MICHAL POSPISIL believes he had a certain lucky charm to thank when he scored his first goal in more than two months on Saturday, his new-born baby son David.

The six-week-old was in the crowd with his mum Gabriella for the match against Dunfermline for the first time since arriving in the country and Michal believes his timely arrival brought him some good fortune.

Pospisil set Hearts on the road to victory with a close-range header after latching onto a throw-in from Robbie Neilson early in the first half and the team went on to play some of their best football of the season in the remaining minutes of the opening 45, Roman Bednar and Saulius Mikoliunas also on the scoresheet as Dunfermline crumbled.

It was Pospisil's seventh strike of the season and one he dedicated to the new addition.

The Czech star said: "Saturday was the first time he had been to a game and I scored a goal for him as well so I am hoping that he can bring me some luck.

"I like scoring in every game that I play, but that was my fourth against Dunfermline this season, I think it has just been lucky that I have scored so many against them.

"It was also a good performance and I am glad that they were both there to see it."

The youngster was born in Prague at the end of February and remained in the Czech Republic until three weeks ago when he and Gabriella moved over to Edinburgh to join Pospisil.

Understandably, being separated from his wife and young son and living alone in a foreign city meant it was difficult time for the Tynecastle frontman in the interim.

However an injury above his eye at least meant that he could fly out to Prague for the birth and allowed him to stay with his new young family for a few days.

He explained: "David was born on the 25th of February and we were due to play Partick Thistle in the cup but I had an injury just above my eye.

"It meant that I couldn't play and it turned out to be good timing to be honest and we won the game 2-1 so I was happy about that too. "I got the call from Gabriella and flew out on the Saturday and made with just a couple of hours to spare because I arrived at the hospital in Prague at seven o'clock at night, David was born at 9.30pm.

"I stayed with Gabriella and David for three days before I had to fly back to Edinburgh. It was hard to leave them but I am happy that they are both living over here.

"Edinburgh is a very nice city with clean air and is not as busy as Prague although it could be a bit warmer.

"We have a flat in Fountainbridge in the same block as Takis Fyssas and his family. They have a baby too so we have both been going out walking round Edinburgh and pushing the prams along!

"It is good to have them so close because we can both help each other.

"There have been some big changes though, I wake up early now, and that is hard because I have always like to sleep a lot He has been a good baby, sometimes he cries in the evening but we always get a smile as well so it is nice."

As you might expect, having his family back by his side has been a huge weight off the player's shoulders and he's hoping that their arrival in Scotland will coincide with a sustained run in the first-team under Valdas Ivanauskas, pictured below.

The Czech frontman has been used sparingly since his transfer from Slovan Liberec in August, making just 12 appearances for the Gorgie side, eight of them off the bench. However he was brought back into the starting line-up against the Pars as a result of an injury to Edgaras Jankauskas and surely fired himself back into the manager's thoughts with that early goal.

Pospisil himself had to be replaced just before the hour against Jim Leishman's side after suffering a dead leg but is hoping he will have enough time to recover before this weekend's match against Kilmarnock.

He added: "I am glad that I have my family here, it is good and I can relax and think about football. At this moment it is good because I've had a few opportunities in the last few games and the fans have been very good to me. It has been very good to play for the club lately because we are going for Europe and we are in the cup final so I am hoping we will get some success this season. It is a good time to be playing for Hearts, we have been first or second all season and now that it is coming to an end we have to make sure that we finish the season in second place as well.

"We are only three points clear though and it is going to be very difficult but all of the players want to do well for Hearts.

"The supporters are hoping that we can finish second and win the cup and I am no different.

"I would love to play in the Champions League next season, it is the competition that everyone wants to be involved in."

To get into the Champions League though, they must first make sure they get the right result against Kilmarnock this weekend. Jim Jefferies' side also harbour European ambitions, although they have to rely on Hearts finishing third in the league to have any hopes of a UEFA Cup slot.

Pospisil is determined not to allow that to happen and will make sure he gets a good night's sleep before the match by bedding down in the spare room in the hope that he is involved from the start again.

He added: "Kilmarnock will be a very difficult game, in fact, all of the games now are going to be difficult because of the league split but we know what we have to do. We know that they have good players but we also have good players at Hearts.

"David will be in the crowd again so hopefully he can bring me more luck."

Taken from the Scotsman