Heart of Midlothian Football Club Quiz

Answer: Edinburgh

Heart of Midlothian F.C. were founded in 1874 in Scotland's capital city, Edinburgh. Edinburgh was part of the county of Midlothian at that time, and the club took their name from a mosaic in the Royal Mile which marked the entrance to the city's tolbooth.

Answer: Maroon

Hearts have worn maroon shirts since 1877, usually accompanied by white shorts. There was an urban legend that they adopted this colour after their original shirts of red, white and blue stripes "ran" in the wash, but whether there is any truth to this or not is lost in the mists of time.

Answer: Tynecastle Park

Tynecastle (the "Park" bit is rarely used) is located in the Gorgie area of west-central Edinburgh. In 1932, a record crowd of 53,396 crammed into the ground to watch a Scottish Cup game against Rangers. In the early 1990s, when clubs throughout Britain were being forced to convert their stadiums into all-seaters, the club made plans to relocate to Hermiston on the city outskirts, but these plans fell through and the club went about redeveloping Tynecastle. Th redevelopment was completed in September 2017 with an all-seated capacity of 19,852.

Answer: Queens Park

Hearts won the Scottish Cup for the first time in 1891 with victory in the final over Dumbarton. They then defeated local rivals Hibernian in 1896 at Logie Green, the only occasion in which the final took place in Edinburgh. Celtic and Third Lanark were defeated in the final in 1901 and 1906 respectively. Hearts were league champions of Scotland in both 1894-95 and 1896-97.

Answer: Eddie Turnbull

Willie Bauld scored 355 goals in 510 appearances for Hearts; Alfie Conn scored 221 times in 408 games; Jimmy Wardaugh found the back of the net 376 times in 518 games. Eddie Turnbull played for Hearts' Edinburgh rivals Hibernian, and was a member of their "Famous Five" forward line of the 1940s/50s.

Answer: Tommy Walker

Tommy Walker took over the reins as Hearts manager in February, 1951, and remained in charge until September, 1966. During his long tenure, the club won seven major honours - two League Championships, one Scottish Cup and four League Cups.

Answer: King's Park

King's Park, who were based in Stirling, were struggling near the bottom of the second division in February 1937. Hearts proved far too strong for them, with Bill Walsh scoring eight times in their 15-0 win. Note that some sources list Hearts' biggest win as 21-0 vs Anchor in 1880, however this was an Edinburgh F.A. Cup tie; and is thus not regarded as a first class fixture.

Answer: Bayern Munich

Hearts defeated St Patrick's Athletic of Ireland, Austria Vienna and Velez Mostar of Yugoslavia to reach the last eight of the 1988-89 UEFA Cup. Iain Ferguson scored the only goal of the first leg at Tynecastle, but the Germans turned things around with a 2-0 win at the Olympiastadion.

Answer: Barney Battles

Barney Battles began his career in the USA with Boston Soccer Club before crossing the Atlantic to join Hearts in 1928. In eight seasons at Tynecastle, he scored an amazing 218 goals in 200 competitive games for the club. His tally of 44 goals in 1930-31 came despite missing a number of games due to appendicitis.

Answer: Gary Mackay

Gary Mackay made his Hearts debut as a teenager in 1980, and remained with the club for 17 years, making 640 appearances, including 516 league games. He scored 45 league goals for the club before joining Airdrieonians in 1997. He was capped four times by Scotland, scoring the winning goal against Bulgaria in Sofia in 1987.