1987–88 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

The 1987–88 season is Hearts 5th consecutive season of play in the Scottish Premier Division. Hearts also competed in the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup.

Heart of Midlothian
1987–88 season
Chairman Wallace Mercer
Manager Alex MacDonald
Sandy Jardine
StadiumTynecastle Stadium
Scottish Premier Division2nd
Scottish CupSemi Final
League CupQuarter Final
East of Scotland ShieldWinner
Top goalscorerLeague:
John Robertson (26)
All:
John Robertson (31)
Highest home attendance28,992 v Hibs 2 January 1988 & V Celtic 7 November 1987 Scottish Premier Division
Lowest home attendance7,307 v Dunfermline Athletic 13 April 1988 Scottish Premier Division
Average home league attendance16,633

Fixtures

Friendlies
18 July 1987 FriendlyHomburg2 – 1Hearts
Andy Watson  83' Attendance: 1,800
22 July 1987 FriendlyPreußen Münster0 – 2Hearts
Gary Mackay
Andy Watson 		Attendance: 300
24 July 1987 FriendlyEintracht Bad Kreuznach1 – 3Hearts
 85' Allan Moore  25'
Andy Watson  56'
Sandy Clark  90'		 Attendance: 250
25 July 1987 FriendlySC Birkenfeld1 – 1Hearts
Gary Mackay  66' Attendance: 450
27 July 1987 FriendlyRemscheid2 – 1Hearts

 John Robertson  65' (pen.) Attendance: 300
1 August 1987 FriendlyBerwick Rangers1 – 2Hearts
Mark Main  53' Dave McPherson  19'
John Robertson  84'		 Attendance: 1,200
3 August 1987 FriendlyHearts0 – 1Newcastle
Paul Gascoigne  86' Attendance: 10,113
29 September 1987 FriendlyInverness3 – 4Hearts
Polworth
Hercher 		Hugh Burns
Sandy Clark
John Robertson
John Colquhoun 		Attendance: 2,500

League Cup
19 August 1987 League Cup R2Hearts6 – 1KilmarnockTynecastle Stadium
Dave McPherson  24'
Sandy Clark  39'  59'
Gary Mackay  81'
Neil Berry  88'
Wayne Foster  89'		 Ian Bryson  66' (pen.) Attendance: 9,188
25 August 1987 League Cup R3Hearts2 – 0ClydeTynecastle Stadium
John Robertson  32'  83' (pen.) Attendance: 11,711
2 September 1987 League Cup QFRangers4 – 1HeartsIbrox Stadium
Iain Durrant  21'  23'
Ally McCoist  43'  89' (pen.)		 John Robertson  49' Attendance: 40,920

Scottish Cup
Main article: 1987–88 Scottish Cup
30 January 1988 Scottish Cup R3Falkirk1 – 3HeartsBrockville Park
Stuart Romaines  40' John Robertson  43'  52'
Wayne Foster  70'		 Attendance: 16,000
20 February 1988 Scottish Cup R4Hearts2 – 0MortonTynecastle Stadium
Sandy Clark  41'
Gary Mackay  75'		 Attendance: 13,646
12 March 1988 Scottish Cup QFHearts3 – 0DunfermlineTynecastle Stadium
John Colquhoun  27'
Wayne Foster  42'
Gary Mackay 		Attendance: 21,969
9 April 1988 Scottish Cup SFCeltic2– 1HeartsHampden Park
Mark McGhee  88'
Andy Walker  91'		 Brian Whittaker  60' Attendance: 66,466

East of Scotland Shield
Main article: East of Scotland Shield
8 May 1988 East of Scotland ShieldHearts5 – 1Hibs
Neil Berry
Allan Moore
Sean Docherty 		Attendance: 400

Scottish Premier Division
Main article: 1987–88 Scottish Premier Division
8 August 1987 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts4 – 2FalkirkTynecastle Stadium
John Colquhoun  1'
Sandy Clark  9'
John Robertson  43'  79'		 Stuart Burgess  72'
Crawford Baptie  77'		 Attendance: 12,163
12 August 1987 Scottish Premier DivisionCeltic1 – 0HeartsCeltic Park
Mark McGhee  86' Attendance: 27,825
15 August 1987 Scottish Premier DivisionSt Mirren1 – 1HeartsLove Street
Paul Lambert  66' (pen.) John Robertson  38' (pen.) Attendance: 7,408
22 August 1987 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts4 – 1Dundee UnitedTynecastle Stadium
John Robertson  21' (pen.)
Sandy Clark  36'  77'
Iain Jardine  50'		 Iain Ferguson  87' Attendance: 14,548
29 August 1987 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts1 – 0HibsTynecastle Stadium
John Robertson  6' Attendance: 24,496
5 September 1987 Scottish Premier DivisionMorton1 – 2HeartsCappielow
John McNeil  88' (pen.) John Colquhoun  10'
John Robertson  32' (pen.)		 Attendance: 5,143
12 September 1987 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts1 – 0MotherwellTynecastle Stadium
Allan Moore  44' Attendance: 11,488
19 September 1987 Scottish Premier DivisionDundee1 – 3HeartsDens Park
J. Smith  88' John Colquhoun  1'  50'
John Robertson  90' (pen.)		 Attendance: 9,199
26 September 1987 Scottish Premier DivisionDunfermline0 – 1HeartsEast End Park
John Colquhoun  36' Attendance: 13,873
3 October 1987 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts0 – 0RangersTynecastle Stadium
Attendance: 28,906
7 October 1987 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts2 – 1AberdeenTynecastle Stadium
John Robertson  13'
Dave McPherson  16'		 James Bett  (Pen.) Attendance: 17,843
10 October 1987 Scottish Premier DivisionFalkirk1 – 5HeartsBrockville Park
Robert Stewart John Colquhoun
Iain Jardine
John Robertson  pen.'
Wayne Foster 		Attendance: 9,300
17 October 1987 Scottish Premier DivisionHibs2 – 1HeartsEaster Road
Eddie May  5'
Paul Kane  41'		 John Robertson  15' Attendance: 23,390
24 October 1987 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts3 – 0MortonTynecastle Stadium
Kenny Black
Gary Mackay 		Attendance: 11,516
27 October 1987 Scottish Premier DivisionMotherwell0 – 3HeartsFir Park
Wayne Foster
John Robertson  pen.'
Mark Caughey  (og.)		 Attendance: 6,493
31 October 1987 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts4 – 2DundeeTynecastle Stadium
John Robertson  15'  17'
John Colquhoun  34'
Kenny Black  74'		 Thomas Coyne  60'
Keith Wright  87'		 Attendance: 13,806
7 November 1987 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts1 – 1CelticTynecastle Stadium
John Colquhoun  39' Mark McGhee  79' Attendance: 28,992
14 November 1987 Scottish Premier DivisionAberdeen0 – 0HeartsPittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 19,302
18 November 1987 Scottish Premier DivisionDundee United0 – 3HeartsTannadice Park
John Robertson  31'  39'
Wayne Foster  65'		 Attendance: 14,260
21 November 1987 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts0 – 0St MirrenTynecastle Stadium
Attendance: 14,879
24 November 1987 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts3 – 2DunfermlineTynecastle Stadium
John Robertson  10'
Dave McPherson  84'
Sandy Clark  88'		 Craig Robertson  49'
Burns  64' (og.)		 Attendance: 14,157
28 November 1987 Scottish Premier DivisionRangers3 – 2HeartsIbrox Stadium
Robert Fleck  28'
Craig Levein  41' (og.)
Ian Durrant  74'		 Mike Galloway  36'
John Robertson  61'		 Attendance: 43,557
5 December 1987 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts1 – 0FalkirkTynecastle Stadium
John Robertson  36' Attendance: 12,729
12 December 1987 Scottish Premier DivisionCeltic2 – 2HeartsCeltic Park
Andy Walker  81' (pen.)
Paul McStay  87'		 John Robertson  22'
Mike Galloway  74'		 Attendance: 42,004
16 December 1987 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts1 – 1MotherwellTynecastle Stadium
Gary Mackay  36' Steven Cowan  5' Attendance: 9,407
19 December 1987 Scottish Premier DivisionDundee0 – 0HeartsDens Park
Attendance: 10,788
26 December 1987 Scottish Premier DivisionGreenock Morton0 – 0HeartsCappielow
Attendance: 6,726
2 January 1988 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts0 – 0HibsTynecastle Stadium
Attendance: 28,992
9 January 1988 Scottish Premier DivisionDunfermline0 – 4HeartsEast End Park
John Robertson  46'  56'
John Colquhoun  68'
Mike Galloway  83'		 Attendance: 11,963
16 January 1988 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts1 – 1RangersTynecastle Stadium
Sandy Clark  77' Iain Durrant  54' (pen.) Attendance: 28,967
3 February 1988 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts1 – 1Dundee UnitedTynecastle Stadium
Gary Mackay  77' Ian Redford  51' (pen.) Attendance: 13,710
6 February 1988 Scottish Premier DivisionSt Mirren0 – 6HeartsLove Street
John Robertson  23' (pen.)  52'
John Colquhoun  40'  41'  62'
Wayne Foster  47'		 Attendance: 6,659
13 February 1988 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts2 – 2AberdeenTynecastle Stadium
Sandy Clark  43'
John Robertson  55' (pen.)		 James Bett  6'
Tommy Jones  90'		 Attendance: 18,817
27 February 1988 Scottish Premier DivisionFalkirk2 – 0HeartsBrockville Park
Crawford Baptie
Samuel McGivern  55'		 Attendance: 8,819
8 March 1988 Scottish Premier DivisionMotherwell0 – 2HeartsFir Park
John Colquhoun  42'
John Robertson  65'		 Attendance: 6,488
19 March 1988 Scottish Premier DivisionHibs0 – 0HeartsEaster Road
Attendance: 20,870
26 March 1988 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts2 – 0Greenock MortonTynecastle Stadium
Mike Galloway  62'  89' Attendance: 8,787
30 March 1988 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts2 – 0DundeeTynecastle Stadium
Kenny Black  22'
John Colquhoun  84'		 Attendance: 9,649
2 April 1988 Scottish Premier DivisionRangers1 – 2HeartsIbrox Stadium
Jan Bartram  25' Dave McPherson  66'
John Robertson  83' (pen.)		 Attendance: 41,125
13 April 1988 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts2 – 1DunfermlineTynecastle Stadium
Mike Galloway  26'
Gary Mackay  71'		 Stephen Morrison  5' Attendance: 7,307
23 April 1988 Scottish Premier DivisionAberdeen0 – 0HeartsPittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 11,028
30 April 1988 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts0 – 1St MirrenTynecastle Stadium
Paul Chalmers  72' Attendance: 9,626
7 May 1988 Scottish Premier DivisionDundee United0 – 0HeartsTannadice Park
Attendance: 9,820

Scottish Premier Division table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 44 31 10 3 79 23 +56 72 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Heart of Midlothian 44 23 16 5 74 32 +42 62 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Rangers 44 26 8 10 85 34 +51 60
4 Aberdeen 44 21 17 6 56 25 +31 59
5 Dundee United 44 16 15 13 54 47 +7 47 Qualification for the Cup Winners' 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
DF Dave McPherson 5104404030
GK Henry Smith 5104404030
FW John Colquhoun 5104404030
DF Brian Whittaker 4904204030
MF Gary Mackay 4804104030
MF Kenny Black 4804204020
FW John Robertson 4603904030
FW Wayne Foster 4403903020
MF Neil Berry 4203504030
MF Sandy Clark 4003502030
MF Mike Galloway 2802503000
DF Hugh Burns 2702402010
MF Iain Jardine 2501804030
DF Walter Kidd 2201801030
DF Craig Levein 2102100000
MF Sandy Jardine 120900030
DF Malcolm Murray 80701000
MF Allan Moore 80701000
FW Mark Gavin 70700000
FW Scott Crabbe 50500000
DF Jimmy Sandison 30201000
DF Alan McLaren 10100000

See also

References
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