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| Full name | Heart of Midlothian Football Club Development Squad | |||
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| Nickname(s) | The Maroons (earliest nickname); Hearts; The Jam Tarts; Jambos; The Famous; The Wee Jambos (youth team nickname) | |||
| Founded | 1874; 151 years ago (1874) | |||
| Ground | Ferguson Park,Rosewell Oriam,Riccarton,Ainslie Park home of The Spartans. | |||
| Chairman | Ann Budge[1] | |||
| Manager | Angus Beith | |||
| League | Lowland Football League | |||
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In addition to theHeart of Midlothian F.C. first team competing in theScottish Premiership, the club also maintains a side in theLowland Football League and various youth teams in theirAcademy setup. They are often affectionately nicknamed "The Wee Jambos".
Hearts Reserves are the reserve team ofHeart of Midlothian.
Hearts were members of theScottish Premier Reserve League from its foundation in the1998–99 season. The league started as an U21 League but reverted to an open age group league in season 2004–05.[2] The Reserve League was abandoned for season 2009–10 due to financial constraints and a lack of support from other clubs.[3] Hearts Reserves formerly played their home games atForthbank Stadium (the home ofStirling Albion). The team mainly consisted of Under-19 players and those on the fringe of the first team squad. Some of the first team also played when recovering from injury. The Reserves' head coach in that wasGary Locke.
In July 2018, it was reported that reserve leagues would be reintroduced in lieu of the development leagues that had been in place since 2009. The top tier of the newSPFL Reserve League featured 18 clubs, whilst a second-tier reserve League comprised nine clubs. Other than a minimum age of 16, no age restrictions applied to the leagues.[4] At the end of its first season (2018–19) several clubs intimated that they would withdraw from the Reserve League to play a variety of challenge matches,[5] but Hearts were one of those who chose to remain.[6]
TheHeart of Midlothian Under-20 Team competes in theSPFL Development League previously the Scottish Premier Under 20s League.
In 2017, the Hearts academy was one of eight across the country designated 'elite' status on the introduction ofProject Brave, anSFA initiative to concentrate the development of the best young players at a smaller number of clubs with high quality facilities and coaching than was previously the case.[7][8]
The under-20s play their home matches at Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir whilst training atRiccarton (Heriot-Watt University).
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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