Hearts of Beath F.C.
Full name | Hearts of Beath Football Club | |
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Nickname(s) | the Hearts, the Hillmen[1][2] | |
Founded | 1883 | |
Dissolved | 1942 | |
Ground | Keir's Park | |
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Hearts of Beath F.C. was a Scottish football club.
History
Formed in 1886 in the village of Hill of Beath, Fife, the club was a senior team from 1897[3] until 1913, playing in the Scottish Cup between those years.
Senior football
The club's first entry to the Cup, via the Scottish Qualifying Cup, in 1897 saw the club surprisingly beat Dunfermline Athletic in the first round, but the Pars successfully protested on the basis that the Hearts did not have goal nets in place.[4] Dunfermline duly won the replay.[5]
Local leagues
1896–97 saw the club's first senior league football, in the Central Football League, although the season was the competition's final instalment.[6] The club only won one match - a 6–5 win at Kirkcaldy in which the Hearts scored three goals in three second-half minutes.[7]
The attraction of the Scottish League meant that clubs outside looked to alternative competitions to fill Saturday fixtures, but many of these were of short duration. Hearts of Beath played in the following:
- 1903–04: Central Combination
- 1904–05: Eastern League - the club withdrew after six matches
- 1906–07: Northern League - the club finished bottom and its failure to play against Dundee's reserve side, due to a financial condition that suggested the club was "tottering to its death",[8] led to the title being shared between Kirkcaldy United and Dundee 'A'[9]
- 1910–11: Midland League
- 1912–13: return to Eastern League[10]
The club was the Midland League champion in 1910–11, although by then it only had three clubs, the others being Dunblane and Clackmannan.[11]
Cup competitions
The club's best run in the Scottish Cup was reaching the fourth round of the Qualifying Cup in 1903–04, losing to West Calder Swifts on a "perfect quagmire", in a tie which was replayed after a Hearts protest.[12] However reaching that stage put the club into the first round of the competition proper for the only time. The first round tie was at St Johnstone, and the Saints, despite having a lighter side, won 2–0, the tie being goalless until the Saints were awarded a penalty in the 75th minute after Meldrum tripped Ramage.[13]
In 1904, the club was the first opponent of Broxburn at its new Sports Field ground, in the East of Scotland Cup qualifying section; the tie had originally been played at Shamrock Park, because Sports Field was not ready, so Hearts of Beath protested the defeat on the basis that Shamrock Park had not been registered as Broxburn's home ground. The protest availed the Hillmen little as Broxburn won the replayed tie 2–1.[14]
The club's greatest local honour was winning the King Cup in 1902–03, when scheduled final opponents Lochgelly United refused to play on the scheduled date,[15] although there was a brief move to deny the club the trophy, on the basis that it intended to quit the Fifeshire FA;[16] the club duly did leave, in favour of the East of Scotland FA, but only after the 1903–04 season.[17]
Return to junior football
The club returned to junior football in 1914–15,[18] playing in the Fifeshire junior league until World War 2.
The club folded in 1942, but the name was revived in 1988, as Hearts of Beath J.F.C., by a children's club based in neighbouring Cowdenbeath, now in partnership with senior side Cowdenbeath F.C.[19][20][21]
Colours
The club originally played in light blue,[22] changing to maroon jerseys in 1898,[23][24] with white shorts and black socks.[25]
Ground
The club was based at Keir's Park in the village, now home of Hill of Beath Hawthorn.[1]
Notable players
- George Drummond
- Jim Harley
- Sandy Herd
- Joe Murphy
- Sandy Paterson
- Charles Scott
References
- ^ a b "Cowdenbeath FC - Blue Brazil Online - Cowden - The Beath - History". www.cowdenbeathfc.com.
- ^ "report". Daily Record: 6. 26 June 1917.
- ^ "Disheartening the Hearts". Leven Advertiser: 4. 9 September 1897.
- ^ "Scottish Football Association". Dundee Courier: 6. 15 September 1897.
- ^ "Other matches". Dundee Courier: 7. 20 September 1897.
- ^ "Central League". Scottish Football Historical Association. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
- ^ "Central League". Dundee Courier: 6. 15 November 1897.
- ^ "Hearts of Beath F.C.". Dundee Evening Telegraph: 3. 6 February 1907.
- ^ "Northern League". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
- ^ "Eastern League". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
- ^ "Midland League". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
- ^ "Football". Lothian Courier: 3. 30 October 1903.
- ^ "Sport and recreation". Perthshire Advertiser: 4. 25 January 1904.
- ^ "Opening of Broxburn new ground". Lothian Courier: 3. 23 September 1904.
- ^ "King Cup winners". Lothian Courier: 3. 6 May 1904.
- ^ "Football". Lothian Courier: 3. 8 May 1903.
- ^ "Football notes". Lothian Courier: 3. 2 September 1904.
- ^ "Fifeshire". Daily Record: 6. 28 September 1914.
- ^ "Cowden strengthen community link". Central Fife Times. 20 February 2019.
- ^ "Cowdenbeath FC - Blue Brazil Online - Cowden - The Beath". www.cowdenbeathfc.com.
- ^ "Cowdenbeath". 25 August 2017.
- ^ M'Dowall, John (1897). Scottish Football Annual 1897–98. Glasgow: Hay Nisbet. p. 64.
- ^ M'Dowall, John (1898). Scottish Football Annual 1898–99. Glasgow: Hay Nisbet. p. 65.
- ^ "Sport and recreation". Perthshire Advertiser: 4. 25 January 1904.
- ^ "Hearts of Beath Football Club". Dundee Evening Telegraph: 5. 29 June 1920.
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