKE today told the Hearts players that performance levels must improve for next season and stressed he will demand more from his squad following defeat in the Edinburgh derby.
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Hearts buy-out: Ukio Bankas in bankruptcy appeal
HEARTS’ future under stricken majority shareholder Vladimir Romanov took a fresh twist when it emerged an appeal has been launched against the bankruptcy proceedings started on the Lithuanian’s bank, Ukio Bankas.
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Gary Locke wants fresh faces at Hearts
HEARTS manager Gary Locke will welcome more trialists to Riccarton this week and explained that he wants to add “a freshness” to his squad as soon as possible.
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Bitter finish for Hearts’ Darren Barr
PAIN was etched all over Darren Barr’s face. He had just scored in an Edinburgh derby, yet Hearts lost in his final ever appearance at Tynecastle.
10 commentsGary Mackay: I am worried about where my club’s going
Hearts were beaten by the better, hungrier team yesterday and that’s not something we’ve had to say too often in recent times when it comes to an Edinburgh derby. Our performance and the result just typifies where we are as a club at the moment, though.
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Hearts 1 - 2 Hibs: late winner seals victory Picture gallery
WITH little more at stake than a shamefaced squabble over ninth or tenth place, this had been billed by some as the most insignificant Edinburgh derby in years.
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Hearts keeper to Hibs: ‘We’re still best in Edinburgh’
JAMIE MacDONALD today dismissed any notion of a power shift in the Capital, stressing that Hearts are still Edinburgh’s dominant team.
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MacDonald says Hearts’ confidence is back
CONFIDENCE is rising steadily at Riccarton ahead of tomorrow’s Edinburgh derby, with Hearts boasting a record of three wins in their last four matches.
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Gary Locke says Hearts face summer of change
HEARTS manager Gary Locke today predicted massive changes at Tynecastle this summer, hence the arrival of trialists James Musa and Josh Rees.
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Hearts’ John Sutton aiming for the net in derby
DERBY goals can set players apart from their contemporaries. Ask Kevin Kyle, Mark de Vries or Rudi Skacel about the impact scoring for Hearts against Hibs had on their careers. The answer will be long-winded.
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Hearts sweat over Michael Ngoo and Danny Wilson
HEARTS manager Gary Locke admits Michael Ngoo and Danny Wilson must train today or tomorrow to have any chance of featuring in Sunday’s Edinburgh derby at Tynecastle
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Hearts take New Zealand’s James Musa on trial
HEARTS manager Gary Locke has taken the Fulham defender James Musa on trial as he looks to reinforce his defensive options ahead of next season.
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Hearts youth chief wants more chances for starlets
THE SPL Under-20 league is approaching the end of its first year in existence. More home-grown kids are playing first-team football in Scotland than have done so for many years. The average, often over-paid, foreigners are gradually being phased out, although most of the above arose out of financial necessity.
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The derby stakes are high for Hearts
FORMER Tynecastle hero Colin Cameron insists Hearts wouldn’t want to go through a whole season without beating ANY team – not least Capital rivals Hibs.
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Gary Locke hails Mehdi’s Taouil’s best performance
MEHDI TAOUIL delivered one of his finest performances for Hearts against St Mirren and, according to manager Gary Locke, is becoming a key component of the Tynecastle team.
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Hearts’ Gary Locke hopes for selection headache
GARY LOCKE hopes to have three key players back for Sunday’s Edinburgh derby even if it means a major selection headache for the Hearts manager.
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Sergejus Fedotovas reassures Hearts fans over debt
SERGEJUS FEDOTOVAS today moved to placate Hearts fans concerned about the threat of administration.
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Hearts exact revenge for League Cup misery
CHANTS of “bring on the Hibees” echoed around Tynecastle late on Saturday afternoon and, on this form, Hearts will be difficult to stop in the Edinburgh derby.
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Hearts to release Denis Prychynenko after season
HEARTS will release midfielder Denis Prychynenko at the end of the season as manager Gary Locke continues reshaping his squad.
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