From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Heart of Midlothian F.C. Reserves and Academy

Field	Value
clubname	Heart of Midlothian
image	Heart of Midlothian FC logo.svg
upright	0.9
fullname	Heart of Midlothian Football Club Development Squad
nickname	The Maroons (earliest nickname);
Hearts;
The Jam Tarts;
Jambos;
The Famous;
The Wee Jambos (youth team nickname)
league	Lowland Football League
season	2023–24
founded
ground	Ferguson Park, Rosewell
Oriam, Riccarton, Ainslie Park home of The Spartans.
chairman	Ann Budge
chrtitle	Chairperson
manager	Angus Beith
pattern_la1	_hearts2526h
pattern_b1	_hearts2526h
pattern_ra1	_hearts2526h
pattern_sh1	_hearts2526h
pattern_so1	_hearts2526hl
leftarm1	601F2E
body1	601F2E
rightarm1	601F2E
shorts1	FFFFFF
socks1	601F2E
pattern_la2	_hearts2526a
pattern_b2	_hearts2526a
pattern_ra2	_hearts2526a
pattern_sh2	_hearts2526a
pattern_so2	_hearts2526al
leftarm2	ffffff
body2	ffffff
rightarm2	ffffff
shorts2	601F2E
socks2	ffffff
pattern_la3	_hearts2526t
pattern_b3	_hearts2526t
pattern_ra3	_hearts2526t
pattern_sh3	_hearts2526t
leftarm3	000000
body3	000000
rightarm3	000000
shorts3	000000
socks3	000000

Hearts;

The Jam Tarts*; Jambos; The Famous; The Wee Jambos (youth team nickname) Oriam, Riccarton, Ainslie Park home of The Spartans.

In addition to the Heart of Midlothian F.C. first team competing in the Scottish Premiership, the club also maintains a side in the Lowland Football League and various youth teams in their Academy setup. They are often affectionately nicknamed "The Wee Jambos".

Reserve team

Hearts Reserves are the reserve team of Heart of Midlothian.

Hearts were members of the Scottish Premier Reserve League from its foundation in the 1998–99 season. The league started as an U21 League but reverted to an open age group league in season 2004–05. The Reserve League was abandoned for season 2009–10 due to financial constraints and a lack of support from other clubs. Hearts Reserves formerly played their home games at Forthbank Stadium (the home of Stirling Albion). The team mainly consisted of Under-19 players and those on the fringe of the first team squad. Some of the first team also played when recovering from injury. The Reserves' head coach in that was Gary Locke.

In July 2018, it was reported that reserve leagues would be reintroduced in lieu of the development leagues that had been in place since 2009. The top tier of the new SPFL Reserve League featured 18 clubs, whilst a second-tier reserve League comprised nine clubs. Other than a minimum age of 16, no age restrictions applied to the leagues. At the end of its first season (2018–19) several clubs intimated that they would withdraw from the Reserve League to play a variety of challenge matches, but Hearts were one of those who chose to remain.

Under-20 Team & development squad

The Heart of Midlothian Under-20 Team competes in the SPFL Development League previously the Scottish Premier Under 20s League.

In 2017, the Hearts academy was one of eight across the country designated 'elite' status on the introduction of Project Brave, an SFA initiative to concentrate the development of the best young players at a smaller number of clubs with high quality facilities and coaching than was previously the case.

The under-20s play their home matches at Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir whilst training at Riccarton (Heriot-Watt University).

U20 development squad

Honours

Reserves

Scottish Reserve League* (1955–1975)*
- Champions: 1958
- Runners-up: 1957, 1971, 1972, 1975
Premier Reserve League*(1975–1998)*
- Champions: 1993, 1997
- Runners-up: 1996
Scottish Premier Reserve League (1998–2009)
- Champions: 1999–00
- Runners-up: 2003–04, 2008–09
SPFL Reserve League (2018–)
- Runners-up: 2019–20
SPFL Reserve Cup
- Winners: 2018–19

Youths

Scottish Youth Cup
- Winners (3): 1993, 1998, 2000
- Runners-up (3): 2006, 2014, 2016
SPL U-19/SPFL Development League
- Winners: 2001
- Runners-up (3): 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12

Former youth team players

SCO Gary Naysmith
SCO Scott Severin
SCO Stephen Simmons
SCO Robbie Neilson
SCO Craig Gordon
SCO Christophe Berra
SCO Andrew Driver
SCO Calum Elliot
SCO Lee Wallace
SCO Jamie MacDonald
SCO David Gray
ISL Eggert Jonsson
AUS Ryan McGowan
SCO David Templeton
SCO Gary Glen
LIT Arvydas Novikovas
ENG Conrad Balatoni
AUS Dylan McGowan
SCO Scott Robinson
UKR Denis Prychynenko
SCO Jamie Walker
SCO Jason Holt
SCO David Smith
SCO Callum Tapping
SCO Kevin McHattie
SCO Fraser Mullen
SCO Brad McKay
SCO Billy King
SCO Callum Paterson
SCO Jack Hamilton
SCO Dale Carrick
SCO Sam Nicholson
SCO Jason Cummings
SCO Gary Oliver
SCO Adam King
SCO Jordan McGhee
SCO Euan Henderson
SCO Harry Cochrane
SCO Chris Hamilton
SCO Cammy Logan
SCO Connor Smith
SCO Aaron Hickey
SCO Josh Doig
SCO Aidan Denholm

References

(9 May 2014). "Ann Budge to start at Tynecastle on Monday". [[BBC Sport]].
"SPL Reserve League - General Information".
Reserve League scrapped, Ewing Grahame: ''The Telegraph'', published 5 January 2009
(23 July 2018). "SPFL reintroduces reserve leagues after nine-year absence". BBC Sport.
Jack, Christopher. (1 May 2019). "Rangers and Celtic set to quit SPFL Reserve League in a bid to boost Academy teams". The Herald.
[https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/latest-hearts-news/hearts-to-stay-in-reserve-league-regardless-of-celtic-and-rangers-participation-1-4923272 Hearts to stay in Reserve League regardless of Celtic and Rangers participation], Edinburgh Evening News, 9 May 2019
(15 November 2017). "Project Brave: Scottish FA confirms eight-club academy elite". BBC Sport.
(15 November 2017). "SFA confirms Project Brave academy placings". [[The Scotsman]].
[http://www.oocities.org/br1anmccoll/scottishreserveleague.htm Scottish Football Historical Archive Mirror - Scottish Reserve League]
[http://www.oocities.org/br1anmccoll/scottishreserveleague5.htm Scottish Football Historical Archive Mirror - Premier Reserve League]
[https://spfl.co.uk/news/hamilton-academical-and-livingston-named-reserve Hamilton Academical and Livingston Named Reserve League Champions], Scottish Professional Football League, 16 June 2020
[https://uk.soccerway.com/national/scotland/spfl-reserve-cup/20182019/s16517/final-stages/ SPFL Reserve Cup 2018–19], Soccerway

Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

heart-of-midlothian-f.c. reserve-team-football-in-scotland youth-football-in-scotland football-academies-in-scotland lowland-football-league-teams

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Heart of Midlothian F.C. Reserves and Academy — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report