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1981–82 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

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Heart of Midlothian
1981–82 season
ChairmanScotland Wallace Mercer
ManagerEngland Tony Ford (to 9 December)
Scotland Alex MacDonald (from 10 December)
StadiumTynecastle Stadium
Scottish First Division3rd
Scottish CupFourth Round
League CupSection 3
East of Scotland ShieldWinner
Top goalscorerLeague:
Scotland Willie Pettigrew (16)

All:
Scotland Willie Pettigrew (20)

During the 1981–82 season, Heart of Midlothian F.C. competed in the Scottish First Division, the Scottish Cup, the Scottish League Cup and the East of Scotland Shield

Fixtures

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Friendlies

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25 July 1981 Friendly North Shields 2–4 Hearts Appleby Park

Gerry McCoy
Gary Liddell
Peter Shields
Gerry McCoy
Attendance: 600
28 July 1981 Friendly Blyth Spartans 1–3 Hearts Croft Park
Gary Liddell
Paul O'Brien
Gerry McCoy
Attendance: 500
1 August 1981 Friendly Hearts 0–1 Sunderland Tynecastle Park
Attendance: 4,937

League Cup

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8 August 1981 League Cup Group Section 3 Airdrieonians 0–1 Hearts Broomfield Park
Chris Robertson Attendance: 3,158
12 August 1981 League Cup Group Section 3 Hearts 1–0 Aberdeen Tynecastle Stadium
Chris Robertson Attendance: 10,461
15 August 1981 League Cup Group Section 3 Hearts 1–1 Kilmarnock Tynecastle Stadium
Gary Liddell Wilson Attendance: 7,746
19 August 1981 League Cup Group Section 3 Aberdeen 3–0 Hearts Pittodrie Stadium
Dougie Bell
John Hewitt
Gordon Strachan
Attendance: 9,131
26 August 1981 League Cup Group Section 3 Kilmarnock 2–0 Hearts Rugby Park
Clark
Stuart McLean
Attendance: 1,388

Scottish Cup

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13 February 1982 Scottish Cup R4 Hearts 0–1 Forfar Athletic Tynecastle Stadium
Stephen Hancock Attendance: 5,672

East of Scotland Shield

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27 October 1981 Semi Final Hibernian 1–2 Hearts Easter Road
Derek Rodier 73' Roddie MacDonald 17'
Gordon Rae 82' (og.)

Scottish First Division

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12 September 1981 Scottish First Division Falkirk 0–0 Hearts Brockville Park
Attendance: 3,650
23 September 1981 Scottish First Division Ayr United 0–0 Hearts Somerset Park
Attendance: 2,539
7 November 1981 Scottish First Division Kilmarnock 0–0 Hearts Rugby Park
Attendance: 3,348

Scottish First Division table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Motherwell (C, P) 39 26 9 4 92 36 +56 61 Promotion to the Premier Division
2 Kilmarnock (P) 39 17 17 5 60 29 +31 51
3 Heart of Midlothian 39 21 8 10 65 37 +28 50
4 Clydebank 39 19 8 12 61 53 +8 46
5 St Johnstone 39 17 8 14 69 60 +9 42
Source: RSSSF[dead link]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Squad information

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish First Division Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
MF Ireland EIR Pat Byrne 43 9 37 8 2 1 4 0
DF Scotland SCO Peter Shields 43 1 37 1 2 0 4 0
DF Scotland SCO Stewart MacLaren 42 0 34 0 2 0 6 0
MF Scotland SCO Roddie MacDonald 41 7 35 6 2 1 4 0
GK Scotland SCO Henry Smith 41 0 33 0 2 0 6 0
FW Scotland SCO Willie Pettigrew 37 16 35 16 2 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Chris Robertson 37 9 29 7 2 1 6 1
DF Scotland SCO Walter Kidd 35 0 30 0 2 0 3 0
MF Scotland SCO Derek Addison 34 4 32 4 2 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Alex Hamill 27 2 21 2 0 0 6 0
FW Scotland SCO Gerry McCoy 25 10 21 9 1 0 3 1
MF Scotland SCO Dave Bowman 23 1 16 1 2 0 5 0
MF Scotland SCO Alex MacDonald 20 1 16 1 0 0 4 0
MF Scotland SCO Gary Mackay 20 2 17 2 1 0 2 0
MF Scotland SCO Peter Marinello 20 3 18 2 2 1 0 0
DF England ENG Brian McNeill 19 0 17 0 0 0 2 0
FW Scotland SCO Gary Liddell 16 4 11 2 0 0 5 2
FW Scotland SCO Derek O'Connor 15 4 14 4 0 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Colin More 9 0 3 0 0 0 6 0
GK Scotland SCO John Brough 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Stuart Gauld 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Frank Liddell 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
FW Scotland SCO Paul O'Brien 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Derek Strickland 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO John Robertson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

See also

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References

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