Nostalgic Pictures of Hearts FC.

[Angel eyes]

[Angel eyes]

[Angel eyes]

[Fort Vallance]

6 minutes ago, Angel eyes said:

John Gallagher. I think he might have been a teacher part time at my school when he was doing teacher training and playing part time.

[Wilson]

19 minutes ago, Angel eyes said:

Jim Brown, Ernie W., and the great Eddie Thomson. Shawfield? 

[Wilson]

17 minutes ago, Angel eyes said:

John Gallagher, Ray Dunlop, Cammy Fraser...

[Angel eyes]

[3fingersreid]

3 hours ago, Angel eyes said:

 

V Leipzig ? What I’ve noticed for the first time is I would’ve been standing next to the pylon to the left of the refreshment stall ( and scoreboard ) ,now I can easily see the lights but where is the bloody pylon ???

[Sherbet]

On 28/12/2021 at 10:00, Maroon Sailor said:

Sorry  cant name the crowd    lol

[PortyBeach]

7 hours ago, Wilson said:

Jim Brown, Ernie W., and the great Eddie Thomson. Shawfield? 

Yes, I’d agree that’s Shawfield.

Not much of an arena for watching football as I recall, but it was Clyde’s home and I don’t think they’ve quite recovered from losing it.

[PortyBeach]

8 hours ago, Angel eyes said:

That’s the great Alex Young and that Hearts kit is around ‘59-60. But who are the opposition? 
I reckon that’s maybe Dundee United who wore a white shirt with two black hoops in the 1960s before they were “tangoed”.

Any thoughts?

[Morgan]

8 hours ago, Fort Vallance said:

John Gallagher. I think he might have been a teacher part time at my school when he was doing teacher training and playing part time.

He was a teacher in Falkirk.

[King prawn]

33 minutes ago, PortyBeach said:

That’s the great Alex Young and that Hearts kit is around ‘59-60. But who are the opposition? 
I reckon that’s maybe Dundee United who wore a white shirt with two black hoops in the 1960s before they were “tangoed”.

Any thoughts?

correct - good shout!  https://www.arabarchive.co.uk/kit.php?id=120

 

Dundee United wore that kit from 60-61

Edited January 1, 2022 by King prawn

[Morgan]

8 hours ago, Wilson said:

John Gallagher, Ray Dunlop, Cammy Fraser...

Perhaps ‘Malky the Alky’ behind Cammy?

[dannymack]

[Angel eyes]

[PortyBeach]

24 minutes ago, Angel eyes said:

That looks like Alan Gordon (a player we should never have lost). Great player in my view.

The match? I think that’s St Midden in a game at Love Street.

It might be the infamous 1964-65 season in which case I think we lost that game. A costly result considering we missed out on the title on goal average that season.

[Commander lovemuscle]

19 hours ago, Angel eyes said:

That young lad with is a very young commander   where did you find the pic m8 ? i lost my copy years ago 

[Commander lovemuscle]

20 hours ago, Angel eyes said:

From right to left,  commander lovemuscle, jim Gallacher Ray Dunlop, Cmmy Fraser Drew Busby  manager at the time was willie ormand   am sure it was a friendly match ?

Edited January 2, 2022 by Commander lovemuscle

[Commander lovemuscle]

11 hours ago, Morgan said:

Perhaps ‘Malky the Alky’ behind Cammy?

Drew Busby

[PortyBeach]

20 hours ago, Angel eyes said:

A number of older spectators in view wearing flat caps which no doubt they’d have done since they were younger.

These guys would have seen all the glory days of the 1950s-60s.

They must have been gobsmacked at what was on offer in the later ‘60s into the ‘70s 😭

[Angel eyes]

12 hours ago, PortyBeach said:

That’s the great Alex Young and that Hearts kit is around ‘59-60. But who are the opposition? 
I reckon that’s maybe Dundee United who wore a white shirt with two black hoops in the 1960s before they were “tangoed”.

Any thoughts?

Did Ron Yeats play for Dundee Utd?

[wavydavy]

2 hours ago, PortyBeach said:

That looks like Alan Gordon (a player we should never have lost). Great player in my view.

The match? I think that’s St Midden in a game at Love Street.

It might be the infamous 1964-65 season in which case I think we lost that game. A costly result considering we missed out on the title on goal average that season.

 

Correct on Alan Gordon and St Mirren.

[wavydavy]

7 minutes ago, Angel eyes said:

Did Ron Yeats play for Dundee Utd?

Ronald Yeats is a Scottish former association footballer. He was a key defender in the rejuvenation of Dundee United in the early 1960s. He then spent a decade at Liverpool captaining them to three trophies in the mid 1960s. He later had three years as player/manager at Tranmere Rovers. Yeats was also player/manager at Barrow and Santa Barbara Condors. He also made appearances for the Scotland national team.Wikipedia

[Maroon Sailor]

47 minutes ago, Commander lovemuscle said:

From right to left,  commander lovemuscle, jim Gallacher Ray Dunlop, Cmmy Fraser Drew Busby  manager at the time was willie ormand   am sure it was a friendly match ?

 

Might have been this one

 

Sat 06 Aug 1977 15:00
Hearts 2 OFK Kikinda 1
Friendly
Tynecastle Park Edinburgh Scotland
8000
Ref: R Cuthill Edinburgh

[Angel eyes]

[Morgan]

2 hours ago, Commander lovemuscle said:

Drew Busby

You are of course correct.

 

Perhaps my eyes were a bit hazy last night!

[Sherbet]

5 hours ago, PortyBeach said:

That looks like Alan Gordon (a player we should never have lost). Great player in my view.

The match? I think that’s St Midden in a game at Love Street.

It might be the infamous 1964-65 season in which case I think we lost that game. A costly result considering we missed out on the title on goal average that season.

St mirren and dundee had a huge impact on 65 and 86

[Commander lovemuscle]

2 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said:

 

Might have been this one

 

Sat 06 Aug 1977 15:00
Hearts 2 OFK Kikinda 1
Friendly
Tynecastle Park Edinburgh Scotland
8000
Ref: R Cuthill Edinburgh

Cheers if so that would have made me a mear 11yrs 

Edited January 2, 2022 by Commander lovemuscle

[Drew Wallace]

20 hours ago, 3fingersreid said:

V Leipzig ? What I’ve noticed for the first time is I would’ve been standing next to the pylon to the left of the refreshment stall ( and scoreboard ) ,now I can easily see the lights but where is the bloody pylon ???

Im in that picture, superb and what a game 

[andythejambo]

23 hours ago, Wilson said:

Jim Brown, Ernie W., and the great Eddie Thomson. Shawfield? 

Not sure about the Eddie Thomson call. Looks more like Tommy Veitch to me.

[3fingersreid]

34 minutes ago, Drew Wallace said:

Im in that picture, superb and what a game 

It certainly was , it was my first European game and I thought they’d all be like this 😀

[Drew Wallace]

5 minutes ago, 3fingersreid said:

It certainly was , it was my first European game and I thought they’d all be like this 😀

Ditto, was at school the next day and its all i could think of great memories  

[dannymack]

4 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said:

 

Might have been this one

 

Sat 06 Aug 1977 15:00
Hearts 2 OFK Kikinda 1
Friendly
Tynecastle Park Edinburgh Scotland
8000
Ref: R Cuthill Edinburgh

 

1 hour ago, Commander lovemuscle said:

Cheers if so that would have made me a mear 11yrs 

Hearts wore the maroon kit against OFK Kikinda. Here's Iain Smith scoring the winner after being 0-1 down. 

Also Bobby/Rab Prentice going for a tumble in the last picture.

[dannymack]

5 hours ago, Commander lovemuscle said:

From right to left,  commander lovemuscle, jim Gallacher Ray Dunlop, Cmmy Fraser Drew Busby  manager at the time was willie ormand   am sure it was a friendly match ?

 

4 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said:

 

Might have been this one

 

Sat 06 Aug 1977 15:00
Hearts 2 OFK Kikinda 1
Friendly
Tynecastle Park Edinburgh Scotland
8000
Ref: R Cuthill Edinburgh

 

1 hour ago, Commander lovemuscle said:

Cheers if so that would have made me a mear 11yrs 

 

Could have been the league game v Dundee or the League Cup tie v Stenhousemuir.

 

 

EDIT: ...... Its from the Hearts v Dundee league game, Iain Smith didn't play against Stenhousemuir.

Edited January 2, 2022 by dannymack

[Maroon Sailor]

2 minutes ago, dannymack said:

 

 

 

Could have been the league game v Dundee or the League Cup tie v Stenhousemuir.

 

Stenhousemuir was a night match 

[PortyBeach]

1 hour ago, Sherbet said:

St mirren and dundee had a huge impact on 65 and 86

Yes, indeed. Not just in terms of losing points to them either.

We contrived to lose 0-7 to Dundee in ‘64-65 and ultimately lost the title on goal average and in ‘85-86 lost 2-6 at St Mirren when we lost the title on goal difference (by plus three goals, I think).

In ‘85-86, it’s arguable we were “caught cold” in an early season match.

The 0-7 result is more disturbing. I’ve often thought it signalled troubles behind the scenes at Tynecastle. That Hearts team was too good have been capable of capitulating to that extent. It concerns me that poor management and boardroom decisions may have alienated and distracted the players to this extent and cost us the title.

Mind you, I don’t think we can pin those failures on single matches. We lost daft points in other fixtures in both seasons, sadly.

 

[dannymack]

5 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said:

 

Stenhousemuir was a night match 

 

It didn't get dark until 25 past 8 😁🤣👍

[Maroon Sailor]

4 minutes ago, dannymack said:

 

It didn't get dark until 25 past 8 😁🤣👍

 

It'll be the Dundee match.

 

This was the programme for the 2nd home match of that season

 

Then again I'm not sure that is Dundee as the kit was not like that for 77/78 !

 

So if we find out who the opposition were in this programme cover then I think we'll have the answer for commander !

 

 

Edited January 2, 2022 by Maroon Sailor

[PortyBeach]

2 hours ago, Angel eyes said:

That must be my favourite Hearts kit.

The “right” shade of the famous Maroon, the collar - unique in Scottish football - and white socks with three bands of Maroon.

I always felt the white socks offset our dark jerseys better.

That looks like “Hammy” shooting for goal?

[dannymack]

10 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said:

 

It'll be the Dundee match.

 

This was the programme for the 2nd home match of that season

 

Then again I'm not sure that is Dundee as the kit was not like that for 77/78 !

 

So if we find out who the opposition were in this programme cover then I think we'll have the answer for commander !

 

 

That's the Stenhousemuir kit, Dundee played in the all navy Admiral kit that season.👍

[Maroon Sailor]

Just now, dannymack said:

That's the Stenhousemuir kit, Dundee played in the all navy Admiral kit that season.👍

 

Just checked historical kits

 

It is Stenhousemuir

 

So commander was the mascot for a Monday night league cup match.

 

I went to Ochilview on the Saturday. Hearts won 5-0

[dannymack]

From the same game, you can see the mascot in the background  👍

[dannymack]

4 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said:

 

Just checked historical kits

 

It is Stenhousemuir

 

So commander was the mascot for a Monday night league cup match.

 

I went to Ochilview on the Saturday. Hearts won 5-0

 

Iain Smith didn't play against Stenhousemuir M.S. that's why I reckon it's the Dundee match 👍 the Dundee match later on in the season Hearts wore all white. 

Edited January 2, 2022 by dannymack

[Commander lovemuscle]

32 minutes ago, dannymack said:

 

 

 

Could have been the league game v Dundee or the League Cup tie v Stenhousemuir.

 

 

EDIT: ...... Its from the Hearts v Dundee league game, Iain Smith didn't play against Stenhousemuir.

yes dundee that is stiring a memory

Edited January 2, 2022 by Commander lovemuscle

[Maroon Sailor]

10 minutes ago, dannymack said:

 

Iain Smith didn't play against Stenhousemuir M.S. that's why I reckon it's the Dundee match 👍 the Dundee match later on in the season Hearts wore all white. 

 

So Dundee August 77 as per this picture on the cover of the St Johnstone match

 

[dannymack]

7 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said:

 

So Dundee August 77 as per this picture on the cover of the St Johnstone match

 

That's the one and there's Iain Smith 👍👍

[Maroon Sailor]

1 minute ago, dannymack said:

That's the one and there's Iain Smith 👍👍

 

Can always rely on Iain Smith to narrow it down 🤣👍

[Commander lovemuscle]

Thanks guys   what a memory you have brought back  my grandson followed that up with this 

[dannymack]

1 hour ago, PortyBeach said:

Yes, indeed. Not just in terms of losing points to them either.

We contrived to lose 0-7 to Dundee in ‘64-65 and ultimately lost the title on goal average and in ‘85-86 lost 2-6 at St Mirren when we lost the title on goal difference (by plus three goals, I think).

In ‘85-86, it’s arguable we were “caught cold” in an early season match.

The 0-7 result is more disturbing. I’ve often thought it signalled troubles behind the scenes at Tynecastle. That Hearts team was too good have been capable of capitulating to that extent. It concerns me that poor management and boardroom decisions may have alienated and distracted the players to this extent and cost us the title.

Mind you, I don’t think we can pin those failures on single matches. We lost daft points in other fixtures in both seasons, sadly.

 

 

 

Edited January 2, 2022 by dannymack