football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
by
Heart of Midlothian F.C.
Heart of Midlothian Football Club, commonly known as Hearts, is a professional football club in Edinburgh, Scotland. The team competes in the Scottish Professional Football League. Hearts, the oldest and most successful football club in the S ...
(Hearts) with the team participating in the
Scottish Premiership
The Scottish Premiership, known as the cinch Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is the top division of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL), the league competition for men's professional football clubs in Scotland. The Scottish ...
. Hearts are playing their third consecutive season in the top tier of Scottish football, having been promoted from the
Scottish Championship
The Scottish Championship, known as the cinch Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier of the Scottish Professional Football League, the league competition for men's professional football clubs in Scotland
Scotland (, ...
at the end of the 2014–15 season. They also competed in the
League
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and
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup, with the first preseason friendly taking place against
Livingston
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at the start of July. They then headed to Ireland for a five-day training camp in
Dublin
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and
Belfast
Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdo ...
.
Premiership
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League Cup
Heart of Midlothian are part of Group B in the League Cup group stages. On 20 June, of the matches were announced by the
Scottish Professional Football League
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Returning defender and former captain Christophe Berra was re-appointed captain for season 2017–18. He took over from now former player
Perry Kitchen
Perry Allen Kitchen (born February 29, 1992) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a defensive midfielder.
He was part of the Akron Zips side that won the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship, and was a firs ...
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During the 2017–18 season, Hearts have used forty-two players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.
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Esmaël Ruti Tavares Cruz da Silva Gonçalves (born 25 June 1991), also known as Isma, is a Guinea-Bissau footballer who plays as a center forward and winger and is a free agent after leaving Scottish club Livingston in September 2023. He also ...
during the game versus
Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock (, sco, Kilmaurnock; gd, Cill Mheàrnaig (IPA: ʰʲɪʎˈveaːɾnəkʲ, "Marnock's church") is a large town and former burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland and is the administrative centre of East Ayrshire, East Ayrshire Council. ...
on 12 August, for an incident with
Kirk Broadfoot
Kirk John Broadfoot (born 8 August 1984) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a defender for Lowland League club Open Goal Broomhill.
Broadfoot started his senior career with St Mirren and he helped the club gain promotion to the Scottish Pr ...
was rescinded on appeal, with a yellow card issued for simulation to
Kyle Lafferty
Kyle Joseph George Lafferty (born 16 September 1987) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who currently plays for NIFL Premiership club Linfield and the Northern Ireland national team.
Lafferty began his professional career with Engl ...
during the game versus
Dundee
Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was , giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or ...
Danny Amankwaa
Danny Kwasi Amankwaa (born 30 January 1994) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a winger. He previously played for F.C. Copenhagen, Heart of Midlothian and Denmark at youth level.
He is of Ghanaian descent.
Career FC Copenhagen
...
Kyle Lafferty
Kyle Joseph George Lafferty (born 16 September 1987) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who currently plays for NIFL Premiership club Linfield and the Northern Ireland national team.
Lafferty began his professional career with Engl ...
Arnaud Djoum
Arnaud Sutchuin-Djoum (born 2 May 1989), also known as Arnaud Djoum or Arnaud Sutchuin, is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. He has previously played for Belgian clubs Brussels and Anderlecht, in the Netherlands fo ...
David Milinković
Manuel David Milinković (, ; born 20 May 1994) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger.
Club career
Born in Antibes, France, Milinković has Serbian origins. His grandfather Mirko came to France from the outskirts of Sarajevo ...
Steven Naismith
Steven John Naismith (born 14 September 1986) is a Scottish former professional footballer. He is football development manager at Scottish club Heart of Midlothian.
Naismith began his career with Kilmarnock in 2004. He spent four years with th ...
Connor Randall
Connor Steven Randall (born 21 October 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Scottish Premiership club Ross County.
Club career
Early career
Randall was born and raised in Melling, Merseyside. He attended ...
Ross Callachan
Ross Callachan (born 4 September 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Motherwell.
Club career Raith Rovers
Callachan came through the youth system at Raith Rovers. He was promoted to the first team after ag ...
Cole Stockton
Cole John Stockton (born 13 March 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for League One club Burton Albion. A physical forward, he has good finishing skills with his right-foot.
Stockton overcame a serious bout of ...
Jordan McGhee
Jordan McGhee (born 24 July 1996) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Dundee as either a defender or midfielder. He began his career at Heart of Midlothian and had a spell on loan at Middlesbrough. He then spent two years at F ...
Demetri Mitchell
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Mitchell is a graduate of the Manchester United youth system and won the Denzil ...
Rafał Grzelak
Rafał Grzelak (; born 24 June 1982) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a left winger for KP Starogard Gdański.
Career
Born in Łódź, Grzelak made his Ekstraklasa debut on 22 May 1999 for ŁKS Łódź against Wisła Kraków ...
Jamie Brandon
Jamie Brandon (born 5 February 1998) is a Scottish footballer who plays for Livingston as a right-back, midfielder or right winger. Brandon has previously played for Heart of Midlothian and Greenock Morton.
Career Heart of Midlothian
Brandon b ...
Harry Cochrane
Harry Cochrane (born 24 April 2001) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Queen of the South, having previously played for Heart of Midlothian, as well as loan spells with Dunfermline Athletic and Montrose.
Career Youth foot ...
Joaquim Adão
Joaquim Adão Lungieki João (born 14 July 1992) is a Swiss-born Angolan footballer who plays for Petro de Luanda as a defensive midfielder.
Club career
Adão was loaned to Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian in January 2018.
Intern ...
Esmaël Gonçalves
Esmaël Ruti Tavares Cruz da Silva Gonçalves (born 25 June 1991), also known as Isma, is a Guinea-Bissau footballer who plays as a center forward and winger and is a free agent after leaving Scottish club Livingston in September 2023. He also ...
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Mitchell is a graduate of the Manchester United youth system and won the Denzil ...
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Management
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Jon Daly
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was appointed interim manager the following day. He was assisted by assistant head coach Austin MacPhee and first team coach
Liam Fox
Liam Fox (born 22 September 1961) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for International Trade from 2016 to 2019 and Secretary of State for Defence from 2010 to 2011. A member of the Conservative Party, Fox has served as th ...
.
On 28 August, director of football Craig Levein was appointed as first team manager, with
Jon Daly
Jon Daly, sometimes credited as Jonathan C. Daly, Jon C. Daly or Jonathan Barney Daly, is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer best known for his sketch comedy work on the Comedy Central series ''Kroll Show''. In 2013 he starred as H ...
being promoted to first team coach alongside
Liam Fox
Liam Fox (born 22 September 1961) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for International Trade from 2016 to 2019 and Secretary of State for Defence from 2010 to 2011. A member of the Conservative Party, Fox has served as th ...
and
Paul Gallacher
Paul James Gallacher (born 16 August 1979) is a Scottish former professional footballer who currently is the goalkeeping coach for Heart of Midlothian. Gallacher made eight appearances for the Scottish national team between 2002 and 2004. He ...
, with Austin MacPhee remaining as assistant manager. As manager rather than head coach, Levein retained some of his role as director of football and his place on the board. He had previously managed Hearts between 2000 and 2004 and was awarded a three-year contract. Andy Kirk become the club's under 20's coach replacing Daly.
Stadium
The 2017–18 season Hearts will play in front of a new main stand. Construction began on the new stand during the 2016–17 season, with demolition of the listed 1914 Archibald Leitch main stand beginning on 15 May 2017. The new stand was expected to be partially open by September 2017.
On 3 August 2017, it was announced that the stand would be unable to open on schedule and as such a small number of games would need to be played at
Murrayfield Stadium
Murrayfield Stadium (known as BT Murrayfield Stadium for sponsorship reasons, or popularly as Murrayfield) is a Rugby stadium located in the Murrayfield area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It has a seating capacity of 67,144 making it the largest sta ...
. This meant the opening of the stand would now be two months late, although the overall project would be delivered on time. During this time games against
Aberdeen
Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...
,
St Johnstone
St Johnstone Football Club is a professional association football club in Perth, Scotland which is a member of the Scottish Premiership for the 2022–23 season. The club's name is derived from St John's Toun ''aka'' Saint Johnstoun – an old ...
and
Rangers
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* Park ranger or forest ranger, a person charged with protecting and ...
are to be played at Murrayfield, with a further fixture against
Partick Thistle
Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football, football club from Glasgow, Scotland. Despite their name, the club are based at Firhill Stadium in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908. ...
played away from home. The reasons for the delay included adverse weather and the club not processing the order of seating for the new stand on time.
Upon completion of the new main stand the ground will revert to its original name of Tynecastle Park. The stadium had been renamed Tynecastle Stadium during the 1990s.
Playing kit
Hearts kits were manufactured by
Umbro
Umbro is an English sports equipment manufacturer founded in 1924 in Wilmslow, Cheshire and based in Manchester. They specialise in football and rugby sportswear featuring their ''Double Diamond'' logo. Umbro products are marketed in over 100 c ...
for the 2017–18 season, ending the club's two-year association with
Puma
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. The club's last association with Umbro ended with Hearts winning the
2012 Scottish Cup Final
The 2012 Scottish Cup Final was the 127th final of the Scottish Cup. The match took place at Hampden Park on 19 May 2012 and was contested by the Edinburgh derby rivals, Hibernian (Hibs) and Heart of Midlothian (Hearts). It was Hibs' 12th Scot ...
. The club's new home kit went on sale on 15 June, priced at £48.00 for an adults top with kids priced at £37.50. The kit recorded one of the highest ever sales at launch, with over 1,300 sold in 24 hours. The kit, a modern maroon version of an Umbro designed kit from 1977, was sponsored by charity
Save the Children
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, as part of the three-year deal funded through
philanthropy
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in 2015.
The away kit for the 2017–18 season is a two tone light blue top, with maroon shorts and light blue socks and features the cobbles from the Heart of Midlothian mosaic embossed into the fabric. The kit went on sale to the public on 7 July, at the same pricing. A third change kit was released on 10 August and features a dark blue top, shorts and socks, with a pink badge and trim.
Both the home and away kit have “This is our story, this is our song” embossed into the neck of the shirt. This is a reference to the main stand mosaic and Hearts song.
International selection
Over the course of the season a number of the Hearts squad were called up on international duty. Arnaud Djoum was called up to represent
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...
, Aaron Hughes to represent
Northern Ireland
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, Bjorn Johnsen to represent
Norway
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Scotland
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Bulgaria
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at under-21 level.
In addition a number of the Hearts squad were called up to represent Scotland at youth level. Chris Hamilton and Marc Leonard were called up to the under-17 squad.
Deaths
The following players and people associated with the club died over the course of the season. Former defender
Davie Laing
David Laing (20 February 1925 – 15 July 2017) was a Scottish professional footballer.
Laing played for Hearts for eight years and represented the Scottish League XI while there in 1952. His last game for the club was on 4 September 1954 in ...
Stefano Salvatori
Stefano Salvatori (29 December 1967 – 31 October 2017) was an Italian professional footballer. A tenacious, physically strong, and hard-working player, known for his energetic and tough-tackling style of play, he usually played as a central mi ...
and former club physio Andy Stevenson.
Awards
The club's annual award ceremony took place on 9 April 2018, with club captain Christophe Berra winning both fans and players player of the year award. The full list of awards are included below.
Club awards
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Rafał Grzelak
Rafał Grzelak (; born 24 June 1982) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a left winger for KP Starogard Gdański.
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,
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Kyle Lafferty
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Aidan Keena
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St Patrick's Athletic
St Patrick's Athletic Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Lúthchleas Phádraig Naofa) is a professional Irish association football club based in Inchicore, Dublin, that plays in the Irish Premier Division. Founded in May 1929, they played origin ...
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Free
Free may refer to:
Concept
* Freedom, having the ability to do something, without having to obey anyone/anything
* Freethought, a position that beliefs should be formed only on the basis of logic, reason, and empiricism
* Emancipate, to procur ...
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Ross Callachan
Ross Callachan (born 4 September 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Motherwell.
Club career Raith Rovers
Callachan came through the youth system at Raith Rovers. He was promoted to the first team after ag ...
Danny Amankwaa
Danny Kwasi Amankwaa (born 30 January 1994) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a winger. He previously played for F.C. Copenhagen, Heart of Midlothian and Denmark at youth level.
He is of Ghanaian descent.
Career FC Copenhagen
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F.C. Copenhagen
Football Club Copenhagen ( da, Football Club København, ), commonly known as FC København, FC Copenhagen, Copenhagen or simply FCK, is a professional Danish football club in Copenhagen, Denmark. FCK was founded in 1992 as a superstructure on ...
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Free
Free may refer to:
Concept
* Freedom, having the ability to do something, without having to obey anyone/anything
* Freethought, a position that beliefs should be formed only on the basis of logic, reason, and empiricism
* Emancipate, to procur ...
Players out
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Free
Free may refer to:
Concept
* Freedom, having the ability to do something, without having to obey anyone/anything
* Freethought, a position that beliefs should be formed only on the basis of logic, reason, and empiricism
* Emancipate, to procur ...
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Tasos Avlonitis
Anastasios 'Tasos' Avlonitis ( el, Αναστάσιος 'Τάσος' Αυλωνίτης; born 1 January 1990) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Super League 2 club Panionios.
Club career
Early career
Avlonitis ...
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Panathinaikos
Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba ...
Doxa Katokopias
Doxa Katokopias FC ( el, Δόξα Κατωκοπιάς) is a Cypriot football team from Katokopia in the Nicosia District. Since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, Katokopia is under Turkish occupation, and the club moved to Peristerona, w ...
Lennard Sowah
Lennard Adjetey Sowah (born 23 August 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays as a left-back for TuS Dassendorf. He has previously played for Portsmouth, Hamburger SV II, FC Vestsjælland, Heart of Midlothian and Cracovia.
Club car ...
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KS Cracovia {{Short description, Sports club based in Kraków
Cracovia is a multi-sports club in Kraków, Poland. Its teams include:
*MKS Cracovia
Miejski Klub Sportowy Cracovia Sportowa Spółka Akcyjna, commonly known simply as MKS Cracovia or Cracovia ...
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...
Alexandros Tziolis
Alexandros Tziolis ( el, Αλέξανδρος Τζιόλης; born 13 February 1985) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
He was a Greek international from 2005 until his international retirement in 20 ...
Cardiff City
Cardiff City Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd) is a professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. It competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1899 as R ...
Gavin Reilly
Gavin Christopher Reilly (born 10 May 1993) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Arbroath.
Career Queen of the South (first spell)
Reilly arrived through the youth ranks of Dumfries club Queen of the South, signin ...
Free
Free may refer to:
Concept
* Freedom, having the ability to do something, without having to obey anyone/anything
* Freethought, a position that beliefs should be formed only on the basis of logic, reason, and empiricism
* Emancipate, to procur ...
Perry Kitchen
Perry Allen Kitchen (born February 29, 1992) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a defensive midfielder.
He was part of the Akron Zips side that won the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship, and was a firs ...
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Randers F.C.
Randers FC () is a professional football club based in Randers, East Jutland, Denmark, that plays in the Danish Superliga, the top flight of the Danish football league system. Founded on 1 January 2003, the club builds upon the license of Rander ...
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Free
Free may refer to:
Concept
* Freedom, having the ability to do something, without having to obey anyone/anything
* Freethought, a position that beliefs should be formed only on the basis of logic, reason, and empiricism
* Emancipate, to procur ...
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Sam Nicholson
Sam Alastair Nicholson (born 20 January 1995) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a left winger or left midfielder for Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer.
Career Heart of Midlothian
Nicholson attended Penicuik High School in Midlothian an ...
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Minnesota United FC
Minnesota United FC is an American professional soccer club based in Saint Paul, Minnesota that plays in the Western Conference of Major League Soccer. The club began play in 2017 as the league's 22nd club, and replaced the North American Socc ...
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Free
Free may refer to:
Concept
* Freedom, having the ability to do something, without having to obey anyone/anything
* Freethought, a position that beliefs should be formed only on the basis of logic, reason, and empiricism
* Emancipate, to procur ...
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Bjørn Johnsen
Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less oft ...
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ADO Den Haag
Alles Door Oefening Den Haag (), commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag (), is a Dutch association football club from the city of The Hague. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation f ...
Jordan McGhee
Jordan McGhee (born 24 July 1996) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Dundee as either a defender or midfielder. He began his career at Heart of Midlothian and had a spell on loan at Middlesbrough. He then spent two years at F ...
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Falkirk
Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow.
Falkirk had a ...
Wigan Athletic
Wigan Athletic Football Club () is an English professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system.
Founded in 1932, ...
Rafał Grzelak
Rafał Grzelak (; born 24 June 1982) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a left winger for KP Starogard Gdański.
Career
Born in Łódź, Grzelak made his Ekstraklasa debut on 22 May 1999 for ŁKS Łódź against Wisła Kraków ...
Free
Free may refer to:
Concept
* Freedom, having the ability to do something, without having to obey anyone/anything
* Freethought, a position that beliefs should be formed only on the basis of logic, reason, and empiricism
* Emancipate, to procur ...
Manchester City
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The tw ...
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Loan
In finance, a loan is the lending of money by one or more individuals, organizations, or other entities to other individuals, organizations, etc. The recipient (i.e., the borrower) incurs a debt and is usually liable to pay interest on that d ...
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Connor Randall
Connor Steven Randall (born 21 October 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Scottish Premiership club Ross County.
Club career
Early career
Randall was born and raised in Melling, Merseyside. He attended ...
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Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...
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Loan
In finance, a loan is the lending of money by one or more individuals, organizations, or other entities to other individuals, organizations, etc. The recipient (i.e., the borrower) incurs a debt and is usually liable to pay interest on that d ...
Genoa
Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the List of cities in Italy, sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian ce ...
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Loan
In finance, a loan is the lending of money by one or more individuals, organizations, or other entities to other individuals, organizations, etc. The recipient (i.e., the borrower) incurs a debt and is usually liable to pay interest on that d ...
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Demetri Mitchell
Demetri Kareem Mitchell (born 11 January 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back or as a winger for EFL League One club Exeter City.
Mitchell is a graduate of the Manchester United youth system and won the Denzil ...
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Manchester United
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of City of Salford, Salford to ...
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Loan
In finance, a loan is the lending of money by one or more individuals, organizations, or other entities to other individuals, organizations, etc. The recipient (i.e., the borrower) incurs a debt and is usually liable to pay interest on that d ...
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Steven Naismith
Steven John Naismith (born 14 September 1986) is a Scottish former professional footballer. He is football development manager at Scottish club Heart of Midlothian.
Naismith began his career with Kilmarnock in 2004. He spent four years with th ...
Loan
In finance, a loan is the lending of money by one or more individuals, organizations, or other entities to other individuals, organizations, etc. The recipient (i.e., the borrower) incurs a debt and is usually liable to pay interest on that d ...
Loans out
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Livingston
Livingston may refer to:
Businesses
* Livingston Energy Flight, an Italian airline (2003–2010)
* Livingston Compagnia Aerea, an Italian airline (2011–2014), also known as Livingston Airline
* Livingston International, a North American custom ...
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Loan
In finance, a loan is the lending of money by one or more individuals, organizations, or other entities to other individuals, organizations, etc. The recipient (i.e., the borrower) incurs a debt and is usually liable to pay interest on that d ...
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, Andrew Irving
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Berwick Rangers
Berwick Rangers Football Club is a football team based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, just south of the border with Scotland.
Founded in 1881, they currently play in the , the fifth tier of Scottish football, despite hailing fr ...
Stirling Albion
Stirling Albion Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the city of Stirling. The club was founded in 1945 following the demise of King's Park after World War II. The club currently competes in Scottish League Two as a member of the ...
Stenhousemuir
Stenhousemuir (; gd, Featha Thaigh nan Clach) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies within the Falkirk (council area), Falkirk council area of Scotland. The town is north-northwest of Falkirk and directly adjoins to Larbert in ...
Conor Sammon
Conor Sammon (born 6 November 1986) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Alloa Athletic.
Sammon started his professional career in the League of Ireland Premier Division with University College Dublin and Derry City. ...
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Partick Thistle
Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football, football club from Glasgow, Scotland. Despite their name, the club are based at Firhill Stadium in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908. ...
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Loan
In finance, a loan is the lending of money by one or more individuals, organizations, or other entities to other individuals, organizations, etc. The recipient (i.e., the borrower) incurs a debt and is usually liable to pay interest on that d ...
Loan
In finance, a loan is the lending of money by one or more individuals, organizations, or other entities to other individuals, organizations, etc. The recipient (i.e., the borrower) incurs a debt and is usually liable to pay interest on that d ...
Berwick Rangers
Berwick Rangers Football Club is a football team based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, just south of the border with Scotland.
Founded in 1881, they currently play in the , the fifth tier of Scottish football, despite hailing fr ...
Loan
In finance, a loan is the lending of money by one or more individuals, organizations, or other entities to other individuals, organizations, etc. The recipient (i.e., the borrower) incurs a debt and is usually liable to pay interest on that d ...
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, Kelby Mason
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Airdrieonians
Airdrieonians Football Club is a Scottish professional football team in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, who are members of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) and play in Scottish League One. They were formed in 2002 as Airdrie United ...
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Loan
In finance, a loan is the lending of money by one or more individuals, organizations, or other entities to other individuals, organizations, etc. The recipient (i.e., the borrower) incurs a debt and is usually liable to pay interest on that d ...