1991–92 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

The 1991–92 season was Heart of Midlothian F.C.'s 9th consecutive season of play in the Scottish Premier Division. Hearts also competed in the Scottish Cup & the Scottish League Cup.

Heart of Midlothian
1991–92 season
ChairmanScotland Wallace Mercer
ManagerScotland Joe Jordan
StadiumTynecastle Stadium
Scottish Premier Division2nd
Scottish CupSemi-final Replay
League CupQuarter-final
Top goalscorerLeague:
Scotland John Robertson (14)

All:
Scotland John Robertson (20)
Highest home attendance24,356 v Rangers Scottish Premier Division 1 February 1992
Lowest home attendance5,310 v Airdrieonians Scottish Premier Division 25 April 1992
Average home league attendance13,317

Fixtures

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Friendlies

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27 July 1991 Friendly Morton 0–3 Hearts
Robertson   Crabbe   Melrose   Attendance: 1,499
31 July 1991 Friendly Raith Rovers 1–4 Hearts
  Robertson   Crabbe   McKinlay   McPherson   Attendance: 2,200
3 August 1991 Friendly Hearts 3–1 Real Sociedad
Crabbe   Baird   Robertson     Attendance: 7,677

League Cup

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20 August 1991 League Cup R2 Hearts 3–0 Clydebank Tynecastle Stadium
Crabbe   18' Baird   28' Robertson   32' Attendance: 7,867
Referee: DA Yeats
28 August 1991 League Cup R3 Hamilton 0–2 Hearts Douglas Park
Robertson   49' (pen.) Baird   82' Attendance: 4,006
Referee: Hugh Williamson
4 September 1991 League Cup QF Hearts 0–1 Rangers Tynecastle Stadium
McCoist   25' Attendance: 22,878
Referee: DD Hope

Scottish Cup

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25 January 1992 Scottish Cup R3 St Mirren 0–0 Hearts Love Street
Attendance: 8,952
25 February 1992 Scottish Cup R3 Replay Hearts 3–0 St Mirren Tynecastle Stadium
Robertson       Attendance: 12,130
15 February 1992 Scottish Cup R4 Dunfermline 1–2 Hearts East End Park
Davies   2' Hogg   11' Crabbe   88' Attendance: 12,882
8 March 1992 Scottish Cup QF Hearts 3–1 Falkirk Tynecastle Stadium
Ferguson   Robertson   Mackay   McGivern   Attendance: 11,227
4 April 1992 Scottish Cup SF Airdrieonians 0–0 Hearts Hampden Park
Attendance: 27,310
14 April 1992 Scottish Cup SF Replay Hearts 1–1
(2 – 4 pen.)
Airdrieonians Hampden Park
McLaren   91' Black   Attendance: 11,163

Scottish Premier Division

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10 August 1991 Scottish Premier Division Dunfermline 1–2 Hearts East End Park
Farningham   81' Crabbe   4'
Robertson   65'
Attendance: 10,736
Referee: Hugh Williamson
13 August 1991 Scottish Premier Division Airdrieonians 2–3 Hearts Broomfield Park
Conn   5'
Lawrence   56' (pen.)
Robertson   20' (34), pen.'
Baird   48'
Attendance: 6,326
Referee: Gerry Evans
17 August 1991 Scottish Premier Division Hearts 1–0 Rangers Tynecastle Stadium
Crabbe   1' Attendance: 22,534
24 August 1991 Scottish Premier Division St Johnstone 0–1 Hearts McDiarmid Park
Levein   Attendance: 7,516
31 August 1991 Scottish Premier Division Hearts 0–0 Hibs Tynecastle Stadium
Attendance: 22,208
7 September 1991 Scottish Premier Division Hearts 2–0 Motherwell Tynecastle Stadium
Crabbe  
Baird  
Attendance: 9,003
14 September 1991 Scottish Premier Division St Mirren 2–3 Hearts Love Street
Irvine  
Charnley  
Millar  
McPherson  
Crabbe  
Attendance: 5,836
21 September 1991 Scottish Premier Division Hearts 1–1 Dundee United Tynecastle Stadium
McKinlay   Ferguson   Attendance: 11,746
28 September 1991 Scottish Premier Division Falkirk 1–2 Hearts Brockville Park
McAllister   Crabbe  
Millar  
Attendance: 8,339
5 October 1991 Scottish Premier Division Celtic 3–1 Hearts Celtic Park
McNally  
Nicholas  
Cascarino  
Robertson   Attendance: 33,621
Referee: Jim McCluskey
9 October 1991 Scottish Premier Division Hearts 1–0 Aberdeen Tynecastle Stadium
Crabbe   Attendance: 15,569
Referee: DD Hope
12 October 1991 Scottish Premier Division Hearts 1–0 Dunfermline Tynecastle Stadium
McLaren   Attendance: 9,002
19 October 1991 Scottish Premier Division Rangers 2–0 Hearts Ibrox Stadium
McCoist  
Mikhailitchenko  
Attendance: 36,481
26 October 1991 Scottish Premier Division Motherwell 0–1 Hearts Fir Park
Ferguson   Attendance: 5,417
30 October 1991 Scottish Premier Division Hearts 0–0 St Mirren Tynecastle Stadium
Attendance: 8,683
Referee: Brian McGinlay
2 November 1991 Scottish Premier Division Hibs 1–1 Hearts Easter Road
Wright   26' Robertson   4' Attendance: 19,831
Referee: AW Waddell
9 November 1991 Scottish Premier Division Hearts 2–1 St Johnstone Tynecastle Stadium
Baird   61'
Hogg   85'
Curran   64' Attendance: 10,222
16 November 1991 Scottish Premier Division Hearts 3–1 Celtic Tynecastle Stadium
Wright   55'
Levein   60'
Crabbe   77'
Coyne   14' Attendance: 22,666
Referee: AM Roy
20 November 1991 Scottish Premier Division Aberdeen 0–2 Hearts Pittodrie
Robertson   9'
Baird  
Attendance: 15,338
Referee: JR Renton
23 November 1991 Scottish Premier Division Dundee United 0–1 Hearts Tannadice Park
Robertson   Attendance: 12,796
30 November 1991 Scottish Premier Division Hearts 1–0 Airdrieonians Tynecastle Stadium
Crabbe   70' (pen.) Attendance: 12,073
4 December 1991 Scottish Premier Division Hearts 1–1 Falkirk Tynecastle Stadium
Crabbe   Sloan   Attendance: 11,742
Referee: DD Hope
7 December 1991 Scottish Premier Division Dunfermline 0–2 Hearts East End Park
Millar  
Crabbe   Pen.'
Attendance: 8,774
Referee: GB Smith
14 December 1991 Scottish Premier Division Hearts 3–1 Motherwell Tynecastle Stadium
Crabbe   pen.'
Baird   39'
Millar   45'
McCart   Attendance: 10,006
Referee: Jim McCluskey
21 December 1991 Scottish Premier Division St Mirren 0–1 Hearts Love Street
Millar   Attendance: 5,216
Referee: Willie Young
28 December 1991 Scottish Premier Division St Johnstone 0–5 Hearts McDiarmid Park
Baird  
Robertson    
Crabbe    
Attendance: 10,064
Referee: Ray Morrison
1 January 1992 Scottish Premier Division Hearts 1–1 Hibs Tynecastle Stadium
Ferguson   65' McIntyre   71' (Pen.) Attendance: 20,358
Referee: DFT Syme
4 January 1992 Scottish Premier Division Celtic 1–2 Hearts Celtic Park
Collins   86' Crabbe   59'
Millar   60'
Attendance: 30,417
11 January 1992 Scottish Premier Division Hearts 0–4 Aberdeen Tynecastle Stadium
Jess    
Booth  
Mason  
Attendance: 16,291
18 January 1992 Scottish Premier Division Airdrieonians 2–1 Hearts Broomfield Park
Lawrence     Robertson   Attendance: 5,930
1 February 1992 Scottish Premier Division Hearts 0–1 Rangers Tynecastle Stadium
McCoist   Attendance: 24,356
8 February 1992 Scottish Premier Division Hearts 1–0 Dundee United Tynecastle Stadium
Bannon   Attendance: 10,516
29 February 1992 Scottish Premier Division Hearts 1–2 Celtic Tynecastle Stadium
Robertson   Creaney     Attendance: 20,863
4 March 1992 Scottish Premier Division Falkirk 1–2 Hearts Brockville Park
Smith   Mackay  
Ferguson  
Attendance: 6,002
14 March 1992 Scottish Premier Division Hearts 2–0 St Johnstone Tynecastle Stadium
McKinlay  
Millar  
Attendance: 8,799
18 March 1992 Scottish Premier Division Aberdeen 2–0 Hearts Pittodrie
Ten Caat  
Mason  
Attendance: 10,581
21 March 1992 Scottish Premier Division Hibs 1–2 Hearts Easter Road
Weir   Hunter   (own goal)
Ferguson   76'
Attendance: 14,429
28 March 1992 Scottish Premier Division Hearts 1–0 Dunfermline Tynecastle Stadium
Robertson   Attendance: 7,488
7 April 1992 Scottish Premier Division Motherwell 0–1 Hearts Fir Park
Robertson   Attendance: 4,501
11 April 1992 Scottish Premier Division Hearts 0–0 St Mirren Tynecastle Stadium
Attendance: 6,200
18 April 1992 Scottish Premier Division Dundee United 2–0 Hearts Tannadice Park
Malpas  
Ferguson  
Attendance: 6,711
25 April 1992 Scottish Premier Division Hearts 2–2 Airdrieonians Tynecastle Stadium
Crabbe  
McPherson  
Conn  
Coyle  
Attendance: 5,310
28 April 1992 Scottish Premier Division Rangers 1– 1 Hearts Ibrox Stadium
McCoist   Robertson   Attendance: 36,129
2 May 1992 Scottish Premier Division Hearts 2–0 Falkirk Tynecastle Stadium
Bannon  
Ferguson  
Attendance: 7,348

Scottish Premier Division table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rangers (C) 44 33 6 5 101 31 +70 72 Qualification for the Champions League first round
2 Hearts 44 27 9 8 60 37 +23 63 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Celtic 44 26 10 8 88 42 +46 62
4 Dundee United 44 19 13 12 66 50 +16 51
5 Hibernian 44 16 17 11 53 45 +8 49 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Stats

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Squad information

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish Premier Division Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO Henry Smith 53 0 44 0 6 0 3 0
DF   SCO Tosh McKinlay 47 2 39 2 5 0 3 0
DF   SCO Alan McLaren 45 2 38 1 6 1 1 0
DF   SCO Craig Levein 43 2 36 2 4 0 3 0
DF   SCO Dave McPherson 53 2 44 2 6 0 3 0
DF   SCO Graeme Hogg 21 2 18 1 1 1 2 0
MF   SCO John Millar 49 7 41 7 5 0 3 0
MF   SCO Gary Mackay 49 2 43 1 3 1 3 0
MF   SCO Derek Ferguson 47 1 38 1 6 0 3 0
MF   SCO George Wright 31 1 24 1 6 0 1 0
MF   SCO Tommy Harrison 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
MF   SCO Eamonn Bannon 18 2 13 2 5 0 0 0
FW   SCO John Robertson 51 20 42 14 6 4 3 2
FW   NIR Steve Penney 11 0 9 0 1 0 1 0
FW   ENG Wayne Foster 10 0 7 0 1 0 2 0
FW   ENG Glynn Snodin 8 0 7 0 1 0 0 0
FW   SCO Scott Crabbe 49 17 41 15 5 1 3 1
FW   ENG Ian Baird 36 8 30 6 3 0 3 2
FW   SCO Ian Ferguson 36 5 30 4 6 1 0 0

Scorers

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Pos PLayer SPL SC LC Total
FW   John Robertson 14 4 2 20
FW   Scott Crabbe 15 1 1 17
FW   Ian Baird 6 0 2 8
MF   John Millar 7 0 0 7
FW   Ian Ferguson 4 1 0 5
MF   Eamonn Bannon 2 0 0 2
DF   Craig Levein 2 0 0 2
DF   Tosh McKinlay 2 0 0 2
DF   Dave McPherson 2 0 0 2
DF   Gary Mackay 1 1 0 2
MF   Graeme Hogg 1 1 0 2
DF   Alan McLaren 1 1 0 2
MF   Derek Ferguson 1 0 0 1
MF   George Wright 1 0 0 1

See also

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References

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