1985–86 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

The 1985–86 season is Hearts 3rd consecutive season of play in the Scottish Premier Division. Hearts will also compete in the Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and the East of Scotland Shield.

Heart of Midlothian
1985–86 season
Chairman Wallace Mercer
Manager Alex MacDonald
StadiumTynecastle Stadium
Scottish Premier Division2nd
Scottish CupRunner Up
League CupQuarter Final
East of Scotland ShieldWinner
Top goalscorerLeague:
John Robertson (20)
All:
John Robertson (25)
Average home league attendance16,198

Fixtures

Friendlies
25 July 1985 FriendlyFSV Saarwellingen0 – 2Hearts
Andy Watson
Brian McNaughton 		Attendance: 600
26 July 1986 FriendlySV Wiesbaden0 – 0Hearts
Attendance: 500
29 July 1985 FriendlyspVgg Ingelheim 19231 – 5Hearts
Andy Watson
John Robertson
Brian McNaughton
Kenny Black
Roddie MacDonald 		Attendance: 375
3 August 1985 FriendlyEintracht Bad Kreuznach1 – 4Hearts
John Robertson
Walter Kidd
Gary Mackay 		Attendance: 400
4 August 1985 FriendlySC Birkenfeld1 – 2Hearts
Gary Mackay Attendance: 750
23 October 1985 FriendlyArbroath1 – 4Hearts
Paul Kirkcaldy  36' Sandy Clark  23'
Gary Mackay  25'  77'
John Robertson  80'		 Attendance: 300
19 May 1985 FriendlyBarbados1 – 3Hearts
Sandy Clark  20'  25'  55'
21 May 1985 FriendlyTrinidad and Tobago0 – 3Hearts
Walter Kidd  15'  81'
Andy Watson  20'
23 May 1987 FriendlyTintoc0 – 2Hearts
Andy Watson  10'
John Robertson  70'

League Cup
20 August 1985 League Cup R2Montrose1 – 3Hearts
William Sheran  39' Walter Kidd  24'
John Robertson  47'
John Colquhoun  88'		 Attendance: 1,952
27 August 1985 League Cup R3Hearts2 – 1Stirling AlbionTynecastle Stadium
Brian McNaughton  74'
Paul Cherry  101'		 Scott Maxwell  39' Attendance: 4,478
4 September 1985 League Cup QFAberdeen1 – 0HeartsPittodrie Stadium
Eric Black  23' Attendance: 13,066

Scottish Cup
Main article: 1985–86 Scottish Cup
25 January 1986 Scottish Cup R3Hearts3 – 2RangersTynecastle Stadium
Colin McAdam  49'
Gary Mackay  55'
John Robertson  85'		 Alistair McCoist  45'
Iain Durrant  69'		 Attendance: 27,442
3 March 1986 Scottish Cup R4Hamilton Academical1 – 2HeartsDouglas Park
John Brogan  1' John Robertson  3'
Gary Mackay  68'		 Attendance: 10,000
9 March 1986 Scottish Cup QFHearts4 – 1St MirrenTynecastle Stadium
John Colquhoun  9'
John Robertson  43'  51' (pen.)
Kenny Black  47'		 Frank McGarvey  61' Attendance: 20,655
5 April 1986 Scottish Cup SFDundee United0 – 1HeartsHampden Park
John Colquhoun  14' Attendance: 30,797
10 May 1986 Scottish Cup FinalAberdeen3– 0HeartsHampden Park
John Hewitt  5'  48'
William Stark  74'		 Attendance: 58,841
Referee: H Alexander

East of Scotland Shield
Main article: East of Scotland Shield
6 May 1986 East of Scotland ShieldHibs1 – 2HeartsEaster Road
Paul Kane Billy MacKay Attendance: 700

Scottish Premier Division
Main article: 1985–86 Scottish Premier Division
10 August 1985 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts1 – 1CelticTynecastle Stadium
John Colquhoun  28' Paul McStay  91' Attendance: 21,786
17 August 1985 Scottish Premier DivisionSt Mirren6 – 2HeartsLove Street
Gardner Speirs  17'
Peter Godfrey  36'
Frank McGarvey  43'
Tony Fitzpatrick  52'
Steve Clarke
James Rooney  72'		 John Colquhoun  14'
John Robertson  83'		 Attendance: 6,685
24 August 1985 Scottish Premier DivisionRangers3 – 1HeartsIbrox Stadium
Hugh Burns  64'
Bobby Williamson  69'  88'		 John Robertson  43' Attendance: 35,746
31 August 1985 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts2 – 1HibsTynecastle Stadium
John Colquhoun  8'
Sandy Clark  81'		 Gordon Durie  35' Attendance: 17,457
7 September 1985 Scottish Premier DivisionAberdeen3 – 0HeartsPittodrie Stadium
Billy Stark  32'
Paul Wright  74'
Eric Black  90'		 Attendance: 12,226
14 September 1985 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts2 – 0Dundee UnitedTynecastle Stadium
Roddie MacDonald  1'
John Robertson  79'		 Attendance: 7,617
21 September 1985 Scottish Premier DivisionMotherwell2 – 1HeartsFir Park
Andy Harrow  48'
John Gahagan  56'		 Iain Jardine  46' Attendance: 4,806
28 September 1985 Scottish Premier DivisionClydebank1 – 0HeartsKilbowie Park
Loyd  88' Attendance: 3,583
5 October 1985 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts1 – 1DundeeTynecastle Stadium
Iain Jardine  57' Derek McWilliams  11' Attendance: 8,512
12 October 1985 Scottish Premier DivisionCeltic0 – 1HeartsCeltic Park
John Robertson  32' Attendance: 26,683
19 October 1985 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts3 – 0St MirrenTynecastle Stadium
John Robertson  47'  53'
Gary Mackay  87'		 Attendance: 8,618
30 October 1985 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts1 – 0AberdeenTynecastle Stadium
Craig Levein  15' Attendance: 12,866
Referee: Louis Thow
2 November 1985 Scottish Premier DivisionDundee United1 – 1HeartsTannadice
Iain Jardine  67' Richard Gough  91' Attendance: 10,142
9 November 1985 Scottish Premier DivisionHibs0 – 0HeartsEaster Road
Attendance: 19,776
16 November 1985 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts3 – 0RangersTynecastle Stadium
Sandy Clark  58'  79'
John Robertson  89'		 Attendance: 23,083
23 November 1985 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts3 – 0MotherwellTynecastle Stadium
Sandy Clark  33'  56'
Iain Jardine  63'		 Attendance: 10,119
30 November 1985 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts4 – 1ClydebankTynecastle Stadium
Neil Berry  5'
Sandy Clark  40'
John Robertson  45'
Kenny Black  80' (pen.)		 Martin Hughes  89' Attendance: 10,267
7 December 1985 Scottish Premier DivisionDundee1 – 1HeartsDens Park
John Brown  7' Iain Jardine  80' Attendance: 10,780
14 December 1985 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts1 – 1CelticTynecastle Stadium
John Robertson  9' Mark McGhee  66' Attendance: 22,163
21 December 1985 Scottish Premier DivisionSt Mirren0 – 1HeartsLove Street
Kenny Black  25' (pen.) Attendance: 6,498
28 December 1985 Scottish Premier DivisionRangers0 – 2HeartsIbrox Stadium
John Colquhoun  15'  25' Attendance: 33,588
1 January 1986 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts3 – 1HibsTynecastle Stadium
Iain Jardine  25'
John Robertson  71'
Sandy Clark  74'		 Colin Harris  72' Attendance: 25,605
4 January 1986 Scottish Premier DivisionMotherwell1 – 3HeartsFir Park
John Reilly  37' Iain Jardine  54'
Neil Berry  57'
John Robertson  85'		 Attendance: 10,131
11 January 1986 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts1 – 1Dundee UnitedTynecastle Stadium
Gary Mackay  69' Eamonn Bannon  76' Attendance: 19,043
18 January 1986 Scottish Premier DivisionAberdeen0 – 1HeartsPittodrie Stadium
John Colquhoun  83' Attendance: 20,216
1 February 1986 Scottish Premier DivisionClydebank1 – 1HeartsKilbowie Park
Shanks  51' Sandy Clark  86' Attendance: 5,837
8 February1986 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts3 – 1DundeeTynecastle Stadium
John Colquhoun  21'
John Robertson  60'
Gary Mackay  68'		 Vince Mennie  9' Attendance: 15,065
22 February 1986 Scottish Premier DivisionCeltic1 – 1HeartsCeltic Park
Maurice Johnston  30' John Robertson  44' Attendance: 42,346
15 March 1986 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts2 – 0MotherwellTynecastle Stadium
Roddie MacDonald  31'
John Robertson  37' (pen.)		 Attendance: 12,071
22 March 1986 Scottish Premier DivisionHibs1 – 2HeartsEaster Road
Steven Cowan  64' Sandy Clark  38'
John Robertson  66' (pen.)		 Attendance: 20,756
25 March 1986 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts3 – 0St MirrenTynecastle Stadium
Craig Levein  42'
John Robertson  70'
Sandy Clark  87'		 Attendance: 13,287
29 March 1986 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts3 – 1RangersTynecastle Stadium
John Robertson  8'  46' (pen.)
Sandy Clark  89'		 Alistair McCoist  66' (pen.) Attendance: 24,740
12 April 1986 Scottish Premier DivisionDundee United0 – 3HeartsTannadice
John Robertson  23'  66'
Sandy Clark  58'		 Attendance: 19,878
20 April 1986 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts1 – 1AberdeenTynecastle Stadium
John Colquhoun  87' Peter Weir  72' (pen.) Attendance: 19,047
26 April 1986 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts1 – 0ClydebankTynecastle Stadium
Gary Mackay  34' Attendance: 20,198
3 May 1986 Scottish Premier DivisionDundee2 – 0HeartsDens Park
Albert Kidd  83'  89' Attendance: 19,567

Scottish Premier Division table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Celtic (C) 36 20 10 6 67 38 +29 50 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Heart of Midlothian 36 20 10 6 59 33 +26 50 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Dundee United 36 18 11 7 59 31 +28 47
4 Aberdeen 36 16 12 8 62 31 +31 44 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
5 Rangers 36 13 9 14 51 56 −5 35 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Squad information
No. Pos Nat Player TotalScottish Premier DivisionScottish CupScottish League Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Henry Smith 4403605030
DF Craig Levein 4123325030
DF Jimmy Sandison 50300020
DF George Cowie 90800010
DF Walter Kidd 3502805020
DF Brian Whittaker 3202504030
MF Sandy Clark 401233125020
MF Gary Mackay 3963245220
MF Neil Berry 3723225000
MF Kenny Black 3632925120
MF Iain Jardine` 2572372000
MF Andy Watson 1601201030
MF Roddie MacDonald 1421021030
MF Paul Cherry 70500020
MF Billy MacKay 40301000
MF Sandy Jardine 4303505030
MF Alex MacDonald 10100000
FW John Robertson 432535205431
FW John Colquhoun 44113685231
FW Colin McAdam 60501000
FW Brian McNaughton 50400010
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