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| Valdas Ivanauskas | <-auth | ROB ROBERTSON | auth-> | Stuart Dougal |
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Gordon facing hearing No.3ROB ROBERTSON December 19 2006 Craig Gordon will be called before a disciplinary hearing by Hearts officials today as they take action against the final member of "the Riccarton Three." The Scotland international goalkeeper stood shoulder-to- shoulder with then club captain Steven Pressley and midfielder Paul Hartley when they revealed anger in the dressing- room over the way the club was being run. Their stand infuriated club owner Vladimir Romanov and the Hearts board, which includes Romanov's niece, his close business partner and his son. After his disciplinary hearing, Pressley had his contract terminated for his part in the uprising and was allowed to leave the club. Hartley was dropped from the team that lost to Aberdeen on Saturday and will hear within the next few days what long-term action will be taken against him. There are strong suggestions that he will be allowed to leave when the transfer window opens next month. Gordon, however, is on a long-term contract and Hearts are eager to keep him at Tynecastle as he is the club's prize-asset and will command a multi-million pound transfer fee when the time is right. That can be the only conclusion to be drawn as to why he has not been dropped. "I have no idea what will happen today," said Gordon. "I don't know what happened to Paul as he has been very quiet about what has happened to him and doesn't want to discuss it with anybody. I'm not worried. I will go in and listen to what they have to say. I will also have my say. I don't think I will be losing my place." Gordon only agreed to take the captain's armband after discussions with Pressley and Hartley and fully expects to retain it for Saturday's match against Dundee United. He will be accompanied to today's hearing by Fraser Wishart, secretary of the Scottish Professional Footballers Association, who has dealt with all three cases. Jim Duffy, Hearts former director of football, believes Gordon will survive his disciplinary hearing today with the captain's armband still intact. "It's only an investigation and I don't think anything will happen to Craig," said Duffy. "He'll get a wee slap on the wrists today, told to keep his views to himself and will then carry on with the captaincy." It is understood, meanwhile, that Hearts have an agreement in place with Edinburgh City Council to purchase the nearby Tynecastle High School and McLeod Street adult education centre for £4.1m and £1.8m respectively. A planning application would then be submitted in February, paving the way for redevelopment of the main stand.  Taken from the Herald |
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