List of Heart of Midlothian F.C. seasons

This is a list of seasons played by Heart of Midlothian Football Club in Scottish and European football, from 1875 to the present day. It details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for each season.

Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Europe Top scorer[1] Average
Attendance[2]
Division P W D L GF GA Pts Position Player Goals
1875–76 2nd

1876–77

 1st
1877–78 1st-R J Alexander 2
1878–79 4th Pullen 10
1879–80 3rd George Mitchell 5
1880–81 5th J Alexander 5
1881–82 1st Nick Ross 2
1882–83 3rd Nick Ross 8
1883–84 3rd Jim Wood 12
1884–85 2nd Tom Jenkinson 8
1885–86 2nd Rab Henderson 18
1886–87 3rd Willie Mackay 16
1887–88 4th-3R Thomas Breckenridge 17
1888–89 4th Davie Baird 20
1889–90 5th Davie Baird 23
1890–91 Division 1 18 6 2 10 31 37 14 6th Winners George Scott 13 3,388
1891–92 Division 1 22 15 4 3 65 35 34 3rd 7th-2R James Fairbairn 15 3,681
1892–93 Division 1 18 8 2 8 39 41 18 5th 3rd-R George Scott/Willie Taylor 7 3,611
1893–94 Division 1 18 11 4 3 46 32 26 2nd 1st Willie Michael 7 5,444
1894–95 Division 1 18 15 1 2 50 18 31 1st SF-R Willie Michael 13 6166
1895–96 Division 1 18 11 0 7 68 36 22 4th Winners Davie Baird 18 7,833
1896–97 Division 1 18 13 2 3 47 22 28 1st 2nd Willie Taylor 11 5,900
1897–98 Division 1 18 8 4 6 54 33 20 4th 3rd Tom Robertson 10 5,888
1898–99 Division 1 18 12 2 4 56 30 26 2nd 1st Willie Michael 12 7,611
1899–00 Division 1 18 10 3 5 41 24 23 4th SF Willie Michael 17 6,411
1900–01 Division 1 20 5 4 11 22 30 14 10th Winners Mark Bell/Bill Porteous 8 5,300
1901–02 Division 1 18 10 2 6 32 21 22 3rd QF-R Charlie Thomson 9 6,444
1902–03 Division 1 22 11 6 5 46 27 28 4th Final Bill Porteous 13 6,409
1903–04 Division 1 26 18 3 5 63 35 39 2nd 1st Bill Porteous/Bobby Walker 13 8,015
1904–05 Division 1 26 11 3 12 46 44 25 7th 2nd Bobby Walker 14 6,269
1905–06 Division 1 30 18 7 5 64 27 43 2nd Winners Alex Menzies 21 7,666
1906–07 Division 1 34 11 13 10 46 43 35 9th Final Bobby Walker 8 5,835
1907–08 Division 1 34 11 6 17 50 62 28 11th QF Bobby Walker 10 8,706
1908–09 Division 1 34 12 8 14 54 49 32 11th 2nd Phil Cole 8 7,794
1909–10 Division 1 34 12 7 15 59 50 31 12th 3rd George Buchanan 12 7,853
1910–11 Division 1 34 8 8 18 42 59 24 14th 1st-R Richard Harker 9 9,088
1911–12 Division 1 34 16 8 10 54 40 40 4th SF Percy Dawson 18 10,529
1912–13 Division 1 34 17 7 10 71 43 41 3rd SF Percy Dawson 27 10,676
1913–14 Division 1 38 23 8 7 70 29 54 3rd 2nd Percy Dawson 23 13,131
1914–15 Division 1 38 27 7 4 83 32 61 2nd Tom Gracie 29 11,157
1915–16 Division 1 37 20 6 11 66 45 46 5th[3] Fletcher Welsh 18 7,631
1916–17 Division 1 38 14 4 20 44 59 32 14th Denyer 6 6,289
1917–18 Division 1 34 14 4 16 41 58 32 10th Johnny Sharp 10 7,500
1918–19 Division 1 34 14 9 11 59 52 37 7th [4] Andy Wilson 28 9,735
1919–20 Division 1 42 14 9 19 57 72 37 15th 3rd Arthur Lochhead 13 16,223
1920–21 Division 1 42 20 10 12 74 49 50 3rd SF-2R Freddie Forbes 23 17,928
1921-22 Division 1 42 11 10 21 50 60 32 19th 3rd Freddie Forbes 13 17,071
1922-23 Division 1 38 11 15 12 51 50 37 12th 2nd Jock White 33 17,105
1923-24 Division 1 38 14 10 14 61 50 38 9th QF Jock White 20 16,368
1924-25

Division 1

 38 12 11 15 64 68 35 10th 2nd Jock White 24 17,500
1925-26

Division A

 38 21 8 9 87 56 50 3rd 3rd Jock White 27 18,474
1926-27 Division A 38 12 11 15 65 64 35 13th 1st Jock White 15 17,026
1927-28 Division A 38 20 7 11 89 50 47 4th 3rd Lachie McMillan 22 16,763
1928-29 Division A 38 19 9 10 91 57 47 4th 1st Barney Battles, Jr. 31 18,921
1929-30 Division A 38 14 9 15 69 69 37 10th SF Barney Battles, Jr. 33 16,737
1930–31 Division A 38 19 6 13 90 63 44 5th 2nd Barney Battles, Jr. 47 17,789
1931-32 Division A 38 17 5 16 63 61 39 8th 3rd Barney Battles, Jr. 19 15,449
1932-33 Division A 38 21 8 9 84 51 50 3rd SF-R Jock White 24 16,134
1933-34 Division A 38 17 10 11 86 59 44 6th 3rd-R Jock White 18 14,400
1934-35 Division A 38 20 10 8 87 51 50 3rd SF-R Dave McCulloch 39 18,655
1935-36 Division A 38 20 7 11 88 55 47 5th 1st Tommy Walker 18 18,363
1936-37 Division A 38 24 3 11 99 60 51 5th 3rd Andy Black 33 20,087
1937-38 Division A 38 26 6 6 90 50 58 2nd 1st Andy Black 39 20,173
1938-39 Division A 38 20 5 13 98 70 45 4th 3rd-R Archie Garrett 27 18,309
1939-40 Wartime NE[5] 34 20 6 8 117 75 40 2nd [6] Tommy Walker 27
1940–41 Wartime S 30 12 5 13 64 71 29 10th Final Tommy Walker 12
1941–42 Wartime S 30 14 4 12 85 72 35 5th Sec Hamilton/Tommy Walker 18
1942–43 Wartime S 30 12 7 11 68 64 31 7th Sec Tommy Walker 16
1943–44 Wartime S 30 14 7 9 67 50 35 4th Sec Archie Kelly 15
1944–45 Wartime S 30 14 7 9 75 60 35 6th Sec Archie Kelly 32

1945-46

 Wartime Div A 30 11 8 11 63 57 35 6th SF Archie Kelly 20
1946–47 Division A 30 16 6 8 52 43 38 4th QF SF Archie Kelly 15 19,570
1947–48 Division A 30 10 8 12 37 42 28 9th 2nd QF Archie Kelly 11 22,694
1948–49 Division A 30 12 6 12 64 54 30 8th QF Sec Willie Bauld 24 28,195
1949–50 Division A 30 20 3 7 86 40 43 3rd 2nd Sec Willie Bauld 40 27,811
1950–51 Division A 30 16 5 9 72 45 37 4th 3rd Sec Alfie Conn/Jimmy Wardhaugh 24 23,917
1951–52 Division A 30 14 7 9 69 53 35 4th SF-2R Sec Willie Bauld 27 25,238
1952–53 Division A 30 12 6 12 59 50 30 4th SF Sec Willie Bauld 17 22,377

1953–54

 Division A 30 16 6 8 70 45 38 2nd QF Sec Jimmy Wardhaugh 34 26,248
1954–55 Division A 30 16 7 7 74 45 39 4th QF-R Winners Willie Bauld 39 23,133
1955–56 Division A 34 19 7 8 99 47 45 3rd Winners QF Jimmy Wardhaugh 33 23,588
1956–57 Division 1 34 24 5 5 81 48 53 2nd 5th Sec Jimmy Wardhaugh 29 23,882
1957–58 Division 1 34 29 4 1 132 29 62 1st QF Sec Jimmy Wardhaugh 37 24,118
1958–59 Division 1 34 21 6 7 92 51 48 2nd 2nd Winners European Cup R1 Willie Bauld 26 21,471
1959–60 Division 1 34 23 8 3 102 51 54 1st 1st-R Winners Alex Young 28 23,059
1960–61 Division 1 34 13 8 13 51 53 34 7th QF QF-PO European Cup R1 Bobby Blackwood 14 20,294

1961–62

 Division 1 34 16 6 12 54 49 38 6th 3rd Final Fairs Cup R2 Willie Wallace 12 13,592
1962–63 Division 1 34 17 9 8 85 59 43 5th 2nd Winners Willie Wallace 25 12,778
1963–64 Division 1 34 19 9 6 74 40 47 4th 3rd-R Sec Fairs Cup R1-PO Willie Wallace 28 14,037
1964–65 Division 1 34 22 6 6 90 49 50 2nd 3rd Sec Willie Wallace 25 16,682
1965–66 Division 1 34 13 12 9 56 48 38 7th QF-R Sec Fairs Cup R3-PO Willie Wallace 28 12,120

1966–67

 Division 1 34 11 8 15 39 48 30 11th 1st Sec Willie Wallace 9 10,188
1967–68 Division 1 34 13 4 17 56 61 30 12th Final Sec Donald Ford 16 11,136
1968–69 Division 1 34 14 8 12 52 54 36 8th 2nd Sec Donald Ford 10 11,544
1969–70 Division 1 34 13 12 9 50 36 38 4th 2nd Sec Donald Ford 8 12,473
1970–71 Division 1 34 13 7 14 41 40 33 11th 2nd Sec Donald Ford 23 11,668
1971–72 Division 1 34 13 13 8 53 49 39 6th QF-R Sec Donald Ford 19 11,196
1972–73 Division 1 34 12 6 16 39 50 30 10th 1st-R Sec Donald Ford 12 10,213
1973–74 Division 1 34 14 10 10 54 43 38 6th SF-R Sec Donald Ford 29 11,733
1974–75 Division 1 34 11 13 10 47 52 35 8th QF-R QF Donald Ford 19 12,225
1975–76 Premier Division 36 13 9 14 39 45 35 5th Final Sec Drew Busby/Willie Gibson 15 12,677
1976–77 Premier Division 36 7 13 16 49 66 27 9th SF SF Cup Winners Cup R2 Willie Gibson 24 11,696
1977–78 Division 1 (Old 2nd) 39 24 10 5 77 42 58 2nd 2nd-R SF Willie Gibson 23 9,863
1978–79 Premier Division 36 8 7 21 39 71 23 9th QF 1st Derek O'Connor 9 10,831
1979–80 Division 1 (Old 2nd) 39 20 13 6 58 39 53 1st QF 1st Willie Gibson 18 5,735
1980–81 Premier Division 36 6 6 24 27 71 18 10th 1st-R 2nd Derek O'Connor/Chris Robertson 6 7,759
1981–82 Division 1 (Old 2nd) 39 21 8 10 65 37 50 3rd 4th Round Sec Willie Pettigrew 20 5,157
1982–83 Division 1 (Old 2nd) 39 22 10 7 79 38 54 2nd QF SF Derek O'Connor 22 5,908
1983–84 Premier Division 36 10 16 10 38 47 36 5th 4th Sec John Robertson 20 11,914
1984–85 Premier Division 36 13 5 18 47 64 31 7th QF-R SF UEFA Cup R1 John Robertson 13 11,305
1985–86 Premier Division 36 20 10 6 59 33 50 2nd Final QF John Robertson 25 16,198
1986–87 Premier Division 44 21 14 9 64 43 56 5th SF 2nd UEFA Cup R1 John Robertson 19 14,531
1987–88 Premier Division 44 23 16 5 74 32 62 2nd SF QF John Robertson 31 16,633
1988–89 Premier Division 36 9 13 14 35 42 31 6th QF SF UEFA Cup QF Iain Ferguson 11 15,367
1989–90 Premier Division 36 16 12 8 54 35 44 3rd QF QF John Robertson 22 15,694
1990–91 Premier Division 36 14 7 15 48 55 35 5th 3rd QF UEFA Cup R2 John Robertson 16 13,232
1991–92 Premier Division 44 27 9 8 60 37 63 2nd SF-R QF John Robertson 20 13,317
1992–93 Premier Division 44 15 14 15 46 51 44 5th SF QF UEFA Cup R2 John Robertson 15 9,829
1993–94 Premier Division 44 11 20 13 37 43 42 7th QF 3rd UEFA Cup R1 John Robertson 12 11,010
1994–95 Premier Division 36 12 7 17 44 51 43 6th SF 3rd John Robertson 14 10,123
1995–96 Premier Division 36 16 7 13 55 53 55 4th Final QF John Robertson 14 12,078
1996–97 Premier Division 36 14 10 12 46 43 52 4th 4th-R Final Cup Winners Cup PR John Robertson 19 12,349
1997–98 Premier Division 36 19 10 7 70 46 67 3rd Winners QF Jim Hamilton 15 15,337
1998–99 SPL 36 11 9 16 44 50 42 6th 3rd SF Cup Winners Cup R1 Stephane Adam & Jim Hamilton 10 14,233
1999–00 SPL 36 15 9 12 47 40 54 3rd QF QF Gary McSwegan 15 14,246
2000–01 SPL 38 14 10 14 56 50 52 5th QF QF UEFA Cup R1 Colin Cameron 16 12,771
2001–02 SPL 38 14 6 18 52 57 48 5th 4th 2nd Ricardo Fuller/Kevin McKenna 9 12,080
2002–03 SPL 38 18 9 11 57 51 63 3rd 3rd SF Mark de Vries 15 12,058
2003–04 SPL 38 19 11 8 56 40 68 3rd 4th QF UEFA Cup R2 Mark de Vries 15 11,961
2004–05 SPL 38 13 11 14 43 41 50 5th SF SF UEFA Cup R2 Group A (5th) Paul Hartley 15 12,272
2005–06 SPL 38 22 8 8 71 31 74 2nd Winners 3rd Paul Hartley/Rudi Skácel 17 16,767
2006–07 SPL 38 17 10 11 47 35 61 4th 4th QF Champions League PR3
UEFA Cup R1		 Andrius Velicka 12 16,937
2007–08 SPL 38 13 9 16 47 55 48 8th 4th-R[7] SF Andrius Velicka 14 15,930
2008–09 SPL 38 16 11 11 40 37 59 3rd 2nd 5th Bruno Aguiar 7 14,398
2009–10 SPL 38 13 9 16 35 46 48 6th 4th SF UEFA Europa League PR1 Michael Stewart 8 14,484
2010–11 SPL 3rd 4th 3rd Rudi Skácel 13

Footnotes

  1. ^ This includes all goals scored in all games prior to 1890–91 and only those scored in "competitive" games after 1890–91.
  2. ^ This figure pertains to league matches only. All statistics referenced from Ross' The Roar of the Crowd, except seasons 2004–05, 2005–06 and 2006–07.
  3. ^ Hearts were unable to fulfil a fixture away to Morton due to war-time restrictions. As the match would not affect final placings it was not rescheduled and both teams finished the campaign having played only 37 games.
  4. ^ Although the Scottish Cup was suspended between the years 1916 and 1919, a one-off tournament featuring a similar format, called the Victory Cup, was played during the 1918-1919 season. Hearts reached the final, where they were defeated 3-0 by St. Mirren.
  5. ^ The Scottish League started as scheduled this season but was suspended on 4th September. Several temporary wartime leagues were introduced to fill the gap, with Hearts competing in the North Eastern League.
  6. ^ An end of season Cup competition was introduced on 1940-41, called the Southern League Cup. Hearts reaching the first final and losing in a replay to Rangers. This became the League Cup in 1946-47.
  7. ^ From 2007–08 The 'Top Clubs' entered in the 4th round of the Cup due to expansion of the competition. This was still the last 32 equivalent to the 3rd round the previous year.

References

Heart of Midlothian seasons
1880–81 · 1881–82 · 1882–83 · 1883–84 · 1884–85 · 1885–86 · 1886–87 · 1887–88 · 1888–89 · 1889–90
1890–91 · 1891–92 · 1892–93 · 1893–94 · 1894–95 · 1895–96 · 1896–97 · 1897–98 · 1898–99 · 1899–00
1900–01 · 1901–02 · 1902–03 · 1903–04 · 1904–05 · 1905–06 · 1906–07 · 1907–08 · 1908–09 · 1909–10
1910–11 · 1911–12 · 1912–13 · 1913–14 · 1914–15 · 1915–16 · 1916–17 · 1917–18 · 1918–19 · 1919–20
1920–21 · 1921–22 · 1922–23 · 1923–24 · 1924–25 · 1925–26 · 1926–27 · 1927–28 · 1928–29 · 1929–30
1930–31 · 1931–32 · 1932–33 · 1933–34 · 1934–35 · 1935–36 · 1936–37 · 1937–38 · 1938–39 · 1939–40
1950–51 · 1951–52 · 1952–53 · 1953–54 · 1954–55 · 1955–56 · 1956–57 · 1957–58 · 1958–59 · 1959–60
1960–61 · 1961–62 · 1962–63 · 1963–64 · 1964–65 · 1965–66 · 1966–67 · 1967–68 · 1968–69 · 1969–70
1970–71 · 1971–72 · 1972–73 · 1973–74 · 1974–75 · 1975–76 · 1976–77 · 1977–78 · 1978–79 · 1979–80
1980–81 · 1981–82 · 1982–83 · 1983–84 · 1984–85 · 1985–86 · 1986–87 · 1987–88 · 1988–89 · 1989–90
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