Never Mind the Jambos: The Ultimate Hearts FC Quiz Book
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Never Mind the Jambos - John McBurnie
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Introduction
If you ever listened to the rhythmical tones of James Alexander Gordon reading out the football results on BBC Radio 5 Live’s Sports Report on a Saturday, you’ll know exactly which club has the most romantic name in football. ‘Heart of Midlothian 5, (insert any other team here) 0.’ OK, it doesn’t happen very often, but we’re allowed to dream aren’t we?
The very sound of the name conjures up one of Sir Walter Scott’s most celebrated novels, the iconic image built into the cobbles on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, or simply arouses the fascination of the curious.
Having lived and worked south of the border for nearly forty years, I’ve met countless football fans who have adopted the famous ‘Boys in Maroon’ as their favoured Scottish team – and, on my weekly journey north, I’ve driven many of them to Tynecastle for an initial pilgrimage which has, in many cases, turned into a regular trip.
If you are one of those devotees who pull on a maroon and white scarf every weekend, or if you’ve just taken a shine to the number one team in Scotland’s capital city, then this is the book for you. It’s perfect for testing your fellow travellers on those long away trips, tormenting your football-mad mates in the pub or as a stocking-filler for a Junior Jambo.
There are questions here for everyone, from the never-miss-a-match diehard to the casual fan – tough ones to test your knowledge of the club’s history, easy ones about recent matches and players, cryptic ones to get your brain cells working and infuriating ones that will nag you all the way to Pittodrie.
Which player was signed from where? Who scored the winner in the cup final? Where have our European adventures taken us? All the big events are in here.
Each round contains eleven questions, just like the number of players in our team, though a few questions carry a supplementary extra. (Well, it’s a squad game nowadays, isn’t it?)
Good luck, happy quizzing …
‘Follow the Hearts and you can’t go wrong.’
John McBurnie, 2014
Round
The Romanov Years
It was madcap, it was glorious, it was sometimes cringeworthy and, ultimately, it was heartbreaking. In the rollercoaster history of Heart of Midlothian Football Club, surely no period has been more eventful than the Romanov Era.
When the Lithuania-based Russian banker, Vladimir Romanov, bought control of Hearts in 2005, it was a club in crisis. He was hailed as the saviour who stopped the rot. Tynecastle fans then witnessed eight bizarre years punctuated by mad Romanov rants, victory parades, bizarre publicity stunts, a revolving door in the manager’s office, player revolt, transfer embargoes, appeals to supporters for life-saving cash injections and, finally, financial meltdown. By the time Romanov relinquished control in the summer of 2013, the club had turned full circle, was once more in crisis, and in the hands of the administrators.
Just to get you going, the first round of questions is a jog through some of the outstanding events of these unforgettable Romanov years.
1 Who was Hearts manager when Vladimir Romanov gained overall control of the club?
2 In 2011, where did Vladimir Romanov go for a swim to help raise funds for a new lifeboat station?
3 How many different managers, including caretakers, took charge of the first team during the Romanov era?
4 Who was ‘Fireworks Phil’?
5 Who did Vladimir Romanov persistently refer to as ‘monkeys’ in his regular rants?
6 During pre-season training in 2007, Vladimir Romanov staged a boxing bout in which he went up against which player?
7 Which club did Hearts defeat during their only entry to the Champions League qualifying rounds?
8 Who were the ‘Riccarton Three’?
9 After months of reports that Romanov was interfering with team affairs, it was finally confirmed that he had picked the team for a match in February 2007. Who were the opponents on that occasion?
10 During season 2011–12, as cash flow problems beset the club and players found they were not being paid on time, how did midfield star Ian Black earn extra cash to tide him over?
11 Which company held security over Tynecastle when Hearts went into administration as a result of Romanov’s mismanagement of the club?
Round
In the Beginning
OK, you only needed a short-term memory for the first round. Now the serious stuff starts. If you know your history, you’ll know all about how, when and where Edinburgh’s number one football club began its existence, and if you have ever worn a maroon and white scarf, you should be familiar with all the club’s important landmarks. If you don’t get more than half of these right, you need to read up on your Hearts history.
1 Which pub did the newly formed Heart of Midlothian FC use as its headquarters?
2 Who were Hearts’ first opponents in the Scottish Cup?
3 What colour was Hearts’ first playing kit?
4 What was the first trophy won by Hearts?
5 Bobby Walker, possibly Hearts’ most celebrated player, joined the club as