The 2nd time ever - winning all 'first' home league matches of the season

[Hearts Heritage]

The win yesterday meant Hearts had beaten every other team at home in the league in the 'first' home league fixture of the season.

This is the second time it has happened the previous was in 1903-04

 

http://londonhearts.com/scores/sea/1903-04.html#Results

 

Sat 15 Aug 1903  Hearts 5 St Mirren 1
Sat 29 Aug 1903  Hearts 4 Dundee 2
Sat 12 Sep 1903  Hearts 5 Motherwell 0
Sat 26 Sep 1903  Hearts 2 Kilmarnock 1
Sat 10 Oct 1903  Hearts 2 Hibernian 0
Sat 31 Oct 1903  Hearts 4 Partick Thistle 1
Sat 14 Nov 1903  Hearts 2 Port Glasgow Athletic 0
Sat 19 Dec 1903  Hearts 1 Greenock Morton 0
Sat 02 Jan 1904  Hearts 3 Queens Park 1
Sat 30 Jan 1904  Hearts 2 Rangers 1
Sat 13 Feb 1904  Hearts 4 Third Lanark 1
Sat 27 Feb 1904  Hearts 5 Airdrieonians 0
Sat 02 Apr 1904  Hearts 2 Celtic 1

 

Hearts finished runners up to Third Lanark by 4 points

 

4 losses and 2 draws in the first 6 away league fixtures that season meant the club weren't really in the race for the title.

 

Sat 22 Aug 1903  Third Lanark 2 Hearts 1
Sat 05 Sep 1903  Partick Thistle 1 Hearts 1
Sat 19 Sep 1903  Rangers 5 Hearts 1
Sat 17 Oct 1903  Dundee 2 Hearts 1
Sat 24 Oct 1903  Celtic 4 Hearts 0
Sat 21 Nov 1903  Port Glasgow Athletic 1 Hearts 1