In their much-publicised war of words before the match, Hearts manager Paulo Sergio suggested that the Killie players were speaking negatively of Shiels to some of the ex-Rugby Park players now working under the Portuguese at Tynecastle. With Kevin...

Under-19 coach Darren Murray has been appointed player development manager at Riccarton in recognition of his sterling work within the club’s youth academy. The expanded role will see Murray work even more closely with John Murray, Hearts’ director of...

HEARTS coach Gary Locke has joked he is considering leaping from the dugout to take the next Jambos penalty after watching them miss four efforts in a row. The failed spot-kicks – all saved – have occurred within a period of just over a month and Locke a

Andy Webster should have then left him with no chance with a free header from seven yards but he bulleted it wildly over. Hearts were booed off at half-time and first-team coach Gary Locke stood on the touchline to have a quiet, but telling, word in...

I do think we should try to keep Rudi because his experience will help young players like he did in the game White Hart Lane. His goal Scoring is also vital for the club. Make Rudi a player Coach he get's a coaches salary and a bonus when he play's for...

Hearts were yesterday the subject of a Scottish Premier League sub-committee meeting which imposed a seven-day deadline relating to overdue wages, only for the club to pay the December salaries hours later. The SPL had made a series of demands –...

“We work directly with John Murray. We trust John’s judgment,” explained Robertson. “We’ve never refused to buy anything for him if he’s asked us. We sign the cheques, nothing goes through Hearts, we’re an independent body. Right back to people like...

He won five and drew five as a player and has won five and drawn three as first-team coach. Hibs’ last derby victory was on 7 May, 2009, when a Derek Riordan penalty was the winner. Hearts are unbeaten in the eight derbies since. Hearts have scored...

The Iceland international defender will quit Edinburgh to join Mick McCarthy’s outfit when the transfer window opens in January. He follows the likes of Janos Balogh, Calum Elliot, Gary Glen and youngster Dale O’Hara out of Gorgie. And with Hearts keen...

The atmosphere? You could cut that with a knife. It was more incendiary than any punk concert I’d ever been to. Under heavy manners, that was the Chelsea ‘away’ experience back in 1977. Chelsea were 2-0 down at half-time. The Blues team comprising John...

Hearts had just had a penalty saved by Fraser Forster and it is believed that a remark from Hamill to Brown in the build-up to the spot-kick triggered Brown’s response at full-time. The argument looked to have carried on down the tunnel as Hearts’ head...

“I’d like to make my move permanent because I’m honoured to play for Celtic and I couldn’t ask for any more than the excitement I’m enjoying now.” Parkhead wasn’t short on excitement on Saturday and the game spilled over into ugly confrontation at...

Brown had to be escorted up the tunnel by team-mate Georgios Samaras at the end of the 1-0 home win over Hearts following a furious row with Jamie Hamill. Hearts first-team coach Gary Locke also ended up in a shouting match with James Forrest in front...

I am looking forward to the challenges ahead. "The club is currently embarking on a transformational phase which will lead to some of our brightest prospects graduating into the first-team squad in due course. "This transition, though, has to be...

There are 3 comments to this article #2 Whisper it quietly but he is your next manager when PS and his cohorts get the boot. Cheap as chips. And more greasy. Could we no cut the wage bill further by kicking the great balloon Gary Locke out of Tynie? ...

Sutton came back in from the cold for the 1-0 defeat to Dundee United on Saturday after appearing to fall way down the pecking order at Tynecastle under Paulo Sergio. Suggestions Sergio had told the former Motherwell man he was not wanted in Gorgie...

It may be coincidental, but since Hearts’ players first suffered delayed payment of their wages this season, they have failed to score and have collected just one point from a possible 12. Hearts have not won since the 15 October defeat of Dunfermline...