Wanna get Off the Bottom? - Who you gonna call? - HMFC!

[Hearts Heritage]

Here is the list of 39 clubs who were bottom when they played Hearts but moved up after playing Hearts.

 

NB only included where 3 or more games have been played to prevent 'early season anomalies'.

 

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Sat 08 Oct 1892 Heart Of Midlothian 1 Dumbarton 3 8 7 1

 

Sat 22 Sep 1900 Heart Of Midlothian 1 Queens Park 2 11 9 2

 

Sat 20 Apr 1912 St Mirren 2 Heart Of Midlothian 0 17 16 1

 

Mon 23 Aug 1920 Albion Rovers 1 Heart Of Midlothian 1 20 16 4

Sat 10 Dec 1921 Queens Park 1 Heart Of Midlothian 1 22 21 1

Sat 27 Dec 1924 Heart Of Midlothian 1 St Mirren 1 20 18 2

Sat 23 Nov 1929 Queens Park 6 Heart Of Midlothian 2 20 19 1

 

Sat 05 Jan 1935 Heart Of Midlothian 0 Dunfermline Athletic 1 20 19 1

Tue 27 Aug 1935 Queens Park 2 Heart Of Midlothian 2 20 14 6

Sat 16 Nov 1935 Heart Of Midlothian 3 Clyde 3 20 18 2

Sat 24 Sep 1938 Ayr United 3 Heart Of Midlothian 1 20 18 2

 

Sat 11 Nov 1944 Albion Rovers 3 Heart Of Midlothian 1 16 15 1

Sat 29 Sep 1945 Kilmarnock 2 Heart Of Midlothian 2 16 14 2

Sat 06 Nov 1948 Heart Of Midlothian 1 Partick Thistle 3 16 12 4

 

Sat 17 Mar 1951 Falkirk 5 Heart Of Midlothian 4 16 15 1

 

Sat 10 Dec 1960 St Mirren 2 Heart Of Midlothian 0 18 15 3

 

Sat 09 Dec 1972 Heart Of Midlothian 0 Kilmarnock 0 18 17 1

Sat 16 Nov 1974 Arbroath 3 Heart Of Midlothian 1 18 12 6

Sat 20 Sep 1975 Heart Of Midlothian 2 Aberdeen 2 10 8 2

Sat 09 Oct 1976 Heart Of Midlothian 2 Ayr United 2 10 9 1

 

Sat 20 Sep 1980 Heart Of Midlothian 0 Morton 1 10 6 4

Tue 24 Mar 1981 Kilmarnock 2 Heart Of Midlothian 0 10 9 1

Mon 26 Dec 1983 Motherwell 1 Heart Of Midlothian 1 10 9 1

 

Sat 23 Jan 1993 Heart Of Midlothian 0 Motherwell 0 12 11 1

Sat 01 May 1993 Falkirk 6 Heart Of Midlothian 0 12 11 1

Sat 16 Apr 1994 Heart Of Midlothian 0 Dundee 2 12 11 1

Tue 04 Apr 1995 Partick Thistle 3 Heart Of Midlothian 1 10 9 1

Sat 07 Oct 1995 Kilmarnock 3 Heart Of Midlothian 1 10 9 1

Sat 28 Oct 1995 Falkirk 2 Heart Of Midlothian 0 10 8 2

Sat 07 Dec 1996 Heart Of Midlothian 0 Raith Rovers 0 10 9 1

Sat 20 Sep 1997 Heart Of Midlothian 2 Dundee United 1 10 9 1

Sat 12 Sep 1998 Heart Of Midlothian 0 Dundee 2 10 9 1

Sat 12 Dec 1998 Aberdeen 2 Heart Of Midlothian 0 10 9 1

 

Sat 22 Sep 2001 Motherwell 2 Heart Of Midlothian 0 12 11 1

Sun 19 Sep 2004 Dunfermline Athletic 1 Heart Of Midlothian 0 12 9 3

Sat 18 Aug 2007 Heart Of Midlothian 1 Gretna 1 12 11 1

Sat 13 Sep 2008 Falkirk 2 Heart Of Midlothian 1 12 11 1

[magicTs]

Rather worryingly we play Dundee Utd away a week on Saturday and unless they win at Pittodrie before then they will bottom when we visit

[Charlie-Brown]

Falkirk were stranded at the bottom when they thumped us 6-0 in 1993 , Motherwell similarly were isolated at the foot of the table when they beat Levein's team 6-1 about 6 years ago.

[Devries4]

However one of the teams we did beat was Dundee Utd:o

[Ben Dover]

Not wishing to provide any excuse for our recent HYPER mismanagement, but that just proves it's nothing new. We have been 'kick-starting' other teams league campaigns since 1874 and it's almost a hoodoo

[Hearts Heritage]

Hibs have played a similar number of games given they have had fewer seasons in the Top league

 

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Sat 25 Sep 1897 St Bernards 3 Hibernian 2 8 5 3

 

Sat 24 Sep 1904 Queens Park 4 Hibernian 2 13 11 2

 

Sat 07 Sep 1912 Raith Rovers 4 Hibernian 2 17 15 2

Sat 30 Aug 1913 Raith Rovers 1 Hibernian 1 17 16 1

Sat 29 Aug 1914 Motherwell 3 Hibernian 0 18 13 5

Sat 16 Sep 1916 Hibernian 1 Dundee 2 19 15 4

 

Sat 21 Feb 1920 Hamilton Accies 3 Hibernian 2 22 21 1

Sat 28 Aug 1920 Heart Of Midlothian 5 Hibernian 1 17 12 5

 

Sat 21 Mar 1936 Hibernian 0 Ayr United 1 20 18 2

 

Sat 14 Jan 1950 Queen of the South 2 Hibernian 2 16 15 1

 

Sat 19 Oct 1957 Dundee 3 Hibernian 0 18 15 3

Sat 16 Nov 1957 Airdrieonians 1 Hibernian 4 18 17 1

Sat 04 Oct 1958 Hibernian 2 Falkirk 3 18 17 1

 

Sat 09 Feb 1974 Falkirk 0 Hibernian 0 18 17 1

Tue 26 Oct 1976 Kilmarnock 1 Hibernian 1 10 9 1

Sat 26 Aug 1978 Heart Of Midlothian 1 Hibernian 1 10 9 1

 

Sat 14 Nov 1981 Airdrieonians 3 Hibernian 1 10 8 2

Sat 25 Aug 1984 Hibernian 1 Heart Of Midlothian 2 10 9 1

Tue 18 Mar 1986 Motherwell 2 Hibernian 0 10 9 1

Sat 26 Apr 1986 Motherwell 3 Hibernian 1 10 9 1

Sat 22 Aug 1987 Morton 3 Hibernian 3 12 11 1

Sat 31 Oct 1987 Falkirk 1 Hibernian 1 12 11 1

 

Sat 08 Sep 1990 Celtic 2 Hibernian 0 10 7 3

Sat 22 Dec 1990 St Mirren 1 Hibernian 0 10 9 1

Sat 27 Feb 1993 Hibernian 3 Airdrieonians 1 12 11 1

Tue 20 Apr 1993 Airdrieonians 3 Hibernian 1 12 11 1

Sat 03 Dec 1994 Partick Thistle 2 Hibernian 2 10 9 1

Sat 11 Nov 1995 Falkirk 2 Hibernian 0 10 9 1

 

Sat 08 Feb 2003 Motherwell 2 Hibernian 1 12 11 1

Sun 09 Mar 2003 Hibernian 1 Dundee United 1 12 11 1

[heartgarfunkel]

I hate soft-touch Hearts. WTF do the management say to the players when we play a team 'desperate' for a win? Don't rip them up for arse paper because they might really want to beat us next time we play them? Loser's mentality.

[sandy fisken]

I was at the game in 1951, I was 7, my Dad, Hearts supporter took me, and my Uncle and two cousins were there, they were Falkirk supporters. My memory says we got back to 4-4 then they made it 5-4, I cried, my cousins laughed.

My father was born in Polmont but was a staunch Jambo, my parents moved back to Falkirk in 1969 and I visit my Mum regularly. I DO NOT LIKE FALKIRK. I think it stems from 1951. Mother is now 94.