This is Our Story
How the Fans Kept their Hearts Beating
Published on 11. October 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-1-912147-95-3 (ISBN)
Description
Imagine if your club, the love of your life, was about to play its last ever game. This is the story of the Heart of Midlothian - Edinburgh's oldest football club first formed in 1874 - and its heroic 8000 fans, or Jambos as they're affectionately known, who in 2014 donated their own money to help save Hearts from ruin. Ian Murray chronicles how in 2014 after a 13 month turmoil for fans and a media firestorm, Heart of Midlothian F.C. was finally saved from liquidation. Murray's new title commemorates Hearts fans and their sheer determination - unprecedented in footballing history - to rescue their beloved club from disaster and raise it up to the top of Scottish football.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-912147-95-3 (9781912147953)
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E-Book
02/2020
Luath Press
€14.39
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Person
Ian Murray was born to a cooper father and shop worker mother in August 1976. Brought up in the Wester Hailes area of Edinburgh, he went to Dumbryden primary school, then Wester Hailes Education Centre. At the age of 16, Murray began studying Social Policy and Law at Edinburgh University and graduated with an Honours degree at the age of 20. He worked to fund his studies with a part-time job in a local fish and chip shop, where he then set up and ran a pizza delivery service. After graduating in 1997, Murray worked in financial services before setting up an internet television station. He served as an Edinburgh councillor between 2003 and 2010 for the capital's Liberton and Gilmerton ward. Murray had a pivotal role in leading Hearts out of administration during his two years as chairman of the Foundation of Hearts from 2013-15. This foundation is a supporters group helping bring cashflow into the club by monthly donations. Murray has served in parliament as a Parliamentary Private Secretary and Shadow Business Minister. Currently, Murray is the MP for Edinburgh South.