1996–97 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

April 2011 December 2025 Heart of Midlothian 1996–97 Jim Jefferies Tynecastle Stadium Scottish Premier Division 4th Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying round Scottish Cup Fourth Round replay League Cup Final John Robertson (14) John Robertson (19) 15,424 v Celtic Scottish Premier Division 11 January 1997 9,303 v Stenhousemuir League Cup 14 August 1996 12,349 1995–96 1997–98 The 1996–97 season was Heart of Midlothian F.C.s 14th consecutive season of play in the Scottish Premier Division. Hearts also competed in the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. Fixtures Friendlies W 19 July 1996 Friendly 1–3 Dundalk Hearts Colquhoun Robertson Cameron Oriel Park 200 D 21 July 1996 Friendly 1–1 Shamrock Rovers Hearts Thomas 2,000 W 27 July 1996 Friendly 0–5 Berwick Rangers Hearts McPherson Fulton Pointon Robertson Lawrence Shielfield Park 1,159 L 31 July 1996 Friendly 1–3 Hearts Thomas 73 Porto Jardel 36 41 Edgar 85 Tynecastle Stadium 9,986 AW Waddell W 3 August 1996 Friendly 1–0 Hearts Thomas 80 Southampton Tynecastle Stadium 8,542 I Taylor D 27 March 1997 Friendly 4–4 Ross County Hearts McCann Weir Victoria Park 1,308 Cup winners' cup 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup D 8 August 1996 Uefa Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round 0–0 Red Star Belgrade Hearts Stadion FK Crvena Zvezda 28,000 D 22 August 1996 Uefa Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round 1–1 Hearts McPherson 44 Red Star Belgrade Marinovic 59 Tynecastle Stadium 15,062 Karl-Erik Nilsson League Cup Scottish League Cup 1996–97 D 14 August 1996 League Cup R2 1–1 y 5–4 Hearts McCann Stenhousemuir Sprott 42 pen. Tynecastle Stadium 9,303 George Clyde W 3 September 1996 League Cup R3 1–3 y St Johnstone O'Boyle 51 Hearts Cameron 15 Beckford 105 Robertson 107 McDiarmid Park 6,806 Jim McCluskey W 17 September 1996 League Cup QF 1–0 y Hearts Robertson 110 Celtic Tynecastle Stadium 14,442 Kenny Clark W 23 October 1996 League Cup SF 3–1 Hearts Beckford 20 Cameron 30 pen. Paille 60 Dundee Hamilton 73 Easter Road 15,653 Willie Young L 24 November 1996 League Cup Final 3–4 Hearts Fulton 44 Robertson 59 Weir 88 Rangers Alistair McCoist 11 27 66 Gascoigne 64 Celtic Park 48,559 Hugh Dallas Scottish Cup 1996–97 Scottish Cup W 25 January 1997 Scottish Cup R3 5–0 Hearts Cameron 8 Weir 12 Robertson 22 pen. 63 Pointon 68 Cowdenbeath Tynecastle Stadium 11,485 L 16 February 1997 Scottish Cup R4 1–1 Hearts Hamilton 81 Dundee United McManus 67 og. Tynecastle Stadium 14,833 Hugh Dallas D 25 February 1997 Scottish Cup R4 Replay 1–0 Dundee United Winters 5 Hearts Tannadice Park 12,283 Hugh Dallas Scottish Premier Division 1996–97 Scottish Premier Division W 17 August 1996 Scottish Premier Division 3–2 Hearts Ritchie 12 63 Weir 14 Kilmarnock Wright 43 Lauchlan 88 Tynecastle Stadium 10,854 L 25 August 1996 Scottish Premier Division 4–0 Aberdeen Joseph Miller 44 Dodds 53 Windass 76 Glass 84 Hearts Pittodrie 13,515 Jim Herald W 7 September 1996 Scottish Premier Division 1–0 Hearts Robertson 74 pen. Dundee United Tynecastle Stadium 11,848 L 10 September 1996 Scottish Premier Division 2–1 Dunfermline Athletic Tod 54 Smith 62 Hearts Weir 2 Pittodrie 7,787 Bobby Tait L 14 September 1996 Scottish Premier Division 3–0 Rangers Durie 40 Gascoigne 48 McCoist 81 Hearts Ibrox 47,240 Gerry Evans D 21 September 1996 Scottish Premier Division 1–1 Hearts Weir 58 Motherwell Arnott 46 Tynecastle Stadium 10,932 W 28 September 1996 Scottish Premier Division 1–3 Hibs Jackson 59 pen. Hearts Cameron 19 30 Robertson 40 Easter Road 14,217 D 12 October 1996 Scottish Premier Division 1–1 Raith Rovers Thomson 70 Hearts Robertson 2 Stark's Park 6,037 D 20 October 1996 Scottish Premier Division 2–2 Hearts Cameron 52 McPherson 90 Celtic Van Hooijdonk 38 51 Tynecastle Stadium 13,352 Jim McCluskey L 26 October 1996 Scottish Premier Division 1–0 Dundee United Winters 67 Hearts Tannadice Park 9,393 W 2 November 1996 Scottish Premier Division 2–0 Hearts Weir 27 Cameron 44 Dunfermline Athletic Tynecastle Stadium 12,517 W 11 November 1996 Scottish Premier Division 0–2 Motherwell Paille 54 Robertson 88 Hearts Fir Park 5,441 G Alison D 16 November 1996 Scottish Premier Division 0–0 Hearts Hibs Tynecastle Stadium 15,129 John Rowbotham D 30 November 1996 Scottish Premier Division 2–2 Celtic O'Neil 43 Di Canio 77 pen. Hearts Cameron 31 McCann 64 Celtic Park 49,804 Stuart Dougal D 7 December 1996 Scottish Premier Division 0–0 Hearts Raith Rovers Tynecastle Stadium 1,719 L 11 December 1996 Scottish Premier Division 1–2 Hearts Cameron 7 Aberdeen Shearer 75 Windass 78 Tynecastle Stadium 11,477 L 14 December 1996 Scottish Premier Division 2–0 Kilmarnock McKee 52 Mitchell 86 Hearts Rugby Park 5,832 Willie Young L 21 December 1996 Scottish Premier Division 1–4 Hearts Robertson 57 Rangers Robertson 23 Laudrup 48 Albertz 67 pen. Gascoigne 84 Tynecastle Stadium 15,139 W 26 December 1996 Scottish Premier Division 2–3 Dunfermline Athletic Fleming 25 Moore 68 Hearts Mackay 57 Fulton 60 Robertson 80 pen. East End Park 9,736 W 28 December 1996 Scottish Premier Division 4–1 Hearts Robertson 22 pen. 75 Weir 53 Hamilton 63 Motherwell Wright 43 Tynecastle Stadium 11,164 John Rowbotham W 1 January 1997 Scottish Premier Division 0–4 Hibs Hearts Robertson 33 Hamilton 62 87 Cameron 65 Easter Road 15,749 W 4 January 1997 Scottish Premier Division 1–2 Raith Rovers Lennon 1 Hearts Robertson 5 Hamilton 72 Stark's Park 6,460 L 11 January 1997 Scottish Premier Division 1–2 Hearts Hamilton 38 Celtic Cadete 28 68 Tynecastle Stadium 15,424 L 18 January 1997 Scottish Premier Division 1–2 Hearts Robertson 23 Dundee United Olafsson 14 McKinnon 82 Tynecastle Stadium 12,777 D 1 February 1997 Scottish Premier Division 0–0 Rangers Hearts Ibrox Park 50,024 W 8 February 1997 Scottish Premier Division 2–0 Hearts Ritchie 22 McCann 71 Kilmarnock Tynecastle Stadium 11,020 D 10 February 1997 Scottish Premier Division 0–0 Aberdeen Hearts Pittodrie 8,642 Stuart Dougal W 22 February 1997 Scottish Premier Division 3–2 Hearts Weir 24 McCann 35 37 Raith Rovers Craig 4 Makela 41 Tynecastle Stadium 10,341 L 1 March 1997 Scottish Premier Division 2–0 Celtic Cadete 28 Di Canio 61 Hearts Celtic Park 49,578 W 15 March 1997 Scottish Premier Division 1–0 Hearts McCann 82 Hibs Tynecastle Stadium 15,136 W 22 March 1997 Scottish Premier Division 0–1 Motherwell Hearts Paille 12 Fir Park 6,245 L 5 April 1997 Scottish Premier Division 1–0 Kilmarnock Wright 5 Hearts Rugby Park 7,877 D 12 April 1997 Scottish Premier Division 0–0 Hearts Aberdeen Tynecastle Stadium 11,186 D 19 April 1997 Scottish Premier Division 1–1 Hearts Robertson 90 Dunfermline Athletic Young 27 Tynecastle Stadium 10,174 Bobby Tait L 3 May 1997 Scottish Premier Division 1–0 Dundee United McSwegan 72 Hearts Tannadice Park 7,405 W 10 May 1997 Scottish Premier Division 3–1 Hearts Cameron 80 Robertson 82 pen. 86 Rangers McInnes 81 Tynecastle Stadium 13,097 Jim McCluskey Scottish Premier Division table HOM Stats Scorers Pos PLayer SPL SC LC CWC Total FW SCO John Robertson 14 2 3 0 19 MF SCO Colin Cameron 8 1 2 0 11 DF SCO David Weir 6 1 1 0 8 FW SCO Jim Hamilton 5 1 0 0 6 MF SCO Neil McCann 5 0 1 0 6 DF SCO Paul Ritchie 3 0 0 0 3 FW France Stephane Paille 2 0 10 3 MF SCO Steve Fulton 1 0 1 0 2 DF SCO Dave McPherson 1 0 0 1 2 FW ENG Darren Beckford 0 0 2 0 2 MF SCO Gary Mackay 1 0 0 0 1 DF ENG Neil Pointon 0 1 0 0 1 See also List of Heart of Midlothian F.C. seasons References Source London Hearts season 1996–97 External links Official Club website Category:Heart of Midlothian F.C. seasons Heart of Midlothian