Heart
of Midlothian hail from the capital city of Scotland, Edinburgh
and for many years sharing a cross-town rivalry with old foes
Hibernian.
The
Hearts side being Protestant and the Hibernian side being Irish
Catholic.
Founded
back in 1874 they got there name believe it or not from a dance
hall and they play their home games at Tynecastle stadium which
holds 18,000 people.
Hearts
as they are affectionately known have saved their best season
for 2005-6 and finished second in the Scottish Premier League
which catapulted them into the UEFA Champions League for the
first time in their history. Oh yes there is the minor detail
of also winning the Scottish cup along the way in 2006.
They
have always been overshadowed by the 'Old Firm' duo of Celtic
and Rangers from Glasgow but going by 2005-6 seasons showing
they are out to break that monopoly
There
Chairman Roman Romanov has invested huge amounts of money into
the club with the goal of making them contenders to win the
UEFA Champions League. However people started to question his
tactics after going through three managers for the 2005-6 Season
alone.