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2005–06 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

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Heart of Midlothian
2005–06 season
ChairmanScotland George Foulkes
Lithuania Roman Romanov
ManagerScotland George Burley
Scotland John McGlynn (Caretaker)
England Graham Rix
Lithuania Valdas Ivanauskas
StadiumTynecastle Stadium
Scottish Premier League2nd
Scottish CupWinner
League CupThird Round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Czech Republic Rudi Skacel (16)

All:
Czech Republic Rudi Skacel (17)
Scotland Paul Hartley (17)
Highest home attendance17,379 v Rangers SPL 24 September 2005
Lowest home attendance12,831 v Kilmarnock Scottish Cup 7 January 2006
Average home league attendance16,767
The 2006 Scottish Cup victory bus

The 2005–06 season was the 125th season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian, and their 23rd consecutive season in the top level of Scottish football, competing in the Scottish Premier League. Hearts also competed in the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup.

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Season Overview

Romanov said that his ultimate aim is for Hearts to win the Champions League. His early actions included bringing in former Rugby Union chief Phil Anderton as CEO on 3 March 2005. On 9 May 2005, manager John Robertson resigned, a move which was greeted with much dismay among supporters because Robertson had been a great player for Hearts. Former Ipswich Town and Derby County manager George Burley was hired on 30 June 2005 to replace him.

As the season began, the combination of Romanov's financial backing and the appointment of Burley led many Hearts fans to believe that they could win the SPL championship in 2005–06. Signings such as Edgaras Jankauskas, Rudi Skácel and Takis Fyssas, allied to existing players Andy Webster, Steven Pressley, Craig Gordon, and Paul Hartley meant that Hearts built a team which made an outstanding start to the season. Hearts won their first eight SPL games, including a 1–0 win over reigning champions Rangers.[1]

After leading the Jambos through ten undefeated SPL appearances, and guiding them to the top of the league table, Hearts and Burley parted ways on 22 October 2005,[2] just hours before their Premier League match with Dunfermline Athletic. A club statement after the game declared that the departure of Burley had been mutually agreed and that there were "irreconcilable differences" between Burley and the Hearts board. Throughout his short spell in charge rumours had persisted that the relationship between Burley and Romanov was uneasy. It had also been reported that Romanov had signed players without Burley's consent.

John McGlynn was put in temporary charge of the team following Burley's abrupt departure. Chief executive Phil Anderton was dismissed on 31 October 2005. The chairman, George Foulkes resigned in protest at Anderton's dismissal. Romanov's son, Roman Romanov, was appointed as chairman and acting chief executive.

Vladimir Romanov's concerns with the fairness of refereeing developed during this period. This started after Hearts made complaints after a match with Rangers in the 2004–05 season during which the referee Hugh Dallas controversially awarded a decisive penalty kick late in the match on the basis of advice from his linesman Andy Davis. There were also complaints after the dismissals of Craig Gordon against Falkirk, Edgaras Jankauskas against Hibs and Saulius Mikoliunas against Rangers. Romanov called for a replay of each of these matches, but this was refused and Romanov was rebuked by the SFA.[3]

On 7 November, Graham Rix was appointed as head coach. Hearts' title ambitions suffered a major setback when they lost 3–2 to Celtic on 1 January 2006. On 7 February 2006, reports were made indicating that Rix had told players who were apparently disgruntled at being left out of the team before a match against Dundee United that Romanov himself was picking the team and was "pulling the strings". While it was well known that Rix was not in charge of player transfer policy, it had not previously been confirmed that he was not in charge of selecting the team either.

Part of the fallout from this match was that the agent of Andy Webster indicated that Webster would not extend his contract with Hearts, which was due to expire at the end of 2006–07 season.[4] During April 2006, Vladimir Romanov put Andy Webster on the transfer list, claiming that he could not trust the player.[5]

Graham Rix was sacked as Hearts manager on 22 March 2006 along with the club's Director of Football, Jim Duffy, who had only been appointed one month previously.[6] Shortly afterwards, former FBK Kaunas coach Valdas Ivanauskas was appointed interim head coach of the first team until the end of the season.

Steven Pressley scores in the 2006 Scottish Cup final penalty shootout

Nonetheless, on 2 April 2006 Hearts eased into the Scottish Cup Final. A 1–0 win over Aberdeen on 3 May at Tynecastle guaranteed second place in the SPL behind Celtic and a place in the Champions League qualifying rounds for the following season. It also meant that Hearts were the first club to break the total dominance of the Scottish Premier League by the Old Firm since Motherwell in 1995. Hearts then won the Scottish Cup by beating Scottish Second Division side Gretna in a penalty shootout after the final had finished 1–1.

Matches

Pre-Season Friendlies

10 July 2005 Friendly St Patrick's Athletic 0–0 Hearts Richmond Park
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Paul McKeon
12 July 2005 Friendly Bray 1–5 Hearts Carlisle Grounds
Georgescu 90' Cesnauskis 15' Simmons 26' Calum Elliot 70' Kizys 74' Hartley 85' Attendance: 500
Referee: Neil Doyle
14 July 2005 Friendly East Fife 1–2 Hearts New Bayview
Fairbairn 40' Wyness 7' Cesnauskis 30' Attendance: 500
Referee: Andrew Hunter
16 July 2005 Friendly Stirling 1–3 Hearts Forthbank Stadium
Dunn 32' Mikoliunas 72' Thorarinsson 89' Pressley 92' Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Kevin Toner
17 July 2005 Friendly Berwick Rangers 0–0 Hearts Shielfield Park
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Paul McKeon
20 July 2005 Friendly Hearts 1–1 Middlesbrough Tynecastle Stadium
Webster 82' Yakubu 78' (pen.) Attendance: 15,152
Referee: Kevin Toner
23 July 2005 Friendly Hull City 0–1 Hearts KC Stadium
Jankauskas 23' Attendance: 8,828
Referee: Mike Atkinson

Scottish Premier League

30 July 2005 SPL Kilmarnock 2–4 Hearts Rugby Park
Naismith 12'
Greer 74'
Skacel 13'
Bednar 46'
Mikoliunas 61'
Hartley 89' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,487
Referee: Alan Freeland
7 August 2005 SPL Hearts 4–0 Hibs Tynecastle Stadium
Skacel 13'
Hartley 58' (pen.)
Simmons 71'
Mikoliunas 83'
Attendance: 16,459
Referee: Stuart Dougal
14 August 2005 SPL Dundee United 0–3 Hearts Tannadice
Pressley 6'
Bednar 12'
Skacel 90+1'
Attendance: 11,654
Referee: Charlie Richmond
20 August 2005 SPL Hearts 2–0 Aberdeen Tynecastle Stadium
Skacel 20'
Pospisil 85'
Attendance: 16,139
Referee: Mike McCurry
27 August 2005 SPL Hearts 2–1 Motherwell Tynecastle Stadium
Skacel 40' Jankauskas 70' Foran 76' (pen.) Attendance: 16,213
Referee: Craig Thomson
11 September 2005 SPL Livingston 1–4 Hearts Almondvale Stadium
Dalglish 44' Skacel 11'
Webster 27'
Hartley 34' (63), pen.'
Attendance: 8,405
Referee: Dougie McDonald
17 September 2005 SPL Inverness 0–1 Hearts Caledonian Stadium
Skacel 28' Attendance: 6,704
Referee: Mike McCurry
24 September 2005 SPL Hearts 1–0 Rangers Tynecastle Stadium
Bednar 14' Attendance: 17,379
Referee: Kenny Clark
2 October 2005 SPL Falkirk 2–2 Hearts Falkirk Stadium
Duffy 27' (pen.)
Pressley 68' (og.)
Pressley 75' (91) Attendance: 6,342
Referee: Iain Brines
15 October 2005 SPL Celtic 1–1 Hearts Celtic Park
Beattie 13' Skacel 16' Attendance: 60,100
Referee: Dougie McDonald
22 October 2005 SPL Hearts 2–0 Dunfermline Tynecastle Stadium
Skacel 21' Pospisil 24' Attendance: 16,574
Referee: Calum Murray
26 October 2005 SPL Hearts 1–0 Kilmarnock Tynecastle Stadium
Jankauskas 34' Attendance: 16,536
Referee: Stuart Dougal
29 October 2005 SPL Hibs 2–0 Hearts Easter Road
Buezelin 78'
O'Connor 81'
Attendance: 17,180
Referee: John Underhill
5 November 2005 SPL Hearts 3–0 Dundee United Tynecastle Stadium
Hartley 4'
Skacel 28'
Pospisil 57'
Attendance: 16,617
Referee: Craig Thomson
20 November 2005 SPL Aberdeen 1–1 Hearts Pittodrie
Smith 13' Skacel 64' Attendance: 14,901
Referee: Craig Thomson
26 November 2005 SPL Motherwell 1–1 Hearts Fir Park
Brian McLean 41' Paul Hartley 90' (pen.) Attendance: 8,131
Referee: Iain Brines
3 December 2005 SPL Hearts 2–1 Livingston Tynecastle Park
Skacel 8' (15) Walker 63' Attendance: 16,583
Referee: Alan Freeland
10 December 2005 SPL Hearts 0–0 Inverness Tynecastle Park
Attendance: 16,373
Referee: Calum Murray
17 December 2005 SPL Rangers 1–0 Hearts Ibrox
Lovenkrands 35' Attendance: 49,723
Referee: Mike McCurry
26 December 2005 SPL Hearts 5–0 Falkirk Tynecastle Stadium
Hartley 20'
Skacel 25'
Elliot 41' (90+2)
Pospisil 73'
Attendance: 16,538
Referee: Stuart Dougal
1 January 2006 SPL Hearts 2–3 Celtic Tynecastle Stadium
Jankauskas 6'
Pressley 8'
Stephen Pearson 55'
McManus 87' (90+1)
Attendance: 17,358
Referee: Iain Brines
14 January 2006 SPL Dunfermline 1–4 Hearts East End Park
Burchill 58' Pressley 28'
Pospisil 54' (67)
Skacel 81'
Attendance: 8,277
Referee: Craig MacKay
21 January 2006 SPL Kilmarnock 1–0 Hearts Rugby Park
Danny Invincible 46' Attendance: 8,811
Referee: Steve Conroy
28 January 2006 SPL Hearts 4–1 Hibs Tynecastle Stadium
Hartley 27' (44), pen.'
Skacel 41'
Elliot 50'
Garry O'Connor 58' Attendance: 17,371
Referee: Mike McCurry
7 February 2006 SPL Dundee United 1–1 Hearts Tannadice
Brebner 34' Paul Hartley 83' (pen.) Attendance: 10,584
Referee: Dougie McDonald
11 February 2006 SPL Hearts 1–2 Aberdeen Tynecastle Stadium
Elliot 9' Pressley 69' (og.)
Clark 87'
Attendance: 16,895
Referee: Ian Fyfye
18 February 2006 SPL Hearts 3–0 Motherwell Tynecastle Stadium
Jankauskas 4' (14)
Elliot 78'
Attendance: 16,976
Referee: Charlie Richmond
11 March 2006 SPL Inverness 0–0 Hearts Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 5,027
Referee: Kevin Toner
19 March 2006 SPL Hearts 1–1 Rangers Tynecastle Stadium
Jankauskas 10' Buffel 65' Attendance: 17,040
Referee: Craig Thomson
25 March 2006 SPL Falkirk 1–2 Hearts Falkirk Stadium
Gow 45' Hartley 22'
Jankauskas 81'
Attendance: 5,966
Referee: Alan Freeland
5 April 2006 SPL Celtic 1–0 Hearts Celtic Park
Hartson 4' Attendance: 59,699
Referee: Dougie McDonald
8 April 2006 SPL Hearts 4–0 Dunfermline Tynecastle Stadium
Pospisil 7'
Bednar 14'
Mikoliunas 25'
Makela 83'
Attendance: 16,973
Referee: Charlie Richmond
15 April 2006 SPL Hearts 2–0 Kilmarnock Tynecastle Stadium
Hartley 70'
Berra 87'
Attendance: 16,497
Referee: Eddie Smith
22 April 2006 SPL Hibernian 2–1 Hearts Easter Road
Riordan 14'
Benjelloun 78'
Bednar 45' Attendance: 16,654
Referee: Charlie Richmond
30 April 2006 SPL Hearts 3–0 Celtic Tynecastle Stadium
McManus 7' (og.)
Hartley 9'
Bednar 63'
Attendance: 16,795
Referee: Alan Freeland
3 May 2006 SPL Hearts 1–0 Aberdeen Tynecastle Stadium
Hartley 52' (pen.) Attendance: 17,327
Referee: Stuart Dougal
7 May 2006 SPL Rangers 2–0 Hearts Ibrox
Boyd 36' (74) Attendance: 49,792
Referee: Iain Brines

League Cup

23 August 2005 League Cup R2 Queens Park 0–2 Hearts Hampden Park
Jankauskas 15' (44) Attendance: 2,429
Referee: Eddie Smith
21 September 2005 League Cup R3 Livingston 1–0 Hearts Almondvale Stadium
Pereira 54' Attendance: 3,805
Referee: Stuart Dougal

Scottish Cup

7 January 2006 Scottish Cup R3 Hearts 2–1 Kilmarnock Tynecastle Stadium
Pressley 24' McAllister 75' Nish 86' Attendance: 12,831
Referee: Alan Freeland
4 February 2006 Scottish Cup R4 Hearts 3–0 Aberdeen Tynecastle Stadium
Pospisil 21' Elliot 34' Pressley 75' Attendance: 17,353
Referee: Kenny Clark
25 February 2006 Scottish Cup QF Hearts 2–1 Partick Thistle Tynecastle Stadium
Jankauskas 6' Cesnauskis 63' BBC SPORT Roberts 75' Attendance: 16,365
Referee: Craig Thomson
2 April 2006 Scottish Cup SF Hibs 0–4 Hearts Hampden Park
BBC SPORT Hartley 28' (59), 88' (pen.) Jankauskas 81' Attendance: 43,180
Referee: Stuart Dougal
13 May 2006 Scottish Cup Final Hearts 1–1 (a.e.t.) Gretna Hampden Park
Skacel 39' BBC SPORT McGuffie 76' Attendance: 51,232
Referee: Dougie McDonald

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Celtic 38 28 7 3 93 37 +56 91 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Heart of Midlothian 38 22 8 8 71 31 +40 74 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Rangers 38 21 10 7 67 37 +30 73 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Hibernian 38 17 5 16 61 56 +5 56 Qualification for the UEFA Intertoto Cup second round[b]
5 Kilmarnock 38 15 10 13 63 64 −1 55
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
  2. ^ Hibernian qualified for the 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup by being the highest place applicant for the competition.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Hearts 1–0 Rangers". BBC Sport. 24 September 2005. Retrieved 29 November 2006.
  2. ^ "Burley in shock exit from Hearts". BBC Sport. 22 October 2005. Retrieved 25 November 2006.
  3. ^ "Romanov demand rejected by angry SFA". The Scotsman.
  4. ^ "Rix not picking team, say players". BBC Sport. 7 February 2006. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
  5. ^ Webster made football transfer history when he invoked a loophole in FIFA-adopted EU law, enabling him to cancel his contract with Hearts in the third year of a four-year deal with the proviso that he join a club in a foreign country and that sufficient notice is given to his former employers. Webster's transfer to Wigan Athletic was ratified by FIFA on 4 September 2006."Webster on his way out at Hearts" (BBC SPORT, Wednesday 26 April 2006 07:57 GMT.) . Retrieved 27 April 2006.
  6. ^ "Rix sacked as Hearts head coach". BBC Sport. 22 March 2006. Retrieved 22 March 2006.

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