HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN

 

("Hearts", "Jambos")

Year formed1873
Previous names

None

Present ground

Tynecastle Stadium, McLeod Street, Edinburgh EH11 2NL

(for pictures of the ground click here)

Pitch measurements107 x 74 yards (98 x 68 metres)
Ground capacity20,099
Record attendance53,396 v Rangers, Scottish Cup 3rd round, 13 February 1932 (lost 0-1)
 
League career

Scottish Division One / Division 'A' / Premier Division: 1890 - 1977

Scottish Division One: 1977 - 1978

Scottish Premier Division: 1978 - 1979

Scottish Division One: 1979 - 1980

Scottish Premier Division: 1980 - 1981

Scottish Division One: 1981 - 1983

Scottish Premier Division / League / Premiership: 1983 - 2014

Scottish Championship: 2014 - 2015

Scottish Premiership: 2015 - 2020

Scottish Championship: 2020 - 2021

Scottish Premier League: 2021 - .

First Scottish League game16 August 1890 v Rangers, Scottish Division One (lost 2-5)
  
Honours 
European

None

Domestic - League

Scottish Division One champions: 1894-95, 1896-97, 1957-58, 1959-60

Scottish Division One / Premier Division runners-up: 1893-94, 1898-99, 1903-04, 1905-06, 1914-15, 1937-38, 1953-54, 1956-57, 1958-59, 1964-65, 1985-86, 1987-88, 1991-92, 2005-06

Scottish Division One / Championship champions: 1979-80, 2014-15, 2020-21

Scottish Division One runners-up: 1977-78, 1982-83

Domestic - Cup

Scottish Cup winners: 1890-91, 1895-96, 1900-01, 1905-06, 1955-56, 1997-98, 2005-06, 2011-12

Scottish Cup runners-up: 1902-03, 1906-07, 1967-68, 1975-76, 1995-96, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2021-22

Scottish League Cup winners: 1953-54, 1957-58, 1958-59, 1961-62

Scottish League Cup runners-up: 1960-61, 1995-96, 2011-12

Scottish Victory Cup runners-up: 1918-19

Scottish Second World War Southern Football League Cup runners-up: 1940-41

Scottish Second World War North Eastern Mitchell Cup runners-up: 1944-45

Best League positionsee above
Lowest League position19th, Scottish Division One, 1921-22
Furthest in Scottish Cupsee above
Furthest in League Cupsee above
Most League points 
2 for a win63, Scottish Premier Division, 1991-92
3 for a win

91, Scottish Championship, 2014-15

Fewest League points 
2 for a win14, Scottish Division One, 1890-91, 1900-01
3 for a win23, Scottish Premiership, 2019-20
Most League goals scored

132, Scottish Division One, 1957-58

Most League goals conceded72, Scottish Division One, 1919-20
Fewest League goals scored22, Scottish Division One, 1900-01
Fewest League goals conceded18, Scottish Division One, 1894-95
Most wins in a League season

29, Scottish Division One, 1957-58

29, Scottish Championship, 2014-15

Fewest wins in a League season4, Scottish Premiership, 2019-20
Most draws in a League season20, Scottish Premier Division, 1993-94
Fewest draws in a League season0, Scottish Division One, 1895-96
Most losses in a League season24, Scottish Premier Division, 1980-81
Fewest losses in a League season1, Scottish Division One, 1957-58
Record win15-0 v King's Park, Scottish Cup 2nd round, 13 February 1937
Record defeat1-8 v Vale of Leven, Scottish Cup 3rd round, 1883

 

  
Highest number of League goals scored 
in a season44, Barney Battles, 1930-31
in total214, John Robertson, 1983-98
  
Most League appearances515, Gary Mackay, 1980-97

Most capped player

32, Steven Pressley for Scotland
Highest transfer fee received£9,000,000 for Craig Gordon to Sunderland, August 2008
Highest transfer fee paid£850,000 for Mirsad Besliga from Genk, January 2006