Hearts Heritage Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 118 years ago today Hearts beat Clyde 5-0 at home to win their second Championship.This was the only one of the 4 Top Division Titles won at home. The others being won at Clyde, St Mirren and St Mirren. What was remarkable was the 'collapse' of Hibs and Celtic to give Hearts the Title. Celtic losing their last 3 fixturesHibs losing 2 of their last 3 including the 'Title Decider' on 5th December.Sat 28 Nov 1896 Celtic 1 Hibernian 1Sat 05 Dec 1896 Heart Of Midlothian 1 Hibernian 0Sat 05 Dec 1896 Third Lanark 0 Celtic 3Sat 12 Dec 1896 Third Lanark 1 Heart Of Midlothian 5Sat 12 Dec 1896 Celtic 4 Clyde 1Sat 19 Dec 1896 Rangers 2 Celtic 0Sat 16 Jan 1897 Hibernian 3 St Mirren 0Sat 13 Feb 1897 St Mirren 2 Hibernian 0Sat 13 Feb 1897 Clyde 1 Heart Of Midlothian 5Sat 20 Feb 1897 Heart Of Midlothian 5 Clyde 0Sat 20 Feb 1897 Celtic 0 Dundee 1Sat 13 Mar 1897 St Mirren 2 Celtic 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 So Dundee and St Mirren helped us win the league O:-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 So Dundee and St Mirren helped us win the league O:-) The collapse of hibs.... how familiar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fxxx the SPFL Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Only 4000 at the game shocking attendance what were the Jambo's doing on that day in 1897 Crimean war on !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hearts Heritage Posted February 21, 2015 Author Share Posted February 21, 2015 That season is strangely rarely mentioned in the History of either club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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