Sat 14 Dec 1968 Hearts 1 Raith Rovers 0

<- Team <- Date <- Comp -> Comp -> Date -> Team

Discipline Scoring Seq Streaks Table Team Opponents Statistics Games played

Sat 14 Dec 1968
Division 1
Hearts 1
Raith Rovers 0

Scorers Alan Gordon 63

Opp Scorers -----

MR NR Season Date Team Venue FT HT Agg Comp Round Crowd LiveTV

1968-69 Sat 14 Dec 1968 Raith Rovers
Tynecastle Park Edinburgh Scotland

1-0
0-0
Division 1
6789

Manager /Competitive
Games in Charge Number of Team Changes (Competitive Games Only) = 2
Team Changes Compared to Last League Team (League Games Only) = 2

John Harvey 100

Discipline

Referee
Tom Tiny Wharton

Hearts Raith Rovers

Sending Offs Time Note

Sending Offs Time Note

Bookings Time Note Bookings Time Note

0
0

0
0

0
0

0
0

0
0

0
0

Scoring Sequence

No Score Scorer Scores For Time

1
1-0
Gordon Alan Heart of Midlothian 63

League Tables
Before - Saturday 07 Dec 1968 After - Saturday 14 Dec 1968

Pos Team G W D L F A Diff Avg Pts Note

1 Celtic 14 11 2 1 38 11 27 3.4545 24

2 Dundee United 14 10 2 2 27 16 11 1.6875 22

3 Dunfermline Athletic 14 9 2 3 27 18 9 1.5000 20

4 Kilmarnock 14 8 3 3 26 14 12 1.8571 19

5 Rangers 14 7 4 3 33 17 16 1.9412 18

6 St Mirren 14 6 6 2 18 16 2 1.1250 18

7 Clyde 14 7 3 4 18 19 -1 .9474 17

8 Heart Of Midlothian 14 6 2 6 24 21 3 1.1429 14

9 Hibernian 14 6 2 6 31 31 0 1.0000 14

10 Dundee 14 5 3 6 22 22 0 1.0000 13

11 Morton 14 5 3 6 21 25 -4 .8400 13

12 St Johnstone 14 4 3 7 23 26 -3 .8846 11

13 Airdrieonians 14 3 5 6 17 23 -6 .7391 11

14 Raith Rovers 14 4 2 8 23 27 -4 .8519 10

15 Aberdeen 14 4 2 8 20 28 -8 .7143 10

16 Partick Thistle 14 3 4 7 14 23 -9 .6087 10

17 Falkirk 14 2 1 11 13 30 -17 .4333 5

18 Arbroath 14 0 3 11 16 44 -28 .3636 3

Pos Diff Team G W D L F A Diff Avg Pts Note

1 0 Celtic 15 11 3 1 38 11 27 3.4545 25

2 1 Dunfermline Athletic 15 10 2 3 33 20 13 1.6500 22

3 -1 Dundee United 15 10 2 3 28 18 10 1.5556 22

4 0 Kilmarnock 15 9 3 3 28 14 14 2.0000 21

5 0 Rangers 15 8 4 3 35 18 17 1.9444 20

6 1 Clyde 15 7 4 4 18 19 -1 .9474 18

7 -1 St Mirren 15 6 6 3 20 22 -2 .9091 18

8 0 Heart Of Midlothian 15 7 2 6 25 21 4 1.1905 16

9 0 Hibernian 15 6 3 6 31 31 0 1.0000 15

10 0 Dundee 15 5 4 6 22 22 0 1.0000 14

11 0 Morton 15 5 4 6 21 25 -4 .8400 14

12 1 Airdrieonians 15 4 5 6 19 23 -4 .8261 13

13 -1 St Johnstone 15 4 3 8 23 28 -5 .8214 11

14 2 Partick Thistle 15 3 5 7 16 25 -9 .6400 11

15 -1 Raith Rovers 15 4 2 9 23 28 -5 .8214 10

16 -1 Aberdeen 15 4 2 9 20 30 -10 .6667 10

17 0 Falkirk 15 2 2 11 13 30 -17 .4333 6

18 0 Arbroath 15 0 4 11 18 46 -28 .3913 4

Type Streaks by Date Cumulative by Date

W D L Unb NoW G W D L F A

Competitive
1

1

3016

1487

606

923

6447

4529

L only
1

1

2491

1207

503

781

5197

3789

Type Streaks by Team Cumulative by Team

W D L Unb NoW G W D L F A

Competitive
1

1

87

54

15

18

186

92

L only
1

1

67

40

13

14

145

74

Hearts Line Up - NB Average ages only shown where there are 8 or more 'known' ages
No Sq
No Player Pic Nat Tot App Age G P Tot
Gls Yel Red Sub
Mrk Substitued by Sub
Time Goals
vs
Opp

1 Jim Cruickshank 246 27y 8 m 1 d /

2 David Clunie 6 20y 8 m 28d /

3 David Holt 284 32y 11m 11d /

4 Alan MacDonald 43 Not Known / 2

5 Eddie Thomson 47 21y 9 m 19d /

6 Arthur Thomson 59 20y 3 m 12d /

7 Donald Ford 89 24y 1 m 19d / 2

8 Jim Fleming 41 26y 11m 7 d /

9 Alan Gordon 140 24y 7 m 0 d 61 4 / 4

10 George Fleming 72 20y 2 m 22d /

11 Tommy Traynor 197 25y 2 m 17d / 3

Total Starting App->> 1224 24.46 <<-Average Starting Age

–––––– Substitutes ––––––

U1 Bobby Elgin 19y 5 m 21d /

24.46 <<-Average Age of Players who played

Opponents
Manager Tommy Walker
Team Managed 03 of 03
Total Managed 03 of 03

No Player Age Team
Apps Total
Apps Sub
Mrk Substitued by Sub
Time

1 Robert Bell Alexander Reid 32y 00m 26d 03 of 06 03 of 06

2 Tom Hislop 21y 09m 19d 02 of 02 02 of 02

3 David Weir 18y 08m 23d 01 of 02 01 of 02

4 David Allan Millar 23y 09m 13d 01 of 02 02 of 04

5 William Polland 34y 04m 16d 16 of 18 16 of 18

6 John McCaig Bolton 27y 01m 18d 03 of 06 03 of 10

7 Pat Wilson 22y 05m 19d 02 of 03 02 of 03

8 George Gordon Wallace 25y 05m 24d 03 of 06 03 of 29

9 Michael Judge 23y 00m 18d 02 of 04 02 of 04 George [2] Falconer

10 William Douglas Watt 22y 06m 08d 01 of 02 02 of 03

11 David Sneddon 32y 07m 20d 02 of 05 15 of 18

–––––– Substitutes ––––––

S09 George [2] Falconer 22y 00m 21d 02 of 03 02 of 03

Match Statistics

Hearts What Opponents

0 Goal Attempts 0

0 On Target 0

0 Off Target 0

0 Woodwork 0

0 Corners 0

0 Fouls 0

0 Offside 0

Games played during this week

SortDate Date Comp Rd Home F Away A Crowd

19681209 Mon 09 Dec 1968 E Div 3 Leyton Orient 0 Northampton Town 0

19681209 Mon 09 Dec 1968 FA Cup R2 Mansfield Town 1 Rotherham United 0

19681210 Tue 10 Dec 1968 FA Cup R2 Barnsley 1 Darlington 0

19681210 Tue 10 Dec 1968 FA Cup R2 Bristol Rovers 1 Bournemouth 0

19681210 Tue 10 Dec 1968 FA Cup R2 Swansea Town 2 Weymouth 0

19681210 Tue 10 Dec 1968 FA Cup R2 Walsall 3 St Albans City 1

19681211 Wed 11 Dec 1968 FA Cup R2 Crewe Alexandra 1 Halifax Town 3

19681211 Wed 11 Dec 1968 FA Cup R2 Lincoln City 2 Chester 1

19681211 Wed 11 Dec 1968 FA Cup R2 Torquay United 1 Reading 2

19681211 Wed 11 Dec 1968 FA Cup R2 Workington 1 Port Vale 2

19681211 Wed 11 Dec 1968 WCEUR G7 Cyprus 0 Scotland 5

19681211 Wed 11 Dec 1968 WCEUR G1 Greece 4 Portugal 2

19681211 Wed 11 Dec 1968 WCEUR G6 Spain 1 Belgium 1

19681211 Wed 11 Dec 1968 WCEUR G4 Turkey 0 Northern Ireland 3

19681211 Wed 11 Dec 1968 F England 1 Bulgaria 1

19681212 Thu 12 Dec 1968 WCNCA QR1GR El Salvador 1 Netherlands Antilles 0

19681213 Fri 13 Dec 1968 E Div 3 Bristol Rovers 1 Rotherham United 1

19681213 Fri 13 Dec 1968 E Div 3 Stockport County 5 Gillingham 0

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 L1 Airdrieonians 2 Aberdeen 0 1841

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 L1 Arbroath 2 Partick Thistle 2 1243

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 L1 Clyde 0 Morton 0 2402

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 L1 Dundee 0 Hibernian 0 7137

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 L1 Dunfermline Athletic 6 St Mirren 2 5739

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 L1 Falkirk 0 Celtic 0 14903

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 L1 Heart Of Midlothian 1 Raith Rovers 0 6789

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 L1 Kilmarnock 2 St Johnstone 0 5154

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 L1 Rangers 2 Dundee United 1 31694

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 L2 Berwick Rangers 0 Albion Rovers 0 447

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 L2 Dumbarton 1 East Fife 1 571

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 L2 Hamilton Academical 0 East Stirlingshire 0 310

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 L2 Stirling Albion 5 Stenhousemuir 1 948

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 L2 Stranraer 0 Motherwell 2 1045

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div 1 Burnley 1 Stoke City 1

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div 1 Chelsea 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div 1 Coventry City 0 Arsenal 1

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div 1 Everton 1 Southampton 0

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div 1 Manchester United 1 Liverpool 0

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div 1 Newcastle United 2 Ipswich Town 1

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div 1 Nottingham Forest 1 Sunderland 0

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div 1 Sheffield Wednesday 4 Queens Park Rangers 0

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div 1 Tottenham Hotspur 1 Manchester City 1

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div 1 West Bromwich Albion 1 Leicester City 1

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div 1 West Ham United 1 Leeds United 1

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div 2 Birmingham City 2 Bristol City 0

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div 2 Bury 3 Oxford United 1

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div 2 Cardiff City 2 Millwall 0

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div 2 Carlisle United 4 Blackburn Rovers 1

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div 2 Charlton Athletic 2 Bolton Wanderers 2

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div 2 Crystal Palace 4 Aston Villa 2

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div 2 Huddersfield Town 0 Hull City 3

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div 2 Norwich City 2 Fulham 0

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div 2 Portsmouth 1 Blackpool 0

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div 2 Preston North End 0 Derby County 0

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div 3 Bournemouth 2 Mansfield Town 1

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div 3 Crewe Alexandra 2 Torquay United 1

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div 3 Hartlepool United 1 Luton Town 0

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div 3 Northampton Town 4 Leyton Orient 1

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div 3 Plymouth Argyle 0 Southport 4

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div 3 Reading 2 Tranmere Rovers 0

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div 3 Shrewsbury Town 1 Barrow 0

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div 3 Swindon Town 1 Brighton and Hove Albion 0

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div 3 Walsall 3 Barnsley 0

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div 3 Watford 2 Oldham Athletic 0

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div4 Bradford City 1 Aldershot 1

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div4 Brentford 2 Swansea City 1

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div4 Chester City 4 Bradford Park Avenue 1

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div4 Chesterfield 0 Grimsby Town 0

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div4 Colchester United 2 Newport County 1

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div4 Doncaster Rovers 0 Wrexham 0

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div4 Exeter City 1 Southend United 2

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div4 Port Vale 0 Notts County 2

19681214 Sat 14 Dec 1968 E Div4 York City 1 Lincoln City 1

19681215 Sun 15 Dec 1968 WCNCA QR1GR El Salvador 2 Netherlands Antilles 1

Hearts			Raith Rovers
Referee	Tom Tiny Wharton
Sending Offs	Time	Note	Sending Offs	Time	Note




Bookings	Time	Note	Bookings	Time	Note
	0			0
	0			0
	0			0
	0			0
	0			0
	0			0


No	Score	Scorer	Scores For	Time
1	1-0	Gordon Alan	Heart of Midlothian	63

Type	Streaks by Date					Cumulative by Date
Type	W	D	L	Unb	NoW	G	W	D	L	F	A
Competitive	1			1		3016	1487	606	923	6447	4529
L only	1			1		2491	1207	503	781	5197	3789

Hearts Line Up - NB Average ages only shown where there are 8 or more 'known' ages
No	Sq No	Player	Pic	Nat	Tot App	Age	G	P	Tot Gls	Yel	Red	Sub Mrk	Substitued by	Sub Time	Goals vs Opp
1		Jim Cruickshank			246	27y 8 m 1 d									/
2		David Clunie			6	20y 8 m 28d									/
3		David Holt			284	32y 11m 11d									/
4		Alan MacDonald			43	Not Known									/ 2
5		Eddie Thomson			47	21y 9 m 19d									/
6		Arthur Thomson			59	20y 3 m 12d									/
7		Donald Ford			89	24y 1 m 19d									/ 2
8		Jim Fleming			41	26y 11m 7 d									/
9		Alan Gordon			140	24y 7 m 0 d			61						4 / 4
10		George Fleming			72	20y 2 m 22d									/
11		Tommy Traynor			197	25y 2 m 17d									/ 3
Total Starting App->>				1224	24.46	<<-Average Starting Age
–––––– Substitutes ––––––
U1		Bobby Elgin				19y 5 m 21d									/
					24.46	<<-Average Age of Players who played

Opponents Manager Tommy Walker Team Managed 03 of 03 Total Managed 03 of 03
No	Player	Age	Team Apps	Total Apps	Sub Mrk	Substitued by	Sub Time
1	Robert Bell Alexander Reid	32y 00m 26d	03 of 06	03 of 06
2	Tom Hislop	21y 09m 19d	02 of 02	02 of 02
3	David Weir	18y 08m 23d	01 of 02	01 of 02
4	David Allan Millar	23y 09m 13d	01 of 02	02 of 04
5	William Polland	34y 04m 16d	16 of 18	16 of 18
6	John McCaig Bolton	27y 01m 18d	03 of 06	03 of 10
7	Pat Wilson	22y 05m 19d	02 of 03	02 of 03
8	George Gordon Wallace	25y 05m 24d	03 of 06	03 of 29
9	Michael Judge	23y 00m 18d	02 of 04	02 of 04		George [2] Falconer
10	William Douglas Watt	22y 06m 08d	01 of 02	02 of 03
11	David Sneddon	32y 07m 20d	02 of 05	15 of 18
–––––– Substitutes ––––––
S09	George [2] Falconer	22y 00m 21d	02 of 03	02 of 03

Hearts	What	Opponents
0	Goal Attempts	0
0	On Target	0
0	Off Target	0
0	Woodwork	0
0	Corners	0
0	Fouls	0
0	Offside	0

SortDate	Date	Comp	Rd	Home	F	Away	A	Crowd
19681209	Mon 09 Dec 1968	E Div 3		Leyton Orient	0	Northampton Town	0
19681209	Mon 09 Dec 1968	FA Cup	R2	Mansfield Town	1	Rotherham United	0
19681210	Tue 10 Dec 1968	FA Cup	R2	Barnsley	1	Darlington	0
19681210	Tue 10 Dec 1968	FA Cup	R2	Bristol Rovers	1	Bournemouth	0
19681210	Tue 10 Dec 1968	FA Cup	R2	Swansea Town	2	Weymouth	0
19681210	Tue 10 Dec 1968	FA Cup	R2	Walsall	3	St Albans City	1
19681211	Wed 11 Dec 1968	FA Cup	R2	Crewe Alexandra	1	Halifax Town	3
19681211	Wed 11 Dec 1968	FA Cup	R2	Lincoln City	2	Chester	1
19681211	Wed 11 Dec 1968	FA Cup	R2	Torquay United	1	Reading	2
19681211	Wed 11 Dec 1968	FA Cup	R2	Workington	1	Port Vale	2
19681211	Wed 11 Dec 1968	WCEUR	G7	Cyprus	0	Scotland	5
19681211	Wed 11 Dec 1968	WCEUR	G1	Greece	4	Portugal	2
19681211	Wed 11 Dec 1968	WCEUR	G6	Spain	1	Belgium	1
19681211	Wed 11 Dec 1968	WCEUR	G4	Turkey	0	Northern Ireland	3
19681211	Wed 11 Dec 1968	F		England	1	Bulgaria	1
19681212	Thu 12 Dec 1968	WCNCA	QR1GR	El Salvador	1	Netherlands Antilles	0
19681213	Fri 13 Dec 1968	E Div 3		Bristol Rovers	1	Rotherham United	1
19681213	Fri 13 Dec 1968	E Div 3		Stockport County	5	Gillingham	0
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	L1		Airdrieonians	2	Aberdeen	0	1841
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	L1		Arbroath	2	Partick Thistle	2	1243
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	L1		Clyde	0	Morton	0	2402
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	L1		Dundee	0	Hibernian	0	7137
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	L1		Dunfermline Athletic	6	St Mirren	2	5739
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	L1		Falkirk	0	Celtic	0	14903
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	L1		Heart Of Midlothian	1	Raith Rovers	0	6789
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	L1		Kilmarnock	2	St Johnstone	0	5154
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	L1		Rangers	2	Dundee United	1	31694
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	L2		Berwick Rangers	0	Albion Rovers	0	447
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	L2		Dumbarton	1	East Fife	1	571
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	L2		Hamilton Academical	0	East Stirlingshire	0	310
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	L2		Stirling Albion	5	Stenhousemuir	1	948
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	L2		Stranraer	0	Motherwell	2	1045
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div 1		Burnley	1	Stoke City	1
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div 1		Chelsea	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div 1		Coventry City	0	Arsenal	1
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div 1		Everton	1	Southampton	0
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div 1		Manchester United	1	Liverpool	0
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div 1		Newcastle United	2	Ipswich Town	1
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div 1		Nottingham Forest	1	Sunderland	0
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div 1		Sheffield Wednesday	4	Queens Park Rangers	0
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div 1		Tottenham Hotspur	1	Manchester City	1
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div 1		West Bromwich Albion	1	Leicester City	1
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div 1		West Ham United	1	Leeds United	1
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div 2		Birmingham City	2	Bristol City	0
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div 2		Bury	3	Oxford United	1
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div 2		Cardiff City	2	Millwall	0
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div 2		Carlisle United	4	Blackburn Rovers	1
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div 2		Charlton Athletic	2	Bolton Wanderers	2
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div 2		Crystal Palace	4	Aston Villa	2
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div 2		Huddersfield Town	0	Hull City	3
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div 2		Norwich City	2	Fulham	0
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div 2		Portsmouth	1	Blackpool	0
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div 2		Preston North End	0	Derby County	0
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div 3		Bournemouth	2	Mansfield Town	1
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div 3		Crewe Alexandra	2	Torquay United	1
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div 3		Hartlepool United	1	Luton Town	0
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div 3		Northampton Town	4	Leyton Orient	1
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div 3		Plymouth Argyle	0	Southport	4
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div 3		Reading	2	Tranmere Rovers	0
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div 3		Shrewsbury Town	1	Barrow	0
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div 3		Swindon Town	1	Brighton and Hove Albion	0
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div 3		Walsall	3	Barnsley	0
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div 3		Watford	2	Oldham Athletic	0
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div4		Bradford City	1	Aldershot	1
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div4		Brentford	2	Swansea City	1
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div4		Chester City	4	Bradford Park Avenue	1
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div4		Chesterfield	0	Grimsby Town	0
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div4		Colchester United	2	Newport County	1
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div4		Doncaster Rovers	0	Wrexham	0
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div4		Exeter City	1	Southend United	2
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div4		Port Vale	0	Notts County	2
19681214	Sat 14 Dec 1968	E Div4		York City	1	Lincoln City	1
19681215	Sun 15 Dec 1968	WCNCA	QR1GR	El Salvador	2	Netherlands Antilles	1