<- Team <- Date <- Comp -> Comp -> Date -> Team
Hearts Team Opponents Scoring Seq Table Streaks Discipline Statistics Games played
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Sat 28 Dec 1996 15:00
Hearts 4 Motherwell 1
Premier 20 of 36
Tynecastle Park Edinburgh Scotland
11164
Ref: John Rowbotham Kirkcaldy
Scorers John Robertson pen 21 ;Davy Weir 52 ;Jim Hamilton 63 ;John Robertson 75 Opp Scorers [Thomas Coyne 12]
Manager Cumulative to date
Manager Type G W D L F A PenW PenL Jim Jefferies LH 28 14 6 8 48 38 0 0 Jim Jefferies COMPH 34 18 8 8 57 41 1 0 Jim Jefferies L 56 23 13 20 82 83 0 0 Jim Jefferies COMP 71 32 17 22 111 104 1 1
MR NR Season Team Venue FT HT Agg Comp Round Crowd TV 1996-97 Motherwell Tynecastle Park Edinburgh Scotland
1-1 Premier
20 of 36 11164
Notes
Hearts Line Up - NB Average ages only shown where there are 8 or more 'known' ages Number of Team Changes (Competitive Games Only) = 1
Team Changes Compared to Last League Team (League Games Only) = 1No Sq
NoPlayer Cap Nat Tot App Age Gls Pens Tot
GlsOGs Pen
SavePen
MissDiscipline Sub
MrkSubstitued by Sub
TimeGoals
vs
OppPrev Next 1 Gilles Rousset 57 33y 04m 06d / 1996-12-26 thu 1997-01-01 wed 2 David Murie 2 20y 04m 26d / 1996-12-26 thu 1997-01-01 wed 3 Gary Naysmith 6 18y 01m 12d / 1996-12-26 thu 1997-01-01 wed 4 Davy Weir 24 26y 07m 18d 1 6 2 / 3 1996-12-26 thu 1997-01-01 wed 5 Paul Ritchie 54 21y 04m 07d / 1996-12-26 thu 1997-01-01 wed 6 Gary Mackay 628 32y 11m 05d Neil McCann 80 / 2 1996-12-26 thu 1997-01-01 wed 7 Jeremy Goss 13 31y 07m 17d Grant Murray 83 / 1996-12-26 thu 1997-01-01 wed 8 Steve Fulton 51 26y 04m 18d / 2 1996-12-26 thu 1997-01-01 wed 9 John Robertson 592 32y 02m 26d 2 1 257 Kevin Thomas 76 27 / 27 1996-12-26 thu 1997-01-01 wed 10 Colin Cameron 31 24y 02m 05d / 4 1996-12-26 thu 1997-01-01 wed 11 Jim Hamilton 4 20y 10m 19d 1 1 1 / 6 1996-12-26 thu 1997-01-01 wed Total Starting App->> 1462 26.19 <<-Average Starting Age –––––– Substitutes –––––– S06 Neil McCann 19 22y 04m 17d Gary Mackay 80 / 4 1996-12-26 thu 1997-01-01 wed S07 Grant Murray 2 21y 03m 29d Jeremy Goss 83 / 1996-12-26 thu 1997-01-04 sat S09 Kevin Thomas 60 21y 08m 03d John Robertson 76 / 1996-12-26 thu 1997-03-22 sat 25.25 <<-Average Age of Players who played
Opponents
Manager Alex McLeish
Team Managed 11 of 14
Total Managed 11 of 43
No Player Nat Age Gls Pens OGs Pen
SavePen
MissDiscipline Team
AppsTotal
AppsSub
MrkSubstitued by Sub
Time1 Stephen Woods SCO 26y 10m 05d 05 of 17 06 of 18 2 Joni Lehtonen 23y 02m 28d 01 of 01 01 of 01 Fraser Wishart HT 3 Shaun McSkimming SCO 26y 06m 29d Y53 07 of 08 12 of 21 4 Mitchel Van der Gaag 25y 02m 01d 03 of 04 03 of 04 5 Brian Martin 33y 10m 04d Y44 20 of 24 38 of 42 Alexander Burns 80 6 John Philliben 32y 09m 14d 30 of 32 30 of 32 7 Eddie May SCO 29y 03m 28d 06 of 10 28 of 33 8 James Dolan SCO 27y 10m 06d 20 of 20 20 of 26 9 Thomas Coyne IRL 34y 01m 14d 1 08 of 13 42 of 48 10 William McIntosh Davies 32y 06m 28d Y21 11 of 14 27 of 30 Andrew Robert Roddie 70 11 William Henry Falconer SCO 30y 08m 23d Y21 03 of 06 15 of 28 29.37 <<-Average Starting Age –––––– Substitutes –––––– S02 Fraser Wishart SCO 31y 09m 27d 21 of 21 31 of 32 HT S05 Alexander Burns SCO 23y 04m 24d 08 of 13 08 of 17 80 S10 Andrew Robert Roddie 25y 01m 24d 10 of 10 13 of 13 70 28.82 <<-Average Age of players who played
Scoring Sequence No Score Scorer Scores For Time 1 0-1
Thomas Coyne Motherwell 12 2 1-1
John Robertson(pen) Heart of Midlothian 21 3 2-1
Davy Weir Heart of Midlothian 52 4 3-1
Jim Hamilton Heart of Midlothian 63 5 4-1
John Robertson Heart of Midlothian 75
League Tables Before - Thursday 26 Dec 1996 After - Saturday 28 Dec 1996
Pos Team G W D L F A Diff Avg Pts Note 1 Rangers 19 15 2 2 50 17 33 2.9412 47 2 Celtic 16 10 3 3 35 16 19 2.1875 33 3 Aberdeen 19 8 5 6 31 25 6 1.2400 29 4 Dundee United 19 6 6 7 21 19 2 1.1053 24 5 Heart Of Midlothian 19 6 6 7 23 29 -6 .7931 24 6 Dunfermline Athletic 18 6 5 7 27 36 -9 .7500 23 7 Hibernian 19 6 4 9 21 29 -8 .7241 22 8 Kilmarnock 18 6 2 10 25 33 -8 .7576 20 9 Motherwell 19 4 6 9 19 29 -10 .6552 18 10 Raith Rovers 18 4 3 11 15 34 -19 .4412 15
Pos Diff Team G W D L F A Diff Avg Pts Note 1 0 Rangers 19 15 2 2 50 17 33 2.9412 47 2 0 Celtic 17 11 3 3 39 18 21 2.1667 36 3 0 Aberdeen 20 8 6 6 32 26 6 1.2308 30 4 0 Dundee United 20 7 6 7 22 19 3 1.1579 27 5 0 Heart Of Midlothian 20 7 6 7 27 30 -3 .9000 27 6 1 Hibernian 20 6 5 9 22 30 -8 .7333 23 7 -1 Dunfermline Athletic 19 6 5 8 29 40 -11 .7250 23 8 0 Kilmarnock 18 6 2 10 25 33 -8 .7576 20 9 0 Motherwell 20 4 6 10 20 33 -13 .6061 18 10 0 Raith Rovers 19 4 3 12 15 35 -20 .4286 15
League Games Played
Home F Away A Crowd Aberdeen 1 Celtic 2 16748 Dundee United 2 Motherwell 0 8072 Dunfermline Athletic 2 Heart of Midlothian 3 9736 Hibernian 0 Kilmarnock 1 8912 Rangers 4 Raith Rovers 0 48322
League Games Played
Home F Away A Crowd Aberdeen 1 Hibernian 1 9834 Celtic 4 Dunfermline Athletic 2 45751 Heart of Midlothian 4 Motherwell 1 11164 Raith Rovers 0 Dundee United 1 5767
Type Streaks by Date Last 10 Cumulative by Date W D L Unb NoW G W D L F A Competitive 2
2
W
W
L
L
L
D
D
L
D
W
4407
2071
962
1374
8447
6292
L only 2
2
3542
1625
802
1115
6629
5117
Type Streaks by Team Cumulative by Team W D L Unb NoW G W D L F A Competitive 2
9
243
116
56
71
459
351
L only 2
9
207
100
47
60
388
297
Discipline
Referee John Rowbotham
Hearts Motherwell Sending Offs Time Note
Sending Offs Time Note
Bookings Time Note Bookings Time Note 4 n/a William McIntosh Davies
21 Dissent n/a William Henry Falconer
21 Dissent n/a Brian Martin
44 Late tackle n/a Shaun Peter McSkimming
53 Late tackle n/a n/a n/a n/a
Match Statistics
Hearts What Opponents 0 Goal Attempts 0 0 On Target 0 0 Off Target 0 0 Woodwork 0 0 Corners 0 0 Fouls 0 0 Offside 0
Games played during this week
Click on heading to sortSortDate Date Comp Rd Home F Away A Crowd 19961223 Mon 23 Dec 1996 FA Cup R2 Burnley 1 Walsall 1 19961223 Mon 23 Dec 1996 EPL Newcastle United 1 Liverpool 1 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 P Aberdeen 1 Celtic 2 16748 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 P Dundee United 2 Motherwell 0 8072 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 P Dunfermline Athletic 2 Heart of Midlothian 3 9736 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 P Hibernian 0 Kilmarnock 1 8912 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 P Rangers 4 Raith Rovers 0 48322 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 L1 East Fife 0 St Mirren 3 1199 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 L1 Greenock Morton 2 Clydebank[4] 2 2392 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 L1 Partick Thistle 2 Dundee 2 2693 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 L1 St Johnstone 3 Falkirk 1 6331 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 L2 Dumbarton 2 Stranraer 2 686 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 L3 Arbroath 2 Ross County 1 581 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 EPL Aston Villa 0 Chelsea 2 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 EPL Blackburn Rovers 1 Newcastle United 0 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 EPL Leeds United 1 Coventry City 3 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 EPL Liverpool 1 Leicester City 1 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 EPL Middlesbrough 4 Everton 2 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 EPL Nottingham Forest 0 Manchester United 4 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 EPL Sheffield Wednesday 0 Arsenal 0 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 EPL Sunderland 2 Derby County 0 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 EPL Tottenham Hotspur 3 Southampton 1 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 E FL1 Bradford City 1 Sheffield United 2 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 E FL1 Grimsby Town 1 Bolton Wanderers 2 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 E FL1 Ipswich Town 3 Crystal Palace 1 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 E FL1 Manchester City 0 Port Vale 1 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 E FL1 Portsmouth 0 Swindon Town 1 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 E FL1 Queens Park Rangers 3 Norwich City 2 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 E FL1 Reading 2 West Bromwich Albion 2 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 E FL1 Southend United 0 Charlton Athletic 2 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 E FL1 Stoke City 1 Barnsley 0 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 E FL1 Tranmere Rovers 1 Huddersfield Town 1 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 E FL1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 Oxford United 1 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 E FL2 Bournemouth 1 Bristol Rovers 0 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 E FL2 Bristol City 3 Shrewsbury Town 2 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 E FL2 Gillingham 1 Luton Town 2 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 E FL2 Millwall 0 Peterborough United 2 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 E FL2 Plymouth Argyle 1 Brentford 4 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 E FL2 Watford 0 Notts County 0 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 E FL2 Wrexham 2 Stockport County 3 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 E FL2 Wycombe Wanderers 0 Walsall 2 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 E FL3 Barnet 1 Mansfield Town 1 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 E FL3 Brighton and Hove Albion 1 Colchester United 1 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 E FL3 Cardiff City 2 Torquay United 0 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 E FL3 Carlisle United 1 Hartlepool United 0 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 E FL3 Doncaster Rovers 1 Scarborough 2 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 E FL3 Fulham 1 Exeter City 1 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 E FL3 Hereford United 0 Swansea City 1 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 E FL3 Hull City 2 Lincoln City 1 19961226 Thu 26 Dec 1996 E FL3 Leyton Orient 2 Northampton Town 1 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 P Aberdeen 1 Hibernian 1 9834 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 P Celtic 4 Dunfermline Athletic 2 45751 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 P Heart of Midlothian 4 Motherwell 1 11164 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 P Raith Rovers 0 Dundee United 1 5767 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 L1 Dundee 6 East Fife 0 2282 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 L2 Berwick Rangers 1 Ayr United 2 525 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 L2 Brechin City 2 Dumbarton 1 356 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 EPL Arsenal 2 Aston Villa 2 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 EPL Chelsea 2 Sheffield Wednesday 2 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 EPL Coventry City 3 Middlesbrough 0 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 EPL Derby County 0 Blackburn Rovers 0 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 EPL Everton 1 Wimbledon 3 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 EPL Leicester City 2 Nottingham Forest 2 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 EPL Manchester United 1 Leeds United 0 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 EPL Newcastle United 7 Tottenham Hotspur 1 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 EPL West Ham United 2 Sunderland 0 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 E FL1 Barnsley 2 Manchester City 0 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 E FL1 Bolton Wanderers 3 Southend United 1 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 E FL1 Charlton Athletic 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 E FL1 Huddersfield Town 2 Ipswich Town 0 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 E FL1 Norwich City 2 Bradford City 0 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 E FL1 Oxford United 2 Reading 1 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 E FL1 Port Vale 0 Portsmouth 2 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 E FL1 Sheffield United 2 Oldham Athletic 2 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 E FL1 West Bromwich Albion 4 Queens Park Rangers 1 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 E FL2 Burnley 5 Gillingham 1 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 E FL2 Crewe Alexandra 2 Bournemouth 0 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 E FL2 Preston North End 0 Bristol City 2 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 E FL2 Rotherham United 1 Bury 1 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 E FL2 Shrewsbury Town 2 York City 0 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 E FL3 Darlington 1 Leyton Orient 1 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 E FL3 Exeter City 2 Cardiff City 0 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 E FL3 Hartlepool United 2 Hereford United 1 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 E FL3 Northampton Town 2 Barnet 0 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 E FL3 Scarborough 1 Brighton and Hove Albion 1 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 E FL3 Scunthorpe United 2 Wigan Athletic 3 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 E FL3 Swansea City 0 Carlisle United 1 19961228 Sat 28 Dec 1996 E FL3 Torquay United 0 Cambridge United 1 19961229 Sun 29 Dec 1996 EPL Southampton 0 Liverpool 1