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Are you a loyal Hearts supporter? Do you consider yourself to be an expert on this popular Scottish side? Would you like an opportunity to impress your family and friends with all the trivia you have picked up about the team over the years? Now you can find out how much you really know about Heart of Midlothian FC with the 1,000 questions in this quiz book. With sections covering every aspect of the club's long history from players, managers and opponents to memorable matches, victories and defeats, this book is sure to score a hit with football aficionados of all ages. Packed full of important facts and figures, this tribute to Midlothian is as informative as it is entertaining and is a must have for all Hearts' fans. But be warned, some of the more challenging questions might just find you arguing with the ref and begging for extra time. So, whether you are strictly a one-team fan or a dedicated follower of the Scottish League, The Official Heart of Midlothian Quiz Book is guaranteed to provide hours of fun.

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Publié par	Andrews UK
Date de parution	23 janvier 2012
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781907792823
Langue	English

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Tîtle Page Publîser ïnformatîon Foreword ïntroductîon

Heart of Midlothian Quiz Book Questîons Answers

Also Avaîlable

THE OFFICIAL HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN QUIZ BOOK

Compiled by Chris Cowlin and Andrew-Henry Bowie Foreword by Gary Mackay

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Autor’s Note: Please contact me: CrîsCowlîn@btconnect.com îf you Ind any mîstakes/errors în tîs book as ï would lîke to put tem rîgt on any future reprînts of tîs book. ï would also lîke to ear from Hearts fans wo ave enjoyed te test! For more înformatîon on me and my books please look at: www.CrîsCowlîn.com

hîs book îs an oicîal product of Heart of Mîdlotîan Football Club.

FOREWORD ByGaryMackay

It was a great pleasure to be asked to provide the foreword

for this, The Official Heart of Midlothian Quiz Book. I’ve been

a supporter of this wonderful team for over 40 years now, and

for seventeen of them, I was privileged enough as a player, to

make more appearances for the club than any other person.

As both a supporter and as a player, those four decades have

brought a multitude of highs and lows. The 70s led to a massive decline in fortunes, as the club was relegated and promoted almost year in/year out for seven years before the

greatly respected era of the 80s under Alex MacDonald. Hearts have also played regularly and performed well in Europe. We’ve dominated the Edinburgh derby and of course won two Scottish Cups; both of which sparked off massive street celebrations in Gorgie. However, as well as all the great victories throughout those times, there have also been a whole host of painful defeats to endure; and often it’s events

off the pitch that are as much debated as the football played

on it. Hearts are a big talking point, simply because the club

means so much to so many people, and even those who don’t

support us still like to methodically study what’s going on at

Tynecastle! Heart of Midlothian is an institution steeped in

history and drama, and this quiz book is the perfect vehicle for

those Hearts’ debates and conversations to keep going.

As supporters we all cherish the club and we want its future

to be both stable and prosperous. Nevertheless, it’s the past that gives our present day predicaments something to be compared with. This book is all about recollecting the past; those great games, the great goals and the great players. Hearts have had an eventful past to say the least, and I hope

you enjoy remembering it as you make your way through a

thousand quiz questions on the greatest and most successful

football team Edinburgh has ever produced.

Enjoy the book! GaryMackay

INTRODUCTION ByChrisCowlin

I would first of all like to thank Gary Mackay for writing the

foreword to this book. I am very grateful for his help on this

project and was truly delighted when he agreed to write a few

words. I would also like to thank everyone for their comments

and reviews (which can be found at the back of the book).

I would also like to thank Stephen McMenemy and Yifan Wu at Hearts for their help and advice during the book’s compilation. I have thoroughly enjoyed working on this book and researching the history of the club and its players.

It was great working with Andrew-Henry Bowie for the first

time. I really hope you enjoy this book. Hopefully it should

bring back some wonderful memories of this fantastic club!

In closing, I would like to thank all my friends and family for

encouraging me to complete this project.

Best wishes Chris Cowlin

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INTRODUCTION ByAndrew-HenryBowie

Heart of Midlothian FC: is there a finer name for a football team anywhere in the world? There is something quite magical about this old Edinburgh institution, yet its story is anything but a fairytale. The club’s heritage is magnificent. The beautiful capital city of Edinburgh, the Royal Mile and the

Heart of Midlothian cobble stones; our 1874 birth, the dark maroon jersey, the romantic heart-shaped crest, a glorious past and of course – that wonderful name. There are only a

dozen professional football clubs in the world that can allege

to be older in existence than Heart of Midlothian, yet few can

claim to have such a vibrant, tumultuous and often tragic

history. As a Hearts supporter, I’ve followed the club since the

days when even getting out of Scottish football’s second tier

was proving to be too much of an ask, and yet I was one of

the lucky ones! If every silver lining has a cloud, then it’s those

fantastic moments that sporadically come along that puts

every defeat into context (and I’m gleefully writing this bit

the day after we soundly beat Hibs on their own patch in the Scottish Cup). In my time as a supporter, there’s been relegation; an agonising Championship loss and whole load of

snatching defeats from the jaws of victory. Add to that a

generation of heroes, two Scottish Cup wins and a multitude

of great games and glorious goals to savour. This book is, on

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the whole, a reminder of the good times and great times; and

may we live in interesting times. My vision when compiling

this book was to one day take it round to my brother, Bobby’s

house and have a Hearts-themed ‘pub quiz’ with some friends.

No doubt when it happens, I’ll be on the receiving end of a torrent of verbal abuse as my keen knowledge of Heart of Midlothian puts his to diabolical shame. What would be even

better than that is the Hearts family up and down the country, and beyond doing much the same thing with their own nearest and dearest. After all that we’ve been through; I think

we deserve to take some time out to remind ourselves why it

really is all worth it in the end. I sincerely hope you enjoy it.

I’d like to dedicate this book to my wife, Lesley and to my daughter, Jude and to all the supporters, dreamers and believers of the famous Heart of Midlothian Football Club.

Best wishes Andrew-Henry Bowie

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CLUBHISTORY

In what year was Heart of Midlothian FC formed?

On what famous public park by Melville Drive did Hearts play their early games?

Who was the first ever captain of Hearts?

Hearts were founding members of the Scottish League - in which year?

Who are Hearts’ traditional city rivals?

What are the two traditional club colours of Hearts?

Up until May 2009, how many major domestic honours have Hearts won in their history?

What ‘Park’ or ‘Stadium’ have Hearts called home since 1886?

What event between 1914 and 1918 took greater precedence than football for the heroic Hearts players?