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Heart of Midlothian F.C. was founded in 1874, when members of the Heart of Midlothian Quadrille Assembly Club adopted association football rules after watching a match at Raimes Park in Bonnington in December 1873. The exact date of formation was never recorded, but 1874 is the accepted founding year.
Hearts have won the Scottish league championship four times: in 1894-95, 1896-97, 1957-58, and 1959-60. Their most successful run came under manager Tommy Walker, who led the club to two titles in the late 1950s.
The Terrible Trio were forwards Jimmy Wardhaugh, Willie Bauld, and Alfie Conn Sr., who played together from October 1948. Between them they scored over 900 Hearts goals: Wardhaugh 376, Bauld 355, and Conn 221. As a combined attacking unit they played 242 games together.
Sixteen Hearts players enlisted in Sir George McCrae's volunteer battalion on the 25th of November 1914, joining what became the 16th Royal Scots, the first unit to earn the "footballer's battalion" name. Seven first team players died in the war: Duncan Currie, John Allan, James Boyd, Tom Gracie, Ernest Ellis, James Speedie, and Harry Wattie.
Hearts entered administration on the 19th of June 2013 with debts of £25 million, owing £15 million to the recently bankrupt Ūkio bankas. The financial difficulties stemmed from the tenure of owner Vladimir Romanov, who had transferred the club's debt to his own financial institutions and failed to pay players' wages on time on multiple occasions.
The Foundation of Hearts, a supporters group funded by monthly direct debit donations from over 8,000 fans, purchased the club through a creditors' voluntary arrangement. The Foundation paid £2.6 million for 75% of the club's shares and committed a further £2.8 million in working capital. On the 30th of August 2021, Ann Budge transferred the club's shares to the Foundation, making Hearts the biggest fan-owned club in the United Kingdom.