Hearts continued Scotland's lengthy custom of getting battered in every single place they go by *checks notes* beating Stoke Metropolis on Saturday.
Scotland worldwide Lawrence Shankland bagged a double for the Scottish Premiership facet in a 2-1 victory at Tynecastle in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Very like Peter Wright, who was comprehensively battered on his solution to profitable the PDC World Darts Championship earlier this yr, and the Scotland's males's nationwide crew, battered in holding Euro 2020 finalists England, there can merely be no approach again for Robbie Neilson's facet after this.
All joking apart, is there a extra cursed chant in all sport as of late? No one's anticipating, or asking for, light cordiality between rival followers however maybe its time for this one to be put to pasture. The Stoke help may very well be heard goading their hosts with it in Gorgie on Saturday afternoon and studies of odds on a Hearts victory tumbling from the second it rose up from the away are, I am positive, purely coincidental.
Fairly why they appeared so disgruntled close to full-time when including one other battering to Scotland's shameful current historical past is an actual thriller. Maybe it had one thing to do with Shankland's double making it a testimonial day to recollect for membership legend Gary Locke.
The Hearts hero loved a memorable testimonial day, absorbing the ambiance along with his household earlier than taking in one other pre-season win for his beloved Hearts.
In fully unrelated information, Celtic beat Norwich Metropolis 2-0 on Saturday and Premier League and Serie A-winning supervisor Antonio Conte delivered a glowing verdict on Europa League finalists Rangers after his Tottenham edged them out 2-1 at Ibrox.