Scottish Cup

[Gerard]

If you were given the choice of weinning the Scottish Cup and building up massive debts to do this or being financially solvent, having a modern football stadium,training academy and hopefully winning that cup? what would you choose?
G:devil:

[Sir David Gray]

Even if the latter option mentioned never winning the Scottish Cup again, I would still choose that over winning it and having massive debts.

I would rather have a club that is financially secure for the long term but might win nothing than a club that wins a few things over a few year period but as a result is in danger of going into administration and possibly going bust.

[One Day Soon]

If you were given the choice of weinning the Scottish Cup and building up massive debts to do this or being financially solvent, having a modern football stadium,training academy and hopefully winning that cup? what would you choose?
G:devil:


Danger Will Robinson. We may be about to win it AND remain solvent, with a modern stadium and training academy.

I wonder what "Are you Portsmouth in disguise?" would have to say then?

[Phil D. Rolls]

As we're in the mood for hypothetical questions - what exactly is this Scottish Cup? Is it a brand of tea perhaps? :confused:

[jgl07]

Danger Will Robinson. We may be about to win it AND remain solvent, with a modern stadium and training academy.

I wonder what "Are you Portsmouth in disguise?" would have to say then?
Portsmouth are in a way stronger position than Hearts.

They just haven't got the smoke and mirrors.

[LHWM]

As we're in the mood for hypothetical questions - what exactly is this Scottish Cup? Is it a brand of tea perhaps? :confused:

Here it is with 'Hibernian' on it, the first 'non West Coast' team to win it.

http://www.londonhearts.com/gifs/cup2.jpg

NB Glasgow Rangers are NOT on it as winners.

The 19 Names on
The Scottish Football Association
Challenge Cup (http://www.londonhearts.com/aamain/19namesoncup.htm)

[1875godsgift]

Who won it in 1879 then? The 2 matches were both drawn....

[iwasthere1972]

Who won it in 1879 then? The 2 matches were both drawn....

The huns didn't turn up. :greengrin

1879-80 Queen's Park 3 - 0 Thornliebank
1878-79 Vale Of Leven 1 - 1 Rangers, Vale Of Leven
awarded cup after Rangers failed to appear
1877-78 Vale Of Leven 1 - 0 3rd Lanark Rifles
1876-77 Vale Of Leven 3 - 2 Rangers After Two Replays
0 - 0 & 1 - 1
1875-76 Queen's Park 2 - 0 3rd Lanark Rifles After 1 - 1
Draw
1874-75 Queen's Park 3 - 0 Renton
1873-74 Queen's Park 2 - 0 Clydesdale

[LHWM]

Who won it in 1879 then? The 2 matches were both drawn....

http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/images/1879/1879042601.jpg

http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/images/1879/1879042601.htm

[Phil D. Rolls]

Heave Awa Boys is a great name for a club.:agree:

[iwasthere1972]

Hearts had a Barber and a Sweeney at half back. :wink:

[monktonharp]

Hearts had a Barber and a Sweeney at half back. :wink:aye,but did we not have a couple o' Irish boys on the wings,Burke&Hare,one of them was fast as f/ck:wink:

[iwasthere1972]

aye,but did we not have a couple o' Irish boys on the wings,Burke&Hare,one of them was fast as f/ck:wink:

Dunno - I'll have to do some digging.

:bye: Coats on.

[Keith_M]

If you were given the choice of weinning the Scottish Cup and building up massive debts to do this or being financially solvent, having a modern football stadium,training academy and hopefully winning that cup? what would you choose?
G:devil:



The debts and the Cup please.



:devil:

[Gerard]

The debts and the Cup please.



:devil:

Also the owner who thinks he can use and abuse the club as his own property.
G

[clerriehibs]

Win it at whatever cost.

Hearts may go completely bust, lose their ground, and whatever, but i think most of us can see there'll always be some kind of HoMoFC entity, i.e. the support. They might have to start at the bottom of the SFL, and work their way up (but will more likely have some kind of HoMoFC consortium buy out a 1st division club and join the SFL there), but within a few years (hopefully more) they'll be back in the SPL.

Same would happen with Hibs; so I want that cup.

Would I rather have it than the league? That's more difficult.

[Phil D. Rolls]

Win it at whatever cost.

Hearts may go completely bust, lose their ground, and whatever, but i think most of us can see there'll always be some kind of HoMoFC entity, i.e. the support. They might have to start at the bottom of the SFL, and work their way up (but will more likely have some kind of HoMoFC consortium buy out a 1st division club and join the SFL there), but within a few years (hopefully more) they'll be back in the SPL.

Same would happen with Hibs; so I want that cup.

Would I rather have it than the league? That's more difficult.

We've tried this. Not only did we not win the cup, we had to listen to Craig and Charlie singing "You'll Never Walk Alone".

Never again. :bitchy: