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22 October 2026
Sectarian songs at Celtic vs Hearts hits the Scottish football headlines. "It's a Scotland problem." Peter Martin, Gordon Parks and Hugh MacDonald on sectarian chanting in Scottish football. Hugh says "it happens every week" and isn't just a Celtic and Rangers problem, why Celtic players name Tyneca...
20 October 2026
"Celtic murdered them." Tam McManus on Celtic 7-1 Hearts: "a wee bit of arrogance about Hearts", going toe-to-toe and man for man at the back, Kingsley and McCart "exposed in terms of their pace and their power", and "a real tanking" just when Hearts were "starting to motor". From The Football Show...
20 October 2026
Celtic 7-1 Hearts - "Scottish football is on its knees." Peter Martin, Alan Rough, Alex Rae and Tam McManus on Celtic 7-1 Hearts: did Hearts buy into the hype, "a wee bit of arrogance about Hearts", Martin O'Neill's big calls (Osmand in, Høgh out, Durán through the middle), Kieran Tierney, and wheth...
19 October 2026
Peter Martin discusses how managers can use a rope-a-dope style game plan, citing Muhammad Ali against George Foreman in 1974. Gordon Parks recalls a Scottish Cup win over Celtic where the week was spent identifying Celtic's weaknesses and not letting them play. Transcript: Here's a question then....
18 October 2026
Can Hearts win the league in the next 10 years? Tony Bloom says he'd be disappointed if they don't, and the panel call it "not in any way absurd". Hugh MacDonald and Gordon Parks join Peter Martin on Hearts v Nordsjaelland, Claudio Braga and Josh McPake, Jamestown Analytics and Derek McInnes, nine g...
17 October 2026
"They're going to try and pull what I call a Donald Trump out of this." Peter Martin on Celtic's AGM, three weeks away, and £77 million in the bank. Then Hearts 1-1 Nordsjaelland at Tynecastle ("Hearts are going to blow this"), Wouter Vrancken, why Scottish clubs struggle to play European football,...
16 October 2026
Benfica tonight, Dundee v Rangers on Saturday and Celtic v Hearts on Sunday. Hugh MacDonald and Gordon Parks join Peter Martin for the predictions: "I think this could be a two or three-nil" in Lisbon, whether Hearts can win at Celtic Park (Josh McPake against Colby Donovan), and whether Rangers, to...
16 October 2026
Benfica 4-1 Celtic and Hearts 1-1 Nordsjaelland. Peter Martin, live from Tynecastle: "The board have just basically left Martin O'Neill out to dry." Celtic since Bayern, Kasper Høgh hooked at half-time, a back line that "is woeful", Camilo Durán "exempt from criticism", Carter-Vickers "towing a cara...
15 October 2026
Wouter Vrancken wanted Hearts to capitalise on their opening goal to go on and win the game against Nordsjaelland.
15 October 2026
Benfica vs Celtic preview: Is it damage limitation for Celtic in Lisbon? Hugh MacDonald and Gordon Parks join Peter Martin and can't agree: "Benfica will inflict real pain on them", or a chance to "kickstart something"? Colby Donovan, Dane Murray, Liam Scales and Kieran Tierney as a back four "in re...
13 October 2026
Hearts vs Celtic preview: "They were good." Peter Martin was at Tynecastle for Hearts 5-0 St Mirren: Calvin Miller and Josh McPake on the flanks, Claudio Braga "going from strength to strength", and 11 home wins in a row by the panel's count. Can Hearts mount a title challenge, and what will they do...
13 October 2026
"You can't come out of an Old Firm game and say that." The panel on Cameron Carter-Vickers speaking out after the derby, then Rangers 3-1 Kilmarnock: Ryan Naderi's double, Kevin Kelsy's deflected goal, Djeidi Gassama, Minsu Kim and James Penrice, and the second-half "post-mortem" at Ibrox. Plus Neil...
11 October 2026
Nordsjælland vs Hearts preview: Hearts FC manager reflects on his side's 5-0 performance vs St Mirren and the upcoming Europa Conference League game against Nordsjælland on Thursday. Hearts manager Wouter Vrancken says "it's never good enough" after Hearts beat St Mirren 5-0 at Tynecastle in the Sc...
10 October 2026
St Mirren manager Craig McLeish says "it's not good enough" after a 5-0 defeat to Hearts at Tynecastle in the Scottish Premiership on Saturday 10 October 2026. He says St Mirren "just shoot ourselves in the foot", conceding two avoidable penalties and making individual errors for the other three goa...
10 October 2026
Hearts beat St Mirren 5-0 at Tynecastle in the Scottish Premiership on Saturday 10 October 2026. Laurent Mendy opened the scoring with a left-foot shot into the roof of the net, Calvin Miller scored two penalties, one in either half, Claudio Braga rounded the goalkeeper for the fourth and Josh McPak...
10 October 2026
Hearts manager Wouter Vrancken says "it's never good enough" after Hearts beat St Mirren 5-0 at Tynecastle in the Scottish Premiership on Saturday 10 October 2026. He believes Hearts "can improve in a lot of things", says his players have bought into his methods "from the first session", and looks a...
3 September 2026
Hearts manager Wouter Vrancken reflects on a 3-1 Edinburgh derby win at Hibs, and makes clear he believes the best is still to come. Vrancken praised a "brilliant first half", his players "manning up" in the duels and staying above the emotion of a hostile away derby, and hailed the travelling suppo...
27 August 2026
Graham Robertson from the Foundation of Hearts joins the PLZ Fan Zone, buzzing after Hearts beat Rapid Vienna on penalties to reach the Europa Conference League group stage. He hails a "truly remarkable" team performance - Boruc's two penalty saves, Calvin Miller's herculean shift and goal even with...
26 August 2026
Rapid Wien 2-2 Hearts (Hearts win on penalties) -- Hearts are into the group stage of European football for the first time, beating Rapid Vienna in a penalty shootout in Austria after a dramatic 120 minutes. Written off by almost everyone, Wouter Vrancken's side were superb: Kaboré guided a clever e...
22 August 2026
Hearts fan David Beveridge joins Peter Martin in the PLZ Fan Zone to reflect on Hearts' 2-2 draw with Rapid Vienna in the first leg of their Europa Conference League playoff. He's optimistic Hearts can finish the job in Vienna after James Wilson's wonder goal, but says the back line is his big worry...
20 August 2026
POST-MATCH REACTION | Hearts 2-2 SK Rapid Wein - Heart of Midlothian drew 2-2 with SK Rapid Vienna at Tynecastle in the first leg of their Europa Conference League playoff. Josh McPake and James Wilson scored for the Jambos - Wilson's strike an absolute screamer - but two goals from the Austrians me...
20 August 2026
Hearts head coach Wouter Vrancken gives his full post-match press conference after a 2-2 draw with SK Rapid Vienna at Tynecastle in the first leg of their Europa Conference League playoff. Vrancken says he is proud of his players' second-half energy and intensity, admits Hearts conceded two soft goa...
25 June 2026
The Hearts manager Wouter Vrancken has been speaking to Peter Martin. "I like a lot of pressure, a lot of intensity, a lot of energy — aggression." Meet Hearts' new manager Wouter Vrancken. The Belgian, on a two-year deal at Tynecastle, sits down with Peter Martin to lay out his attacking philosophy...
30 May 2026
When Celtic Park exploded into a pitch invasion after the title-clinching result, Peter Martin called it as he saw it: Hearts players were threatened by thousands of fans coming onto the field. The comments section split. Police Scotland later confirmed they received no Hearts complaints. The SFA ca...
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