Hearts the banter years 23/24 season

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"Hearts bean counter Jacqui Duncan highlighted the club’s financial standing with a series of slides. And she brought up a graph that showed that Hearts have benefitted from donations amounting to a staggering £45.7million since they came out of administration in 2014.


£16.2m of that has come from the fans group the Foundation of Hearts, while £29.5m has been handed over from generous benefactors - including board member James Anderson"

And has been responsible for............zero trophies, and a team at the bottom of the table.

Well done everyone - time for wine and canapes?

I bet none of them asked where it has all gone. What did the stand cost, about £21m/£22m? And they'd have spent a fair bit on the hotel but that still leaves many millions to account for. Don't know of any other major projects so it seems like a heck of a lot effectively going into the team so imagine how bad they'd be without the donations.

Has anyone any idea where it all goes? Or know any of the joint owners that'll be able to explain?

[O'Rourke3]

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Guess the vague arrangement with Brighton's owners data analysis is the latest distraction from how poor the value has been for the cash that's passed through their hands.

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So they've moved on from Monopoly(money spinning hotel) to Football Manager....

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[Bostonhibby]

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So they've moved on from Monopoly(money spinning hotel) to Football Manager....

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Aye, changed days from when they owned a bank and were "self sufficient ".

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[O'Rourke3]

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Aye, changed days from when they owned a bank and were "self sufficient ".

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"I think you'll find we owe it to ourselves....."

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[monarch]

Popped onto Sickbag for a look at their comments about the AGM.

Now if that had been the Hibs AGM the flaming torches and pitchforks would have been out in force. But not at Tyny where the delusionists which dominate their support seem blind to the fact that 5 months into the season they’re sleepwalking into relegation. All very civilised comforted by the fact that Tony Bloom is going to be their saviour and lead them to untold riches. McKinlay did hint that Bloom would not necessarily be providing straightforward cash donations. There’s a surprise. Self made billionaire doesn’t throw money away.

We are aware that our management of finances in relation to performance is poor, their waste given the £47M of donations of the last few years, allied to £25M turnover is truly abysmal but very little criticism made by the Sickbag financial gurus and the few who did raise concern we’re shot down in flames.

Some of them think that the bigger the turnover means the bigger the profit. Not so, just ask Sevco.

Added thought - about 10 years ago did they not adopt Greg Wallace as a celebrity supporter.
Just saying

[Bostonhibby]

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"I think you'll find we owe it to ourselves....."

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That's what happens when you own a bank

Until the creditors come calling on the man who actually "owned" the bank.

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[O'Rourke3]

Bowling club mentality. "The Committee men know what they are doing, let them get on with it"

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[gbhibby]

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That's what happens when you own a bank

Until the creditors come calling on the man who actually "owned" the bank.

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Remember warning Leslie Deans about Vlad as things were all over the Internet about his financial problems, basically it was the case in Vlad we trust attitude.Dirty Laundry money behind it all.

[Bostonhibby]

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Remember warning Leslie Deans about Vlad as things were all over the Internet about his financial problems, basically it was the case in Vlad we trust attitude.Dirty Laundry money behind it all.

Swallowed it hook line and sinker, all he had to do was promise to split the old firm, win the Champions league by 2008 and send several cardboard boxes full of drawings of the Megasuperhotelstadium to the council and they were lemmings off a cliff.

No disrespect to lemmings who are generally brighter and more cuddly than the average Romanov loving Hearts fan of that infamous era.

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[PatHead]

Don't forget, Romanov was the only possible saviour. If it hadn't been for him, Tynecastle would now be flats.

They had to accept him.

[PatHead]

22,685 days since Hearts last won the league cup.

[Since452]

No matter how bad we are we can always still laugh at Hearts. Never change Jambos.

[Aldo]

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Swallowed it hook line and sinker, all he had to do was promise to split the old firm, win the Champions league by 2008 and send several cardboard boxes full of drawings of the Megasuperhotelstadium to the council and they were lemmings off a cliff.

No disrespect to lemmings who are generally brighter and more cuddly than the average Romanov loving Hearts fan of that infamous era.

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Every single thing they do is either the bigliest or bestest and most innovative in the world of football.

Single tiered restricted view main stand with the bestest every dugouts in world football. Funny though how they have never ever came out and told us the new capacity since this £25 million quid was completed (well maybe they are holding off until it’s finished)

First every football club in the history of football to have a bespoke Hotel with no windows which will make them a million every season. Funny again how they’ve never mentioned how successful it has been (or maybe not) as one look at the availability pretty much throughout the year tells you I don’t think it’ll be making as much as they think.

Budge and co are brilliant at one thing and that’s the deflect when things get tough. They don’t see it and think all is Barry because they now have £10 million investment from Bloom (no wait) and the bestest every data analysis to ever be seen in football.

[cocteautwin]

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"Hearts bean counter Jacqui Duncan highlighted the club’s financial standing with a series of slides. And she brought up a graph that showed that Hearts have benefitted from donations amounting to a staggering £45.7million since they came out of administration in 2014.


£16.2m of that has come from the fans group the Foundation of Hearts, while £29.5m has been handed over from generous benefactors - including board member James Anderson"

And has been responsible for............zero trophies, and a team at the bottom of the table.

Well done everyone - time for wine and canapes?

Those numbers might be understated, FoH have put in £18m, although I suppose £2m of that was paid to Budge for the shares. As for the Anderson amounts it was £29.5m up to year end June 2024 but since then he’s put in an additional £2.0m, and given a £4m new loan. He also put in around £3m for shirt sponsorship.

Not sure what that all adds up to. Plenty.

[blackpoolhibs]

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Every single thing they do is either the bigliest or bestest and most innovative in the world of football.

Single tiered restricted view main stand with the bestest every dugouts in world football. Funny though how they have never ever came out and told us the new capacity since this £25 million quid was completed (well maybe they are holding off until it’s finished)

First every football club in the history of football to have a bespoke Hotel with no windows which will make them a million every season. Funny again how they’ve never mentioned how successful it has been (or maybe not) as one look at the availability pretty much throughout the year tells you I don’t think it’ll be making as much as they think.

Budge and co are brilliant at one thing and that’s the deflect when things get tough. They don’t see it and think all is Barry because they now have £10 million investment from Bloom (no wait) and the bestest every data analysis to ever be seen in football.

The Donald Trump of Scottish Football.

[Aldo]

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The Donald Trump of Scottish Football.

Aye sounds about right.

[DIXIHIBS]

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The Donald Trump of Scottish Football.

The Flumps have become the Trumps...

[Carheenlea]

Make Gorgie Great Again

[eastmainsmsh]

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I bet none of them asked where it has all gone. What did the stand cost, about £21m/£22m? And they'd have spent a fair bit on the hotel but that still leaves many millions to account for. Don't know of any other major projects so it seems like a heck of a lot effectively going into the team so imagine how bad they'd be without the

Has anyone any idea where it all goes? Or know any of the joint owners that'll be able to explain?

Didn't AB brothers Company build the stand ? Imagine Queen Ann has scored

[eastmainsmsh]

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Those numbers might be understated, FoH have put in £18m, although I suppose £2m of that was paid to Budge for the shares. As for the Anderson amounts it was £29.5m up to year end June 2024 but since then he’s put in an additional £2.0m, and given a £4m new loan. He also put in around £3m for shirt sponsorship.

Not sure what that all adds up to. Plenty.

And the Hippos on the FOH board will get there share

[Donegal Hibby]

Remember the 3 jumbos that had hertz winning the league by 2025/26 season and Robbie Neilson wasn’t it ? Down as the best manager since Alex Ferguson 😂

[Bostonhibby]

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Remember the 3 jumbos that had hertz winning the league by 2025/26 season and Robbie Neilson wasn’t it ? Down as the best manager since Alex Ferguson

Maybe they meant the Championship? They have a pretty decent modern day record down there to be fair.

Robbie Neilson was the best manager called Robbie Neilson Hearts ever had. So good they named him twice.

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[Nicho87]

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/...s-33391969.amp

Will always be my favourite hearts story this season and how well that one turned out.

[Kato]

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Remember the 3 jumbos that had hertz winning the league by 2025/26 season and Robbie Neilson wasn’t it ? Down as the best manager since Alex Ferguson

https://x.com/Football_Scot/status/1...=Football_Scot


Total flumpage.

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[gbhibby]

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Make Gorgie Great Again

A win on the 26th it will be Make Gorgie Greet Again.

[McD]

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Make Gorgie Great Again

What’s this ‘again’ that you speak of?

[Bobby's Cinema]

The arrogance has no limits. Rock bottom, 10 points from 15 games, on a run of 1 win in 8 under the new manager, 1 win in 8 at home, a striker with 1 goal in 48 attempts at goal this season and confident they will finish top 6 (9 points infront)

[Bostonhibby]

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The arrogance has no limits. Rock bottom, 10 points from 15 games, on a run of 1 win in 8 under the new manager, 1 win in 8 at home, a striker with 1 goal in 48 attempts at goal this season and confident they will finish top 6 (9 points infront)

Managers at the beginning of another one of his unbeaten runs, like the previous one BBC Heartsound were so enthusiastic about.

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[AltheHibby]

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22,685 days since Hearts last won the league cup.

22,684 days since I was born, meaning that in my long life they have never won it.

[Bostonhibby]

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22,684 days since I was born, meaning that in my long life they have never won it.

Beat them 3-2 at Tynecastle the day I was born

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