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2007–08 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

Heart of Midlothian
2007–08 season
ChairmanRoman Romanov
ManagerAnatoliy Korobochka
(until 31 December)
Stephen Frail
(from 29 January)
StadiumTynecastle Stadium
Scottish Premier League8th
Scottish CupFourth round
League CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Andrius Velicka (11)
All: Andrius Velicka (14)
Highest home attendance17,131 vs. Hibernian, SPL, 19 January 2008
Lowest home attendance10,500 vs. Dunfermline Athletic, League Cup, 25 September 2007

The 2007–08 season was the 127th season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian, and their 25th consecutive season in the top level of Scottish football, competing in the Scottish Premier League. Hearts also competed in the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup.

Overview

Hearts began the season in a disappointing manner being defeated 1-0 in the Edinburgh Derby with Hibernian.

On 31 December 2007, Romanov announced that, following five successive defeats which saw the club fall to 10th (third bottom) place in the league, the club would be looking to appoint a 'British-style' manager who would have complete control over team affairs.[1] Since then, Stephen Frail has been the caretaker manager, although it was not made clear at the time that Frail would be manager until the end of the season.

Hearts were defeated 1–0 in the 4th round replay of the Scottish Cup by Motherwell after a 2–2 draw on 21 January 2008. Rangers defeated them 2–0 in the semi-final of the CIS Cup on 30 January at Hampden Park. Hearts then sold their top scorer, Andrius Velička, to Norwegian side Viking Stavanger on 26 February 2008. A 0–0 draw with Kilmarnock on 5 April 2008 meant that Hearts failed to make the "Top Six" of the SPL, for the first time since the split league format was introduced in 2001.

Managers

Just prior to the season's commencement Anatoly Korobochka and Stephen Frail were confirmed as the club's permanent coaching team.[2]

After several other discouraging results, the Scottish media began to scrutinise why the team was not matching supporters expectations, with one particular area of interest being the coaching structure. As neither Korobochka or Bulgarian assistant coach Angel Chervenkov spoke fluent English, a translator was required to aid management and team communication, a situation Frail admitted was "frustrating" and "not ideal" after a 1–1 draw with Gretna.[3]

Stephen Frail was appointed manager on 31 December following a difficult start to the season, although it was not made clear at the time that Frail would be manager until the end of the season.

On 22 May 2008 reports came out that caretaker manager Stephen Frail was on his way out of Tynecastle as he was not part of the new managerial structure at Hearts.

Matches

Pre season

For the second consecutive pre-season Hearts visited Austria, although on this occasion the side also played four tour matches in Germany. Only one pre-season match was played in Edinburgh, a "glamour friendly" against FC Barcelona at Murrayfield Stadium, which attracted Hearts' largest ever attendance for a "home" match.

30 June 2007 Friendly FC Tavriya 2–1 Heart of Midlothian
Zborovsky 38' (57), pen.' Karipidis 40' Attendance: 200
7 July 2007 Friendly Austria Wien 1–2 Heart of Midlothian FRANZ HORR STADION
Metz 64' Schiemer 18' (og.)
Troyansky 55' (og.)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik
13 July 2007 Friendly BV Cloppenburg 2–1 Heart of Midlothian Stadion an der Friesoyther Strasse
Breiremeiter 16'
Balke 75'
Kostadinov 85' Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Jochen Zdebel
14 July 2007 Friendly Rot-Weiss Essen 1–1 Heart of Midlothian Georg-Melches-Stadion
Klinger 51' Pospisil 44' Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Guido Winkmann
20 July 2007 Friendly Heracles Almelo 1–5 Heart of Midlothian Coesfeld
Marnix Smit 63' Ivascevicius 6'
Makela 10' (22)
Stewart 52'
Jonsson 90' (pen.)
Attendance: 200
Referee: Detlef Scheppe
21 July 2007 Friendly Moroka Swallows 1–0 Heart of Midlothian
Tsutsulupa 34' Attendance: 500
24 July 2007 Friendly Heart of Midlothian 1–3 Barcelona Murrayfield Stadium
Makela 24' Ronaldinho 22 pen.', 40'
Santos 50'
Attendance: 57,857
Referee: Dougie McDonald

Scottish Premier League

6 August 2007 SPL Heart of Midlothian 0–1 Hibs Tynecastle Park
Kerr 2' Attendance: 16,436
Referee: Stuart Dougal
18 August 2007 SPL Heart of Midlothian 1–1 Gretna Tynecastle Park
Driver 73' Barr 80' Attendance: 16,407
Referee: Dougie McDonald
25 August 2007 SPL Celtic 5–0 Heart of Midlothian Celtic Park
Berra 9' (O.g.)
Donati 22'
Brown 61'
Hesselink 63' (pen.)
Nakamura 79'
Attendance: 57,300
Referee: Brines
15 September 2007 SPL Heart of Midlothian 4–2 Rangers Tynecastle Park
Driver 13'
Tall 27'
Stewart 66' (pen.)
Ivaskevicius 70'
Cousin 48' (pen.)
Beasley 75'
Attendance: 15,948
Referee: Mike McCurry
30 September 2007 SPL St Mirren 1–3 Heart of Midlothian Love Street
Driver 78' Driver 40'
Stewart 56' (pen.)
Velicka 82'
Attendance: 4,233
Referee: John Underhill
6 October 2007 SPL Heart of Midlothian 4–2 Falkirk Tynecastle Park
Ksanavicius 5'
Zaliukas 27'
Velicka 58'
Nade 68'
Barrett 87'
Moutinho 89'
Attendance: 15,855
Referee: Stuart Dougal
20 October 2007 SPL Heart of Midlothian 1–3 Dundee United Tynecastle Park
Kingston 92' Robertson 14' (28)
Robson 89' (pen.)
Attendance: 16,436
Referee: Craig Thomson
27 October 2007 SPL Kilmarnock 3–1 Heart of Midlothian Rugby Park
Wales 52'
Nish 72'
Gibson 77'
Tall 92' Attendance: 6,373
Referee: Willie Collum
4 November 2007 SPL Hibernian 1–1 Heart of Midlothian Easter Road
Berra 18' (Og.) Nade 46' Attendance: 17,015
Referee: Charlie Richmond
11 November 2007 SPL Heart of Midlothian 4–1 Aberdeen Tynecastle Park
Driver 3'
Velicka 13'
Tall 57'
Nade 62'
Visscher 38' Attendance: 17,122
Referee: Iain Brines
24 November 2007 SPL Gretna 1–1 Heart of Midlothian Fir Park
Kingston 49' (o.g.) Kingston 27' Attendance: 1,544
Referee: Mike Tumilty
1 December 2007 SPL Heart of Midlothian 1–1 Celtic Tynecastle Park
Velicka 91' (pen.) Mcdonald 73' Attendance: 16,454
Referee: Kenny Clark
15 December 2007 SPL Rangers 2–1 Heart of Midlothian Ibrox Stadium
Mcculloch 18', 87' Velicka 56' Attendance: 48,392
Referee: Dougie McDonald
22 December 2007 SPL Heart of Midlothian 2–3 Inverness Tynecastle Park
Berra 62'
Velicka 90' (pen.)
Duncan 22'
Rankin 53' (pen.)
Bayne 93'
Attendance: 16,202
Referee: Willie Collum
26 December 2007 SPL Heart of Midlothian 0–1 St Mirren Tynecastle Park
Mcginn 17' Attendance: 16,476
Referee: Iain Brines
29 December 2007 SPL Falkirk 2–1 Heart of Midlothian Falkirk Stadium
Finnigan 77'
Higdon 81'
Palazuelos 28' Attendance: 6,614
Referee: Kenny Clark
2 January 2008 SPL Dundee United 4–1 Heart of Midlothian Tannadice Park
Robson 22', 70' (pen.), 87'
Hunt 84'
Berra 38' Attendance: 7,507
Referee: Alan Freeland
19 January 2008 SPL Heart of Midlothian 1–0 Hibernian Tynecastle Park
Velicka 20' Attendance: 17,131
Referee: Kenny Clark
26 January 2008 SPL Aberdeen 0–1 Heart of Midlothian Pittodrie Stadium
Nade 55' Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Willie Collum
9 February 2008 SPL Heart of Midlothian 2–0 Gretna Tynecastle Park
Velicka 4', 41' (pen.) Attendance: 16,139
Referee: Charlie Richmond
16 February 2008 SPL Celtic 3–0 Heart of Midlothian Celtic Park
Hesselink 14'
Mcdonald 51'
Hinkel 76'
Attendance: 56,738
Referee: Dougie McDonald
23 February 2008 SPL Motherwell 0–1 Heart of Midlothian Fir Park
Craigan 12' (o.g.) Attendance: 5,925
Referee: Craig Thomson
27 February 2008 SPL Heart of Midlothian 0–4 Rangers Tynecastle Park
Darchecille 25', 44'
Novo 53', 70'
Attendance: 16,173
Referee: Stuart Dougal
1 March 2008 SPL Inverness CT 0–3 Heart of Midlothian Caledonian Stadium
Karipidis 22'
Elliot 33' (47)
Attendance: 4,489
Referee: Alan Freeland
19 April 2008 SPL Heart of Midlothian 3–2 St Mirren Tynecastle Park
Johnson 28'
Glen 42'
Kingston 81'
McCay 20'
Mason 78'
Attendance: 15,259
Referee: Mike McCurry
13 May 2008 SPL Gretna 1–0 Heart of Midlothian Fir Park
Skelton 93' Attendance: 1,090
Referee: John Underhill

Scottish League Cup

28 August 2007 Second round Stirling Albion 0–2 Heart of Midlothian Forthbank Stadium
BBC SPORT Ellis 39 o.g.'
Kingston 53'
Attendance: 2,059
Referee: J Underhill
31 October 2007 Quarter-finals Celtic 0–2 Heart of Midlothian Celtic Park
BBC SPORT Velička 77' (86) Attendance: 21,492
Referee: Kenny Clark

Scottish Cup

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
6 Hibernian 38 14 10 14 49 45 +4 52 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round[b]
7 Falkirk 38 13 10 15 45 49 −4 49
8 Heart of Midlothian 38 13 9 16 47 55 −8 48
9 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 13 4 21 51 62 −11 43
10 St Mirren 38 10 11 17 26 54 −28 41
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
  2. ^ Hibernian qualified for the Intertoto Cup as the highest ranked club to apply for a place in the competition.

Transfers & loans

Several Lithuanian players left the club during the close-season, while two more Audrius Ksanavičius and Ričardas Beniušis arrived on loan from FBK Kaunas. Other summer signings included Rubén Palazuelos from Gimnástica de Torrelavega and Michael Stewart, who returned to the club after two seasons with rivals Hibernian. Scottish international goalkeeper Craig Gordon moved to Sunderland for £9 million in early August. This fee meant that Gordon was the most expensive Hearts and Scottish player ever, and the most expensive goalkeeper in British football history.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Hearts launch formal search for traditional manager". The Scotsman. 18 August 2007.
  2. ^ "Korobochka and Frail are Hearts coaching duo". Edinburgh Evening News. 30 July 2007.
  3. ^ "Frail slams communication issues". BBC Sport. 18 August 2007. Retrieved 5 January 2010.

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