Section Q Posted Tuesday at 22:19 Share Posted Tuesday at 22:19 https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/19th-century-hearts-medal-to-be-talk-of-the-toon-as-experts-say-it-could-fetch-thousands-3223542 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
davemclaren Posted Tuesday at 22:22 Share Posted Tuesday at 22:22 Wow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Frenchman Returns Posted Tuesday at 22:41 Share Posted Tuesday at 22:41 Do the museum have any of these? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
millerjames398 Posted Tuesday at 22:46 Share Posted Tuesday at 22:46 (edited) That's a thing of beauty, 124/25 yrs old, boggles the mind, how much football's changed since those days🇱🇻 Edited Tuesday at 22:49 by millerjames398 Spell error Quote Link to post Share on other sites
been here before Posted Tuesday at 22:49 Share Posted Tuesday at 22:49 Surely the club, museum, FOH, JKB, or anyone else with an interest could contribute to bidding for this and keeping it in display in the museum. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Toronto Jambo Posted Tuesday at 22:58 Share Posted Tuesday at 22:58 The club or FOH need to be winners of this auction. It should be in the club museum. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jamboozy Posted Wednesday at 05:30 Share Posted Wednesday at 05:30 Agree with TJ ☝🏼Above. I get an immense feeling of pride looking at Heart memorabilia. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pablo Posted Wednesday at 05:54 Share Posted Wednesday at 05:54 I don't know if the governance would allow the FOH to buy that with our donations, without going to a vote and then gifting it to the Club. I can't believe many FOH members would object? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
allystrachan Posted Wednesday at 06:02 Share Posted Wednesday at 06:02 I’d chip in extra to FOH to win that for the club. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
superjack Posted Wednesday at 06:06 Share Posted Wednesday at 06:06 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deevers Posted Wednesday at 08:38 Share Posted Wednesday at 08:38 This needs to come home to the museum. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Findlay Posted Wednesday at 08:45 Share Posted Wednesday at 08:45 It will come home. I wouldnt be surprised in the slightest if one of our benefactors bought this and gifted it to the museum for display. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Restonbabe Posted Wednesday at 08:51 Share Posted Wednesday at 08:51 Hope so Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jumper Posted Wednesday at 08:53 Share Posted Wednesday at 08:53 Bring it home. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
One five Posted Wednesday at 09:23 Share Posted Wednesday at 09:23 WOW !what a fantastic piece of memorabilia. Almost brought a tear to my eye that ❤️ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cruyff Posted Wednesday at 09:25 Share Posted Wednesday at 09:25 Definitely belongs in the museum. Beautiful piece of history. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the general Posted Wednesday at 09:55 Share Posted Wednesday at 09:55 A few years ago the Scottish museums started buying stuff like this up and really pushed the prices high. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nookie Bear Posted Wednesday at 10:30 Share Posted Wednesday at 10:30 Had a wee look online and here is some details of his time at Liverpool. https://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/818 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chuck Berry Posted Wednesday at 10:33 Share Posted Wednesday at 10:33 I do believe this was the era when the Scottish League paid the club to have their own medals made. A lovely item which needs to come home. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Section Q Posted Wednesday at 11:49 Author Share Posted Wednesday at 11:49 Not many Hearts players won the league with us and then did it again with an English team. Dave Mackay and Alex Young come to mind. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dannymack Posted Wednesday at 16:43 Share Posted Wednesday at 16:43 (edited) The season Hibs could have won the league at Tynecastle Park but didn't have the bottle, a goal from Tom Robertson ended their title hopes in a 1-0 win for Hearts, we went on to win our games in hand and secure the title by 2 points. Edited Wednesday at 16:45 by dannymack Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hearts Heritage Posted Wednesday at 16:45 Share Posted Wednesday at 16:45 17 hours ago, Toronto Jambo said: The club or FOH need to be winners of this auction. It should be in the club museum. 6 hours ago, Chuck Berry said: I do believe this was the era when the Scottish League paid the club to have their own medals made. A lovely item which needs to come home. We are fortunate that we have Bob McCartney's medal from that season on loan. How Hearts won the League that season is an extraordinary tale in itself. We will be doing a twitter thread soon telling the story. We have never seen one from 1894-95 though. The Scottish League paid clubs to have their own unique medals (for a particular season) made up until the 1950s. Lawrie Reilley's 2 that He won with Hibs are also unique designs. By the time we won the league in 1958 the design was 'generic'. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
davemclaren Posted Wednesday at 16:46 Share Posted Wednesday at 16:46 1 minute ago, Hearts Heritage said: We are fortunate that we have Bob McCartney's medal from that season on loan. How Hearts won the League that season is an extraordinary tale in itself. We will be doing a twitter thread soon telling the story. We have never seen one from 1894-95 though. The Scottish League paid clubs to have their own unique medals (for a particular season) made up until the 1950s. Lawrie Reilley's 2 that He won with Hibs are also unique designs. By the time we won the league in 1958 the design was 'generic'. Is there a photograph of an 1894-95 medal? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hearts Heritage Posted Wednesday at 16:48 Share Posted Wednesday at 16:48 Just now, davemclaren said: Is there a photograph of an 1894-95 medal? No we have never seen a photo. So if anyone out there has please post one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dannymack Posted Wednesday at 16:53 Share Posted Wednesday at 16:53 FAO Hearts Heritage, is there any record of the Hearts v Hibs match from the 5th December highlighting the fact that Hibs could have won the league that day ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OTT Posted Wednesday at 16:54 Share Posted Wednesday at 16:54 Hope someone or the club steps forward to safe guard it via the museum. Looks like a very unique piece, and it would be a shame if it was left to rot in a private collection. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hearts Heritage Posted Wednesday at 16:55 Share Posted Wednesday at 16:55 6 minutes ago, dannymack said: The season Hibs could have won the league at Tynecastle Park but didn't have the bottle, a goal from Tom Robertson ended their title hopes in a 1-0 win for Hearts, we went on to win our games in hand and secure the title by 2 points. The story of that season is a lot more complex than that one result. Even after that defeat Hibs AND Celtic were still in strong positions to win the league. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hearts Heritage Posted Wednesday at 17:07 Share Posted Wednesday at 17:07 2 minutes ago, dannymack said: FAO Hearts Heritage, is there any record of the Hearts v Hibs match from the 5th December highlighting the fact that Hibs could have won the league that day ? Hibs couldn't have won the league that day as they still had two games to play and Celtic in 2nd place 4 points behind had four games left. However, IF they had won and subsequent results were the same they would have won the title. Back in the 1890s the League should have been finished before the Scottish Cup started in the New Year. However local cup games and replays in particular took precedence over league matches. Therefore Hearts had 2 games both vs Clyde still to play at the end of 1896. These were not played until the 13th and 20th of Feb 1897. We will be doing a Twitter thread on how the title was won that season. If Kickback had been around it would have been in meltdown after our 8th league match on 26 Sep 1896. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dannymack Posted Wednesday at 18:08 Share Posted Wednesday at 18:08 59 minutes ago, Hearts Heritage said: Hibs couldn't have won the league that day as they still had two games to play and Celtic in 2nd place 4 points behind had four games left. However, IF they had won and subsequent results were the same they would have won the title. Back in the 1890s the League should have been finished before the Scottish Cup started in the New Year. However local cup games and replays in particular took precedence over league matches. Therefore Hearts had 2 games both vs Clyde still to play at the end of 1896. These were not played until the 13th and 20th of Feb 1897. We will be doing a Twitter thread on how the title was won that season. If Kickback had been around it would have been in meltdown after our 8th league match on 26 Sep 1896. Good stuff, look forward to the detailed account of how the league was won. I got the information from the fantastic Pictorial Historybook 1874-1984... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
1953 Posted Wednesday at 19:30 Share Posted Wednesday at 19:30 I'm going to buy it then claim that I won it. I seem to remember there's a precident for doing that in Scotland. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
heartyhub Posted Thursday at 04:21 Share Posted Thursday at 04:21 I take it this wouldn’t be one of the items stolen a few years ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jamboozy Posted Thursday at 05:28 Share Posted Thursday at 05:28 9 hours ago, 1953 said: I'm going to buy it then claim that I won it. I seem to remember there's a precident for doing that in Scotland. 😂😂👍 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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