Great weekend continues...

After the enjoyment of last night's St Andrew's Night bash, there was more fun for York Hearts today, when members gathered in the White Horse for the match against Rangers.
Eleven Jambos and one sole Rangers fan gathered to watch the boys in maroon triumph 2-1, making it five wins in a row for Csaba Laszlo's men.
Numpty of the week award goes to Sam Outing, who had planned to go to the game but slept in and missed his train! Nice one Sam. Brian Tait did manage to get up in time, and joined Mike Tullberg and his girlfriend Thea on the 09:06 to Haymarket.

What a night...

TWO heroes of yesteryear and one current player were among almost 70 guests, as York Hearts held its second annual function last night.
Jambos, fellow Scots, friends and relatives gathered at the Park Inn Hotel in North Street, for the second York Hearts St Andrew’s Night Celebration.
The club was delighted to welcome back legendary Hearts goalkeeper Henry Smith and his wife Lynn, as well as former Hearts and York City star (and York Hearts President) Roy Kay with his wife Linda.
We were also thrilled to be joined by Hearts’ on-loan Danish striker Mike Tullberg and his girlfriend Thea, who travelled down from Edinburgh specially.
The evening began with drinks in the Riverside suite bar, before guests moved through to the dining room for a meal of haggis, neeps and tatties followed by apple pie and coffees, while also trying their hand at the quiz.
We then moved on to the disco, before breaking for the raffle and auction. We had three top auction lots, thanks to fantastic generosity from Roy Kay, Henry Smith and Hearts.
From HMFC, we had two directors’ box passes, plus pre and post match drinks, for Hearts v Aberdeen next February 14. Ian Warner won the bidding for those, with a final bid of £150. Ian also topped the bidding for Henry’s lot – an original Scotland goalkeeper shirt worn by Henry in 1988, and signed by the current Hearts squad. That went for £190.
The most talked-about lot of the night was the shirt Roy wore in the 1976 Scottish Cup Final, when Hearts met Rangers. After some fierce bidding, it finally went for £360 to White Horse landlord Dan Murphy, who will be framing it for display in the pub for all to see.
YHSC's chief charity fundraiser Alex Bedginham also collected a cheque for the money raised in last month's sponsored run for Cancer Research. Proceeds from the auction and raffle were also split between YHSC and Cancer Research, meaning we have now raised more than £3,000 for the charity so far this season.
Presentations were made to the guests of honour, with specially-engraved tankards for the players and bouquets for Lynn, Linda and Thea, before the disco resumed and the Jambos danced the night away.
We want to say a massive thank you to Roy and Linda, Henry and Lynn, Mike and Thea, HMFC, staff at the Park Inn and everyone else who donated auction lots or raffle prizes, including Brigantes, Bombay Spice and the White Horse.

PIX: The first batch of Lewis' photos is available to view here

Up for the cup...

The draw for the 4th Round of the Scottish Cup will be made at 2.30pm on Monday. York Hearts will be running a bus to the tie, which will take place on the weekend of January 10. Watch this space on Monday for details of who we're playing and where we're going...

One day to go...

With the second York Hearts St Andrew's Night Celebration just one day away, we can confirm that we WILL have a current player there, along with the two ex-pros Henry Smith and Roy Kay.

Hearts' Danish centre-forward Mike Tullberg will make the trip south from Tynecastle to join us for what is shaping up to be a great night.

Mike, 22, joined Hearts in the summer on a one-year loan deal fro Italian Serie A side Reggina. He is currently out injured, but is tipped to do well in the SPL when fit again.

Dull but worthy...

We changed the constitution at the recent AGM. The new version is here for anyone who wants to take a look. The AGM minutes have now been sent out on email. If you're a member and have not got a copy, email yorkhearts@yahoo.co.uk

New pix...

Pictures from the Hearts v Hamilton trip earlier this month are now on Picasa. See here and scroll down.

Hearts on TV

The Edinburgh derby at Tynecastle on January 3 will now be shown live on Setanta, with a 12.30pm kick-off. We'll meet in the White Horse as usual to watch it.

St Andrew's: Another star

HMFC have confirmed that they will send a member of the current Hearts squad to our St Andrew's Night Celebration next Friday. If you've not yet got your ticket there is still time - email yorkhearts@yahoo.co.uk or phone/text 07791 626238.

Cup cup and away

York Hearts intend running a bus to Hearts' Scottish Cup fourth round tie, on the weekend of January 10. The draw has yet to be made, but can people have a think about whether they're likely to want to go, so we can move quickly once we know who we're playing and where.

The third round games are on Nov 29, so the draw is likely to be soon after that.

Haphazard Hearts Hang-on v Hamilton

Three members of York Hearts travelled to Tynecastle last night, for the SPL match against Hamilton Accies.
Ian Warner, Sam Outing and Gav Aitchison set off from York by car shortly after 2pm, returning to York just after 2am this morning.
Hearts started brightly, with Christian Nade shaking off the Accies' defence to open the scoring in the sixth minute. A flurry of chances followed, with Nade a constant danger. He was unlucky with one ambitious shot while on the deck, which flew just wide, and also forced the visitors' keeper into a couple of good saves.
The second half, by contrast, was hugely disappointing and Hamilton spent long spells camped in the Hearts half. The Jambos defence stood firm throughout, but Accies will count themselves unlucky not to have snatched a point.
Relief all round at the final whistle, none more so than for Gav Aitchison, who had previously failed to witness Hearts win at home for 13 long months.
The journey went well, and we arrived in good time for a quick pint in the Tynie Arms and the customary trip to the Gorgie Fish Bar.
The next official trip is for Hearts v Rangers on November 29 (12.30pm kick-off). If anyone is going to Hearts v Falkirk on Nov 22 though, feel free to contact Ian Warner, who is also heading up.

AGM reminder

The York Hearts AGM is at 6pm this Friday in the Seahorse Hotel, Fawcett Street, York.

Lots and lots to report...

Plans are continuing for the 2nd York Hearts St Andrew's Night Celebration.

We've now got two absolutely fantastic items to head up the auction part of the evening.

The star lot comes from York Hearts' honorary president Roy Kay, who is handing over the actual shirt he wore in the 1976 Scottish Cup Final between Hearts and Rangers. Hearts wore a unique shirt that day (pictured above), with the match details embroidered on the left breast, and this is a truly awesome piece of Hearts memorabilia.

We've also got two directors' box passes for the Hearts v Aberdeen match at Tynecastle on 14 February next year, complete with pre-match, half-time and post-match hospitality and a parking pass. This is a brilliant day out, and a great experience, and with it being Valentine's Day you could even make it part of a weekend away to Edinburgh.

A massive thank you goes to Roy and HMFC - now get saving!

YHFC "Jet" to win this season

York Jambos were trounced by Jet Screen 13-4 at the Roko Stadium on Thursday night. To be fair the boys had a great first half, playing their best football of the season and went in only 3-2 down. A fluke early second half goal saw the jambos heads go down and it was soon 8-2 only for YHSC to start playing again. Some great passing football got them a couple more goals but Jet Screen kept the pressure on to get a well deserved win. Goals from Ghandi(2) Kermit and Ibby and some great performances from the boys kept the spirits high as we headed for the Horse. Stampy, in goal for his first full game was deservedly man of the match, the rest of the team was Bedo, Ninja, Ibby, Ghandi, Kermit, Batman, Bruno and new boy Rory.
Next week is POY awards and "no one leaves till someone dies" night. Instructions for the forfiet are to follow.

Beer

Further to this post about beer, can all orders please be sent to yorkhearts@yahoo.co.uk or else posted here by noon on Friday. We'll be ordering in bulk from the brewery after that.

AGM time

America has voted for a new President. Now the next most important jobs in the world are also up for grabs - chairman, secretary and treasurer of York Hearts SC.

Our annual general meeting will be held on the evening of Friday 14 November, at the Seahorse Hotel in Fawcett Street, York (near the Barbican Centre).

All members are invited to attend. Anyone wishing to stand for the committee positions can email or call Gav, using the contact details at the foot of this page. If there's anything in particular you want to raise, feel free to get in touch with Gav in advance, or you can raise it at the meeting.

Hearts horsed

Seven from York made the trip north to Tynecastle on Sunday, for the SPL match against Celtic. A further 12 gathered in the White Horse to watch it on TV. Sadly, the turnout was one of few highs on a pretty grim day for Hearts, who went down tamely to a 2-0 defeat.

The trip went fairly well, aside from a couple of unplanned/unwanted diversions via Sunderland and Ripon on the way home. As ever, the pub and chippy were about as good as it got once we hit Edinburgh.

If anyone wants to go to Hearts v Hamilton next Wednesday night (Nov 12) please let us know. A few of us are considering going up by road. Bear in mind that Gav will be going - and he hasn't seen us win at Tynecastle for 13 months now, so may be something of a jinx.

Next Official Trip

The next YHSC trip to Tynecastle will be on Saturday 29th Nov when the JT's take on Rangers in the SPL.

Due to a 12.30pm KO this will mean an early start for travel. Due to the St Andrews Day Dance being held the previous evening, the decision has been made that there will be no road transport for this game. Travel arrangements will consist of a train from York to Edinburgh departing from York at 07.40hrs and returning to York shortly after the match finishes. Definate times have still to be agreed but this will depend on the numbers travelling.

Would all members interested in travelling please contact Gav in order that we can establish numbers for train tickets and match tickets.