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The Journos · 27 May 2026
Hugh MacDonald and Gordon Parks go in HARD at the Hearts FC boardroom over the Lawrence Shankland exit clause that let their captain and top scorer walk to Rangers for nothing. Plus: a verdict on Partick Thistle's playoff heartbreak, Jamestown Analytics' tension with Derek McInnes — and the launch of PLZ Soccer's biggest summer competition.
"That is the DIRTY SECRET for Hearts' season — Hearts fans should be really asking questions and angry, because the PRIZE ASSET has now gone for ZERO." — Gordon Parks
⏱️THE JOURNOS CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro — Peter Martin, Hugh MacDonald & Gordon Parks
00:40 Top 50 Scottish Premiership players competition launch (vote at plzsoccer.com)
10:55 Elite Joinery & Fire Protection quiz — 1970 World Cup in colour
14:23 St Mirren survive playoff final — "Dodged a bullet"
17:00 Mark Wilson's "transformative" Partick recruitment
20:26 Should McLeish get the St Mirren job?
21:30 Shankland signs for Rangers — "finest of fine wines"
24:00 The Shankland EXIT CLAUSE — Hearts FC's "dirty secret"
28:30 Jamestown Analytics tension with Derek McInnes
33:00 Hearts long-term title chase
44:00 Ollie McBurney + Scotland squad
45:30 Harry Kane "best No.9 in the world"
49:46 PSG vs Arsenal Champions League final
54:00 Charlie Nicholas vs George McCluskey
59:05 Quiz answer: 1970 World Cup final goalscorers
🏆 TOP 50 SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE PLAYERS SINCE 1975 — vote NOW at plzsoccer.com. One lucky winner gets a custom Gio Thompson painting of their favourite player on canvas. Hugh debates whether Souness even makes the cut. Parks argues George McCluskey was better than Charlie Nicholas. Eric Black, Bobby Russell, Steve Archibald, John Robertson, Hans Hillhouse, Ian Jess — who makes YOUR cut?
⚫ HEARTS' SHANKLAND CLAUSE — Parks: "Capital naivety. The sporting director is naive." The dirty secret Hearts concealed all season. Why the prize asset walked for zero.
🟡 PARTICK THISTLE PLAYOFF — "Fortuitous. Dodged a bullet" — Parks on St Mirren's escape. Why he wouldn't give Craig McLeish the job permanently. Mark Wilson's recruitment praised as "transformative."
🔵 RANGERS' SHANKLAND SIGNING — "The finest of fine wines in Scottish football." MacDonald on why this changes the culture at Ibrox. Plus: Josh Windass slammed — "never a go from me. Get away from social-media ingratiating."
🧠 JAMESTOWN ANALYTICS vs DEREK McINNES — "There is a tension." Hugh predicted it a year ago. The red flags Jamestown will be seeing at Hearts.
🇬🇧 SCOTLAND + WORLD CUP — Ollie McBurney's frustration at Steve Clarke's squad omission.
🏆 PSG vs ARSENAL — Champions League final preview. "PSG all day long and twice on Sunday." Vitinha "on another planet." Kvaratskhelia love.
🎬 1970 WORLD CUP QUIZ — name the goalscorers in the Brazil 4-1 Italy final (Elite Joinery & Fire Protection).
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⚡ VOTE: plzsoccer.com — Top 50 Scottish Premier League players since 1975. Win a Gio Thompson custom painting.
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